Kerala PSC Degree Level Secretary Assistant Pre. Examination 2004
Questions 1 to 5 : Choose the One word.
1. To Surprise somebody greatly:
(a) Appraise
(b) Antonyms
(c) Astonish
(d) Reveal
2. To make something more important than it really:
(a) Excess
(b) Elaborate
(c) stress upon
(d) Exaggerate
3. Expresses one’s opinion without evidence or full knowledge:
(a) Specify
(b) Speculate
(c) Concede
(d) Sensing
4. An event that will happen soon:
(a) Imminent
(b) Damnsure
(c) Immense
(d) Immutable
5. To lead somebody to do something:
(a) Persuade
(b) Placate
(c) Persecute
(d) Perpend
Questions 6 to 10: Four words are given each. Three of them can be grouped together applying a principle. One word does not belong to the group. Find it out.
6.
(a) Violet
(b) Blue
(c) Magenda
(d) Green
7.
(a) Cucumber
(b) Carrot
(c) Brinjal
(d) Ladies finger
8.
(a) Yaswanth Sinha
(b) Jaswant Singh
(c) Shatrugnan Sinha
(d) Manmohan Singh
9.
(a) Cancel
(b) nullify
(c) Void
(d) confirm
10.
(a) G. Sankarakuruppu
(b) O. N. V. Kuruppu
(c) S. K. Pottekkadu
(d) Thakazhi Sivasankarapillai
Questions: 11 to 13: Three words are given. There is a relationship between the first two words that expresses a similar relationship with the third word from the given alternative
11. Pather Panjali : Sathyajith Ray : : Athithi:
(a) K. P. Kumaran
(b) M .T. Vasudevan Nair
(c) T. V. Chandran
(d) P. A. Backer
12. Pareekkutty : Madhu; Chemban Kunju:
(a) P. J. Antony
(b) Jose Prakash
(c) Govindakutty
(d) Kottarakara Sreedharan Nair
13. Bangladesh: Dhaka; Austria:
(a) Canberra
(b) Lapaz
(c) Santiago
(d) Vienna
14. A, E, J, O, __, ___
(a) M, Q
(b) S, X
(c) T, Y
(d) U, Z
15. ADH, BEI, CFJ, ___
(a) DGK
(b) DHK
(c) EHL
(d) FIM
16. Veluthampi Dalwa _____ a brave fight against British Army.
(a) Put up
(b) Put off
(c) Put in
(d) Put down
17. The train was coming, the supervisor _____ the workers to stop working on rail
(a) called off
(b) called in
(c) called away
(d) called out
18. It _____ rain this evening.
(a) can
(b) may
(c) could
(d) is
19. _____ the suspected causes for earthquakes is the construction of dams.
