Solved Paper of Block Development Officer Exam held on 31/05/2008

1. The Chilka Lake is in
               Ans: Orissa
2.The clouds which causes continuous rain :
               Ans:Nimbus
3.Taran Taran Tragedy was associated with
               Ans:None of the answers are correct
4.Tiger Airways belonged to
               Ans:Singapore
5.The country which won the 2006 Johannesburg test: ?
               Ans:Australia
6.Greg Chappel was a
               Ans:Cricket Coach
7.Total medal India acquired in the 12th Commonwealth Games:
               Ans:16
8.Total number of M.P’s from Kerala:
               Ans:29 (20 Loksabha MP’s and 9 Rajyasabha MP’s)
9.Speaker of the 12th Legislative Assembly in Kerala:
               Ans:K.Radhakrishnan
10.---------is to administer oath of office to the Indian President in 07/07.
               Ans:Justice K.G.Balakrishnan
11.Paper Gold is :
               Ans: Special Drawing Right
12.The practice of crossing a Cheque originated in :
               Ans:Britain
13.Trichology is the study of
               Ans:Hair
14.-------------is the economic process through which human wants are satisfied.
               Ans:Consumption
15.Gandhi Irwin Pact was signed on:
               Ans:1931
16.First Indian war of Independence began at:
               Ans:Meerat
17.”Forward Policy” was initiated by:
               Ans:Lord Lytton
18.Jamabandhi Reforms were the reforms of
               Ans:Tipu Sultan
19.Revenge movement broke out in :
               Ans:France.
20.Agricultural growth in India during 2006-07 was
               Ans:2.7%
21.World Bank President to quit office recently for misconduct is :
               Ans:Paul Volfovits
22.Find the odd that not related to Kani Mozhi:
(a)Poetess (b)Scientist (c)Rajya Sabha Member
(d) Daughter of chief Minister from one of an Indian State.
               Ans:Scientist.
23.Miss world 2007 is
               Ans:Zhang Zilin

24.The award amount of UNESCO’s Puraskar for Palathulli Programme :
               Ans:20,000 U.S.Dollar
25. The State Government’s Best Actor Award for film was won by:
(a) Mohanlal (b)Mammooty (c)Thilakan (d) None of these.

               Ans: Mohanlal/Mammooty/Thilakan. (Three choices are correct.Mohan Lal got the state award in 2007(Film-Paradesi). Mammooty and Thilakan also got state Government's best actor awards)


26.Maha Bachat Scheme is initiated by:
               Ans:Punjab National Bank
27.Smart City project was signed on:
               Ans:13-05-2007
28.Neurons are seen in
               Ans:Brain.
29.Raja Ravi Varma Award 2007 was presented to:
               Ans:M.F.Hussain.
30.”Dhera Sachcha Sauda” is an organization of :
               Ans:Punjab
31.The Keralite participated in the Intenational Labour Organisation held in May-June 2007 :
               Ans:Thampan Thomas.
32. Founder of Alappuzha City ?
               Ans: Raja Kesava Das
33.Total number of Cabinet Ministers from Kerala in the Ministry of Dr. Manmohan Singh:
               Ans: 2
34.Insat 4B was launched by the European Space Agency Rocket called:
               Ans:Arian 5
35.Psoriasis disease is evident in :
               Ans:Skin
36.Market Regulations introduced by :
               Ans:Khiljis
37.The year of Colachal battle:
               Ans:1741
38.Agama Sidhantha is the Sacred book of :
               Ans:Jains
39.Muziris had trade relation with
               Ans:Rome
40.”Ariyittuvazhcha”was the coronation ceremony of:
               Ans:Zamorins
41.The name Puducherry for Pondicherry was effected from:
               Ans:01-10-2006


42.Three language formula for educstion was proposed by :
               Ans:Kothari Commission.
43.The 9th I.C.U. of Medical college, Trivandrum was inaugurated by:
               Ans:None of the answers are coorect.
44.Life Term Achievement award of Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academey of 2007 went to:
               Ans:Santha Devi

45.The first match in the 2007 Cricket World Cup was between :
               Ans:West Indies and Pakistan.

