Kerala PSC Degree Level Questions- Set 4

1. Select the odd one out:

(a) Transport (b) Bus

(c) Car (d) Train

2. Vendor: Buyer :: Advocate:?

(a) Smith (b) Witness

(c) Judge (d) Client

3. The next number in the series:

7,10,9,12,11,…..

(a) 13 (b) 14

(c) 16 (d) 19

4. A man was 32 years of age when he

had his first son. His wife was 35 years

of age when his son attained the age of

7 years. The difference between their

age is …… years.

(a) 7 (b) 3

(c) 5 (d) 4

5. A book is most likely to have:

(a) Pages (b) Cover

(c) Chapters (d) Pictures

6. By paying an annual premium of

Rs.140 a person insured his life for

Rs.3500. For what sum must he insure

with a premium of Rs.82?

(a) 2000 (b) 2050

(c) 3000 (d) 2500

7. Demography is related to population in

the same way Etymology is related to:

(a) Diseases (b) Birds

(c) Coins (d) Words

8. A number is made of two digits. If 45 is

added to the number, the digits get

reversed. The number could be:

(a) 18 (b) 36

(c) 54 (d) 27

9. Drama: Director :: Magazine:?

(a) Publisher (b) Editor

(c) Reader (d) Printer

10. 50% of 50% of 12 is how much?

(a) 3 (b) 6

(c) 2 (d)1

11. If PRAYAG is coded as 654342, what

would be 5424 stands for?

(a) YA G A (b) MAYA

(c) GAYA (d) RAGA

12. If the difference between the compound

interest and simple interest on a certain

sum at a rate of 5% per annum in 2

years is Rs.15, the sum is:

(a) 5000 (b) 5500

(c) 4500 (d) 6000

13. Arrange the given words in alphabetical

order and tick the one that comes first:

(a) Cloud (b) Middle

(c) Chain (d) Grunt

14. If the rate of simple interest is 12% per

annum the amount that would fetch

interest of Rs.6000 per annum:

(a) 720 (b) 48543.69

(c) 50000 (d) 72000

15. Select the odd one:

(a) Petrol (b) Diesel

(c) Kerozene (d)Vanaspati

16. The salaries of Suma and Rema

together amounted to Rs.2000. Suma

spends 95% of her salary and Rema

85% of hers. If their salaries are the

same what is Rema’s salary?

(a) Rs.500 (b) Rs.750

(c) Rs.1250 (d) Rs.1000

17. Ruling: King :: Learning; ?

(a) Book (b) School

(c) Scholar (d) Teacher

18. A husband and wife had five married

sons. Each of these had four children.

How many members are there in the

family?

(a) 50 (b) 40

(c) 32 (d) 30

19. HIJ:MNO :: RST : ?

(a) W X Y (b) UVM

(c) VWX (d) XYD

20. 500 is divided by 2.5:

(a) 125 (b) 200

(c) 250 (d) 2000

21. ‘Decease’ is the synonym of:

(a) Illness (b) Unfree

(c) Interval (d) Death

22. The passive voice of ‘Close the door’is:

(a) Let the door close

(b) Let the door be closed

(c) Let the door closed

(d) Let the door is closed

23. Do not cry ……. split milk.

(a) over (b) at

(c) by (d) for

24. He spoke …… to me …… Urdu.

(a) to, in (b) by,in

(c) to, with (d) at, in

25. One who deals in flowers is called:

(a) Grocer (b) Florist

(c) Hawker (d) Draper

26. I ……… for him for the last one hour.

(a) have been waiting(b) am waiting

(c) waited (d) was waiting

27. Which one of the following sentences is

not wrong?

