Woman Civil Excise Officer 2018: Kerala PSC Solved Questions Part 1

1. Which foreign traveller has been called “Prince of Medieval Travellers” ?

(A) Ibn Babuta

(B) Abdur Razzaq

(C) Marco Polo

(D) Nicolo Canti

🐑Answer :C

2. The poet Laureate of Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagar was :

(A) Nandi Timmanna

(B) Dhurjati

(C) Allasani Peddanna

(D) Bhattu Murti

🐑Answer :C

3. Name the Governor-General when the 1857 revolt broke out :

(A) Dalhousie

(B) Canning

(C) Lawrence

(D) Curzon

🐑Answer :B

4. The Poona Pact aimed at :

(A) Hindu Muslim unity

(B) Representation of lower castes

(C) Privileges of the prices

(D) Review of the working of dyarchy

🐑Answer :B

5. Dadabhai Naoroji first put forward his theory of Drain of Wealth in his paper :

(A) The wants and means of India

(B) Poverty and Un-British Rule in India

(C) On the commerce of India

(D) England’s Debt to India

🐑Answer :B

6. World Diabetics Day was observed on ______.

(A) November 14

(B) November 28

(C) July 1

(D) August 12

🐑Answer :A

7. National Film Archive of India (NFAI) has regional centres at Kolkata, Bangalore and :

(A) Thiruvananthapuram

(B) Chennai

(C) Pune

(D) Mumbai

🐑Answer :A

8. Who is known as the Father of Information Technology ?

(A) Claude Shanon

(B) Seymour Cray

(C) John Mecartny

(D) Richard Stallman

🐑Answer :A

9. Who is the new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu ?

(A) J. Jayalalithaa

(B) Panneer Selvam

(C) Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman

(D) Vidhya Sagar Rao

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10. Who is the President of Israel ?

(A) Mr. Reuven Rivlin

(B) Shinzo Abe

(C) Pema Khandu

(D) Shimon Peres

🐑Answer :A

11. India’s First Banking robot named ______.

(A) Gayatri

(B) Saraswathy

(C) Ganga

(D) Lakshmi

🐑Answer :D

12. New Chief Justice of India ______.

(A) Jagdish Singh Khekar

(B) Aravind Subramanian

(C) Y.V. Chandrachood

(D) Dipak Misra

🐑Answer :D

13. BRICS leaders signed the agreement to establish a New Development Bank at the summit held in :

(A) Durban, South Africa (2013)

(B) New Delhi, India (2012)

(C) Ufa, Russia (2015)

(D) Fortaleza, Brazil (2014)

🐑Answer :D

14. The Government of India has decided to observe ‘Good Governance Day on the birth day of :

(A) L.K. Advani

(B) A.B. Vajpayee

(C) Rajiv Gandhi

(D) Jawaharlal Nehru

🐑Answer :B

15. India beat which country to win the 2016 Women’s T 20 Asia Cup ?

(A) Thailand

(B) Nepal

(C) Sri Lanka

(D) Pakistan

🐑Answer :D

16. Which of the following is the regulator of the credit rating agencies in India ?

(A) SEBI

(B) SIDBI

(C) SBI

(D) IRDA

🐑Answer :A

17. The new name of Planning Commission of India :

(A) National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog

(B) National Development Agency

(C) Naya Yojna Agency

(D) Bharat Pragati Lakshya Aayog

🐑Answer :A

18. The Concept of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity enshrined in the Indian Constitution is inspired from :

(A) Irish Constitution

(B) French Constitution

(C) U.K. Constitution

(D) U.S. Constitution

🐑Answer :B

19. World Economic Report is published by :

(A) I M F

(B) U N D P

(C) World Bank

(D) U N C T A D

🐑Answer :A

20. Antyodaya Scheme is meant to help the :

(A) Muslims

(B) Minorities

(C) Harijans

(D) Poorest of the poor section of the society

🐑Answer :D

21. The first digital village in India ______.

(A) Akodara (Gujarat)

(B) Goodgave (Haryana)

(C) Ibrahimpur (Telengana)

(D) Ernakulam (Kerala)

🐑Answer :A

22. Which chemical is ‘Salt of Hartshorn’ ?

(A) Calcium Phosphate

(B) Ammonium Carbonate

(C) Sodium Chloride

(D) Potassium

🐑Answer :B

23. Which is the pH value of fresh cow milk ?

(A) 4.5 to 4.8

(B) 5.5 to 5.8

(C) 6.2 to 6.9

(D) 6.5 to 6.7

🐑Answer :D

24. Which fish is popularly known as the Aquatic-chicken ?

(A) Tilapia

(B) Mene Oblanga

(C) Zebra fish

(D) Brown trout

🐑Answer :A

25. Which among the following is called laughing gas popularly ?

(A) Nitrogen Penta Oxide

(B) Nitrous Oxide

(C) Nitric Oxide

(D) Nitrogen

🐑Answer :B

26. Which famous Scientist’s words are 'chance favours only the prepared mind' ?

(A) Issac Newton

(B) Mux Plank

(C) Louis Pasteur

(D) C.V. Raman

🐑Answer :C

27. ‘Aditya Mission’ refers to :

(A) India’s anti diphtheria program

(B) India’s Tourism Promotion Program

(C) Agricultural Extension Program for farmers

(D) India’s solar exploration Program

🐑Answer :D

28. National Plant Genome Research Centre located at :

(A) Mumbai

(B) Haryana

(C) New Delhi

(D) Hyderabad

🐑Answer :C

29. Like, Poke and Tag are features of which social networking website ?

(A) Google+

(B) Facebook

(C) Orkut

(D) Skoob

🐑Answer :B

30. Which state become India’s first fully organic state by implementing organic farming practices ?

(A) West Bengal

(B) Karnataka

(C) Kerala

(D) Sikkim

🐑Answer :D