:The correct answer among answer choice will be in BOLD letters
Questions 1 to 5: Choose synonymous word
1.
To surprise somebody greatly:
(a) Appraise (b) Antonyms
(c) Astonish (d) Reveal
2.
To make something more important that it really:
(a) Excess (b) Elaborate
(c) Stress upon (d) Exaggerate
3.
Express one's opinion without evidence or full
knowledge:
(a) Specify (b) Speculate
(c) Concede (d) Sensing
4.
An event that will happen soon:
(a) Imminent (b) Damnsure
(c) Immense (d) Immutable
5.
To lead somebody to do something:
(a) Persuade (b) Placate
(c) Persecute (d) Perpend
Questions 6 to 10: Four words are given in each.
Three of them can be grouped together applying
a principle. One word does not belong to
the group. Find it out.
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6.
(a) Violet (b) Blue VIBGYOR COLOURS
(c) Magenda (d) Green
7.
(a) Cucumber (b) Carrot depends on the logic . we took it as ,above and below soil.
(c) Brinjal (d) Ladies finger
8.
(a) Yaswanth Sinha
(b) Jaswant Singh
(c) Shatrugnan Sinha debatable answer (ACTOR, POLITICIANS)
(d) Manmohan Singh
9.
(a) Cancel (b) Nullify
(c) Void (d) Confirm
10.
(a) G. Sankarakuruppu
(b) O.N.V. Kuruppu Could have been ONV, but he also received Jnanapith award in 2007
(c) S.K. Pottekkadu
(d) Thakazhi Sivasankarapillai
Questions 11 to 13: Three words are given. There is
a relationship between the first two words. Select
a word that expresses a similar relationship
with the third word from the given alternatives.
11.
Pather Panjali : Sathyajith Ray; Athithi :
(a) K.P. Kumaran (b) M.T. Vasudevan Nair
(c) T.V. Chandran (d) P.A. Backer
12.
Pareekkutty : Madhu; Chemban Kunju :
(a) P.J. Antony (b) Jose Prakash
(c) Govindankutty
(d) Kottarakara Sreedharan Nair
13.
Bangladesh: Dhaka; Austria:
(a) Canberra (b) Lapaz
(c) Santiago (d) Vienna
Question 14 to 20: choose collect answer from the
alternative to fill the blank space:
14.
A,E, J,O,–,–
(a) M,Q (b) S, X
(c) T,Y (d) U,Z
15.
ADH, BEI, CFJ, –
(a) DGK(b) DHK
(c) EHL (d) FIM
16.
Veluthampi Dalawa —— a brave fight against
BritishArmy.
(a) Put up (b) Put off
(c) Put in (d) Put down
17.
The train was coming, the supervisor —— the
workers to stop working on rail.
(a) called off (b) called in
(c) called away (d) called out
18.
It —— rain this evening.
(a) can (b) may
(c) could (d) is
19.
—— the suspected causes for earthquakes is the
construction of dams.
(a) Most of (b) Only
(c) One of (d) None of these
20.
There were —— telephone booths around, so
that the old one is closed.
(a) few (b) a little
(c) a few (d) little
Questions 21 to 35: Select appropriate answer:
21.
Adolph Hitler committed suicide in
(a) 1943 (b) 1944
(c) 1945 (d) 1946
22.
Congress Socialist Party was formed in
(a) 1934 (b) 1935
(c) 1936 (d) 1938
23.
IMF/World Bank was formed in
(a) 1942 (b) 1944 Children of Bretton wood conference
(c) 1946 (d) 1947
24.
Kyoto Conference was held in
(a) 1992 (b) 1993
(c) 1996 (d) 1997
25.
Indian Patent Act was formed in
(a) 1970 (b) 1975
(c) 1977 (d) 1980 Amendments in 1999, 2002, 2005, 2006
26.
‘One Life’ is written by:
(a) Dr. B. Iqbal (b) Bergnan
(c) Kurozowa (d) Dr. Christiaan Bernard
27.
‘The Interpretation of Dreams’ is written by:
(a) Eric Erikson (b) Sigmund Freud
(c) A. Beck (d) Kraeplin
28.
‘Kesavante Vilapangal’is writtenby:
(a) M. Mukundan (b) O.V.Vijayan
(c) Anand
(d) Perumbadavam Sreedharan
29.
First malayalam cinema is:
(a) Balan (b) Newspaper Boy
(c) Harishchandra (d) Vigatha Kumaran produced and directed by J C Daniel,father of Malayalam cinema
30.
