Friday, January 14, 2011

Kerala PSC Previous Solved Paper of ASSISTANT SALESMAN - KERALA CIVIL SUPPLIES CORPORATION

1 The Capital of Mysore during Tipu Sultan's rule:
a) Bangalore b) Chitradurga
c) Manasagangothri d) Srirangapatanam
Ans : Srirangapatanam

2 Which of the following is not a Fundamental right ?
a) Right of property b) Right to equality
c) Right against exploitation d) Right to freedom of speech
Ans : Right of property

3 The administrative head of the State Government:
a) Chief Justice b) Chief Minister c) Law Minister d) Governor
Ans : Chief Minister

4 Who was the Prime Minister of Britain when India got
independence ?
a) Clement Atlee b) Winston Churchill
c) Harold Wilson d) Antony Eden
Ans : Clement Atlee

5 The Bhoodan Moovement was launched by:
a) Jawaharlal Nehru b) Indira Gandhi
c) Acharya Vinoba Bhave d) Lal Bahadur Sastri
Ans : Acharya Vinoba Bhave

6 India is a leading producer of
a) Iron b) Mica c) Gold D) Aluminium
Ans : Mica

7 The birthday of Dr. S. Radhakrishnan is celebrated as
a) Mother’s Day b) Farmer’s Day c) Children’s Day d) Teacher’s
Day
Ans : Teacher’s Day

8 Which one of the following rivers was known as the 'River of
Sorrow
'?
a) Damodar b) Kaveri c) Krishna d) Gomathi
Ans : Damodar

9 The imaginary lines on maps joining the places having equal
temperatures are known as
a) Isobars b) Isotherms c) Isohyets d) Isobaths
Ans : Isotherms

10 The smallest planet of the solar system:
a) Saturn b) Jupiter c) Mercury d) Mars
Ans : Mercury

11 The Indian who attended all the three Round Table Conferences
a) Mahatma Gandhi b) Jawaharlal Nehru c) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
d) Rajendra Prasad
Ans : Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

12 What is the modern name of 'Formosa'?
a) Taiwan b) Kenya c) Malaysia d) Indonesia
Ans : Taiwan

13 Who discovered circulation of blood in the human body?
a) Joseph Lister b) William Harvey c) Ronald Ross d) Edward
Jenner
Ans : William Harvey

14 The Scientist who found out the 'rare gases' is :
a) Louis Pasteur b) Markoni c) William Ramsey d) Edison
Ans : William Ramsey

15 What is the chemical name for baking soda ?
a) Calcium phosphate b) Sodium Carbonate c) Sodium
bicarbonate d) Sodium Chloride
Ans : Sodium bicarbonate

16 Where is bile produced ?
a) Liver b) Spleen c) Gall bladder d) Blood
Ans : Liver

17 The science of space travel is known as
a) Astronomy b) Astronautics c) Astrology d) Cosmology
Ans : Astronautics

18 An acid which does not contain oxygen
a) Sulphuric Acid b) Carbonic Acid
c) Nitric Acid d) Hydrochloric Acid
Ans : Hydrochloric Acid

19 Which is the most chemically active element?
a) Fluorine b) Clorine c) Bromine d) Lodine
Ans : Fluorine

20 The most important part of plant is
a) Flower b) Leaf c) Fruit d) Root
Ans : Root

21 Chakiar Kooth is one of the impressive dance from of
a) Tamil Nadu b) Andhra Pradesh c) Kerala d) Karnataka
Ans : Kerala

22 Sabarimala is situated in the District?
a) Wyanad b) Pathanamthitta c) Idukki d) Kollam
Ans : Pathanamthitta

23 The first Education Minister of Kerala:
a) C. Achutha Menon b) K. Kelappan
c) Joseph Mundassery d) P. K. Kunju
Ans : Joseph Mundassery

24 The birth place of Sree Narayana Guru:
a) Kollam b) Varkala c) Sivagiri d) Chempazhanthy
Ans : Chempazhanthy

25 Thenmala is a destination for:
a) Eco tourism b) Pilgrimage
c) Trekking d) Ayurvedic Treatment
Ans : Eco tourism

26 In 2005 the 'Ezhuthachan Award' was given to
a) M. T. Vasudevan Nair b) S. Guptan Nair
c) Thirunalloor Karunakaran d) T. Padmanabhan
Ans : S. Guptan Nair

27 The biggest backwater lake in Kerala
a) Chilka lake b) Ashtamudi lake
c) Sasthamkotta lake d) Vembanattu lake
Ans : Vembanattu lake

28 When did the first common Wealth Games take place?
a) 1933 b) 1930 c) 1946 d) 1938
Ans : 1930

29 The author of 'Arthashastra'
a) Kautilya b) Kalidasa c) Bhavabhoothi d) Sankaracharya
Ans : Kautilya

30 The creator of the fictional school boy wizard named 'Harry
Potter'
a) Arthur Conan Doyle b) R. L. Stevenson
c) J. K. Rowling d) Joseph Conrad
Ans : J. K. Rowling

