. The mouthpiece of Sadhujana Paripalana Sangham started in 1913:
[a] Service
[b] Yoganadam
[c] Vivekodayam
[d] Sadhujana Paripalini

The Government of Travancore issued orders to open the approach roads to temples to all avarnas in the year:
[a] 1936
[b] 1928
[c] 1948
[d] 1937

Name the social reformer who had contacts with Sree Narayana Guru and Brahmananda Sivayogi:
[a] Ayyankali
[b] Thycaud Ayya
[c] Vagbhatananda
[d] Ayya Vaikunda

Who was declared as his successor by Sree Narayana Guru in 1925?
[a] Sathyavratha
[b] Bodhananda
[c] Sivalingadasa
[d] Prakashananda

The real name of Vagbhatananda Gurudevar:
[a] V.K.Gurukkal
[b] Subbarayan
[c] Ayyappan
[d] Muthukutty

The only poet in Malayalam who became ‘mahakavi’ without writing a ‘mahakavyam’:
[a] Ulloor
[b] Vallathol
[c] Kumaranasan
[d] None of these

Who authored ‘Anandasutram’?
[a] Sree Narayana Guru
[b] Brahmananada Sivayogi
[c] Chattampi Swamikal
[d] Vaikunta Swamikal

After becoming the disciple of Sree Narayana Guru to which place Kumaru (Kumaranasan) was sent for higher studies in Sanskrit?
[a] Bangalore
[b] Chennai
[c] Delhi
[d] Mumbai

The only foreign country visited by Sree Narayana Guru:
[a] Nepal
[b] Bhutan
[c] Burma
[d] Sri Lanka

Moksha Pradeepa Khandanam was written by:
[a] Brahmananda Sivayogi
[b] Chattampi Swamikal
[c]Sree Narayana Guru
[d] Agamananda

Cochin Pulaya Maha Sabha was founded by:
[a] Ayyankali
[b] T.T.Kesavan Sasthri
[c] Pandit Karuppan
[d] None of these

‘Prachina Malayalam’ was authored by:
[a] Sree Narayana Guru
[b] Agamananda
[c] Vagbhatananda
[d] Chattampi Swamikal

Jnanodayam Sabha’ was founded under the patronage of Pandit Karuppan at:
[a] Alappuzha
[b] Kodungallur
[c] Edakochi
[d] Thevara

Not for argument but to know and inform others” these words were the theme of the conference held at____ under the leadership of Sree Narayana Guru in 1924:
[a] Aruvippuram
[b] Chempazhanthi
[c] Vaikom
[d] Aluva

Who studied at the ‘Patasala’ of Pettayil Raman Pillai Asan and became the monitor of the class?
[a] Sree Narayana Guru
[b] Ayyankali
[c] Chattampi Swamikal
[d] Ayya Vaikundar

In which Indian City, the India post launched India's 1 t digital parcel locker service.
1) Chennai
2) New Delhi
3) Kolkata
4) Ranchi

ame the Indian state which topped in the list for domestic solar rooftop installations
throughout the country (as on March 2, 2020).
1) Punjab
2) Maharashtra

3) Gujarat
4) Tamil Nadu

Name the Indian state which is going to launch a digital literacy drive named ’I am also
digital’ to create awareness about e-governance (March 2020).
1) Kerala
2) Karnataka
3) Telangana
4) Tamil Nadu

Name the Indian who has been honoured with ’Sportsman of the year’ award in Times of India sports award 2019 (TOISA 2019).
1) PV Sindhu
2) Mary Kom
3) Rohit Sharma
4) Vinesh Phogat

Amrit Kaur has been honored as ’Women of the year’ for 1947 in ’100 women of the year’ project by TIME magazine. Name the person who has been honored as ’Women of the year’ for 1976.
1) Pratibha Patil
2) Kalpana Chawla
3) Indira Gandhi
4) Sucheta Kripalani

Name the Indian state which organizes 3-day ’Namaste Orchha’ festival (March 6-8, 2020).
1) Odisha
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Chhattisgarh
4) Madhya Pradesh

The Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs has constituted a committee to examine and recommend
Community Forest Resources (CFR) Guidelines under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA). Who heads the Committee?
1) TN Manoharan
2) Naresh Chandra Saxena
3) UK Sinha
4) Surjit S Bhalla

The Union Cabinet approves the amalgamation of 10 Public Sector Banks into Public Sector
Banks in effect from April 1, 2020.
1) 2
2) 4
3) 5
4) 3

Name the person who has been named as the 128th winner of Commonwealth points of light award.
1) Sumaira Abdulali
2) Kinkri Devi
3) Chandi Prasad Bhatt
4) Sunderlal Bahuguna

