Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Kerala PSC LD Clerk Exam Paper on General Knowledge - 1998

1. Which of the following Malayali writers did not receive the “Jnanpith Award”?

A) M.T Vasudevan Nair        B) Thakazhi    C) S.K. Pottakkad     D) Uroob

Ans : D) Uroob              

2. Among the works of Kumaran Asan, given below, which was published first?

A) Nalini         B) Veenapoovu         C) Leela         D) Karuna

Ans : B) Veenapoovu               

3. In which district is the Malampuzha Gardens ?

A) Idukki         B) Malappuram         C) Palakkad              D) Thrissur

Ans : C) Palakkad         

4. Which of the following places in Kerala is the northern most ?

A) Wayanad               B) Valapattanam       C) Kasaragod           D) Kannur

Ans : C) Kasaragod     

5. Where is the Swiss project for Cattle development in Kerala situated ?

A) Vellayani               B) Mannuthi                C) Kunnamangalam              D) Mattupetti

Ans :  D) Mattupetti                    

6. Who is the journalist associated with “Kesari” ?

A) Balakrishna Pillai             B) Ramakrishna Pillai           C) Mammen Mappila

D) Sanjayan

Ans : A) Balakrishna Pillai

7.  The law by which people are asked to submit to Government accounts of dealings in foreign currency is:

A) FREA        B) Customs law         C) Income-tax law     D) TADA

Ans :  A) FREA              

8. The Konkan railway has been constructed between:

A) Thiruvananthapuram and Mumbai

B) Mangalore and Chennai

C) Thiruvananthapuram and Goa

D) Mangalore and Mumbai

Ans : D) Mangalore and Mumbai        

9. The part of a computer, which receives the information supplied, is:

A) Control Unit           B) Memory Unit         C) Output Unit            D) Input Unit

Ans : D) Input Unit

10. When did the dynasty of Sultans rule over India ?

A)    Between 17th century A.D and 19th century A.D

B)    Between 13th century A.D and 16th century A.D

C)    Between 8th century A.D and 10th century A.D

D)    Between 5th century A.D and 8th century A.D

Ans : B) Between 13th Century and 16th Century A.D.

11. The name given to the symbol of the National games held at Bangalore was

A) Nandi         B) Nandu        C) Appu          D) Micky

Ans : B) Nandu           

12. The tennis player who won the ladies single championship in Wimbledon, the most times:

A) Monica Seles       B) Steffi Graph          C) Martina Hingis      D) Martina Navratilova

Ans : D) Martina Navratilova 

13. Under what condition does a lunar eclipse take place?

A)    The earth comes between the sun and the moon

B)    The Moon comes between the sun and the earth

C)    The sun comes between the earth and the moon

D)    The sun, moon and earth are in a straight line in any order

Ans : A) The earth comes between sun and moon

14. The name given to the instrument sent to Mars, in 1997, for investigations , by moving around is:

A) Orbiter       B) Viking        C) Mariner      D) Sojourner

Ans : D) Sojourner      

15. Why is it that the color of earth is red at certain places ?

A)    It contains more nitrogen

B)    It contains oxides of iron

C)    It contains sand formed out of red rocks

D)    It does not contain alluvial soil

Ans : B) It contains oxides of iron

16. The film actor who received Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 1996, given in 1997 is

A) Kamala Hasan     B) Dr. Raj Kumar       C) Sivaji Ganeshan        D) Ashok Kumar

Ans : C) Sivaji Ganesan.       

17. Which of the following gives the percentage of carbon dioxide present in atmosphere?

A) 5%             B) 3%             C) .3%            D) .03%

Ans : D) .03% 

18. Whose name is associated with the Theory of Evolution?

A) Lamarck    B) Weisman   C) Charles Darwin    D) De vries

Ans :  C) Charles Darwin

19. The Paris Commune took place in

A) 1900          B) 1871          C) 1921          D) 1847

Ans : B) 1871

20. The Srimoolam Prajasabha was established in Travancore in :

A) 1904          B) 1910          C) 1918          D) 1932

Ans :  A) 1904              

21. In connection with which of the following movements did Gandhiji come to kerala ?

A) Guruvayoor Satyagraha              B) Vaikam Satyagraha         C) Paliam Satyagraha                      D) Salt Satyagraha

