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  1. 1.
    Mount K2 also known as Godwin Austin the highest peak in India is in the
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    Answer: D —
    Karakoram range
    Mount K2 (Godwin-Austen) is located in the Karakoram range.
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  2. 2.
    Who among the following was/were the economic critic/critics of colonialism in India? (1) Dadabai Naoroji (2) Romesh Chandra Dutt (3) Gopal Krishna Gokhale Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
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    Answer: B —
    1, 2 and 3
    Dadabhai Naoroji, R.C. Dutt, and G.K. Gokhale were prominent economic critics of British colonialism in India.
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  3. 3.
    New Delhi's Rajpath the road from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India gate is renamed as
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    Answer: C —
    Kartavya Path
    Rajpath was officially renamed as Kartavya Path.
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  4. 4.
    Consider the following statements: (1) The Five Year Plan in India was launched in 1951. (2) M. Visvesvaraya is known as the architect of Indian Planning. (3) Five Year Plan is considered as the last Five Year Plan of India. (4) On January 2015 the Planning Commission was replaced by NITI AAYOG. Which of the above statement/s is/are correct?
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    Answer: C —
    1, 3 and 4
    Statements 1, 3, and 4 are correct regarding Indian five-year plans and NITI Aayog.
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  5. 5.
    Which among the following States has highest population density as per census 2011?
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    Answer: A —
    Bihar
    According to the 2011 Census, Bihar has the highest population density among Indian states.
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  6. 6.
    Which among the following is/are the tributaries of River Periyar? (1) Parambikulam (2) Muthirapuzha (3) Edamalayar (4) Mangalapuzha Which of the above is/are correct?
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    Answer: B —
    2, 3 and 4
    Muthirapuzha, Edamalayar, and Mangalapuzha are associated with the Periyar river system.
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  7. 7.
    Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? Work Author 1. Naalagamangal - V.T. Bhattathiripad 2. Advaita panjaram - Sree Narayana Guru 3. Kristhumata Nirupanam - Chattampi Swamikal 4. Jathi Kummi - Pandit K.P. Karuppan Choose the correct answer:
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    Answer: A —
    3 and 4
    Pairs 3 and 4 are correctly matched.
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  8. 8.
    Who is the recently elected, 3rd woman Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
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    Answer: D —
    Lizz Truss
    Liz Truss was elected as the third female Prime Minister of the UK.
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  9. 9.
    Which of the following statement is incorrect?
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    Answer: B —
    Vaghbhatananda was the founder of Samatva Samajan.
    Samatva Samajam was founded by Ayya Vaikundar, not Vagbhatananda.
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  10. 10.
    Mikhail Gorbachev, who passed away recently, was the former President of
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    Answer: C —
    Soviet Union
    Mikhail Gorbachev was the final leader of the Soviet Union.
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  11. 11.
    Who is the father of Modern day computers?
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    Answer: B —
    Charles Babbage
    Charles Babbage is widely considered the father of computers.
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  12. 12.
    Which is the smallest unit of memory in a computer?
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    Answer: C —
    Bit
    A bit (binary digit) is the smallest unit of data in a computer.
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  13. 13.
    Which is an application software among the following?
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    Answer: C —
    MS Excel
    MS Excel is an application software.
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  14. 14.
    The main electronic component used in second generation computers was
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    Answer: A —
    Transistors
    Second-generation computers used transistors instead of vacuum tubes.
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  15. 15.
    How many bits in a byte?
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    Answer: D —
    8
    One byte consists of 8 bits.
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  16. 16.
    Google Chrome is a
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    Answer: A —
    Web browser
    Google Chrome is a popular web browser developed by Google.
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  17. 17.
    What is the decimal equivalent of the binary number 1101?
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    Answer: B —
    13
    Binary 11012=1imes23+1imes22+0imes21+1imes20=8+4+0+1=13101101_2 = 1 imes 2^3 + 1 imes 2^2 + 0 imes 2^1 + 1 imes 2^0 = 8 + 4 + 0 + 1 = 13_{10}.
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  18. 18.
    What is the hexadecimal equivalent of the decimal number 15.75?
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    Answer: C —
    F .C
    Decimal 15 is F in hexadecimal, and 0.75 is 0.75imes16=120.75 imes 16 = 12, which is C. Thus, F.C.
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  19. 19.
