PSC MODEL TEST 8

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(1) Coconut water contains which plant hormone

(A) Auxin 

(B) Gibberellin 

(C) Ethylene 

(D) Cytokinin 

(2) Who was the first British high commissioner of independent India

(A) S.Rajagopalachari 

(B) V.K.Krishna menon 

(C) V.P.Menon 

(D) Dr.S.Radhakrishnan 

(3) Which European country is known as ' Land of thousand lakes '

(A) Denmark 

(B) Austria 

(C) Finland 

(D) Netherland 

(4) Which chemical is known as ' Fool's gold '

(A) Iron sulphate 

(B) Iron carbide 

(C) Iron chloride 

(D) Iron pyritis 

(5) What is the colour of Ammonium chloride

(A) White 

(B) Blue 

(C) Green 

(D) Yellow 

(6) What is the main component of teeth and bones

(A) Calcium carbonate 

(B) Calcium phosphate 

(C) Calcium chloride 

(D) Calcium flouride 

(7) Who abolished privy purse system

(A) Javahar lal Nehru 

(B) Morarji Desai 

(C) Indira Gandhi 

(D) Rajiv Gandhi 

(8) Raja chelliah committee report related to which matter

(A) Stock exchange 

(B) Tax reforms 

(C) Agriculture 

(D) Election reforms 

(9) Which is the first ISO certified police station in Kerala

(A) Kozhikode 

(B) Thrissur 

(C) Trivandrum 

(D) Eranakulam 

(10) Where is Raman Science centre of planetorium situeted

(A) Bengaluru 

(B) Chennai 

(C) Lucknow 

(D) Nagpur 

(11) In which year famous Magna carta signed

(A) AD 1220 

(B) AD 1230 

(C) AD 1225 

(D) AD 1215 

(12) Hijra year was started in which year

(A) AD 620 

(B) AD 622 

(C) AD 625 

(D) AD 650 

(13) Jesus christ was born in which year

(A) BC 2 

(B) BC 3 

(C) BC 4 

(D) BC 5 

(14) Who banned olympics in AD 394

(A) Augustus 

(B) Tiberius 

(C) Commodus 

(D) Theodosius 

(15) Socrates was killed in which year

(A) BC 399 

(B) BC 400 

(C) BC 379 

(D) BC 325 

(16) First olympics was started in which year

(A) BC 730 

(B) BC 750 

(C) BC 775 

(D) BC 776 

(17) American Independence declaration was in which year

(A) AD 1750 

(B) AD 1770 

(C) AD 1776 

(D) AD 1780 

(18) In which year Industrial revolution started in England

(A) AD 1730 

(B) AD 1744 

(C) AD 1774 

(D) AD 1784 

(19) In which year the Great Revolution occured in England

(A) AD 1665 

(B) AD 1668 

(C) AD 1670 

(D) AD 1678 

(20) Shakespeare was born in which year

(A) AD 1564 

(B) AD 1664 

(C) AD 1674 

(D) AD 1764 

(21) The battle of plassey was fought in which year

(A) 1575 

(B) 1750 

(C) 1755 

(D) 1757 

(22) Kendra sangeeta nataka academy was formed in which year

(A) 1950 

(B) 1955 

(C) 1957 

(D) 1952 

(23) Bokaro steel plant is situated in which state

(A) Jharkhand 

(B) Odisha 

(C) Bihar 

(D) Madhya pradesh 

(24) Which instrument is used to measure pressure of gas

(A) Manometer 

(B) Monometer 

(C) Venturimeter 

(D) Thermometer 

(25) Which danceform is known as ' Poetry in motion '

(A) Mohiniyattam 

(B) Bharathanatyam 

(C) Kadhakali 

(D) Kadhak 

(26) Where is tropical botanical garden and research institute located in Kerala

(A) Kozhikode 

(B) Palode 

(C) Mannuthi 

(D) Vellayani 

(27) Which state in India is known as ' Mineral state of India '

(A) Uttarakhand 

(B) Odisha 

(C) Bihar 

(D) Jharkhand 

(28) In which year the news paper ' The Hindu ' started publishing

(A) 1850 

(B) 1868 

(C) 1878 

(D) 1880 

(29) Who was the founder of Dakshin bharath hindi prachar sabha

(A) K.M.Munshi 

(B) C.Rajagopalachari 

(C) Shyama prasad mukharjee 

(D) Rajendraprasad 

(30) Border line between Finland and Sweden is known as

(A) Ocean reef 

(B) Rock border 

(C) Wind wall 

(D) Market reef 

(31) Which border line separates France and Germany

(A) Maginot line 

(B) Order neisse line 

(C) Polish corridor 

(D) 16th parallel 

(32) Which border line separates Namibia and Angola

(A) 18 th parallel 

(B) 16 th parallel 

(C) 15 th parallel 

(D) 22 th parallel 

(33) Border line between South korea and North korea is known as

(A) 16 th parallel 

(B) 49 th parallel 

(C) 38 th parallel 

(D) 48 th parallel 

(34) Which border line separates USA and Canada

(A) 16 th parallel 

(B) 38 th parallel 

(C) 49 th parallel 

(D) 14 th parallel 

(35) Which district in kerala has no sea shore and border with other states

(A) Alapuzha 

(B) Kannur 

(C) Kollam 

(D) Kottayam 

(36) Who doscovered speed of light maximum is in Vaccum

(A) Chrystian Huygens 

(B) Leon Foucault 

(C) Max Plank 

(D) Isaac Newton 

(37) Who invented DDT

(A) Michael Faraday 

(B) Alexandro volta 

(C) Charlse Tenant 

(D) Paul Herman Muller 

(38) Which is the first acid discovered

(A) Frormic acid 

(B) Hydrochloric acid 

(C) Acetic acid 

(D) Nitric acid 

(39) Who did win Nobel prize for both Chemistry and Peace

(A) Madam curie 

(B) Lenus pauling 

(C) Thomas alwa edison 

(D) Michael faraday 

(40) Who abolished sati system in India

(A) Lord Mayo 

(B) Lord William Bentick 

(C) Lord Irwin 

(D) Lord Curson 

(41) Which day is Observed as Women's day

(A) March 5 

(B) March 6 

(C) March 7 

(D) March 8