Kerala PSC Degree Level Sub Inspector Examination 2015
1. Toxic substances enter into the food chains and accumulate on higher trophic levels. The phenomenon is called:
(a) Cirrhosis
(b) Algal Bloom
(c) Biomagnification
(d) Ascites
2. Which of the following is a mixed nerve?
(a) Optic nerve
(b) Vagus nerve
(c) Hypoglossal nerve
(d) Trochlear nerve
3. The smallest and lightest bone in the human body
(a) Nasal bone
(b) Incus
(c) Mandible
(d) Stapes
4. The vaccine used in pulse polio immunization campaign in India
(a) Salk vaccine
(b) DPT vaccine
(c) Pentavalent vaccine
(d) DT vaccine
5. In a monohybrid cross, a heterozygous all pea plant is crossed with a dwarf pea plant. Which type of progenies is formed in the F1 generation?
(a) All are tall
(b) All are dwarf
(c) Both tall and dwarf
(d) None of these
6. The elements which show variable valency :
(a) inert gas
(b) non metals
(c) d block elements
(d) s block elements
7. Which compound is called ‘Carborundum’
(a) Calcium carbide
(b) Aluminium carbide
(c) Boron carbide
(d) Silicon carbide
8. The lens used to rectify the disease, ‘Myopia’ :
(a) Convex lens
(b) Concave lens
(c) Biconcave lens
(d) Biconvex lens
9. The most abundant element in the earth crust is
(a) Oxygen
(b) Nitrogen
(c) Hydrogen
(d) Iron
10. The unit of acceleration is
(a) m/s
(b) m/s2
(c) km/hour
(d) m2/s
11. Who is the governor of Meghalaya
(a) Tathagata Roy
(b) P. Sadasivam
(c) V. Shanmuganathan
(d) Dr. Syed Ahmed
12. Best documentary film of 2015 Oscar ‘Citizenhour’ is directed by:
(a) Rosamund Pike
(b) Reese Witherspoon
(c) Laura Poitras
(d) Edward Snowden
13. Who won ‘Man Booker Prize’ 2015?
(a) Patrik Modiano
(b) Richard Flanagan
(c) Laszlo Krasznahorkai
(d) Arundhati Roy
14. Which city was the venue of 19th national youth festival 2015
(a) Manipur
(b) Guwahati
(c) Delhi
(d) Ranchi
15. Who is the CEO of Syndicate Bank?
(a) Chanda Kochar
(b) Sathya Nadella
(c) Arun Shrivastava
(d) Vishal Sikka
16. Who is the present chairman of public accounts committee?
(a) K. M. Mani
(b) K. V. Thomas
(c) Y. V. Reddy
(d) K. P. Balachandran
17. What is India’s rank in the global happiness index 2015?
(a) 158
(b) 116
(c) 117
(d) 120
18. Name the heaviest next generation rocket launched by ISRO recently
(a) GSLV D5
(b) GSLV Mark III
(c) PSLV-C20
(d) PSLV C 27
19. Who is the author of the book ‘The lives of others’?
(a) Pranab Mukherjee
(b) Hilary Clinton
(c) Neel Mukherjee
(d) Rajdeep Sardesai
20. Where was the 2015 commonwealth games held?
(a) Gold coast
(b) Glasgow
(c) Delhi
(d) Japan
21. Who is also known as Muthukutti Swami?
(a) Chattampi Swami
(b) Vaikunda Swami
(c) Narayana Guru Swami
(d) Vagbhatananda Swami
22. Who did first Malayalam printing?
(a) Bejamin Bailey
(b) Herman Gundert
(c) Jovannes Gon Salvez
(d) Anjelos Francis
23. The order permitting channar women to wear jacket was issued by which diwan
(a) Col. Munore
(b) William Logan
(c) C. P. Ramaswami Iyyer
(d) P. N. G. Unnithan
24. The ‘Kochi Pulaya Maha Sabha’ was founded in 1913 under whose leadership?
(a) K. P. Karuppan
(b) Ayyankali
(c) Sahodaran Ayyappan
(d) Kumaran Asan
25. Name the first travelogue in Malayalam:
(a) Vedatarkam
(b) Varthamana Pusthakam
(c) Leelathilakam
(d) Chaturvarnyam
26. Who is known as Kafir?
(a) Kalathingal Muhammed
(b) Thycaud Ayya
(c) Vakkom Moulavi
(d) Kumara Guru
27. Perambadi Ghat gives access to which place
(a) Tirunelveli
(b) Maduarai
(c) Coorg
(d) Nilgiri
28. The megalithic site of Cheramangad is locally known as:
(a) Chovannur
(b) Kattakambal
(c) Kodakkal
(d) Kudakalluparambu
29. Hippalus the founder the south west monsoon was a pilot from which country?
(a) Rome
(b) China
(c) Egypt
(d) Greece
30. Chenthuruni wildlife sanctuary is a part of which forest?