    Which of the following natural element is the primary element in computer chip?
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    Answer: A —
    Silicon
    Silicon is the primary semiconductor material used in computer chips.
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  20. 20.
    Which of the following is an input device?
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    Answer: C —
    OMR
    Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) is an input device.
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  21. 21.
    How many bytes does 2 kilobytes represent?
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    Answer: A —
    2048
    1 kilobyte (KB) = 1024 bytes. Therefore, 2 KB = 2×1024=20482 \times 1024 = 2048 bytes.
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  22. 22.
    What is the speed of computer measured in?
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    Answer: A —
    Gigahertz
    The clock speed of a computer processor is typically measured in Gigahertz (GHz).
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  23. 23.
    What is the full form of SCSI?
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    Answer: B —
    Small Computer Standard Interface
    SCSI stands for Small Computer System Interface.
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  24. 24.
    Which of the following is not an application software?
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    Answer: A —
    Windows 7
    Windows 7 is an operating system (system software), while the others are application software.
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  25. 25.
    Which facility in MS Word enables us to send the same letter to different persons?
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    Answer: B —
    Mail Merge
    Mail Merge is the feature in MS Word used to create personalized documents for multiple recipients.
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  26. 26.
    In MS Word the shortcut key Ctrl+P used for
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    Answer: D —
    Open print dialog box
    Ctrl+P is the standard shortcut key to open the Print dialog box.
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  27. 27.
    In MS Word Portrait and Landscape are
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    Answer: A —
    Page orientation
    Portrait and Landscape are the two types of page orientation settings in MS Word.
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  28. 28.
    In MS Word, the shortcut key to copy selected text is
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    Answer: B —
    Ctrl+C
    Ctrl+C is the shortcut key used to copy selected text to the clipboard.
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  29. 29.
    Which of the following is not a font style?
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    Answer: C —
    Subscript
    Subscript is a text effect or formatting option, not a font style like Regular, Bold, or Italic.
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  30. 30.
    T o select all text in MS Word document by
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    Answer: A —
    Ctrl+A
    Ctrl+A is the shortcut key used to select all content in a document.
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  31. 31.
    Name of a word document displays in
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    Answer: D —
    Title bar
    The Title bar at the top of the window displays the name of the currently open document.
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  32. 32.
    Formatting in MS Word is performed on
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    Answer: D —
    Both 1 and 2
    Formatting can be applied to both text and tables in MS Word.
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  33. 33.
    Function key used to open help window in MS Word document is
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    Answer: A —
    F1
    F1 is the universal function key for opening the Help window in most Windows applications.
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  34. 34.
    In MS Word we can insert a page number at
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    Answer: C —
    Both 1 and 2
    Page numbers can be inserted in either the header or the footer of a document.
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  35. 35.
    MS Excel is a powerful
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    Answer: B —
    Spreadsheet package
    MS Excel is a spreadsheet application used for data analysis and calculations.
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  36. 36.
    Shortcut key to select an entire column in MS Excel is
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    Answer: A —
    Ctrl+Space bar
    Ctrl+Space bar is the shortcut to select the entire column of the active cell.
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  37. 37.
    The intersection of row and column on a worksheet is called
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    Cell
    A cell is the basic unit of a worksheet, formed by the intersection of a row and a column.
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  38. 38.
    Which of the following is not a valid function in MS Excel?
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    SUBTRACT()
    There is no built-in function named SUBTRACT() in Excel; subtraction is performed using the minus (-) operator.
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  39. 39.
    Which of the following symbol is used to enter formula in an MS Excel cell?
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    =
    Formulas in Excel must begin with an equals sign (=).
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  40. 40.
    What is the value of the MS Excel formula =SUMSQ(3, 4, 5)?
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    Answer: B —
    50
    SUMSQ returns the sum of squares: 32+42+52=9+16+25=503^2 + 4^2 + 5^2 = 9 + 16 + 25 = 50.
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  41. 41.
    Which command is used to close the window of MS Excel?
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    Answer: A —
    Alt+F4
    Alt + F4 closes the application window.
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  42. 42.
    Which application is used for presentation?
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    Answer: D —
    MS Power point
    MS PowerPoint is used for creating presentations.
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  43. 43.
    In Power point the dotted areas in an empty slide are called
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    Answer: A —
    Placeholders
    Dotted boxes on slides are placeholders.
