Question Structure of the PSC Kerala LDC Exam

Kerala PSC LDC exam consists of a total of 100 objective type questions which has to be answered within 75 minutes. There will be 4 sections for the exam to measure the English Language skill, mental ability skill, General awareness and regional language awareness of a candidate. 20 questions will be asked from simple arithmetic & mental ability section, 20 from General English section, 50 from General Knowledge & Current Affairs section and 10 from Regional Language (Malayalam./Tamil/Kannada) section.

Syllabus of the PSC Kerala LDC Exam

• Simple Arithmetic & Mental Ability
• Reasoning
• Profit and Loss
• Clock
• Speed
• Distance
• Average
• Simple Interest
• General English
• Fill in the Blacks
• Sentence correction
• Phrases
• Question Tags
• Spelling
• Grammar
• General Knowledge & Current Affairs
• Social Science
• Science
• Indian Constitution
• Sports
• Literature
• Regional Language (Malayalam./Tamil/Kannada)
• Synonyms
• Right Word
• Authors and their famous works
• Identify the correct Sentence
• Fill in the Blanks

Reference Books for PSC Kerala LDC Exam

• Kerala PSC LDC Exam Practice Tests
• Verbal Reasoning (In English) by Arihant Books
• General Knowledge Text books by Upkar Publication
• Malayalam Grammar by Grierson G.A
• General Knowledge Text Books by Pratiyogita Darpan
• A New Approach to Reasoning Verbal & Non Verbal (In English) by Arihant Books
• Kerala PSC Lower Division Clerk Solved Question Papers
• Non Verbal Reasoning (In English) by Arihant Books
• Manorama&Mathrubhumi year books
• Verbal and Non Verbal Reasoning by R.S. Agarwal

Secretary:Grama Panchayath

Solved Kerala PSC Question Paper

Secretary, Grama Panchayath

Category Number 232/2008

Exam held on 27/12/2008

1. The European country which first started trade with India was?
Ans:Portugal

2. The Science of improving crop varieties is called ?
Ans: Plant-breeding

3. Green Revolution refers to
Ans: Development of new crop varieties which helped to overcome hunger

4. Inland Fisheries is referred to:
Ans: Culturing fish in fresh water

5. High milk yielding varieties of cows are obtained by:
Ans: Artificial insemination

6. A crocodile had just eaten a lamb when a hawk saw the crocodile, attacked it and consumed it. The hawk is in ecological terms:
Ans: a tertiary consumer

7. Which of the following is a non-renewable resource?
(a) Water (b) Coal (c) Fisheries (d) Wild Life
Ans: Coal

8. Pollution is an undesirable change in physical, chemical and biological properties of:
(a)Air (b) Water (c) Soil (d) All of the above

Ans: All of the above

9. In free market economy, prices are determined by the?
Ans: Market forces

10. India’s National Newspaper” The Hindu” started since:
Ans: 1878

11. Which country has the longest school year in the world?
Ans: China

12. Puducherry is a former-----------colony?
Ans: French

13. “The True Democracy is what promotes the welfare of the society.” who said it?
Ans: Mahatma Gandhi

14. The Consumer Rights were first enumerated in the year 1962 in?
Ans: U.S.A.

15. I.T.C.means:
Ans: Inter-Tropical Convergence

16. The coniferous forests in India occur between the height of :
Ans: 2700 and 4000 mts

17. The International Tourism year :
Ans: 1967

18. The energy possessed by a body by virtue of its motion is known as?
Ans: Kinetic Energy

19. Which is oldest of all Vedas?
Ans: Rig Veda

20. When we pluck the wire of a sitar, the waves produced in the wire are :
Ans: transverse

21. If a mirror has a focal length of +15cm, it is a :
Ans: Concave Mirror

22. Scurvy is a deficiency disease caused by a lack of :
Ans: Vitamin C

23. The first person to see a cell under the microscope was :
Ans: Robert Hooke

24. How old is the embryo when it becomes a foetus?
Ans: 2 months

25. The “Law of Multiple Proportion”was discovered by?
Ans: John Dalton

26. Controlled oxidation of methanol gives:
Ans: Carbon Dioxide & Water

27. Laurie Baker, who died recently was famous in the field of :
Ans: Architecture

28. The “Diet” is the Parliament of :
Ans: Japan

29. Who among the following is called “Desha Bandhu ”:
Ans: C.R.Das

30. The Constituent Assembly was set under the :
Ans: Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946

31. The Chief Minister is not responsible for :
(a) running the entire administration of the State
(b) the maintenance of Law and Order in the State
(c) the defence of the state
(d) none of these

Ans: the defence of the state

32. How many types of Galaxies are there?
Ans: Three

33. Warm air surrounded by the cold air cause:
Ans: Cyclone

34. Which is the deepest part of Indian Ocean?
Ans: Java Trench

35. Which Chinese City lies on the Waterloo River?
Ans: Shanghai

36. Which is the largest Man-made Lake in India?
Ans: Narmada Sagar

37. Who introduced the postal system in India?
Ans: Alauddin

38. Who can dissolve the Rajya Sabha?
(a) President (b)Vice-President (c) Lok Sabha (d)Nobody

Ans: Nobody

39. “You can fool all the people some of the time, some of the people all the time, but can’t fool all the people all of the time”. This quotation is attributed to whom?
Ans: Abraham Lincoln

40. Who is the author of the book “Death of a City”?
Ans: Amrita Preetham

41. Koodiyattom belongs to?
Ans: Kerala

42. When was the Children Film Society established?
Ans: 1955

43. Which period was considered as the Plan Holiday?
Ans: 1966-69

44. After “Kalinga war” Ashoka:
Ans: became a Buddhist

45. Who is known as the “Father of Local Self Government” in India?
Ans: Lord Rippon

46. The major difference between “Varna” and “Jati” is that?
Ans: Varna are only four but Jati are many

47. Which disease is caused by the bite of a mad dog?
Ans: Hydrophobia

48. The sex of a child is determined?
Ans: at the time of fertilization of the ovum

49. The disesase known as the “black stem rust ” destroys the harvest of :
Ans: wheat

50. The term “Dastak” implies :
Ans: Free pass or duty free trade

51. The war of 1556 is known as:
Ans: Second battle of Panipat

52. “Sravanabalagola” is associated with:
Ans: Jainism

53. Which one of the following is a “Pratiloma Marriage ”
(a)Brahmin boy with a Kshathriya girl

(b)Vaisya boy with a Sudra Girl
(c) Brahmin boy with Sudra girl
(d)Sudra boy with a Vaisya girl

Ans: Sudra boy with Vaisya girl

54. “I have nothing to offer except blood, sweet and tears ”was said by :
Ans: Winston Churchill

55. On April 14, 1912 the British Liner “Titanic” sank after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic. How long did it take for the great ship to go down?
Ans: Just under three hours

56. Which state in India tops in the distribution of the forest area?
Ans: Madhya Pradesh

57. The trade name “Cow and Gate ” is associated with:
Ans: Baby milk food

58. Ball bearings are used in cycles, scooters….etc to :
Ans: reduce the friction between wheel and axle

59. Entomology is the study of :
Ans: Insects

60. Where we can see a statue of Charlie Chaplin?
Ans: London

61. Among the following, which plant is completely devoid of roots?
(a)Azolla (b) Vallisneria (c) Hydrilla (d) Ceratophyllum
Ans: Ceratophyllum

62. Modern Synthetic Theory of Evolution is based on:
(a) Genetic and chromosomal mutations
(b) Generic recombination and natural selection
(c) Reproductive isolation
(d) All of the above
Ans: All of the above

63. The colour of “Black Box” used in aeroplanes is:
Ans: Orange

64. The change of vapour into liquid state is known as:
Ans: Condensation

65. The average gestation period of sheep is:
Ans: 150 days

66. As per which article of the Indian Constitution the “Presidential Rule ”can be introduced in States ?
Ans: Article 356

67. After how many years does the Haley’s Comet reappear?
Ans: 76.3 years

68. What is the name of the method of estimating the ages of archeological specimens of biological origin, by measuring the radio active carbon present in that specimen?
Ans: Carbon Dating

69.”Silk Anniversary” means?
Ans: 12th Anniversary

70. What lies between Rashtrapathi Bhavan and India Gate?
Ans: Rajpath

71. There is hardly any space for the children --------------?

(a) Even though it is a very large house (b) since it is a very large house

(c) Though it is a very large house (d) because it is a very large house

Ans: even though it is a very large house

72. I wouldn’t jump off that rock------------?

(a) if I am you (b) if I had been you (c) if I were you (d) if I would have been you

Ans: if I were you

73. Will you wait ------- I return ?

(a) when (b)till (c)as (d)while
Ans: till

74. ---------- you are called, you may step into the room.

