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Saturday 5 January 2013

SOLVED PAPER OF SECRETARIAT ASSISTANT EXAM -2013

SOLVED PAPER OF SECRETARIAT ASSISTANT EXAM (CATEGORY 436/2012) HELD ON JANUARY 5, 2013:


 1.    Which lamp has the highest energy efficiency?
LED Lamp.

2.    Yellow light is a combination of ……. Primary Colours.
Red, Green.

3.    Diverging lens produces ………. Type of images.
Small Virtual image.

4.    The process used to produce Ammonia is :
Haber Process.

5.    The non-metal which exists in liquid state at room temperature is :
Bromine.

6.    2007 Nobel prize for Chemistry was awarded to :
Gerhard Ertl.

7.    The 5th state of matter is :
Bose-Einstein condensate.

8.    Speed of Blue colour light in vacuum is :
3 x 108 m/s.

9.    Which fuel has the highest Calorific value?
Hydrogen.

10.    In which direction does rainbow appear in the morning?
West.

11.    The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand is …….
Vijay Bahuguna.

12.    Who is the president of France?
Francois Hollande.

13.    The Booker Prize winner of 2012 is …..
Hilary Mantel.

14.    ICC T20 World Cup winner of 2012 is :
West Indies.

15.    Who won the women’s 100 meter Gold in 2012 London Olympics:
Shelly-Ann Fraser –Pryce.

16.    The 59th National Award for Best Director was won by :
Gurvinder Singh.

17.    God’s particle is the pseudonym of ……
Higgs Boson.


18.    Which rocket was launched by ISRO during its 100th mission?
PSLV-C21.

19.    The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to?
European Union.

20.    The minister  for Cooperation in Kerala is :
C.N.Balakrishnan.

21.    India is called a tropical country mainly on account of its:
Latitudinal Extent.

22.    The marshy and forested land in northern part of Uttar Pradesh is :
Terai.

23.    Which river is called a river between the two mountains?
Narmada.

24.    Which state is called the agricultural epitome of India?
Uttar Pradesh.

25.    Which region of India has a larger female population than the male population?
Puducherry.

26.    Who was the first propounder of the doctrine of “Passive Resistance”?
Aurobindo Ghosh.

27.    In which Five Year Plan University Gants Commission was set up for promoting and strengthening higher education?
First Five Year Plan.

28.    Who is known as the father of Renaissance of Western India?
M.G.Ranande.

29.    The longest river of Peninsular India :
Godavari.

30.    The largest producer of rice in India is:
Andra Pradesh.

31.    The national animal of Kerala:
Elephant.

32.    The southern most river in Kerala:
Neyyar.

33.    The largest National Park in Kerala is :
Eravikulam.

34.    The first dam in Kerala:
Mullapperiyar.

35.    The most populated district in Kerala as per 2001 census:
Malappuram.

36.    Chattampi Swami was born in the year:
1853.

37.    The ‘Savarna Jatha’, to support the Vaikom Satyagraha was organised by :
Mannath Padmanabhan.

38.    ‘Vivekodayam’ magazine was published by:
Kumaranasan.
39.    ‘Atma  Vidhya Sangham’ was founded by:
Vagbhatananda.

40.    In Travancore, the Temple Entry Proclamation was made in :
1936.

41.    The constitution describes India as a…..
Union of States.

42.    The authority/body competent to determine the conditions of citizenship in India:
The Parliament.

43.    From which constitution India borrowed the idea of Directive Principles of State Policy?
Constitution of Ireland.

44.    Who was the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly of India?
Dr.Rajendra Prasad.

45.    Power of the Judiciary to declare a law invalid on constitutional ground is called:
Judicial Activism.

46.    Status of Union Public Service Commission is :
Constitutional.

47.    Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission is appointed by :
The President.

48.    Money bill of the Union Government is first introduced in :
Loksabha.

49.    Which amendment Act incorporated the Right to Education into the list of Fundamental Rights in India?
86th Amendment Act, 2002.

50.    First Chairperson of the National Commission for Women:
Jayanti Patnaik.

51.    He stayed at home yesterday because he …….. a bad cold.
Had.

52.    Look me…….. when you are in India next year.
In

53.    I am extremely sorry I can’t talk to you now, I am……
Lost in time.

54.    Hundred rupees ……. enough for the taxi fare.
Is

    In which part of the sentences (55 & 56) is the mistake.
55.    He(A)
 has delivered (B)
a best speech(C)
on the Topic (D).

Ans: C.

