Tuesday, December 13, 2016

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ - TNPSC

1.A hollow sphere of internal and external diameters 4 cm and 8 cm respectively is melted into a cone of base diameter 8 cm. What is the height of the cone?
12 cm 14 cm 17 cm 18 cm

2.The debris of the Indian Coast Guard’s Dornier aircraft that went missing off the Tamil Nadu Coast on 8 June 2015 were located on 10 July 2015, some 1,000 metres under the sea. The search of the air craft became possible after first of its kind of search operation carried out in India at such depths. What was the name given to this search operation?
Operation Talash 
Operation Sagar 
Operation Rescue 
Operation Needle

3. Which among the following is wrongly matched?
Dadra & Nagar Haveli - 10th Amendment Act 
Goa, Damman and Diu - 12th Amendment Act 
Puducherry - 14th Amendment Act 
Meghalaya as Autonomous State - 20th Amendment Act

4.Consider the following statements 
 I. 52nd Amendment Act, 1985 – Anti-defection Law 
II. 52nd Amendment Act - Xth Schedule to Constitution
 III. 91st Amendment Act 2003 - made change in Xth Schedule
 IV. Defectors have no protection on Ground of splits
I only correct II, III correct I, II, III correct All are correct

5. Which Amendment Act empowered state to make special provision for Advancement of socially and economically backward class
93rd Amendment Act 
1st Amendment Act 
38th Amendment Act
44th Amendment Act

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