FULLY SOLVED QUESTION
PAPER
Deputy Collector
(Preliminary)
PART-A
(In this part there are 40
questions.Each question carries 1 mark.)
1. If in a certain code EXIST
is coded as ESIXT, how is PLUTO coded in the same language?
(a) OLUTP (b) PTUOL (c) PTULO
(d) None of these
2. In a certain code SISTER
is 535301, UNCLE as 84670, and BOY as 129, how is SON coded?
(a) 524 (b) 846 (c) 335 (d)
None of these
3. How many 9’s are there
preceded by 3 in the given sequence?
896739378394563969
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
4. Which of the missing
numbers will complete the series?
7, 10, 9, 12, 11, –––, –––.
(a) 10, 13 (b) 13, 14 (c) 14,
13 (d) None of these
5. If P denotes ÷, Q denotes
×, R denotes +, and S denotes –,
18 Q 12 P 4 R 5 S 6 = ?
(a) 52 (b) 57 (c) 95 (d) None
of these
6. Three numbers are in the
ratio 4 : 5 : 6 and the average is 25. The largest number is
(a) 42 (b) 30 (c) 36 (d) None
of these
7. Find out the missing
number from the alternatives in the following number series 118? 27964:
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 16
8. The number of primes
between 59 and 101 is –––.
(a) 10 (b) 9 (c) 8 (d) 7
9. Which of the following is
a rational one?
(a) 3 22 (b) 4 25000
98 (c) 25 81 (d) None of these
10. What is the minimum
number of cars that could move in the following format? Two cars in front of a
car, two cars behind a car and a car between two cars:
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
11. Which one is odd from the
others?
(a) Pilot (b) Driver (c) Sing
(d) Teacher
12. Which is the different
one in the following items?
(a) Camel (b) Elephant (c)
Dog (d) Cow
13. Complete the following
series with a letter from the given alternatives
BY CX DWE –––.
(a) V (b) Z (c) F (d) E
14. Substitute the underlined
words in 14 and 15 with suitable phrases from given alternatives:
The Prime Minister is to
visit Clinton .
(a) Call at (b) Call on (c)
Call out (d) Call off
15. The poor villagers built
the cowshed thrown off in the wind.
(Total marks120)(a) Put on
(b) Put off (c) Put up (d) Put aside
16. As a bird is to feather,
so is a cat to –––.
(a) Fur (b) Hairs (c) Claws
(d) Paw
17. As revolution is to
change, so treaty is to –––.
(a) Disease : Medicine (b)
Food : Energy
(c) Famous : Notorious (d)
Treaty : –––
18. If B says that “his
mother is the only daughter of A’s mother” how is A related to B?
(a) Son (b) Father (c)
Brother (d) Uncle
19. A and B are brothers. C
and D are sisters. A’s son is D’s brother. How is B related to D?
(a) Father (b) Uncle (c)
Brother (d) Grandfather
20. Cyclone is related to
anticyclone in the same as flood is related to –––?
(a) Havoc (b) River (c) Drought (d) Devastation
21. Starvation is related to
nutrition. In the same way exhaustion is related
to –––?
(a) Recoil (b) Forget (c)
Recollect (d) Encumber
(e) None of these
22. Pointing out to a lady a
girl said “she is the daughter in law of my father’s son”. How is the lady
related to the girl?
(a) Sister-in-law
(b) Aunt
(c) Mother
(d) Cousin
(In Q. No’s. 23 and 24, 3
interrelated words are given. Choose a word from the given alternatives that
belongs to the same group)
23. Pituitary, Thyroid,
Pancreas-.
(a) Adrenal (b) Heart (c)
Liver (d) Kidney
24. Shark, Cod, Eel-.
(a) Whale (b) Fish . (c)
Dolphin (d) Oyster
25. A started from a point
and went 4 kms north and turned left and moved 2 kms. west. Then he turned left
and moved 4 kms.
How far is he away from his
starting point?
(a)4kms (b) 2 kms (c) 6 kms
(d) None of these
26. Achu remembers his
fathers birthday is between 17th and 20th September. But his sister remembers
that their father’s
birthday is between 18th and
22nd September. On which day is their father’s birthday?
