11. Which one of the following is the source of energy in an eco system? (a) Light received from the sun (L.D. CLERK RE-EXAMINATION IDUKKI - 1999) (b) Sugar stored in plants (c) Heat liberated during fermentation of sugar (d) Heat liberated during respiration (e) None of these PART - I (MENTAL ABILITY) 12. Giri travelled 4 km. straight towards south. He turned left and travelled 6 km. This part contains 15 multiple choice items. Each question carries 1 mark straight; then turned right and travelled 4 km. straight. How far is he from the starting point 1. Five pairs of numbers are given. Find the one which is different from others (a) 8 km (b) 10 km (c) 12 (d) 18 km (e) 14 km (a) 55-42 (b) 69-56 (c) 48-34 (d) 95-82 (e) 78-65 13. Which of the following creature is not adapted to both aquatic and terrestrial life? 2. Find the word in the place of the question mark (a) Frog (b) Tortoise (c) Crocodile (d) Lizard (e) Crab Wax : Candle : : ? : Paper 14. RESISTANCE is to ohms as CURRENT is to (a) Tree (b) Bamboo (c) Pulp (d) Wood (e) Timber (a) Watts (b) Volts (c) Amperes (d) Litres (e) Joules 3. Find the one which is different from others 15. 6 is related to 18 in the same way as 4 is related to (a) 2 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 16 (a) 63 (b) 49 (c) 77 (d) 81 (e) 35 4. A train which is 1 km. long travelling at a speed of 60 km.per hour enters a tunnel 1 PART - II (GENERAL KNOWLEDGE) km. of length. What time does the train take to come fully out of the tunnel? (This part contains thirty multiple choice items, fifteen very short answer type items (a) 2 minutes (b) 2 hours (c) 1 minutes (d) 1 hours (e) 90 seconds and one items to write a paragraph. Multiple choice and very short answer type 5. Which number when placed at the sign of interrogation will complete the series? questions carry 1 mark each. Paragraph writing carries 5 marks. Not more than 20, 19, 17, ?, 10, 5 two sentences are required for very short answer.) (a) 12 (b) 14 (c) 13 (d) 15 (e) 13 1. Who was the first President of Independent India? 6. In a certain code TEACHER is written as VGCEJGT. How would DULLARD be (a) Dr. V.V. Giri (b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad written in the same code? (c) Dr. Radhakrishnan (d) Dr. Zakeer Hussain (e) None of these (a) FWNNCSF (b) FWNNBTE (c) FWMNCTF 2. "Das Capital" is written by (d) FWNMCSF (e) FWNNCTF (a) Maxim Gorky (b) Engels (c) Karl Marx (d) E.M.S. Nampoodiripad (e) None of these 7. Which one word cannot be formed from the letters of the word DISSEMINATION? 3. Who is the director of film "Chemmeen"? (a) INDIA (b) NATIONS (c) MENTION (d) ACTION (e) MIND (a) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (b) Kunchakko 8. Which pairs is related to each other in the same way as Chalk and Black board? (c) Sathiajith Ray (d) Ramu Kariat (e) None of these (a) Door and handle (b) Table and chair 4. In which field "Charakan" famous for? (c) Mother and child (d) Type and paint (e) Ink and paper (a) Medicine (b) Dance (c) Kathakali (d) Sanskrit (e) None of these 9. Which of these statements is false? 5. What is "brain washing"? (a) Brass in an alloy of copper and zinc (a) Washing of brain (b) Disease connected with brain (b) Air is a mixture of several gases (c) A forcible indoctrination to induce some one to give up or accept certain ideas (c) The mother March to June have the same number of days as September to (d) Acceptance of certain beliefs December inclusive (e) None of these 6. The biggest planet in the solar system (d) The square root of 625 is the same as the square of 5 (a) Sun (b) Jupiter (c) Mercury (d) mars (e) None of these (e) Acid turns litmus blue 7. The highest mountain peak in the world 10. CHORUS is to song as ACT is to (a) Kanchenjunga (b) Nanga Parbat (a) Play (b) Script (c) Scenery (d) Producer (e) Stage (c) Mount Everest (d) Nanda Devi (e) None of these 8. What is a Seismograph? 24. Where is Vrindavan Gardens situated? (a) Instrument to record the occurrence earthquake (a) Malampuzha (b) Mysore (c) Vaiga (b) Instrument to measure atmospheric pressure (d) Peechi (e) None of these (c) Instrument to measure speed of the wind 25. "Taj Mahal" was constructed by (d) Instrument to measure the depth of the sea (a) Akbar (b) Aurangazeb (c) Shajahan (d) Baber (e) None of these (e) None of these 26. Who appoint the Chief Minister? 