PSC Questions & Answers

1. How many times in a year, day and night are of equal duration anywhere on earth?   Ans : Twice
2. Which one of the following is a major port on the East Coast of India?    Ans : Vishakhapattnam
3. The approximate circumference of the Earth is?   Ans : 40075 km
4. The main river flowing in the State of Jammu & Kashmir is   Ans : Indus
5. Which of the following Countries in South Asia are land-locked?     Ans : Bhutan and Nepal
6. The state in South India with a thermal station at Tuticorin is?      Ans : Tamil Nadu
7. The mountain range which stretches from Gujarat in the West to Delhi in the North is the?   Ans : Aravallis
8.  The planet closet to the the sun is?   Ans : Mercury
9. The tide at its maximum height is known as?     Ans : Spring tide
10. Which one is not a port on the east coast?    Ans : Cochin
11. The largest island in the Indian Ocean is?   Ans : Madagascar
12. For which of the following crops does India have the largest cultivated area in the world?   Ans : Rice
13. This state contributes 70% of India's coffee and silk. Name this state?   Ans : Karnataka
14. The tide produced in an ocean when the pull on the Earth by the Sun and Moon isunidirectional is called?   Ans : Spring tide
15. The Gulf Stream is an ocean current which begins?     Ans : Off the coast of Florida
16. India is its largest producer and it is found in the black sand on the beaches near Cape Comorin, the southernmost part of India?   Ans : Kyanite
17. The Keibul Lamjao, the only floating National Park in the world is in?     Ans : Manipur
18. East West corridor comprising National Highways connects?    Ans : Silchar to Porbander
19. Tapti river originates from?  Ans : Satpura range
20. Sriharikota is situated in?   Ans : Andhra Pradesh
21. The Obra city is famous for?    Ans : Thermal Power Plant
22. Kanyakumari is situated in?   Ans : Tamil Nadu
23. 'Ayodhya', which was in news, is a place in?  Ans : Uttar Pradesh
24. Diu is an island off?    Ans : Gujarat
25. Which of the following is a land-locked sea?   Ans : Aral Sea
26. Shivasamudram Falls is found in the course of river?    Ans : Cauvery
27. Troposphere is the hottest part of the atmosphere because?    Ans : it is heated by the Earth's surface
28. The outermost layer of the Sun is called?     Ans : Corona
29. For what is the Manas sanctuary in Assam known?   Ans : Elephants
30. Mana Pass is located in?     Ans : Uttarakhand
31. Which one of the following is the unit of measure of the thickness of the ozone layer of the atmosphere?     Ans : Dobson
32. Which of the following is grown mainly on mountain slopes?     Ans : Tea
33. Black soil is not very suitable for the growth of?    Ans : Ground nut
34. Which of the following is the smallest ocean of the world?    Ans : Arctic
35. Where is Copacabana Beach located?   Ans : Rio de Janeiro
36. Which of the following states has the largest reserve of copper ore?      Ans : Rajasthan
37. The tail of a comet always points?   Ans : Away from the Sun
38. Which was the principal plant used in Green Revolution?     Ans : Mexican Wheat
39. Which tribe of Uttarakhand practices transhumance?      Ans : Bhotia
40. On which river is Jog falls- the biggest waterfall of India?      Ans : Sherawati
41. In India which one of the following is not a natural harbour?    Ans : Chennai
42. Where is the 'Black Pagoda'?   Ans : Konark
43. The second largest Island (next to Greenland) of the world is?   Ans : New Guinea
44. The largest part of our hydrosphere is?    Ans : Pacific ocean
45. The ozone is situated in?   Ans : Stratosphere
46. Which one of the following Indian Island lies in between India and Srilanka?   Ans : Rameshwaram
47. Which one of the following areas of India does not come under the zone of high seismic intensity?     Ans : Karnataka Plateau
48. Which one of these is not included in the geographical group of countries known as OCEANIA?   Ans : Indonesia
49. Which of the following countries is the largest producer/ exporter of castor-oilseeds?     Ans : India
50. The total length of Earths's equator is about?     Ans : 40,000 km

