Kerala PSC Degree Level Deputy Collector Examination 2011
1. Name the “Land of the Morning Calm”.
(a) Norway
(b) Japan
(c) Korea
(d) Thailand
2. Sahyadri ranges refer to:
(a) Eastern ghats
(b) Western ghats
(c) Satpura ghats
(d) Siwaliks
3. The line beyond which snow never melts is:
(a) Latitude
(b) Longitude
(c) Snow line
(d) Meridian
4. Gir Forest is in
(a) Karnataka
(b) Bihar
(c) Gujarat
(d) Himachal Pradesh
5. A fountain of hot water issuing from a hole which extends deep into earth’s crust is called
(a) Delta
(b) Canyon
(c) Volcano
(d) Geyser
6. Universal Adult Franchise creates:
(a) economic equality
(b) social equality
(c) political equality
(d) cultural equality
7. Who is the guardian of Fundamental rights in India?
(a) Judiciary
(b) Legislature
(c) Executive
(d) Political parties
8. The year in which Panchayat Raj was introduced in India
(a) 1960
(b) 1959
(c) 1961
(d) 1949
9. Which article of the constitution provides for the formation of the Finance Commission?
(a) Article 300
(b) Article 280
(c) Article 250
(d) Article 290
10. The Governor can nominate to the Legislative Assembly one member from this community.
(a) Jewish
(b) Muslim
(c) Anglo-Indian
(d) Parsi
11. Right to Information Act (RTI) was passed in India on 5th June:
(a) 2001
(b) 2003
(c) 2004
(d) 2005
12. Universal Declaration of human rights was passed by the U.N. General Assembly on
(a) 10-12-1948
(b) 13-11-1947
(c) 9-12-1948
(d) 12-12-1948
13. The proclamation of emergency brings automatic suspension of the right to
(a) freedom of speech
(b) constitutional remedies
(c) freedom of religion
(d) all of these
14. The concept of Fundamental right has it’s basis in the
(a) Constitution of the USA
(b) Constitution of Russia
(c) Irish Constitution
(d) Canadian Constitution
15. The chairman of the UPSC is appointed by the
(a) Cabinet
(b) President
(c) Supreme Court
(d) Prime Minister
16. Kerala is the first state in India to launch a Pension Scheme for farmers namely:
(a) Kissan Abhiman
(b) Farmer’s Pension
(c) Agricultural Pension
(d) Pension to Agricultural Labourer
17. According to 2001 Census, the state having highest urban population is
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Kerala
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Uttar Pradesh
18. The district in Kerala which has the highest density of population as per 2001 census.
(a) Ernakulam
(b) Alappuzha
(c) Thrissur
(d) Idukki
19. The Union Territory in India with the highest population.
(a) Puducherry
(b) Delhi
(c) Chandigarh
(d) Daman Diu
20. IRDP means
(a) Indian Rural Development Programme
(b) Indian Regional Development Programme
(c) Integrated Rural Development Programme
(d) International Rural Development Project
21. Third World Countries are:
(a) Developed countries
(b) Developing countries
(c) African countries
(d) None of these
22. The definition of the “Urban Poor” according to the Planning Commission in India in terms of the calorie intake with respect to daily consumption is:
