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1. The river Island Majuli isin

The Yamuna The Ganges


The Brahmaputhra The Indus


2. Who was considered as the Architect of Indian Nationlism?

Raja Ram Mohan Roy Annie Besant


Gandhiji Dadabhai Naoroji


3. Attapady Black is an indigenous variety of:

Fowl Goat


Dog Cow


4. Who got World Food Prize for 2014?

Sanjaya Rajaram Vijay Seshadri


Manjul Bhargava Xu Youyu


5. Who is the author ofAarachar?

K.R. Meera Sugathakumari


O.N.V. Kurupp M.T. Vasudevan


6. The first Indian who visited Europe was:

Gandhiji A.K Gopalan


M.N. Roy Raja Ram Mohan Roy


7. Which of the following is incorrect regarding Vaikunda Swami?

Samatva Samajam Mudichoodum Perumal


Sidhasramam Muthukutti Swami


8. Western ghats are spread over in

6 states 4 states


8 states 10 states


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9. Partition of Bengal was made by Lord Linlithgow

Lord Irwin

Lord Curson



Lord Wellesley


10. Who founded The Social Service League in 1911? Shri Ram Bajpai

R.N. Kunzru
Ram Singh



N.M. Joshi


11. The Quit India Resolution was passed in

1940 1942


1946 1930


12. Which is the largest agro-based industry in India?

Sugar Industry Tea Industry

Jute Industry



Cotton Textile Industry



13. The Bharathapuzha originates from: Peerumedu hills

Anamala


Sivagiri hills Nilamboor hills


14. The main actor of the film OTTAAL:

Mohanlal Mammutty


Shashikapoor Vasavan


15. The capital ofYemen

Aden Djibouti

Sana'a



Salalah



16. The Darsanamala in Sanskrit is the most important work of:

Sree Narayana Guru Sankaracharya


Chattampi Swami AyyankaIi


17. Which of the following is not a fresh water lake in Kerala?

Prokodu lake Vellayani lake


Vembanadu lake Sasthamcotta lake


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18. India was defeated in the semi-final of World Cup Cricket in 2015 by

Australia Newzealand


South Africa West Indies


19. Genghis Khan was the ruler of:

Iranian Empire Chinese Empire


Mauryan Empire Mongol Empire


20. Which of the following two cities became capitals of two countries in 1911?

New Delhi and Cape Town New Delhi and Canberra


New Delhi and Nairobi New Delhi and Tokyo


21. equal resistors each having resistance ohms are connected in series and then in parallel. What is the ratio of the effective resistances in the two cases?
R
nR
n
2 2R
n
22. The phenomenon occuring when light enters from denser medium to rarer medium and angle of incidence is greater than the critical angle:

Diffraction Total internal reflection


Polarisation Refraction


23. A certain radio active element has a half life of 20 days. How long will it take for 75% of its atoms originally present to disintegrate?

20 days 40 days


60 days 80 days


24. The area under velocity time graph of non-uniform one dimensional motion gives:

Displacement Acceleration


Speed Work


25. Light year is the unit of:

Time Velocity


Light intensity Distance


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26. Which is the correct statement?
All ionic solids are cubic crystals NaCI is a molecular solid All ionic solids dissolve in water(C) Covalent solids are soft or hard
27. Which is the protein present in egg?
Haemoglobin

Casein


Globulin

Albumin

28. Metal which is a liquid above 29"C Lithium

Aluminium


Zinc

Caesium

Which is a reason of "acid rain"?
29.
HNOs
H2SO4
S03
CO2
30. Sodium salts of higher fatty acids are: Soaps

Detergents


Oils

Fats

31. Carrot is a modification of Leaf

Stem


Flower

Root

32. Minamata disease is caused by Mercury(A) Cadmium Chromium
Nitrite
Which organism is used as single cell protein

33.
Spirulina

Azolla


Fusarium

Brassica

34. Which organelle is known as 'Cell Skeleton' Ribosome

Endoplasmic Reticulum


Lysosome

Mitochondria

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35. Identify he plasmid from the following: . Bam HI CIa 1 SaIl PBR322
36. The rate of breathing during rest in adult is 12 ­16/minute 40 -60/minute 18 -22/minute 70 -72/minute

37. In DNA of certain organism, cytosine constitute 20% of the base. What would be the percentage of adenine:
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30% 40%
38. The person with Turner's syndrome has:

44 autosomes and XXY sex chromosomes


44 autosomes and XO sex chromosomes


44 autosomes and XYY sex chromosomes


44 autosomes and XXX sex chromosomes


39. An immunoglobulin abundant in colostrum is

IgG IgE


IgM IgA


40. A surgical sterilisation technique for males:

Tubectomy Vasectomy


MTP


Essure
41. Father of Public Health is

Hippocratus Chadwik


John Snow Cholera


42. The drug used for the prevention of Leptospirosis among high risk group is
Benzyl Penicillin Doxycycline
Amoxycillin Ampicillin
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43. The Human Development Index 1S calculated now using the following
indicators except:
Life expectancy at birth

Adult literacy rate
Expected years of schooling

Mean years of schooling
44. The ability to induce clinically apparent illness is
Infectivity


Virunence


Infestation


Pathogenicity

45. Census population in India is calculated as on
January 1"


April 1"



March July 1"


46. In Kerala, the Yellow fever vaccination for International travellers is given at

Public Health Lab,Thiruvananthapuram


Port Health Organisation,Kochi


Public Health Lab,Kozhikode


International Airport,Nedumbasseri



47. The ratio between probability of an event of interest occuring to the probability that it does not occur is called:
Risk


Bias



Attributable Risk Odds


48. The "Framingham heart study" is an example for:

Cohort study Case control study


Randomised Controlled trials Preventive trials


49. An endemic occuring in animal population is called:

Epizootic Enzootic


Epornithic Exotic


50. When an antigen is administered to human body, the antibody that is elicited first is?
IgE


IgG



IgM IgA


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51. In vaccines, Thiomersal is used as

Adjuvant Antibiotic


Stabiliser Preservative


52. The vaccines which must be stored In the COLD PART but never allowed to freeze include all except:

Measles DPT


IT DT


53. How many fully fozen icepacks used for lining Vaccine carrier?
2

54. Abrupt onset of fever, vomiting and watery diarrhoea within a few hours of immunisation could be due to

Toxic Shock Syndrome


Sub acute Sclerosing Pan Encephalitis


Sepsis


Hypotonic Hyporesponsive Episode


55. The classical triad of defects in Congenital Rubella Syndrome includes all except:

Deafness Cataract


Cardiac malformations Phocomelia


56. The Antiviral drug used for the management of Swine Flu is

Abacavir Tenofovir


Oseltamivir Ritonavir


57. The drug of choice for the treatment of Pneumonia as per ARI control programme is:

Ampicillin Chloramphenicol


Cloxacillin Cotrimoxazole


58. Multidrug resistance TB is resistance to at least:

Both Isoniazid and Rifampicin Either Isoniazid or Rifampicin


Both Fluoroquinolone and Amikacin Either Flouroquinolone or Amikacin


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59. The dose of BCG for newborn baby aged below 4 weeks is

0.1 ml 0.01 ml


0.05 ml 0.5 ml


60. Hepatitis E is transmitted mainly through:

Food borne transmission Feco oral route


Transfusion of infected blood products Vertical transmission


61. The leading cause of severe dehydrating diarrhoea in children 5 years globally is:

Vibrio cholerae 01 Escherichia coli


Shigella Rotavirus


62. The asexual cycle in Malaria begins when an infected mosquito bites a person and injects

Merozoites Hypnozoites


Sporozoites Gametocytes


63. The causative agent of Q Fever is

Coxiella burnetii Rickettsia typhi


Rickettsia tsutsugamushi Rickettsia prowazeki


64. India achieved the goal of Leprosy elimination at the National level in the year of:

2002 2005


2007 2010


65. "Syndromic approach" is used in the management of

Sexually Transmitted Diseases Dengue Fever


Avian Flu Kyasanur Forest Disease


66. According to WHO recommendation for diagnosis of Diabetes, the fasting plasma glucose level is

1l0mgldl 120mgldl


126mgldl 140mgldl


67.
The programme which entitles all pregnant women delivering in public health institution to absolutely free and no expense delivery is