(a) September 18 (b)
September 19
(c) September 20 (d)
September 21
27. How many days are there
from January 20,2000 to April 14, 2000 including both days? ‘
(a) 84 (b) 85 (c) 86 (d) 87
28. Instruments can be shielded
from outside magnetic effect by surrounding them with
(a) Glass shield- (b) Brass
shield
(c) Rubber shield (d) Iron
shield
29. If bat isracket, racket
is football, football is shuttle, shuttle is ludo, ludo is cafrom, what is
cricket played with
(a) Racket (b) Football (c)
Bat (d) Shuttle
30. If banana is apple, apple
is grapes, grapes is mango, mango is nut, nut is guava, which of the following
is a yellow fruit?
(a) Mango (b) Guava (c) Apple
% (d) Nuts
31. The sum of the digits of
a two digit number is 10. If the places of the digits are exchanged, the new
number is greater than
the original number by 18,
what is the original number?
(a) 73 ‘ (b) 64 (c) 37 (d)
None of these
32. Present age of Krishna is 1 /4th that of her father’s present age. After
4 fears the sum of their ages will be 68. What is the
present age of Krishna ?
(a) 19 . . (b) 15 (c) 16 (d)
12
33. Who was the Hindu king
shown as playing veena in ancient coins?
(a)Vikramaditya (b) Ashoka
(c) Samudragupta (d) Shivaji
34.Who among the following is
credited with the invention of algebra?
(a) Aryabhatta (b) Bhaskara
(c) Medhatithi (d) None of these
35. First general election in
free India
took place in-.
(a) 1950 (b) 1952 (c) 1951
(d) 195336. The Constitution of India came into force in
(a) 1947 (b) 1948 (c) 1949 (d) 1950
37. The collector arrived at
the conference hall for a meeting at 10 mnts to 4.30 p.m. He was early by 20
mnts than the Deputy
Collector, who was late by 30
mnts. At what time was the meeting scheduled.
(a) 4.50p.m. (b) 4.10p.m. (c)
4.20p.m. (d) 4.40p.m.
38. The cost price of 20
articles is the same as selling price of 15 articles. The profit percentage in
the transaction is
(a) 20% (b) 25% (c) 33 j% (d)
50%
39. If Doctor is related to
Patient, Teacher is related-.
(a) Respect (b) Salary (c)
Job (d) Pupil
40. Which of the following is
a star?
(a) Earth (b) Venus (c) Mars
(d) None of these
PART-B
(Questions 41 to 80 carries 1
mark each).
41. Choose the word opposite
in meaning to the word “Analysis”. .
(a) Anarchy (b) Synthesis (c)
Separation (d) Emphasis
(e) None of these
42: Which of the following
means the same as “Remember”?
(a) Recoil (b) Forget (c)
Recollect (d) Encumber (e)None of these
43. Pick out the word or
phrase nearest in meaning to “Burglary”:
(a) Unlawful entry (b) Crime
committed at night
(c) Mugging (d) Trespass
(e) None of these
44. In the list given below
choose the word that includes all the others:
(a) Desk (b) Chair (c) Table
(d) Furniture
(e) Cupboard
45. Which of the following
words means “one who never takes alcoholic drinks”?
(a) Teetotaller (b) Vegan (c)
Addict (d) Totalitarian
(e) None of these
46. Point out the word which
is misspelt
(a) Beginning (b) Hygiene (c)
Vacuum (d) Pronounciation
(e) None of these
47. Choose the word spelt
correctly:
(a) Cemetery (b) Vomitting
(c) Hypocrate (d) Casuality
(e) None of these
48. The word “Low” expresses
the cry of
(a) Crows (b) Dogs (c) Sheep
(d) Cows
(e) None of these
(Questions 49 and 50. Express
by a single word the idea contained in the italicised part.)
49. He is liked by the
people.
50. She suffers from the
habit of walking about in her sleep.
51. Choose the correct answer
from the alternatives given:
“Oxygen” is –––.
(a) a form of oxygen (b) used
in degrees of Oxford
University .
(c) the plural of OX (d) the
plural of cow
(e) None of these
52. The past participle of
“lie” is –––.
(a) lane (b) lain (c) Lay (d)
laid (e) None of these
(Questions 53 and 54. Fill in
the blanks using suitable prepositions)
53. The cat is hiding ––– us
––– the table.
54. Come ––– 10 ––– Friday
morning.(Questions 55 and 56. Fill in the blanks with appropriate article)
55. We want ––– help of –––
few volunteers.
56. This is ––– European
firm; it was established only ––– year ago.
(Questions 57 and 58. Insert
“some” or “any” as required).
57. I want ––– new potatoes;
have you –––?
58. Don’t make ––– noise; he
wants to get ––– sleep.