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PSC Questions & Answers

1. The soil formed by wind bust in and around hot deserts is called?      Ans : sandy soil
2. Which one among the following is the type of the Comoros Islands which lie in the Indian Ocean between Northern Madagascar and the African Coast?     Ans : Volcanic
3. If news is broadcast from London at 10:30 AM, at what time it will be heard at Baghdad (45 degree E)?   Ans : 1:30 PM
4. If you travel along the Suez Canal from Port Said to Suez, you will come across several lakes. which of the following lakes is not on this Canal?     Ans : Lake Gatun
5. Duncan passage is located between?     Ans : South and Little Andaman
6. The main area of production of icebergs is found in?    Ans : the West Coast of Greenland
7. The Indian research station Himadri is located at?     Ans : Arctic Region
8. Wind actions create 'Mushroom rocks' which are usually found in?    Ans : Deserts
9. The most abundant gas in the earth's atmosphere is?  Ans : Nitrogen
10. Which of these continents has maximum per capita land?  Ans : Australia
11. Through which mountain range passes the Konkan Railway Track?  Ans : Western Ghat
12. Lighting and Thundering are the characteristic feature of?   Ans : Troposphere
13. Which of these volcanoes is called the 'Light House of the Mediterranean'?   Ans : Stramboli
14. Major producer of mulberry silk in India is?  Ans : Karnataka
15. The Chilka Lake Region is situated between the deltas of?   Ans : Mahanadi and Godavari
16. Which of the following countries is the largest rice producing nation in the world?  Ans : China
17. Guwahati is situated on the bank of the river? Ans : Brahmaputra
18. Kanchenjunga is situated in?  Ans : Sikkim
19. With which set of the following countries has Arunachal Pradesh common border?  Ans : Bhutan, China & Myanmar
20. Eclipses occur due to which optical phenomena?  Ans : Rectilinear propagation
21. The least populated State in India is?  Ans : Sikkim
22. In which one of the following States is Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary located?   Ans : Karnataka
23. The city of Nashik is situated on the bank of which one of the following rivers?    Ans : Godavari
24. The nearest planet of the Sun is?   Ans : Mercury
25. The word 'Bergschurnd' is associated with the?    Ans : works of glaciers
26. Aphelion position of the earth occurs is?    Ans : July 4 
27. Tunga Bhadra is a tributary of ?  Ans : Krishna river 
28. Which of the following states was previously known as NEFA?   Ans : Arunachal Pradesh
29. True desert in Rajasthan is known as?  Ans : Marusthali
30. Between Elburz and Zagros lies?   Ans : Iranian plateau
31. The mountains which are not a part of the Himalayan chain?    Ans : Hindukush
32. What is meant by the term "midnight sun"?     Ans : Sun shining in the polar circle for long time
33. The longest dam in India is?    Ans : Hirakud Dam
34. Mudumalai Sanctuary is famous for?    Ans : Elephants
35. Which mineral is the ore of aluminium?   Ans : Bauxite
36. What is the occupation of the people of polar region?  Ans : Livestock rearing
37. Sundarban forests are coastal forests of?     Ans : Ganges Delta
38. ____ Harbour is protected by a rocky headland called Dolphin's Nose?    Ans : Visakhapatnam
39. Tata Iron and Steel Industries was established in the year?  Ans : 1907
40. The biggest salt water lake in the world is?   Ans : Caspian Sea
41. South Africa is the chief producer of?  Ans : Gold
42. The Narmada and the Tapti rivers enter the?  Ans : Arabian Sea
43. In which one of the following countries is the volcano Guallatiri located?    Ans : Chile
44. Rivers that originate in the Mansarovar region?     Ans : Indus, Sutlej, Brahmaputra
45. The largest continent in terms of area is?    Ans : Asia
46. Which is the 3rd nearest planet to the Sun?     Ans : Earth
47. A region of weak winds is called?   Ans : Doldrum
48. Which of the following Union Territories of Indian has more than one district?    Ans : Puducherry
49. Mt. Godwin Austen is one of the highest peaks of the Himalayas. It is also known as?   Ans : K2 
50. Lakshadweep is a group of how many islands?   Ans : 36

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Kerala PSC Excise Preventive Officer Examination Date & Syllabus August 2013

Post Name: Excise Preventive Officer.

