Kerala PSC Degree Level Typist Grade II (Sp. SC-ST) ODEPC Examination 2012
1. Spelling and grammar errors checking utility can be invoked by:
(a) Press Alt + F7
(b) Press Ctrl + F7
(c) Press F7
(d) Press Shift + F7
2. How many text alignment methods are available in MS Word
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 5
(d) 4
3. Mail merge can Not be used to create:
(a) Letters
(b) Faxes
(c) Envelops
(d) E-Mail Messages
4. The find alternative words with the same/ similar meaning you can use the
(a) Spell Checker
(b) Grammar checker
(c) Thesaurus
(d) Edit Checker
5. To store and quickly insert text graphics, and other items that you use frequently, you can use.
(a) Auto text
(b) Enter text
(c) Insert text
(d) Auto correct
6. Another name of carriage tension is;
(a) Universal tension
(b) Mainspring tension
(c) Shift key tension
(d) Key tension
7. How would you fill in any punched out centers of character in a stencil ?
(a) By filling the letter with the filling wax
(b) By filling the letter with the correction fluid
(c) By filling the letter with the ink
(d) By filling the letter with Typewriter Ribbon
8. Guide keys are ………. and ……….
(a) L and A
(b) J and N
(c) A and ;
(d) N and C
9. Tabulator stops are fixed in the ………..
(a) Tabulator rack
(b) Pinion Wheel
(c) Escapement wheel
(d) Segment
10. Short cut of formatting font options:
(a) Ctrl + A
(b) Ctrl + F
(c) Ctrl + D
(d) Shift + D
11. How to display formatting toolbar in the screen?
(a) File View toolbar format
(b) Windows pen toolbar format
(c) Menu bar view toolbar format
(d) Menu bar option format
12. Why the stencil paper is used?
(a) to Receive clear impression
(b) to produce clear impression
(c) to receive and to produce the clear impression
(d) to take clear copies
13. How many options of margins are there in word formatting?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 3
(d) 6
14. How many dogs are there in typewriting machine?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 1
(d) 2
15. What is the use of tab ?
(a) Appearance and orientation of the edges of the paragraph
(b) To make space between the line
(c) Indent the first line of paragraph
(d) To High light the text
16. When did the carriage move towards left ?
(a) To press back space key
(b) To press key button
(c) To press carriage return liver
(d) To push carriage with the hand
17. How many type cylinder?
(a) 4 type
(b) 5 type
(c) 3 type
(d) 2 type
18. Which option is used to create parallel columns, vertically aligning text within a documents?
(a) Tab
(b) Space
(c) Alignment
(d) Enter
19. Carriage rest on the………..
(a) Feed Rolls
(b) Ratchets wheel
(c) Carriage rack
(d) Pinion wheel
20. How to save a file ?
(a) Type document file menu save
(b) Type document insert file save
(c) Type document format file save as
(d) Type document file save as
21. The book ‘Emergence of Indian Nationalism’ was written by:
(a) R. C. Majumdar
(b) Kuldeep Nayyar
(c) Anil Seal
(d) R. S. Sharma
22. The author if the book ‘Poverty and UnBritish Rule in India’ was
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Annie Bessant
(c) C. R. Das
(d) Patel
23. First Acting President of India ?
(a) Hidayathulla
(b) B. D. Jetty
(c) Radhakrishnan
(d) V. V. Giri
24. A judge of a High Court will address his resignation to the :
(a) President of India
(b) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
(c) Chief Justice of the High Court
(d) Prime Minister
25. How many bones are there in an adult human being ?
