General Studies

1.Kenneth J. Arrow, the well-known Nobel-winning economist and mathematician has passed away. He hailed from which of the following countries?

United Kingdom United States France Japan

2.Which country hosted the first Sherpas meeting of the 9th BRICS Summit-2017?

South Africa Brazil China India

3.The Andhra Pradesh government has signed MoU with which payment network company to transform Vishakhapatnam into India’s first ‘less cash’ city?

MasterCard National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) American Express Visa

4.How much loan amount has been sanctioned by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to develop 800-km Visakhapatnam-Chennai Industrial Corridor?

$375 million $475 million $425 million $500 million

5. Pooja Ghatkar is associated with which sports?

Cricket Chess Boxing Shooting

General Studies - UPSC

1.Which of the following hydroxide is most basic ?

Mg (OH)2 Ba (OH)2 Ca (OH)2 Be (OH)2

2.Silver salt used in photography is

AgCl AgNO3 AgF AgBr

3.Sahitya Academy winner M.M.Kalburgi on 30 August 2015 was killed. He was

A noted Kannada epigraphist A renowned scholar of the Vachana Literature A former vice-chancellor of Kannada University All of the above

4.Who is the CEO of Google?

Alfred Mark Sundar Pichai Daniel Nichols PS Iyer

5.Find out the incorrect pair with regard to INC Session

1955 – Avadi – U.N. Dhebar 1964 – Bhuwaneshvar – K. Kamaraj 1966 – Jaipur – K. Kamaraj 1950 – Nasik – J.B. Kripalani

Current Affairs Questions & Answers

1.Which country to host the 9th edition of BRICS Summit-2017?

China India Russia South Africa

2.John-John Dohmen, who has won the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Male Player of the Year 2016, is belonged to which country?

Netherland Belgium Ireland United States

3.Who has been appointed the new Prime Minister of Federal Republic of Somalia?

Hassan Abshir Farah Ali Mohammed Ghedi Hassan Ali Khayre Omar Abdirashid Ali

4.Which state is set to become the first Indian state to have a public registry of sex offenders?

Punjab Haryana Tamil Nadu Kerala

5.The Government of India (GoI) has recently signed pact with which country on rail safety?

Japan Germany Italy France

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ

1.Who among the following was elected president of India unopposed?

Dr Rajendra Prasad Dr. S Radhakrishnan Dr. Neelam sanjeeva Reddy K.R. Narayann

2.The Ministers are individually responsible to

The president The House of the People The Prime Minister The House of which they are members

3.Which city topped in the Swachh Bharat Rankings of 476 cities in India, in a survey conducted during 2014-15 by the Ministry of Urban Development, results of which were disclosed on 8 August 2015?

Chennai Mysore Kozhikode Pune

4.What is the name of the cyclone that resulted in heavy rains in west Bengal, Manipur, Odisha and other Eastern states of the country on 1-2 August 2015?

Cylone Beth Cylone Komen Cylone Andy Cylone Merck

5.Ordinances may be promulgated by the President of India, the Governor of a State and the Administrator of a Union Territory, under which of the Article of the Constitution respectively.

123, 213, 239 123, 321, 239 123, 213, 239 B 123, 312, 392 B

General Studies

1.Which of the following pairs (Arjuna Award Winners 2015 : Discipline) is not correct?

K.Srikanth : Badminton Swarn Singh : Rowing S.Satish Kumar : Archery Sanothoi Devi : Wushu

2.58 × 12 = 4, 37 × 96 = 5, 11 × 20 = 2 then 42 × 12 = ?

2 3 4 5

3.If in a certain language FASHION is coded as FOIHSAN, how is PROBLEM coded in that code?

ROBLEMP PELBORM PRBOELM RPBOELM

4.If the mid marks of a distribution are 23, 27,31,35 and 39, then the classes of the distribution are____

19 – 23, 23 – 27, 27 – 31, 31 – 35, 35 – 39 20 – 24, 24 – 28, 28 – 32, 32 – 36, 36 – 40 21 – 25, 25 – 29, 29 – 33, 33 – 37, 37 – 41 22 – 26, 26 – 30, 30 – 34, 34 – 38, 38 – 42

5.The most electronegative element of the periodic table is ______.

Iodine Fluorine Chlorine Oxygen

SIB wins award for tech security practices

• South Indian Bank (SIB) was awarded with ISO 27001: 2013 certification for its Information Security Management System (ISMS). 
• The certification process involved an extensive audit, conducted by British Standards Institution (BSI) against the criteria set out by the ISO 27001:2013 standards on various domains of IT functions. 
• The award demonstrates SIB’s total commitment to benchmarking technology framework and processes with international standards and commitment to long term vision for security best practices. 
• SIB already has received ISO 9001 Quality Management certification for its Credit Department, Personnel Department and Data Centre.
•  ISMS is set of policies and procedures for systematically managing an organization’s sensitive data.
•  Its goal is to minimize risk and ensure business continuity by pro-actively by limiting the impact of a security breach.

General Knowledge Question Answer

1.Which of the following was not an objective of the Panch Sheel?

Peaceful coexistence Non-interference in each other’s internal affairs Non-aggression Efforts for world-peace and international cooperation

2.Who among the following was the Finance Minister in the Interim Government headed by Jawaharlal Nehru?

M.A. Jinnah Rahamat Ali Liquat Ali Khan None of the above

3.Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) was launched in 2001 by merging

JGSY and EAS TRYSEM and DWCRA MWS and GKY NREP and RLEGP

4.With reference to Lok Adalats, which of the following statements is correct?

There is no court fee for Lok Adalat Lok Adalats can deal with matters which are civil and not criminal in nature. Every Lok Adalat consists of either serving or retired judicial officers only and not any None of the statements given above is correct

5.Which one of the following was established to improve administrative efficiency of the government departments?

