Current Affairs july 2013 {DAYS & DATES}

1) ‘ World Population Day ‘ is observed on —- ?

Ans:- July 11

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Current Affairs july 2013 {COMMITTEES IN NEWS}

 1) Who is the head of the committee constiuted by the government of India to take a suggessions regarding limit of FDI’s in different sectors?

Ans:- Arvind Mayaram

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Current Affairs july 2013 { BOOKS IN NEWS}

 1) In which country on 22 July 2013 a strong earthquake with measuring 6.6 on Richter scale , killed at least more than 50 people and injured 296 ?

Ans:- China

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Current Affairs july 2013 { ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS}

1) What is the full form of ’DGCA’ ?

Ans:-  Directorate General of Civil Aviation

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Current Affairs july 2013 {PLACES IN NEWS}

 1) In which country on 22 July 2013 a strong earthquake with measuring 6.6 on Richter scale , killed at least more than 50 people and injured 296 ?

Ans:- China

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Current Affairs july 2013 {PERSONS IN NEWS}

A) APPOINTMENTS

1) Who was appointed as the new Lt. Governor of Puducherry on 1 July 2013?
Ans:-  Virendra Kataria

2) Who was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of IDBI Bank by the Union Govt.?
Ans:- M.S. Raghavan

3) Who was appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of public sector Syndicate Bank?
Ans:- Sudhir Kumar Jain

4) Who took over as Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC) on 1 July 2013?
Ans:-Lieutenant General Anil Chait

5) Who is the Pakistan Chief selector resigned his on 4 July 2013?
Ans:-  Iqbal Qasim

6) Who was appointed as the Coach of the Senior Men’s Hockey team of India, on 10 July 2013?
Ans:- Maharaj Krishan Kaushik

7) Who was announced as the new director of Kalakshetra on 10 July 2013?
Ans:- Priyadarsini Govind

B)RESIGNS

1) Who is the Syria’s rebel interim prime minister has announced his resignation , nearly four months after his appointment and having failed to form a government on 8 July 2013 ? Ans:- Ghassan Hitto

C) DEATHS

1) Douglas Engelbart, who passed away on 2 July 2013, was associated with invention of which part of the PC?
Ans:- Mouse

2) Name the acknowledged food scientist and the former Director of the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) who died on 9 July 2013 ?
Ans:- H.A.B. Parpia

3) One of India’s senior-most ophthalmologists, who performed the first corneal transplant operation in Northern India, passed away on 12 July 2013. Who was he?
Ans:-  Dr. Dhanwant Singh Grewal

4) Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, who passed away in Milan on 13 July 2013, was main accused in which scam?
Ans:- Bofors scam

D) VISITORS

1) In which country India’s External Affairs Minister, Salman Khurshid, visited on 9th July 2013 ?
Ans:- Nepal

2) Who is the US Vice President visited India from 22 – 25 July 2013 ?
Ans:- Joe Biden

E) MISCELLANEOUS

 1) Name the Egypt’s first democratically elected President who was on 3 July 2013 ousted from his office in a military coup?
Ans:-  Mohamed Morsi

2) Wikileaks founder Julian Assange launched his political party on 25 July 2013 in Australia to contest the general elections later this year. What is the name of this party?
Ans:-  Wikileaks Party

3) What name was announced for the newborn son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Prince William and Kate Middleton)?
Ans:-  George Alexander Louis

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Current Affairs july 2013 {SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY}

1) Which university scientists recently created a 3D-printed ‘bionic’ ear?
Ans:-Princeton University

2) Who is the Indian-origin student in Australia recently developed a smartphone application which helps in detecting the breast cancer early ?
Ans:- Sanjay Sreekumar

3) Which country on 17 July 2013  launched Joint US-German space project ?
Ans:- New Zealand

4) Which country palaeontologists recently discovered the fossil of a previously unknown dinosaur, a bizarre horned beast that roamed on an island continent 76 million years ago ?
Ans:- U.S

5) What is the name of the new virus found by the French Scientists in the river water of Australia and Chile?
Ans:-”Pandoraviruses”

7) What is the name of India’s newest weather satellite, which was successfully placed in an elliptical orbit on 26 July 2013 after being launched from Kourou, French Guiana?
Ans:-  INSAT-3D

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Current Affairs july 2013 {ECONOMY}

1) The Telecom Commission of India on 2 July 2013 approved the enhancement of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in the telecom sector from 74 percent to
……………..percent.
Ans:- 100 %

2) State Bank of India, in month of July 2013 launched a card which will enable the holder to receive the remittance directly on the card. What is the name of the card?
Ans:- State Bank Xpress Money Card

3) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 15 July 2013 imposed fines of around 49.5 crore on 22 private and public sector banks. Why RBI has taken such an action?
Ans:-For violatingKYC/anti-money laundering norms

4) IT Company Satyam on 15 July 2013 formally merged with which company?
Ans:- Tech Mahindra

5) Name the Asian country which on 19 July 2013 lifted control on banks allowing them to set their own lending rates, a move to arrest slowdown and spur growth as well as to liberalise the economy?
Ans:- China

6) As per the latest data by World Federation of Exchanges, which stock exchange in India has regained its position as the world’s largest bourse in terms of volume in equity trade in June 2013?
Ans:- National Stock Exchange (NSE)

7) All public sector banks have been asked to set up ATMs in all branches to enable customers in rural pockets to do banking round-the-clock. What is the deadline for setting-up branch-ATMs for these banks?
Ans:-  March 2014

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Current Affairs july 2013 {SPORTS & GAMES}

1) Recently who became the youngest boxer from the country to clinch a gold medal at the Asian Boxing Championships held at Amman in Jordan ?
Ans:- Shiva Thapa

2) Which golfer on 14 July 2013 won the Scottish Open title?
Ans:- American golfer Phil Mickelson

3) Which country on 11 July 2013 won the West Indies Tri-Nation Series 2013 final after defeated Sri Lanka ?
Ans:- India

4) Which country boxers won nine medals in international boxing tournament held in Kikinda, Serbia ?
Ans:- India

5) Who won Swedish Open title in the final of the Swedish Open at Bastad in Sweden on 21 July 2013 ?
Ans:- Serena Williams

6) Who won the Hungarian F1 Grand Prix on 28 July 2013?

