WELFARE OFFICER (NCA) – (505/2016) – PLANTATION CORPORATION

FINAL ANSWER KEY
Question Paper Code:38/2019/OL
Category Code:505/16
Exam :Welfare Officer (NCA)
Date of Test:20.08.2019
Department: Plantation Corporation
Alpha Code: A
Question1:-The river also known as Dakshin Ganga is ____
A:-Godavari
B:-Kaveri
C:-Krishna
D:-Pamba
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question2:-Jal Mahal is situated at ____
A:-Bikaner
B:-Ajmer
C:-Udaipur
D:-Jaipur
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question3:-The major soil type found in Kerala
A:-Laterite soil
B:-Black soil
C:-Hydromorphic soil
D:-Red loam
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question4:-Who is the Chairman of the GST council?
A:-Prime Minister
B:-President
C:-Finance Minister
D:-Finance Secretary
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question5:-Who started the weekly newspaper Sambad Kaumudi?
A:-Annie Besant
B:-Rajaram Mohan Roy
C:-Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar
D:-Dayanand Saraswati
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question6:-Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was passed in the year
A:-2000
B:-2003
C:-2009
D:-2005
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question7:-Who was the head of the Interim Government of India in 1946
A:-Dr.Rajendra Prasad
B:-Vallabhai Patel
C:-Jawaharlal Nehru
D:-Muhammed Ali Jinnah
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question8:-The Trivandrum observatory was started by
A:-Swathi Thirunal
B:-Sree Chithira Thirunal
C:-Rani Parvathi Bhai
D:-Sree Moolam Thirunal
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question9:-The first honey bee flora park in Kerala was located in
A:-Devikulam
B:-Pulpally
C:-Mavelikkara
D:-Munnar
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question10:-The Cabinet Mission visited India in the year
A:-1946
B:-1945
C:-1942
D:-1947
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question11:-Who started the movement Atmavidya Sangham?
A:-Ayyankali
B:-Vaghbhatananda
C:-Kumara Guru
D:-Vakkom Moulavi
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question12:-Who wrote Navamanjari?
A:-V.T.Bhattathirippad
B:-Dr.Palpu
C:-Sree Narayana Guru
D:-Vaikunda Swamikal
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question13:-The leader of the Savarna Jatha during the time of Vaikom Satyagraha was ____
A:-T.K.Madhavan
B:-K.Kelappan
C:-P.Krishnapillai
D:-Mannathu Padmanabhan
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question14:-Kuriakose Elias Chavara was born in
A:-Kainakary
B:-Perunna
C:-Malayattor
D:-Ettumanoor
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question15:-Guruvayur Sathyagraha took place in the year ___
A:-1924
B:-1928
C:-1936
D:-1931
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question16:-Which nation won gold in the women’s Kabaddi final at Asian Games 2018?
A:-India
B:-Iran
C:-North Korea
D:-Pakistan
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question17:-World Poetry Day is celebrated every year on
A:-March 21st
B:-August 11th
C:-February 2nd
D:-October 27th
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question18:-Who is the current President of France?
A:-Nicolas Sarkozy
B:-Jacques Chirac
C:-Francois Hollande
D:-Emmanuel Macron
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question19:-The new name for Allahabad is _____
A:-Prayagraj
B:-Ghaziabad
C:-Faizabad
D:-Kasi
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question20:-NASA’s first flight to the Moon that marked its 50th anniversary is ____
A:-Apollo 10
B:-Luna 15
C:-Apollo 8
D:-Sputnik I
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question21:-When was the Domestic Violence Act passed?
A:-2005
B:-2006
C:-2000
D:-2007
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question22:-The Sanskrit word for Caste is
A:-Race
B:-Jati
C:-Ashrama
D:-Varna
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question23:-Which theory states the origin of caste system is of “divine origin”?
A:-Racial theory
B:-Traditional theory
C:-Occupational theory
D:-Political theory
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question24:-The family system which may include father, mother, children, and non-immediate family members, A:-Extended family
B:-Conjugal family
C:-Affinal family
D:-Nuclear family
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question25:-Who asserted that religion is “a kind of cultural and/or linguistic framework or medium that makes pA:-Louis Althusser
B:-George Lindebeck
C:-Clifford Geertz
D:-Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question26:-The Family Court Act was passed in which year?