(a) W ait here till I return

(b) Wait here till I will return

(c) Wait here till I shall return

(d) Wait here till I would return

28. You are free, ……..?

(a) are you (b) don’t you

(c) aren’t you (d) won’t you

29. ……. problem facing us is ….. universal

one.

a) The, an (b) A, an

(c) The, a (d) A, the

30. ……. brave soldier lost …… arm in the

rescue operation:

(a) The, a (b) The, an

(c) A, a (d) A, the

1 (a) 2(d) 3 (b) 4 (d) 5(a) 6(b) 7(d) 8(d) 9(b)

10(a) 11(d) 12(d) 13(c) 14(c) 15(d) 16(a)

17(c) 18(c) 19(a) 20(b)2 1 (d) 22(b) 23 (a)

24 (a) 25(b)2 6(a) 27(a) 28(c) 29(c) 30(b)

1 (a) 2(d) 3 (b) 4 (d) 5(a) 6(b) 7(d) 8(d) 9(b)

10(a) 11(d) 12(d) 13(c) 14(c) 15(d) 16(a)

17(c) 18(c) 19(a) 20(b)2 1 (d) 22(b) 23 (a)

24 (a) 25(b)2 6(a) 27(a) 28(c) 29(c) 30(b)

Kerala PSC Degree Level Questions- Set 3

81. The average of three numbers is 20. If

two numbers are 16 and 22, the third is:

(a) 20 (b) 22

(c) 18 (d) 19

82. 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

83. Raju is shorter than Gopi but taller than

Rahim who is taller than Meena. Who is

the shortest of the four?

(a) Gopi (b) Raju

(c) Rahim (d) Meena

84. In certain code FHQK means GIRL.

How WOMEN will be written in the

same code?

(a) V N L D M (b) FHQKN

(c) XPFNO (d) VLNDM

85. 12.5% of 80:

(a) 8 (b) 10

(c) 20 (d) 40

86. Choose the odd one:

(a) Goldsmith (b) Blacksmith

(c) Carpenter (d) Sailor

87. Three-fifth of one-fourth of a number is

18. What is the number?

(a) 140 (b) 120

(c) 160 (d) 90

88. A mother always has:

(a) Father (b) Beauty

(c) Child (d) Husband

89. Select the odd one:

(a) Bullet (b) Rifle

(c) Pistol (d) Gun

90. Three times of an unknown numbers

are one less than 40. What is the

unknown number?

(a) 15 (b) 13

(c) 12 (d) 14

91. Ship: Water :: Train:?

(a) Path (b) Road

(c) Passenger (d) Track

92. If 75% of a number is added to 75 the

result is the number itself, then the

number is:

(a) 250 (b) 750

(c) 400 (d) 300

93. By selling a fan for Rs.475, a person

loses 5%. To get a gain of 5% he

should sell the fan for:

(a) Rs.500 (b) Rs.525

(c) Rs.535 (d) Rs.575

94. Select the choice with similar

relationship- Exit:Enter

(a) Notorious: Famous

(b) Go: Depart

(c) Money: Buy (d) Peace: Nation

95. Forest: Tree:: Crowd:?

(a) Riot (b) Mob

(c) Fire (d) Person

96. F,K,P,?

(a) T (b) U

(c) V (d) Q

97. Select the odd one:

(a) Land (b) Lake

(c) Sea (d) River

98. As Fox is related to Cunning, Rabbit is

related to:

(a) Timid (b) Courageous

(c) Bold (d) Skilful

99. Find out the odd one:

(a) May (b) June

(c) July (d) August

100. Select the odd one:

(a) Juice (b) Cheese

(c) Butter (d) Curd

Answers:

81 (b) 82(b) 83 (d) 84 (a) 85(b) 86(d) 87(b) 88(c) 89(a) 90(b) 91(d) 92(d) 93(b) 94(a) 95(d) 96(b) 97(a) 98(a) 99(b) 100(a)

Kerala PSC Degree Level questions -Set 2

41. The rate of photosynthesis is highest in

..... light:

(a) Yellow (b) Blue

(c) Green (d) Red

42. Wax is soluble in:

(a) Benzene (b) Water

(c) Alcohol (d) Iodine

43. Acid contained in onion:

(a) Oxalic acid (b) Citric acid

(c) Malic acid (d) Prussic acid

44. Element obtained from sea weeds:

(a) Chlorine (b) Calcium

(c) Iodine (d) Magnisium

45. ‘SIM Card’ related to:

(a) Bank (b) Mobile phone

(c) Artificial satellite (d) Black box

46. In which country Three Mile Island

nuclear disaster was occurred in 1979?