Category Number: 503/2012.

Department: Excise (Excise and Prohibition Subordinate Service).

Examination Date: 31/08/2013 Saturday 02.00 PM to 03.15 PM.

Examination Syllabus : 

An Objective Type Test (OMR Valuation) based on the qualification prescribed for the post.

Main Topics:

Part I - General Knowledge & current Affairs.

Part II -General English.

Part III - Simple Arithmetic.

Maximum Marks: 100

Exam Duration: 1.15 Hours

Medium of Questions: English.

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Kerala PSC Lower Division Clerk Exam 2013 Exam Syllabus and Time Table

Kerala PSC LDC Examination 2013

Kerala PSC LDC Examination Dates

Sl no	District	Time
1	Thiruvananthapuram & Kasaragod	November 9, 2013
2	Kollam & Kannur	November 23, 2013
3	Pathanamthitta & Thrissur	December 7, 2013
4	Ernakulam & Wayanad	January 4, 2014
5	Alappuzha & Kozhikode	January 18, 2014
6	Kottayam & Palakkad	February 8, 2014
7	Idukki & Malappuram	February 22, 2014
8	Departmental Test	March 1, 2014

Qualification of LDC 2013 Qualification of LDC 2013 Examination is SSLC and the medium of questions will be in Malayalam. You can submit your application through your one time registration profile until 4th September 2013.

Syllabus Part I - Simple Arithmetic and Mental Ability Part II - General knowledge and Current Affairs Part III - General English Part IV - Regional Language (Malayalam/Tamil/Kannada) Total Marks – 100 Duration of OMR Test – 75 Minutes

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Kerala PSC Lower Division Clerk Exam 2013 Expected Questions and Answers

