Kerala PSC Model Questions for University Assistant Exam

1. The Lower Chamber of heart:
[a] Auricle
[b] Atrium
[c] Ventricle
[d] None of these

2. The fluid part of blood is called:
[a] Plasma
[b] Fibrin
[c] Cortex
[d] None of these

3. Brandy is moslty made from:
[a] Grapes
[b] Sugarcane
[c] Barley
[d] Apple

4. The First place in the world where Tomato was cultivated:
[a] India
[b] Africa
[c] South America
[d] Arabia

5. Which tissue is related to the formation of new cells?
[a] Parenchyma
[b] Collenchyma
[c] Schlerenchyma
[d] Meristem

6. The name of the plant from which caster oil is obtained:
[a] Brassica
[b] Allium Cepa
[c] Araca Catechu
[d] Ricinus Communis

7. Which animal is known as 'Forest giraffe'?
[a] Hyena
[b] Liama
[c] Okapi
[d] Zebra

8. The Number of salivary glands in Human beings are ___ pairs:
[a] 4
[b] 3
[c] 2
[d] 1

9. Which is known as 'American Ostrich'?
[a] Andean Condor
[b] Kiwi
[c] Rhea
[d] Emu

10. Which prevents the clotting of blood?
[a] Fibrinogen
[b] Heparin
[c] Haeoglobin
[d] None of these

11. A personal computer is designed to meet the computing needs of a(n)?
[a] Individual
[b] department
[c] company
[d] city

12. Ctrl, shift and alt are called ___ keys?
[a] adjustment
[b] function
[c] modifier
[d] alphanumberic

13. The person who writes and tests computer programs is called a?
[a] programmer
[b] computer scientist
[c] software engineer
[d] project developer

14. WAN stands for?
[a] Wired Area Network
[b] Wide Area Network
[c] Wide Array Net
[d] Wireless Area Network

15. Firmware means?
[a] Software
[b] Hardware
[c] Software available on Hardware
[d] None of these

16. Which among the follwoing was the only session in which Mahatma Gandhi elected as Congress President?
[a] Lucknow
[b] Belgaum
[c] Mumbai
[d] Karachi

17. The Natonal Literacy Mission was launched in the year?
[a] 1985
[b] 1967
[c] 1986
[d] 1988

18. Who among the following was associated with the foundation of Gadar Party?
[a] Lala Lajpat Rai
[b] CR Das
[c] Lal Hardayal
[d] Bipin Chandra Pal

19. Who wrote the book 'Planned Economy of India'?
[a] PC MahalanobisW
[b] M Visweswaraya
[c] KC Neogi
[d] John Mathai

20. The monument where the Prime Minster of India raises the flag of India every year on Independence Day?
[a] Red Fort
[b] Taj Mahal
[c] Gate of India
[d] India Gate

21. Which is also called 'Darbar Sahib'?
[a] Harmandir Sahib
[b] Somnath Temple
[c] Khajuraho temple
[d] Amarnath Temple

22. Who authored 'Anandasutram'?
[a] Sree Narayana Guru
[b] Brahmananda Sivayogi
[c] Chattampi Swamikal
[d] Vaikunta Swamikal

23. The only poet in Malayalam who became 'mahakavi' without writing a 'mahakavyam'?
[a] Ulloor
[b] Vallathol
[c] Kumaranasan
[d] None of these

24. In which month Maramon Convention is conducted on the banks of Pamba?
[a] January
[b] February
[c] March
[d] April

25. Padayani is the folk art from the district of :
[a] Pathanamthitta
[b] Thrissur
[c] Kannur
[d] Kozhikode

26. Nehru Trophy Boat race is held in
[a] Ashtamudi
[b] Sasthamkotta
[c] Vellayani
[d] Punnamada

27. Andhakaranazhi connects ___ and Arabian sea?
[a] Vembanad Lake
[b] Sasthamkotta Lake
[c] Ashtamudi Lake
[d] Veli Lake

28. The pH of human blood is around
[a] 3.2
[b] 7.4
[c] 6.2
[d] 12

29. Ballons are filled with
[a] Oxygen
[b] Nitrogen
[c] Helium
[d] Argon

30. The hardest form of carbon is:
[a] coke
[b] graphite
[c] diamond
[d] charcoal

31. Give one word for the following:
Which can be easily broken
[a] receptive
[b] flexible
[c] fragile
[d] rigid

32. When we ___ oxygen through this liquid a blue precipttate is obtained?
[a] pass
[b] have pased
[c] passed
[d] was passing

33. Some of the votes ___ to have been miscounted?
[a] seem
[b] seems
[c] seemed
[d] none

34. Choose the wrongly spelt word?
[a] independence
[b] importance
[c] sence
[d] variance

35. The opposite of 'Native'?
[a] abroad
[b] natural
[c] alien
[d] rural

36. I want to avoid ___ him?
[a] to meet
[b] from meeting
[c] meeting
[d] meets

37. Between you and ___, I don't trust him?
[a] Me
[b] I
[c] He
[d] Him

38. What is a person called when he is 'recovering from an ilness'?
[a] ignoramus
[b] convalescent
[c] epidemic
[d] arrogant

39. You will do it, ___?
[a] will you
[b] isn't it
[c] can you
[d] won't you

40. The passive voice of the sentence -
"some one has locked the room" is
[a] The room is being locked
[b] The room has been locked
[c] The room is locked
[d] The room locked

41. Our town is crowded ___ tourists.
[a] with
[b] of
[c] at
[d] in

42. She was scared ___ his threats.
[a] by
[b] of
[c] in
[d] over

43. She is keen __ classical music.
[a] of
[b] on
[c] by
[d] at

44. He was late ___ the meeting.
[a] on
[b] by
[c] to
[d] for

45. Your idea is very similar __ mine.
[a] with
[b] on
[c] to
[d] by

46. She was occupied __ other thoughts.
[a] with
[b] by
[c] on
[d] about

47. Raju felt anxious ___ the comming examination
[a] in
[b] about
[c] of
[d] by

48. The occurrence of the disease is apparently related ___ standards of hygiene.
[a] with
[b] to
[c] in
[d] by

49. Fill in the blanks with suitable idioms:
I have to ___ with him.
[a] settle a score
[b] score an account
[c] settle an account
[d] settle a matter

50. Are you telling the truth or just____?
[a] spinning the tale
[b] spinning a yarn
[c] spinning a story
[d] none of these