(a) 186
(b) 206
(c) 306
(d) 296
26. Which gland in the human body is called the master gland?
(a) Pancreas
(b) Spleen
(c) Pituitary
(d) Lachrymal
27. The last Hindu king of northern India
(a) Kanishka
(b) Harshavardhana
(c) Vikramadythya
(d) Chandragupta
28. President of the Lahore AICC?
(a) Patel
(b) Gandhiji
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Nehru
29. The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 started from :
(a) New Delhi
(b) Patna
(c) Meerut
(d) Bengal
30. The chief guest of our Republic Day parade in 2012, who was then the Prime Minister of Thailand :
(a) Ying Leck Shinavathra
(b) Yuchi Shang
(c) Shan Hang
(d) Huen Ye Tang
31. The leader of Payyannur Salt Satyagraha:
(a) EMS
(b) K. Kelappan
(c) A. K. Gopalan
(d) K. P. R. Gopalan
32. The famous Sanskrit drama ‘Aschariya Chudamani’ was written by :
(a) Vagabhata
(b) Kalidasa
(c) Mahendravarman
(d) Saktibhadra
33. A group of 27 Coral islands in Arabian Sea:
(a) Andaman
(b) Mally
(c) Lakshadweep
(d) Minicoy
34. The Air Force administrative College is situated at
(a) Coimbatore
(b) Bangalore
(c) New Delhi
(d) Mumbai
35. Which is the first month of National Calendar of India.
(a) Falguna
(b) Chaithra
(c) January
(d) Chingam
36. ‘The Iron Man of India’ was
(a) Tilak
(b) Jaya Prakash Narayan
(c) Gokhale
(d) Patel
37. The grand Old man of Britain.
(a) William Gladstone
(b) Pethick Lawrence
(c) King George
(d) Carl Louis
38. The defence Minister in Morarji Desai’s Ministry
(a) Morarji Desai
(b) A. B. Vajpai
(c) Jagjeevan Ram
(d) L. K. Advani
39. The author of Malavikagnimitra
(a) Visakhadatha
(b) Varahamihira
(c) Valabhi
(d) Kalidasa
40. ……….. was the first state, which the presidential rule imposed upon
(a) Kerala
(b) Punjab
(c) Kashmir
(d) Tamil Nadu
41. Core of transformer is made up of
(a) Soft iron
(b) Copper
(c) Iron
(d) Brass
42. The author of ‘Sathyarthaprakash’.
(a) Vivekananda
(b) Sri Ramakrishna
(c) Dayananda Saraswathi
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
43. The highest body which approves the 5 year plan in India.
(a) Cabinet
(b) National Development Council
(c) Finance Minister
(d) President of India
44. ……….. was known as the ‘Prince of Neyyattinkara’.
(a) Marthandavarma
(b) Veluthampi
(c) C. P. Ramaswami
(d) Chattampi Swami
45. Which of the following is not an official language of UN
(a) English
(b) French
(c) Chinese
(d) Japanese
46. ‘Sathyameva Jayathe’ is related to our national
(a) Flag
(b) Anthem
(c) Emblem
(d) Song
47. ‘Sick man of Europe’ is the nick name for
(a) Germany
(b) Serbia
(c) Spain
(d) Turkey
48. The first women Judge of a High Court,
(a) Fathima Beevi
(b) Anna Chandy
(c) Arathi Saha
(d) Kiran Bedi
49. The name of the Parliament of Vietnam
(a) National Congress
(b) Parliament
(c) National Assembly
(d) People Assembly
50. The pioneer of Vanchippattu
(a) Ramapurathu Warrior
(b) Ulloor
(c) Kunjikuttan Thampuran
(d) Vailoppally
51. “The Wonder That Was India’ was written by
(a) Ray Chaudhari
(b) Romila Thapper
(c) A. R. Desai
(d) A. L. Basham
52. The following incident related to Indian Republic Day
(a) Lahore Congress
(b) Cripps Mission
(c) Quit India Movement
(d) Cabinet Mission
53. The genome of AIDS virus (HIV) is made up of
(a) DNA
(b) RNA
(c) Cells
(d) None of these
54. The first battle of Panipat was in
(a) 1489
(b) 1517
(c) 1526
(d) 1540
55. The rolling plan concept in India in the National Planning was introduced?
(a) BJP Govt.
(b) UPA Govt.
