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Post NameINSTRUCTOR IN STENOGRAPHY
DepartmentSC DEVELOPMENT
Question Paper Code018/2017/OL
Category Code115/2016
Date of Test15 March 2017
Medium of QuestionENGLISH
Exam TypeOnline Examination
Total Questions100
1
Which is the western boundary of Kerala state?
Answer
A. Arabian Sea
2
Which is the unit of loudness of sound?
Answer
A. Decibel
3
Who Samadhi is situated at Panmana?
Answer
A. Chattampi Swamikal
4
When did train service start in India?
Answer
C. 1853
5
Which session of the Indian National Congress declared ''Poorna Swaraj'' as its goal?
Answer
C. Lahore
6
Which Indian Prime Minister dissolved the Planning Commission and introduced NITI Ayog in its place?
Answer
D. Narendra Modi
7
Who is the present Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission?
Answer
C. Justice H.L. Dattu
8
Which Five Year Plan is going on now?
Answer
D. 12th
9
On the banks of which river was Mamankam celebrated?
Answer
B. Bharathapuzha
10
Where is Kolar mines?
Answer
A. Karnataka
11
Who founded Sikhism?
Answer
A. Guru Nanak
12
In which year India became a republic?
Answer
B. 1950
13
In which year Right to Information Act was passed in India?
Answer
C. 2005
14
Who is the present Chairperson of National Commission for women in India?
Answer
D. Lalitha Kumaramangalam
15
Which country launched the satellite 'APPLE'?
Answer
A. India
16
Who was called 'Pulaya Raja'?
Answer
B. Ayyankali
17
Among these rivers the tributary of Indus is
Answer
D. Jhelum
18
Which is the child helpline number in India?
Answer
C. 1098
19
The famous play ''Adukkalayilninnu Arangathekku'' deals with the problems of which community in kerala
Answer
B. Namboothiri
20
Which Indian city is closely associated with cotton textile industry?
Answer
D. Ahmedabad
21
Who among the following was awarded Bharat Ratna in 2014?
Answer
C. Sachin Tendulkar
22
Under whose leadership the 'Ezhava memorial' was submitted?
Answer
A. Dr. Palpu
23
Which is not a ritual art form of Kerala?
Answer
B. Kathakali
24
Vascodagama reached Kerala in
Answer
A. 1498
25
The capital of the Cheras was
Answer
B. Muziris
26
Who founded the Indian National Congress?
Answer
B. A.O. Hume
27
Name the Travancore ruler who made Temple Entry Proclamation in 1936
Answer
B. Sree Chithira Tirunal
28
IT Act was passed in India in
Answer
D. 2000
29
Which day is celebrated as World Environment Day?
Answer
A. June 5th
30
Which city is the headquarters of LIC?
Answer
C. Mumbai
31
Who founded 'Prathyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha'?
Answer
C. Poykayil Yohannan
32
Which newspaper was founded by Vakkom Abdul Khadir Maulavi?
Answer
D. Swadeshabhimani
33
2016 Olympics was held at
Answer
A. Brazil
34
Name the South Korean President who was impeached in December 2016
Answer
D. Park Geun-hye
35
Who founded Brahma Samaj?
Answer
C. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
36
Which is the major constituent of air?
Answer
B. Nitrogen
37
Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara was born at
Answer
D. Kainakary
38
Who was the first lady governor in India?
Answer
D. Sarojini Naidu
39
Who wrote ''Duravastha''?
Answer
A. Kumaranasan
40
Which is a traditional source of energy?
Answer
B. Coal
41
Where is the headquarters of ISRO?
Answer
C. Bangalore
42
Who is the founder member of Narmada Bachao Andolan?
Answer
D. Medha Patkar
43
Name the cyclone that hit South India in 2016
Answer
A. Vardah
44
What gas is produced from gobar?
Answer
B. Methane
45
'White Revolution' is associated with more production in
Answer
D. Milk
46
Who was the first President of India?
Answer
C. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
47
Who wrote ''Atmopadesasatakam''?
Answer
B. Sree Narayana Guru
48
Which is the largest gland in the human body?
Answer
A. Liver
49
Oncology is the study and treatment of
Answer
C. Cancer
50
In which year the scheme of Regional Rural banks was started in India?
