Kerala PSC Degree Level Secretariat Assistant Examination 2013
1. The constitution describes India as a ______
(a) Federal State
(b) Quasi-Federal State
(c) Unitary State
(d) Union of States
2. The authority/body competent to determine the conditions of citizenship in India:
(a) The President
(b) The Parliament
(c) The Union Cabinet
(d) The Supreme Court
3. From which Constitution India borrowed the idea of Directive Principles of State Policy?
(a) Constitution of the U.K.
(b) Constitution of the USA
(c) Constitution of Ireland
(d) Constitution of Canada
4. Who was the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly of India?
(a) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(b) Dr. B. N. Rao
(c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
5. Power of the judiciary to declare a law invalid on constitutional ground is called:
(a) Judicial Activism
(b) Judicial Review
(c) Judicial Supremacy
(d) Judicial Absolutism
6. Status of Union Public Service Commission is_____
(a) Legal
(b) Administrative
(c) Advisory
(d) Constitutional
7. Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission is appointed by____
(a) The President
(b) The Prime Minister
(c) The Chief Justice of India
(d) The Speaker of Loksabha
8. Money Bill of the Union Government is first introduced in:
(a) Rajyasabha
(b) Loksabha
(c) Either in Rajya sabha or Loksabha
(d) In the joint sitting of Rajyasabha and Loksabha
9. Which amendment Act incorporated the Right of Education into the list of Fundamental Rights in India?
(a) 67th Amendment Act, 1990
(b) 68th Amendment Act, 1991
(c) 76th Amendment Act, 1994
(d) 86th Amendment Act, 2002
10. First Chairperson of the National Commission for Women:
(a) Jayanti Patnaik
(b) Dr. V. Mohini Giri
(c) Dr. Poornima Advani
(d) Mamta Sharma
11. The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand is _____
(a) Manohar Parrikar
(b) Vijay Bahuguna
(c) B. C. Khanduri
(d) Arjun Munda
12. Who is the President of France?
(a) Nicolas Sarkozy
(b) Jacquest Chirac
(c) Francois Hollande
(d) Joachim Gauck
13. The Booker Prize winner of 2012 is _____
(a) Jeet Thayil
(b) Hilary Mantel
(c) Julian Barnes
(d) Mo Yan
14. ICC T20 World Cup winner of 2012 is ______
(a) Sri Lanka
(b) Australia
(c) India
(d) West Indies
15. Who won the women’s 100 meter Gold in 2012 London Olympics:
(a) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
(b) Carmelita Jeter
(c) Christine Ohuruogo
(d) Felix Sanchez
16. The 59th National Film Award for Best Director was won by:
(a) Gurvinder Singh
(b) Salim Ahmed
(c) Suveeran
(d) Vetrimaaran
17. God’s particle is the pseudonym of______
(a) Large Hadrom Collider
(b) Quarks
(c) Leptons
(d) Higgs Boson
18. Which rocket was launched by ISRO during its 100th mission?
(a) ASLV-C21
(b) GSLV-C21
(c) PSLV-C21
(d) INSAT-C21
19. The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to_______
(a) Liu Xiaobo
(b) European Union
(c) Barack Obama
(d) Inter governmental Panel on climate change
20. The Minister for Cooperation in Kerala is:
(a) C. N. Balakrishnan
(b) K. Babu
(c) Adoor Prakash
(d) V. K. Ebrahim Kunju
21. India is called a tropical country mainly on account of its:
(a) Latitudinal Extent
(b) Longitudinal Extent
(c) Areal Size
(d) Tropical Monsoon Climate
22. The marshy and forested land in northern part of Uttar Pradesh is:
(a) Khadar
(b) Bangar
(c) Terai
(d) Siwaliks
23. Which river is called a river between the two mountains ?
(a) Narmada
(b) Ganga
(c) Godhavari
(d) Sutlej
24. Which state is called the agricultural epitome of India?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Madhya Pradesh
25. Which region of India has a larger female population than the male population?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Mizoram
