UPSC PSC BANK Solved Exam Papers

Solved Paper - Assistant Grade II - Kerala State Beverages (M&M) Corporation

1. I will complete the course in ------------- year : a

2. While walking -------------the small door I hurt my head : Through

3. Which of these chairs did you sit------------? :In

4. If DONKEY: BRAYS then WOLF:Howls

5. The thief was caught----------. The suitable idiom is: Red handed

6. The idiom it’s all Greek and Latin to me means: Something I don’t understand

7. I was all eyes to see what he would do. The words italicized mean: Eagerly watching

8. Beware of that wolf in sheep’s skin. The closest meaning to this idiom is: Hypocrite

9. The phrase black sheep means: Misfit

10. Just now my hands are full. My hands are full closely means: I am very busy

11. ‘KIMONO’ is the dress style of: Japan

12. Madam Curie : Isolated Radium

13. The author of the book “The Wonder That was India” is: A.L. Basham

14. The First Chief Minister of Kerala was: E.M.S.Namboothiripad

15. The state of Kerala was formed on: 1 November 1956

16. The Navel Academy is situated in Kerala at: Ezhimala

17. Edakkal Cave is in: Wyanad

18. The largest Taluk in Kerala is: Ernad

19. The Head Quarters of Kerala High Court is at: Kochi

20. The First Woman Supreme Court Judge was: C.Fatima Beevi

21. The first Governor of Kerala was: Ramakrishna Rao

22. The First Arts and Science College in Kerala is: CMS College, Kottayam

23. The Sabarigiri Hydro Electric Project is built in the river: Pampa

24. The Hydro Electric Project in Kerala is: Pallivasal

25. The HQ(Head Quarters) of Wyanad district is: Kalpetta

26. The District which has no forests in Kerala is: Alappuzha

27. The Architect of Cochin sea Port was: Robert Bristo

28. ---------- city is alled “Venice of East”: Alappuzha

29. Malabar Cement Factory is in: Walayar

30. The place where getting highest rainfall in Kerala is: Lakkidi

31. ISOBARS connect points of equal: Pressure

32. LOTI is the currency of: Lesotho

33. Copper is produced in: Rajasthan and Bihar

34. Rana Pratap Sagar is located in: Rajasthan

35. The Chairman of the Planning Commission of India is: Prime Minister

36. Five Year Plans in India are approved by: National Development Council

37. The Raj Committee (1972) probed: Agricultural holding Tax

38. Panchayat Raj has got constitutional status with the ---------Amendment Act: 73rd

39. Fundemental Rights are enshrined in PART---------------- of Constitution of India: III

40. How many members can be nominated to Loksabha by President? : 2

41. Acharya Vinoba Bhave’s Paunar Ashram is in: Maharashtra

42. A rocket works on the principle of conservation of: Linear momentum

43. The best conductor of electricity is : Silver

44. Glass is a good: Insulator

45. A catalyst: Alters the velocity of reaction

46. Carbon occurs in nature in the purest form as: Diamond

47. The Newspaper “DAWN” is published in: Karachi

48. International Women’s Day is observed on: March 8

49. IBERIAN AIRLINES is the official airlines of: Spain

50. The Head Quarters of World Health Organisation (WHO) is in: Geneva

51. The largest slum in India is in: Mumbai

52. ---------- is the author of ‘Ain-i-Akbari’: Abul fazal

53. Hopman Cup is associated with: Tennis

54. Who is called ‘Deshabandhu’?: C.R. Das

55. ---------- got Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913: Rabindranath Tagore

56. Tarapore Committee was associated with: Fuller Capital Account Convertibility

57. Arundathi Roy is well known: Writer-Social activist

58. ------------ is called ‘Forbidden city’: Lahsa

59. ------------ is the leading producer of Uranium: Canada

60. Aspirin was invented in 1899 by: Felix Hoffman (Germany)

61. Entomology is the study of: Insects

62. “An Area of Darkness” is written by: V.S. Nai Paul

63. Which of the following was the First Indian Institute of Technology? : IIT Kharagpur

64. Who became the first Miss India? : Rieta Faria

65. ---------- has the highest population density as per 2001 Census: West Bengal

66. From which of the following stations that India launched its first successful multipurpose communication and meteorology satellite, INSAT I B on 30 August 1983? :
Cape Canaveral (USA)

67. The Head Office of Kerala Civil Supplies Corporation is at: Ernakulam

68. Under whose patronage Kutabminar was built?: Kutabdeen Ibek

69. The First Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu was: C.N Annadurai

70. Spherometer is: An instrument used for measuring the curvature of spherical objects

71. The largest shipyard in India is: Kochi

72. PNEUMOCONIOSIS afflicts the workers who works mainly in: Coalmining industries

73. ---------------- is a well known flute exponent: Ronu Mazumdar

74. ------------- was the First Chief Justice of India: Harilal J Kania

75. “EMPLOYMENT NEWS” is published by: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

76. “YAKSHAGANA” is a popular folk art of: Karnataka

77. The NREP (National Rural Employment Programme) was launched in: October 1980

78. ANGSTROM is the unit of : Wavelength of light

79. The Thermal Power Plant at Bokaro is located in: Jharkhand

80. Disease caused by deficiency of Vitamin C is : Scurvy

81. The bus pass is ---------- for a year: Valid

82. A philatelist collects ---------------: Stamps

83. No one could understand ------------: What he was saying

84. We have been trying to solve the problem -------------: For two days

85. The fear of high places ----------- quite common: Is

86. If she were selected, she ------------------ a good secretary: Would make

87. Either the pen or the paper ------------------- defective: Is

88. Find the word that is rightly spelt: (a)moskitoes (b)mosqwitoes (c)mosquitose (d)mosquitoes : Mosquitoes

89. Choose the correctly spelt word: (a) Refrigerator (b)refrigarator (c)refregerator (d)rafrigerator : Refrigerator

90. Choose the word that is closest in meaning to the word plead : (a)set out (b)conclude (c)intend (d)beg for : Beg for

91. The closest meaning of the word ulcer is : Open sore

92. Find the word that is opposite in meaning to the word permit: Forbid

93. Choose the wrongly spelt word : (a)permenant (b)affection (c)affectation (d)conscientious : Permenant

94. Select the word opposite meaning to ever: Never

95. Comatose best means: Deeply unconscious

96. Choose the correct preposition for the sentence: I admit I am very fond ----------him : of

97. The suitcase is made ---------- leather : Of

98. You won’t tell them what has happened, ----------------? : Will you

99. Change into indirect speech: He said, “I have passed the examination.” : He said that he had passed the examination

100. They have bought a new car, ----------? : Haven’t they

Solved Paper - Scheduled Caste Development Officer Grade II | Date of Exam: 03.10.2009

