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Date of Test : 04.07.2015

Medium of Questions: English

Question Paper Code: 122/2015

Exam Name: Municipal Secretary - Gr iii - Urban Affairs/ Secretary - Block Panchayat -

Rural Development

PSC Municipal Secretary - Gr iii - Urban Affairs/ Secretary - Block Panchayat - Rural Development

Examination Previous Year Question Paper

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'1. The sun and product of two numbers ar€ 13 and 40 respectively. The sum of their reciprocals is :

Maximum: 100 markg

The ratio of the age of two sisters is 3:4. The product of their ages'is 192. The ratio of theirages after 5 years will be :

' (Al 5:+

/c\ 17.91

If the breadth of a rectanefle is increasid by 40% and the length is reduced by 30%. what willbe the effect on its area?

(A) UAo

(c) r3t40

between his office and home is :

(A) 30 km(C) 50 km

Find (125+95)' -4x125x95 :

(A) 400

(c) 1oo0 ,

(A) r2o"

(c) .160'

(B) 3t4o

(D) 30/40

2L:17

8:9

(B) Increases by 2%

(D) Decreaees by.10%

(B) 26(D) 24

Time : t hour and 15 minutes

(A) Decreases by 2%

(C) Increases by 10%

When A, B, C arc work together they complete I job in 8 days. When A and C decided to do

the work together they completed this job in 12 days..In how many dtrys B alone can complete

the work?

(A) 20

(c) 3o

A man travelling at a speed of 20 km/hr, reached hie olfice 10 minutes late.travelled at a speed of 30 km/tu and he reached hie of6ce 10 minutes earlier.

(B) eoo

(D) 440

(B) 150o

(D) 130.

Next day heThe dietance

@)(D) 20 km

7. The angle betrveen both bands of a clock at 9.20 A'M. will be :

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8. A purse contains I rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise coins in.the ratio ?:8:9. If the total money rnthe purse is 159. The number of 50 paise coins in the purse will be :

9. The radii of bases of a cylinder and a cone are in the ratio 3:4. Volume of cylinder and coneare in the ratio 9:8. Then their heiehts are in the ratio :

(A) 96.(c) 82

(A) 3:2

(C) 8:9

(A) 22

(c) 18

(A) STEROYD

(C) STOYRDE

(A) Potato

(C) Carrot

(B) 84

(D) 86

10. Average age of 15 persons is 24 years. Later a boy is included into this group then averagebecomes 23 years. The age of the boy will be :

(B) 4:3

(D) 2:3

(B) 8

(D) 12

11. In a row of students, Sherin is l2th from the left and Athira is 19th from the right. If theyinterchange their positions, Sherin becomes 16th from the left. Then, what will be the position

. of Athira from the right? '

(A) 22"d

(C) 24th

:I2. Raghu said, "Manju's father is the brother of my sister's son". How is Manju's father relatedto Raghu?

(A) Grandfather(C) Nephew

13. If the following words are arrangedsecond word in that order?

(A) Disgrace

(C) . Disgorge . (D) Disguise

L4. If PUBLISH is coded as BLUSHIP, how will DESTROy be coded?

(B) 23'd

(D) 28th

(B) Cousin

(D) None of these

according to the dictionary order, which will be the

(B) Disgruntled

(B) STORYED

(D) STEOYRD

(B) Cabbage

(D) Beet root

15. Among the following list, choose the one that is different from the other ones :

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(A) Decorated

. (C) Famous

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choose the word which best expr'esses the meaning of the word

(B) Imaginative

(D) Informal

their 66 Wedding Anniversar! on

Sunday. What will be the day of their 10h anniversary?

(A) Tuesday

(C) Thursday

Cup is to coffee as plate is to :

(A) spoon

(c) idli

hotel

waiter

(B) 40 meters, East

(D) 40 meters, West

Malaria

Dengue fever

(B) Free operating system

(D) Search engine

(B)

(D)

Wednesday

Ftiday

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(D)

19t Complete the following series :

IF, JH, IJ, OL, -(A) Dl\

(c) r]{@) RN

(D) SM

20. Salim walked 100 meters facing towards South. From thefe,he turned left and walked

40 meters. Thereafter, he turned to his left, wqlked 100 meters and stopped. How far and inwhat firection is Salim now from his starting point?

