PSC Model Question Paper 2015


1. Now planning commission of India is otherwise known as:
Ans: NM Ayog

2. The highest populated district of Kerala is:
Ans: Malappuram

3. Total number of Lok Sabha seats in Kerala?
Ans: 20

4. Small bite, Big threat is the WHO theme for the year:
Ans: 2014

5. 'No caste, no religion, no god for man' who raised this slogan?
Ans: Sahodaran Ayyappan

6. The new President of Sri Lanka?
Ans: Sirisena

7. Jalianwala bagh Massacre held in the year:
Ans: 1919

8. The head quarters of WHO is at:
Ans: Geneva

9. Zero was invented by:
Ans: Arya Bhatta

10. The causative organism of AIDS was discovered in the year:
Ans: 1993

11. In which date polio Sunday conducted during year 2015?
Ans: January 18

12. Mangalyan of ISRO related with which planet in space?
Ans: Mars

13. Vasco da Gama arrived in Calicut on May 17 in the year:
Ans: 1498

14. Albert Einstein received Nobel Prize in 1921 to which subject?
Ans: Physics

15. Navy Day was observed in India on:
Ans: December 4

16. The chemical used in rat control is:
Ans: Zinc Phosphide

17. The new contagious disease Ebola is caused by:
Ans: Virus

18. The first law minister of Kerala, who passed away recently?
Ans: V.R. Krishna lyer

19. Which is the fifth largest planet in outer space?
Ans: Jupiter

20. Chlorine demand of water is measured by:
Ans: Horrock's apparatus

21. The national family planning programme launched in the year:
Ans: 1952

22. Health survey and development committee is headed by:
Ans: Bhore

23. The normal composition of oxygen in external air is:
Ans: 20.93%

24. Blood group was discovered by:
Ans: Karl Land Steiner

25. Which is a water soluble vitamin?
Ans: Vitamin C

26. World food day celebrated on the day:
Ans: October 16 

27. The morbid fear of water in Rabies is called:
Ans: Hydrophobia

28. The multipurpose workers scheme launched in:
Ans: 1974

29. Under ICDS Programme the population of an Anganwadi workers are:
Ans: 1000

30. The national Health Policy approved by the Parliament in the year:
Ans: 1983

31. National Institute of Malaria situated at:
Ans: New Delhi

32. The ovum is released from:
Ans: Ovary

33. World leprosy day observed on:
Ans: January 30

34. The fertilized ovum from 14 days to 9 weeks is called:
Ans: Embryo

35. World Red Cross Day observed on:
Ans: May 8

36. The care of the pregnant woman during pregnancy is called:
Ans: Antenatal

37. The pregnancy ends on an average of days after last menstrual period:
Ans: 280 days

38. West Nile Fever is caused by:
Ans: Flavi virus

39. AIDS is caused by a virus known as:
Ans: HIV

40. AIDS once infected, it is probable that a person will be infected for:
Ans: Life

41. Low birth weight babies are the babies with birth weight less than _____kg.
Ans: 2.5 Kg

42. AIDS Breaks down the body's system:
Ans: Immune

43. Hydrophobia or fear of water with which disease?
Ans: Rabies

44. The first case of AIDS in India was reported in 1986 from the state:
Ans: Tamil Nadu

45. Infantometer is used to take ______ of the new born baby:
Ans Length

46. AIDS was first reported in USA in the year:
Ans 1981