Exam Details

Subject
Paper
Exam / Course
Department
Organization Kerala Public Service Commission
Position lower division typist
Exam Date 09, September, 2015
City, State kerala,


Question Paper

166/2015

1. Who was considered as the architect of Indian Nationalism?

Dadabhai Naoroji Tagore


Raja Ram Mohan Roy Gokhale


2. Blue -baby syndrome is caused by

Mercury poisoning Cadmium Pollution


Excess nitrate in drinking water one of these


3. Who said, "Go back to the Vedas"

Raja Ram Mohan Roy Gandhiji


Dayanand Saraswati Tilak


4. The ongoing Five Year Plan is
11 th 10th 13th

5. The First Session of Indian National Congress was held in
Delhi Bombay Calcutta Madras
6. Two -chambered heart is a feature of
birds reptiles amphibians fishes
7. Western Ghat is spread over in
6 states 7 states 8 stales 4 states
8. The partition of Bengal was made by
Lord Rippon Lord Mayo Lord Canning Lord Curson
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9. Guns were for the first time effectively used in India in

Battle of Plassey Revolt of 1857


First battle of Panipat First Mysore War


10. The Vitamin essential for blood coagulation is
Vitamin A Vitamin K Vitamin C Vitamin E
11. The General Assembly of UI 0 adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in
1947 1950 1948 1952
12. Which of the following is not an International Television Channel?
Asian Age CN.N. Sony None of these
13. Which is the largest Agro based Industry in India?

Cotton Textile Industry Sugar Industry


Tea Industry Coir Industry


14. The country having largest cultivated land in the world:
USA USSR India China
15. The state with highest slum population in India:
Gujarat Tamil adu West Bengal Maharastra
16. Which of the following is not a browsing software?

Opera Hot Bot


etscape avigator Mozilla Firefox


17. Ambanad hills are in

Thiruvananthapuram Wayanad


Kottayam Kollam


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18. 'Manalezhuthu' is the poetry collection of
O. .V. Sugatha Kumari Kumaranasan Changampuzha
19. The famous Indian Mathematician Ramanujan was born in
Kerala Maharastra Tamil I adu Andhra Pradesh
20. How many taluks are newly created in Kerala
10 15 12 H
21. 'Chenthurni' wild life sanctuaq is received its name from:
Rock Hornbill Monkey Tree
22. Hanta virus is spread by
Mice Bats Birds Monkeys
23. First Stock Exchange of Kerala

The Capital Stock Exchange Imperial Stock Exchange


Cochin Stock Exchange None of these


24. The term 'Puncha' is associated with the cultivation of
Pineapple Banana Coconut Paddy
25. Which state has the largest number of women engineers in the country?
Kerala Gujarat Tamil Nadu West Bengal
26. Who founded Twitter?
Mark Zuckerberg

Jack Dorsey


Julian Assange Shashi Taroor


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A 27. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Emplovment Guarantee Act was passed in
2009 2000 2010 2005
28. National Voter's Day is
April 5 Januarv 25 April 25 January 5
29. Who founded 'Samathwa Samaj'

Pandit K.P. Karuppan Poykayil Johannan


Vaikunda Swamikal Thycaudu Ayya Swami


30. Director of the film "Dam 999"

Adoor Gopalakrishnan Salim Ahammed


Priyadarshan Sohen roy


31. Google was founded in
1956 1985 1998 1992
32. Who was the author of Aithihyamala

Kottarathil Sankuni Ezhuthachan


Ulloor one of these


33. "Attappadi black" is an indigenous variety of
Foul Goat Dog Cow
34. Cultural Capital of Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram Ernakulam


Malappuram Trissur


35. Which of the following is not a constitutional body?

Finance Commission Election Commission


Supreme Court Planning Commission


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36. Census in India is taken regularly once in every:
10 years 5 years 4 years 8 years
37. Chief Minister of Delhi:
Kejriwal Sheela Dikshith Anna Hazare one of these
38. Which of the following is the best conductor of electricity
Ground water Rain water Distilled water Salt water
39. Tajmahal is situated on the banks of river:
Indus Ganges Yamuna Brahmaputra
40. The inner most layer of the human eye:
Cornea Sclera Retina Eye lid
41. The original home land of Sugar Cane:
USA India China Japan
42. Which of the following is known as Chandrasekhar Limit?
2.5 Solar Mass 1.4 Solar Mass 3.6 Solar Mass 2 Solar Mass
43. The last French Settlement in India was at
Cochin Goa Mahe Anchuthengu
44. The largest delta, Sundarbans is in

