Kerala PSC Degree Level University Assistant Date of Test 24.05.2016
1. What is the name of the pigment which helps animal to see in dim light?
(a) Rhodopsin
(b) Haemoglobin
(c) Photopsin
(d) Chromatin
2. The transformer works on which principle :
(a) Electrostatic force
(b) Magnetostatic force
(c) Snell’s law
(d) Electromagnetic induction
3. What is oil of vitriol?
(a) Sodium Chloride
(b) Nitric Acid
(c) Sulphuric Acid
(d) Hydrochloric Acid
4. Which is the most effective test to determine AIDS
(a) Lipid profile test
(b) Angiograph
(c) Western blot test
(d) MRI scan
5. What is manufactured using Bessemer process?
(a) Steel
(b) Gold
(c) Zinc
(d) Silver
6. Minamata disease is due to :
(a) Arsenic
(b) Lead
(c) Copper
(d) Mercury
7. A person suffering from bleeding gum need in his food:
(a) Carotene
(b) Citrus
(c) Vitamin K
(d) Cold liver
8. An alloy used in making heating elements for electric heating device is :
(a) German silver
(b) Alloy steel
(c) Nichrome
(d) Solder
9. Which fossil organism is usually regarded as the connecting link between birds and reptiles?
(a) Dryopithecus
(b) Archaeopteryx
(c) Australopitheus
(d) Ardipithecus
10. Phenomenon behind the formation of rainbow :
(a) Diffraction of light
(b) Scattering of light
(c) Interference of light
(d) Dispersion of light
11. Recently dead Mufti Muhammed Sayyid was the Chief Minister of _____ State
(a) Delhi
(b) Assam
(c) Jammu-Kashmir
(d) Mizoram
12. Which of the following work won the ‘Odakkuzhal Award’ to S. Joseph?
(a) Manushyanu Oru Aamugham
(b) Chandranodoppam
(c) Chakkarappandha!
(d) Unnikkuttante Lokam
13. Who scored 1009 runs in one innings, in the Bhandari Trophy under-16 Inter School Cricket?
(a) Praveen Dhanvade
(b) Prakash Dhanvade
(c) Pratheesh Dhanvade
(d) Pranav Dhanvade
14. Who got the ‘Dr. Sukumar Azhikode Thatwamsi Endowment’ for this year?
(a) Dr. T. M. Thomas Issac
(b) V. S. Achuthanandhan
(c) Ramesh Chennithala
(d) V. M. Sudheeran
15. ‘Miss World’, Miriya Lalguna Royo belongs to which of the following country?
(a) Spain
(b) France
(c) Indonesia
(d) Japan
16. Present Jnanpith winner Raghuveer Chaudhari is a popular writer in _____ language.
(a) Marathi
(b) Gujarati
(c) Bengali
(d) Telugu
17. Who among the following was appointed as CEO of NITI AAYOG?
(a) Amithabh Bachchan
(b) Saniya Mirza
(c) Amithabh Kanth
(d) Arun Jaitly
18. Which country was defeated by India to win Seventh Crown in SAF Games?
(a) Pakistan
(b) Afghanistan
(c) Kasakistan
(d) Kirgistan
19. World’s largest Bird statue is built in Jatayu Nature Park. In which place of Kerala, it is built?
(a) Chennamangalam
(b) Kothamangalam
(c) Kaipamangalam
(d) Chatayamangalam
20. Who is the present Governor of Reserve Bank of India
(a) P. Sadasivam
(b) C. Sankara Narayanan
(c) Raghuram Rajan
(d) Ajith Dowal
21. What is the official Name of India?
(a) Democratic State of India
(b) Republic of India
(c) Socialist State of India
(d) Socialist Secular India
22. The literacy rate of India is :
(a) 61%
(b) 75%
(c) 80%
(d) 50%
23. Which was the first linguistic state in Independent India?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) None of the above
