Question Code: 004/2023 (A)
Name of Post: LD Typist/ Clerk Typist/ Typist Clerk
Department: NCC / Sainik Welfare/ Various
Cat. No: 257/2021, 329/2022
Date of Test: 19.01.2023
1. Which among the following statements are not true with regard to basic objectives of Indian National Congress established by A. O. Hume ?
1. Formulation of popular demands and their representation before the government
2. Training and organization of public opinion in the country
3. Attainment of national independence through continuous struggles
4. Development and consolidation of the feeling of national unity
A) 1 and 3
B) 2 and 4
C) 4 only
D) 3 only
2. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as
Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below :
Assertion (A) : The government of India declared “Devaluation of Rupee” to increase the exports of the country.
Reason (R) : Due to the failure of the Third Plan the government was forced to declare “plan holidays” from 1966 to 1967, 1967-68 and 1968-69.
A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
C) (A) is true but (R) is false
D) (A) is false but (R) is true
3. Given below are the list of cities in India. Find out the right sequence in terms of population in the cities as per the last census in India (Highest to lowest).
1. Delhi
2. Pune
3. Mumbai
4. Bengaluru
A) 1 – 3 – 4 – 2
B) 1 – 3 – 2 – 4
C) 3 – 1 – 4 – 2
D) 3 – 1 – 2 – 4
4. Following is the list of rivers originating from India and flows to Pakistan. Find out the wrong group.
1. Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas
2. Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Sutlej
3. Jhelum, Brahmaputra, Ravi, Sutlej
4. Jhelum, Brahmaputra, Ravi, Kaveri
A) 1 and 2
B) 1 only
C) 4 only
D) 3 and 4
5. Which among the following organization is attached to NITI Aayog ?
A) National Institute of Labour Economics Research and Development
B) V. V. Giri National Labour Institute
C) Indian Institute of Public Administration
D) Indian Institute of Advanced Studies
6. Who among the following are not associated with the school of militant nationalism in India ?
A) Rajnarain Bose
B) Ashwini Kumar Dutt
C) Bal Gangadhara Tilak
D) None of the above
7. Which among the following is not related to Kerala model of development ?
A) Industrial development
B) Higher per capita income
C) High life expectancy
D) High literacy rate
8. Which among the following is the first vaccine approved by WHO against Covid-19 ?
A) Oxford/AstraZeneca
B) Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine
C) Sputnik V
D) Moderna
9. Which among the following is not a goal of Sivagiri pilgrimage as approved by Sri Narayana Guru ?
A) Promotion of Education
B) Promotion of Agriculture
C) Promotion of Technical Training
D) Promotion of Reservation
10. What was the major goal of ‘Nivarthana agitation’ ?
A) Representation in Government jobs
B) Representation in state legislature
C) Freedom from foreign rule
D) None of the above
11. Which one is the example of non-impact printer ?
A) Dot-Matrix printer
B) Inkjet printer
C) Daisy wheel printer
D) All of these
12. Which of the following is not an input device ?
A) Web camera
B) Scanner
C) OMR
D) VDU
13. __________ symbol is used to keep the cell reference constant in MS-Excel application.
A) $
B) #
C) =
D) /
14. To move one slide to another during a PowerPoint presentation a special effect called ___________ is used.
A) Slide Animation
B) Custom Animation
C) Slide Transition
D) Custom Transition
15. ____________ is the shortcut key for undo the previous action in MS-Word application.
A) Ctrl + Z
B) Alt + Z
C) Ctrl + Y
D) Alt + Y
16. SATA stands for
A) Standard Advance Technology Attachment
B) Serial Attachment Technology Advance
C) Standard Attachment Technology Advance
D) Serial Advance Technology Attachment
17. In MS-Excel application, the ___________ function is used to count the number of values in the list of arguments.
A) COUNT
B) COUNT IF
C) COUNT A
D) COUNT BLANK
18. In MS-Word application, the keystroke Ctrl + V is used to
A) Cut
B) Copy
C) Paste
D) Delete
19. All of the following font effects are available in PowerPoint presentation except
A) Underline
B) Shadow
C) Emboss
D) Strike through
20. HDMI is
A) High Density Multimedia Interconnect
B) High Definition Multimedia Interface
C) High Density Multimedia Interface
D) High Definition Multimedia Interconnect
21. In MS-Excel application, the border that appears when a range of cells is selected is known as
A) Cell address
B) Range
C) Marquee
D) Function
22. To insert a new slide in current presentation, we can use
A) Ctrl + N
B) Ctrl + M
C) Ctrl + O
D) Ctrl + K
23. Odd one out.
A) PDF
B) TXT
C) PPT
D) CSV
24. SMPS stands for
A) Switch Mode Power Supply
B) Serial Mode Power Supply
C) Standard Mode Power Supply
D) Single Mode Power Supply
25. ___________ file system supports security features in PC.
