Kerala PSC Beverage Assistant Grade II Previous Year Question Paper
1.KIMONO� is the dress style of : ?
(A)Korea
(B)China
(C)Japan
(D)Finland
2.Madam Curie
(A)Discovered Vaccination
(B) Invented Dynamite
(C)Isolated Radium
(D)Discovered Theory of Evolution
3.The author of the book �The Wonder that was India� is :
(A)Amartya Sen
(B)A.L. Basham
(C) R.C. Dutt
(D)Rabindranath Tagore
4.The first Chief Minister of Kerala was :
(A)Pattam Thanu Pillai
(B)E.M.S. Namboothiripad
(C) R. Sankar
(D)C. Achuthamenon
5.The State of Kerala was formed on :
(A)1 December 1957
(B)1 November 1956
(C)1 November 1954
(D)1 October 1951
6.The Naval Academy is situated in Kerala at :
(A) Kochi
(B)Ezhimala
(C)Thiruvananthapuram
(D) Beypore
7.Edakkal Cave is in :
(A)Wayanad
(B)Kannur
(C)Kasargod
(D) Kozhikode
8.The largest Taluk in Kerala is :
(A) Ernad
(B)Taliparamba
(C)Mukundapuram
(D) Thalassery
9.The Head Quarters of Kerala High Court is at :
(A)Thiruvananthapuram
(B)Kochi
(C)Kozhikode
(D)Thrissur
10.The First Women Supreme Court Judge was :
(A)Fatima Beevi
(B)Anna Chandy
(C)Kadambini Ganguli
(D)Laila Seth
11. The first Governor of Kerala was :
(A)V.V. Giri
(B)Ajith Prasad Jain
(C)Bhagavan Sahai
(D)Ramakrishna Rao
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12. The first Arts and Science College in Kerala is :
(A)Brennan College, Thalassery
(B) Maharajas College, Ernakulam
(C)CMS College, Kottayam
(D)University College,Thiruvananthapuram
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13. The Sabarigiri Hydro Electric Project is built in the river :
(A)Kunthi
(B)Periyar
(C)Bhavani
(D)Pampa
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14. The First Hydro Electric Project in Kerala is :
(A)Pallivasal
(B)Chengulam
(C)Idukki
(D)Sabarigiri
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15. The HQ (Head Quarters) of Wayanad District is :
(A)Kalpetta
(B)Mananthavady
(C)Pulpally
(D)Boys Town
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16. The District which has no forest in Kerala is :
(A) Kollam
(B) Kannur
(C)Alappuzha
(D)Thrissur
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17. The Architect of Cochin Sea Port was :
(A)Robert Bristo
(B)Antonym Peter
(C)Alexander John
(D)John Matahi
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18. ............. city is called �Venice of East�:
(A)Alappuzha
(B)Cochi
(C) Kollam
(D)Thrissur
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19. Malabar Cements Factory is in :
(A)Vellore
(B)Kallai
(C)Wayalar
(D)Chalakudy
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20. The place where getting highest rainfall in Kerala is :
(A)Manjeswar
(B)Munnar
(C)Lakkidi
(D)Udumpancholla
(E)Neryamangalam
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21. ISOBARS connect points of equal :
(A)Temperature
(B)Height
(C)Pressure
(D)Rainfall
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22. LOTI is the currency of :
(A)Sudan
(B) Libiya
(C) Barundi
(D)Lesotho
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23. Copper is produced in :
(A)UP and Rajastan
(B)Rajastan and Bihar
(C) Bihar and UP
(D)Orissa and Rajastan
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24. Rana Pratap Sagar is located in :
(A)Haryana
(B)Maharashtra
(C)Rajastan
(D)UP
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25. The Chairman of the Planning Commission of India is :
(A) President
(B)Prime Minister
(C)Vice President
(D)None of them
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26. Five Year Plans in India are approved by :
(A)Parliament
(B)National Development Council
(C)Planning Commission
(D)None
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27. The Raj Committee (1972) probed :
(A)Direct Taxes
(B) Indirect Taxes
(C)Non-Tax Revenue
(D)Agricultural holding Tax
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28. Panchayat Raj has got constitutional status with the ......... Amendment Act.
(A)72nd
(B)73rd
(C)74th
(D)75th
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29. Fundamental Rights are enshrined in PART.......of Constitution of India.
(A)I
(B)II
(C) III
(D) V
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30. How many members can be nominated to Loksabha by President?