(c) Nagaland
(d) Puducherry
26. Who was the first propounder of the doctrine of ‘Passive Resistance’?
(a) B. G. Thilak
(b) Aurobindo Ghosh
(c) G. K. Gokhalae
(d) M. K. Gandhi
27. In which Five Year Plan University Grants Commission was set up for promoting and strengthening higher education:
(a) First Five Year Plan
(b) Third Five Year Plan
(c) Fifth Five Year Plan
(d) Eleventh Five Year Plan
28. Who is known as the father of Renaissance of Western India?
(a) B.M. Malabari
(b) M. G. Ranade
(c) R. G. Bhandarkar
(d) K. T. Telang
29. The longest river in Peninsular India :
(a) Godavari
(b) Krishna
(c) Kaveri
(d) Mahanadi
30. The largest producer of rice in India:
(a) Kerala
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Gujarat
31. The national animal of Kerala:
(a) Tiger
(b) Elephant
(c) Leopard
(d) Deer
32. The southern most river in Kerala:
(a) Kallada
(b) Karamanayar
(c) Ithikkara
(d) Neyyar
33. The largest National Park in Kerala:
(a) Eravikulam
(b) Silent Valley
(c) Pambadum chola
(d) Mathikettan chola
34. The first dam in Kerala:
(a) Malampuzha
(b) Mullapperiyar
(c) Sabarigiri
(d) Peechi
35. The most populated district in Kerala as per 2001 census:
(a) Thiruvananthapuram
(b) Ernakulam
(c) Malappuram
(d) Thrissur
36. Chattampi Swamikal was born in the year:
(a) 1851
(b) 1853
(c) 1854
(d) 1856
37. The ‘Savarna Jatha’ to support the Vaikom Satyagraha was organized by:
(a) Mannath Padmanabhan
(b) T. K. Madhavan
(c) K. Kelappan
(d) Dr. Palpu
38. ‘Vivekodayam’ magazine was published by:
(a) Ramakrishna Pillai
(b) Pandit Karuppan
(c) V. T. Bhattathirippad
(d) Kumaranasan
39. ‘Atma Vidhya Sangam’ was founded by:
(a) Ayyan Kali
(b) Thycaud Ayya
(c) Vagbhatananda
(d) Sahodaran Ayyappan
40. In Travancore, The Temple Entry Proclamation was made in:
(a) 1931
(b) 1936
(c) 1938
(d) 1940
41. Which lamp has the highest energy efficiency?
(a) Incandescent Lamp
(b) LED Lamp
(c) CFL
(d) Arc Lamp
42. Yellow is a combination of ______primary colors.
(a) Blue, Green
(b) Red, Blue
(c) Red, Green
(d) Red, Blue and Green
43. Diverging lens produces _____type of images.
(a) small virtual image
(b) big real image
(c) small real image
(d) big virtual image
44. The process used to produce ammonia is:
(a) Contact process
(b) Haber process
(c) Chlor-alkali process
(d) Creighton process
45. The non-metal which exists in liquid state at room temperature is:
(a) Mercury
(b) Sodium
(c) Potassium
(d) Bromine
46. 2007 Nobel prize for Chemistry was awarded to:
(a) Gerhard Ertl
(b) Dan Shechtman
(c) Richard Fred Heck
(d) Venkataraman Ramakrishnan
47. The 5th state of matter is
(a) Plamsa
(b) Magma
(c) Bose-Einstein condensate
(d) Fermionic condensate
48. Speed of Blue color light in vacuum is:
(a) > 3 × 108 m/s
(b) = 3 × 108 m/s
(c) < 3 × 108 m/s
(d) 300 m/s
49. Which fuel has the highest Calorific Value?
(a) Bio-Gas
(b) Methane
(c) Petrol
(d) Hydrogen
50. In which direction does rainbow appear in the morning?
(a) North
(b) South
(c) East
(d) West
51. He stayed at home yesterday because he ______ a bad cold.
(a) was
(b) have
(c) has
(d) had
52. Look me ______ when you are in India next year.
(a) down
(b) up
(c) in
(d) over
53. I am extremely sorry I can’t talk to you now, I am ______
(a) behind the time
(b) without time
(c) pressed for time
(d) lost in time
54. Hundred rupees _____ enough for the taxi fare.
(a) is
(b) are
(c) has
(d) have
In which part of the sentence (55 and 56) is the mistake.
