Saturday 22 October 2016

Kerala PSC Forest Guard Previous Questions And Answers

Kerala PSC Forest Guard Previous Questions And Answers

1. The Secretary General of the Lok Sabha is appointed by

(a)The President (b)The Prime Minister

(c)The Vice President (d)The Speaker of the Lok Sabha

2. The number of Rajya Sabha seats from Kerala is

(a)9 (b)10 (c)7 (d)20

3. Rearranging electoral constituencies in a way that gives advantage to a particular political party is

(a)Gerrymandering (b)Floor crossing (c)Filibustering (d)Lynching

4. The Author of ‘Snakes and Ladders’ is

(a)Anita Nair (b)Taslima Nasrin (c)Arundhati Roy (d)Gita Mehta

5. The Red Fort in Delhi was built by:

(a)Mohamed Gazni (b)Shahjahan (c)Akbar (d)Aurangaseb

6. The first Indian Prime Minister to lose a vote of confidence

(a)Indira Gandhi (b)Morarji Desai (c)V.P. Singh (d)Deve Gowda

7. Saif Ali Khan was awarded the Best Actor Award for 2004 for his role in the film:

(a)Hum Tum (b)Page 3 (c)Swades (d)Hasiria

8. The first Indian satellite ‘Aryabhata’ was launched in the year

(a)1963 (b)1975 (c)1969 (d)1971

9. During Lunar eclipse

(a)The Earth is in between the Sun and the Moon

(b)The Moon is in between the Sun and the Moon

(c)The Sun is in between the earth and the Moon

(d)The Earth, the Sun and the Moon are not in a line

10. The first World Cup Football tournament was held in

(a)Brazil (b)Italy (c)Uruguay (d)Mexico

11. The rear view mirror used in vehicles is

(a)Plane (b)Concave (c)Convex (d) Concave or convex

12. Dr. John Mathai was

(a)An economist (b)Union Finance Minister

(c)Vice Chancellor of Kerala University (d)All the above

13. An earth quake marked 6.5 in the Richter scale is .................... times greater in magnitude than the one marked 5.5

(a)2 (b)10 (c)100 (d)1000

14. Deficiency of melanin leads to

(a)Insomnia (b)Hemophilia (c)Anemia (d)Albinism

15. Shantivan is the Samadhi place of

(a)Jawaharlal Nehru (b)Lal Bahadur Sastri

(c)Indira Gandhi (d)Rajive Gandhi

16. Which country is known as ‘Land of Thousand Lakes’?

(a)Thailand (b)Finland (c)Ireland (d)Norway

17. The winner of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the eyar 2004 is

(a)Rahul Dravid (b)Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

(c)Leander Paes (d)Vishwanathan Anand

18. The Odakkuzhal award was instituted by:

(a)G. Sankara Kurup (b)Vayalar Ramavarma

(c)Vallothol (d)Kumaranasan

19. The birth place of Moyinkutty Vaidyar is

(a)Kodungallur (b)Kottakkal (c)Kondotty (d)Kayamkulam

20. The free operating system Linux was developed by:

(a)Linus Pauling (b)Linus Torwalds

(c)Richard Stalman (d)Charles Babbage

21. Who is the recipient of the Gyanapeeth award for 2003?

(a)U.R. Ananthamoorthy (b)Thara Sankar Banerji

(c)Vinda Karandikar (d)Arundhati Roy

22. Central Food Technological Research Institute is at:

(a)Pune (b)Dehra Dun (c)New Delhi (d)Mysore

23. ‘Straight from the heart’ is the autobiography of:

(a)Mulk Raj Anand (b)Kapil Dev

(c)Christian Bernard (d)M.S. Swaminathan

24. New York City is on the bank of the river.

(a)Danube (b)Delaware (c)Hudson (d)Tagus

25. A disease caused by a virus

(a)Rabies (b)Cholera (c)Typhoid (d)Malaria

26. How many vertebrae are there in a giraffe’s neck?

(a)23 (b)26 (c)7 (d)11

27. The wall of a plant cell is made of

(a)Cellulose (b)Calcium phosphate

(c)Protein (d)Starch

28. The pen name of M.P. Bhattathirippad is:

(a)Uroob (b)Vilasini (c)Mali (d)Premji

29. The first Keralite actor to win the Bharath award:

(a)Sathyan (b)Prem Nazeer (c)Bharath Gopi (d)P.J. Antony

30. The year in which Gandhiji visited Kerala for the first time?

(a)1930 (b)1920 (c)1942 (d)1912

31. Who is the founder of the Khilji dynasty?

(a)Jalaludheen Khilji (b)Alavudheen Khilji

(c)Mohammed Bin Thuglak (d)Aurangaseb

32. When did television transmission begin in India?

(a)1960 (b)1965 (c)1959 (d)1982

33. The first battle of Panipat was in

(a)1526 (b)1556 (c)1615 (d)1661

34. Uttarayan is

(a)The hosue of Tagore inside Viswa Bharati University

(b)The official residence of the Chief Minister of UP

(c)The official residence of the Chief Minister of Utharanchal

(d)U.P. Government’s liason office in Delhi

35. Who was the first woman Governor of Kerala?

(a)Ram Dulari Sinha (b)Jyothi vekitachalam

(c)Padmaja Naidu (d)Sharada Mukherjee

36. Where is ramoji Film city situated?

(a)Chennai (b)Vijayawada (c)Hyderabad (d)Mumbai

37. E.M.S. Namboodirippad took charge as the first chief Minister of Kerala on

(a)1956 November 1 (b)1957 April 5

(c)1956 December 20 (d)1957 November 1

38. BARC is connected with:

(a)Road construction

(b)Agricultural Research

(c)Atomic research (d)Rural Development

39. Kerala Kala Mandalam established by:

(a)Kumaranasan (b)Mrinalini Sarabhai

(c)Ezhuthachan (d)Vallathol


40. Which of the following Kerala river flows towards east?

(a)Valapatanam (b)Chandragiri (c)Bhavani (d)Pampa

41. India Gate was earlier known as

(a)Gateway of India (b)All India War Memorial

(c)Delhi Gate (d)National Memorial

42. The word ‘tsunami’ in Japanese language means

(a)Killer waves (b)Harbour waves

(c)Sea Mountains (d)Giant waves

43. Vitamin B2 is also known as

(a)Retinol (b)Ascorbic acid (c)Riboflavin (d)Thiamin

44. Which of the following liquids has the highest viscosity?

(a)Water (b)Kerosene (c)Petrol (d)Honey

45. Light year is:

(a)The time taken by Sun’s rays to reach the Earth

(b)The time taken by light rays from the Moon to reach the Earth

(c)The year in which February has only 28 days

(d)The distance travelled by light in one year

46. Deuterium is an ............. of Hydrogen

(a)Isobar (b)Isotope (c)Isomer (d)Isotone

47. The capital of Nigeria is:

(a)Lagos (b)Kanoj (c)Abuja (d)Maputo

48. The currency of which of the following countries is not Euro?

(a)Italy (b)Monaco (c)Finland (d)Hungary

49. Mesopotamia is now known as

(a)Iraq (b)Iran (c)Jordan (d)Egypt

50. Which of the followng is not a musicial instrument?

(a)Clarinet (b)Cymbals (c)Harp (d)Masque



55. The circumcentre of an obtuse triangle will always be in the

(a)interior of the triangle (b)midpoint of the diameter

(c)exterior of the triangle (d)Midpoint of the side of the triangle

56. What is the degree measure of a semicircle?

(a)360 (b)90 (c)270 (d)180

57. Which among the following is the point of intersection fo the medians of a trian-
gle?

(a)Circumcentre (b)Centroid (c)Orthocentre (d)Incentre

58. The height of a cone and its base diameter are equal. If the base radius is ‘r’. What

is its slant height

(a)3 r (b)4 r (c) 5r (d) 3 r


61. Which among the following is same as Violet : Orange : Yellow?

(a)Purple (b)White (c)Pink (d)Blue

62. Choose which is least like the other words in the group?

(a)Club (b)Hotel (c)Hostel (d)Inn

63. Which is the irregular member of the following group?

(a)RQPA (b)MLKA (c)STUA (d)HGFA

64. A man is facing north-west. He turns 900

in the clockwise direction and then 1350

in the anticlockwise direction.