(a) Konni
(b) Kulathupuzha
(c) Chimmini
(d) Chittar
31. Which is the largest city on the banks of Godavari
(a) Allahabad
(b) Prayag
(c) Patna
(d) Rajamundri
32. India has larges border with which country?
(a) Pakistan
(b) China
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Nepal
33. Who is popularly known as ‘Lokahitwadi’
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Gandhiji
34. The Rani of Jhansi had died in the battle field on:
(a) 17 June 1858
(b) 17 June 1857
(c) 18 June 1858
(d) 18 June 1857
35. Who was the first muslim president of Indian National Congress?
(a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(b) Abdul Kalam Azad
(c) Badaruddin Tayyabji
(d) Khan Abdul Khafar Khan
36. ‘Tatvabodhini Patrika’ promoted the study of India’s past, in which language
(a) Bengali
(b) Gujarathi
(c) Marathi
(d) English
37. What is the name of Mount Everest in Nepal?
(a) Arganyoma
(b) Sapthasindhu
(c) Sagarmadha
(d) Poorvachal
38. How many districts are three in India according to 2011 census?
(a) 648
(b) 640
(c) 593
(d) 650
39. The first Indian metrological observatory was set up at which place?
(a) Madras
(b) Mumbai
(c) Calcutta
(d) Delhi
40. Who was the leader of Chittagong armoury raid?
(a) B. K. Dutt
(b) Surya Sen
(c) Sachin Sanyal
(d) Bhagat Singh
41. Supreme Court Judges retire at the age of _____
(a) 62
(b) 65
(c) 70
(d) 72
42. Public Information officer is expected to reply within _____ hours is the life and liberty of the person is involved:
(a) 48
(b) 24
(c) 72
(d) 20
43. National Mission for justice delivery and legal reforms in India was set up in the year____
(a) Aug 2009
(b) Aug 2010
(c) Aug 2011
(d) Aug 2012
44. Sexual harassment at work place act was passed in the year ______
(a) 2012
(b) 2013
(c) 2014
(d) 2015
45. The reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General is examined by ______ committee in the Parliament
(a) Public Undertakings
(b) Estimates
(c) Public Accounts
(d) Privileges
46. National Human Right Commission in India was set up in the year ____
(a) 1990
(b) 1992
(c) 1993
(d) 1994
47. Right to Education comes under the Act
(a) 44
(b) 46
(c) 21
(d) 21A
48. ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Women’ is written by ______
(a) Thomas Paine
(b) Edmund Burke
(c) Giuseppe Mazzini
(d) Mary Wollstonecraft
49. The Institution Lokayukta was created for the time by the State of ____
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Orissa
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Uttar Pradesh
50. A special interim report on ‘Problem of Redressal of grievances’ was submitted by ARC headed by _____
(a) Lal Bahadur Sastri
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Morarji Desai
(d) Narasimha Rao
51. Name the scheme that was launched in 2000 to provide food grains at subsidized rates :
(a) Antyodaya Anna Yojana
(b) National Food for work Programme
(c) Indira Awaas Yojana
(d) Samoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana
52. Name the Prime Minister who launched Bharath Nirman Yojana
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Dr. Manmohan Singh
(c) A. B. Vajpayee
(d) Narasimha Rao
53. What is the objective of Indira Awaas Yojana
(a) To provide additional wage employment in rural areas and also to provide food security.
(b) To provide connectivity to all unconnected habitations in the rural areas
(c) To provide financial assistance to rural poor for construction and upgradation of houses for B.P.L.
(d) To create employment in constructing production projects.
54. Which of the following scheme is launched to facilitate the construction and upgradation of dwelling units for the slum dwellers and provide community toilets for them?