(a) Most of
(b) Only
(c) One of
(d) None of these
20. There were ____ telephone booths around, so that the old one is closed.
(a) few
(b) a little
(c) a few
(d) little
Questions 21 to 25: Select appropriate answer:
21. Adolph Hitler committed suicide in
(a) 1943
(b) 1944
(c) 1945
(d) 1946
22. Congress Socialist party was formed in
(a) 1934
(b) 1935
(c) 1936
(d) 1938
23. IMF/World Bank was formed in
(a) 1942
(b) 1944
(c) 1946
(d) 1947
24. Kyoto Conference was held in
(a) 1992
(b) 1993
(c) 1996
(d) 1997
25. Indian Patent Act was passed in
(a) 1970
(b) 1975
(c) 1977
(d) 1980
26. ‘One Life’ is written by:
(a) Dr. B. Iqbal
(b) Bergnan
(c) Kurozowa
(d) Dr. Christian Bernard
27. ‘The Interpretation of Dreams’ is written by:
(a) Eric Erikson
(b) Sigmund Freud
(c) A. Beck
(d) Kraeplin
28. ‘Kesavante Vilapangal’ is written by:
(a) M. Mukundan
(b) O. V. Vijayan
(c) Anand
(d) Perumbadavam Sreedharan
29. First Malayalam cinema is :
(a) Balan
(b) Newspaper Boy
(c) Harishchandra
(d) Vigatha Kumaran
30. The Director of the film ‘Susanna’ is:
(a) T. V. Chandran
(b) Priyadarsan
(c) Adoor Gopalakrishnan
(d) Lenin Rajendran
31. The Nigerian Novelist who won the Nobel prize
(a) Clod Seamong
(b) Vol Soyinga
(c) Joseph Brodskey
(d) None of the above
32. ‘World AIDS Day’:
(a) April 17th
(b) June 5th
(c) December 1st
(d) February 14th
33. The famous film song ‘Easwaran Hinduvalla, Islamalla, Christianiyalla, Indranum chandranumalla’ was written by:
(a) O. N. V. Kuruppu
(b) S. L. Puram Sadanandan
(c) Vayalar Ramavarma
(d) none of the above
34. FIFA President:
(a) Sep Blatter
(b) Urzlinzy
(c) H. K. Dua
(d) None of the above
35. Erethrean Sea is:
(a) Bay of Bengal
(b) Indian Ocean
(c) Red Sea
(d) Arabian Sea
Question 36 to 55: Choose the correct answer:
36. Find out the values of ‘x’ and ‘y’ if x + y = 7; 3x – 2y = 11.
(a) 4, 3
(b) 5, 2
(c) 3, 4
(d) 2, 5
37. Five years ago I was thrice as old as my son and ten years later I shall be twice as old as my son How old are we now?
(a) 30 & 40
(b) 50 & 20
(c) 40 & 15
(d) 35 & 15
38. 3 chairs and 2 tables cost Rs. 700 and 5 chairs and 3 tables cost Rs. 1,100. What is the cost of 2 chairs and 2 tables?
(a) Rs. 400
(b) Rs. 500
(c) Rs. 600
(d) Rs. 900
39. Find two consecutive natural numbers whose squares have been the sum 221.
(a) 10, 11
(b) 9, 10
(c) 12, 13
(d) 13, 15
40. Find out the values of x & y if 2x + 3y = 31; 17x – 11y = 8.
(a) 4, 7
(b) 5, 7
(c) 6, 8
(d) 5, 8
41. The sum of two numbers is 15. If the sum of their reciprocals is 3/10, find out the numbers.
(a) 9, 6
(b) 8, 7
(c) 5, 10
(d) 4, 11
42. The length of a rectangular plot is 8 meters greater than its breadth. If the area of the plot is 308 m. Find the length and breadth of the plot in meter.
(a) L-16, B-8
(b) L-18, B-10
(c) L-20, B-12
(d) L-22, B-14
43. A lawn is in the shape of a rectangle of length 60 meters and width 40 meters. Outside the lawn there is a foot path of uniform with 1 meter broadening the lawn. Find out the area of the path.
(a) 4m2
(b) 204m2
(c) 204m
(d) 184m2
44. A chess board contain 64 equal squares and the area of each square is 6.25 cm2. A border round the board is 2 cm wide. Find the length of the side of the chess board.
(a) 24 cm
(b) 42 cm
(c) 60 cm
(d) 64 cm2
45. The area of a triangle is 48 cm2, the base is 12 cm. What is its altitude?
(a) 4 cm
(b) 6 cm
(c) 8 cm
(d) 12 cm
46. The minute hand of a clock is 10 cm long. Find the area on the face of the clock described by the minute hand between 9.00 am. and 9.35 a.m.
(π = 3.14)
(a) 183 cm2
(b) 160 cm2
(c) 100 cm2
(d) 314 cm2
47. The number of children in 10 families in a locality are listed: 3, 1, 4, 0, 2, 1, ,1 2, 3, 1. Find out the mean number of children.
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
48. The mean of a set of 40 values is 6. Each of the values is increased by 5. What will be the mean of the set of new values?