Which direction is he facing now?

(a)East (b)West (c)North (d)South

65. Select the pair which has the same relationship as the given pair

Traveller : Destination

(a)Beggar : Donation (b)Teacher : Education

(c)Refugee : Shelter (d)Accident : Hospital

66. Moon : Satellite : : Earth : ?

(a)Sun (b)Solar system (c)Asteroid (d)Planet

67. Bag is related to luggage in the same way as ship is related to

(a)Cargo (b)Coal (c)Stock (d)Weight

68. Which is the pair like Triangle : Hexagon?

(a)Cone : Sphere (b)Rectangle : Octagon

(c)Pentagon : Heptagon (d)Triangle : Quardillateral

69. Which is the odd pair of words different from the following sets?

(a)Blacksmith : Anvil (b)Carpenter : Saw

(c)Goldsmith : Ornaments (d)Barber : Scissor

70. Which among the following is different from others?

(a)DE (b)PQ (c)TU (d)MO

71. Aluminium is to Bauxite as Iron is to:

(a)Pyrite (b)Haematite (c)Magnesite (d)Iron Oxide

72. Choose the subject which is different from others

(a)Mathematics (b)Arithmetic (c)Geometry (d)Algebra

73. In a certain code MONKEY is written as XDJMNL. How is TIGER written in that code?

(a)SDFHS (b)SHFDQ (c)QDFHS (d)UJHFS

74. Showing a man Saroj said ‘‘He is the brother of my Uncle’s daughter’’. What is the relation of Saroj with that man?

(a)Son (b)Brother-in-law (c)Nephew (d)Cousin

75. If in a certain code TWENTY is written as 863985 and ELEVEN is written as 323039, how is TWELVE written?

(a)863584 (b)863203 (c)863903 (d)863063

76. From the following select the word that does not belong to the set

(a)Cube (b)Rectangle (c)Rhombus (d)Square

77. Which is the wrong member in the following set?

(a)Graphite (b)Diamond (c)Pearl (d)Coal

78. Which is not related in the following set?

(a)Othello (b)King Lear (c)Macbeth (d)Oliver Twist

79. From the following select the member that does not belong to the set

(a)Whale (b)Crocodile (c)Lizard (d)Snake

80. Which is the wrong member among the following?

(a)Microscope (b)Stethoscope (c)Telescope (d)Periscope

81. ‘His most trusted friend proved to be a snake in the grass’. What does ‘a snake in the grass’ mean?

(a)an unreliable person (b)low and mean

(c)a hidden enemy (d)cowardly and brutal

82. The correct passive voice form of the sentence ‘‘Someone stole the watch’’ is

(a)The watch was stolen

(b)The watch was stolen by someone

(c)The watch has been stolen

(d)The watch had been stolen by someone

83. Pick out the correct sentence from the following

(a)He is my brother isn’t it?

(b)We came on foot (c)Open the tenth page of this book

(d)I and Ashok go to school together

84 The word opposite in meaning to CCCEAL is

(a)Deny (b)Accept (c)Reveal (d)Yield

85. Choose the word that can be substitute for ‘that which lasts for ever’

(a)Eternal (b)Ephemeral (c)Stable (d)Permanent

Fill in the blanks with the correct choice:

86. She is the kind of student ........... we want.

(a)which (b)whom (c)that (d)who

87. The two children quarrelled with ...............

(a)each other (b)one another

(c)themselves (d)among themselves

88. We needn’t go to school today..............

(a)must we? (b)mustn’t we? (c)do we? (d)need we?

