PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION PAPER 31

LD CLERK (BY TRANSFER)-KERALA WATER AUTHORITY. QUESTION CODE: 31/2019  CAT.NO : 413/2017 DATE OF TEST: 18.07.2019

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1. The next number in the following series is 480, 96, 24, 8, .
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 6

 
2. In what time will a train 100 m long cross an electric pole if its speed is 144 km/hr :
(A) 2.5 sec
(B) 3.2 sec
(C) 6.1 sec
(D) 2.9 sec

3. The sum of ages of 5 children born at the intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. Find out the age of the youngest child.
(A) 4
(B) 8

(C) 10
(D) 3

4. January 1, 2008 is tuesday, what day of the week lies on January 1, 2009.
(A) Monday
(B) Wednesday

(C) Thursday
(D) Saturday

5. Which of the following number is exactly divisible by 11?
(A) 235641
(B) 245642

(C) 315448
(D) 415448

6. A and B can do a piece of work in 8 days and A alone can do it in 12 days. In how many days can B alone do it?

(A) 16
(B) 12

(C) 15
(D) 24

7. The difference between the compound interest and simple interest for a certain amount for 2 years at 4% rate is 1.6. What is the amount?
(A) 1000
(B) 500

(C) 300
(D) 800

 8. The ratio between two numbers is 4:5. Their LCM is 120, the sum of numbers is
(A) 30
(B) 24

(C) 54
(D) 44

9. In an election between two candidates one who got 75% of the votes won the election by 272 votes. Then the total votes polled is
(A) 750
(B) 544

(C) 1150
(D) 816

10. Find the mirror image when the exact time shown in a clock was 6:07.
(A) 5:06
(B) 5:53

(C) 6:53
(D) 8:53

 
11. The following question consists of a number series which contains a wrong term. This term is given as one of the alternatives among the FOUR numbers given below it. Find out the WRONG term in the following. 5 27 61 122 213 340 509
(A) 5
(B) 27

(C) 61
(D) 216

12. If 'X' means '+;'—means 'X';' means '+; and + means '', then
(3 – 15 + 11) X 8+ 6 =
(A) 1
(B) 4 

(C) 8
(D) None of these

13. 4 men and 6 women finish a job in 8 days, while 3 men and w women finish it in 10 days. In
how many days will 10 women finish it?
(A) 20
(B) 30 

(C) 40
(D) None of these

14. LCM of 2/3 , 4/9 , 5/6  IS
(A) 10/3  

(B) 20/27
(C) 8/27  

(D) 20/3

15. 'a' divides 195 leaving a reminder 15. The biggest two - digit value of 'a' is

(A) 60

(B) 70 (C) 80

(D) 90 31/2019-M

16. Find the correct alternative in the following
a b—a bba-ba-ba
(A) a a a a 

(C) a bb b
(B) bb bb

(D) a ab b

17. BEAT is written as GIDV, SOUP may be written as
(A) YSXR
(B) XSYS 

(C) XSXR
(D) YXSR

18. A man said to women. “Your only brother's son is my wife's brother". How is the women
related to the man's wife?
(A) Mother 

(C) Aunt
(B) Sister

(D) None of these

19. In a group of five persons A, B, C, D and E: (1) A and C are intelligent in English and Reasoning (2) B and C are intelligent in English and General Awareness (3) E and F are intelligent in Arithmetic and Interview (4) E is intelligent in Interview, Reasoning and Arithmetic (5) B and D are intelligent in Arithmetic and General Awareness Who is intelligent in English, Arithmetic and General Awareness?
(A) A
(B) B 

(C) C
(D) E

20. If South – East becomes North, North – East becomes West and so on, what will West become?
(A) South - East
(B) North - East 

(C) South - West
(D) North – West

21. Which hormone is injected in pregnant women during child birth?
(A) Estrogen
(B) Vasopressin

(C) Oxytocin
(D) Somatotrophin

22. In the electrical circuit of a house the fuse is used :
(A) To regulate the current
(B) To load 

(C) As step – down device
(D) As safety device

23. Drinking Soda is :
(A) Neutral

(C) Amphoteric
(B) Acidic

(D) Basic

24. A cross between hybrid and either of any parent (Dominant or Recessive) is called :
(A) Back cross
(B) Test cross 

(C) Monohybrid cross
(D) Dihybrid cross

25. Which metal is widely used for the production of powerful and light weight magnets?
(A) Zircon
(B) Titanium 

(C) Neodymium
(D) Cerium

26. Which of the following is called as 'Royal Disease"?
(A) Anemia
(B) Leukemia

(C) Heamophilia
(D) Colour blindness

27. A modern concept of Galvanic cells :
(A) Lithium-ion cell 

(C) Mercury cell
(B) Ni - cd cell 

(D) Hydrogen - Oxygen fuel cell

28. The ability of a liquid at extremely low temperature to flow upwards overcoming the force of gravity :
(A) Super fluidity
(B) Evaporation

