| Post Name | Field Officer |
|---|---|
| Question Paper Code | 120/2025 |
| Category Code | 449/2024, 450/2024, 784/2024, 785/2024, 786/2024, 787/2024 |
| Date of Test | 25 September 2025 |
| Medium of Question | KANNADA |
| Exam Type | OMR Examination |
| Total Questions | 100 |
1
Which of the following statement/s about ‘demonetisation’ is/are true?
(i) Demonetisation is the process by which a nation’s economic unit of exchange loses
its legally enforceable validity.
(ii) Raghuram Rajan was the Governor of Reserve Bank at the time of demonetization
of 2016.
(iii) On November 8, 2016, the central government has notified that the specified bank
notes of denominations of the existing series of the value, of Rs. 500 and
Rs. 1,000 shall cease to be legal tender with effect from November 9, 2016.
(iv) Demonetisation of 2016 was presented as an initiative of the central
government targeted to address disparate evils plaguing the nation’s
economy including practices of hoarding black money and money laundering.
Answer
B. (i), (iii) and (iv)
2
Which of the following statement/s about Han Kang who won the Nobel Prize for
Literature in 2024 is/are incorrect?
(i) Han Kang began her career in 1993 as a poet, but has since written mainly novels
and short stories.
(ii) Her most famous works are ‘The Vegetarian’, ‘Human Acts’ and ‘We Do Not Part’.
(iii) ‘The Vegetarian’ was first published in 2017.
(iv) ‘The Vegetarian’ tells the story of a graphic designer who suddenly decides to
stop eating meat.
Answer
C. (iii) only
3
Which of the following statement/s about Niti Ayog is/are incorrect?
(i) It started functioning since 01/04/2016.
(ii) Its full form is National Institution for Transforming India.
(iii) One of its declared objectives is to foster cooperative federalism.
(iv) Narendra Damodardas Modi was its first chairman.
Answer
A. (i) only
4
Which of the following does not match?
(i) Lord Lytton — Vernacular Press Act
(ii) Lord Ripon — Local Self Government
(iii) Lord Linlithgow — Delhi Durbar
(iv) Lord Mayo — Census
Answer
B. (iii) only
5
To which of the following five year plans, the motto ‘gharibi hatao’ (Removal of Poverty)
is associated?
Answer
D. Fifth Five Year Plan
6
Arrange the following events occurred in 1919 in exact chronological sequence
(i) Formation of the ‘Disorders Inquiry Committee’
(ii) Rowlatt Act
(iii) Jalianwala Bagh Massacre
(iv) Renunciation of Knighthood by Rabindranath Tagore
Answer
B. (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
7
Which of the following does not match?
(i) Brahmananda Sivayogi — Adwaitha chintha paddhathi
(ii) Sri Narayana Guru — Darsanamala
(iii) Chattampi Swamikal — Pracheena malayalam
(iv) V.T. Bhattathirippad — Markkudakkullile mahanarakam
Answer
A. (i) and (iv)
8
Which of the following statement/s about the 71st National Film Awards declared on
1st August 2025 is/are incorrect?
(i) ‘12th Fail’, the Hindi language biographical film directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra
won the Best Feature Film Award.
(ii) Shah Rukh Khan and Vikrant Massey shared the Best Actor award for their
performances in Jawan and 12th Fail respectively.
(iii) Ullozhukku directed by Christo Tomy is adjudged the Best Malayalam Feature
Film.
(iv) Vijayaraghavan has won the award for ‘Best Actor in a Supporting Role’ for his role
in the Malayalam movie Ullozhukku.
Answer
C. (iv) only
9
What was the result of the cricket test match between India and England held at
Edgbaston in July 2025?
Answer
A. India beat England for 336 runs
10
Which of the following statement/s about Marayoor is/are true?
(i) Marayoor is a small town situated in Idukki Taluk.
(ii) There exist some prehistoric rock paintings in Marayoor.
(iii) Marayoor was famous for its sandalwood forests.
(iv) A beautiful sight in Marayoor is the scenic Pambar river.
Answer
C. (ii), (iii) and (iv)
11
Choose the appropriate question tag :
Please stop talking, _____________?
Answer
B. will you?
12
Choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word :
Discrepancy
Answer
A. consistency
13
Pick out the right synonym for the word, awful from the options given :
Answer
D. terrible
14
Find the meaning of idiom, ‘‘beat around the bush’’.
Answer
B. avoid saying something
15
Complete the sentence with the correct preposition from the choices given :
We are very excited _____________ our trip to Dubai next week.
