LD Clerk Kottayam-19881. The scientist who first discovered that the earth revolves round the sun:

(a) Galileo (b) Ptolemy (c) Aryabhatta (d) Copernicus2. The International Court of Justice is located at

(a) Hague (b) Paris (c) New York (d) Geneva3. The character “Soorya Namputhirippad” was created by:

(a) Thakazhi (b) C.V. Raman Pillai(c) O. Chandu Menon (d) S.K. Pottakkad

4. E.C.G. is an instrument used in the study of(a) Liver (b) Lungs (c) Brain (d) Heart

5. Richter Scale is used for measuring the intensity of:(a) Magnitude of earthquake (b) Rainfall(c) Air Pollution (d) Temperature

6. Which dance form is popularly known as “Poetry in motion”?(a) Mohiniyattam (b) Kuchipudi (c) Bharatnatyam(d) Kathakali

7. R.K. Laxman is associated with:(a) Education (b) Painting (c) Sports (d) Cartoon

8. Ecology is a branch of science which deals with:(a) balance of nature (b) the study of pollution(c) the study of insects (d) the study of plants

9. The author of “Panchathantra” was:(a) Kautilya (b) Bhavabhoothi (c) Vishnu Sharma (d) Somadeva

10. Which of the following events occurred first?(a) Chinese revolution (b) Quit India movement(c) Formation of Constituent Assembly (d) Division of Bengal

11. National Institute of Sports is located at:(a) Patiala (b) Gwalior (c) Delhi (d) Thiruvananthapuram

12. Jawahar Rozgar Yojana was started by:(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Indira Gandhi(c) Sanjay Gandhi (d) Rajiv Gandhi

13. The district in which Central Root Research Institute is situated:(a) Kasargod (b) Palakkad (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Kottayam

14. Railway Service was introduced in India by:(a) Lord Curzon (b) Lord Bentinck(c) Lord Macaulay (d) Lord Dalhousie

15. The name of Nehru’s Family House at Allahabad is:(a) Anandamatom (b) Ananda Bhavan(c) Teenmurthi Bhavan (d) Moti Sadan

16. Sabdatharavali, the Malayalam Dictionary was compiled by:(a) Sreekanteswaram Padmanabha Pillai (b) Gundert(c) R. Narayana Paniker (d) Sooranattu Kunjan Pillai

17. The oldest dravidian language:(a) Telugu (b) Malayalam (c) Kannada (d) Tamil

18. Which among the following is not included in the list of Fundamental Rights?(a) Right of freedom (b) Right of property(c) Right against exploitation (d) Right of freedom of religion

19. Who said “there is neither Hindu nor Muslim, only a man?(a) Vivekananda (b) Sree Narayana Guru(c) Sree Ramakrishna (d) Karl Marx

20. Rainbow is caused due to(a) Refraction and dispersion (b) Refraction(c) Interference of light (d) None of these

Choose the correct answer given in brackets and fill in the blanks21. English education was introduced in India by ————

(Macaulay, Queen Victoria)22. The largest planet orbiting the Sun is ————

(Mercury, Jupiter)

23. The executive body of the U.N.O. is ————(General Assembly, Security Council)

24. The integration of Travancore and Cochin states was in the year ————(1949, 1956)

25. The currency of Bangladesh is ————(Taka, Rupee)

Expand the following abbreviations:26. TTC 27. LPG28. MHRD 29. PIN CODE 30. GATTFill in the blanks:31. The first month of India’s National Calendar is —————32. Santhosh trophy is associated with —————33. Southernmost state of India is —————34. East India Company was formed in the year —————35. Leaves are green due to the presence of —————36. The canal that joins the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean is —————37. The present name of Persia is —————38. The world famous painting ‘Mono Lisa’ was painted by —————39. Idukki Dam is built in the river —————40. The King of England who signed “Magna Carta” was —————Match the following

A B41. Narayaniyam (a) Poonthanam42. M.L.C. Kathakal (b) P.V. Narasimha Rao43. The Insider (c) Sigmund Freud44. Kishkindha (d) E.V. Krishna Pillai45. Interpretation of Dreams (e) Melpathoor Narayana Bhattathiri

(f) Amusing Park46. The ruler who introduced public transport system in Travancore?47. Who is the author of the book “My Experiments withTruth”?48. Who first uttered the slogan “Inquilab Zindabad”?49. Write the names and the year of newly included languages in the 8th schedule of the constitution of India?50. Answer in a paragraph not exceeding 100 words choosing one from the following

(a) The role and functions of Grama Sabha in the context of decentralisation of power(b) Energy crisis now experiencing in our state(c) The scope of distance education

Answers

1. (d) Copernicus. He was the Polish astronomer who is considered as the founder of modern astronomy. Hediscovered that the earth and other planets are revolving around the sun.Galileo was an Italian scientist. In 1609 he was the first person to make a telescope to study the space.Telescope was first invented by Hans Lippershey of Netherlands in 1608.Ptolemy, the Egyptian astronomer advocated geocentric universe, i.e., earth as the centre of the universe.Aryabhatta was the famous Indian Astronomer and Mathematician, in the court of ChandraguptaVikramaditya. He wrote the book ‘Aryabhatiyam’. It was he who calculated the value of π for the firsttime.

2. (a) The Hague: The International Criminal Court and World War Tribunal have headquarters at Hague.UNESCO’s headquarters is in Paris.The headquarters of UNO, UNDP, UNFPA are in New York. UNDP is the United Nations DevelopmentProgramme. UNFPA is the United Nations Fund for Population Activities.Most of the UN organs have headquarters in Geneva. Some important

organisations are WHO, ILO, UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organisation), UNCTAD(United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner forRefugees), WMO (World Meteorological Organisation). The headquarters of Red Cross Society is also inGeneva

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4. (d) Heart. ECG is Electro Cardiogram EEG is Electro Encephalogram. It records the electrical activity of brain.

5. (a) Magnitude of earthquake. The scale named after the US seismologist Charles Richter is used to determinethe magnitude of an earthquake at its epicentre.Seismometer is used to record earthquake shocks.Rain Gauge measures the rainfall at a particular place.

6. (c) Bharatnatyam. It is poetry in motion. It is a highly traditional and stylized dance form of Tamil Nadu basedon the principles of Natyashastra written by the sage, Bharatha.Kuchipudi is the dance drama of Andhra Pradesh.Mohiniyattam is the dance form of Kerala. In the 19th century Swathi Thirunal, the King of Travancoregreatly patronised the dance form.Kathakali is the most refined and scientific dance form of Kerala.

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16. (a) Sreekanteswaram Padmanabha Pillai17. (d) Tamil. Malayalam is derived from Tamil language.18. (b) Right of property Right of property is now only a legal right. It was taken away from Fundamental

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