PSC Junior Asst Cum Typist - Kldb Ltd/ Stenographer Grade ... file1.61/ 2015 l. l4lho is known as...

Date of Test : 03.09.2015

Medium of Questions: English

Question Paper Code: 161/2015

Exam Name: Junior Asst Cum Typist - Kldb Ltd/ Stenographer Grade IV - Autocast Ltd/ Stenographer - The Pharmaceutical Corporation - IM - Kerala Ltd

PSC Junior Asst Cum Typist - Kldb Ltd/ Stenographer Grade IV - Autocast Ltd/

Stenographer - The Pharmaceutical Corporation - IM - Kerala Ltd Examination

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l. l4lho is known as the "Architect of Modem India,, ?

(A) Gandhiji (B) Nehru

(C) Ambedkar (D) Sardar Vallabhbhai patel

2. }Vlro among the following is the first elected Chief Minister of " Alkya Kerala,, ?

(A) K. Karunakaran (B) E.K. Nayanar

(C) E.M.S. Nambootirippad (D) R. Sankar

3. I,ly'ho organised Savarna Jatha in Vaikom Satyagraha ?

(A) Mannath Padmanabhan (B) Chattampi Swamikal

(C) K. Kelappan (D) A.K. Gopalan

4. The famous Temple entry proclamation was issued in the year

(A) 1.e24 (B) 7e31. (c) 1e36 (D) 7s41.

5. Who among the following founded "Sadhu |ana paripalana yogam,, ?

(A) Ayyankali (B) K. Ayyappan (C) C. Krishnan . (D) T.K. Madhavan

5. Who is known as the "Grand Old Man of India" ?

(A) R.C. Dutt

(C) S.N. Banarjee

(B) Dadabhai Naoroji

(D) Firozsha Mehta

7. Vr'hich Indian revoiutionary organised "Abhinav Bharath,, in 1904 ?

(A) Bhagath Singh (B) V.D. Savarkar

(C) Lala Hardayal (D) Ajith Singh

8, Name the person who framed Wardha Scheme of education :

(A) Nehru (B) Gandhiji

(C) Dr. S. Radha Krishnan (D) Ambedkar

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L Which Indian leader gave the famous slogan "Delhi Chalo" ?

(A) Bhagat Singh (B) V.D. Savar.kar

(C) Subhash Chandra Bose (D) Madam Cama

10. Name the Indian nationalist who became famous as "Desabandhu,, :

(A) C.F. Andrews (B) R.C. Dutt

(C) Vinoba Bhave (D) C.R. Das

11. The Industrial policy of 1.948 adopted a

--.(A) Liberal Economy (B) Socialist Economy

(C) Capitalist Economy (D) Mixed Economy

12. The Kerala Agrarian Relation Act was in the year

(A) 1e63 (B) 1.e67 (c) 7e57 (D) 1e6e

13. Name the father of "White Revolution" in India :

(A) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan (B) Dr. Vargheese Kurien

(C) Dr. C.V. Raman (D) Dr. J.C. Bose

14. The recent Malayalam movie "Celluloid" was about the life of which Malayalam dlrgqtor ?

(A) J.C. Daniel (B) p.J. Antony

(C) M.S. Sathl"u (D) Aravindan

15. The famous Dutch publication "Hortus Malabaricus" was originaily compiled by An Ezhavaphysician named _.(A) Vaghbhata (B) Ranga Bhatt

(C) Itti Achutan (D) Mallan Sankaran

16. Who wrote the famous novel "Anandamath " ?

(A) Rabeendra Nath Tagore (B) S.N. Banarjee

(C) B.C. Pal. (D) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

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1,7. "Amar Sonar Bangla" is the national Anthem of nhich country ?