A) FAT
B) HFS
C) EXT
D) NTFS
26. Which one is not used as spreadsheet software ?
A) Libre Office
B) Google Sheet
C) Keynote
D) Numbers
27. Choose the shortcut key for inserting a hyperlink in slide.
A) Ctrl + K
B) Ctrl + H
C) Ctrl + A
D) Ctrl + O
28. The printing speed of printer is usually expressed in
A) ppm
B) dpi
C) Hz
D) Megabytes
29. All of the following are examples of antivirus software except
A) Amiti
B) Panda
C) Baidu
D) Bing
30. Which function is not used in MS-Excel application ?
A) SUM
B) AVG
C) MAX
D) MIN
31. Which device is used to control the cursor movement ?
A) Light pen
B) Track ball
C) Joystick
D) Plotter
32. ____________ illustrate the comparisons among individual items in MS-Excel application.
A) Bar chart
B) Pie chart
C) Doughnut chart
D) Line chart
33. BIOS stands for
A) Basic Interface Output System
B) Basic Instruction Output System
C) Basic Input Output System
D) None of the above
34. Which command is used to insert a hyperlink in MS-Word application ?
Correct Answer : A
35. Expand URL.
A) United Resource Locator
B) Uniform Resource Locator
C) Universal Resource Locator
D) Unicode Resource Locator
36. Odd one out.
A) Keyboard
B) Mouse
C) Cooling fan
D) Scanner
37. DTP stands for
A) Desk Top Printing
B) Desk Top Processing
C) Design Type Printing
D) Desk Top Publishing
38. Full form of LCD is
A) Light Crystal Display
B) Liquid Crystal Display
C) Laser Crystal Display
D) None of the above
39. To highlight the entire column in spreadsheet we can choose
A) Ctrl + C
B) Ctrl + Enter
C) Ctrl + Page Up
D) Ctrl + Spacebar
40. IDE stands for
A) International Drive Electronics
B) International Data Electronics
C) Integrated Drive Electronics
D) Integrated Data Electronics
41. Trojan horse is an example of
A) Malicious software
B) Application software
C) System software
D) Database software
42. Shortcut key for viewing slides from beginning of presentation
A) F3
B) F5
C) F7
D) F11
43. SCSI stands for
A) Small Computer System Interconnect
B) Serial Computer System Interface
C) Standard Computer System Interface
D) Small Computer System Interface
44. __________ allows to send telephone calls (voice data) using standard Internet protocol.
A) SMTP
B) FTP
C) VoIP
D) PoP
45. Ping Command is used to
A) To test a hard disk fault
B) To test a bug in application
C) To test a device on network
D) None of the above
46. Which key is used for help in MS-Excel Application ?
A) F2
B) F1
C) F3
D) F5
47. Example of Firmware
A) Ransom ware
B) Word Processor
C) Whats App
D) BIOS
48. Which one is the primary memory device ?
A) ROM
B) Floppy Disk
C) DVD ROM
D) HDD
49. The word RAM is
A) Read Access Memory
B) Random Access Memory
C) Random Arithmetic Memory
D) Read Arithmetic Memory
50. Expand CDROM.
A) Common Data Read Only Memory
B) Compact Data Read Only Memory
C) Common Disc Read Only Memory
D) Compact Disc Read Only Memory
51. The standard typewriter keyboard layout used throughout the world is
A) ABCD Keyboard
B) QWERTY Keyboard
C) Portable Keyboard
D) None of these
52. Choose the odd one out.
A) Remington and Sons
B) IBM
C) Godrej
D) CANON
53. div. stands for
A) Dividend
B) Division
C) Divert
D) None of these
54. Alphabet ‘G’ should typed with _________ finger.
A) Right Little
B) Right Middle
C) Right Index
D) Left Index
55. The minimum number of keys in a standard typewriter is
A) 56
B) 26
C) 44
D) 31
56. The problem of printing both capital and small letters without increasing the number of keys was solved by
A) Shifting mechanism
B) Using space bar
C) Carriage mechanism
D) None of these
57. A key, that when typed does not advance the typing position, thus allowing another character to be imprinted at the same location is
A) Tab key
B) Dead key
C) Shift key
D) Eraser key
58. While typing on a typewriter the position of the paper moves from
A) Left to right
B) Middle
C) Right to left
D) No change
59. Blade against which paper is placed in a typewriter ?
A) Paper bail
B) Paper release
C) Margin release
D) Paper guide
60. Whenever the shift key is pressed, the impressions of __________ characters will be got.
A) Lower case
B) Upper case
C) Both A) and B)
D) None of these
Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.
