Kerala PSC Model Questions for University Assistant Exam - 99

1. The Indian metropolitan city that locate nearest to Tropic of Cancer
[a] Chennai
[b] Ahmedabad
[c] Kolkata
[d] Delhi


2. The first satelite of India Aryabhatta launched in
[a] 1974
[b] 1975
[c] 1976
[d] 1980


3. In which Five Year Plan University Grants Commission was set up for promoting and strengthening higher education
[a] First Five Year Plan
[b] Third Five Year Plan
[c] Fifth Five Year Plan
[d] Tenth Five Year Plan


4. Who is known as father of Indian Politics
[a] Dadabhai Naoroji
[b] Surendra Nath Banerjee
[c] Raja Ram Mohan Roy
[d] Bal Gangadhar Tilak


5. National Stock Exchange was established in the year
[a] 1993
[b] 1992
[c] 1988
[d] 1990


6. The real name of Rani Lakshmi Bai
[a] Manikarnika
[b] Chanu Bai
[c] Alakananda
[d] Kadambini


7. Who was the leader of revolutionaries in Bihar
[a] Nana Sahib
[b] Kunwar Singh
[c] Khan Bahadurkhan
[d] Thanthia Thopi


8. Tirupathi Temple is located in
[a] Karnataka
[b] Andra Pradesh
[c] Tamil Nadu
[d] Kerala


9. In which year was ICDS launched
[a] October 2, 1975
[b] January 26, 1976
[c] August 15, 1975
[d] November 14, 1976


10. -------- is an important scheme to provide food grains to poorest of the poor families
[a] IAY
[b] YAAI
[c] AAY
[d] ICDS


11. Father of Information Theory
[a] Alan Turing
[b] Vinton Cerf
[c] Claude Shannon
[d] John Mc Carthy


12. Collection of facts and figures are called
[a] Information
[b] Software
[c] Data
[d] System


13. MICR is primarily used in
[a] E-governence
[b] Banking Industry
[c] Agricultural Industry
[d] Media


14. World Computer Literacy Day
[a] December 30
[b] November 30
[c] November 4
[d] December 2


15. Programming language used for business data processing
[a] PROLOG
[b] COBOL
[c] FORTRAN
[d] C++


16. First web browser developed in India
[a] Guru
[b] Aakash
[c] Epic
[d] Param


17. IT Act 2000 came into force on
[a] 9th June 2000
[b] 17th October 2000
[c] 14th November 2000
[d] 12th December 2000


18. Which of the following section of IT Act 2000 was deleted by the order of the Supreme Court
[a] Section 76A
[b] Section 63 A
[c] Section 66A
[d] Section 66


19. Repeatedly sending an email message to a particular address for abuses is known as
[a] Email Spoofing
[b] Email Bombing
[c] Email Jacking
[d] Email Spamming


20. `The Joy of Numbers` is written by
[a] Charles Babbage
[b] Alan Turing
[c] Shakuntala Devi
[d] Ramanujan


21. The `Sarva Matha Sammelanam` at Aluva under the leadership of Sree Narayana Guru was held in
[a] 1921
[b] 1923
[c] 1925
[d] 1924


22. Who gave the name `Shanmukhadasan` to Chattambi Swamikal
[a] Pettayil Raman Asan
[b] Thycaud Ayya
[c] Sree Narayana Guru
[d] Vivekanandhan


23. Electricity Agitation of Cochin was against the decision of the diwan
[a] Ikkanda Warrier
[b] Sankara Warrier
[c] Sir R.K. Shanmukham Chetty
[d] Venkatta Subbayya


24. The first computerised Taluk office in India
[a] Thiruvananthapuram
[b] Kottayam
[c] Ernakulam
[d] Ottappalam


25. The most important type of soil in Kerala
[a] Alluvial soil
[b] Black Soil
[c] Laterite Soil
[d] Red Soil


26. `The Vrindavan of Kerala`
[a] Malampuzha Garden
[b] Vagamon
[c] Munnar
[d] Napier Museum


27. The largest National Park in Kerala
[a] Eravikulam
[b] Silent Valley
[c] Pambadum Shola
[d] Mathikettan Shola


28. The malayali member of Ashok Mehta Committee was
[a] G.P. Pillai
[b] V.P. Menon
[c] EMS Namboodiripad
[d] G.V.K Rao


29. The first Khadi village in Kerala
[a] Balusseri
[b] Kalyasseri
[c] Thalasseri
[d] Krishnagiri


30. She Taxi launched on 19th November 2013 in ------ district
[a] Kollam
[b] Thiruvananthapuram
[c] Thrissur
[d] Alappuzha


31. 7th state of matter is
[a] Bose Einstein Condensate
[b] Fermionic Condensate
[c] Quark Gluon Plasma
[d] Higgs Bosson


32. Einstein proposed special theory of Relativity in
[a] 1915
[b] 1905
[c] 1925
[d] 1900


33. Unit of Conductance is
[a] Farad
[b] Ohms
[c] Siemens
[d] Henry


34. The isotope used for the treatment of skin cancer
[a] Phosphorus-32
[b] Cobalt-60
[c] Carbone-14
[d] Iodine-131


35. Plum Pudding model of atom was proposed by
[a] Max Planck
[b] J.J. Thomson
[c] Rutherford
[d] Neils Bohr


36. The metal which regulates Blood Pressure in human beings
[a] Sodium
[b] Potassium
[c] Calcium
[d] Magnesium


37. Pigment which gives purple and blue colour to the flower of higher plants
[a] Chlorophyll
[b] Anthocyanin
[c] Xanthophyll
[d] Bixin


38. Study of Bacteria is known as
[a] Microbiology
[b] Phycology
[c] Bacteriology
[d] Mycology


39. Nutrient which is known as co-enzyme
[a] Protein
[b] Carbohydrates
[c] Vitamin
[d] Minerals


40. The part of brain which controls involuntary actions
[a] Cerebellum
[b] Medulla Oblongata
[c] Hypothalamus
[d] Thalamus


41. Right to property under Indian Constitution is a
[a] Fundamental Right
[b] Legal Right
[c] Human Right
[d] Natural Right


42. Lokayuktha submits its report to
[a] Chief Justice of High Court
[b] Governor
[c] Chief Minister
[d] President


43. Which of the following is not a Constitutional Body
[a] Finance Commission
[b] State Public Service Commission
[c] State Human Rights Commission
[d] Election Commission


44. The protection of women from Domestic Violence Act was passed in the year
[a] 2006
[b] 2007
[c] 2005
[d] 2008


45. Which Constitutional Amendment made right to free and compulsory education as a fundamental right
[a] 73rd
[b] 86th
[c] 52nd
[d] 74th


46. The Constitution guarantees protection of the rights of the minorities in India through which Articles
[a] 29 and 30
[b] 350 and 351
[c] 28 and 29
[d] 15 and 16


47. The first Malayalee to become a member of the Finance Commission
[a] K.C. Neyogi
[b] K.N. Raj
[c] V.P. Menon
[d] P.C. Mathew


48. First state to computerise all voters list
[a] Kerala
[b] Telangana
[c] Punjab
[d] Haryana


49. Which Parliamentary Committee is known as `Post Mortem Committee`
[a] Public Accounts Committee
[b] Estimates Committee
[c] Committee on Public Undertaking
[d] Joint Parliamentary Committee


50. The first joint sitting of Indian Parliament was constituted in
[a] 1961
[b] 1971
[c] 1978
[d] 1964