(Questions 59 and 60. Put
either “fairly” or “rather” in the blank spaces).
59. I’m afraid I’ve written
it ––– quickly, but I think you’ll find it ––– correct.
60. I’ve got a ––– good
memory for names, but I’m ––– bad on dates.
(Questions 61-65. Rewrite the
following sentences correctly).
61. We could scarcely hear
what he said, couldn’t we?
62. I and he are cousin
brothers.
63. I would do it if I was
you.
64. Many a men run after
wealth.
65. No sooner had I entered
the room when I saw the cobra.
(Questions 66-74. Rewrite as
directed).
66. Do you did what with the
money you gave I? (Arrange the words properly to make a question)
67. A new company has taken
the business over. (Turn into the passive voice).
68. To be wise after the
event is perfectly easy. (Rewrite using the introductory word “It”.)
69. Hamlet is the most famous
play of Shakespeare. (Change into the positive degree).
70. He had many disciples.
The greatest of them was Aristotle. (Combine into a simple sentence).
71. Here is the magazine. You
were looking for it. (Combine the sentences to make a complex sentence.)
72. He is too weak to walk.
(Remove “too”).
73. He (write) a novel for
the last two years, but he (not finish) it yet. (Rewrite using the correct
tense form of the verbs
given in brackets).
74. Sheila angrily asked:
“Mother, where is my purse?” (Change into indirect speech).
(Read the following passage
carefully and answer the comprehension questions given below. Choose the
correct
answers from the alternatives
given).
Helping others physically, by
removing their physical needs, is indeed a good thing, but help is more
substantial
according as it is more far
reaching because the need is greater. If a man’s wants can be removed for an
hour; it is
helping him indeed; if his
wants can be removed for a year, it will be more help to him; but if his wants
can be
removed for ever, it is
surely the greatest help that can be given to him. It is only with the
knowledge of the spirit that
the faculty of want is
annihilated for ever; so helping a man spiritually is the best help that can be
extended to him.
He who gives spiritual
knowledge is the greatest benefactor of mankind. A spiritually strong and sound
man can be
powerful in every other
respect, if he so wishes. Until there is spiritual strength in man even
physical needs cannot
be well satisfied. Next to
spiritual comes intellectual help. The gift of knowledge is a far higher gift
than that of food
and clothes; it is even
higher than giving life to a man, because the real life of man consists of
knowledge. Ignorance
is death, knowledge is life.
Next comes, of course, physical help. Therefore we must always strive not to
commit the
mistake of thinking that
physical help is the only kind of help that can be given. It is the least
important, because it
can never bring permanent
satisfaction. Thus help which tends to make us strong spiritually is of the
highest type,
next comes intellectual help,
and after that physical help.
75. The central idea of the
passage is
(a) The need for social
change
(b) The importance of
spiritual strength.
(c) That we can never put an
end to wants
(d) The power of knowledge(e)
None of these
76. What is considered the
best form of help?
(a) Gift of food and clothes.
(b) Physical help.
(c) Removal of ignorance
(d) Help which makes us
strong spiritually
(e) None of these
77. The author is of the view
that
(a) Spiritual help is supreme
in the world.
(b) Intellectual help is the
least important.
(c) Gift of knowledge is
superior to the knowledge of the spirit.
(d) We can remove wants for
ever by giving bodily needs such as food and clothes.
(e) None of these.
78. The arguments in the
paragraph suggest that the author is:
(a) A politician (b)
Interested only in intellectual pursuits
(c) A thinker and philosopher
(d) A religious fanatic
(e) None of these
79. Find words in the passage
meaning:
(a) Destroy completely (b)
One who gives kindly help
80. State whether the
following sentence is True or False:
“To be an ignorant person is
as good as being dead and to possess knowledge is to be alive”.
PART-C
(Each question carries 5
marks.)
81. (a) Name the only
Keralite in Central Cabinet and his portfolios.
(b) Name the woman MP in Lok
Sabha from Kerala and the constituency she represents.
(c) Name of the Keralite
working on particles which travel faster than light and name of the particle.
(d) Name one district in
Kerala having a name different from that of its headquarters and give the name
of the
headquarters.
(e) Name the Keralite woman
who received Booker prize and name the book for which the prize was awarded.
82. (a) Who is credited with
the green revolution in India ?
(b) Who is credited with the
white revolution in India ?
(c) Who from India won the first Olympic medal at Sydney ?
(d) Who is the ethnic Indian
Prime Minister thrown out of office in civilian coup?
