Agronomist - Kerala State Landuse Board - Previous Year Solved Paper

1. Which one of the following is NOT a land-use category?
A. Fallow land 
B. Net area is sown
C. Marginal land 
D. Culturable wasteland

2. Who got the golden boot award in the FIFA World Cup 2018?
A. Harry Kane 
B. Rona Ido
C. Embappe 
D. Luka Modric


3. Which lndian Movement began with the famous, Dandi March, of Gandhiji?
A. Quit lndia Movement
B . Non-Cooperation Movement
C. Khilafat Movement
D. Civil Disobedience Movement

4. Who served as the first leader of the opposition in Lok sabha in 1952?
A. Syamaprasad Mukherji 
B. A.K. Gopalan
C. E.M.S. Namboothirippad 
D. Y.B. Chavan

5. Which one of the following South Indian states has the highest groundwater utilization (in percent) of its total groundwater potential?
A. Tamil Nadu 
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Karnataka 
D. Kerala

6. The sub-collector of Thalassery who suppressed the revolt of pazhassi Raja?
A. Lord Curzon 
B. Robert CIive
C. Colonel Munro 
D. T.H. Baber

7. The name ‘Karinthandan, was known in connection with
A. Nadkarni pass 
B. Thamarasseri pass
C. Aruvamozhi pass 
D. Kuttiyadi pass

8. Which one of the following types describes water as a resource?
A. Abiotic resource 
B. Non-renewable resource
C. Biotic resource 
D. Cyclic resource

9. The only cricketer to score double century thrice in one-day international cricket
A. Veerendar Sevag 
B. Sachin Tendulkar
C. Rohit Sharma 
D. Virat Kohli

10. The original name of Thycaud Ayya
A. Kunjan Chattambi 
B. Subbarayan
C. Muthukkutty 
D. Kunhikannan

11. ln which one of the following states is the major oil fields located?
A. Assam 
B. Bihar
C. Rajasthan 
D. Tamil Nadu

12. The social reformer who led the Kallumala Samaram?
A. Dr. Palppu 
B. Vaghbhatananda
C. Ayyankali 
D. Sahodaran Ayyappan

13. Name of the Croatian President who was in the news during FIFA World Cup 2018.
A. Vladimer Putin 
B. Kolinda Grabar - Kitarovik
C. Emmanuel Macron 
D. Tony Blair

14. Which of the following is a non-renewable source of energy?
A. Hydel 
B. Solar
C. Thermal 
D. Wind power

15. The smallest district in Kerala by population
A. Alappuzha 
B. Palakkad
C. Kasargod 
D. Wayanad

16. The Vallarpadam Terminal, the only trans-shipment port is at which state?
A. Tamilnadu 
B. Kerala
C. Andhra Pradesh 
D. Maharashtra

17. Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park is in
A. Rameswaram 
B. New Delhi
C. Ganga Sagar lsland 
D. Port Blair

18. The Simon Commission was appointed during the period of which Viceroy?
A. Lord Irwin 
B. Lord Wellington
C. Lord Chelmsford 
D. Lord Curzon

19. ’Vayalvaram Veedu’ was the name associated with which social reformer?
A. Pandit Karuppan 
B. Sahodaran Ayyappan
C. Sree Narayana Guru 
D. Chattambi Swamikal

20. Twelfth Five-year Plan in India completed its term in
A. March 2014 
B. March 2015
C. March 2016 
D. March 2017

Answers
1 (c) 2 (a) 3 (d) 4 (b) 5 (a) 6 (d) 7 (b) 8 (d) 9 (c) 10 (b) 11 (a)
12 (c) 13 (b) 14 (c) 15 (d) 16 (b) 17 (d) 18 (a) 19 (c) 20 (d)