Answer
D. about
16
Write the right form of the verb that agrees with the subject :
In his garden, the lights _____________ on automatically.
Answer
D. turn
17
Write the comparative form of the adjective in the sentence given :
Michelle is _____________ (tall) than her sister.
Answer
C. taller
18
Fill in the blank with suitable article :
This is _____________ man I saw in Malaysia.
Answer
C. the
19
Choose the right one from the option to form the correct phrasal verb :
We couldn’t take _____________ our jackets in the whole trip. It was very cold
everywhere.
Answer
C. off
20
Select the word with correct spelling :
Mrs. Naveen introduced the new _____________ to the PTA members.
Answer
C. principal
21
A wire of length 3 m and cross-sectional area 2 mm2 is stretched by a force of 200 N. If
Young’s modulus of the material is 1.5 × 1011 Pa, what is the extension produced :
Answer
B. 2 mm
22
Estimate the work done against the surface tension in blowing a soap bubble of diameter
N
2 cm. The surface tension of soap solution is 2.5 × 10 −2 :
m
Answer
A. 6.28 × 10 −5 J
23
When two pipes having diameter
Answer
A. d=
24
Water from a tap emerges vertically downwards with an initial speed of 2.0 m/s. The
−4 2
cross-sectional area of the tap is 10 m . Assume that the pressure is constant
throughout the stream of water and that the flow is steady, the cross-sectional area of
stream 0.10 m below the tap is (Given g = 10 m/s2) :
Answer
D. m2
2 2
25
A Carnot’s engine whose temperature of the source is 500 K takes 2000 J of heat at this
temperature and rejects 1500 J of heat to the sink. Calculate the efficiency of the
engine :
Answer
B. 25%
26
10 g at 0°C is mixed with 10 g of steam at 100°C. What is the final temperature of the
mixture?
Answer
C. 100°C
27
An ice cube at 0°C is dropped on the ground melts to water at 0°C. If all the kinetic
energy of the ice went into melting it, from what height did it fall. (Latent heat of fusion
J
of ice = 3.35 × 10 5 ); g = 10 m/s2 ?
Kg
Answer
C. 3.35 × 104 m
28
In Newton’s rings experiment, diameter of the 5th and 25th rings were 0.562 cm and
0.762 cm. Find the radius of curvature of the plano convex lens if the wavelength of the
light used was 662 nm. :
Answer
A. 0.5 m
29
The core and cladding of a silica optical fiber have refractive index n1 = 1.55 and
n2 = 1.44 . Calculate the acceptance angle of the optical fiber :
Answer
B. 35°
30
How many half period elements are there in a circular portion of 2 × 10 −2 m radius of a
plane wavefront given that the wavelength is 500 × 10 −7 m and the distance of the point
of observation of the wavefront is 2 meter?
Answer
C. 4
31
Which of the following is not a possible value for the magnitude of the orbital angular
momentum in hydrogen atom?
Answer
D. 40
32
Obtain the Miller Indices of a plane parallel to y and z axis :
Answer
D. 10)
33
The photoelectric threshold wavelength of silver is 275 nm. Find the maximum kinetic
energy of the ejected electron when the surface of the silver is illuminated with ultra
violet light of wavelength 200 nm. (where h = 6.63 × 10−34 J / s) :
Answer
A. 1.98 × 10 −19 J
34
Archeologists unearth charcoal from an ancient campfire and find its carbon-14 activity
per unit mass to be 7.4% activity measured in living wood. Find the half-life period of the
charcoal :
Answer
B. 5730 y
35
If the position of a particle is known with high accuracy, then according to Heisenberg’s
principle :
Answer
B. Its momentum becomes highly uncertain
36
Which of the following statements about para-hydrogen is correct?
Answer
C. It has antiparallel nuclear spins and total spin = 0
37
Which of the following is an example of intermolecular hydrogen bonding?
Answer
A. Para-nitrophenol
38
Peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN), a constituent of photochemical smog, is formed from the
reaction of nitrogen dioxide with :
Answer
C. Volatile organic compounds
39
Which of the following contains a coordinate covalent bond?
Answer
D. H3O+ ion
40
Markovnikov’s rule specifically applies to :
Answer
D. Electrophilic additions where the electrophile is H +
120/2025-K 8 A
41
The Lucas test is most useful for alcohols containing :
Answer
B. Less than six carbons
42
The configuration of natural rubber is predominantly :
Answer
A. cis-1, 4-polyisoprene
43
Which of the following is currently used as an octane booster instead of TEL?