(a) As soon as (b) After (c) before (d) When

Ans: As soon as

75. There is a vacancy for an expert --------- video editing.

(a) on (b) with (c)at (d)in

Ans: in

76. Are these exhibits --------- sale ?

(a) to (b) for (c) on (d) at

Ans: for

77. Jayan said something (Choose the question)

Ans: What did Jayan say ?

78. Do you like ----------- ?

Ans: driving

79. My aunt has lived in Australia ------ ten years.

Ans: for

80. ----------- a good film on TV yesterday.

(a) There was (b) There is (c) There has been (d) There had been
Ans:There was

81. Donkeys ----------- ?
Ans: Bray


82. Bulls -----------

Ans: bellow

83. Darkness----------
(a) occurs (b)happens (c) spreads (d) falls

Ans: falls

84. A habit ----------
(a) develops (b) forms (c) occurs (d) comes up
Ans: develops

85. at loggerheads approximately means :

Ans: in dispute

86. to beat the air approximately means ?

Ans: to make efforts in vain

87. Horse is related to hay in the same way as cow is related to --------

(a) milk (b) fodder (c) leaves (d) straw

Ans: fodder

88. Wince is related to pain in the same way as prostration is related to ---------

Ans: submissiveness

89. Bird:Cage (Select the pair that best expresses similar relationship):

(a) thief : prison (b) animals: zoo (c) antique: museum (d) crime :punishment


Ans: thief:prison

90. The old Testament tells of the ----------- the Jews made with God .

Ans: covenant

91. The trekkers set up the hill at a --------- pace (Use the antonym of sluggish)
(a) slow (b)quick (c)dull (d) brisk

Ans: brisk

92. The play was so --------- that the audience laughed all through it .
(a)ludicrous (b) ludicroose (c) ludicrous (d) ludicrous

Ans: ludicrous

93. Choose the wrongly spelt word:

(a) Annihilate (b) anomalous (c) deprecate (d) eupheimism

Ans: eupheimism

94. She said to Ahmed, “I’ll be late”. Change to Indirect Speech.

Ans: She told Ahmed that she would be late.

95. Will you return asked John (choose the right punctuation):

(a) “Will you return,” asked John (b) “Will you return?” asked John.

(c) “Will you return, asked John (d) “Will you return ?” asked John

Ans: (b)“Will you return?” asked John.

96. Tom, who is a friend of mine, is coming with me. (Substitute the italicized part if required).

(a) my friend (b) a friend of mine
(c) a neighbour friend of mine (d) no improvement

Ans: my friend

97. The past participle of rise is:
Ans: risen

98. The little boy spent much of his money --------- sweets.
Ans: on

99. Everything depends on ----------- receiving the reply in time.
Ans: his

100. I am going to bed early today---------------

(a) but I can’t sleep well (b)as I have to be up early tomorrow

(d) and I had a tiresome day today (d)as I had not slept

Ans:(b)as I have to be up early tomorrow

Secretariat Assistant (General Knowledge Part)

KERALA PSC SOLVED QUESTION PAPER

Secretariat Assistant (General Knowledge Part)

Exam held on 05-06-2004

Questions 1 to 5 : Choose synonymous word

1. To surprise somebody greatly:

A. Apprise B. Antonyms C. Astonish D. Reveal

ANS: C. Astonish

2.To make something more important that it realy:

A. Excess B. Elaborate C. Strees upon D. Exaggerate

ANS: B. Exaggerate

3.Express one opinion without evidence or full knowledge:

A. Specify B. Speculate C. Concede D. Sensing

ANS:B. Speculate

4. An event that will happen soon:

A. Imminent B. Damnsure C. Immense D. Immutable

ANS: A. Imminent

5.To lead somebody to do something:

A. Persuade B. Placate C. Persecute D. Perpend

ANS: Persuade

Questions 6 to 10 : Four words are given in each .There of them can be grouped together applying a principle. One word does not belong to the group. Find it out.

6. A .Violet B. Blue C. Magenda D. Green

ANS: C. Magenda. All others colours present in rainbow.

7. A. Cucumber B. Carrot C. Brinjal D. Ladies finger

ANS: B. Carrot. It is a root vegetable.

8 .A. Yaswanth Sinha B. Jaswant Singh

C. Shatrugnan Sinha D. Manmohan Singh

ANS: C. Shatrugnan Sinha.

All others were Finance Minister of India D. Manmohan singh also can be the answers. as others were only union ministers while Manmohan Singh is the Prime Minister.

9. A. Cancel B. Nullify C. Void D. Confirm

ANS: D. Confirm

10. A.G. Sanakarakuruppu B. O.N.V Kuruppu

C. S.K Pottekkadu D. Thakazhi Sivasankarapillai

ANS: B. O.N.V Kuruppu

(G. Sanakarakuruppu,S.K Pottekkadu and Thakazhi Sivasankarapillaiall the recipients of Jnanpith award).

Questions 11 to 13 : Three words are given. There is a relationship between the first two words. Select a word that expresses a similar relationship with the third word from the given alternatives.

11. Panther Panjali : Sathyajith Ray ; Athithi:

A. K.P Kumaran B. M.T Vasudevan Nair

C. T.V Chandran D. P.A Backer

ANS: K.P Kumaran

12. Pareekkuty : Madhu ; Chemban Kunju:

A. P.J Antony B. Jose Prakash

B. Govindankutty D. Kottarakara Sreedharan Nair

ANS: D. Kottarakara Sreedharan Nair. P.J Antony First Keralite get Bharat award

13. Bangladesh : Dhaka ; Austria :

A. Canberra B. Lapaz C. Santiago D. Vienna

ANS: D. Vienna ( Canberra- Capital of Austalia, Santiago- Capital of Chile)

21. Adolph Hitler committed suicide in

A. 1943 B. 1944 C.1945 D.1946

ANS: C. 1945. Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany in 1933.

22. Congress Socialist party was formed in

A. 1934 B. 1935 C. 1936 D. 1938

ANS: A. 1934. Congress Socialist Party was set up in 1934 under Acharya Narendra Dev and Jayaprakash Narayanan.

23. IMF/World Bank was formed in

A. 1942 B. 1944 C. 1946 D.1947

ANS: No right answer. IMF – was established in 1945 and started functioning in 1947. World Bank was set in 1944 and began operation in 1946.

24. Kyoto Conference was held in

A. 1992 B. 1993 C. 1996 D. 1997

ANS: D. 1997.

25. Indian Patent Act was formed in

A. 1970 B. 1975 C. 1977 D. 1980

ANS: A. 1970

26. ‘One Life’ is written by

A. Dr B. Iqbal B. Bergnan

C. Kurozowa D. Dr. Christiaan Bernard

ANS: D. Christiaan Bernard. One life is book written by Dr. Christiaan Bernard. He made the first human heart transplant in 1967.

27.’The Interpretation of Dreams‘ is written by

A. Eric Erikson B. Sigmund Freud

C. A.Beck D. Kraeplin

ANS: B. Sigmund Freud. Freud was the founder of Psychoanalysis. Psychopathology of Every Life, The Ego and the Id are his other famous work.

28. ‘Kesavante Vilapangal’ is written by

A. M. Mukundhan B. O.V.Vijayan

C. Anand D. Perumbadavam Sreedharan

ANS:. M. Mukundhan

29. First Malayalam cinema is:

A. Balan B. Newspaper Boy

C. Harishchandra D. Vigatha Kumaran

ANS: D. Vigatha Kumaran

30. The Director of the film ‘Susanna’ is :

A. T.V Chandran B. Priyadarsan

C. Adoor Gopalakrishnan D. Lenin Rajendran

ANS:A. T.V Chandran

31. The Nigerian Novelist who won the Nobel Prize

A. Cold Seamong B. Vol Soyinga

C. Joseph Bordskey D. None of the above

ANS:B. Vol soyigna - Dr Zivago is a book written by Russian novelist Boris Pasternak.

32. ‘World AIDS Day’:

A. April 17th B. June 5th

C. December1st D. February 14th

ANS: C. December 1st

World Health Day – April 7 World Environment Day – June 5

Valenties Day – February 14

33. The famous film song ‘Easwaran Hinduvalla , Islamalla, Christaniyalla, Indranum chandranumalla’ was written by :

A. O.N.V Kuruppu B. S.L Puram Sadanandan

C. Vayalar ramavarma D. None of the above

ANS:C. Vayalar Ramavarma.