68.
The term "eligible couple" refers to


Recently married couple where wife is in the age group of 15 to 45 years


Recently married couple where wife is in the age group of 18 to 45 years


Currently married couple where wife is in the age group of 18 to 45 years


Currently married couple where wife is in the age group of 15 to 45 years



69.
The Cu-T which is used now under the National Family Welfare Programme in India is


Cu-T -200 B Cu-T-380 A


Cu-T -220 C Nova T



70.
The conditions under which a pregnancy can be terminated under MTP Act 1971 includes all except:


Eugenic Humanitarian


Socioecomonic Idiopathic



71.
In the "Mother and Child Protection Card", the zone of severly underweight is


Below·l SD Below SD


Below SD Below SD



72.
The disinfecting action of Chlorine is mainly due to


Hypochlorous acid Hypochlorite ions


Hydrochloric acid Hypochlorite acid



73.
Important confirmatory evidence of recent fecal pollution of water is presence of:


Coliform organisms Fecal streptococci


CLperfringens Klebsiella



74.
The methods for removal of temporary hardness include all except:


Boiling Permutit process


Naldonda Technique Addition of lime



75.
The instrument used for measuring the "cooling power" of air is


Globe thermometer Wet globe thermometer


Silvered thermometer Rata thermometer



76.
The development of filarial parasite in culex mosquito is an example for:


Cyclo-developmental Intrinsic development


Propagative development Cyclopropagative development



77.
The treatment plan for severe dehydration in diarrhoea as per WHO protocol is:


Plan A Plan B


Plan C Plan D



78.
The Amino acid deficient in pulse protein is


Lysine Threonine


Leucine Methionine



79.
The insecticide which is extracted from the flowers of Chrysanthemum cinerariafolium is


Abate Pyrethrum


Fenthion Paris green



80.
Bromadiolone is used as


Rodenticide Mosquito repellent


Stomach poison Fumigant



81.
Pneumoconiosis oflung is caused by dust within the size of:


0.3 to 0.5 micron 0.3 to 5 micron


0.5 to 3 micron 3 to 5 micron



82.
"Rajiv Gandhi Shramik Kalyan Yojna" under the ESI scheme is for:


Unemployment allowance Disablement benefit


Medical benefit Maternity Benefit



83.
The hereditary disorder characterised by reduction in the synthesis of globin chain of haemoglobin is


Sickle cell anaemia HaemophiIia


Thalassemia Cystic fibrosis



84.
The time limit for registering the event of births and deaths in India is


7 days 10 days


14 days 21 days



85.
'Socratic method' is an example for:

One-way communication
Two-way communication
Verbal communication
Formal communication

86.
A series of speeches on a selected subject where each person presents an aspect of the subject is:


Symposium


Worshop


Panel discussion

Seminar

87.
The Total oslolarity of Reduced osmolarity ORS is


JSY JSSK
RSBY RMNCH
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245


311
88. The first step towards decentalisation of health administration in India is

Local self -Government Act


Municipality and Local Board Acts


Madras Public health Act


Montague -Chelmsford Constitutional Reforms


89. The concept of 'bare foot doctors' originated from:

Indian medicine Chinese medicine


Greek medicine Egyptian medicine


90. Early registration of pregnancy is ideally done before

8 weeks 10 weeks


12 weeks 14 weeks


91. One Sub·centre is for general population.

1000 2000


3000 5000


92.
All India

93.
The first codification medical practice is called:


Institute of Medical Science at New Delhi IS established with financial assistance from:
New Zealand Denmark
Sweden World Bank
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Declaration of Helsinki

Code of Hummurabi


Laws of Eshnunna

Code ofUr-Nammu

94. The "germ theory of disease" is proposed by
Robert Koch


JosephLister


Pettenkofer


Louis Pasteur

95. The topic for "World Health Day 2015" is related to
Food safety


Climate change


Road safety


Antimicrobial resistance

96. The chemical agent used for disinfecting operation theatre by fumigation is

Cetrimide Phenol


Ethylene oxide Formaldehyde


97. The Gene Xpert is a genotypic method for diagnosis of

Dengue fever Tuberculosis


Malaria Leptospirosis


98. The largest and longest bone in the human body is
Tibia

Femur


Humerus

Fibula


99. The enzyme produced by the salivary glands to break down complex carbohydrates to smaller chains is
Amylase

Lysozyme


Mucin

Pepsin


100. The system for classifying the injured on the basis of severity of injuries and likelyhood of survival is called:
Rescue

Field care


Triage

Tagging


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