Kerala PSC DEPUTY COLLECTOR - 2011

1. Name the "Land of the Morning Calm" :

(A) Norway (B) Japan (C) Korea (D) Thaliland

2. Sahyadri ranges refer to :

(A) Eastern ghats (B) Western ghats (C) Satpura ranges (D) Siwaliks

3. Gir Forest is In :

(A) Karnataka (B) Bihar (C) Gujarat (D) Himachal Pradesh

4. Gir Forest is in :

(A) Karnataka (B) Bihar (C) Gujarat (D) Himachal Pradesh

5. A fountain of hot water issuing from a hole which extends deep into earth's crust is called:

(A) Delta (B) Canyon (C) Volcano (D) Geyser

6. Universal Adult Franchise creates :

(A) economic equality (B) Social equality (C) Political equality (D) cultural equality

7. Who is the guardian of Fundamental rights in India ?

(A) Judiciary (B) Legislature (C) Executive (D) Political parties

8. The year in which Panchayati Raj was introduced in India :

(A) 1960 (B) 1959 (C) 1961 (D) 1949

9. Which article of the constitution provides for the formation of the Finance Commission ?

(A) Article 300 (B) Article 280 (C) Article 250 (D) Article 290

10. The Governor can nominate to the Legislative Council of his state one member from this community :

(A) Jewish (B) Muslim (C) Anglo Indian (D) Parsi

11. Right to information Act (RTI ) became effetive in India on 15 th June :

(A) 2001 (B) 2003 (C) 2004 (D) 2005

12. Universal Declaration of human rights was passed by the U N. General Assembly on:

(A) 10 .12.1948 (B) 13. 11. 1947 (C) 9: 12: 1948 (D) 12 : 12 : 1946

13. The proclamation of emergency brings automatic suspension of the right to :

(A) Freedom speech (B) Constitutional remedies (C) Freedom of religion (D) All of these

14. The concept of Fundamental right has it's basis in the :

(A) Constitution of the USA (B) Constitution of Russia (C) Irish Constitution (D) Canadian Constitution

15. The chairman of the UPSC is appointed by the :

(A) Cabinet (B) President (C) Supreme Court (D) Prime Minister

16. Kerala is the first state in India to launch a Pension Scheme for farmers namely :

(A) Kissan Abhiman (B) Farmer's Pension (C) Agricultural Pension (D) Pension to Agricultural Laboures

17. According to the 2001 census, the state having highest urban population is :

(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Kerala (C) Maharashtra (D) Uttar Pradesh

18. The district in Kerala which has got the highest density of population as per 2001 census :

(A) Ernakulam (B) Alappuzha (C) Thrissur (D) Idukki

19. The Union Territory in India with the highest population :

(A) Puducherry (B) Delhi (C) Chandigarh (D) Caman and Diu

20. According to 2001 census, the state having highest urban population is :

(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Kerala (C) Maharashtra (D) Uttar Pradesh

21. Third World Countries are :

(A) Developed countries (B) Developing Countries (C) African Countries (D)

22. The definition of the " Urban Poor " according to the Planning Commission in India in terms of the calorie in take with respect to daily consumption is :

(A) less than 2100 calories (B) less than 2000 calories (C) less than 2200 calories (D) none of these

23. The fraction of all families (or all individuals) that fall below the poverty line is called :

(A) Poverty rate (B) Absolute poverty (C) Relative poverty (D) None of these

24. Economic development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs is :

(A) Human development (B) Economic progress (C) Sustainable development (D) Static cevelopment

25. The state where the largest number of people living below the poverty line is found in India :

(A) Rajasthan (B) Delhi (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Bihar