(a) Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana
(b) Bharath Nirman Yojana
(c) Antyodaya Anna Yojana
(d) Valmiki Ambedkar Awaas Yojana
55. In which year was ICDS launched?
(a) December 16, 2005
(b) November 14, 2004
(c) January 26, 1993
(d) October 2, 1975
56. Expand the acronym RLEGP.
(a) Regional Landless Employment Guarantee Programme
(b) Rural Labour Employment Guarantee Programme
(c) Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme
(d) Regional Labour Employment Guarantee Programme
57. The stat poverty eradication mission of the government of Kerala popularly known as :
(a) Janasree
(b) Kudumbasree
(c) Ayalkoottam
(d) The Mid Day Meal Scheme
58. Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana is implemented by
(a) Ministry of Rural Development
(b) Ministry of Women and Child Development
(c) Ministry of Minority affairs
(d) Ministry of Public Health and Development
59. The IRDP has been merged in newly introduced scheme namely:
(a) Indira Awaas Yojana
(b) Jawhar Rozgar Yojana
(c) Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana
(d) Swarna Jayanthi Gram Swarozgar Yojana
60. Which of the schemes was introduced in the golden jubilee year of independence and is operational since December 1, 1997?
(a) Swarna Jayanthi Gram Swarozgar Yojana
(b) Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana
(c) Swarna Jayanthi Shahri Rozgar Yojana
(d) Samgra Awaas Yojana
61. Any electronic signature or electronic authentication technique shall be considered reliable:
(a) If the signature creation data or the authentication data are, within the context in which they are used, linked to the signatory or, as the case may be the authenticator and no other person
(b) If the signature creation data or the authentication data were, at the time of signing, under the control of the signatory or, as the case may be the authenticator and of no other person
(c) If any alteration to the information made after its authentication by electronic signature is detectable.
(d) All the above
62. Which among the following is a malware programme that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers?
(a) Computer virus
(b) Computer worm
(c) Trojan
(d) Rootkit
63. The act of creating misleading websites for the purpose of online identity theft is called:
(a) Spoofing
(b) Phising
(c) Cheating
(d) Hacking
64. Which of the following is NOT a requirement for operating wi-fi network
(a) Wireless router
(b) Transponders
(c) Antenna
(d) Wireless adapter
65. The activity of creating sectors and tracks on a hard disk is called:
(a) Tracking
(b) Sectoring
(c) Plattering
(d) Formatting
66. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team serve as
(a) The National Nodal Agency in respect of Critical Information Infrastructure Protection
(b) The Cyber Regulations Advisory Authority
(c) The National Agency for incident response
(d) None of the above
67. What is the function of the control unit in the CPU?
(a) To transfer data to primary storage
(b) To store program instructions
(c) To perform logic functions
(d) To decode program instructions
68. Gnu Privacy Guard (GPG) is:
(a) An intrusion detection system
(b) An cryptographic protocol providing communication security over the internet.
(c) A firewall
(d) A cryptographic software which provides for key-based a symmetric cryptography for encryption and authentication
69. Which of the following is used for e-mail transmission across internet?
(a) SMTP
(b) IMAP
(c) POP
(d) FTP
70. Securing or attempting to secure access to a protected system in contravention of section 70 of the Information Technology Act is an offence which is :
(a) Non-cognizable, bailable and punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two y ears.
(b) Cognizable, Non-bailable and punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years.
(c) Cognizable, bailable and punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years
(d) Non-cognizable, Non-bailable and punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years.
