1. From 50 students taking examinations in (c) 6.

66 cm (d) 10 cm
Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, 37
passed in Mathematics, 24 in Physics and 43 in 7. Pick the odd one out from the following with
Chemistry. At the most 19 passed Mathematics respect to the properties of a liquid
and Physics, 29 passed Mathematics and
Chemistry and 20 passed Physics and (a) They have definite volume
Chemistry. The largest possible number that (b) Liquids are incompressible
could have passed all three examinations is (c) They have their own shape
(d) They have definite mass
(a) 11 (b) 12
(c) 13 (d) 14 8. A boat is fitted with an echo-sounder, which
uses ultrasound with a frequency of 40 kHz.
2. If a1, a2, a3 ………. are in arithmetic progression Ultrasound pulses take 0.3 s to travel from the
such that a1 + a5 + a10 + a15 + a20 + a24 = 225 then boat to the seabed and return. How deep is the
the value of a1 + a2 + a3 + …….. + a23 + a24 is water under the boat?

(a) 109 (b) 75 (a) 216 m (b) 21.6 m

(c) 750 (d) 900 (c) 2160 m (d) 21.6 km

3. If the 5th term of a geometric progression is 2, 9. Raja, weighing 40 kg climbs up a staircase of 20

then the product of first 9 terms is steps, each of 16 cm height, in 20 seconds. Find
the power generated by Raja.
(a) 256 (b) 128
(c) 512 (d) 1024 (a) 62.7 W (b) 31.4W
(c) 125.2 J (d) 31.4 J
4. If the sum of the roots of the equation
ax2 + 2x + 3a = 0 is equal to their product then 10. Select the liquid which has the specific heat
the value of ‘a’ is capacity of 4180 JKg-1 K-1 from the following:

(a) 4 (b) -3 (a) Mercury (b) Kerosene

(c) Water (d) Coconut Oil
(c) -⅔ (d) -6
11. The ratio of Hydrogen and Oxygen by mass in
5. If f(x) = x , (x ≠0),
water is
x
then the value of the function is (a) 1:8 (b) 8:1
(d) 1: 1 (d) 1 : 16
(a) 1 (b) -1
(c) 0 (d) does not exist
12. Among the metals given below, the pair that
has the highest and lowest melting points
6. An object is placed 35 cm from a convex lens respectively is
whose focal length is 15 cm. The image
distance is (a) Tungsten and Lead
(a) 50 cm (b) 26.25 cm (b) Iron and Sodium
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 (c) Mercury and Magnesium (d) Transpiration
(d) Tungsten and Gallium
20. In a pea plant, the yellow colour of the seed
dominates over the green colour. The genetic
13. In crystalline Sodium Chloride, eash Na+ ion is
makeup of the green colour of the seed can be
surrounded by ----------- chloride ions
shown as
(a) 6 (b) 4 (a) GG (b) Gg
(c) 8 (d) 12 (c) Yy (d) yy

14. Phosphorous burns in air to form Phosphorous 21. Treaty of Purandhar was signed between -
Pentoxide, whose chemical formula is ---------- and Sivaji.

(a) P2O5 (b) PO5 (a) Raja Jaisingh (b) Afzal Khan
(c) P5O2 (d) P5O (c) Shaistakhan (d) BajiRao

15. The element which is not a constituent of 22. The Carnatic wars were fought during -----------
Duralumin alloy is
(a) 1736 - 1744 (b) 1740 - 1744
(a) Aluminium (b) Manganese (c) 1740 - 1763 (d) 1770 - 1774
(c) Molybdinum (d) Magnesium
23. ------------------ was the birth place of Industrial
16. Arrange the words in the correct sequence. Revolution.

(a) USA (b) France

1. Species 2. Kingdom
(c) England (d) Germany
3. Family 4. Genus

(a) 1, 2, 3, 4 (b) 2, 3, 4, 1 24. In Russia the Czarist government was ended by

(c) 1, 2, 4, 3 (d) 3, 2, 4, 1 (a) Lenin (b) Karl Marx
17. Which crop is grown for oilseeds? (c) Martov (d) Stalin

(a) Maize (b) Sunflower 25. Vallalar’s devotional songs are compiled in a
(c) Rice (d) Wheat volume called --------------