Ans :  B) Vaikam Sathyagraha

22. The Scientist who arranged elements to their increasing atomic weight is:

A) Dalton        B) Avogadro              C) Mendeleev            D) Mendel

Ans : C) Mendeleev   

23. Which of the following is not a part of an atom?

A) Ion              B) Electron                 C) Proton       D) Neutron

Ans : A) Ion      

24. Under which category of winds does the cyclone fall?

A) Local winds           B) Trade winds          C) Variable Winds    D) Periodic Winds

Ans : D) Periodic winds

25. Which of the metropolitan cities of India is nearest to the equator?

A) Delhi          B) Mumbai     C) Chennai    D) Calcutta

Ans : C) Chennai        

26. The person who is said to be the “Iron man” of India is:

A) Subhash Chandra Bose              B) Bhagat Singh        C) V.K Krishna Menon       

D) Sardar Vallabhai Patel

Ans : D) Sardar Vallabhai Patel.

27. The person who occupied the post of the President of India for two sessions continuously was

A) Dr. Radhakrishnan                   B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad    

C) Dr. Zakir Hussain          D) Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma

Ans : B) Dr. Rajendra prasad                  

28. The name given to a substance formed by the chemical combination of two more metal is

A) Alloy         B) Ore          C) Compound          D) Mineral

Ans : A) Alloy           

29. To which of the following is Group III metal?

A) Calcium    B) Aluminum            C) Sodium     D) Iron

Ans : B) Aluminum                        

30. Which of the following does petroleum belong?

A) Nitrate      B) Oxide       C) Fat           D) Hydrocarbon

Ans : D) Hydrocarbon

31. Paralysis is caused by disorders connected with

A)  Muscles   B) Lungs       C) Joints       D) Brain

Ans : D) Brain                              

32. The food item that provides energy for growth is:

A) Carbohydrates    B) Vitamins   C) Protins     D) Minerals

Ans :  A) Carbohydrates

33. The scientist who gave scientific laws of heredity for the first time was

A) Charles Darwin   B) Issac Newton      C) Lamarck             D) Mendel

Ans : D) Mendel                           

34. What is the physical basis of inheritance of characters in animals ?

A) Cells         B) Genes      C) Blood       D) Tissues

Ans :  B) Genes

35. Which of the following is an excretory organ ?

A) Kidney      B) Intestine   C) Liver         D) Stomach

Ans : A) Kidney                            

36) Which is a disease cause by disorder of the respiratory system ?

A) Hypertension       B) Jaundice   C) Imbalance of cholesterol        

D) Pneumonia

Ans : D) Pneumonia

37. Which of the following creatures is not purely aquatic?

A) Shark       B) Whale       C) Crocodile            D) Octopus

Ans : C) Crocodile                        

38. Which of the following is a mammal ?

A) Crocodile            B) Tortoise    C) Bat           D) Snake

Ans : C) Bat

39. With which crop is the name « Jaya » associated ?

A) Coconut    B) Pepper     C) Wheat      D) Rice

Ans : D) Rice                               

40. Who was the Agricultural scientist who gave leadership to the “Green Revolution”?

 A) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan             B) Jagadeesh Chandra Bose

C) Dr. Chandrasekhar                  D) Dr. Khorana

Ans :  A) Dr. M.S Swaminathan

41. Which of the following places has contributed to a famous variety of goats?

A) Malappuram        B) Kasaragod          C) Thalasseri           D) Kozhikkode

Ans : A) Malappuram                    

42. Which of the following varieties of cows is Indian in origin?

A) Sindhi       B) Jersy        C) Hostein     D) Swiss Brown

Ans : A) Sindhi

43. To which of the following is the term “Operation Flood” associated?

A)    Time bound programme for better irrigation

B)    Effort for increasing production of milk

C)   Pevention of floods in Indian rivers

D)   Military operation against militant forces

Ans : B) Effort for increasing production of milk

44. Where is the Central Rice Research Institute Situated ?

A) Pattambi             B) Vellayani             C) Kasargod           D)  Mannuthi

Ans : A) Pattambi                         

45. A non-living component of living cell is:

A) Ribosome           B) Mitochondria       C) Vacuole    D) Endoplasmic reticulum

