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Post NamePLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
DepartmentDISTRICT CO OPERATIVE BANK
Question Paper Code030/2016/OL
Category Code569/2014
Date of Test9 March 2016
Medium of QuestionENGLISH
Exam TypeOnline Examination
Total Questions100
1
Who among the following was not a member of the Constituent Assembly of India?
Answer
D. Sir C. Sankaran Nair
2
In which postal zone is Kerala included?
Answer
B. 6
3
Dakshinayanam is a book written by
Answer
A. V.T. Bhattathirippad
4
The introduction of the first five year plan in India was prepared by
Answer
C. Dr. K.N. Raj
5
Which schedule of the Constitution of India provides the list of 22 regional languages?
Answer
C. 8
6
Who was the founder of Ananda Maha Sabha?
Answer
C. Brahmananda Sivayogi
7
The drama Vishavriksham was written by
Answer
C. C.J. Thomas
8
Who described Nalacharitam Aattakkatha as Kerala Sakunthalam?
Answer
A. Joseph Mundasseri
9
The constitutional amendment for the Right of children to free and compulsory education was made in
Answer
B. 2002
10
How many islands are there in the group of Lakshadweep?
Answer
B. 36
11
Who inaugurated Paliyam Satyagraha?
Answer
B. C. Kesavan
12
Headquarters of the Kerala Gramin Bank
Answer
C. Malappuram
13
The instrument used in the artform Patayani
Answer
A. Thappu
14
Who founded Pratyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha?
Answer
B. Poikayil Yohannan
15
Which article of the Constitution of India deals with Grama Sabha?
Answer
B. 243 A
16
Who described M.C. Joseph as the ''Pope of the Rationalists''?
Answer
A. Kuttippuzha Krishna Pillai
17
Founder of Kerala Kaumudi
Answer
A. C.V. Kunhiraman
18
The newspaper ''Prabhatam'' was started by
Answer
B. E.M.S. Namboodiripad
19
The salary of the President of India is taken from
Answer
A. consolidated fund
20
Which article of the Indian Constitution deals with Right to Equality?
Answer
B. Article 14
21
Morse test is conducted to find
Answer
C. Indicated power of a multi-cylinder engine
22
Relationship between shear stress, velocity gradient and dynamic viscosity of a fluid is
Answer
D. Shear stress = velocity gradient * dynamic viscosity
23
For stability of the floating body meta-centric height must be
Answer
B. Above the centre of gravity
24
Compression ratio is of a reciprocating compressor id defined as
Answer
D. Volume before compression to volume after compression
25
In a hole basis system of fit
Answer
C. The fundamental deviation of hole is zero
26
Bernoulli's equation represents the
Answer
B. Energies in any point in the flow field and is obtained by integrating the Euler equation
27
Property of the material which enable is to absorb energy without fracture is known as
Answer
B. Toughness
28
Which of the following tool material retain their hot hardness at highest temperature?
Answer
D. Borazon
29
Herringbone gears are used to
Answer
A. To counter balance the end thrust
30
Provision of fins on a given heat transfer surface will be more if there are
Answer
C. Large number of thin fins
31
A good refrigerant should have
Answer
A. High latent heat of vaporization and low freezing point
32
In value engineering the term value refers to
Answer
A. Relation between function and cost
33
Which of the following plans guarantee minimum wage to a works and bonus based on fixed percentage of time saved?
Answer
C. Powan plan
34
Addition of which of the following improves machining of copper?
