PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION PAPER 42

Confidential Assistant - Various Dept / LD Typist - Various Dept / Typist Clerk - Govt Comp / Board Question Code : 28/2019  Date of Test : 06/07/2019   
ANSWER KEY 
 1. Pallipuram Fort is situated in : 

(A) Thiruvananthapuram 

(B) Ernakulam

(C) Alappuzha 

(D) Palakkad 

2. The first census in India after independence was in : 

(A) 1948 

(B) 1951 

(C) 1952 

(D) 1962 

3. The reorganization of states on linguistic base was proposed by : 

(A) J.V.P. Commission 

(B) Fazal Ali Commission 

(C) S.K. Dhar Commission 

(D) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Commission 

4. The Dutch commander defeated by Marthanda Varma in the battle of Kolachal : 

(A) Robert Clive 

(B) Van Reed 

(C) Captain Lali 

(D) De Lenoy

5. Swamithoppu' is the birth place of : 

(A) Sreenarayana Guru 

(B) Vaikunda Swamikal

(C) Chattambi Swamikal 

(D) Ayya Swamikal 

6. The Governor General who banned 'Sati system': 

(A) Lord Macaulay 

(B) Lord Canning 

(C) Lord William Bentinck 

(D) Lord Dalhousie 

7. The headquarters of 'UNO': 

(A) New York  

(B) Geneva 

(C) Tokyo

(D) Washington 

8. The emperor mentioned in Allahabad Pillar : 

(A) Chandra Gupta Mourya 

(B) Bimbisaran 

(C) Bindusaran 

(D) Samudra Gupta 

9. The river originates from Manasarover is : 

(A) River Indus 

(B) Brahmaputra

(C) River Yamuna 

(D) Ganga 

10. The position of India in the world in terms of forest area : 

(A) 4th place 

(B) 7th place

(C) 12th place 

(D) 10th place 

11. Arabica is a variety of: 

(A) Coffee 

(B) Tea

(C) Mustard 

(D) Cotton 

12. The third annual session of Indian National Congress was held at : 

(A) Madras 

(B) Bombay 

(C) Allahabad 

(D) Kolkata 

13. The World Science Day is observing on : 

(A) November 10 

(B) December 10

(C) June 6 

(D) April 22 

14. The longest bridge in India is in: 

(A) Uttar Pradesh 

(B) Uttarakhand 

(C) Gujarat 

(D) Assam 

15. As per 2011 census report the lowest population is in : 

(A) Pattanamthitta 

(B) Kasargod

(C) Idukki 

(D) Wayanad 

16. "Satriya' is a : 

(A) Musical instrument 

(B) Festival 

(C) Dance form 

(D) Painting 

17. As per 2018 world happiness index report which country has the first position : 

(A) Finland 

(B) Denmark 

(C) Norway 

(D) Switzerland 

18. "Jatikummi' is a work of: 

(A) Sreenarayana Guru 

(B) Vagbadanandan 

(C) Pandit Karuppan 

(D) Sahodaran Ayyappan 

19. Which is the first Indian language to be given a classical language status? 

(A) Kannada 

(B) Tamil 

(C) Telugu 

(D) Sanskrit 

20. 'Paschimodayam' was published from : 

(A) Thalassery 

(B) Kannur 

(C) Thrissur 

(D) Kozhikode 

21. Raphel aircraft agreement was signed with : 

(A) America 

(B) France

(C) Israel 

 (D) Russia 

22. 'Aryabatta' was launched in : 