Kerala PSC Lower Division Clerk Exam 2013 Expected Questions and Answers The law of electrolysis was formulated by?              Answer: Michael Faraday Hydro power is the term used for electricity produced through?              Answer: Water The reaction in torch cell is?              Answer: Electrochemical Electric current flowing always in the same direction?              Answer: Direct Current (DC) Father of Electricity?              Answer: Michael Faraday The ordered flow of charges in a conductor is called?              Answer: Electric current The unit of current?              Answer: Ampere The substance that allows electric charges to flow through it?              Answer: Conductor The best conductor of Electricity?              Answer: Silver The substance that does not allow current to flow through it?              Answer: Insulators The unit of electric charge?              Answer: Coulomb A device that maintains a constant potential difference across its terminals for a long time?              Answer: Cell The fuse is a piece of wire made of?              Answer: Bismuth alloy The instrument used to measure electric current in a circuit is called?              Answer: Ammeter Unit of electric potential?              Answer: Volt Commercial unit of electricity?              Answer: KWH (Kilowatt Hour) An instrument used to measure the electrical energy consumed in Kwh?              Answer: Watt-hour meter The potential difference measured in volt is called?              Answer: Voltage The EMF of a dry cell is:              Answer: 1.5 volt The source of EMF containing two or more cells is called?              Answer: Battery The electric current which changes its direction at regular intervals of time?              Answer: Alternating Current (AC) Voltage of AC in our household circuit?              Answer: 230 V Sodium kept in?              Answer: Kerosene Cooking gas contains more than 90%?              Answer: Butane Purest form of Carbon?              Answer: Diamond Biogas mainly contains?              Answer: Methane The most abundant Alkali metal is?              Answer: Sodium The metal used for Galvanisation of Iron sheets?              Answer: Zinc The wire of flash bulb is made up of?              Answer: Magnesium The content of the LPG Cylinder is in the form of?              Answer: Liquid Aspirin was invented by?              Answer: Felix Hoffmann Which catalyst used in the manufacture of Sulphuric Acid?              Answer: Vanadium Pentoxide Which instrument is used for the preparation of Hydrogen Sulphide in the laboratory?              Answer: Kipp’s Apparatus The raw materials from which Rayon is manufactured?              Answer: Cellulose Mercury is a?              Answer: Metal Gases used in cigarette lighters?              Answer: Butane The raw material used in the manufacture of Cement?              Answer: Limestone and Gypsum Freon-12 is used as?              Answer: Herbicide Mineral present in School Chalk?              Answer: Gypsum The material that is present in photo films?              Answer: Silver Lead pencil consists of?              Answer: Clay and Graphite Number of Hydrogen Isotopes?              Answer: 3 Oil of Vitriol is?              Answer: Sulphuric acid White Vitriol?              Answer: Zinc Sulphate Substance is popularly known as Super Liquid?              Answer: Liquid Helium Number of terminals in a Battery?              Answer: Two Avagadro’s Law is applicable to?              Answer: Gases Chemical element has the atomic number 1?              Answer: Hydrogen One most important compound responsible for Ozone Layer Depletion is?              Answer: Chloroflurocarbons Town gas is?              Answer: Coal gas The sweetest sugar is?              Answer: Fructose Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament?             Ans. Dadabhai Naoroji Which colour of light travels most slowly through glass?             Ans. Red Ecology deals with organism and:             Ans. environment The fibre glass yacht which completed a 30,000 nautical mile global expedition from Mumbai from September 1985 to January 1987 was:             Ans. Trishna India joined the United Nations in the year:              Ans. 1945 Sri. V Krishna Moorthy who was arrested and imprisoned in connection with the security scam was then working as:             Ans. a member of Planning Commission Punjab was annexed to British Territories in the year:             Ans. 1849 The monsoon which brings rain in Kerala during the period October-November is called:             Ans. North east monsoon AIDS is the short form of deadly disease called:              Ans. Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome The word’s only monarchy in which the king is elected by secret ballet among State rules:             Ans. Malaysia The first Muslim ruler in India to introduce the standing army was:              Ans. Ala-ud –Din-Khilji On a rainy afternoon in which direction is the rainbow season?             Ans. East The rules of Delhi Sultanate patronized one of the following languages:             Ans. Persian Equatorial region is natural region lying between:             Ans. 50 North and 50 South of the equator The National Highway which connects Kanyakumari and Salem passing through Kerala is:             Ans. NH 47 English was introduced as medium of instruction for University Education in India in the year 1838 by:             Ans. Lord Macaulay The spinning of Earth on its axis is called:             Ans. Rotation B The Chairman of the join Parliamentary Committee who enquired in to the stock market scandal was:             Ans. Ram Nivas Mirdha  What are the constituent elements of sugar?              Answer. Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen What is known as Table sugar?              Answer. Sucrose Which sugar is used by the cells as the primary source of energy?              Answer. Glucose Name the sugar which is most commonly present in the fruits?             Answer. Fructose What is also known in the names dextrose and grape sugar?             Answer. Glucose What is known as fruit sugar?             Answer. Fructose What is the sweetest of all naturally occurring carbohydrates?              