(a) less than 2100 calories
(b) less than 2000 calories
(c) less than 2200 calories
(d) None of these
23. The fraction of all families (or all individual) that fall below the poverty line is called
(a) poverty rate
(b) absolute poverty
(c) relative poverty
(d) none of these
24. Economic development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs is
(a) Human development
(b) Economic progress
(c) Sustainable development
(d) Static development
25. The state where the largest number of people living below the poverty line is found in India:
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Delhi
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Bihar
26. Earth day is celebrated in:
(a) 22nd April
(b) 22nd May
(c) 23rd April
(d) 22nd March
27. The Kyoto protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on
(a) Climate change
(b) International trade
(c) Global investment
(d) Education
28. Pearl fishing is done extensively in
(a) Gulf of Mannar
(b) Konkan Coast
(c) Malabar Coast
(d) Coromandel Coast
29. Which ocean’s name means ‘Peaceful’?
(a) Arctic Ocean
(b) Antarctic Ocean
(c) Pacific Ocean
(d) Indian Ocean
30. The district in Kerala where black soil is seen most:
(a) Wayanad
(b) Kannur
(c) Kasaragod
(d) Palakkad
31. The genetic material of a cell is in
(a) DNA
(b) Protoplasm
(c) Cytoplasm
(d) Ribosome
32. Who was the first to perform the surgery of human heart transplant?
(a) David Baltimore
(b) Dr. Christian Bernard
(c) Dr. James D. Watson
(d) Dr. Mathew Phillip
33. The organ which is primarily concerned with immunity:
(a) Kidney
(b) Liver
(c) Lymphatic tissue
(d) Thyroid
34. Which branch of medicine was Rabindranath Tagore good at?
(a) Ayurveda
(b) Homoeopathy
(c) Allopathy
(d) None of these
35. The alloy of steel used in making automobile parts is
(a) stainless steel
(b) nickel steel
(c) tungsten steel
(d) chromium steel
36. Name the Egyptian President against whom people of Egypt revolted in 2011.
(a) Hosni Mubarak
(b) Pervez Musharraf
(c) Omar Suleiman
(d) Ahmed Shafeeque
37. Name the person who commissioned the Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal.
(a) Vayalar Ravi
(b) Dr. Man Mohan Singh
(c) A. K. Antony
(d) G. K. Vasan
38. The Malayalam literaturist who received the Jnanpith Award in 2007.
(a) Sugatha Kumari
(b) Vijayalakshmi
(c) O. N.V. Kurup
(d) Balachandran Chullikkad
39. In which of the following cities was the Indian Biodiversity Congress (2010) held?
(a) Chennai
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Mumbai
(d) Thiruvananthapuram
40. __________ sector has established itself as the biggest contributor to the State’s GDP as per Kerala State’s Economic Review (February 2011).
(a) Secondary Sector
(b) Primary sector
(c) Tertiary sector
(d) None of these
41. Name the most significant characteristic of National Integration
(a) Social Homogeneity
(b) Unity
(c) Economic identity
(d) National loyalty
42. ‘The principle of respect for all life and the practice of non-injury to living things’ is known in India as
(a) Ahimsa
(b) Tolerance
(c) Patience
(d) None of these
43. NCW means
(a) National Commission for Women
(b) National Commission for Workers
(c) National Council for Workers
(d) None of these
44. The Servants of India Society (1905) was formed to train people to serve the country by:
(a) Tilak
(b) Gandhiji
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Gopalakrishna Gokhale
45. Who is popularly called “Vaikkom Hero”?
(a) R. K. Dhadabai
(b) E.V. Ramaswami Naikker
(c) C. N. Annadurai
(d) Mannath Padmanabhan
46. Who founded the Indian National Congress?
(a) Motilal Nehru
(b) A. O. Hume
(c) Lajpat Rai
(d) Gokhale
47. Zionism is a world movement of
(a) Hindus
(b) Buddhists
(c) Christians
(d) Jews
48. Jallianwala Bagh is situated in
(a) Delhi
(b) Mysore
(c) Amritsar
(d) Lahore
49. The first war of Indian independence was started at
(a) Mumbai
(b) Chennai
(c) Delhi
(d) Meerut
50. “Life Divine” was written by
(a) Gandhiji
(b) Tilak
(c) Vivekananda
(d) Aurobindo Ghosh
51. If I had won the lottery, _______ amillionaire. (Conditional)
(a) I will become
(b) I had become
(c) I would have become
(d) would become
52. I was happy ______ the appointment
(a) to accept
(b) to be accepting
(c) to have accepted
(d) accepting
53. I met J. K. Rowling _________, they say, is the richest person in the world (relative clause)
(a) who
(b) whose
(c) whom
(d) which
54. The student leader explained why he had to leave the panel discussion forum (adverbial of ‘anger’)
(a) The student leader explained why he had to leave angrily the panel discussion forum.
(b) The student leader explained why he had t leave the panel discussion forum angrily
(c) The student leader explained angrily why he had to leave the panel discussion forum
(d) The student leader explained why he had angrily to leave the panel discussion forum.