24. Which is the tree generally grown for forestation?
(a) Mango Tree
(b) Coconut Tree
(c) Banyan
(d) Teak
25. In which river Bhakra-Nangal Dam is situated?
(a) Sutlej
(b) Godavari
(c) Narmada
(d) Krishna
26. Who was the first martyr in First Indian Independence War 1857?
(a) Jhansi Rani
(b) Mangal Pande
(c) Savarkar
(d) None
27. Swami Vivekananda delivered his famous Chickago speech in
(a) 1872 January 12
(b) 1892 September 11
(c) 1882 October 2
(d) 1867 November 1
28. Who was the Chairman of Nehru Committee Report?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Motilal Nehru
(c) Arun Nehru
(d) None
29. What is the total length NH49 (Kochi to Dhanushkodi)?
(a) 500 km
(b) 550 km
(c) 600 km
(d) 400 km
30. What is Republic?
(a) In a democracy the head of the state is a nominated one
(b) The government is directly elected by the people
(c) The head of the state is hereditary and legislative is constituted by the representatives of people
(d) In a democracy, the head of the state is either directly or indirectly elected by the people
31. Who founded ‘Ananda Mahasabha’ in 1918?
(a) Sahodaran Ayyappan
(b) Vagbhatanandan
(c) Brahmananda Shivayogi
(d) Agamananda Swami
32. Kochi Rajya Praja Mandalam was formed in the year:
(a) 1940
(b) 1941
(c) 1942
(d) 1943
33. Who wrote the famous book ‘A Short History of the Peasant Movement’ in Kerala?
(a) E. M. S. Namboothirippad
(b) C. Achutha Menon
(c) P. K. Vasudevan Nair
(d) Pattom Thanupillai
34. The original name of Vagbhatanandam, the famous social reformer in Kerala?
(a) Kelu Kuruppu
(b) Kunji Kannan
(c) Krishnan-Ayyan
(d) Kutti Krishnan
35. Who formed Jatinasini Sabha?
(a) Anandatheerthan
(b) Chattampi Swamikal
(c) Pandit Karuppan
(d) Thycaud Ayya
36. Gayathripuzha is the tributary of which river?
(a) Periyar
(b) Bharatha Puzha
(c) Chaliyar
(d) Pampa
37. In which district Mangalavanam, the smallest wild life sanctuary in Kerala situated?
(a) Emamulam
(b) Trissur
(c) Wayanad
(d) Idukki
38. S.E.B. was formed in the year :
(a) 1957
(b) 1956
(c) 1958
(d) 1959
39. Where is Kerala coconut research station situated?
(a) Kayamkulam
(b) Sadanandapuram
(c) Mannuthi
(d) Vellayani
40. What is the name of rain water harvest programme organized by Kerala Government?
(a) Jalanidhi
(b) Harita
(c) Varsha
(d) Anugraha
41. The Fundamental Rights of the Indian Citizens are enshrined in :
(a) The Premble
(b) Part III of the constitution
(c) Part IV of the constitution
(d) Part V-A of the constitution
42. The authority to issue ‘writs’ for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights wests with :
(a) The Parliament
(b) The President
(c) The Supreme Court and High Courts
(d) The CBI
43. Which of the following Article of the constitution deals with the Fundamental Duties of the Indian Citizens?
(a) Article 51-A
(b) Article 29-B
(c) Article 21-A
(d) Article 39-C
44. Who is the chairman of the Rajya Sabha?
(a) The President
(b) The Vice-President
(c) Lok-Sabha Speaker
(d) The Governor
45. In which year the National Development Council (NDC) was established?
(a) 1948
(b) 1950
(c) 1952
(d) 1957
46. The Public Service Commission in India, as the Union Public Service Commission was first called, was established in the year :
(a) 1919
(b) 1926
(c) 1947
(d) 1950
47. The National Human Rights Commission was established in the year :
(a) 1993
(b) 1975
(c) 2001
(d) 1996
48. Which Constitutional Amendment made right to free and compulsory education as a fundamental right?
(a) 73rd
(b) 86th
(c) 52nd
(d) 74th
49. Who is the Chairperson of Kerala State Vanitha Commission?
(a) K. Ajitha
(b) Sugathakumari
(c) C. K. Janu
(d) K. C. Rosakutty
50. Who is the present CAG?
(a) Shashi Kant Sharma
(b) Vinod Rai
(c) Agarwal
(d) H. K. Khanna
51. Who is the implementing officer at district level responsible for the monitoring and supervision of national food for work programme?
