Secretariat Assistant - Paper I

1. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

2. Arrange the following events in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (a) Native Americans protested against the British Parliament's tax on tea at Boston Harbour by throwing 342 chests of tea into the sea (Boston Tea Party) (b) The Toleration Act granted religious freedom to all religious groups, including Protestants in England (c) The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen was prepared based on a variety of Enlightenment ideas and the political philosophy of John Locke and Montesquieu (d) The National Assembly formed by the third estate and some sympathetic clergy held their meeting in an indoor tennis court and vowed to stay together to write a constitution (Tennis Court Oath)

3. Consider the following statements about the revolt of 1857. Which of them is correct? (i) The young sepoy Mangal Pande of the 34th Bengal Native Infantry has fired at his superior officer and was executed (ii) Bahadur Shah fought against the British till his death to defend Delhi (iii) General Hugh Rose defeated Rani Lakshmibhai of Jhansi and paid high tribute to her by saying that 'here lay the woman who was the only man among the rebels' (iv) The revolt of 1857 affected the entire British India, including South India

4. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion [A] and the other is labelled as Reason [R]. Assertion [A]: On 6 April 1930, Gandhiji defined the salt laws at Dandi. Reason [R]: The Dandi march of Gandhiji was a result of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?

5. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below.

6. Which of the following statements about the coming of Europeans to Kerala is correct? (i) The French were the first Europeans to arrive at the Malabar coast and made their settlement at Mahe. (ii) Hortus Malabaricus is a twelve-volume encyclopaedia of over 740 plants in Kerala compiled by the Dutch and published at Amsterdam. (iii) Vasco da Gama sailed from Lisbon with three ships and reached Calicut in 1498. (iv) Cartaz was a ship built by the Portuguese to fight against the kings of Malabar.

7. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

8. Which of the following straits separates Russia and North America?

9. Consider the following statements: (i) Gutenberg discontinuity is the border between the lower mantle and the outer core (ii) Mantle starts from Conrad discontinuity (iii) Repitti discontinuity is the transition zone between upper and lower mantle (iv) The Mohorovicic discontinuity lies between upper and lower crust Identify the INCORRECT statements:

10. Which of the following latitudes are known as Horse latitudes?

11. Match the mineral/energy resource in List 1 with its production region/mine in List 2

12. Which city among the following are NOT connected by the Golden Quadrilateral highway project?

13. Which of the following agricultural research institutes under ICAR is INCORRECTLY paired?

14. Which handicrafted item from Kerala was recently awarded GI tag, making it the first tribal product from Kerala to receive the tag?

15. Which international organisation defined globalisation as the 'unrestricted cross-border movement of goods and services, capital, and labour'?

16. Which of the following names is not associated with the Green Revolution?

17. What is the primary objective of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)?

18. Which of the following products is not exempted from GST in India?

19. Which of the following financial instruments is primarily used for hedging, speculation, or arbitrage, and derives its value from an underlying asset or index?

20. Which one of the following sequences is correct in the context of the three largest coffee producing states in India?

21. A mineral in which India is one of the leading producers, used in steel manufacturing, is:

22. A child in a developing country presents with severe xerophthalmia (dry eyes) and an increased susceptibility to respiratory infections. A dietary analysis would most likely reveal a chronic lack of:

23. Of the following four common health metrics, which is the best indicator of cardio respiratory fitness?

24. In an aquatic ecosystem contaminated with mercury, which of the following organisms would be expected to contain the highest concentration of the toxin in its tissues?

25. How does the process of pasteurization make milk safe to drink?

26. An environmental agency tests a water sample from a river downstream of a sewage treatment plant and finds it has a very high Biochemical oxygen Demand (BOD). This result indicates:

27. A tourist in Kerala develops watery diarrhea, vomiting, and severe dehydration with electrolyte imbalance. Stool culture reveals "Rice-water stool" positive for a gram-negative, comma-shaped bacterium. The most likely diagnosis is Cholera and the immediate, life-saving treatment is:

28. What is hypertension?

29. While coming to a stop, a cyclist skids 5 m. The road exerts a 200 N force opposite to the motion? (a) Determine the work performed by the road on the cycle. (b) How much work does the cycle do on the road?

30. Why is it dangerous to hold your breath while ascending from depth during scuba diving?

31. Which of the following statements about ISRO's SpaDeX mission is INCORRECT?

32. Which requires more fuel: a voyage from the Earth to the Moon, or a voyage from the Moon to the Earth?

33. A cricket player lowers his hands while catching a fast ball. Which Newton's law is directly applied, and why does this reduce injury?

34. A submarine can rise or sink in water by controlling its ballast tanks. When the tanks are filled with water, the submarine sinks and the tanks are filled with air, it rises. Which principle explains this ability?