18. Pick the odd one out (a) Devaram (b) Thiruvasagam
(c) Ettuthogai (d) Thiru Arutpa
(a) Shahiwal (b) Holsteen Freisian 26. -------------- is the largest state of India (as
(c) Red sindhi (d) Gir regards area)
19. Plants absorb water from the soil or water
reservoir and add it to the atmosphere as (a) Uttar Pradesh
vapour by: (b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Maharashtra
(a) Photosynthesis (d) Rajasthan
(b) Absorption
(c) Respiration
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27. The length of the world’s second largest beach, 33. The difference between the ages of two
Marina is --------------- long. persons is 10 years. Fifteen years ago, the elder
one was twice as old as the younger one. The
(a) 6 km (b) 13 km present age of the elder person is
(c) 17 km (d) 20 km
(a) 25 years (b) 35 years
28. The hard wood trees like ebony, teak, and (c) 45 years (d) 55 years
rosewood are found in ------------------
34. A number when divided by 6 leaves a
(a) Tropical ever Green forests remainder 3. When the square of the same
(b) Tropical deciduous forests number is divided by 6 the remainder is --------
(c) Thorny shrub forests
(d) Hill forests (a) 0 (b) 1
29. The capacity of the Thuthukudi thermal power (c) 2 (d) 3
plant is
35. The speed of a boat in still water is 10 km/hr. If
(a) 2490 MW (b) 600 MW it can travel 26 km downstream and 14 km
(c) 1200 MW (d) 1050 MW upstream in the same time, the speed of the
stream is
30. The Indian railways is divided into ----------
Zones. (a) 2 km/hr (b) 2.5 km/hr
(c) 3 km/hr (d) 4 km/hr
(a) 12 (b) 4
(c) 15 (d) 17 36. Three partners A, B, C start a business. Twice
A’s capital is equal to thrice B’s capital and B’s
31. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 36, 54 and capital is four times C’s capital. Out of a total
72 days respectively. They started the work but profit of ` 16500 at the end of the year B’s share
A left 8 days before the completion of the work is
while B left 12 days before the completion. The
number of days for which C worked is : (a) ` 4000 (b) ` 6000
(c) ` 7500 (d) ` 6600
(a) 4 (b) 8
(c) 12 (d) 24

32. A train is moving at 100 km/hr. A person P in it 37. The sale price of an article including the sales
watches a goods train coming in the opposite tax is ` 616. The rate of sales tax is 10%. If the
direction cross him in 5 sec., length of the shopkeeper has made a profit of 12% then the
goods train being 250 m. What Is the speed of cost price of the article is
the goods train?
(a) ` 500 (b) ` 575
(a) 50 km/hr (b) 80 km/hr (c) ` 550 (d) ` 600
(c) 60 km/hr (d) 55 km/hr
38. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 15 hrs and
20 hrs respectively while a third pipe C can
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 empty full tank in 25 hrs. All the three pipes are (a) Kidney failure (b) Heart weakness
opened at the same instant. After 10 hours the (c) Brain Diseases (d) Liver failure
pipe C is closed. In how much time will the tank
be full? 45. Nervous disorder is caused by the deficiency of
which vitamin?
(a) 12 hrs (b) 13 hrs
(c) 16 hrs (d) 18 hrs (a) B1 (b) B2
(c) B6 (d) B12
39. A sum of money at simple interest amounts to
` 815 in 3 years and to ` 854 in 4 years. The sum
is 46. Plague is spread by
(a) ` 650 (b) ` 600
(c) ` 698 (d) ` 710 (a) Rats (b) Pigs
(c) Mosquitoes (d) House flies
40. Four different electronic devices make a beep
after every 30 minutes, 1 hour, 1 1/2 hour and
1 hour 45 minutes respectively. All the devices 47. Which part of the body never grows from
beeped together at 12 noon. They will beep birth to death?
again together at
(a) Eye (b) Liver
(a) 12 midnight (b) 3 am (c) Lungs (d) Kidney
(c) 6 am (d) 9 am

41. Heavy alcohol consuming people generally die

48. What would be the effect of any damage to the
of cerebellum?
(a) Blood Cancer (a) Loss of memory
(b) Liver Cirrhosis (b) Lack of co-ordination of muscular
(c) Stomach Cancer action
(d) Cardiac Arrest (c) Lack of co-ordination of heart muscle
(d) Loss of eyesight
42. Difficulty in opening the mouth (Lock Jaw) is a
symptom of 49. Leukemia is a disease of the ------------