34. FIFA President:

A. Sep Blatter B. Urz Linzy

C. H.K Dua D. None of the above

ANS: A. Seep Blatter - FIFA celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2004. FIFA was formed on May 21, 1904

35. Erethrean Sea is :

A. Bay of Bengal B. Indian Ocean

C. Red Sea D. Arabian Sea

ANS: C. Red sea - Malagasy islands is the biggest island in the Indian ocean.

56. Who proposed the atomic theory?

A. John Dalton B. Neils Bohr C. Chadwick D. Rutherford

ANS: A. John Dalton

Dalton proposed that all matter is composed of extremely small particulars called atoms.

57. Father of Electricity:

A. Michal Faraday B. J.J Thompson C. Edison D. Ampere

ANS: A. Michel Faraday

Father of Nuclear Physics – Ernest Rutherford.

Father of Atom Bomb – Otto Hahn.

58. Who is related to Green Revolution in India?

A. Varghese Kurian B.Anand

C. Dr.M.S.Swaminathan D. Medha Padkar

ANS:C. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan

M.S Swaminathan, eminent agricultural scientist will now heads a committee appointed by the Agriculture Ministry to prepare a national policy on Agrie – Biotechnology

59.Dengue Fever is caused by ___

A. Bacteria B. Virus

C. Fungi D. Not produced by infective agent

ANS: B. Virus

60. Temporary hardness of water is due to ____

A. Calcium chloride B. Sodium carbonate

C. Sodium chloride D. Magnesium bicarbonate

ANS: D. Magnesium bicarbonates.

Temporary hardness of water is due the presence of bicarbonates of calcium and magnesium.

61. Global warning is due to the increased the production of all the following EXCEPT:

A. Carbon dioxide B. Ethane C. Methane D. Sulpher dioxide

ANS: D. Sulphur dioxide

Carbon compounds are mainly responsible for Green House Effect.

62. The concept that all plants are made of cells was put forward by:

A. Theodor Schwan B. R. Virchow

C. Louis Pasteur D. M.J Schleiden

ANS: D. M.J Schleiden

63. All the following are noble metals EXPECT:

A. Mercury B. Gold C. Silver D. Platinum

ANS: D. Mercury

Mercury is referred to to as the first superconducting metel.

64. EEG is used to study the function of :

A. Herat B. Muscle

C. Brain D. Nerve

ANS: ECG (Electrocardiogram) is used to study the function of heart.

65. DNA model is put forward by:

A. Ilan Wilmut B. Dr. Henri Becquirel

C. Robert Hook D. None of the above

ANS: D. None of these

DNA model was propounded by Watson and Crick in 1953

66. World Heavy- weight Champion of 2003:

A. Clistsco B. Muhammed Ali

C. Linnex Lewis D. None of the above

ANS: C. Linnex Lewis

67. Second Kerala Chief Minister is:

A. Pattom Thanu Pillai B. EMS

C. C. Achutha Menon D. R.Sankar

ANS: A. Pattom Thanu Pillai.

68. The slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ was first used by:

A. Bhagat Singh B. Subhash Candra Bose

C. V.I Lenin D. Ajay Ghosh

ANS: A. Bhagat Singh

The slogan of ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ was given by the revolutionary , group ‘Hindustan Socialist Republic Association .

69. ‘Sadhu Jana Paripalana Sangam’ is founded by:

A. A.K Gopalan B. Ayyankali

C. Sree Narayana Guru D. Vakkom Maulavi

ANS: B. Ayyankali

70. All of the following area Dravidian language EXCEPT:

A. Malayalam B. Telungu C. Thulu D. Marathi

ANS. Marathi

72. Capital of Keneya:

A. Aman B. Nairobi C. Cairo D. Beirut

ANS: B. Nairobi - Cairo is the capital of Egypt.

73. First computer virus:

A. Gappi B. Meleesa C. Norton D. Apple

ANS: D. Apple - VIRUS refers Vital Information Resources Under Siege

74. Who declared that ”Swaraj is my birth right and I must have it” ?

A. Bhagat Singh B. Balagangadhar Tilak

C. Mahatma Gandhi D. Subhash Chandra bose

ANS: B. Balagangadhar Tilak. “Dilli Chalo” and “Jai Hind” were coined by Subhash Chandra Bose.

75. All of the following persons are extremists of Independence movement EXCEPT:

A. Lala Lajpat Rai B. Bipin Chandrapal

C. Gopalakrishna Gokhale D. Aurobindo Ghosh

ANS: C. Gopalakrishna Gokhale

Gokhale, Dadabhahi Naoroji, and Feroz Shah Mehta were liberal politicians.

76. Which of the following event is related to General Dyer?

A. Jalianwala Bagh massacre B. Wagon Tragedy

C. Chittagong Riot D. Punnapra Vayalar struggle

ANS: A. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre held on April 13, 1919 at Amritsar

77. First battle of Panipat was between:

A. Hemu and Akbar B. Marathas East India Company

C. Babur and Ibrahim Lodi D. East India Company and Portuguese

ANS: C. Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi

The first battle of Panipat was held in A.D 1526

78. Where did Gandhiji launched his first struggle?

A. Navaghaly B. Dandi C. Kappad D. Champaran

ANS: D. Champaran

Gandhiji’s is first Satyagraha in India was fro the rights of indigo workers in Champaran in 1917.

79. Who presided the first session of All India Trade Union Congress?

A. Subhash Chandra Bose B. Lal Lajpat Rai

C. C.R. Das D. Jawaharlal Nehru

ANS: C. C.R. Das - All India Trade Union Congress was formed in 1920.

80. Volunteer captain of Guruvayoor Temple Sathyagraha:

A. A.K Gopalan B. K.kelappan

C. Pattom Thanupillai D. Ayyankali

ANS: A. A K Gopalan - K Kelappan was the leader of Guruvayoor Satyagraha in 1931

81.The East India Company established its first factory at

A. Surat B. Pune C. Culcutta D. Bombay

ANS: A. Surat

Dutch East India Company was established in 1592

82. Formation of the INA was the result of the great efforts made by

A. Captain Lakshmi Bai B. Rash Behari Bose

C. Subhash Chandra Bose D. Aurobindo Ghosh

ANS: B. Rash Behari Bose

The Idea of the INA was first conceived by Malaya by Mohan Singh, an Indian officer of British Indian Army.

On September 1, 1942, the fist division of the INA was formed with 16,300 men led by Mohan Singh, Rash Behari Bose and Niranjan Singh Gill.

The Second phase of the INA began on July 2, 1943 by Subhash Chandra Bose in Singapore.

83. In which conference did Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as the president of India National Congress?

A. Avadi B. Pune C. Tripuri D. Bombay

ANS: C. Tripuri

Subhash Chandra Bose become the first elected President of INC in 1938 (Haripura Session)

84. RSS was banned in 1948 in relation with

A. India-Pak division B. Hindu-Muslim War

C. Subhash Chandra Bose D. Assassination Of Mahatma Gandhi

ANS: D. Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi

Gandhiji was assassinated by a Hindu fanatic Nathuram Vinayak Godse.

85. ‘Bhruhaspathi’ is related with

A. Arya Samajam B. Medicine

C. Indus civilization D. Charvakamatham

ANS: D. Charvakamatham

86. The slogan ’American Model Arabikadalil’ is related with

A. Telungana struggle B. Punnapara-Vayalar struggle

C. Kayyur Struggle D. Vaikom Sathyagraha

ANS: B. Punnapra Vayalar Struggle (1946)

87. ‘Keralam Malayalikalude Mathrubhoomi’ was written by

A. Kumaranasan B. Thakazhi C. E.M.S D. Vallathol

ANS: C. EMS

88. Male-Female sex ratio of India 2001 census is:

A. 1000:933 B. 1000:1040 C. 1000:939 D. 1000:1046

ANS: A. 1000 : 933

The sex ratio of Kerala according to the 2001 census is 1000 : 1058

89. The Prime Minister who started privatization in Britain:

A. Margaret Thatcher B. John Major

C. Tony Blair D. Winston Churchill

ANS: A. Margaret Thatcher

Thatcher is known the ‘Iron Lady’. She is also the first women Prime Minister of Britain

90. The smallest state in world

A. Russia B. Vatican C. Sri Lanka D. Cuba

ANS: B. Vatican

Vatican is also the least populous city in the world.

91. The persons who became the chief Minister for the longest period in India:

A. E.K Narayanan B. Vasantha Sate

C. Jyothi Basu D. K.Karunakaran

ANS: C. Jyothi Basu

EK Narayanan is the longest serving Chief Minister of Kerala.