There exists in every language a rough and ready vocabulary for the expression and
communication of the individual’s more private experiences. Anyone capable of speech
can say, ‘ I’m frightened’, or ‘How pretty!’ and those who hear the words will have a crude
but, for most practical purposes, a sufficiently vivid idea of what is being talked about. Bad
literature (bad, that is to say, on the private level-for, as quasi-science and in relation to
man’s more public experience, it may be quite good), bad literature hardly goes beyond
the how pretty’s and I’m frightened’s of average everyday speech. In good literature-good,
that is to say on the private level-the blunt imprecisions of conventional language give
place to subtler and more penetrating forms of expression. The ambition of the literary
artist is to speak about the ineffable, to communicate in words that words were never
intended to convey. For all words are abstractions and stand for those aspects of a given
class of experiences which are recognizably similar. The elements of experience which
are unique, aberrant, other-than-average, remain outside the pale of common language.
But it is precisely these elements of man’s more private experiences that the literary artist
aspires to communicate. For this purpose common language is wholly inadequate. Every
literary artist must therefore invent or borrow some kind of uncommon language capable
of expressing, at least partially, those experiences which the vocabulary and syntax of
ordinary speech so manifestly fail to convey.
61. What is the meaning of the word ‘ineffable’ in the above passage ?
A) Expressible
B) Indefinable
C) Beautiful
D) Universal
62. Find the antonym of the word ‘normal’ from the passage.
A) Common
B) Vivid
C) Aberrant
D) Abstraction
63. What does the literary artist try to communicate ?
A) Common experience
B) Private experience
C) Average experience
D) Public experience
64. Good literature makes use of
A) Subtler forms of expression
B) Crude forms of expression
C) Practical forms of expression
D) Common forms of expression
65. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No Improvement’.
I have read quite number of books.
A) Quiet a number of
B) A quite number of
C) Quite a number of
D) No replacement
66. Choose the correct meaning of the underlined idiom.
When the music was played the audience was all ears.
A) Not listening
B) Talking all the time
C) Perfectly attentive
D) Partially attentive
67. In the sentence given below, there are three blanks. Each blank has to be filled with an appropriate article. Choose the option which has the most suitable set of articles that can fill the blanks correctly.
I met ________ university student on ________ way to buy ________ Italian Pizza.
A) the, an, a
B) an, a, the
C) an, the, the
D) a, the, an
68. Use the appropriate preposition.
We should abstain __________ insulting others.
A) in
B) from
C) of
D) on
69. Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
‘Just begun and not so fully formed or developed.’
A) Incoherent
B) Inchoate
C) Incur
D) Inoculate
70. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order.
a. Sir Ronald Ross discovered that the disease was transmitted by the female Anopheles mosquito.
b. One method to fight the disease is to attack the breeding places of the mosquitoes.
c. Malaria has been the scourge of humanity since earliest times.
d. A more flexible method is to take protective drugs such as quinine.
A) cabd
B) bacd
C) dcab
D) dbac
71. Select the correctly spelt word.
A) Lathargy
B) Lieutenant
C) Conscientiouos
D) Satallite
72. Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
The teachers had trained all the students.
A) All the students has been trained by the teachers
B) All the students were trained by the teachers
C) All the students had been trained by the teachers
D) All the students are trained by the teachers
73. Select the correct ‘indirect’ form of the given sentence.
Anil said to Chris, “I lost my purse two days ago”.
A) Anil told Chris that I lost my purse two days ago
B) Anil told Chris that he lost my purse two days before
C) Anil told Chris that he had lost his purse two days before
D) Anil told Chris that he lost his purse two days ago
74. Fill in the blank with the correct tense form of the verb given in the bracket.
Do you know whether the minister _______ yet ? (be)
A) is
B) been
C) has been
D) was
75. Complete the sentence with the correct question tag.
There is a school on the top of the hill, _______ ?
A) isn’t it
B) isn’t there
C) is it
D) is the
76. Identify the correct sentence.
A) One of my friend live in Assam.
