PSC Previous questions 11

MACHINIST-STATE WATER TRANSPORT Date of exam 05-11-18

answer key
1.Which among the following book was not authored by Stephen Hawking :
(A) Silent Spring
(B) A Brief History of Time 

(C) The Theory of Everything
(D) Black Holes : The Reith Lectures

2.Name the social reformer who propounded the idea 'No caste No Religion No God'.
(A) Dr. Palpu
(B) Sree Narayana guru 

(C) Kumaranasan
(D) Sahodaran Ayyappan

3.Who was the viccroy of India when the Bengal was partitioned in 1905?
(A) Lord Lytton
(B) Lord Dufferin 

(C) Lord Curzon
(D) Lord Rippon

4. Who was the Mugal emperor of India during the first war of Indian independence in 1857?
(A) Bahadur Shah I
(B) Akbar II 

(C) Bahadur Shah II
(D) Shah Alam

5. FIFA World Cup 2022 will be held at :
(A) Singapore
C) Paris
(B) Qatar 

(D) New York

6.Who was the author of the book 'Pracheena Malayalam?
(A) Pandit Karuppan
(B) Sri Narayana Guru 

(C) Chattampi Swamikal
(D) Kumara Guru

7. The boundary line between India and China is known as:
(A) Radcliffe Line
(B) McMahon Line 

(C) 38th Parallel
(D) Maginot Line

8. The national leader who was known as the father of Indian Unrest:
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale 

(C) W.C. Banerjee
(D) Motilal Nehru

9. Which river in India is known as Bengal's sorrow?
(A) Mahanadi
(B) Damodar 

(C) Krishna
(D) Narmada

10. Royal Indian Naval Mutiny was in:
(A) 1935 

(C) 1942
(B) 1939

(D)  1946 

11. Kasiranga national park is situated in :
(A) West Bengal 

(C) Assam
(B) Sikkim 

(D) Punjab

12. The first five year Plan was launched in the years
(A) 1951
(B) 1962 

(C) 1956
(D) 1957

13. Who was the first secretary of SNDP yogam?
(A) Dr. Palpu 

(C) Mitavati Krishnan
(B) N. Kumaranasan 

(D) C.V. Kunjuraman

14. The Nair Service Society was founded in the year:
(A) 1903
(B) 1909

(C) 1907 

(D) 1914

15. Who was the viceroy of India when Indian National Congress was formed in 1885?
(A) Lord Curzon
(B) Lord Dufferin 

(C) Lord Mayo
(D) Lord Rippon

16. Who was known as "Frontier Gandhi'?
(A) Khan Abdul Ghaffer Khan 

(C) Maulana Mohammed Ali
(B) Bipin Chandra Pal 

(D) C. Rajagopalachari

17. The cartoon character "Common Man" was created by a
(A) Cartoonist Sankar
(B) Bal Thackeray 

(C) R. K. Laxman
(D) Abu Abraham 

18. The organisation started hy Vaghhatananda
(A) Atma Vidya Sangham 

(B) Yogakshema Sabha 

(C) Arya Samaj 

(D) Prathyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha

19. Who was the author of the drama 'Adukkalayil ninnu Arangathekku"?
(A) EMS
(B) M.P. Bhattathiripad 

(C) P. Kesava Dev
(D) V.T. Bhattathiripad

20. The Oscar Award for the best film (2018) ia awarded to:
(A) Darkest Hour
(B) Lady Bird 

(C) Spot light
(D) The Shape of Water