71. Neither my brother nor my parents _____ to the party.
(a) has come
(b) have come
(c) is coming
(d) has been coming
72. As to books and films, I prefer the _____ to entertain myself.
(a) latest
(b) later
(c) last
(d) latter
73. The girl was wearing______ yellow frock with red frills at the cuffs.
(a) a
(b) an
(c) the
(d) all
74. Most of the film stars have a passion _____ fashion.
(a) at
(b) to
(c) in
(d) for
75. George asked her why she _____ for yesterday’s presentation?
(a) did not prepare well
(b) had not prepared well
(c) have not prepared well
(d) do not prepare well
76. The Royal Group of hotels have a unique collection of imported_____
(a) furniture
(b) furnitures
(c) furnituress
(d) furniture’s
77. One who walks in the streets and sells small articles is a _____
(a) peddler
(b) pedestrian
(c) draper
(d) pedlar
78. The meaning of the idiom ‘parish pumps’ is _____.
(a) charity
(b) local politics
(c) sacred offerings
(d) state of alarm
79. Among my friends, Deepak and Varun are bold, but all others are______
(a) gallant
(b) valiant
(c) timid
(d) courageous
80. The _____ of Anne Frank is a classic work that depicts the callousness of the Holocaust
(a) Diary
(b) Dairy
(c) Diery
(d) Diarey
81. Today is Monday. After 54 days it will be :
(a) Tuesday
(b) Thursday
(c) Friday
(d) Saturday
82. In a certain code SCHOOL is written as How is COMPUTER written in the same code?
(a) RFVUPNPC
(b) RFUVQNPC
(c) KCZFXMYA
(d) DPNQVSFT
83. Look at the series : 26, 25, 27, 26, 28, 27- What number should come next ?
(a) 26
(b) 27
(c) 28
(d) 29
84. Choose the odd one : 43, 53, 63, 73, 83
(a) 73
(b) 63
(c) 53
(d) 43
85. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word: WARY
(a) Vigilant
(b) Intelligent
(c) Accurate
(d) Tired
86. If x means addition, – means division, + means subtraction and ÷ mean multiplication then the value of : 4 – 4 × 4 ÷ 4 + 4 – 4 is equal to:
(a) 4
(b) 0
(c) 16
(d) 1
87. Select the correct choice:
Horse : Cart :: Tractor : ……….?………
(a) Bus
(b) Driver
(c) Trailer
(d) Bullock
88. Starting from a point, Babu walked 20 meters north side, he turned right and walked 10 m meter, he again turned right and walked 20 meters, then he turned left and walked 5 meters. How far is he now and in which direction from the starting point?
(a) 15 meter towards east
(b) 5 meter towards east
(c) 10 meter towards west
(d) 5 meter towards west
89. Find the next in series :
AP5QR, ZP4QS, BP3QT, YP2QU ……..?……….
(a) XP1QW
(b) XP1UV
(c) CP1QV
(d) CP1QU
90. Choose the least number which when divided by 8, 9, 15, 24, 32 and 36 leaves reminders 3, 4, 10, 19, 27 and 31 respectively.
(a) 2675
(b) 2875
(c) 3075
(d) 3275
91. Which of the following is the highest common factor of 4266, 7848, 9540?
(a) 18
(b) 20
(c) 22
(d) 24
92. The difference of 
and its reciprocal is equal to :
(a) 441/256
(b) 256/441
(c) 185/336
(d) 336/185
93. Let a + b + c = 13; a2 + b2 + c2 = 69. Then ab + bc + ca = ……..?
(a) 20
(b) 30
(c) 40
(d) 50
94. Which of the following number is divisible by 7?
(a) 41942
(b) 41944
(c) 41940
(d) 41946
95. If a : b = 3 : 4, b : c = 7 : 9, c : d = 5 : 7, d : e = 12 : 5. Then a : e = …….?
(a) 1:1
(b) 5:12
(c) 3:2
(d) 5:11
96. A teacher driving his vehicle at 24 kmph, reaches her school 5 minutes late. If she had driven the vehicle 25% faster on an average she would have reached 4 minutes earlier than the scheduled time. How far is her school?
(a) 72 km
(b) 36 km
(c) 48 km
(d) 18 km
97. Juice is sold in an aluminum can of cylindrical shape that measure 6 inches in height and 2 inches in diameter. How many cubic inches of juice are contained in a full an approximately
(a) 12.0
(b) 15.4
(c) 18.8
(d) 113.0
98. At what angle the hands of a clock are inclined at 15 minutes past 5 ?
(a) 62½ degree
(b) 65 degree
(c) 66¾ degree
(d) 67½ degree
99. Chin and Chan together can complete a piece of work in 40 days while Chin alone can complete the same work in 60 days. Chan alone will be able to complete the same work in :
(a) 90 days
(b) 120 days
(c) 60 days
(d) 75 days
100. In a certain time Rs 1200 becomes Rs 1560 at 10% PA simple interest. Then the principal amount that will become Rs 2232 at 8% PA in the same time is:
(a) 1800
(b) 1860
(c) 1920
(d) 2000
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