(A) 1972 

(B) 1978 

(C) 1975 

(D) 1982 

23. The Kizhariyur Bomb case is related with : 

(A) Quit India Agitation

(B) Malabar Rebellion

(C) Kayyur riot 

(D) Punnapra Vayalar agitation 

24. The first educational minister of free India : 

(A) Maulana Abdul Kalam Asad 

(C) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar 

(B) Jagjivan Ram 

(D) Rajagopalachari 

25. In which year Rabindranath Tagore met Sreenarayana Guru at Sivagiri : 

(A) 1918 

(B) 1920 

(C) 1916 

(D) 1922 

26. The iron and steel plant started with the support of Britain : 

(A) Bokkaro 

(B) Durgapur 

(C) Jamshedpur 

(D) Bilai 

27. Who remarked Balagangadhara Tilak as 'Father of Indian unrest? 

(A) Valantine Chirole 

(B) Charlse Ball 

(C) J.B. Mallison 

(D) William Kay 

28. 'Tel is a tributary of river: 

(A) Brahmaputhra 

(B) Ganges

(C) Godavari

(D) Mahanadi 

29. Among the languages given below which is not an official language in UNO : 

(A) German 

(B) Arabic 

(C) Chinese 

(D) Spanish 

30. The winner of 2018 world cup football championship: 

(A) England 

(B) Portugal 

(C) Spain 

(D) France 

31. The temple where Sreenarayana Guru installed a mirror : 

(A) Kalavankode 

(B) Murikkumpuzha 

(C) Peringottumkara 

(D) Palluruthi 

32. U.N library is situated in : 

(A) Newyork  

(B) Geneva 

(C) Tokyo

(D) Paris 

33. “New Bank of India’ was merged to : 

(A) Punjab National Bank  

(B) State Bank of India

(C) Syndicate Bank

(D) Bank of Baroda 

34. The reformer who fought for the right to walk in the approach roads of Thali temple at Kozhikode 

(A) K. Kelappan 

(B) Vagbhadanandan 

(C) C. Krishnan 

(D) Swami Anandatheerthan 

35. Who won the 'Ezhuthachan Puraskaram' of 2018? 

(A) Kalpetta Narayanan

(B) M. Mukundan 

(C) Sugathakumari 

(D) M.T. Vasudevan Nair 

36. The original name of Thycaud Ayya Guru? 

(A) Velayudha Panikkar 

(B) Subbaraya Paniker

(C) Kesava Paniker 

 (D) Muthukumaran 

37. The author of 'Kerala Pazhama': 

(A) Elakulam Kunjan Pillai 

(B) Pachu Muthathu 

(C) William Logan 

(D) Herman Gundert 

38. Among the works given below which one is not a work of Chattambi Swamikal? 

(A) Adi Basha 

(B) Prachina Malayalam 

(C) Vedhadikara Nirupanam 

(D) Daivadasakam 

39. In which year Gandhi visited Mahe? 

(A) 1920 

(B) 1924

(C) 1931 

(D) 1934 

40. In which year Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Prize for peace? 

(A) 2014 

(B) 2013 

(C) 2015 

(D) 2016 

41. Napa sheva port is in : 

(A) Gujarat

(B) Maharashtra 

(C) 1931 

(D) Andrapradesh 

42. In which year Ayyankali nominated to 'Sreemoolam praja Saba': 

(A) 1908 

(B) 1912 

(C) 1910 

(D) 1916 

43. Jaisalmar fort situated in : 

(A) Maharashtra

(B) Andrapradesh 

(C) Rajasthan 

(D) Karnataka 

44. The venue of 2024 Olympic games : 

(A) Los Angeles 

(B) Paris

(C) Moscow 

(D) Tokyo 

45. Who gave leadership to the 'Savarnajatha' in the period of vaikkom sathyagraha? 

(A) E.V Ramaswami Naiker 

(B) Mannath Padmanabhan 

(C) K. Kelappan 

(D) C. Kesavan 

46. Demonetization was declared on : 

(A) 2016 November 8 

(B) 2016 December30 

(C) 2017 September 18 

(D) 2017 November28 

47. The butterfly park is situated in : 

(A) Thenmala 

(B) Eravikulam 

(C) Neyyar 

(D) Thekkadi 

48. Gandhi met Sreenarayana Guru at: 

(A) Varkkala 

(B) Aruvippuram 

(C) Sivagiri 

(D) Kanyakumari 

49. 2018 Janpith award was won : 