26. Earth day is celebrated in :

(A) 22nd April (B) 22nd May (C) 23 rd April (D) 22 nd March

27. The kyoto protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on:

(A) Climate change (B) International trade (C) Global investment (D) Education

28. Pearl fishing is done extensively in :

(A) Gulf Mannar (B) Konkan Coast (C) Malabar Coast (D) Coromandel Coast

29. Which ocean's name means " Peaceful"?

(A) Artic Ocean (B) Antarctic Ocean (C) Pacific Ocean (D) Indian Ocean

30. The distric in Kerala where black soil is seen most :

(A) Wayanad (B) Kannur (C) Kasargod (D) Palakkad

31. The genetic material of a cell is in :

(A) DNA (B) Protoplasm (C) Cytoplasm (D) Ribosome

32. Who was the first to perform the surgery of human heart transplant ?

(A) David Baltimore (B) Dr. Christian Bernard (C) James D. Watson (D) Dr.Mathew Philip

33. The organ which is primarily concerned with immunity :

(A) Kidney (B) Liver (C) Lymphatic tissue (D) Thyroid

34. Which branch of medicine was Rabindranath Tagore good at ?

(A) Ayurveda (B) Homeopathy (C) Allopathy (D) None of these

35. The alloy of steel used in making automobile parts is :

(A) stainless steel (B) nickel steel (C) tungsten steel (D) Chromium steel

36. Name the Egyptian President against whom people of Egypt revolted in 2011:

(A) Housni Mubarak (B) Pervez Mushara (C) Omar Suleiman (D) Ahened Shafeeque

37. Name the person who commissioned the Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal :

(A) Vayalar Ravi (B) Dr. Man Mohan Singh (C) A.K Antony (D) G.K. Vasan

38. The Malayalam litterateure who received the Jnanpith Award in 2007

(A) Sugatha Kumari (B) Vijayalakshmi (C) O.N.V Kurup (D) Balachandran Chullikkad

39. In which of the following cities was the Indian Biodiversity Congress (2010) held ?

(A) Chennai (B) Chandigarh (C) Mumbai (D) Thiruvananthapuram

40. ------- sector has established itself as the biggest contributor to the State's GDP as per Kerala State's Economic Review ( February 2011)

(A) Secondary sector (B) Primary sector (C) Tertiary sector (D) None of these

41. Name the most significant charateristic of National Integration :

(A) Social homogeneity (B) Unity (C) Economic identity (D) National loyalty

42. " The principle of respect for all life and the practice of none - injury to living things is known in India as :

(A) Ahimsa (B) Tolerance (C) Patience (D) None of these

43. NCW means :

(A) National Commission For Women (B) National Commission For Workers (C) National Council For Workers (D) None of these

44. The Servants of India Society (1905) was formed to train people to serve the country by :

(A) Tilak (B) Gandhiji (C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (D) Gopalakrishna Gokhale

45. Who is popularly called "Vaikkom Hero" ?

(A) R.K.Dhadabai (B) E.V. Ramaswami (C) C.N. Annadurai (D) Mannath Padmanabhan

46. Who founded the Indian National Congress ?

(A) Motilal Nehru (B) A.O. Hume (C) Lajpat Rai (D) Gokhale

47. Zionism is a world movement of :

(A) Hindus (B) Buddhists (C) Christians (D) Jews

48. Jallianwala Bagh is situated in :

(A) Delhi (B) Mysore (C) Amritsar (D) Lahore

49. The first war of Indian independence started at :

(A) Mumbai (B) Chennai (C) Delhi (D) Meerut

50. "LIfe Divine " was written by :

(A) Gandhiji (B) Tilak (C) Vivekananda (D) Aurobindo Ghosh

51. If I had won the lottery, --------- a millionair. (Conditional)

(A) I will become (B) I had become (C) I would have become (D) I would become

52. I was happy ------- the appointment. ( infinitive of 'accept')

(A) to accept (B) to be accepting (C) to have accepted (D) accepting

53. I met J.K. Rowling -------- they say is the richest person in the world. (relative clause)

(A) who (B) whose (C) whom (D) which

54. The student leader explained why he had to leave the panel discussion forum. (adverbial of 'amger')

(A) The student leader explained why he had to leave angrily the panel discussion forum (B) The student leader explained why he had to leave the panel discussion forum angrily (C) The student leader explained angrily why he had to leave the panel discussion forum (D) The student leader explained why he had angrily to leave the panel discussion forum

