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Post NameSERGEANT
DepartmentVARIOUS
Question Paper Code025/2015/OL
Category Code322/2014
Date of Test30 October 2015
Medium of QuestionENGLISH
Exam TypeOnline Examination
Total Questions100
1
Two lines are intersect in a point. How many angles are formed?
Answer
B. 4
2
How many edges are in a square pyramid?
Answer
C. 8
3
A solid body with length, breadth and height are equal, what is its name?
Answer
C. Cube
4
6, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18, 21. What is its Arithmetic Mean?
Answer
B. 14
5
What is the total surface area of a sphere with radius 2.5 cm?
Answer
C. 25Ο€ cmΒ²
6
What is sin 45Β°?
Answer
D. 1/√2
7
In a parallelogram, one side is 15 cm and the distance from this side to its opposite side is 9 cm. What is its area?
Answer
A. 135 cmΒ²
8
Find the value of 0.05 + 1Β½ + 2.45.
Answer
A. 4
9
Find the value of 2 8/11 + 3 4/12.
Answer
B. 200/33
10
The trigonometric term 'Tangent' is originate from
Answer
C. Latin
11
If 5Β² Γ— 5⁴ Γ— 5⁢ Γ— … Γ— 5²ⁿ = (0.04)⁻²⁸, what is the value of n?
Answer
B. 7
12
30Β°, 60Β° and 90Β° are the angles of a triangle. If the side opposite 30Β° is 2 metres, what is the length of the side opposite 60Β°?
Answer
C. 2√3
13
A sector with radius 18 cm and centre angle 60Β°. While folding to make a cone, what will be the radius of that cone?
Answer
A. 3 cm
14
If xβ‚™ = (n + 1)Β² βˆ’ (n βˆ’ 1)Β², what is xβ‚‚?
Answer
D. 8
15
Find half of 2¹⁴.
Answer
D. 2ΒΉΒ³
16
The sides of a triangle are 10 cm, 13 cm and 13 cm. What is its area?
Answer
A. 60 cmΒ²
17
The sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic sequence is 2nΒ² + 3n. What is its second term?
Answer
A. 9
18
For xΒ² βˆ’ x βˆ’ 6 = 0, what are the two factors of the equation?
Answer
B. (x βˆ’ 3)(x + 2)
19
An equilateral triangle has side 8 cm. What is the radius of its incircle?
Answer
C. 4/√3
20
In a right angled triangle, small sides are 3.5 cm; 2.5 cm; what is its hypotenuse?
Answer
B. 4.3
21
Which major port in India is known as ''Offspring of Partition''?
Answer
B. Kandla
22
On which river in India does the Dhuan Dhar waterfall situate?
Answer
D. Narmada
23
Which soil in India is known as 'Self-Ploughing Soil'?
Answer
C. Black soil
24
Which among the following personality called Bharathappuzha ''Sokanasini''?
Answer
B. Ezhuthachan
25
The only Malayalee who was one among the eight personalities who prepared the ''Bombay Plan''?
Answer
C. John Mathai
26
At which of the following central jail, Bhagat Singh was hanged to death?
Answer
B. Lahore
27
Who among the following organized the Ganapathi and Shivaji festivals to awaken mass consciousness?
Answer
C. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
28
Who is known as ''India's Unofficial Ambassador to England''?
Answer
A. Dadabhai Naoroji
29
The Women Unit of Indian National Army (INA) was
Answer
D. Rani of Jhansi
30
The partition of Bengal was in the year
Answer
A. 1905
31
Who was the author of ''Jaathikkummi''?
Answer
B. Pandit Karuppan
32
Who was the founder of ''God's Church of Visible Salvation''?
Answer
D. Poikayil Yohannan
33
The first president of Nair Service Society was
Answer
A. K. Kelappan
34
Aruvippuram consecration was in the year
Answer
D. 1888
35
What was the original name of Thycaud Ayya Guru?
Answer
C. Subbarayan
36
The 35th National Games was held at
Answer
B. Kerala
37
Swach Bharat Project was launched on
Answer
D. 2nd October 2014
38
Who is the Chief Minister of Bihar?
Answer
B. Nitish Kumar
39
The Scheme ''Project Arrow'' is related to
Answer
C. Postal Department
40
Kailash Satyarthi, the Nobel laureate belongs to which State?