(A) Amitav Gosh 

(B) Krishna Sobni 

(C) Kedarnath Singh 

(D) Raguveer Chaudhari 

50. Which section of Indian Penal code criminalized adultery as unconstitutional? 

(A) Section 460 

(B) Section 487 

(C) Section 397 

(D) Section 497 

51. Typewriter was invented by: 

(A) Christopher L. sholes 

(B) William Stanley

(C) Alexander Grahambel 

 (D) Henry Mill 

52. Guide keys are ___________and______________

(A) H and J  

(B) J and N 

(C) A and;

(D) N and C 

53. Olivetti is the name of a : 

(A) Portable typewriter 

(B) Standard typewriter 

(C) Segment

(D) Type basket 

54. There are _______________important parts in a typewriter.

(A) Three 

(B) Four
(C) One
(D) Five 

55. According to the size, there are______________ types of typewriter. 

(A) Two 

(B) Six
(D) Five 

(C) Four 

56. Small machines handling and easy to carry in called : 

(A) Policy 

(B) Foolscap
(C) Portable 

(D) Manifest 

57. Mainspring is situated in the______________ side of the typewriter. 

(A) Right
(B) Middle
(C) Front 

(D) Left 

58. __________ is connecting the carriage with Main Spring.
(A) Feed rolls 

(B) Carriage rack
(C) Thumb wheel 

(D) Draw chord 

59. When the ____________ is broken or snapped the machine will stop immediately. 

(A) Dog block 

(B) Loose dog 

(C) Rigid dog 

(D) Draw Chord

60. makes the carriage moves towards the left through the draw chord. 

(A) Carriage rode 

(B) Pinion wheel
(C) Cylinder knob
(D) The Main Spring force 

61. The jerky motion of the carriage in due to: 

(A) Hard touch 

(B) Too much main spring tension 

(C) High speed 

(D) Hard cylinder 

62. Touch system of typing is otherwise called : 

(A) Non visual system

(B) Sight method
(C) Accurate typing
(D) None of these 

63. The front portion of the typewriter where key buttons are arranged is called : 

(A) Type basket 

(B) Key board
(C) Segment 

(D) None of these 

64. The common key board adopted for all standard typewriters is called : 

(A) Universal standard keyboard 

(B) Ideal keyboard 

(D) None of these 

(C) Scientific keyboard 

65. Striking the keys at a uniform rate with a pleasing sound to the ear is called : 

(A) Rhythm 

(B) Light touch 

(C) Hard touch 

(D) Heavy sound 

66. The key making impression on the paper while typing are called : 

(A) Character keys 

(B) Master key
(C) Non character key 

(D) Shift key 

67. The forming of letters accurately in a regular line with even space between them is called : 

(A) line space 

(B) master key
(C) alignment
(D) non character key

68. The moving part on the typewriter is called : 

(A) Cylinder 

(B) Feed rolls
(C) Space bar
(D) Carriage 

69. Top plate is also called : 

(A) paper table  

(B) cowl or hood
(C) alignment scale
(D) cylinder 

70. There are ______________kinds of cylinders. 

(A)Three
(B) Four
(C) Six 

(D) Five 

71._________ is used to bring the carriage from one point to another point easily.
(A)Tabulator 

(B) back space key
(C)Carriage release lever 

(D) space bar 

72. When the carriage is at rest,__________ dog is holding the tooth of the escapement wheel.
(A) loose dog 

(B) rigid dog
(C) dog block mechanism
(D) ratchet wheel 

73. Centre Guide or type guide shows the : 

(A) Typing point 

(B) Alignment scale
(C) Control the ribbon movement
(D) up and down movement 

74. Semi circular part seen above the types basket is called : 

(A) Keyboard 

(B) Carriage rode 

(C) Segment 

(D) None of these 

75. There are _________kinds of shift systems. 

(A) Three 

(B) Two
(C) Four
(D) Five 

76. Giving equal work to fingers of both hands and according to the strength of the fingers is 

called : 