West Bengal Uttar Pradesh


Madhya Pradesh Bihar


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45. JVhich country is not a member of BRICS
Brazil India South Africa one of these
46. The number of players in a football team is
10
47. The language of Lakshadweep
Malayalam Hindi Tamil None of these
48. India's first Mission to Mars is known as
Phoenix New Horizons Saral
49. The Kalidas Samman is given by

Govt. of India Kerala


Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra


50. Panaji is the Capital of

Daman and Diu Puducherry


Goa Nagaland


51. Who is known as the first computer programmer?

Charles Babbage Lady Augusta Adam Lovelace


Seymour Cray Winton Surf


52. is the holding place for the item you have deleted.
Recycle bin System tray File Workbook
53. Full form of CAD:

Computer Aided Design Computer Auto Design


Computer Aided Diagram Calculator Aided Design


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54. The intersection of a row and a column in a work sheet is known as
Range Cell Formatting Label
55. A wqrk sheet contains number of columns.
256 236 652 526
56. The find and replace option can be seen on Inenu.
Edit View Insert Format
57. The horizontal bar at the bottom of the screen is called
Task Bar Scroll Bar Tool Bar Menu Bar
58. "L" in Roman letters means
60 100 50 500
When the text is printed or typed lengthwise it is called
Landscape Portrait Justified None of these
60. Father of World Wide Web:
Charles Babbage Tim Burners Le Blaise Pascal one of these
61. Foot Note Command is present in Menu.
File Insert Edit None of these
62. leons in the desktop cannot be arranged in the order of
Name Size Attribute Type
63. Find one that not belong to browser software:

Internet explorer Mozilla Firefox


Google Opera


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64. In a word document page number is inserted into

Mail merge Line spacing


Header and Footer Spell check


65. Windows is an example of

Programming language Application system


Operating system Data base system


66. The term Sign-in means

Deleting E-mail from mail box Login to an existing E-mail account


Creating a new E-mail account Composing a new E-mail account


67. Which function key is used for selecting word help?
F6 F5 F1 F3
68. Which of the following formula in Excel is correct to find sum of cell B1, B2 and B3

69. Which spreadsheet software is most suitable for preparing Balance Sheet?

MS Office MS Excel


Application Software Tally Accounting


70. Pick one function that does not belong to date function in spreadsheet:
Year Date And ow
71. is an example of application software.
Windows Linux MS Excel DOS
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72. The short cut used for inserting line break
Shift enter Or! enter Orl Alt enter
C"
•1
73. To create a multiplication table in excel command is used.
Consolidate Table Name Function
74. Total number of character cases available in word is
4 7 5 6
75. unit provides the communication from man to machine,
Input unit Memory unit ALU Control unit
76. To change the size and style of first letter of a selected paragraph is used,
Change case Drop cap Replace Auto correct
77. The number of keys in numeric key pad is
19 10 15 17
78. helps to save a document in another name.
Save As Save Edit Open
79. The option of Minimize, Maximize and close are located in
Menu bar Status bar Title bar Task bar
80. View show command is .present on Menu.
Edit Tools Insert Slide Show
81. In offices and typewriting institutions generally use typewriter.
Portable Standard Manifest None of these
82. After punctuation of full stop, interrogation, exclamation and colon space should be left.
one two tluee four
83. The following part helps in taking cyclostyled copies:

Impression roller Regulating meter


Ink feeder Feed tray


84. In which direction the main spring screw should be turned to increase the tension?
downward upward clockwise anti clockwise
85. When character key of space bar is pressed the carriage moves towards
left right downward Upward
86. The shape of the cylinder is
Round Square Uniform one of these
87. "0" in Roman letters means
50 100 500 200
88. How many dogs are there in a typewriter?
Three Six Two One
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890 The escapement wheel is in the cenhoe of the typewriter behind the

Universal bar Dog block


Pinion Wheel Mainspring drum


900 The character keys are arranged in typewriter
Two Four Five Three
91. When key is pressed the whole carriage goes down.
Character key Back spacer key Shift key Plus button
920 is the main part of the Dog Block.

Pinion wheel Ratchet wheel


Escapement Wheel All of these


930 helps to bring the carriage to the beginning of a line.

Line space lever Backspace button


Shift keys None of these


940 Carriage rack travels on

Pinion Wheel Escapement Wheel


Ratchet Wheel All of these


Pattern knobs Back spacer Feed rolls Impression roller


receiving tray feed tray operating lever regulator


950 Thumb wheels are also called
960 The part which provides paper to the impression roller of the duplicator is
970 In Auditors report "wrt" means

we are referring to write it


with reference to with reference that


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98. In the correction of manuscript or means Delicate Divisional Delete None of these
99. Cornrnercialletter is typed in single double line spacing. one and a half None of these
100. What makes the carriage move towards left? Force of the mainspring Tension of key board Tension of dog block Force of carriage
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