ANSWER KEY PSC EXAM COMPUTER ASSISTANT GRADE II,UNIVERSITIES 26-05-2016

COMPUTER ASSISTANT GRADE II,UNIVERSITIES

EXAM DATE:26-05-2016

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1.Which social reformer started the  movement called ‘Sadhujana Paripalana Sangam’?

A.Sahodaran Ayyappan

B.Sree Narayana Guru

C.K.Kelappan

D.Ayyankali*

Ans:D

2.Who wrote the book ‘Anastasyayude Rektha Sakshyam’?

A.Sr.Alphonsa

B.Vallathol Narayana Menon

C.Sr.Mary Beninja

D.Fr.Kuriakose Elias Chavara*

Ans:D

3.Golden Quadrilateral is a--------project

A.Rail

B.Road*

C.Tele communication

D.Health

Ans:B

4.Name of the instrument used in aeroplanes to measure height:

A.Barometer

B.Altimeter*

C.Pedometer

D.Multimeter

Ans:B

5.Which Malayalam poet was honored by the British prince in 1922?

A.G.Sankara Kurup

B.Vallathol Narayana Menon

C.Kumaranasan*

D.Changampuzha Krishnapillai

Ans:C

6.A major poverty eradication programme in the following:

A.MGNREGS*

B.RMSA
C.DPEP

D.SSA

Ans:A

7.The largest pure water lake in India:

A.Dal

B.Woolar*

C.Kolleru

D.Pangong

Ans:B

8.Who was the founder of Prathyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha?

A.Thycaud Ayya

B.Poikayil Yohannan*

C.Pandit Karuppan

D.Chattampi Swami

Ans:B

9.Which day is observed as world population day?

A.July 11*

B.June 11

C.Nov.20

D.Dec.10

Ans:A

10.Which gave the honorary title ‘Sardar’to Vallabhai Pattel?

A.Mahatma Gandhi*

B.Jawaharlal Nehru

C.Bala Gangadhara Tilak

D.Gopalakrishna Gokhale

Ans:A

11.Which river is related with Majuli Island?

A.Ganga

B.Brahmaputra*

C.Godavari

D.Krishna

Ans:B

12.Ustad Ahmad Lahauri is the principal designer of which famous building?

A.QutubMinar

B.Red Fort

C.CharMinar

D.Taj Mahal*

Ans:D

13.Which Indian State gets its name from the Pali word for Buddhist monastery?

A.Orissa

B.Sikkim

C.Bihar*

D.Tripura

Ans:C

14.The last supper is a famous fresco painted by which great renaissance artist?

A.Titian

B.Donattello

C.Leonardo de Vinci*

D.Michael Anjelo

Ans:C

15.Who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2015?

A.William D.Kampal

B.Sathoshi Omura

C.Paul Modrich

D.Swetlana Alexeevich*

Ans:D

16.Who was the founder of Atma Vidya Sangham?

A.Thycaud Ayya

B.Brahmananda Sivayogi

C.Kumara Guru

D.Vagbhatananda*

Ans:D

17.Black soil is suitable for which crop?

A.Tea

B.Vegetable

C.Fruits

D.Cotton*

Ans:D

18.The oldest mountain range in India:

A.Himalaya

B.Aravally*

C.Satpura

D.Western Ghat

Ans:B

19.Last formed corporation in Kerala:

A.Kochi

B.Trissur

C.Kannur*

D.Kollam

Ans:C

20.Who was the woman leader of Quit India Movement?

A.Annie Besant

B.Aruna Asif Ali*

C.Sarojini Naidu

D.Madam Kama

Ans:B

21.”Ballot is powerful than bullet”who said so?

A.Jawaharlal Nehru

B.George Washington

C.Abraham Lincoln*

D.Mahatma Gandhi

Ans:C

22.Whose autobiography is known as’Ente Jeevitha Smaranakal’?

A.E.M.S Namboodiripad

B.Vaikom Muhammad Basheer

C.K.Kelappan

D.Mannathu Padmanabhan*

Ans:D

23.Which river forms the boundary between North India and South India?

A.Mahanadi

B.Narmada*

C.Godavari

D.Kaveri

Ans:B

24.Which of the following is known as the lungs of Nature?

A.Fresh water lakes

B.Mountains

C.Rainforest*

D.Wetlands

Ans:C

25.Name of the agency that won the Gandhi Peace Award for the year 2014:

A.ISRO*

B.RED CROSS
C.ASIA WATCH

D.NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME

Ans:A

26.Where is Lothal?

A.Gujarat*

B.Punjab

C.Rajasthan

D.Madhya Pradesh

Ans:A

27.A special phenomenon seen only in the Arabian Sea:

A.Loo

B.Coral Reefs

C.Tides

D.Chakara*

Ans:D

28.Which latitude passes through India?

A.Tropic of cancer*

B.Tropic of capricon

C.Equator

D.Artic circle

Ans:A

29.In which year Sree Narayana Guru formed S.N.D.P.Yogam?

A.1900

B.1901

C.1903*

D.1907

Ans:C

30.Who was the first woman president of Indian National Congress?

A.Sarojini Naidu

B.Annie Besant*

C.Vijayalakshmi Pandit

D.Indira Gandhi

Ans:B

31.---------is the brain of a computer

A.Keyboard

B.Central Processing Unit*

C.Monitor

D.Printer

Ans:B

32.In MS Word 2007 Maximum Zoom is-----Percentage

A.100

B.300

C.200

D.500*

Ans:D

33.The extension of a Paint File:

A..BMP*

B..TXT

C..XLS

D..CPP

Ans:A

34.Which of the following is not an Antivirus Software?

A.JAVA*

B.KASPERSKY

C.McAfee

D.NORTON

Ans:A

35.Which one of the following is a word processing software?

A.MS ACCESS

B.MS EXCEL

C.MS POWERPOINT

D.MS WORD*
Ans:D

36.What function displays row data in a column or column data in a row?

A.Concatenate

B.Transpose*

C.Trim

D.Average

Ans:B

37.-----Gigabytes=1 Terabyte

A.1204

B.1104

C.1024*

D.None of the above

Ans:C

38.Microsoft Office is:

A.Shareware

B.Open-Source software

C.Public Domain Software

D.An Application suite*

Ans:D

39.URL stands for:

A.Uniform Resource Locator*

B.Uniform Resource Loader

C.Uniform Research Locator

D.Uniform Research Loader

Ans:A

40.Which power point view displays each slide of the presentation as a thumbnail display?

A.Slide master

B.Slide show

C.Slide sorter*

D.Notes page

Ans:C

41.To create a new folder in a window:

A.Right Click+Select new folder*

B.Double Click+Select view

C.Left Click+Select new folder

D.Double click on desktop

Ans:A

42.Which of the following groups consists of only input devices?

A.Keyboard,Printer,Monitor

B.Mouse,Keyboard,Scanner*

C.Keyboard,Mouse,Printer

D.Priner,Scanner,Mouse

Ans:B

43.Inventor of Email System is:

A.Winton Surf

B.Jan Kenneth

C.Bill Gates

D.None of above*

Ans:D

44.The ‘copy’command saves the content temporarily to the:

A.Desktop

B.Printer

C.Clipboard*

D.MS Word

Ans:C

45.MS Excel displays the address of the active cell in the:

A.Formula bar*

B.Status bar

C.Toolbar

D.Menu bar

Ans:A

46.Which of the following helps to reduce the sound while typing?

A.Feed roll*

B.Paper table

C.Paper ball

D.None of the above

Ans:A

47.Carriage Rack is set on the top of the:

A.Pinion wheel*

B.Ratchet wheel

C.Dog block

D.Segment

Ans:A

48.The process of taking out more copies on a typewriter using carbon paper

A.Duplicating
B.Spreading

C.Manifolding*

D.Manuscripting

Ans:C

49.The instruction ‘trans’given in a manuscript represents:

A.Transverse

B.Transpose*

C.Translate

D.Transport

Ans:B

50.The abbreviation of Pound is:

A.pz

B.pd

C.pnd

D.Ib*

Ans:D

51.’Stet’written on manuscripts represents:

A.Omit the word or line marked

B.Type the matter scored off*

C.Insert a word or letter

D.To split letters or words

Ans:B

52.The last word typed at the end of a page being repeated as the first word in the subsequent page is called:

A.Catchword*

B.Postscript

C.Footnote

D.Endnote

Ans:A

53.Which of the following helps in correcting the typed matter on a typewriter?

A.Paper bail

B.Margin stop scale

C.Segment

D.Line finder scale*

Ans:D

54.Decrease in main spring tension in a typewriter leads to:

A.Jerking

B.Overtypin*

C.Jumping

D.None of these

Ans:B

55.Which pen is used for signing on a stencil paper?

A.Sketch pen

B.Ink pen

C.Stylus pen*

D.Hard pencil

Ans:C

56.The key which is not found in English Typewriter:

A.Margin release key

B.Key release key

C.Tab set key

D.Dead key*

Ans:D

57.Which of the following is not a non character key?

A.Master key*

B.Tab release key

C.Key release key

D.Tab set key

Ans:A

58.----------helps the type bars to return to the basket after each stroke.

A.Paper Guide

B.Card Holder

C.Feed Rolls

D.Buffer Spring*

Ans:D

59.Which are the guide keys in the English Typewriter?

A.Q and P

B.A and ;*

C.Z and M

D.A and I

Ans:B

60.Overlapping of letters at the locked  right margin is called:

A.Rewriting

B.Offsetting

C.Aligning

D.Piling*

Ans:D

61.In which of the following,the subject of the letter is given under”abstract”?

A.D.O.letter

B.Circular

C.Govt.Order*

D.Memorandum

Ans:C

62.’E & OE’is the abbreviation for:

A.Errors and Omissions Excepted*

B.Errors and Omissions Expected

C.Errors and Omissions Erased

D.Errors and Omissions Expelled

Ans:A

63.In a Business Letter,-----is typed just below the complementary close.

A.Perprocuration*

B.Designation

C.Salutation

D.Name of the signatory

Ans:A

64.How many spaces are to be provided after a colon?

A.One

B.Three

C.No space

D.Two*

Ans:D

65.How many space adjustments can be done in a Typewriter?

A.3

B.5

C.2

D.4

Ans:----

66.Which finger of the left hand is used to type the letter’Z’?

A.Little finger*

B.Index finger

C.Ring finger

D.Middle finger

Ans:A

67.----------is used for getting continuous uppercase characters.

A.Shift lock*

B.Marginal Release Key

C.Shift Key

D.Tab set key

Ans:A

68.The cheapest method of taking a large number of copies using stencil is called:

A.Stencil Cutting*

B.Stencil Duplicating

C.Manifolding

D.None of the above

Ans:A

69.The Cyclostyle machine was invented by:

A.David Gestetner*

B.Christopher L Sholes

C.William Mill

D.Sir Issac Pitman

Ans:A

70.The Loose Dog helps in:

A.Ribbon reverse movement

B.Up and down movement

C.Step by step movement*

D.None of the above

Ans:C

71.A worksheet contains:

A.256 columns and 65563 rows

B.256 columns and 65536 rows*

C.256 columns and 75536 rows

D.265 columns and 75536 rows

Ans:B

72.Which of the following is a Volatile Memory?

A.EPROM

B.ROM

C.RAM*

D.None of the above

Ans:C

73.Name the section at the top of the document used to place the name,page number etc.

A.Header*

B.Web layout

C.Footer

D.Hyperlink

Ans:A

74.Who is the founder of Facebook?

A.Glen Recort

B.Tim Berners Le

C.Allen Turing

D.Mark Zuckerberg*

Ans:D

75.Which of the following shortcut key is used for insert a new slide?

A.Ctrl+S

B.Ctrl+F

C.Ctrl+M*

D.None of the above

Ans:C

76.SORT command is used for:

A.Filtering data

B.Arranging data*

C.Displaying data

D.Hiding data

Ans:B

77.-------------is the process of combining main document with the data source

A.Changing Styles

B.Find

C.Goal Seek

D.Mail Merge*

Ans:D

78.Operating System is a:

A.General Purpose software

B.Application software

C.System software*

D.None of the above

Ans:C

79.Which one of the following is not a Web browser?

A.Internet Explorer

B.MS Office*

C.Safari

D.Mozilla firefox

Ans:B

80.In MS Powerpoint the ‘Page Setup’button can be found in the:

A.Home Tab

B.Animations Tab

C.Insert Tab

D.Design Tab*

Ans:D

81.The video--------if you press this button

A.Pause

B.Paused

C.Will pause*

D.Pauses

Ans:C

82.She asked her mother where she-------put the box

A.Should*

B.Shall

C.Can

D.Will

Ans:A

83.Mr.Jenson ---------12 films and I think his latest is the best

A.Has made*

B.Had made

C.Made

D.Is making

Ans:A

84.Which word is the synonym of ‘proximity’?

A.Popularity

B.Honesty

C.Solemnity

D.Closeness*

Ans:D

85.Which among the following is called a board on which an artist mixes his colours?

A.Palate

B.Palette*

C.Pallet

D.Palliate

Ans:B

86.I remembered ----------race

A.The horse’s winning*

B.The horse to win

C.The horse winning

D.The horse to win

Ans:A

87.The idiom ‘at your beck and call’means:

A.Without deliberation

B.Praising himself

C.Under someone’s absolute Control*

D.Under someone’s protection

Ans:C

88.At least he decided to quite the job,--------?

A.Did he?

B.Didn’t he?*

C.Does he?

D.Doesn’t he?

Ans:B

89.Find the antonym of the word ‘anguish’:

A.Anger

B.Gloomy

C.Relief*

D.Joy*

Ans:C,D

90.The Latin word ‘adhoc’means:

A.By the year

B.The book of

C.As one wishes

D.For this*

Ans:D

91.The only people who are interested in the film-----to be teenagers.

A.Seems

B.Seemed

C.Seem*

D.Seeming

Ans:C

92.He is suffering from a nervous:

A.Break off

B.Break down*

C.Break through

D.Break up

Ans:B

93.Choose the correct sentence:

A.She Speaks French fluently *

B.She speaks the French fluent

C.She speaks the French fluently

D.She speaks French fluent

Ans:A

94.It has been the ------day in delhi for 25 years.

A.Hot

B.Hotter

C.Much hot

D.Hottest*

Ans:D

95.The mirror--------broken when I dropped it in the bathroom

A.Gets

B.Get

C.Got*

D.Has got

Ans:C

96.She is------colleague of mine:

A.An

B.The

C.A*

D.One

Ans:C

97.They have always wanted a house in the city,but they-------on where it should be

A.Disagreed

B.Disagree*

C.Disagree

D.Had disagreed

Ans:B

98.Robin always seemed such a -----boy

A.Responsible*

B.Response

C.Responsing

D.Responced

Ans:A

99.The cat ran away from her and disappeared--------the hill

A.Across*

B.Over

C.Above

D.Along

Ans:A

100.Select the word which has correct spelling:

A.Champaene

B.Shampagne

C.Champagne*

D.Shampaene

Ans:C