A:-1982
B:-1984
C:-1986
D:-1980
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question27:-The Muslim Marriage can be broken by mutual consent of husband and wife
A:-Khula
B:-Iddat
C:-Illa
D:-Talaq
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question28:-The allegiance to one’s own ethnic group rather than to the wider society is called
A:-Terrorism
B:-Regionalism
C:-Communalism
D:-Secularism
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question29:-The condition that didn’t come under valid marriage as provided in the Hindu Marriage Act 1955
A:-Neither party has a spouse living
B:-Neither party is an idiot or a lunatic
C:-The bride has completed 21 years and groom must have completed 18 years of age
D:-The parties should not be “sapindas” of each other unless the custom permits such a marriage
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question30:-The act in which persons in some public offices bestow patronage on their own relatives in consideraA:-Blue collar crime
B:-Black money
C:-Nepotism
D:-White collar crime
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question31:-Which of the following is a kind of help which is provided in accordance to economic and social neeA:-Family services
B:-Community Welfare Services
C:-Public Assistance
D:-Social Services
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question32:-Assertion (A): According to Plantations Labour Act 1951, wherein fifty or more women workers aresix years
Reason (R): The state government may make rules prescribing the location and standards of such rooms in respecA:-Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct interpretation of (A)
B:-Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct interpretation of (A)
C:-(A) is correct but (R) is wrong
D:-Both (A) and (R) are wrong
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question33:-Historically, Social Security first originated in ______
A:-United States in 1891
B:-Germany in 1891
C:-United States in 1881
D:-Germany in 1881
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question34:-Arrange the following steps in the process of establishment of Social Welfare Organisations in a sequA. Mission
B. Vision
C. Strategies
D. Objectives
A:-A, B, D, C
B:-A, B, C, D
C:-B, A, C, D
D:-B, A, D, C
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question35:-The following organisation plays a vital role in the field of Social Security
A:-United Nation Organisation
B:-International Labour Organisation
C:-World Trade Organisation
D:-World Health Organisation
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question36:-Which of the following governance mechanism is the highest body for policy formulation in Social WA:-General body
B:-Managing Committee
C:-Sub Committee
D:-Chairperson
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question37:-Assertion (A): Social Insurance covers certain contingencies such as old-age, unemployment, industReason (R): Social Insurance insist upon means of test
A:-Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct interpretation of (A)
B:-Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct interpretation of (A)
C:-(A) is correct but (R) is wrong
D:-Both (A) and (R) are wrong
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question38:-__________ is a matter of interpretation in context with the particular situation of the existing forces A:-Social Welfare
B:-Social Security
C:-Social Action
D:-Social Service
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question39:-Who had developed the explanatory model of the development of the state welfare which has had conA:-Parker
B:-Crosland C.A.R
C:-Marshal T.H
D:-Robson
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question40:-Article ____ of the Directive Principles of State Policy says that “The State shall strive to promote thall the institutions of the national life”
A:-Article 38
B:-Article 39
C:-Article 41
D:-Article 42
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question41:-Which method of training is not a part of off the job training method?
A:-Simulation
B:-Project assignment
C:-Role playing
D:-Case study
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question42:-The following is not a principle of organisation
A:-Principle of exception
B:-Principle of balance
C:-Principle of Complexity
D:-Principle co-ordination
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question43:-Kaizen means ____
A:-Continuous improvement
B:-Quality improvement
C:-Employee development
D:-None of these
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question44:-Which of the following approaches to leadership is based on the two variables “concern for people” aA:-Managerial grid
B:-MBO
C:-MBE
D:-None of these
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question45:-_______ is a process whereby companies find out how others do something better than they do and thA:-TQM
B:-Continuous improvement
C:-Empowerment
D:-Benchmarking
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question46:-The concept of Management by Objectives is introduced by ____
A:-David A. Nadler
B:-George Oriorne
C:-Peter F. Drucker
D:-Herbert A. Simon
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question47:-In which year was the concept of scientific management born in?
A:-1905
B:-1908
C:-1911
D:-1886
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question48:-Who was awarded the Nobel prize in the year 1978 for decision theory?
A:-Henry Fayol
B:-Herbert A. Simon
C:-F.W.Taylor
D:-Abraham Maslow
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question49:-_____ is concerned with the determination of quantity of personnel required in an organization
A:-Job specification
B:-Job description
C:-Recruitment
D:-Manpower planning
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question50:-Sensitivity training is also known as _______
A:-T-group training
B:-Apprenticeship training
C:-Vestibule training
D:-None of these
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question51:-One person becoming the Director of two or more companies is technically termed as ____
A:-Interlocking of directorship
B:-Dual directorship
C:-Multiple directorship
D:-None of these
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question52:-Hawthorne experiment was carried out at _____
A:-Western electric company
B:-Eastern electric company
C:-Scientific electric company
D:-Chicago electric company
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question53:-In MIS system design, the sources of information may be categorized as ____
A:-Internal and external
B:-Useful and unuseful
C:-Personal and organisational
D:-Constructive and destructive
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question54:-USB stands for ____
A:-Universal sector bus
B:-Unique serial bus
C:-Universal serial bus
D:-None of these
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question55:-A plan expressed in quantitative term is _____
A:-Policy
B:-Procedure
C:-Objective
D:-Budget
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question56:-Linux is _____
A:-A database
B:-A spreadsheet
C:-An operating system
D:-A line based spreadsheet
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question57:-Baud rate means ______
A:-The rate at which data is transferred
B:-The rate at which data is processed
C:-The rate at which data is received from the Modem
D:-None of these
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question58:-Which data communication method is used for sending data in both directions at the same time?