31 Who wrote the book 'The Wings of the Fire' ?
a) P. V. Narasimha Rao b) Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
c) Arundhathi Roy d) Salman Rushdie
Ans : Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

32 Mother Theresa was a famous
a) artist b) economist c) Singer d) Social Worker
Ans : Social Worker

33 'The Last Supper' is a painting by
a) Raphael b) Titian c) Leonardo da vinci d) Michael Angelo
Ans : Leonardo da vinci

34 The Indian Cricketer to score a triple century in Test Cricket
a) Virender Sehwag b) Tendulkar c) Gavaskar d) Ravi Sastri
Ans : Virender Sehwag

35 In which year did Dada Saheb Phalke produce the first feature
film?
a) 1911 b) 1912 c) 1913 d) 1914
Ans : 1913

36 The theory of evolution was formulated by
a) Edison b) Charles Darwin c) Lamarck d) E. M. Joad
Ans : Charles Darwin

37 India’s First Atomic Reactor is installed at
a) Tarapur b) Kottah c) Trombay d) Kalpakkam
Ans : Trombay

38 The plant which bears fruit only once in its life time:
a) Grapes b) Papaya c) Dates d) Banana
Ans : Banana

39 Prophet Mohammed belongs to:
a) Egypt b) Saudi Arabia c) Ethiopia d) Palestine
Ans : Saudi Arabia

40 Who was the founder of Arya Samaj?
a) Swami Vivekananda b) Annie Basant c) Dayanand Saraswathy d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Ans : Dayanand Saraswathy

41 Which is the most important cause of soil erosion?
a) Heavy rainfall b) Destruction of Forests
c) Cultivation d) Flood
Ans : Destruction of Forests

42 Which one of the following states produces maximum rubber?
(a) Karnataka (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Kerala (d) Tamilnadu
Ans : Kerala

43 The person who is known as the father of social reforms in India
(a) Gopala Krishna Gokhale (b) E. Vidyasagar
(c) William Bentic (d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Ans : Raja Ram Mohan Roy

44 What is Tsunami
(a) Huge sea waves caused by earth quake (b) A cyclone
(c) A fierce storm (d) Volcanic explosion
Ans : Huge sea waves caused by earth quake

45 Which Indian city is called the silicon valley of India?
(a) Delhi (b) Bangalore (c) Chennai (d) Agra
Ans : Bangalore

46 Who among the following is a world famous agricultural scientist
(a) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan (b) C.V. Raman
(c) Dr .S. Chandrasekhar (d) J.C. Bose
Ans : Dr. M.S. Swaminathan

47 Ramakrishna Mission was established by
(a) Dayananda Saraswathy (b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Chattambi Swamigal (d) Swami Vivekananda
Ans : Swami Vivekananda

48 Which of the following is not a mammal
(a) Bat (b) Rat (c) Frog (d) Dolphin
Ans : Frog

49 Diabetes is caused due to the malfunctioning of:
(a) Heart (b) Pancreas (c) Lungs (d) Kidney
Ans : Pancreas

50 The rarest metal is:
(a) Mercury (b) Osmium (c) Rhodium (d) Tungsten
Ans : Rhodium

51 The chief minister with two of his ministers.......... here
(a) are (b) were (c) is (d) have been
Ans : is
52 The news ......... not make me sad
(a) do (b) does (c) has (d) have
Ans : does

53 You like vegetarian food, .............
(a) do you? (b) isn't it? (c) aren't you? (d) don't you?
Ans : don't you?

54 I ................ the boy from the deep well
(a) escaped (b) saved (c) am escaped (d) am saved
Ans : saved

55 He said to me that he .............. going abroad
(a) is (b) has been (c) had been (d) was
Ans : had been

56 I have been waiting for him ........... five hours
(a) since (b) for (c) until (d) till
Ans : for

57 If you had invited him he ........ come
(a) would (b) will (c) would have (d) was
Ans : would have

58 He treated me as if I ........... his slave
(a) was (b) am (c) have been (d) were
Ans : were
59 A group of boys .................. singing since morning
(a) has been (b) have been (c) are (d) are being
Ans : have been

60 The passive voice form of My uncle helps me' is
(a) I am being helped by my uncle
(b) I have been helped by my uncle
(c) I am helped by my uncle
(d) My uncle has been helped by me
Ans : I am helped by my uncle
61 Unless ............. you will fail
(a) you do not work hard (b) you work hard
(c) you do not work hardly (d) you work hardly
Ans : you work hard