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(A) 60 meters, North

(C) 60 meters, East

Which of the following is not a viral disease?

(A) Avion flue

(u) Dars

Richard Stallman is in connection with :

(A) Internet(C) Computer virus

(B)

(D)

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

(A) S. Chan<lrasekharan

(C) V. Ramakrishnan

(B) C.V. Raman

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24, Over production of which hormone leads to exophthalmic goiture?

(A) Iodine

(C) Thyroxind

25. A liquid having pII value more than 7 is :

(A) Citric acid

(C) Soda water

Which among the following is not correctly paired?

@) Insulin(D) ADH

(B) T.irng $'gfs1

- (D) Vinagiri

27 . The instrument used to meaeure the growth of plant is :

(A) Dynamo - Alfred Nobel

(C) Computer - Charles Babbage

organisations?

(A) APEC

(c) NATO

(C) Tenth

(B) Television - J.L. Baird

@) DDT-Pole Muller

(D Auxanometer

(D) Cryometer

(B) ASEAN

(D) NAM

@) Eighth

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(A) Duroneter(C) Potometer

28. Which one among the following is a molecular scissor?(A) Ligae

(C) Super bugs

Eestrrcuon endonuclease

(D) Endrophyl

29. The first nuclear reactor in India, is :

(A) Saras (B) param g000

(C) Apsara (D) Durga

30. Which elenent is in chlorophyll?(A) Na (B) K(c) Mg @) Ca

31. "One Vision, One Identity One Community,, is the motto of which of

(B)

the following

92. what is the ordinal number of Ban Ki Moon ae the secretary eenerar of u.N.o.?(A) Seventh (B) Ninth

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33.

(A) 2013'(c) 2015

(A) Alice Munro(C) Martin Karplus

36. Asian Games 20i4 was held at :

(A) Tokyo

(C) Incheon

The founder of Wiki Leaks is :

(A) BilI Gateg

(C) Gill Abramson

The Seventeenth SAARC Summit wae held at :

Which year was declared as the international year of Family Farming?

34. Nobel Prize for Literature for 2013 was awarded to :

@) 2oL4(D) 2016

(B)

(D)

(B)

(D)

(B) Eleanor Carlon(D) Jarires E. Rothman

Hanoy

86. The.Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act was enacted in :(A) 2qo8

(c) 2010 (D) 2012

37.

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(A) New Delhi(C) Thimpu

Julian Aseange

Jaco! iI. Lew

Colombo

Adclu

Slum Free IndiaRurril Road Development

89. Rajeev Awaas Yojana aimg at :

(A) Poverty Free India(C) Rural Employment

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The new name of Planning Commission :

(A) NNPC(C) MTIAyog

(A) Kunjan Pillai(C) Thanu Pillai'

.(A) Kumaran Asan.

(C) Sree Narayana Guru

(B) BharatAyog(D) NEETAyoe

What was the original name of.Chattampi Swamikal?

42. Who ie Pulaya Raja in Kerala Renaissance Movement?

Raman Pillai.Rajappan Pillai

AyyankatiVagbhatananda

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43. Which is the largest backwater in Kerala?(A) Vembanad kayal (B) Ashtamudi kayal(C) Sasthamkotta kayal (D) Kayamkulam kayal

44. rn which year sree Narayana Guru established a siva temple at Aruvippuram?(A) 1880 (B) 1885

(c) 1886 (D) 1S87

45. A famous renaissance leader of Kerala who founded Atma Vidya Sangham?(A) V.T. Bhattathiripad (B) poiJrayil yohannan

, (C) Pandit Karuppan (D) Vagbhatananda

46, Social Justice and brotherhood of man were the cardinal principles of----"""...-'----------.- teaching.(A) Brahmananda Swami Sivayogi (B) Ayya Vaikundar(C) Mannathu Padmanabhan (D) Sree Narayana Guru

47. For his outstanding.and selfless social activities, ihe people of Kerala honoured with the title"Bharata Kesari", who is that leader?