(a) 11
(b) 45
(c) 60
(d) 70
49. Find out the median of the values 5, 10, 3, 7, 2, 9, 6, 2, 11.
(a) 2
(b) 6
(c) 11
(d) 9
50. 5 : 6, 7 : 8, 13 : 16- Which of the following is correct. if the above values are arranged in descending order of magnitude?
(a) 5:6 > 7:8> 13:16
(b) 13:16>7:8>5:6
(c) 7:8>5:6>13:16
(d) 7:8>13:16>5:6
51. What must added to the numbers 6, 10, 14 and 22 so that they became successive proportional?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
52. Which one of the following is having greater value?
(a) 5:3
(b) 6:4
(c) 7:6
(d) 9:7
53. Nalini purchases a cycle for Rs. 660 including sales tax. If the rate of sales tax is 10% find out the sale price of the cycle.
(a) Rs. 500
(b) Rs. 550
(c) Rs. 560
(d) Rs. 600
54. What will be the next number in the following series of numbers 2, 4, 16……
(a) 96
(b) 192
(c) 256
(d) None of these
55. What will be the next number, if the series of numbers is as follows 3, 1, 27, 59 …..
(a) 70
(b) 86
(c) 100
(d) 123
56. Who proposed the atomic theory?
(a) John Dalton
(b) Neils Bohr
(c) Chadwick
(d) Rutherford
57. Father of Electricity:
(a) Michal faraday
(b) J. J. Thompson
(c) Edison
(d) Ampere
58. Who is related to Green Revolution in India?
(a) Varghese Kurian
(b) Anand
(c) Dr. M. S. Swaminathan
(d) Medha padkar
59. Dengue Fever is caused by______
(a) Bacteria
(b) Virus
(c) Fungi
(d) Not produced by infective agent
60. Temporary hardness of water is due to_____
(a) Calcium chloride
(b) Sodium carbonate
(c) Sodium chloride
(d) Magnesium bicarbonate
61. Global warming is due to the increased production of all the following EXCEPT :
(a) Carbon dioxide
(b) Ethane
(c) Methane
(d) Sulpher dioxide
62. The concept that all plants are made of cells was put forward by:
(a) Theodar Schwan
(b) R. Virchow
(c) Louis Pasteur
(d) M. J. Schleiden
63. All the following are noble metals EXCEPT:
(a) Mercury
(b) Gold
(c) Silver
(d) Platinum
64. EEG is used to study the function of:
(a) Heart
(b) Muscle
(c) Brain
(d) Nerve
65. DNA model was put forward by:
(a) Ian Wilmut
(b) Dr Henri Becquerel
(c) Robert Hook
(d) None of the above
66. World Heavy-Weight Champion of 2003:
(a) Clistsco
(b) Muhammed Ali
(c) Linnex Lewis
(d) None of the above
67. Second Kerala Chief minister is:
(a) Pattom Thanu Pillai
(b) E. M. S.
(c) C. Achutha Menon
(d) R. Sanker
68. The slogan ‘Inquilab zindabad’ was first used by:
(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) V. I. lenin
(d) Ajay Ghosh
69. ‘Sadhu Jana Paripalana Sangam’ is founded by:
(a) A. K. Gopalan
(b) Ayyankali
(c) Sree Narayana Guru
(d) Vakkom Maulavi
70. All of the following are Dravidian languages EXCEPT:
(a) Malayalam
(b) Telungu
(c) Thulu
(d) Marathi
71. First Internal Affairs Minister of independent India:
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(d) V. Krishna Menon
72. Capital of Kenya:
(a) Amman
(b) Nairobi
(c) Cairo
(d) Beirut
73. First Computer virus:
(a) Gappi
(b) Meleesa
(c) Norton
(d) Apple
74. Who declared that “Swaraj is my birth right and I must have it”?
(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Balagangadhar Tilak
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose
75. All of the following persons are extremists of Independence movement EXCEPT:
(a) Lala lajpat Rai
(b) Bipin Chandrapal
(c) Gopalakrishna Gokhale
(d) Aurobindo Ghosh
76. Which of the following event is related to General Dyer?
(a) Jalianwala Bagh massacre
(b) Wagon Tragedy
(c) Chittagong Riot
(d) Punnapra-vayalar struggle
77. First battle of Panipat was between:
(a) Hemu and Akbar
(b) Marathas and East India Company
(c) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
(d) East India Company and Portuguese
78. Where did Gandhiji launch his first struggle?
(a) Navaghaly
(b) Dandi
(c) Kappad
(d) Champaran
79. Who presided the first session of All India Trade Union Congress?
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) C. R. Das
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
80. Volunteer captain of Guruvayoor Temple Sathyagraha:
(a) A. K. Gopalan
(b) K. Kelappan
(c) Pattom Thanupillai
(d) Ayyankali
81. The East India Company established its first factory at
(a) Surat
(b) Pune
(c) Calcutta
(d) Bombay
82. Formation of the INA was the result of the great efforts made by
(a) Captain Lakshmi
(b) Rash Behari Bose
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Aurobindo Ghosh
83. In which conference was Subhash Chandra Bose elected as the president of Indian National Congress?
(a) Avadi
(b) Pune
(c) Tripuri
(d) Bombay
84. RSS was banned in 1948 in relation with
(a) India-Pak division
(b) Hindhu-Muslim War
(c) Bengal Division
(d) Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
85. ‘Bhruhaspathi’ is related with
(a) Arya Samajam
(b) Medicine
(c) Indus civilization
(d) Charvakamatham
86. The slogan ‘American Model Arabikadalil’ is related with
(a) Telungana struggle
(b) Punnapra-Vayalar struggle
(c) Kayyar struggle
(d) Vaikom sathyagraha
87. ‘Keralam malayalikalude Mathrubhoomi’ was written by
(a) Kumaranasan
(b) Thakazhi
(c) E.M.S.
(d) Vallathol
88. Male-female sex ratio of India in 2001 census is:
(a) 1000”933
(b) 1000:1040
(c) 1000:939
(d) 1000:1046
89. The Prime Minister who started privatization in Britain:
(a) Tony Blair
(b) John Major
(c) Tony Blair
(d) Winston Churchill
90. The smallest country in the world
(a) Russia
(b) Vatican
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Cuba
91. The person who became the Chief Minister for the longest period in India:
(a) E. K. Nayanar
(b) Vasantha Sate
(c) Jyothi Basu
(d) K. Karunaakaran
92. Who was the first speaker of Lok Sabha?
(a) Sivaraj Patel
(b) Jagjeevan Ram
(c) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(d) G.V. Mavlankar
93. Panchayathi Raj institutions came into effect with the amendment of the constitution:
(a) 70th
(b) 73rd
(c) 76th
(d) 79th
94. Who is the president of newly declared independent country, East Timor?
(a) Xanana Gusmao
(b) Hugo Chavez
(c) Lula da Zilva
(d) Nuster Kitchnarre
95. The Chairman of Constitution review committee:
(a) Kuldip Nayyar
(b) Justice Kbare
(c) Justice Varma
(d) Justice Venkita Chellaya
96. Monthly salary of Chief Justice of India:
(a) Rs. 30,000
(b) Rs. 31,000
(c) Rs 33,000
(d) Rs 50,000
97. What is B.O.D.?
(a) Biological Oxygen Demand
(b) Biochemistry of Diseases
(c) Biochemical Oxygen Demand
(d) None of the above
98. Meenamatha disease is related with
(a) Cadmium
(b) Mercury
(c) Lead
(d) Iron
99. National party is one which could secure not less than _____% of the total valid votes in the previous general election.
(a) 4%
(b) 6%
(c) 8%
(d) 9%
100. The theory that ‘the continents will travel’ was first put forward by:
(a) Antonio Sneider
(b) F. J. Wine
(c) D. H. Mathews
(d) Alfred Wegner
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