Kerala PSC LD Typist Solved Paper held on 28 Mar 2015

1. Patrick Modiano who won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature belongs to which country ?

(a) France	(b) Spain
(c) Belgium	(d) Italy

2. The main focus of the proposed Unnat Bharat Abhiyan Programme of the Govt. of India is

(a) To improve civic amenities in the major cities in India	(b) To give training and employment to widowed mothers across the country
(c) To provide vocational training to physically challenged children for ensuring gainful employment	(d) To prepare a road map for holistic rural development to uplift rural India

3. The Headquarters of the proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (All(b) will be in

(a) India	(b) China
(c) South Korea	(d) Japan

4. Who among the following actors has been appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF in South Asia

(a) Salman Khan	(b) Shah Ruk Khan
(c) Amir Khan	(d) Rajanikant

5. Which country has won the Davis Cup 2014 ?

(a) Sweden	(b) Switzerland
(c) USA	(c) Spain

6. The Rosetta spacecraft with the roboticlander Philae was launched by the European Space Agency in

(a) 2013	(b) 2004
(c) 2008	(d) 2014

7. The Union Minister for Law and Justice is

(a) Ravi Sankar Prasad	(b) Ramvilas Paswan
(c) Ananth Kumar	(d) Sadananda Gowda

8. India's rank in the final medal tally in the Asian Games 2014 is

(a) 8th	(b) 4th
(b) 11th	(c) 7th

9. Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana Scheme was recently launched on the birth anniversary of which Indian leader?

(d) Mahatma Gandhi

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru	(b) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
(c) Jayaprakash Narayan

10. Who among the following has been appointed as the Chief Economic Adviser of the Govt of India?

(a) Amartya Sen	(b) Reghuram Ranjan
(c) Aravind Subramanian	(d) Prof. Kaushik Basu

11. Which of the following is not a film directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan?

(a)Swayamvaram	(b) Elipathayam
(c) Anantharam	(d) Vasthuhara

12. Blood makes up about how much of your body weight?

(a) 24%-25%	(b) 12%-14%
(c) 7%-8%	(d) 40-41%

13. The period of North East Monsoon in peninsular India is from _____ to _____.

(a) October to December	(b) August to October
(c) June to September	(d) March to June