Ans:-  Lewis Hamilton

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Current Affairs july 2013 {AWARDS & HONOURS}

1) Who got the Best Actor award at 14th IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) awards 2013 held in Macau on 6th July 2013?
Ans:- Ranbir Kapoor

2) Who is the India’s first high commissioner in Britain, was honoured with a ‘Blue Plaque’ on 17 July 2013?
Ans:- VK Krishna Menon

3) On 17 July 2013 the British firm Real VNC was presented MacRobert Award by the Princess Royal for ——— ?
Ans:- Engineering Innovation

4) Which two journalists were awarded Ramnath Goenka “Journalist of the Year” award for print and broadcast categories respectively on 23 July 2013?
Ans:- Josy Joseph and Ravish Kumar

5) Habiba Sarabi, Afghanistan’s first and only female governor, was one among three recipients of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2013. She is the governor of which province of Afghanistan?
Ans:- Bamyan

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Current Affairs july 2013 {CONFERENCES}

1) The G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting was held on 19-20 July 2013 in ——– ?
Ans:- Moscow,Russia

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Current Affairs july 2013 {STATES}

1) Which state launched a state-wide ‘ Hausla ‘ family health campaign on 15 July 2013 ?
Ans:- Uttar Pradesh

2) Which state government gave its nod for tapping unfermented sap or neera from the coconut all over the state ?
Ans:- Kerala

3) Supreme Court of India on 16 July 2013 upheld a Bombay High Court verdict which quashed the state government’s order to ban dance bars in Maharashtra. In which year dance bars were banned in Maharashtra?
Ans :-  2004

4) Which state government on 17 July 2013 has decided to issue concession passes to incoming vehicles for the districts of Maharashtra and Karnataka ?
Ans:- Goa

5) Which state on 19 July 2013 announced a ban extension on nicotine-laced gutkha and paan masala ?
Ans:- Maharashtra

6) Ministry of Environment and Forests on 19 July 2013 gave green clearance for an international airport in which district of Kerala?
Ans:- Kannur

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Current Affairs july 2013 {NATIONAL}

1) Union government on 11 July 2013 approved a proposal to replace DGCA with a new aviation regulator with full operational and financial autonomy. What would be the name of new regulator?
Ans:- Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)

2) Union government on 17 July 2013 approved a proposal to amend ——— Act for providing more powers to the market regulator SEBI to crack down on Ponzi schemes?
Ans:- SEBI Act

3) On 18 July 2013 the Supreme Court  rejected the one-nation-one-test proposal for medical admissions.What was the name of this all-India medical entrance test?
Ans:-  National Eligibility Entrance Test – NEET

4) By which name will the Bengaluru International Airport be known after it was approved by the Union Cabinet on 17 July 2013?
Ans:- Kempegowda International Airport

5) Supreme Court of India on 17 July 2013 refused to reduce the age of juvenile from 18 to ——–  years and dismissed a plea that minors involved in heinous crimes should not be protected under the law.
Ans:- 16

6) Name the National Tobacco Control Campaign launched recently by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India?
Ans:- Tears You Apart

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Current Affairs july 2013 { INDIA & WORLD }

1) On 11 July 2013 India-Vietnam 15th  Joint Commission Meeting was held in ——– ?
Ans:- New Delhi

2)  India recently overtook the United States to become the top buyer of crude oil from a prominent African crude producing country. Which country is this?
Ans:- Nigeria

3) Which country on 15 July 2013 agreed to take payments for oil it sells to India entirely in rupees ?
Ans:- Iran

4) What is India’s global rank in term of number of internet users?
Ans:-  Third

5) Which country and India signed an solar power plant agreement on 22 July 2013 ?
Ans:- Nigeria

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Current Affairs July 2013 {INTERNATIONAL}

1) Name the two countries that offered asylum to US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, on 6 July 2013, who is waiting at a Moscow airport for some nation to offer him sanctuary?

Ans:- Venezuela and Nicaragua

2) The European Union (EU) launched the first formal trade dispute with Russia at the ———– ?
Ans:- World Trade Organisation (WTO)

3) Which party scored victory in the General Elections held in Bhutan for Nation Assembly, country’s parliament?
Ans:- People’s Democratic Party – PDP

4) Which country has legalized gay marriage on 17 July 2013 ?
Ans:- Britain

5) Which country moved to put more than 25,000 state workers on notice for dismissal by the end of the year ?
Ans:- Greece

6) Which country and China signed eight agreements on 5 July 2013 ?
Ans:- Pakistan

7) Which country President signed new election law on 17 July 2013 ?
Ans:- Afghanistan

8) Which country has signed an agreement to export gas to Iraq on 21 July 2013 ?
Ans:- Iran

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Questions and Answers for preparing Kerala PSC LDC Current Affairs

1. Which is the first Indian state to introduce e-GPF facility?
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh


2. Recently three astronauts reached International Space Station in six hours from Earth. Which spaceship is used by them?
Answer: Suyuz- TMA


3. Recently, the High Court of which state in India had given a verdict that all new vehicles registered in the state should run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)?
Answer: Gujarat


4. In recent times, BYOD has been making waves in the business world, with a large number of companies opening up to the concept to enhance business productivity. BYOD stands for?
Answer: Bring Your Own Device


5. Who won the high quality final match of the 12th Asian Billiards Championship 2013?
Answer: Rupesh Shah


6. Recently, which National Park was chosen for unmanned aerial survey, which is first of its kind in India?
Answer: Kaziranga National park


7. As per the provisional data released by the Central Statistical Organization (CSO), for 2012-13, which state leads all states in India with respect to economic growth?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh


8. Which is the innovative exhibition on rail, launched by Ministry of Environment for to create awareness in youth about the exceptional biodiversity of India?
Answer: Science Express Biodiversity Special (SEBS) Train