Answer
A. Sulphur
35
The curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls along the inside of a fixed circle is known as
Answer
B. Hypocycloid
36
In gear hobbing
Answer
C. Both hob and gear blank rotate
37
The buckling load will be maximum for a column if
Answer
B. Both ends of the column are clamped
38
Reference fuels for knock rating of SI engine fuels would include
Answer
D. n-heptane and iso-octane
39
If speed of a centrifugal pump is doubled, then
Answer
C. The head becomes 4 times as great
40
If the depth of a rectangular beam is halved the deflection for a beam carrying a mid point load shall be
Answer
D. Eight times
41
If Poisson's ration for a material is 0.5, then the elastic modulus for material is
Answer
A. Three times its shear modulus
42
Production cost refers to prim cost plus
Answer
A. Factory overheads
43
In a CNC program block, N002 G03 G91 X40 Z40....,G02 and G91 refer to
Answer
A. Circular interpolation in counter clockwise direction and incremental dimension
44
If the arrival takes place every 10 minutes with a service time of 4 minutes per unit then the mean arrival rate, mean service rate and the probability that one would have to wait will he respectively
Answer
B. 0.1, 0.25 and 0.4
45
It is required to cut screw threads of 2 mm pitch on a lathe. The lead screw has a pitch of 6 mm. If the spindle speed is 60 rpm, then the speed of the lead screw will be the material is rigid
Answer
C. 20 rpm
46
For adiabatic expansion with friction through a nozzle, the following remains constant
Answer
A. Stagnation enthalpy
47
A furnace is made of a red brick wall of thickness 0.5 m and conductivity 0.7 W/mk. For the same heat loss and temperature drop, this can be replaced by a layer of diatomite earth of conductivity 0.14 W/mk and thickness
Answer
B. 0.1 m
48
A heat exchanger with heat-transfer surface area A and overall transfer coefficient U handles two fluids of heat capacities Cβ‚˜β‚β‚“ and Cβ‚˜α΅’β‚™. The parameter NTU (number of transfer units) used in the analysis of the heat exchanger is specified as
Answer
D. AU/Cβ‚˜α΅’β‚™
49
Effective temperature is that temperature of saturated air which gives the same degree of comfort as the air at given
Answer
D. DBT, WBT and air flow rate
50
In a saturated air-water vapour mixture, the
Answer
C. Dry bulb, wet bulb and dew point temperature are the same
51
The value engineering technique in which experts of the same rank assemble for product development is called
Answer
B. Brain storming
52
A gas engine has a swept volume of 300 cc and clearance volume of 25 cc. Its volumetric efficiency is 0.88 and mechanical efficiency is 0.90. What is the volume to the mixture taken in, per stroke?
Answer
C. 264 cc
53
In time study, the rating factor is applied to determine
Answer
B. Merit rating of the worker
54
In Manufacturing management, the term ''Dispatching'' is used to describe
Answer
D. Dispatch of work orders through shop floor
55
A slender shaft supported on two bearings at its ends carries a disc with an eccentricity e from the axis of rotation. The critical speed of the shaft is N. If the disc is replaced by a second one of the same weight but mounted with an eccentricity 2e, the critical speed of the shaft in the second case is
Answer
B. N/√2
56
The gear train usually employed in clocks is a
Answer
A. reverted gear train
57
Group technology brings together and organizes
Answer
D. Common parts, problems and tasks
58
The function of shackle with a leaf spring is to
Answer
A. allow the spring length to change
59
The curve shown in the given figure below is a characteristic of diesel engines. What does the Y-axis represent?
Answer
D. Total fuel consumption
60
The equation m dΒ²x/dtΒ² + c dx/dt + kx = 0 represents
Answer
D. free vibrations with viscous damping
61
A foundation called Naam Foundation has been established by which of the following with an aim to donate money to farmers, who are all affected by drought conditions?
Answer
B. Nana Patekar
62
Under the currency swap agreement, which country's central bank has received USD 1.1 billion from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
Answer
B. Sri Lanka
63
To maintain a permanent seat in UN Security Council, India hosted the G-4 summit in New York while PM Narendra Modi's visit in September. Which of the following country was not a part of this G-4 summit?
Answer
B. Russia
64
When is International Day of Peace observed?
Answer
B. September 21
65
In association with which of the following IT firms, Andhra Pradesh government has launched an e-governance tool called e-Pragati to bring all the government services under one roof?