The Director of the film ‘Susanna’ is:
(a) T.V. Chandran (b) Priyadarsan
(c) Adoor Gopalakrishnan
(d) Lenin Rajendran
31.
The Nigerian Novelist who won the Nobel prize:
(a) Clod Seamong (b) Vol Soyinga
(c) Joseph Brodskey (d) None of the above
32.
‘WorldAIDSDay’:
(a) April 17th (b) June 5th
(c) December 1st (d) February 14th
33.The famous film song ‘Easwaran Hinduvalla,
Islamalla, Christianiyalla, Indranum
Chandranumalla’ was written by:
(a) O.N.V.Kuruppu (b) S.L.PuramSadanandan
(c) Vayalar Ramavarma
(d) None of the above
34.
FIFA President:
(a) Sep Blatter (b) UrzLinzy
(c) H.K. Dua (d)None of the above
35.
Erethrean Sea is:
(a) Bay of Bengal (b) Indian Ocean
(c) Red Sea (d) Arabian Sea
Questions 36 to 55: Choose the correct answer:
36. Find out the values of ‘x’ and ‘y’ if x + y = 7; 3x
- 2y = 11.
(a) 4, 3 (b) 5, 2
(c) 3,4 (d) 2, 5
37. Five years ago I was thrice as old as my son and
ten years later I shall be twice as old as my son.
How old are we now?
(a) 30 &40 (b) 50 &20
(c) 40 &15 (d) 35 &15
38. 3 chairs and 2 tables cost Rs. 700 and 5 chairs
and 3 tables cost Rs. 1,100. What is the cost of 2
chairs and 2 tables?
(a) Rs. 400. (b) Rs. 500.
(c) Rs. 600. (d) Rs. 900.
39. Find two consecutive natural numbers whose
squares have been the sum 221.
(a) 10, 11 (b) 9,10
(c) 12, 13 (d) 13, 15
40. Find out the values of x & y if 2x + 3y = 31; 17x -
11y = 8.
(a) 4, 7 (b) 5,7
(c) 6, 8 (d) 5, 8
41. The sum of two numbers is 15. If the sum of their
reciprocals is
3/10 , find out the numbers.
(a) 9, 6 (b) 8, 7
(c) 5, 10 (d) 4, 11
42. The length of a rectangular plot is 8 metres greater
than its breadth. If the area of the plot is 308 m.
find the length and breadth of the plot in metre.
(a) L-16, B-8 (b) L-18, B-10
(c) L-20, B-12 (d) L-22, B-14
43. A lawn is in the shape of a rectangle of length 60
metres and width 40 meters. Outside the lawn
there is a foot path of uniform width 1 metre broadening
the lawn. Find out the area of the path.
(a) 4 m2 (b) 204 m2
(c) 204 m (d) 184 m2
44. A chess board contain 64 equal squares and the
area of each square is 6.25 cm2. A border round
the board is 2cm wide. Find the length of the side
of the chess board.
(a) 24cm (b) 42cm
(c) 60cm (d) 64cm2
64 squares means 8 squares in length, 8 squares in breadth. A square is 6.25 cm squared in area, that means 2.5 cm in length and 2.5 cm in breadth.Now 8*2.5 cm = 20 cm plus the border 2 cm each on both sides gives 24 cm.
45. The area of a triangle is 48cm2, the base is 12 cm.
What is its altitude?
(a) 4cm (b) 6cm
(c) 8cm (d) 12cm
46. The minute hand of a clock is 10cm long. Find
the area on the face of the clock described by the
minute hand between 9.00 am. and 9.35 am.
(a) 183 cm2 (b) 160 cm2 35/60 OF THE TOTAL AREA is covered by minute hand in 35 minutes. total area is 3.14 * 10*10. Now take 35/60 of 3.14*10*10
(c) 100 cm2 (d) 314 cm2
47. The number of children in 10 families in a locality
are listed: 3, 1,4,0, 2, 1, 1,2,3,3. Find out the mean
number of children.
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 4
48. The mean of a set of 40 values is 6. Each of the
values is increased by 5. What will be the mean
of the set of new values?
(a) 11 (b) 45
(c) 60 (d) 70
49. Find out the median of the values
5,10,3,7,2,9,6,2,11. here 9 numbers, so the median is the fifth number
(a) 2 (b) 6
(c) 11 (d) 9
50. 5:6,7:8, 13: 16-Which of the following is correct,
if the above values are arranged in descending 5/6 is 83% 7/8 is 87%, 13/16 is 81%
order of magnitude?