92. Who was the first speaker of Lok sabha?

A. Sivaraj Patel B. Jagjeevan Ram

C. Lal Bahadur Shasthri D. G.V Mavlankar

ANS: D. G.V Mavlankar

93. Panchayathi Raj instructions came in to effect with the amendment of the constitution:

A. 70th B. 73rd C. 76th D. 79th

ANS: B. 73rd

94. Who is the president of newly declared independent country, East Timor?

A. Xanana Gusmao B. Hugo Chavez

C. Lula da Zilva D. Nuster Kitchnarre

ANS: Correct answer is Jose Ramos Horta

East Timer become the 191st member of United Station

95. The Chairman of Constitution review committee:

A. Kuldip Nayyar B. Justice Kbare

C. Justice Varma D. Justice Venkita Chellaiya

ANS: A. Justice Venkita Chellaya

96. Monthly Salary of Chief Justice in India:

A. Rs. 30000 B. Rs. 31000 C. Rs. 33000 D. Rs 50000

ANS: C. Rs. 33,000

97. What is B.O.D.?

A. Biological Oxygen Demand B. Biochemistry of Diseases

C. Biochemical Oxygen Demand D. None of the above

ANS: A & C are correct. – Biological Oxygen Demand and Biochemical Oxygen Demand .

The estimation B.O.D gives an idea of the amount of pollution in water.

98. Meenamatha disease is relate with

A. Cadmium B. Mercury C. Lead D. Iron

ANS: B. Mercury

99. National party one which could secure not less than ___ % of the total valid votes in the previous general election.

A. 4% B. 6% C. 8% D. 9%

ANS: B. 6%

100. The theory that ‘ the continents will travel’ was first put forward by:

A. Antonio Sneider B. F.J Wine C. D.H Mathews D. Alfred Wegner

ANS: D. Alfred Wegner

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Question Paper Code: 27/2011

1. Who won the Bharata Ratna award of 2008?

A) Bhimsen Joshy (B) Pandit Jesraj

(C) Kiran Bedi (D) Mandakini Amte

Ans.A

2. The first Youth Olympics was held in :

(A) Italy (B) Delhi

(c) Singapore (D) Cape Town

Ans.C

3. The winner of 64th Santhosh Trophy Football:

(A) Kerala (C) Haryana

(B) Punjab(D) West Bengal

Ans.B

4. The Kerala ADGP who won the President's Police medal of 2010 :

(A) Jacob Punnoose (B) Sibi Mathews

(C) Sreelekha (D) Vincent.M. Paul

Ans.D

5. Saina Nehwal, the winner of Rajiv Gandhi 'Khelratna Puraskar' is a player of :

(A) Badminton (B) Kabadi

(C) Football (D) Volley Ball

Ans.A

6. Who among the following is the U.S. Foreign secretary?

(A) Chelsi Clinton (B) Gordon Brown

(C) Hillari Clinton (D) Nicole Bill

Ans.C

7. In which year Right to Information Act came into force?

(A) 2006 (C) 2004

(B) 2003 D) 2005

Ans. D

8. Which among the following banks got ISO certificate first?

(A) S.B.T. (B) S.B.I.

(C) P.N.B. (D) CanaraBank

Ans.D

9. Hertha Muller, the Nobel Prize (literature) winner of 2009 belongs to :

(A) Austria (B) Rumania

(C) Denmark (D) Algeria

Ans.B

11.Nandigram', of West Bengal is in the district of:

A) Midnapur (B) Baharampur

(C) Haldiya (D) Bardaman

Ans.A

12. Lottery was first started in :

(A) Karnataka (B) Kerala

(C) Manipur (D) Meghalaya

Ans.B

13. Which among the following space agencies released the first ever image of entire universe (an all-sky image) very recently?

(A) NASA (B). ISRO

(C) ESA (D) V.S.S.C

Ans.C

14.The code name given to India's first atomic explosion at Pokran in 1974 is :

(A) Buddhan Chirikkunnu (B) Operation Blue Star

(C) Fat Man (D) Operation Vijay

Ans.A

15. G. 15, the Economic Organisation of Developing countries was formed in the year :

(A) 1975 (B) 1992

(C) 1985 (D) 1990

Ans.D

16. Which of the following is not a tributary of Bharathappuzha?

(A) Kalppathippuzha (B) Chandragirippuzha

(C) Kannadippuzha (D) Thuthappuzha

Ans.B

17. The year in which the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation came into existence?

(A) 1960 (B) 1965

(C) 1984 (D) 1957

Ans.B

18. In which district the headquarter of Kerala Agro Machinery Corporation situates?

(A) Ernakulam (B) Kollam

(C) Idukki (D) Kasargod

Ans.A

19. The largest district in Kerala :

(A) Malappuram (B) Kannur

(C) Palakkad (D) Pathanamthitta

Ans.C

20. India's only Ayurvedic Mental Hospital is at

(A) Thycad (B) Kottakkal

(C) Panniyoor (D) Mannoothy

Ans.B

21. The biggest dam in Kerala :

(A) Peechi (B) Idukki

(C) Malampuzha (D) Mullapperiyar

Ans.C

22. Which among the following is known as Tavanapriya'?

(A)Pepper (B) Ginger

(C) Cardamom (D) Turmeric

Ans.A

23. Which among the following is the biggest irrigation project in Kerala?

(A) Peechi B) Kallada

(C) Idukki (D) Malampuzha

Ans.B

24. The scheme of 'Laksham Veedu' was launched by :

(A) M.N. Govindan Nair (B) E.M.S.

(C) A.K.Antony (D) P.K.V.

Ans.A

25. The most tragic event connected with Malabar rebellion :

(A) Blackhole tragedy (B) Wagon tragedy

(C) Chourichoura incident (D) Jalianwalabagh Massacre

Ans.B

26. Which mountain range separates North India from Peninsular India?

(A) The Sulaiman ranges (B) The Aravalli ranges

(C) The Vindhyasatpura ranges (D) The Hindukush ranges

Ans.C

27. The boundary between India and China is known as :

(A) Radcliffline (B) Mc Mohan line

(C) Indira point (D) Durant Line

Ans.B

28. The state known as 'Granary of India ':

(A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Tamil Nadu

(C) Karnataka (D) Punjab

Ans.D

29. Which among the following is the longest beach?

(A) Kovalam Beach (B) Mareena Beach

(C) Hawa Beach (D) Samghumugham Beach

Ans.B

30. Which state is known as the 'Jewel of India'?

(A) Manipur (B) Tripura

(C) Meghalaya (D) Missoram

Ans.A

31. Who among the following resorted to guerilla technique of warfare in the revolt of 1857?

(A) Nanasaheb (B) Kan war Singh

(C) BhaktKhan (D) Tantia Topi

Ans.D

32. The author of the book 'Sathyarthaprakash':

(A) Iswara Chandra (B) Dayananda Saraswathi

(C) Ram Mohan Roy (D) Veeresalingam

Ans.B

33. 'Niladarpan', the drama which exposes the miseries of the Indigo cultivators of Bihar was

written by :

(A) Bankingchandra (B) Lala Hardayal

(C) Dinabandhumitra (D) Lala Lajpat Roy

Ans.C

34. "Give me blood, in turn, I will give you Freedom". Whose words are these?

(A) Bhagat Singh (B) Chandra Sekhar Azad

C) Subhash Chandra Bose (D) Arabindo Ghosh

Ans.C

35. 'Panchseel', was signed in 1954 between India and :

(A) China (B) Pakistan

(C) Srilanka (D) Bhutan

Ans.A

36 The Indian writer who launched an e-novel in the internet in 2001:

(A) TaraChand (B) Bipin Desai

(C) RanjithGuha (D) Taradesh

Ans.TARA DESHPANDE

37. In which year the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act (Prevention of Atrocities) came

into existence?

