Clerical Attender Solved Question Solved questions of Kerala psc Clerical Attender Examination Conducted On 2005. Published at http://keralapscquestions.blogspot.com

1. Ram is 16 years old now and his brother is 4 years younger to him. The ratio of ages of Ram and his brother after 4 years is: (a) 5 : 4 (b) 4 : 5 (c) 4 : 1 (d) 4 : 3 (e) 3 : 4 2. Y/27 = 3/9, then Y = ? (a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 3 (e) None of these 3. 9.6 × 3.5 – 2.4 = ? (a) 14 (b) 6.4 (c) 4 (d) 3 (e) None of these 4. 12.5% of ‘x’ is 20, What is ‘x’? (a) 120 (b) 160 (c) 201 (c) 12. (d) 60 (e) 180 5. 11232 is divisible by: (a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 12 (c) 15 (d) 15 (e) 20

6. A can finish a work in 20 days and B can do the same in 30 days. How long will it take together to finish the work? (a) 10 (b) 15 (c) 6 (d) 12 (e) 18 7. The breadth of a rectangle is one half of its length. If the perimeter is 30m. What is the length? (a) 5m (b) 8m (c) 4m (d) 12m (e) 10m 8. The place value of 5 in 654789: (a) 2 (b) 700 (c) 4000 (d) 50000 (e) None of these 9. Every morning father ............... the dog for a walk. (a) takes (b) took (c) taken (d) taking (e) has taken 10. It was ............ cats and dogs. (a) rained (b) raining (c) will rain (d) had rain (e) none of these 11. Mohan has visited all the cities in Kerala since he.............working in the road transport. (a) had (b) has been (c) having (d) had been (e) none of the above 12. I believe, you are just eighteen years old, ................? (a) don’t you (b) are you

(c) aren’t you (d) didn’t you (e) none of these 13. The man has been accused ................ murder. (a) by (b) of (c) in (d) for (e) with 14. Candidates advised not to talk ........ each other. (a) by (b) for (c) with (d) to (e) of 15. Can you tell me what is ......... at paradise theatre tonight? (a) telecasting (b) on (c) going to show (d) showing (e) none of these 16. The tanks are full ...... black oil. (a) with (b) of (c) in (d) by (e) for 17. Which atom has only one electron? (a) no atom (b) helium (c) proton (d) hydrogen (e) none of these 18. In which country is Copenhagen? (a) India (b) Hanoi (c) USA (d) Denmark (e) Nigeria 19. Which of the following is associated with Football? (a) Davis Cup

(b) Ranji Trophy (c) Santhosh Trophy (d) Grand Prix (e) None of these 20. The only liquid metal is: (a) Water (b) Chlorine (c) Hydrogen (d) Ether (e) Mercury 21. Which is the capital of South Africa? (a) Kabul (b) Johannesburg (c) Pretoria (d) Lusaka (e) Boulder 22. Which is the closest Planet to Sun? (a) Mercury (b) Moon (c) Earth (d) Venus (e) Pluto 23. Name the first Indian who won Nobel Prize in Physics. (a) S. Chandrasekhar (b) C.V. Raman (c) H. Khorana (d) K.S. Krishnan (e) None of these 24. The major share of passenger traffic in India is done by: (a) Road Transport (b) Railways (c) Airlines (d) Water Transport (e) None of these 25. Who is the First Indian to join the Formula One league? (a) Prakash Padukone (b) Geeth Sethi (c) Narain Karthikeyan (d) Kasam Khan (e) None of these 26. Which city has emerged as the biggest IT job provider?

(a) Mumbai (b) Chennai (c) Cochin (d) Bangalore (e) Kolkata 27. Arteries supplying blood to the heart are called: (a) Hepatic arteries (b) Pulmonary arteries (c) Coronary arteries (d) Carotid arteries (e) None of these 28. Current Defence Minister of India is: (a) Manmohan Singh (b) Renuka Choudhary (c) Ajith Singh (d) Pranab Mukherjee (e) Natwar Singh 29. Who sent Vasco da Gama to India? (a) King of Egypt (b) King of Jordan (c) Queen of England (d) King of Portuguese (e) None of these 30. The first Governor of Kerala is: (a) E.M.S. Namboodiripad (b) C. Rajagopalachari (c) C.P. Rama Swamy Iyer (d) P.S. Rao (e) V.V.Giri 31. Taj Mahal was built by: (a) Shah Jahan (b) Akbar (c) Sikhandar Lodi (d) Babar (e) Ashoka 32. The highest civilian award given by Government of India is: (a) Padma Vibhushan (b) Padmasri (c) Ashok Chakra (d) Bharat Ratna (e) None of these

