Kerala PSC LD Clerk Alappuzha 1998 Question Paper

Kerala PSC LD Clerk Alappuzha 1998 Question Paper

Directions 1-25: Choose the best answer from the alternatives given:
1. The longest river in India:
(a) Ganga (b) Brahmaputra (c) Narmada (d) Sindhu
2. This river is one of the tributaries of Cauvery:
(a) Kabani (b) Payaswani (c) Neyyar (d) Godavari
3. The height of Mount Anamudi is estimated to be
(a) 1,817 metres (b) 3,817 metres (c) 2,817 metres (d) 4,800 metres
4. The energy possessed by the water collected in the reservoir of a dam
(a) Kinetic energy (b) Mechanical energy
(c) Electric energy (d) Potential energy
5. Name the capital of Nepal:
(a) Gangtok (b) Thimphu (c) Kathmandu (d) Jaipur
6. Bleaching powder is produced by passing chlorine over this substance
(a) Sodium chloride (b) Solid slaked lime
(c) Washing soda (d) Calcium carbonate
7. Name the longest dam in India.
(a) Mettur (b) Nagarjuna Sagar (c) Bhakra (d) Hirakud
8. The most important raw material for generation of power in India:
(a) Uranium (b) Thorium (c) Radium (d) Coal
9. Maximum yield of milk is obtained from ——— variety of cows:
(a) Red Sindhi (b) Kamadhenu (c) Jersey (d) Kapila
10. Deforestation causes the following:-
(a) Drought (b) Flood (c) soil erosion (d) All the three
11. World's first woman Prime Minister?
(a) Smt. Indira Gandhi (b) Miss. Jayalalitha
(c) Mrs. Bandaranaike (d) Mrs. Margaret Thatcher
12. The most abundant substance on Earth is
(a) soil (b) carbon (c) water (d) metals
13. The unit of power is
(a) gram (b) watt (c) litre (d) kilogram
14. The world famous mineral region in India
(a) Deccan plateau (b) Chotanagpur plateau
(c) Shillong plateau (d) North-East frontier
15. The gas which causes acid rain in industrial area
(a) Carbon dioxide (b) Carbon monoxide
(c) Sulphur dioxide (d) Methane
16. Who was the Captain of the Indian team which participated in the World Cup Tournament in 1998?
(a) Mohammad Azharuddin (b) Sachin Tendulkar
(c) Ajay Jadeja (d) Vinod Kambli
17. About 80 to 88 percent of milk consists of
(a) water (b) vitamins (c) proteins (d) fat
18. President K.R. Narayanan hails from the state of
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Kerala (d) Maharashtra
19. Generally water logged areas are ideal breeding places for mosquitoes; but these insects are not seen near the
sea. Why?
(a) Sea water is fresh (b) Sea water is warm
(c) Sea water is salty (d) Sea water is not muddy
20. What is the main activity of the Eskimos during the short period of summer?
(a) Hunting (b) Fishing (c) Animal grazing (d) Gardening
21. Indian National Congress was organised in the year ————
(a) 1753 (b) 1885 (c) 1942 (d) 1857
22. The first Prime Minister of India
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Sardar Patel (d) C. Rajagopalachari
23. Quit India movement was started in ————
(a) January 1940 (b) September 1946 (c) March 1942 (d) August 1942
24. The first Chief Minister of Kerala
(a) E.M.S. Namboodiripad (b) A.K. Antony
(c) K. Karunakaran (d) E.K. Nayanar
25. The first Independence Day of India was celebrated on ————
(a) January 26, 1950 (b) October 2, 1949
(c) August 15, 1947 (d) September 5, 1950
Directions 26-30: Expand the abbreviations given below:
26. N.C.E.R.T 27. C.P.C.R.I
28. A.I.A.D.M.K 29. A.I.C.C 30. K.S.R.T.C
Directions 31-35: Pick the odd man out from each of the following sets:—
31. G. Sankara Kurup, Thakazhy Sivasankara Pillai, M.T. Vasudevan Nair, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
32. Europe, Africa, Britain, Asia33. I.K. Gujral, V.P. Singh, Deva Gowda, Ramakrishna Hegde
34. Jayasankar Prasad, O.V. Vijayan, Surya Kanth Tripathi, Sumitranand Panth
35. Ramanan, Odakuzhal, Oru Deshathinde Katha, Ujjaini
Directions 36-40: Match the following
A B
36. Akbar the Great (a) Cape Comorin
37. Bihar (b) Mumtaz
38. Rajasthan (c) Noorjahan
39. Jehangir (d) Midnapur
40. Vivekananda rock (e) Jaipur
(f) Din Ilahi
(g) Patna
Directions 41-45: Name the following
41. Who was the last Viceroy of India?
42. Dal Lake is a great tourist attraction of
43. Name the author of National anthem Jana Gana Mana.
44. Name the patriot who started the newspaper Swadeshabhimani in 1905.
45. Birth place of Mahatma Gandhi
Directions 46-50: Match the following:—
A B
46. Aruvipuram (a) Dayananda Saraswathi
47. Kalamandalam (b) Thiruvalluvar
48. Vandematharam (c) Narayana Guru
49. Arya Samaj (d) Subramanya Bharathi
50. Thirukural (e) Purandara Das
(f) Bankim Chandra Chatterji
(g) Vallathol Narayana Menon