Model Question and Answers for Preparing Kerala PSC

 Chemical Co-ordination in Animals

1)      Which Gland is commonly known as Biological clock?

Answer: Pineal gland

2)      Hormone produced more in darkness?

Answer: Melatonin

3)      Gland like pink leaf?

Answer: Pancreas

4)      The gland that secretes both an Enzyme and a hormone?

Answer: Pancreas

5)      The gland which has both endocrine and exocrine function?

Answer: Pancreas

6)      The Endocrine part of the pancreas is known as:

Answer: Islets of langerhans

7)      Alpha cells of Islets secrete?

Answer: Glucogen

8)      Beta cells of Islets secrete?

Answer: Insulin

9)      Hormone which controls the level of sugar in the body?

Answer: Insulin

10)  Deficiency of Insulin leads to excess sugar in the blood known as?

Answer: Diabetes mellitus

11)  Birth hormone?

Answer: Oxytoxin

12)  Milk ejection hormone?

Answer: Oxytoxin

13)  Hormone secreted by hypothalamus?

Answer: Vasopressin and Oxytoxin

14)  An Anti Diuretic Hormone (ADH)?

Answer: Vasopressin

15)  Hyposecretion of ADH causes a disorder known as?

Answer: Diabetes insipidus

16)  Hormone promotes the reabsorption of water by kidney tubules?

Answer: Vasopressin

17)  Supra renal gland?

Answer: Adrenal gland

18)  Pyramid shaped yellowish gland situated over the kidney?

Answer: Adrenal glands

19)  Emergency gland?

Answer: Adrenal glands

20)  Emergency Hormone?

Answer: Adrenaline

21)  Hormone raises the rate of heart beat and blood pressure?

Answer: Adrenaline

22)  Antistrees hormone?

Answer: Cortiso

23)  Male sex hormone?

Answer: Androgens

24)  Female sex hormone?

Answer: Oestrogens

25)  Pregnancy hormone?

Answer: Progesterone

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Assistant Insurance Medical Officer (Homoeo) Exam Syllabus and Date of Exam.

Kerala PSC Medical Officer Examination October 2013

Post Name: Medical Officer ( Homoeo ) / Assistant Insurance Medical Officer ( Homoeo ).

Category Numbers: 619/2012 or 620/2012 or 630/2012.

Department: Homoeopathy / Insurance Medical Services.

Examination Date: 04/10/2013 Friday 08.00 AM to 09.15 AM.

Exam Syllabus

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

Main Topics:

Part I – India-National Movement.
Part II – Kerala-Renaissance and its leaders.
Part III – Questions based on Degree in Homoeopathy.

Maximum Marks: 100 
Exam Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes.
Medium of Questions: English.

Candidates can download the Admission Tickets through their One Time Registration Profile in the Website www.keralapsc.gov.in from 15/09/2013.

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Arjuna Award 2013

Ø        Virat Kohli (Cricket)

Ø        Chekrovolu Swuro (Archery)

Ø        Renjith Maheshwary (Athletics)

Ø        P V Sindhu (Badminton)

Ø        Kavita Chahal(Boxing)

Ø        Rupesh Shah (Snooker)

Ø        Gaganjeet Bhullar (Golf)

Ø        Saba Anjum (Hockey)

Ø        Rajkumari Rathore (Shooting)

Ø        Joshna Chinappa(Squash)

Ø        Mouma Das (Table Tennis)

Ø        Neha Rathi (Wrestling)

Ø        Dharmendra Dalal (Wrestling)

Ø        Amit Kumar Saroha (Athletics)

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Solved Question paper for Kerala PSC Welfare Officer Grade 2

Solved Previous Question paper of Kerala PSC Welfare Officer Grade 2

1. The total length of the coastline of Kerala?

Answer: 580 kms.

2. Yakshagana is a dance drama from …………...?

Answer: Karnataka

3. ………… Vitamin is also known as Thiamine?