62 When I reached everybody .............
(a) was left (b) left (c) had left (d) had been left
Ans : had left

63 The correctly spelt word is ...........
(a) secratary (b) SECRETARY (c) SECRATERY (d) SECRETERY
Ans : SECRETARY

64 MALADY means .............
(a) illness (b) calamity (c) music (d) misfortune
Ans : illness

65 The word most closely associated with HOSPITALITY is
(a) hospital (b) doctor (c) nurse (d) host
Ans : host

66 I am going to .................... library
(a) a (b) the (c) an (d) school
Ans : a

67 We must abstain ...... creating environment pollution
(a) away (b) in (c) from (d) to
Ans : from

68 She ....... to India six years ago
(a) came (b) had come (c) has come (d) was come
Ans : came

69 I ......... my elders
(a) respect (b) am respecting
(c) have respect (d) am respected
Ans : respect

70 It ......... heavily last night
(a) raining (b) has rained (c) had rained (d) rained
Ans : Rained

71 Find the missing number 32, 52, 74, 112, 135 ...............
(a) 16 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) 14
Ans : 17

72 Choose the odd one out 4, 16, 6, 24,8, 64
(a) 64 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 24
Ans : 64

73 If 250 is increased to 300, what is the percentage increase?
(a) 16.67 (b) 20 (c) 23 (d) 17
Ans : 20

74 A father is 25 years older than his son. 10 years ago father's
age was 6 times of his son's age. What is the present age of
son?
(a) 10 (b) 40 (c) 30 (d) 15
Ans : 15

75 If 2=1, 3=3, 4=12, 5=60 then 6=......
(a) 120 (b) 180 (c) 720 (d) 360
Ans : 360

76 The ratio of 9 seconds to 10 hours is .............
(a) 1:40 (b) 1:4000 (c) 9:10 (d) 1:400
Ans : 1:4000

77 A person lost 10% when he sold goods at Rs.153. For how
much should he sell them to gain 20%?
(a) 204 (b) 250 (c) 240 (d) 210
Ans : 204

78 What will be xy if 7862xy is to be divisible by 125?
(a) 25 (b) 00 (c) 75 (d) 50
Ans : 50

79 If 12 + 8= 208, 11 – 6= 157 then 10 + 4 = ..........
(a) 116 (b) 106 (c) 196 (d) 124
Ans : 116

80 If New Delhi=8, Aurangabad= 10, Thiruvananthapuram= ....
(a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 14 (d) 18
Ans : 18
81 If 2 = 0010 and 5 = 0101 then 9 = .......
(a) 1000 (b) 1001 (c) 0111 (d) 0011
Ans : 1001

82 Choose the odd one out (a) Jupiter, Pluto, Neptune, Mass,
Mercury
(a) Pluto (b) Mercury (c) Mass (d) Jupiter
Ans : Mass


84 Intense: Persistent :: Acute: ......
(a) tonic (b) resistant (c) acrid (d) chronic
Ans : acrid

85 Which is the missing pattern? -0000 +, 0-00+0, 00-+00, ........
(a) 00+-00 (b) 00+0-0 (c) 0+00-0 (d) +0000-
Ans : 00+-00

86 Barometer : Hygrometer
(a) Mercury : water (b) Pressure : Humidity
(c) Rain : Cloud (d) Cloudy : Sunny
Ans : Pressure : Humidity

87 If + indicates ×, - indicates ÷ and × indicates – then
2 + 6 - 4 × 1 = .....
(a) 2 (b) 2.5 (c) 8 (d) 4
Ans : 4

88 A train of 100 meters long is running at the speed of 36 km per
hour. In what time it passes a bridge of 80 meters long?
(a) 30 seconds (b) 36 seconds (c) 20 seconds (d) 18 seconds
Ans : 18 seconds

89 If two-third of a bucket is filled in one minute then the time
taken to fill the bucket completely will be .......
(a) 90 seconds (b) 70 seconds (c) 60 seconds (d) 100 seconds
Ans : 90 seconds

90 If 3 men or 6 boys can do a piece of work in 20 days then how
many days with 6 men and 8 boys take to do the same work?
(a) 5 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 6
Ans : 6

91 Find the sum of first 100 natural numbers
(a) 5050 (b) 5005 (c) 9900 (d) 9050
Ans : 5050

92 How many balls of radius 4 cm can be made from a solid sphere
of lead of radius 8 cm?
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 2
Ans : 8
93 The solution to x2 +6x+9 = 0 is ........
(a) x1 = + 3, x2 = -3 (b) x1 = 3, x2 = 3
(c) x1 = -3, x2 = -3 (d) No solution
Ans : x1 = -3, x2 = -3

94 What is the chance of getting a 2 or 4 in rolling a die?
(a) 2/3 (b) 1/6 (c) 1/3 (d) ½
Ans : 1/3

95 At what rate of simple interest per annum an amount will be doubled in 10 years?
(a) 10% (b) 7.5% (c) 16% (d) 15%
Ans : 10%

96 The sum of a two-digit number is 8. The number obtained by interchanging two digits exceeds the given number by 18. Find
the number
(a) 26 (b) 80 (c) 17 (d) 35
Ans : 26

No comments:

Post a Comment