Kerala PSC Degree Level Sub Inspector Examination 2014
1. Which are essential constituents of all atoms?
(a) Electrons
(b) Protons
(c) Neurons
(d) Positrons
2. The distance of stars from earth is expressed generally interms of:
(a) metre
(b) kilometer
(c) astronomical unit
(d) light year
3. High boiling point of water is due to:
(a) Weak dissociation of water molecules
(b) High dissociation of water molecules
(c) Hydrogen bonding amongst water molecules
(d) Vander Waals forces of attraction amongst the molecule
4. In an electrochemical cell, there is the conversion of:
(a) Electrical energy into chemical energy
(b) Chemical energy into electrical energy
(c) Chemical energy into heat energy
(d) Mechanical energy into heat energy
5. Wood charcoal is used in gas masks because.
(a) it is poisonous
(b) it liquifies gas
(c) it is porous
(d) it adsorbs gases
6. The disease caused by a protozoan:
(a) AIDS
(b) Malaria
(c) Chicken guniya
(d) Typhoid
7. A protein solution on warming with concentrated niric acid may to yellow called:
(a) Xanthoproteic test
(b) Biuret test
(c) Millions test
(d) Hopkins cole test
8. The same group elements are characterized by:
(a) Ionization potential
(b) Electronegativity
(c) Ionization energy
(d) No. of electrons in the outermost shell
9. Acetyl salicylic acid is known as:
(a) Oil of wintergreen
(b) Salol
(c) Aspirin
(d) Picric acid
10. The no. of milligrams of potassium hydroxide required to saponify one gram of a fat or oil:
(a) Esterification
(b) Saponification
(c) Hydrogenation
(d) Cleansing action
11. Treaty signed in 1963 which banned nuclear tests in the atmosphere, underwater and in space, but not underground?
(a) PTBT
(b) NTBT
(c) NNPT
(d) CTBT
12. What is the full form of POTA?
(a) Protection of Trade Association
(b) Prevention of Temporal Allotment
(c) Prevention of Terrorism Ac
(d) Permanent Association of Traders
13. Name the country which launched its first pilot carbon trading scheme?
(a) Japan
(b) Korea
(c) Singapore
(d) China
14. Supreme court granted the right to negative voting on:
(a) 27th September 2013
(b) 27th October 2013
(c) 27th August 2013
(d) 27th November 2013
15. Capital of Costa Rica:
(a) Kinshasa
(b) Nicosia
(c) Zagreb
(d) San Jose
16. Who among the following was decorated with bravery award by world peace and prosperity foundation?
(a) Barack Obama
(b) Malala Yousafzai
(c) Ban Ki-moon
(d) Pope Francis I
17. Which country is joined as the 28th member state of European Union on 1st July 2013?
(a) Croatia
(b) Cyprus
(c) Romania
(d) Honduras
18. Name the country which won the ICC Women’s World Cup?
(a) France
(b) Italy
(c) Australia
(d) Germany
19. The India independence bill was passed by the British Parliament on:
(a) 1st August 1947
(b) 1st May 1947
(c) 1st June 1947
(d) 1st July 1947
20. The percentage of persons below poverty line in India is:
(a) 22%
(b) 21%
(c) 23%
(d) 24%
21. ‘Kasi’ the holy place was situated on the banks of the river:
(a) Yamuna
(b) Ganges
(c) Brahmaputra
(d) Indus
22. Name the mountain pass which provide access from Wayanad in Kerala to Mysore in Karnataka:
(a) Thamarasseri pass
(b) Palghat pass
(c) Perambadi pass
(d) Bodinayakkannur pass
23. ‘Konark’ the famous sun temple is situated in which state?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Odisha
