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c) 3 R d) 3/2 R a) R b) 2 R 87. Scorpio or Vrischika, constellation of stars contains b) 5 stars c) 7 stars d) countless number of stars a) 3 stars 88. The temperature and pressure of the centre of the earth is extremely high. Hence the interior core of the earth is in the b) Molten state c) Gaseous state d) Molten and Gaseous state a) Solid state 89. In Bhutha Sankhya System the word 'bha nanda agni' means b) 3972 c) 3927 d) 7293 a) 2739 90. In the six digit decimal equivalent of 3/13 the first three digits are 230. The remaining three digits are b) 796 a) 769 c) 976 d) 697 91. The last 2 digits of the product of 97 x 107 are b) 79 c) 21 d) 61 a) 49 92. If the five digit number 37 x 88 is divisible by 59, the value of x should be b) 5 a) 2 c) 7 d) 9 93. To make the number 123456 divisible by 9, the correct value of the last digit should be b) 3 c) 4 d) 7 a) 2 94. Find the least number, which, when divided by 7 is reminder 3, when divided by 3 is reminder 5 and when divided by 9 is reminder 7. b) 360 c) 448 a) 189 d) 493 95. The least integer solution for x and y in the equation 5 x2 + 1 = y2 is b) 16, 33 c) 2,5 d) 3, 7 a) 4,9 96. The least value integer solution for x and y in the equation 7 x -1 = 9 y are x=4, y=3. The least value of solution for the equation 7 x + 1 = 9 y is a) x=13, y=10 b) x=12, y=13 c) x=5, y=4 d) x=14, y=11 97. The solution for x in the equation 1/(2x-1) + 1/(3x-1) is b) 4/5 c) 3/5 d) 2/5 a) 1/5 98. The decimal equivalent of 373 / 1001 is b) 364625 a) 0.372627 c) 0.371456 d) 369798 99. The highest common factor of the expression x2 + 3x +2 and x2 + 4x + 3 is b) x+1 c) x+2 d) x+3 a) x-1 100. 7x + 4 is an integer square. The least value of x is b) 36 a) 7 c) 18 d) 11

1. The ancient University specialized in Ayurveda a) Nalanda b) Madhura d) Ujjayini c) Takshasila 2. Panchasidhanthika is written by b) Brahmagupta c) Parameswaran d) Varahamihira a) Aryabhata I 3. Observatories established by Raja Jaysingh Savay is known as a) Jantar Mantar b) Yantra d) Misra yantra c) Nakshatra Bunglow 4. Vainu Bapu was b) a Director of Kodaikanal observatory a) an Ayurveda physician c) an Engineer d) a Historian 5. Thiruvananthapuram observatory was established in b) 1743 a) 1792 d) 1890 c) 1837 6. Aryabhata is born in b) Ujjayini c) Pataliputra d) Nalanda a) Kerala 7. Caraka Samhita is a text on a) modern medicine b) chemistry d) none of the above c) ayurveda 8. The super computer developed in India is b) Microsoft c) Cray X-MP d) PARAM 10000 a) IBM 9. Karmarker's algorithm makes possible a) to treat rare diseases b) to make fast calculations d) to communicate c) to see distant stars 10. Person who discovered how malaria spreads b) Dr. M.S. Valiathan c) Dr. A.S. Paintal d) Dr. C.R. Rao a) Sir Ronald Ross 11. Knowledge on plastic surgery came from a) China b) India d) Europe c) Arabia 12. Which disease is declared as eradicated from the world? b) Plague c) Yellow fever d) Cholera a) Small pox 13. What is the smallest size of particles of particulate pollutants that are trapped in nasal hair and bronchial mucus? a) 1 mm d) 2.8 mm c) 2.5 mm b) 2 mm 14. Who is the founder chairman of Indian Atomic Energy Commission? b) S.S. Bhatnagar c) H.J. Bhabha d) Satish Dhawan a) Vikram Sarabhai 15. One of Akbar's sons has done good contribution to Science. What is his field? a) Physics b) Metallurgy d) Astronomy c) Zoology 16. Who invented the CO2 laser? b) C.K.N. Patel c) M.N. Saha d) K.S. Krishnan a) Maiman 17. Internet network catering to educational institutions in India is a) Edusat b) Google d) ERNET c) VSAT 18. Which of the following ancient universities is specialized in Jyothisha b) Nalanda c) Thakshasila d) Kasi a) Ujjayini 19. One lunar day or the period from one moon-rise to next moon-rise is known as a) day b) thithi