(A) chavara Kuriakose Elias (B) Nidhirikkar Mani Kathanar(C) Mannathu Padmanabhan (D) Vakkom Moulavi

48. Who is associated with'Pidiyari System' (a small amount of rice) in Kerala society?(A) Kumaran Asan (B) Dr. palpu(C) R.,Sankar @) Chavara Kuriakose Elias

49. Where is the headquarter of prathyaksha Reksha Daiva Sabha?(A) Kumbanad . (B) Vattakottal(C) Eraviperoor (D) pullad

50' In which year Sree Narayana Guru convened. an inter-religious conGrence at Aluva were he. gave the noble message of ,One caste, One religion and One God for men,?(A) 1921 (B) rs22(c) re23 (D) rs24

51' marked the first mass campaign against British Rule ied by Indian NationalCongress.

(A) Ahmedabad MiIl Strike CB) Non Co_operadon Movement(C) Civil Disobedience Movement (D) Khilafat Movement

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The Pioneer Martyer of 185? revolt :

(A) Rani LakshrniBai(C) Nana Sahib

53. Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it :

(A) Bal Gangadar Tilak

(C) Bipin Chandra Pal

64, Who is the Frontier Gantlhi?

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(A) Khan Abdul Gaffer Khan

(C) Muhammad Iqbal

The. first Education Minister of free India :

(A) MoiiIaI Nehru

(C)' V.P. Menon

Who was the Grand.Old man of India?

(A) A.O. Hume

(C) C'R Das

57. What was, the importance of the yearIndependence?

(A) Quit India Movement

(C) . Simla Conference

Mangal Pandey

. Tantia Tope

Lata Lijpat Rai

Gopala Krishna Gokhale

Muhammed Ali Jinna\Sir Sa1ryed Ahammad Khan

Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad

W.C. Bannerjl

DAdabai Nauoroji

the history of. India's

(B)

(D)

(B)

(D)

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(B)

(D)

(B)

(D)

(B)

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' (B)

Maharaja Ranjit Sinsh

Motilal Nehru

Motilal Nehru

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(D)

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'68. Who was the political Guru of Mahatma Gandhi?

(A) i\nnie Begant

(C) Gopala Krishna Gokhale

(A) Lala Lajpat Rai

(C) C.R. Das

(B) . Cabinet Mission PIan

@) Mountbatten plan

(B) Bipin Chandra PaI

@) W.C. Bannerji

Who was popularly known as the "Lion ofthe Punjab"?

. 60. Who was the founder of Benares Hindu.University?

(A) Bipin Chandra Pal

(C) C.R. Das (D) Panclit Madan Mohan Malaviya

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61. The National Commission for women was constituted in :

(A) 1e85

(c) 1ee5

62. The number of members nominated by the princely states to the Constituent Assemblv were :

(B) 1ee0

(D) 2000

(B) 3e

(D) e3

sabha by the President

@) usA(D) Ireland

was boirowed by the

on his table indefinitely ryithout

64. Which among the following is not a way for acquisition of citizenship in India?

(A) 36

(c) 63

63. The nomination of members in the RajyaConstitution of India from :

(A) UK(C) Australia

(A) Renunciation

(C) Registration

(A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

. (C) B.N. Rao

(A) Article 45

(C) Article 48

(B) Descent' (D) Incorporation of territory

(B) K.M. Munshi(D) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

(B) Article 47

(D) Article 50

65. The constitution first Amendment Act sought to :

(A) declare that an amendment passed in accordance with Article 368 will not be lawwith the meaning of Article 13

@) nullify the judicially created doctrine of basic features(C) curtail the right to property guaranteed by Article Bl(D) none of the above

66. Who was appointed as the advisor of the Constituent assemblv?

67. The Article in the Indian Constitution which prohibits intoxicating drinks and drugs :

68. The President of India may sometimes simply keep a BilJgiving or refusing assent. This is :

(A) Absolute Veto

(C) Suspensive Veto

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@) Pocket Veto

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69.

70,

A member of the. State Publicaddressed to :

(A) The President

(C) The Chief Minister

Obiter Dicta is :

71. Fill in the blanks using an article :'

I went to

(A)

(c)

hospital to see my uncle.

72. In the following sentence,

Neither food nor water to be found there.