Answer. Fructose What is the average PH of honey?             Answer. 3.9 Which is the leading sugar in the honey?             Answer. Fructose Which is the antiseptic present in honey?             Answer. Hydrogen peroxide What is usually called as paraffin?              Answer. Kerosene Name the Canadian Geologist who invented Kerosene?             Answer. Abraham Pineo Gesner What are the ingredients in Kerosene?              Answer. Carbon and Hydrogen What is the full form of LPG?              Answer. Liquefied Petroleum Gas What is the main constituent in the LPG?             Answer. Propane What is added to LPG to help warn of gas leaks?              Answer. Ethanethiol or Ethyl mercaptan What is the Chemical name of the bleaching powder?             Answer. Calcium hypochlorite What is the chemical name of the Table salt?              Answer. Sodium Chloride What gives hardness to water?             Answer. Chlorides and sulfates of calcium and magnesium Which gases are the constituents of the Ammonia gas?               Answer. Nitrogen and hydrogen What is produced through the Haber-Bosch process?             Answer. Ammonia Which chemical is used in the cloud seeding or the artificial rain?             Answer. Silver iodide What is ‘Dry Ice’?             Answer. Solid Carbon Dioxide What was once called ‘Lunar caustic’?              Answer. Silver Nitrate Which chemical is also known in the names ‘Blue vitriol and Bluestone’?             Answer. Copper sulphate Who founded the Maurya dynasty?              Answer: Chandragupta Maurya Who founded the Gupta empire?              Answer: Maharaja Sri Gupta Who founded the Sunga dynasty?              Answer: Pusyamitra Sunga The founder of Kanva dynasty?              Answer: Vasudeva Kadphises founded ........ dynasty.              Answer: Kushana Jayasimha is the founder of ....... dynasty.               Answer: Chalukya Who founded the Satavahana dynasty?               Answer: Simukha The Rashtrakuta dynasty was founded by:               Answer: Dantidurga Vijayalaya founded ........ dynasty.               Answer: Chola The founder of Vakataka dynasty:                Answer: Vindyasakthi The Solanki dynasty was founded by:                Answer: Mulraj Toramana is founder of ......... rule in India.                Answer: Huna Vardhana dynasty was founded by:               Answer: Pushyabhuti The founder of Pallava dynasty:               Answer: Simhavishnu The Slave dynasty was founded by:                Answer: Qutubbdin Aibek The Khilji dynasty was founded by:                Answer: Jalaluddin Khilji The founder of Tughlaq dynasty:                 Answer: Ghiassudin Tughlaq The founder of Sayyid dynasty:                 Answer: Khizr Khan Who founded the Lodi dynasty?                 Answer: Bahlul Lodi The founder of Mughal dynasty:                 Answer: Babur Who is regarded as the real founder of Mughal empire in India:                  Answer: Akbar Sher Shah founded ........ dynasty:                  Answer: Sur The founder of Pala dynasty:                  Answer: Gopala Bahmani dynasty was founded by:                  Answer: Hassan Harihara and Bukka founded ......... empire.                  Answer: Vijaynagar The Scientist who won Nobel Prize for Chemistry in the              Year  2009:(PSC KSRTC Clerk / Conductor Exam 2010)                  Ans. Venkata Raman Ramakrishnan The chemical name of Baking Soda is: (PSC SI Examination2010)                  Ans. Sodium bicarbonate The person who ordered Jallianwala Bagh Massacre:                  Ans. General Dyer The word ‘Pakistan’ was invented by a Cambridge student namely:                  Ans. Choudhari Rahmat Ali The study of Sports and Games is known as:                   Ans. Acrobatics Author of the book ‘Lottery Vivadam Mattoru Choothattom’ is:                   Ans. Dr. Thomas Isaac The two ancient cities of Mohenjodaro and Harappa are now in:                   (PSC  previous question from Divisional Accountant 2002 Exam)                  Ans. Pakistan The currency of Russia is: (Junior Lab Assistant PSC                   Question Paper 2006 exam)                   Ans. Rouble Who among the following is the chairperson of                    NHRC: (NationalHuman Rights Commission)?                 Ans. K.G. Balakrishnan Which is the capital of Jharkhand? (Kerala PSC                    Junior LabAssistant Previous Question Paper 2002)                 Ans. Ranchi "A Bend in the River" is a novel written by:                  Ans. V.S. Naipaul ‘Mark’ is the currency of:                  Ans. Germany Who discovered DNA structure? (PSC Agricultural AssistantGrade                    II previous question)                   Ans. Watson and Crick Who was the first woman Governor of India?                   Ans. Sarojini Naidu Who was the first Indian selected to Indian Civil Services?                   Ans. Satyendranath Tagore Who discovered Radium?                   Answer: Marie Curie and Pierry Curie The unit of energy or work?                   Answer: Joule Photo electric effect was explained by:                   Answer: Albert Einstein The particle which is supposed to travel faster than light:                    Answer: Tachyon Father of wireless telegraphy?                   Answer: Marconi Speed of sound at zero degree Celsius is ........ m/s?                   Answer: 331 Who was the first to measure the velocity of light?                   Answer: Roemer Pitch of a sound depends upon its:                   Answer: Frequency Short-sight in human eye can be rectified by:                   Answer: Concave lens Instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure?                  Answer: Barometer Heat transfer within the atmosphere is called?                  Answer: Advection The earpiece of a telephone converts:                   Answer: Electrical energy into sound energy The line that separates atmosphere and outer space:                   Answer: Karman line Corpuscular theory proposed by:                   Answer: Newton Water boils at ........ Kelvin.                    Answer: 373 The soil formed by wind bust in and around hot deserts is called -                     Ans: sandy soil

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