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  44. 44.
    Which function key is used to start Power point slideshow?
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    Answer: D —
    F5
    F5 starts the PowerPoint slideshow from the beginning.
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  45. 45.
    Which shortcut key is used to stop the slideshow?
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    Answer: A —
    Esc key
    Pressing the Esc key exits/stops a slideshow.
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  46. 46.
    Which function key is used for checking the spelling Power point?
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    Answer: A —
    F7
    F7 is used for spell check in Microsoft Office applications.
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  47. 47.
    In Power point, From which menu you can access picture, chart etc?
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    Answer: C —
    Insert
    Pictures, charts, and other objects are inserted via the Insert menu.
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  48. 48.
    Which of the following is the default page setup orientation of slide in Power point?
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    Answer: B —
    Landscape
    The default slide orientation in PowerPoint is Landscape.
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  49. 49.
    ASCII stands for
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    Answer: A —
    American Standard Code for Information Interchange
    ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
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  50. 50.
    Who is known as the father of computer science?
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    Answer: C —
    Alen T urning
    Alan Turing is widely considered the father of theoretical computer science.
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  51. 51.
    Who was the first author to submit typewritten book manuscript?
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    Mark T wain
    Mark Twain was the first author to submit a typewritten manuscript.
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  52. 52.
    Brackets in the QWERTY Key board can be found on the same keys as the numbers
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    Answer: B —
    9 and 0
    Parentheses/brackets are typically on keys 9 and 0 on standard keyboards.
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  53. 53.
    What does the Shift key do in keyboard?
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    Answer: C —
    It lets you type capital letters and symbols
    The Shift key allows typing uppercase letters and secondary symbol characters on number keys.
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  54. 54.
    The step by step movement of carriage is done by
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    Answer: A —
    Dog Block
    The dog block controls the step-by-step movement of the carriage in a typewriter.
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  55. 55.
    The percentage symbol is above the number
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    Answer: A —
    5
    The '%' symbol is located on the number 5 key on a standard keyboard layout.
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  56. 56.
    In Demi Official Letter 'T o' Address is type on
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    Answer: D —
    Bottom left side
    In a Demi-Official letter, the 'To' address is typed at the bottom left side.
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  57. 57.
    Who introduced 'Shift key' in the keyboard?
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    Answer: A —
    Remington
    Remington introduced the shift key on their No. 2 typewriter in 1878.
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  58. 58.
    The standard typewriter was introduced by
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    Answer: A —
    The Underwood company
    The standard typewriter with front-strike visible writing was popularized by Underwood.
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  59. 59.
    Guide Keys in a T ypewriter are (i) asdf (ii) ;lkj (iii) f and j (iv) n
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    Answer: B —
    (iii) only
    The home/guide keys for touch typing are 'f' and 'j' (with touch bumps).
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  60. 60.
    Who introduced touch method of typewriting?
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    Answer: C —
    F .E. McGurrin
    Frank Edward McGurrin introduced the touch typing method.
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  61. 61.
    പാമ്പ് എന്നർത്ഥം വരാത്ത പദം
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    Answer: C —
    മണ്ഡൂകം
    മണ്ഡൂകം എന്നാൽ തവള എന്നാണ് അർത്ഥം.
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  62. 62.
    ആർജ്ജവം എന്ന പദത്തിന്റെ അർത്ഥമേത്?
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    Answer: C —
    നിവർന്നത്
    ആർജ്ജവം എന്നാൽ നേരായത് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ നിവർന്നത് എന്നർത്ഥം.
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  63. 63.
    മീൻ എന്നർത്ഥം വരുന്ന പദം
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    ഝഷം
    ഝഷം എന്നാൽ മീൻ/മത്സ്യം എന്നർത്ഥം.
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  64. 64.
    കാൽ + തരാ് : കാൽത്തരാ് - സന്ധിയേത്?
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    Answer: A —
    ദ്വിത്വം
    ഇരട്ടിക്കൽ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ദ്വിത്വം വരുന്നു.
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  65. 65.
    വർഗ്ഗത്തിൽ പെടാത്തതേത്?
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    Answer: D —
    ഝ
    ഝ ചവർഗ്ഗത്തിൽ പെടുന്നു, മറ്റുള്ളവ ടവർഗ്ഗത്തിൽ പെടുന്നു.
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  66. 66.