(a) Tetanus (b) Cholera (a) Lungs (b) Blood

(c) Mumps (d) Cancer (c) Skin (d) Nerves
43. The name of the instrument used to inspect 50. The amount of urine excreted by an average
the lining of the stomach is person in 24 Hours is approximately

(a) Gastroscope (a) 2.5 Liters (b) 1.5 Liters

(b) Electrocardiograph (ECG) (c) 3.0 Liters (d) 5.0 Liters
(c) Cystoscope
(d) Bronchoscope 51. Match the following
44. Dialysis is used for the treatment of 1) Rearing birds a) Floriculture
2) Rearing honey bees b) Sericulture
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 3) Growing flowers c) Apiculture (c) Oracle (d) Microsoft
4) Rearing of Silkworms d) Poultry
57. What is the value of 1 Terabyte?
(a) 1-d 2-c 3-a 4-b
(b) 1-b 2-c 3-a 4-d (a) 210 (b) 220
(c) 1-c 2-d 3-a 4-b (c) 230 (d) 240
(d) 1-d 2-c 3-b 4-a
58. Which of the following is not a search engine?
52. Which among the following is grown in
plantation farming? (a) Firefox Mozila (b) Yahoo
(c) Google (d) Altavista
(a) Cotton (b) Coffee
(c) Sugar cane (d) Paddy
59. Pick the odd one out:

(a) Google (b) Windows

53. Match the following
(c) Linux (d) Mac
1) Flow irrigation a) Sugar cane
2) Basin irrigation b) Paddy 60. Who is the founder of “Facebook”?
3) Sprinkler irrigation c) Grapes
4) Drip irrigation d) Lawns (a) Mark Elliot Zuckerberg
(b) Pascal
(a) 1-a 2-b 3-c 4-d (c) Laury Page
(b) 1-a 2-b 3-d 4-c (d) Henry Dunant
(c) 1-b 2-a 3-c 4-d
(d) 1-b 2-a 3-d 4-c 61. Who is recognized as “GOLDEN GIRL” of Indian
sports?
54. Which among the following is not a plant
improvement method? (a) P. T. Usha (b) P. V. Sindhu
(c) Saina Nehwal (d) Sania Mirza
(a) Hybridization
(b) Mutation breeding
62. How many players make a team during start of
(c) Tissue culture play in Kabbadi?
(d) Weeding
(a) Five (b) Seven
(c) Eight (d) Nine
55. Which among the following is a micronutrient
63. Who among the following male tennis players
for the plants? has won the most number of consecutive
Grand Slam singles title?
(a) Phosphorous (b) Nitrogen
(c) Copper (d) Magnesium (a) Jimmy Connors
(b) Pete Sampras
56. Which IT company is also known by the nick (c) Roger Federer
name “Big Blue”? (d) Don Budge

(a) IBM (b) Apple

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64. To which one of following sports, is Lev Yashin (a) 25 years (b) 21 years
associated with? (c) 18 years (d) 35 years

(a) Tennis (b) Ice Hockey

(c) Marathon (d) Football 72. The oath of office is administered to the
members of State Council of Ministers by
65. To which country, does the men 4 x 400 m relay
Olympic record belong to? (a) Chief Justice of State High Court
(b) The Chief Minister
(a) Jamaica (b) USA (c) The Governor
(c) Kenya (d) Brazil (d) Speaker of Legislative assembly

66. What is the current world record in women 73. Who is the first Vice President of India?
Pole Vault event?
(a) Thiru. Ramaswamy Venkataraman
(a) 4. 96 m (b) 5. 06 m (b) Dr. Zakir Hussain
(c) 5. 12 m (d) 5. 56 m (c) Thiru. Gopal Swarup Pathak
(d) Dr.S.Radhakrishnan
67. Who among the following cricket players
scored the maximum runs in one over in a test 74. Who is the longest serving Chief Minister in
match? India?
(a) Sachin Tendulkar
(a) Mr. M. Karunanidhi
(b) Chris Gayle (b) Mr. Jyoti Basu
(c) Brian Lara
(c) Ms. Shila Dixit
(d) Brendon McCallum
(d) Mr. Manik Sarkar
68. To which event is “Tour de France” related to? 75. Who is the 44th President of United States of
America?
(a) Cycling (b) Marathon
(c) Car Racing (d) Tennis (a) Donald Trump
(b) Barack Obama
69. How many medals did India win in 2016 (c) George W. Bush
olympics? (d) Bill Clinton
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 4
76. Who is the current speaker of Rajya Sabha?
70. Which country will be hosting 2018 Asian
Games? (a) Mrs. Sumitra Mahajan
(b) Mr. Mohammad Hamid Ansari
(a) Malaysia (b) India (c) Mr. Venkaiah Naidu
(c) Indonesia (d) China (d) Mr. P. J. Kurien