35. Match the following EM wave types with their application

36. Name a compound used as antioxidant for packaged foods:

37. Which of the following metals do not cause toxic contamination of food?

38. What is the acid present in vinegar?

39. How many elements are present in the first inner transition series?

40. When 3d orbitals are completely filled, the new electron will enter into:

41. What does the magnetic quantum number signify?

42. Which among the following properties decreases left to right along a period?

43. The story and screenplay of the movie Neelakkuyil was written by:

44. The ritual 'Akkitha' is associated with:

45. Sahodaran Ayyappan organized first Misrabhojanam at Cherai in:

46. Porulathikaram is a part of:

47. Baris is believed to be the ancient name of the river:

48. Kumaranasan wrote "Enthinu Bharathadhare Karayunnu? Parathanthryam vidhikalpithamanu Thaye" in:

49. Which is the character called as "Mucheettu Kalikkarante Makal"?

50. The first Malayalam short story-Vasanavikruthi was published in:

51. Which of the following statements about the National games held at Uttarakhand in 2025 is correct? (i) Sawan Barwal won gold medal in 10000 metre race and created new record (ii) Dhinidhi Desinghu won gold medal in swimming and created new record (iii) Mehak Sharma won gold medal in weightlifting and created new record

52. Choose the National-level sports organizations of India from the following options

53. Which of the following correctly represents India's medal tally at the Paris Olympics 2024?

54. Which of these is the fastest type of memory?

55. Which application software is primarily used for managing large data sets?

56. The act of assigning a value to a variable is a :

57. Which device connects multiple computers in a LAN and filters traffic based on MAC addresses?

58. Which of these devices performs packet switching and determines the optimal path for data?

59. What does the <a> tag in HTML define?

60. Find the value of $0.5 \times 0.05 \times 0.005 \times 50 \times 500$

61. If the price of the commodity is increased by 50% by what fraction must its consumption be reduced so as to keep the same expenditure on its consumption?

62. On a certain sum of money, the compound interest for 2 years is Rs.304.5 and the simple interest for the same period is Rs.290. Find the rate of interest per annum :

63. A bag has Rs.785 in the denomination of Rs.2, Rs.5 and Rs.10 coins. The coins are in the ratio of 6: 9:10. How many coins of Rs.5 are in the bag:

64. $3^{2}\times3^{-4}\times3^{5}$ is equal to:

65. Ram and Shyam together can build a house in 10 days; Ram and Arun can build it together in 12 days and Shyam and Arun can build it in 15 days. Shyam, Arun and Ram start working together. In how many days they build the house?

66. If a, b,c are in Arithmetic Progression, then which one is true?

67. The side of a square is 8 cm. If its side is doubled, then its new perimeter is:

68. Find the missing term in the given number pattern: 5, 13, 29, ____, 125, 253

69. Find the odd one out:

70. In a certain code "FANTA" is written as "LGTZG". How is "CRICKET" is written in that code?

71. Pankaj is the son of Rajesh and Swapna, while Deepa is the only granddaughter of Sheela who is the mother of Prakash and Swapna. If Prakash is unmarried and brother of the wife of Rajesh, then how is Pankaj is related to Deepa?

72. A train of length 400 m takes 15 seconds to cross a train of length 300 m traveling at 60 $km/h$ from the opposite direction along a parallel track. What is the speed of the longer train in $km/h$?

73. It was Sunday on Jan. 1, 2006. What was the day of the week Jan. 1, 2010?

74. Choose the correctly spelt word:

75. Neither Riya nor Gina ________ any knowledge of the incident.

76. What is the collective noun used for lions?

77. Please ask her to report today, ________

78. They postponed the meeting due to an unexpected delay in processing the documents. (Pick a phrasal verb that can substitute the underlined word.)

79. Which among the following is a correct sentence?

80. I am searching for ways to break the ice with my new class. (What is the meaning of the idiom, "break the ice"?)

81. The king ruled ________ a vast empire. Pick the correct preposition.

82. Which of the following is the correct spelling?

83. ________ watch that you want is ________ limited edition. (Use the correct articles.)

84. What is the antonym of benevolent?

85. "Shut the door!" (What is the passive voice of this sentence?)

86. What is the one word for a person who always looks at things in a positive manner?

87. What modal auxiliary is used to suggest necessity or obligation?

88. ശരിയായ പദങ്ങൾ മാത്രം കണ്ടെത്തുക : (1) കൃത്രിമം (2) നായകി (3) ശ്വശുരൻ (4) അടിമത്തം

89. ശരിയായ വാക്യം കണ്ടെത്തുക :

90. 'കുട്ടിച്ചോറാക്കുക' എന്ന ശൈലിയുടെ അർത്ഥമെന്ത്?

91. 'ഉന്നതം' എന്ന പദത്തിൻ്റെ വിപരീതപദം താഴെ തന്നിരിക്കുന്നവയിൽ ഏതാണ്?

92. 'ഈച്ച' പര്യായപദം താഴെ തന്നിരിക്കുന്നവയിൽ ഏതാണ്?

93. 'അവൻ' എന്ന പദം എങ്ങനെ പിരിച്ചെഴുതാം?

94. 'നാലഞ്ച്' എന്ന പദത്തെ ഘടക പദങ്ങളാക്കുക :

95. താഴെ തന്നിരിക്കുന്നവയിൽ അലിംഗബഹുവചനത്തിന് ഉദാഹരണം ഏത്?

96. താഴെ തന്നിരിക്കുന്നവയിൽ സ്ത്രീലിംഗത്തിന് ഉദാഹരണം ഏത്?

97. 'ഭക്ഷിക്കാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നവൻ' എന്നതിൻ്റെ ഒറ്റപ്പദം ഏതാണ്?

98. "Fool grow without watering' മലയാളത്തിലേക്ക് പരിഭാഷപ്പെടുത്തുക :

99. 'കരയുന്ന കുട്ടിയ്ക്കേ പാലുള്ളൂ' എന്ന പഴഞ്ചൊല്ല് അർത്ഥമാക്കുന്നത് എന്ത്?

100. 'പ്രാസാദം' എന്നതിൻ്റെ സമാനപദം ഏതാണ്?