(c) Congress Govt.
(d) Janata Govt.
56. Kerala Varma Valiakoi Thampuran was popularly known as
(a) Kerala Panini
(b) Kerala Kalidasa
(c) Kerala Puthra
(d) None of these
57. The oldest India Language is
(a) Tamil
(b) Hindi
(c) Sanskrit
(d) Marathi
58. Death Valley is located in
(a) UK
(b) USSR
(c) USA
(d) China
59. The place of worship of Judaism
(a) Temple
(b) Church
(c) Vihar
(d) Synagogue
60. Caesar and Cleopatra was written by
(a) Shakespeare
(b) Bernard Shaw
(c) T. S. Eliot
(d) Lord Byron
61. Our Prime Minister is responsible to the
(a) Rajya Sabha
(b) President
(c) Lok Sabha
(d) Cabinet
62. ………… solids are readily soluble in water.
(a) Ionic
(b) Covalent
(c) Molecular
(d) Metallic
63. The largest island in the world is
(a) Srilanka
(b) Japan
(c) Philippines
(d) Greenland
64. The leaders of swaraj party was
(a) Motilal Nehru
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) C. R. Das
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
65. The works of ………. laid the foundations of Malayalam literature
(a) Vennikulam Gopala Kurup
(b) Kannassan
(c) G. Sankara Kurup
(d) Vailoppally
66. The first space shuttle was
(a) Apple
(b) Aryabhatta
(c) Columbia
(d) Atlanta
67. The first chairperson of the Women Commission in India.
(a) Meera Kumar
(b) Jayanthi Patnaik
(c) Shanno Devi
(d) Kiran Bedi
68. The first Chief Information Commissioner in Kerala.
(a) S. P. Sinha
(b) K. S. Ranjith Singh
(c) C. N. Annadurai
(d) Palattu Mohandas
69. Ayyankali Employment Programme started in
(a) 2008
(b) 2005
(c) 2007
(d) 2006
70. The place related with Lal Bahaduri Sastri.
(a) Raj Ghat
(b) Surat
(c) Vijay Ghat
(d) Veer Bhumi
71. To repeat the heading row of table in every page.
(a) From Table menu choose Row Height and Column Width
(b) From Format menu choose Autoformat
(c) From Insert menu chose Caption
(d) From Table menu choose Heading Rows Repeat
72. Which of the following font sizes are not supported by Word
(a) 12
(b) 72.5
(c) 533
(d) 100.89
73. Pressing the (tab) key while cursor in the last cell of a table will
(a) Create an empty new row
(b) Create a new row with data of last row
(c) Cursor remain in the same cell
(d) Cursor exit the table
74. Which of the following views will show you headers and footers?
(a) Normal
(b) Web Layout
(c) Print Layout
(d) Outline
75. Where should a template be stored by default?
(a) Some where on the memory
(b) The templates folder
(c) It doesn’t matter as long as you know where and can copen them
(d) Word’s root folder
76. If the word ‘COMMISSION’ is displayed on the screen with the cursor between the letters ‘O’ and ‘N’ and the Delete key is pressed. Which word appear on the screen.