55. She --------tomorrow to attend the wedding (model verb )

(A) will come (B) comes (C) seems to come (D) just comes

56. I have never met Osama bin Laden -------- do I want to . ( neg. conjunction)

(A) nor (B) neither (C) or (D) either

57. It was not difficult to park the car in front of the theatre. (gerund)

(A) There was no difficulty in parking the car in front of the theatre (B) It was not difficult to do the parking in front of the theatre (C) To park the car in front of the theatre was not difficult (D) Parking in front of the theatre the car was not difficult

58. Give the plural form : sheep

(A) sheeps (B) sheepes (C) sheep (D) sheepz

59. Change the Gender : Goose

(A) geese (B) geeses (C) gander (D) gossen

60. Use of Perfix and Suffix : Forget

(A) unforgettable (B) unforgetting (C) discorgetting (D) misforgetable

61. Give the Synonym: Predict

(A) Permonition (B) foretell (C) aver (D) pronounce

62. Give the Antonym : Heriditary

(A) acquired (B) ancestral (C) bequeathed (D) possessed

63. Meaning of two confusable words: Premier/Premiere

(A) Prime Minister / 1 st performance (B) Minister/Reality show (C) Diplomat /Cricket (D) Male /Female

64. Use of Collective noum : Fish

(A) School of fished (B) flock of fishes (C) herd of fishes (D) pool of fishes

65. Use of Homonyms : Bald

(A) bawled (B) bold (C) balled (D) bohold

66. Pharsal Verb : To shrug one's shoulders

(A) to show disapprovel (B) to approve (C) to wash one's hands (D) to deny

67. Meaning of these foreign words: Modus operandi

(A) operation (B) treatment (C) way of doing things (D) means ane end

68. Either the Prime Minister or his ministers -------blamed for the 2010 Commonwealth Games Scam ( to be )

(A) is (B) are (C) has been (D) have been

69. Nepalese climber Min Bahadur Sherchan is the oldest man to scale Mt.Everest . (Comparative degree )

(A) Nobody is older than Min Bahadur Sherchan to scale Mt.Everest (B) No climber is as ols as Min Bahadur Sherchan to scale Mt. E verest . (C) The Nepalease climber Min Bahadur Sherchan is older than any other climber to scale Mt.Everest (D) Mt.Everest is as old as Min Bahadur Sherchan who climbedit

70. I am the messenger of India's ancient thoughts world over, -----------? ( question tag )

(A) aren't I ? (B) amn't I ? (C) isn't I ? (D) am I ?

71. India will be the largest economy --------2050 ----------- China and the U.S. (Preposition)

(A) by,after (B) after, with (C) in, after (D) from, with

72. By age four, Varsha won ---------brown belt, --------first degree in Karate . (articles)

(A) the, the (B) a, the (C) an, the (D) the , a

73. The minister sought to introduce an amendment to the Bill . ( Passive )

(A) The Bill sought to introduce an amendment by the minister (B) An amendment to the Bill was sought to be introduced by the minister (C) The minister introduced an amendment to the Bill (D) An amendment to the Bill is being introduced by the minister

74. Anamika said, 'God spread our lives because he wants us to do something meaningful'. (Repotred Speech)

(A) Anamika said that God had spread their lives because he wanted them to do something meaningful (B) Anamika said that God spares their lives because he wants them to do something meaningful (C) Anamika said that God spread their lives because he had wanted them to do something meaningful (D) Anamika said that God spares our lives because he wants us to do something meaningful

75. My aunt gave the baby a beautiful rattle. (Mark the D.O. and Indir. O )

(A) baby, rattle (B) rattle, baby (C) aunt, baby (D) baby, beautiful

76. A man walks 30 meters towards South. Then, turning to his right, he walks 30 meters. Then turning to his left, he walks 20 meters, again he turns to his left and walks 30 meters. How far is he from hi