89. Tom shouldn’t waste his time, and .......... should John.

(a)why (b)neither (c)also (d)as

90. You ........... obey your parents.

(a)will (b)would (c)shall (d)should

91. How ............... you disobey me?

(a)dare (b)dared (c)shall (d)must

92. How long ............. here?

(a)you are staying (b)have you been staying

(c)are you staying (d)were you staying

93. It is time we ...................

(a)were started (b)shall start (c)started (d)have started

94. If he had studied hard he .......... a first class

(a)will get (b)would get (c) will have got (d)would have got

95. I haven’t .......... friends here

(a)many (b)some (c)few (d)a few

96. ..............girls have gone for a picnic

(a)The all (b)All (c)How many (d)All the

97. Take it .....................

(a)as easy (b)easy (c)easily (d)as if easy

98. Every one seems to know but.....................

(a)I (b)myself (c)me (d)mine

99. No one could explain how a calm and balanced person like him could ........... such mindless act on his friends.

(a)perpetuate (b)precipitate (c)penetrate (d)perpetrate

100. My father ............. from diabetes for the past three years.

(a)is suffering (b)has been suffering

(c)was suffering (d)had been suffering


Answers

1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (d) 5. (b) 6. (c)

7. (a) 8. (b) 9. (a) 10. (c) 11. (c) 12. (d)

13. (d) 14. (d) 15. (a) 16. (b) 17. (b) 18. (a)

19. (c) 20. (c) 21. (c) 22. (d) 23. (b) 24. (c)

25. (a) 26. (c) 27. (a) 28. (d) 29. (d) 30. (b)

31. (a) 32. (c) 33. (a) 34. (a) 35. (b) 36. (c)

37. (b) 38. (c) 39. (d) 40. (c) 41. (b) 42. (b)

43. (c) 44. (d) 45. (d) 46. (b) 47. (c) 48. (d)

49. (a) 50. (d) 51. (b) 52. (d) 53. (a) 54. (b)

55. (c) 56. (d) 57. (b) 58. (c) 59. (d) 60. (a)

61. (d) 62. (c) 63. (c) 64. (b) 65. (c) 66. (d)

67. (a) 68. (b) 69. (c) 70. (d) 71. (b) 72. (a)

73. (b) 74. (d) 75. (b) 76. (a) 77. (c) 78. (d)

79. (a) 80. (b) 81. (c) 82. (a) 83. (b) 84. (c)

85. (a) 86. (c) 87. (a) 88. (d) 89. (b) 90. (d)

91. (a) 92. (b) 93. (c) 94. (d) 95. (a) 96. (d)

97. (b) 98. (a) 99. (d) 100. (b)


Kerala PSC repeated questions

ABBREVIATIONS

COFEPOSA : Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Act
CARE : Co-operative for American Relief Everywhere
CHOGM : Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 
CSO : Central Statistical Organisation 
CVRDE : Combat Vehicles Research Development Establishment 
EPZ : Export Processing Zone 
ESMA : Essential Services Maintenance Act
FEMA : Foreign Exchange Management Act
GATE : Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
HUDCO : Housing and Urban Development Corporation

SUPERLATIVES

Largest delta : Sunderban
Largest diamond : The Cullinan
Largest archipelago : Indonesia
Smallest bird : Humming Bird
Largest library : United States Library of Congress, Washington (more than 59,000,000 items)
Largest sea bird : Albatross
Largest sea : South China Sea
Hottest place : Azizia (Libya, Africa 580 c (1360 F))
Largest peninsula : Arabia
Largest museum : American Museum of Natural History, New York City
Longest mountain range : Andes, South America - 8,800 km long
Deepest lake : Baikal (Siberia); Average depth 701 metre
Largest gulf : Gulf of Mexico
Largest desert : Sahara (Africa)
Largest creature : Blue Whale 

PARLIAMENTS

COUNTRY           PARLIAMENT

USA                       Congress
Sweden                  Riksdag
Russia                    Duma
Japan                      Diet
Denmark                Folketing
Israel                      Knesset
China                     National Peoples Congress
Iran                        Majlis
Nepal                     National Panchayat
Poland                    Sejm
Afghanistan           Shora
Norway                  Storting
Spain                     Crotes
Switzerland           Federal Assembly

BRANCHES OF SCIENCE

Eugenics         : is the study of ways in which the physical and mental characteristic of the human     race may be improved. Modern elimination of genetic diseases.
Cryogenics     : The science dealing with the production, control and application of very low     temperature.
Metallurgy     : It is the process of extracting metals from their ores.
Hydropathy    : The cure of disease by the internal and external use of water.
Heliotherapy  : It is the method of treating diseases by sunlight.
Ballistics        : It is the science of launching projectiles into space. 

