Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Kerala PSC LD Clerk (Pathanamthitta & Alappuzha) -1998 Paper



1. In a certain code ADG means “Boys are intelligent” JAM means “Select good boys” and AGP means “Encourage intelligent Boys”__ which letter in that code means “Select”?

A. J or M           B. M               C. D                     D. P                         E. None of these          

Ans : A. J or M                 

2. A mother is thrice older than her son now. 15 years later she will be only twice as old as the son. What is the mothers present age ?

A. 45                 B. 20               C. 25                    D. 40                       E. None of these  
Ans : A. 45                     
3. Which one of the following is different from the other three?

 A. Pilot            B. Driver         C. Singer              D. Sing                    E. None of these  

 Ans : D. Sing             

4. In the following pair, which pair is different from others?

A. Kerala - Calicut                 B Tamilnadu – Chennai         C. Utter Pradesh – Lucknow
D. Bihar – Patna                        E. None of these       

Ans :  A. Kerala – Calicut

5. Which of the following word will come fourth in English dictionary?

A. False          B. Follow          C. Faithfully        D. Fool                     E. None
of these   
       
Ans :  D. Fool                      


6. In the following four pairs three pairs are related in some ways. Find the one differently related.

A. Bread : Flour                        B. Nail : Iron                           C. Chair : Wood
D. House : Roof                        E. None of these            

Ans : D. House : Roof                         

7. Rearrange the following group of  letters to form the correct spelling of a familiar word : OLCPIE

Ans : POLICE

8. In a class consisting of 50 students, 10 play Football but no Hockey, 10 play Hockey but not Football and 15 play neither Football nor Hockey, then the number of students playing both Football and Hockey are:

A. 10                 B. 20                  C. 15                    D. 25                        E. None of these          

Ans :  C. 15                      

9. Pick out from the following group the one item that does not belong to the group:

A. O N V Kurup                         B. Shiny Wilson                       C. Mammootty
D. Akkitham                              E. None of these          

Ans : B. Shiny Wilson                         

10. What is the minimum number of scooter that could move in the formation ? Two scooters in front of a scooter, two scooters behind a scooter and a scooter between the two scooters.

A. 3                   B. 4                 C. 5                    D. 6                      E. None of these          

Ans : A. 3

11. Word is related to “Dictionary” in the same “Flower” is related to:

A. Garden        B. Plant            C. Forest             D. Garland           E. None of these          

Ans : D. Garland            

12. The following set of numbers from series. But out of the numbers, one number is wrongly written. Find it out:
8,  11,  17,  25,  38,  53,  71

Ans : D. 25, the given series +3, +6, +9, +12, +15, +18

13. A motor car and scooter together cost Rs . 30,000. The car cost 5 times as much as the scooter. The cost of the scooter:

A. 24,000         B.50,000            C.20,000            D. 25,000            E. None of these          

Ans : D. 25,000, Let the cost of the scooter = Rs x. Then 5x + x = 30,000
 x = 5,000. There for the price of the car = 5 * 5,000 = Rs. 25,000

14. Which is the stranger among the following?

A. Earth           B. Moon             C. Mars              D. Venus             E. None of these          

Ans : B. Moon. All others are planet      
   
15. Lally is twice as old as Anitha, but one third the age of Rugma. Vishnu is half the age of Anitha but is twice older than Manju. Which pair indicates the oldest and youngest ?

A. Anitha and Manju              B. Rugma and Vishnu       C. Rugma and Manju
D. Manju and Ramu               E. None of these          

 Ans : C. Rugma and Manju                

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