(a) 5:6;7:8;13:16 (b) 13:16;7:8;5:6
(c) 7:8;5:6;13:16 (d) 7:8;13:16;5:6
51. What must be added to the numbers 6,10, 14 and
22 so that they became successive proportional?
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 4 confusing question, if we add 2 each, the numbers become divisble by 4.Beyond that what is the meaning of this question?
52.
Which one of the following is having greater
value?
(a) 5:3 (b) 6:4 5:3 is 166%, 6/4 is 150%, 7/6 is 116.6%, 9/7 is 128%
(c) 7:6 (d) 9:7
53.
Nalini purchases a cycle for Rs. 660 including
sales tax. If the rate of sales tax is 10%, find out
the sale price of the cycle.
(a) Rs. 500 (b) Rs. 550
(c) Rs. 560 (d) Rs. 600
54.
What will be the next number in the following
series of numbers 2, 4, 16, ......
(a) 32 (b) 64
(c) 256 (d) 300
55.
What will be the next number, if the series of
numbers is as follows 3,11,27,59, .....
(a) 70 (b) 86
(c) 100 (d) 123
Questions 56 to 100: Select the appropriate answer:
56.
Who proposed the atomic theory?
(a) John Dalton (b) Neils Bohr
(c) Chadwick (d) Rutherford
57.
Father of Electricty:
(a) Michal Faraday (b) J.J. Thompson
(c) Edison (d) Ampere
58.
Who is related to Green Revolution in India?
(a) Varghese Kurian (b) Anand
(c) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
(d) Medha Padkar
59.
Dengue Fever is caused by ——
(a) Bacteria (b) Virus
(c) Fungi
(d) Not produced by infective agent
60.
Temporary hardness of water is due to ——.
(a) Calcium chloride (b) Sodium carbonate
(c) Sodium chloride
(d) Magnesium bicarbonate
61.
Global warming is due to the increased production
of all the following EXCEPT:
(a) Carbon dioxide (b) Ethane
(c) Methane (d) Sulpher dioxide
62.
The concept that 'all plants are made of cells was
put forward by:
(a) Theodor Schwan (b) R.Virchow
(c) Louis Pasteur (d) M.J. Schleiden, Matthias Jakob Schleiden was a German botanist and co-founder of the cell theory, along with Theodor Schwann and Rudolf Virchow. The answer choices are very close, and doesn't seem to be much relevant for a PUBLIC SERVICE EXAM.
63.
All the following are noble metals EXCEPT:
(a) Mercury (b) Gold
(c) Silver (d) Platinum
64.
EEG is used to study the functions of:
(a) Heart (b) Muscle
(c) Brain (d) Nerve
65.
DNA model is put forward by:
(a) Ian Wilmut (b) Dr Henri Becquirel
(c) Robert Hook (d) None of the above
66.
World Heavy -weight Champion of 2003:
(a) Clistsco (b) Muhammed Ali
(c) Linnex Lewis (d) None of the above
67.
Second Kerala Chief Minister is:
(a) Pattom Thanu Pillai
(b) E.M.S. (c) C. Achutha Menon
(d) R.Sankar
68.
The slogan ‘lnquilab Zindabad’ was first used
by:
(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) V.I. Lenin (d) Ajay Ghosh
69.
‘Sadhu Jana Paripalana Sangam’ is founded by:
(a) A.K. Gopalan
(b) Ayyankali
(c) Sree Narayana Guru
(d) Vakkom Maulavi.
70.
All of the following are Dravidian language EXCEPT:
(a) Malayalam (b) Telungu
(c) Thulu (d) Marathi
71.
First Internal Affairs Minister of independent
India:
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(c) Sardar Vallabhai Patel
(d) V. Krishna Menon
72.
Capital of Kenya:
(a) Aman (b) Nairobi
(c) Cairo (d) Beirut
73.
First computer virus:
(a) Gappi (b) Meleesa
(c) Norton (d) Apple The Creeper Virus, Brain virus are some of the answers. Need more research. It could be bit difficult to pinpoint the exact one.
74.
Who declared that ‘‘Swaraj is my birth right and
I must have it’’?
(a) Bhagat Singh (b) Balagangadhar Tilak
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose
75.
All of the following persons are extremists of
Independence movement EXCEPT:
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai (b) Bipin Chandrapal
(c) Gopalakrishna Gokhale
(d) Aurobindo Ghosh
76.
