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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