1. During the decline of Mughal Empire, the Jats were organized into a political force by : Suraj Mal

2. The only Indian batsman to have scored a century in ODI in India-West Indies 2006 series was: Rahul Dravid

3. Which Indian got Nobel Prize in physics in 1930 : C.V.Raman

4. With what part or organ of the human body that the disease pyorrhoea is associated : Gums

5. HMT factory in Kerala is at : Kalamassery

6. The literary character “OROTHA” is in the novel written by : Kakkanadan

7. The first Chairperson of Kerala Womens’ Commission was : Sugathakumari

8. ---------- has got the recent Magsaysay Award for Rural Reporting : P Sainath

9. The first Railway Station built in India is at : Bori Banhar

10. Whose signature is found in one rupee notes in India : Secretary, Ministry of Finance

11. The Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development is situated in : Tamil Nadu

12. The Allahabad Pillar Inscription is associated with : Samudragupta

13. “Blue Lady” is : Norway’s Ship

14. Lingaraja temple is located at : Bhubaneswar

15. Sanskrit became the official language under the rule of : Guptas

16. Alexander Fleming : Discovered Penicillin

17. “Readers Digest” is now published by : The India Today Group

18. The Rural Employment Programme, Jawahar Rozgar Yojana was launched in: April 1989

19. “Kathakali” is performing arts form in : Kerala

20. ‘My Music, My Life’ is the autobiography of : Pandit Ravi Shankar

21. The hormone insulin is : Peptide

22. Nanda Devi peak forms a part of : Kumaon Himalayas

23. --------City is near to Tropic of Cancer : Kolkata

24. “Gurusagaram” is written by : O.V.Vijayan

25. How many sagas in Ramayana : 500

26. The mythical river originating from Manasarovar is : Sarayu

27. The author of the Malayalam novel “Nalukettu” is : M T Vasudevan Nair

28. ------- became first Women Minister of Kerala : K R Gouri

29. The first Women Governor of India was : Sarojini Naidu

30. The Spices Board is situated at : Kochi

31. Numismatics is the study of : Coins

32. “Silver Jubilee” is the celebration of : 25th Anniversary

33. ‘Knot” is the measure to know : The speed of Ship

34. Ranganathitoo Bird Sanctuary is situated in : Karnataka

35. ------ is called “City of Golden Gate” : San Fransisco

36. Raghu Rai is a well known : Photographer

37. ‘Participatory Notes’ are associated with : Foreign Institutional Investment

38. “Akbar Nama” was written by : Abul Fazal

39. ----- is called “Frontier Gandhi” : Abdul Ghaffar Khan

40. Rogers Cup is associated with : Tennis

41. International Literacy Day is observed on : September 8

42. “Cathy Pacific” is the Airways of : Hong Kong

43. The Headquarters of International Labour Organization is in : Geneva

44. Kohutek is the name of a /an : Comet

45. Line drawn parallel to the equator are called : Latitudes

46. Rinkit is the currency of : Malaysia

47. Manikaran Power Plant is in : Himachal Pradesh

48. How many zones are there for Indian Railways : 16

49. ------ is the longest railway platform in the World : Kharagpur(India)

50. The Food Corporation of India was set up in : 1968

51. Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration is in : Mussorie

52. ------- was set up to review the concept of poverty line was : Lakdawala Committee

53. The first Chairman of Indian Planning Commission was : Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

54. The celebrated work on Indian economic history “The Industrial Evolution of India in Recent Times” was written by : R C Datt

55. Arya Samaj was founded by : Swami Dayananda Saraswathi

56. Who ordered firing for the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre” : O’Dwyer

57. The export of slaves from India was banned by : Firoz Tughlag

58. Glass is best described as : Super Cooled liquid

59. A radar detects, the presence of an enemy aircraft uses : Radio waves

60. There are ----- Union Territories in India : 6

61. -------- Languages are recognized as regional languages in the Constitution : 18

62. Fundamental Duties were incorporated in the Constitutional of India by : 42nd Amendment Act

63. By which Constitutional Amendment Bill was the voting age reduced from 21 years to 18 years : 61st

64. Gandhian Principles have been enunciated in the : Directive Principles

65. A Bat is a : Mammal

66. A Cockroach has : Three pairs of walking legs

67. Deficiency if iron in human diet causes : Anaemia

68. Alloys in which mercury is one of the metals are called : Amalgamus

69. Asoka’s contemporary Greek King of Syria mentioned in his edict was : Antiochus II Theos

70. Which of the following are correctly matched : (d) Non-Cooperation Movement-1920

71. Choose the word closest in meaning to the word “Confer” : Grant

72. The object in the sentence ‘She threw it away’ is : It

73. He earns his living by working in a factory. The gerund in this sentence is : working

74. A little progress has been achieved, ------------? : Hasn’t it

75. ------------ Rose is ------------ beautiful flower : The, a

76. I never buy detective stories. In this sentence the adverb is ----------- : Never

77. The object in the sentence ‘I must get my shoes mended’ is : My shoes

78. ‘Entomology’ means: study of : Insects

79. ‘Polygamy’ means : Having more than one mate

80. In the sentence ‘India has started producing atomic bombs’, the gerund is : producing

81. We set out our journey when the rain stopped. The principal clause in the sentence is : We set out our journey

82. ‘Poaching’ means : Illegal killing of protected animals

83. ‘I love working in my garden’. The gerund in the sentence is : Working

84. He is reconciled ---------------- my loss : To

85. My brother has wealth, fame rank and power. This sentence is a ----------- sentence : Simple

86. He is not a person ------------ I would trust : Whom

87. They ----------- such camps for the last five years : Conducted

88. The mis-spelt word among the following : (d)Achivement

89. Parents have to provide------- their children : For

90. Rani says, “I am very fine” (Change into indirect speech) : Rani says that she is very fine.

91. If he ----- here, he could explain it in detail : Were

92. Which of the following is closest in meaning to ‘Squabble’ : Quarrel

93. Everyone is responsible for it, ……….? : Aren’t they

94. ----------- University order approves it, but ---------------uniform decision is to be taken : A, a

95. Choose the correct sentence from the following : (b)The boys went to a cinema last night

96. Advertise the notification(Change into Passive) : Let the notification be advertised

97. ------- wins the race( Use a phrase) : Slow and steady

98. The synonym of ‘Dexterous’ is : Skilful

99. The antonym of ‘Loquacious’ is : Taciturn

100. We---------(Complete) the whole work by May.(Supply the correct form of the verb) : Shall have completed

Kerala PSC Helper – Peon Test Model Quiz

1) The teak Museum in Kerala is located at

A – Munnar
B – Marayoor
C – Nilamboor
D – Paithalmala

2) In which Shakespearian Drama is Desdemona a character ?

A – Hamlet
B – Merchant of Venice
C – Othello
D – As you like it

3) Fourteen Indian Banks were nationalized in ?

A – 1967
B – 1969
C – 1965
D – 1970

4) The author of My Music, My Life ?

A – Yehudi Menuhin
B – KJ Yesudas
C – Emile Fazal
D – Ravi Shankar

5) The Malayalam Film Director who received Dada Phalke Award (Previously asked Kerala PSC question for the post of Assistant Grade - 2 on September 2006)

A – Adoor Gopalakrishnan
B – Mohanlal
C – Mamootti
D – Ramu Karyat

6) The metal known as ‘Little Silver’ is ?

A – Iridium
B – Platinum
C – Palladium
D – Bronze

7) Nobel Prize in Economics was first awarded in __ year ?

A – 1959
B – 1969
C – 1979
D – 1989

8) Panchatantra, a collection of Indian animal fables, was written by ?