Which of the following event is related to General
Dyer?
(a) Jalianwala Bagh massacre
(b) Wagon Tragedy
(c) Chittagong Riot
(d) Punnapra-Vayalar struggle
77.
First battle of Panipat was between:
(a) Hemu and Akbar
(b) Marathas and East India Company
(c) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
(d) East India Company and Portuguese
78.
Where did Gandhiji launched his first struggle?
(a) Navaghaly (b) Dandi
(c) Kappad (d) Champaran
79.
Who presided the first session of All India Trade
Union Congress?
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai (c) C.R. Das
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
80.
Volunteer captain of Guruvayoor Temple
Sathyagraha:
(a) A.K. Gopalan (b) K. Kelappan
(c) Pattom Thanupillai
(d) Ayyankali
81.
The East India Company established its first factory
at
(a) Surat (b) Pune
(c) Calcutta (d) Bombay
82.
Formation of the INA was the result of the great
efforts made by
(a) Captain Lakshmi Bai
(b) Rash Behari Bose
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Aurobindo Ghosh
83.
In which conference did Subhash Chandra Bose
was elected as the president of Indian National
Congress?
(a) Avadi (b) Pune
(c) Tripuri (d) Bombay
84.
RSS was banned in 1948 in relation with
(a) India-Pak division
(b) Hindu-Muslim War
(c) Bengal Division
(d) Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
85.
‘Bhruhaspathi’ is related with
(a) Arya Samajam (b) Medicine
(c) Indus civilization (d) Charvakamatham
86.
The slogan ‘American Model Arabikadalil’ is related
with
(a) Telungana struggle
(b) Punnapra-Vayalar struggle
(c) Kayyur struggle
(d) Vaikom Sathyagraha
87.
‘Keralam Malayalikalude Mathrubhoomi’ was
written by
(a) Kumaranasan (b) Thakazhi
(c) E.M.S. (d) Vallathol
88.
Male-female sex ratio of India in 2001 census is:
(a) 1000:933 (b) 1000:1040 (c) 1000 :939 (d) 1000:1046
According to Census 2011, whose provisional figures were released by the Registrar General and
Census Commissioner of India in New Delhi on 31-03-2011, Kerala has the highest sex ratio
among all Indian States. The State's sex ratio (the number of females per 1,000 males) is 1,084.
This is a big jump from ten years ago—in 2001 the State's sex ratio was 1,058
89.
The Prime Minister who started privatization in
Britain:
(a) Margaret Thatcher
(b) John Major (c) Tony Blair
(d) Winston Churchill
90.
The smallest state in the world
(a) Russia (b) Vatican
(c) Sri Lanka (d) Cuba
91.
The persons who became the Chief Minister for
the longest period in India:
(a) E.K. Nayanar (b) Vasantha Sate
(c) Jyothi Basu (d) K. Karunakaran
92.
Who was the first speaker of Lok Sabha?
(a) Sivaraj Patel (b) Jagjeevan Ram
(c) Lal Bahadur Shasthri
(d) G.V. Mavlankar
93.
Panchayathi Raj instructions came into effect
with the amendment of the constitution:
(a) 70th (b) 73rd
(c) 76th (d) 79th
94. Who is the president of newly declared independent country, East Timor?
(a) Xanana Gusmao (b) Hugo Chavez
(c) Lula da Zilva (d) Nuster Kitchnarre
95. The Chairman of Constitution review committee:
(a) Kuldip Nayyar (b) Justice Kbare
(c) Justice Varma
(d) Justice Venkita Chellaiya
23 February 2000, the President of India appointed Justice Shri M.N. Venkatachaliah, former Chief Justice of India as the Chairperson of the Commission
96. Monthly salary of Chief Justice of India:
(a) Rs. 30,000 (b) Rs. 31,000
(c) Rs. 33,000 (d) Rs. 50,000
97. What is B.O.D.?
(a) Biological Oxygen Demand
(b) Biochemistry of Diseases
(c) Biochemical Oxygen Demand
(d) None of the above
98. Meenamatha disease is related with
(a) Cadmium (b) Mercury
(c) Lead (d) Iron
99. National party is one which could secure not
less than —— % of the total valid votes in the
previous general election.
(a) 4% (b) 6%
(c) 8% (d) 9%
100. The theory that ‘the continents will travel’ was
first put forward by:
(a) Antonio Sneider (b) F.J. Wine
(c) D.H. Mathews (d) Alfred Wegner
Questions 1 to 5: Choose synonymous word
1.
