Kerala PSC Typist Grade II Exam 2010 Solved Question Paper

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Kerala PSC Typist Grade II Exam 2010 Solved Paper Part 1


1) Indian Institute of Science is located in


A) Bombay
B) Bangalore
C) New Delhi
D) Kolkatta


Ans:B) Bangalore (Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was established in 1909 and is a research institution of higher learning located in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.)


2) Who won the Khel Ratna Prize in 2010?


A) Saina Nehwal
B) Abhinav Bindra
C) Sachin Tendulkar
D) Baichung Bootiya


Ans:A) Saina Nehwal (Saina Nehwal won the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (RGKR) in 2010. She is also the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships in 2008 by defeating ninth seeded Japanese Sayaka Sato)


3) Name of the book which helped to develop the social outlook of Gandhiji


A) Ananda Madam
B) War and Peace
C) Mother
D) Unto This Last


Ans:D) Unto This Last (Written by John Ruskin, Unto This Last is an essay on economy and was first published in December 1860)


4) The Greek philosopher who was never written a book is


A) Aristotle
B) Socrates
C) Plato
D) Homer


Ans:B) Socrates (Socrates did not write philosophical texts – Writings by his disciples Plato, Aristotle, Xenophon, and Aristophanes provide important insights to Socrates philosophy)


5) Name the current Chief Election Commissioner of India?


A) Krishna Swamy
B) S.Y. Quraishi
C) Naveeen Chawla
D) V.S. Sampat


Ans:B) S.Y. Quraishi (Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi is the Chief Election Commissioner from 30th July 2010 - till date)


6) "One who opens a school closes a hundred prisons" who made this comment?


A) Victor Hugo
B) Leo Tolstoy
C) Maxim Gorki
D) Anton Chekhov


Ans:A) Victor Hugo (Victor-Marie Hugo was a noted French poet, novelist, and playwright, and is famous for his novel Les Miserables (The Miserable Ones), Notre-Dame de Paris (known in English also as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame), and his last novel Quatre-vingt-treize (Ninety-Three). 


7) Which is the smallest parliament constituency in India?


A) Sikkim
B) Goa
C) Anandaman & Nicobar
D) Lakshadweep


Ans:D) Lakshadweep


8) "India Wins Freedom" is a book written by


A) Abdul Kalam Azad
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) C. Rajagopalachari
D) Babu Rajendra Prasad


Ans:A) Abdul Kalam Azad (Famous as Maulana Azad, his book India Wins Freedom was published in 1957)


9) Whose birthday is celebrated as National Youth Day?


A) Subash Chandra Bose
B) Raveendra Nath Tagore
C) Swami Vivekanandan
D) Jagadeesh Chandra Bose


Ans:C) Swami Vivekanandan (National Youth Day in India is celebrated on the birthday of Swami Vivekananda on 12th January) 


10) In which city was UNO formed ?


A) Geneva
B) Prague
C) Hague
D) San Francisco


Ans:D) San Francisco (United Nations Organization (UNO) was founded on 24th October 1945. UNO headquarters is in Manhattan, New York City)


11) Identify the constitutional amendment that included secularism and socialism in the preamble of our constitution


A) 73
B) 42
C) 1
D) 86


Ans:B) 42


12) Who is exponent of "Drain Theory"?


A) Madan Mohan Malavya
B) Gopala Krishna Gokhale
C) Bal Gangadhara Thilak
D) Dadabai Navroji


Ans:D) Dadabhai Naoroji (is known as Grand Old Man of India)


13) The term "Bulls Eye" is related to


A) Billiards
B) Shooting
C) Fencing
D) Archery


Ans:B) Shooting. The term Bulls Eye is also used in target archery or 25 points in darts


14) Where is "Sea of Tranquility" found?


A) Moon
B) Earth
C) Saturn
D) Jupiter


Ans:A) Moon


15) Which country situates in between Panama and Nicaragua?


A) Venenzuela
B) Colombia
C) Ecquador
D) Costa Rica


Ans:D) Costa Rica


16) Which organ in the human body is affected by Myopia?


A) Liver
B) Eye
C) Ear
D) Brain


Ans:B) Eye (Myopia is also known as nearsightedness and is a refractive defect of the eye)


17) In which country was the "Dodo" bird found?


A) South Africa
B) Spain
C) Madagascar
D) Mozambique


Ans:C) Madagascar


18) Name the country which is the biggest consumer of gold?


A) India
B) Japan
C) China
D) U.S.A


Ans:A) India


19) Name the Malayalee political leader whose statue is installed in Indian Parliament?


A) K. Kelappan
B) V.K. Krishna Menon
C) A.K. Gopalan (AKG)
D) E.M. Sankaran Namboodiripad


Ans:C) A.K. Gopalan (AKG)


20) What is the pH value of pure water?


A) 7
B) 5
C) 8
D) 6


Ans:A) 7 (pH value in chemistry is a measure to calculate the acidity or basicity of a solution)


21) Which country other than India has lotus as its National Flower?


A) Egypt
B) Japan
C) Myanmar
D) Algeria


Ans:Ans – A) Egypt (The Egyptian Lotus is the National Flower of Egypt. It is also referred to as the water-lily, an aquatic flower.)


22) __ is known as the Father of Modern Medicine


A) Anaxagoras
B) Anaximandar
C) Empedocles
D) Hipprocratus


Ans:D) Hipprocratus


23) The World Cup Football Tournament 2014 will be held at 


A) Argentina
B) Brazil
C) Spain
D) Germany


Ans:B) Brazil


24) Which company was associated with the Bhopal Gas Tragedy?


A) Carborundum Universal
B) United Catalysts
C) Union Carbide
D) Hindustan Insecticides


Ans:C) Union Carbide (Bhopal Gas Tragedy or Bhopal disaster is considered as the world's worst industrial catastrophe occurred at Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in December 1984 in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh)


25) Who was awarded the Adidas Golden Ball for the Best Football Player of the 2010 World Cup Football Tournament?


A) Thomas Muller
B) Wesley Sneijder
C) David Villa
D) Diego Forlan


Ans:D) Diego Forlan (Diego Forlan Corazo (Uruguay player) is the 2010 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball winner and also a two-time winner of both the Pichichi Trophy and the European Golden Shoe.