PSC Degree Level -Exam Q&A

1. Who decides whether a bill is a money bill or not?
(A) Prime Minister
(B) Deputy Speaker
(C) President
(D) Speaker of Lok Sabha
Ans: D
2. Who is the Lok Sabha speaker of India?
(A) Najuma Hepthulla
(B) Sumitra Mahajan
(C) P J Kurian
(D) Rajnath singh
Ans: B
3. Which article of the constitution deals with Amendment procedure?
(A) 360
(B) 368
(C) 370
(D) 356
Ans: B

4. Nandigram incident related to
(A) Bomb blast
(B) Police firing
(C) Train Collision
(D) Death by Dengue fever
Ans: B
5. I do not agree _____ what you say.
(A) with
(B) at
(C) to
(D) of
Ans: C
6. He met ——— an accident .
(A) with
(B) by
(C) in
(D) from
Ans: A
7. Cricket team of which of the following countries has not got the status of Test?
(A) England
(B) Bangladesh
(C) South Africa
(D) Canada
Ans: D

8. The study of coins is known as
(A) Ecology
(B) Optics
(C) Numismatics
(D) None of these
Ans: C

9. Which of the following is not one of the early American cultures?
(A) Mayan
(B) Aztecs
(C) Incas
(D) Kanem
Ans: D

10. Industrial Policy Resolution was first adopted in
(A) 1948
(B) 1958
(C) 1960
(D) 1953
Ans: A

11. Which districts in Kerala has no railway line?
(A) Thrissur
(B) Ernakulam
(C) Wayanad
(D) Kasargod
Ans: C

12. Who said, “Ram and Rahim are the two different name of the Same God” ?
(A) Kabir
(B) Ramdas
(C) Chaitanya
(D) Ramanuja
Ans: A

13. Which colour was commonly used in Harappan pottery ?
(A) Blue
(B) Red
(C) Blue-green
(D) Buff
Ans: B

14. Plant is used for Mendel’s experiment?
(A) Pea
(B) Rice
(C) Wheat
(D) Rose
Ans: A

15. What is condensation?
(A) Change of gas into solid
(B) Change of Solid into liquid
(C) Chance of vapour into liquid
(D) Change of heat energy into cooling energy
Ans: C

16. Malayalm Novel ‘Thalamurakal’ is written by
(A) M.Mukundan
(B) O.V. Vijayan
(C) Vilasini
(D) M.T. Vasudevan Nair
Ans: B

17. Who was the founder of Nazi movement?
(A) Hitler
(B) Bismark
(C) Mussolini
(D) None of these
Ans: A

18. Buddhist historian Taranath belonged to
(A) Tibet
(B) China
(C) Mongolia
(D) Japan
Ans: A

19. Barkhans are the land forms of
(A) Coastal erosion
(B) Glacial deposition
(C) Wind deposition
(D) Wind erosion
Ans: D

20. Which Articles of the Constitution of India says, ‘No Child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed to work in any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment?
(A) Article 24
(B) Article 45
(C) Article 368
(D) Article 330
Ans: A

21. Four different coloured counters are placed in a row. The red counter is near the green counter, but not near the blue. The blue counter is not near the yellow. Which counter is next to yellow?
(A) Red
(B) Yellow
(C) Blue
(D) Green
Ans: A

22. Fill up the blank spaces with correct answers: I am angry, ————?
(A) am I
(B) aren’t I
(C) isn’t it
(D) wasn’t it
Ans: B

23. It is a matter pertaining ——— philosophy .
(A) to
(B) in
(C) for
(D) on
Ans: A

24. ‘Love in the time of Cholera’ has been written by
(A) Pablo Neruda
(B) Toni Morrison
(C) Octavio Paz
(D) Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Ans: D

25. Geeta is ranked 14th from the top and 27th from the bottom among those who passed an examination. Six girls did not participate in the examination and five failed. How many students are in the class?
(A) 50
(B) 51
(C) 52
(D) 53
Ans: B

26. Susanthika Jayasainghe, the Olympic medalist belongs to :
(A) South Korea
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) South Africa
(D) Sudan
Ans: B