24. The first National Park in India was:
(a) Bandipur
(b) Kasiranga
(c) Jimcorbet
(d) Periyar
25. The first Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India:
(a) Gulazarilal Nanda
(b) Asok Mehta
(c) C. M. Trivedi
(d) P. Sivasankar
26. Who was the Governor General of India during the time of the Revolt of 1857?
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Mayo
(c) Lord Hardings
(d) Lord Canning
27. Who was the founder of Aligarh Movement?
(a) Ali Brothers
(b) Glam Nabi Aazad
(c) Sir Syed Ahammed Khan
(d) Moulavi Ahammadulla
28. The newspaper published by Mrs. Annie Besant:
(a) Mahratta
(b) Common wheel
(c) Bangabas
(d) Kesari
29. The leader of salt Satyagraha in Kerala was:
(a) K. Kelappan
(b) Ramakrishna Pillai
(c) T. K. Madhavan
(d) Vakkom Abdul Khader Moulavi
30. The Lahore session of the congress was held in the year.
(a) 1928
(b) 1930
(c) 1929
(d) 1931
31. Bharata puzha originates from he:
(a) Anamala
(b) Azhimala
(c) Ponmudi
(d) Agastyamuzhi
32. Ezhimala is situated to the north of:
(a) Kollam
(b) Calicut
(c) Kannur
(d) Kasaragod
33. The Kerala Tamilandu relations developed through the:
(a) Tamarassery passes
(b) Palakkadan passes
(c) Perampady passes
(d) Periya passes
34. The author of Adi Bhasha:
(a) Sivayogi
(b) Chattampi Swami
(c) Ayyankali
(d) Karuppan
35. The first of the temples consecrated by Sri Narayana Guru:
(a) Sivagiri
(b) Aruvippuram
(c) Aluva
(d) Varkala
36. In which year was Satujanaparipalana Sangam founded?
(a) 1806
(b) 1906
(c) 1907
(d) 1905
37. Who was the founder of Athmavidyasagam?
(a) Chattampi Swami
(b) Vagbhatananda
(c) Palpu
(d) Sivayogi
38. Who was the founder of the periodical Swadeshabhimani?
(a) Vakkam Moulavi
(b) Ramakrishnapillai
(c) Dr. Palpu
(d) Kumaranasan
39. Which is the organization founded by Brahmananda Swami Sivayogi?
(a) Ananda Mahasabha
(b) Vidyaposhini
(c) Athmavidyasangam
(d) S.N.D.P.
