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TOTAL MARKS:55 Dated:19-11-2020 (PPSC 2020) Name: ____________ TOTAL TIME: 75 MINUTES
1. Give your answer by circling the CORRECT OPTIONS completely and carefully.
2. Each correct answer carries one (01) mark. Passing marks is 28. Read very carefully.
Choose the word that is most nearly similar in meaning to the word in capital letters.
1. INTEGRITY 2. PREROGATIVE
(A) questioning (A) interrogative
(B) transparency (B) right
(C) honesty (C) wise
(D) sadness (D) casual
Choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters.
3. RESTIVE 4. PRODIGAL
(A) easy (A) wasteful
(B) calm (B) confident
(C) hurry (C) neutral
(D) restless (D) frugal
Choose the pair of words that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the pairs of words in capital.
5. TIGER : CARNIVOROUS 6. CONSTELLATION : STARS
(A) lion : jungle (A) archipelago : islands
(B) cat : house (B) city : country
(C) cow : herbivorous (C) book : pen
(D) wolf : clever (D) school : education
Fill in the blanks with suitable choices.
7. We cannot predict whether he will go on a picnic or not. 10. I hardly __________ meet him.
He is so __________ . (A) ever
(A) deleterious (B) never
(B) offensive (C) had ever
(C) feckless (D) had never
(D) capricious 11. She wouldn’t ask you if she _________ not sure.
8. He is __________ fame and money. He pursues (A) was
research just as an amateur scientist. (B) were
(A) indifferent to (C) has
(B) enamoured of (D) had
(C) running for
(D) struggling for 12. Don’t think there are no crocodiles because the water
9. Octopuses have not only large brains __________ also a is calm. This is a
well-developed nervous system. (A) Simple Sentence
(A) but (B) Compound sentence
(B) and (C) Complex sentence
(C) are (D) Mixed sentence
(D) and have
Read the following paragraphs carefully. Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
These huge waves wreak terrific damage when they crash on the shores of distant lands or continents. Under a perfectly sunny
sky and from an apparently calm sea, a wall of water may break twenty or thirty feet high over beaches and waterfronts,
crushing houses and drowning unsuspecting residents and bathers in its path. How are these waves formed? When a
submarine earthquake occurs, it is likely to set up a tremendous amount of shock, disturbing the quite waters of the deep
ocean.
13. One surprising aspect of the waves discussed in the (B) concentric time belts
passage is the fact that they (C) underwater earthquakes
(A) are formed in concentric patterns (D) storms
(B) often strike during clear weather
(C) arise under conditions of cold temperature
(D) are produced by deep swells
14. It is believed that the waves are caused by
(A) seismic changes
EXPLANATION
1. (C) Integrity means honesty. 8. (A) Amateur (non-professional or unpaid worker)
2. (B) Prerogative means right (or legal works without being paid. So, indifferent to
rights). (not interested) in fame and money is the best choice.
9. (A) not only …. but also. This is a conjunction.
3. (A) Restive means restless or uneasy.
10. (A) We cannot use negative word, never, with
So, easy is the antonym.
‘hardly’. So, ‘ever’ is the best choice.
4. (D) Prodigal means wasteful (who spends too
11. (B) The verb, to be, will always appear as were in
much). So, frugal (economic or one who spends with
the present conditional.
care) is the antonym.
12. (B) There are two clauses in the sentence. Hence,
5. (C) Tiger is carnivorous (meat eating) animal.
it is a compound sentence.
And, cow is herbivorous (grass eating) animal.
13. (B) Read this: Under a perfectly sunny sky and
6. (A) Constellation is made up of stars. And,
from an apparently calm sea, a wall of water may
archipelago is made up of islands.
break.
