1. In which mountain range  mount K2 is located?

(a)Karakoram

(b)Ladakh

(c )Zaskar

(d)Shivalik

2.The longest Peninsular river is :

(a)Narmada

(b)Krishna

(c )Godavari

(d)Mahandi

3.Which is the Soil type formed by the disintegration of Lava rocks?

(a)Red soil

(b)Laterite soil

(c )Alluvial soil

(d)Black soil

4.Which among the following is not a centre of the Revolt of 1857?

(a)Meerut

(b)Mysore

(c )Lucknow

(d)Kanpur

5.When was the All India Muslim League formed?

(a)1906

(b)1907

(c )1916

(d)1905

6.Who among the following Redical leaders of indian National Movement organised ‘Akbaras’ and ‘Lathi Club?

(a)Bhagat singh

(b)Chandra Sekhar Azad

(c )Bipin Chandra Pal

(d)Bala Gangadhar Tilak

7.At which session of Indian National Congress the resolution of Non - Cooperation was passeed?

(a)Lahore

(b)Belgam

(c )Nagpur

(d)Haripura

8.Who was the first Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India?

(a)C.M.Trivedi

(b)Gulzarilal Nanda

(c )Ashok Mehta

(d)V.T. Krishnamachari

9.Which type of Tax is the major source of revenue for the Central Government ?

(a)Income tax

(b)Customs duty

(c )Corporation tax

(d)Service tax

10. Who founded the ‘Servants Of India Society’?

(a)Dadabhai Naoroji

(b)Surendra Nath Banerjee

(c )Rabindra Nath Tagore

(d)Gopala Krishna Gokhale

11.The place of origin of the river periyar is :

(a)Anamala           (b)Sivagirimala

(c )Karimala           (d)Pulachimala

12.Which is the smallest National Park in kerala?

(a)Pampadumchola

(c )Mathikettanchola

(d)Eravikulam

13.SIRD is situated at:

(a)Kottarakkara

(b)Nattakam

(c )Kakkanadu

(d)Kalavoor

14. India’s first soil museum in Kerala is located at:

(a)Kottamukku

(b)Ettumanoor

(c )parottukonam

(d)Chempukavu

15.In which year Kudumba Sree Mission was started?

(a)1982                    (b)1998

(c )1997                  (d)2000

(a)Vidwan

(b)Vidyadhiraja

(c )Sree Bhattaraka

(d)Kavithilaka

17.Who was the Secretary of the Guruvayur  Sathyagraha Committee?

(a)A.K. Gopalan

(b)T.K.Madhavan

(c )K.Kelappan

(d)Ayyankali

19.Who is the winner of the French Open Women Singles Championship in 2016?

(a)Serena Williams

(b)Maria Sharapova

(c )Angelique Kerber

(d)Gabrine Muguruza

20.Who Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016?

(a) Bob Dylan

(b)Alice Munro

(c )Patrick Modiano

(d)Svetlana Alexievich

21.A thermodynamic process in which volume remains Constant is called:

(a)Adiabatic Process

(d)Isobaric Process

22.The force experienced on a Moving Charge in an electromagnetic field is named as:

(a)Lorentz force

(b)Electrical force

(c )Centripetal force

(d)Electromotive force

23.A 100 W, 200 V bulb is connected to a 140 V power supply. The Power Consumed will be:

(a)120W              (b)49W

(c )96W               (d)52W

24.The device which converts Alternating Current (AC) to Direct Current (DC) is Called:

(a)amplifier             (b)oscillator

(c )inductor              (d)rectifier

25.The SI unit of ‘Pressure’ is:

(a)Newton                  (b)Cubic Metre

(c )Pascal                   (d)Parsec

26.The chemical substances used for the treatment of mental diseases are Known as:

(a)Antipyretics

(b)Tranquilizers

(c )Analgesics

(d)Antiseptics

27.What are the components of producer gas?

(a)Carbon monoxide and Hydrogen

(b)Carbon dioxide and Hydrogen

(c )Carbon monoxide and Nitrogen

(d)Carbon dioxide and Nitrogen

28.Of the given below items which is a thermosetting plastic?