Answer
C. Madhya Pradesh
41
When a resistance wire is stretched twice its lenght,its area of cross-section reduced by half.Then its resistance
Answer
B. increases 4 times
42
In a p-type semiconductor,the majority carriers are
Answer
B. holes
43
When a white light undergo dispersion through a triangular glass prism,the colour that deviates the most
Answer
A. violet
44
When an explosion occurs 6800m away from a man, then how long after its sound reaches the man(speed of sound in air is 340 m/s)
Answer
D. 20 s
45
Time taken by sunlight to reach the earth is approaximately
Answer
A. 8Β½ minutes
46
A transformer works on
Answer
D. Mutual induction
47
Unit of electric power
Answer
B. Watt
48
Einstein's mass-energy relation is
Answer
B. E = McΒ²
49
When a body is lifted from the surface of the earth,acceleration due to gravity(g) on it
Answer
D. decreases
50
During free fall of a body,its weight
Answer
C. no weight
51
A gas can be liquified by,
Answer
C. Low temperature and high pressure
52
At constant pressure, the volume of a fixed mass of gas is directly proportional to its temperature in Kelvin scale. This is known as,
Answer
B. Charles' law
53
36g of water contains
Answer
A. 2x6.023x10Β²Β³ molecules
54
Maximum number that can be accommodated in p subshell is,
Answer
B. 6
55
The metal with maximum electropositivity is,
Answer
D. Cs
56
An important ore of aluminium is,
Answer
C. Bauxite
57
Maximum close packing can be seen in,
Answer
B. Diamond
58
Value of absolute zero is,
Answer
A. -273Β°C
59
The minimum energy required to remove the most loosely bound electron from an isolated gaseous atom is called its,
Answer
C. Ionisation energy
60
Maximum number of electrons that can be accommodated in a shell is,
Answer
A. 2nΒ²
61
Which of the following is a unicellular green algae that is motile and with a light sensitive "eyespot"
Answer
A. Chlamydomonas
62
Plant hormone used in the ripening of fruits is
Answer
C. Ethylene
63
A viral disease of plant that spreads through aphides in the following is
Answer
B. Bunchytop of banana
64
Light sensitive proteinacious pigment in plant involved in photomorphogenesis is
Answer
D. Phytochrome
65
Flowering plants are included under the group
Answer
A. Phanerogams
66
Water and minerals are principally transported in angiosperms through
Answer
C. Xylem vessels
67
Growth movement of plants in response to gravity is called
Answer
D. Geotropism
68
Male reproductive organs of a flower are called
Answer
A. Androecium
69
The structure meant for the nourishment of developing embryo in a seed is
Answer
D. Endosperm
70
The plant selected by G J Mendel for his genetic experiment is
Answer
B. Garden pea
71
Deficiency of Tocopherol in human body leads to,
Answer
B. Pellagra
72
Example for a uricotelic animal
Answer
C. cockroach
73
The part of brain which controls respiration
Answer
C. medulla oblongata
74
Acromegaly is due to
Answer
A. hypersecretion of growth hormone
75
A child's blood group is O.The parents blood group can not be
Answer
C. AB and O
76
The nitrogen base which pair with adenine in DNA
Answer
B. thymine
77
Which one of the following is the most primitive ancestor of man ?
Answer
D. Ramapithecus
78
Kala azar is a disease caused by
Answer
D. protozoa
79
Majority of Carbon dioxide in human body is transported to lungs
Answer
A. as bicarbonates
80
Which of the following is a true fish ?
Answer
D. flying fish
81
One of the girls ............... a badminton player.
Answer
B. is
82
I am clever,.....?
Answer
A. aren't I?
83
Raju told me that he .........to go home that day.
Answer
D. wanted
84
Shakespeare .............as the greatest playwright.
Answer
A. is regarded
85
Gita is writing an essay ......the new economic policy.
Answer
B. on
86
If I got a lot of money, I ............buy an aeroplane.
Answer
A. would
87
Mr. Smith, the only foreigner in our group, is .........European.
Answer
B. a
88
My parents ............Paris last month.
Answer
C. visited
89
Nina is ........than Anil.
Answer
D. cleverer
90
We tried our best, but ...........not win the match.
Answer
A. could
91
The teacher wanted the students to .........the important points.
Answer
C. take down
92
'Maiden speech' means .............
Answer
C. first speech
93
............is the one word substitute for 'the pen name adopted by a writer'.
Answer
B. pseudonym
94
Which prefix can be used to form the opposite of the word 'gratitude'?
Answer
D. in
95
Prima facie means ..........
Answer
C. at first view
96
The story is about a .........between two brothers.
Answer
A. duel
97
Which of the following is the correct spelling?
Answer
D. assassination
98
A group of lions is known as.........
Answer
D. pride
99
The plural form of the word 'criterion' is .........
Answer
B. criteria
100
Which of the following is the synonym of 'attentive'?
Answer
C. watchful

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