55. She ……….. tomorrow to attend the wedding. (modal verb)
(a) will come
(b) comes
(c) seems to come
(d) just comes
56. I have never met Osama Bin Laden ……… do I want to (neg conjunction)
(a) nor
(b) neither
(c) or
(d) either
57. It was not difficult to park the car in front of the theatre (gerund)
(a) There was no difficulty in parking the care in front of the theatre
(b) It was not difficult to do the parking in front of the theatre
(c) To p ark the car in front of the theatre was not difficult
(d) Parking the car in front of the theatre was not difficult
58. Give the Plural form: Sheep
(a) sheeps
(b) sheepes
(c) sheep
(d) sheepz
59. Change the Gender – Goose
(a) geese
(b) geeses
(c) gander
(d) gossen
60. Use of Prefix and Suffix : Forget
(a) unforgetable
(b) unforgetting
(c) disforgetting
(d) misforgetable
61. Given the Synonym: Predict
(a) premonition
(b) foretell
(c) aver
(d) pronounce
62. Give the Antonym: Hereditary
(a) acquired
(b) ancestral
(c) bequeathed
(d) possessed
63. Meaning of two confusable words: Premier / premiere
(a) Prime Minister/ 1st Performance
(b) Minister/ Reality Show
(c) Diplomat / Cricket
(d) Male / Female
64. Use of collective noun : Bald
(a) school of fishes
(b) flock of fishes
(c) herd of fishes
(d) pool of fishes
65. Use of Homonyms : Bald
(a) bawled
(b) bold
(c) balled
(d) behold
66. Phrasal Verb : To shrug one’s shoulders
(a) to show disapproval
(b) to approve
(c) to wash one’s hand
(d) to deny
67. Meaning of these foreign words: Modus operandi
(a) operation
(b) treatment
(c) way of doing things
(d) means and end
68. Either the Prime Minister or his ministers……….blamed for the 2010 Commonwealth Games Scam (to be)
(a) is
(b) are
(c) has been
(d) have been
69. Nepalese climber Min Bahadur Sherchan is the oldest man to scale Mt. Everest (Comparative degree)
(a) Nobody is older than Min Bahadur Sherchan to scale Mt. Everest
(b) No climber is an old as Min Bahadur Sherchan to scale Mt. Everest
(c) The Nepalese climber Min Bahadur Sherchan is older than my other climber to scale Mt. Everest
(d) Mt. Everest is as old as Min Bahadur Sherchan who climbed it.
70. I am the messenger of India’s ancient thoughts world over, ……….? (question tag)
(a) aren’t I?
(b) amn’t I
(c) isn’t I?
(d) am I?
71. India will be the largest economy ………2050… China and the U.S. (preposition).
(a) by, after
(b) after, with
(c) in, after
(d) from, with
72. By age four, Varsha won ____brown belt, ____ first degree in Karate.(articles)
(a) the, the
(b) a, the
(c) an, the
(d) the, a
73. The minister sought to introduce an amendment to the Bill, (Passive)
(a) The Bill sought to introduce an amendment by the minister
(b) An amendment to the Bill was sought to be introduced by the Minister
(c) The minister introduced an amendment to the bill
(d) An amendment to the Bill is being introduced by the Minister
74. Anamika said, ‘God spared our lives because he wants us to do something meaningful’ (Reported Speech)
(a) Anamika said that God had spared their lives because he wanted them to do something meaningful.
(b) Anamika said that God spares their lives because he wants them to do something meaningful
(c) Anamika said that God spared their lives because he had wanted them to do something meaningful.
(d) Anamika said that God spares our lives because he wants us to do something meaningful
75. My aunt gave the baby a beautiful rattle (Mark the D. O and Indir O)
(a) baby, rattle
(b) rattle, baby
(c) aunt, baby
(d) baby, beautiful
76. A man walks 30 metres towards South. Then, turning to his right, he walks to 30 metres. Then turning to his left, he walks 20 meres, again he turns to his left and walks 30 metres. How far is he form his initial position?