(C) Levigation
(D) Transpiration

29. The scientist who first sent electro magnetic waves to distant places is :
(A) James Clark Maxwell
(B) J.L. Baird

(C) Hein Rich Hertz
(D) Thomas Alwa Edison

30. In eye donation which one of the following parts of donor's eye is utilized.
(A) Iris
(B) Lens

(C) Retina
(D) Cornea

 31. Panchayati Raj System was introduced in Kerala in :
(A) 1960
(C) 1965
(B) 1962

(D) 1967

32. The Constitution Amendment which is known as Mini Constitution :
(A) 42nd 

(C) 66th
(B) 73rd 

(D) 77th

33. The Viceroy who passed the Vernacular Press Act in 1878?
(A) Lord Canning 

(B) Lord Curzon

(C) Lord Rippon
(D) Lord Lytton

34. Who is the author of A Short History of Peasant Movement in Kerala?
(A) C. Achyutha Menon
(B) Paravoor T.K. Narayana Pillai

(C) E.M.S. Nambudiripad
(D) A. K. Gopalan

 35. Sardar Sarovar dam is built across the river:
(A) Mahanadi

(C) Thapti
(B) Godavari

(D) Narmada

36. How many countries participated in the FIFA Russian World Cup 2018?
(A) 28
(B) 30

(C) 32
(D) 34

37. Who among the following was the first women President of Indian National Congress?
(A) Sarojini Naidu

(C) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
(B) Mrs. Annie Besant

 (D) Sucheta Kripalani

38. Who invented Electron?
(A) Ernest Rutherford

(C) John Dalton
(B) James Chadwick

(D) J.J. Thomson

39. Founder of Satyashodak Samaj :
(A) Jyothirao Phule 

(C) Iswara Chandra Vidya Sagar
(B) Mahadeva Govinda Ranade

 (D) Swami Dayananda Saraswathy

 40. Which among the following days is observed as World Meteorological Day?
(A) March 20
(B) March 22 

(C) March 23
(D) March 3

 41. In 1864 John Lawrency, the Viceroy of India, officially moved his council to :
(A) Manali
(B) Shimla 

(C) Srinagar
(D) Mussoorie

42. Headquarters of survey of India :
(A) Dehradun

(C) New Delhi
(B) Kolkatta

(D) Puna

43. Under Civil Disobedience Movement Gandhiji reached Dandi on
(A) 13th April 1930
(B) 11th March 1930

(C) 26th March 1930
(D) 6th April 1930

44. The famous image of Bharat Mata first created :
(A) Abanindranath Tagore
(B) Rabindranath Tagore

(C) Benkim Chandra Chattopadhyay

(D) Devendranath Tagore

45. 'Puduvaipu Era' commenced in memory of:
(A) Floods of 1341

(C) Floods of 1924
(B) Floods of 1789

(D) Floods of 1899

46. The largest fresh water lake in Kerala :
(A) Vembanad lake

(C) Sasthamcotta lake
(B) Ashtamudi lake 

(D) Kumbla lake

47. Gate way of Bengal
(A) Chunar

(C) Kaligar
(B) Rajmahal hills

(D) Teliagarhi

48. The cylonic storm that hit Andra Pradesh and Tamilnadu Coasts on 16th December 2018:
(A) Phethai
(B) Okhi 

(C) Vardah
(D) Gaja

49. First Industrial Worker's strike in India :
(A) Ahmedabad Mill Workers

(C) Bombay Mill Workers
(B) Howrah Railway station Workers (D) Industrial workers in Madras

50. First President of All India Trade Union congress :
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai
(B) Tilak