To surprise somebody greatly:
(a) Appraise (b) Antonyms
(c) Astonish (d) Reveal
2.
To make something more important that it really:
(a) Excess (b) Elaborate
(c) Stress upon (d) Exaggerate
3.
Express one's opinion without evidence or full
knowledge:
(a) Specify (b) Speculate
(c) Concede (d) Sensing
4.
An event that will happen soon:
(a) Imminent (b) Damnsure
(c) Immense (d) Immutable
5.
To lead somebody to do something:
(a) Persuade (b) Placate
(c) Persecute (d) Perpend
Questions 6 to 10: Four words are given in each.
Three of them can be grouped together applying
a principle. One word does not belong to
the group. Find it out.
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(a) Violet (b) Blue VIBGYOR COLOURS
(c) Magenda (d) Green
7.
(a) Cucumber (b) Carrot depends on the logic . we took it as ,above and below soil.
(c) Brinjal (d) Ladies finger
8.
(a) Yaswanth Sinha
(b) Jaswant Singh
(c) Shatrugnan Sinha debatable answer (ACTOR, POLITICIANS)
(d) Manmohan Singh
9.
(a) Cancel (b) Nullify
(c) Void (d) Confirm
10.
(a) G. Sankarakuruppu
(b) O.N.V. Kuruppu Could have been ONV, but he also received Jnanapith award in 2007
(c) S.K. Pottekkadu
(d) Thakazhi Sivasankarapillai
Questions 11 to 13: Three words are given. There is
a relationship between the first two words. Select
a word that expresses a similar relationship
with the third word from the given alternatives.
11.
Pather Panjali : Sathyajith Ray; Athithi :
(a) K.P. Kumaran (b) M.T. Vasudevan Nair
(c) T.V. Chandran (d) P.A. Backer
12.
Pareekkutty : Madhu; Chemban Kunju :
(a) P.J. Antony (b) Jose Prakash
(c) Govindankutty
(d) Kottarakara Sreedharan Nair
13.
Bangladesh: Dhaka; Austria:
(a) Canberra (b) Lapaz
(c) Santiago (d) Vienna
Question 14 to 20: choose collect answer from the
alternative to fill the blank space:
14.
A,E, J,O,–,–
(a) M,Q (b) S, X
(c) T,Y (d) U,Z
15.
ADH, BEI, CFJ, –
(a) DGK(b) DHK
(c) EHL (d) FIM
16.
Veluthampi Dalawa —— a brave fight against
BritishArmy.
(a) Put up (b) Put off
(c) Put in (d) Put down
17.
The train was coming, the supervisor —— the
workers to stop working on rail.
(a) called off (b) called in
(c) called away (d) called out
18.
It —— rain this evening.
(a) can (b) may
(c) could (d) is
19.
—— the suspected causes for earthquakes is the
construction of dams.
(a) Most of (b) Only
(c) One of (d) None of these
20.
There were —— telephone booths around, so
that the old one is closed.
(a) few (b) a little
(c) a few (d) little
Questions 21 to 35: Select appropriate answer:
21.
Adolph Hitler committed suicide in
(a) 1943 (b) 1944
(c) 1945 (d) 1946
22.
Congress Socialist Party was formed in
(a) 1934 (b) 1935
(c) 1936 (d) 1938
23.
IMF/World Bank was formed in
(a) 1942 (b) 1944 Children of Bretton wood conference
(c) 1946 (d) 1947
24.
Kyoto Conference was held in
(a) 1992 (b) 1993
(c) 1996 (d) 1997
25.
Indian Patent Act was formed in
(a) 1970 (b) 1975
(c) 1977 (d) 1980 Amendments in 1999, 2002, 2005, 2006
26.
‘One Life’ is written by:
(a) Dr. B. Iqbal (b) Bergnan
(c) Kurozowa (d) Dr. Christiaan Bernard
27.
‘The Interpretation of Dreams’ is written by:
(a) Eric Erikson (b) Sigmund Freud
(c) A. Beck (d) Kraeplin
28.
‘Kesavante Vilapangal’is writtenby:
(a) M. Mukundan (b) O.V.Vijayan
(c) Anand
(d) Perumbadavam Sreedharan
29.
First malayalam cinema is:
(a) Balan (b) Newspaper Boy
(c) Harishchandra (d) Vigatha Kumaran produced and directed by J C Daniel,father of Malayalam cinema
30.