(A) Pakistan (B) Bangladesh (C) Bhutan (D) Sri Lanka

1.8. The Ganapati festival in Maharashka rvas initiated by which Indian Nationalist ?

19. Name the revolutionary who organised Chittagong Armoury Raid :

(A) Surya Sen (B) B.K. Dutt (C) Bhagat Singh (D) jahn Das

20. The head qualters of Southern Railway Zone is at which place ?

(A) B.C. Pal

(C) B.G. Tilak

(A) Hyderabad

(C) Thiruvananthapuram

(B) Arabindo Ghosh

(D) Lala Lajpat llai

(B) Bangalore

(D) Chennai

"Aswamedham" :

(C) C.J. Thomas

21. Name the dramatist who wrote the drama

(A) Thoppil Bhasi (B) K. Damodaran

The "Rajapramukh" of Aikya Keiala :

(A) Sree Visakham Tirunal (B)

(C) Sree Moolam Tirunal (D)

Sree Chitira Tirunal

None of these

(D) N. Krishnapillai

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23. "Pracheena Malavalam" is a scholarlv work of which saint ?

24. The poet in Kerala noted for the spirit of nationatsm :

(A) Ullur S. Parameshwara Aiyer (B) Kumaranasan

(C) Vallathol (D) Changampuzha

25. "Karuna" is an elegant poem having social relevance. \Arho wrote it ?

(A) Sree Narayana Guru

(C) BrahmanandaSivayogi

(A) Kumaranasan

(C) G. Sankara Kurup

(B) Vaghbhatananda

(D) Chattampi Swamikal

(B) Vallathol

(D) Vailoppilli Sreedhara Menon

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26. The First Railway line in India was during the Governor Generalship of

27. The single oil field, which we have in pre Independent India was at which prace ?

(A) Bombay High (B) Sitchar (C) Digboy (D) Bhilai

(A) Lord Canning

(C) Lord Cornwallis

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(A) Tipu Sultan

(C) Potti Sreeramalu

(B) Lord Wellesley

(D) Lord Dalhousie

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(B) Hyder Ali(D) Narasimha Wadayar

(D) November

28' The National Forest Policy declared in 1952 aims to preserve the total forest area of Indiashould be about _- of total Geographical Area.

(B) : (D) +

29. The South West Monsoon in Kerala begins in which month ?

(A) October (B) June (c) luly

30. IT.y"q.f""y" of social life in India at the beginning of 20th Century was based on whichrarrulv pattem /

1e) loi.rt farnify (B) Nuclear family (C) Extended family (D) Micro famity

31. Radcliffe Line is the boundary between India and

(A) Bangladesh (B) pakistan (C) China (D) Bhutan

32' The unpopular viceroy who roved animals and encouraged heritage conservation :

(A) Lord Canning (B) Lord Dalhousie (C) Lord Curzon (D) Lord Ripon

33. Who planted "The Tree of Liberty at Seringapatam,, ?

34. R.D. Banarjee is related with which of the following ?

(A) Numismatics (B) philately

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35. "Pratyaksha Reksha Daiva Sarniti" (P R.D.S) is associated r,r'ith whom ?

(A) Swami Agamananda (B) iJrahmananda Sivayogi

(C) Poikayil Kumara Deva (D) Evu pressiamma

36, The founder of Brahma Samaj was

(A) ifaja ram Mohan Roy (B) Vivekananda

(C) Pandit Gurudatt (D) Swami Dayanand Saraswati

37. Sister Nivedita is associated with which saint ?

(A) Swarni Shraddhananda (B) Swami Vivekananda

(C) I{amana Maharshi (D) Mother Teresa

38. "Back to Vedas" is the motto of --_-.(A) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (B) Swami Vivekananda

(C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (D) Chattampi Swamikal

39, The Indo - Norwegran venture for Fisheries Project is at _ in Kerala.