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has sanctioned Rs 33
Crore financial assistant to Kaziranga Tiger Reserve, under Project Tiger scheme. The Kaziranga National Park is located in which Indian state?
1) Maharashtra
2) Assam
3) Uttarakhand
4) Madhya Pradesh

Jack Welch who passed away recently (March 2020) is the former Chairman and CEO of which Multinational Company?
1) Philips
2) Siemens
3) General Electric
4) 3M

The Central government notifies National Chambal sanctuary as Eco-sensitive zone recently (March 2020). The National Chambal sanctuary is located at which Indian state?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Gujarat
4) Odisha

The World Wildlife Day (WWD) celebrated on 3rd March every year to raise awareness of the
world's wild animals and plants. What is the theme of WWD 2020?
1) Theme: “The future of wildlife is in our hands”
2) Theme: “Listen to the young voices”
3) Theme: “Sustaining all life on Earth”
4) Theme: “Big Cats”

Name the Indian City which is going to host the l08th Indian Science Congress in 2021 (January 3-7, 2021) based on the theme ’Science and Technology for Sustainable Development with Women
Empowerment’.
1) Hyderabad
2) Cochin
3) New Delhi
4) Pune

Muhyiddin bin Haji Muhammad Yassin has been appointed as the Prime Minister of which of the following country (March 2020)?
1) Bangladesh
2) Malaysia
3) Sri Lanka
4) Singapore

31) When exposed to a cold environment for several weeks, many small mammals dramatically increase their capacity for heat production primarily by means of

A)Decreased insulation

B)Increased insulation

C)Shivering thermogenesis

D)Non shivering thermogenesis

32) Diethyl amino ethyl cellulose columns can be used to separate ---------

A)Positively charged proteins

B)Negatively charged proteins

C)Uncharged proteins

D)Low molecular weight proteins

33) If a species is a keystone predator, then its removal from a community should

A)Decrease population size of predator’s preferred prey

B)Decrease species diversity in the prey community

C)Decrease productivity of the predator’s preferred prey

D)Increase species diversity in the prey community

34) The method used to localize a specific protein in intact cells

A)Western blotting

B)Solid phase assay

C)Immunosorbant assay

D)Immuno electron microscopy

35) Which of the following is NOT a hypothesis explaining the advantages of group living? A)Vigilance effect

B)Dilution effect

C)Group foraging

D)Parasite avoidance

36) The amount of energy entering a food chain depends on the

A)Direction of energy flow in the system

B)Efficiency of energy recycling in the system

C)Biomass of carnivores and their efficiency in locating and capturing animal prey

D)Biomass of autotrophs and their efficiency in transforming solar energy into chemical energy

37) Which is the ring shaped sub unit of DNA polymerase holoenzyme that clamps replicating polymerase to DNA in eukaryotes?

A)PCNA

B)FEN1

C)RFC

D)RPA

38) Organs of urogenital system in mammals are derived from

A)Ectoderm

B)Mesoderm

C)Endoderm

D) A and B

39) Genetic equilibrium is disturbed in natural populations by

A)Recurring mutation

B)Random genetic drift

C)Migration

D)All the above

40) COP II coated vesicles move materials from

A)ER to ERGIC and Golgi complex

B)ERGIC to ER and Golgi complex

C)TGN to endosomes and lysosomes

D)Trans Golgi cisternae to Cisgolgi cisternae

41) Which of the following peptides has the most negative charge at PH 7.5?

A)A-A-G-A-P-C-V

B)A-E-D-K-K-V-M

C)E-V-D-V-E-A-F

D)Y-Y-K-N-R-H-G

42) In which phase does segregation take place if recombination has not taken place?

A)Prophase I

B)Anaphase I

C)Metaphase I

D)Telophase I

43) Both the Luria- Delbruck experiment and the Lederberg and Lederberg experiment demonstrate

A)Pre-selection mutation

B)Post-selection mutation

C)Directed mutation

D)Adaptive mutation

44) Ineucaryotes, the interaction of enhancer and promoter elements is brought closer by

A)Zinc finger

B)DNA looping

C)Helix turn helix

D)Palindrome

45) Scansorial adaptation is that found in terrestrial animals which:

A)Lives in burrows

B)Fly in the air

C)Climb the walls, rocks etc

D) Are fast runners

46) Sea pen is a

A)Mollusc

B)Echinoderm

C)Sponge

D)Coelenterate

47) The secretion of which of these hormones would be increased in a person with endemic goiter? A)TSH

B)Thyroxine

C)Triiodothyromine

D)All of these

48) The segment of myofibril that is called a sacromere runs from

A)One H zone to the next H zone

B)One Z line to the next Z line

C)One A band to the next A band

D)One end of a skeletal muscle to the opposite end

49) When a person thinks and solves problems, which area of the cerebrum is involved?

