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Post NameHSST-CHEMISTRY - JR - SR FOR SC / ST ONLY
DepartmentKHSE
Question Paper Code001/2017/OL
Category Code427/2015
Date of Test9 January 2017
Medium of QuestionENGLISH
Exam TypeOnline Examination
Total Questions100
1
Who translated the whole of the Mahabharata into Malayalam in an incredibly short time ?
Answer
B. Kodungallur Kunhikuttan Thampuran
2
Who unveiled the statue of Ayyankali at Kowdiar square, Thiruvananthapuram in 1980 ?
Answer
B. Indira Gandhi
3
Who was the martyr of Paliyam Satyagraha at Kochi, in 1948 ?
Answer
D. A.G. Velayudhan
4
The first completely printed in Malayalam language was :
Answer
C. Samkshepa Vedartham
5
First to start mirror consecration in South India :
Answer
D. Vaikunda Swamikal
6
In which year India and Pakistan signed the Indus Water Treaty ?
Answer
C. 1960
7
Who is the author of the novel 'The Ministry of Utmost Happiness' ?
Answer
A. Arundhathi Roy
8
Which Airport in Kerala is all set to launch a 'Taxi App' using the fleet of 600 cars that operates on its premises ?
Answer
B. The Cochin International Airport
9
'Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana' is welfare programme intended to :
Answer
D. Free LPG gas connection for poor women
10
Who won the first prize for Swachch Bharat short film award 2016 ?
Answer
A. Katyayan Shivapuri
11
The process of delineating, obtaining and providing useful information for judging decision alternative is known as :
Answer
A. Evaluation
12
A simple laundry list type of device consisting of a prepared list of items is known as :
Answer
A. Check list
13
Which is the Oldest Visual Aids that provide learning experiences which are real and life like ?
Answer
C. Field trip
14
In which method pupils are led from particular instances to general conclusions and it is a method of logical process and thinking ?
Answer
D. Inductive method
15
Which one is designed to convey an idea by means of caricature, humour, stereotype, oversimplification, exaggeration and satire ?
Answer
A. Cartoon
16
What will be called when certain variables are carefully controlled or manipulated and the focus is on variable relationships ?
Answer
B. Experimental Research
17
Which is the oldest teaching method given by the philosophy of idealism ?
Answer
A. Lecture Method
18
Participants present to the audience their views about various aspects of a selected problem or topic through speeches or proper reading is :
Answer
D. Symposium
19
The systematic and objective analysis and recording of controlled observations that may lead to the development of generalizations, principles and theories resulting in prediction and possible ultimate control of events is known as :
Answer
D. Research
20
Persons have to engage in some productive task out of which something tangible can be created in :
Answer
C. Workshop
21
The number of planes of symmetry perpendicular to the principal axis of rotation in BF₃ is:
Answer
B. 1
22
The number of degrees of vibrational freedom in C₂H₂ is:
Answer
C. 7
23
Who was the first scientist to make an attempt at deriving an equation for distribution of radiation density in terms of the classical laws of mechanics ?
Answer
A. Lord Rayleigh
24
Isomers which differ by rotation about single bonds and which can isolated at room temperature are :
Answer
D. Atropisomers
25
The miller indices are often used in the area of :
Answer
A. Single crystal
26
The law of constancy of interfacial angle is called :
Answer
C. Steno's law
27
Which of the following complex ions would have the smallest crystal-field splitting?
Answer
D. [Co(NH₃)₆]²⁺
28
A plot of log[A] Vs time(t) gives a straight line with negative slope. The order of the reaction is :
Answer
B. 1
29
The nature of electronic spectra of 'd' block elements is mainly due to :
Answer
A. Incomplete d-orbitals
30
How many Bravais lattices can exist in nature ?
Answer
C. 14
31
How many ESR lines are observed if an unpaired electron when closed to two non-equivalent protons is placed in magnetic field ?
Answer
B. 4
32
For which one of the following process is inter system crossing (ISC) essential ?
Answer
D. Phosphorescence
33
The H₂O molecule belongs to the point group:
Answer
C. C₂ᵥ
34
Which one of the following types of bonding is true for ferrocene?
Answer
B. Delocalised Fe-C bond
35
What is the effect of hydrogen bonding on the IR absorption of N-H group ?
Answer
A. It shifts to lower wave number
36
A symmetry element that distinguishes maleic acid from fumaric acid is:
Answer
A. C₂
37
How many hyperfine lines are shown by Mn²⁺ in its ESR spectrum?
Answer
A. 6
38
A is the stereoisomer of the compound B, Therefore A and B differ in their :
Answer
C. Configuration
39
The hybridization of the central carbon in allenes is:
Answer
D. sp
40
High quantum yields of photochemical reactions are due to :
Answer
B. Accompanying side reactions
41
What is the eigenvalue of sin(2x), which is not an eigenfunction of the operator d/dx but is an eigenfunction of d²/dx²?
Answer
D. −4
42
In the first-order gas reaction A(g) → ___(g) + C(g), where the middle species label is blank in the official source, the initial pressure is 11200 Pa and the half-life is 29.93 min. What is the total pressure at the end of 16 minutes?
Answer
A. 14667 Pa
43
Predict the number of translational, rotational and vibrational degrees of freedom in neon :
Answer
C. 3, 0, 0
44
How many diastereomers are shown by the molecule CH₃CH=CHCH=CH-C₂H₅?
Answer
B. 4
45
The term 'quantum mechanics' was first introduced by :
Answer
B. Max Born
46
Which of the following radiation has the longest wavelength ?