40. Mention the drama written by V. T. Bhattathiripad:
(a) Kanneerum Kinavum
(b) Pattabacki
(c) Saraswathi Vijayam
(d) Kalahinidamanakam
41. Which article of the Indian constitution is related to Right to Education?
(a) Article 51A
(b) Article 5
(c) Article 21A
(d) Article 19
42. Who was the president of the Indian constituent Assembly?
(a) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) K. M. Munshi
(d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
43. The members of the Rajya Sabha were elected by the:
(a) People Directly
(b) Members of State Legislative Assemblies
(c) Members of Local Bodies
(d) Members of State Legislative Councils
44. The system of ‘Ombudsman’ was first introduced in:
(a) Sweden
(b) India
(c) USA
(d) Switzerland
45. The National Commission for women in India was formed in the year:
(a) 1975
(b) 1980
(c) 1985
(d) 1992
46. Who appoint the Chairman of the state Public Service Commission?
(a) President
(b) Prime Minister
(c) Chief Minister
(d) Governor
47. Which of the following types of rights have been described as First Generation Rights?
(a) Social and Economic Rights
(b) Civil and Political Rights
(c) Natural Rights
(d) Cultural Rights
48. Which pat of the Indian constitution deals with Directive principles of State policy?
(a) Part II
(b) Part III
(c) Part IV
(d) Part IV A
49. Who was the first chairman of the NHRC?
(a) Justice K. G. Balakrishnan
(b) Justice V. S. Malimath
(c) Justice Ranganath Misra
(d) Justice A. S. Anand
50. The Right to Information act was passed in India in the year:
(a) 2005
(b) 2002
(c) 2008
(d) 2010
51. The limit of micro-credit to a beneficiary under the Mahila Samridhi Yojana scheme is:
(a) Rs. 10,000
(b) Rs. 15,000
(c) Rs. 20,000
(d) Rs. 25,000
52. Allotment of an Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) house:
(a) Shall be jointly in the name of husband and wife except in the case of a widow/unmarried/separated person
(b) May be solely in the name of the woman
(c) Both (A) and (B)
(d) None of the above
53. Services under the ICDS programme are rendered through:
(a) Anganwadi Centres
(b) Primary Health Centre
(c) Police Stations
(d) None of the above
54. Which of the following schemes has as its objective the integrated development of selected SC majority villages?
(a) Valmiki Ambedkar Awaas Yojana (VAMBAY)
(b) Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY)
(c) Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY)
(d) Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY)
55. The chairman of the Governing Body of Kudumbashree Mission is:
(a) Minister for LSG
(b) Principal Secretary, LSGD
(c) Director of Panchayats
(d) Commissioner for Rural Development
56. Which of the following is Scheme for providing self-employment to educaed unemployed youth?
(a) Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana (PMRY)
(b) Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY)
(c) National Food for Work Programme (NFMP)
(d) Samagra Awaas Yojana (SAY)
57. An IAY (Indira Awaas Yojana) house shall not be alienated for a period of:
(a) 10 years
(b) 15 years
(c) 20 years
(d) 25 years
58. Who among the following is entitled as of right to an ‘Antyodaya card’?
(a) A person belonging to BPL social category
(b) A person belonging to a primitive tribe
(c) A person above the age of 65 years
(d) All the above
59. The Nodal Officer at the district level for the implementation of the National Food for Work Programme is:
(a) The District Judge
(b) The President, District Panchayat
(c) The Anganwadi Supervisor
(d) The District Collector
60. Which of the following schemes aims to provide food security for all through public distribution system?
(a) Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY)
(b) Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY)
(c) Balika Samriddhi Yojana (BSY)
(d) Valmiki Ambedkar Awaas Yojana (VAMBAY)
61. Which computer languages is used for Artificial Intelligence among the following?
(a) FORTRAN
(b) C
(c) PROLOG
(d) COBOL
62. Who invented the high level programming language C?
(a) Dennis M. Ritchie
(b) Robert E. Kahn
(c) Donald Ritchie
(d) James Gosling
63. Expansion of UNIVAC is:
(a) Universal Vacuum Computer
(b) Universal Automatic Computer
(c) Universal Integrated Vacuum Computer
(d) United Vacuum Computer
64. Binary number of the decimal number 15 is:
(a) 1010
(b) 1111
(c) 1101
(d) 1001
65. 1’s complement of the 1011:
(a) 1100
(b) 0011
(c) 0100
(d) 0110
66. In a client/server computer network, the users’ computer is usually called:
(a) Client
(b) Network
(c) Server
(d) Website
67. The extension of .com, .edu, .org, .net etc are usually called:
(a) Network
(b) IP address
(c) Domain name
(d) Mail Id
68. FTP stands for:
(a) First Transfer Protocol
(b) File Test Protocol
(c) File Transport Protocol
(d) File Transfer Protocol
69. Which of the following is a cyber crime?
(a) Hacking
(b) Trojan
(c) Email spoofing
(d) None of above
70. What is a firewall protection?
(a) Spam messages
(b) Most of the viruses
(c) Security
(d) Malicious worms
71. Choose the correct option for the following:
A “Dark Horse” is:
(a) An evil character
(b) A dark coloured horse
(c) A person whose abilities are hidden or unknown
(d) A horse likely to win a race
72. Fill in the space using the correct preposition:
I was born______ Mumbai
(a) at
(b) in
(c) on
(d) from
73. Convert the sentence into indirect speech:
“You may leave the room”, said the principal.
(a) The principal said I might leave the room
(b) The principal said I may leave the room
(c) The principal says I might leave the room
(d) The principal said I could leave the room
74. Correct the sentence:
I would pay up if I was you.
