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Post NameVOCATIONAL TEACHER - PRINTING TECHNOLOGY
DepartmentKVHSE
Question Paper Code072/2014/OL
Date of Test28 November 2016
Medium of QuestionENGLISH
Exam TypeOnline Examination
Total Questions98
1
Who made the statement ”The Preamble of the Constitution is the horoscope of Indian Republic ?
Answer
B. K.M. Munshi
2
In which year the Government of Kerala launched Kudumbasree ?
Answer
A. 1998
3
'Atma Vidhya Sangham' was founded by
Answer
D. Vagbhadananda
4
How many people signed the Ezhava Memorial ?
Answer
C. 13176
5
Jathikummi was written by
Answer
A. Pandit Karuppan
6
Against which team, Sachin Tendulkkar played his last test match ?
Answer
C. West Indies
7
Who was called 'Simhala Simham' ?
Answer
B. C. Kesavan
8
P.T. Sivakumar Sharma is associated with
Answer
A. Santoor
9
Who raised the slogan ”If we work, We should be got paid” ?
Answer
B. Vaikunda Swamikal
10
Gandhiji visited Sree. Narayana Guru in the year
Answer
C. 1925
11
The quality of fluidity of the printing machine rollers and quick solidification of ink is termed as
Answer
C. thixotrophy
12
Which of the following additive will improve the rub resistance of ink ?
Answer
B. wax
14
Yellow is often printed above the magenta and cyan but if opaque yellow is used the order of yellow printing is
Answer
A. first colour
15
The release of individual small fibers, particles from paper surfaces is termed as
Answer
B. Fluffing
16
The machine that prints both sides of the sheet in one pass through the press is
Answer
D. Blanket to blanket press
17
This device in the web offset machine is used to change the direction of the web.
Answer
D. turner bar
18
The inks that are formulated to dry primarily by evaporation of solvent at high temperature
Answer
B. Heat set ink
19
17 12” × 23 12” sized paper is termed as
Answer
C. Demmy
20
A condition of ink, when left in a container, thicken and form a light gel structure on the top layer
Answer
A. thixotrophy
21
A set of colour printed proofs which compraises one print of each colour, and a print of the combination of subsequent colours as they are printed in sequence
Answer
C. progressive proof
22
An instrument which measures the length and tack of an ink
Answer
B. inkometer
23
The type of blanket used for printing on high speed machine and substrates like board and coated stock
Answer
B. hard blanket
24
Which of the following comes under functional printing ?
Answer
C. QR coding
25
Which of the following comes under security printing ?
Answer
A. hologram
26
Printing one side of the sheet, then turning the sheet over, retaining the same front and side-lay edges of the sheet and the same printing plate can be done by
Answer
C. Work and turn
27
Which of the following is not the cause of image dot gain during plate making process ?
Answer
B. incomplete plate development
28
Which of the following is not a quality control aid ?
Answer
D. gripper mark
30
A solution applied to offset plate and dried to produce a hydrophilic film on the non-image area to prevent image area from spreading
Answer
C. gum arabic
31
Control of the reel obtained on the web offset machine by a retarding force is given by
Answer
A. brake
32
CTP thermal plates are exposed by which of the following source ?
Answer
C. YAG laser
33
Which of the following type of original cannot be scanned by a drum scanner ?
Answer
C. Rigid original
34
Which of the following cannot be included in PDF file format ?
Answer
D. none of the above
35
A device or computer program that receives a description of the content of a page and converts to information that can output on paper/film/plates
Answer
B. RIP
36
Which of the following process comes under non-impact printing technology ?
Answer
A. digital press
37
The most appropriate software used as a layout programme is
Answer
C. Indesign
38
The visible light spectrum ranges from
Answer
D. 400 – 700 nm
39
An ink specifically formulated to produce a desired hue and not designed to be mixed by superimposing
Answer
C. flat colour
40
The lightest area in a reproduction is
Answer
B. highlight
41
Variable data printing can be achieved by
Answer
D. digital printing
42
For cutting harder paper stock in a guillotine machine which of the following is the preferred knife angle ?
Answer
B. 22°
43
When a sheet of paper is passed through two folder arranged at right angle and folding the sheet equally the resulting fold will be described as
Answer
D. 8-page right angle
44
When the adhesive flow into the structure of the adherent or around the surface irregularities for adhesion it is called
Answer
A. physical adhesion
45
A mask of solid area to protect portion of a previously exposed plate is
Answer
C. layout mask
46
To increase the water retaining properties of the non-image area of the lithographic plate. Which of the following solution can be added ?
Answer
C. Desensitiser
47
Sheets having solid and of printed labels from front to back are vulnerable to
Answer
C. wattling
48
If a light ray striking a substrate are reflected primarily as parallel rays-mirror like action is known as
Answer
A. specular reflection
49
The perpendicular distance between two surfaces of a paper is
Answer
B. Caliper
50
The surface tension of water can be reduced by
Answer
A. adding fountain solution
51
When pigment has the property of absorbing radiant energy of a given wavelength and then emitting this energy at a different wavelength is
Answer
D. Fluorescence
52
The subtractive transparent primary colour that transmit red and green but absorb blue light is
Answer
C. Yellow
53
A computer driven algorithm that disperses halftone dot information in semi-random form
Answer
B. stochastic screening
54
To overcome the printing problem speckle (improper transfer of ink on rough paper) Gravure presses is employed with
Answer
A. electrostatically assisted ink
55
A cylinder making technique in gravure press employed for printing of short run jobs
Answer
D. Ballard process
56
The small groove present between the cylinder body and bearer in the offset machine is termed as
Answer
B. Gutter
57
Which of the following paper is the strongest ?
