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University Assistant Previous Questions|General Science Previous Questions Kerala PSC

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University Assistant Previous Questions|General Science Previous Questions Kerala PSC

Which of the following units is usually used to denote intensity of pollution?

a)Milligrams
b)Nanograms
c)Parts per million…..
d)Kilogram

Nitrogen fixing bacteria lives in the root tumoursof pea plants is called

a)Rhizome
b)Rhizobium…
c)E coli
d)Streptococcus

Which phenomenon of light is behind the rainbow?

a)Diffraction
b)Scattering
c)Dispersion….
d)Radiation

Which is the hardest material ever known in the Universe?

a)Platinum
b)Graphite
c)Diamond …..
d)Marble

Which instrument regulates the resistance or current in a circuit?

a)Volta cell
b)Rheostat……
c)Generator
d)Sonometer

The scientist who formulated the “Germ theory of disease” is;

a)Louis Pasteur….
b)Lamark
c)Hugo Devris
d)GrigerMendel

In which atmospheric level ozone gas is seen?

a)Mesosphere
b)Lithosphere
c)Stratosphere….
d)Ionosphere

Which is the relay centre in our brain?

a)Pituitary gland
b)Thalamus…
c)Spinal cord
d)Meninges

Methane gas is invented by the scientist;

a)Alexandra Volta….
b)Alexander Fleming
c)John Dalton
d)Thomas AlwaEdison

In which day ‘ Mangalyaan’ was launched from Sriharikkotta?

a)5 November 2012
b)5 November 2013….
c)24 January 2014
d)24 September 2014

Which lamp has the highest Energy Efficiency?

a)Incandescent Lamp
b)LED Lamp…..
c)CFL
d)Arc Lamp

Yellow is the combination of ………… primary colours

a)Blue,Green
b)Red,Blue
c)Red,Green…..
d)Red Blue, Green

Diverging lens produces -------type of images

a)Small virtual image…
b)Big real image
c)Small real image
d)Big virtual image

The process used to produce Ammonia is…..

a)Contact process
b)Haber Process……..
c)Chlor-Alkali Process
d)Creighton process

The non metal which exists in liquid state at room temperature is:

a)Mercury
b)Sodium
c)Pottassium
d)Bromine ……

The 5thState of matter is

a)Plasma
b)Magma
c)Bose-Einstein condensate…..
d)Fermioniccondensate

Which is not as essential constituents of all atoms?

a)Electrons
b)Protons
c)Neutrons
d)Positrons….

The distance of stars from earth is expressed generally in terms of;

a)Metre
b)Kilometer
c)Astronomical unit
d)Light year …..

High boiling point of water is due to

a)Weak dissociation of water molecules
b)High dissociation of water molecules
c)Hydrogen bonding amongst water molecules…..
d)Vander waalsforces of attraction amongst the molecule

In an electrochemical cell, there is the conversion of;

a)Electrical energy to chemical energy
b)Chemical energy to electrical energy
c)Chemical energy to heat energy
d)mechanical energy to heat energy

Wood charcoal is used in gas masks because

a)It is poisonous
b)It liquefies gas
c)It is porous
d)It absorbs gases…..

The disease caused by a protozoan

a)AIDS
b)Malaria….
c)Chicken Guniya
d)Typhoid

A protein solution on warming with concentrated nitric acid may turn yellow called;

a)Xantho proteic test….
b)Biuret test
c)Millions test
d)Hopkins coletest

The same group of elements are characterized by;

a)Ionization potential
b)Electronegativity
c)Ionization energy
d)No of electrons in the outermost shell….

Acetyl salicyclic acid is known as ;

a)Oil of wintergreen
b)Salol
c)Aspirin…..
d)Pioricacid

Who among the following was the first winner of Nobel prize in Physics?

a)S Chandrasekharan
b)C V Raman….
c)V Ramakrishnan
d)HargovindKhorane

Over production of which hormone lead to exophthalmic goiter?

a)Iodine
b)Insulin
c)Thyroxine…
d)ADH

A liquid having pH value more than 7 is;

a)Citric acid
b)Lime water…
c)Soda water
d)Vinagiri

Which among the following is not correctly paired?
a)Dynamo-Alfred Nobel….
b)Television –J L Baird
c)Computer-Charles Babbage
d)DDT –Pole Muller

