Hi friends, here is the Kerala PSC Common Preliminary Examination 2022 Solved Questions. Common Preliminary Examination 2022 (Graduate Level)- Stage III – Various – Cat. No: 095/2019, 078/2021, 004/2022 etc was conducted by Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) on 10th December 2022. Here is the solved question paper of the said examination.
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Kerala PSC Common Preliminary Examination 2022 Solved Questions
1. Two statements are given below :
i. Aurangazeb banished singing in his court.
ii. Largest number of books on Indian classical music were written during Aurangazeb’s reign.
Considering the above statements, which of the following is correct ?
A) Both i and ii are true B) Only i is true
C) Both i and ii are wrong D) Only ii is true
2. Many musicians and singers had adorned the court of Swathi Thirunal. Find the odd man in the following.
A) Subbukkutty Ayya B) Alagiri Naidu C) Sivanandan D) Vativelu
3. Who is elected as the President of the Volleyball Federation of India ?
A) Rajkumar B) Jagan Mohan Rao C) Adille Sumariwalla D) Achyutha Samanta
4. Among the following which statement is historically wrong ?
A) K. P. Kesava Menon was a leader of Home Rule League.
B) In the election to the Central Legislative Assembly held in 1934, Muhammed Abdurahiman won by defeating the Muslim League candidate.
C) Mannath Krishnan Nair was the leader of the movement for tenancy reform.
D) J. M. Sen Gupta was the President of the fifth All Kerala Political Conference.
5. Match List – I with List – II and choose the answer from the codes given below :
List – I List – II
a. Fardoonji Murzb i. Jam-e Jamshad
b. P. M. Motiwala ii. Bangbasi
c. Babu Jogendranath Bose iii. Bombay Samachar
d. Dayal Singh Majeetiya iv. The Tribune
Codes :
a b c d
A) ii iv i iii
B) i iii ii iv
C) iii i ii iv
D) iv i iii ii
6. Who preceded Yuri Andropov as the leader in the Government of U.S.S.R. ?
A) Nikita Khrushchev B) Konstantin Chernenko C) Leonid Brezhnev D) Mikhail Gorbachev
7. Arrange the following into correct chronological order and select the right answer from the codes given below :
i. Bethune School, Culcutta
ii. Madras University
iii. Sanskrit College at Varanasi
iv. Girls’ School in Pune (founded by Phule couples)
Codes :
A) iv iii i ii
B) i iii ii iv
C) iii i iv ii
D) i iv ii iii
8. Among the following which statement is historically wrong ?
A) Ayya Vaikunta consecrated a mirror as deity in a temple.
B) The Madras Governor Charles Trevelyan had persuaded the authorities in
Travancore to give the right for all women to wear upper clothes.
C) Pandit Karuppan was nominated to the Cochin Legislative Council.
D) Sahodaran Ayyappan was a member in the Sri Moolam Praja Sabha.
9. Match List – I with List – II and choose the answer from the codes given below :
List – I List – II
(Author) (Work)
a. Ramavarma Parikshit Thampuran i. Panathinte Kadha
b. Manavikrama Ettan Thampuran ii. Ambarishacharitha
c. K. S. Lakshmana Panikkar iii. Lakshmi Kalyana
d. K. Kesava Pillai iv. Prathyakshasariram
Codes :
a b c d
A) ii iii i iv
B) i iii ii iv
C) ii iii iv i
D) iii i ii iv
10. Among the following who was not a signatory of the ‘Abraham Accord’ ?
A) Benjamin Nethanyahu
B) Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayni
C) Abdullah bin Zayid
D) Donald Trump
11. Which of the following rock is called primary rocks ?
A) Metamorphic rocks B) Sedimentary rocks C) Igneous rocks D) Stratified rocks
12. A line representing points of equal amounts of cloud cover
A) Isohyet B) Isoneph C) Isohaline D) Isohume
13. Which of the following wind is seasonal wind ?
A) Trade winds B) Westerlies C) Monsoon D) Easterlies
14. Which of the following statement is/are correct about the Himalayas of India ?
i. The Himalayas are geologically young and structurally fold mountains.
ii. Shiwalik is the outer-most range of the Himalayas.
iii. Mt. Everest is located in the Shiwalik.
A) Only ii and iii B) Only i and ii C) Only i and iii D) All of the above (i, ii and iii)
15. Which of the following river is not a east flowing of Kerala ?
A) Kabani B) Bhavani C) Periyar D) Pambar
16. NNP at Factor Cost is equal to
A) GNP at Market Price – Depreciation
B) GNP at Factor Cost – Depreciation
C) GDP at Market Price + NFIA
D) GDP at Factor Cost + NFIA
17. The Planning Commission of India was constituted in the year
A) 1947 B) 1951 C) 1950 D) 1956
18. Which Five Year Plan adopted the Mahalanobis model for the investment pattern inIndia ?
A) First Five Year Plan B) Second Five Year Plan C) Third Five Year Plan D) Fourth Five Year Plan
19. What is Bank Rate ?
A) It is the rate of interest charged by banks against their loans
B) It is the rate of interest given by banks against the deposits received
C) It is the portion of the deposits that banks are required to maintain with the RBI
D) It is the re-discounting rate that RBI extends to banks against securities
20. Which Article of the Indian Constitution allocates legislative powers, including taxation, between the Parliament and the State Legislature ?
A) Article 246 B) Article 265C) Article 280 D) Article 285