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Organization Kerala Public Service Commission
Position confidential assistant
Exam Date 11, September, 2015
City, State kerala,


Question Paper

168/2015

1. Third Generation computers are built with

Vacuum tubes Transistors


Integrated Circuits VLSI


2. Pick out correct secondary storage device from the following:
Hard disk RAM ROM EPROM
3. 1 Penta Byte
1024 Giga Byte 1024 Tera Byte 1024 Era Byte 1024 Zetra Byte
4. One of the following is not an input device:

Mouse Scanner


Optical Mark Reader Plotter


5. One of the following is not a correct Data Base Management Software:
,NET MS Access ORACLE INGRESS
6. A rectangle is used in a flow chart to represent
Decision Input Terminal Processing
7. Pick out one of the Object Oriented Programming Language from the following programs
WINDOWS LINUX COBOL SQL
8. A spreadsheet similar to MS Excel in Open Office.org is
Calc Lotus Draw Impress
9. What is the full form of ODBC

Open Data Base Computer Open Data Base Connectivity


Object Data Base Computer Object Data Base Connectivity


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10. One of the following is not a Web Browser:
Mosaic Opera Mozilla Firefox Redcliff
11. How many rows are there in MS Excel 2003
65356 63556 65536 66536
12. What will happen when we press 'Shift Tab' keys in MS Excel?

Cursor will move one cell right Cursor will move one cell left


Cursor will move one cell up Cursor will move one cell down


13. The command for adjusting height of the row will take from menu.
Format Insert Tools None of these
14. The maximum width of a column in MS Excel is
254 255 256 257
15. The command used to clear the screen in DOS
clear cls clscreen None of these
16. DEL command is used in DOS to
Delete files Delete contents Delete directory None of these
17. Which key is to be pressed for moving one slide after another during a slide presentation in MS Power Point?

Ctrl+K Ctrl+N


Down Arrow key None of these


18. How can we edit a chart in MS Power Point 2003

Triple click the chart object Double click the chart object


Click and drag the object None of these


168/2015 4 A 19. function in MS Excel is used to

return the number of characters in a file


return the number of characters in a text string


return the length of a document


return the length of a file


20. What is the full form of ULSI

Very Large Scale Integration Ultra Large Scale Institute


Ultra Large Scale Identification Ultra Large Scale Integration


21. command in MS Excel 2003 'can be taken from Menu.
Oata Format Tools Edit
22. Facebook is an example of website.

Blog Search Engine


Phish site Social Networking


23. One of the following is not an application software:

Adobe Photoshop CorelOraw


Windows Tally


24. File extension of MS Access 2003 file is
.ppt .xls .doc .mdb
25. One of the following is not an Antivirus software:
Netscafe Avira JohnMcAfee Nortran
26. SQL command for creating a new table:

INSERT TABLE CREATE TABLE


ORAW TABLE None of these


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27. 'DELETE' command in SQL is used to

delete a file delete a table


delete an image delete data from a database


28. What is the full form of HTML

Hyper Text Main Language Hyper Text Markup Language


Hyper Text Mark Language None of these


29. The command in Linux is used to

display message on screen display the date and time


display a command None of these


30. Which is the short cut key used in MS Excel to create formula to sum all of the above cells?
Alt F Orl F Alt Orl
31. Ribbon indicator is used to control

lengthwise movement of ribbon


up and down movement of ribbon


automatic reverse movement of ribbon


None of these


32. The letter is typed by using finger.
small finger fore-finger middle finger ring finger
33. What is the size of 'Brief type carriage in a typewriter?
80 100 140 180
34. One of the following is not used as typeface in a typebar
Mica Script Gothic Premier
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35. How many types of keyboards are used in a typewriter?
2 3 4 5
36. One of the following is not an example of 'Home Key'
a
37. How many ways we can move carriage to right side?
1 2 4
38. What is the correct salutation used while we start an address with the word 'Messrs'
Sir Madam Sirs None of these
39. Complimentary close generally used in a business letter is

Yours lovingly Yours sincerely


Yours affectionately Yours faithfully


40. What is true in the case of 'Guide keys' in Malayalam typewriter?

Second key in the left side top row.


Second key in the right side top row.


Second key in the left and right side of the main row.


Second key in the left and right side of the bottom row.


41. What is the size of right side margin of Business letter?
5 10 15 None of these
42. How many space will leave after'Apostrophe'
1 2 No space None of these
43. What is the line space used while typing 'Commercial Work'
1 2 3 None of these
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44. Where will we type the wOJ"d a cover?

Top middle of the cover Top right of the cover


Top left of the cover Anywhere on a cover


45. The words 'His Excellency' will be typed before the designation:
President Governor Collector Chief Minister
46. How many scales on a typewriter?
2
47. In an Official Letter the space provided after complimentary close is used for

Company Name Signature


No use None of these


48. What will happen when we press 'dead keys'

Carriage will move half space towards left


Carriage will move one space towards left


Carriage will not move


Nothing will happen


49. Capital letter denotes which number?
100 1000 10000 None of these
50. What is the expansion of abbreviation occurring in official correspondence?
Honey Honestly Honorary None of these
51. The title of the presently working document is contained in the
Task Bar Title Bar Status Bar Menu Bar
52. How many Browse Buttons contained in the Browse Button Menu?
2
4
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53. What is the default bottom margin in the Page Setup Window?
1" 1.25" 1.5" None of these
54. 'Page Down' key is an example of key.
Scrolling key Navigation key Function key None of these
55. One of the following is the correct method to select Entire document:

Hold shift and click in the left margin


Hold shift and click in the right margin


Hold Ctrl and click in the right margin


Hold Ctrl and click in the left margin


56. What is the shortcut key for
Ctrl Y Ctrl Z Ctrl I Ctrl R
57. What is the correct method to save a file as web page?

Type the file in the web page and save


Create web page and save


Create the file and save as webpage by selecting file type from the save window


None of these


58. 'All Caps' option can be taken from Window.
Format Drop Cap Change Case Font
59. One of the following is not a correct margin option:
Margin Gutter Page Margin Mirror Margin
60. How many maximum lines can drop by using Drop Cap option?
8 2
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61. tOGGLE cASE is the option in the

Change Case Formatting Case


Edit case None of these


62. How many paragraph indents are there in Word 2003
1 2
63. One of the following is not a correct line option:
Multiple Exactly Double Triple
64. What is true in the case of Tab?

Inserts Horizontal line in document


Inserts vertical line in document at the tab stop Inserts Bar in document at the tab stop


None of these


65. Arial is one of the
Style Type Font Format
66. What is the correct step' for inserting a Cell

Table Insert Cell Table Cell Insert


Cell Insert Format Cell


67. One of the option is not available from the 'Tables and Borders' Tool bar
Insert Table Border Color Outside Border Line Color
68. 'Insert Page Break' is used to insert
A break in a page A new page r A new sheet A new break
69. When we set tab text appears to the of the tab stop.
Right Left Center None of these
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70. 'Reference' command can be taken from which menu?
Insert Format Table File
71. Which is the correct step for taking 'Mail Merge'

Format Letters Mail Merge


Tools Mail Merge Letters and Mailing


Tools Letters and Mailing Mail Merge


Tools Mailing Mail Merge


72. What is the shortcut key for '1.5 line spacing'
Orl 1 Ctrl 1.5 Ctrl 2 Ctrl 5
73. command is in which menu?
Edit View File Tools
74. E-mail is one of the options of
Insert Format Tool bar None of these
75. What is the maximum Zoom size in MS Word 2003
150 200 500 None of these
76. To move to the end of the document, press the key(s).

Down arrow End


Ctrl Down arrow Ctrl End


77. When you save a file as a webpage, Word converts the document into
HTML JAVA PERL UNIX
78. One of the folIowing is not the Border option from 'Borders and Shading' window:
3 Shadow Shade None
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79. 'Extend Selection' tab can be activated from Status bar. It shows one of the following word:
REC ETX TEX EXT
80. One of the following Font size cannot be selected from Tool Bar:
11 12 13 14
81. Who designed the Postage Stamps for Brazil to honour the 100 years of Indian cinema?

Satya Raj Ashwin Ramanathan


Indranil Bhattacharya Sanu Nigam


82. Who has been appointed as the goodwill ambassador of 35th National Games Kerala

Ajith Doval Kapil Dev


Sachin Tendulkar Suresh Kalmadi


83. The movie 'Slum Dog Millionaire' is adopted from which of the following novels?

The Glass Palace A Passage to India


Johnny gone down Q and A


84. Which day is observed as 'Leprosy Eradication Day'

November 30th January 30th


March 2JSt December 3JSt


85. Which was the first computerised Panchayat in Kerala

Vellanad Maradi


Valarpattanam Kottarakkara


86. Who started the State Transport Service in Kerala

Sree Moolam Thirunal Sri Chithirathirunal Ramavarma


Sardar K.M. Panicker c.P. Ramaswami Iyyer


168/2015 12 A 87. Who wrote the book 'Sooryakanthi'

O.N.V. Kurup G. Sankara Kurup


M.T. Vasudevan Nair Appu Nedungadi


88. Which was the first wild life Sanctuary in Kerala
Periyar Silent valley n,ekkady Peechi
89. Who founded 'Satya Shodak Samar?

Swami Oayananda Saraswathi Jyothika Phule


M.G. Ranade Atmaram Pandurang


90. Which place is known as the Holland of Kerala
Punaloor Wayanad Kanjikode Kuttanad
91. Which was the only session of Indian National Congress presided by Mahatma Gandhi?
Belgaum Guwahati Allahabad Kakinada
92. Who called Kumaravasan as 'Viplavathinte Sukranakshatram'

Vallathol Sree Narayana Guru


Joseph Mundassery Chattambi Swamikal


93. Who founded'Atma Vidhya Sangam'

Vagbadananda Ramakrishna Pillai


Sahodaran Ayyappan Kumaravasan


94. Where is the historical site 'Puralimala' situated?
Edakkal cave Bakkel fort Thalassery Kasaragode
95. Which among the following was the venue of the INA trial?

Calcutta High Court Supreme Court


Federal Court Red Fort


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96. The National Anthem of India 'Jana Gana Mana' was first sung at
Mumbai 1911
Mumbai 1912 Calcutta 1911 Delhi 1911
97. Who among the following played a dominant role in the famous Vaikorn Satyagraha of 1924 -1925
T.K. Madhavan C. Gopalan C. Sankaran K. Kelappan
98. Who among the following edited and published the newspaper 'Indian Mirror' in 1861

Manmohan Ghosh and Devendra Nath Tagore


Vakkom Abdul Khadar Maulavi


Rabindra Nath Tagore


Sumith Ganguly


99. Gandhiji's Dandi March is associated with which among the following movements?

Khilafat Movement Partition of Bengal


Civil disobedience Movement Non-eo-operation Movement


100. "Springing Tiger: A study of a Revolutionary" is a biography work on which person?

Shyamji Krishnavarma Subhash Chandra Bose


Bhagat Singh Chandra Sekhar Azad


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