The instrument used to measure the growth of plant is;

a)Durometer
b)Auxanometer…
c)Potometer
d)Cryometer

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University Assistant Previous Questions on Facts about India|Facts about India Previous Questions

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Facts about India Previous Questions

The famous Champaran satyagraha was started by Gandhijiin the year

a)1916

b)1917……

c)1919

d)1920

Which education reform was considered as the ‘Magna Carta’ of English education in India?

a)Charter Act of 1813

b)Hunter Commission

c)Wood’s Despatch…..

d)Indian University Act

Who was considered as the father of Indian self Govt?

a)Lord Mayo

b)Lord Curzon

c)Lord Lytton

d)Lord Rippon….

In which year Rash BihariBose organized the Indian Independence League at Bangok?

a)1938

b)1940

c)1942…..

d)1944

Which is the oldest mountain range in India?

a)Aravalli….

b)Western Ghats

c)Eastern Ghats

d)Himalayas

Which river was considered as the sacred by the Vedic Aryans?

a)Sindhu

b)Ganga

c)Saraswathi……

d)Brahmaputra

Who wrote the book “ Poverty and Un British Rule in India”?

a)R.P Dutt

b)DadabhaiNaoroji….

c)M.G Ranade

d)GopalahrishnaGokhale

DadabhaiNaoroji

What was the original name of Swami Dayananda Saraswathi?

a)KesabChandra Sen

b)NarendranathDutta

c)Mulshankar….

d)Mohan Roy

Who among the following English men described the 1857 revolt was a “ National uprising’?

a)T.R Holmes

b)James Mill

c)Benjamin Disraeli….

d)Sir James Outram

Who was the Chief organizer of the ‘ GhadarMovement’?

a)LalaHardayal….

b)Mahatma Gandhi

c)LalaLajpatRai

d)Lai Chand Falak

India is called a tropical country mainly on account of its:

a)Latitudinal extent

b)Logitudinalextent

c)Areal size

d)Tropical Monsoon Cimate….

The Marshy and forested land in Northern part of Uttar Pradesh is:

a)Khadar

b)Bangar

c)Terai….

d)Siwaliks

Which river is called a river between two mountains?

a)Narmada….

b)Ganga

c)Godavari

d)Sutlej

Which state is known as the agricultural epitome of India?

a)West Bengal

b)Uttar Pradesh…..

c)Tamil Nadu

d)Madhya Pradesh

Which region of India has larger female population than the male population?

a)West Bengal

b)Mizoram

c)Nagaland

d)Pondichery….

Who was the first propounderof the doctrine of ‘Passive Resistance’?

a)B.G Thilak

b)AurobindoGhosh…..

c)G K Gokhale

d)M K Gandhi

In which five year plan University Grants Commission was setup for promoting and strengthening higher education?

a)1st……

b)3rd

c)5th

d)11th

Who is known as the father of Renaissance of Western India?

a)B M Malabari

b)M G Ranade….

c)R G Bhandarkar

d)K T Telang

The largest producer of rice in India?

a)Kerala

b)Andhra Pradesh

c)Tamil Nadu

d)West Bengal….

Kasithe holy place is situated on the banks of the river:

a)Yamuna

b)Ganges….

c)Brahmaputra

d)Indus

Konark- the famous sun temple is situated in which state?

a)Maharashtra

b)Rajasthan

c)Madhyapradesh

d)Odisha ….

The first National park in India was;

a)Bandipur

b)Kasiranga

c)Jimcorbet….

d)Periyar

Who was the Governor General of India during the time of Revolt of 1857?

a)Lord Dalhousie

b)Lord Mayo

c)Lord Hardinges

d)Lord Canning….

The newspaper published by Mrs. Annie Besant

a)Maratha

b)Common wheel….

c)Bangabas

d)Kesari

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University Assistant Previous Questions|Previous Questions on IT and Cyber Law

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University Assistant Previous Questions|Previous Questions on IT and Cyber Law

•Which virus is treated as the first computer virus?

a)Trojan Horse

b)SCA Virus

c)Creeper virus.

d)Rabbit

•Which was the 1st search engine in the Internet?

a)Google

b)Archie.

c)Alta vista

d)WAIS

•World Computer literacy day:

a)January 22nd

b)March 5th

c)May 20th

d)December 2nd .