A)Frontal lobe

B)Parietal lobe

C)Occipital lobe

D)Temporal lobe

50) Failure of testes to descend into scrotum

A)Cryptorchidism

B)Orchidectomy

C)Inguinal hernia

D)Prostatectomy

51) Polysaccharides present in the exoskeleton of crab

A)Pectin

B)Inulin

C)Dextrin

D)Chitin

52) Which of the following biome is known as Mediterranian scrub forest?

A)Chapparal

B)Steppes

C)Tundra

D)Savannah

53) Individuals with trisomy 13 is

A)Patau syndrome

B)Edward syndrome

C)Down syndrome

D)Jacob syndrome

54) All of the following apply to the concept of the extinction vortex except:

A)Populations of the species entering it are small.

B)It is a concept developed by conservation biologists who adopt the "small population approach."

C)The genetic variation of the species' population decreases.

D)The key factor driving the extinction vortex is intraspecific competition.

55) Reflex action is comparatively more rapid because it has to pass through

A)Pituitary cortex

B)All along spinal cord

C)Cerebral cortex

D)Olfactory lobes

56) Reflex action is comparatively more rapid because it has to pass through

A)Pituitary cortex

B)All along spinal cord

C)Cerebral cortex

D)Olfactory lobes

57) The law state that the force of heartbeat is determined primarily by the length of the fibres constituting its muscular wall, ie.,an increase in diastolic filling increases force of heart beat

A)Starling Law

B)Gloger’s law

C)Thorson’s Law

D)None of the above

58) Which structural gene does Z represent in a lactase operon?

A)β-Galactosidase

B)Permiase

C)Transacetylase

D)Lactase

59) Which structural gene does Z represent in a lactase operon?

A)β-Galactosidase

B)Permiase

C)Transacetylase

D)Lactase

60) What happens to the Cdk-cyclinA complex at metaphase?

A)Both cyclin A and Cdk remain undegraded

B)Only Cdk is degraded

C)Only cyclin A is degraded

D)Both cyclin A and Cdk are degraded

61) What happens to the Cdk-cyclinA complex at metaphase?

A)Both cyclin A and Cdk remain undegraded

B)Only Cdk is degraded

C)Only cyclin A is degraded

D)Both cyclin A and Cdk are degraded

62) What happens to the Cdk-cyclinA complex at metaphase?

A)Both cyclin A and Cdk remain undegraded

B)Only Cdk is degraded

C)Only cyclin A is degraded

D)Both cyclin A and Cdk are degraded

63) In which organelle is NADP+ the final electron acceptor?

A)Chloroplast

B)MitochondrIA

C)Chloroplast & mitochondria

D) Lysosome

64) Upon shearing, some highly repetitive DNA sequences break into fragments that show a unique migration pattern on sedimentation in a CsCl density gradient. What are these fragments called?

A)Alu sequence

B)Nucleosomes

C)Polysomes

D)Satellite DNA

65) The sarcoplasmic reticulum must have integral membrane proteins that can

A)Release and pump Ca2+

B)Bind to tropomyosin and troponin

C)Undergo action potentials

D)ContracT

66) Two enzymes of TCA cycle catalyse reactions that result in the release of CO2. They are A)Aconitase and malic dehydrogenase

B)Fumarase and succinate dehydrogenase

C)Isocitrate dehydrogenase and α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase

D)Malic dehydrogenase and succinyl co-A synthase

67) Counter current mechanism of urine formation occurs in

A)Bowman’s capsule

B)Proximate convoluted tubule

C)Loop of Henle

D)Distal convoluted tube

68) PCR based DNA amplification is an essential feature of which of the following combination of molecular marker?

A)RFLP, AFLP and SSR

B)AFLP, SSR and RAPD

C)RFLP, RAPD and SSR

D)RAPD, RFLP and SSR

69) A local population adapted genetically to its particular environment is termed as A)Ecesis

B)Ecotype

C)Edge effect

D)None of these

70) Molecular events occurred during capacitation includes

A)Lipid composition change in sperm membrane

B)Lowering of membrane potential

C)cAMP production is increased

D)All of the abov

71) Lobmann’s scheme of reactions are associated with

A)Neural transmission

B)Muscle contraction

C)Eye vision

D)None of these

72) DNA sequence is ATGCTTAG. What will be the sequence of m-RNA?

A)UACGAAUC

B)TUCGUUAC

C)CATAGCAT

D)UAGGUUTC

73) There are three genes a, b, c.Percentage of crossing over between a and b is 20 %, b and c is 28 % and a and c is 8 %. What is the sequence of genes on chromosome?