A – Vishnu Sharma
B – Kamala Das
C – Tulasi Das
D – Kalidasa

9) Orange juice contains ?

A – Vitamin A
B – Vitamin E
C - Vitamin B
D – Vitamin C

10) The Indian who got Nobel Prize for Medicine ?

A – CV Raman
B – S Chandrasekhar
C – Dr. Hargobind Khorana
D – None of these

11) Name the person who discovered the Blood Group ?

A – Janssen
B – Edison
C – Horace Short
D – Landsteiner

12) Total medal India acquired in the 12th Commonwealth Games (Kerala PSC BDO Preliminary Exam 2008 Question)

A – 6
B – 12
C – 11
D – 16

13) Which is the most stupid bird in the world ?

A – Turkey
B – Duck
C – Swan
D – Penguin

14) The river that carries the largest quantity of water?

A – Nile
B – Amazon
C – Mississippi
D – Volga

15) The first woman Judge of the Supreme Court belongs to which state ?

A – Kerala
B – West Bengal
C – Tamil Nadu
D – Madhya Pradesh

16) Fathom is the unit used for measuring __ ?

A – Depth
B – Sound
C – Energy
D – Flow

17) The most irrigated state in India?

A – Bihar
B – Punjab
C – Tamilnadu
D – Kerala

18) The first Lady Prime-Minister of a country was ?

A – Sarojini Naidu
B – Sirimavo Bandaranaike
C – Golda Meir
D – Indira Gandhi

19) Where is Fort William located?

A – Chennai
B – Goa
C – Kolkata
D – Mysore

20) Which State in India is the largest producer of Soyabean (Soybean)?

A – Rajasthan
B – Gujarat
C – Uttar Pradesh
D – Madhya Pradesh

21) The Western Ghats in Maharashtra is known as ?

A – Nilgiris
B – Sahyadris
C – Cardamon Hills
D – Annamalai

22) Which is the Indian states shares a border with China ?

A – Harayana
B – Punjab
C – Mizoram
D – Himachal Pradesh

23) The Punjab takes its name from the tributaries of the river __ ?

A – Ganga
B – Krishna
C – Indus
D – Cauvery

24) Rouff is a folk dance. It has its origin in __ ?

A – Himachal Pradesh
B – Assam
C – Mizoram
D – Kashmir

25) Mahathma Gandhi was first referred by “Father of Nation” By

A – Balagangadhara Thilakan
B – Subhash Chandra Bose
C – Jawaharlal Nehru
D – CR Das
1) C – Nilamboor
2) C – Othello
3) B – 1969
4) D – Ravi Shankar
5) A – Adoor Gopalakrishnan (Malayalam movie director Adoor Gopalakrishnan received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2004. )

6) B – Platinum
7) B – 1969
8) A – Vishnu Sharma
9) D – Vitamin C
10) C – Dr. Hargobind Khorana
11) D – Landsteiner
12) D – 16
13) B – Duck
14) B – Amazon
15) A – Kerala
16) A – Depth
17) B – Punjab
18) B – Sirimavo Bandaranaike
19) C – Kolkata
20) D – Madhya Pradesh
21) B – Sahyadris
22) D - Himachal Pradesh
23) C – Indus
24) D – Kashmir
25) B – Subhash Chandra Bose

General Knowledge World Quiz – KPSC Expected Exam Questions

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1) Who among the following won the Women’s Singles in the US Open 2009?

A – Serena Williams
B – Venus Williams
C – Kim Clijsters
D – Caroline Wozniacki

2) The headquarters of the International Atomic Energy is located in ?

A – Washington
B – London
C – New York
D – Vienna

3) Who wrote the book “The Annihilation of Caste”? (Previously asked Kerala PSC Postal / Sorting Assistant Exam question held on 2006)

A – Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
B – Kanshi Ram
C – Mayawati
D – Ram Vilas Paswan

4) Seema Antil who won the gold medal in which of the events in the UK Jumps and Throws Festival in Birmingham held in July 2009

A – High Jump
B – Discus Throw
C – Javelin Throw
D – Triple Jump

5) Which was formerly known as 'British Empire Games' ?

A – Olympics
B – Asian Games
C – Common Wealth Games
D – None of these

6) Angela Merkel was in news recently as she was re-elected as the

A – President of Germany
B – Chancellor of Germany
C – Prime Minister of Germany
D – Foreign Minister of Germany

7) The “Blue Book” belongs to (Previous asked Kerala PSC Lab Assistant (Higher Secondary Education) exam question paper - held on 2006)

A – Britain
B – India
C – China
D – Pakistan

8) Who was the first Negro to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?

A – Ralph Bunche
B – Frank B Kellogg
C – Bishop Desmond Tutu
D – None of the above

9) The Proverb "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread" is quoted from?

A – PB Shelly
B – Alexander Pope
C – John Keats
D – Francis Bacon

10) World's largest producer of coffee is __ ?

A – Chile
B – India
C – Brazil
D – Sri Lanka

11) Queen Victoria issued a proclamation in the year ?

A – 1935
B – 1835
C – 1848
D – 1858

12) Atom bomb was dropped in Hiroshima on ?

A – 20th February 1950
B – 30th August 1949
C – 6th August 1945
D – 24th April 1939

13) The first World Cup Football was held in (Kerala PSC Forest Guard Examination previously asked question held on 2006)

A – Brazil
B – Italy
C – Uruguay
D – Mexico

14) Michael Fred Phelps is related to ?

A – Athletics
B – Chess
C – Boxing
D – Swimming

15) The German ruler during the Second World War was ?

A – Mussolini
B – Hitler
C – Churchill
D – Stalin

16) The largest epic in the world is ?

A – Ramayana
B – The Holy Quran
C – Illiad
D – Mahabharatha

17) Rouff is a folk dance. It has its origin in ...?

A – Kashmir
B – Himachal Pradesh
C – Mizoram
4) Assam

18) Which country created news in October 2006 by announcing that it performed nuclear weapons test? (Question from Kerala PSC Postal / Sorting Assistant previous years question papers Exam Conducted on 12th November 2006)

A – France
B – Israel
C – South Korea
D – North Korea

19) How many Nobel Prizes are given every year ?

A – Four
B – Five
C – Six
D – Seven

20) The distance of marathon race is ?

A – 25 miles
B – 26 miles
C – 30 miles
D – 20 miles

21) The biggest exporter of food grains in the Asian Continent ?

A – Myanmar
B – Philippines
C – Malaysia
D – India

22) Sofia is the capital of ?

A – Bulgaria
B – Botswana
C – Iceland
D – Greenland

23) Who created the character of “James Bond” ?

A – Agatha Christie
B – Arthur Conan Doyle
C – JK Rowling
D – Ian Fleming

24) Which of the following countries is not a member of G-7 countries?

A – France
B – Germany
C – Russia
D – Canada

25) The country that awards Nobel Prize is ?