(a) COMMISSIO
(b) COMMISSIN
(c) CMMISSIN
(d) COMMISIO
77. Where is the mail Merge feature located in the main menu?
(a) In the Table menu
(b) In the Window menu
(c) In the format menu
(d) In the Tools menu
78. What is the keyboard operation to Underline a text in MS word?
(a) Shift + U
(b) Alt + U
(c) Ctrl + U
(d) Ctrl + L
79. Which combination of keys invoke thesaurus?
(a) Shift+F2
(b) Ctrl + F7
(c) Shift + F7
(d) Ctrl + L
80. Select one that is different from others.
(a) Subscript
(b) Superscript
(c) Strikethrough
(d) Bold
81. When a user wants to select a rectangular selection from a document, which key combination can be used.
(a) Ctrl + Shift + F8
(b) Ctrl + Shift + F9
(c) Ctrl + Alt + F8
(d) Shift + Alt + F8
82. Which of the following paper size the twice the size of standard A4 paper?
(a) A2
(b) A3
(c) A8
(d) A0
83. After typing Header text, how can you quickly enter the footer.
(a) Press page down key and type the footer
(b) Click on the switch between the header and footer button from the menu bar and type the footer
(c) Both the above
(d) None of the above
84. Which of the following option does not come under the line spacing option under paragraph menu.
(a) At most
(b) Double
(c) Exactly
(d) Multiple
85. You are asked to create a table with 16 columns and 35 rows for a census detail, which layout is the best option?
(a) Horizontal
(b) Portrait
(c) Vertical
(d) Landscape
86. The default page orientation and text alignment in MS word are ……….. and ……. respectively.
(a) Landscape, Left
(b) Portrait, Left
(c) Vertical, Left
(d) Portrait, Justified
87. Which of the following that MS word cannot do.
(a) Create Documents
(b) Carrying out difficult Calculations
(c) Edit text and images
(d) Print documents
88. You have completed the typing of your document and decide to check the spelling and grammar errors. The spelling and grammar utility detect the word ‘Tahsildar’ is not in the dictionary. Which is the best action.
(a) Add the word Tahsildar to the dictionary, so in the future spelling and grammar utility will not detect this word as an error
(b) Ignore the computer suggestion as you know the word is correctly spelled
(c) Cancel the spelling and grammar check
(d) Change the word Tahsildar to the word suggested by the computer
89. Which of the following file extension does not support MS word file saving
(a) dot
(b) gif
(c) html
(d) rtf
90. Size of standard A4 sized paper is
(a) 220 × 330 mm
(b) 297 × 420 mm
(c) 210 × 297 mm
(d) 420 × 594 mm
91. In MS word which utility is used to record every change made to the current document.
(a) Auto correct
(b) Edit Changes
(c) Spelling Changes
(d) Track changes
92. Which of the following is not available on the Rules of MS Word Screen.
(a) Right Indent
(b) Left Indent
(c) Middle Indent
(d) First Line Indent
93. Borders can be applied to:
(a) Cell
(b) Paragraph
(c) Text
(d) All the above
94. What is gutter margin in Ms Word?
(a) Margin that is added to the left margin when printing
(b) Margin that is added to the binding side of page when printing
(c) Margin that is added to right margin when printing
(d) Margin that is added to the outside of the page printing
95. Which of the following is not a font style?
(a) Regular Italic
(b) Italics
(c) Bold Italic
(d) Bold
96. You place the insertion point in the middle of paragraph and start typing. But the new text deletes existing text. What is the problem and how do you fix it?
(a) Word in the Overtype mode. Press BACKSPACE and retype
(b) Word is the Overtype mode. Press INSERT to turn if off
(c) The DELETE key is pressed in Press DELETE again
(d) Press Backspace key and type again
97. Select Odd one out:
(a) MS Office
(b) Open Office
(c) Office Automation
(d) Smart Suit
98. When you opened the MS word application you see only the menu bar and no other tool bars are visible. How will you make visible the required toolbars?
(a) Right Click on the Menu bar then click customize menu then select required toolbars.
(b) Select Customize menu under Tool menu then select toolbars
(c) Right Click on the Menu Bar then select required toolbars
(d) All the above
99. You are asked to write numbers from 1001 to 1100 in the first column starting from first cell in a 3 column × 120 rows table in MS word. Which of the following is the best way to create this?
(a) First generate number from 1001 to 1100 in MS Excel then copy this data then select 100 cells in first column in MS word then paste the data.
(b) Type the numbers from 1000 to 1100 in the specified column in MS Word
(c) Select Object menu under Insert menu then select Microsoft Excel worksheet and generate numbers
(d) All the above
100. Marching Red ants and Marching Black ants are related to
(a) Font
(b) Table
(c) Header and footer
(d) Theme
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