Sir Arthur C. Clarke, the famous science fiction writer, lived in Sri Lanka from 1956. Which one of the following is true about him?

1. He was a citizen of Sri Lanka by registration.

2. He was a professional astrologer.

3. He was a Nobel Prize winner in Physics.

4. He was regarded as the father of satellite communication.

5. He was a Chancellor of the University of Colombo.

The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896. In this year the Olympic Games are held in Beijing. Which one of the following is true about Olympic Games?

1. Olympic Games are influenced by world politics .

2. Modern Olympic Games are scheduled to be held every 5 years.

3. Four Sri Lankan athletes have won medals at the Olympic Games.

4. The old Olympic Games began in ancient Rome.

5. The torch relay taking the Olympic flame round the world this year went very smoothly.

Recently an Asian county became a republic after its king was ousted. Which is this country ?

1. Indonesia

2. Thailand

3. Nepal

4. Bhutan

5. Tibet

After serving several decades as the Head of state, which one of the following recently ceased to be Head due to ill-health ?

1. Fidel Castro

2. Raul Castro

3. Hugo Chavez

4. Vladimir Putin

5. Robert Mugabe

Six Asian countries competed for four positions in the United Nations Human Rights Council this year. Which of the following lists contains the countries that secured the four positions ?

1. Japan, Baharain, South Korea, Pakistan

2. (2) Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal

3. South Korea, Maldives, India, Nepal.

4. Sri Lanka, Japan, India, Pakistan

5. Afghanistan, Baharain, South Korea, Bangladesh.

Which of the following from Sri Lanka is being considered by the relevant International Bureau to be included among the seven naturally created wonders of the world?

1. Trincomalee Harbour.

2. World’s End

3. Horton Plains

4. Sri Pada (Adam’s Peak)

5. Sinharaja Rain Forest

The Srilankan cricketer who is the current holder of the record for an individual performance in the history of test cricket is

1. Arjuna Ranatunga

2. Aravinda de Silva

3. Sanath Jayasuriya

4. Muthaiah Muralitharan

5. Mahela Jayewardene

The most preventable cause of death from disease in the world is Cigarette smoking. According to the WHO, in the 20th century, the tobacco epidemic killed 100 million people. If mass marketing by tobacco companies is not controlled the WHO has estimated that in the 21st century the tobacco epidemic will kill

1. 200 million.

2. 400 million.

3. 600 million.

4. 800 million.

5. 1000 million.

What is the latest country that joined the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)?

1. Afghanistan

2. Bhutan

3. Iran

4. Maldives

5. Sri Lanka

In April 2008, Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited Sri Lanka. He is the current president of

1. Malaysia.

2. Iran.

3. Maldives.

4. Saudi Arabia

5. Kuwait.

In the World Health Organization(WHO) Sri Lanka’s Minister of healthcare and Nutrition Hon.Nimal Siripala de Silva was recently elected to be office of

1. Chairman of the Executive Board

2. Commissioner General

3. Asian Regional Director

4. SAARC Advisor

5. Political Adviser

The table gives the number of students who have obtained A grade passes in all three subjects at the G.C.E (A/L) examination for five years in five different educational regions P, Q, R, S and T .

Which region has the number of A grade in the year 2005 that approximately three times of number of A grades in the year 2001?

1. P

2. Q

3. R

4. S

5. T

“The overall operating costs bore by many small farmers are reduced when the farmers eliminate expensive commercial chemical fertilizers and pesticides in favor of crop rotation and the use of manure as fertilizer. therefore large scale farmers should adopt the same measures as the small scale farmers. They will then realize even greater total savings than do small scale farmers.”

1. It is more cost-effective for small scale farmers to eliminate the use of commercial chemical fertilizers and pesticides than it is for large scale farmers to do so

2. A sufficient amount of manure will be available for fields of large scale farmers.

3. Large scale, farmers would not achieve similar cost benefits by using manure instead of commercial chemical fertilizers.

4. Large scale farmers generally seek help from small scale farmers for innovative ways of increasing crop Yields or reducing operating costs.

5. The smaller the scale of farmers, the more control the farmer has over operating costs.

Which of the following statements is completely true?

1. 2 is an even number and 4 is an odd number

2. Dengu is a newly discovered vitamin and oxygen is a gas

3. A week has 7 days and a year has 48 weeks

4. Sri Lanka is a country in South East Asia and member of the ASEAN.

5. Sigiriya is an ancient kingdom of Sri Lanka and Damascus is the oldest capital of the world.

Which of the following is false for two positive whole numbers?

1. If both numbers are even, then their sum is even.

2. If both numbers are even, then their product of even.

3. If both numbers are odd, then their sum is even.

4. If both numbers are odd, then their product is even.

5. If one number is odd and the other is even, then their product is even.

 There are two tribes, tribe A and tribe B.
 Any woman in any one of the two tribes marries just one man and he is from the other tribe.
 Any man in any one of the two tribes marries just one Woman and she is from the other tribe.
 Mamu is a male and his father belongs to one of the two tribes and his mother belongs to other tribe.

Supposing that male children belong to their father’s tribe and female children belong to their mother’s
tribe, consider the following.
(i) If Mamu’s mother’s brother belongs to tribe A, then Mamu belongs to tribe A.
(ii) If Mamu’s father’s sister belongs to tribe A, then Mamu belongs to tribe A.
(iii) If Mamu has a grandfather belonging to tribe A, then Mamu belongs to tribe A.

Of the above three statements,

1. all are true .

2. Only (i) and (ii) are true.

3. only(i)and(iii)are true

4. only (ii)and(iii)are true

5. all are false.

The Birdnest pre-school is (only held on days with good weather, and not held on days with bad weather. Only rainy days or strong windy days are considered days with bad weather. The wooding of the principal Of the pre-school was held on the last Thursday of July the pre-school was not held on this days.From the data given it can be inferred that the reason for this is.

1. the respect shown to the principal.

2. the participation of all the teachers at this wedding.

3. the absence of children at the pre-school due to their parents attending the wedding.

4. that the doors of the pre-school remained closed became all the minor staff were on leave.

5. that it was a rainy day although it was not a strong windy day.

Number grid given at the beginning of question. Numbers in each grid are arranged according to a certain pattern: After arranging the numbers, four of them have been removed Study how the numbers are arranged in each. grid and select the arrangement of four numbers that fit the blank spaces.

Four sets of letters are given.When two letters are inserted into each of the brackets Two meaningful words are formed. One of them ends with the inserted letters; the other begins with the inserted letters. Select the pair containing the letters.

TRA (–) MENT              Ra (–) NT                     La (–) LL                  PRI (–) NTRE

1. CK

2. ND

3. CE

4. IL

5. DE

Four sets of letters are given.When two letters are inserted into each of the brackets, Two meaningful words are formed. One of them ends with the inserted letters; the other begins with the inserted letters. Select the pair containing the letters.

SERI (–) MOST                CENTR (–) IGN                  ACI (–) ERT              LATER (–) IGATOR

1. CS

2. LE

3. NE

4. AL

5. AN