14. In which of the following dance form is the instrument Mizhavu used?

(a) Koodiyattam	(b) Mohiniyattam
(c) Kathakali	(d) Kuchipudi

15. Which was the only city in India attacked by Germany during World War I?

(a) Bombay	(b) Madras
(c) Delhi	(d) Calcutta

16. Which is the smallest district in Kerala ?

(a) Kannur	(b) Kollam
(c) Kasaragod	(d) Alappuzha

17. Ascorbic acid is

(a) Vitamin C	(b) Vitamin A
(c) Vitamin E	(d) Vitamin B

18. Which is the first city in South India to have Metro Rail Service ?

(a) Kochi	(b) Chennai
(c) Hyderabad	(d) Bengaluru

19. Who among the following is not a receipt of Dada Saheb Phalke Award?

(a) Tanpan Sinha	(b) Amitabh Bachchan
(c) Adoor Gopalakrishnan	(d) K Balachander

20. Sattriya Nritya is a classical dance form that originated in

(a) Manipur	(b) Orissa
(c) Assam	(d) Andhra Pradesh

21. The injured were moved to ____ hospital soon after the accident.

(a) no article	(b) an
(c) nearest	(d) the

22. They reached their destination____evening.

(a) today	(b) yesterday
(c) in	(d) this

23. Who all did partake____ the feast?

(a) in	(b) of
(c) off	(d) at

24. You sing a song and I will ____ a tune.

(a) sing	(b) make
(c) hum	(d) produce

25. The surface of these walls badly____a coat of painting.

(a) should be	(b) need
(c) needs	(d) have to have

26. Do you think anyone of these students ____ the correct answer?

(a) is knowing	(b) know
(c) are knowing	(d) knows

27. How is the _____ today?

(a) climate	(b) weather
(c) season	(d) whether

28. If I _____ your boss, I would sack you.

(a) was	(b) were
(c) had been	(d) have been

29. The organisation should cater ____ the needs of the society.

(a) to	(b) with
(c) for	(d) on

30. He is trying hard to _____ his speaking skills.

(a) grpw	(b) provoke
(c) horn	(d) hone

31. The default alignment for paragraphs in MS-word is

(a) left aligned	(b) centered
(c) right aligned	(d) justified

32. Headers and footers can include text and graphics, as well as the

(a) Current date	(b) Page Number
(c) Current time	(d) All of the above

33. When you point to the _____ corner of a table in WORD, the table move handle appears.

(a) Upper-right	(b) Lower-Left
(c) Lower-right	(d) Upper-Left

34. To instruct Word to stop bulleting paragraphs, do any of the following except.

(a) Press the ENTER Key twice	(b) Click the undo button on the Standard toolbar
(c) Press the BACKSPACE key to remove the bullet	(d) Click the Bullets button on the formatting toolbar

35. What is the shortcut key to 'Undo' the last action in a document?

(a) Ctrl+X	(b) Ctrl+Y
(c) Ctrl+Z	(d) Ctrl+U

36. MS-Word automatically moves the text to the next line when it reaches the right edge of the screen and is called?

(a) Carriage Return	(b) Enter
(c) WordWrap	(d) None of the above

37. By default, on which page the header or the footer is printed?

(a) On first page	(b) On alternate page
(c) On every page	(d) None of the above

38. Which key should be pressed to start a new paragraph in MS-Word?

(a) Down Cursor Key	(b) Enter Key
(c) Shift+Enter	(d) Ctrl+Enter

39. How can you insert a sound file in your word document?

(a) Fron insert-sound menu option	(b) From insert -file menu option
(c) From insert-object menu option	(d) None of these

40. A character that is raised and smaller above the baseline is known as

(a) Superscript	(b) Raised
(c) Outlined	(d) Subscript

41. Which of the following symbol sets in WORD would be most likely to contain a mathematical symbol such as a degree sign, greater than or eual to, or a Greek letter?

(a) Symbol	(b) Wingdings
(c) Webdings	(d) None of the above

42. What is the default font size of a new Word document based on Normal template?

(a) 9 pt	(b) 12 pt
(c) 14 pt	(d) None of the above

43. What should you do if you reuire pasting the same format in many places?

(a) Double Click the format painter then go on pasting in many places	(b) Click the format painter then go on pasting to many places hold Ctrl Key
(c) Click the Format painter and go on pasting in many places holding Alt Key	(d) All of above

44. Which indent marker controls all the lines except first line?

(a) Left indent marker	(b) first line indent marker
(c) Right indent marker	(d) Hanging indent marker

45. Which operation will you perform if you need to move a block of text?

(a) Copy and Paste	(b) Paste and Cut
(c) Cut and Paste	(d) Paste and Delete

46. Which of the following option in MS WORD is not available in insert >> Picture

(a) Chart	(b) Graph
(c) Clip Art	(d) WordArt

47. Changing the appearance of a document is called

(a) Editing	(b) Proofing
(c) Formatting	(d) All of the above

48. Formulas in Excel starts with

(a) %	(b) =
(c) +	(d) -

49. The cell reference for cell range of G2 to M12 is

(a) G2.M12	(b) G2;M12
(c) G2:M12	(d) G2-M12

50. In Excel, if you need a text to show vertically in a cell, How will you achieve this?

(a) Choose Vertical on Text alignment in Format Cells dialog box	(b) Choose 90 Degrees in Orientation of Format Cells dialog box
(c) Choose Distributed from the Vertical drop down list of Format Cells dialog box	(d) Choose Center Across Selection from Horizontal combo box in Format Cells dialog box