71. The minimum age to contest for election to the

Lok Sabha is

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77. The Union Public Service Commission (b) Ancient culture of Kerala
Examination of India has been established (c) Ancient culture of Karnataka
under (d) Ancient culture of Tamilnadu

(a) Article 122 (b) Article 178

(c) Article 272 (d) Article 315 84. Mamallapuram sculptures were built by which
rulers?
78. Who is the first woman Chief Minister in India?
(a) Cheras (b) Chozhas
(a) Mrs. Janaki Ramachandran (c) Pandyas (d) Pallavas
(b) Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani
(c) Mrs. Shashikala Kakodkar 85. “Pavai Koothu” is one of the most impressive
(d) Mrs. Nandhini Satpathy story telling method of ----------
79. When did Sri Lanka gain Independence? (a) Kerala (b) Karnataka
(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Andhra Pradesh
(a) May 22, 1972
(b) February 4, 1948 86. “Mrs.M.S.Subbulakshmi” is connected with
(c) August 14, 1947 which of the following?
(d) March 26, 1971
(a) Bharthanatiyam
80. Who elect the members of Rajya Sabha? (b) Carnatic Music
(c) Shehnai
(a) The people (d) Hindustani Music
(b) Members of Lok Sabha
(c) Elected members of the legislative 87. National Award winning film “Joker” was
assembly directed by
(d) Elected members of the legislative
council (a) Raja Mouli (b) Raju Murugan
(c) Sundar. C (d) Ponram
81. Which of the following pairs is correctly
matched? 88. Who composed Thiruvasakam in Symphony?

(a) Kuchipudi - Madhya Pradesh (a) Ilayaraja (b) M.S.Viswanathan

(b) Kathakali - Kerala (c) A.R. Rahman (d) Bharathwaj
(c) Bharathanatyam - Andhra Pradesh
(d) Kathak - Tamil Nadu
89. The character “Vanthiyathevan” is associated
82. Lalit Kala Academy is associated with the with which of the following novels?
promotion of
(a) Fine arts (b) Sports (a) Kadal Pura
(c) Music (d) Dance (b) Sivakamiyin Sabatham
(c) Pandiyan Parisu
83. Which among the following was revealed
(d) Ponniyin Selvan
during Keezhadi excavations?
90. Poet “Abdul Rahman” was awarded Sahitya
(a) East India company’s entry to India
Akademi award for which of his collection?
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 “Whether I earned your vote or not, I have
(a) Aalabanai (b) Paravayin pathai listened to you, I have learned from you, you
(c) Pookalam (d) Palai Nila have made me a better President”

91. Total number of satellites launched by ISRO on (a) Pranab Mukherjee

15th Feb 2017 is ---------------- (b) George Bush
(c) Barack Obama
(a) 102 (b) 104
(d) APJ Abdul Kalam
(c) 108 (d) 110

92. Shri. Venkaiah Naidu is the -------- Vice 98. Which of the following is not a National
President of INDIA. Holiday?

(a) 12th (b) 15th (a) 2nd October (b) 15th August
(c) 14th (d) 13th (c) 26th January (d) 25th December

93. Which Metro rail service has been recognized 99. Which is longest train route of India?
as the World’s first completely “Green” metro
system? (a) Jammu Tavi Express
(b) Jammu Kanyakumari Express
(a) Delhi (b) Paris (c) Himsagar Express
(c) London (d) Newyork (d) Vivek Express

94. The State producing maximum quantity of 100. After India, which of the following countries
vegetables in India is has demonetized its high value currency?

(a) Punjab (b) Uttar Pradesh (a) Brazil (b) Venezuela

(c) West Bengal (d) Maharashtra (c) Colombia (d) Peru

95. Which among the following countries has its

National Anthem in only music form and not
words?

(a) USA (b) Bahrain

(c) Germany (d) Spain

96. Which one of the following countries has the

lowest density of population?

(a) Canada (b) Finland

(c) Norwey (d) Russia

97. Who said this?