A - America
B - Sweden
C - England
D - Japan

1) C – Kim Clijsters
2) D – Vienna
3) A – Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
4) B – Discus Throw
5) C – Common Wealth Games
6) B – Chancellor of Germany
7) A – Britain
8) A – Ralph Bunche
9) B – Alexander Pope (wrote the line "Fools Rush In Where Angels Fear to Tread" in his poem "An Essay on Criticism")
10) C – Brazil
11) D – 1858
12) C – 6th August 1945
13) C – Uruguay (The first football world cup was held in 1930)
14) D – Swimming
15) B – Hitler
16) D – Mahabharatha
17) A – Kashmir
18) D – North Korea
19) C – Six
20) B – 26 miles
21) B – Philippines
22) A – Bulgaria
23) D – Ian Fleming
24) C – Russia
25) B - Sweden

Kerala PSC-Sample Paper Of Examination For Laboratory Assistant

1. How many ways can a batsman lose his wickets?
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 20

2. Corundum is a mineral of:
(a) Calcium (b) Gold (c) Iron (d) Aluminium

3. The state which is the largest producer of tea in India:
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Assam (c) Kerala (d) Karnataka

4. Which of the following is issued by the President when the Parliament is not in session?
(a) Ordinances (b) Rules (c) Statutes (d) Proclamation

5. The strength of the council of minister is fixed by the:
(a) Governor (b) Chief Minister (c) Parliament (d) Constitution

6. Neutron was discovered by:
(a) J.J. Thompson (b) Rutherford (c) Bohr (d) Chadwick

7. Which of the following principle is made use of in the working of an atom bomb?
(a) Thermionic emission (b) Nuclear fusion (c) Nuclear fission (d) Transmutation

8. 'Palaeontology' is the study of:
(a) Fossils (b) Bones (c) Animals (d) Birds

9. Amylase acts upon:
(a) Lipids (b) Oils (c) Starch (d) Glucose

10. The active cell division in a plant is found in the:
(a) tips of roots and shoots (b) pith cells (c) cells cortex (d) internodal region

11. Which among the following is the antisterility vitamin?
(a) B (b) C (c) D (d) E

12. In which year the Indian National Congress was formed?
(a) 1811 (b) 1858 (c) 1885 (d) 1895

13. The leader of Cochin who fought with Velu Thampi Dalwa aganist the British:
(a) Kunhali Maracker (b) Paliath Achan (c)Pazhassi Raja (d) Chirakkal Raja

14. Who was the author of the book Ã¢â‚¬Å“Sathyartha PrakashÃ¢â‚¬Â?
(a) Swami Dayananda Saraswathi (b) Rajaram Mohan Roy (c) Swami Vivekananda (d) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

15. The first Viceroy of British India:
(a) Lord Cornwallis (b) Lord Ripon (c) Lord Canning (d) Lord Dalhousie

16. Who was the first king presided the court of Kanauj?
(a) Samudra Gupta (b) Chandragupta (c) Harsha (d) Kanishka

17. Which is the mid layer of the earth?
(a) Sial (b) Sima (c) Core (d) Mantle

18. The Himalayan Mountain is made up of:
(a) Intrusive rocks (b) Extrusive rocks (c) Sedimentary rocks (d) Metamorphic rocks

19. The most prominent distributory of Ganga river:
(a) Yamuna (b) Ram Ganga (c) Gomati (d) Hoogly

20. The leader who is known as 'The Grand old man of India':
(a) Sardar Vallabhai Patel (b) Dadabai Naoroji (c) Balgangadhar Tilak (d) Bipin Chandrapal

21. The southern most part of India:
(a) Sri Lanka (b) Pak Strait (c) Maladive (d) Nicobar group of Island

22. The head quarters of the Theosophical Society in India:
(a) Nagercoil (b) Adayar (c) Madura (d) Trichy

23. Which is not a port on the west coast of India?
(a) Paradeep (b) Marmagoa (c) Mangalore (d) Kandla

24. In which year the University of Travancore was established?
(a) 1935 (b) 1937 (c)1939 (d) 1941

25. The state which is the leading producer of mica:
(a) Jharkhand (b) Orissa (c) Rajasthan (d) Madhya Pradesh

26. Which of the following diseases are sexually transmitted?
(a) AIDS (b) Gonorrhea (c) Syphilis (d) All of these

27. On 27th May 2006 a strong earthquake was close to:
(a) Mount Kilimanjaro (b) Mount Merapi (c) Vesuvius (d) Barren Island

28. The year in which the postal stamp was introduced first:
(a) 1840 (b) 1845 (c) 1850 (d) 1855

29. Which type of lens is used in the case of Ã¢â‚¬Å“AstigmatismÃ¢â‚¬Â to get the correct vision?
(a) Converging lens (b) Diverging lens (c) Cylindrical lens (d) Bi-focal lens

30. What is the total number of constellation identified till now by human beings?
(a) 48 (b) 58 (c) 78 (d) 88

31. The highest railway bridge is built across the river:
(a) Jhelum (b) Chenab (c) Beas (d) Ravi

32. Which of the following is a controversial film for display?
(a) The great Escape (b) Hamlet (c) Davinchi code (d) Casino Royale

33. What is the chemical formula of bleaching powder?
(a) NaHCO3 (b) Ca3(PO4)2 (c) Na2CO3Ã¢â‚¬â€10H2O (d) CaOCI2

34. Barkhans are land forms of:
(a) wind erosion (b) wind deposition (c) glacial deposition (d) coastal erosion

35. 'Plam pudding' model of atom is prepared by:
(a) Albert Einstein (b) Rutherford (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Niels Bohr

36. An example for non-renewable source of energy:
(a) solar energy (b) petroleum (c) biomass (d) water power

37. In which country the G-8 summit of 2005, held?
(a) Canada (b) Iceland (c) Scotland (d) Greenland

38. In South India, Jainism was spread by:
(a) Kharavela (b) Upali (c) Rudradaman I (d) Bhadrabahu

39. The people of which country have longest life span:
(a) China (b) Japan (c) England (d) America

40. Which is not a source of Carbohydrates?
(a) Fish (b) Butter (c) Cheese (d) Potato

41. Who translated Bhagavat Gita into Persian language?
(a) Abdul Fazal (b) Dara (c) Dadu (d) Balban

42. The second highest mountain peak in the world:
(a) Kanchenjunga (b) Nangaparbad (c) Nanda devi (d) Godwin Austin

43. The author of the book 'Gandhi Life and Thought':
(a) V.D Savarkar (b) J.B Kripalani (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) R.K Laxman

44. The creature in which the external fertilization takes place:
(a) bird (b) dog (c) cat (d) frog

45. Which country won the gold in Men's Hockey in Bangkok Asian Games, 1998?
(a) India (b) South Korea (c) Pakistan (d) Japan

46. The Pallivasal Hydro electric system was commissioned during the reign of:
(a) Marthanda Varma (b) Dharma Raja (c) Srimulam Thirunal (d) Sri Chitira Tirunal Balarama Varma

47. Name the author of the novel 'The Ambassadors':
(a) Joyce Cary (b) E.M Foster (c) Henry James (d) Hadley Chase

48. Which element is not present in fats?
(a) Nitrogen (b) Sulphur (c) Carbon (d) Hydrogen

49. Which is know as the father of American Football?
(a) Bob Cousy (b) Water Camp (c) James Corbett (d) Charles W Brown

50. The most densely populated country in the world:
(a) India (b) China (c) Japan (d) Pakistan

51. Be careful when you ride on a bike, ........?
(a) won't you (b) did you (c) didn't you (d) aren't you

52. The passive voice of Ã¢â‚¬Å“He made his wife do the workÃ¢â‚¬Â:
(a) His wife was making to do the work (b) His wife was made to do the work
(c) His wife was done the work (d) His wife was made doing the work