Answer
D. Radio wave
47
Transmittance in spectroscopy analysis is a function primarily of the :
Answer
C. Velocity of light
48
Which of the following properties of transition metal complexes can be explained on the basis of crystal field theory ?
Answer
D. Both (1) and (2)
49
Which of the following symmetry elements is not possessed by trans-dichlorobenzene?
Answer
C. S₄
50
The number of vibrational degrees of freedom in toluene is :
Answer
A. 39
51
Decomposition of KClO₃ in the presence of MnO₂ is an example of:
Answer
B. Heterogeneous catalysts involving solid reactants
52
Identify the non-benzenoid aromatic compound in the following :
Answer
D. Ferrocene
53
During polarographic analysis, in which medium does molybdenum give two waves at −0.37 V and −0.30 V?
Answer
A. HNO₃
54
The order n, initial concentration a₀, and half-reaction time t₁⁄₂ for a reaction are related as:
Answer
D. ln t₁⁄₂ = ln(constant) − (n − 1) ln a₀
55
Who used silica gel packed column as a support for a stationary phase and were awarded Nobel Prize in 1952 ?
Answer
C. Martin and Synge
56
Mossbauer effect is also related with resonance fluorescence of :
Answer
B. `gamma`-rays
57
Which of the following is microwave inactive?
Answer
A. Cl₂
58
The polarographic limiting current which are controlled not only by the rate of diffusion of the reactive species, but also by the rate of some chemical reaction related to the electrode process are known as :
Answer
D. Kinetic current
59
Addition of Br₂ to methyl acetylene yielding trans-1,2-dibromopropene is:
Answer
C. Stereoselective
60
Who proposed the dead stop end point method in amperometry ?
Answer
B. Foulk
61
The best method to determine the size of the Au nanoparticles is :
Answer
B. SEM
62
The valency of an element can be determined by coulometry using the equation :
Answer
A. W = AQ/(n × 96500)
63
The chromatographic process in which the separation of the sample components takes place according to molecular size are called :
Answer
C. Exclusion chromatography
64
Which method detects the smallest particles ?
Answer
D. STM
65
Which is an example for natural inorganic anion exchanger ?
Answer
C. Dolomite
66
STM shows images of atoms based on :
Answer
D. The amount of tunneling current
67
In which method the voltage applied across the indicator electrode and reference electrode is kept constant and the current passing through the cell is measured and plotted against the volume of reagent ?
Answer
A. Amperometry
68
Name the effect which says that the wavelength of an X-ray increases when it is scattered by an atomic electron.
Answer
B. Compton
69
The characteristic absorption bands of the carbonyl group in IR spectra are given below. Which one is incorrect?
Answer
C. CH₃COOH - 1650-1700 cm⁻¹
70
Which of the options given below represents eigen equation ?
Answer
Question Cancelled
71
Which of the following molecules will show absorption in the UV/visible region?
Answer
D. CH₂=O
72
Atomic force microscopy shows images of surfaces through :
Answer
B. The force of the surface on the tip
73
Identify the non-aromatic compound in the following :
Answer
A. Cyclodecapentene
74
Wave function in quantum mechanics represents :
Answer
D. A state of the system
75
The point-group symmetry of the staggered form of an ethane molecule is:
Answer
B. D₃d
76
The plane symmetry is also called :
Answer
C. `sigma` -plane
77
Which of the following heterocyclic compound is not aromatic ?
Answer
D. Piperidine
78
Free radicals are detected by the :
Answer
C. CIDNP
79
A class of pericyclic reaction is :
Answer
D. Diels - Alder reaction
80
In the R-S notation, the prefixes R and S stands for :
Answer
B. Rectus-Sinister
81
Which among the following will be paramagnetic?
Answer
D. V(CO)₆
82
The difference between the potential of the electrode when the gas evolution was actually observed and the theoretical reversible value of the same solution was called :
Answer
B. Over potential
83
In atomic absorption spectroscopy the addition of Sr or La reduce the contents of :
Answer
A. PO₄³⁻
84
The crystal-field splitting energies for octahedral and tetrahedral complexes are related as (the official question is canceled and its formula options are incompletely rendered):
Answer
Question Cancelled
85
Enantiotropic groups reacts with chiral reagents :
Answer
A. At different rates
86
Which element is used for making a thin window at one end of the tube in Geiger counter ?
Answer
B. Be
87
Name the first space-based Michelson Interferometer designed for detecting gravitational waves.
Answer
D. LISA
88
Which compound gives two distinct peaks in its NMR spectrum?
Answer
C. (CH₃)₃COH
89
The electron transition between which two levels release the most energy ?
Answer
A. Second to first
90
What is the function of iron in the Haber process ?
Answer
C. It provides an alternative reaction pathway with lower activation energy
91
The total number of nominated members to both houses of Indian Parliament is :
Answer
D. 14
92
For the last time a joint session of Indian Parliament was held in the year :
Answer
A. 2002
93
Which of the following pairs have become the Vice-President of India for two consecutive terms ?
Answer
C. Hamid Ansari and Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
94
In which year the award for Best Parliamentarian had been constituted ?
Answer
C. 1995
95
Which of the following was in the position of Prime Minister for minimum period ?
Answer
D. Charan Singh
96
Which of the constitutional amendments has been described as a 'mini revision' of the Indian Constitution ?
Answer
B. The `42^(nd)` Amendment
97
Right to Information Act was enacted from :
Answer
C. 2005
98
Bill of Protection of Women on Domestic Violence was passed in the year :
Answer
B. 2006
99
Which of the following can be donated by a live donor ?
Answer
A. Kidney
100
` ` A Kisan Credit Card (KCC) Scheme was introduced in the year :
Answer
D. 1998

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