(a) District industrial officer
(b) District Collector
(c) District civil supplies officer
(d) District information officer
52. Anganwadi centres are functioning under the programme:
(a) IRDP
(b) NRDP
(c) KUDUMBASHREE
(d) ICDS
53. Jawahar Rozgar Yojna was launched in April 1st 1989, by combining the two programmes:
(a) RLEGP, NRDP
(b) IRDP, NREP
(c) NREP, RLEGP
(d) NRDP, IRDP
54. The _____ was launched in December 2001 to ameliorate the conditions of the urban slum dwellers living below the poverty line without adequate shelter.
(a) Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana
(b) Bharat Nirman
(c) Samagra Awas Yojana
(d) PMRY
55. Kudumbasree mission was launched on 17th May 1998 by our former Prime Minister :
(a) Sri Narasimha Rao
(b) Sri Manmohan Singh
(c) Sri A. B. Vajpayee
(d) Sri H. D. Devagouda
56. This is comprehensive housing scheme launched with a view to ensure the integrated provision of shelter, sanitation and drinking water. The basic objective of the programme is to improve the quality of life of the people as well as the overall habitat in rural areas:
(a) Samagra Awas Yojana
(b) Antyodaya Anna Yojana
(c) Sampoorn Grameen Rozgar Yojana
(d) Adarsh Gram Yojana
57. Mahila Samirdhi Yojana was started in 1993 on the day of :
(a) Women’s day
(b) Gandhi Jayanthi
(c) Independence day
(d) Republic day
58. Which programme is launched on the lookout for the ‘poorest of the poor’ by providing them 35 kilograms of rice and wheat at Rs. 3 and 2 per kg. respectively?
(a) National Food for Work Programme
(b) Adarsh Gram Yojana
(c) Antyodaya Anna Yojana
(d) Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana
59. To change negative family and community attitudes towards the girl child at birth and towards her mother is the prime objective of:
(a) Integrated Child Development Scheme
(b) Mahila Samridhi Yojana
(c) Indira Awas Yojana
(d) Balika Samridhi Yojana
60. Which plan was called as Mahalnobis plan named after the well-known economist?
(a) Firs plan 1951 to 56
(b) Second plan 1956 to 61
(c) Third plan 1961 to 66
(d) Fourth plan 1969 to 74
61. An attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users is called :
(a) Malware attack
(b) Worms attack
(c) Denial-of-service attack
(d) Adware attack
62. Name the act that governs the internet usage in India :
(a) The IT Gazette of India Act, 2004
(b) The Information Technology Act, 2000
(c) The Internet Usage Act, 2002
(d) The Right to Information Act, 2005
63. Who is considered to be the first programmer?
(a) Ada Lovalace
(b) Alan Turing
(c) Charles Babbage
(d) Von Neumann
64. An attempt to criminally and fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such a usernames, passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication is termed as :
(a) Spooling
(b) Tracking
(c) Bugging
(d) Phishing
65. A computer program that is used to convert an assembly language to machine language is :
(a) compiler
(b) Interpreter
(c) Assembler
(d) Comparator
66. A device that modulates signals to encode digital information and demodulates signals to decode the transmitted information:
(a) modem
(b) decoder
(c) encoder
(d) modulator
67. Codes consisting of light and dark marks of various thickness which may be optically read is known as :
(a) Operand
(b) Barcode
(c) Decoder
(d) Op code
68. ‘mpg’ extension refers usually to what kind of file?
(a) Text/Document file
(b) Image file
(c) Animation/movie file
(d) All the above
69. The inventor of world wide web :
(a) Tim Berner’s Lee
(b) Marc Andreessen
(c) James H. Clark
(d) Robert Cailliau
70. The brain of any computer system is :
(a) Memory
(b) Peripheral Unit
(c) CPU
(d) Control Unit.
71. Let us go for a walk, :
(a) do we?
(b) shall we?
(c) don’t we?
(d) didn’t we?
