Special Model Exams NOTICE www.careerguidancebureau.com You should not use this exam just for casual reading. For evaluating yourself, you must write down this exam seriously and check with the key given last. You can definitely assess your present standard and problems. CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU KAS / ASSISTANTS IN SECRETARIAT, VARIOUS COMAPNIES, BOARDS AND CORPORATION SPECIAL MODEL EXAMINATION - 1 Time : 1.15 hrs. Marks :100 QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE 01. An amount of money is to be distributed among P, Q and R in the ratio of 3:8:15 respectively. If the difference between the shares of P and R is Rs. 2400. What is Q’s share? a) Rs. 3000 b) Rs. 600 c) Rs. 3600 d) Rs. 1600 02. 7, 176, 297, 378, ....................... a) 459 b) 427 c) 403 d) 387 03. A train running at a speed of 90 km/hr. takes 6 seconds to cross a man standing on a platform. What is the length of the train ? a) 150 mts. b) 90 mts. c) 120 mts. d) Data inadequate 04. Find the rational form of 0.9999........... a) 0.9999 0.99 /10000 b) /100 9 c) /1 d) 1 05. A trader lists his articles 20% above C.P and allows a discount of 10% on cash payment. His gain percent is ............. KERALA’S No. 1 PSC COACHING CENTRE 1 CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU Special Model Exams www.careerguidancebureau.com a) 8% b) 9% c) 10% d) 6% 06. 3/4 x 3/4 - 1/4 x 1/4 = ............ 3/4 - 1/4 a) 1/2 b) 1 c) 0 d) 2 07. Which number is divisible by 11? a) 72395841 b) 967587962 c) 876543210 d) 28321057 08. A super fast bus of KSRTC starting from ‘Trivandrum’ and reaches ‘Attingal’ in 45 min- utes with an average speed of 40 km/hr. If the speed is increased by 10 km/hr. how much time will it take to cover the same distance? a) 34 min b) 36 min c) 38 min d) 40 min 09. When a shop keeper sold 2/3 of an item, he got the cost price of the whole lot. What is the percentage of his profit? a) 33 1/3% b) 66 2/3% c) 25% d) 50% 10. 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If 10 cats can kill 10 rats in 10 minutes how long will it take 100 cats to kill 100 rats a) 1 min b) 10 min c) 100 min d) 10000 min 16. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group ? a) Sand b) Stone c) Cement d) Wall 17. Choose or find odd pair of words; a) Daring : Timid b) Beautiful : Pretty c) Clear : Vague d) Native : Alien 18. In a row of children facing North, Shamika is third to the right of Nikhil who is seventeenth from the right end of the row. Ravi is fifth to the left of Shamika and is twentieth from the left end. Total how many children are there in the row ? a) 39 b) 38 c) 37 d) Can’t be determined 19. Which of the following pairs of words have the same relationship as FAN : HEAT ? a) Water : Drink b) Food : Hunger c) Teach : Student d) Air : Breathe 20. If ‘B ×C’ means ‘B, is the daughter of C’, ‘B + C’ means ‘B is the husband of C’ and ‘B – C’ means ‘B is the sister of C’, then what does ‘M + N – P ×Q’ mean ? a) M is the brother-in-law of Q b) M is the uncle of Q c) M is the son-in-law of Q d) M is the mother-in-law of Q GENERAL SCIENCE 21. Epigraphy is the study of .................... a) Words b) Insects c) Inscription d) Animal behaviour 22. Who invented Hydrogen Bomb? KERALA’S No. 1 PSC COACHING CENTRE 3 CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU Special Model Exams www.careerguidancebureau.com a) Samuel Cohen b) James Puckle c) Oppenhymer d) Edward Teller 23. Which is known as ‘youth hormone’? a) Oestrogen b) Adrenalin c) Thymosin d) Progesterone 24. The scientific name of Carborandum is ......... a) Silicon oxide b) Silicon Carbide c) Silicon Dioxide d) Silver Iodide 25. Which is the largest endocrine gland? a) Pituitary b) Thyroid c) Hypothalamus d) Pancreas 26. Which of the following mirrors is used in searchlights? a) Paraobolic mirror b) Convex mirror c) Cylindrical d) Concave mirror 27. The largest mammal