KeralaPSC Exams – Previous Questions and Solved Answers Junior Employment Officer National Employment Service Exam held on 28-06-2008

1. Kudumbashree” programme is

Ans:- Community based organization of the poor.

2. The largest number of crimes against women in Kerala were accounted for ?

Ans:- Cruelty by husband or relatives.

3. The most industrially backward districts in Kerala?

Ans:- Wayanad and Idukki

4. The Head Quarters of World Trade Organization (W.T.O.)

Ans:- Geneva

5. U.N.Security Council consists of?

Ans:- 5 Permanent and 10 Non Permanent members

6. The Headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ?

Ans:- Vienna

7. Gautama Budha preached his first sermon at?

Ans:- Saranath

8. Who was the Congress President at the time of Partition of Bengal in 1905?

Ans:- Gopal Krishna Gokhale

9. Who encouraged the Muslims to achieve progress by studying modern education and science?

Ans:- Sir.Syed Ahamed Khan

10. River Danube is in?

Ans:- Europe

11. Equatorial Diameter of earth is?

Ans:- 12754 Km

12. Which of the following river joins Ganga ?

(a)Yamuna (b)Damodar (c)Son (d) All of the above

Ans:- All of the above

13. Which of the following is an absolute monarchy with no formal constitution or parliament?

(a)Turkey (b)Kuwait (c)Saudi Arabia (d)Uganda

Ans:- Saudi Arabia

14. The president of Asian Development Bank (ADB) ?

Ans:- Haruhiko Kuroda

15. Who convenes the joint session of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha?

Ans:- President

16. Oxygen in normal atmospheric air is?

Ans:-21 percent

17. A substance above the critical temperature exists a:

Ans:-Gas

18. The most fuel efficient, economic and environment friendly mode of transport:

Ans:-Inland Water Transport

19. The average rainfall that Kerala receives is :

Ans:-3000mm

20. The Scheduled tribe population of Kerala as per 2001 census :

Ans:-1.14 percent

21. The Chief Minister of Kerala during 1996-2001?

Ans:-E.K.Nayanar

22. The main port in U.A.E which is the largest harbor in West Asia?

Ans:-Dubai

23. The headquarters of UNESCO is in :

Ans:-Paris

24. Who is L.N.Mittal ?

Ans:-Steel Magnate

25. Who waged a war of destruction and plunder in India in the first quarter of 11th century?

Ans:-Mohammud of Ghazni

26. Moti Masjid in Agra and Juma Masjid at Delhi were built during the reign of?

Ans:-Shahjahan

27. Communist Party of India(CPI) organized in Kanpur in ?

Ans:-1925

28. Which of the following tides occur around new moon and full moon?

(a)Neap Tides (b)Spring Tides (c)Perigean Tides (d)ApogeanTides

Ans:-Spring Tides

29. Which is called the red planet?

Ans:-Mars

30. The soil in the highest reaches of the Sahyadris and Eastern Ghats?

Ans:-Lateritic Soil

31. Which amendment of the Constitution allowed Government employees belonging to SC and ST to accelerated seniority?

Ans:-Eighty-Second Amendment

32. Which of the Article of the Constitution accords special status to the State of Jammu and Kashmir?

Ans:-Article 370

33. Which was the largest opposition party in the Lok Sabha after the eighth general election held in December 1984?

Ans:-Telugu Desam

34. Which schedule of the constitution lists 18 subjects, on which the municipalities have administrative control?

Ans:-Schedule Twelve

35. Cooking Gas is a mixture is?

Ans:-Butane and Propane

36. Which is the gas inside an electric bulb?

Ans:-Nitrogen

37. The main active constituent of tea and coffee is?

Ans:-Caffeine

38. Kerala Women’s Commission was established in 1996?

Ans:-To improve the status of women

39. The number of women contestants and winners in Local Bodies Election Kerala 2005 was?

Ans:-Beyond the requirements of one-third of total seats

40. Aizwal is the capital of?

Ans:-Mizoram

41. The number of states in India (including Delhi):

Ans:-29

42. The smallest union territory in India?

Ans:-Lakshadweep

43. ISRO on 23rd April2007 successfully made the first commercial launch through PSLV-C8 of a foreign satellite at Sriharikkotta. It was?

Ans:-Italian Satellite

44. Eighth member of SAARC ?

Ans:-Afghanistan

45. The highest policy making body of Asian Development Bank (ADB)?

Ans:-Board of Governors

46. The second Buddist council convened at?

Ans:-Vaishali

47. The expansion of Mughal empire under whom resembled in inflated balloon?

Ans:-Aurangazeb

48. The largest of all the Indus tributaries?

Ans:-Chenab

49. Which of the largest river system is in the peninsula?

(a) Godavari (b)Narmada (c)Ganga (d)Kaveri

Ans:-Godavari

50. Devi Ahilya Award is for?

(a)Science and Technology (b)Music & Arts (c)Literature (d)Film

Ans:- None of the answers is correct . The above award is given as

‘ Stree Shakti Puraskar’

51. Minimum age for a person to be appointed as governor?

Ans:-35

52. Which of the following is not of a part of solar system?

(a)Asteroids (b)Meteors (c)Quasers (d)All of the above

Ans:-Quasers

53. What do we eat in a coconut?

(a)Pericarp (b)seed (c)Embryo (d)Entire Fruit

Ans:- None of the answers are correct, answer is Endosperm

54.Which of the following is major wildlife sanctuary in Kerala?