YEARS

1885 : Formation of Indian National Congress
1905 : Partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon
1906 : Muslim League was formed at Dacca
1911 : Partition of Bengal was cancelled by Lord Hardinge
1911 : India's Capital was Shifted from Calcutta to Delhi
1917 : Gandhiji’s Champaran campaign launched
1919 : Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
1919 : Khilafat Movement
1924 : Communist Party of India was formed
1929 : Poorna Swaraj resolution at Lahore session
1930 : Gandhiji’s Dandi March
1932 : Third Round Table Conference
1937 : Provincial Autonomy
1942 : Quit India Movement
1945 : Trial of INA at Red Fort
1946 : British Cabinet Mission visited India
1948 : Death of Mahatma Gandhi
1950 : India becomes a Republic

WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES AND NATIONAL PARKS

Hazaribagh  :  Bihar
Sivapuri National Park  :  Madhya Pradesh
Kanha National Park  :  Madhya Pradesh
Jim Corbet National Park  :  Uttaranchal
Manas Sanctuary  :  Assam
Ghana Bird Sanctuary  :  Rajasthan
Bandipur Sanctuary  :  Karnataka
Dachigam Sanctuary  :  Kashmir
Chandra Prabha Sanctuary  :  Uttar Pradesh
Kaziranga Sanctuary  :  Assam
Periyar Sanctuary  :  Kerala
Bharatpur  :  Rajasthan
Nagerhole  :  Karnataka
Tadoba National Park  :  Maharashtra
Gir Lion Sanctuary  :  Gujarat

FIRST IN INDIA

Actress to win Padma Shri Award — Nargis Dutt (1958).
Bharat Ratna Award winner — C. Rajagopalachari (1954).
Miss World — Reita Faria (1966).
Field Marshal — S.H.F.J. Manekshaw (1973).
Elected President — S. Radhakrishnan (1962-67).
Cosmonaut — Rakesh Sharma (1984).
Chief Justice of India — Harilal J. Kania (1950-51).
Chief Election Commissioner — Sukumar Sen (1950-58).
Chairman of Rajya Sabha — S.V. Krishnamoorthy (1952).
Woman to swim the English Channel — Arati Saha (1959).
Woman Jnanpith Award winner — Ashapurna Devi (1976).
Woman IPS officer — Kiran Bedi (1974).
Woman Governor — Sarojini Naidu (1947).

NATIONAL LABORATORIES

National Physical Laboratory : New Delhi
National Institute of Oceanography : Panaji (Goa)
National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) : Nagpur
Indian Institute of Petroleum : DehraDun (Uttaranchal)
National Chemical Laboratory : Pune
Central Road Research Institute : New Delhi
Central Mining Research Station : Dhanbad (Bihar)
Central Drug Research Institute : Lucknow (UP)
Central Building Research Institute : Roorkee (UP)
Central Food Technological Research Institute : Mysore
Central Leather Research Institute : Chennai
National Aeronautical Laboratory : Bangalore

SPORTS TERMS

Scoop - Hockey
Baton - Relay (Athletics)
Fault - Badminton/Tennis
Punch - Boxing
Ashes - Cricket
Chinaman - Cricket
Off side - Football/Hockey
Bull’s eye - Shooting
Deuce - Tennis
Scissors - Wrestling
Volley - Tennis

COUNTRIES WITH CHANGED NAMES

New Name Old Name
Iraq – Mesopotamia
Iran – Persia
Zimbabwe – Rhodesia
Malaysia _ Malaya
Ghana – Gold Coast
Surinam – Dutch Guiana
Myanmar – Burma
Guyana – British Guiana