(A) Ezhimala (B) Neendakara (C) Fort Cochin (D) Vizhinjam

40. The eco-system of Kuttanadu is based on which river ?

(A) Pampa (B) Nifa (C) Periyar (D) Minachilar

41. Name the Indian leader who eamed the title "Frontier Gandhi" :

(A) Khan Abdul Gaffur Khan (B) Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad

(C) Hasan Imam (D) Abdul Rasool

12. "Kappirikalude Nattil" is a Travalogue authored by

(A) M.P. Veerendrakumat (B) Paramel Thomakathanar

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43. "Ryotll'ari system" in Madras u'as introduced by

(A) Colonel Muruoe

(C) Lord Wellesley

44. Who signed the Subsidiary system of alliance on behalf of the Native State of Travancore ?

(A) Ummini Tampi

(C) Velu Tampi

(A) Sabda Vahini

(C) Akashavani

(A) Swathi Thirunal

(C) Tyaga Raja Swamikal

(A) Sree Chitira Tirunal

(C) Sree Uthradam Tirunal

(R) Lord Cornwallis

(D) Reed

(B) Mathrr Tarakan

(D) Raja Kesavadas

(B) Roopavani

(D) Jayavani

(B) Iriyimman Tampi

(D) Shyama Sastrikal

(B) Sree Mulam Tirunal

(D) Swathi Thirunal

45. The father of Westem Education in India was ,-(A) Lord Macaulay (B) Lord Dalhousie

(C) Charles Metcalfe (D) Thomas Munroe

46. All India Radio was originally known as

47. Who wrote the famous lullaby "Omana Thinkal Kidavo" ?

48. The first Education Minister of Kerala :

(A) Dr. A.R. Menon (B) K.R. Gouriyamma

(C) Joseph Mundasseri (D) C.H. Muhammed Koya

49. The establishment of Ayurveda college at Thiruvananthapuram was during the regime of

50. The Hindu Succession act in Kerala was passed in the vear

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51. l'he nearest letter of'l-' aifixed in a computer keyboard :

(A) w (B) c (c) K (D) Y

52. Pick out the odd one from the following :

(A) Single line spacing (B) Double line spacing

(C) Triple Iine spacing (D) Multiple line spacing

53. Iry'hich finger is used to move the space bar ?

(A) Left thumb (B) Right thumb

(C) Left index finger (D) Right index fingel

54. Function button for repeat action :

(A) F4 (B) F2 (c) F3 (D) Fs

55. The expanded form of ISDN:

(A) Integrated Services Diai-up Network

(B) Integrated Services Digital Network

(C) Identified Systems Dial-up Network

(D) Identified Services Digitai Network

56. For creating a hanging Indent, Press :

(A) Ctrl+C (B) Ctll+H (C) Ctrl+I (D) Crrt+T

57. Instead of 'yesterday/ you typed 'yesteday'. Which is the best suitable option to correct it ?

(A) Delete (B) Retype (C) Insert (D) Edit

58. The Roman letter 'L' stands for :

(A) 50 (B) s00 (c) 100 (D) 1000

59. Drop cap is in menu.

(A) Edit (B) Tools (C) Insert (D) Format

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. 60. To find the s)'nonym of a word _ is used.

(A) Wizard (B) Templates (C) Mail merge (D) Thesaurus

6I. Wtrat is the default number of lines to drop for drop cap ?

(A) 8 (B) 3 (c) 5 (D) 1

62. A character that is raised and smaller above the baseline is known as :

(A) Superscript (B) Outlined (C) Subscript (D) Raised

63. Which of the following is not a type of page margin ?

(A) Right (B) L€ft (C) Center (D) Top

64. The Shift keys should be depressed by the _ of either hand.

(A) Index finger (B) Small finger (C) Middle finger (D) Thumb

55. envelope save time and labour.

(A) Covered (B) Window

(C) Open (D) None of the above

66. The shortcut key for undo the last action:

(A) Chl+L (B) Ctrl+V (C) Ctur+Z (D) Ctrt+A

67. Alt+F10 helps to the program window.

(A) Minirnise (B) euit (C) Restore (D) Maximise

58. A single cell in a table can be splitted into :

(A) Columns (B) Rows (C) Two (D) AU of the above

69. The option to adopt vertically align the contents of the table cell is :

(A) Text direction (B) Drop cap (C) Change case (D) Auto text

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70. The start button is in

(A) Title

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(B) Task (C) Tool (D) Menu

72. is also called as Volatile m€mory.

