Kerala PSC Police Constable Examination Conducted On 4-3-2006
1. The part of the atmosphere in contract with the earth is:
(a)Stratosphere
(b)Troposphere
(c)Mesosphere
(d)Thermosphere
2. Kalamandalam Hyderali was associated with:
(a)Kathalaki
(b)Ottam Thullal
(c)Koodiyattam
(d)Kuchipudi
3. The acid present in red ants is:
(a)Citric acid
(b)Oleic acid
(c)Formic acid
(d)Acetic acid
4. The gravitational pull of the Moon is ……….. the Earth’s pull
(a)one-tenth of
(b)same as
(c)one-sixth
(d)3 times
5. Marble is a form of:
(a)Calcium oxide
(b)Calcium silicate
(c)Calcium Hydroxide
(d)Calcium Carbonate
6. Ottawa is the capital of:
(a)Argentina
(b)Canada
(c)Argentina
(d)Canada
7. Abyssinia is the former name of:
(a)Iran
(b)U.A.E
(c)Ethiopia
(d)Jordan
8. The currency of France is:
(a) Pound
(b) Euro
(c) Franc
(d) Mark
9. Radioactivity was discovered byThe
(a) Rutherford
(b) Chadwic
(c) Henri Becquerel
(d) Marie Curie
10. India won World Cup Hockey Championship only once. It was at:
(a) Amstelveen
(b) Bombay
(c) Sydney
(d) Kuala Lumpur
11. Which of the following eye defects can be corrected by using convex lens?
(a)Long sight
(b)Short sight
(c)Cataract
(d)Glaucoma
12. The first Five Year Plan started in the year
(a)1947
(b)1950
(c)1951
(d)1965
13. Jalianwalabagh is in:
(a)Rajastan
(b)Punjab
(c)Maharashtra
(d)Karnataka
14. RDX is:
(a)Readily Detonated Explosive
(b)Remotely Detonated Explosive
(c)Readily Destroyed Explosive
(d)Research Department Explosive
15. The head quarters of thewho World Health Organisation is at:
(a)Paris
(b)Rome
(c)Geneva
(d)New York
16. Who among the following is known as Frontier Gandhi:
(a)Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
(b)Mohamed Ali Jinnah
(c)Moulana Abul Kalam Azad
(d)Raja Gopalachari
17. Who is the founder of Arya Samaj
(a)Gopalakrishna Gokhale
(b)Swami Dayaanda Saraswathi
(c)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d)Swami Vivekananda
18. Wall Street is:
(a)Stock Exchange market in New York
(b)Gold Market in Mumbai
(c)Stock Exchange market in Mumbai
(d)Gold Market in London
19. The King who proclaimed the ‘temple entry proclamation’
(a)Sreemoolam Thirunal
(b)Sree Chithira Thirunal
(c)Marthandavara
(d)Swathi Thirunal
20. In which year Delhi became the capital of India?
(a)1911
(b)1920
(c)1932
(d)1947
21. Knesset is the parliament of:
(a)Japan
(b)Iran
(c)Israel
(d)China
22. The first Vice President of India:
(a)Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
(b)V.V. Giri
(c)Dr. Rajendraprasad
(d)Mohamed Hidathulla
23. The Adminisrator of Andaman & Nicobar Islands is:
(a)Governor
(b)Governor General
(c)Chairman
(d)Lt. Governor
24. The inventor of C.T. Scan is:
(a)Housefield
(b)Sinclair
(c)Horace short
(d)Damadian
25. White light consists of seven colours, Out of them which has the highest energy?
(a)Red
(b)Violet
(c)Blue
(d)Green
26. 2005 Nobel prize in Literature was awarded to?
(a)Guntergrass
(b)Herold Pinter
(c)Elfride Jelinek
(d)Sir V.S. Naipaul
27. When was radio broadcasting from Thiruvananthapuram started ?
(a)1965
(b)1956
(c)1931
(d)1943
28. World Food Days is
(a) March 8
(b) July 11
(c) October 16
(d) September 26
29. The film Nrimalyam was directed by:
(a)Adoor Gopalakrishnan
(b)G. Aravindan
(c)M.T. Vasudevan Nair
(d)Ramu Kariat
30. The author of the famous painting The Last Supper is
(a)Leonardo da Vinci
(b)Raja Ravivarma
(c)Picasso
(d)Rafael
31. The first Chief Election Commissioner of India:
(a)R.V.S. Periastri
(b)Sukumar Sen
(c)Dr. Nagendra Singh
(d)R.K. Trivedi
32. The retirement age of a High Court Judge is:
(a)55
(b)58
(c)60
(d)62
33. The word netizen denotes a person who:
(a)uses the internet regularly
(b)is a citizen of a country other than his native country
(c)has settled in another state from his home state
(d)None of the above
34. The game chess had its origin in:
(a)Russia
(b)France
(c)China
(d)India
35. How many bones are there in the human body:
(a)427
(b)206
(c)103
(d)68
36. The first Cricketer who complete 300 one day internationals.
(a)Sachin Tendulkar
(b)Wasim Akram
(c)Brian Lara
(d)Mohamed Azharudeen
37. Who published ‘Horthus Malabaricus’?
(a)The Dutch
(b)The Portugese
(c)The French
(d)The British
38. ‘Kovilan’ is the pen name of :
(a)R.P. Parameswara Menon
(b)P.C. Kuttykrishnan
(c)V. Ayyappan
(d)Moorkothu Ravunni Nair
39. Greger Mendel who did pioneering work on heredity was:
(a)a monk
(b)a physician
(c)a statesman
(d)a mason
40. Who among the following Mughal Emperors was illeterate
(a)Jahangir
(b)Akbar
(c)Shahjahan
(d)Aurangaseb
41. Who is the first Education Minister of Kerala State?
(a)K. Chandrasekharan
(b)C.H. Mohmmed Koya
(c)K.M. George
(d)Joseph Mundasseri
42. The Idukki dam is across the river:
(a)Pampa
(b)Periyar
(c)Kabani
(d)Kallada
43. What is the new name given to India’s population control programme?
(a)Population Stabilization Programme
(b)Family Planning Programme
(c)Population planning programme
(d)Family Welfate Programme
44. Which of the following is not authored by Jane Austen?
(a)Pride and Prejudice
(b)Sense and Sensibility
(c)Sons and Lovers
(d)Emma
45. Which district in Kerala has the highest population density?
(a)Malappuram
(b)Alappuzha
(c)Idukki
(d)Trivandrum
46. Which among the following is not an official language of the U.N?
(a)Chinese
(b)Arabic
(c)Spanish
(d)German
47. Which of the following countries is known as ‘Cockpit of European’?
(a)Italy
(b)Greece
(c)Belgium
(d)Germany
48. The first month of the Saka era is:
(a) Phalguna
(b) Chaithra
(c) Vaishakha
(d) Asadha
49. NAAC is associated with:
(a) Grading of education institutions
(b) Health care
(c) Agricultural research
(d) Industrial research
50. The winner of the Phalke award for 2004:
(a)Dev Anand
(b)Mrinal Sen
(c)Yash Chopra
(d)Adoor