Complete Model Questions and Answers related to Typewriter for those who preparing for Kerala PSC Typist/ Clerk Examinations.
1. The typewriter was invented in the year ............. by a Britisher.
Answer: 1714, William Henry Mill
2. The universal Key Board came into effect in:
Answer: 1986.
3. The Remington company was manufactured the first Typewriter in the year:
Answer: 1976.
4. The various kinds of key boards are:
Answer: Dummy, Universal, Blank, Fractional, Ideal
5. Devanagari (Hindi) Typewriter will have ............. keys by which we can type ............. letters and symbol signs.
Answer: 46, 92
6. The Government of India have approved a Devanagari Standard Typewriter in the year of:
Answer: 1962
Kinds and purposes of a Typewriter
7. There are ............. kinds of Typewriters namely .............
Answer: Three, Ordinary, Noiseless and Electrical
8. There are two kinds of Typewriters viz. ............. and .............
Answer: Standard and Portable
9. The purpose of the Typewriter is to type ............. and .............
Answer: Neatly, fastly, accurately
10. The typewriter reduces ............. and .............strain.
Answer: Physical, Mental
11. The Typewriter serves as a substitute to............. and .............
Answer: Printing, handwriting
12. The Typewriter saves ............. and .............
Answer: Time, energy
13. ............. size typewriters are useful for camp purpose.
Answer: Portable
Parts of a Typewriter
Carriage
14. The upper portion of the machine which moves while typing is called:
Answer: Carriage
15. The carriage moves from right to left when ............. or.............is operated.
Answer: Space bar, character key, tabulator bar, carriage release lever
16. Portable machine will be fitted only with............. size of carriage:
Answer: Foolscap
17. The carriage moves from left to right when operating ............. and .............
Answer: Back spacer, linespace and carriage returning lever
18. Carriage rack travels on the ............. wheel.
Answer: Pinion
19. The different length of carriage are .............
Answer: Foolscap 100, Draft 120, Brief 140, Police 180, Manifest 225, Ex-manifest 285
20.There are different sizes of typewriters. They are .............
Answer: Foolscap, Brief, Policy, Manifest
Cylinder
21. There are different kinds of cylinders. They are:
Answer: Hard, Soft, Medium
22. The Hard Cylinder is used for .............
Answer: Stencil cutting
23. The Medium Cylinder is used for .............
Answer: Ordinary Typing
24. The Soft cylinder is used in ............. as .............
Answer: Duplicator, impression roller
25. Hard Cylinders are used in Typewriter when taking ............. of copies or when .............
Answer: More number, cutting stencil
26. The cylinder is covered by .............
Answer: Hardened India Rubber
27. The cylinder are round to ............. the paper properly and to receive ............. impression on the paper at a time.
Answer: Feed, One
28. Generally in Office and Institutions ............. cylinder are used.
Answer: Medium
29. There are ............. thumb wheels on ............. end of the carriage.
Answer: Two, either
30. They are useful for ............. the paper into the typewriter and for ............. the paper out of the typewriter.
Answer: Feeding, taking
31. If the line space lever or carriage returning lever is broken while typing the paper can be taken to the next line by the use of .............
Answer: Thumb wheel
32. By using ............. we can rotate the cylinder in either direction.
Answer: Thumb wheel
Line space adjusting lever or Line space and carriage returning lever
33. The line space lever does ........... duties. Viz ...........
Answer: two, bring the carriage to the left margin and turns the paper to the next writing line
34. The line space pawl rotates the ........... to effect ........... spacing
Answer: Ratchet wheel, proper line
35. The line spacing lever can also be called ...........
Answer: Carriage returning lever
36. Normally there are ........... positions on the line space indicator for ........... line ........... & ...........
Answer: Three, Single, Double, Trible
Paper bail with rubber rollers
37. The rod with ........... rubber roller is called ...........
Answer: Two, Paper Bail
38. Paper bail hold the paper around the ...........
Answer: Cylinder
39. Paper Bail prevents the ........... from ........... in the air.
Answer: Paper, fluttering
40. There are ........... marginal stops.
Answer: Two
41. The Marginal Stops are used for fixing the ........... and...........margin.
Answer: Left, Right
42. The Marginal stops are fixed on the ...........
Answer: Marginal Rack
43. The left marginal stop protects the ...........
Answer: Left margin
44. The right marginal stop:
(a)Stops the carriage at ........... end.
Answer: Right
(b)Effects ........... mechanism.
Answer: Line lock
(c) Gives ........... warning at line end.