9. Which country was making news recently as it’s privately owned newspapers go on sale for the first time since 1964?
Answer: Myanmar


10. Who has been recently appointed as the new chief of NASSCOM?
Answer: Krishnakumar Natarajan


11. Who was awarded Pandit Hridaynath Lifetime Achievement award recently?
Answer: Asha Bhonsle


12. Manik Sarkar has become the Chief Minister of which state for the fourth consecutive time recently?
Answer: Tripura


13. Who has become Kenya’s fourth President?
Answer: Uhuru Kenyatta


14. Which state in India will host the World Chess Championship from November 6 to 26 in 2013?
Answer: Tamil Nadu


15. The code name given to the electronic surveillance program operated by the United States which is said to have had direct access to the communications passed through Google, Facebook, Apple and many other internet companies?
Answer: PRISM


16. According to the data released by the World Steel Association, India is ranked ………….. in the world steel production?
Answer: Fourth. The world No.1 producer is China.


17. World Ocean Day was celebrated on …………?
Answer: June 8


18. Who has registered a record 8th win in the Men’s Singles title in the French Open Tennis Tournament?
Answer: Rafael Nadal (Spain), with this win he has become the only male player to win any Grand Slam tournament eight times, and the first man to win at least one grand slam tournament for nine consecutive years.


19. Who won the Women’s Singles in the French Open Tennis Tournament?
Answer: Serena Williams (US). This is her 16th Grand Slam title.


20. Who is appointed as the new Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan?
Answer: TCA Raghavan


21. The founder of the famous Sulabh Project, who has been presented with the French award, ‘Legend of Planet’?
Answer: Bindeshwar Pathak
Sulabh International is a social service organization which works mainly in the field of sanitation to improve public health.


22. Infinity Tower, the World’s tallest twisted tower (306 meter) was inaugurated in:
Answer: Dubai


23. The young Indian shuttler who won the Thailand Open Grand Prix Badminton Trophy?
Answer: K. Srikanth


24. The multi agency body to be established by the Government of India to carry out real-time assessment of cyber security threats?
Answer: National Cyber Coordination Centre (NCCC)


25. A newly discovered layer of the Human cornea?
Answer: Dua’s Layer


26. World Blood Donor Day was observed on:
Answer: June 14


27. Which country launched ‘Shenzhou 10’, their fifth manned space mission?
Answer: China


28. The 160 year old communication service recently discontinued by the Government of India?
Answer: Telegram. It stopped working on July 14, 2013.


29. Where was this year’s G-8 summit held?
Answer: Lough Erne, Northern Ireland in United Kingdom


30. Who has been selected as the captain of the India Under-19 Cricket team?
Answer: Vijay Zol, Sanju Samson, the wicket keeper from Kerala is the Vice Captain of the team.
31. The new chairman of the Life Insurance Corporation of India?

Answer: S. K Roy


32. Who won this year’s Walter Scott Prize?
Answer: Tan Twan Eng. The Malaysian author got the award for his novel ‘The Garden of Evening Mists’.


33. As per the United Nations World Populations Prospects Report released recently, India will emerge as the most populous country in …………?
Answer: 2028


34. China has recently developed the World’s fastest supercomputer named ………….?
Answer: Tianhe-2


35. Petr Necas, who resigned recently amidst accusations of corruption, was the Prime Minister of …………….?
Answer: Czech Republic


36. Who is the new Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways?
Answer: Oscar Fernandes


37. Which International award has recently been conferred on the biotechnologists, Marry-Dell Chilton, Rober Fraley and Marc Van Montagu?
Answer: World Food Prize 2013


38. The United Nations has designated …………. as Public Service Day?
Answer: June 23


39. Darren Lehmann has been appointed as the coach of which national Cricket team?
Answer: Australia


40. Which country won the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy Cricket title?
Answer: India


41. The hornbill, selected as the official mascot of the 35th National Games has been named ………….?
Answer: Ammu. The Games will be hosted by Kerala in February 2014.


42. The six Indian forts which have been declared world heritage sites are located in the state of ………..?
Answer: Rajasthan


43. The flood ravaged Kedarnath is located in the state of …………..?
Answer: Uttarakhand


44. Which micro blogging platform and social networking website has recently been bought by Yahoo?
Answer: Tumblr


45. …………. Has become the first European country to introduce compulsory military service for women?
Answer: Norway


46. Commodity Transaction Tax (CTT), proposed in the current year’s budget of India, has come into effect on ………….?
Answer: July 1, 2013.


47. World Refugee Day was observed on …………?
Answer: June 20


48. Who is elected as the new Prime Minister of Australia, replacing Julia Gillard?
Answer: Kevin Rudd


49. Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj has been re-elected as the President of ……….?
Answer: Mongolia


50. Which country is to launch ‘Kirobo’, the World’s first talking Robot-astronaut to space?
Answer: Japan


51. Who takes over as the new Chief Justice of India?
Answer: P. Sathasivam


52. Who won the FIFA Confederation Cup 2013?
Answer: Brazil


53. Who won the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Chess tournament held at Dilijan, Armenia?
Answer: Koneru Humpy


54. Najeeb Jung has recently been appointed as the new Lieutenant Governor of …………?
Answer: Delhi


55. India has successfully launched its first dedicated navigation satellite, …………..?
Answer: IRNSS-1A


56. Who is appointed as the new Governor of Meghalaya?
Answer: K. K Paul


57. Y K Sinha has been appointed as the new Indian High Commissioner to ……………?
Answer: Sri Lanka


58. National Doctor’s Day was observed on ………….?
Answer: July 1, it is the Birth anniversary of Dr. B.C Roy


59. Asian Athletic Championship has been held at ……….?
Answer: Pune


60. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named the two recently found smallest moons of Pluto as ………. and ………..?
Answer: Kerberos and Styx


61. National Statistics Day was observed on …………?
Answer: June 29, The day is celebrated on the occasion on the birth anniversary of Late Prof. P C Mahalanobis.