53. The feminine gender of horse is:
(a) Cow (b) Lass (c) Hind (d) Marc

54. Find out the wrongly spelt word:
(a) Zealous (b) Committee (c) Souvenior (d) Allotted

55. That house ........ to peter:
(a) belongs (b) is belonging to (c) is belonged to (d) was belonged to

56. He is ..... going near an elephant.
(a) afraid (b) afraid of (c) feared (d) fearing

57. The older we grow:
(a) the wiser we became (b) wiser we become (c) the wisest we become (d) we grow wiser

58. The teacher asked Ravi:
(a) whether he saw the exhibition (b) whether he had seen the exhibition
(c) whether had seen the exhibition (d) whether he will see the exhibition

59. We shall wait here:
(a) until you return (b) until you will return (c) until you returned (d) until you had returned

60. Neither of the two speakers ....... eloquent
(a) were (b) had (c) was (d) being

61. It has been raining ....... last night
(a) For (b) at (c) since (d) till

62. The price of petrol is higher than
(a) diesel (b) the diesel (c) of diesel (d) that of diesel

63. No sooner had she heard the sad news ......... she burst in to tears.
(a) when (b) before (c) than (d) then

64. They discussed ...... the border issue at the summit.
(a) about (b) of (c) against (d) none

65. I would resign if I ........ you
(a) am (b) was (c) were (d) had

66. Dessert means:
(a) sand covered large area if barren land (b) sweet savory confection (c) abandon (d) detailed study

67. The opposite of the word 'Sympathy'
(a) Apathy (b) Pride (c) Angry (d) Pity

68. The dacoits ...... to the police after much resistance
(a) gave up (b) turned down (c) gave in (d) passed away

69. The president A.P.J Abdul Kalam ........ the nation to stand united in the fight against terrorism
(a) called on (b) called at (c) called off (d) called upon

70. Never look a gift horse
(a) in the mouth (b) in the park (c) in the zoo (d) in the stable

71. Carpenter is related to furniture, in the same way Goldsmith is related to:
(a) Ornaments (b) Necklace (c) Chain (d) Bangles

72. Find the related word Thunder : Rain :: ..... : Night
(a) Day (b) Dark (c) Dusk (d) Evening

73. Find the pair which is differently related in comparison with the others:
(a) Labourer : Industry (b) Teacher : Classroom (c) Driver : Vehicle (d) Doctor : Patient

74. From the group of letters one is different from others.Find it out
(a) DgP (b) MsP (c) DiG (d) AsP

75. Which one does not follow the pattern
(a) 5/2 (b) 10/3 (c) 17/4 (d) 24/5

76. Insert the missing number: 5, 11, 21, 43, ....
(a) 85 (b) 86 (c) 87 (d) 88

77. Insert the missing letters ..., ywu, qom, ige
(a) jhg (b) rpq (c) wus (d) mlj

78. If VENU is coded as E2122N then NEAT is codes as
(a) E2014A (b) E1420A (c) A1420E (d) A2014E

79. Showing a lady in the park, kumar said Ã¢â‚¬Å“She is the daughter of my grand father's only sonÃ¢â‚¬Â. How is Kumar related to the lady?
(a) Father (b) Daughter (c) Brother (d) Aunt

80. Mini tore out several successive pages from a book.Number of the first page she tore out is 385. It is known that the number of the last page which she tore out is with the same digits in some other order.How many pages did she remove from the book?
(a) 154 (b) 253 (c) 469 (d) 451

81. If September 14 is Friday, how many Saturdays and Sundays will that month have?
(a) 4, 4 (b) 5, 4 (c) 4, 5 (d) 5, 5

82. Calendar is to date as Atlas is to:
(a) Jewellery (b) Map (c) Earth (d) Globe

83. A man walks 30 meters towards South. Then turning to his right he walks 30 meters. Then turn to his left and walks 20 meters. Again takes a turn to his left and walks 30 meters. How far is he from his initial position?
(a) 20 meters (b) 50 meters (c) 60 meters (d) 80 meters

84. Fill in the blank as per the sequence: PLANETARIUM, LANERAUIM, ANEUAMI, ........
(a) NEMAI (b) NEAIM (c) NEUMI (d) NEMIA

85. In a group of six person F is richer than E but not as rich as A. B is richer than C and D but not as rich as A. E is richer than D. E and C are equally rich. Who is the poorest among them?
(a) Data inadequate (b) C (c) E (d) D

86. A metal block having sides 10 cm, 15 cm, 30 cm has cut into equal cubes. If the block is exhausted completely what will be the least possible number of cubes?
(a) 12 (b) 24 (c) 30 (d) 36

87. If aX - bY = cZ then X : Y: Z is:
(a) be :ca : ab (b) ab : bc : ca (c) a : b : c (d) b : c : a

88. Two poles of heights 10 m and 15m stand on a plane ground. If the distance between their feet is 12m the
distance between their top is:
(a) 5m (b) 12m (c) 12.5m (d) 13m

89. If |3x-10|>5 then:
(a) x≤5, x≥5/3 (b) x≥5, x≤5/3 (c) x≤-5, x≥5/3 (d) x≤-5, x≥-5/3

90. Find the empty set:
(a) {x:x=x} (b) {x:x≠x} (c) {x:x=x2} (d) {x:x≠x3}

91. If 3x-y Ã¢â‚¬â€œ27 and 3x+y = 243 then x is:
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 6

92. If f(x)-5x2-3x+2 and g(x) = 2x2-2x-2 then f(2)-g(-2) is:
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 18

93. The least number which is to be added to make 7399 a perfect square is
(a) 170 (b) 151 (c)27 (d) 0

94. Number of terms common to the two arithmetic progressions 5, 10, 15, ... 315 and 4, 8, 12 ...604 is:
(a) 13 (b) 14 (c) 15 (d) 16

95. Mean weight of m boys is 43 kg. If the teacher who weighs 63kg is included the mean becomes 45 kg.What is the value of m?
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9

96. Cardiologist : Heart : Dermatologist :
(a) Dream (b) Diabetes (c) Skin (d) Infertility

97. Book is to read as Piano is to:
(a) Music (b) Play (c) Sing (d) Song

99. If smell means taste, taste means hear, hear means see and see means smell then what is cars used for?
(a) smell (b) hear (c) taste (d) see

100. If PΔQ means P is smaller than Q and MÃƒâ€˜N means M is greater than N then what does AÃƒâ€˜BΔC means:
(a) A is greater than B and C (b) B is greater than A and less than C (c) B is greater than A and C (d) B is less than A and C

Answers:

1 B 11 D 21 D 31 A 41 B 51 A 61 C 71 C 81 D 91 C
2 D 12 C 22 B 32 C 42 D 52 B 62 D 72 B 82 B 92 C
3 B 13 B 23 A 33 D 43 B 53 D 63 C 73 A 83 B 93 A
4 A 14 A 24 B 34 B 44 D 54 C 64 D 74 B 84 A 94 C
5 B 15 C 25 C 35 D 45 C 55 A 65 C 75 D 85 D 95 D
6 D 16 C 26 D 36 B 46 D 56 B 66 B 76 A 86 D 96 C
7 C 17 D 27 B 37 C 47 C 57 A 67 A 77 C 87 A 97 B
8 A 18 D 28 A 38 D 48 C 58 B 68 C 78 A 88 D 98 B
9 C 19 D 29 C 39 B 49 B 59 A 69 D 79 D 89 A 99 D
10A 20 D 30 D 40 B 50 C 60 C 70 A 80 D 90 B 100D

UPSC Solved Sample Question Paper (Financial and General Awareness)

1. When did Regional Rural Banks start functioning in India?
Ans.1975

2. Who was the Chairman of the Sixth Central Pay Commission?
Ans.Justice B. N. Srikrishna

3. The 11th Five Year Plan is termed as plan for.
Ans.India’s Education

4. Which of the following correctly describes what sub-prime lending is?
(1) Lending to the people with less than ideal credit status.
(2) Lending to the people who are high value customers of the banks.
(3) Lending to those who are not a regular customer
Ans.Only 1

5. The actual return of an investor is reduced sometimes as the prices of the commodities go up all of a sudden. In financial sector this type of phenomenon is known as:
Ans.Probability risk

6. Which of the following is the limitation of the ATMs owing to which people are required to visit branches of the bank?
(1) It does not accept deposits.
(2) It has a limited cash disbursement capacity.
(3) Lack of human interface.
Ans.All

7. The World Development Report 2009 is released by which of the following Organisations?
Ans.World Bank

8. Which of the following statements is/are TRUE about the Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. which was in news sometimes back?
(1) The US government provided a US$ 7000 million bailout package to the company.
(2) The company filed for bankruptcy in a court in New York.
(3) The company is now out of financial crisis and is busy in its restructuring so that it can start afresh.
Ans.Only (2)

9. The Reserve Bank of India has recently issued guidelines to banks on Pillar 2 of Basel II framework. Pillar 2 deals with which of the following?
(1) Better human resource management
(2) Adequate capital to support risks
(3) Better profitability with minimum number of employees
Ans.None of these

10.The World Investment Report 2008 was released in September 20This report is published every year by:
Ans.United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

11. As we all know some new initiatives were introduced in the area of Fiscal Management by the government of India. Which of the following acts was passed a few years back to keep a check on the fiscal indiscipline on macroeconomic parameters?
Ans.FRBMA

12. Which of the following has the sole right of issuing paper notes in India?
Ans.Reserve Bank of India

13. Decision taken at Bretton Woods Conference led to the formation of
Ans.IMF

14. Which of the following is known as plastic money?
Ans.credit cards

15. Euro is the currency of European Union. When did it come into being?
Ans.1999

16. Which is the largest commercial bank in India?
Ans.State Bank of India

17. The Bank of Calcutta, Bank of Bombay and Bank of Madras were merged in 1921 to form
Ans.Imperial Bank of India

18.In India, income tax is levied by
Ans.Union Government

19. The Reserve Bank of India was nationalized in?
Ans.1948

20. What is a Bank which has capital and reserves of over Rs. 5 lakhs called?
Ans.Scheduled Bank

Speakers of Lok Sabha

The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the presiding officer of the lower house of Parliament of India. The speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Lok Sabha after the General elections for a term of 5 years from amongst the members of the Lok Sabha. The date of election of speaker is fixed by the President. He is supposed to resign from his original party because as a speaker, he has to remain impartial.

Powers and functions of the Speaker

The Speaker presides over the sessions of the Lok Sabha and conducts the business in the house. He decides whether a bill is a money bill or a non money bill. He maintains discipline and decorum in the house and can punish a member for his unruly behaviour by suspending him. He permits the moving of various kinds of motions and resolutions like the motion of no confidence, motion of adjournment, motion of censure and calling attention notice. The Speaker decides on the agenda to be taken up for discussion during the meeting.

List of Speakers

01. G.V. Mavlankar - May 15, 1952 - February 27, 1956 (Indian National Congress)

02. M. A. Ayyangar - March 8, 1956 - April 16, 1962 (Indian National Congress)

03. Sardar Hukam Singh - April 17, 1962 - March 16, 1967 (Indian National Congress)

04. N. Sanjiva Reddy - March 17, 1967 - July 19, 1969 (Indian National Congress)

05. G. S. Dhillon - August 8, 1969 - December 1, 1975 (Indian National Congress)

06. Bali Ram Bhagat - January 15, 1976 - March 25, 1977 (Indian National Congress)

07. N. Sanjiva Reddy - March 26, 1977 - July 13, 1977 (Janata Party)

08. K.S. Hegde - July 21, 1977 - January 21, 1980 (Janata Party)

09. Balram Jakhar - January 22, 1980 - December 18, 1989 (Indian National Congress)

10. Rabi Ray - December 19, 1989 - July 9, 1991 (Janata Dal)

11. Shivraj Patil - July 10, 1991 - May 22, 1996 (Indian National Congress)

12. P.A. Sangma - May 25, 1996 - March 23, 1998 (Indian National Congress)

13. G.M.C. Balayogi - March 24, 1998 - March 3, 2002 (Telugu Desam Party)

14. Manohar Joshi - May 10, 2002 - June 2, 2004 (Shiv sena)

15. Somnath Chatterjee - June 4, 2004 - till date (C P I-M [now suspendend])

Kerala PSC| Solved Paper - Junior Assistant in Kerala State Industrial Enterprises Ltd. | Date of Exam: 17.01.2009

1. India has the world’s largest deposits of : Mica

2. The first Indian state to introduce the Panchayth Raj System : Rajasthan

3. The tenure of Rajya Sabha Member is : 6 Years

4. Who has won the Global Diversity Award November 2005 : Aiswarya Rai

5. International Literacy Day is observed on : September 8

6. The centenary of Olympic Games was celebrated at : Atlanta

7. When was ISRO setup : 1969

8. Which Maharaja of Travancore was an eminent composer of Carnatic Music :Swathi Thirunal

9. The basic regulatory authority for mutual fund and stock markets : Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

10. Which seashore in Kerala is famous for deposit of mineral sand : Chavara

11. Which one of the following is a great circle : The Equator

12. The Odakkuzhal Award is given in the memory of : G.Sankarakurup

13. The first Indian woman to get Nobel Prize : Mother Teresa

14. Which of the following is the river valley civilization : Mesopotamian

15. The exact difference between Greenwich and Indian Standard time is : Five and a half hours

16. Pallava dynasty was established in 300 A.D. The capital city of Pallavas was : Kanchi

17. The Netaji subhash National Institute of Sports is located at : Patiala

18. The total length of Konkan Railway is : 760 Km

19. The Chairman of the Planning Commission is : Prime Minister

20. The practice of keeping more than one crop in a field is called : Mixed cropping

21. The type of rear view mirror in a car is : Convex

22. Credit of starting space research in India goes to : Vikram Sarabhai

23. The highest percentage in the atmosphere is of : Nitrogen

24. The medicine used to fight against Plague : Streptomycin

25. Which among the following is an astronomical unit of distance : Light Year

26. Television stations cannot transmit their regional programme to far off places because : They are not reflected by the ionosphere as radio waves.