56.    I received(A)
a check for one lakh rupees (B)

as advance(C)

for my book (D)

Ans: B

57.    What is the passive form of: This shop sells non-friction books.
Nonfiction books are sold in this shop.

58.    Report: “Is your book on Shakespeare”, he asked her.
He asked her if her book was on Shakespeare.

59.    Chocolate cake contains a …….. amount of calorie.
Large.

60.    Within a short period of time, he reached the ……… of his career.
Acme.






71.    When a key is pressed on the key board, which standard is used for converting the keystroke into corresponding bits?
ASCII

72.    Software, such as Explorer and Firefox are referred to as :
Browsers.

73.    Which of the following is not an output device?
(a) Plotter    (b) Scanner    (c) Flat Screen        (d) Touch screen.
Ans: Scanner.

74.    Which technology is used in Compact Disks?
Laser.

75.    The programs which are as permanent as hardware and stored in ROM is known as :
Firmware.

76.    Which access method is used for obtaining a record from a cassette tape?
Sequential.

77.    ASCII stands for:
American Standard Code for Information Interchange.

78.    Which of the following identifies a specific web page and its computer on the web?
(a) Website    (b) Web site address    (c) URL    (d) Domain Name.
Ans: URL (Uniform Resource Locator).

79.    An optical input device that interprets pencil marks on paper media is:
O.M.R.

80.    Information Technology Act was enacted on ……..
9 June 2000.

81.    Which of the following numbers is divisible by 24?
(A) 15824    (B) 14824    (C) 13824    (D) 12824
Ans: 13824.

82.    If a/4=b/5=c/7, then (a+b+c)/a =
4.

83.    A student multiplied a number by 4/5 instead of 5/4. The percentage error is :
36%

84.    The number of marble slabs of size 25 cm x 25 cm required to pave the floor of a square room of side 10 metres is :
1600

85.    40% of a number is added to 120, then the result is double of the number. What is the number?
75.

86.    A and B can do a work in 10 days, B and C can do it in 12 days, C and A can do it in 15 days. If A, B, and C work together, they will complete the work in :
8 Days.

87.    The prices of a table and a chair are in the ration 4:1. The cost of 2 tables and 8 chairs is Rs.400, the cost of a table is :
Rs.100.

88.    The ratio of men and women in a polling booth is 4:5. If there were 120 women more than that of men,  the number of voters in the booth were:
1080.

89.     A train of length 150 meters took 8 seconds to cross a bridge of length 250 meters. Time taken by the  train to cross a telephone post is :
3 seconds.

90.    The difference between compound interest and simple interest for an amount in 2 years is Rs.32. If the rate of interest is 8%, the amount is :
Rs.5000.

91.    Identify the next number in the series:
2, 7, 17, 32, 52, 77, …….
Ans: 107

92.    Identify the missing term:
PRT, …….. BDF, HJL, NPR.

Ans: VXZ

93.    In a certain code SUNDAY is coded as USDNYA. How could CREATION be written in that code?
RCAEITNO.

94.    Find out the option which has the same type of relationship as ‘Chemistry and Science’?
(A) Painting and Arts.        (B) Medicine and Surgery.
(C) Geography and History    (D) Civics and Archaeology.
Ans: Painting and Arts.

95.    Identify the odd man out:
(A) 14        (B) 55        (C) 49        (D) 63.

96.    A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in 6 chairs regularly placed a round table. It is observed that A is between D and F, C is opposite to D, D and E are not on neighbour chairs. Which one of the following must be true?
(A) A is opposite to B.    (B) D is opposite to E.
(C) C and B are neighbors    (D) B and E are neighbours.

Ans: B and E are neighbours.

97.    Introducing a man, a woman said “His wife is the only daughter of my father.” How is that man related to woman?
Husband.

98.    Facing south A start his journey and make turnings towards the left and right in the sequence given below.  Which sequence will finally lead A to a direction other than the South?
(A) left, right, left, right, left, right    (B) left, right, right, left, left, right.

(C) left, left, right, left, left, right    (D)right, right, right, left, left, left.

Ans: (C) left, left, right, left, left, right

99.    Some boys are standing in a queue. If the tenth boy from behind is 5 behind the 12th boy from the front, how many are there in the queue?
26

100.    A cyclist goes 40 km towards East and then turning to right he goes 40 km. Again he turn to his left and goes 20 km. After this he turns to his left and goes 40 km, then again turns right and goes 10km. How far is he from his starting point?
70 km.
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