62. Who is appointed as the new director of CIA?
Answer: John O. Brennan


63. The new Chief Secretary of Kerala?
Answer: E.K Bharat Bhushan


64. Who is the Chairman of the JPC to probe the alleged scam in 2G spectrum allocation?
Answer: P.C Chacko


65. The shooter who has become the first Indian women to win gold in pistol shooting at the world cup at Changwon in Korea?
Answer: Rahi Sarnobat


66. The winner of the latest Vikram Sarabhai Award?
Answer: E. Sreedharan


67. The first Malayali woman to get first rank in Civil Services Examination?
Answer: Harita V. Kumar


68. Which company is offering the world’s first smart phone with the Firefox operating system?
Answer: Telefonica


69. Who is appointed as governor of Sikkim?
Answer: Shriniwas Patil


70. Who became the youngest Indian to win a gold medal at the Asian Boxing Championships?
Answer: Shiva Thapa


71. Who is appointed as 40th Chief Justice of India with tenure until 26th April 2014?
Answer: P. Sathasivam


72. Name the Afghan governor and Myanmar women who won Magsaysay awards?
Answer: Habiba Sarabi and Lahpai Seng Raw


73. Which country celebrated its national day on 21st July and who was sworn in as 7th king?
Answer: Belgium, Prince Philippe


74. Who won the Continental Chess Association Open title 2013?
Answer: Parimarjan Negi


75. Who is the inventor of the Computer mouse he died recently?
Answer: Douglas Engelbart


76. Who is the Winner of Women’s Singles Wimbledon Tennis Tournament 2013?
Answer: Marion Bartoli


77. Who is the Winner of Men’s Singles Wimbledon Tennis Tournament 2013?
Answer: Andy Murray
Men’s Doubles winners are Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan.
Women’s Doubles winners are Hsieh Su-wei (Taiwan) and Peng Shuai (China)


78. Who becomes the new Prime Minister of Egypt?
Answer: Hazem El-Beblawi


79. Who is appointed as the Coach of Indian Men’s Hockey Team by Hockey India (HI)?
Answer: Maharaj Kishan Kaushik


80. Who is sworn in as the 9th Chief Minister of Jharkhand?
Answer: Hemant Soren


81. Who won the Commonwealth Chess Championship 2013?
Answer: Abhijeet Gupta

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Questions and Answers for preparing Kerala PSC LDC Current Affairs

1. Which Baltic nation has been given permission by the European Union for adopting Euro as its currency?
Answer: Latvia. The country will replace its currency the lat, with the euro on 1 January 2014.


2. The Indian Grandmaster who won the Commonwealth Chess Championship?
Answer: Abhijeet Gupta


3. Who was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand?
Answer: Hemant Soren


4. Who is selected for the Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony 2013?
Answer: Zubin Mehta


5. Who is appointed as the new coach of the Indian’s Men’s Hockey Team?
Answer: Maharaj Krishan Kaushik


6. Jeane Claude Juncker, who resigned recently, was the Prime Minister of …………….?
Answer: Luxembourg


7. The Swiss made solar powered air craft which has been in the news for completing a successful trip across the United States?
Answer: Solar Impulse


8. World Population Day was observed on ………….?
Answer: July 11


9. The Typhoon that caused widespread damage in Taiwan and East China in July, was named …………?
Answer: Soulik


10. Where will be the cartoon museum set up by Kerala Lalitakala Academy in honour of cartoonist R. Sankar inaugurated?
Answer: Kayamkulam


11. The recently released book ‘An uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions’ is jointly written by ………. and ………… ?
Answer: Amartya Sen and Jean Dreze


12. What is the name given to the largest virus ever seen on the earth, recently discovered by scientists?
Answer: Pandoravirus


13. Which Indian tennis pair clinched their first ever ATP tournament by winning the doubles title in the 2013 Claro Open, held in Bogota, Colombia?
Answer: Purav Raja and Diviji Sharan


14. Pi Approximation Day was celebrated worldwide on ………..?
Answer: 22 July
The Mathematical symbol ‘Pi’ represents the mathematical equivalent 22/7, which is similar to the date 22nd July.


15. Nelson Mandela International Day was observed on …………..?
Answer: July 18


16. Which Indian won Gold in the Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Medellin, Colombia?
Answer: Deepika Kumari


17. Which central Government agency has collaborated with the Tata Motors in developing India’s first Hydrogen powered bus?
Answer: ISRO


18. The political party launched by Julian Assange to contest in the Australian elections this year?
Answer: WikiLeaks Party


19. Which Afghan woman won the 2013 Magsaysay Award?
Answer: Habiba Sarabi. She is the first and only woman governor in Afghansitan.


20. Who has been elected as the new President of Pakistan?
Answer: Mamnoon Hussain



21. Who has been selected for the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award 2013?
Answer: Amjad Ali Khan


22. The Government of India has announced the setting up of a new Marine Training Academy at:
Answer: Tuticorin


23. The advanced weather satellite recently launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation?
Answer: INSAT-3D


24. Who is the first woman to be appointed as the Managing Director of the State Bank of India?
Answer: Arundhati Bhattacharya


25. The mobile healthcare system launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare-India to vaccinate children at their doorsteps is called …………….?
Answer: National Teeka Express


26. The ICC World Cup 2015 will be jointly hosted by ………….. and ……………..?
Answer: Australia and New Zealand


27. Who has been named as the President of the Indian Hockey Federation?
Answer: K.D Singh


28. Who has sworn in as the President of Iran, succeeding Mahmoud Ahmadi Nejad?
Answer: Hassan Rouhani


29. Who has been re-elected as the President of Zimbabwe?
Answer: Robert Mugabe


30. Rajeev Rishi has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of which Bank?
Answer: Central Bank of India


31. Who has been appointed as the new chief of the National Investigation Agency(NIA)?
Answer: Sharad Kumar


32. Who has been selected for this year’s Lokmanya Tilak Award?
Answer: E. Sreedharan


33. Which Indian won Gold in the 2013 World Games held in Cali, Colombia?
Answer: Aditya Mehta


34. India’s recently test fired indigenously developed multi-barrel rocket launcher?
Answer: Pinaka


35. The all-women bank to be set up by the Government of India is named ………….?
Answer: Bhartiya Mahila Bank


36. In which state is the nation’s first cyber forensic laboratory set up?
Answer: Tripura


37. The Indian shuttler who won bronze in the World Badminton Championships held in Guangzhou, China?
Answer: P.V Sindhu


38. ......... has become the first state to disburse salary to Government employees through Aadhar linked Bank accounts?
Answer: Maharashtra


