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| 17051. |
……... a notable disciple of Sree Nārāyana Guru introduced Guru's visions and ideals to the western world. |
| A. | K.Madhavan |
| B. | Chattambi Swamikal |
| C. | Kumaranasan |
| D. | Nataraja Guru |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17052. |
When Nārāyana Guru attained the age of sixty, his birth day was observed throughout the west-coast from Mangalore to …………… |
| A. | Calicut |
| B. | Kottayam |
| C. | Sri Lanka |
| D. | Varkala |
| Answer» D. Varkala | |
| 17053. |
‘Qanun-i-Humayuni’ wrote by ? |
| A. | Gulbadan Begum |
| B. | Khwandmir |
| C. | Yahya |
| D. | Nizamuddin |
| Answer» C. Yahya | |
| 17054. |
Which of the following books were written by Amir Khusro ? |
| A. | Tarikh-i-Mubarakshahi, Nuh-i-Siphr, Ashiqa |
| B. | Khazainul Futuh, Tarikh-i-Mubarakshahi, Ashiqa |
| C. | Qiranussadain, Ashiqa, Tarikh-i-Mubarakshahi |
| D. | Ashiqa, Qiranussadain, Khazain-ul-Futuh |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17055. |
In 1913 ….founded the Advaita Ashram at Aluva. |
| A. | K.Madhavan |
| B. | Chattambi Swamikal |
| C. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| D. | Nārāyana Guru |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17056. |
Nārāyana Guru started a Sanskrit school in |
| A. | Calicut |
| B. | Mahi |
| C. | Kottayam |
| D. | Varkala |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17057. |
Which of the following works were written by Ziauddin Barani? |
| A. | Tarikh-i-Firozshahi and Qiranussadain |
| B. | Tarikh-i-Firozshahi and Fatwa-i-Jahandari |
| C. | Fatwa-i-Jahandari and Ashiqa |
| D. | Futuhus-salatin and Tarikhi-Firozshahi |
| Answer» C. Fatwa-i-Jahandari and Ashiqa | |
| 17058. |
Writer of Tabqat-e-Nasiri was? |
| A. | Barani |
| B. | Nizamuddin |
| C. | Minhaj-us-Siraj |
| D. | Isami |
| Answer» D. Isami | |
| 17059. |
Which of the following taxes of Chola period was for educational purpose ? |
| A. | Sarvamanya |
| B. | Brahmadeva |
| C. | Salabhoga |
| D. | Devadana |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17060. |
The Chola rulers undertook extensive land survey to ascertain? |
| A. | Right of ownership |
| B. | Production of grains |
| C. | Government’s share of revenue |
| D. | Limit of the sources of irrigation |
| Answer» D. Limit of the sources of irrigation | |
| 17061. |
Who out of the following ousted Jainism from Mysore ? |
| A. | Shankaracharya |
| B. | Alwars |
| C. | Lingayats |
| D. | Naynars |
| Answer» B. Alwars | |
| 17062. |
A new phase began in the Guru's life in 1904. He decided to give up his wandering life and settle down in a place to continue his Sadhana (spiritual practice). He chose…………, twenty miles north of Thiruvananthapuram. |
| A. | Kannur |
| B. | Kayamkulam |
| C. | Sivagiri |
| D. | Karunagapally |
| Answer» D. Karunagapally | |
| 17063. |
Which was the word used for the royal military troops of the Cholas ? |
| A. | Kattupaddi |
| B. | Bhrtaka |
| C. | Kaikkolar |
| D. | Kadgham |
| Answer» D. Kadgham | |
| 17064. |
Who among the following rulers patronized Jayadev, the composer of ‘Geetgovinda’ ? |
| A. | Shashank |
| B. | Kumarpala |
| C. | Kharvel |
| D. | Laxman Sen |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17065. |
Aruvipuram installation was done by ……… |
| A. | C.Kesavan |
| B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | Nārāyana Guru |
| D. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Answer» D. Mahatma Gandhi | |
| 17066. |
Who was the founder of Gahadwala dynasty who made Kannauj the main centre of his power ? |
| A. | Jaichandra |
| B. | Chandradev |
| C. | Vijaychandra |
| D. | Govind |
| Answer» C. Vijaychandra | |
| 17067. |
Which of the following Rashtrakut kings defeated the Pratihar ruler Nagabhatta I ? |
| A. | Govind III |
| B. | Amoghvarsha I |
| C. | Krishna III |
| D. | Indra II |
| Answer» B. Amoghvarsha I | |
| 17068. |
Nārāyana Guru's later literary and philosophical masterpiece Atmopadesa Satakam written in…………… |
| A. | Hindi |
| B. | Sanskrit |
| C. | Malayalam |
| D. | Tamil |
| Answer» D. Tamil | |
| 17069. |
Which of the following law givers of the post-Gupta period declared that Sudras were not slaves by nature ? |
| A. | Jimutwahan |
| B. | Narad |