(a) Bakelite                (b) PVC

(c ) Neoprene            (d)Polythene

29.Lassaignes test is used to detect :

(a)Nitrogen and sulphur

(b)Nitrogen, Sulphur and Halogens

(c )Nitrogen and Halogens

(d)Nitrogen  and Carbon

30.Which is the method used for the production of pure Germanium?

(a)Mond Process

(b)Van Arkel method

(c )Distillation

(d)Zone refining

31.Pollination by wind is called

(a)Hydrophily

(b)Anemophily

(c )zoophily

(d)Entomophily

32.The enzymes which are used to cut DNA in recombinant DNA technology

(a)DNA polymerases

(b)Ligases

(c )Lipases

(d)Endonucleases

33.Development of female gamete directly into organism without fertilisation :

(a)Parthenocarpy

(b)Parthemogenesis.

(c )Autogamy

(d)Polygamy

34.Which of the following is not a Green House Gas?

(a) Carbon dioxide

(b) Chloro fluro carbon

(c )Sulphur dioxide

(d)Nitrous oxide

35.Lichen is the symbiotic association between

(a)Algae and fungi

(b)Fungi and roots of higher plants

(c )Bacteria and roots of higher plants

(d)Algae and bacteria

36.Deficiency of a vitamin in the diet causes night blindness. Name the

Vitamin:

(a)Vit .C                (b)Vit .D

(c )Vit.A               (d)Vit.E

37. ‘’Felis Domestica’’ is the scientific name of:

(a)dog                    (d)cat

(c )lion                    (d)deer

38.’’Human Chorionic gonadotropin’’ is secreted by:

(a)Placenta

(b)Corpus leutum

(c )Sertoli cells

(d)Laydig cell.

39.Antibodies produced in response to allergy :

(a)IgA              (b)IgG

(c )IgM            (d)Ig E

40.Name a free living bacterium which can fix atmoaspheric nitrogen to soil:

(a)Rhizobium

(b)Azotobacter

(c )Bacillus

(d)Streptococcus

41.The food class containing of nitrogen.

(a)Carbohydrate.

(b)Fat

(c )Protein

(d)Sugar

42.The absence of cyanocobalamine causes anaemia:

(a)Pernicious anaemia

(b)Haematologic anaemia

(c )Megaloblastic anaemia

(d)Iron deficiency anaemia

43.Water logging of tissues:

(a)Pleuricy

(b)Plethora

(c )Oxygenation

(d)Oedema

44.Deficiency of calcium in adult human body:

(a)Osteomalasia

(b)Keratomalasia

(c )Rickets

(d)Acromegaly

45.The nerve involved in carpel- Tunnel syndrome:

(a)Radial nerve

(b)Median nerve

(c )Ulnar nerve

(d)Femoral nerve

46.The largest gland in human body:

(a)Kidney             (b)Pancreas

(c )Lungs              (d)Liver

47.The pressure of cerebrospinal fluid :-

(a)10 - 18 cm H 2 O

(b) 20 - 38 cm H 2O

(c )30 - 48 cm H 2 O

(d) 40 - 58 cm H 2O

48.Stirrup shaped bone in human ear:

(a) Maleus                   (b)Incus

(c )Stapes                   (d)Ossicle

49.The defence mechanism in which people goes back to child hood practice:

(a)Regression

(b) Projection

(c )Repression

(d)Rationalization

50.When mental age of a person equal chronological age, the intelligence quotient will b:

(a)80                               (b)90

(c )100                            (d)110

51.False perception by human beings :

(a)Imperception

(b)Illusion

(c )Hallucination

(d)Discrimination

52.Which vitamin causes dryness of conjunctiva?

(a)Vitamin D                (b)Vitamin C

(b)Vitamin  B               (d)Vitamin A

53.Available chlorine percentage in bleaching power:

(a)66%                              (b)33%

(c )55%                             (d)44%

54.Amount of bleaching powder needed for disinfecting a 1,000 litre tank water:

(a).5 gram                             (b)1.5 gram

(b)2.5 gram                          (d)3.5 gram

55.Koplik spots are clinical sign seen in the condition:

(a)Mumps                          (b)Measles

(c )Chicken pox                (d)Filariasis

56.How many  virus strains are present  in oral olio vaccine?