A)a,b,c

B)b,a,c

C)a,c,b

D)None of these

74) The mutation occur in the wobble base of a codon which has no change in the amino acid sequence is

A)Same sense mutation

B)Non sense mutation

C)Mis sense mutation

D)Frame shift mutation

75) A diet rich in protein leads to the formation of more

A)Salt and water

B)Minerals

C)Urea

D)Amino acids

76) Michaelis constant (Km) of an enzyme is

A)The substrate concentration at which the reaction attains its maximum velocity

B)The substrate concentration at which the reaction attains half its maximum velocity

C)Maximum velocity of reaction

D)Related to negative feedback of reaction

77) The formation of Acetyl co-A from pyruvic acid is the result of

A)Oxidative decarboxilation

B)Phosphorylation

C)Reduction

D)Decarboxilation

78) Which law explains the reason for larger size acquired by a species in cold waters, while the same species in warm waters is smaller in size?

A)Jorden’s rule

B)Bergman’s rule

C)Allen’s rule

D)Gloger’s rule

79) In a population, the condition at which the rate of addition of new members is more than the rate of individuals lost indicates,

A)Zero population growth

B)Declining growth

C)Fluctuating growth

D)None of the above

80) In heavy smokers the alveoli of the lungs are enlarged and damaged which reduces the surface area for the exchange of respiratory gases. This condition is called

A)Asthma

B)Emphysema

C)Anosmia

D)Bronchitis

81) A short length of DNA molecule has 80 thymine and 80 guanine bases. The total number of nucleotide in the DNA fragment is

A)80

B)160

C)320

D)640

82) In how many cells the meiotic division takes place, if the total number of spermatids produced are 32

A)32

B)16

C)8

D)4

83) Which type of cartilage forms the whole of the adult skeleton of cartilaginous fishes? A)Fibrous cartilage

B)Hyaline cartilage

C)Elastic cartilage

D)None of the above

84) Gaucher’s disease is associated with

A)Abnormal protein metabolism

B)Abnormal carbohydrate metabolism

C)Abnormal fat metabolism

D)Vitamin deficiency

85) The distance between the genes and frequency of linkage are

A)Equal

B)Complementing

C)Directly proportional

D)Inversely proportional

86) Character which is not ofPlatyhelminthes

A)Triploblastic acoelomates

B)Unsegmented body

C)Flattened body with anterior-posterior ends and dorsal ventral sides

D)Alimentary canal with mouth and anus

87) Cyanide is a very poisonous substance which inhibits the enzyme cytochrome oxidase by binding with the metal cofactor. This process is

A)Allosteric inhibition

B)Competitive inhibition

C)Non competitive inhibition

D) Feedback inhibition

88) Genetically dwarf plant is treated with gibberllic acid to make it equal to the tall plants and if it is then crossed to a genetically dwarf plant, the progeny will be

A)All tall plants

B)All dwarf plants

C)3:1 ratio

D)1:1 ratio

89) Growth due to the activity of reserve cells is

A)Multiplicative growth

B)Auxetic growth

C)Accretionary growth

D)Exponential growth

90) An endocrine gland with ectodermal and mesodermal origin

A)Adrenal

B)Epiphysis

C)Thyroid

D)Parathyroid

91) The maternal tissue which participates in the formation of placenta and which are expelled at birth are collectively called

A)Amniotic endoderm

B)Decidua

C)Allantoic membrane

D)Extra embryonic coelom

92) The organ used to detect pheromones, chemical messengers that carry information between individuals of the same species, is called

A)Kinesthetic sense organ

B)Vomeronasal organ

C)Proprioceptive organ

D)Nociceptive organ

93) Burkitt’s lymphoma is a type of cancer of

A)RBC

B)WBC

C)Platelet

D)Dentrite cells

94) During the conversion of nitrate to ammonia by the plants, reduction of nitrate to nitrite takes place in the first step in the presence of enzyme

A)Flarin adenine dinucleotide

B)Nitrate reductase

C)Sucro-phosphorase

D)Inulase

95) Isohyet are the lines

A)Joining areas of equal rainfall

B)Joining areas of equal snowfall

C)Joining areas of equal height

D)Joining areas of equal sea level

96) Measurement of hippuric acid synthesis is an ideal test for assessing the

A)Utilization of galactose

B)Detoxification function of liver

C)Water depletion in the body

D) None of the above

97) Electrophoresis is the separation of charged molecules in an electric field, this technique is used to determine

A)The length of DNA fragments

B)The molecular weight of specific proteins

C)The isoelectric point of a protein

D)All the above

98) How many micrograms of DNA are needed to make 100 µL of a 100 µg/mlsolutions?A)0.1µg

B)1.0µg

C)10µg

D)100µg

99) Which RNA molecules inside cells can turn off the activity of specific genes?

A)RNAi

B)dsRNA

C)microRNA

D)RNAg

100) The biotechnological discovery that helps the body heal itself through the deliveryof therapeutic cells

A)Xenotransplantation

B)Tissue engineering

C)Gene therapy

D)Both A& B