Kerala PSC Senior Superintendent (SR for ST only) – General Education Department (110/2014) Mock Test

1. In an election, a candidate who gets 74% of the votes is elected by a majority of 384 votes.
What is the total number of votes polled ?

2. The ratio of the ages of a father to that of his son is 5:2. If the product of their ages is 810,
then find the son's age alter five years:

3. The length of a black board is 5 cm more than its breadth. If the length is increased by 6 cm
and breadth is decreased by 3 cm, the area remains the same. The length and breadth of the
black board (in cm) will be:

4. A boy goes to his school from his house at a speed of 4 km/hr and he returns al a speed of
3 km/hr. If he takes 7 hours in going and coming, the distance between his house and school
is:

5. 42 workers can reap a field in 10 days. If the work is to be completed in 7 days the extra
workers required are:

6. On 6th Feb. 2013 it was Wednesday, what was the day of the 6th Feb. 2012?

7. The angle between the minute hand and the hour hand of a clock when the time is 6:30 is:

8. Two trains 120 meters and 90 meters long are running in apposite direction at the speed of
80 km/hr and 46 km/hr. The moment they meet, they will cross each other in:

9. If radius of a cylinder is increased by 20% while height remains unchanged, by what percent
the volume of the cylinder increases ?

10. A sum becomes its double in five years. Find the annual rale of simple interest:

11. ACCELERATION, CCELERATIO, ELERATIO, LERATI, ?

12. If SISTER is coded as SISRET and BANANA as NABANA, then FRICTION will be coded as:

13. Ecology is related to Environment in the same way as Histology is related to;

14. Find the missing number:

1,7, 25, 61, 121, ___.

15. Sunil started from his house, went 8 km in the east, then he turned lo his right and went 6 km. What minimum distance will be covered by him to come back to his house ?

16. Choose the correct alternative

Malaria: Disease:: Spear: ___

17. Let 'A x B' means 'A' is mother of B', 'A ÷B' means 'A is son of B, 'A+B' means 'A is husband of B', 'A-B' means 'A is sister of B' which of the following expressions indicate M is daughter
of H?

18. Three of the following four are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one
that does not belong to the group ?

19. Eight friends P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W and X are sitting around a circle facing the centre. X is
third to the right of R and second to the left of T, Q is not an immediate neighbour of X or R.
V is second to the right of S and is an immediate neighbour of R. W is the immediate right of
V. Who is third to the right of W ?

20. In n certain code SLIT is written as UJKR. How is FINE written in that code ?

21. Paralysis is caused by disorders connected with:

22. Rainbow is caused due to:

23. The sky appears blue because:

24. Mechanical energy in converted into electrical energy by:

25. Calcium carbonate is the chemical name of:

26. The reaction between an alcohol and a carboxylic acid is known as:

27. The human cell contains:

28. Plants bend towards the source of light on account of the movement of curvature known
as:

29. Which of the following laws does not relate to gases?

30. The brown ring test is used for:

31. 'Springing Tiger', 'A Study of a Revolutionary' is a biographical work on:

32. "Nurturing Bio-diversity'- An Indian Agenda is the book authored to:

33. Name the leader associated to the slogan 'Total Revolution':

34. Who founded 'Prathyaksha Raksha Sabha' ?

35. Which among the following is a drama associated to the Namboodiri reform in Kerala?

36. 'Al-Islam' is the publication of:

37. The monthly "Sanatana dharmam' was published by:

38. Which of the following diseases is known as christmas disease ?

39. Some events related to Indian freedom movement are given below:

(a) Champaran Satyagraha
(b) Chauri Chaurah Incldent
c)Partition of Bengal
(d) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

Which of the following is correct chronological order ?

40. "No Caste, No religion,
No God for man"

These are the words of:

41. Name the British Prime Minister who announced Communal Award in 1932 ?

42. Jan Lokpal Bill is related to:

43. 'Antyodaya Programme' is meant to help the:

44. Who among the following was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 2013 ?

45. Name the Indian Football player who scored maximum number of goals in International Football?

46. 'Keralam - Malayalikalude Mathrubhoomi' Is the book written by:

47. Who among the following classical dancers was awarded the First Nishagandhi Puraskaram of Kerala Tourism Department ?

48. Which among the following is not a tributary of Bharatapuzha?

49. 'Unninamboodiri' is the publication of:

50. Name the vessel used by Abhilash Tomy in his Sagar Parikrama project ?

51. 'Sreesakthi' is the Web Portal of:

52. Which article of the Constitution of India abolishes untouchability and forbids is practice in
any form ?

53. 'Kerala Simham' the historic novel of K.M. Panikkar s on :

54. Which among the following Is a Lifetime Achievement Award ?

55. When is the World Tourism Day celebrated around the world ?

56. 'Aruvippuram Pratishta' of Sree Narayana Guru was in:

57. While making the constitution of India, the idea of residual pawers was borrowed from __.

58. Which Fundamental Right is described as "heart and soul of the constitution'?

59. National Human Rights Commission was established in the year ___.

60. Which article if Indian Constitution provides, "There shall be a council of ministers with
Prime Minister at the head to aid and advise the President.____"

61. In which year Parliament passed India Post Office (amendment) bill ?

62. Who was the first Speaker of Lok Sabha ?

63. Who is Shashikant Sharma ?

64. Which amendment deleted Right lo Property from the list of Fundamental Rights ?

65. According, to 91st amendment Act the size of the council of ministers shall not exceed ____ percent of the total number of members in the house of people.

66. In India, the voting age was reduced to 18 In the year ____.

67. He caught me ____ the neck.

68. The thief had escaped before we ___.

69. _____ umbrella is blue in colour.

70. I am dutiful ____.

71. Choose the correct sentence :

72. Choose the right sentence in direct speech:

He said that he was going to the market and asked if I wanted him to buy anything for me.

73. Give one word substitute.

One who knows many languages ?

74. Choose the right idiom:

The angry mob beat the criminal ____.

75. Choose the right sentence in passive voice:

The rabbits had finished all the food when I came back.

76. Choose the right sentence in positive degree:

Marine Drive is one of the crowded parts of the city.

77. ICDS was launched on which birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi ?

78. In March 2010, the Govt. of India approved a Pilot Centrally Sponsored Scheme:

79. Identify the scheme for the poor, assetless women ?

80. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was passed in the year:

81. Panchayat Day is observed on the birthday of:

82. The Antyodaya Scheme was started in:

83. Which scheme involves organisation of the poor into Self Help Groups (SI IGs) to build their
capacities through a process of social mobilisation ?

84. Article 243 B of Indian Constitution provides :

85. The Nilokheri Projects started in 1947 under the leadership of:

86. Which is the Monitoring and Evaluation Division of ICDS ?

87. 'K7' is a:

88. Which of the following is a volatile memory ?

89. Who is known as the Father of World Wide Web ?

90. 1 Peta byte = _____.

91. India's first Cyber Crime Police Station is situated In:

92. The process of converting a program written in a high level language to a program that can be run by computer is called:

93. A collection of inter related files in a computer is a ____.

94. ISDN stands for:

95. Eudora is a:

96. Sending unsolicited e-mails indiscriminately to promote a product or a service is called: