Exam Details

Subject
Paper
Exam / Course
Department
Organization Kerala Public Service Commission
Position stenographer
Exam Date 2015
City, State kerala,


Question Paper

1. Who is known as the "Architect of Modem India"


(A)Gandhiji


(B)Nehru


(C)Ambedkar


(D)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel


2. Who among the following is the first elected Chief Minister of "Aikya Kerala"

Karunakaran


E.K. Nayanar


(C)E.M.5. Nambootirippad


R. Sankar


3. Who organised Savarna Jatha in Vaikom Satyagraha


(A)Mannath Padmanabhan


Chattampi Swarnikal


Kelappan


(D)A.K Gopalan


4. The famous Temple entry proclamation was issued in the

1924


1931


1936


1941

5. Who among the following founded "Sadhu Jana ParipaIana Yogam"

Ayyankali


K. Ayyappan


C. Krishnan


T.K. Madhavan


6. Who is known as the "Grand Old Man of India"

(A)R.c. Dutt


(B)Dadabhai Naoroji


(C)S.N. Banarjee


(D)Firozsha Mehta


7. Which Indian revolutionary organised"Abhinav Bharath" in 1904

(A)Bhagath Singh


(B)V.D. Savarkar


(C)Lala Hardayal


(D)Ajith Singh


8. Name the person who framed Wardha Scheme of education:


(A)Nehru


(B)Gandhiji


(C)Dr. S. Radha Krishnan


(D)Ambedkar


9. Which Indian leader gave the famous slogan "Delhi Chalo"


(A)Bhagat Singh


(B)V.D. Savarkar


(C)Subhash Chandra Bose


(D)Madam Cama


10. name the Indian nationalist who became famous as "Desabandhu"


(A)C.F. Andrews


(B)R.C Dutt


(C)Vinoba Bhave


(D)C.R. Das


11. The Industrial policy of 1948 adopted


(A)Liberal Economy


Socialist Economy


(C)Capitalist Economy


Mixed Economy


12. The Kerala Agrarian Relation Act was in the year


1963


1967


1957


1969


13. Name the father of "White Revolution" in India:


(A)Dr. M.s. Swaminathan


(B)Dr. Vargheese Kurien


(C)Dr. CV. Raman


(D)Dr. J.C Bose


14. The recent Malayalam movie "Celluloid" was about the life of which Malayalam director?


(A)J.C Daniel


(B)P.J. Antony


(C)M.S. Sathyu


(D)Aravindan


15. The famous Dutch publication "Hortus Malabaricus" was originally compiled by An Ezhava
physician

Vaghbhata


Ranga Bhatt


Itti Achutan


Mallan Sankaran


16. Who wrote the famous novel "Anandamath "


(A)Rabeendra Nath Tagore


(B)S.N. Banarjee


(C)B.C Pal.


(D)Bankim Chandra Chatterjee


17. "Amar Sonar Bangla" is the national Anthem of which country?


Pakistan


Bangladesh


Bhutan


Sri Lanka


18. The Ganapati festival in Maharashtra was initiated by which Indian Nationalist?


(A)B.C. Pal


(B)Arabindo Ghosh


(C)B.G. Tilak


(D)Lala Lajpat Rai


19. name the revolutionary, who organised Chittagong Armoury Raid:

Surya Sen


B.K. Outt


Bhagat Singh


Jatin Das


20. The head quarters of Southern Railway Zone is at which place?


Hyderabad


Bangalore


Thiruvananthapuram


Chennai


21. Name the dramatist who wrote the drama "Aswamedham"


Thoppil Bhasi


K. Damodaran


C.J. thomas


N. Krishnapillai


22. The "Rajapramukh" of Aikya Kerala


Sree Visakham Tirunal


Sree Chitira Tirunal


Sree Moolam Tirunal


None of these


23. "Pracheena Malayalam" is a scholarly work of which saint?


(A)Sree Narayana Guru


Vaghbhatananda


(C)Brahmananda Sivayogi


Chattampi Swamikal


24. The poet in Kerala noted for the spirit of nationalism:


(A)Ullur S. Parameshwara Aiyer


(B)Kumaranasan


(C)Vallathol


(D)Changampuzha


25. "Karuna" is an elegant poem having social relevance. Who wrote it

(A)Kumaranasan


(B)Vallathol


Sankara Kurup


(D)Vailoppilli Sreedhara Menon


26. The First Railway line in India was during the Governor Generalship

(A)Lord Canning


(B)Lord Wellesley


(C)Lord Cornwallis


(D)Lord Dalhousie


27. The single oil field, which we have in pre Independent India was at which place?

Bombay High


Silchar


Digboy


Bhilai


28. The National Forest Policy declared in 1952 aims to preserve the total forest area of India should be about of total Geographical Area.