(a) USA (b) UK

(c) Ukraine (d) China

47. China was officially declared republic in:

(a) 1912 (b) 1913

(c) 1914 (d) 1915

48. The first country to win the world cup

cricket thrice:

(a) W est Indies (b) Pakistan

(c) England (d) Australia

49. The first team to win Santosh trophy:

(a) Bengal (b) Kerala

(c) Karnataka (d) Tamil Nadu

50. Which is known as the sorrow of

Bengal:

(a) Kosi (b) Damodar

(c) Mahanadi (d) Brahmaputra

51. Which organisation was founded by

Henri Dunant?

(a) Amnesty International

(b) Boy Scouts (c) Lions Club

(d) Red Cross

52. The first to get two booker prizes:

(a) Salman Rushdie (b) Peter Carey

(c) Ben Okri (d) JM Coetzee

53. “We have to now fight for peace with

the same courage and determination as

we fought against aggression”

(a) FD Roosevelt (b) Jawaharlal Nehru

(c) Lal Bahadur Shastri

(d) Indira Gandhi

54. Who wrote ‘Pritvirajaraso’?

(a) Chandbardai (b) Faizi

(c) Tulsidas (d) Surdas

55.Abdul Rahman Tunku was the first prime

minister of:

(a) Malaysia (b) Singapore

(c) Brunei (d) Indonesia

56. Name of which Indus valley site means

‘black bangles’?

(a) Harappa (b) Dholavira

(c) Kalibangan (d) Banawali

57. The founder of Chola empire:

(a) Simhavishnu (b) Vijayalaya

(c) Harihara (d) Simuka

58. Who was the Viceroy when Indian

National Congress was formed in

1885?

(a) Dufferin (b) Reading

(c) Mayo (d) Curzon

59. Whom Gandhiji called ‘the great

sentinel’?

(a) Rajendraprasad

(b) Subhas Chandra Bose

(c) Rabindranath Tagore

(d) Nehru

60. The year of foundation of Muslim

League:

(a) 1903 (b) 1904

(c) 1907 (d) 1906

61. The Indian president who translated

‘The Republic’ of Plato:

(a) VV Giri

(b) Zakkir Hussain

(c) S Radhakrishnan

(d) Rajendraprasad

62. The first to become the prime minister

of India while he/she was a member of

Rajya Sabha:

(a) Lal Bahadur Shastri(b) Indira Gandhi

(c) Rajiv Gandhi (d) PV Narasimha

Rao

Kerala PSC Degree Level questions -Set 2

63. The budget is presented in the Lok

Sabha by the Finance Minister in the

name of the ......of India.

(a) President (b) Prime Minister

(c) RBI Governor (d) Speaker

64. The Winter session of Lok Sabha

begins in the month of:

(a) September (b) October

(c) November (d) December

65. Motions of no confidence against the

government can only be introduced and

passed in the......

(a) Lok Sabha (b) Rajya Sabha

(c) Either House (d) None of these

66. The number of schedules in the

Constitution of India when it was

brought into force:

(a) 12 (b) 10

(c) 9 (d) 8

67. The Indian who headed a new sect ‘The

Order of the Star of the East” at the age

of 20:

(a) Rajaneesh (b) Jiddu

Krishnamurthy (c) Shri Shri

Ravisankar (d) Chinmayananda

68. Kublai Khan was the emperor of:

(a) Russia (b) Egypt

(c) China (d) Persia

69. The nationality of Akiro Kurasova, the

world famous film maker:

(a) France (b) Russia

(c) Japan (d) China

70. Number of members in the first ministry

of Kerala including Chief Minister:

(a) 12 (b) 11

(c) 13 (d) 10

71. In which river Chenkulam hydel project

is built?