Ans : C) Vacuole

46. Which is an example for drupes?

A) Pea          D) Mango      C) Tomato    D) Pineapple

Ans : B) Mango                            

47. A seed dispersed with the help of hairs on it is:

A) Drumstick (Muringa)      B) Cotton      C) Poppy      D) Castor (Avanakku)

Ans : B) Cotton

48. Which of the following is an artificial method of vegetative propagation?

A) Bulb.        B) Rhizomes            C) Tubers     D) Grafting

Ans : D) Grafting                          

49. Which is a disease spread by house flies?

A) Scabies    B) Filaria       C) Cholera    D) Rabies

Ans :  C) Cholera

50. Which disease is not prevented by the triple vaccine?

A) Diphtheria           B) Tetanus    C) Polio        D) Whooping cough

Ans : C) Polio                               

51. The fungus that produces alcohol is:

A) Penicillium B) Mushroom C) Rhizopus            D) Yeast

Ans : D) Yeast

52. The structure of DNA was discovered by:

A) Waston and Crick          B) Har Gobindh Khorana            

C) Wilkins and Franklin       D) Linus pauling

Ans : A) Waston and Crick            

53. Out of which part of a plant does its seed originate?

A) Ovary       B) Ovule       C) Stigma     D) Embryo

Ans : Ovary

54. Which disease is caused by the deficiency of vitamin D?

A) Anemia     B) Scurvy      C) Goitre      D) Rickets

Ans : D) Rickets                           

55. The central most space of tooth contains:

A) Pulp         B) Dantine     C) Enamel     D) Cement

Ans : A) Pulp

56. The name given to pollination by the agency of water is:

A) Anemophily         B) Entophily             C) Hydrophily

D) Ornithophily

Ans : C) Hydrophily                       

57. What is the name given to the branch of study of the general structure of a living thing?

A) Ecology    B) Anatomy   C) Physiology          D)  Embryology

Ans :  A) Ecology

58. Normally hen’s eggs hatch in:

A) 30 Days    B) 28 Days    C) 21 days    D) 14 days

Ans : C) 21 Days                          

59. Where is the Veterinary College in Kerala situated?

A) Vellayani             B) Mattupetti           C) Kasaragod          D) Mannuthi

Ans : Mannuthi

60. Germs, of which of the following diseases, is spread through water?

A) Malaria     B) Filaria       C) Jaundice   D) Diarrhoea

Ans :  D) Diarrhoa                         

61. Which is the place in Kerala where rearing of ducks is most popular?

A) Kuttanad   B) Kayamkulam       C) Kannur     D) Idukki

Ans : A) Kuttanad

62. Which of the following is non-vertebrate?

A) Snake       B) Fish          C) Cockroach          D) Rog

Ans : C) Cockroach                      

63. Protein is not supplied by:

A) Rice         B) Meat        C) Fish          D) Eggg

Ans : A) Rice

64. The gas produced by partial combustion of fules is:

A) Carbon dioxide    B) Carbon monoxide          C) Sulphur dioxide

D) Hydrogen peroxide

Ans : B) Carbon monoxide             

65. Which one is a communicable disease ?

A) Asthma     B) Cancer     C) Smallpox            D) Arthritis

Ans : C) Smallpox

66. Transportation of food in plants takes places through:

A) Xylem       B) Pores       C) Cells        D) Phloem

Ans : D) Pholem                           

67. Which plant does brown hopper affect most?

A) Vegetables         B) Rice         C) Pepper     D) Coconut

Ans : B) Rice

68. What is meant by hybridization?

A)    Producing new varieties of plants that resist pests

B)    Producing new varieties of plants or animals that give more yield

C)   Producing new varieties of plants that give early yield

D)   Producing new varieties of plants or animals by combining characteristics of two different varieties

Ans : D) Producing new varieties of plants or animals by combining characteristic of two different varieties.

69. The secretion of the liver is:

A) Bile          B) Saliva       C) Gastric Juice      D) Hydrochloric acid

Ans :  A) Bile                                 

70. The organ that regulates body temperature in human beings is:

A) Hair          B) Kidney      C) Lungs       D) Skin

Ans : D) Skin  

71. Which of the following is an example for adventitious roots?

A) Carrot      B) Beetroot   C) Tapioca    D) Radish

Ans : C) Tapioca

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