PSC GK previous question 39

JUNIOR ASSISTANT / CASHIER / ASSISTANT GRADE II / CLERK GR I - KSFE LTD / KSEB LTD / KSRTC / FOAM MATTINGS ETC

QUESTION CODE : 060/2018     NAME OF POST : JUNIOR ASSISTANT / CASHIER / ASSISTANT GR II / CLERK GR I     DEPARTMENT : KSFE LTD / KSEB LTD / KSRTC / FOAM MATTINGS ETC     MEDIUM OF QUESTION : ENGLISH / MALAYALAM     QUESTION BOOKLET ALPHACODE : A     DATE OF TEST : 05/08/2018     

ANSWERKEY

21. Iodine is used to detect which of the following constituents of food ?
(A) Starch
(B) Glucose

 (C) Fats

 (D) Protein

22. Who discovered Penicillin in 1928 ? 

 (A) Edward Jenner

 (B) Alexander Fleming

 (C) Gregor Mendel

 (D) Louis Pasteur

23. Which is the lightest metal ? 

 (A) Calcium

 (B) Barium

 (C) Lithium

 (D) Sodium

24. The instrument which converts sound to electric signal is ______

 (A) Loud speaker 

(B) Stethoscope

 (C) Megaphone

 (D) Microphone

25. The non-metal which is in liquid state at atmospheric temperature.

 (A) Bromine

 (B) Mercury

 (C) Galium

 (D) Cesium

26. Which of the following instruments is used for measuring atmospheric pressure ?

 (A) Thermometer

 (B) Barometer

 (C) Sonometer 

(D) Spectrometer

27. The nitrogen base which is not present in DNA is ______

 (A) Adenine

 (B) Thymine

 (C) Guanine

 (D) Uracil

28. Which of the following diseases is not a bacterial disease ?

 (A) Tuberculosis

 (B) Tetanus

 (C) Chicken-pox

 (D) Anthrax

29. The part of brain which help the body balance.

 (A) Cerebrum 

(B) Cerebellum 

 (C) Thalamus

 (D) Medulla oblongata

30. “Calcium hydroxide” is the chemical name of ______ 

. (A) Caustic soda

 (B) Caustic potash 

 (C) Milk of lime

 (D) Milk of Magnesia

31. The new Asia Cup Women Hockey Champion ?
(A) China
(B) Japan
(C) India 
(D) Pakistan

32. Who among the following is recently appointed as the goodwill ambassador of UNICEF ?
(A) Christian Davis
(B) Lilly Singh
(C) Seema Varma
(D) Musun-Al-Mellahan

33. The winner of the Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2016 ?
(A) Raj Kumar
(B) K. Vishwanath
(C) Kamal Hassan
(D) Amitabh Bachchan


34. Who is the Miss Universe of 2017 ?
(A) Karen Ebasca
(B) Manushi Chillar
(C) Demi Le Nel Peters
(D) Priyanka Chopra


35. The first underwater rail tunnel in India is constructed under which river ?
(A) Hugli
(B) Mahanadi
(C) Narmada
(D) Yamuna

 36. Who is the author of the book, ‘The Quest For A World Without Hunger’ ?
(A) Amartya Sen
(B) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
(C) Salman Rushdie
(D) Arundhati Roy

37. The winner of Nobel Prize for Economics in 2017
(A) Bari Barish
(B) Kasuvo Ishiguro
(C) Jokim Frank   
(D) Richard Thailor

38. Which of the following harbour in Indian Ocean has recently been transferred to China by Sri Lanka ?
(A) HumbenThotta
(B) Trincomalee
(C) Galle
(D) Beruvala

39. Who is the new Chairman of National Scheduled Tribes Commission ?
 (A) Vikas Swaroop
 (B) Nandakumar Sai  
 (C) Sandeep Jajodiya
 (D) Vikram Lilmaye

40. Who is the new President of Liberia ?
(A) Nana Akufo Ado
(B) Sheik Rafeeque Muhammed
(C) Susan Keefal
(D) George Wah

41. First Digital State of India
 (A) Madhya Pradesh
 (B) Gujarat
 (C) Bengal
 (D) Kerala

 42. Uri Dam is constructed across the river
 (A) Jhelum
 (B) Chenab
 (C) Ravi
 (D) Beas

43. Government of India decided to demonetize ` 500 and ` 1000 Currency notes with effect from
 (A) 5th November, 2016
 (B) 8th November, 2016
 (C) 5th December, 2016
 (D) 8th December, 2016

44. Who is regarded as the official historian of Indian National Congress ?
 (A) J.B. Kripalani
 (B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
 (C) Pattabhi Sitharamayya
 (D) Gopala Krishna Gokhale


 45. Who was the Governor General of India during the Revolt of 1857 ?
 (A) Lord Canning
 (B) Lord Rippon
 (C) Lord Dalhousie
 (D) Lord Curzon

46. The Indian Struggle is the autobiography of
 (A) C.R. Das
 (B) Chandrasekhar Azad
 (C) Bipin Chandra Pal
(D) Subhash Chandra Bose

