Here is the model questions and answers for Kerala Public Service Commission Higher Secondary School Teacher [HSST] in History examination.
PSC Higher Secondary School Teacher in History Model Questions & Answers
1
The Autobiography of Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer is
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C. Wandering in Many Worlds
2
The first Travelogue in Malayalam language named Varthamana Pusthakam was written by
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A. Paremakkil Thoma Kattanar
3
To which field is ‘KIRAN’ related ?
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B. Female scientist
4
In which year the Travancore government issued orders permitting the Channar women to wear jacket and pinafore made of raw cotton ?
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D. 1859
5
Jaikumar Garg has been appointed as MD and CEO of which Central Government owned bank ?
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A. Corporation Bank
6
The social reform leader from Tamil Nadu who arrived at Vaikom during the Satyagraha?
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C. E. V. Ramerwari Naikar
7
Which of the following is the lowest point of Africa ?
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D. Lake Assal
8
The research work in the field of linguistic written by Chattampi Swamikal ?
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B. Adi Bhasham
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The famous drama written by K. Damodaran was
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D. Pattabakki
10
Write the abbreviated form of ICHR ?
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C. Indian Council for Historical Research
11
The type of research that makes use of systematic procedures to discover non-quantifiable relationships between existing variables is
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B. Qualitative Descriptive Research
12
An expert teacher is one who
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D. All of the above
13
The pretest-posttest equivalent groups design is a type of
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B. True-experimental design
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Subdividing the population in to smaller homogenous groups to get more accurate representation is
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C. Stratified random sampling
15
Teaching efficacy means a teacher’s belief
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B. that she can reach even difficult students to help them learn
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An evaluation tool that communicates the achievements of individual students over time
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A. Portfolios
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The characteristic that distinguishes descriptive research from assessment and evaluation is
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D. Development of generalisation
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The area where the child cannot solve a problem alone, but can be successful under adult guidance
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C. Zone of proximal development
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A well written introduction of a research report must have
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D. all of the above
20
The composite of ideas, feelings and attitudes people have about themselves is termed
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A. Self-concept
21
With respect to the Constitution of India, consider the following :
1) Fundamental Rights
2) Fundamental Duties
3) Directive Principles of State Policy.
Which of the above is/are fulfilled by the National Social Assistance Programme launched by the Government of India ?
1) Fundamental Rights
2) Fundamental Duties
3) Directive Principles of State Policy.
Which of the above is/are fulfilled by the National Social Assistance Programme launched by the Government of India ?
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C. 1) and 3)
22
What does the 104th Constitutional Amendment Bill related to ?
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B. Providing quota to socially and economically backward classes in private educational institutions
23
Who was the Chief Justice of India when public interest litigation was introduced to the Indian Judicial System ?
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D. P. N. Bhagavati
24
Read the following statements :
1) The Governor of Punjab is concurrently the administrator of Chandigarh.
2) The Governor of Kerala is concurrently the administrator of Lakshadweep.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct ?
1) The Governor of Punjab is concurrently the administrator of Chandigarh.
2) The Governor of Kerala is concurrently the administrator of Lakshadweep.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct ?
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A. Only 1)
25
Consider the following statements :
1) Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) was set up during the Prime Ministership of Lal Bahadur Shastri.
2) The members of CAT are drawn from both judicial and administrative streams.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are true ?
1) Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) was set up during the Prime Ministership of Lal Bahadur Shastri.
2) The members of CAT are drawn from both judicial and administrative streams.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are true ?
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B. Only 2)
26
In India the first law for transplantation of Human organs was passed in the year
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D. 1994
27
As per the Mihir Shah Committee Report, the average annual days of work per person generated under MGNREGA since inception has never exceeded.
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C. 57 days
28
Which are the special target groups in Antyodaya Anna Yojana ?
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A. Poorest of the poor
29
Which was the first country in the world to have enacted a legislation for providing for citizens ‘RTI’ ?
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C. Sweden
30
The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 was enacted in consonance with which of the following provisions of the Constitution of India ?
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A. Right to healthy environment, construed as a part of Right to Life under Article 21
31
‘All history is contemporary history’. Who defined history thus ?
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C. Beneditto Croce
32
Toponomy is the study of
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B. place names
33
The scientific study of seals is called
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D. Sigillography
34
Which among the following is meant for proving the authenticity of the document ?
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A. External criticism
35
Stratigraphy is associated with
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A. Archaeology
36
‘Long Duree’ is the concept popularised by
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C. Fernand Braudel
37
Who among the following is not a Marxist historian ?
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D. Edward Gibbon
38
Which of the following books deals with the history of Menochio, a village miller of 15th century Italy ?
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A. Cheese and worms
39
Which of the following historians is not associated with the Feudalism Debate in Indian Historiography ?
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B. Partha Chatterjee
40
Which of the following is not a work of Sumith Sarkar ?
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D. A possible India
41
Altamira, the historical site from where cave paintings prehistoric period have been discovered is located in
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D. Spain
42
The term ‘Urban Revolution’ was used by Gordon childe in his book
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C. Man Makes Himself
43
Who among the following deciphered the Cuneiform script ?
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B. Rawlinson
44
‘The Great Transformation’ is written by
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A. Karl Polyani
45
Who were the ‘Samurais’ ?
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B. Members of Warrior class
46
What is Niagara movement ?
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C. A movement for Negro emancipation
47
Hitler’s invasion of Soviet union was given the code name
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D. Operation Barbarossa
48
The Book through which Copernicus propounded the notion that sun is at the centre of the universe
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A. ‘The Revolution of Heavenly Bodies’
49
‘Kitab-al-Ibar’ (Universal History) is the work of
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A. Ibn Khaldun
50
Which of the following automobile company is associated with Adolf Hitler ?
