ASSISTANT GRADE II/CLERK /JR.CLERK/CASHIER/LDC/JR.ASSISTANT
EXAM 2008 SOLVED PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1.Mamankam, the great ancient regional festival was held at?
Answer: Thirunavaaya
2. Kollam Era began
Answer: A.D.825.
3. The longest River in Kerala:
Answer: Periyar
4.Sadhujanaparipalanayogam was started by
Answer: Ayyankaali
5.First Chief Minister of Travancore Popular Ministry?
Answer: Pattom A. Thanu Pillai
6. The temple entry proclamation was issued by?
Answer: Chithira Thirunal Balarama verma
7. Malayali Sabha was organized by
Answer: C.Krishna Pillai
8. Kochi State Prajamandal was formed in
Answer: 26th Jan 1941
9. A Thermo flask is polished well ?
Answer: To reflect all radiation from outside
10. Coefficient of Temperature depends on
Answer: Difference in Temperature
11. A Device used to detect heat radiation is known as
Answer: Thermopile
12. Which of the following is a compound?
(a)Milk (b) 22 carat Gold (c)Steam (d)Diamond.
Answer: Steam
13. Hardest naturally occurring substance?
Answer: Black Diamond
14. A form of carbon used in gas mask?
Answer: Activated Charcoal
15. The gas used in the refrigerator?
Answer: :Freon
16. Estimation of Halogen in organic compound is done by
Answer: Carius Method
17. The metal which doesn’t react with dilute Sulphuric Acid
?
Answer: Led
18. In free state ,
hydrogen is present in
Answer: Natural Gas
19. The disease caused by the deficiency of Vitamin A:
Answer: Xerophthalmia
20. The insect which lays eggs in water is
Answer: Dragonfly
21. The mosquito that spreads malaria in man is named
Answer: Female Anopheles
22. Which is the function of white blood corpuscles?
Answer: to produce anti-toxin
23. Which of the following processes liberates energy?
Answer: Respiration.
24. During the solar eclipse, which of the following
represents the relative position of the sun, moon an earth correctly?
Answer: The moon in between the sun and the earth
25. A degree of Longitude has about the same length as a
degree of Latitude at
Answer: Equator
26. The supersonic aircraft find its most convenient to fly
in the
Answer: Stratosphere
27. Seismograph is used to measure
Answer: Earthquake
28. Which one is known as “Pittsburg of India?”
Answer: Jamshedpur
29The first political leader who got Nobel prize for
literature?
Answer: Winston Churchil.
30. The winner of Wimbledon Championship of 2007?
Answer: Veenus Williams
31. Present secretary general of United Nations
Answer: Banki-Moon
32. Jim
Corbett National
Park
Answer: Uttaranjal
33. The country used paper currency first in the world
Answer: China
34. Father of Cell Phone
Answer: Martin Cooper
35. The modern Quantity theory of money was developed by
Answer: Milton Friedman
36. Consumer Protection act was enacted in the year
Answer: 1986
37. National Flag of India was designed by:
Answer: Pingali Venkayya
38. Human Rights Day is observed all over the world every
year on:
Answer: December 10
39. Gauthama Budha was born at
Answer: Lumbini
40. The Chera King known as “Red Chera”?
Answer: Senkuttuvan
41. Alexander the great defeated
Answer: Porus
42. Indica was written by?
Answer: Megesthenes
43. The Second Buddhist Council was held at
Answer: Vaisali
44.Who is popularly known as the Indian Napoleon ?
Answer: Samudra Gupthan
45. Last King of Kakatiya dynasty ?
Answer: Prataparudra II
46. The second Battle of Tarrain in 1192, Mohammed Gori
defeated?
Answer: Prithviraj Chauhan
47. The king on the throne of Vijayanagar at the time of
battle of Talikota ?
Answer: Ramaraya
48. Qutub –ud-din Aibek built the Quwaat-ul-Islammosque to
commemorate his capture of
Answer: Delhi
49. The wisest fool of medieval India is ?
Answer: Mohammed bin Thuglaq
50. “Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi” was written by?