d) star c) rasi 20. Kaliyuga is supposed to have started from b) 323 B.C. c) 327 B.C. d) 3102 B.C a) 3300 B.C. 21. Who is the author of Astangahridaya b) Susrutha d) Ashtavaidya c) Vagbhata a) Caraka b) second decimal c) seventh decimal a) fourth decimal 23. Aryabhatta system is modified by a Kerala astronomer in the text b) Sidhantasiromani c) Grahacharanibandhanam a) Panchasidhantika 24. Gajayurveda deals with diseases of b) cows c) elephants a) head 25. Drigganitham is a famous work by a Keralite a) Neelakanta Somayaji b) Parameshara c) Madhava d) first decimal d) Laghubhaskariya d) vatha d) none of the above

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26. Who is the author of 'Vimaana Shastra'? a) Nagarjuna c) Bharadwaja d) Sage Kanaada b) Pulasthya 27. Secret which is used to attract dark content of the Solar sky and to hide a plane from the enemy is a) Goodha c) Drishya d) Vimukha b) Roopanthara 28. Name the secret which collides electric and wind power and creates a glow and produce a maya-vimaana or camouflaged plane? a) Sarvatomukha c) Mahaashabda Vimohana d) Drishya b) Adrishya 29. Who was the south Indian mathematician for the first time gave a rule of extraction of roots of quadratic equations a) Aryabhata c) Sridhara d) Lalla b) Bhaskara 30. How many kinds of heat-absorbing metals are produced by mixing three kinds of metals Somaka, Soundaala, and Mourthwika ? a) 5 c) 16 d) 32 b) 3 31. Mirror which is fixed on a revolving stand near the pilot so that he can observe what ever is happening outside, on all sides. a) Viswakriya darpana c) Kuntinee Darpana d) Vyroopyadarpana b) Pinjusha Darpana 32. Motive power of Vimaana which helps to descent is ? a) Udgama c) Pinjaraa d) Moolashakti b) Kuntinee 33. In Sanskrit Haloproducing mechanism is known as ? c) Vyroopyadarpana a) Padmachakramukha yantra d) Pariveshakriya yantra b) Kuntinee Shakti yantra 34. Tarikhu'l Hind this ancient Arabic book on India is written by a) Akbar c) Mahmud Ghazni d) Marco Polo b) Al-bruni 35. What is the proportion of Rajaloha alloy of soma, soundaala and maradweeka ? a) 3:8:2 c) 1:2:3 d) 5:6:7 b) 2:4:5 36. Yantra which is made up of an umbrella which can cover the top of the vimaana, fixed to a stand with hinges, crystal with metal cage, switches etc is ? a) Snow shielding mechanism b) Diversion enabling mechanism c) Overhead umbrella mechanism d) Lightning expelling mechanism 37. Takshasila was established in a) 700 BC c) 750 BC d) 5 BC b) 4 BC 38. Chess was invented in ? a) China c) India d) Persia b) Egypt 39. Who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems? a) Sabeer Bhatia c) Bill Gates d) N.R. Narayana Murthy b) Vinod Khosla 40. Aryabhata I born in ..? a) 474 AD c) 478 AD d) 480 AD b) 476 AD 41. Panchasiddhantika written by a) Aryabhatta c) Varahamhira d) Chanakya b) Bhaskaracharya 42. Khandakhadyaka is Written by a) Brahmagupta c) Bhaskara d) Putumana Somayaji b) Aryabhatta 43. Sisyaddhivardhida is a work in a) Ayurveda c) Ganita d) Metallurgy b) Astronomy 44. Ganitasarasangraha is written by a) Bhaskara II c) Mahavira d) Lalla b) Sripati 45. According to Yajurveda, 1000,000 is Prayutam, 10 9 is called as .? a) Ayutam c) Madhyam d) Samudram b) Parardham 46. Shirshaprahelika which is equal to a) 10164 c) 10141 d) 10 146 b) 10140 47. According to Kerala number description system chathuranu c) 10-12 d) 10-18 a) 10-11 b) 10-8 48. Sulba Sutrasis an important component of .? a) Rigveda c) Sama Veda d) Atharva b) Yajurveda 49. An eclipse of the moon is her entering the shadow of the earth, and an eclipse of the sun consists in this that the moon covers and hides the sun from us. is quoted by a) Varahamihira c) Aryabhatta d) Madhava b) Bhaskara 50. The interval between the times of entry into two consecutive rasis is a theoretical a) year c) month d) vinadika b) paksha 51. Number of chapters containing in Baudhayana Sulbasutra a) Two c) Three d) Six b) five 52. T I F R was established in a) 1945 c) 1980 d) 1954 b) 1964