(A)2
(B)3
(C) 4
(D)5
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31. Acharya Vinobha Bhave�s Paunar Ashram is in :
(A)Bihar
(B)Gujarat
(C)Maharashtra
(D)West Bengal
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32. A rocket works on the principle of conservation of :
(A)Energy
(B)Mass
(C)Linear Momentum
(D)Angular Momentum
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33. The best conductor of electricity is :
(A)Iron
(B) Silver
(C)Aluminium
(D)Copper
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34. Glass is a good :
(A)Insulator
(B)Semi conductor
(C)Electrical conductor
(D)Thermal conductor
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35. A catalyst :
(A)Increases the velocity of reaction
(B)Decreases the velocity of reaction
(C)Alters the velocity of reaction
(D) Starts a reaction
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36. Carbon occurs in nature in the purest form as :
(A)Coal
(B)Carbon Black
(C)Graphite
(D)Diamond
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37. The Newspaper �DAWN� is published in :
(A)Moscow
(B)Beijing
(C)Karachi
(D)New Delhi
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38. International Women�s Day is observed on :
(A)March 8
(B)September 8
(C)April 7
(D)August 6
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39. IBERIAN AIRLINES is the official airlines of :
(A) Spain
(B)France
(C)Poland
(D)Ireland
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40. The Head Quarters of World Health Organisation (WHO) is in :
(A) Paris
(B)Geneva
(C)New York
(D)Washington
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41. The largest slum in India is in :
(A)Chennai
(B)Mumbai
(C) Delhi
(D)Kolkata
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42. ........... is the author of �Ain-i-Akbari�
(A)Abul Fazal
(B)Nazrul Islam
(C)Abul Faizal
(D) Mohd Iqbal
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43. Hopman Cup is associated with :
(A)Tennis
(B)Cricket
(C)Baseball
(D)Foot ball
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44. Who is called �Deshbandhu�?
(A)Dadabhai Noaroji
(B)C.R. Das
(C)Balgangadhara Tilak
(D) Rajagopalachari
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45. ............. got Nobel Prize in literature in 1913.
(A)Rabindranath Tagore
(B)Bankim Chandra Chatterji
(C)Boris Pasternak
(D)Alexander Solzenithsen
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46. Tarapore Committee was associated with :
(A)Special Economic Zones
(B)Foreign Exchange Reserves
(C)Fuller Capital Account Convertibility
(D)Effect of oil prices on Indian
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47. Arundathi Roy is well known :
(A)Writer-Social Activist
(B) Painter
(C)Dancer
(D)Music composer
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48. ........... is called �Forbidden City�:
(A)Lahore
(B)Lahsa
(C)Sanfransisco
(D)Bangkok
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49. .................. is the leading producer of Uranium.
(A)USA
(B)Canada
(C)Germany
(D) Zambia
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50. Aspirin was invented in 1899 by :
(A)Felix Hoffman (Germany)
(B)Joseph Lister (England)
(C) C.F. Brush (USA)
(D) Nicholas Cugnot (France)
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51. Entomology is the study of :
(A)Insects
(B)Birds
(C) Snakes
(D)Mammals
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52. �An Area of Darkness� is written by :
(A)V.S. Nai Paul
(B)Salman Rushdi
(C)Nirad C. Chaudhari
(D) A.L. Basham
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53. Which of the following was the first Indian Institute of Technology?
(A)IIT Kharagpur
(B)IIT Bombay
(C)IIT Delhi
(D)IIT Madras
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54. Who became the first Miss India?
(A)Rieta Faria
(B)Pramila
(C)Anita Desai
(D)Sukanya
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55. .......... has the highest population density as per 2001 census.
(A)Kerala
(B)Tamil Nadu
(C)Rajasthan
(D)West Bengal
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56. From which of the following stations that India launched its first successful multipurpose communication and meteorology satellite, INSAT 1B on 30 August 1983?
(A) Cape Canaveral (USA
(B)Bikonoor Cosmonaut (Russia)
(C)Master Control Facility (Hassan, India)
(D)Rocket Launching Station
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57. The Head office of Kerala Civil Supplies Corporation is at :
(A) Ernakulam
(B) Thrissur
(C)Thiruvananthapuram
(D)Kozhikode
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58. Under whose patronage Kutabminar was built ?
(A)Shah Jehan
(B)Kutabdeen Ibek
(C)Jehangeer
(D)Akbar
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59. The first Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu was :
(A) M.G. Ramachandran
(B)C.N. Annadurai
(C) Jayalalitha
(D) M. Karunanidhi
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60. Spherometer is :
(A)An instrument used for measuring theAn instrument used for measuring theAn instrument used for measuring the luminous intensity of the source of light.
(B)An instrument for comparing the curvature of spherical objects.
(C)An instrument used for spectrum
(D) An instrument for measuring solar
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61. The largest shipyard in India is :
(A) Kolkata
(B)Kochi
(C)Mumbai
(D)Vishakapatnam
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62. PNEUMOCONIOSIS afflicts the workers who works mainly in :
(A)Tanneries
(B)Coalmining industries
(C)Distilleries
(D) Glass industry
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63. ......... is a well known flute exponent.
(A)Shafal Ahmad
(B)Ronu Mazumdar
(C)Madhup Mudgal
(D)Debu Chaudhari
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64. ................. was the First Chief Justice of India.