(a)Silent Valley (b)Parambikulam (c)Aralam (d)All of the above

Ans:-All of the above

55. Of the total expenditure on education in Kerala, the highest allocation is on:

Ans:-Primary Education

56. Hill station Mount Abu is in?

Ans:-Rajasthan

57. The country with more than 55,000 lakes?

Ans:-Finland

58. Max Muller was?

Ans:-A great indologist, linguist and Professor of Sanskrit.

59. Faxian (Fah-hsien), the Chinese pilgrim, visited India during the reign of?

Ans:-Chandragupta-II

60. Delhi Sultan notorious for cruelty ?

Ans:-Balban

61. Who established Swarj Party within the Congress with Gandhi’s reluctant blessing?

Ans:-Motilal Nehru and C.R.Das

62. River Ob.Irytsh is in?

Ans:-Russia

63. Sumatra is situated in?

Ans:-Indian Ocean

64. Gobi Desrt is in?

Ans:-Mangolia

65. The number of nominated members in Rajya Sabha?

Ans:-12

66. How many times Financial Emergency declared in India so far?

Ans:-Never

67. Portfolios to the Ministers in a State is allocated by?

Ans:-The Governor on the recommendations of the Chief Minister

68. A disease caused by bacteria?

Ans:-Tetanus

69. Which of the following disease is due to vitamin deficiency?

(a)Rickets (b)Marasmus (c)Goitre (d)Chicken Pox

Ans:-Rickets

70. From earth, stratosphere extends?

Ans:-12-30km

71. The closest meaning of the word mania is?

Ans:-madness

72. Find the word that is opposite in meaning to the word “illicit”

Ans:-lawful

73. Choose the correctly spelt word:

(a)sillhouette (B)Silhouette (c)sillhouette (d)silhouete

Ans:-Silhouette

74. Select the word meaning sheen?

Ans:-lustre

75. Find the word correctly spelt?

(a)mustache (b)moustash (c)mostache (d)moustache

Ans:-moustache

76. Choose the correct preposition for the sentence .

The forest department has planted trees———-the side of the highway.

(a) at (b)along (c)on (d)beside

Ans:-Along

77. He is an authority———-linguistics

(a)On (b)of (c)with (d)form

Ans:-on

78. You must shut these door’s. (change into passive voice)

Ans:-These door’s must be shut

79. Change into Indirect Speech.

“I took it home with me”, she said.

Ans:-She said she had taken it home with her

80. They come here everyday, ———-?

Ans:-Don’t they

81. I hoped I ———- succeed.

Ans:-would

82. I escaped by the skin of my ———-?

Ans:-teeth

83. I must put—————my visit till next week.

Ans:-Off

84. Choose the correctly spelt word .

(a)Suprintendent (b)superintendant (c)superintendent (d)superintandent

Ans:-Superintendent

85. Amy and her brother Tom are known for their tall talk. The idiom means?

Ans:-Boastful talk

86. The idiom brainwave means

Ans:-sudden inspiration

87. The offer holds good for two days; “holds good” means:

Ans:-will be valid

88. The phrase bag and baggage means

Ans:-Completely

89.Recently he has been giving himself airs, “giving himself airs” means:

Ans:-Behaving arrogantly

90. ——-is an illusion usually associated with deserts.

Ans:-Mirage

91. To be ——I think you did not do the right think.

Ans:-Frank

92. Being awarded an Oscar marked a ———in her life.

(a)Yardstick (b) milestone (c) sign-post (d) memorial

Ans:-milestone

93. Good restaurants serving pure vegetarian food are very hard to ———-

(a) Come by (b) get in (c) go through (d)take to

Ans:-Come by

94. If you want to save money, you must———–the shopping you do.

Ans:-cut down on

95. Having been born in a good family she is ———rich to beg

Ans:- too

96. Tourist always enjoy the —————–setting sun.

Ans:-watching

97. It is possible to satisfy one’s ———by doing some extra work.

(a)pride (b)wants (c)desires (d)heart

Ans:Wants

98. If GOAL means object of effort; the GAOL means

Ans:-a prison

99. Choose the correct sentence.

(a)He has finished his work yesterday.

(b)He finished his work yesterday.

(c)He have finished his work yesterday.

(d)He was finished his work yesterday.

Ans:-He finished his work yesterday.

100. Add an initial letter to the word ‘arrow’ to get the meaning to distress.

Ans:-H