Service may resign his offrce by

(B)

(D)

The Governor

The Chairman

(A) that part of the judgement which was strictly not necessary for the disposal of the' cause or matter before the court

(B) that which was necessary to dispose of thedecision

(C) both

(D) none of the above

matter and forms the clux of the

(A) were

(C) are

73. FilI in the blank with suitable preposition :

(B) an

(D) some

(B) was

(D) have

(B) bv

@) over

(B) using tooth and nail

@) without eoldiers

My friends stood -- me during my difficult tines.

a

the

(A) beside

(C) among

74. Bring out the meaning of the idiom in the following sentence :

We shall fight tooth and nail for our rights. .,

(A) with all our power

(C) peacefully

75. Identi$ the sentence which is in passive voice?

(A) The boy is climbing the cliff(C) They painted the house red

They made him king

Alice was not rnuch surprieed at this

(B)

(D)

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76. Pick out the sentence which is grammatically correct?

(A) One should not waste his time(B) The boy who does best he will get a prize(C) I asked for his book, but he did not lend me

(D) He has been studying hard for the last two weeks

. 77. Find the word which is not a synonym of 'modest'?

(A) Intelligent (B) Shy(q) Silent @) Timid

78. Give one word substitute for'things of different nature':(A) homogeneous (B) uniform(C) heterogeneous (D) compatible

79. Complete the following sentence using an appropriate adjective :

He is the

-

member of the club.(A) eldest (B) old(C) oldest (D) elder

80. Find the other gender of'horse' :

(A) mare (B) rooster(C) mule (D) doe

81. Which is the thrust area of Valmiki Ambedkar Awaas Yojana?(A) Rural areas (B) Urban slums(C) Tlibal areas (D) None ofthese

82. When was 'Andyodaya Anna Yojana" launched?(A) August 15,2000 (B) August tb,2010(C) December 25,2OOO (D) December 2b. ZO1O

83. Which is not included in Bharat Nirman?(A) The Rural Roads G) The Rural housing(C) The Rural Water Supply (D) The Rural Health

84. Expand IAY :

(d) Indian Antipoverty Yojana (B) Integrated Antipoverty yojana(C) Indian Awaas Yojana (D) Indira Awaas yojana

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86. When 4id "Pradhan Mantri Adharsh Gram Yojana" formally launched?

(A) 2oo8 (B) 2pL0

(D) 2or4(c) 2or2

Which is the thrust afea of Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana?

Which scheme targets the most6 years of age, pregnant womenand urban slums?

(A) ICDS

(c) AAY

(A) Old age people

(C) Destitute women

(A) MGNREGA

(C) Kudumbasree

(A) N.H.G

(c) A.D.S

(A) FORTRAN /(c) c

Programmed Instruction to the computer is known as :

(A) Data

(C) Documentation

vulnerable groups of population inclufing cbildren up toand nursing mothers in backward rural areas, tribal areas

(B) DWCRA

(D) JRY

(B) Unemployed youth

(D) Differentially able population

(D) Grama sabha

(B) PROLOG

(D) COBOL

89.

88. In Kerala which Programme is formally registered as the "State Poverty EradicationMission" a society registered under the Travancore Kochi Literary Scientific and Charitable

-Society Act?

(B) BSY

(D) rcDs

Expand NREGP:

($) . National Rural Educational Growth Programme

(B). Nationa,l Road and Electricity Generating Programme

(C) National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme

(D) National Railway Engineering Growth Project

90. Which is the grass root functionary of Kudumbasree?

(B) c.D.S

91. Which of the following computer language is used for artificial intelligence?

(B)

(D)

Code.

Database

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94. The term associated with the processing speed of computer :

Gerleration computer.

(A) First

(C) Third

(A) FFTS

(C) MIPS

In 1983, who defined the term 'Computer Virus'?

(A) Fred Cohen

(C) Norton

When IT Act, 2000 of India came into force?

(A) 17 October 2000

(C) 17 November 2000

(A) Operating system

(C) Browser

Second

Fourth

(B) MPG

(D) cPS

(B) Smith

(D) Mcafee

(B) 17 January 2001

(D) 17 September 2000

mechanisms of an informatron system or

CB) Blocking

(D) Resisting

(B) Word processing

(D) Output

IBM l40r is

(B)

(D)

95.

96.

57. Unauthorized attempts to bypass the securitynetwork is called :

(A) Spoofing

(C) Hacking

9E. A printer is this kind of device :

(A) Input

(C) Processing

99. Which one is a text editor for Microsoft windows?

(A) MS Word (B) MS Excel

(C) Wordpad (D) Notepad

100. Software which allows the user to load a web page is called :

(B) Web site

(D) Home page

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