(a) I would pay up if I were you
(b) I would pay up if I am you
(c) I would paid up if I were you
(d) I would pay up if I are you
75. Fill in the space using the correct article:
This is ______book I was searching for
(a) a
(b) an
(c) the
(d) none
76. Fill in the space using the correct form of the adjective:
He is the _____ person I have ever met.
(a) smart
(b) smarter
(c) smartest
(d) none
77. Convert into passive voice:
They are rebuilding the school.
(a) The school is rebuilt
(b) The school is being rebuilt
(c) The school was rebuilt
(d) The school was being rebuilt
78. Choose the correct option:
The police ______ questioning the suspects
(a) is
(b) are
(c) has
(d) have
79. The antonym of “acquit” is:
(a) convict
(b) evict
(c) depict
(d) debit
80. A wide road with trees on either side is called:
(a) street
(b) alley
(c) lane
(d) avenue
81. Jafer can complete a work in 6 days. Shyam can complete the same work in 3 days. In how many days Jafer and Shyam together can complete the work?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 5
82. A train of length 100 m runs at a speed of 120 km/hr from north to south. Another train of length 150 m travels with a speed of 80 km/hr from South to North. What is the time required to cross each other?
(a) 3.6 sec
(b) 4 sec
(c) 4.5 sec
(d) 5.2 sec
83. A metallic right circular cone of volume 36 π is melt into a sphere. What is the surface area of that sphere?
(a) 40√3 π
(b) 30 π
(c) 46 π
(d) 36 π
84. 4 years ago Ramu’s age is the square root of his father’s age. Now the age of Ramu and his father are in the ratio 1:4. Then what is Ramu’s age?
(a) 8
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 40
85. What is the smallest number divisible by 8, 9 and 12?
(a) 72
(b) 48
(c) 36
(d) 24
86. Which of the following is divisible by both 6 and 15?
(a) 1215
(b) 1720
(c) 2160
(d) 326 0
87. H.C.F. of 24, 48 and 60 is:
(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 12
(d) 24
88. If the surface area and volume of sphere are in the ratio 1:2, what is the radius of the sphere?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 5
(d) 6
89. A merchant sells two dolls of price respectively Rs. 100 and Rs. 150 with a profit of 30% on first and a loss of 30% on second. What is his net profit/loss?
(a) 6% loss
(b) 6% gain
(c) 15% loss
(d) 15% gain
90. 1st January 2013 is Tuesday. How many Tuesday are there in 2013
(a) 51
(b) 52
(c) 53
(d) 54
91. Starting from a place P, a man travels 4 km towards North then turns towards right and travels 5 km. After that he turns towards right and travels 8 km. What is his current position with respect to P?
(a) 4km towards East
(b) 6km towards South West
(c) 4km towards North East
(d) 6km towards South East
92. Find the next term in the sequence: 4, 9, 25, 49, ____
(a) 81
(b) 121
(c) 138
(d) 1024
93. Find the odd one out:
(a) 8425
(b) 6325
(c) 7225
(d) 9225
94. Find the next term in the sequence:
B, C, E, G, K, _____
(a) L
(b) M
(c) N
(d) O
95. In a certain coding APPLE is coded as 512161601. Then MANGO is codes as:
(a) 1507140113
(b) 1301140715
(c) 15714113
(d) 1570141013
96. (√8 + √2)2 =
(a) 18
(b) 16
(c) 18√2
(d) 16√2
97. If 14th April 2013 is Sunday, 20th September 2013 is:
(a) Sunday
(b) Tuesday
(c) Wednesday
(d) Friday
98. Man is related to Brain. In a similar way computer is related to:
(a) Monitor
(b) RAM
(c) UPS
(d) CPU
99. Kavya is elder than Veena, Anu is younger than Kuttan and Veena is elder than Kuttan who is eldest?
(a) Anu
(b) Kuttan
(c) Kavya
(d) Veena
100. If we arrange the numbers 1, 2, 6, 3, 5, 2, 4, 9 in ascending order, how many numbers keeps the same position?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
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