Answer
B. Wipro
66
A national web portal is launched at New Delhi for promotion of a national apprenticeship scheme for Graduates, Diploma holders and 10+2 pass-outs vocational certificate holders. It is launched by
Answer
C. Smriti Irani
67
Which Hollywood star has been selected for the Screen Actors Guild's Actors Inspiration Award?
Answer
C. Leonardo DiCaprio
68
Indian railways has tied up with which of the following to provide free Wi-Fi services across 400 railway stations in the country?
Answer
C. Google
69
India inked two Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) for bilateral cooperation in Tourism and Mekong-Ganga Project with which of the following country?
Answer
C. Cambodia
70
Which state government has launched "M-Shiksha-Mitra" mobile app for teacher's which is developed by National Informatics Centre?
Answer
B. Madhya Pradesh
71
Present ages of Sunil and Anil are in the ratio of 5 : 4 respectively. Three years hence, the ratio of their ages will become 11 : 9 respectively. What is Anil's present age in years?
Answer
D. 24
72
Complete the series : 14, 28, 20, 40, 32, 64, ... . What number should come next?
Answer
D. 56
73
An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 kmph in 5 hours. To cover the same distance in 1β…” hours, it must travel at a speed of
Answer
D. 720 kmph
74
Rupesh said - "This girl is the wife of the grandson of my mother". How is Rupesh related to the girl?
Answer
A. Father in law
75
Neeraj walks 5 km towards East and then turns left and walks 6 km. Again he turns right and walks 9 km. Finally he turns to his right and walks 6 km. How far is he from the starting point?
Answer
C. 14
76
Net Interest income is
Answer
D. Difference between interest earned and interest paid
77
Which of the following is not a type of credit risk?
Answer
B. Credit spread risk
78
The model that combines five financial ratios using reported accounting information and equity values to produce on objective measure of borrower's financial health is
Answer
A. Altman's 2 score
79
Growth fund is a mutual fund that
Answer
D. invests primarily in equities
80
A fall in interest rates will make prices of Government Securities
Answer
B. Go up
81
BCG in BCG matrix stands for
Answer
D. Boston Consulting Group
82
Which of the following is not part of the micro environment?
Answer
A. Technology
83
What does Dog symbolize in BCG matrix?
Answer
D. Decline
84
Low cost, Differentiation and Focus are examples of _________.
Answer
C. Business strategies
85
__________ is known as "the father of scientific management".
Answer
A. Fredrick W. Taylor
86
Hawthorne Studies is related to which stage of the organisational behaviour evolution?
Answer
D. Human relations movement
87
The book "The Psychology of Management" was published by
Answer
A. William Gilbreth
88
MBTI stands for
Answer
C. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
89
Greater consumer control means that companies must rely more on marketing by _________ than by _________.
Answer
C. interaction; intrusion
90
Selecting which segments of a population of customers to serve is called _________.
Answer
B. target marketing
91
Introducing new products to existing markets is an example of
Answer
C. horizontal diversification
92
Calculating prices on the basis of what the market will pay is called
Answer
B. Demand pricing
93
The elasticity of demand is greater than unity, when
Answer
B. Percentage change in demand is more than the percentage change in price
94
Whistle Blowing is the situation wherein an employee
Answer
B. Discloses other employees' illegal immoral or illegitimate activities
95
Financial Break-even level of EBIT is one at which
Answer
C. EPS is zero
96
Variable which has a strong contingent effect on the independent dependent variable relationship is referred to as
Answer
C. Moderating variable
97
SIDBI has been entrusted with the responsibility of
Answer
D. Developing and supporting small business
98
Euro dollars are
Answer
B. Deposits
99
The form of learning in which people acquire new behaviours by systematically observing the rewards and punishments given to others is known as
Answer
D. Operant conditioning
100
From the following, identify the test which can be used both as parametric and non-parametric?
Answer
D. Chi-square test

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