(a)Five                                 (b)Four     

(b)Two                                  (c )Three

57.The oedematous swelling on the brainscalp due to infiltration of sero-sanginous fluid by the presure of girdle of contact:

(a)Cephal haematoma

(c )Caput Succidenum

(d)Scalp Injury

(a)Low birth weight baby

(b)Small for date baby

(c )Post- term 2 baby

(d)pre- term baby

59.Somnambuslism is the cdondition:

(a)Sleep Walking

(b)Sleep talking

(c )Teeth grinding

(d)Night mares

(a)Paracetamol

(b)Diethyl carbamazine

(c )Iver meetin

(d)Doxy cycline

61.Indomethacin is the medical choice for the cardiac condition:

(a)Tetralogy of fallot

(b)Tricuspid atresia

(c )Coarctation of aorta

(d)Patent ductus artereosus

62.A 4 year old child having burns over his front and back trunk,total body surface area burned according to rule of fire:

(a)40                                            (b)50

(c )20                                           (d)30

63.Dietary intake of calcium should be reduced in clinical condition:

(a)Hypo parathyroidism

(b)Hyper parathyroidism

(c )Hypothyroidism

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64. Nissen's fundoplication procedure is done to treat:

(a) Intestinal obstruction

(b)Hirsprung’s disease

(c )Gastro oesophageal reflux  disease

(d)Pyloric stenosis

65.Adult type of Diphteria Vaccine:

(a)Td                             (b)DT

(c )DPT                         (d)PT

66.Temperature of autoclave for effective sterilization :

(a)111^oc                             (b)115^0c

(c )118^0C                            (d)121^0c

67.Which disease condition is charactrized by pea soup stools?

(a)Diphtheria

(b)Typhoid

(c )Chicken pox

(d)Cholera

68.Immediate disinfection of all contaminated articles and bodily  discharges during the course of disease:

(a)Terminal disinfection

(b)Fumigation

(a)Ablative Surgery

(b)Transplant Surgery

(c )Palliative  Surgery

(d)Diagnostic surgery

70.pre-dominant cation in extracellular fluid:

(a)Potassium

(b)Magnesium

(c )Calcium

(d)Sodium

(a) 1-4 litre/minute

(b)5 -8 litre/minute

(c )9 -12 litre/minute

(d)13-16 litre/minute

72.Position to be kept by a person for doing lumbar puncture:

(a)T -shaped             (b)C -shaped

(c )B -shaped             (d)Y- shaped

73.Normal range of blood gas analysis for PCO2:

(a)15-25 mmHg

(b)25-35 mmHg

(c )35-45 mmHg

(d)45-55 mmHg

74.Normal level of serum creatinine in human body:

(a).6 - 1.2 mg/dl

(b)1.2 - 2 mg/dl

(c )2 - 3 mg/dl

(d)3.6 - 4.2 mg/dl

75.What will - happen to sugar content of cerebrospinal fluid during bacterial infection?

(a)Normal

(b)Decrease

(c )Increase

(d)No suger

(a)in  nephrotic syndrome

(b)in glomerulo nephritis

(c )in multiple sclerosis

(d)in multiple myeloma

77.Prescribed guidelines established by authority under which activities are to be performed:

(a)Strategy                           (b)Policy

(c )Rule                                (d)Manual

78.The Universal Recipient blood group:

(a) Group A                  (b)Group C

(c )Group O                            (d)Group AB

(a)Instillation

(b)Irrigation

(c )Insertion

(d)Inhalation

80.Which clinical condition is identified by triple test in pregnancy?