The Director of the film ‘Susanna’ is:
(a) T.V. Chandran (b) Priyadarsan
(c) Adoor Gopalakrishnan
(d) Lenin Rajendran
31.
The Nigerian Novelist who won the Nobel prize:
(a) Clod Seamong (b) Vol Soyinga
(c) Joseph Brodskey (d) None of the above
32.
‘WorldAIDSDay’:
(a) April 17th (b) June 5th
(c) December 1st (d) February 14th
33.The famous film song ‘Easwaran Hinduvalla,
Islamalla, Christianiyalla, Indranum
Chandranumalla’ was written by:
(a) O.N.V.Kuruppu (b) S.L.PuramSadanandan
(c) Vayalar Ramavarma
(d) None of the above
34.
FIFA President:
(a) Sep Blatter (b) UrzLinzy
(c) H.K. Dua (d)None of the above
35.
Erethrean Sea is:
(a) Bay of Bengal (b) Indian Ocean
(c) Red Sea (d) Arabian Sea
Questions 36 to 55: Choose the correct answer:
36. Find out the values of ‘x’ and ‘y’ if x + y = 7; 3x
- 2y = 11.
(a) 4, 3 (b) 5, 2
(c) 3,4 (d) 2, 5
37. Five years ago I was thrice as old as my son and
ten years later I shall be twice as old as my son.
How old are we now?
(a) 30 &40 (b) 50 &20
(c) 40 &15 (d) 35 &15
38. 3 chairs and 2 tables cost Rs. 700 and 5 chairs
and 3 tables cost Rs. 1,100. What is the cost of 2
chairs and 2 tables?
(a) Rs. 400. (b) Rs. 500.
(c) Rs. 600. (d) Rs. 900.
39. Find two consecutive natural numbers whose
squares have been the sum 221.
(a) 10, 11 (b) 9,10
(c) 12, 13 (d) 13, 15
40. Find out the values of x & y if 2x + 3y = 31; 17x -
11y = 8.
(a) 4, 7 (b) 5,7
(c) 6, 8 (d) 5, 8
41. The sum of two numbers is 15. If the sum of their
reciprocals is
3/10 , find out the numbers.
(a) 9, 6 (b) 8, 7
(c) 5, 10 (d) 4, 11
42. The length of a rectangular plot is 8 metres greater
than its breadth. If the area of the plot is 308 m.
find the length and breadth of the plot in metre.
(a) L-16, B-8 (b) L-18, B-10
(c) L-20, B-12 (d) L-22, B-14
43. A lawn is in the shape of a rectangle of length 60
metres and width 40 meters. Outside the lawn
there is a foot path of uniform width 1 metre broadening
the lawn. Find out the area of the path.
(a) 4 m2 (b) 204 m2
(c) 204 m (d) 184 m2
44. A chess board contain 64 equal squares and the
area of each square is 6.25 cm2. A border round
the board is 2cm wide. Find the length of the side
of the chess board.
(a) 24cm (b) 42cm
(c) 60cm (d) 64cm2
64 squares means 8 squares in length, 8 squares in breadth. A square is 6.25 cm squared in area, that means 2.5 cm in length and 2.5 cm in breadth.Now 8*2.5 cm = 20 cm plus the border 2 cm each on both sides gives 24 cm.
45. The area of a triangle is 48cm2, the base is 12 cm.
What is its altitude?
(a) 4cm (b) 6cm
(c) 8cm (d) 12cm
46. The minute hand of a clock is 10cm long. Find
the area on the face of the clock described by the
minute hand between 9.00 am. and 9.35 am.
(a) 183 cm2 (b) 160 cm2 35/60 OF THE TOTAL AREA is covered by minute hand in 35 minutes. total area is 3.14 * 10*10. Now take 35/60 of 3.14*10*10
(c) 100 cm2 (d) 314 cm2
47. The number of children in 10 families in a locality
are listed: 3, 1,4,0, 2, 1, 1,2,3,3. Find out the mean
number of children.
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 4
48. The mean of a set of 40 values is 6. Each of the
values is increased by 5. What will be the mean
of the set of new values?
(a) 11 (b) 45
(c) 60 (d) 70
49. Find out the median of the values
5,10,3,7,2,9,6,2,11. here 9 numbers, so the median is the fifth number
(a) 2 (b) 6
(c) 11 (d) 9
50. 5:6,7:8, 13: 16-Which of the following is correct,
if the above values are arranged in descending 5/6 is 83% 7/8 is 87%, 13/16 is 81%
order of magnitude?