27. Ravi went 10 km to the north from his house, then turning to the south she walks 6 km. Then he turned east and walked 3 km. How far is she from her house?
(A) 5 km
(B) 7 km
(C) 10 km
(D) 3 km
Ans: A

28. The first Mamankom was held in ……..
(A) 812 AD
(B) 1904
(C) 1918
(D) 1924
Ans: D

29. The idiom “To read between lines” means:
(A) To suspect
(B) To do useless reading
(C) To read carefully
(D) To understand the hidden meaning of the words
Ans: D

30. In which part of Kerala are oranges grown ?
(A) Ponnani
(B) Kasaragod
(C) Munnar
(D) Nelliyampathy
Ans: D

31. Unique Identification Number ( UID) System in India inaugurated at Tembhli Village of —
(A) Uttar Pradhesh
(B) Tamilnadu
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Assam
Ans: C

32. Dadabhai Naoroji declared Swarajya as the aim of the INC at the Calcutta session in
(A) 1896
(B) 1901
(C) 1905
(D) 1906
Ans: D

33. Who was the first Malayalam writer to win the first ‘Joshwa Foundation Literary Award’?
(A) Thakazhi
(B) O.N.V. Kurup
(C) Sugathakumari
(D) Kamala Surayya
Ans: B

34. Mr.Smith is not ———.
(A) home
(B) in home
(C) at home
(D) for home
Ans: C

35. The first Cyber Police Station in India is inaugurated at
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Kolkatta
(C) Delhi
(D) Bangalore
Ans: D

36. Euthanasia means
(A) Blood pressure
(B) Cancer
(C) Heart disease
(D) Mercy killing
Ans: D

37. A serious effort to tackle the problem of poverty began with the
(A) First Five Year Plan
(B) Second Five Year Plan
(C) Fourth Five Year Plan
(D) Seventh Five Year Plan
Ans: C

38. Which of the following Article of the Constitution of India guarantees the right to assemble peaceably and without arms?
(A) Article 19 (1) (b)
(B) Article 19 (1) (c)
(C) Article 19 (1) d
(D) Article 19 (1) (e)
Ans: A

39. In UNDP, Global Human Development Index rank India (2012) at ………..position
(A) 138
(B) 143
(C) 118
(D) 134
Ans: D

40. The steel plants at Durgapur, Bhilai and Rourkela were established during the period of
(A) First Five Year Plan
(B) Second Five Year Plan
(C) Third Five Year Plan
(D) Fourth Five Year Plan
Ans: B

41. Which joint present in the thumb?
(A) Seller (Saddle) Joint
(B) Pivot Joint
(C) Hinge Joint
(D) Gliding joint
Ans: A

42. Kerala postal circle was established in the year,
(A) 1972
(B) 1961
(C) 1963
(D) 1971
Ans: B

43. Which one of the following substances possesses greatest viscosity?
(A) Mercury
(B) Glycerine
(C) Oxygen
(D) Water
Ans: B

44. When India has been a member of United Nations:
(A) 1946
(B) 1947
(C) 1950
(D) 1945
Ans: D

45. What is commonly called limestone is
(A) Calcium Oxide
(B) Calcium Carbide
(C) Calcium Sulphate
(D) Calcium carbonate
Ans: D

46. Memory, also called Random Access Memory or RAM……….
(A) Contains the electronic circuits that cause processing to occur
(B) Makes the information resulting from processing available for use
(C) Allots data, programs, commands, and user responses to be entered into a computer
(D) Consists of electronic components that store data
Ans: B

47. Carbon, diamond and graphite are together called
(A) isomers
(B) allotropes
(C) isomorphs
(D) isotopes
Ans: B
48. When an object falls, then the effect on its velocity?
(A) Increases
(B) Decreases
(C) No change
(D) None of these
Ans: A
49.Which of the following is not a member of D-8?
(A) Egypt
(B) Iran
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Russia
Ans: D
50. Which of the following is now a punishable offence by a Bank Account holder?
(A) If a cheque is not crossed
(B) If a post-dated cheque is issued
(C) If a cheque drawn by him is dishonoured for insufficiency of funds in his account
(D) Issuing a cheque without signature
Ans: C