9. The year in which Vasco da Gama arrived India? (a) President (b) Vice-President (a) 1498 (b) 1598 (c) 1698 (d) 1798 (e) None of these (c) Prime Minister (d) Governor (e) None of these 10. The normal temperature of human body 27. Silent Valley is in o o o o (a) 97.4 F (b) 98.4 F (c) 99.4 F (d) 100.4 F (e) None of these (a) Idukki district (b) Wayanad district 11. The deficiency of Vitamin D can cause (c) Palakkad district (d) Kasaragod district (e) None of these (a) Polio (b) Malaria (c) Rickets (d) Small-pox (e) None of these 28. Who was known as "Kerala Gandhi"? 12. A balanced diet (a) K. Kelappan (b) K.P. Kesava Menon (a) Meat (b) Egg (c) Rice (d) Biriyani (e) None of these (c) Panambilli Govinda Menon (d) C. Achutha Menon (e) None of these 13. The measure of water content in human body 29. The name "Kelvinator" indicates (a) 50% (b) 65% (c) 75% (d) 85% (e) None of these (a) Television (b) Radio (c) Fan 14. An instrument to test purity of milk (d) Refrigerator (e) None of these (a) Barometer (b) Hydrometer (c) Lactometer (d) Altimeter (e) None of these 30. If the radius of a circle be doubled its area will be 15. ELISA test is an investigation to find out the presence of a disease. Which of the (a) Same (b) Doubled (c) Three times (d) Four times (e) None of these following is the disease? (Questions 31 to 45 are to be answered in a word/words/one or two sentences. Each (a) AIDS (b) Cancer (c) Tuberculosis question carries 1 mark.) (d) Filariasis (e) None of these 31. Re-arrange the following group of letters to form the correct spelling of a familiar 16. An important work of Kumaranasan word (a) Remanan (b) Odakkuzhal (c) Veenapoovu (d) Chemmeen (e) None of these AAEKLR 17. Nehru Trophy award indicates 32. Give the expansion of COFEPOSA. (a) Hockey (b) Cricket (c) Football (d) Boat race (e) None of these 33. Give reason 18. The inventor of Laws of motion Ice float in water and sink in alcohol (a) Newton (b) Dalton (c) Archimedes (d) Edison (e) None of these 34. Complete the following series by adding two more items 19. The World Health Day 7, 28, 112, 448, ––––, ––––– (a) May 1 (b) April 1 (c) April 7 (d) October 2 (e) None of these 35. What is meant by "Utopia"? 20. The Smallest District in Kerala 36. What is "listing of shares"? (a) Kasaragod (b) Alappuzha (c) Idukki 37. How is the name "Aryabhatta" important in Indian History? (d) Pathanamthitta (e) None of these 38. How is the Vice-President of India elected? 21. Biological death of a patient means the death of tissues of the 39. What is meant by hydroponic farming? (a) Lungs (b) Heart (c) Brain (d) Kidney (e) None of these 40. Aluminium vessels should not be washed with washing soda, why? 22. Which of the following takes place due to surface tension? 41. What are antibiotics? Give two examples. (a) Gravitational pull (b) Capillary action 42. Which is the highest gallantry award in India? (c) Viscosity (d) Radiation (e) None of these 43. Who said "Government is for the people, by the people, of the people"? 23. The Capital city of Iraq is 44. Where is the Headquarters of the International Court of Justice? (a) Karachi (b) Jeddha (c) Baghdad (d) Kuwait (e) None of these 45. In which country the 2000th Olympics will be held? 46. Write a paragraph not exceeding 100 words in Malayalam or Tamil or Kannada IX. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end on any one of the following topics: of the passage. Each question carries 2 marks. I had already waited three and a half hours and knew the airport waiting- (a) Crucial dangers of environmental pollution. room as well as my own drawing-room. I had already consumed three glasses of (b) The scope of tourism development in Kerala. beer, a packet of cigarettes and I don't know how many sandwiches, when, with a (c) The need for morality in social life. sharp click, the loudspeaker once more came to life. I scarcely bothered to listen to the announcement as I had so often been disappointed that day, but I caught PART - III (GENERAL ENGLISH) the words "announce the arrival of their flight number 457 from .... ' and I strained (The first four questions in this part are multiple choice questions. The rest are to be my ears to hear the next word. At that precise moment a loud argument broke out answered as directed.) between two porters and I failed to hear the end of the announcement.