39. Who won the men’s 100 metre sprint title at the IAAF World Athletic Championship held in Moscow?
Answer: Usain Bolt


40. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has been elected as the new President of .........?
Answer: Mali


41. The Indian player who won the International Tennis Federation (ITF) women’s tennis tournament held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt?
Answer: Sowjanya Bavisetti


42. What is the name of India’s first indigenously built aircraft carrier, recently unveiled at Kochi?
Answer: INS Vikrant


43. Which American daily newspaper has been bought by Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com?
Answer: The Washington Post


44. Who won this year’s PGA (Professional Golfers Association) championship held in New York?
Answer: Jason Dufner


45. Who is appointed as the new Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?
Answer: Raghuram Govinda Rajan


46. The winner of the 100 metres women’s race in the World Athletic Championships?
Answer: Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce


47. The world record holder from Russia, who won the women’s pole vault title in theWorld Athletic Championship?
Answer: Yelena Isinbayeva


48. ........ will be India’s 29th State?
Answer: Telangana


49. India’s first DNA Forensic Laboratory established in:
Answer: Gurgaon


50. Who won the prestigious International Children’s Peace Prize 2013?
Answer: Malala Yousafzai


51. Who received the prestigious Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation?
Answer: Brigalia Bam


52. Which country Won Bronze Medal at Junior Women Hockey World Cup?
Answer: India


53. Who won the Rogers Cup Tennis Tournament Women’s singles title?
Answer: Serena Williams (U.S)


54. Who won the Rogers Cup Tennis Tournament Men’s Singles title?
Answer: Rafael Nadal (Spain)


55. Who is the author of the book ‘My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions’ that released recently?
Answer: Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

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Questions and Answers for preparing Kerala PSC LDC

1. Who equaled the world record of eight golds at the 2013 World Athletics Championships?
Answer: Usain Bolt


2. The Chinese Navy hospital ship which paid a week-long goodwill visit to Bangladesh recently?
Answer: Peace Ark


3. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of the National School of Drama Society?
Answer: Ratan Thiyam


4. In which state did the Saharsha-Patna Rajyarani Express run over pilgrims killing 37 people?
Answer: Bihar


5. Where in India was the statue of Nobel Laureate Dr. Norman Borlaug unveiled recently?
Answer: New Delhi


6. Whose new book, ‘My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions’ has been released recently?
Answer: A.P.J Abdul Kalam


7. World Photography Day was celebrated on:
Answer: August 19


8. The scientists of the Smithsonian Institution of the United States have recently announced the discovery of a new mammal named ………….?
Answer: Olinguito


9. Who has been selected for Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal 2013?
Answer: Harshwanti Bisht


10. Who has been appointed as the Director General of the CRPF?
Answer: Dilip Trivedi


11. Who won the Men’s singles in the Rogers Cup 2013, held in Montreal, Canada?
Answer: Rafael Nadal


12. In which state is the Election Commission planning to use Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trial (VVPAT) system for the first time in the country?
Answer: Nagaland


13. Who has been appointed as India’s new Ambassador and the Permanent Representative on the U.N Conference on Disarmament?
Answer: Dr. Bala Venkatesh Varma


14. Which Indian squash player won gold in the Asian Youth Games held in Nanjing, China?
Answer: Kush Kumar


15. The Indian who won bronze medal in the 96 kg freestyle category at the recently held World junior Wrestling Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria?
Answer: Satywart Kadian


16. Which International Tennis player from France, who also won the Wimbledon Women’s Singles title 2013, has announced her retirement from the game?
Answer: Marion Bartoli


17. India has won 83 medals at the 2013 World Police & Fire Games held at ………….?
Answer: Belfast


18. What does RGGVY stand for?
Answer: Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana. The programme is aimed at providing electricity to all rural households. The Government of India has recently decided to continue the programme.


19. The new mobile app devised by German scientists that helps locate lost items?
Answer: Find My Stuff


20. The Indian Newspaper Society has approved the proposal to hike the FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) in print media from 26 percent to ………….. percent?
Answer: 49



21. Who won the women’s singles in the Cincinnati Open tennis tournament?
Answer: Victoria Azarenka.


22. Who is the Chairman of the newly constituted committee by the Central Government, to assess the status of Scheduled tribes?
Answer: Virginius Xaxa


23. The renowned Indian cricket coach and Dronacharya awardee who passed away on 16th August?
Answer: Desh Prem Azad


24. A Street in which foreign country has been named after Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of India’s 67th Independence Day?
Answer: Canada.


25. Which space telescope built by NASA has stopped its mission of ‘searching for habitable planets’ after its pointing system broke down?
Answer: Kepler telescope


26. Nouri-Al-Maliki, the prime minister of …………. recently visited India?
Answer: Iraq


27. Which country’s Vice President, Mohammad Karim Khalili was on an official visit to India?
Answer: Afghanistan


28. Which Indian state has recently enacted anti-superstition law?
Answer: Maharashtra


29. Who became the first woman to take over as Chairman and Managing Director of HPCL?
Answer: Nishi Vasudeva


30. The airstrip in Ladakh, reopened by the Indian Air Force?
Answer: Daulat Beg Oldi


31. Who won the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix 2013?
Answer: Sebastian Vettel


32. Which Indian classical singer and music director from Odisha passed away on 25 August?
Answer: Raghunath Panigrahi


33. Which Indian won the Winston-Salem open tennis doubles title along with his Canadian partner Daniel Nestor?
Answer: Leander Paes


