I'm getting error: Cannot implicitly convert type system.collections.generics.list<MeritMaste_QuestionPeparsettings> to system.collections.generics.list<MeritMaste.data.

public class DataManager
{
    public static void OnlineExamLists(out List<MeritMaste_QuestionPaperSettings> examQuestionSettings, out List<MeritMaster_QuestionBank> questionBanks, string examCode)
     {
        using (var dbcontext = new meritmasterEntities())
        {
//here im getting error at conversion (below line)
            examQuestionSettings = (from k in dbcontext.MeritMaste_QuestionPaperSettings where k.Status == true && k.ex_code == examCode select k).ToList();
            var examsettingslocal = examQuestionSettings.FirstOrDefault();

            var kabqu = new List<MeritMaster_QuestionBank>();
            var queBank = examsettingslocal == null ? kabqu :
                (from k in dbcontext.MeritMaster_QuestionBank
                 where k.Status == true && k.Course_ID == examsettingslocal.CourseId
                 select k).ToList();

            var questionbanklocal = dbcontext.MeritMaste_QuestionPaperSettings.ToList();

            questionBanks = (from es in examQuestionSettings.ToList()
                             join qb in queBank.ToList() on new { p1 = (int)es.CourseId, p2 = (int)es.QuestionIds } equals new { p1 = (int)qb.Course_ID, p2 = (int)qb.ID }

                             where es.ex_code == examCode && es.Status == true && qb.Status == true
                            select qb).ToList();
        }
    }
}
}