33. The Father of Indian Journalism is: (a) Chalapathi Rao (b) Rajaji (c) M.V. Kammat (d) Kesari (e) M.N. Roy 34. Who was the first elected President of INC? (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Subhash Chandra Bose (c) Sarojini Naidu (d) Sardar Patel (e) None of these 35. On whose death in Andhra Pradesh the Government of India decided to recognize the state on the linguistic basis? (a) A. Kaleswara Rao (b) S. Radhakrishnan (c) Potti Sriramulu (d) Sarojini Naidu (e) None of these 36. Who is known as the Morning Star of Modern Social reform movement in India? (a) Sardar Patel (b) M.M. Malavya (c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (d) Khan Abdul Gafar Khan (e) Ranjith Singh 37. Who organized the Harijan Sevak Sangh? (a) Gandhiji (b) Pandit Nehru (c) C. Rajagopalachari (d) Gopala Krishna Gokhale (e) None of these 38. Who is considered to be Father of Gazals in the Indian music? (a) Tansen (b) Mirza Ghalib (c) Swathi Thirunal (d) Parveen Sultana (e) None of these 39. The only Hindu Kingdom in the world is: (a) Nepal (b) Malaysia (c) Myanmar (d) Bhutan (e) None of these

40. The ‘Godof Small Things’ is written by: (a) Madhavikutty (b) Arundhati Roy (c) Sarojini Naidu (d) Manjulla Padmanabhan (e) Sugathakumari 41. National Sports Day is observed on: (a) February 28 (b) August 29 (c) September 5 (d) November 14 (e) None of these 42. Dronacharya Award is given to: (a) The Best Sportsman (b) The Best Film Director (c) The Best Sports Coach (d) The Best Singer (e) The Best Actor 43. The first Indian to score a century in test cricket was: (a) Lala Amarnath (b) Nawab of Patuadi (c) Vinu Mankad (d) Sunil Gavaskar (e) Ajith Wadekar 44. Who is known as Flying Sikh of India? (a) Ranjith Singh (b) Harbhajan Singh (c) Milika Singh (d) Harkishan Singh (e) None of these 45. How much time it takes light to reach us from Sun? (a) 1 day (b) 1 hour (c) 8 minutes (d) 1 sec. (e) 1 minute 46. The intensity of earthquake is measured by: (a) Temperature Scale (b) Time Scale (c) Mass Scale (d) Richter Scale

(e) None of these 47. Which river is known as ‘Dakshin Ganga’ or ‘Vridha Ganga’? (a) Kaveri (b) Krishna (c) Pennar (d) Godavari (e) Yamuna 48. The largest river in the world is: (a) Amazon (b) Nile (c) Brahmaputra (d) Ganga (e) None of these 49. National Bird of India is: (a) Peacock (b) Crow (c) Eagle (d) Parrot (e) Owl 50. The continent without a desert is: (a) Asia (b) Australia (c) Europe (d) America (e) Africa 51. At the equator, days and nights of earth occur .............. through out the year. (a) with day larger than night (b) equally (c) with night larger than day (d) none of these 52. The most industrialized state in India is: (a) Karnataka (b) Gujarat (c) Maharashtra (d) Bihar (e) Tamil Nadu 53. The city which is known as ‘City of Lakes’ is: (a) Lucknow (b) Amritsar (c) Jaipur (d) Udaipur (e) Srinagar 54. Second largest linguistic group in India is: (a) Telugu

(b) Marathi (c) Tamil (d) Urdu (e) None of these 55. The interval of Halley’s comet is: (a) 107 years (b) 177 years (c) 76 years (d) 60 years (e) 17 years 56. Silicon valley of India is: (a) Cochin (b) Chandigarh (c) Hyderabad (d) Bangalore (e) Pune 57. ‘Light’ is to ‘blind’ as ............... is to ‘deaf’. (a) speech (b) hearing (c) sound (d) tongue (e) none of these 58. Who invented electric bulb? (a) Franklin (b) Graham Bell (c) Thomas Edison (d) Maxwell (e) None of these 59. Earth’s natural satellite is: (a) Sun (b) Moon (c) Jupiter (d) Mars (e) Venus 60. The imaginary place created by R.K. Narayan is: (a) Udupi (b) Malgudi (c) Mahabaleswar (d) Madurai (e) None of these

61. Land of Kangaroos is: (a) New Zealand (b) Malaysia (c) Australia (d) Brazil (e) South Africa 62. ‘‘Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel’’. Who said this? (a) Shakespeare (b) Tennyson (c) Keats (d) Goldsmith (e) Dr. Johnson 63. ‘The Post Office’ was written by: (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Madhavikutty (c) Arundhathi Roy (d) R.K. Narayan (e) None of these 64. ‘Wings of Fire’ was written by: (a) Dr. Varghese Kurian (b) A.P.J. Kalam (c) J. Nehru (d) Salim Ali (e) Leo Tolstoy 65. The first Indian woman to win a medal in the Olympics is: (a) Shiny Abraham (b) Anju Bobby George (c) P.T. Usha (d) Karnam Malleswari (e) None of these 66. The opposite of ‘Cowardice’ is: (a) Hatred (b) Bravery (c) Courageous (d) Innocence 67. Many areas of the city were .............. into the darkness for several hour. (a) merged (b) drowned (c) plunged (d) spread (e) deep

