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MOTOR MECHANIC (GROUND WATER DEPARTMENT ) -2005

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. The first Governor of Kerala to die in office: (a) Sikander Bhakth (b) V Giri .V. (c) P. Sivasankar (d) Rachaiya The place where the airport is situated in Kozhikode: (a) Karippur (b) Nedumbasseri (c) Techipalam (d) Kallayi The first lion safari park in Kerala: (a) Thekkady (b) Munnar (c) Neyyar (d) Malampuzha The rainiest place of earth is: (a) Cherrapunji (b) Lakshadweep (c) Nagpur (d) Jharkhand Who in the present Governor of the Reserve Bank of India? (a) Bimal Jalan (b) Y. Venugopal Reddy (c) C. Rangarajan (d) R.N. Malhotra The well-known Kathakali artiste who passed away recently : (a) Guru Gopinath (b) Kalamandalam Gangadharan (c) Chambakulam Pachu Pillai (d) Kalamandalam Krishnankutty The national newspaper that celebrated its 125th Anniversary recently: (a) Times of India (b) The New Indian Express (c) The Hindu (d) Mathrubhumi The well-known Malayalam poet who celebrated the 75th anniversary of his poetic career last month: (a) Pala Narayanan Nair (b) Kunjunni (c) Akkitham (d) Chemmanam Chacko The Raja Ravi Varma Award for 2003 was awarded to the artist: (a) M.F. Hussain (b) Namboothiri (c) Jayasree Mishra (d) Amrita Shergil The Vice - President of India is : (a) Manmohan Singh (b) Jaswant Singh (c) P. Chidambaram (d) Bhairon Singh Shekwat Kerala was officially named in: (a) 1949 (b) 1948 (c) 1956 (d) 1958 The Minister for Cultural Affairs of Kerala is: (a) G. Karthikeyan (b) M.M. Hassan (c) Kadavoor Sivadasan (d) P. Sankaran The largest irrigation project in Kerala: (a) Kallada (b) Idukki (c) Tirur (d) Thenmala The Kundara Proclamation was made by: (a) Pattom Thanu Pillai (b) Sri Chithira Thirunal (c) C.P. Ramaswami Iyer (d) Vakkom Chandrasekharan Nair The first lady to become a minister of Kerala: (a) Susheela Gopalan (b) Akkamma Cherian (c) K.R. Gouri (d) Lakshmi N. Menon The writer who is known as Swadeshabhimani: (a) E.V. Krishna Pillai (b) Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (c) K.Ramakrishna Pillai (d) Vakkom Chandrasekharan Nair The largest lake in Kerala: (a) Kumarakom (b) Veli (c) Ashtamudi (d) Vembanad The tallest mountain in Kerala: (a) Nilgiri (b) Kanchenjunga (c) Anamudi (d) Ponmudi The biggest river in Kerala is: (a) Periyar (b) Chaliyar (c) Munnar (d) Pamba The largest hydro-electric project in Kerala: (a) Beypore (b) Peechi (c) Kallada (d) Idukki Viscosity is: (a) The colour of the oil (b) The name of the oil (c) Property of the oil (d) The quantity of the oil Ford motor company is situated in:

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(a) India (b) U.K. (c) Australia (d) U.S.A Speedometer consists of two accessories: (a) Speedometer and odometer (b) Speedometer and voltmeter (c) Voltmeter and animator (d) Radiator and axilarator Mirrors are fitted in vehicles: (a) To comb the hair of the driver (b) To improve the rear vision (c) To watch the people on the road (d) To check the hair style of the driver The expansion of Telco: (a) Tata Engineering Ltd (b) Toyota Engineering and Auto Ltd. (c) Tata Engineering and Locomotive Co. Ltd. (d) Tata Automobiles Ltd. The manufacturers of Yamaha RX -100 is: (a) Hero Honda (b) Enfield (c) Yamaha (d) Escort Motor + Vehicle used for transportation over the ground is called: (a) Aeroplane (b) Boat (c) Motorcycle (d) Automobile Piston rings are made of: (a) Alloy steel (b) Fine grained alloy cast iron (c) Stainless steel (d) Cast steel An example of a biodegradable pollutant is: (a) Pesticide (b) Smog (c) Carcasses (d) Aluminium cans Bone fomration and growth is aided by: (a) Vitamin A (b) Vitamin K (c) Vitamin E (d) Vitamin D Which one of the following is a genetically transmitted character? (a) Haemophilia (b) Colour blindness (c) Hydrocephalus (d) Muscular dystrophy Fruit juices are rich in: (a) Vitamin A (b) Calcium (c) Potassium (d) Sodium Asafoetida is a/an: (a) Alkaloid (b) Resin (c) Tannin (d) Essential Oil Blue of the sky is due to: (a) Refraction of white light by the atmosphere (b) Reflection of white light by the earth (c) Scattering of white light by molecules of air (d) Interference of white light Increase in case of skin cancer is a result of: (a) Ozone hole (b) Pollution (c) Biomagnification (d) Greenhouse effect A concentrated source of protein for vegeteraian is: (a) Wheat (b) Potato (c) Soyabean (d) Blackgram dhal A sure method for preventing spoilage of food is: (a) Picking (b) Cold storage (c) Irradiation (d) Drying The largest gland in the human body is: (a) Salivary gland (a) 1047 (b) Gastic gland (b) 1857 (c) Liver (c) 1945 (d) Intestinal gland (d) 1847 Indias First War of Independence took place in:

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The Indian poet who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913: (a) Rabindranath Tagore (c) Nissim Ezekiel (b) Sarojini Naidu (d) A.K. Ramanujan (b) Prose (c) Book (d) Knowledge

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Vedas is a Sanskrit word meaning: (a) Poetry The person who is regarded as the Father of Indian Space Research Programme: (a) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (c) S. Ramanujan (b) Vikram Sarabhai (d) J.C. Bose (b) 1930 (c) 1947 (b) Pokhran (d) Nagpur (b) Kannur (c) Guruvayur (d) Kochi (d) 1048

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The Salt Sathyagraha took place in: (a) 1931 The first rocket in India was launched from: (a) Thiruvananthapuram (c) Srikakulam

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The birth place of Adi Sankaracharya is: (a) Kalady (a) Jawaharlal Nehru (c) Annie Besant The founder of the Indian National Congress: (b) Jayaprakash Narayan (d) A.O. Hume (b) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (b) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Balagangadhar Tilak (b) 1921 (c) 1922 (d) 1919

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The architect of the Indian Constitution: (a) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Ambedkar

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Who among the following proclaimed Freedom is my birthright? (a) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Lal Bahadur Sastri

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Harappan, the first site in the Indus Valley Civilization, was discovered in: (a) 1920 (a) 5000 - 2500 BC The period of the Indus Valley Civilisation, was: (b) 7500 - 5000 B.C (c) 2500-1000 BC (d) 3000 - 1500 BC The largest number of Harappan sites has been found in: (a) Punjab (b) Gujarat (c) Rajasthan (d) Uttar Pradesh The first Governor General of Independent India: (a) Lord Mountbatten (b) Lord Rippon (c) Lord Dalhousie (d) Lord Mayo The former Indian Prime Minister who signed the Tashkent agreement with Pakistan. (a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Lal Bahadur Sastri (c) Rajiv Gandhi (d) Indira Gandhi The Governor General of India who is known as the Maker of modern India: (a) Lord Mayo (b) Lord Bentick (c) Lord Dalhousie (d) Lord Rippon The spiritual leader who played a signficant role in the establishment of the Vijayanagar Empire: (a) Vidyaranya (b) Purandaradas (c) Sankaracharya(d) Thenali Raman The first Indian Governor General of India was: (a) C. Rajagopalachari (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (c) Jaya Prakash Narayan (d) J.C. Bose The person who is known as the Iron Man of India: (a) Humayun (b) Jawaharlal Nehru

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(c) Subhash Chandra Bose The Red Fort in New Delhi was built by: (a) Akbar (b) Harsha

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