(A) 1939 (B) 1989

(C) 2009 (D) 1978

Ans.B

38. Who is the Vice President of India?

(A) K. Rahman Khan

(C) Meira Kumar

(B) Arunjaitely

(D)Muhammed Hamid Ansari

Ans.D

39 The U.N. Declaration of 'Millennium Development Goals' for women empowerment and Gender Equality was in the year :

(A) 2001 (B) 2004

(C) 1976 (D) 1987

Ans.B

41 Anne Marie Orler, the head of U.N. Police (UNPOL) belongs to :

(A) U.S.A. (B) France

(C) Switzerland (D) Britain

Ans.C

42. 'Kudumbashri' was launched in the year :

(A) 2008 (B) 1987

(C) 2003 (D)1998

Ans.D

43. Under the Right to information Act, which officer in the Public Authority provides information?

(A) APIO (B) Appellate Authority

(C) PIO (D) PRO

Ans.C

40 National Women's commission chairperson elected consecutively for the second time :

(A) Priyamani (C) Nirupama Subramanyam

(B) Anjali Bhagat (D) Girija Vyas

Ans.D

44. The Chairperson of Kudumbashri (State Poverty Eradication Mission) :

(A) Minister for Local Self Govt. (B) Director of Panchayat

(C) Director of Urban Affairs (D) Director of Finance

Ans.A

45. A brave and Patriot Naga girl who spent her youthful years in Jail for 15 years in connection with our freedom struggle :

(A) Rani Lakshmi Bhai (B) Captain Lakshmi

(C) Rani Gaidilin (D) Sarojini Naidu

Ans.Rani Gaidinliu

46. The author of the Novel 'Trikkottoor Peruma':

(A) S.K. Pottakkad B) U.A. Khader

(C) U.K. Kumaran (D) Kozhikkodan

Ans. B

47. Who among the following is the author of 'God of Small Things'?

(A) Kamala Surayya (B) Asa Poorna Devi

c) Arundhathi Roy (D) Sara Joseph

Ans.C

48. 'Nandanar', is the pen name of:

(A) P.C. Gopalan (B) Madhavan Nair

(C) M.K. Menon (D) P.C. Kutti Krishnan

Ans.A

49. 'Poverty and Un-British Rule in India' was written by :

(A) Dada Bai Naoroji (B) R.C. Dutt

(C) R.P. Dutt (D) Gokhale

Ans.A

50. Vandemataram', the national song of India was taken from the novel :

A) Ananda Mutt (B) Kerala Simham

(C) Niladarpan (D) Ummachu

Ans.A

51.The metal used in storage batteries :

(A) Sink (B) Tin.

(C) Lead (D) Lithium

Ans.C

52. Barometer was invented by :

(A) Marie Curie (B) Graham Bell

(C) Edison (D) Toricelli

Ans.D

53. The disease 'Scurvy' is caused by the deficiency of

(A) Vitamin A (B) Vitamin C

(C) Vitamin B (D) Vitamin K

Ans.B

54. The 'Space City' of India :

(A) Trivandrum B) Hyderabad

(C) Chennai (D) Bangalore

Ans.D

55. The first Asian Woman go into space :

(A) Kalpana Choula (B) Renuka Choudhari

(C) Bachendripal (D) Karnam Malleswari

Ans A

[ First woman-Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova.

First American woman-Sally Ride]

56. The Acid Finds in ants :

(A) Formic (B) Citric

(C) Tartaric (D) Glutaric

Ans. A

57. The energy in stars is produced by :

A) Nuclear Fission (B) Thermo Nuclear Reaction

(C) Chemical Reaction (D) Gravitational Condensation

Ans.B

58. Which one of the following rights was described by B.R. Ambedkar as the 'Heart and Soul' of the constitution?

(A) Right to freedom of religion (B) Right to equality

(C) Right to property (D) Right to constitutional remedies

Ans.D

60. Who among the following decides whether a particular bill is money bill or not?

(A) Finance Minister (B) The President

(C) The Vice President (D) Speaker of Loksabha

Ans.D

61. John_______ the newspaper yesterday (use the appropriate verb form) :

(A) reads (B) was reading

(C) read (D) has read

Ans.C

62. Can you fill____ this form, please?

(A) on (B) in

(C) up (D) none

Ans.B

63. I often wake___ in the middle of the night:

(A) in (B) up

(C) on (D) none

Ans.B

64. Raju has been my neighbour____ 1997 :

(A) after (B) in

(C) on (D) since

Ans D

65. They__ fun of him :

(A) make (B) do

(C) take (D) none

Ans A

66. Rani___ home yesterday :

(A) has gone (B) would go

(C) went (D) had gone

Ans C

67. Mary and Devi to___ school together :

(A) go (B) goes

(C) gone (D) going

Ans B

68. The word 'Pensive' approximately means :

(A) anxious (B) happy

(C) angry (D) thoughtful

Ans D

69. A span of ten years :

(A) score (B) annual

(C) decade (D) century

Ans C

70. The word 'insomnia' approximately means :

(A) prolonged illness (B) inability to sleep

(C) display of light (D) tendency to vomit

Ans. B

71. The plural of 'datum':

(A) dates (B) data

(C) date (D) datum

Ans. B

72. The antonym of 'diligent':

(A) idle (B) intelligent

(C) prudent (D) stupid

Ans.C

73.The antonym of 'barren':

(A) thick (B) wet

(C) fertile (D) prosperous

Ans.C

74. Pigeons :

(A) bleat (B) moo

(C) chirp (D) coo

Ans.D

75. One who rides horses in races :

(A) jockey (B) hawker

(C) florist (D) draper

Ans.A

76. Identify the correctly spelt word :

(A) millioneire (B) liesure

(C) matinee (D) gallery

Ans. C

77. Identify the wrongly spelt word :

(A) governor (B) moustache

(C) occurance (D) noticeable

Ans.C

78. I wish I____ in New York now :

(A) was (B) were

(C) am (D) move

Ans.B

79. They ____him king :

(A) crowned (B) crowning

(C) crown (D) are crowning

Ans.A

80. This pen isn't good,_____ ?

(A) is it (B) isn't it

(C) is this (D) isn't this

Ans.A

81. Find the correct alternative to fill the blank space :

MOTHER : KMRFCP :: UNCLE :__________

(A) VODMF (B) SLBKC

(C) SLAJC (D) SLBJC

Ans.C

82. The number of girls in a class is half of the number of boys. The total number of students in the class can be :

(A) 54 (B) 64

(C) 38 (D) 46

Ans.A

83. In the first round of a chess tournament, every participants are playing with every other players. If the number of participants is 5, how many matches will be there in the first round?

(A) 20 (B) 10

(C) 25 (D) 15

Ans.B

84. Which is next in the series :'2, 3, 7, 16, 41,__ ?

(A) 74 (B) 75

(C) 76 (D) 77

Ans.D

85) Pointing to a person, a man said to a woman "His mother is the only daughter of your father". How was the woman related to the person?

(A) Sister (B) Daughter

(C) Mother (D) Wife

Ans.C

86. A man starts from A, walks 10 metres along north, turns right and walks 18 metres, turns left and walks 12 metres, again turns left and walks 18 metres. If his final position is at B,the distance between A and B is :

(A) 22 metres (B) 28 metres

(C) 30 metres (D) 58 metres

Ans.A

87. In a certain code 35698 is written as 44789. How is 34672 written in that code?

(A) 45763 (B) 43736

(C) 43783 (D) 43763

Ans.D

88. Find the odd one out:

(A) Thermometer(C) Lactometer

(B) Diameter(D) Voltmeter

Ans.B

89. In. a row of children, Raju is fifth from left and Manu is seventh from right. When they exchange their positions, Raju will be 14th from the left. What is Manu's position from the right?

(A) 18 (B) 19

(C) 15 (D) 16

Ans.D

90. Arun is younger to Bhaskar and elder to George. Davood is younger to Bhaskar and elder to Arun. If Chandni is the eldest, who is the youngest?

(A) Arun (B) George

(C) Davood (D) Bhaskar

Ans.B

91 The average age of 34 students in a class is 14. If the teacher's age is included, the average becomes 15. What is the age of the teacher?

(A) 49 (B) 48

(C) 50 (D) 47

Ans.A

92. 999/3 =

888/4

(A) 3/4 (B) 1

(C) 3/2 (D) 2/3

Ans. C

93. An amount is divided between Sudheer and James in the ratio 4 : 7. If Sudheer got Rs. 2,800,the total amount is :

(A) 4900 (B) 7000

(C) 7700 (D) 7800

Ans.C

94. If f(t)= at2 +3t+5 and f(2)-f(1)=15

(A) 4 (B) 3

(C) 2 (D) 1

Ans.A

95 A man running at a speed of 15 km/hr, crosses a bridge in 3 minutes. What is the length of the bridge?

(A) 45 metres (B) 450 metres

(C) 720 metres (D) 750 metres

Ans.D

96. The sum of two numbers is 18 and their product is 72. The smaller number is :

(A) 5 (B) 6

(C) 7 (D) 8

Ans.B

98. The side of a cube is increased by 100%. Its volume is increased by

(A) 800% (B) 400%

(C) 200% (D) 100%

Ans.A

99. A man invests Rs. 6,000 in a bank, which gives simple interest at the rate of 5% per year.How much money will be in his account after 3 years?