68. Pick the odd one out: (a) Terramycin (b) Anacin (c) Pencillin (d) Marjuana (e) Crocin 69. Omnivorous animals are: (a) Only vegetarians (b) Only meat eaters (c) Eat both meat and vegetables (d) Takes only liquid food (e) None of these 70. The murder of a human being is known as: (a) Suicide (b) infanticide (c) genocide (d) homicide 71. The unit of ‘Frequency’ is: (a) second (b) degree (c) gram (d) hertz (e) metre 72. Dynamo was invented by: (a) Michael Faraday (b) Alfred Nobel (c) Karl Benz (d) Alexander Flemming (e) None of these 73. White light essentially consists of: (a) 5 colours (b) 7 colours (c) single colour (d) 9 colours (e) None of these 74. Who discovered X-rays? (a) Karel Capek (b) W.Rontgen (c) Robert Watson (d) Boltzmann (e) A. Einstein 75. Instrument that is used to convert AC to DC:

(a) Oscillator (b) Inverter (c) Rectifier (d) Dynamo (e) Battery 76. The nuclear fuel that is immensely available on the coastal belt of Kerala is: (a) Barium (b) Uranium (c) Lead (d) Thorium (e) Copper 77. The structure of atom discovered by: (a) J.J. Thomson (b) Neils Bohr (c) James Chadwick (d) Lord Rutherford (e) G.P. Thomson 78. Hygrometer is used for measuring: (a) Temperature (b) Humidity (c) Rainfall (d) Water level (e) None of these 79. Chemical name of ‘washing soda’ is: (a) Sodium Carbonate (b) Alumina (c) Sodium Bicarbonate (d) Sodium Chloride (e) None of these 80. The lightest metal is : (a) Lead (b) Gold (c) Copper (d) Sodium (e) Lithium 81. Marsh Gas is: (a) Ethene (b) Methane (c) Flourine (d) Carbon dioxide (e) Nitrogen

82. The purest form of carbon is: (a) Charcoal (b) Wood (c) Diamond (d) Ash 83. Most precious metal is: (a) Gold (b) Silver (c) Platinum (d) Copper (e) Zinc 84. The largest gland in the human body is: (a) Heart (b) Lungs (c) Thyroid (d) Liver 85. Study of cancer is known as: (a) Cardiology (b) Dermatology (c) Oncology (d) Psychology (e) None of these 86. Father of Geometry is: (a) Newton (b) Einstein (c) Archimedes (d) Euclid (e) None of these 87. Which is the only number that represents the perimeter and area of the same square? (a) 81 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) 16 (e) 4 88. A can do a piece of work in 20 days and B in 30 days. How long will they take together to finish the work? (a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 10 (d) 16

(e) 8 89. Cube root of 729 is: (a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 13 (d) 3 (e) None of these 90. A train is travelling at 10m/s. If it crosses a pole in 75 seconds, the length of the train is : (a) 750m (b) 7.5m (c) 75m (d) 0.75m (e) None of these 91. A car is purchased for Rs. 90,000. After one year if it depreciated by 30%, what is the value at that time? (a) 1,20,000 (b) 27,000 (c) 63,000 (d) 1,17,000 (e) None of these

93. Who is called the Father of Computer? (a) Bill Gates (b) Linus Tarvolds (c) Newton (d) Charles Babbage (e) None of these 94. Write the next number in the sequence 7, 9, 11, 13, 17, ......... (a) 18 (b) 19 (c) 20 (d) 23 (e) None of these 95. 50 degree Celsius is equal to ................ degree Fahrenheit. (a) 122 (b) 90 (c) 10 (d) 58

(e) None of these 96. 40 kilometres is equal to ........... miles. (a) 64 (b) 25 (c) 40 (d) 60 (e) None of these 97. On the basis of which algebra do computer work? (a) Vector Algebra (b) Linear Algebra (c) Boolean Algebra (d) Algebra (e) None of these 98. 729 -Y=5, what is Y? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 2 (e) 36 99. 12 × [(6 – 5 – 6 – 4 – (12 – 19)] equal to: (a) 12 (b) 19 (c) 84 (d) 72 (e) None of these 100. The Value of (1–1) 13 is: (a) –1 (b) 1 (c) 13 (d) -13 (e) 0

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