34. The Indian Navy’s submarine that sank at the navel dockyard in Mumbai after fire on board on August 14?
Answer: INS Sindhurakshak


35. Who won this year’s Children’s Peace prize, instituted by the Dutch based Kids Rights Foundation?
Answer: Malala Yousafzai


36. Which country’s army general, Lt Gen Maqsood Ahmed, has been appointed as the Military Advisor for United Nations Peace Keeping operations?
Answer: Pakistan


37. …………… was observed as the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its abolition?
Answer: August 23


38. On which day was the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s famous ‘I have a dream’ speech celebrated?
Answer: August 28


39. In which country did many people including children die in attacks using chemical warfare?
Answer: Syria


40. Who heads the Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC), recently set up by the Government of India?
Answer: Parthasarathy Shome


41. Facebook and Six other technology firms (Ericson, MediaTek, Nokia, Opera, Qualcomm and Samsung) have launched an initiative named ……….. to make internet access affordable for people across the globe?
Answer: Internet. org


42. As a measure to contain the downward trend of Rupee, the Government of India has banned the duty-free import of …………. by air travelers?
Answer: Flat Screen Televisions


43. The scientists of which country have recently developed the most precise clock in the world?
Answer: United States


44. Who won the recently concluded Ashes Cricket test series?
Answer: England


45. Who received this year’s Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation?
Answer: Brigalia Bam


46. Who took over as the President of Zimbabwe for another five year term?
Answer: Robert Mugabe


47. Who won this year’s Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?
Answer: Ronjon Sodhi


48. Who won this year’s Dronacharya Award in connection with Athletics coaching?
Answer: K.P Thomas


49. International Day of the victims of enforced disappearances was observed on ……………..?
Answer: August 30


50. Who was honoured with the inaugural Mahathir award for Global Peace?
Answer: Nelson Mandela


51. The Life Sciences Park to be set up by the Kerala Government is named …………..?
Answer: Bio 360


52. Which country’s foreign minister, Samuel Santos Lopez visited India recently?
Answer: Nicaragua


53. Which Indian has been appointed as the chairman of the Ethics Commission of the International Weightlifting Federation?
Answer: Birendra Prasad Baishya


54. Which Indian along with Zheng Jie of China won the women’s doubles title at the WTA New Haven Open?
Answer: Sania Mirza


55. Which Gulf nation has passed the country’s first law against domestic violence?
Answer: Saudi Arabia


56. Which neighbouring country’s Prime Minister, Tshering Tobgay has paid a six day visit to India recently?
Answer: Bhutan


57. Who stepped down as the Chairman of the National Payments Corporation of India?
Answer: K. Narayana Murthy


58. …………… was celebrated as the National Sports Day?
Answer: 29 August. This day marks the birthday of Dhyan Chand.


59. The UN General Assembly has declared April 6 as the International Day for ……………?
Answer: Sport for Development and Peace


60. The UN Human Rights Commissioner who was on a week-long fact finding mission in Sri Lanka?
Answer: Navi Pillai


61. Which neighbouring country is set to introduce the Right to Information bill in the Parliament?
Answer: Pakistan


62. Which Asian country has unveiled ‘Izumo’ , their largest warship after World War II?
Answer: Japan


63. The first prison in the country to have its own radio station?
Answer: Tihar Jail


64. The Irish writer and Nobel Prize recipient, who passed away on 30 August?
Answer: Seamus Heaney


65. Which software giant is to buy Nokia Company?
Answer: Microsoft


66. The Indian Air Force has inducted its biggest transport aircraft named ……………..?
Answer: C-17 Globemaster III


67. Who won the Asia Cup Men’s Hockey title?
Answer: South Korea


68. Which former heavy weight boxing champion, nicknamed ‘The Duke’, passed away recently?
Answer: Tommy Morrison


69. Which nation was chosen by the International Olympic Committee to host the 2020 Summer Olympics?
Answer: Tokyo


70. Where was this year’s G-20 Summit held?
Answer: St. Petersburg, Russia


71. Who won the Men’s singles at the US Open 2013?
Answer: Rafael Nadal


72. Which book written by Jhumba Lahiri has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2013?
Answer: The Lowland


73. The largest known volcano on the Earth, discovered recently?
Answer: Tamu Massif


74. Who has become India’s first Woman Chief Information Commissioner?
Answer: Deepak Sandhu


75. Who lifted the Italian Grand Prix Formula One title?
Answer: Sebastian Vettel


76. What is the name given to the new Android 4.4 operating system?
Answer: KitKat


77. Which newly discovered painting has been confirmed as a work of Vincent Van Gogh?
Answer: Sunset at Montmajour


78. Who is the new President of the International Olympic Committee?
Answer: Thomas Bach


79. Who was conferred with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development recently?
Answer: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf


80. Which state Government has announced the scheme Manodhairya to help rape survivors and child victims of sexual abuse?
Answer: Maharashtra


81. Who won the South Asian Football Federation Championship 2013?
Answer: Afghanistan


82. Who becomes the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
Answer: Raghuram Govind Rajan


83. Who received Amnesty International Award 2013?
Answer: Malala Yousafzai


84. The International Day of Peace, also known as World Peace Day Observed On?
Answer: 21st September


85. Who becomes the first Indian to win bronze medal at World Wrestling Championship?
Answer: Sandeep Tulsi Yadav


86. Who is appointed as Rajasthan State Election Commissioner recently?
Answer: Ramlubhaya


87. Who won Miss World 2013?
Answer: Megan Young


88. Who conferred with the Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony for year 2013?
Answer: Zubin Mehta


89. Who is sworn in as the12th President of Pakistan?
Answer: Mamnoon Hussain


90. Who wins US Open 2013 title?
Answer: Serena Williams


91. Who has been elected as the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)?
Answer: Thomas Bach


92. World Tourism Day was observed on?
Answer: September 27, 2013
Theme for 2013: “Tourism and Water: Protecting our Common Future”

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Questions and Answers for preparing Kerala PSC LDC