(A) 6600 (B) 6900

(C) 6300 (D) 6450

Ans.B

100. If X/2 + X/3 = 5/2, then the value of x is

(A) 1 (B) 1/2

(C) 2 (D) 3

Ans. D

Assistant Grade II - Kerala State Beverages (M&M) Corporation

Solved Paper - Assistant Grade II - Kerala State Beverages (M&M) Corporation

Exam Date : 29/08/2009

Time : 03.00 PM to 04.15 PM

Number of applicants : 1,11,063

1. I will complete the course in ------------- year : a

2. While walking -------------the small door I hurt my head : Through

3. Which of these chairs did you sit------------? :In

4. If DONKEY: BRAYS then WOLF:Howls

5. The thief was caught----------. The suitable idiom is: Red handed

6. The idiom it’s all Greek and Latin to me means: Something I don’t understand

7. I was all eyes to see what he would do. The words italicized mean: Eagerly watching

8. Beware of that wolf in sheep’s skin. The closest meaning to this idiom is: Hypocrite

9. The phrase black sheep means: Misfit

10. Just now my hands are full. My hands are full closely means: I am very busy

11. ‘KIMONO’ is the dress style of: Japan

12. Madam Curie : Isolated Radium

13. The author of the book “The Wonder That was India” is: A.L. Basham

14. The First Chief Minister of Kerala was: E.M.S.Namboothiripad

15. The state of Kerala was formed on: 1 November 1956

16. The Navel Academy is situated in Kerala at: Ezhimala

17. Edakkal Cave is in: Wyanad

18. The largest Taluk in Kerala is: Ernad

19. The Head Quarters of Kerala High Court is at: Kochi

20. The First Woman Supreme Court Judge was: C.Fatima Beevi

21. The first Governor of Kerala was: Ramakrishna Rao

22. The First Arts and Science College in Kerala is: CMS College, Kottayam

23. The Sabarigiri Hydro Electric Project is built in the river: Pampa

24. The Hydro Electric Project in Kerala is: Pallivasal

25. The HQ(Head Quarters) of Wyanad district is: Kalpetta

26. The District which has no forests in Kerala is: Alappuzha

27. The Architect of Cochin sea Port was: Robert Bristo

28. ---------- city is alled “Venice of East”: Alappuzha

29. Malabar Cement Factory is in: Walayar

30. The place where getting highest rainfall in Kerala is: Lakkidi

31. ISOBARS connect points of equal: Pressure

32. LOTI is the currency of: Lesotho

33. Copper is produced in: Rajasthan and Bihar

34. Rana Pratap Sagar is located in: Rajasthan

35. The Chairman of the Planning Commission of India is: Prime Minister

36. Five Year Plans in India are approved by: National Development Council

37. The Raj Committee (1972) probed: Agricultural holding Tax

38. Panchayat Raj has got constitutional status with the ---------Amendment Act: 73rd

39. Fundemental Rights are enshrined in PART---------------- of Constitution of India: III

40. How many members can be nominated to Loksabha by President? : 2

41. Acharya Vinoba Bhave’s Paunar Ashram is in: Maharashtra

42. A rocket works on the principle of conservation of: Linear momentum

43. The best conductor of electricity is : Silver

44. Glass is a good: Insulator

45. A catalyst: Alters the velocity of reaction

46. Carbon occurs in nature in the purest form as: Diamond

47. The Newspaper “DAWN” is published in: Karachi

48. International Women’s Day is observed on: March 8

49. IBERIAN AIRLINES is the official airlines of: Spain

50. The Head Quarters of World Health Organisation (WHO) is in: Geneva

51. The largest slum in India is in: Mumbai

52. ---------- is the author of ‘Ain-i-Akbari’: Abul fazal

53. Hopman Cup is associated with: Tennis

54. Who is called ‘Deshabandhu’?: C.R. Das

55. ---------- got Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913: Rabindranath Tagore

56. Tarapore Committee was associated with: Fuller Capital Account Convertibility

57. Arundathi Roy is well known: Writer-Social activist

58. ------------ is called ‘Forbidden city’: Lahsa

59. ------------ is the leading producer of Uranium: Canada

60. Aspirin was invented in 1899 by: Felix Hoffman (Germany)

61. Entomology is the study of: Insects

62. “An Area of Darkness” is written by: V.S. Nai Paul

63. Which of the following was the First Indian Institute of Technology? : IIT Kharagpur

64. Who became the first Miss India? : Rieta Faria

65. ---------- has the highest population density as per 2001 Census: West Bengal

66. From which of the following stations that India launched its first successful multipurpose communication and meteorology satellite, INSAT I B on 30 August 1983? :

Cape Canaveral (USA)

67. The Head Office of Kerala Civil Supplies Corporation is at: Ernakulam

68. Under whose patronage Kutabminar was built?: Kutabdeen Ibek

69. The First Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu was: C.N Annadurai

70. Spherometer is: An instrument used for measuring the curvature of spherical objects

71. The largest shipyard in India is: Kochi

72. PNEUMOCONIOSIS afflicts the workers who works mainly in: Coalmining industries

73. ---------------- is a well known flute exponent: Ronu Mazumdar

74. ------------- was the First Chief Justice of India: Harilal J Kania

75. “EMPLOYMENT NEWS” is published by: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

76. “YAKSHAGANA” is a popular folk art of: Karnataka

77. The NREP (National Rural Employment Programme) was launched in: October 1980

78. ANGSTROM is the unit of : Wavelength of light

79. The Thermal Power Plant at Bokaro is located in: Jharkhand

80. Disease caused by deficiency of Vitamin C is : Scurvy

81. The bus pass is ---------- for a year: Valid

82. A philatelist collects ---------------: Stamps

83. No one could understand ------------: What he was saying

84. We have been trying to solve the problem -------------: For two days

85. The fear of high places ----------- quite common: Is

86. If she were selected, she ------------------ a good secretary: Would make

87. Either the pen or the paper ------------------- defective: Is

88. Find the word that is rightly spelt: (a)moskitoes (b)mosqwitoes (c)mosquitose (d)mosquitoes : Mosquitoes

89. Choose the correctly spelt word: (a) Refrigerator (b)refrigarator (c)refregerator (d)rafrigerator : Refrigerator

90. Choose the word that is closest in meaning to the word plead : (a)set out (b)conclude (c)intend (d)beg for : Beg for

91. The closest meaning of the word ulcer is : Open sore

92. Find the word that is opposite in meaning to the word permit: Forbid

93. Choose the wrongly spelt word : (a)permenant (b)affection (c)affectation (d)conscientious : Permenant

94. Select the word opposite meaning to ever: Never

95. Comatose best means: Deeply unconscious

96. Choose the correct preposition for the sentence: I admit I am very fond ----------him : of

97. The suitcase is made ---------- leather : Of

98. You won’t tell them what has happened, ----------------? : Will you

99. Change into indirect speech: He said, “I have passed the examination.” : He said that he had passed the examination

100. They have bought a new car, ----------? : Haven’t they

Assistant Gade 2 /Clerck | Juniour Clerck |L D Clerck Cashier Junior.Assistant

Kerala PSC Solved Question Paper

Exam held on 23/02/2008

Post: Assistant Gade 2 /Clerck / Juniour Clerck /L D Clerck Cashier Junior Assistant

@Various Govt Owned Company / Corporations

Question Paper Code : 113/2008

1.Gautama Budha was born at:

Lumbini

2.The chera king known as Red Chera:

Senkuttuvan

3. Alexander the grate defeated by:

Porus

4. Indica was written by :

Megasthenes

5.The second Budhist council was held at :

Vailsali

6.Who is popularly known as Indian Napoleon:

Samudraguptha

7. Last king of the Kakatiya dynasty

Prataparudra II

8.In the second battle of Tarrain in 1192, Mohammed Gori defeated:

Prithviraj Chauhan

9.The king on the throne of vijayanagar at the time of the battle of Talikota:

Sadasivaraya

10.Qut-ub-din Aibek built the Quwaat ul-Islam mosque to commemorate his capture of:

Delhi

11.The wisest fool of medieval India is:

Mohammed Bin Tughlaq

12.Trikh I- Firoz Shahi was written by :

Ziaudin Barani

13.Ibn Batuta,the famous Scholar visited India during the reign of :

Mohammed bin Tughlaq.

14.Purana Qila in Delhi was bult by:

Shersha

15.Ashtapratan was the council of Ministers of:

Marathas

16.Zapti is the land revenue system introduced by:

Akbar

17.Jahangir the Mughal ruler murdered the Sikh Guru:

Guru Arjun Singh

18.The Mughul Gardens Shalimar and Nishad in Srinagar built by:

Jahangir

19.Ustad Isa was the Architect of:

Taj Mahal

20.Haritha and Bukha laid the foundatations of:

Vijayanar Empire

21.The author of Prithvii Raj Raso was:

Chandra Vardai

22.The first carnatic war came to an end with the :

Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle

23.Permanent Land Revenue Settlement was introduced in Bengal by:

Lord Cornwallis

24.Doctrine of Lapse was applied by :

Lord Dalhousie

25.Priciples of Panchasheel were framed in :

Bandung

26.The author of India Today :

R.P.Dutt

27.Local self Govt in India, for the the first time was introduced by:

Lord Rippon

28.The president of Pakistan who signed the Tashkent Agreement after the Indo-Pak Wat of 1965 was:

Ayub Khan

29.The war between India and China took place in :

1962

30.Tashkent Pact was signed between :

Lal Bahadur Sastri and Ayub Khan

31.Mamamkam,the great ancient regional festival was held at:

Thirunavai

32.Kollam Era began:

A. D. 825.

33.The longest river in Kerala:

Periyar

34.Mixed colony system introduced by :

Albuquarq

35.Sathujana Paripalana Yogam was started by :

Ayyankali

36.The fisrt chief Minister of Travancore popular ministry:

Pattam Thanuppillai

37.The temple entry proclamation was issued by :

Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma.