(a) 5:6;7:8;13:16 (b) 13:16;7:8;5:6
(c) 7:8;5:6;13:16 (d) 7:8;13:16;5:6
51. What must be added to the numbers 6,10, 14 and
22 so that they became successive proportional?
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 4 confusing question, if we add 2 each, the numbers become divisble by 4.Beyond that what is the meaning of this question?
52.
Which one of the following is having greater
value?
(a) 5:3 (b) 6:4 5:3 is 166%, 6/4 is 150%, 7/6 is 116.6%, 9/7 is 128%
(c) 7:6 (d) 9:7
53.
Nalini purchases a cycle for Rs. 660 including
sales tax. If the rate of sales tax is 10%, find out
the sale price of the cycle.
(a) Rs. 500 (b) Rs. 550
(c) Rs. 560 (d) Rs. 600
54.
What will be the next number in the following
series of numbers 2, 4, 16, ......
(a) 32 (b) 64
(c) 256 (d) 300
55.
What will be the next number, if the series of
numbers is as follows 3,11,27,59, .....
(a) 70 (b) 86
(c) 100 (d) 123
Questions 56 to 100: Select the appropriate answer:
56.
Who proposed the atomic theory?
(a) John Dalton (b) Neils Bohr
(c) Chadwick (d) Rutherford
57.
Father of Electricty:
(a) Michal Faraday (b) J.J. Thompson
(c) Edison (d) Ampere
58.
Who is related to Green Revolution in India?
(a) Varghese Kurian (b) Anand
(c) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
(d) Medha Padkar
59.
Dengue Fever is caused by ——
(a) Bacteria (b) Virus
(c) Fungi
(d) Not produced by infective agent
60.
Temporary hardness of water is due to ——.
(a) Calcium chloride (b) Sodium carbonate
(c) Sodium chloride
(d) Magnesium bicarbonate
61.
Global warming is due to the increased production
of all the following EXCEPT:
(a) Carbon dioxide (b) Ethane
(c) Methane (d) Sulpher dioxide
62.
The concept that 'all plants are made of cells was
put forward by:
(a) Theodor Schwan (b) R.Virchow
(c) Louis Pasteur (d) M.J. Schleiden, Matthias Jakob Schleiden was a German botanist and co-founder of the cell theory, along with Theodor Schwann and Rudolf Virchow. The answer choices are very close, and doesn't seem to be much relevant for a PUBLIC SERVICE EXAM.
63.
All the following are noble metals EXCEPT:
(a) Mercury (b) Gold
(c) Silver (d) Platinum
64.
EEG is used to study the functions of:
(a) Heart (b) Muscle
(c) Brain (d) Nerve
65.
DNA model is put forward by:
(a) Ian Wilmut (b) Dr Henri Becquirel
(c) Robert Hook (d) None of the above
66.
World Heavy -weight Champion of 2003:
(a) Clistsco (b) Muhammed Ali
(c) Linnex Lewis (d) None of the above
67.
Second Kerala Chief Minister is:
(a) Pattom Thanu Pillai
(b) E.M.S. (c) C. Achutha Menon
(d) R.Sankar
68.
The slogan ‘lnquilab Zindabad’ was first used
by:
(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) V.I. Lenin (d) Ajay Ghosh
69.
‘Sadhu Jana Paripalana Sangam’ is founded by:
(a) A.K. Gopalan
(b) Ayyankali
(c) Sree Narayana Guru
(d) Vakkom Maulavi.
70.
All of the following are Dravidian language EXCEPT:
(a) Malayalam (b) Telungu
(c) Thulu (d) Marathi
71.
First Internal Affairs Minister of independent
India:
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(c) Sardar Vallabhai Patel
(d) V. Krishna Menon
72.
Capital of Kenya:
(a) Aman (b) Nairobi
(c) Cairo (d) Beirut
73.
First computer virus:
(a) Gappi (b) Meleesa
(c) Norton (d) Apple The Creeper Virus, Brain virus are some of the answers. Need more research. It could be bit difficult to pinpoint the exact one.
74.
Who declared that ‘‘Swaraj is my birth right and
I must have it’’?
(a) Bhagat Singh (b) Balagangadhar Tilak
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose
75.
All of the following persons are extremists of
Independence movement EXCEPT:
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai (b) Bipin Chandrapal
(c) Gopalakrishna Gokhale
(d) Aurobindo Ghosh
76.
Which of the following event is related to General
Dyer?
(a) Jalianwala Bagh massacre
(b) Wagon Tragedy
(c) Chittagong Riot
(d) Punnapra-Vayalar struggle
77.
