2015 Kerala PSC Secretariat ASSISTANT / AUDITOR Solved Questions- Answers

Kerala PSC Secretariat ASSISTANT / AUDITOR exam 2015 Solved Question paper.

Questions and Answers 

1. The LCM of two numbers is 2079 and their HCF is 27. If one of the numbers is 189, find the other :

        A)299      B)197    C)295    D)297

Ans : 297

2. A can do a piece of work in 6 days  and B can do in 4 days. How long will they take if both work together?

   A) 5/12   B)2  2⁄5  C) 1¹⁄₂  D)None of these

Ans:2  2⁄5  

3. 30% of a numer is 120? What is the number?

     A)300     B)400    C)500   D)450

Ans:400

4.Simplify 0.25+ .036 + .0075

   A) 0.2935  B)0.02935  C)0.00136  D)0.0136

Ans: 0.2935 

5. Simplify (0.2 x 0.2+ 0.01 x 0.01)/0.401

   A)1.0   B)0.01   C)0.1   D)0.001

Ans:0.1  

6.The sum of two numbers is 44 and they are in the ratio 5:6. Find the number :

       A) (20,24)    B) (21,23)  C) (18,26)   D) (14,30)

Ans:(20,24)   

7. Simplify   

A)1/3    B)2/3    C)1/4   D)1/6

Ans: 2/3

8.The sum of ages of Sita and Reena is 32. Age of Reena is 3 times the age of Sita. Age of Reena is :

A)8    B)26    C)4   D)24

Ans: 24

9. Find the odd one in the group: 27, 35, 47, 52, 63

       A) 35   B) 47  C) 52   D) 63

Ans: 47

10.The perimeter of a square is 40 cm . Find its area .

    (A)  10 cm²      B)  400  cm²    C)     100 cm²     D) 160 cm² 

 Ans:  100 cm²     

11. In the following question there is a question mark in the blank space and it is only one of the five alternatives given under the question which satisfies the same relationship as is found between the two words to the left of the sign   given in the question. Find, the correct alternative in the question 

      ABDUCT : CDABUT : ABODE : ?

    A)BDAOE  B) EOABD   C) AOEBD  D) DBAOE

Ans: EOABD

12.   In the following groups one docs not belong to that group. Find the odd man :

      Chariot, Bus, Wagon, Car, Sleigh

        

     A)  Wagon    B)  Chariot   C) Sleigh     D) Car

Ans:Wagon

13.   Arrange the following words in the alphabetic order :

   (1) approximation (2) appropriation (3) appurtenance (4)apportionment

(A)     1, 2. 3, 4    (B)   4, 3, 2, 1  (C)   4, 2, 1,3     (D)    4, 1, 2, 3

Ans:4, 2, 1,3 

14.Find out the best explanation for the following statement from the answer choices : Grapes are cheaper than apples. I do not have money to buy two kilograms of grapes. Therefore :

  (A) I cannot buy two kilograms of grapes

  (B) I can buy one kilograms of grapes

  (C) I cannot buy one kilogram of grapes and one kilogram of apples

  (D) I can buy two kilograms of apples

Ans:I cannot buy two kilograms of grapes

15. In a secret way of writing COME AT ONCE FATHER VERY ILL is written as XLNV ZG LMXY KERALA PSC SECRETARIAT ASSISTANT / AUDITOR SOLVED QUESTION PAPER (16-05-2015) Question Booklet Alpha Code B 2 UYGSVI EVIB ROO. Bearing this in mind pick up the code from the answer choices for the word given below : FIT AND WELL 

      (A) URG ZMV DEOO       (B) UG ZNV DEOO 

     (C) URG ZMV DVOO        (D) URG ZNV DVOO

Ans: URG ZMV DVOO

16. A person was going towards south, then turns left then left again, then right. After that he turned about.  In which direction is he now?

        

   (A) North (B) South (C) East (D) West

Ans: West

17. In the following question the mathematical number follow according to a pattern. Discover that pattern and then pick up the missing number from the answer choices : 2,5, 9, 19, 37, ?

              (A) 75   (B) 85   (C) 87    (D) 47

Ans: 75

18. If the 11th day of a month having 31 days is a Saturday, which of the following days will occur five times in that month? 

      (A) Monday        (B) Saturday 

      (C) Sunday          (D) Thursday 

Ans: Thursday

19. In the question below three words are given. They are followed by four words one of which stands for the class to which these three words belong. Identify that word : Barbarous, Crude, Rude 

       (A) unrefined     (B) gentlemanly 

      (C) rude                (D) cultured

Ans: unrefined   

20. Read the statements carefully and answer the question which follow :

A cube has six sides each of a different colour. The red side is opposite black. The green side is between red and black. The blue side is adjacent to white. The brown side is adjacent to blue. The red side is face down. The side opposite brown is :

     (A)     Rod                           (B)     Black

     (C)     White                        (D)     Green

Ans:  White  

21. Which is the hardest material ever known in the universe?

      (A)   Platinum    (B)  Graphite   (C)  Diamond    (D)   Marble

   

Ans: Diamond

22. Which instrument regulates the resistance or current in a circuit?

      (A) Volta cell                   (B) Rheostat

      (C) Generator                  (D)Sonometre

Ans:  Rheostat

23.   The scientist who formulated the "Germ theorv of disease" is :

  (A) Louis Pasteur   (B) Lamarck    (C) Hugo Devries   (D) Griger Mendel

Ans: Louis Pasteur 

24.  In which atmospheric level ozone gas is seen?

A) Mesosphere  B)Lithosphere   C)Stratosphere  D)Ionosphere

Ans: Stratosphere

25.  Which is the relay centre in our brain?

     A)   Pituitary gland   B)Thalamus  C)  Spinal cord   D)Meninges

Ans:Thalamus

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