(A) Universal standard arrangement 

(B) Scientific arrangement 

(C) Blind system 

(D) Touch system 

77. The scale fixed in front of the cylinders is called : 

(A) Paper table scale 

(B) Marginal stop scale
(C) Alignment scale
(D) Paper scale 

78. Worn out teeth of the carriage rack is the cause of : 

(A) Jerking
(C) Up and down movement 

(B) Sluggish movement
(D) Bad alignment 

79. Variable line spacer is otherwise called : 

(A) Push button 

(B) Thumb wheel
(C) Knob
(D) Cylinder ratchet 

80. There are ______________types of ribbon movements in a typewriter. 

(A) Three 

(B) Four
(C) Two
(D) One 

81.'Find' option is available in ____________ Ribbon. 

(A) View 

(B) References
(C) Page Layout
(D) Home 

82. Quick Tables can be inserted by clicking one of the following in order : 

(A) Insert → Table → Insert Table → Quick Table
(B) Insert → Table → Quick Table → Insert Table
(C) Insert → Table → Quick Table
(D) Insert → Quick Table → Insert Table 

83. 1024 GB =: 

(A) 1 TB 

(B) 1 PB
(C) 1 GB
(D) None of these 

84. Pick out an example of Main memory from the following: 

(A) Hard Disk 

(B) iPod
(C) CD 

(D) RAM 

85. One of the following is not an input device : 

(A) Touch screen

(B) Track Ball
(C) Voice Response System
(D) Optical Mark Reader 

86. A sentence in MS word can be moved from one place to another place by : 

(A) Select All, Cut 

(B) Select, Cut and Paste
(C) Select All and copy 

(D) None of these 

87. MS Word is a _________ software. 

(A) Graphic software
(B) Application Software
(C) System Software 

(D) None of these 

88. Which bar displays the current page number in MS Word? 

(A) Task Bar 

(B) Status Bar
(C) Tool Bar 

(D) Menu Bar 

89. The command 'Ctrl + U' in MS Word is used for : 

(A) Unblock 

(B) Under select
(C) Underline
(D) None of these 

90. A ClipArt in MS Word 2007 can be inserted by clicking one of the following in correct order. 

(A) Insert → ClipArt 

(B) Insert → Shapes → ClipArt
(C) Insert → Picture → Clip Art 

(D) Insert → Small Art → Clip Art 

91. Usage of Function Key F7 in MS word : 

(A) New window 

(B) Spelling and grammar
(C) Save As
(D) None of these 

92. MS Word provides ________types of Tab stops. 

(A) 2 

(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5 

93. One of the following is not available in the Ruler of MS Word screen : 

(A) Left Indent 

(B) Right Indent
(C) Tab stop box 

(D) First line Indent 

94. Portrait and Landscape are the options of: 

(A) Page Orientation

(B) Page Size
(C) Page Layout
(D) None of these 

95. One of the following line spacing option cannot be seen in Paragraph Dialogue Box in 

MS Word : 

(A) Single 

(B) Double
(C) Triple 

(D) Multiple 

96.___________ Zoom option is not available in Zoom Dialogue Box in MS Word 2007. 200%

(A) 200%
(B) 100% 

(C) 75% 

(D) 50% 

97. Cannot perform one of the following from Quick Access Toolbar : 

(A) E-mail 

(B) Quick Print
(C) Save 

(D) Save as 

98. What will happen when we press 'Delete' key? 

(A) Delete one character on the right side of the cursor
(B) Delete one word on the right side of the cursor 

(C)Delete one character on the left side of the cursor
(D) Delete one word on the left side of the cursor 

99. "Ctrl + Z shortcut key used for : 

(A) Redo 

(B) Undo
(C) Zoom
(D) None of these 

100. Which of the following is the arithmetic operator for division? 

(A) /

(B) \
(C) - 

(D) None of these