(a) Pamba (b) Kallada

(c) Vamaanapuram river

(d) Muthirappuzha

72. ‘The Vrindavan of Kerala’:

(a) Malampuzha Garden

(b) Napier Museum

(c) Neyyar Dam (d) Munnar

73. The taluk in Kerala with the longest

coastline:

(a) Kollam (b) Kozhikode

(c) Cherthala (d) Chirayinkeezhu

74. The annual festival of which temple is

known as ‘Bharani’?

(a) Guruvayur (b) Ambalappuzha

(c) Kodungallur (d) Sabarimala

75.The first Malayali woman to become

Governor of an Indian State:

(a) Fatima Beevi (b) KK Usha

(c)Anna Chandy (d) Mary Punnan

76.The first Indian woman to become grand

master in Chess:

(a) Koneru Humpy(b) Dronavally Harika

(c) Divyendu Barua (d) Saiha Nehwal

77. Chittagong is the main port of:?

(a) Sri Lanka (b) Bangladesh

(c) Maldives (d) Nepal

78. Longest served member of Kerala

Legislative Assembly?

(a) KM Mani (b) GR Gowri

(c) Oommen Chandy (d) PJ Joseph

79. The 193rd member of UNO:

(a) Montenegro (b) South Sudan

(c) Kosovo (d) East Timor

80. The largest Scandinavian country:

(a) Norway (b) Denmark

(c) Sweden (d) None of these

Answers:

 41(d) 42(a) 43(a) 44(c) 45( b) 46(a) 47(a) 48(d) 49(a) 50 (b) 51(d) 52(d) 53(c) 54(a) 55(a) 56(c) 57(b) 58(a) 59(c)60(d) 61(b)62(b) 63 (a) 64(c) 65 (a) 66 (d) 67 (b) 68(c) 69 (c) 70 (b) 71(d) 72(a) 73(c) 74(c)75(a)76(a) 77(b) 78 (a) 79 (b) 80 (c)

 Kerala PSC Degree Level Previous Questions

1. MALADY means:

(a) illness (b) calamity

(c) music (d) misfortune

2. Each of the students ……. done well.

(a) are (b) have

(c) were (d) has

3. I hurt ……..

(a) himself (b) myself

(c) yourself (d) yourselves

4. A person who treats mental diseases is

called:

(a) Physicist (b) Cardiologist

(c) Psychologist (d) Psychiatrist

5. When the father retired , the son ……..

the business.

(a) took after (b) took over

(c) taken to (d) took in

6. He shouted…. her at the top of his

voice but she did not hear and went on:

(a) to (b) at

(c) for (d) against

7. ‘Still water’ means:

(a) Deep water (b) Shallow water

(c) Water with waves (d) Undisturbed

water

8. Children below the age of 12 can be

tried only by the …… court.

(a) High (b) Supreme

(c) District (d) Juvenile

9. You would look better if :

(a) you cut your hair

(b) you are cutting your hair

(c) you will cut your hair

(d) you would have cut your hair

10. …….. December 2004 there were many

natural calamities.

(a) On (b) At

(c) In (d) The

11. Mr. Basu soon ……. himself as a great

parliamentarian.

(a) relinquished (b) distinguished

(c) expunged (d) extinguished

12. The man is …… enough to help the

needy.

(a) beneficent (b) beneficial

(c) benefit (d) benefactor

13. The nation ……. every man to do his

duty:

(a) is expecting (b) accepts

(c) excepts (d) expects

14. The comparative of ‘Young’:

(a) Youthful (b) Youngster

(c) Younger (d) Youngest

15. The …….. action of the visitor made

the dog to jump upon him.

(a) provoke (b) provocation

(c) provocative (d) provoking

16. There is ….. hourly bus from here to

the capital:

(a) the (b) an

(c) every (d) a

17. You don’t love your wife, …….?

(a) W on’t you (b) Don’t you

(c) Do you (d) Will you

18. Every morning father …… the dog for a

walk.