46.Vayalar Award of 2006 presented to :
               Ans:Sethu.(“Adayalangal”)
47.Author of “Coolie”:
               Ans:Mulkraj Anand
48.Find the odd who was not honoured by the Leeds University for the contribution in cinema in 2007:
(a)Amitab Bhachan (b) Shilpa Setti (c)shabana Azmi (d)Yash Chopra

               Ans:Shilpa Setti
49.The hottest zone between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricon:
               Ans:Torrid Zone
50. The river known as Dakshin Ganga is :
               Ans:Kaveri

              51.The strait connecting the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea:
               Ans:Palk Stait
52.The odd among the following:
(a)Gonu (b)Tsunami (c)Ivan (d)Tornado
               Ans:Tsunami
53.Annapurna Scheme aims at:
               Ans:Senior Citizens
54.The late entrant of the G8:
               Ans:Russia
55.China’s East Project projected for the solution of :
               Ans:Energy Problem
56.Fastest Planet:
               Ans:Mercury
57.H-1B Visas are
               Ans:Non-immigrant Visas.
58.”The Joy of Numbers” was written by:
               Ans:Sakunthala Devi.
59.The King who abolished “Pulappedi”
               Ans:Unni Kerala Varma(Veera Kerala Verma)

60.The Kerala Monsoon Fishery(Pelagic)Protection bill enabled:
               Ans:the engagement of Pelagic fishing in monsoon to traditional fishermen.

61.”Gavisti” a term related to :
               Ans:Vedic Culture
62.The birth place of 24th Thirthankara:
               Ans:Kundala Grama( Mahaveeran was the 24th Thirthankara)
63.the first Persian ruler who conquered Gandhara:
               Ans:Darius I
64.”Brown shirts” was a:
               Ans:Volunteer militia of Hitler
65.Mesopotamia, the Greek word means:
               Ans:The land between rivers.
66.fundamental feature of Neolithic culture was the use of :
               Ans:Microlithics
67.Kerala Panchayath Raj Bill was introduced in the year:
               Ans:1994
68.Kerala’s output by export during2005-2006 was:
               Ans:12,000 crore.

69.”Ente Maram” Project was undertaken by:
               Ans:Education and Forests departments.
70.Science of Soils called:
               Ans:Pedology
71.Unhygienic surroundings------------------health problems.
(a)Give rise to (b)Call for (c)Call off (d)Set in
               Ans:Give rise to

72.The book is not only interesting but also-----------
(a)intruding (b)intrinsic (c)endearing (d)instructive

               Ans:instructive.

73. Find the word that wrongly spelt.
(a)Courageous (b)encourage (c)Vicious (d)majistrate

               Ans:majistrate

74. Place an alphabet before the word love to get the meaning a spice (a)T (b)C (c)S (d)W

               Ans:C
75. Choose the word that is closest in meaning to the word immunity:
(a)disinclination (b)freedom (c)protection (d)apathy

               Ans:protection
76.The closest meaning of the word benevolence is:
(a)attention (b)attraction (c)patience (d)kindness

               Ans:kindness
77. The word which means false reports that damage the reputation of a person:
(a)candour (b)gander (c)banter (d)slander

               Ans:slander
78. Choose the correctly spelt word:
(a)peursue (b)purseue (c)persue (d)pursue

               Ans:pursue
79. Select the word meaning small branch:
(a)bit (b)stick (c)twig (d)log

               Ans:twig
80. Arrears best means:
(a)small pieces (b)works of art (c)unpaid debts (d)the back portion of a building

               Ans:unpaid debts
81. Choose the correct preposition for the sentence:
The thief hid all his loot--------------------------a stone
(a)below (b)under (c)beneath (d)by

               Ans:under

82. I don’t want you to be disappointed ----------------- me
(a)with (b)about (c)for (d)at

               Ans:with

83. He said, ”I must go at once”. Change into indirect speech:
(a) He said that he had to go at once
(b) He said that he would go at once
(c) He said that he must have gone at once
(d) He said that he had had to go at once