55. He has delivered a best speech on the topic
(a) He
(b) has delivered
(c) a best speech
(d) on the topic
56. I received a check for one lakh rupees as advance for my book
(a) I received
(b) a check for one lakh rupees
(c) as advance
(d) for my book
57. What is the passive voice form of : This shop sells non-fiction books
(a) Nonfiction books is sold in this shop
(b) Nonfiction books was sold in this shop
(c) Nonfiction books are sold in this shop
(d) Nonfiction books were sold in this shop
58. Report : “Is your book on Shakespeare”, he asked her
(a) He asked her if your book is on Shakespeare
(b) He asked her if her book was on Shakespeare
(c) He asked her if her book were on Shakespeare
(d) He told her if her book is on Shakespeare
59. Chocolate cake contains a _______ amount of calorie.
(a) high
(b) numerous
(c) big
(d) large
60. Within a short period of time, he reached the _______ of his career
(a) pinnacle
(b) climax
(c) acme
(d) optimum
61. When a key is pressed on the keyboard, which standard is used for converting the keystroke into corresponding bits?
(a) ANSI
(b) EBCDIC
(c) ASCII
(d) ISO
62. Software, such as Explorer and Firefox, are referred to as_____
(a) System software
(b) Utility software
(c) Browsers
(d) Internet tool
63. Which of the following is not an output device?
(a) Plotter
(b) Scanner
(c) Flat Screen
(d) Touch Screen
64. Which technology is used in Compact disks?
(a) Electrical
(b) Mechanical
(c) Electromagnetic
(d) Laser
65. The programs which are as permanent as hardware and stored in ROM is known as :
(a) Software
(b) Firmware
(c) Algorithm
(d) ROMware
66. Which access method is used for obtaining a record from a cassette tape?
(a) Sequential
(b) Direct
(c) Random
(d) None of these
67. ASCII stands for:
(a) American Security Code for Information Interchange
(b) American Standard Code for Information Interchange
(c) American Scientific Code for Interchanging information
(d) American Standard Code for Interchanging Information
68. Which of the following identifies a specific web page and its computer on the Web?
(a) Web site
(b) Web site address
(c) URL
(d) Domain Name
69. An Optical Input device that interprets pencil marks on paper media is:
(a) O.M.R.
(b) Punch Card Reader
(c) Optical Scanners
(d) Magnetic Tape
70. Information Technology Act was enacted on_____
(a) 19th January 2001
(b) 30th June 2001
(c) 9th June 2000
(d) 15th July 1999
71. Which of the following numbers is divisible by 24?
(a) 15824
(b) 14824
(c) 13824
(d) 12824
72.
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 7
(d) 16
73. A student multiplied a number by 4/5 instead of 5/4. The percentage error is
(a) 45%
(b) 36%
(c) 60%
(d) 64%
74. The number of marble slabs of size 25 cm × 25 cm required to pave the floor of a square room of side 10 metres is
(a) 1600
(b) 1000
(c) 2000
(d) 2500
75. 40% of a number is added to 120, then the result is double of the number. What is the number?
(a) 100
(b) 240
(c) 150
(d) 75
76. A and B can do a work in 10 days, B and C can do it in 12 days, C and A can do it in 15 days. If A, B and C work together, they will complete the work in:
(a) 15 days
(b) 8 days
(c) 10 days
(d) 12 days
77. The price of a table and a chair are in the ratio 4 : 1. The cost of 2 tables and 8 chairs is Rs. 400, the cost of a table is:
(a) Rs. 25
(b) Rs. 100
(c) Rs. 75
(d) Rs. 50
78. The ratio of men and women in a polling booth is 4 : 5. If there were 120 women more than that of men, the number of voters in the both were:
(a) 480
(b) 600
(c) 1080
(d) 1000
79. A train of length 150 meters took 8 seconds to cross a bridge of length 250 metres. Time taken by the train to cross a telephone post is:
(a) 5 seconds
(b) 8 seconds
(c) 3 seconds
(d) 2 seconds
80. The difference between compound interest and simple interest for an amount in 2 years is Rs. 32. If the rate of interest is 8%, the amount is:
(a) Rs. 10000
(b) Rs. 1000
(c) Rs. 5000
(d) Rs. 2500
81. Identify the next number in the series:
2, 7, 17, 32, 52, 77, _____
(a) 107
(b) 91
(c) 101
(d) 92
82. Identify the missing term: PRT, _____BDF, HJL, NPR
(a) UWY
(b) VYA
(c) VXZ
(d) AXY
83. In a certain code SUNDAY is coded as USDNYA. How could CREATION be written in that code?
(a) NOITAERC
(b) RCTAENOI
(c) RECTAOIN
(d) RCAEITNO
84. Find out the option which has the same type of relationship as ‘Chemistry and Science’?
(a) Painting and Arts
(b) Medicine and Surgery
(c) Geography and History
(d) Civics and Archaeology
85. Identify the odd man out:
(a) 14
(b) 55
(c) 49
(d) 63
86. A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in six chairs regularly placed around a round table. It is observed that A is between D and F, C is opposite to D, D and E are not on neighbouring chairs. Which one of the following must be true?
(a) A is opposite to B
(b) D is opposite to E
(c) C and B are neighbours
(d) B and E are neighbours
87. Introducing a man, a women said “His wife is the only daughter of my father” How is that man related to woman?
(a) Brother
(b) Husband
(c) Father-in-law
(d) Maternal Uncle
88. Facing south A start his journey and make turnings towards the left and right in the sequence given below. Which sequence will finally lead A to a direction other than the south?
(a) left, right, left, right, left, right
(b) left, right, right, left, left, right
(c) left, left, right, left, left, right
(d) right, right, right, left, left, left
89. Some boys are standing in a queue. If the tenth boy from behind is 5 behind the 12th boy from the front, how many are there in the queue?
(a) 26
(b) 17
(c) 20
(d) 27
90. A cyclist goes 40 km towards East and then turning to right he goes 40 km. Again he turn to his let and goes 20 km. After this he turns to his left and goes 40 km, then again turns right and goes 10 km. How far is he form his starting point?
(a) 150 km
(b) 60 km
(c) 70 km
(d) 50 km
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