(a) takes (b) took

(c) taken (d) taking

19. The opposite of ‘Detrimental’ is:

(a) Cheat (b) Cheap

(c) Delude (d) Helpful

20. He …….. , if you had called him:

(a) will come (b) would come

(c) would have come (d) should come

Kerala PSC Degree Level Previous Questions

21. Which country is not the part of Indian

subcontinent?

(a) Myanmar (b) Bangladesh

(c) Nepal (d) Bhutan

22. The Oldest rocks in India:

(a) Himalayas (b) Aravallis

(c) Karakoram (d) Shiwalik

23. Ahmedabad is in the banks of:

(a) Ganga (b) Sabarmathi

(c) Yamuna (d) Indus

24. The Simhachalam Temple is dedicated

to:

(a) Rama (b) Narasimha

(c) Krishna (d) Brahma

25. “ Unity and Discipline’ is the motto of:

(a) NCC (b) Indian Army

(c) Coastguard (d) CRPF

26. Which is the largest state owned bank in

India?

(a) Punjab National Bank

(b) Allahabad Bank

(c) State Bank of India

(d) Canara Bank

27. Territorial Army was raised in:

(a) 1949. (b) 1948

(c) 1962 (d) 1965

28. Lalith Kala Academy was established

in:

(a) 1954 (b) 1955

(c) 1956 (d) 1957

29 The largest agro based industry in

India:

(a) Cotton textiles (b) Sugar

(c) Silk (d) Jute

30 Biju Patnaik airport is at:

(a) Cuttack (b) Puri

(c) Bhuvaneswar (d) Sambalpur

31. The most important type of soil in India:

(a) Alluvial (b) Red soil

(c) Laterite soil (d) Desert soil

32. The system of ombudsman was

originated in:

(a) Switzerland (b) Syria

(c) Sweden (d) China

33. Playground of Europe:

(a) Belgium (b) Switzerland

(c) France (d) Britain

34. Riksdag is the parliament of:

(a) Sweden (b) Portugal

(c) Hungary (d) Iceland

35. Which is not correctly matched?

(a) Israel- Senate (b) DenmarkFolketing (c) Sri LankaParliament (d) Norway- Storting

36. General Franco was the dictator of :

(a) Romania (b) Spain

(c) Italy (d) Germany

37. The only planet with the name of female

Roman mythological charecter:

(a) Earth (b) Venus

(c) Jupiter (d) Neptune

38. Excretory organ of Amoeba:

(a) Kidney (b) Malpigean tubes

(c) Contractive vacoule

(d) Nephridia

39. Blood of Snail is ...... in colour:

 (a) Red (b) Blue

(c) Green (d) Yellow

40. The tendency of plants to grow towards

the direction of gravitational force:

(a) Geotropism (b) Phototropism

(c) Chemotropism(d) None of these

Answers:

1 (a) 2(d) 3 (b) 4 (d) 5(b) 6(b) 7(d) 8(d) 9(a) 10(c) 11(b) 12(a) 13(d) 14(c) 15(c) 16(b) 17(c) 18(a) 19(d) 20(c) 21(a) 22(b) 23(b) 24(b) 25(a) 26(c) 27(a) 28(a) 29(a) 30 (c) 31 (a) 32(c) 33(b) 34(a) 35(a) 36(b) 37(b)38(c) 39(b)40 (a)

Computer Programming Language

Programming Language

SUPER COMPUTER-  Information Technology & Cyber Laws 2

SUPER COMPUTER

 
Computer Memory- RAM, ROM 

Interrupts

An event external to the currently executing process that causes a change in the normal flow of instruction execution is called interrupts On getting an interrupt, CPU
(a)Finishes the current instruction and moves to interrupt service routine
(b)Immediately moves to interrupt service routine without completing current instruction
(c )Release the control on ILO lines and memory lines
(d)make the peripheral device, which requested the interrupt wait for fixed interval of time 
Ans :  (b)

RAM & ROM
Memory which is usually termed as main memory of the system
Ans : RAM 
RAM is a volatile memory. Because it loses its data when computer is turned off.
RAM is a temporary memory.
RAM is located on the motherboard. 
ROM is a non - volatile memory because it doesn’t lose its data even after computer is turned off.
We can’t change the data stored in ROM.