(A)Harilal J. Kania
(B)P.N. Bhagavathy
(C)V.R. Krishna Iyer
(D)Anna Chandy
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65. �EMPLOYMENT NEWS� is published by :
(A)Times of India group
(B)The Indian Express group
(C)G. Kasthuri and Sons
(D)Ministry of Information and
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66. �YAKSHAGANA� is a popular folk art of :
(A)Kerala
(B)Karnataka
(C)Tamilnadu
(D)Andra Pradesh
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67. The NREP (National Rural Employment Programme) was launched in :
(A)October 1980
(B)August 1983
(C)September 1985
(D)December 1981
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68. ANGSTROM is the unit of :
(A)wavelength of light
(B)atmospheric pressure
(C)unit of energy
(D) unit of distance used in
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69. The Thermal Power Plant at 'Bokaro'is located in :
(A)Bihar
(B)Orissa
(C)Chattisgarh
(D)Jharkhand
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70. Disease caused by deficiency of Vitamin C is :
(A)Beri Beri
(B)Scurvey
(C)Pellagra
(D)Night Blindness
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71. The bus pass is ............... for a year.
(A)valuable
(B)employable
(C)valid
(D)tucked
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72. A philatelist collects ..........?
(A) clocks
(B) antiques
(C)coins
(D)stamps
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73. No one could understand .........
(A)What did he say
(B)What was he saying
(C)What he did say
(D)What he was saying
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74. We have been trying to solve the problem........?
(A)since two days
(B)during two days
(C)for two days
(D)from two days
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75. The fear of high places ....... quite common.
(A) are
(B)is
(C)are being
(D)were
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76. If she were selected, she ....... a good secretary.
(A)will make
(B)can make
(C)would make
(D) may have made
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77. Either the pen or the paper ................ defective.
(A)Are
(B)were
(C)is
(D)isn�t
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78. Find the word that is rightly spelt?
(A) moskitoes
(B)mosqwitoes
(C)mosquitose
(D) mosquitoes
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79. Choose the correctly spelt word ?
(A)refrigerator
(B)refrigarator
(C)refregerator
(D)rafrigerator
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80. Choose the word that is closest in meaning to the word 'plead'
(A)set out
(B)conclude
(C)intend
(D)beg for
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81. The closest meaning of the word 'ulcer' is :
(A) outer part
(B)open sore
(C)start
(D)centre
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82. Find the word that is opposite in meaning to the word 'permit' :
(A)allow
(B)disagree
(C)obstruct
(D)forbid
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83. Choose the wrongly spelt word :
(A)permenant
(B)affection
(C)affectation
(D)conscientious
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84. Select the word opposite in meaning to 'ever' :
(A)never
(B)always
(C)sometimes
(D)rarely
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85. Comatose best means :
(A)extremely fat
(B)dull mind
(C)enormous
(D)deeply unconscious
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86. I admit I am very fond ..............him :
(A)of
(B) off
(C)with
(D)by
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87. The suitcase is made ..............leather :
(A)with
(B)about
(C) of
(D)at
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88. You won�t tell them what has happened ,.......?
(A)won�t you
(B)wouldn�t you
(C)isnt� it
(D)will you
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89. Change into indirect speech. He said �I have passed the examination.� :
(A)He said that he had passed the examination
(B)He said that he has been passing examination.
(C)He said that he is passing the examination
(D)He said that he was passed the
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90. They have bought a new car...............?
(A)isn�t it
(B)is it
(C)have they
(D)haven�t they
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91. I will complete the course in ........... year :
(A)a
(B) an
(C)the
(D)same
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92. While walking ................. the small door I hurt my head :
(A)between
(B)through
(C) by
(D)along
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93. Which of these chairs did you sit .........?
(A)them
(B)in
(C)on
(D)by
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94. If DONKEY:BRAYS then WOLF :......
(A)cries
(B) roars
(C)howls
(D)whiness
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95. The thief was caught ....... The suitable idiom is :
(A)red handed
(B)blue handed
(C)green handed
(D)yellow handed
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96. The idiom it�s all Greek and Latin to me means :
(A)Something I understand
(B)Something I don�t understand
(C)Something simple
(D)Something easy
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97. I was all eyes to see what he would do. The word italiced mean :
(A)more than a pair of eyes
(B)eagerly watching
(C)eagerly searching
(D)eagerly hesitating
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98. Beware of that wolf in sheep�s skin the closest meaning to this idiom is :
(A)hypocrite
(B)hippocrite
(C)hippocrete
(D) hypocrete
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99. The phrase black sheep means :
(A)sheep that is black
(B)good person
(C)misfit
(D)sheep that is bad
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100. Just now my hands are full. My hands are full closely means :
(A)My hands are filled with something
(B)I am very busy
(C)I can�t keep my hand free
(D)My hands are chained.
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