| C. | Vigynaeshwar |
| D. | Medhatithi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17070. |
Chandragupta-II married his daughter Prabhavati to? |
| A. | Rudrasena-I |
| B. | Agnimitra |
| C. | Rudrasena-II |
| D. | Nagsena |
| Answer» D. Nagsena | |
| 17071. |
Nānu moved to his hermitage deep inside the hilly forests of……………., where he led an austere life immersed in meditative thought and yoga and subjected himself to extreme sustenance rituals. |
| A. | Kayamkulam |
| B. | Karunagapally |
| C. | Maruthwamala |
| D. | Srilanka |
| Answer» D. Srilanka | |
| 17072. |
In pre-Gupta period what was Kahapan ? |
| A. | An Office |
| B. | A Coin |
| C. | A Luxury item |
| D. | A Port |
| Answer» C. A Luxury item | |
| 17073. |
--------- Port was known to the author of “Periplus of the Erithrian Sea” as Padouke ? |
| A. | Tamralipti |
| B. | Broach |
| C. | Arikmedu |
| D. | Cochin |
| Answer» D. Cochin | |
| 17074. |
Which one of the following indicates the correct chronological order of era in India ? |
| A. | Vikram—Shaka—Gupta—Harsha |
| B. | Gupta—Shaka—Vikram—Harsha |
| C. | Vikram—Harsha—Gupta—Shaka |
| D. | Gupta—Harsha—Vikram—Shaka |
| Answer» B. Gupta—Shaka—Vikram—Harsha | |
| 17075. |
Under pressure from his family, Nanu married…………., the daughter of a traditional village doctor. |
| A. | Meenkshi Amma |
| B. | Rohini |
| C. | Kaliamma |
| D. | Kaliamma |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17076. |
Nanu met Kunjan Pillai, who later came to be known as Chattampi Swamikal. Kunjan Pillai,who discovered and appreciated Nānu Āśān's philosophical genius and passion for Yoga,introduced him to…………, a 'Hatha yogi'. |
| A. | Kumaran Asan |
| B. | Krishnan Vaidyan |
| C. | Thycattu Ayyaavu |
| D. | Madan Asan |
| Answer» D. Madan Asan | |
| 17077. |
According to tradition Kashyapa Matanga introduced Buddhism in? |
| A. | Gandhar |
| B. | Ceylon |
| C. | Kashmir |
| D. | China |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17078. |
The writer of the ‘Brihatkatha’ was? |
| A. | Dattamitra |
| B. | Bhadrabahu |
| C. | Gudadhya |
| D. | Sarvavarman |
| Answer» D. Sarvavarman | |
| 17079. |
The young Nanu had a keen mind and was sent to a famous scholar, ………….Asan at Karunagapally, a village fifty miles away from his home, at the age of 21. |
| A. | Kumaran Asan |
| B. | Krishnan Vaidyan |
| C. | Kummampilli Rāman Pillai |
| D. | Madan Asan |
| Answer» D. Madan Asan | |
| 17080. |
The writer of the ‘Kalpasutra’ was? |
| A. | Simuka |
| B. | Bhadrabahu |
| C. | Panini |
| D. | Patanjali |
| Answer» C. Panini | |
| 17081. |
Phenylketonuria is an example of an inborn error of metabolism. This ‘error’ refers to |
| A. | hormonal overproduction |
| B. | non disjunction |
| C. | atrophy of endocrine glands |
| D. | inherited lack of an enzyme |
| Answer» D. inherited lack of an enzyme | |
| 17082. |
About ……..of the total calcium present in the human body is in the blood. |
| A. | 99% |
| B. | 70% |
| C. | 5% |
| D. | 1% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17083. |
The heart is covered by a membrane called |
| A. | Epidermis |
| B. | Dermis |
| C. | Epicardium |
| D. | Pericardium |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17084. |
Duodenum is situated |
| A. | at the uppermost part of the small intestine |
| B. | near the lungs |
| C. | in the brain |
| D. | at the tail end of the intestine |
| Answer» B. near the lungs | |
| 17085. |
Which of the following is not a bone in the human body? |
| A. | Sternum |
| B. | Humerus |
| C. | Pericardium |
| D. | Tibia |
| Answer» D. Tibia | |
| 17086. |
Rennin and lactase, the enzymes required to digest milk, disappear in the human body by the age of |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 3 |
| C. | 5 |
| D. | 8 |
| Answer» B. 3 | |
| 17087. |
Assertion: Smaller the organism higher is the rate of metabolism per gram weight.Reason: The heart rate of a six month old baby is much higher than that of an old person. ? |
| A. | Both Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion |
| B. | Both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion |
| C. | Assertion is true statement but Reason is false |
| D. | Both Assertion and Reason are false statements |
| Answer» C. Assertion is true statement but Reason is false | |