38.Malyalee Sabha was organized by:

C . Krishna Pillai

39.Cochin State prajamandal was formed in :

16 th Jan.1941

40.Electricity Agitation of cochin was against the decision of the Diwan:

Sir .R.K.Shanmugham Chetti

41.A Thermos flash is polished well:

to reflect all radiation from inside

42.Co-efficient of thermal conductivity depends on:

difference in temperature

43.A device used to detect heat radiation is known as :

Thermo couple

44. Which of the following is a compound?

(a) milk (b) 22 carat gold (c) steam (d )diamond

Ans :Steam

45. Hardest naturally occurring substance:

Black Diamond

46.A form of carbon used in Gas masks:

Activated Charcoal

47.The gas used in refrigerator is

Freon

48.Estimation of halogens in organic compound is done by:

Carrius method

49.The metal which does not react with dilute sulphuric acid:

Lead

50.In free state, hydrogen is present in:

Sun

51 The disease caused by the deficiency of vitamin A:

Xerophthalmia (Dry eye syndrome)

52.The insect which lays eggs in water is :

Dragonfly

53:The mosquito that spreads malaria in man is named:

Female anopheles

54.The function of the white blood corpuscles is :

to produce anti-toxin

55.Which of the following process liberates energy ?

Respiration

56. During the solar eclipse, which of the following represents the relative position of the sun, moon and earth correctly:

the moon in between the sun and the earth

57.A degree of Longitude has about the same length as a degree of Latitude at:

Equator

58. The supersonic air craft find it most convenient to fly in the:

Stratosphere.

59.Seismograph is used to measure:

Earthquake

60.Which Steel Plant is known as the “Pittsburgh of India :?

Jamshedpur

61.The first political leader who got Nobel Prize for the literature?

Winston Churchil

62. The winner of Women’s Wimbledon championship of 2011 ?

Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic)

[Men’s - Novak Djokovic (Serbia)]

63.Present sectary general of United Nations:

Banki -Moon

64.Jim Corbet National park is in:

Uttaranjal

65.The country used paper currency first in the world:

China

66. Father of cell phone :

Martin Cooper

67.The modern quantity of theory of money was developed by :

Milton Friedman

68. Consumer Protection Act was enacted in the year :

1986

69.National Flag of India designed by:

Pingili Venkayya

70: Human Rights day is observed all over the world every year on :

10th December

71: The government has decided to ---- all unauthorized buildings.

Pull down

72. -------- you opologize,he won’t forgive you

Unless

73. The mother as well as her three children________taken to the hospital

was

74. The old man was too weak to travel________himself

by

75. Roshan was so absorbed _______his work that he did’nt even raise this

head.

in

76. It ---------heavenly when I woke up yesterday

was raining

77. Mahatma Gandhi appealed to the people to _____________the cruelties of British authorities.

Putt off

78. Opposite of the word “rigid” :

Flexible

79. Few students knew the answer,___________?

Did they

80. The word which is nearest in meaning to the word ‘economical”

wealthy

81. If the driver______ the brake, the car would have hit the old man.

Had not applied

82. There weren’t any hotels near by,_____?

Were there

83. It was with great difficulty he gained entry to the auditorium, but he made a sudden _________

Departure

84. The thieves not only robbed the travelers_________,beat them up.

But also

85. I ________ him the truth, If I were you.

Would tell

86, would you mind _______the door?

to shut

87.I wish he __________ settle the issue soon.

may

88.The appropriate meaning of ‘run-of the-mill”

very important

89. Midhun said, Do you enjoy cricket? (change into indirect speech)

Midhun asked me if I enjoy cricket

90. One must always be careful in _________dealings with others.

His

91. Rahul is very rich .He can buy a car.(Combine using “enough”)

Rahul is enough rich to buy a car.

92.Meaning of the Phrase ‘Ad hoc’:

Formed for some special purpose

93.Everyone looked up to him(Change into positive voice)

He is being looked up to by everyone

94. The juice is made _____fresh oranges.

of

95.Our Chief minister is a person of long experience in politics (Use the one word for the words underlined)

Veteran

96.The mis-spelt word among the following words.

Synagogue.

97) When the police interrogated the thief, he made made a clean breast of everything (Meaning of the idiom underlined) :

denied

98) It is five years __________I retired

Since

99) The bundle is so heavy that I cannot lift it(Use “too” instead of ‘So that’)

The bundle is too heavy for me to lift

100 . The word which is nearest in meaning to the word ‘profound’:

Deep

ASSISTANT MOTOR VEHICLES INSPECTOR

SOLVED PAPER OF ASSISTANT MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTOR IN MOTOR VEHICLES DEPARTMENT EXAM HELD ON 10-09-2009.

KERALA PSC

1. Which is not the common component between a petrol and diesel engine?
Ans: Ignition Oil

2. Highest useful compression ratio is the compression ratio at which the engine
Ans: Can operate without detonation

3. The purpose of a condenser in the ignition system of petrol engine is to :
Ans: Avoid arcing across the contact breaker points

4. Higher octane rating of a SI engine fuel indicates that the fuel has:
Ans: Longer ignition delay

5. Knocking tendency in a SI engine reduces with increasing:
Ans: Engine speed

6. Reference fuels used for cetane rating of CI engines fuels would include
Ans: Cetane and alpha-methyl naphthalene

7. Octane number of LPG fuel is :
Ans: Higher than iso-octane

8. Accumulation of carbon deposit on combustion chamber of an IC engine leads to increase in :
Ans: Compression ratio

9. In a Diesel cycle, heat rejection takes place at :
Ans: Constant volume

10. A Hook’s joint in a automobile transmission system is preferred when the driving and driven shafts are:
Ans: Non-parallel and intersecting

11. Reboring of an engine cylinder to the next oversize would slightly
Ans: Increase the stroke volume

12. The standard firing order of a six cylinder in line left hand crank shaft is :
Ans:1-4-2-6-3-5

13. Cylinder block construction by mono-block is preferred to individual cylinder construction because of?
(a)Compact engine size
(b)Easy manufacturing operations
(c)Better water sealed joints
(d)All of the above
Ans: (d)

14. A loose fit between a dry cylinder liner and cylinder block would cause:
Ans: High operating temperatures

15. The part of a piston intended to strengthen the position head so as to withstand the force of explosion is :
Ans: Piston web

16. In case of offset pistons, the piston pin hole axis is made offset from the cylinder centerline towards the :
Ans: Major or minor thrust side

17. All of the following are the merits of a side valve(L.head) operating mechanism, except-
(a)High volumetric efficiency
(b)Low engine Height
(c) Low production cost
(d)Silent operation
Ans: High volumetric efficiency

18. Bent of a valve stem can be straightened by :
(a)Valve stem straighter
(b)Valve stem grinder
(c) Dial gauge
(d)None of the above
Ans: (d)

19. What could be the probable reason of necking of valve stem?
Ans: Leakage of gases at valve seat.

20. Engine lubricating oil pump is usually driven by a?
Ans: Camshaft gear

21. The purpose of a radiator pressure cap is to maintain the working pressure of a water cooling system.
Ans: Higher than the atmospheric pressure

22. Which is not an advantage of multi cylinder air cooled engines when compared to multi cylinder water cooled engines?
Ans: Maintains uniform cooling all around the cylinders

23. The part of an overhead valve mechanism arranged between the valve tappet and rocker arm is :
Ans: Push rod

24. Specific gravity of a lubricating oil can be determined by a?
Ans: Hydro meter

25. A manual method commonly used for measuring the engine lubricating oil level is :
Ans: An oil dipstick

26. Engine lubricating oil pumps are usually positive displacement types because they are suitable for?
Ans: High pressure ratios.