(e) Name the most abundant
element on earth and in the universe.
83. Name any five Nobel
Laureates of India and the areas under which each prize was awarded.
84. The following dates are
celebrated as
(a) January 30 (b) June 5 (c)
July 11 (d) September 5
85. Expand the following
abbreviations
(a) AIDS (b) ANERT (c) ASEAN
(d) CTBT
(e) GATT
86. Answer the following
questions with respect to India
(a) States with highest and
lowest literacy
(b) Largest and smallest
states in terms of area
(c) Most densely populated
and least densely populated states
(d) Highest dam and longest
dam
(e) Highest civilian award
and highest gallantry award87. Name the author of each of the following books
(a) My Presidential Years (b)
Satanic Verses
(c) Jungle Book (d) The Golden Gate
(e) Lajja
88. (a) Name the nuclear
submarine which recently sank in the Barents sea .
(b) Name the planet which was
recently hit by an unusually big meteor.
(c) Name a rare and important
mineral found along the beach
of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
(d) Name the hot water ocean
current which reaches the Indian coast once in every seven to eight years and
believed to cause wide spread
rain fall.
(e) Name the element isolated
from the waste of nuclear reactors.
ANSWERS : FULLY SOLVED PSC
QUESTION PAPER
1. (C)
In the same way PLUTO is
coded as PTULO
2. (a) SON 524
3. (c) 8 9 6 7 3 9 3 7 8 3 9
4 5 6 3 9 6 9
There are 3 such 9s
4. (c) +2 +2 +2
| | |
7 10 9 12 11 14 13
| |
+2 +2
5. (d) 18 Q 12P 4R 5S 6
18×12÷4+5–6 = 18×3+5–6= 53
6. (b) Let the numbers be 4x,
5x and 6x
Therefore the largest number
= 6×5 = 30
7. (a) The given number
follows the rule
1
3
, 12
, 23
, 22
, 33
, 32
, 43
......
Therefore the correct answer
is 22
= 4.
8. (c) The prime numbers
between 59 and 101 are 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89 and 97. Thus
there are 8 prime numbers
between 59 and 101.
9. (d) All the given numbers
are irrational numbers.
10. (a) 3
11. (c) Sing
12. (c) Dog. Except dog all
others are herbivorous.
13. (a) V 14. (b) Call on
15. (d) Put on 16. (a) Fur
17. (d) There is no answer
for this question. The answer to this question is Treaty :
Peace.
18. (d) A’s mother’s only
daughter means A’s sister. A’s sister is the mother of B.
Therefore A is the uncle of
B.
19. (b) Uncle 20. (c) Drought
21. (a) Energy 22. (b) Aunt
23. (a) Adrenal (All are
endocrine glands)
24. (c) Dolphin
25. (b) The movement of A is
as shown below.
Then 25
= 5
4 +5 +6
3
x x x
x
E X I S T
E S I X T
Finally he is at a
distance of 2 km from his starting point.
26. (b) September 19th.
27. (c) Since 2000 is a leap
year, therefore February has 29 days.
Total number of days
= 12+29+31+14 = 86
28. (a) Glass shield 29. (a)
Racket
30. (c) Apple 31. None of
these. The correct answer is 46.
32. (d) Let present age of Krishna be x years.
Father’s age = 4x
After four years x + 4x + 4 +
4 = 68
x = 12
Therefore present age of Krishna
= 12 years.
33. (c) Samudragupta. He was
called Indian Napolean.
34. (a) Aryabhatta
35. (b) 1952. First general
elections was started in 1951 and process was completed in 1952.
36. (d) 1950 37. (b) 4.10 pm.
38. (c) Required profit
20 15
15
100 33 1
3
%
39. (d) Pupil
40. (d) None of these
41. (b) Synthesis 42. (c)
Recollect
43. (d) Trespass 44. (d)
Furniture
45. (a) Teetotaller
46. (d) Pronounciation
(Correct spelling -
pronunciation)
47. (a) Cemetery 48. (d) Cows
49. Popular 50. Somnambulism
51. (e) None of these 52. (b)
lain
53. The cat is hiding from us
under the table.
54. Come at 10 on Friday
morning.
55. We want the help of a few
volunteers.
56. This is a European firm;
it was established only a year ago.
57. I want some potatoes;
have you any?
58. Don’t make any noise; he
want to get some sleep.
59. I’m afraid I’ve written
it rather quickly, but I think you will find it fairly correct.
60. I’ve got a fairly good
memory of names, but I’m rather bad on dates.