EYE

1. Eye ball is situated in?
Answer: Bony Cavity called Orbit

2. The eye ball is kept moist by the secretion of?
Answer: Tear glands

3. Tear contains an enzyme known as?
Answer: Lysozymes

4. Outermost layer of the Eye ball is known as?
Answer: Sclera

5. Bulge forward and transparent part of sclera?
Answer: Cornea

6. Exposed portion of sclera is protected by a transparent covering known as?
Answer: Conjunctiva

7. Infection of conjunctiva is known as:
Answer: Conjunctivitis

8. Middle layer of eye ball?
Answer: Uvea

9. Just behind the cornea the choroid forms a circular opaque disc known as?
Answer: Iris

10. The central opening of Iris is known as?
Answer: Pupil

11. Which is the Innermost Eye layer?
Answer: Retina

12. Eye layer acting like the film in Camera?
Answer: Retina

13. Which is the Image forming Eye layer?
Answer: Retina

14. Which is the light sensitive pigment of rod cells?
Answer: Rhodopsin

15. Rhodopsin synthesized from:
Answer: Vitamin A


16. Most prominent pigment found in the cones?
Answer: Iodopsin


17. The area of sharpest vision?
Answer: Yellow spot

18. Myopia can be corrected with?
Answer: Concave lenses

19. Hypermetropia can be corrected with?
Answer: Convex lenses

20. Astigmatism can be corrected with?
Answer: Cylindrical lenses

21. Increased pressure in the eye ball is known as?
Answer: Glaucoma

22. Silent blinder?
Answer: Glaucoma

23. Twenty –Twenty means?
Answer: Perfect vision

24. Study of Eye diseases is called?
Answer: Ophthalmology

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Expected Model Questions and answers for preparing Kerala PSC LDC

1. The first to use the word ‘Green Revolution’?
Answer: William Gaud

2. Tsomoriri is a glacial wet land in:
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir

3. Cork is obtained from:
Answer: Oak

4. The native place of Guava?
Answer: Americas

5. The plant cell wall is made up of:
Answer: Cellulose

6. The tendency of plants to grow towards light is called?
Answer: Phototropism

7. The plant hormone that is useful for the formation of roots?
Answer: Auxin



8. Which plant is called ‘the mother of herbs’?
Answer: Coleus aromaticus

9. The practice of calculating the age of trees by counting the annual rings is called:
Answer: Dendrochronology

10. The advisable distance for planting coconut trees?
Answer: 7.5 m x 7.5 m

11. The plant which emits ozone during photosynthesis?
Answer: Tulsi

12. What is called the ‘tree for thousand uses’?
Answer: Coconut tree

11. The plant which emits ozone during photosynthesis?

Answer: Tulsi

12. What is called the ‘tree for thousand uses’?
Answer: Coconut tree

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Questions and answers for preparing all Kerala PSC Examinations.

Cells and Cell Organelles
1. Smallest unit of life?
Answer: Cells

2. Longest cell?
Answer: Nerve

3. The largest human cell?
Answer: Ovum

4. The largest cell in the world?
Answer: Ostrich egg

5. The physical basis of life?
Answer: Protoplasm

6. Building blocks of all living body?
Answer: Cells

7. Who is considered to be the Father of Cytology?
Answer: Robert Hooke

8. Cells was discovered by?
Answer: Robert Hooke

9. Plant cell was discovered by?
Answer: M.J Schleiden

10. Animal cell was discovered by?
Answer: Theoder Schwann

11. The ability of a cell to form a complete organism is called?
Answer: Totipotency

12. Plant cells differ from animal cells in having?
Answer: Cell wall

13. The most abundantly occurring component of the cell wall?
Answer: Cellulose

14. Energy is stored in the mitochondria as?
Answer: ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate)

15. ATP synthesis takes place in?
Answer: Mitochondria

16. Universal biological Energy currency?
Answer: ATP

17. ‘Power house’ of the cell?
Answer: Mitochondria

18. Chemical factories of the cell?
Answer: Mitochondria

19. Smallest cell organelle?
Answer: Ribosome

20. Cell organelle which is known as ‘Suicidal bags’?
Answer: Lysosomes

21. Disposal unit of a cell?
Answer: Lysosomes

22. Largest cell organelle?
Answer: Nucleus

23. The controlling centre of all vital activities of the cell?
Answer: Nucleus

24. Cell Nucleus was discovered by?
Answer: Robert Brown

25. Store house of hereditary information?
Answer: Cell Nucleus

26. Which cell in our body have the least regenerative power?
Answer: Brain cells

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General Knowledge

1. The circulation of Blood in the body is regulated by?
Answer: Heart

2. The heart is protected by a double layered membraneous known as?
Answer: Paricardium

3. Impure blood from the body received by the heart is in the?
Answer: Right auricle

4. Pure blood from the lungs received by the heart is in the?
Answer: Left auricle

5. Human heart consists …….. chambers?
Answer: Four
Fish- 2 Chamber
Amphibians- 3 Chamber
Reptiles- 3 Chamber
Bird- 4 Chamber
Mammals- 4 Chamber

6. Which is the largest blood vessel?
Answer: Aorta

7. Largest Artery?
Answer: Aorta

8. Largest Vein?
Answer: Venacava

9. Only vein carrying pure blood?
Answer: Pulmonary Vein

10. Only Artery carrying impure blood?
Answer: Pulmonary Artery

11. The normal heart beat?
Answer: 72 per minute

12. Study of Heart?
Answer: Cardiology

13. World’s first heart transplant was performed by?
Answer: Christian Bernard

14. India’s first heart transplant was performed by?
Answer: Dr. Venugopal

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Expected Model Questions and Answers for preparing Kerala PSC Lower Division Clerk