27. In a positive crank case ventilation system , the blow by gases drawn from the crankcase is fed to the :
Ans: Inlet manifold

28. The part of a carburetor where air velocity is the maximum is called?
Ans: Venturi

29. A petrol engine requires a lean air fuel mixture at:
Ans: Cruising

30. Which one of the following carburetors does not contain separate accelerating pump circuit?
(a) Solex Carburetor (b)Zenith Carburetor
(c) Carter Carburetor (d)SU Carburetor
Ans: (d) SU carburetor

31. In carburetors, compensating devices are used to provide?
Ans: Correct proportions of fuel air mixture at all speeds

32. Which is not correct as regards to an open type combustion chamber?
Ans: Smooth running

33. Multi-hole type diesel injectors are generally employed in :
Ans: Open combustion chambers

34. The testing and adjustment of a diesel injection pump for the accuracy of its firing interval is known as :
Ans: Phasing

35. All of the following parameters hamper knocking tendency in a compression ignition engine except:
(a)Early injection fuel (b)Higher compression ratio
(c) High engine load (d) High inlet pressure and temperature
Ans: (a) Early injection fuel

36. In a can type ignition coil, the secondary winding is first wound over:
Ans: A laminated iron core

37. Vacuum advance mechanism for ignition advance in a petrol engine performs effectively at :
Ans: Part throttle opening

38. Insufficient contact breaker gap results in :
Ans: Engine misfiring at high speeds

39. Spark plug gap is generally measured by a :
Ans: Feelex gauge

40. The negative plate of a fully discharged lead acid battery contains:
Ans: PbSo4

41. The state of charge of a lead acid battery under actual operating conditions can be tested by :
Ans: A hydrometer

42. Cracked cell covers of a lead acid battery is a symptom of :
Ans: Overcharged battery

43. Output of alternators employed in automobile electrical system is regulated by a :
Ans: voltage regulator

44. In an alternator the electromotive force is induced in the :
Ans: Stator windings

45. D.C.Generators used in automobiles are usually of :
Ans: Self excited type

46. In a d.c,. generator, the effect of the flux produced by the armature current on the main magnetic field flux is called:
Ans: Armature reaction

47. Which is not the common component between a d.c. generator and an alternator?
Ans: Commutator

48. The voltage regulator in the combined voltage and current regulator of a d.c charging circuit contains
Ans: Shunt and series winding

49. An electric motor is a prime mover which converts
Ans: Electrical energy into mechanical energy

50. D.C.series motors are widely employed for starting automobile engines because d.c. series motors have :
Ans: Low speed at high loads

51. Excessive clutch free pedal play would cause:
Ans: Clutch drag

52. A wet clutch is more preferred to a dry clutch:
Ans: When it is decided to achieve longer life

53. In case of a friction clutch, the pressure plate is held against the clutch plate by :
Ans: Thrust springs

54. The term clutch slip as applied to a fluid fly wheel:
Ans: Decrease with the speed of driving shaft

55. A sliding mesh gearbox has a gear ratio 4:1 at the third gear position. The clutch shaft gear has 15 teeth and its mating lay shaft gear is having 45 teeth. If the main shaft gear contains 28 teeth, the mating lay shaft gear should have:
Ans:21 teeth

56. Which one of the following is a false statement as regards to a synchromesh gear box ?
(a)The synchronizing unit is locked to the main shaft
(b)Main shaft gears are always free to rotate on the main shaft.
(c) The main shaft gears and the corresponding lay shaft gears are always in constant mesh.
(d)At a particular gear position, power flow takes place from main shaft gear to the synchronizing unit and then to the main shaft.
Ans: (a) The synchronizing unit is locked to the main shaft

57. Which transmission unit is used to turn the driven shaft faster than the driving shaft?
Ans: Overdrive

58. The part of a torque converter that facilitates change of torque between input and output shaft is the:
Ans: Stator

59. The type of gears used for transmitting power between two-non intersecting perpendicular shafts is :
Ans: Hypoid gears

60. The components of an automobile transmission system that facilitate the drive to turn at right angle are:
Ans: Bevel pinion and crown wheel

61. All types of rear live axles have to take:
Ans: Driving torque

62. Which statement is true in the context of a torque tube type rear axle drive?
(a) Side thrust is taken by the torque tube
(b)No universal joint is required
(c) No slip joint is required
(d) No shackle is required
Ans: (c) No slip joint is required

63. Which one of the following is not considered for calculating the unsprung weight?
(a) Steering Knuckle (b)Brakes (c) Axles (d)Chassis frame
Ans: (d) Chassis frame

64. Coil springs used for automobile suspension system can withstand:
Ans: Bending and shear stress

65. In a Mac Pherson strut type of independent suspension , the coil spring is arranged:
Ans: On a strut carrying the shock absorber

66. In a revered elliot type stub axle, the kingpin is locked to the :
Ans: Front axle

67. The steering geometry that aids directional stability is :
Ans: Positive castor

68. Ackerman steering mechanism is popularly employed to steer the front wheels because:
Ans: It is a simple mechanism

69. Which is not the advantage of low aspect ratio tyres:
(a) Comfortable ride
(b)Better load carrying capacity
(c) Less wear
(d) High cornering power
Ans: (a) Comfortable ride

70. Circumferential grooves on automobile tyres:
Ans: Reduce the danger of skidding

71. Compared to cross ply tyre, the radial ply tyre has the disadvantage of :
Ans: Uncomfortable ride at low speeds

72. Tyre rotation is a recommended method to equalize the tyre wear. In doing the tyre rotation, generally, the spare wheel will be fitted to the :
Ans: Rear right side

73. A car which runs along a straight level road at a speed of 36km/hour is brought to rest in 2 seconds by applying the brakes. The stopping distance is :
Ans: 10 meters

74. ‘ By passport ‘ in a master cylinder helps to :
Ans: Convey the excess fluid accumulated in compression chamber to the reservoir after brakes are released.

75. In an air brake system when the brake pedal is freed to deactivate the brakes, the high pressure air form the lines is released to the atmosphere through the :
Ans: Exhaust port in the break valve.

76. Which one of the following is a drawback of disc brakes when compared to drum brakes?
(a) High intensity of pressure on friction pads
(b)Better anti-fade characteristics
(c) Low unsprung weight
(d) Low thermal expansion of friction surfaces
Ans: (a) High intensity of pressure on friction pads

77. The component of an air brake system that actuates the break shoe can is ?
Ans: Break chamber

78. The purpose of circumferential fins constructed on the outer periphery of the break drum is to?
Ans: Lower the break operating temperatures

79. The type of reflector used for automobile head lamp is :
Ans: Parabolic

80. An oxidation catalyst that commonly used in catalytic converters is :
Ans: Platinum

81. A three way catalytic converter is used to control the emissions due to :
Ans: Unburned hydro carbons, carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen

82. An aerodynamic device mounted at the rear of an automobile to reduce lift at high speeds is :
Ans: Spoiler

83. As per the BIS(Bureau of Indian Standards)2000 specifications, the permissible amount of sulphur content in gasoline is limited to :
Ans: 1000ppm

84. As per the motor vehicle act 1988, the maximum speed limit for motor cycle is :
Ans: 50Km/hour

85. As per the section IV of Motor vehicle act 1988, the minimum age limit for obtaining a driving license to drive a transport vehicle is :
Ans:20years

86. An automobile engine is an example of :
Ans: Open system

87. The maximum possible thermal efficiency of a heat engine is limited by?
Ans: Second law of thermodynamics

88. Which one of the following is not a thermodynamic property?
(a)Entropy (b)Pressure (c) Volume (d) Heat
Ans: Heat

89. A high viscosity index of lubricating oil indicates:
Ans: Relatively little change of viscosity with change of temperature

90. Bharath stage III would come into force Nationwide from :
Ans: 1 April, 2010

91. India started to adopt European emission norms in the year:
Ans: 2000

92. The principal use of an engine dynamometer is to measure:
Ans: Torque developed by the engine

93. Which among the following is not a merit of front engine with front wheel drive vehicles
(a) Better tractive effort when going uphill
(b)Better road adhesion
(c) Improved riding performance
(d)Less tendency to skidding
Ans: (a) Better tractive effort when going uphill

94. Engine placed at the rear with rear axles as live axles:
Ans: Ensure lower overall height

95. The most attractive feature of engines made of Aluminium alloys is :
Ans: Low weight to power ratio

96. A ring spanner is usually manufactured by ?
Ans: Drop forging

97. Piston compression rings are made of :
Ans: Alloy cast iron

98. Which among the following is a surface finishing operation?
(a)surface grinding (b)Centerless grinding
(c) Buffing (d)Honing
Ans: (d) Honing

99. Stroke of I.C.engine equals:
Ans: Twice the crank radius

100. Vehicle weight when it is not loaded with passengers and cargo, but inclusive of the weight of full tank is known as :
Ans: Curb weight