Answer
C. MTBE and ETBE
44
The expression PV = (1/3) mNc2 represents :
Answer
B. Kinetic gas equation
45
If the internal energy of a system increases by 40 J and at the same time the system
does 10 J of work, the heat absorbed is :
Answer
D. 50 J
46
Which of the following terms correctly describes the turnover frequency (TOF) of a
catalyst?
Answer
B. The number of catalytic cycles a site undergoes per unit time
47
The Hittorf method for determining transport numbers is based on :
Answer
C. The change in concentration of ions observed in the vicinity of the electrodes
48
In aliphatic ketones, the carbonyl stretching frequency is usually observed in the range :
–1 –1
Answer
A. 1710 – 1720 cm
49
Find out the algae which shows multiaxial thallus organization :
Answer
B. Polysiphonia
50
Which among the following is an adaptation of hydrophytes?
Answer
C. Heterophily
51
Which among the following is correct regarding potato tuber?
Answer
A. Stem tuber
52
The fruit type in arecanut is :
Answer
C. Drupe
53
Which among the following is not correct regarding secondary growth in dicot root?
Answer
D. Periderm originates from cortical cells
54
Which among the following hormone can destroy weeds?
Answer
B. 2,4-D
55
Which is the final electron donor in non-cyclic photophosphorylation?
Answer
A. Water
56
Find out the major drawback of transpiration pull theory from the following :
Answer
C. It could not explain how plants handle cavitation
57
Edible palm oil is obtained from ___________ part of the oil palm fruit.
Answer
D. Mesocarp
58
Find out the wrong statement regarding hemp :
Answer
C. Hemp is obtained from the seed of Corchorus capsularis
59
A rain is considered as acid rain when the pH is less than :
Answer
A. 5.6
60
Which among the following is/are correct?
(i) Olive ridley sea turtles are conserved in Gahirmatha Marine Wildlife Sanctuary
(ii) First marine national park in India is located at Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat
(iii) Jim Corbett national park is the first national park in India
(iv) African cheetahs were recently introduced in Kaziranga national park
Answer
D. (i), (ii) and (iii)
120/2025-K 11 A
61
Choose the incorrect statement :
Answer
D. Nilgiri Tahr is conserved in Aaralam wildlife sanctuary
62
Choose the correct statement from the following :
(i) Noise above 65 decibels
Answer
B. All are correct (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
63
Angina pectoris means :
Answer
C. Chest pain occurs in the heart and often also in the left arm and shoulder
64
Which of the following clotting factor known as factor IV?
Answer
C. Calcium
65
A shift of oxygen hemoglobin dissociation curve to the right in response to increased
blood carbondioxide and hydrogen ions are known as :
Answer
A. Bohr effect
66
The portion of myofibril that lies between two successive ‘ Z ’ disc is called :
Answer
B. Sarcomere
67
Relaxin is secreted by :
Answer
D. None of these
68
Most abundant immunoglobulin in human plasma is :
Answer
A. IgG
69
Which of the following statements are correct?
(i) The ‘T ’ wave on the ECG corresponds to the repolarisation of the ventricles
(ii) The AV node provides the only pathway for conduction of the depolarisation from
atria to the ventricles
(iii) The second peak QRS in ECG, is produced by ventricular repolarisation
(iv) Baroreceptors located in the arch of aorta detects changes in arterial blood
pressure
Answer
B. Only (i), (ii) and (iv)
70
The domains of chromatin that are not expressed are called :
Answer
C. Heterochromatin
71
Read the following statements :
(i) Bacterial cell wall consist of peptidoglycan
(ii) Down syndrome is a developmental defect produced by trisomy 21
(iii) Each strand of DNA is made up of repeating sugar and phosphate units joined by
hydrogen bonds
(iv) Satellite DNAs are unique to an individual
Answer
D. Only (iii) is incorrect
120/2025-K 13 A
72
Identify Klinefelter’s syndrome :
Answer
A. 44A + XXY
73
DNA duplex is coiled around a core of eight histone proteins forms :
Answer
C. Nucleosome
74
Cell mediated immunity is :
Answer
D. Acquired immunity activated by T-lymphocytes
75
Which of the following statement is incorrect?
Answer
C. Broca’s area in brain is associated with vision
76
Which among the following is not related to allergy?
Answer
D. Autograft
77
If A and B are two square matrices of same order, then AB = I implies :
Answer
D. None of the above
78
Characteristic roots of a Hermitian matrix are :
Answer
B. All real numbers
79
If a, b, c are the distinct cube roots of unity (1), then which of the following is true?