First battle of Panipat was between:
(a) Hemu and Akbar
(b) Marathas and East India Company
(c) Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
(d) East India Company and Portuguese
78.
Where did Gandhiji launched his first struggle?
(a) Navaghaly (b) Dandi
(c) Kappad (d) Champaran
79.
Who presided the first session of All India Trade
Union Congress?
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(b) Lala Lajpat Rai (c) C.R. Das
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
80.
Volunteer captain of Guruvayoor Temple
Sathyagraha:
(a) A.K. Gopalan (b) K. Kelappan
(c) Pattom Thanupillai
(d) Ayyankali
81.
The East India Company established its first factory
at
(a) Surat (b) Pune
(c) Calcutta (d) Bombay
82.
Formation of the INA was the result of the great
efforts made by
(a) Captain Lakshmi Bai
(b) Rash Behari Bose
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Aurobindo Ghosh
83.
In which conference did Subhash Chandra Bose
was elected as the president of Indian National
Congress?
(a) Avadi (b) Pune
(c) Tripuri (d) Bombay
84.
RSS was banned in 1948 in relation with
(a) India-Pak division
(b) Hindu-Muslim War
(c) Bengal Division
(d) Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
85.
‘Bhruhaspathi’ is related with
(a) Arya Samajam (b) Medicine
(c) Indus civilization (d) Charvakamatham
86.
The slogan ‘American Model Arabikadalil’ is related
with
(a) Telungana struggle
(b) Punnapra-Vayalar struggle
(c) Kayyur struggle
(d) Vaikom Sathyagraha
87.
‘Keralam Malayalikalude Mathrubhoomi’ was
written by
(a) Kumaranasan (b) Thakazhi
(c) E.M.S. (d) Vallathol
88.
Male-female sex ratio of India in 2001 census is:
(a) 1000:933 (b) 1000:1040 (c) 1000 :939 (d) 1000:1046
According to Census 2011, whose provisional figures were released by the Registrar General and
Census Commissioner of India in New Delhi on 31-03-2011, Kerala has the highest sex ratio
among all Indian States. The State's sex ratio (the number of females per 1,000 males) is 1,084.
This is a big jump from ten years ago—in 2001 the State's sex ratio was 1,058
89.
The Prime Minister who started privatization in
Britain:
(a) Margaret Thatcher
(b) John Major (c) Tony Blair
(d) Winston Churchill
90.
The smallest state in the world
(a) Russia (b) Vatican
(c) Sri Lanka (d) Cuba
91.
The persons who became the Chief Minister for
the longest period in India:
(a) E.K. Nayanar (b) Vasantha Sate
(c) Jyothi Basu (d) K. Karunakaran
92.
Who was the first speaker of Lok Sabha?
(a) Sivaraj Patel (b) Jagjeevan Ram
(c) Lal Bahadur Shasthri
(d) G.V. Mavlankar
93.
Panchayathi Raj instructions came into effect
with the amendment of the constitution:
(a) 70th (b) 73rd
(c) 76th (d) 79th
94. Who is the president of newly declared independent country, East Timor?
(a) Xanana Gusmao (b) Hugo Chavez
(c) Lula da Zilva (d) Nuster Kitchnarre
95. The Chairman of Constitution review committee:
(a) Kuldip Nayyar (b) Justice Kbare
(c) Justice Varma
(d) Justice Venkita Chellaiya
23 February 2000, the President of India appointed Justice Shri M.N. Venkatachaliah, former Chief Justice of India as the Chairperson of the Commission
96. Monthly salary of Chief Justice of India:
(a) Rs. 30,000 (b) Rs. 31,000
(c) Rs. 33,000 (d) Rs. 50,000
| Salary of Chief Justice of India | |
| Date | Salary |
|---|---|
| 1 January 1996 |  33,000 |
| 1 January 2006 | 1 lakh |
(a) Biological Oxygen Demand
(b) Biochemistry of Diseases
(c) Biochemical Oxygen Demand
(d) None of the above
98. Meenamatha disease is related with
(a) Cadmium (b) Mercury
(c) Lead (d) Iron
99. National party is one which could secure not
less than —— % of the total valid votes in the
previous general election.
(a) 4% (b) 6%
(c) 8% (d) 9%
100. The theory that ‘the continents will travel’ was
first put forward by:
(a) Antonio Sneider (b) F.J. Wine
(c) D.H. Mathews (d) Alfred Wegner
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