Kerala PSC Degree Level Taluk Supply Officer (Civil Supplies) Examination 2013
1. Which one of the following is a classical Indian dance?
(a) Bhangra
(b) Bhuttia Dance
(c) Bharatanatyam
(d) Kalaripayattu
2. The cheapest means of transport in India is:
(a) railway
(b) road
(c) inland water ways
(d) airways
3. ‘Das capital’ was written by:
(a) Karl Marx
(b) V. I. Lenin
(c) Frederick Engels
(d) Piekhanov
4. The largest news agency in India is:
(a) United News of India
(b) Press trust of India
(c) Univartha
(d) Media West India
5. Which one of the following is another name for Mahabharata?
(a) Bhagavatam
(b) Krishna Geethi
(c) Bhagavat Gita
(d) Jayasamhita
6. Which one of the following novels is not written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair?
(a) Nalukettu
(b) Oru Vadakkan Veergatha
(c) Oru Sangeerthanam Pole
(d) Kalam
7. Who is the author of ‘Planned Economy for India’?
(a) M. N. Roy
(b) John Mathai
(c) Amartya Sen
(d) Visveswarayya
8. ‘Kuthiramalika’ at Trivandrum palace complex was constructed by:
(a) Swathithirunal
(b) Marthandavarma
(c) Dharamaraja
(d) Sri Chithirathirunal
9. Kerala Simham Pazhassi Raja belongs to:
(a) Nediyirippu Swaroopam
(b) Kottayam Royal Family
(c) Perumpadappu Swaroopam
(d) Venad Swaroopam
10. The ongoing musical world tour of A. R. Rahman is named as:
(a) Rytham
(b) Black thunder
(c) Jai ho
(d) Dangerous trip
11. Who won an unprecedented eight gold medal at the Beijing Olympics?
(a) Michael Phelps
(b) Mark Spitz
(c) Usain Bolt
(d) Yelena Isinbayeva
12. What is ‘Dakshin Gangotri’?
(a) Kaveri Delta
(b) India’s base in Antarctica
(c) Operation clean Ganga
(d) Save Bharatapuzha project
13. The first flowing ATM in the world is set up in a Jankar Boat operating between
(a) Kochi and Kodungallor
(b) Kochi and Alapuzha
(c) Kottayam and Kumarakam
(d) Kochi and Vaipin
14. Birbal lived in the court of:
(a) Shahjahan
(b) Jahangir
(c) Akbar
(d) Humayun
15. ELISA test is associated with:
(a) Dengue fever
(b) Swine flu
(c) Plague
(d) AIDS
16. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) is located at:
(a) Sree Harikkotta
(b) Thumpa
(c) Kalpakkam
(d) Sree Kakulam
17. The ‘Nayanar’s’ were associated with:
(a) Siva cult
(b) Vishnu cult
(c) Sufism
(d) Bagavati cult
18. Virology deals with:
(a) vaccine
(b) vulcanization
(c) vitamins
(d) viruses
19. Which one of the following forms of political protests derived from the name of the person who used it for the first time ?
(a) Gherao
(b) Bandh
(c) Boycott
(d) Harthal
20. Which one of the following right was described by B. R. Ambedkar as ‘the heart and soul of the constitution’?
(a) right against exploitation
(b) right to constitutional remedies
(c) freedom of speech and expression
(d) right to freedom
21. Which one of the following communist leaders in Kerala is known as ‘Saghavu’?
(a) P Krishnan Pillai
(b) A. K. Gopalan
(c) K. Damodaran
(d) E. M. S
22. Who gave the slogans ‘Delhi Chalo’ and ‘Jaihind’?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Bipin Chandra Pal
(c) Bhagat Singh
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose
23. A unit used for measuring the loudness of sound is :
(a) Ampere
(b) Decibel
(c) Hertz
(d) Chronometer
24. Which one of the following drug is present in tobacco?
(a) Heroin
(b) Cocaine
(c) Nicotine
(d) Marijuana
25. The first Malayalam Lexicon was prepared by:
(a) Brennan
(b) Henry Henriques
(c) Benjamin Baily
(d) Herman Gundert
26. The author of ‘My Story’ is:
(a) Madhavikutty
(b) Balamaniyamma
(c) P. Valsala
(d) Sulochana Nalappattu
27. Teacher’s day in India was observed on:
(a) October 5
(b) September 5
(c) December 5
(d) September 25
28. Portal is a popular term associated with:
(a) medicine
(b) architecture
(c) computer viruses
(d) internet
29. Name the Srilankan President who won the battle against LTTE :
(a) Premadasa
(b) Chandrika Kumaratunga
(c) Mahinda Rajapakshe
(d) Jayavardhana
30. The Nepal Parliament is known as:
(a) Majilis
(b) Panchayath
(c) Knesset
(d) Duma
31. Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) consists mainly of:
(a) Methane, butane, propane
(b) ethane, hexane, nonane
(c) hexane, hydrogen, ethane
(d) propane, nonane, nitrogen
32. ‘The Time Machine’ is written by:
