Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Kerala PSC Degree Level Exam Paper - General Knowledge -1996


1. Which is the following is an immediate consequence of the Green Revolution of mid – sixtees?
A. Increase in production of food grains
B. Increase in personal inequalities
C. Environmental hazards due to the increased use of chemical pesticides
D. Increase in regional inequalities

Ans : A. Increase in the production of food grains

2. As per the 1991 census, the least densely populated State in India:
A. Mizoram                B. Nagaland               C. Arunachal Pradesh          D. Sikkim

Ans : C. Arunachal Pradesh                             

3. Who amongst the following visited India during the reign of Chandragupta Vikramditya?
A. Nicolo Conti          B. Chang Kien           C. Fahien                   D. Hiuen Tsang

Ans : D. Hiuen Tsang

4. Shuddhi movement was started by:
A. Brahma Samaj                                                     B. Arya Samaj  
C. Theosophical Society                                          D. Parthana Samaj

Ans : B. Arya Samaj                                          

5. Pluto revolves round the sun once in every:
A. 48 years                B. 148 years              C. 248 years              D. 348 years

Ans : C. 248 years

6. Gaddis tribal group in India is mainly from the State of
A. Rajasthan              B. Madhya Pradesh  C. Himachal Pradesh           D. Assam

Ans : C. Himachal Pradesh                              

 7. International boundary between India and China is demarcated by:
A. Durand line            B. McMahan Line       C. Radcliffe Line      D. Maginot Line

Ans : B. McMahon Line

8. Bank rate refers to:
A. the rate at which commercial banks get loan from the RBI
B. the rate at which commercial banks are to provide loans to the borrowers
C. the rate at which the RBI discounts eligible the bills of exchange
D. the rate at which different banks settle of payment of cheques

Ans : A. The rate at which commercial banks get loan from the RBI

9. Mulberry growing is associated with:
A. Horticulture            B. Pisciculture           C. Agriculture D. Sericulture

Ans : D. Sericulture                                           

10. The blood vessels that carry blood from lungs to the heart :
A. Pulmonary Vein    B. Cardiac artery       C. Cardiac Vein        D. Pulmonary artery

Ans : A. Pulmonary vein

11. A regulated marks means:
A. Regulation of market prices and practices in the case of selected commodities through legislation
B. A market that is managed directly by the government
C. A market which is managed by traders themselves without any government intervention
D. A market where the demand for commodities exceeds their supply.

Ans : A. Regulation of market prices and practices in the case of selected commodities through legislation.

12. Disposable income is:
A. National income                           B. National income less direct taxes
C. National income less direct taxes less undistributed profit plus transfer payments                        
D. National income less direct taxes less undistributed profits

Ans : C. National income less direct taxes less undistributed profits plus transfer payments

13. Of the following who assumed the title Vikramditya?
A. Skandagupta        B. Samudragupta      C. Chandragupta I   D. Chandragupta II

Ans : D. Chandragupta II                                

14. The function of a Public Service Commission in India is:
A. Advisory                B. Mandatory             C. Neither                   D. Both

Ans : D. Both

Answer the following in one or two words
15. Who is the chief of Army Staff?

Ans : Gen. Deepak kapoor                            

16. Who is the President of Sri Lanka?

Ans : Mahinda Rajpakse

17. What is the period of Which president of America is elected for?

Ans : 4 years  George W Bush is the 43rd President of USA

18. What “Ashes” is associated with?

Ans : Cricket   Silly point , square leg, China Man, Mid-on, Yorker, cover point etc
are also terms associated with cricket


19. Where is the headquarters of World Bank?

Ans : Washington                                            

20. “Do or Die” Who said it?

Ans : Mahatma Gandhi

21. Who designed world’s first digital computer?

Ans : Howard Aiken                                        

22. What is known as the science of arranging time in periods and ascertaining the dates and historical order of past events?

Ans : Chronology

23. Name and automatic device used for regulating constant temperature?

Ans : Thermostat         

24. Who is the father of Co operative movement?

Ans : Robert Owen

25. In which year the first Co-operatives legislation came in to force?

Ans : 1904                                                        

26. Which country is known as the cradle of credit co-operatives?

Ans : England

27. Who submitted the report stating Find Raiffeison?

Ans : Sir Frederick Nicholson            

28. How many reformulated principles are there in co-operation?

Ans : There are 6 re-formulated principles. They are open and voluntary membership, democratic management, limited interest on capital, equitable distribution of surplus, co-operative education, co-operation among cooperatives.
29. Who is the President Chairman of Planning Commission in India?

Ans : Manmohan Singh                                  

30. Name the planet with the maximum number of natural satellite?

Ans : Saturn

31. Who is the father of Local self – Government ?

Ans : Lord Ripon                                             

32. Which commodity is the major foreign exchange earner for India?

Ans : Textile products

33. name the most populous city at present in the world.