| 17088. |
People living at sea level have around 5 million RBC per cubic millimeter of their blood whereas those living at an altitude of 5400 metres have around 8 million. This is because at high altitude ? |
| A. | people eat more nutritive food, therefore more RBCs are formed |
| B. | people get pollution-free air to breathe and more oxygen is available |
| C. | there is more UV radiation which enhances RBC production |
| D. | atmospheric O2 level is less and hence more RBCs are needed to absorb the required amount of O2 to survive |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17089. |
Which one of the following is a matching pair ? |
| A. | Dup - Sudden opening of semilunar valves at the beginning of ventricular diastole |
| B. | Pulsation of the radial artery - values in the blood vessels |
| C. | Initiation of the heart beat - Purkinje fibres |
| D. | Lubb - Sharp closure of AV valves at the beginning of ventricular systole |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17090. |
Which one of the following sentences is wrong? |
| A. | When arterioles reach the capillaries blood pressure drops |
| B. | Blood pressure is lower in the arteries than in the arterioles |
| C. | Small arteries are called arterioles |
| D. | Small arterioles regulate the flow of blood into each capillary |
| Answer» C. Small arteries are called arterioles | |
| 17091. |
Which of the following sequences is truly a systemic circulation pathway? |
| A. | Left auricle → left ventricle → pulmonary aorta → tissues → right auricle |
| B. | Right ventricle → pulmonary aorta → tissues → pulmonary veins → left auricle |
| C. | Right auricle → left ventricle → aorta → tissues → veins → right auricle |
| D. | Left auricle → left ventricle → aorta → arteries → tissues → veins → right atrium |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17092. |
The deposition of lipids on the wall lining the lumen of large and medium sized arteries is referred to as ? |
| A. | Osteoporosis |
| B. | Stokes – Adams Syndrome |
| C. | Atherosclerosis |
| D. | Osteoarthritis |
| Answer» D. Osteoarthritis | |
| 17093. |
The valves which allow blood to flow from the ventricles into the arteries and not in the opposite direction are ? |
| A. | Bicuspid and tricuspid valve |
| B. | Semilunar valve and tricuspid valve |
| C. | Aortic valve and mitral valve |
| D. | A.V valve (Atrioventricular valve) and semilunar valve |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17094. |
Which one is correct ? |
| A. | Lymph = Plasma + RBC + WBC |
| B. | Neuron = Cyton + Dendrite + Axon + Synapse |
| C. | Blood = Plasma + RBC + WBC + Blood platelets |
| D. | Plasma = Blood - lymphocytes |
| Answer» D. Plasma = Blood - lymphocytes | |
| 17095. |
The difference between systolic and diastolic pressure in human is |
| A. | 80 mm Hg |
| B. | 40 mm Hg |
| C. | 200 mm Hg |
| D. | 120 mm Hg |
| Answer» C. 200 mm Hg | |
| 17096. |
Lead concentration in blood is considered alarming if it is ? |
| A. | 4-6 μg/100 ml |
| B. | 30 μg/100 ml |
| C. | 10 μg/100 ml |
| D. | 20 μg/100 ml |
| Answer» C. 10 μg/100 ml | |
| 17097. |
Rh –ve person donated blood to Rh ve person for the second time. Then ? |
| A. | Rh +ve person will die |
| B. | Rh –ve person will die |
| C. | Nothing happens to Rh +ve person |
| D. | Rh +ve blood starts reacting to Rh –ve blood |
| Answer» D. Rh +ve blood starts reacting to Rh –ve blood | |
| 17098. |
In which one of the following pair the two items mean one and the same thing? |
| A. | SA node — pace maker |
| B. | Leucocytes — lymphocytes |
| C. | Malleus — anvil |
| D. | Haemophilia — blood cancer |
| Answer» B. Leucocytes — lymphocytes | |
| 17099. |
Match the following ovular structure with post fertilization structure and select the correct alternative.A. Ovule 1. EndospermB. Funiculus 2. ArilC. Nucellus 3. SeedD. Polar nuclei 4. Perisperm |
| A. | A = 2, B = 3, C = 1, D = 4 |
| B. | A = 3, B = 2, C = 4, D = 1 |
| C. | A = 2, B = 3, C = 4, D = 1 |
| D. | A = 3, B = 2, C = 1, D = 4 |
| Answer» C. A = 2, B = 3, C = 4, D = 1 | |
| 17100. |
In which of the following disorders, blood has a defective hemoglobin? |
| A. | Hematoma |
| B. | Hematuria |
| C. | Sickle cell anemia |
| D. | Hemophilia |
| Answer» D. Hemophilia | |