72. The passive form of “This shop sells all the vegetables.” Is :
(a) All the vegetables are sold by this shop
(b) All the vegetables are sold in the shop
(c) All the vegetables have been sold by this shop
(d) All the vegetables are being sold by this shop
73. It was raining when I ______ home yesterday.
(a) had reached
(b) has reached
(c) had been reaching
(d) reached
74. I was going _____ the documents last evening
(a) on
(b) in
(c) through
(d) about
75. Germany is _____ European country.
(a) a
(b) an
(c) the
(d) no article required
76. The problem was _____ difficult that I could not slove it.
(a) very
(b) so
(c) too
(d) much
In which part of the questions 77 and 78 is the mistake
77.
(a) the film
(b) that I saw yesterday
(c) was about an old man
(d) who was living a long time ago
78.
(a) it was Shakespeare
(b) and not no one else
(c) who wrote this play
(d) at the beginning of the sixteenth century
79. Milk is ______ in proteins and minerals.
(a) good
(b) large
(c) big
(d) rich
80. The indirect form of ‘Do you like comics?’ she asked me, is :
(a) She asked me whether I like comics
(b) She asked me whether I have liked comics
(c) She asked me whether I liked comics
(d) She asked me did I like comics
81. In how many years will a sum of money triple itself, the rate of interest being 10%?
(a) 15 years
(b) 20 years
(c) 10 years
(d) 18 years
82. If 4 taps can fill a tank in 10 hours. Then how many hours can 6 taps fill the same tank?
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 15 hours
83. Manu’s age is 6 times Binu’s age. 15 years hence Manu will be 3 times as old as Binu. Find Binu’s age :
(a) 60 years
(b) 10 years
(c) 45 years
(d) 50 years
84. A and B together can do a piece of work in 12 days and A alone can complete the work in 18 days. How long will B alone take to complete the job?
(a) 6 days
(b) 30 days
(c) 36 days
(d) 21 days
85. Find the time taken by a 180 m long train running at 54 km/hr to cross a man standing on a platform:
(a) 4 seconds
(b) 12 seconds
(c) 30 seconds
(d) 15 seconds
86. A garden is 90 m long and 75 m broad. A path 5 m wide is to be built outside around it. Find the area of the path :
(a) 850 m2
(b) 6750 m2
(c) 1750 m2
(d) 7600 m2
87. What number should be subtracted from each of the numbers 23, 30, 57 and 78 so that the remainders are in proportion?
(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 6
(d) 7
88. Which of the following numbers is divisible by 33?
(a) 1333
(b) 1375
(c) 2133
(d) 2145
89. 
(a) 11 : 8
(b) 8 : 11
(c) 8 : 5
(d) 5 : 8
90. C.F of 36 and 264 is :
(a) 6
(b) 36
(c) 792
(d) 12
91. If EDUCATION is coded as NOITACUDE, then REDFORT will be coded as:
(a) TROFDER
(b) FORTRED
(c) TROFRED
(d) FORTDER
92. “Flower’ is related to Petal in the same way as “Book” is related to :
(a) Author
(b) Content
(c) Page
(d) Library
93. Find out the pair which is different from the other given pairs:
(a) Cow and Buffalo
(b) Cock and Hen
(c) Horse and Mare
(d) Dog and Bitch
94. Find the missing numbers in this series : 2, 6, 18, 54, ______, 486, 1458.
(a) 152
(b) 182
(c) 162
(d) 108
95. Find the odd one among these:
(a) Lake
(b) River
(c) Pool
(d) Sea
96. Find out the missing letter : B, E, H, K, N ______?
(a) P
(b) O
(c) R
(d) Q
97. If HOBBY is coded as IOBY and LOBBY is coded as MOBY then, BOBBY is Coded as:
(a) BOBY
(b) COBY
(c) NOBY
(d) OOBY
98. If ‘A’ is in the north of B and C in the west of B. In what direction is A with respect to C?
(a) South
(b) East
(c) South-West
(d) North-East
99. If I = 9 YOU = 61 then WE = _____?
(a) 28
(b) 32
(c) 65
(d) 50
100. Statement : All the students passed the examination. Some students are girls.
Conclusion: (I) Some boys passed the Examination.
(II) All the girls failed the Examination.
(III) None of the boys passed the Examination.
(IV) None of the girls failed the Examination.
(a) I and II follow
(b) II and III follow
(c) I, II and III follow
(d) None of the above
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