    'കത്ത് അയച്ച ആൾ' എന്ന അർത്ഥത്തിൽ ശരിയായ പ്രയോഗം
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    Answer: C —
    പ്രേഷകൻ
    കത്ത് അയക്കുന്ന ആൾ പ്രേഷകൻ എന്നും അയക്കപ്പെട്ടയാൾ പ്രേഷിതൻ എന്നും അറിയപ്പെടുന്നു.
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  67. 67.
    'നന്മ' എന്ന പദത്തിന്റെ ശരിയായ പിരിച്ചെഴുത്ത്
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    Answer: C —
    നൽ + മ
    നന്മ = നൽ + മ.
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  68. 68.
    കൺ + നീർ : കണ്ണീർ - സന്ധിയെതന്ന് വിശകലനം ചെയ്യുക
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    Answer: A —
    ആദേശം
    ന എന്നതിന് പകരം ണ് വരുന്നത് ആദേശസന്ധിയാണ്.
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  69. 69.
    'തലമുടി' എന്നർത്ഥം വരാത്ത പദം
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    Answer: C —
    കഴൽ
    കഴൽ എന്നാൽ കാൽ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ കണങ്കാൽ എന്നർത്ഥം.
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  70. 70.
    ശരിയായ രൂപമേത്?
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    Answer: B —
    കപടം
    കപടം എന്നതാണ് ശരിയായ പദം.
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  71. 71.
    ജാരൻ എന്ന പദത്തിന്റെ സ്ത്രീലിംഗം
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    Answer: A —
    ജാരിണി
    ജാരൻ - ജാരിണി.
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  72. 72.
    ശരിയായ രൂപമേത്?
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    Answer: B —
    യാന്ത്രികം
    യാന്ത്രികം എന്നതാണ് ശരിയായ രൂപം.
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  73. 73.
    ശരിയായ രൂപമേത്?
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    Answer: B —
    പീഡനം
    പീഡനം എന്നതാണ് ശരിയായ বানান.
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  74. 74.
    അനിലൻ, അനലൻ - ശരിയായ അർത്ഥ ജോഡി ഏത്?
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    Answer: D —
    കാറ്റ്, അഗ്നി
    അനിലൻ എന്നാൽ കാറ്റ്, അനലൻ എന്നാൽ അഗ്നി.
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  75. 75.
    ശരിയായ രൂപമേത്?
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    Answer: C —
    ഉത്ഭവന
    ഉത്ഭവന ശരിയായ രൂപമാണ് (അഥവാ നൽകിയിട്ടുള്ളതിൽ ഉത്ഭവന/ഉദ്ഭാവന പരിശോധിച്ചാൽ C ശരിയാണ്).
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  76. 76.
    ശരിയായ വാചകമേത്?
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    Answer: C —
    മയിലുകൾ പാടുകയും മയിലുകൾ ആടുകയും ചെയ്തു
    വ്യാകരണശുദ്ധിയുള്ള വാചകം 'മയിലുകൾ പാടുകയും മയിലുകൾ ആടുകയും ചെയ്തു' എന്നതാണ്.
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  77. 77.
    Empty vessels make the greatest sound എന്ന ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് ചൊല്ലിന് സമാനമായ മലയാളം പഴഞ്ചൊല്ല് ഏത്?
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    Answer: B —
    നിറകുടം തുളുമ്പില്ല
    ശബ്ദമില്ലാത്ത വെറും പാത്രങ്ങൾ കൂടുതൽ ശബ്ദമുണ്ടാക്കും എന്നതിന് സമാനമാണ് 'നിറകുടം തുളുമ്പില്ല'.
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  78. 78.
    ശരിയായ രൂപം ഏത്?
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    Answer: B —
    ഊർജ്ജം
    ഊർജ്ജം എന്നതാണ് ശരിയായ പദം.
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  79. 79.
    ശരിയായ രൂപമേത്?
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    Answer: B —
    നിഘണ്ടു
    നിഘണ്ടു എന്നതാണ് ശരിയായ രൂപം.
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  80. 80.
    സൈ്വരം എന്ന പദത്തിന്റെ അർത്ഥം
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    Answer: B —
    സ്വയത്തെ സംബന്ധിച്ച
    സൈ്വരം എന്നാൽ സ്വന്തം ഇഷ്ടപ്രകാരമുള്ളത് / സുഖം എന്നൊക്കെയാണ്.