(A) 20 metres (B) 30 metres (C) 60 metres (D) none of these

77. Find the odd one out in the sequence of numbers 25,27,30,35,42,53,65

(A) 30 (B) 42 (C) 53 (D) 65

78. Fill up the next letter in the particular series B,C,E,G,K,M, -----

(A) V (B) W (C) Q (D) R

79. ELFA,GLHA,ILJA -----,MLNA.

(A) OLPA (B) KLMA (C) LIMA (D) KLLA

80. There are 3 friends, A, B, and C. Each of them have a Hat and a Cycle. Each of them is wearing another person's hat and riding the cycle of the third person. ( i.e ). None of them is using their own h

(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) can't be determined

81. A 1km long train passes through a tunnel of 1 km length at a speed of 1 km per minute. How much time will it take to pass through it completely ?

(A) 1 min (B) 2 min (C) 5 min (D) 0.5 min

82. In a particular code language GREET is coded as FQDDS, how is FORD coded in that language ?

(A) FQSD (B) ENQC (C) ENRC (D) FNRC

83. P,Q,R and S are playing a game of carom. P.R and S, Q are partners. S is to the right of R. If R is facing west, then Q is facing ?

(A) North (B) South (C) East (D) West

84. What is the angle between the minute hand and hour hand of a clock at half past two ?

(A) 105 degree (B) 103 degree (C) 110 degree (D) 90 degree

85. A is two years older than B, who is twice as old as C . If total ages of A , B and C be 27, how old is B ?

(A) 5 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 12

86. A vendor bought 3 chocolates for 1 rupee. For how much per chocolate should be sell, to gain a profit of 50%

(A) 50ps (B) 75ps (C) 1 Re (D) 1.50 Rs.

87. If a/3 = b/4 = c/7, then ( a + b + c )/c = :

(A) 7 (B) 2 (C) 1/2 (D) 1/7

88. A student multiplied a number by 3/5 instead of 5/3. What is the percentage error ?

(A) 45% (B) 86% (C) 36% (D) 64%

89. The number of marble slabs of size 20 cm x 20 cm required to pave the floor of a square room of side 3 metres is :

(A) 100 (B) 150 (C) 225 (D) 250

90. 75% of a number is added to 75, then the result is the number itself. What is the number ?

(A) 50 (B) 60 (C) 300 (D) 400

91. A and B can do a work in 12 days. B and C together can do it in 15 days and C and A together in 20 days. If A, B, C work together, they will complete the work in :

(A) 5 days (B) 10 days (C) 12 days (D) 47/3 days

92. The prices of a scooter and TV are in a ratio 7:5. If scooter costs Rs. 8,000 more than TV set, then price of TV set is :

(A) Rs. 20.000 (B) Rs. 24,000 (C) Rs. 28,000 (D) Rs. 32,000

93. At what rate percent of simple interest will a sum of money double itself in 12 years ?

(A) 33/4% (B) 25/3% (C) 17/2% (D) 19/2%

94. In a family, Reshma is elder sister of Ragini. Soni is Reshma's daughter and Saloni is Soni's cousin. Ragini's mother Rajini. Ramani is the sister in law of Reshma. Who is Soni's grand mother ?

(A) Ramani (B) Rajini (C) Reshma (D) Saloni

95. Find the odd one out in the sequence of numbers 2 5 10 17 26 37 50 64

(A) 50 (B) 26 (C) 37 (D) 64

96. If '+' is denoted as 'x', '-' as '/''x' as '-' and '/' as + . What is the value of 10 + 5 -3 /1 x 7 =

(A) 12 (B) -6 (C) 13 (D) zero

97. Find the next letter in the sequence A,D,I,P, ---

(A) H (B) Y (C) W (D) X

98. If A = 2, M = 26 and Z = 52, then BET

(A) 44 (B) 54 (C) 64 (D) 72

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