A:-Half duplex
B:-Full duplex
C:-Simplex
D:-Super duplex
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question59:-360 degree method relates to ____
A:-Performance appraisal
B:-Organisation climate
C:-Employees morale
D:-Retrenchment method
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question60:-_____ is the process of developing an experimental information system quickly and inexpensively foA:-Robotics
B:-Prototyping
C:-CAD
D:-CAM
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question61:-GSM stands for _____
A:-Global Service Model
B:-Global System for Mobile communications
C:-Global Service for Mobile communications
D:-Global System Model
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question62:-The information system plays a critical role in _____ decisions
A:-Programmed
B:-Unprogrammed
C:-Low level management
D:-None of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question63:-Encryption is primarily used in _____
A:-Transaction entry
B:-Computer processing
C:-File retention
D:-Data communication
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question64:-Which of the following is considered to be an inteface between functional applications and the databaA:-Management Information System
B:-Transactional Processing System
C:-Database Management System
D:-Data Processing System
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question65:-Process of converting data or information into form which is readily available for processing is calledA:-Encoding
B:-Decoding
C:-Translating
D:-Data organisation
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question66:-Communication flow in an organisation can be upward, downward and lateral. Which of the followinA:-Cost accounting report
B:-Purchase order summary
C:-Production summary
D:-Corporate policy statement
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question67:-What is the important part of a letter?
A:-Salutation
B:-Complementary clause
C:-Body of the letter
D:-Signature
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question68:-In government offices, the offer letter is known as _______
A:-Acceptance letter
B:-Enquiry letter
C:-Adjustment letter
D:-Tender
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question69:-The study of communication through touch is called ____
A:-Haptics
B:-Chronemics
C:-Semantics
D:-Proxemics
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question70:-Appeals and representations are used in ______ communication
A:-Upward
B:-Downward
C:-Horizontal
D:-Informal
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question71:-Trade Union is defined under _____ of the Trade Union Act
A:-S.2(b)
B:-S.2(h)
C:-S.2(d)
D:-S.2(f)
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question72:-If State government wants to extend the applicability of Payment of Wages Act, 1936 to any other estA:-60 days
B:-90 days
C:-3 months
D:-2 months
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question73:-To which settlement machinery, as per the Industrial Disputes Act, does Central Government refer theA:-Conciliation
B:-Arbitration
C:-Adjudicator
D:-Supreme Court
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question74:-The minimum amount of bonus paid to the employee is
A:-8.33%
B:-8%
C:-8.5%
D:-8.6%
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question75:-As per _____ of Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, an employee shall be disqualified from receiving bonuA:-S.12
B:-S.10
C:-S.14
D:-S.9
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question76:-In ____ the court observed that Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923 is a welfare legislation and its obA:-Azad University of Agriculture and Technology vs Court of Workmen Compensation Commissioner [200
B:-Laxmibai Atma Ram vs Chairman and Trustees, Bombay Port Trust (AIR 1954 Bom 180)
C:-Chairman vs Steel Authority of India Ltd. Bihar (1991) 2 LLJ 144
D:-General Manager, BEST vs Mrs.Agnes (AIR 1964 SC 193)
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question77:-_____ helps the employer to escape his liability to pay compensation under Workmen CompensationA:-Contradictory negligence
B:-Doctrine of Added Peril
C:-Doctrine of Resonable
D:-None of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question78:-Which formula was given by labour appellate tribunal for the calculation of bonus?
A:-Rounding formulae
B:-Accrual formula
C:-Half formula
D:-Full bench formula
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question79:-As per the Kerala shops and establishments (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018, certain changes made in A:-S. 20
B:-S. 14
C:-S. 2(h)
D:-S.21
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question80:-______ is a type of strike in which strikers strike without giving notice
A:-Hunger strike
B:-Go slow strike
C:-Lightning strike
D:-Token strike
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question81:-Choose the word which is most similar in meaning to the word printed in bold: Quivered
A:-Flattered
B:-Troubled
C:-Fainted
D:-Trembled
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question82:-How much did it ______ to reach Delhi by train?