(a) 20 metres
(b) 30 metres
(c) 60 metres
(d) none of these
77. Find the odd one out in the sequence of numbers.
25, 27, 30, 35, 42, 53, 65
(a) 30
(b) 42
(c) 53
(d) 65
78. Fill up the next letter in the particular series.
B, C, E, G, K, M, ……
(a) V
(b) W
(c) Q
(d) R
79. ELFA, GLHA, ILJA, ….., MLNA
(a) OLPA
(b) KLMA
(c) LLMA
(d) KLLA
80. There are 3 friends, A, B and C. Each of them have a Hat and Cycle. Each of them is wearing another person’s hat and riding the cycle of the third person. (i.e. None of them is using their own hat and cycle). If A is wearing B’s hat and riding C’s cycle, who is riding A’ Cycle?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) Can’t be determine
81. A 1 km long train passes through a tunnel of 1 km length at a speed of 1 km per minute. How much time will it take to pass through it completely.
(a) 1 min
(b) 2 min
(c) 5 min
(d) 0.5 min
82. In a particular code language GREET is coded as FQDDS, how is FORD coded in that language?
(a) FQSD
(b) ENQC
(c) ENRC
(d) FNRC
83. P, Q, R and S are playing a game of carom. P, R and S, Q are partners. S is to the right of R. If R is facing west, then Q is facing?
(a) North
(b) South
(c) East
(d) West
84. What is the angle between the minute hand and hour hand of a clock at half past two?
(a) 105°
(b) 103°
(c) 110°
(d) 90°
85. A is two years older than B, who is twice as old as C. If total ages of A, B and C be 27. How old is B?
(a) 5
(b) 8
(c) 10
(d) 12
86. A vendor bought 3 chocolates for 1 rupee. For how much per chocolate should he sell, to gain to profit of 50%.
(a) 50 ps
(b) 75 ps
(c) 1 Re
(d) 1.50 Rs.
87. If a/3 = b/4 = c/7, then (a + b +c) =
(a) 7
(b) 2
(c) 1/2
(d) 1/7
88. A student multiplied a number by 3/5 instead of 5/3. What is the percentage error ?
(a) 45%
(b) 86%
(c) 36%
(d) 64%
89. The number of marble slabs of size 20 cm × 20 cm required to pave the floor of a square room of side 3 metres is
(a) 100
(b) 150
(c) 225
(d) 250
90. 75% of a number is added to 75, then the result is the number itself. What is the number?
(a) 50
(b) 60
(c) 300
(d) 400
91. A and B can do a work in 12 days. B and C together can do it in 15 days and C and A together in 20 days. If A, B, C work together, they will complete the work in:
(a) 5 days
(b) 10 days
(c) 12 days
(d) 47/3 days
92. The prices of a scooter and TV are in a ratio 7 : 5. If scooter costs Rs. 8000 more than TV set, then price of TV set is:
(a) Rs. 20,000
(b) Rs. 24,000
(c) Rs. 28000
(d) Rs. 32,000
93. At what rate percent of simple interest will sum of money double itself in 12 years?
(a) 33/4%
(b) 25/3%
(c) 17/2%
(d) 19/2%
94. In a family, Rehsma is elder sister of Ragini. Soni is Reshma’s daughter and Saloni is Soni’s Cousin. Ragini’s mother is Rajini. Ramani is the sister in law of Reshma. Who is Soni’s grand mother ?
(a) Ramani
(b) Rajini
(c) Reshma
(d) Saloni
95. Find the odd one out in the sequence of numbers
2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, 50, 64
(a) 50
(b) 26
(c) 37
(d) 64
96. If ‘+’ is denoted ‘×’, ‘−’ as ‘/’, ‘×’ as ‘−’ and ‘/’ as ‘+’. What is the value of 10 + 15 – 3/1 × 7 =
(a) 44
(b) 36
(c) 63
(d) 0
97. Find the next letter in the sequence
A, D, I, P, ………
(a) H
(b) Y
(c) W
(d) X
98. If A = 2, M = 26 and Z = 52, then BET =
(a) 44
(b) 54
(c) 64
(d) 72
99. Find the value of the following
x(x – a) (x – b) (x – c) ………(x – z)
(a) x” – (a + b + ….. z)
(b) x2 + ax3 + bx4 + ….
(c) Zero
(d) Cannot be determined
100. Poles are arranged in straight line with 1 metre gap between them. How many poles will be there in a straight line of 30 metres?
(a) 31
(b) 30
(c) 32
(d) 29
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