61. We scarcely hear what he
said, could we?
62. He and I are cousins.
63. I would do it if I were
you.
64. Many a man runs after
wealth.
65. No sooner had I entered
the room than I saw the cobra.
66. What did you do with the
money I gave you?
67. The business has been
taken over by a new company.
68. It is perfectly easy to
be wise after the event.
69. No other play of
Shakespeare is as famous as Hamlet.
70. Aristotle was the
greatest of all his disciples.
71. Here is the magazine
which you were looking for.
72. He is so weak that he
cannot walk.
73. He has been writing a
novel for the last two years, but he has not finished it yet.
74. Sheila angrily asked her
mother where her purse was.
75. (b) The importance of
spiritual strength.
76. (d) Help which makes us
strong physically.
77. (a) Spiritual help is
supreme in the world.
78. (c) A thinker and
philosopher.
79. (a) Annihilate (b)
Benefactor
80. True.
PART-C81. (a) At present
there are 7 Keralites in Central cabinet.
(b) C.S. Sujatha from
Mavelikara and P. Sathidevi from Vadakara.
(c) Professor Ennackel Chandy
George Sudarsan – tachyons
(d) Idukki – Painav is the
headquarters of Idukki district.
Other districts having
headquarters having different name are Wayanad – Kalpetta and Ernakulam –
Kakkanad.
(e) Arundhati Roy – She is
the first Keralite to won the Booker Prize for her first novel God of Small
Things in 1997.
82. (a) M.S. Swaminathan is called
the Father of Indian Green revolution.
Norman Borlaug, an American
scientist had helped Indian scientists for the implementation of Green
revolution
in sixties.
C. Subhramaniam who was the
agriculture minister at that time is of implementation the main architect of
Green
Revolution in India .
(b) Dr. Varghese Kurian
Operation flood is related
to the increase in milk production in India . Dr. Varghese Kurian is the
brain behind the
growth of AMUL (Amul Milk
Union Limited) in Co-operative sector in Gujarat .
India is the leading producer of
milk in the world.
(c) Karnam Malleswari from
the State of Andhra Pradesh .
She had won bronze medal in 69 kg category in weightlifting.
She is the first woman medal
winner of India
in Olympics.
(d) Mahendra Chaudhary of Fiji is the
first ethnic Indian Prime Minister thrown out of office.
George Speight was the
leader of the civilian coup.
(e) Oxygen (46.6%) is the
most abundant element in the earth and in the universe is Nitrogen.
83. Indian Nobel Prize
winners are Rabindranath Tagore – Literature -1913
C.V. Raman – Physics – 1930
Hargobind Khurana – Medicine
– 1968
Mother Theresa – Peace – 1979
Subhramanyam Chandrasekhar
–Physics – 1983
Amartya Sen – Economics –
1998
84. (a) January 30 – Martyrs
Day. This is in memory of Mahatma Gandhi who was shot dead on January 30, 1948.
(b) June 5 – World
Environment Day.
(c) July 11 – World
Population Day.
World population crossed 5
billion on July 11, 1987.
(d) September 5 – Teachers
Day. This is the birth anniversary of philosopher President of India
Sarveppalli
Radhakrishnan.
(e) December 1 – World Aids
Day.
85. (a) AIDS – Acquired
Immune Deficiency Syndrome
(b) ANERT – Agency for Non
Conventional Energy and Rural Technology.
(c) ASEAN – Association of
South East Asian Nations.
(d) CTBT – Comprehensive Test
Ban Treaty.
(e) GATT – General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade.
86. (a) According to the 2001
census, state with the lowest literacy rate is Bihar
(47.53%) and state with the highest
literacy rate is Kerala
(90.92%).
(b) Rajasthan is the largest
state.
(c) West Bengal
is the most densely populated state followed by Kerala.
Arunachal Pradesh is the
least densely populated state.
(d) Bhakra Nangal across
river Sutlej is the largest dam. Hirakud
across river Mahanadi is the longest dam.
(e) Bharat Ratna is the
highest civilian award and Param Vir Chakra is the highest gallantary award.
87. (a) My Presidential Years
– R. Venkataraman
(b) Satanic Verses – Salman
Rushdie
(c) Jungle Book – Rudyard
Kipling
(d) The Golden
Gate – Vikram Seth
(e) Lajja – Taslima Nasreen
88. (a) Kursk
of Russia
(b) Jupiter
(c) Monazite (d) El Nino
(e) Plutonium
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