(a) C. P. Scott
(b) James Cameron
(c) Agatha Christie
(d) H. G. Wells
33. The principle of Dynamo was discovered by:
(a) Issac Newton
(b) Michael Faraday
(c) Thomas Edison
(d) Alexander Grahambel
34. Which is the most dense plant of solar system ?
(a) Jupiter
(b) Neptune
(c) Earth
(d) Saturn
35. The foreign affairs minister of India is:
(a) S. M. Krishna
(b) E. Ahamed
(c) Pranab Mukharji
(d) Sivaraj patil
36. Which one of the following is not a principal of ‘Panchasheel’?
(a) non-alignment
(b) mutual co-existence
(c) non-interference in internal affairs.
(d) mutual respect for each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty
37. Who won the Kerala State Award for best actor 2008 ?
(a) Mohan Lal
(b) Mammooty
(c) Suresh Gopi
(d) Lal
38. ‘Incredible India’ is associated with
(a) cricket
(b) tourism
(c) festivals
(d) bollywood
39. ‘The Land of Five rivers’ is:
(a) Haryana
(b) Uttaranchal
(c) Punjab
(d) Kashmir
40. Who said, ‘My Life is My Message’?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Sri Naryana Guru
(c) Swami Vivekananda
(d) Martin Luther King
41. Indus valley civilization belongs to:
(a) iron age
(b) copper age
(c) bronze age
(d) stone age
42. Which one of the following terms is not associated with cricket?
(a) follow on
(b) hit wicket
(c) smash
(d) no ball
43. Which city is regarded as the cosmic centre of the universe according to Hindu beliefs?
(a) Allahabad
(b) Gaya
(c) Mathura
(d) Benaras
44. Which place is known as Mecca of Kerala?
(a) Ponnani
(b) Mamburam
(c) Bima Palli
(d) Kodungallur
45. Which one of the following is a bird sanctuary in Kerala?
(a) Periyar
(b) Thattekkad
(c) Muthanga
(d) Iravikulam
46. ‘Jaya’ is the name of a high yielding variety of:
(a) rice
(b) wheat
(c) coconut
(d) rubber
47. Illegal confinement of person in a authority between two belligerents is called:
(a) Hijacking
(b) Harthal
(c) Gherao
(d) Espionage
48. Which state in India has the lowest density of population?
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Jammu & Kashmir
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Sikkim
49. The al in the value of an asset over a period of time is called
(a) depression
(b) depreciation
(c) devaluation
(d) dumping
50. The first anti-biotic is:
(a) taxol
(b) interferon
(c) morphine
(d) penicillin
51. How many valence electrons does an oxygen atom have?
(a) 2
(b) 6
(c) 8
(d) 16
52. In which year Skype software allows people to make free international phone cells via their computers ?
(a) 2000
(b) 2001
(c) 2002
(d) 2003
53. Which Indian Physicist got Nobel Prize in the year 1930 ?
(a) S. Chandrasekhar
(b) C. V. Raman
(c) Homi. J. Bhabha
(d) E. C. G. Sudarsan
54. Who created the first floppy disk used in computers ?
(a) Charles Babbage
(b) Alan Turing
(c) F. C. Williams
(d) David Noble
55. Which compound was discovered by the Bengali chemist Prafulla Chandra Roy ?
(a) Mercurous nitrite
(b) Calcium citrate
(c) Thorum oxide
(d) Titanium sulphite
56. Where in the following bacteria don’t live?
(a) skin
(b) tongue
(c) kidney
(d) liver
57. Where in India is the National Botanical Garden situated?
(a) Delhi
(b) Lucknow
(c) Calcutta
(d) Allahabad
58. Which of the following storage media does not support direct access to data?
(a) Magnetic tape
(b) Magnetic disk
(c) Optical disk
(d) CD ROM
59. Which of the following plants is poisonous ?
(a) Lamb’s ears
(b) Cherry laurel
(c) Cumb cane
(d) Sea holly
60. ‘Light year’ is related to:
(a) speed
(b) intensity of light
(c) distance
(d) energy
61. In order to keep the product of two numbers constant, what percent should one be diminished if other increases by 25%
(a) 25%
(b) 20%
(c) 5%
(d) 1/5%
62. If KING is codes as 5321, Queen will be coded as:
(a) 93552
(b) 57552
(c) 57551
(d) 53552
63. The difference in the simple interest and compound interest on a certain amount for two years at 6% per annum is 3600. Find the amount :