A:-Estimate
B:-Account
C:-Price
D:-Cost
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question83:-We don’t want _____ of these gifts
A:-None
B:-Any
C:-Each
D:-Every
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question84:-Select the correct phrase
A:-Why did she takes the gifts?
B:-Why did she took the gifts?
C:-Why did she take the gifts?
D:-Why did she taken the gifts?
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question85:-The doctor sat ____ the patient and comforted her
A:- Beside
B:-Besides
C:-On
D:-To
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question86:-I assured her _____ my support
A:-From
B:-By
C:-Of
D:-In
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question87:-I am _____ stronger than before
A:-Much
B:-Many
C:-Very
D:-Too
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question88:-I don’t know how Rani came by so much wealth. What is the meaning of “came by” here?
A:-Wasted
B:-Spent
C:-Obtained
D:-Managed
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question89:-Share market is a precarious world. Here, “precarious” means ___
A:-Dangerous
B:-Profitable
C:-Questionable
D:-Terrifying
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question90:-Shakespeare was born during the _____ of Queen Elizabeth I
A:-Rain
B:-Reign
C:-Rein
D:-Realm
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question91:-ഉഷ്ണരാശി എന്ന ോനാവല് രചിച്ചത് ആര്?
A:-െക.വി. ോമാഹന്‍ കുമാര്‍
B:-എന്‍. പ്രഭാകരന്‍
C:-െബെനയാമിന്‍
D:-സാറാ ോജാസഫ്
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question92:-2018-െല ജ്ഞാനപീഠം അവാര്‍ഡ് ലഭിച്ച സാഹിതയകാരന് ആര്?
A:-ചന്ദ്രശോശഖര കമ്പാര്‍
B:-പ്രതിഭാ റായ്
C:-അമിതാവ് ോഘാഷ്
D:-ോകദാര്‍ നാഥ് സിംഗ്
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question93:-െചാല്ലാം വസന്തതിലകം…
A:-ജതംജഗഗം
B:-തഗണം രഗണം
C:-തഭജം ജഗംഗം
D:-യരതം ജഗഗം
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question94:-ജ്ഞാനപ്പാന ആരുടെടെ കൃതിയാണ്?
A:-ഉണ്ണായി വാരയര്‍
B:-പൂന്താനം
C:-െചറുശ്ശോശ്ശേരി
D:-കുമാരനാശാന്‍
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question95:-‘തിരുടോവാണം’ എന്ന വാക്കിെല സന്ധിോയത്?
A:-ോലാപസന്ധി
B:-ദവിതവസന്ധി
C:-ആഗമസന്ധി
D:-ആോദശസന്ധി
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question96:-‘കാര്‍വര്‍ണന്‍ എന്ന പദത്തിെന്റെ സമാസോമത്?
A:-മധ്യമപദോലാപി
B:-തല്പുരുടഷന്‍
C:-കര്‍മ്മധ്ാരയന്‍
D:-ബെഹുവ്രീഹി
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question97:-‘രാമുവിന് പനി ഉണ്ട്’ എന്നതിെല വിഭക്തി പ്രതയയം ഏത്?
A:-സംബെന്ധിക
B:-ഉോദ്ദേശിക
C:-ആധ്ാരിക
D:-സംോയാജിക
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question98:-സവാതന്ത്ര്യം എന്ന പദത്തിെന്റെ വിപരീതോമത്?
A:-അസവാതന്ത്ര്യം
B:-നിസവാതന്ത്ര്യം
C:-പരസവാതന്ത്ര്യം
D:-പാരതന്ത്ര്യം
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question99:-‘ൈക നനയാെത മീന്‍ പിടെിക്കുക’ എന്ന ൈശലിയുടെടെ അര്‍ത്ഥമെമന്ത്?
A:-ഒന്ന് ഉോദ്ദേശിച്ചിട്ട് മെറ്റാന്ന് നടെക്കുക
B:-ഒോര സമയം രണ്ടു കാരയം െചയ്യുക
C:-ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടാെത കാരയം സാധ്ിക്കുക
D:-വളരെര ഏകാഗ്രതോയാെടെ കാരയം െചയ്യുക
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question100:-തനതു നാടെകോമത്?
A:-പാട്ടബൊക്കി
B:-കറുശ്ശത്ത ൈദവെത്ത ോതടെി
C:-ലങ്കാലക്ഷ്മി
D:-ഋതുമതി
Correct Answer:- Option-B