B) One of my friends live in Assam.
C) One of my friend lives in Assam.
D) One of my friends lives in Assam.
77. Identify the segment of the sentence which contains an error. If there is no error, mark “No error” as your answer.
This is the more difficult problem I have ever solved.
A) I have ever solved
B) difficult problem
C) the more difficult
D) No error
78. Complete the sentence appropriately.
If you had completed the project, you _______ gone on a tour.
A) could
B) could have
C) had
D) could have been
79. Complete the sentence with the correct option.
She is not only a teacher _______ an artist.
A) however
B) but also
C) also
D) nevertheless
80. Identify the correct option where capitals are used appropriately in the following sentence.
he is reading the english book the wind in the willows.
A) He is reading the English Book the wind in the willows.
B) He is reading the English book the Wind in the willows.
C) He is reading the English book the Wind in the Willows.
D) He is reading the English book The Wind in the Willows.
81.“ധാരാളമായി സംസാരിക്കുക” എന്ന അർത്ഥത്തിൽ ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്ന പദം.
A) വാശിത
B) വാചാലത
C) വാചരത
D) വാചനകം
82.ശരിയായ വാക്യം തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്ത് എഴുതുക.
A) കൈക്കൂലി വാങ്ങാനും ആദർശം പ്രസംഗിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യാൻ ഇന്നത്തെ നേതാക്കന്മാർക്ക് മടിയില്ല.
B) കൈക്കൂലി വാങ്ങുവാനും ആദർശം പ്രസംഗിക്കുവാനും ഇന്നത്തെ നേതാക്കന്മാർക്ക് മടിയില്ല.
C) കൈക്കൂലി വാങ്ങുകയും ആദർശം പ്രസംഗിക്കാനും ഇന്നത്തെ നേതാക്കന്മാർക്ക് മടിയില്ല.
D) കൈലി വാങ്ങിച്ചും ആദർശം പ്രസംഗിച്ചും ഇന്നത്തെ നേതാക്കന്മാർക്ക് മടിയില്ല.
83.“Curtain Lecture എന്ന ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് പ്രയോഗത്തിനു ചേരുന്ന മലയാളശൈലി.
A) തലയിണ മന്ത്രം
B) മുതലക്കണ്ണീർ
C) ആത്മപ്രശംസ ചെയ്യൽ
D) വനരോദനം
84.“സഭയിൽ പറയാൻ പാടുള്ളത് ' എന്ന പദത്തിന്റെ വിപരീതപദം.
A)അസഹ്യം
B) അസ്ഥാനം
C)അപരിഛിന്നം
D) അസഭ്യം
85."ചക്ഷു: ശ്രവണ ഗളസ്ഥമാം ദർദുരം
ഭക്ഷണത്തിനപേക്ഷിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ” - ഈ വരികളിൽ അടിവരയിട്ട പദത്തിന്റെ സമാനപദം.
A) പാമ്പ്
B) തവള
C) വഴിപോക്കർ
D) ക്ഷീണിതർ
86.“ഏതറിവും ഉപയോഗിക്കാതിരുന്നാൽ നശിച്ചു പോകും' എന്ന ആശയം വരുന്ന പഴഞ്ചൊല്ല്.
A)നെല്ലിൽ പതിരും ചൊല്ലിൽ പിഴവും
B) ഇരുമ്പും വിദ്യയും ഇരിക്കെ കെടും
C) നിറകുടം തുളുമ്പില്ല
D) കോരിയ കിണറ്റിലേ ഉറവുള്ളൂ
87.ചാണ” എന്ന പദത്തിന്റെ പര്യായപദം.
A) കന്മഷം
B) ഝഷം
C) നികഷം
D) ബാണം
88.അവസാനിപ്പിക്കുക എന്ന ആശയം വരുന്ന മലയാളശൈലി.
A) ഭരതവാക്യം പാടുക
B)തെക്കോട്ടു പോവുക
C) നെല്ലിപ്പടി കാണുക
D) ദീപാളി കുളിക്കുക
89.ഒരുവളുടെ ' എന്ന പദം പിരിച്ചെഴുതുന്ന വിധം.
A) ഒരു + അവൾ + ഉടെ
B) ഒരു +അൾ + ഉടെ
C) ഒരു +അൾ+ ടെ
D) ഒരുവൾ+ ടെ
90.താഴെ തന്നിരിക്കുന്ന പദങ്ങളിൽ “നശിക്കുന്നത് ' എന്ന അർത്ഥം വരുന്നത്.