•Which one is the 1st fully supported 64 bit operating system?

a)Windows vista

b)Windows 7

c)Linux.

d)Mac

•What type of a software is an operating system?

a)Application software

b)System software

c)Embedded software

d)Personal Computer software

•What is the full form of the 1st electronic computer ENIAC?

a)Electrical Numerical Integrator and Calculator

b)Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer.

c)Electrical Numerical Integrated Computer

d)Electro numeric Integrity Computer

•In IT act 2000, which section deals with the punishment of cyber terrorism?

a)66 b

b)67 b

c)66 f.

d)45 f

•What is the process of loading the operating system files in to dynamic random access memory?

a)Formatting

b)Automatic data exchange

c)Data sharing

d)Booting.

•Which technology is used in the processor of a computer to simulate a single processor in to two virtual processors to the operating system?

a)Hyper Threading Technology.

b)Multi Core Technology

c)Simulation Technology

d)Multi Threading Technology

•When a Key is pressed on the keyboard, which standard is used for converting the keystroke into corresponding bits?

a)ANSI

b)EBCDIC

c)ASCII.

d)ISO

•Software such ass Explorer and Firefox are referred to as :

a)System software

b)Utility software

c)Browsers.

d)Internet Pool

•Which of the following is not an output device?

a)Plotter

b)Scanner.

c)Flat screen

d)Touch screen

•Which technology is used in Compact disk?

a)Electrical

b)Mechanical

c)Electromagnetic

d)Laser .

•The programs which are as permanent as hardware and stored in ROM is known as :

a)Software

b)Firmware.

c)Algorithm

d)ROM ware

•Which access method is used for obtaining a record from a cassette tape?

a)Sequential.

b)Direct

c)Random

d)None

•Which identifies a specific web page and its computer on the web?

a)Web site

b)Website address

c)URL.

d)Domain name

•An optical input device that interprets pencil marks on paper media is:

a)OMR.

b)Punch card reader

c)Optical Scanners

d)Magnetic Tape

•Information Technology Act was enacted on :

a)19thJanuary 2001

b)30thJune 2001

c)9thJune 2000.

d)15thJuly 1999

•Which computer language is used for Artificial Intelligence among the following?

a)FORTRAN

b)C

c)PROLOG.

d)COBOL

•Who invented the high level programming language C ?

a)Dennis M Ritchie.

b)Robert E Kahn

c)Donald Ritchie

d)James Gosling

•Expansion of UNIVAC is :

a)Universal Vaccum Computer

b)Universal Automatic Computer.

c)Universal Integrated VaccumComputer

d)United VaccumComputer

•Binary number of decimal number 15 is:

a)1010

b)1111.

c)1101

d)1001

•The Complement of the 1011:

a)1100

b)0011

c)0100.

d)0110

•In a client/server computer network, the user’s computer is usually called:

a)Client.

b)Network

c)Server

d)Website

•The extensions .com, .edu, .org, .net etc are usually called :

a)Network

b)IP address

c)Domain name.

d)Mail ID

•FTP stands for :

a)First Transfer Protocol

b)File Text Protocol

c)File Transport Protocol

d)File Transfer Protocol.

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University Assistant Previous Questions Constitution| 30 Previous Questions on Indian Constitution for Kerala PSC set 2

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30 Previous Questions on Indian Constitution for Kerala PSC set 2

Indian Constitution Previous Questions Set 2

31.The National Commission for women in India was formed in the year :

a)1975

b)1980

c)1985

d)1992

32.The Authority/body competent to determine the conditions of citizenship in India

a)The President

b)The Parliament

c)The Union Cabinet

d)The Supreme Court

33.Who was the chairman of the constituent assembly of India?

a)Dr. B R Ambedkar

b)Dr. B N Rao

c)Dr. RajendraPrasad

d)Jawaharlal Nehru

34.Power of a Judiciary to declare a law invalid on constitutional ground is called:

a)Judicial Activism

b)Judicial Review

c)Judicial Supremacy

d)Judicial Absolutism

35. Status of Union Public Service Commission is..

a)Legal

b)Administrative

c)Advisory

d)Constitutional

36.Chairman of the National human Rights Commission is appointed by:

a)The President

b)The Prime Minister

c)The Chief Justice of India

d)The Speaker of Loksabha

37.Money bill of the Union Govt. is first introduced in:

a)Rajyasabha

b)Loksabha

c)Either in Rajyasabhaor Loksabha

d)In the Joint Sitting of Rajyasabhaand Loksabha

38. The Constitution describes India as a

a)Federal State

b)Quasi-Federal state

c)Unitary state

d)Union of states

39.Which amendment act incorporated the Right to education in to the list of Fundamental Rights in India?