(B) Chl+O

(D) None of the.above

(B) ROM

(D) Nong of the above

73. Tab stops move _ space by default.

(A) 0.2s" (B) 0.s0,, (c) 0.7s"

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(D) 0.10"

74. To set the documen/s margins, indents and tabs' bar is used.

(A) Status (B) Task (C) Ruler (D) Title

helps to reduce the nurnber of pages.

(A) Auto conect (B) Gridlines ., (C) Mail merge (D) Shrink to fit

To cmtre a paragraptr, use :

(A) Ctrl+C (B) Chl+E

77. How many basic types of tab stops are there ?

(A) 3 (B) 5 (c) 7

78. substitutes new text for the existing.

(A) Find (B) Replace (C) Go to

79. The shortcut key for begiruring of a document :

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(c) Alttc (D) Alt+E

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71. The shortcut key to create a new document in Word processing is :

(A) Ctrl+N

(C) Ctrl+C

(A) RAM

(C) Secondary memory

(A) Ctrl+up arrow

(C) Alt+Home

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80. To emphasise a letter, use :

(A) Bold (B) Italic (C) Underline (D) All of the above

81. Pressing Shift+Tab in a table causes, cursor to :

(A) Move to the next cell (B) Move to the first cell in the column

(C) Move to the preceding cell (D) Move to the last cell in the column

82. To select from the insertion point to the same position in the previous line :

(A) Shift * down arrow

(C) Shift + up anow

83. Assembly level language is also known as :

(A) Low level language (B) High level language

(C) Procedural language (D) Symbolic language

84. Envelopes and labels are in _ menu.

(A) Edit (B) Window (C) Table (D) Tools

E5. is not an example of section breaks.

(A) Previous (B) Odd page or even page

(C) Continuous (D) Next page

86, Paper table is also called

(A) Paper guide

(C) Paper rest place

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(D) Slnft + Ctrl + down arow

(B) Paper bail

(D) Paper release lever

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88. The system of typin& without looking to the keyboard is known as

--.(A) Press System (B) Sight System (C) Touch System (D) Type System

89. The paper which is used for taking carbon copies are :

(A) Manifold (B) A4 (C) Stencil (D) ,A3

90. Thumb wheels are also known as

--.(A) Platen Knobs (B) Pinion \ /heels

(C) Draw Cord Knobs (D) paper l44reels

91. Excess of oil in the way rode channel causes movement.

(A) Lengthwise (B) Sluggisn

(C) Up and down (D) Automaric reversal

92. To protect a cylinder, a _ should always be used.

(A) Backing sheet (B) Single indenting

(C) Base board (D) Silk carrier

93. Before Comma space should be left.

(A) 1 (B) 2 (c) No (D) y,.

94. are useful to t'?e on post cards.

(A) Type guide (B) Card holders (C) Card spring (D) Draw cord

95. Vertical movement is not closely related with :

(A) Ribbon lifting arm (B) Ribbon carrier

(C) Ribbon throw adjuster (D) Ribbon coupler

96. The shape of segment is :

' (A) Circular

(C) Square

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(B) Semi circu.lar

(D) Triangular

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97. The alphabet'Cf is used for rZERQ',in ,,. type keyboard.

(A) Scientific

(C) Universal

While typing a business letter, 'Stet'

(A) Type in another place

(C) Do not type

(B) Ideal

(D) None of the above

means :

(B) Insert correction

(D) Ignore correction

99. Main spring tension is also known as _ tension,

(A) Cylinder (B) ' Backing sheet (C) Base board (D) Carriage

100. Ribbon position indicator can be adjusted in _ ways.

(A) 2 (B) s (c) 4 (D) 3

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