(C) Gokhalae
(D) Tilak Jawaharlal Nehru

51. River that flows eastward direction :
(A) Pamba 

(C) Pambar
(B) Periyar 

(D) Thirur

52. Peacock's habitat:
(A) Semi evergreen forest 

(C) Moist deciduous forest
(B) Dry deciduous forest

(D) Shola forest

53. The only live Volcano in India :
(A) Minicoy 

(C) Barren Island
(B) Andaman

(D) Kavarathy

54. Based on Rangarajan Committee Poverty line in rural areas :
(A) 32 a day
(B) +54 a day

(C) 35 a day
(D) 47 a day

55. India's first official census took place in :
(A) 1921 

(C) 1781
(B) 1931 

(D) 1881

56. The apex body to coordinate the rural financial system :
(A) Land Development Bank
(B) Canara Bank 

(C) NABARD
(D) State Bank of India

57. Golden Revolution introduced in which sector :
(A) Horticulture 

(C) Animal husbandary
(B) Fisheries 

(D) Milk production

58. The scheme introduced to cover insurance for the benefit of workers in the informal sector :
(A) General insurance 

(B) Rashtriya Swastika Bhima Yojana 

(C) Am Adni Bhima Yojana

 (D) Indira Gandhi National Old age Pension Scheme

59. Employment Guarantee Act enacted in :
(A) 2006 

(C) 2011 

(B) 2010 

(D) 2005

60. The unique phenomenon of a temple, a Church a mosque and a synagogue situated adjacent
to one another within the same compound at :
(A) Chennamangalam
(B) Mattanchery 

(C) Erumeli
(D) Palayam

61. Who is called the Father of Indian Constitution?
(A) Rajendra Prasad 

(C) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(B) M.N. Roy 

(D) K.M. Munshi 

62. Part - IV of the Indian Constitution deals with
(A) Secular State

(C) Preamble
(B) Fundamental Rights
(D) Directive Principles of State Policy

63. Who is the Head of the Indian Republic?
(A) Prime Minister

(C) Speaker
(B) Governor

(D) President of India

64. What is the maximum strength of the Rajya Sabha as per constitutional provisions?
(A) 240
(B) 245

(C) 250
(D) 545

65. Who appoints the Judges of the Supreme Court?
(A) Prime Minister 

(C) President
(B) Cabinet 

(D) Chief Justice

66. When National Human Rights Commission set up?
(A) 1993
(B) 1995

(C) 1997
(D) 1999

67. Who conducts examination for appointments to services of the union?
(A) Union Government
(B) Finance Commission

(C) Election Commission
(D) Union Public Service Commission

68. Which articles deals with Right to Equality?
(A) 25 to 28

(C) 19 to 22
(B) 23 to 24

(D) 14 to 18

69. Which among the following is considered as the basis of Socio-Economic Democracy in India?
(A) Directive Principles of state polic

(B) Fundamental Rights

(C) Panchayat Raj
(D) Provisions relating to backward class

70. NITI Aayog Replace :
(A) Finance Commission

(C) Election Commission
(B) Planning Commission

(D) Public Service Commission 

71. Identify the preposition. Mohan has a strong resemblance
(A) for 

(C) of his elder brother. 

(B) between

 (D) to

72. Choose the correct word. 

Do you have your driving ________________with you?
(A) lisense 

(C) laycense
(B) licence

 (D) liecence

73. Identify the suitable article.
___________________ Mr. Dhanapal has been selected for the post of Manager. 

(A) The
(B) An 

(C) A
(D) None of these 

74. Choose the correct form of verb:

My son _________________ from fever since Monday. 

(A) is suffering
(B) has been suffering 

(C) had suffered
(D) was suffering

75. Identify the suitable verb:

 Neither the Police inspector nor the police constables _______________able to help us.   

(A) were
(B) was

(C) is
(D) can

76.Identify the meaning of italicized words : The rule holds good for all, irrespective of seniority.
(A) valid
(B) dominate

(C) get hold of
(D) invalid

77. Give one word substitute for ______________Twice a year.
(A) biennial 

(C) bilingual
(B) biannual

(D) annual

78. Choose the correct word : He is waiting for you over ______________
(A) three 

(C) thier
(B) their

(D) there

79. Choose the correct option: It looks
it is going to rain. 

(A) whether 

(C) since
(B) if 

(D) as if  

80. Choose the correct word:
Did you hear the ____________news?
(A) last
(C) latest 31/2019-M
(B)later 

 (D) latter
81. ശരിയായ പദമേത്?
(A) അധരപുഡം
(B) അധരപുരം 

(C) അധരപുടം
(D) അദരപുടം 

82. പിരിച്ചെഴുതുക - കേട്ടു :
(A) കേൾ + തു
(B) കേൾ + ടു 

(C) കേൾ + ട്ടു
(D) കേള് + ട്ടു 

33. ഒറ്റപ്പദമെഴുതുക - പഠിക്കാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നയാൾ :
(A) പിപഠിസു
(B) പിപഠിപ്പു -

(C) പിപാസു
(D) പിപഠിശു 

84. ശരിയായ വാക്യമേത്? 