 47. The President of India who announced the Emergency of 1975
 (A) V.V. Giri
 (B) Dr. Zakir Hussain
 (C) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
 (D) Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy

48. The Supreme Court of India was started functioning from
 (A) 1950 January 26
(B) 1950 January 28
 (C) 1951 January 26
(D) 1951 January 28

 49. Who founded the East India Association ?
(A) Gopala Krishna Gokhale
 (B) Aurobindo Ghosh
 (C) Surendranath Bannerjee
 (D) Dadabhai Naoroji

50. Founder of Arya Samaj
 (A) Raja Rammohan Roy
 (B) Swami Vivekananda
 (C) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
(D) Kesab Chandra Sen

 51. Pathiramanal Island is situated in
 (A) Ashtamudi Lake
(B) Vembanad Lake
 (C) Kodungalloour Lake
 (D) Sasthamkotta Lake

52. The district Malappuram was formed in
 (A) 1956
 (B) 1957
 (C) 1969
(D) 1972

 53. Veenapoovu of Kumaranasan was first published in the Newspaper
 (A) Malayali
 (B) Mithavadi
 (C) Vivekodayam
 (D) Swadesabhimani

 54. Who among the following Malayalees got Padmavibhooshan in 2017 ?
 (A) Parassala B. Ponnammal
 (B) K.J. Yesudas
 (C) Akkitham Achyuthan Nambudiri
 (D) Chemancheri Kuniraman Nair

 55. Who among the following was the first Chief Justice of the High Court of Kerala ?
 (A) Justice P. Govinda Menon
 (B) Justice Anna Chandi
 (C) Justice K. Sankaran
(D) Justice K.T. Koshi

 56. Who is the founder of Atmavidya Sangham ?
 (A) Vagbhadanandan
 (B) Brahmananda Siva Yogi
 (C) Dharma Dheeran
(D) Sree Narayana Guru

 57. The women activist who is popularly known as the Jhansi Rani of Travancore
 (A) A.V. Kuttimalu Amma
 (B) Akkamma Cheriyan
 (C) Rosamma Punnus
(D) Anna Chandi

58. Who among the following is known as Kerala Vyasan ?
 (A) Vallathol Narayana Menon
 (B) Kerala Varma Valiakoyi Thampuran
 (C) Vennikkulam Gopala Kurupu
 (D) Kodungallur KunhikkuttanThampuran

 59. Who among the following was the volunteer Captain of Guruvayoor Satyagraha ?
 (A) Mannathu Padmanabhan
 (B) A.K. Gopalan 
(C) K. Kelappan
(D) T.K. Madhavan

 60. Who started the newspaper the Al-Ameen in 1924 ?
 (A) Vakkom Abdul Khadar Maulavi
 (B) Thangal Kunju Musliyr
 (C) Yakkub Hazan
 (D) Muhammad Abdul Rahman Sahib

61. In which year the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) was enacted in India ?
(A) 1967
(B) 1985
(C) 1995
(D) 2002

62. The Vice-President
(A) can be a member of either House of Parliament or a member of any State Legislature.
(B) cannot be a member of either House of Parliament or a member of any State Legislature.
(C) can be a member of House of Parliament but cannot be a member of any State Legislature.
(D) cannot be a member of House of Parliament but can be a member of any State Legislature.

63. The Ninety-Ninth Constitutional Amendment Act
(A) provides for the formation of a National Judicial Appointments Commission.
(B) provides Right to Education until the age of fourteen.
(C) implements Goods and Services Tax Act.
(D) enable the Parliament to dilute Fundamental Rights.

64. The Election Commission of India was formed on
(A) 15th August, 1948
(B) 26th November, 1949
(C) 25th January, 1950
(D) 26th January, 1951

65. The Prime Minister who led the first minority government in India
(A) Indira Gandhi
(B) A.B. Vajpayee
(C) Deva Gowda
(D) V.P. Singh

66. The landmark case in which the Supreme Court upholds Right to Privacy as a Fundamental Right (A) K.S. Puttaswamy Vs Union of India
(B) Kesavananda Bharathi Vs State of Kerala
(C) Maneka Gandhi Vs Union of India
(D) Prashant Bhushan Vs Union of India

67. The Sachar Committee is related to which of the following ?
(A) Equal opportunities
(B) Centre-State relations
(C) Freedom of Press
(D) Electoral reforms

68. The Chairman of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee which recommended that panchayats be conferred a constitutional status
(A) Balwant Rai Mehta
(B) Ashok Mehta
(C) Dr. L.M. Singhvi
(D) P.K. Thungan

69. Which amendment added the Ninth Schedule to the Constitution ?
(A) The First Amendment
(B) The Third Amendment
(C) The Seventh Amendment
(D) The Ninth Amendment

70. Instant Triple Talaq is now unconstitutional due to
(A) the Supreme Court Judgment in Shah Bano Case
(B) the Supreme Court Judgment in Shayara Bano Case
(C) the passing of the Muslim Women Bill in Lok Sabha
(D) All of the above