Kerala PSC Typist Exam solved paper – 1999

I. Expand the following abbreviations:

1. ONGC                    2. FCI              3. PIN              4. NCERT                  5. PAN

Ans : ONGC : Oil and Natural Gas Commission of India

The government has already restructured ONGC in to a Corporation and has undertaken disinvestment of 2 percent of its equity.

FCI  : Food Corporation of India . FCI was set up in 1965.

PIN :  Postal Index Number

PIN code was introduced in 1972 to facilitate sorting and speedy distribution of mail. The PIN code consists of six digits.

First digit – Region(zone).               Second digit – Sub – region (Sub zone)

Third digit – Sorting district              Last three digits – Delivery post office

There are 8 postal zones in India . Kerala, Lakshadweep, and Tamil Nadu comes in the 6^th zone

NCERT : National Council for Educational Research and Training

PAN : Permanent Account Number

II. Name the following :

1. Governor of Tamil Nadu

2. The substance that gives green colour to leaves of plans.

3. The most famous Hindu pilgrim centre in Pathanamthitta District.

4. The smallest continent

5. The first Woman Prime Minister.

Ans : 1. Surjith Singh Barnala                                        2. Chlorophyll

    3. Sabarimala                                                        4. Australia                

    5. Sirimavo Bandaranaike (She had passed away recently)

III. Who are the authors of the following books:-

1. Das Capital

2. Romeo and Juliet

3. Discovery of India

4. Avakasikal

5. Chiriyum Chinthayum

Ans : 1. Karl Marx                       2. Shakespeare                    3. Jawaharlal Nehru.

     4. Vilasini (M.K Menon)                                                   5. E.V Krishna Pillai

IV. How are the following Famous:-

1. Dr. Salim Ali          2. Neil Armstrong                  3. Pokhran

4. Kalady                    5. Pallivasal

Ans : 1. Dr Salim Ali was famous ornithologist.

     2. Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon in 1969

     3. Pokhran a desert in Rajasthan, was the place where India conducted its nuclear tests in 1974 and 1998.

     4. Kalady is place in Ernakulam district where the famous Hindu monk Sankaracharya was born.

     5. The first hydroelectric project of Kerala was built in Pallivasal in 1940

V. Write the importance of the following dates:-

1. November 1           2. January 30             3. December 10

4. September 5         5. August 8

Ans : 1. Kerala State was formed on November 1 (1956)

         2. Gandhiji was assassinated on January 30 (1948)

         3. December 10 was Human Rights Day.

         4. Teachers Day

         5. Quit India Day

VI. Who invented  the following:-

1. Bicycle                   2. Electric Bulb                      3. Typewriter

4. Telephone              5. Type

 Ans : 1. Kirk Patrick Macmillan (1890)                       2. Thomas Alva Edison

           3. Christopher Sholes                                         4. Alexander Graham Bell

           5. Bi Sheng in 1045