Answer: Ziaudin Barani
51. Ibn Batuta, the famous Arab Scholar visited India
during the reign of
Answer: Mohaummed Bin Thuglaq
52. Purana Qila in Delhi
was built by
Answer: Shersha
53. ‘Ashta Pradhan’ was the council of Ministers of
Answer: Marathas
54. Zapti is the land revenue system introduced by
Answer: Akbar
55. Jahangir the Mughal ruler murdered the Sikh guru :
Answer: Guru Arjun singh
56. The Mughal gardens-Shalimar and Nishad in Srinagar built by ?
Answer: Jahangir
57. Ustad Isa was the Architect of
Answer: Taj Mahal
58. Harihara and Bukka laid the foundations of
Answer: Vijaya Nagar Empire
59. The author of “Prithvi Raj Raso “ was:
Answer: Chandra Vardai
60.The first Carnatic war came to an end with the
Answer: Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
61. Permanent land Revenue Settlement was introduced in
Bengal By
Answer: Lord Cornwallis
62. Doctrine of Lapse” was applied by
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
63. Principles of panchasheel were framed in
Answer: Bandung
64. Local Self Government in India , for the first time was
introduced by
Answer: Lord Rippon
65. The President of Pakistan who signed the Tashkent
Agreement after the Indo-Pak War of 1965 was?
Answer: Ayub Khan
66. The war between India
and China
took place in?
Answer: 1962
67. Tashkent Pact was signed between
Answer: Lal Bahadur Sastri and Ayub Khan
68.Mixed Colony system was introduced by:
Answer: Albuquerque .
69.Electricity Agitation of Cochin was against the decision of the Diwan
?
Answer: Sir.R.K.Shanmukham Chetti
70 The Authour of "India Today"
Answer: R.P.Dutt
71.Would you mind ---------the door?
Answer: Shutting
72.I wish he-------settle the issue soon
Answer: would
73.The approximate meaning of 'run on the mill'
Answer: Ordinary
74.Midhun said"Do you enjoy cricket"(Change into
Indirect Speech)"
Answer: Midhun asked me if I enjoyed cricket.
75.One must always be careful in -------dealing with others
Answer: One's
76.Rahul is very rich.He can buy a car (Combine using
'enough')
Answer: Rahul is rich enough to buy a car
77.Meaning of the phrase"Ad hoc"
Answer: formed for some special purpose
78.Everyone looked up to him. (change into Passive voice)
Answer: He was looked up to by everyone.
79.This juice is made -----fresh oranges.
Answer: from
80.Our Chief Minister is a person of long experience in
politic. (Use one word for the words in bold)
Answer: Veteran
81. The mis-spelt word among the following:
Synonym, Synagogue, Symposiam, Symptom
Answer: Symposiam
82.When the police interrogated the thief, he made a clean
breast of everything (Meaning of the idiom in bold)
Answer: Confessed
83.It is five years--------I retired
Answer: Since
84.The bundle is so heavy that I cannot lift it.(Use 'too'
instead of 'So that')
Answer: The bundle is too heavy for me to lift
85.The word which is nearest in meaning of the word "profound"
Answer: Deep
86. The Government has decided to --------all unauthorized
buildings
Answer: pull down
87.-------you apologize, he won't forgive you.
Answer: Unless
88.Themother as well as her three children----------taken to
the hospital.
Answer: was
89.The old man was too weak to travel ------himself.
Answer: by
90.Roshan was so absorbed-----------his work that he didn't
even raise his head.
Answer: in
91.It----------heavily when I woke up yesterday.
Answer: was raining
92.Mahathma Gandhi appealed to the people to ---------the
cruelties of British authorities.
Answer: put up with
93.Opposite of the word "Rigid"
Answer: Flexible
94.Few students knew the answer,-----
Answer: did they
95.The word which is nearest in meaning of the word
"economical"
Answer: Thrifty
96.If the driver--------the brake, the car would have hit
the old man.
Answer: had not appled
97.There weren't any hotels nearby , ---------?
Answer: were there
98.It was with great difficulty he gained entry to the
auditorium, but he made a sudden ---------
Answer: exit
99.The thieves not only robbed the travelers-----, beat them
up.
Answer: but also
100.I--------him the truth, if i were you.
Answer: would tell
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