Ans : Tokyo                                                      

Match The following
A                                                             B
34. Democratic control                                             A. 1912
35. Second Co-operatives Societies Act              B. Co-operatives
36. Townsend Committee                                        C. Calvert
37. Royal Commission on agriculture                     D. 1935
38. RBI                                                                       E. 1904
                                                                                    F. 1927

34. Ans : E. 1927
35. Ans : A. 1912                                                    36. Ans : F. 1927
37. Ans : E. 1904                                                    38. Ans : D. 1935

Match the following
A                                                             B
39. England                                                               A. Urban areas
40. Shulze Bank                                                        B. Consumer C-operatives
41. Heddesdort Credit Union                                  C. Prof. Karne
42. ICA                                                                       D. Raiffeison
43. Mc Lagan                                                            E. Bengal
                                                                                    F. Punjab

39. Ans : B. Consumer Co-operatives                 40. Ans : A. Urban areas
41. Ans : D Raiffeison                                            42. Ans : C. Prof. Karne
43. Ans : F. Punjab                                                

Write the expanded forms of the following
44. NABARD

Ans : National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (1982)

45. IDBI

Ans : Industrial Development Bank of India (1946)

46. NCDC

Ans : National Coal Development Cooperation.

47. RRB

Ans : Regional Rural Banks. (1975)

48. NDDB

Ans : National Dairy Development Board. Now P T Gopala Kurup is the present chairman of NDDB.

Write short notes on the following
49. Miky way

Ans : Milky way is the galaxy that includes the sun, the earth and the rest of our solar system. The milky way galaxy contains hundreds of billions of stars. Huge clouds of dust particles and gases lie through out the galaxy. On clear dark nights, it appear as a broad, milky looking band of starlight stretching across the sky.

50. India on space

Ans : Indian Space programme was started in 1962 with the setting up of the Indian national Committee for Space Research. First Indian Satellite, “Aryabhatta” was launched in 1975. India’s first multi purpose ‘ First Indian Satellite’ (INSAT - IA) was launched in 1982. INSAT – 2 series are indigenously built. In the field of satellite launch vehicles also, India has achieved considerable progress. After the successful launching of SLV,ASLV and PSLV series, the country have achieved a milestone with the successful launching of GSLV cryogenic engines. The primary goal of Indian Space Programme is self-reliant use of Space technology for national development. Recently India Successfully launched INSAT – 2E. With the launching of PSLV – C2 India Space programme became commercial.      

51. Privatization

Ans : The disinvestment of Government’s equity in Pubic sector under takings and the opening up of the hitherto closed areas of the economy to private participation.  

52. Jawahar Rozgar Yojana

Ans : Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) has been rechristened as Grama Samridhi Yojana in 1999. It is one of the major wage employment programmers of the central government take up in April 1989 after merging the earlier ongoing wage employment programmers, namely NREP and RLEGP. The main objective the programme is generate additional gainful employment for the unemployed and under employed men and women in the rural areas as well as creation of community assts for the rural poor for their direct and continued benefits. The expenditure of this programme is shared in ratio of 80 : 20 between the Centre and the States.

Choose the correct answer from the answer given against each question
53. The International institute for Population Science is located in:
A. Mumbai                 B. Kolkotta        C. Chennai              D. Thiruvananthapuram

Ans : B Kolkatta

54. What is Golden Peacock?
A. A Himalayan bird                                      B. National bird of India
C. National Film Award                                D. International Film Award

Ans : D. International Film Award.(It is given for the best film and carries a cash prize of 5 lakh).

55. Which state is called the Spice Garden of India?
A. Kerala                    B. Karnataka             C. Tamil Nadu           D. Andhra Pradesh

Ans : A. Kerala                                                

56. Which mirror is used as rear view mirror in vehicles?
A. Plan                        B. Concave                C. Convex                  D. Parabolic

Ans : C. Convex

57. Operation flood related to :
A. Flood control                                 B. Increasing production of consumer goods
C. Milk production                             D. Nuclear warfare control

Ans : C. Milk production                                 

58. Higher Than Hope is a book on:
A. Sam Nujoma         B. Robert Mugabe    C. Nelson Mandela   D. V.P Singh

Ans : C. Nelson Mandela

59. The old name of Iran is:
A. Persia                    B. Congo                    C. Siam                      D. Formosa

Ans : A. Persia                                                

60. Capital of Hawai:
A. Atlanta                   B. Honolulu                 C. Boise                     D. Dover

Ans : C. Boise

61. India’s oldest football tournament
A. Durand Cup          B. Santhosh Trophy     C. Rovers Cup        D. Federation Cup

Ans : A. Durand Cup                                       

62. Child is the father of man “ Who said it?
A. Shelley                   B. Chaucer                 C. Wordsworth          D. Keats

Ans : C. Wordsworth

63. Dunkel Proposals are associated with:
A. G-15                       B. G-7                         C. Uruguay Round     D. None of these

Ans : C. Uruguay Round                                 

64. Who is the recipient of 1994 Best Parliamentarian Award?
A. G.S Swaminathan                                    B. L.K Advani
C. Atal Behari Vajpayee                              D. Shivaraj Patil

Ans : C. Atal Behari Vajpayee

65. The first ever industrialist to get the Bharat Ratna:
 A. R.K Dalmia          B. J.R.D Tata C. S.Dalmia               D. K.K Birla

Ans : B. J.R.D.Tata                                         

66. The largest Railway Station in the world:
A. New York               B. Tokyo                     C. Paris                      D. London

Ans : A. New York

67. The gas used for welding
A. Ethylene                 B. Acetylene              C. Ethane                   D. Benzene

Ans : B. Acetylene.

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