               Ans: He said that he had to go at once

84. Change into indirect speech: ‘Oh dear! I’ve lost my purse’,she said:
(a) She said that she lost her purse
(b) She exclaimed that she had lost her purse
(c) She said that she had lost her purse
(d) She expressed that she had lost her purse

               Ans: She exclaimed that she had lost her purse

85. He became philosopher, -------------------------?
(a)didn’t he (b)did he (c)has he (d)hasn’t he


               Ans:didn’t he
86. I meant ----------------- your attention to this matter
(a)to be called (b)to call (c)to calling (d)to had called

               Ans:to call

87. The car pulled -------------- before the front door.
(a)up (b)at (c)by (d)on

               Ans:up

88. Home is ---------------- sweetest place on the earth.
(a)out (b)the (c)a (d)an

               Ans:the

89. Choose the correct sentence:
(a)The committee are in session (b) The committee is in session
(a)The committee were in session (b) The committee to be in session

               Ans: The committee is in session

90. The opposite of vice is:
(a)wickedness (b)goodness (c)virtue (d)silence

               Ans: virtue

91. The idiom storm in the tea cup means:
(a)no fuss over trivial matter (b)big fuss over trivial matter
(c)clever idea (d)sudden inspiration

               Ans: big fuss over trivial matter

92. The mansion was pulled down to make way for a housing complex. The words italicized mean:
(a)Brought (b)Constructed (c)demolished (d)broken

               Ans:demolished

93. Most of the people in India live from hand to mouth. The closest meaning to this idiom is:
(a) a life of plenty providing for the future
(b) with moderate provision for the future
(c) without any provision for the future
(d) with some provision for the future

               Ans: without any provision for the future

94. He is quite at sea. At sea means:
(a)by the sea (b)lost in thought (c)determined (d)confused
               Ans:confused

95. Mark stands well with his boss. Stands well closely means:
(a) Mark is well thought of by his boss
(b) Mark is not well thought of by his boss
(c) Boss is well thought of by mark
(d) Boss is not well thought of by mark

               Ans: Mark is well thought of by his boss

96. I save money by ----------- smoking.
(a)carefully (b)frequently (c)ever (d)never

               Ans:never

97. I ------------- prefer coffee.
(a)ever (b)usually (c)forever (d)never

               Ans:usually

98. There is a cat in the kitchen. --------------------- is drinking milk.
(a)It (b)He (c)She (d)Them

               Ans:It
99. They sell -------------- dresses in that store.
(a)lady (b)lady’s (c)ladies (d)ladies’

               Ans:ladies’

100. --------------- bread and butter the only thing you have for me?
(a)Wasn’t (b)Are (c)Is (d)Aren’t

               Ans:Is

SOLVED PAPER OF ASSISTANT GRADE-II IN KERALA FOREST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD, EXAM HELD ON 15/10/2009

1. Who captained the Pakistan side which won the ICC world Twenty 20 Championship 2009?
Younis Khan

2. Who won the Kendra Sahitya Academy award in 2008 for the collection of essays ‘Madhuram Ninte Jeevitham’ in Malayalam?
K.P.Appan

3. Human Rights Day is celebrated on :
December 10

4. Who won India’s first ever individual Olympic gold medal?
Abhinav bindra

5. What is the name of the instrument used to measure relative humidity?
Hygro meter

6. The Oscar winning film “Slumdog Millionaire” was written by :
Simon Beaufoy

7. Who is the author who created the character “Sherlock Holmes”?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

8. The first Non-congress Prime Minister of India was :
Morarji Desai

9. When there is a market dominated by a small number of sellers-what is this situation called?
Oligopoly

10. “High Performance Delivered” is the tag line of which company?
Accenture

11. Who was the first Indian Governor General of India?
C.Rajagopalachari

12. What does a Numismatist collect?
Coins

13. Which chemical compound is commonly known as “Quicklime”?
Calcium Oxide

14. Who became the first Indian to present a Golden Globe Award?
Shahrukh Khan

15. The age of a tree can be determined by :
Counting the annual growth rings of its stem.

16. Which one of the following is essentially a solo dance?
(a) Kuchipudi (b)Kathak (c)Mohiniattam (d)Manipuri
Ans:Mohiniattom

