General Knowledge Questions Asked in Secretariat Assistant Preliminary Exam

1. Who proposed the atomic Theory?
A: John Dalton
2. Father of Electricity?
A: Michael Faraday
3. Who is related to Green Revolution in India?
A: Dr. M.S Swaminathan
4. Dengue fever is caused by
A: Virus
5. Temporary hardness of water is due to?
A: Magnesium bicarbonates
6. Global warming is due to the increased production of ?
A: Sulphur dioxide
7. The Concept that ‘ All plants are made of cells was put forwarded by ?
A: M.J Schleiden
8. EEG is used to study the function of ?
A: Brain
9. DNA model is put forwarded by ?
A: Watson and Crick
10. World heavy weight champion of 2003?
A: Linnex Lewis
11. Second Kerala Chief minister is ?
A: Pattom Thanu Pillai
12. The slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad ‘ was first used by?
A: Bhagat Singh
13. ‘Sadhu jana paripalana Sangam ‘ is founded by?
A: Ayyankali
14. First internal affairs minister of independent India
A: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
15. Capital of Kenya?
A: Nairobi
16. First computer virus ?
A: ?
17. Who declared that ‘ Swaraj is my birth right and I must have it’?
A: Balgangadhar Tilak
18. Which of the following event is related to General Dyer?
A: Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
19. First battle of Panipat was between
A: Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi
20. Where did Gandhiji launched his first struggle?
A: Champaran
21. Who presided the first session of All India Trade Union Congress?
A: C.R Das
22. Volunteer captain of Guruvayoor Temple Sathyagraha?
A: A.K Gopalan
23. The East India Company established its first factory at
A: Surat
24. Formation of the INA was the result of the great efforts made by
A: Rash Behari Bose
25. In which conference did Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as the president of the Indian National Congress?
A: Tripuri
26. RSS was banned in 1948 in relation with
A: Assassination of M.K Gandhi
27. ‘Bhruhaspathi ‘ is related with
A: Charvakamatham
28. The slogan ‘American model arabikadalil’ is related with
A: Punnapra Vayalar Struggle
29. ‘Keralam Malayalikalude Mathrubhumi ‘ was written by
A: E.M.S
30. Male – Female sex ratio of India in 2001 census
A: 1000:933
31. The Prime minister who started privatization in Britain
A: Margaret Thatcher
32. The smallest state in the world
A: Vatican
33. The person who became the chief minister for the longest period in India?
A: Jyothi Basu
34. Who was the first speaker of Lok Sabha?
A; G.V Mavlankar
35. Panchayathi Raj instructions came into effect with the amendment of the constitution
A: 73rd
36. The chairman of constitution review committee
A: Justice Venkita Chellaya
37. What is B.O.D ?
A: Biological Oxygen Demand
38. ‘Meenamatha’ disease is related with
A: Mercury
39. The theory that ‘the continents will travel was first put forward by
A: Alfred Wegner

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