27. Which is the name of the instrument used for measuring the blood pressure : Sphygmomanometer

28. Which of the following is an egg laying mammal : Platypus

29. A ligament connects : Bone and bone

30. Halley’s comet appears once in : 76 Years

31. Sheep herding is most common in : Steppe grasslands

32. Samuel. L. Clemens was popularly known as : Mark Twain

33. The two predominant gases that constitute the sun as fire ball are : Hydrogen and Helium

34. The two best paintings ‘Mono Lisa’ and ‘The Last Supper’ were painted by : Leonardo da Vinci

35. Open Sky policy means : Permission of foreign airlines.

36. ‘Kolla Varsham’ began in : A.D.825

37. When was the practice of “Sati” abolished in India : 1829

38. What is the study of coins is called : Numismatics

39. The words “Sathymeva Jayate” is taken from : Mundaka Upanishad

40. Which of the following cities has the modest temperature throughout the year : Bangalore

41. Under whose advice the president of India declares emergency under article 352 : The Prime Minister

42. The longest highway in India is from Varanasi to Kanyakumari . Which is that : N.H.7

43. The highest Indian Peak is: : Godwin Austin

44. What does UNESCO deal with : International Educational, Scientific and Cultural matters

45. Which organization is popularly called the “World Bank" :International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

46. Temporary tax levied to obtain revenue is called : Cess

47. Bordeaux Mixture, one of the best known fungicides is a mixture of : Copper Sulphate and Lime

48. Which is concerned with the study of ancient skeletal remains : Anthropological Survey of India

49. Kundara Proclamation in 1809 was made by : Veluthampi Dalawa

50. First Governor of Kerala was : B.Ramakrishnan Rao

51. The “Hollerith” Code is used with : Punched Card

52. Volatile memory means : Content will lose if power fails

53. A “T” State means : Portion of operation in a cycle

54. Memory interleaving means : Concurrency of operation of several independent memories

55. Which of the following flip-flop has only one input : D flip-flop

56. Computer’s processing speed is measured in : MIPS( Millions of Instructions Per Second)

57. Cache memory will be available : In between processor and RAM

58. Kernal is the program which interact with : User Programs and Computer hardware

59. The function of the DOS commands DIR/OD/S is : List all files in the directory including sub directories in date wise

60. GUI stands for : Graphical User Interface.

61. Alt+F4 is the short cut key used in windows for: Terminate the current application

62. Which type of Operating System reads and react in terms of actual time : Real time system

63. Which of the following contains a list of files in UNIX : Directory file

64. In Unix ‘grep’ command is used for: Search a word in a file

65. Which of the following is a DOS based word processing package : Word star

66. Which is the short cut key for search a word in a document is: Ctrl + F

67. In a word document, grammatical errors are marked with : Green Line

68. To select multiple words but not continuous in a document the key combination used is : Ctrl + mouse button

69. “Line space” in a word document means : Vertical spacing of lines

70. Auto text features : Generate the text just by typing a few letters

71. When the text in a document exceeds the length of a page, word insert : Soft Page Break

72. The feature available in MS Word to type data in row and column form : Tables

73. A Template is : A collection of formatting options

74. Which of the following feature of word processor has a document and a data source : Mail merge

75. A book mark is : A location in a table for quick reference

76. The short cut key used to make all caps : Ctrl + Shift +A

77. When dates are placed in a main document in a mail merge operation, data are placed in the symbols : Double angular Bracket

78. A hierarchical listing of heading within a document is called : Outline View

79. Which tool is used to copy the formatting from one place to another : Format Painter

80. Which of the following lists the term and topics of a document : Index

81. Duplex printing means : Printing in both sides of a page

82. A file with ‘.dot’ extension is associated with : Template

83. In Lotus 1-2-3, 1-2-3 indicates : Spreadsheets database and graphs

84. When a new Excel worksheet is opened, generally the number of worksheets available will be : 3

85. A ‘range’ in MS Excel means : Set of Cells

86. If a word in cell A1 is “kerala” and when type ‘k’ in the cell A2, MS Excel will display ‘kerala’ because of the feature : Auto complete

87. In which of the number format, the number is represented in exponential notation : Scientific

88. A line drawn around a cell or group of cell is : Border

89. Orientation in printing means : Direction of print in the paper.

90. Excel functions can be grouped into : 10 categories

91. The cell reference address $E$1 is: Absolute Mode

92. Which of the following chart requires only one data range : Pie Chart

93. Which of the following number format code will display insignificant digits also : 0

94. Which of the following feature of Excel selects record with a specified condition : Filter

95. What feature of Excel is used to type in error free values for an application : Data Validation

96. What is the short cut key for selecting format cells dialog box : Ctrl + 1

97. Which of the following error message will style with three options: Yes, No & Cancel : Warning

98. A series of worksheet rows that contain related data is : List

99. Which option of Alignment, in Format cell dialog, make the data type in cell, divides into more than one row : Wrap Text

100. Which of the following date format is used to display day names as Sunday, Monday…etc : dddd

Kerala PSC | Solved Paper - Scheduled Caste Development Officer Grade II | Date of Exam: 03.10.2009

Kerala PSC | Solved Paper - System Manager EDP Manager | Date of Exam : 03.04.2009

1. In a memory, the minimum time delay between the initiation of successive memory operations is : cycle time

2. The first Operating System used in Microprocessor based system was : CP/M

3. The Boolean expression A(B+C)+AB+AC is independent of the Boolean variable : B

4. A byte addressable computer has memory capacity of 4096 KB and can perform 64 operations. An instruction involving 3 memory operands and one operator needs :
72 bits

5. Which addressing mode used in an instruction of the form ADD X, Y : Absolute

6. The addressing mode used in the stack related instruction PUSH B is : Register indirect

7. Parallel printers use : Centronics interface

8. An assembler that runs on one machine, but generating code for another machine is called : Cross assembler

9. A computer with a 32 bit wide data bus implements its memory using 8 K x 8 static RAM chips. The smallest memory that this computer can have is : 32 KB

10. To construct a binary Mod-N counter, the number of flip-flops needs is : Log2N

11. The total number of possible ordered trees using 3 nodes A,B,C is : 12

12. The binary search algorithm is of order : log n

13. The minimum number of edges in a connected cyclic graph on N vertices is : N

14. The execution time of a recursive algorithm is given as ; T(n)=c+T(n-1), if n>1 =d, if n≤1. The order of the algorithm is : n

15. Assuming 2 sorted lists of sizes ‘S1 ’ and ‘S2’, the worst case number of comparisons needed by the merge sort algorithm is : S1+S2 -1

16. If an M x N matrix is stored in column major form, the index calculation required to access the (i, j)th entry is : M .(j-1)+i

17. Four different algorithms L1, L2, L3 and L4 with orders of log(n), log{log(n)}, n log(n) and n/log(n) respectively have been proposed to solve a specified problem.