Answer
D. kraft paper
58
Material having random molecular arrangements is termed as
Answer
B. amorphous
59
Software that stores lines and shapes rather than individual pixels is known as
Answer
C. vector graphic software
60
Many bitmapped images in a sequence is known as
Answer
D. GIF animation
61
Given a 2”×2” photograph and a 4”×4” layout space, what scale percentage is needed to fit the photograph ?
Answer
A. 200
62
EOQ is
Answer
A. Economical size of order
63
The watermark in a bond paper is created by which of the following part in paper making machine ?
Answer
D. danddy roller
64
If individual colour stations are placed horizontally one after other, the press is called
Answer
C. in-line press
65
Adhesive used in lamination process is
Answer
C. synthetic adhesive
66
Ink mainly used in flexographic process
Answer
A. liquid ink
67
The colour difference equation is expressed as
Answer
B. ΔE = ((ΔL)^(2) + (Δa)^(2) + (Δb)^(2) )^(12)
68
The reference colour model of a colour management system is based on
Answer
B. CIELAB
69
A gear which has its teeth cut at an angle to the axis of the shaft
Answer
B. Helical
70
Carousel screen printing machines are based upon
Answer
D. Rotational principle
71
If A = ((1,3,4),(2,6,x),(1,0,1)) is a singular matrix, then x is equal to
Answer
B. 8
72
If A, B, C are non singular matrices of the same order then (ABC)-1 =
Answer
C. C-1B-1A-1
73
Solutions of the system of equations 3x + y + 2z = 3, 2x – 3y – z = – 3, x + 2y + z = 4 are
Answer
A. x = 1 y = 2 z = – 1
74
The term independent of x in the expansion of (x2+1x)6 is
Answer
D. 15
75
If A + B = 45°, then (1 + tanA) (1 + tanB) is equal to
Answer
A. 2
76
Equation to the line passing through the point (– 3, 2) and perpendicular to the line 4x + 2y + 5 = 0 is
Answer
B. x – 2y + 7 = 0
77
The minimum value of the function f(x) = 3x4-2x3-6x2+6x+1 in the interval (0, 2) is
Answer
D. 2
78
If x2+2xy+y2=0 , then dydx is equal to
Answer
C. – 1
79
∫x(logx) dx is equal to
Answer
B. logx x22-x24+C , C is constant
80
Solution of the differential equation sec2xtanydx+sec2ytanxdy=0 is of the form
Answer
A. tanx tany = c
81
The type of cement suitable for massive constructions like dams is
Answer
B. low heat cement
82
The type of rubble masonry in which prismatic shaped stones are used is
Answer
C. Ashlar masonry
83
The instrument used for measuring distance is
Answer
D. distomat
84
Which among the following is the best suited foundation for a building if the foundation covers more than 50 % of the area of the building and if the soil is weak
Answer
B. Raft foundation
85
Optical square is the instrument used for
Answer
A. setting 90°
86
The valve(s) closed during compression stroke of an IC engine is/are
Answer
C. Both inlet and exhaust valve
87
The cooling tower in a steam thermal power plant is a device for
Answer
D. Reducing temperature of cooling water used in a condenser
88
The role of a moderator in a nuclear power plant is
Answer
B. To control speed of neutrons
89
The role of a surge tank in a hydroelectric power plant is
Answer
C. Both 1 and 2 above
90
The following system in automobile diverts the power at right angles towards the driving wheels
Answer
C. Final drive
91
In a series RL circuit excited by a voltage v = VmsinΩt
Answer
A. current lags the applied voltage
92
In a parallel RC electric circuit ________ is same for each element.
Answer
B. voltage
93
Across the surface of a charged conductor, the electric
Answer
C. field is discontinuous
94
The unit of electric energy is
Answer
D. watthour
95
An alternating current source having voltage E = 220 sin (ωt+Π/2) in an ac circuit . If the current draws from the circuit is I = 20 sin (ωt-Π/2), the impedance of the circuit is
Answer
A. 11Ω
96
Which one of the following is a direct band gap semiconductor used to fabricate light emitting diodes ?
Answer
C. Gallium Arsenide
97
In a bridge rectifier circuit without filter, the maximum voltage across the secondary of the transformer is 18 volt. What is the maximum reverse voltage that appears across a diode in the non-conducting state during the rectification process ?
Answer
B. 18 volt
98
Which of the following is a universal gate ?
Answer
A. NAND gate
99
What is the multiple access technique used in IS-95 digital cellular phone standard ?
Answer
B. CDMA
100
What is the size of RAM is 8051 micro controller ?
Answer
D. 128 bytes

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