(A) കോപാകുലനായും പക്വതയില്ലാത്തവനുമായി കാണപ്പെട്ട അയാളിൽ വന്ന മാറ്റം
ശ്രദ്ധേയമായിരുന്നു. 

(B) കോപാകുലനായും പക്വതയില്ലാത്തവനും കാണപ്പെട്ട അയാളിൽ വന്ന മാറ്റം ശ്രദ്ധേയമായിരുന്നു
(C)കോപാകുലനും പക്വതയില്ലാത്തവനുമായി കാണപ്പെട്ട അയാളിൽ വന്ന മാറ്റം ശ്രദ്ധേയമായിരുന്നു

 (D) കോപാകുലനും പക്വതയില്ലാത്തവനായും കാണപ്പെട്ട അയാളിൽ വന്ന മാറ്റം ശ്രദ്ധേയമായിരുന്നു

 85. ഏടു കെട്ടുക - ആശയമെന്ത്?
(A) ഗുരുവിന്റെയടുത്ത് സാമർത്ഥ്യം കാണിക്കുക

(B) കാശിക്കു പോകുക

(C) ഊരാക്കുടുക്കിൽ ചെന്നു ചാടുക
(D) പഠിത്തം അവസാനിപ്പിക്കുക 

86. "പ്രഭു'വിന്റെ എതിർലിംഗപദമേത്?
(A) പ്രഭ
(B) പ്രഭ്വി

 (C) പ്രഭി
(D) പ്രഭ്വ

87. പര്യായപദമെഴുതുക - രോഹിതം :
(A) ദേവനം
(B) തിതീർപ്പു

(C) ഭസ്മം
(D)കുങ്കുമം 

88. വിപരീതപദമേത്? - ആശാസ്യം :
(A) അനാശാസ്യം
(B) അപഹാസ്യം

(C) പരിഹാസ്യം
(D) ആക്ഷേപാസ്യം

 89. ചേർത്തെഴുതുക - പൊൻ + കുടം :
(A) പൊന്നുംകുടം
(B) പൊല്ടം

(C) പൊന്നിൻകുടം
(D) പൊൻക്കുടം 

90. ഘടകപദം (വാക്യം ചേർത്തെഴുതുക) :
മൂന്നാർ ടൂറിസ്റ്റുകളെ ആകർഷിക്കുന്നു; കോവളം ടൂറിസ്റ്റുകളെ ആകർഷിക്കുന്നു.
(A) മൂന്നാറോ കോവളമോ ടൂറിസ്റ്റുകളെ ആകർഷിക്കുന്നു 

(B) മൂന്നാറിലുള്ള കോവളം ടൂറിസ്റ്റുകളെ ആകർഷിക്കുന്നു 

(C) കോവളത്തുള്ള മൂന്നാർ ടൂറിസ്റ്റുകളെ ആകർഷിക്കുന്നു 

(D) മൂന്നാറും കോവളവും ടൂറിസ്റ്റുകളെ ആകർഷിക്കുന്നു

91. What is Somnox Robot?
(A) A robot which improves sleep 

(C) A robot which cleans the vessels
(B) A robot which sweeps the floor 

(D) None of the above

92. Phishing is :
(A) an attack in which a program masquerades as another by falsifying data
(B) is the attempt to obtain sensitive information such as username and password

(C) a malicious computer program that masquerades as benign applications or files
(D) a program that replicates itself and damages the computer

93. Father of computer is :
(A) Allen Turing 

(C) Von Newmann
(B) Charles Babbage 

(D) Ada Lovelace

94. ROM is :
(A) Non-Volatile Memory 

(C) Primary Memory
(B) Read Only Memory 

(D) All the above

95. SMPS is :
(A) Control Unit 

(C) Power supply
(B) Printer

(D) Memory Unit

96. TCP stands for :
(A) Transport Control Processing 

(C) Transport Control Protocol
(B) Transmission Control Protocol 

(D) Transmission Control Processing

97. Which of the following is not a search engine?
(A) Bing
(C) Google
(B) Yahoo

(D) Edge

98. When did IT Act 2000 come into effect?
(A) 7th October, 2000

(C) 17th October, 2000
(B) 17th December, 2000

(D) 7th December, 2000

99. One Giga byte contains :
(A) 1024 megabytes 

(C) 1024 bytes
(B) 1024 kilobytes 

(D) None of the above

100. Which of the following is not an input device?
(A) Speaker 

(C) Joystick
(B) Track ball

LD (D) Light pen ANSWER KEY