Types of RAM
VRAM (Video RAM) - Special purpose 4 memory used by Video adapters to store image data for a computer display
SGRAM (Synchronous Graphics RAM)- It is a clock synchronized RAM that is 4 used for Video Memory.
MDRAM (Multibank Dynamic RAM). It  is a high perfomance RAM that divides memory into multiple 32KB parts or banks that can be accessed individually.
RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic RAM) - It is a video RAM.
SDRAM is faster than regular DRAM because - it runs synchronously with the system clock

SECONDARY MEMORY
Secondary memory stores data permanently.  
Secondary memory is also known as external memory.
Examples: Magnetic tape. Magnetic Discs (Hard Disc, Floppy Disc),Optical Discs, Flash drives
A magnetic tape is a recording medium consisting of a thin tape with coating of fine magnetic material used for recording data. 

Hard Disk
A hard disk is usually used inside the CPU. 
A hard disk is divided into tracks and sectors.
 The activity of creating sectors and tracks on a hard disk is called 
(a) Tracking (b) Sectoring
(c ) Plattering (d) Formatting
Ans :  (d) Formatting
The normal size of a Hard drive sector is 
Ans : 512 bytes
A hard disk used for storage externally as a substitute for portable storage is known as External hard disk 

Floppy Disk
Floppy disk was discovered by
Ans : Alan Shugart
Size of a common floppy disk 
Ans : 3.5 inches
3.5 inches size floppy drives and floppy disks are developed by
Ans : SONY
8 inches size floppy disks are developed by 
Ans : IBM
Storage capacity of a common floppy disk -
Ans : 1.44 MB
The part of the computer where floppy disks are inserted is known as
Ans : Floppy disk drive

Optical discs
Examples of optical disc are
Ans : CD, DVD, Blu ray disc
Data on optical disc is stored in the form of light and dark pits.
CD - Compact Disk
Storage capacity of a standard CD
Ans : 650- 750 MB (70 minutes of audio)
Diameter of a standard CD
Ans : 12 cm
The term “Red book”, “Yellow book” and   “Orange book  refer to
Ans : CD ROM Standard
DVD - Digital Versatile Disk (formally known as Digital Video Disk)
Storage capacity of a common DVD 
Ans : 4.7 GB
Optical disk having high storage capacity 
Ans : Blu-ray disk
Storage capacity of a standard single layer Blu -ray disc
Ans : 25 GB
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 Information Technology & Cyber Laws 1

COMPUTER

                             TENSE

Tenses

1. Present Tense

2. Past Tense

3. Future Tense

                                    Phrasal Verbs

                                                 Collective Nouns

A bask of crocodiles

A band of robbers

A bale of turtles

A bench of judges

A bevy of ladies

A board of directors

A bundle of sticks

A bundle of  sheaf

A break of winds

A box of cigars

A brace of pistols

A class of students

A crew of sailors

A crowd of people

A cluster of spiders

A colony of ants

A colony of bats

A den of snakes

A fall of snow

A flight of butterflies

A flock of sheep

A fleet of sheep

A herd of cattle

A herd of cows

A herd of deer

A herd of elephants

A herd of giraffes

A herd of goats

A herd of pigs

A herd of asses

A giggle of girls

A herd of cattle 

A swarm of flies

A wedge of swans

A parliament of owls

A flocks of ducks

A company of parrots

A brood of chickens

A brood of hens

A flight of doves

A clowder of cats

 A sloth of bears

A pride of lions

 A flock of camels

A zeal of zebras

A litter of cubs

A brace of pigeons

 A kindle of kittens

A team of horses

 A bury of rabbits

A scoop of journalist