7. (D) Cannot predict whether will go or not. So, he is
14. (C) Read this: When a submarine earthquake
unpredictable. Hence, capricious (unpredictable) is
occurs, it is likely to set up a tremendous amount of
the best choice.
shock
15. 8 bits forms a

(A) byte ( B ) nibble
( C ) kilobyte (D) None of the above
16. The Institution set up by the Government of India to provide computer based information services to
government departments
(A) C-DIT ( B ) CDAC
( C ) NIC (D) DOEACC
17. Information Communication Technology (ICT) involves primarily
(A) Enrichment of existing knowledge
( B ) Installation of equipments
( C ) Storage and communication of information
(D) Use of technology for teaching
18. For use of ICT, teachers should be familiar with
(A) Programming ( B ) Browsing
( C ) Planning (D) Handling of audio-visual aids
19. Cloud computing means
(A) Computing using the satellite
( B ) Computing using cloud chamber technology
( C ) Computing which results in errors
(D) Shifting computing power from offline PCs and Laptops onto the Web
20. URL is a term associated with
(A) Computer hardware ( B ) Internet
( C ) Laser printer (D) Fax
21. 1 GB is equal to
(A) 10000 KB ( B ) 1073741824 KB
( C ) 1048576 KB (D) 100000 KB
22. Computer virus is
(A) A micro organism
( B ) A useful computer component
( C ) Electro magnetic waves entering the computer from internet (D) A programme
23. Rohith was asked to prepare a multimedia presentation as part of a seminar. Which of the following software
can be made use of?
(A) Notepad ( B ) Excel
( C ) Power Point (D) Adobe Reader
24. In internet terminology IP means
(A) Internet Provider ( B ) Internet Protocol
( C ) Internet Procedure (D) Internet Processor
25. Which one of the following is not a search engine?
(A) Bing ( B ) Google
( C ) Yahoo (D) Windows
26. CLASS is the acronym for
(A) Computer, Language and School Studies
( B ) Computer, Literacy and Studies in Schools
( C ) Computer, Language and Secondary Schools
(D) Computer, Learning and School Studies
27. SITE stands for
(A) Satellite Instructional Technology and Engineering
( B ) State Institute of Teacher Education
( C ) Satellite Instructional Television Experiment
(D) State Institute of Technology and Engineering
28. ICT (Information and Communication Technology) includes:
(A) E-mail ( B ) Internet
( C ) Educational TV (D) All the above
29. Where was the first computer installed in India?
(A) Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
( B ) Indian Institute of Statistics, Delhi
( C ) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
(D) Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
30. A network that links across metropolitan, regional and national boundaries is called:
(A) MAN ( B ) LAN
( C ) WAN (D) VAN
31. LAN stands for
(A) Local And National ( B ) Local Area Network
( C ) Large Area Network (D) Live Area Network
32. Which of the following statement is correct?
(A) Modem is a software
( B ) Modem helps in stabilizing the voltage
( C ) Modem is the operating system
(D) Modem converts the analog signal into digital signal and vice-versa
33. Which of the following is the appropriate definition of a computer ?
(A) Computer is a machine that can process information.
( B ) Computer is an electronic device that can store, retrieve and process both qualitative and quantitative data
quickly and accurately.
( C ) Computer is an electronic device that can store, retrieve and quickly process only quantitative data.
(D) Computer is a machine that can store, retrieve and process quickly and accurately only qualitative information
34. Information and Communication Technology includes
(A) On line learning
( B ) Learning through the use of EDUSAT
( C ) Web Based Learning
(D) All the above
35. Which of the following is the appropriate format of URL of e-mail?
(A) www_mail.com ( B ) www@mail.com
( C ) WWW@mail.com (D) www.mail.com
36. Line access and avoidance of collision are the main functions of
(A) the CPU ( B ) the monitor
( C ) network protocols (D) wide area networks
37. In the hypermedia database, information bits are stored in the form of
(A) signals ( B ) cubes
( C ) nodes (D) symbols
38. Communications bandwidth that has the highest capacity and is used by microwave, cable and fibre optic lines
is known as _____
(A) hyper-link ( B ) broadband
( C ) bus width (D) carrier wave
39. An electronic bill board that has a short text or graphical advertising message is referred to as
(A) bulletin ( B ) strap
( C ) bridge line (D) banner
40. Which of the following is not the characteristic of a computer?
(A) computer is an electrical machine
( B ) computer cannot think at its own
( C ) computer processes information error free
(D) computer can hold data for any length of time

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