1. Root wilt and Bud rot are the major diseases of?
Answer: Coconut

2. A new high yielding hybrid Coconut developed by Kerala Agricultural University?
Answer: Keraswobhagya

3. Bunchy top disease is a major disease of?
Answer: Banana

4. The chemical contained in tobacco?
Answer: Nicotine

5. Most important stimulant in Coffee?
Answer: Caffeine

6. Aseel and Plymouth Rock are the important varieties of?
Answer: Poultry

7. The Scientific Study of atmosphere is known as?
Answer: Meteorology

8. Velocity of Wind is measured by using?
Answer: Anemometer

9. Instrument used to indicate the direction of wind?
Answer: Wind Vane

10. South West monsoon rains in Kerala is popularly known as?
Answer: Kalavarsham or Edavapathy

11. The North West monsoon is popularly known as?
Answer: Thulavarsham

12. The most abundant element on the Earth atmosphere?
Answer: Nitrogen

13. Element which required for the synthesis of Aminoacid?
Answer: Nitrogen

14. Azolla is a?
Answer: Fresh Water Fern

15. Rearing of Silk worms is called?
Answer: Sericulture

16. Mulberry cultivation is called?
Answer: Moriculture

17. Rearing of Honeybee?
Answer: Apiculture

18. Honeybees belong to the genus?
Answer: Apis

19. Large, Fleshy, Edible fungi are called?
Answer: Mushroom

20. The seeding part of Mushroom?
Answer: Spawn

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Questions and Answers for preparing Kerala PSC LDC Examinations.

General Knowledge
1. Who is the Father of Taxonomy?
Answer: Carls Linnaeus

2. Who introduced two kingdom classifications?
Answer: Carls Linnaeus

3. Who introduced binomial system of Nomenclature?
Answer: Carls Linnaeus

4. Who introduced five kingdom classifications?
Answer: R.H Whittaker

5. The kingdom Monera includes?
Answer: Bacteria

6. Bacteria were first discovered by?
Answer: Anton Van Leeuwanhoek

7. Father of Microbiology?
Answer: Louis Pasteur

8. Spherical Shaped bacteria are known as?
Answer: Coccus

9. Rod Shaped bacteria are known as?
Answer: Bacillus

10. Comma shaped bacteria are known as?
Answer: Vibrium

11. Spiral shaped bacteria are known as?
Answer: Spirilla

12. Study of Fungi is called?
Answer: Mycology

13. Who is the Father of Mycology?
Answer: P.A Micheli

14. Father of Modern Mycology?
Answer: Anton De Bary

15. Who discovered penicillin?

Answer: Alexander Fleming

16. Vegetative body of fungus is called?
Answer: Mycelium

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Questions and Answers for preparing Kerala PSC LDC Examinations.

General Knowledge

1. Who is the Father of Taxonomy?

Answer: Carls Linnaeus

2. Who introduced two kingdom classifications?

Answer: Carls Linnaeus

3. Who introduced binomial system of Nomenclature?

Answer: Carls Linnaeus

4. Who introduced five kingdom classifications?

Answer: R.H Whittaker

5. The kingdom Monera includes?

Answer: Bacteria

6. Bacteria were first discovered by?

Answer: Anton Van Leeuwanhoek

7. Father of Microbiology?

Answer: Louis Pasteur

8. Spherical Shaped bacteria are known as?

Answer: Coccus

9. Rod Shaped bacteria are known as?

Answer: Bacillus

10. Comma shaped bacteria are known as?

Answer: Vibrium

11. Spiral shaped bacteria are known as?

Answer: Spirilla

12. Study of Fungi is called?

Answer: Mycology

13. Who is the Father of Mycology?

Answer: P.A Micheli

14. Father of Modern Mycology?

Answer: Anton De Bary

15. Who discovered penicillin?

Answer: Alexander Fleming

16. Vegetative body of fungus is called?

Answer: Mycelium

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Examinations for the Month of November 2013

Download Kerala PSC Examination Programs for the Month of November 2013. Examinations on November 2013 are as follows:

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1. PART TIME JUNIOR LANGUAGE TEACHER (SANSKRIT)


2. ASSISTANT DISTRICT INDUSTRIES OFFICER


3. DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER


4. LOWER DIVISION CLERK [TVPM, KSGD and KOLLAM, KANNUR]


5. CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OFFICER


6. JUNIOR INSTRUCTOR


7. DRAFTSMAN (CIVIL)


8. REHABILITATION CO-ORDINATOR


9. HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT


10. SKILLED ASSISTANT GR.II


11. GENERAL MANAGER


12. RECEPTIONIST


13. L.P.SCHOOL ASSISTANT


14. BLUE PRINTER

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Chemical Processes and their Relations

1. Bosch Process is related to?
Answer: Hydrogen

2. Castner Process is related to?
Answer: Sodium

3. Down’s Process is related to?
Answer: Sodium

4. Nelson Process is related to?
Answer: NaOH (Sodium Hydroxide)

5. Lead Chamber Process is related to?
Answer: Sulphuric acid

6. Lowing process is related to?
Answer: NaOH

7. Leblanc Process is related to?
Answer: Na2CO3 (Sodium Carbonate)

8. Engel Precht Process is related to?
K2CO3 (Potassium Carbonate)

9. Cyanide Process is related to?
Answer: Gold and Silver

10. Parke’s Process is related to?
Answer: Silver

11. Cupellation Process is related to?
Answer: Silver (Purification)

12. Mond Process is related to?
Answer: Nickel

13. Pidgeon Process is related to?
Answer: Mg (Magnesium)

14. Dow’s Sea Water Process is related to?
Answer: Mg (Magnesium)

15. Bayer’s Process is related to?
Answer: Aluminium

16. Serpeck’s Process is related to?
Answer: Aluminium

17. Hoopes Process is related to?
Answer: Aluminium

18. Haber Process is related to?
Answer: Ammonia

19. Bessemer Process is related to?
Answer: Steel

20. Siemens Process is related to?
Answer: Steel

21. Frasch Process is related to?
Answer: Sulphur

22. IMI Process is related to?
Answer: Ti (Titanium)

23. Oxo Process is related to?
Answer: Alcohol

24. Ostwald’s Process is related to?
Answer: Nitric Acid

25. Deacon’s process is related to?
Answer: Chlorine

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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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