Graduate Level Previous Questions | SET-2

1. Which one among the following rivers does

not flow into the Bay of Bengal?

(a) Mahanadi (b) Cauveri

(c) Tapti (d) Godavari

2. If a person submits an application to the State

Public Information Officer under the Right to

Information Act, a reply to be furnished to him

within a period of ........ days .

(a) 30 (b) 45 (c) 15 (d) 60

3. The phenomenon of splitting of light into its

constituents:

(a) Diffraction (b) Interference

(c) Refraction (d) Disperson

4. Jindhagada Peak (1690m), the highest point

in Eastern Ghats is in the state of:

(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Andhra Pradesh

(c) Orissa (d)West Bengal

5. The surface that absorbs all the colours in

the spectrum will be seen as:

(a) White (b) Black

(c) Violet (d) Red

6. The gas formed in Sun as the result of

nuclear fusion:

(a) Oxygen (b) Hydrogen

(c) Ozone (d) Helium

7. To prepare a presentation/ slide show which

application is commonly used?

(a) Photoshop (b) Outlook Express

(c) PowerPoint (d) Internet Explorer

8. What is correcting errors in a program

called?

(a) Grinding (b) Interpreting

(c) Compiling (d) Debugging

9. Which of the following Satyagrahas was

conducted after independence?

(a) Guruvayur Satyagraha

(b) Paliyam Satyagraha

(c) Suchindram Satyagraha

(d) Vaikom Satyagraha

10.Which one of the following is not a hardware

of a computer?

(a) Monitor (b) CPU

(c) Windows (d) Keyboard

11. Who formulated the system of pH value?

(a) Lavosier (b) Pasteur

(c) Dalton (d) Sorenson

12.‘Biosphere Reserve Project’ is aimed at

protecting:

(a) Environment (b) Cattle population

(c) Flora and Fauna

(d) Human beings from pollution

13.The executive powers of the union of India

is vested with:

(a) President (b) Vice President

(c) Prime Minister (d) Speaker

14.The Constitution originally mentioned about

...... categories of states and territories.

(a) Three (b) Four

(c) Five (d) Six

15. ‘Endosulfan’ is an insecticide used in ____

plantations.

(a) Cashew (b) Rubber

(c) Plantain (d) Coffee

16.Who was the Viceroy when the Indian

Independence Act was given royal assent on

18th July, 1947?

(a) Wavell (b) Linlithgo

(c) Mountbatten (d) Wellington

17. Which one of the following is not a function

of the Reserve Bank of India?

(a) Banker to the Govt.

(b) Keeping foreign exchange reserve

(c) Issuing one rupee coin and note

(d) Regulating credit in the country

18. In which date general budget presents in

India?

(a) Last working day of February

(b) April 1 (c) March 31

(d) February 28

19. Who were the Ali Brothers in the national

movement?

(a) Muhammad Ali and Rehmat Ali

(b) Rehmat Ali and Shoukat Ali

(c) Shoukat Ali and Muhammad Ali

(d) None of these

20. The first K.Karanukaran Foundation Award

was given to:

(a) Sonia Gandhi (b) Pranab Mukherjee

(c) Veerappa Moiley (d) Manmohan Singh

21. Sundarban National park is situated in the

delta of:

(a) Mahanadi

(b) Ganga-Brahmaputra (c) Krishna

(d) Godavari

22. “The lathi blows hurled at me will prove as

nails in the coffin of the British imperialism’-

Whose words are these?

(a) Bhagat Singh (b) Gandhiji

(c) Lajpath Rai (d) GB Pant

23. Who led the ‘Liberation Struggle’?

(a) P.T.Chacko

(b) Mannath Padmanabhan

(c) Pattom Thanu Pillai (d) R.Sankar

24.Who trained Shivaji in warfare and arms?

(a) Guru Ram Das (b) Shahji Bhonsle

(c) Dadaji Kondadev (d) None of these

25. Which is known as ‘the lungs of Kochi’?

(a) Mangalavanam (b) Kumbalangi

(c) Bolghatty (d) Vypin Island

Answers

1 (c) 2(a) 3 (d) 4 (b) 5(b) 6(d) 7(c) 8(d) 9(b) 10(c)

11(d) 12(c) 13(a) 14(b) 15(a) 16(c) 17(c) 18(a)

19(c) 20(b)2 1 (b) 22(c) 23 (b) 24 (c) 25(a)