POSTMAN/MAIL GUARD PREVIOUS, SURE QUESTIONS KERALA PSC 2017

POSTMAN/MAIL GUARD PREVIOUS, SURE QUESTIONS KERALA PSC 2017

1. The National Award instituted for sport’s coach is:
   
   
   (A) Dronacharya award
   (B) Arjuna award
   (C) Vyas Samman
   (D) Dhanvantri Puraskar


2. The most densely populated state in India is:
   
   
   (A) Kerala
   (B) Maharashtra
   (C) West Bengal
   (D) Uttar Pradesh


3. The territorial limits of the Mughal empire in India were the maximum during the reign of
   
   
   (A) Akbar
   (B) Aurangzeb
   (C) Humayun
   (D) Shajahan


4. The head of the University of Nalanda was the great Bengali Scholar
   
   
   (A) Nagarjuna
   (B) Basubandhu
   (C) Sheelabhadra
   (D) Shreenjan Atisha


5. In India the fast breeder reactor is installed at:
   
   
   (A) Trombay
   (B) Kalpakkam
   (C) Tarapur
   (D) Narora


6. Which fundamental right is concerned with abolition of social distinctions?
   
   
   (A) Right to equality
   (B) Right against exploitation
   (C) Right to freedom
   (D) Cultural and Educational Rights


7. Which prize is given for popularising science?
   
   
   (A) Pulitzer Prize
   (B) Booker prize
   (C) Kalinga prize
   (D) Birla Award


8. The chracteristic red sandstone with beige spots was the medium of
   
   
   (A) The Mathura Sculptures
   (B) The Sanchi Sculptures
   (C) The Pala-Sena sculptures
   (D) The Gandhara Sculptures


9. The Battle of Plassey was in the year:
   
   
   (A) 1784
   (B) 1764
   (C) 1761
   (D) 1757


10. Atom bomb was dropped in Hiroshima on:
    
    
    (A) February 20, 1950
    (B) August 30, 1949
    (C) August 6, 1945
    (D) April 24, 1939


11. Who amongst the following Mughal rulers reimposed “Jaziya” ?
    
    
    (A) Akbar
    (B) Aurangzeb
    (C) Jahangir
    (D) Humayun


12. Which of the following is a non-vertebrate?
    
    
    (A) Snake
    (B) Fish
    (C) Cockroach
    (D) Frog


13. The disease that spreads through air is
    
    
    (A) Cholera
    (B) Tuberculosis
    (C) Typhoid
    (D) Plague


14. Kautilya’s Arthashasthra is a book on
    
    
    (A) Public Administration
    (B) Judicial System
    (C) Warfare
    (D) Economics


15. Who amongst the following Bhakti-cult saints was the product of the 15th century ?
    
    
    (A) Chaitanya
    (B) Guru Nanak
    (C) Vallabhacharya
    (D) All of these


16. Which one does not belong to the group?
    
    
    (A) Square
    (B) Rectangle
    (C) Circle
    (D) Trapezium


17. The French Revolution was in th year ————
    
    
    (A) 1789
    (B) 1776
    (C) 1781
    (D) 1775


18. Anna Karenina was written by
    
    
    (A) Tolstoy
    (B) Wordsworth
    (C) John Milton
    (D) Charles Dickens


19. The name given to the symbol of the National games held at Bangalore was:
    
    
    (A) Nandi
    (B) Nandu
    (C) Appu
    (D) Micky


20. Who had the shortest span as Prime Minister of India?
    
    
    (A) Chandrashekhar
    (B) Gulzari Lal Nanda
    (C) Charan SIngh
    (D) Lal Bahadur Shastri


21. Who was the Agricultural Scientist who gave leadership to the “Green Revolution”?
    
    
    (A) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
    (B) Jagadeesh Chandra Bose
    (C) Dr. Chandrasekhar
    (D) Dr. Khorana


22. ——— has the longest service as Chief Minister of an Indian State
    
    
    (A) Jyoti Basu
    (B) K.Karunakaran
    (C) N.T. Rama Rao
    (D) M.G. Ramachandran


23. The name given to a disease of the eye, caused by increased tension within the eyeball is:
    
    
    (A) Cataract
    (B) Glaucoma
    (C) Colour blindness
    (D) Conjunctivitis


24. Scotland Yard is the headquarters of the police force in ———
    
    
    (A) U.S.A
    (B) Russia
    (C) France
    (D) Britain


25. From the third century AD when the Hun invasion ended the Roman Empire, the Indian merchants relieved more and more on the
    
    
    (A) African trade
    (B) West-European trade
    (C) South-East Asian trade
    (D) Middle Eastern Trade

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