Answer: Bell
Card Holders
45. There are ........... card holders ........... of the ...........
Answer: two, by the side, Type guide
46. These are helpful for........... any ........... around the cylinder.
Answer: holding, thick card
47. The holes in card holders are meant for drawing the ........... and ........... lines on the paper:
Answer: Horizontal, vertical
48. This enables typing upto the ........... of the card.
Answer: Bottom edge
Variable Line Spacer (Push Button)
49. This is the ........... situated in the ........... of the ........... thumb wheel.
Answer: Knob, Middle, Left
50. This is used for rotating the ........... to any ........... of the line space.
Answer: Cylinder, fraction
51. The variable line spacer is used for looking the ........... line position in ........... typing.
Answer: Correct, insertion
52. When the variable line spacer is used the Cylinder will rotate ...........
Answer: Freely
Ratchet Detent or Detent Release Lever (Line Space Disengaging Lever)
53. Detent release lever is situated in the ........... side of the carriage in between the .......... and ...........
Answer: Left, cylinder, left thumb wheel
54. The detent release lever is helpful for typing on ........... or........... formula.
Answer: Rules, chemical, mathematical
55. There are ........... release levers at either end of the ...........
Answer: Two, carriage
56. The release lever is one of the ........... parts to be cleaned with ........... leather.
Answer: Nickel, chamois
57. Carriage release levers are fitted by the side of the ...........
Answer: Thumb wheel
Feed Rollers
58. There are ........... of feed rollers.
Answer: Two sets
59. They are situated ........... the ...........
Answer: Below, cylinder
60. They help the ........... of the paper.
Answer: Proper feeding
61. The feed rollers push the ........... from below the ........... to the ...........
Answer: Paper, cylinder, writing line
62. The feed rollers are controlled by the ........... and ...........
Answer: Feed roll release lever, feed roll springs
63. The feed rollers press the paper closely against the ........... and help ........... feeding of paper.
Answer: Cylinder, proper
64. The feed roll release lever is situated in between the ........... and the ...........
Answer: Cylinder, right thumb wheel
Line Space Pawl
65. The small ........... attached to the ........... is called the line space pawl.
Answer: Hook, line space lever
66. It acts on the ........... to effect line space movement.
Answer: Ratchet
Paper Table
67. The paper rest on the ...........
Answer: Paper table
68. Paper table is also called as ...........
Answer: Paper shelf
Paper Side Guide
69. The paper guide is useful for ........... uniform ........... margin on all sheets.
Answer: Getting, left
70. ........... helps to get uniform left margin on all conservative sheets.
Answer: Paper guide or marginal guide
71. The paper guide is found on the ........... side of the ...........
Answer: Left, paper table
72. The paper guide can be used for increasing or decreasing the ........... margin
Answer: Left
73. The front portion of the machine containing all the ........... keys are called keyboard.
Answer: Characters
74. The arrangement of the key board in all makes of English Typewriter is ........... and it is called ...........
Answer: Uniform, Universal Key Board
75. There are three kinds of Key Boards:
Answer: Universal Standard Keyboard, Ideal Keyboard and Scientific Keyboard
76. Type ........... is called the Master type to judge the alignment of other letters.
Answer: N or H
77. There are ........... character keys for Halda & Remington Rand Typewriter.
Answer: 44
78. The little fingers of the right and left hands are called ........... fingers.
Answer: Guide fingers
79. The long bar in front of the key board is called ...........
Answer: Spacebar
80. The latest model key board is called ........... keyboard.
Answer: Universal
81. The keys ........... are home keys.
Answer: ASDF ;LKJ
82. ........... characters are obtained while typing.
Answer: Printed
83. Name four non character keys in the key board.
Answer: Shift keys, shift lock key, space bar, back space key
84. ........... and ........... are called guide keys.
Answer: a&;
85. ........... is not arranged alphabetically.
Answer: keyboard
Dead Key
86. The dead key makes ........... on the paper but the ........... does not move.
Answer: Impression, carriage
87. The dead key is provided in ........... typewriters.
Answer: Malayalam, Hindi & Tamil
Margin Releaser or Margin Release Key
88. This is a big key on the top ........... side of the ...........
Answer: Right, Key board
89. This is used for ........... a word on the right side or for typing ........... notes on the left side.
Answer: Completing, marginal
90. ........... is used to type beyond the right and left marginal stops.
Answer: Marginal releaser
Type Heads
91. The commonly used type heads are ........... and ...........
Answer: Pica, Elite
92. Pica is ........... letters to an ...........
Answer: Ten, inch
93. Elite is ........... letters to an ...........
Answer: 12, inch
94. The other type heads are:
Answer: Gothic, Script, Italics, Pinpoint
Back Spacer
95.The back spacer enables the movement of the carriage ........... to ...........
Answer: Left, right
96.Back spacer is a ........... key as it does not given any impression on the paper.
Answer: Non-character or character less
Ribbons
97. There are ........... kinds of ribbons.
Answer: Two
98. Ribbons are ........... and ...........
Answer: Record, Copying
99. In bicolour ribbon the red portion should always be at the ...........
Answer: Bottom
100. The normal legth of the ribbon is ........... and the width is ...........
Answer: 12 yards or 10 metres, ½ or 13mm
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