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  81. 81.
    Find the synonym of "Quagmire" from the options given below:
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    Answer: A —
    Entanglement
    Quagmire means a soft boggy area or a complex/hazardous situation (entanglement).
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  82. 82.
    The past participle of "seek" is
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    Answer: C —
    Sought
    The past and past participle form of seek is sought.
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  83. 83.
    Find out from the passage the one word for "the secret planning of something illicit or detrimental".
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    Answer: A —
    Intrigue
    Intrigue refers to secret planning or plotting.
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  84. 84.
    Choose the correct question tag: Magellan joined the court of the King of Spain, ____________?
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    Answer: B —
    Didn't he?
    Since the main clause is in the simple past ('joined'), the question tag uses 'didn't'.
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  85. 85.
    Choose the most suitable collective noun. A ___________ of lions were basking in the sun.
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    Answer: C —
    Pride
    A group of lions is called a pride.
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  86. 86.
    Fill in the blanks using the correct option. If I had seen him, I _______________ (speak) to him.
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    Answer: C —
    would have spoken
    Third conditional structure: If + past perfect, would have + past participle.
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  87. 87.
    Choose the idiom with the same meaning as the underlined words. The collapse of the bank was totally unexpected.
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    Answer: B —
    a bolt from the blue
    'A bolt from the blue' means a sudden and unexpected event.
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  88. 88.
    Change into reported speech: She said, "I ate the Popcorn".
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    Answer: D —
    She said that she had eaten the Popcorn.
    Simple past ('ate') changes to past perfect ('had eaten') in indirect speech.
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  89. 89.
    Choose the correct phrasal verb to fill in the blanks: He is so rude that it is difficult to ____________ his behavior.
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    Answer: D —
    Put up with
    'Put up with' means to tolerate.
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  90. 90.
    Choose the correctly spelt word from the options given below:
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    Answer: C —
    Ninety
    'Ninety' is correctly spelt.
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  91. 91.
    Change the voice: Who broke the window?
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    Answer: B —
    By whom was the window broken?
    Active sentence in simple past with 'Who' changes to 'By whom was + object + past participle'.
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  92. 92.
    Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the verb given in bracket. The coach, as well as the players, ___________ (be) coming.
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    Answer: A —
    is
    When subjects are connected by 'as well as', the verb agrees with the first subject ('The coach' -> is).
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  93. 93.
    The bell _________ (ring) before I reached the school.
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    Answer: B —
    had rung
    In past tense sequence involving 'before', the earlier action takes the past perfect ('had rung').
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  94. 94.
    Read the sentence given below to find out if there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If there is no error, mark the answer as D.
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    Answer: D —
    No error
    The sentence is grammatically correct.
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  95. 95.
    Fill in the blanks using correct articles. I am ________ Indian by birth, not ________ European.
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    Answer: A —
    an, a
    'Indian' begins with a vowel sound (an Indian), whereas 'European' begins with a consonant 'y' sound (a European).
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  96. 96.
    Fill in the blanks using correct preposition: India won independence ___________ August 15,1947.
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    Answer: C —
    on
    Use 'on' with specific dates.
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  97. 97.
    Choose the correct sentence from the options given below:
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    Answer: A —
    Your need is greater than mine.
    'Mine' is the correct possessive pronoun matching 'Your need'.
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  98. 98.
    A sentence is given in jumble order. Rearrange it to form a meaningful sentence. (1) Children's book of all time/ (2) About the boy wizard Harry Potter/ (3) J.K. Rowling's best selling novel/ (4) Is one of the most popular
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    Answer: D —
    3241
    J.K. Rowling's best selling novel (3) about the boy wizard Harry Potter (2) is one of the most popular (4) children's book of all time (1).
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  99. 99.
    Which of the following words should be capitalized in the given sentence? She climbed the Mount Everest on a monday morning.
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    Answer: B —
    She, Mount, Everest, Monday
    Proper nouns ('She' as first word of sentence, 'Mount', 'Everest', 'Monday') must be capitalized.
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  100. 100.
    Choose the right word to fit both sentences: The dog had a loud ______. The ____________ of the tree was very rough.
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    Answer: D —
    Bark
    'Bark' refers to a dog's sound as well as the outer covering of a tree trunk.
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