2018 - March (Question Paper-1)
* KERALA PSC- RESEARCH ASSISTANT -FOLKLORE - ARCHAEOLOGY
Date of Test : 01/03/2018 Thursdy
1. Which of the following ideals do the Directive Principles of State Policy in the Constitution of India strive to uphold?
(A) Political Democracy (B) Social Democracy
(C) Economic Democracy (D) Secular Democracy
Answer: (C)
2. Identify the Article of the Indian Constitution that deals with ‘Financial Emergency’ :
(A) Article 360 (B) Article 356
(C) Article 352 (D) Article 354
Answer: (A)
3. Who introduced the concept ‘Anthyodaya’?
(A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (B) M.K. Gandhi
(C) Sardar Patel (D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: (B)
4. What is the minimum percentage of works to be allotted to Gram Panchayats for execution under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, (NREGA), 2005?
(A) 40 (B) 50
(C) 75 (D) 60
Answer: (B)
5. Which year did Queen Gouri Parvathi Bayi issue of the royal rescript under the advice of the Resident Colonel Munro marking the beginning of modern education in Travancore?
(A) 1817 (B) 1819
(C) 1818 (D) 1820
Answer: (A)
6. Which among the following is not a Protestant order that was working in Kerala?
(A) Anglican Christians (B) Basel Mission Christians
(C) C.M.S Christians (D) Carmelite Missionaries
Answer: (D)
7. Name the founder of Samathwa Samajam :
(A) Vakkom Abdul Khadar Maulavi (B) Ayyankali
(C) Vaikunda Swamikal (D) Pandit K P Karuppan
Answer: (C)
8. Who was the first president of ‘Aruvippuram Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam’ in 1882?
(A) Sree Narayana Guru (B) Kumaran Ashan
(C) Dr Palpu (D) C. Kesavan
Answer: (A)
9. What was the protest of the people against the Travancore Government’s policy of inviting Tamil Brahmins to occupy important government posts known as?
(A) Pandara Pattam Proclamation (B) Nivarthana Agitation
(C) Students Agitation (D) Malayali Memorial
Answer: (D)
10. Who was the Dewan of Travancore at the time of the Temple Entry Proclamation?
(A) V. S. Subramanya Iyer (B) Muhammad Habibulllah
(C) C.P. Ramaswami Iyer (D) Thomas Austin
Answer: (C)
11. Name the literary magazine published from the publishing house of Malayala Manorama :
(A) Samadarsi (B) Bhashaposhini
(C) Kesari (D) Prabhatham
Answer: (B)
12. Name the founder of the Yukthivadi magazine :
(A) Sahodaran Ayyappan (B) C. Kesavan
(C) M.C. Joseph (D) Ayyankali
Answer: (A)
13. Which movement does the song ‘Balikudeerangale....’ memorize?
(A) Quit India (B) The Revolt of 1857
(C) Punnapra-Vayalar (D) Karivellur
Answer: (B)
14. When did the Kerala Grandhasala Sangham come into existence by incorporating the
libraries of Travancore, Cochin and Malabar?
(A) 1947 (B) 1957
(C) 1956 (D) 1958
Answer: (C)
15. Which community did Arya Pallam strive to reform?
(A) Namboodiri (B) Pallan
(C) Nair (D) Pulaya
Answer: (A)
16. Who among the following women was a member of the Madras Legislative Assembly twice before 1947?
(A) Parvathi Nenmenimangalam (B) A.V. Kuttimalu Amma
(C) Anna Chandi (D) Lalitha Prabhu
Answer: (B)
17. When was Mannathu Padmanabhan born?
(A) 01/02/1888 (B) 02/01/1888
(C) 01/02/1878 (D) 02/01/1878
Answer: (D)
18. Who said, “In the long run, we are all dead”?
(A) David Ricardo (B) Adam Smith
(C) J.M. Keynes (D) Alfred Marshall
Answer: (C)
19. Which among the following is not a work of Kumaran Asan?
(A) Prarodanam (B) Pushpavaadi
(C) Chintaavishtayaaya Sita (D) Ente Gurunathan
Answer: (D)
20. Who is the 14th President of India?
(A) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (B) Prathibha Pattil
(C) Pranab Mukharjee (D) Ramnath Kovind
Answer: (D)
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