1/4


1/6


1/5


1/3


29. The South West Monsoon in Kerala begins in which month

October


June


July


November

30. The noted feature of social life in India at the beginning of 20th Century was based on which family pattern


Joint family


Nuclear family


Extended family


Micro family

31. Radcliffe Line is the boundary between India and

Bangladesh


Pakistan


China


Bhutan


32. The unpopular Viceroy who loved animals and encouraged heritage conservation:

Lord Canning


Lord Dalhousie


Lord Curzon


Lord Ripon


33. Who planted "The Tree of Liberty at Seringapatam"

(A)Tipa Sultan


(B)Hyder Ali


(C)Potti Sreeramalu


(D)Narasimha Wadayar


34. R.D. Banatjee is related with which of the following?


Numismatics


Philately


Epigraphy


Archaeology


35. "Pratyaksha Reksha Daiva Santiti" (P.R.D.S) is associated with whom?


(A)Swami Agamananda


(B)Brahmananda Sivayogi


(C)Poikayil Kumara Oeva


Evu Pressiamma


36. The founder of Brahma Samaj


(A)Raja ram Mohan Roy


(B)Vivekananda


(C)Pandit Gurudatt


(D)Swami Oayanand Saraswati


37. Sister Nivedita is associated with which saint?


(A)Swami Shraddhananda


Swami Vivekananda


(C)Ramana Maharshi


Mother Teresa


38. "Back to Vedas" is the motto


(A)Swami Dayanand Saraswati


(B)Swami Vivekananda


(C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy


(D)Chattampi Swamikal


39. The Indo -Norwegian venture for Fisheries Project is at in Kerala.

Ezhimala


Neendakara


Fort Cochin


Vizhinjam

40. The eco-system of Kuttanadu is based on which river?

Pampa


Nila


Periyar


Minachilar


41. name the Indian leader who earned the title "Frontier Gandhi"


(A)Khan Abdul Gaffur Khan


(B)Maulana Abdul KaIam Azad


(C)Hasan Imam


(D)Abdul Rasool


42. "Kappirikalude Nattil" is a Travalogue authored


(A)M.P. Veerendrakumar


(B)Paramel Thomakathanar


(C)S.K. Pottakkadu


P. Kesavadev


43. "Ryotwari system" in madras was introduced by


(A)Colonel Munroe


(B)Lord Cornwallis


(C)Lord Wellesley


(D)Reed


44. who signed the Subsidiary system of alliance on behalf of the Native State of Travancore


(A)Umrruni Tampi


(B)Mathu Tarakan


(C)Velu Tampi


(D)Raja Kesavadas


45. The father of Western Education in India


(A)Lord Macaulay


(B)Lord Dalhousie


(C)Charles Metcalfe


(D)Thomas Munroe


46. All India Radio was originally known


(A)Sabda Vahini


(B)Roopavani


(C)Akashavani


(D)Jayavani


47. Who wrote the famous lullaby "Omana Thinkal Kidavo"

(A)Swathi Thirunal


(B)Iriyimman Tampi


(C)Tyaga Raja Swarnikal


(D)Shyama Sastrikal


48. The first Education Minister of Kerala


(A)Dr. A.R. Menon


(B)K.R. Gouriyamma


(C)Joseph Mundasseri


(D)C.H. Muhammed Koya


49. The establishment of Ayurveda college at Thiruvananthapuram was during the regime


(A)Sree Chitira Tirunal


(B)Sree Mulam Tirunal


(C)Sree Uthradam Tirunal


(D)Swathi Thirunal


50. The Hindu Succession act in Kerala was passed in the


1956


1957


1958


1959


51. The nearest letter of affixed in a computer keyboard:

W


C


K


Y


52. Pick out the odd one from the following:


(A)Single line spacing


(B)Double line spacing


(C)Triple line spacing


(D)Multiple line spacing


53. Which finger is used to move the space bar?

(A)Left thumb


(B)Right thumb


(C)Left index finger


(D)Right index finger


54. Function button for repeat action:

F4


F2


F3


F5

55. The expanded form of ISDN:


(A)Integrated Services Dial-up Network


(B)Integrated Services Digital Network


(C)Identified Systems Dial-up Network


(D)Identified Services Digital Network


56. For creating a hanging Indent, Press:

Ctrl+C


Ctrl+H


Ctri+I


Ctrl+T


57. Instead of 'yesterday' you typed 'yesteday'. Which is the best suitable option to correct it?

Delete


Retype


Insert


Edit

58. The Roman letter stands for:

50


500


100


1000


59. Drop cap is in menu.

Edit


Tools


Insert


Format


60. To find the synonym of a is used.

Wizard


Templates


Mail merge


Thesaurus

61. What is the default number of lines to drop for drop cap?

8


3


5


1

62. A character that is raised and smaller above the baseline is known as


Superscript


Outlined


Subscript


Raised

63. Which of the following is not a type of page margin

Right


Left


Center


Top

64. The Shift keys should be depressed by of either hand.

Index finger


Small finger


Middle finger


Thumb


65. save time and labour.


(A)Covered


(B)Window


(C)Open


(D)None of the above


66. The shortcut key for undo the last action:

Ctrl+L


Ctrl+V


Ctrl+Z


Ctrl+A


67. Alt+F10 helps the program window.

Minimise


Quit


Restore


Maximise

68. A single cell in a table can be splitted into:

Columns


Rows


Two


All of the above

69. The option to adopt vertically align the contents of the table cell is

Text direction


Drop cap


Change case


Auto text

70. The start button is bar.

Title


Task


Tool


Menu

71. The shortcut key to create a new document in Word Processing is


(A)Ctrl+N


(B)Ctrl+O


(C)Ctrl+C


(0)None of the above


72. is also called as Volatile memory.

(A)RAM


(B)ROM


(C)Secondary memory


(D)None of the above


73. Tab stops move by default.

0.25"


0.50"


0.75"


0.10"

74. To set the document's margins, indents and bar is used.

Status


Task


Ruler


Title

75. helps to reduce the number of pages.

Auto correct


Gridlines


Mail merge


Shrink to fit

76. To centre a paragraph, use:

Ctrl+C


Ctrl+E


Alt+C


Alt+E

77. How many basic types of tab stops are there?

3


5


7


8

78. substitutes new text for the existing.

Find


Replace


Go to


Locate


79. The shortcut key for beginning of a document:


(A)Ctrl+up arrow


(B)Ctrl+pg up


(C)Alt+Home


(D)Ctrl+Home


80. To emphasise a letter, use:

Bold


Italic


Underline


All of the above


81. Pressing Shift+Tab in a table causes, cursor to:


(A)Move to the next cell


Move to the first cell in the column


(C)Move to the preceding cell


Move to the last cell in the column


82. To select from the insertion point to the same position in the previous line:


(A)Shift down arrow


(B)Shift Ctrl up arrow


(C)Shift up arrow


(D)Shift Ctrl down arrow


83. Assembly level language is also known as


(A)Low level language


(B)High level language


(C)Procedural language


Symbolic language


84. Envelopes and labels are menu.


Edit


Window


Table


Tools

85. is not an example of section breaks.


(A)Previous


(B)Odd page or even page


(C)Continuous


(D)Next page


86. Paper table is also


(A)Paper guide


(B)Paper bail


(C)Paper rest place


(D)Paper release lever


87. key is known as Master key in a type writer.

N


A


M


H

88. The system of typing, without looking to the keyboard is known

Press System


Sight System


Touch System


Type System

89. The paper which is used for taking carbon copies are:

Manifold


A4


Stencil


A3

90. Thumb wheels are also known as

Platen Knobs


Pinion Wheels


Draw Cord Knobs


Paper Wheels

91. Excess of oil in the way rode channel causes movement.

Lengthwise


Sluggish


Up and down


Automatic reversal

92. To protect a cylinder, should always be used.

Backing sheet


Single indenting


Base board


Silk carrier


93. Before space should be left.

1


2


No


1/2


94. useful to type on post cards.

Type guide


Card holders


Card spring


Draw cord


95. Vertical movement is not closely related with

Ribbon lifting arm


Ribbon carrier


Ribbon throw adjuster


Ribbon coupler


96. A The shape of segment is


Circular


Semi circular


Square


Triangular


97. The alphabet is used for keyboard.

Scientific


Ideal


Universal


None of the above

98. While typing a business letter, means:


Type in another place


Insert correction


Do not type


Ignore correction


99. Main spring tension is also known tension.

Cylinder


Backing sheet


Base board


Carriage

100. Ribbon position indicator can be adjusted ways.

2


5


4


3


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