Here is the Part 1 Questions and answers of PSC Panchayath Secretary examination which was held on 2008. You can also download the questions in PDF format also.
PSC Panchayat Secretary Questions & Answers Part 1
1
The European country which first started trade with India was:
Answer
C. Portugal
2
The science of improving crop varieties is called:
Answer
A. Hybridisation
3
Green revolution refers to:
Answer
C. Development of new crop varieties which helped to overcome hunger
hunger
4
Inland Fisheries is referred to:
Answer
A. Culturing fish in fresh water
5
High milk yielding varieties of cows are obtained by:
Answer
D. All the above
6
A crocodile had just eaten a lamb when a hawk saw the crocodile, attacked
it and consumed it. The hawk is in ecological terms:
it and consumed it. The hawk is in ecological terms:
Answer
D. a tertiary consumer
7
Which of the following is a non-renewable resource?
Answer
B. Coal
8
Pollution is an undesirable change in physical, chemical and biological
properties of:
properties of:
Answer
D. All the above
9
In a free market economy, prices are determined by the:
Answer
C. Market forces
10
India’s National Newspaper “The Hindu” started since:
Answer
C. 1878
11
Which country has longest school year in the world?
Answer
A. Japan
12
Puducherry is a former ......... colony.
Answer
C. French
13
“The True Democracy is what promotes the welfare of the society”. Who
said it?
said it?
Answer
B. Mahatma Gandhi
14
The consumer Rights were first enumerated in the year 1962 in:
Answer
D. U.S.A
15
I.T.C means:
Answer
C. Inter-Tropical Convergence
16
The coniferous forests in India occur between the height of:
Answer
A. 2700 and 4000 mts
17
The International Tourism year:
Answer
B. 1967
18
The energy possessed by a body by virtue of its motion is known as:
Answer
A. Kinetic energy
19
Which is the oldest of all Vedas?
Answer
D. Rig Veda
20
When we pluck the wire of a sitar, the waves produced in the wire are:
Answer
B. transverse
21
If a mirror has a focal length of +15 cm, it is a:
Answer
A. Convex mirror
22
Scurvy is a deficiency disease caused by lack of:
Answer
C. Vitamin C
23
The first person to see a cell under the microscope was:
Answer
C. Robert Hooke
24
How old is the embryo when it becomes a foetus?
Answer
C. 2 months
25
The “Law of Multiple Proportion” was discovered by:
Answer
A. John Dalton
26
Controlled oxidation of methanol gives:
Answer
A. Methanoic acid
27
Laurie Baker, who died recently was famous in the field off:
Answer
C. Architecture
28
The “Diet” is the Parliament of:
Answer
C. Japan
29
Who among the following is called “Desha Bandhu”?
Answer
B. C.R. Das
30
The constituent Assembly was set up under the:
Answer
A. Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946
31
The chief minister is not responsible for:
Answer
C. the defence of the State
32
How many types of Galaxies are there?
Answer
A. Three
33
Warm air surrounded by cold air causes:
Answer
B. Cyclone
34
Which is the deepest part of Indian Ocean?
Answer
D. None of these
35
Which Chinese city lies in the Waterloo Road?
Answer
C. Hongkong
36
Which is the largest Man-made Lake in India?
Answer
D. None of these
37
Who introduced the postal system in India?
Answer
C. Alauddin
38
Who can dissolve the Rajya Sabha?
Answer
D. Nobody
39
“You can fool all the people some of the time, some of the people all the
time, but can’t fool all the people all the time”. This quotation is attributed
to whom?
time, but can’t fool all the people all the time”. This quotation is attributed
to whom?
Answer
A. Abraham Lincoln
40
Who is the author of the book “Death of a City”?
Answer
A. Amritha Preetham
41
Koodiyattom belongs to:
Answer
C. Kerala
42
When was the Children’s Film Society established?
Answer
A. 1955
43
Which period was considered as the Plan Holiday?
Answer
B. 1966-69
44
After “Kalinga war” Ashoka:
Answer
C. became a Buddist
45
Who is known as the “Father of Local Self-Government” in India?
Answer
B. Lord Rippon
46
The major difference between “Varna” and “Jati” is that:
Answer
C. Varna are only four but Jati are many
47
Which of the following diseases is caused by the bite of a mad dog?
Answer
B. Hydrophobia
48
The sex of a child is determined:
Answer
C. at the time of fertilisation of the ovum
49
The disease is known as the “black stem rust” destroys the harvest of:
Answer
D. wheat
50
The term “Dastak” implies:
Answer
C. Free pass or duty-free trade
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