Answer
A. 1975
51
Printed copy of a document is called
Answer
B. Hard Copy
52
A collection of facts and figures are called
Answer
A. Data
53
Leave _______ spaces from left margin for starting a paragraph.
Answer
C. 5
54
Number of shift keys in a typewriter keyboard
Answer
A. 2
55
Which finger is used to type the letter `ul{text{M}}`?
Answer
B. Right middle finger
56
Guide keys of a Typewriter is
Answer
B. a;
57
There are _________ carriage release levers.
Answer
A. Two
58
What is the full form of Pin Code?
Answer
B. Postel Index Number
59
Home keys are provided in ________ row.
Answer
B. Second
60
Heart of the typewriting machine is
Answer
C. Main spring
61
The comments which appear on the bottom of the page is
Answer
B. Foot note
62
The text effect that lowers the selected text below the base line is called
Answer
A. Subscript
63
Which key is used to select all the text in the document is
Answer
D. Ctrl + A
64
The carriage moves one letter space towards right while operating the _______ key.
Answer
C. Back spacer
65
There are ________ marginal stops.
Answer
A. Two
66
The measurement of a Typist's table is
Answer
A. Height 2' 3"
67
Typing mistake is called ________ error.
Answer
D. Typographical
68
w.e.f. means
Answer
A. with effect from
69
A software program that has the ability to make copies of itself and to attach itself to other applications or files
Answer
B. Computer virus
70
A formula in Excel always starts with an ________ sign.
Answer
C. =
71
A pictorial representation of data is called
Answer
A. Chart
72
The method used for arranging keyboard is
Answer
D. Qwerty
73
Before transporting a typewriter the carriage should be brought to the _______ and the marginal stops should be brought together.
Answer
C. Middle
74
Which of the following are the signs of a virus attack?
Answer
D. All of the above
75
Facebook was founded in
Answer
B. 2004
76
Complementary close in an official letters is
Answer
A. Yours faithfully
77
Loose dog holds the tooth of the _______ wheel when the machine is at rest.
Answer
C. Escapement
78
While pressing carriage release lever, carriage moves towards
Answer
A. Left
79
A spring is placed before the segment in Halda typewriter. This is called
Answer
B. Buffer spring
80
To get one blank space between words and to move the carriage one space without producing any impression on the paper ________ is used.
Answer
C. Space bar
81
A character key which is fixed in Malayalam/Hindi typewriters produces an impression does not permit the carriage to move towards left is called
Answer
D. Dead key
82
For bringing the carriage towards right and for making corrections is used
Answer
D. Back space
83
When you start windows 98 for the first time, this bar appears at the bottom of the screen and start button is located on the left side of this bar and the status area is on the right. Which bar is this?
Answer
A. Task bar
84
It gives continuous line and falls below the letter. It is longer than hyphen and it is upper case Character. What is this?
Answer
B. Underscore
85
________ is a basic drawing and painting program. It can also be used to enhance images scanned using scanner.
Answer
Question Cancelled
86
Manipulations such as calculation, comparison, decision - making and logical operations done on data, to convert them into information are called
Answer
A. Process
87
Another name of line space lever is ________
Answer
C. Carriage return
88
1 Mega Byte is
Answer
B. 1024 KB
89
Cylinder ratchet wheel is situated in the _______ side of the cylinder.
Answer
A. Left
90
It is the temporary storage area in CPU, where the intermediate results are stored
Answer
A. RAM
91
This bar is the line of the text that lies across the top of the window. It is very much like the minus you may have seen in other windows applications. It help us to access to many of the word. Which bar is this?
Answer
C. Menu Bar
92
Another name of variable line space is
Answer
B. Fractional space
93
The action of the beginning of the document which key is used
Answer
C. Ctrl+Home
94
It is a collection of one or more related web pages, linked together through a system of Hyper links is
Answer
D. Website
95
It help us to combine various kind of information on a single document, easily sort the information in the data source or use the data source to create labels or envelops is
Answer
C. Mail Merge
96
One type will be tangent to the cylinder at a time because the cylinder is _________ in shape.
Answer
D. Oval
97
Press the function key Shift+F3 to
Answer
C. Change the case of letters
98
Increase the tension to set right the _________ movement of the carriage.
Answer
B. Sluggish
99
To maximize the document window press
Answer
A. CTRL+F10
100
Print the merged document press
Answer
C. ALT+SHIFT M

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