Answer
C. abc = 1
80
Which of the following is the polar form of the complex number 1 + i ?
π
i
Answer
D. 2e 4
81
Polar equation of the line bisecting the 1st and 3rd quadrants of the Cartesian plane is :
Answer
C. θ=
4
π
82
The acute angle between the lines x − 2 y − 2 = 0 and 3x + 2 y − 6 = 0 is :
Answer
A. tan −1 8
83
What is the value of lim x →1 ?
log x
Answer
A. –1
84
Which of the following is a point of inflection of the curve y = 3x⁴ − 4x³ + 1?
Answer
B. (1, 0)
85
Order and degree of the differential equation d²y/dx² + (dy/dx)³ + 2xy² = 0 are respectively:
Answer
B. 2, 1
86
Which of the following is an exact differential equation?
Answer
A. sec y (x tan y dy + dx ) = 0
87
Angle between the vectors 3iˆ − 4kˆ and − 3 jˆ + 4 kˆ is
− 16 − 16
Answer
D. cos−1
25 25
88
Which of the following vector is a solenoidal vector?
Answer
B. (x + 3 y )iˆ + (y − 2z ) jˆ + (x − 2z ) kˆ
89
In the cyclic group Z12 (under addition modulo 12), Which of the following is a
generator?
Answer
C. 5
90
Which of the following is a possible number of elements in a field?
Answer
D. 16
120/2025-K 16 A
91
ಕೆಳಗೆ ಕೊಟಿಟ್ರುವವುಗಳ ಲ್ ಯಾವುದು ಉ ದವುಗ ಗಿಂತ ಭಿನನ್ವಾಗಿದೆ?
Answer
B. ಬಯಲು
92
ಇವುಗಳ ಲ್ ಸರಿಯಾದ ಪದವನುನ್ ಗುರುತಿ ರಿ.
Answer
A. ಅ ಶಾವ್ಸ
93
ಚಿಕ ೕರರಾಜೇಂದರ್ – ಈ ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯನುನ್ ಬರೆದವರು ಯಾರು?
Answer
B. ಮಾ ತ್ ವೆಂಕಟೇಶ ಅಯಯ್ಂಗಾರ್
94
Verification – ಇದರ ಕನನ್ಡ ರೂಪ :
Answer
C. ಪರಿ ೕಲನೆ
95
ಕೆಳಗೆ ಕೊಟಿಟ್ರುವವುಗಳ ಲ್ ಯಾವುದು ಅನುಕರಣೆಯ ಪದವಾಗಿದೆ?
Answer
D. ಜುಳುಜುಳು
120/2025-K 17 A
96
ಹೊರರೂಪದಂತೆ ವಯ್ಕಿತ್ಯ ಅಂತರಂಗ ಇರುವುದಿಲಲ್ ಎಂಬ ಅಥರ್ವನುನ್ ಕೊಡುವ ಗಾದೆಮಾತು:
Answer
A. ಹೊಳೆಯುವುದೆಲಾಲ್ ಚಿನನ್ವಲಲ್
97
ಆಗಮನ – ಇದರ ರೋಧಾಥರ್ ಪದ ಯಾವುದು?
Answer
D. ನಿಗರ್ಮನ
98
ಕೆಳಗೆ ಕೊಟಿಟ್ರುವವುಗಳ ಲ್ ಅನಯ್ಭಾಷಾ ಪದ ಯಾವುದು?
Answer
C. ಕಾಗದ
99
ವಗೀರ್ಯ ವಯ್ಂಜನಗಳ ಲ್ ಒಟುಟ್ ಎಷುಟ್ ಅಕಷ್ರಗ ವೆ?
Answer
D. 25
100
ಇವುಗಳ ಲ್ ಸರಿಯಾದ ವಾಕಯ್ ಯಾವುದು?
I. ನಾನು ಅವರನುನ್ ನಾಳೆ ಭೇಟಿಯಾಗುವೆನು.
II. ನಾನು ಅವರನುನ್ ನಾಳೆ ಭೇಟಿಯಾದೆನು.
III. ನಾನು ಅವರನುನ್ ನಾಳೆ ಭೇಟಿಯಾಗ ರುವೆನು.
IV. ನಾನು ಅವರನುನ್ ನಾಳೆ ಭೇಟಿಯಾಗಿದೆದ್ನು.
Answer
A. I ಮತುತ್ III
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