a)67th amendment Act, 1990

b)68th amendment Act, 1991

c)76th amendment Act,1994

d)86th amendment Act,2002

40. First Chairperson of the National Commission for women:

a)JayantiPatnaik

b)Dr. V MohiniGiri

c)Dr. PoornimaAdvani

d)MamtaSharma

41.Which Article of the Indian Constitution empowers the President of India to declare financial emergency ?

(A)Article 358

(B) Article 359

(C) Article 360

(D) Article 363

42. The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee is being appointed by

(A)The President

(B) The Vice President

(D) The Speaker of the LokSabha

43. Constitution of India was adopted by constituent assembly on

(A) 1948 January 26

(B) 1949 November 26

(D) 1950 November 26

45. Which of the following Article of the Indian Constitution guarantees complete equality of men and women ?

(A) Article 25

(B) Article 21

(D) Article 15

46.The concept of single citizenship has been adopted from which country ?

(A) USA

(B) France

(D) UK

47. Who presides over the joint sitting of the two houses of the Parliament ?

(A) President

(B) Vice President

(C) Speaker of Loksabha

(D) Chief Justice

48. Name the President of the Constituent Assembly of India.

(A) RajendraPrasad

(B) B.R. Ambedkar

(D) B.N. Rau

49. By which Constitutional Amendment Act was the voting age lowered from 21 years to 18 years ?

(A) 42nd Amendment 1976

(B) 44th Amendment 1978

(D) 61st Amendment 1988

50.The ministers of the state government are administered the oath of office by

(A) President

(B) Governor

(D) Chief Justice

51. The President of India can be impeached for violation of the Constitution vide which article ?

(A) Article 52

(B) Article 61

(D) Article 78

52. Which of the following is appointed by the Governor of a state ?

(A) Finance Commission

(B) UPSC

(C) State Election Commission

(D) Inter State Council

53. The jurisdiction of which of the following high courts extends to the Union Territory of Lakshadweep ?

(A) Kerala

(B) Tamil Nadu

(D) Delhi

54. Which of the following subjects is included in the Concurrent List ?

(A) Agriculture

(B) Public Health & Sanitation

(D) Forests

55. National Voters Day is observed on which date ?

(A)15th August

(B) 2nd October

(C) 25th January

(D) 26th January

56. The article of the Indian Constitution which provides that it shall be the duty of the Union to protect every state against external aggression and internal disturbance is:

(a) Article 215

(b) Article 275

(d) Article 355

57.The Headquarters of International Court of Justice is at:

(a) Hague

(b) Paris

(d) Tokyo

58. The form of Government in which power is in the hands of a few people is:

(a)Democracy

(b) Oligarchy

(d) Feudalism

59. What is the time limit within which an information is to be provided regarding the life and liberty of a person under the R.T.I Act 2005?

(a)30 days

(b)24 hours

(d) 48 hours

60. The SC/ST (Preventions of Atrocities) Act 1989 enforced with effect from

(a)30thJanuary 1990

(b)22ndFebruary 1991

(d) 30thJuly 19903.

61.The Lokayuktaand Upalokayukta Act was first passed in:

a)Maharashtra

b)West Bengal

c)Karnataka

d)Odisha

62.Right to property was removed from the list of Fundamental rights in the

a)43rdAmendment

b)45thAmendment

c)44thAmendment

d)42ndAmendment

63. The chairman and members of the state Public service commission are appointed by:

a)The President

b)The Chief Justice of High Court

c)The Chief Minister of the state

d)The Governor

64. Who act as the friend,, philosopher and guide of the public account committee?

a)The Prime Minister

b)Comptroller and Auditor General

c)The speaker of the Loksabha

d)Attorney General

65. An order of the court to produce a person suffering from detention is called:

a)Mandamus

b)Certiorari

c)Habeas corpus

d)Quo-Warranto

66. The Concept of Directive principles was borrowed from:

a)Irish Republic

b)Switzerland

c)Constitution of USA

d)Constitution of UK

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