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B. Volks wagen
51
Which of the following is not a site of Indus Valley Civilization ?
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B. Bimbetka
52
Arrange in Chronological sequence the following travellers’ visit to India.
1) Ibn Batuta
2) Huentsang
3) Fahien
4) Bernier
1) Ibn Batuta
2) Huentsang
3) Fahien
4) Bernier
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A. 3, 2, 1, 4
53
‘Kalavu’ and ‘Karpu’ are terms associated with
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C. Marriage System
54
Which of the following is not included in Ettutokai works ?
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D. Thirukkural
55
Which is the earliest Neolithic site in India ?
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D. Mehergarh
56
Sargon inscription of Sumeria refers to Indus Valley as
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C. Meluha
57
The term used in Vedas to denote cattle lifting
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B. Gavishti
58
‘Majma-al-Bahrain’, the Persian work, deals with the essential unity between Islam and Hinduism. Who among the following is the author of the work ?
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A. Dara Shukov
59
Who put-forth the hypothesis of urban revolution in North India during the Sultanate period ?
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C. Mohamed Habib
60
Which of the following work of Krishna Devaraya was written in Telugu language ?
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D. Amuktamalyada
61
‘Neel Darpan’, the drama that depicts the woes of Indigo peasants was written by
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A. Vasubandhu Mitra
62
Who was the first nationalist leader to call 1857 revolt as an organized war for national independence ?
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B. V. D. Savarkar
63
‘The congress is tottering to its fall and one of my great ambition while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise’. Who made this observation ?
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C. Lord Curzon
64
‘Amar Sonar Bangla’, the national song of Bangladesh was composed by
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D. Rabindranath Tagore
65
Who among the following was associated with the nationalist newspaper ‘Al-Hilal’ ?
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B. Abul Kalam Azad
66
Who among the following was not included in the INA prisoners tried at Red Fort in Delhi ?
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A. Rashbihari Bose
67
Which of the following is the autobiography of Jawaharlal Nehru ?
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C. An Autobiography
68
Of the following forts established by the Europeans in India, which one was located at Madras ?
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D. Fort St. George
69
Who among the following was a member of the state Re-organization commission appointed by Jawaharlal Nehru ?
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C. K. M. Panikkar
70
Who attended all the three Round Table Conferences ?
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D. B. R. Ambedkar
71
Which of the following is a work on Tamil Grammer ?
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B. Tolkapiyam
72
As per Mooshaka vamsha, the founder of Mooshaka dynasty is
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C. Ramaghata
73
Of the following Swaroopams, which one was located at Calicut ?
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A. Nediyiruppu Swarupam
74
Which of the following is the Kannada counterpart of Keralolpathi in Malayalam ?
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B. Gramapadathi
75
Who among the following first discovered the Edakkal cave engravings ?
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D. F. Fawcett
76
Who among the following is not involved in the debate about the nature of state during the Perumal period ?
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C. K. M. Panikkar
77
Unnuneeli Sandesam refers to the Tamil ship that frequented the Kollam fort. Which of the following was this ?
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A. Chonadan
78
The Archaeologist associated with the excavation at Porkalam in 1947 is
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B. B. K. Thapar
79
The Sufi devotional work composed by Qazi Muhammed during the medieval period
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C. Muhiyudhin Mala
80
The Granthavari associated with Trikandiyur Temple in Tirur is
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D. Vanjeri Granthavari
81
‘Travancore State Manual’ was composed by
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D. V. Nagam Aiya
82
Under the state Re-organisation Act of 1956, four southern Taluks were merged with Madras state. Which of the following was not one of these four Taluks ?
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C. Neyyatinkara
83
According to Mahatma Gandhi, ‘it is a Smriti which is the people’s charter of spiritual emancipation’. The reference here is about
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B. Temple Entry Proclamation
84
Who among the following was associated with the nationalist daily ‘Al-Ameen’ ?
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A. Mohamed Abdurahiman
85
Who among the following was the only Malayalee President of Indian National Congress?
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B. C. Sankaran Nair
86
Kuberan Nambudiripad is the character of the novel
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C. Saraswati Vijayam
87
Who was the Defence Minister of India when Goa was liberated and integrated with India ?
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D. V. K. Krishna Menon
88
After partition, a Malayali Muslim served as Pakisthan’s Ambassador to Egypt. The reference here is about
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B. Abdul Sathar Sait
89
The Malayali revolutionary who served as Foreign Minister of the provisional Govt. of free India set up at Kabul in 1915.
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C. Chempaka Raman Pillai
90
‘Varthamana Pusthakam’, the first travel account Malayalam was written by
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D. Paremakkil Thoma Kattanar
91
Which of the following deals with the oral history of partition ?
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A. The other side of silence
92
The celebrated work, ‘Centuries of Childhood’ argues that there was no childhood in Europe before 17th century. Who composed this work ?
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B. Philip Aries
93
Who propounded the theory that these exists a nexus between power and knowledge
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C. Michael Foucault
94
Which of the following is not a work of E. J. Hobsbawm ?
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D. Age of Reason
95
‘The Unquite Woods’, a leading book on environmental history of India was written by
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C. Ramachandra Guha
96
The author of the recent work, ‘Modernity of Slavery : Struggle against caste inequality in colonial Keralam’.
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B. Sanal Mohan
97
Which of the following historical novels is not written by K. M. Panikkar ?
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C. Dharma Raja
98
Who is the British Marxist Historian who wrote about Malabar Rebellion ?
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D. Conrad Wood
99
Which among the following is not a work of Romila Thapar ?
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B. Indian Feudalism
100
‘Walking Naked : Women, society and spirituality in South India’ is written by
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C. Vijaya Ramaswamy
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