COUNTRIES WITH ALTERNATE NAMES

Japan – Nippon
Taiwan – Formosa
India – Bharat

FIRST IN THE WORLD

Woman to reach North Pole : Ann Bancroft
Test Tube Baby : Louise Joy Brown
Woman Prime Minister of a country : Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1960)
Woman President of a country : Maria Estela Peron (Argentina)
Men on Mt. Everest without Oxygen : Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler (1978)
Foreigner to get Bharat Ratna : Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
First Chinese pilgrim to visit India : Fahien
Englishman to receive Nobel Prize for Literature : Rudyard Kipling (1907)
Pope to visit India : Pope Paul VI
Woman to climb Mount Everest : Junko Taibei
Muslim invader of India : Mohammad-bin-Qasim

QUOTATIONS

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing - Alexander Pope
Man is by nature a political animal - Aristotle
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread - Alexander Pope
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever - John Keats
Just as I would not like to be a slave, so I would not like to be a master’ - Abraham Lincoln
I came, I saw, I conquered - Julius Caesar
Jai Jawan Jai Kisan - Lal Bahadur Shastri
Gharibi Hatawo - Indira Gandhi
Child is the father of man - Wordsworth

PEN NAMES OF MALAYALAM WRITERS

Kovilan - V.V. Ayyappan
Omcheri - N. Narayana Pillai
Sanjayan - M.R. Nair
Cynic - M. Vasudevan
Nandanar - P.C. Gopalan
Thikkodian - P. Kunjananthan
Uroob - P.C. Kuttikrishnan
Vilasini - M.K. Menon
Mali - V. Madhavan Nair
Kakkanadan - George Vargheese

IMPORTANT YEARS IN WORLD HISTORY

776 BC : First Olympiad in Greece
4 BC : Birth of Jesus Christ
AD 570 : Birth of Prophet Mohammed
622 : Beginning of Hijra Era
1215 : Signing of Magna Carta
1492 : Columbus discovered America
1688 : Glorious Revolution in England
1776 : American War of Independence
1789 : French Revolution
1815 : Battle of Waterloo
1848 : Publication of Communist Manifesto
1918 : First World War ended
1948 : Myanmar and SriLanka achieved independence
1963 : Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
1957 : First artificial satellite was launched by Russia

REFORMS AND EVENTS DURING BRITISH PERIOD

First Census - Ripon
Communal Award - Wellington
Doctrine of Lapse - Dalhousie
Dyarchy - Chelmsford
INA Trial - Wavell
Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy - Chelmsford
Permanent Settlement - Cornwallis
Quit India - Linlithgow
Sepoy Mutiny - Canning
Subsidiary Alliance - Wellesley
Cabinet Mission - Wavell

ALTERNATE NAMES

Bard of Avon - William Shakespeare
Sultan of Beypore - Vaikom Mohammed Basheer
Man of Destiny - Napoleon Bonaparte
The Birdman of India - Salim Ali
Andhra Kesari - T. Prakasam
Lok Nayak - Jayaprakash Narayan
Father of Medicine - Hippocrates
Lady with the Lamp - Florence Nightingale
Poet’s Poet - Edmund Spenser
Rajaji - C. Rajagopalachari
Deenabandhu - C.F. Andrews
Grand Old Man of India - Dadabhai Naoroji
Father of History - Herodotus
Father of Indian Industry - Jamshedji Tata
Father of Modern Chemistry - Joseph Priestley
Father of Indian Renaissance - Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Banga bandhu - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Tiger of the Snows - Tenzing Norgay
Indian Napoleon - Samudragupta
Man of Blood and Iron - Bismarck
Guruji - M.S. Golwalkar
Maid of Orleans - Joan of Arc
Father of Biology - Aristotle
Kerala Simham - Pazhassy Raja
Lokmanya - Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Nightingale of India - Sarojini Naidu

DISEASES AND AFFECTED BODY PARTS

PNEUMONIA - LUNGS
MENINGITIS - BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
ECZEMA - SKIN
AIDS - IMMUNE SYSTEM
GOITRE - THYROID GLAND
JAUNDICE - LIVER
TRACHOMA - EYES
TUBERCULOSIS - LUNGS
MALARIA - SPLEEN
RHEUMATISM - JOINTS
DIABETES - PANCREAS
ARTHRITIS - INFLAMMATION OF JOINTS
CATARACT - EYES
DIPHTHERIA - THROAT
TYPHOID - INTESTINE; WHOLE BODY
PYORRHOEA - GUMS