STENOGRAPHER GRADE II KERALA PSC ANSWER KEY 14-02-2014

STENOGRAPHER GRADE II/STENO TYPIST GRADE II/CONFIDENTIAL ASSISTANT GRADE II,CO-OPERATIVE MILK MARKETING FEDERATION/HANDYCRAFTS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

EXAM DATE:14-02-2014

1.’Nirvachan Sadan’is the headquarters of:

A.RBI

B.CBI

C.Central Election Commission*

D.UGC

Ans:C

2.The Malayalam movie Celluloid was directed by:

A.V.K.Prakash

B.Adoor Gopalakrishnan

C.T.V.Chandran

D.Kamal*

Ans:D

3.’Sadhu Janaparipalana yogam’ was founded by:

A.K.Ayyappan

B.Ayyankali*

C.Chathan Master

D.Pandit Karuppan

Ans:B

4.First totally literate district in India:

A.Ernakulam*

B.Kottayam

C.Thiruvanathapuram

D.Kollam

Ans:A

5.Grand Trunk Road (GT Road)was built by :

A.Babur

B.Shajahan

C.Jahangir

D.Shershah*

Ans:D

6.’I have a dream’is the famous speech of:

A.Abraham Lincoln

B.Martin Luther King*

C.Martin Luther

D.Winston Churchill

Ans:B

7.Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as the President of Congress by defeating:

A.Pattabhi Sitaramayya*

B.C.R.Das

C.Motilal Nehru

D.Gopalakrishna Gokhale

Ans:A

8.The Kurichiya Revolt of 1812 was led by:

A.Sido

B.Kanhu

C.Ramanambi

D.Thalakkal Chandu*

Ans:D

9.First Prime Minister in India who lost general election in 1977:

A.Moraji Desai

B.Indira Gandhi*

C.A.B.Vajpayee

D.Charan Singh

Ans:B

10.’Forward Bloc’was founded by:

A.Subhash Chandra Bose*

B.M.N.Roy

C.Chandrasekhar Azad

D.B.G.Thilak

Ans:A

11.K.P.A.C was in -----------district.

A.Thiruvanathapuram

B.Kollam

C.Kannur

D.Alappuzha*

Ans:D

12.’A Brief History of Time’ is written by:

A.Stephen Hawkings*

B.Albert Einstein

C.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam

D.Issac Newton

Ans:A

13.’Neel Darpan’ is a Bengali play on the problems of:

A.Tribal workers

B.Women workers

C.Indigo cultivations*

D.Railway workers

Ans:C

14.Lottery in Kerala was introduced by:

A.P.K.Kunju*

B.John Mathai

C.D.Babu Paul

D.K.Jayakumar

Ans:A

15.Atom Bomb was used for the first time in:

A.Sri Lanka

B.Japan*

C.China

D.Korea

Ans:B

16.Gandhiji’s political Guru was:

A.Vallbhai Patel

B.Motilal Nehru

C.Gopalakrishna Gokhale*

D.Firose Shah Mehta

Ans:C

17.”Savarna Jatha’ was related to:

A.Mannath Padmanabhan*

B.K.Kelappan

C.Nelakanta  Sastri

D.K.Madhavan Nair

Ans:A

18.Who said ‘Back to Vedas’?

A.Swami Vivekanada

B.Chattambi Swamikal

C.K.Ayyappan

D.Dayananda Saraswathi*

Ans:D

19.’Adi Granda’ was associated with:

A.Parsi
B.Sikhism*

C.Hinduism

D.Jainism

Ans:B

20.Who came to be known as’Grand old Man of India’?

A.Dadabai Naoroji*

B.W.C.Banerji

C.Mahatma Gandhi

D.Motilal Nehru

Ans:A

21.Which state reserved 50% seats for women in local bodies?

A.West Bengal

B.Tamil Nadu

C.Kerala*

D.Andhra Pradesh

Ans:C

22.Father of Indian Cinema is:

A.Sathyajit Rai

B.Dada Saheb Falke*

C.Sivaji Ganesan

D.Devanand

Ans:B

23.The institution which is ‘NOT’in Thrissur:

A.Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy

B.Lalitha Kala Academy

C.Kerala Sahithya Academy

D.Kerala Chalachithra Academy*

Ans:D

24.’The Light of Asia’ written by Advin Arnold is a novel on the life of:

A.Gandhi

B.Buddha*

C.Mahavira

D.Sivaji

Ans:B

25.’Kundara Proclamation’issued by Veluthampi in the year of:

A.1609

B.1709

C.1809*

D.1909

Ans:C

26.Gilvec is a:

A.Cancer drug*

B.A famous painting

C.Sports Magazine

D.A modern Car

Ans:A

27.Central Election Commission is a:

A.2-member commission

B.3-member commission*

C.4-member commission

D.5-member commission

Ans:B

28.’Akale’is a cinema directed by:

A.K.G.George

B.V.K.Prakash

C.Syamaprasad*

D.Priyanandan

Ans:C

29.Hugo Chawas recently passed away the leader of:

A.Peru

B.Venizula*

C.Argentina

D.Cuba

Ans:B

30.A High Court Judge can be removed from his office by:

A.Governor

B.President

C.USPC

D.Parliament*

Ans:D

31.Which sector contributes major share to India’s GDP?

A.Primary Sector

B.Secondary Sector

C.Territory Sector

D.Agricultural Sector*

Ans:D

32.Amartya Sen won Nobel Prize for economics in:

A.1998*

B.1999

C.1996

D.1997

Ans:A

33.Rajiv Ghandi Khel Ratna award is given in the field of:

A.Cinema

B.Sports*

C.Dance

D.Painting

Ans:B

34.Nivarthana Movement was held in:

A.Madras

B.Travancore*

C.Kochi

D.Malabar

Ans:B

35.Kochin State Prajamandalam was formed in:

A.Kannur

B.Kollam

C.Ernakulam

D.Thrissur*

Ans:D

36.’Yogasuthra’ was authored by:

A.Pathanjali*

B.Panini

C.Kanadhar

D.Kapilan

Ans:A

37.’Work like a bull,but live like a hermit’who said  this?

A.Swami Vivekanadha

B.Ayyankali
C.B.R.Ambedhkar*

D.Gandhiji

Ans:C

38.’Laksham Veedu Project’was introduced by:

A.M.N.Govindan Nair*

B.A.K.Gopalan

C.P.Krishnapillai

D.K.Karunakaran

Ans:A

39.Right to Information Act passed by Indian Parliament in the year of:
A.2001

B.2002

C.2004

D.2005*

Ans:D

40.The Chairman of Joint Parliament Committee(JPC)enquired into 2G spectrum scam:

A.Murali Manohar Joshi

B.P.C.Chacko*

C.P.C.Thomas

D.Sitaram Yachoori

Ans:B

41.Who was the Chairman of Constituent Assembly of India?

A.Dr.Ambedhkar

B.Dr.Rajendra Prasad*

C.Jawaharlal Nehru

D.T.Rajagopalachari

Ans:B

42.Who is the author of the book”The Prince”?

A.Machiavelli*

B.Thomas Hobbes

C.Chanakyan

D.Visakhadattan

Ans:A

43.India became a Republic on 26^th January:

A.1948

B.1949

C.1950*

D.1951

Ans:C

44.The First Governor of Kerala:

A.V.V.Giri

B.Jyothi Venkitachelam

C.Rachhaya

D.B.Ramakrishna Rao*

Ans:D

45.DNA finger printing was developed by:

A.Alec jeffry*

B.Sanger

C.Meselon

D.Watson

Ans:A

46.The element present in the chlorophyll molecule:

A.Mn

B.Cl

C.Mg*

D.Zn

Ans:C

47.The scientific name of plant ‘Kanikkonna’

A.Phyllanthus Emblica

B.Cassia Fistula*

C.Artocarpus Heterophylla

D.Musa Paradiciaca

Ans:B

48.The smallest flowering plant:

A.Wolffia*

B.Eichornia

C.Centella

D.Nelumbium

Ans:A

49.’Utharadhunikatha-Varthamanavum vamsavaliyum’was written by:

A.Asha Menon

B.E.P.Rajagopalan

C.K.P.Appan*

D.K.P.Sankaran

Ans:C

50.Mahakarya written by Kalidasa is:

A.Sri Krishnavilasam

B.Meghasandhesam

C.Reghuvamsam

D.Kumarasambhavam*

Ans:D

51.The executable file for Microsoft Word is:

A.WINWORD*

B.WRITE

C.WINEXE

D.EXEWORD

Ans:A

52.The file extension of Microsoft Excel Office Package is:

A.DOC

B.TXT

C.XLS*

D.PDF

Ans:C

53.In Microsoft Word’Change Case’options express-----------cases to format the text in different modes.

A.10

B.6

C.3

D.5*

Ans:D

54.Which is the electronic presentation software introduced by the Microsoft?

A.M.S.Excel

B.M.S.Access

C.M.S.Word

D.M.S.Power Point*

Ans:D

55.Ctrl K is the short cut key for performing the function of:

A.Insert symbol

B.Find and replace option

C.Undo last action

D.Insert link*

Ans:D

56.The default worksheets of a work book in Microsoft excel application:

A.4

B.2

C.3*

D.1

Ans:C

57.The key combination used to point the last raw in an Excel work sheet is:

A.Ctrl Home

B.Ctrl Down Arrow*

C.Alt Down Arrow

D.Alt Home

Ans:B

58.Pivot Table  is an option or function in connection with which application:

A.MS Excel*

B.MS Word

C.MS Power Point

D.MS Access

Ans:A

59.U.P.S.the term denotes for:

A.Unicode Protection Software

B.Un Protected Software

C.Uninterrupted Power Supply*

D.Un Protected System

Ans:C

60.Norton,Kaspersky,AVG and AVIRA are the examples of which of the following?

A.Computer Virus

B.Antivirus software*

C.Free Software

D.CD writing software

Ans:B

61.It is the precess of loading operating system:

A.Inputting

B.Bootting*

C.Outputting

D.Writting

Ans:B

62.The alignment will result in a smooth left and right margin is:

A.Right

B.Justify*

C.Left

D.Centre

Ans:B

63.1 Kilobyte is equal to ---------bytes.

A.1000

B.1042

C.1024*

D.2024

Ans:C

64.A printer is a ----------device

A.Output device*

B.Input device

C.Storage device

D.None of these

Ans:A

65.The interested area of rows and columns is known as:

A.Data

B.A cell*

C.A field

D.An equation

Ans:B

66.The paper size of ‘A4’is as follows,choose correct one:

A.8.5x14 inches

B.8.27x 11.69 inches*

C.5.83 x8.27 inches

D.None of these

Ans:B

67.Which is the key combination used for’Format Painter’in Microsoft Word?

A.Alt Ctrl C

B.Alt Shift C

C.Ctrl Shift C*

D.Shift C

Ans:C

68.What is the highest Zoom percentage in Microsoft Word?

A.500%*

B.200%

C.300%

D.250%

Ans:A

69.In Microsoft office 2007,the last row in an excel application window is:

A.1084575

B.16384

C.1048576*

D.16834

Ans:C

70.The short cut key for centre alignment is:

A.Ctrl J

B.Ctrl C

C.Ctrl E*

D.Ctrl R

Ans:C

71.Line space lever is also called:

A.Variable line space lever

B.Carriage return lever*

C.Key lever

D.Line space adjuster

Ans:B

72.Typewriter space bar is pressed by:

A.Right Thumb*

B.Middle Finger

C.Little Finger

D.Left Thumb

Ans:A

73.Shift lock is pressed by:

A.Right Thumb

B.Little finger*

C.Left thumb

D.Middle Finger

Ans:B

74.The guide key in the typewriter is:
A.P and Q

B.M and N

C.A and :*

D.A and F

Ans:C

75.Cylinder is also known as:

A.Carriage

B.Chord

C.Draw band

D.Pattern*

Ans:D

76.The capital ‘L’is used for:

A.500

B.50*

C.05

D.5000

Ans:B

77.Free Rolls are made by:

A.Steel

B.Rubber*

C.Fiber

D.Iron

Ans:B

78.Official letter is concluded by:

A.Yours obediently

B.Yours sincerely

C.Yours respectfully

D.Yours faithfully*

Ans:D

79.How many thumb wheels are seen on either end of carriage?

A.Two*

B.Four

C.Three

D.One

Ans:A

80.Malayalam Key board was designed:

A.Henry Mill

B.Christopher

C.Lathen Sholes

D.N.S.Pandala*

Ans:D

81.Typewriter oil is used to all:

A.Keyboard

B.Cylinder
C.Thumb wheel

D.Fractional parts*

Ans:D

82.After a full stop leave-------space

A.No space

B.One space

C.Two space*

D.Any space

Ans:C

83.The senders address must be typed in the envelop:

A.Top right

B.Bottom left*

C.Top left

D.Bottom right

Ans:B

84.Which key is pressed to get upper case character?

A.Tab key

B.Shift Key*

C.Master Key

D.Shift lock Keys

Ans:B

85.At the end of government order should type:

A.By order of the government

B.By order of the secretary

C.By order of the Governor*

D.By order of the minister

Ans:C

86.Operating lever is also called:

A.Impression Roller

B.Impression lever*

C.Feed Roller

D.Ribbon career

Ans:B

87.Copies taken in the duplicator will fall on:

A.Receiving tray*

B.Feed tray

C.Duplicator

D.Drum

Ans:A

88.----------character keys are seen in a keyboard

A.48

B.44*

C.46

D.54

Ans:B

89.Way road and guide road seen in a typewriter:

A.Centre of the carriage

B.Tope of the carriage

C.Left side of the carriage

D.Bottom of the carriage*

Ans:D

90.Ink is passed on the stencil through:

A.Silk career*

B.Backing sheet

C.Drum

D.Ribbon career

Ans:A

91.All minimized windows is displayed on the --------bar.

A.Status bar

B.Task bar*

C.Tool bar

D.Menu bar

Ans:B

92.In which view Microsoft word express the document as it will appear in an internet browser?

A.Print layout

B.Web layout*

C.Normal layout

D.Outline layout

Ans:B

93.To exit from Microsoft Word application widow which key combination is used:

A.Alt X

B.Alt F4

C.Ctrl X

D.Ctrl F4*

Ans:D

94.In Microsoft Word ‘Drop Cap’is situated in ------menu.

A.Format menu*

B.Tools menu

C.Edit menu

D.View menu

Ans:A

95.Which key is used for overwrite a character in a sentence?

A.Home

B.End

C.Insert*

D.Back space

Ans:C

96.To insert the current date in a document the key combination used is:

A.Alt Shift D*

B.Alt D

C.Shift D

D.Alt Ctrl D

Ans:A

97.The ‘Open Office’is in connection with:
A.Microsoft Windows

B.Linux*

C.M.S.Office

D.Microsoft Dos

Ans:B

98.To move the cursor towards the starting of a document,the key is used:

A.Home

B.Ctrl Home*

C.Alt Home

D.Ctrl Alt Home

Ans:B

99.Which number of function keys in a word document to perform its own function?

A.10

B.12*

C.24

D.6

Ans:B

100.Usually ----------is the minimum size of fond announced to edit text in Microsoft Word.

A.7

B.8*

C.9

D.6

Ans:B