Police Sub Inspector - Solved Question Paper

1. Toxic substances enter into the food chains and accumulate on higher tropic levels. The phenomenon is called:

(A) Cirrhosis (B) Algal Bloom (C) Biomagnifications (D) Ascites

Ans: c

2. Which of the following is a mixed nerve?

(A) Optic nerve (B) Vagus nerve

Ans: b

3. The smallest and lightest bone in the human body:

Ans: Stapes

4. The vaccine used in pulse polio immunization campaign in India:
Ans: Sabin Vaccine- OPV

5. In a monohybrid cross, a heterozygous tall pea plant is crossed with a dwarf pea plant. Which type of progenies is formed in the FI generation?

(A) All are tall (B) All are dwarf (C) Both tall and dwarf's

Ans: c

6. The elements which show variable valency:

(A) inert gas (B) non metals

Ans: c

7. Which compound is called `Carborundum’?

Ans: Silicon carbide

8. The lens used to rectify the disease, 'Myopia:

Ans: Concave lens

9. The most abundant element in the earth crust is:

Ans: Oxygen

10. The unit of acceleration is:

(A) m/s (B) m/ s² (C) km/hour (D) m²/s

Ans: b

11. Who is the governor of Meghalaya?

Ans: V. Shanmuganathan

12. Best documentary film of 2015 Oscar 'Citizenfour' is directed by:

Ans: Laura Poitras

13. Who won 'Man Booker Prize' 2015?

Ans: Richard Flanagan

14. Which city was the venue of 19th national youth festival 2014?

Ans: Guwahati

15. Who is the CEO of Syndicate Bank?

Ans: Arun Sreevasthava

16. Who is the present chairman of public accounts committee?

Ans: K. V Thomas

17. What is India's rank in the global happiness index 2015?

Ans: 117

18. Name the heaviest next generation rocket launched by ISRO recently:

(A) GSLV D5 (B) GSLV Mark III

Ans: b

19. Who is the author of the book 'Lives of Others'?

Ans: Neel Mukherjee

20. Where was the 2014 common wealth games held?

Ans: Glasgow

21. Who is also known as Muthukutti Swami?

Ans: Vaikunta Swami

22. Who did first Malayalam printing?

Ans: Benjamin Baily

23. The order permitting channar women to wear jacket was issued by which diwan?

Ans: Col. Munroe

24. The 'Kochi Pulaya Maha Sabha' was founded in 1913 under whose?

Ans: Ayyankali

25. Name the first travelogue in Malayalam:

Ans: Varthamana Pusthakam

26. Who is known as Kafir?

Ans: Vakkom Moulavi

27. Perambadi Ghat gives access to which place?

Ans: Coorg

28. The megalithic site of Cheramanagad is locally known as:

Ans: Kudakalluparambu

29. Hippalus the founder of south west monsoon was a pilot from which country?

Ans: Greece

30. Chenthuruni wild life sanctuary is a part of which forest?

Ans: Kulathupuzha

31. Which is the largest city on the banks of Godavari?

Ans: Rajarnundri

32. India has largest border with which country?

Ans: Bangladesh

33. Who is popularly known as 'Lokahitawadi'?

Ans: Gopal Hari Deshmukh

34. The Rani of Jhansi had died in the battle field on:

Ans: 18th June 1858

35. Who was the first Muslim president of Indian National Congress?

Ans: Badaruddin Tayyabji

36. 'Tatvabodhini Patrika' promoted the study of India's past, in which language?

Ans: Bengali

37. What is the name of Mount Everest in Nepal?

Ans: Sagarmadha

38. How many districts are there in India according to 2011 census?

Ans: 640

39. The first Indian meteorological observatory was set up at which place?

Ans: Calcutta

40. Who was the leader of Chittagong armoury raid?

Ans: Surya Sen

41. Supreme Court Judges retire at the age of:

Ans: 65

42. Public Information officer is expected to reply within hours if the life and liberty of the person is involved:

Ans: 48

43. National Mission for Justice delivery and legal reforms in India was set up in the year:

Ans: Aug 2011

44. Sexual harassment at work place Act was passed in the year:

Ans: 2013

45. The reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General is examined by committee in the Parliament.

(A) Public Undertakings (C) Public Accounts

(B) Estimates (D) Privileges

Ans: c

46. National Human Rights Commission in India was set up in the year.

Ans: 1993

47. Right to Education comes under the Act_____:

Ans: 21 A

48. 'A Vindication of the Rights of Women' is written by:

Ans: Mary Wollstonecraft

49. The Institution Lokayukta was created for the first time by the State of:

Ans: Maharashtra

50. A special interim report on 'Problem of Redressal of Grievances' was submitted by ARC headed by:

(A) Lal Bahadur Sastri (B) Indira Gandhi

Ans: c

51. Neither my brother nor my parents_____ to the party.

(A) has come (B) have come

Ans: b

52. As to books and films, I prefer the _____to entertain myself.

(A) latest (B) later (C) last (D) latter

Ans: d

53. The girl was wearing _____ yellow frock with red frills at the cuffs.

(A) a (B) an (C) the (D) all

Ans: a

54. Most of the film stars have a passion _____fashion.

(A) at (B) to (C) in (D) for

Ans: d

55. Mr. George asked her why s7 for yesterday's presentation?

(A) did not prepare well (B) had not prepared well

Ans: b

56. The Royal Group of hotels have a unique collection of imported

(A) furniture (B) furnitures (C) furnituress (D) furniture's

Ans: a

57. One who walks in the streets and sells small articles is a _____.

(A) peddler (B) pedestrian (C) draper (D) pedlar

Ans: d

58. The meaning of the idiom "parish pumps" is _____.

(A) charity (B) local politics

Ans: b

59. Among my friends, Deepak and Varun are bold, but all others are _____.

(A) gallant (B) valiant (C) timid (D) courageous

Ans: c

60. The _____of Anne Frank is a classic work that depicts the callousness of the Holocaust.

(A) Diary (B) Dairy (C) Diery (D) Diarey

Ans: a

61. Name the scheme that was launched in 2000 to provide foodgrains at subsidised rates:

(A) Antyodaya Anna Yojana (B) National food for work programme

Ans: a

62. Name the Prime Minister who launched Bharath Nirman Yojana.

(A) Narendta modi (C) A. B.. Vajpayee

(B) Dr. Manmoban Singh (D) Narasimha Rao

Ans: b

63. What is the objective of Indira Awaas Yojana?

(A) To provide additional wage employment in rural areas and also to provide food security.

(B) To provide connectivity to all unconnected habitations in the rural areas

(D) To create employment in constructing production projects.

Ans: c

64. Which of the following scheme is launched to facilitate the construction and up gradation of dwelling units for the slum dwellers and provide community toilets for them?

(A) Sampoorna Grameen Rojgar Yojana. (B) Bharath Nirman Yojana.

Ans: d

65. In which year was ICDS launched?

Ans: October 2, 1975

66. Expand the acronym RLEGP:

(A) Regional Landless Employment Guarantee Programme.

(B) Rural Labour Employment Guarantee Programme.

(D) Regional Labour Employment Guarantee Programme.

Ans: c

67. The State Poverty Eradication Mission of the government of Kerala popularly known as:

(A) Janasree (B) Kudumbasree

Ans: b

68. Pradhan Manthri Adarsh Gram Yojana is implemented by:

(A) Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment

(B) Ministry of Women and Child Development

(D) Ministry of Public Health and Development

Ans: a

69. The IRDP has been merged in newly introduced scheme namely:

(A) Indira Awaas Yojana

(B) Jawahar Rojgar Yojana

(D) Swarna Jayanthi Gram Swarojgar Yojana

Ans: d

70. Which of the schemes was introduced in the golden jubilee year of independence and is operational since December 1, 1997?

(A) Swarna Jayanthi Gram Swarojgar Yojana

(B) Sampoorna Grameen Rojgar Yojana

(D) Samagra Awaas Yojana

Ans: c

71. Any electronic signature or electronic authentication technique shall be considered reliable:

(A) If the signature creation data or the authentication data are, within the context in which they are used, linked to the signatory or, as the case may be, the authenticator and of no other person

(B) If the signature creation data or the authentication data were, at the time of signing, under the control of the signatory or, as the case may be, the authenticator and of no other person

(D) All the above

Ans: d

72. Which among the following is a malware programme that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers?

(A) Computer virus (B) Computer worm

Ans: c

73. The act of creating misleading websites for the purpose of online identity theft is called:

(A) Spoofing (B) Phishing (C) Cheating (D) Hacking

Ans: a

74. Which of the following is NOT a requirement for operating wi-fi network?

(A) Wireless router (B) Transponders

Ans: b

75. The activity of creating sectors and tracks on a hard disk is called:

(A) Tracking (B) Sectoring (C) Flattering (D) Formatting

Ans: d

76. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team serves as:

(A) The National Nodal Agency in respect of Critical Information Infrastructure Protection

(B) The Cyber Regulations Advisory Authority

(D) None of the above

Ans: a

77. What is the function of the control unit in CPU?

(A) To transfer data to primary storage

(B) To store program instructions

(D) To decode program instructions

Ans: a

78. Gnu Privacy Guard (GPG) is:

(A) An intrusion detection system

(B) A cryptographic protocol providing communications security over the internet

(D) A cryptographic software which provides for key-based asymmetric cryptography for encryption and authentication

Ans: d

79. Which of the following is used for e-mail transmission across internet?

(A) SMTP (B) IMAP (C) POP (D) FTP

Ans: a

80. Securing or attempting to secure access to a protected system in contravention of section 70 of the Information Technology Act is an offence which is:

(A) Non-cognizable, bailable and punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years

(B) Cognizable, Non-bailable and punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years

(D) Non-cognizable, Non-bailable and punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years

Ans: c