(a)West syndrome

(b)Down syndrome

(c )Pierry Robinson syndrome

(d)Klinfelter’s syndrome

81.Menstruation at regular intervals, but with excessive flow and duration:

(a)Menorrhagia

(b)Metrorrhagia

(c )Polymenorrhoea

(d)Oligomenorrhoea

82.Speech a disturbed client start to repeat phrases that others have just said:

(a)Autism                     (b)Echolalia

(c )Neologism             (d)Echopraxia

(a)on high fibre diet

(b)on low fat diet

(c )on low protein diet

(d)fluid only diet

84.Complete absence of spontaneous movement with mutism,negativism and rigid posturing:

(a)Delirium                   (b)Dementia

(c )stupour                    (d)Dellusion

(a)Zigmond frued

(b)Eugin Blueler

(c )CurtScheider

(d)Emil Krapelin

86.The therapeutic blood lithium level which is used as drug in bipolar disorder:

(a)2.6 -3.2 mEq/litre

(b)3.6 - 4.2 mEq/litre

(c ).6 - 1.2 mEq/litre

(d).1 - .5  mEq/litre

87.Fear of high places:

(a)Claustrophobia

(b)Acrophobia

(c )Agarophobia

(d)Xenophobia

88.A selective serotonin re- uptake in hibitor:

(a)Amitriptyline

(b)Imipramine

(c )Despiramine

(d)Fluoxetine

89.In AIDS , the CD4 count:

(a)<200 cells/mm^3

(b)300 -400 cells/mm^3

(c )400-500 cells/mm^3

(d)>500  cells/mm^3

90.Colour of meconium stained amniotic fluid:

(a)Red                    (b)Yellow         

(c )Green                (d)White

91.A Positive sign of pregnancy :

(a)Amenorrhoea,nausea, Vomiting

(b)Fetal outline by sonography

(c )Frequency of micturition

(d)Braxton-Hicks contractions

92.Housemaid’s knee:

(a)Blepharitis

(b)Balanitis

(c )Bronchitis

(d)Bursitis

(a)c=(F - 32)*5/9

(b)c = (F 32)*5/9

(c )c = (F - 32)*9/5

(d)c = (F  32)*9/5

(a)Isolation

(b)Quarantine

(c )Disinfection

(d)Sterilisation

95.The difference between axillary and rectal temperature:

(a)4^0F                (b)3^0F        (c )2^0F              (d)1^0F

96.Which is not an ingredient of oral rehydration solution?

(a)Sodium chloride

(b)Potassium chloride

(c )Sodium citrate

(d)Calcium carbonate

97.Which is not a modified Jone’s major criteria for diagnosing rheumatic fever?

(a)Arthralgia

(b)Chorea

(c )Carditis

(d)Subcutaneous nodules

98.Holding the hips and knees at 90^0 flexion, a backward Pressure is applied while adducting hips, the femur  head is felt slipping out of the acetabulum with a click sound:

(a)Positive Ortolani’s test

(b)Positive Kerning test

(c )Positive Trendlenberg test

(d)Positive Barlow’s test

99.Formula for calculating  Body Mass Index

(a)height (m)/weight^2(kg)

(b)height^2(m)/weight (kg)

(c )weight (kg)/height^2 (m)

(d)weight (kg)/height (m)

100.Rh anti-D immunoglobulin is administered intramuscularly the a Rh negative unimmunized mother following child birth :

(a)within 7 days

(b)within 3 days

(c )within 5 days

(d)within 9 days

Answer Key

1.(a),  2.(c ),3.(d),4.(b),5.(a),6.(d),7.(c ),8.(b),9.(b),10.(d)

11.(b),12.(a),13.(a), 14.(c ),15.(b),16.(d),17.(c ),18.(b),19.(d)

20.(b),30.(d),31.(b),32.(d),33.(b),34.(c ),35.(a),36.(c ),37.(b)

38.(a),39.(d),40.(b),41.(c ),42.(a),43.(d),44.(a),45.(b),46.

47.(a),48.(c ),49.(a),50.(c ),51.(b),52.(d),53.(d),54.(c),55.

56.(d),57.(c ),58.(a),59.(a),60.(c ),61.(d),62.(c ),63.(b),64.

65.(a),66.(d),67.(b),68.(c ),69.(c ),70.(d),71.(a),72.(b),73.

74.(a),75.(b),76.(d), 77.(b),78.(d),79.(a),80.(b),81.(a),82.

83.(b),84.(c ), 85.(d),86.(c ),87.(b),88.(d),89.(a),90.(c ),91.