Answer: Vitamin B1

4.Otology is the study of ……………?

Answer: Diseases of the ear

5. Pedology is the study of …………….?

Answer: Soil

6. Article ............... of the Constitution of India forbids the Practice of untouchability in any form?

Answer: 17

7. The main metal used by the Indus Valley people was ……………?

Answer: Copper

8. The Vedic saying ‘war begins in the minds of men’ appears in .............?

Answer: Atharva Veda

9. The Rowlatt Act was passed in ...............?

Answer: 1919

10. The concept of Directive Principles was borrowed from the Constitution of ………..?

Answer: Ireland

11. The minimum age prescribed for the election to the post of the President of India is?

Answer: 35

12. The Panchayat Raj was first introduced in the State of .............?

Answer: Rajasthan

13. Bodh Gaya is situated in?

Answer: Bihar

14. The place known as the Queen of the Nilgiris is ............?

Answer: Ootacamund (Ootty)

15. Decibel is a unit of ..............?

Answer: Sound

16. The first Indian Communication Satellite is known as ................?

Answer: Apple

17. Hortus Malabaricus was written in ............... language?

Answer: Latin

18. World Environment Day is on ..............?

Answer: June 5

19. Human Rights Day is observed on ................?

Answer: December 10

20. In Which year was the Asian Development Bank set up?

Answer: 1966

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Basic General Knowledge

• In 1974 India surprised the world by exploding a "nuclear device" in an underground test in ......... state.

Answer:Rajastan

• The cheapest transport in India is:

Answer: Water transport

• Public health and sanitation, under the Indian Constitution fall in ......... list.

Answer: State list

• The festival kumbhamela is celebrated in:

Answer: Uttar Pradesh

• Varika Vrika Sahajare ......... these malayalam poetic lines had been written by:

Answer: Amsi Narayana pillai

• The largest planet is:

Answer: Jupiter

• Name the capital of Switzerland:

Answer: Berne

• Who wrote Asian Drama?

Answer: Gunnar Myr Dal

• Pneumonia affects:

Answer: Lungs

• Arms and the man is a drama written by:

Answer: Bernard Shaw

• One word for a group of islands.

Answer:Archipelago

•  The game chess had its origin in:

Answer: India

• How many bones are there in the human body?

Answer: 206

•  The first Cricketer who complete 300 one day internationals.

Answer: Wasim Akram

• Who published ‘Horthus Malabaricus’?

Answer: The Dutch

•  ‘Kovilan’ is the pen name of:

Answer: V.V. Ayyappan

• Who was the first Education Minister of Kerala State?

Answer: Joseph Mundasseri

• The Idukki dam is across the river:

Answer: Periyar

• The first month of the Saka era is:

Answer: Chaithra

•  The production of which commodity was the subject of Brown Revolution?

Answer: Leather

•  The efforts to increase the production of ......... was given the name of Blue Revolution?

Answer: Fish

•  Black Revolution associated with the production of .........?

Answer: Petroleum

•  Operation Flood associated with the increase in the production of .........?

Answer: Milk

•  Who is known as the ‘Father of White Revolution’?

Answer: Dr. Varghese Kurien

• Which country is the leading producer of vegetables?

Answer: India

•  Which is the major type of soil in India?

Answer: Alluvial Soil

•  Black Soil is best suited for the cultivation of .........?

Answer: Cotton

• Which country is the leading producer of rice and wheat?

Answer: China

•  Which country is the leading producer of wheat?

Answer: India

•  ......... Is the leading of producer of tea in the world?

Answer: China

• Which is the major soil type found in Kerala?

Answer: Laterite Soil

• Which is the leading Rice producer state in India?

Answer: West Bengal

• Who authored the Bok ‘The One Straw Revolution’?

Answer: Masanobu Fukuoka

• Who is known as ‘The Father of Organic Farming’?

Answer: Albert Howard

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