Kerala PSC Degree Level Assistant Grade (Company-Corporation-Board) Examination 2011
1. The author of ‘Prithvi Raj Raso’ was
(a) Chand Bardai
(b) Gopal Nayak
(c) Gorak Nath
(d) Amir Khusrau
2. The first Carnatic war came to an end with the:
(a) Treaty of Pondicherry
(b) Treaty of Paris
(c) Treaty of Aix-la-Chappelle
(d) Treaty of Srirangapatana
3. Permanent land Revenue settlement was introduced in Bengal by:
(a) Robert Clive
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Lord Cornwallis
4. ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ was applied by
(a) Lord Wellesley
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord Delhousie
(d) Lord William Bentinck
5. Principles of Panchasheel were framed in:
(a) Bandung
(b) Hongkong
(c) Columbo
(d) Moscow
6. The author of ‘India Today’
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Deenabandhu Mitra
(c) R. P. Dutt
(d) M. N. Roy
7. Local Self Govt. in India, for the first time was introduced by
(a) Lord Rippon
(b) Lord Lytton
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Minto
8. The President of Pakistan who signed the Tashkent Agreement after the Indo-Pak War of 1965 was:
(a) Yahya Khan
(b) Ayub Khan
(c) Zulfiker Ali Bhuto
(d) Mujibur Rahman
9. The war between India and China took place in
(a) 1960
(b) 1961
(c) 1962
(d) 1967
10. Tashkent Pact was signed between
(a) Indira Gandhi and Mr. Bhuto
(b) Nehru and Firoz Khan
(c) Gulsarilal Nanda and Iskand Mirsa
(d) Lal Bahadur Sastri and Ayub Khan
11. Mamankam, the great ancient regional festival was held at:
(a) Parappanadu
(b) Thirunavaya
(c) Vettathunadu
(d) Nedumangad
12. Kollam Era began
(a) AD 78
(b) AD 825
(c) AD 53
(d) AD 622
13. The longest river in Kerala.
(a) Bharathapuzha
(b) Preiyar
(c) Chandragiripuzha
(d) Pampa
14. Mixed colony system was encouraged by:
(a) Almeida
(b) Albuquerq
(c) Robert Clive
(d) Cabral
15. Sathujana Paripalana Yogam was started by
(a) C. Kesavan
(b) K. Kelappan
(c) Ayyankali
(d) Sree Narayana Guru
16. The first Chief Minister of Travancore popular ministry
(a) T. K. Narayanapillai
(b) C. Kesavan
(c) T. M. Varghese
(d) Pattam Thanupillai
17. The temple entry proclamation was issued by
(a) Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma
(b) Sreemulam Thirunal
(c) Swathi Thirunal
(d) Ayilyam Thirunal
18. Malayalee Sabha was organized by:
(a) Barrister G. P. Pillai
(b) Paramupillai
(c) C. Krishna Pillai
(d) Mannath Padmanabhan
19. Cochin State Prajamandal was formed on
(a) 6th Jan. 1935
(b) 26th Jan 1941
(c) 12th Aug. 1945
(d) 7th July 1946
20. Electricity Agitation of Cochin was against the decision of the Diwan:
(a) Nanjappayan
(b) Sankara Warrier
(c) Venkata Subbayya
(d) Sri R. K. Shanmukham Chetti
21. A Thermos flask is polished well:
(a) to make it more attractive
(b) for shining
(c) to absorb all radiation from outside
(d) to reflect all radiation from outside
22. Co-efficient of thermal conductivity depends on:
(a) heat produced
(b) atmospheric pressure
(c) difference in temperature
(d) nature of material
23. A device used to detect heat radiation is known as
(a) Barometer
(b) Thermocouple
(c) Thermopile
(d) Thermoelectric generator
24. Which of the following is a compound ?
(a) milk
(b) 22 carat gold
(c) steam
(d) diamond
25. Hardest naturally occurring substance
(a) Gold
(b) Tungsten
(c) Black diamond
(d) Magnesium
26. A form of carbon used in Gas masks
(a) Activated charcoal
(b) Wood charcoal
(c) Sugar charcoal
(d) Lamp black
27. The gas used in the Refrigerator is:
(a) Argon
(b) Krypton
(c) Freon
(d) Neon
28. Estimation of halogens in organic compound is done by
(a) Dumas method
(b) Messenger’s method
(c) Carius method
(d) Kjeldahl’s method
29. The metal which does not react with dilute sulphuric acid:
(a) Iron
(b) Tin
(c) Magnesium
(d) Lead
30. In free state, hydrogen is present in:
(a) Natural gas
(b) Sun
(c) Petroleum
(d) Mineral salts
31. The disease caused by the deficiency of vitamin A
(a) Xerophthalmia
(b) Scurvy
(c) Rickets
(d) Beriberi
32. The insect which lays eggs in water is:
(a) Butterfly
(b) Housefly
(c) Sandfly
(d) Dragonfly
33. The mosquito that spreads malaria in man is named
(a) male anopheles
(b) female anopheles
(c) Stagomyia
(d) Culex
34. Which is the function of the white blood corpuscles?
(a) to produce anti-toxin
(b) to carry excretory material
(c) to carry oxygen
(d) to carry microbes that cause disease
35. Which of the following process liberates energy?
(a) Digestion
(b) Respiration
(c) Photosynthesis
(d) Osmosis
36. During the solar eclipse, which of the following represents the relative position of the sun, moon and earth correctly?