17. Who is the author of the novel “Alchemist”?
Paulo Coelho

18. Which European country is known as the “Land of the Midnight Sun”?
Norway

19. Where did Budha die?
Kusinagara

20. The video game console “Wii” is a product of ?
Nintendo

21. J.D.Power is a name associated with:
An automobile customer survey organization

22. What does ICANN stand for?
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number

23. “Lisbon Treaty” is the treaty accepted/adopted by the members of which of the following organizations recently?
(a)NATO (b) SAARC (c) NSC (d) European Union
Ans: European Union

24. Who is called the “Frontier Gandhi”?
Khan Abdul Ghaffer Khan

25. Which of the following is not a leap year?
(a)2152 (b)2000 (c)2100 (d)None of these.
Ans: 2100

26. Who was the first woman Chief Minister in India?
Sucheta Kripalani

27. Where is the Headquarters of Amnesty International located?
London

28. Who was the chief guest at the India’s 60th Republic Day celebrations on 26th January, 2009?
Nurusultan Nazarbeyev

29. What do the letters XP stand for in the product Microsoft XP?
Experience

30. Which country will host the 2010 FIFA World Cup?
Brazil
Choose appropriate word or expression to complete the following sentences:

31. I promised to --------- her daughter next week when she is at work.
(a) Take off (b)look for (c)look after (d)take after
Ans: Look after

32. The union and management have been ------------- ever since management proposed issuing new contracts.
(a) At loggerheads (b)at cross-purposes(c)get in touch(d)fighting a losing battle
Ans: At loggerheads

33. The box of books ----------- yesterday
(a) were opened (b)was opened (c) had opened (d)had been opened
Ans: was opened

34. ----------- do you think will win the award?
(a)Who (b)Whom (c)Whoever (d)Whomever
Ans: Who

35. A car and a bike ----- my means of transportation.
(a) had (b)will (c)are (d) is
Ans: is

36. The drug will have pernicious effect on your health.
(a) quick (b)sturdy (c)beneficial (d) prolonged
Ans: beneficial

37. Some people questioned the veracity of her story.
(a) morality (b)propriety (c) truthfulness (d)falsity
Ans: falsity

Select one word that is closest in meaning to the bold word in the sentence:
38. Business had been liquidating inventories at the rate of five billion dollars a year:
Ans: converting into cash

39. Directory Clouzot producers at the movie’s climax, just about the most gruesome scene ever shown on film.
Ans: horrifying

40. There is a significant statistical difference in the incidence of rheumatic fever in people with different blood types:
Ans: range of occurrence

41. Find the missing number 567,668,769………
870

42. In the series 4,12,36,….. What will be the 5th term?
324

43. Four boys are sitting on a bench to be photographed. Ram is to the left of Ravi. Reghu is to the right of Ravi. Rajan is between Ravi and Reghu. Who would be second from the left in the photograph ?
Rajan

44. ‘A’ can do a piece of work in 20 days. ‘B’ can do the same work in 30 days. If A and B do the work jointly, in how many days can they complete the work?
12 days

45. The mean of 80 numbers is 82.4. Later three numbers 16, 20, 11 were excluded from the list. What is the mean of the remaining numbers?
85

46. A barrel containing Kerosene is 80% full. If the barrel contains 120 litre of Kerosene, after draining out 25% of the quantity, find the capacity of the barrel?
200 litre

47. If ABCDE is represented as PQRST if PQRST is represented as VWXYZ, then what is the representation for ASTER?
VYZZX

48. Find the missing term.
ABX, DEU, GHR,…….
JKO

49. Each student in a class of 40, studies at least one of the subjects Geography, Physics and Biology. 16 study Geography, 22 Physics and 26 Biology, 5 study Geography and Physics, 14 Biology and Physics and 2 Geography, Physics and Biology. Find the number of students who study Geography, Physics but not Biology?
5

