SECRETARIATE ASSISTANT EXAMINATION 2007 - ANSWER KEY

1.       (B) Pallava Destiny

2.       (B) A.D. 1236

3.       (A) September 1962

4.       (B) Diu

5.       (A) May 10, 1806

6.       (A) Hampi in Karnataka

7.       (D) Ambalappuzha

8.       (D) Dr. John Mathai

9.       (B) Kollam

10.   (C) Kasargod

11.   (C) Marayoor

12.   (A) Waynad

13.   (D) Kasargode

14.   (C) Mahe river

15.   (D) January 3rd 1750

16.   (B) 819 persons/square km.

17.   (B) Distance

18.   (B) Acetic acid

19.   (C) Cholera

20.   (D) Intelligence

21.   (C) Protons but different number of neutrons

22.   (B) North pole

23.   (B) Meteor

24.   (B) Convex

25.   B) 4.55 billion years (4.55x10⁹ years)

26.   (C) Monazite

27.   (B) Godavari

28.   (D) Mahanadi – Vijayavada

29.   (B) Meghalaya

30.   (D) Agra – Lotus Temple

31.   (B) Mount Abu

32.   (B) Maharashtra

33.   (B) Indira point

34.   (A) 3.30 pm

35.   (D) Bering Strait

36.   Both (C) & (D) are correct answers. (C) In a solar eclipse the moon moves through the shadow cast by the Earth,  (D) A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon is between the sun and the earth and the moon’s shadow moves across the face of the earth.

37.   (B) Six months from the date of issue

38.   (A) Meghalaya

39.   (B) Utter Pradesh

40.   (A) 545 members

41.   (C) 62

42.   (B) 1956

43.   (A) 12

44.   (C) Indonesia – Lee Kuan Yew

45.   (C) April 1952

46.   (A) 9

47.   (D) Hyderabad

48.   (C) Surjith Singh Barnala

49.   (C) A.K. Balan (Now Sri. Aryadam Mohammed)

50.   (C) 1928

51.   (A) Nithish kumar

52.   (C) 2009

53.   (A) Tamil film industry of Chennai

54.   No correct answer (Correct answer: Denmark)

55.   (C) Commonwealth Games

56.   (C) K.Gopalaswamy (Now V.S. Sampath)

57.   (C) Manikarnika

58.   (A) Sage Viswamithra

59.   (D) 1957

60.   (A) Orissa

61.   (B) 2

62.   (B) That news is not reliable.

63.   No correct Answer. All the sentences are grammatically incorrect.

64.   (B) Two

65.   (C)

66.   (D) None

67.   (B) All

68.   (B)

69.   (A) 1

70.   (A) cf. (conferre) means ‘to confess one’s fault’

71.   (D) Lavish – innocent

72.   No correct Answer. All pairs are correct.

73.   C. (1) – a, (2) – b, (3) – c, (4) – d

74.   (C) Metrology – Weather

75.   (A) One

76.   (A) A – 4, B – 3, C – 2, and D – 1

77.   (C) Stable – a place where horses are kept.

78.   (D) A tall story – a long story

79.   D. 1 – D, 2 – E, 3 – A and 4 – C

80.   (B) One should obey his parents.

81.   (D) 62

82.   C) 56088

83.   (B) (X) and (Z) represents + and (Y) represents –

84.   ……

85.   (D) Schoolroom

86.   (A) Haryana

87.   (A) Quality

88.   (C) 126

89.   (C) 40

90.   (C) TWENTY FOUR (Number of letters in each word in the order: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)

91.   (D) V and O

92.   (A) Enemy

93.   (A) 32 is the smallest 4th power.

94.   Both (B) and (D) are incorrect

95.   A) 9801

96.   (D) 1 hours

97.   (A) 15

98.   …….

99.   (A) O and U

100.   (C) 2 and 5