A)അയഥാർത്ഥ്യം
B) അദൃശ്യം
C) അനിത്യം
D) അയോഗ്യം
91."Penny Wise Pound foolish" - ഇതിനനുയോജ്യമായ മലയാള ചൊല്ല്.
A) ആന ചോരുന്നതറിയില്ല ; പേൻ ചോരുന്നതറിയും
B) അഴകുള്ള ചക്കയിൽ ചുളയില്ല
C) അല്പന് അർത്ഥമുണ്ടായാൽ അർധരാത്രിക്ക് കുട പിടിക്കും
D) ഉപ്പു തിന്നുന്നവൻ വെള്ളം കുടിക്കും
92. 'കലാനൈപുണ്യം' എന്ന സമസ്ത്പദം വിഗ്രഹിച്ചെഴുതുമ്പോൾ കിട്ടുന്നത്
A) കലയുടെ നൈപുണ്യം
B) കലയും നൈപുണ്യവും
C) കലയാലുള്ള നൈപുണ്യം
D) കലകളിൽ ഉള്ള നൈപുണ്യം
93. ശരിയായ പദം എഴുതുക.
A)മദ്ധ്യാന്നം
B) മദ്ദ്യാഹ്നം
C) മദ്ധ്യാഹ്നം
D) മത്യാഹ്നം
94. “ആർപ്പു വിളിക്കുവിനുണ്ണികളേ, യല
കടലേ, മേന്മേൽ കുരവയിടൂ, കൊ -
ച്ചരുവികളേ, ചെറുകന്യകളേ, ന -
ല്ലതിഥി നമുക്കിനിയാരിതു പോലെ”.
-തന്നിരിക്കുന്ന വരികളിൽ അടിവരയിട്ട പദത്തിൽ വരുന്ന സന്ധി.
A) ആഗമസന്ധി
B) ആദേശസന്ധി
C) ദ്വിത്വസന്ധി
D) ലോപസന്ധി
95. 'വന്നാൻ' എന്ന ശബ്ദത്തിലെ 'ആൻ' പ്രത്യയം ഏതു ലിംഗ ശബ്ദത്തെ കുറിക്കുന്നു ?
A) പുല്ലിംഗം
B) സ്ത്രീലിംഗം
C) പൂജകലിംഗം
D) നപുംസകലിംഗം
96. 'ആർഷം' എന്ന ഒറ്റപ്പദത്തിനനുയോജ്യമായ ആശയം.
A) മനുഷ്യനെ സംബന്ധിച്ചത്
B) ഋഷിയെ സംബന്ധിച്ചത്
C) പുഷ്പത്തെ സംബന്ധിച്ചത്
D) ഹർഷത്തെ സംബന്ധിച്ചത്
97. താഴെ തന്നിരിക്കുന്നവയിൽ 'ദുഷ്കീർത്തി' എന്ന അർത്ഥം വരുന്ന പദം.
A) പ്രസിദ്ധി
B) സുപ്രസിദ്ധി
C) അഭിവൃദ്ധി
D) കുപ്രസിദ്ധി
98. “സാധാരണയായി എന്റെ സ്നേഹിതൻ ധരിക്കുന്നത് വെള്ള വസ്ത്രമാണ് ;പക്ഷേ ഇടയ്ക്ക് മറ്റുള്ളവയും ധരിക്കും
- മുകളിൽ തന്നിരിക്കുന്ന വാകൃത്തിലെ ഘടകപദം ഏത് ?
A) ഇടയ്ക്ക്
B) പക്ഷേ
C) വെള്ള വസ്ത്രമാണ്
D) മറ്റുള്ളവയും
99. “അഹമഹമികയാ പാവകജ്യാലക-
ളംബരത്തോളമുയർന്നു ചെന്നൂമുദാ” - 'അഹമഹമികയാ' എന്ന സവിശേഷ പ്രയോഗത്തിന്റെ ആശയം :
A) ഞാൻ മുൻപേ, ഞാൻ മുൻപേ
B) അഹങ്കാരം തൊട്ടുതീണ്ടാതെ
C) അതിയായ കഷ്ടപ്പാട്
D) അസംഭവ്യമായത്
100. 'ഗുരു' എന്ന പദത്തിന്റെ പര്യായപദം അല്ലാത്തത്.
A) ഉപാദ്ധ്യായൻ
B)ഗുരുനാഥൻ
C) സതീർത്ഥ്യൻ
D) ആചാര്യൻ