53. India conducted the first nuclear explosion test in the Pokhran desert of Rajasthan on.. d) 11May1974 a) 11 May 1998 c) 11 May 1962 b) 18 April 2006 54. Nanoparticles have sizes between the molecular and bulk solid limits with an average size between a) 1-30nm c) 1-60nm d) 1-50nm b) 1-90nm 55. The circumference of a triangle of size 16, 30 and 34 is a) 8 c) 19 d) 21 b) 17 56. The violet colour in the Lassaigne's test of sulphur is due to a) FeCl3 c) Na4[(Fe(CN)5 NOS)] d) Fe4[(Fe(CN)6)]3 b) Na2[(Fe(CN)6)] 57. Phosgene is common name of a) Mixture of CO2 and Cl2 c) Carbon Tetra Chloride d) Carbonyl Chloride b) Phosphorous Oxychloride 58. The property of hydrogen which distinguishes it from alkali metals is a) It's electro positive character c) It's reducing character d) It's non metallic character b) Affinity to non metal 59. Boric acid is polymeric due to b) The presence of a) It's acidic nature d) It's geometry c) It's mono basic nature hydrogen bond 60. 18 Carat gold contains a) 18 % gold c) 75 % gold d) 60 % gold b) 24 % gold 61. Animals that were the ancestors of both apes and man a) Aegypto Pithecus c) Homo Sapiens d) Homo eructus b) Astrello Pithecus 62.The poisonous herbicide used by the USA in Vietnam to remove floral cover to locate the enemies but it in addition caused the death of men and animals in large numbers a) Agent Dark Blue c) Heptachlor d) DDT b) Agent Orange 63. Cause of Miriam Rothschild crusades a) Animal Rights c) Environmental Pollution d) None of these b) Women's Rights 64. Rearing of honeybees and production of honey is called a) Pisciculture c) Olericulture d) Honey culture b) Apiculture 65. The largest division of the animal kingdom a) Animalia c) Arthropoda d) Insecta b) Cynopoda 66. Collective term for animals and plants living at the bottom of the water a) Zooplankton c) Hydros d) Callipso b) Benthos 67. Science which investigates the sensory perception of animals and make use of the information in electronics a) Bionics c) Biopoesis d) Brazing b) avionics 68. Fastest runner snake (23km/hr) found in Africa a) Black Cobra c) Black Mamba d)Anaconda b) Brady Cardia 69. Human organ least susceptible to harmful radiations a) Heart c) Kidney d) Liver b) Brain 70. Science of foods a) Carpology c) Bromatology d) Cetology b) Bryology 71. Which advanced missile is manufactured in Kerala ? a) Akash c) Brah Mos d) Thejus b) Nag 72. Name the island of dwarfs in Gulliver's Travels. a) Yerewon c) Lilliput d) Brobdignag b) Yahoo 73. What was the special name of the main stadium of 2008 Olympics? a) The Egg c) Louvre d) None of the above b) Bird's Nest 74. Which organisation of countries was formed for fostering peace after World War 1 ? a) League of Nations c) UNESCO d) NSG b) United Nations 75. Which cricketer is known as Rawalpindi Express ? a) Wasim Akram c) Shoaib Akhtar d) Aquib Javed b) Waqar Younis 76. Who directed the film Pather Panchali ? a) Gautham Ghosh c) Siddhartha Basu d) Satyajit Ray b) Shyam Benagal 77. Name the vehicle in which Rama & Lakshmana brought back Sita from Lanka a) Pushpaka vimana c) Mano Vegi d) Maruti b) Vayu Vegi 78. The scientist who suggested the value of square root of 2 as 1 + 1/3 + 1/3x4 1/3x4 x 34 is a) Newton c) Aryabhata d) Boudhayana b) Leibnitz 79. Name the first person to make a speech in Hindi at United Nations ? a) Vijayalakshmi Pandit c) Jawaharlal Nehru d) Lal Bahadur Shastri b) A.B. Vajpayee 80. What is the Red Cross known in most Arab countries as? a) Red Crescent c) Red Star d) Green Crescent b) Green Cross 81. Tritium is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen. It turns into helium by emitting a) alpha rays c) beta rays d) gama rays b) neutrons