Which of these is the best one : L2

18. The principle of locality of reference is cited to justify the usage of : Cache memory

19. On a particular system, using Quick sort, if it takes 100 msec to sort 1000 records, time taken to sort 100 records will be : 6.7msec

20. In traversing a tree using Breadth First Search, the data structure used is : Queue

21. In a data base, the column of a table is referred to as the : Attribute

22. The part of a program which accesses a shared resource and which should be executed indivisibly is called : Critical section

23. In a database design, if every non-key attribute is functionally dependent on the primary key, then the relation will be in : Third normal form

24. An attribute of one table matching the primary key of another table is known as : Foreign Key

25. Given the functional dependencies X →Y; Y→Z; X →W and Z →AB, which of the following does not hold good : W → Z

26. SQL stands for ------------ Query Language : Structured

27. In SQL databases, the memory area used for internal processing is called : Cursor

28. The number of relationships in which an entity can appear in an E-R diagram is called its : Cardinality

29. The process of analyzing, archived data to obtain tactical and strategic information is often called : Data mining

30. If a relation is in Boyce-Codd normal form, then it is also in : 3rd Normal form

31. RAID is a standard used in the design of : Disk Memory

32. In an OS, the process of buffering data intended for a peripheral device, onto a disk area, for later bulk transfer is known as : Spooling

33. Kernel in Operating System is : A set of primitive functions upon which OS functions are built.

34. Which of the following scheduling policy is most suited for a time sharing OS : Round Robin

35. For real time OS, which of the following is the most suitable scheduling scheme : Preemptive

36. In a paged memory, access times of primary and secondary memories are 10ns and 100ns respectively. If the average access time is 23.5 nsec, hit ratio is : .85

37. The size of the virtual memory depends on the size of : Address bus

38. Three processes A, B, C have peak time demands of 3, 4, 6 resource units respectively of a particular type. What is the minimum number of resources to be provided

to ensure that deadlock never occurs : 11

39. A computer has 8 MB in main memory, 128 KB cache with block size of 4KB. If direct mapping scheme is used, how many different main memory blocks can map into

a given physical cache block : 64

40. The technique that allows only one user to work with a file at a particular time is called : Locking

41. The UNIX operating system was first installed in : PDP/7

42. MS-DOS makes use of a hardware ROM containing device drivers called : BIOS

43. In UNIX, which of the following system calls transform an executable binary file into a process : Exec

44. Berkeley UNIX is popularly known as : BSD Unix

45. In UNIX, ‘grep’ program is used for implementing : Filters

46. TSR software refers to : Terminate and Stay Resident

47. Unix and MS-DOS file system differ in the following feature : Mounted file systems

48. In DOS, file allocation is carried out using : FAT

49. In UNIX ‘link’ refers to : New directory entry pointing to an existing file

50. For implementing recursion in a programming language, its compiler uses the following data structure extensively : Stack

51. In a hypothetical language, assume that all arithmetic operators have equal precedence and associate to the left. The expression 6x3-2-1x2 evaluates to : 18

52. Which of the following instructions is redundant (can be implemented by other conventional ones) : Clear x

53. BNF is a meta language for : Specifying a context free grammar

54. In JAVA language, what will be result of evaluating the expression 25 & 13 : 9

55. In JAVA , after execution of the following statements, the values of x, m, and n will be :
int x, m, n;
m=10;
n=15;
x=++m +n++; : x=26, m=11,n=16

56. What will be the output of the following JAVA code :

byte x=64, y;
y=(byte)(x<<2);
system.out.println(y); : 0

57. Hot Java is a : Web browser

58. Which of the following typecasts result in loss of information : float to int

59. JAVA toolkit package containing classes that implement platform independent GUI is : AWT

60. The JAVA language was originally called : OAK

61. A program Graph has ‘start’ and ‘end’ nodes. The total number of paths from start to end is equivalent to the -----------set of test data required to test the software

: minimum

62. In a Program Graph, ‘X’ is an if-then-else node. If the number of paths from start node to X is ‘p’ number of paths from if part to end node is ‘q’ and from else part

to end node is ’r’, the total number of possible paths through X is : P(q+r)

63. The quality of a software which causes it to continue to operate despite application of invalid input is called : Robustness

64. A program P calls 2 subprograms P1 and P2. If P1 can fail 50% of the times and P2, 40% of the times, P can fail -----------of the times : 70%

65. Consider a Program Graph (PG) with statements as nodes and control as edges. Which of the following is not true for any PG : Always acyclic

66. In program design, if the number of conditions in a decision table is ‘n’, the maximum number of rules(columns) possible is : 2n

67. In Data Flow Diagrams(DFD), the procedure of expanding a process in the DFD into a set of equivalent smaller processes is called : levelling

68. In programming languages, literal means : String Constant

69. In Object Oriented Software Design, which of the following is not true : An object can belong to 2 classes

70. Consider the program segment comprising of 3 statements :
y=x+y;
x=y-x
y=y-x where x and y are integers. Execution of these 3 statements do the following : Swap the contents of x and y

71. What will be the output of execution of the following statements in C :
for (i=3;i<15;i+=3)
{printf(“% d”, i);
++i;
} : 3 7 11

72. In C, puts (arg V[0]; prints the : File name of executable code file

73. Who is credited with the creation of WWW : Tim Berners-Lee

74. Which of the following is not a web browser : HTML

75. MIME is associated with the following : E mail

76. The mode of communication in which transmission can be bidirectional. But in only one direction at a time is called : Half Duplex

77. Error detection at the data link layer is achieved using : CRC codes

78. In Serial communication, start and stop bits are used for : Synchronization

79. In a transmitter, the unmodulated signal is known as : Baseband signal

80. In a computer network, routing issues are handled in : Network Layer

81. In a computer network, functions of dialog management and synchronization are taken care of in the : Session’s layer

82. Which of the following topologies has the highest reliability : Mesh

83. In data communications, bauds signify ---------- rate : Signaling

84. ADSL is abbreviation for : Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

85. The topmost layer in the ISO model that needs to be implemented in an intermediate node is the -----------layer : Network

86. VPN denotes a : Virtual Private Network

87. Data rate of a ring network is 20Mbps and signal propagates at 200m/µsec. The number of bits that can be placed on the channel of length 200km is : 20000bits

88. The frequency range over which coaxial cables are typically used is : 106 to 108 Hz

89. In internet, the well known port 21 refers to the application : FTP

90. The maximum data rate possible through a noise free 4 kHz binary channel is : 8000 bps

91. The transparency provided in a distributed system where users cannot tell how many copies of a resource exist is termed as : Replication transparency

92. Which of the following configurations can be said to be tightly coupled : Shared memory multiprocessors

93. In distributed systems, RPC stands for : Remote Procedure Call

94. Assume there are 4 file servers each with a 0.95 chance of being up at any instant. Probability of at least one being available is : 1-(.05)4

95. Which of the following category of classification of multiple computer systems is not generally used in practice : MISD

96. In a distributed system, to ensure that concurrent transactions do not interfere with each other, the transactions must have the following specific property :

Serializability

97. Translation Lookaside Buffer(TLB) is also called : Associative Memory

98. In Internet Standards Terminology, RFC refers to : Request For Comments

99. Which of the following denotes a network management protocol in an internet : SNMP

100. IEEE 802.11 is an IEEE standard for : Wireless LAN

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