in the world is ......... a) Pigmishru b) Ostrich c) Blue Whale c) Elephant 28. Elephantiasis is spread by ........mosquitoes. a) Culex b) Anopheles c) Aedes d) Psorophora 29. Blood circulation was discovered by ........... a) Gregor Mendel b) Susruta c) William Harvey d) Karl Landstainer 30. Which of the following is not a viral disease? a) Chicken pox b) Small pox c) AIDS d) Leprosy CURRENT AFFAIRS & SPORTS 31. Which city has recently named ‘the best Swachh iconic place’ in India? a) Tajmahal b) Meenakshi Temple c) Somnath temple d) Jama Masjid 32. The newly appointed chairman of the Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi is: a) T.A. Sathyapal b) Chandrashekhara Kambara KERALA’S No. 1 PSC COACHING CENTRE 4 CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU Special Model Exams www.careerguidancebureau.com c) Nemom Pushparaj d) Vaisakhan 33. Name the first woman lawyer to be directly promoted as a judge of the Supreme Court in India. a) Justice Fathima Beevi b) Indu Malhotra c) Manjula Chellur d) Gyan Sudha Misra 34. The newly appointed head coach of Indian cricket team is: a) Ravi Shastri b) Anil Kumble c) Duncan Fletcher d) MSK Prasad 35. Name the winner of the Templeton prize for the year 2017. a) Dalai Lama b) Alvin Plantinga c) Jonathan Sacks d) Leymah Gbowee 36. The Government has launched a scheme called ......... for encourages and enables Over- seas Indian Workers to save for their return and resettlement and to save for their old age by providing a co-contribution from the Government. a) Indira Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana b) Pravasi Suraksha Yojana c) Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana d) Rajiv Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana 37. Which film actress has been selected as the brand ambassador of Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan? a) Priyanka Chopra b) Aishwarya Rai c) Vidya Balan d) Katrina Kaif 38. Who is the present Governor of the Reserve Bank of India? a) Amartya Sen b) Kaushik Basu c) Raj Krishna d) Urjit Patel 39. Justin Trudeau recently visited India is the Prime Minister of .............. a) France b) Russia c) Canada d) England 40. Emmanuel Macron has been elected as the President of which of the following nations? a) Poland b) Nepal c) France d) South Africa FACTS ABOUT INDIA 41. Guru Jai Sankara Menon is associated with ...................... (a) Bharata Natya (b) Odissi KERALA’S No. 1 PSC COACHING CENTRE 5 CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU Special Model Exams www.careerguidancebureau.com (c) Kathak (d) Manipuri 42. Who led the Indian Republican Army? (a) Surya Sen (b) S. C. Bose (c) N.M. Joshi (d) M.N. Roy 43. Which is the oldest News Agency of India? (a) UNI (b) AFP (c) PTI (d) BBC 44. Which one of the following pairs of states share a stretch of their borders with both Nepal & Bhutan? a) Arunachal Pradesh and Assam b) Bihar and West Bengal c) Sikkim and West Bengal d) Sikkim and Assam 45. Which is the largest cotton growing state in India? (a) Madyapradesh (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Gujarat (d) Maharashtra 46. Who was the first Indian to reach space? (a) Kalpana Chowla (b) Raveesh Malhotra (c) Rakesh Sharma (d) Aryabhatta 47. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through .... (a) India (b) Egypt (c) Mexico (d) Iran 48. The author of the work ‘Nil Darpan’ is ........... (a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) Dinabandhu Mitra (c) Sarojini Naidu (d) Gandhiji 49. The first mass movement launched against the British rule in India was ............... (a) Khilafat movement (b) Swadeshi movement (c) Non Co-operation movement (d) Agitation against Rowlet Act 50. The enactment of Indian Penal Code was in.... (a) 1860 (b) 1861 (c) 1856 (d) 1858 FACTS ABOUT KERALA AND RENAISSANCE OF KERALA 51. 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