(a) the sun in between the earth and the moon
(b) the moon in between the sun and the earth
(c) the sun, moon and earth are not in a single line
(d) the earth between the sun and the moon
37. A degree of Longitude has about the same length as a degree of Latitude at:
(a) Equator
(b) Antarctic circle
(c) North pole
(d) Tropical
38. The supersonic aircraft find it most convenient to fly in the
(a) ionosphere
(b) mesosphere
(c) troposphere
(d) stratosphere
39. Seismograph is used to measure
(a) Atmospheric pressure
(b) Earthquake
(c) Rain
(d) Storm
40. Which one among the following is known as ‘Pittsburgh of India’?
(a) Jamshedpur
(b) Rourkela
(c) Baroda
(d) Durgapur
41. The first political leader who got Nobel prize for literature.
(a) Gorbachev
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Winston Churchill
(d) George Bush
42. The winner of Women’s Wimbledon Championship of 2007 ?
(a) Maria Sharapova
(b) Justine Henin
(c) Bartholi Yelina Yancowich
(d) Venus Williams
43. Present secretary generally of United Nations
(a) Kofi Annan
(b) Ban ki-Moon
(c) Kurt Waldheim
(d) Butros Butrose Gali
44. Jim Corbett National Park is in:
(a) Punjab
(b) Orissa
(c) West Bengal
(d) Uttarakhand
45. The country used paper currency first in the world.
(a) India
(b) America
(c) Russia
(d) China
46. Father of cell phone.
(a) Alexander Graham Bell
(b) Martin Cooper
(c) Samuel F. B. Morse
(d) J. P. Reis
47. The modern quantity theory of money was developed by:
(a) Milton Friedman
(b) Walker
(c) Schumpeter
(d) Karl Marx
48. Consumer Protection Act was enacted in the year
(a) 1956
(b) 1976
(c) 1986
(d) 1996
49. National Flag of India was designed by
(a) B. R. Ambedkar
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Pingali Venkayya
50. Human Rights day is observed all over the world every year on;
(a) 10th December
(b) 25th December
(c) 7th November
(d) 24th October
51. Gautama Buddha was born at
(a) Saranath
(b) Rajagriha
(c) Kusinagar
(d) Lumbini
52. The Chera king known as ‘Red Chera’.
(a) Senkuttuvan
(b) Karikala
(c) Nedunjeraladan
(d) Elara
53. Alexander the great defeated:
(a) Ambhi
(b) Selucus
(c) Darius III
(d) Porus
54. Indica was written by
(a) Chandragupta Maurya
(b) Megasthenes
(c) Chandragupta Maurya
(d) Kautilya
55. The second Buddhist council was held at:
(a) Vallabhi
(b) Vaisali
(c) Pataliputra
(d) Rajagriha
56. Who is popularly known as Indian Napoleon.
(a) Ashoka
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Sreegupta
(d) Chandragupta I
57. Last king of the Kakatiya dynasty.
(a) Prataparudra II
(b) Rudramadevi
(c) Mahadeva
(d) Ganapatideva
58. In the second battle of Tarrain in 1192, Mohammed Gori defeated:
(a) Harsha
(b) Pulakesin II
(c) Prithviraj Chauhan
(d) Mohammed Gazni
59. The king on the throne of Vijayanagar at the time of the battle of Talikota.
(a) Krishnadevaraya
(b) Sadasivaraya
(c) Achutadevaraya
(d) Ramaraya
60. Qutub-ud-din Aibak built the Quwaat-ul-Islam mosque to commemorate his capture.
(a) Aligarh
(b) Ajmer
(c) Delhi
(d) Kanauj
61. The wisest fool of medieval India is:
(a) Giassudin Balben
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(d) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
62. ‘Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi’ was written by
(a) Al-Beruni
(b) Zia-ud-din Barani
(c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
(d) Abul Fazal
63. Ibn Batuta, the famous Arab Scholar visited India during the reign of:
(a) Akbar
(b) Alauddin Khilji
(c) Qutub-ud-bin Aibak
(d) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
64. ‘Purana Qila’ in Delhi was built by
(a) Humayun
(b) Qutub-ud-din Aibak
(c) Shah Jahan
(d) Shersha
65. ‘Ashta Pradhan’ was the council of Ministers of:
(a) Delhi Sultans
(b) Mughals
(c) Marathas
(d) Vijaynagar rulers
66. ‘Zapti’ is the land revenue system introduced by
(a) Shersha
(b) Akbar
(c) Jahangir
(d) Aurangazeb
67. Jahangir the Mughal ruler murdered the Sikh Guru:
(a) Guru Tej Bahadur
(b) Guru Arjun Singh
(c) Guru Hare Rai
(d) Guru Hare Govind
68. The Mughal Gardens-Shalimar and Nishant in Srinagar were built by:
(a) Shah Jahan
(b) Aurangazeb
(c) Jahangir
(d) Akbar
69. Ustad Isa was the architect of:
(a) Pearl Mosque
(b) Juma Masjid
(c) Red fort
(d) Tajmahal
70. Harihara and Bukka laid the foundation of:
(a) Hoysala empire
(b) Kakatiya empire
(c) Vijayangar empire
(d) Yadava kingdom
71. If the driver ……… the brake, the car would have hit the old man.
(a) did not apply
(b) has not applied
(c) had applied
(d) had not applied
72. There weren’t any hotels nearby, ………?
(a) were they
(b) was there
(c) were there
(d) wasn’t it
73. It was with great difficulty he gained entry to the auditorium, but he made a sudden ………
(a) exit
(b) departure
(c) arrival
(d) passage
74. The thieves not only robbed the travelers ….., beat them up.
(a) but
(b) and
(c) also
(d) but also
75. I …….. him the truth, if were you.
(a) will tell
(b) would tell
(c) told
(d) shall tell
76. Would you mind ….. the door?
(a) to shut
(b) to have shut
(c) shut
(d) shutting
77. I wish he ……… settle the issue soon.
(a) will
(b) would
(c) shall
(d) may
78. The appropriate meaning of ‘run-of-the-mill’.
(a) running a mill
(b) exciting
(c) very important
(d) ordinary
79. Midhun said ‘Do you enjoy cricket’? (Change into indirect speech)
(a) Midhun asked me if I enjoyed cricket
(b) Midhun asked me if I enjoy cricket
(c) Midhun asked me if I did not enjoy cricket
(d) Midhun asked me if I have enjoyed cricket
80. One must always be careful in …… dealing with others.
(a) his
(b) their
(c) one’s
(d) our
81. Raul is very rich. He can buy a car (Combine using ‘enough’)
(a) Rahul is rich enough to buy a car
(b) Rahul is enough rich to buy a car
(c) Rahul is enough rich and he can buy a car
(d) Rahul is very rich enough to buy a car
82. Meaning of the Phrase ‘Ad hoc’.
(a) Permanent
(b) initial
(c) formed for some special purpose
(d) substitute
83. Everyone looked up to him (Change into passive voice)
(a) He was looked up to by everyone
(b) He is looked up to by everyone
(c) He is being looked up to by everyone
(d) He was being looked up to by everyone
84. This juice is made …….. fresh oranges.
(a) of
(b) by
(c) with
(d) from
85. Our Chief Minister is a person of long experience in polities (Use on word for the words underlined).
(a) expert
(b) leader
(c) veteran
(d) master
86. The mis spelt word among the following words.
Synonym, Synagogue, Symposiam, Symptom
(a) Synagogue
(b) Symposiam
(c) Symptom
(d) Synonym
87. When the police interrogated the thief, he made a clean breast of everything. (Meaning of the idiom underlined)
(a) pleaded innocent
(b) denied
(c) confessed
(d) contradicted
88. It is five years ……… I retired.
(a) after
(b) when
(c) from
(d) since
89. The bundle is so heavy that I cannot lift it (Use ‘too’ instead of ‘so ……that’)
(a) The bundle is too heavy for me to lift
(b) The bundle is too heavy that I cannot lift it
(c) The bundle is too heavy not to lift it
(d) The bundle is too heavy than I can lift it
90. The word which is nearest in meaning to the word ‘profound’?
(a) Mysterious
(b) profitable
(c) deep
(d) complex
91. The government has decided to …….. all unauthorized buildings.
(a) pull up
(b) pull down
(c) pull off
(d) pull through
92. ……….. you apologize, he won’t forgive you.
(a) If
(b) Till
(c) Until
(d) Unless
93. The mother as well as her three children …… taken to the hospital.
(a) was
(b) were
(c) have been
(d) were being
94. The old man was too weak to travel ……. himself.
(a) for
(b) on
(c) with
(d) by
95. Roshan was so absorbed ……… his work that he didn’t even raise his head.
(a) on
(b) at
(c) in
(d) by
96. It ………. heavily when I woke up yesterday.
(a) is raining
(b) was raining
(c) has been raining
(d) had been raining
97. Mahatma Gandhi appealed to the people to …….. the cruelties of British authorities.
(a) put out
(b) put up with
(c) put off
(d) put down
98. Opposite of the word ‘rigid’.
(a) flexible
(b) rough
(c) smooth
(d) soft
99. Few students knew the answer ……..?
(a) didn’t they
(b) did they
(c) aren’t they
(d) isn’t it
100. The word which is nearest in meaning to the word economical.
(a) extravagant
(b) wealthy
(c) thrifty
(d) lavish
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