(a) 10,00,000
(b) 50,000
(c) 1,00,000
(d) 15,00,000
64. If 1/3 of a number is 32, what will be the 3/4 of the number.
(a) 8
(b) 24
(c) 72
(d) 96
65. The next day after second Monday in a month is 9th, what will be the date on the day before 5th Monday?
(a) 31
(b) 30
(c) 29
(d) 28
66. Which set of letter is identical to the given sets SH, CN, UL
(a) MC
(b) AZ
(c) CK
(d) DY
67. If –denotes greater than, # denotes less than, < denotes equal to, > denotes not equal to P<Q; R = S; S#P implies
(a) Q > R
(b) R < P
(c) Q = S
(d) Q # S
68. If the radius and height of a cone are reduced to half, the volume will be ……… times the original one.
(a) 1/3
(b) 1/2
(c) 1/4
(d) 1/8
69. Which numerical pair is different from others
(a) (10, 45)
(b) (25, 90)
(c) (75, 240)
(d) (85, 185)
70. A train with speed 81 km/hr passes a man with six seconds. Then the length of the train is
(a) 140 m
(b) 135 m
(c) 130 m
(d) 125 m
71. How many numbers are there in between 9 and 89 which are divisible by 7?
(a) 14
(b) 13
(c) 12
(d) 11
72. In the following series how many such 8’s are there which are divisible by its just preceding and following numbers 48287338481385
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
73. If A + B means ‘A’ is the daughter of B’, A-B means ‘A is the wife of B’ and A × B means ‘A is the brother of B’ which of the following denotes ‘P’ is the son of ‘Q’ ?
(a) P × R + Q
(b) P × Q + R
(c) P + R – Q
(d) R – R × Q
74. The ratio of male and female participants of a Grama Sabha is 2 : 3. If 1/3 of male members 1/6 and of females boy-cotted the meeting. what will be the male female ratio of remaining members.
(a) 8 : 15
(b) 4 : 5
(c) 4 : 15
(d) 8 : 5
75. Which among t he following is in the alphabetic order ?
(a) Johnson, Johnstone, Johnston
(b) Johnson, Jonston, Johnstone
(c) Jonhstone, Johnston, Johnson
(d) Johnston, Johnstone, Johnson
76. Minu in an evening was standing facing a pole. If her shadow is to her left, which direction she was facing ?
(a) North
(b) South
(c) West
(d) East
77. If 28 men can complete a work in sixteen days, how many days will 8 men take to complete that work ?
(a) 14
(b) 48
(c) 56
(d) 128
78. In an examination, 60% students were successful. If the number of successful students was 240, find the number of unsuccessful students :
(a) 400
(b) 2400
(c) 160
(d) 144
79. The cost of price of an article is Rs. 450. If a shopkeeper gains 20% profit even after a discount of 10%, find the market price of the article.
(a) 600
(b) 585
(c) 575
(d) 540
80. The mirror image of a clock shows a time of 4 : 25. Then the real time shown by the clock is:
(a) 6 : 25
(b) 7 : 25
(c) 7 : 35
(d) 8 : 25
81. Supposing war broke out, what ………. you do?
(a) would
(b) will
(c) can
(d) shall
82. I had hardly closed my eyes …….. the telephone rang.
(a) when
(b) than
(c) and
(d) but
83. …………. is the past participle form of ‘strike’
(a) striken
(b) striked
(c) struck
(d) strike
84. ‘Ipso facto’ means:
(a) all the facts
(b) by the fact itself
(c) factually correct
(d) factually incorrect
85. He ………… President.
(a) elected
(b) had elected
(c) has elected
(d) was elected
86. The war has ended, ……….?
(a) isn’t it
(b) has it
(c) hasn’t it
(d) hadn’t it
87. My car’s just broken ……….
(a) down
(b) up
(c) off
(d) out
88. She said it ……. be interesting.
(a) can
(b) will
(c) may
(d) should
89. You should insure your house ……. there’s fire.
(a) if
(b) incase
(c) when
(d) whether
90. If anybody’s lost a purse, ……….. can get it from the office.
(a) they
(b) she
(c) he
(d) you
91. I’m ……… happy and depressed
(a) alternative
(b) alternatively
(c) alternately
(d) alternate
92. My father never showed if he was disappointed ………. me.
(a) at
(b) with
(c) about
(d) of
93. Who’s going to look ……… the baby tomorrow ?
(a) up
(b) into
(c) at
(d) after
94. …………. is the one word for ‘the wish, desire or intention to hurt someone’.
(a) malediction
(b) malcontent
(c) malefactor
(d) malice
95. ‘Carcass’ is …………..
(a) the body of a dead animal
(b) an apparatus
(c) ared jewel
(d) the seed of an East Indian fruit
96. In the sentence ‘He is not friendly, ‘friendly’ is:
(a) an adverb
(b) an adjective
(c) a noun
(d) a verb
97. Identify the wrongly spelt word in the following
(a) tution
(b) vacuum
(c) accomodation
(d) subtlety
98. The expression ‘get hold of means:
(a) to find and make use of
(b) to try to rob
(c) to show as an example
(d) the forceful closing of the hand
99. In ‘This is all I’ve got’, ‘all’ is:
(a) direct object
(b) indirect object
(c) adjunct
(d) complement
100. I prefer the cinema ………… the theatre.
(a) than
(b) to
(c) and
(d) of
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