50. In a railway compartment 8 seats are vacant. In how many ways can 3 passengers sit on them?
336

51. A byte is made up of:
Eight binary digits

52. Radix in a hexadecimal system is:
Sixteen

53. Computer memory consist of:
(a)ROM (b)RAM (c)DRAM (d)All of the above
Ans: All of the above

54. A high speed memory used for temporary storage:
(a)Bus (b)RAM (c)Register (d)All of the above
Ans:Register

55. One Kilobyte represents:
1024 bytes

56. Maximum locations that can be addressed with 8 bits is:
256

57. Which display standard has highest resolution?
(a)VGA (b) EGA (c) SVGA (d) CGA
Ans:SVGA

58. EPROM is a:
Random access memory

59. CACHE is a part of :
Memory Unit

60. A compiler is a :
Program which translates high level language to machine language.

61. Which one is portable?
(a)Machine Language
(b)Assembly Language
(c) High Level Language
(d) None of the above
Ans: High level language

62. Example for an Operating system is :
(a)FORTRAN (b)COBOL (c)BASIC (d)Linux
Ans:Linux

63. Microsoft Excel is a :
Spreadsheet Package

64. Which one is an open source operating system?
(a)FORTRAN (b) UNIX (c) Windows (d) Linux
Ans:Linux

65. Laser printer technology is based on :
Creating static electrical image of the document.

66. Data is read from a CD using a :
Laser beam

67. The software that is used to generate an executable file from object files is known as :
Linker

68. Which of the following is used for data transmission through telephone lines?
(a)Router (b)Gateway (c)MODEM (d)Bridge
Ans: MODEM

69. Which of the following software is used for Desk Top Publishing?
(a)Auto Cad (b) Page Maker (c) Notepad (d)FoxPro
Ans: Page Maker

70. A micro processor has a unique:
Machine Language

71. The errors that can be pointed out by a compiler are :
Syntax errors

72. Which of the following is correct?
(a) A ROM is a random access memory
(b) Address space of a micro processor is determined by its data bus.
(c) Flash memory is volatile
(d) All of the above.
Ans: A ROM is a random access memory

73. In a “C’ program which function is executed first?
Main( )

74. The third layer in the ISO/OSI network architecture is the:
Network Layer

75. In simplex mode, data transmission is :
Unidirectional

76. In a computer network resource sharing is controlled by :
Servers

77. Which one of the following is a data input function in ‘C’ language?
(a)printf()
(b)scanf()
(c) malloc()
(d)None of the above
Ans: Scanf()

78. The name of an array in C language implies:
Address of the first element.

79. Indicate the false statement:
(a)Flow chart is a graphical representation of an algorithm.
(b)SRAM is faster than DRAM
(c)Interpreter is faster than compiler
(d) C is a case sensitive language
Ans: Interpreter is faster than compiler

80. Minimum number of arguments to be passed to a function:
0

81. The size of a character variable is :
1 byte

82. Primary objective of a real time computer system is :
Fast response

83. In the OSI -7 layer model a router device works at the :
Network Layer

84. An operating system that supports multi-user environment:
(a)Linux (b)Unix (c)Windows NT (d)All of the above
Ans: All of the above

85. A device that connects two LANs.
Bridge

86. A node on a computer network can be a:
(a)Server (b)Printer (c)workstation (d)Any of the above
Ans: Any of the above

87. In an office network which resources are shared?
(a) Data (b) Hardware (c)Software (d)All of the above.
Ans: All of the above

88. A topology in which all nodes are connected in a single cable is known as :
Bus

89. Computer programs those copies itself repeatedly in memory or on a network is known as :
Worm

90. Internet transmission usually use:
TCP/IP

91. Decimal equivalent to hexa decimal number 10 is :
16

92. Virtual memory techniques make use of a part of the :
Secondary memory

93. A term used to compare processing speed of different computers is :
MIPS

94. Range of signed numbers that can be stored in an 8 bit register is :
-128 to 127

95. HTTP stand for :
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

96. MODEM is a :
A device for modulation and demodulation

97. Which of the following is an object oriented language?
(a)FORTRAN (b) COBOL (c) PASCAL (c)C++
Ans: C++

98. Which of the following is not a web browser?
(a)Internet Explorer
(b)Google
(c)Netscape
(d)Mozilla
Ans: google

99. What is the key board shortcut for pasting an object?
Ctrl + v

100. Error in a computer program are called:
Bugs.

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ECONOMICS
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LITERATURE
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