Kerala PSC Previous Years Question Paper & Answer

Title : Common Preliminary Examination (Degree Level)- Stage I-VARIOUS
Question Code : A

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Below are the scanned copy of Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) Question Paper with answer keys of Exam Name ' Common Preliminary Examination (Degree Level)- Stage I-VARIOUS ' And exam conducted in the year 21. And Question paper code was '075/21'. Medium of question paper was in Malayalam or English . Booklet Alphacode was 'A'. Answer keys are given at the bottom, but we suggest you to try answering the questions yourself and compare the key along wih to check your performance. Because we would like you to do and practice by yourself.

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Excerpt of Question Code: 075/21

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Product of three numbers is 100. Sum of these numbers has its last digit 3. Then
the second largest number among these three is
A) 2 B) 4 C) 10 D) 20

Raju bought a cycle and sold it after a year for 20% less price than its purchase
price. If he had sold it for a price less by 10% of the purchase price, he would have
gained Rs. 100 more than what he got now. Which of the following could be the
purchasing price ?

A) Rs. 1,000 B) Rs. 1,200 C) Rs. 1,500 D) Rs. 2,000
On arranging 1/3, 5/7, 2/9, 9/14, 7/12 in the increasing order, we get

A) 2/9, 1/3, 7/12, 9/14, 5/7 8) 2/9, 1/8, 7/12, 5/7, 9/14

C) 1/3, 9/14, 5/7, 2/9, 7/12 D) 2/9, 7/12, 1/3, 9/14, 5/7

In a ward, 25% of the population are affected by COVID-19. Of these, 100 are male,
10 transgender and other female. If the ward consists of 300 female and they
constitute 50% of the total population, then how many female are affected ?
A) 30 B) 35 C) 40 D) 45

An amount deposited for 2 years at simple interest rate 10.5% will yield same interes
in 2 years if deposited for compound interest for 2 years (compounded annually) i
the rate of compound interest is

A) 9.75% B) 10% C) 10.25% D) 10.5%

Average of four 3-digit numbers were calculated to be 335. Later, it was found tha’
one number had 8 at its second place and another number had 8 at its last place
both of which were wrongly read to be 3 instead. If this mistake is corrected, what
is the correct average of these four numbers ?

A) 340.55 B) 348.75 C) 350.5 D) 355.75

To completely tile a floor of area 220115, tiles of size (in ft) 2x 28/76 4 x 2 are available.
Price of these tiles are Rs. 50 and Rs. 80 respectively per piece. The minimum cos
of tiling the floor would be

A) Rs. 2,150 B) Rs. 2,210 C) Rs. 2,230 D) Rs. 2,240

Raju will complete a job in 20 days whereas Rani will do it in 15 days. Sahil can
finish it in 12 days. If they jointly work for 2 days and after that Raju alone carries
on with that work, how many days more will be required for Raju to complete it ?
A) 8 B) 10 C) 12 D) 14

A and B start a business with investments in the ratio 5 : 10. C joined the firm later
and invested Rs. 20,000 and at the same time A and B invested Rs. 2,000 each so
that the investments of A, 8, ೮ became in the ratio 10 : 15 : 25. How much A had
invested initially ?

A) Rs. 4,000 B) Rs. 5,000 C) Rs. 5,500 D) Rs. 6,000

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