Central Statistical Organisation Organisations and Methods Division Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

Aadhaar mandatory for University students availing scholarship: Government

• Union Human Resource Development Ministry has made Aadhaar mandatory for students to avail benefit under the Central Sector Scholarship Scheme for College and University. 
• This moves aims to bring transparency and enable beneficiaries get entitlements directly to them in a convenient and seamless manner.
• Besides, single Aadhaar proof will also obviate the need for producing multiple documents to prove identity. Aadhaar is a 12 digit unique number linked with an individual’s demographic and biometric information, which serves as an authentication tool throughout India. 

Science Express train flagged off to create climate change awareness 

• Science Express Climate Action Special train was flagged off to spread awareness about climate change across the country.
•  It is collaborative efforts of ministries of Railways, Environment and Science and Technology.
•  The 16-coach train will be on a seven-month journey that will cover 68 stations across the country.
•  The eight coaches of train are devoted to information, caste studies and materials related to various aspects of climate change.
•  It will also showcase the underlying science, impacts, mitigation solutions, adaption activities and policy approaches

 NRAI gets highest WHO ratings for vaccine regulations

•  India’s vaccine regulatory body NRAI (National Regulatory Authority of India) was given the maximum ratings by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for vaccine regulations. 
• The ratings were given by WHO after completing the assessment of the status of the NRAI system against WHO NRA Global Benchmarking Tool and measured the maturity of the system in India.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - TNPSC

1.Pointing to a man, a woman said, “His mother is the only daughter of my mother”. How is the woman related to the man?

Mother Daughter Sister Grandmother

2.If in a certain code '157' means 'Mother always affectionate'. '619' means 'Always fortunate future' and '952' means 'Mother very fortunate' then which digit is used for 'future' ?

9 6 Data inadequate 1

3.Which of the following Fundamental Rights is available to both the citizen and aliens?

The right to equality of opportunity in Public employment The right to six freedoms Cultural and educational rights the right to equality

4.Rainbow is formed due to the phenomenon of

refraction and absorption dispersion and focussing refraction and scattering dispersion and total internal reflection.

5.Nichrome wire is used as the heating element because it has

low specific resistance low melting point high specific resistance high conductivity

Government constitutes inter-departmental task force to crack down on benami firms

The Union Government has constituted inter-departmental task force comprising members of various regulatory Ministries and enforcement agencies to crack down on benami firms.

It is first major post-demonetisation move undertaken by Government for unearthing black money from shell companies used for large-scale money laundering and tax evasion.

Key Facts

The task force will be headed by Revenue Secretary and Corporate Affairs Secretary to monitor the actions taken by various agencies.

The involved agencies will invoke the stringent Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 against the shell companies and freeze their accounts and strike off the names of dormant companies.

It will also initiate disciplinary action against professionals abetting the companies and entry operators, who are used to launder unaccounted-for incomes into the banking system for projecting them as white money.

There are about 15 lakh registered companies in India, but only 6 lakh of them file their annual returns. It has raised suspicion that a large number of these companies are indulging in financial irregularities. During a small sample analysis of such companies conducted by Government has found that Rs.1,238 crore in cash was deposited in these entities during the November-December 2016 period, after demonetisation. It also has been found that 560 beneficiaries have laundered money to the extent of Rs. 3,900 crore with the help of 54 professionals, who have been identified by the Government.

GK Quiz - TNPSC

1.The fundamental principle underlying the working of parliamentary system of Government

Principle of Individual responsibility Principle of collective responsibility Principle of Independent Judiciary Principle of Division of Powers

2.Which among the following is wrongly matched?

Allahabad High Court – 1866 Bombay and Calcutta High Court – 1862 Punjab and Haryana High Court – 1965 Delhi High Court – 1966

3.Consider the following statement about secularism: 

I. It promotes religious philosophy 

II. It separates religion from politics.

III. It denies state support to religious organizations. 

IV. It opposes religious ideas and ideology. 

 Which of these statements is/are correct?

only II I and III II and III I,II,III and IV

4.If ROSE is coded as 6821, CHAIR is coded as 73456 and PREACH is coded as 961473, what will be the code for SEARCH?

246173 214673 214763 216473

5.Manoj and Sachin are ranked seventh and eleventh respectively from the top in a class of 31students . What will be their respective ranks from the bottom in the class?

20th and 24th 24th and 20th 26th and 22nd 25th and 21st

General Science Quiz

1.A block of ice in a room at normal temperature…..

does not radiate radiates less but absorbs more radiates more than it absorbs radiates as much as it absorbs

2.Consider the following with regard to International Court of Justice 

i. Headquarted in The Hague (Netherlands) 

ii. Composed of 15 Judges 

iii. Elected for 9 year term 

iv. Elected by UN General Assembly and Security Council Choose the correct code given below

i, ii are correct i, ii, iii are correct i, iii, iv are correct All are correct

3.Index ‘Residex’ is associated with

Share Prices Mutual Fund Price Inflation Index Land Prices

4.Which State of India possesses the maximum number of factories?

Maharashtra Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh West Bengal

5.The Provisional Government of Free India was announced by

Veer Savarkar in U.S.A in 1944 Subhash Chandra Bose in Singapore in 1943 Rash Bihari Bose in Singapore in 1942 None of the above

Advanced Air Defence (AAD)

Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile dubbed as Ashwin was successfully test-fired from launching complex-IV of Dhamara Abdul Kalam defence base off Odisha coast. 

The test assed missile’s killing capability by intercepting a target, mimicking an incoming enemy missile in mid-air. The success of test has boosted India’s position in the exclusive club of AAD countries United States, Russia and Israel.

Key Facts

The interceptor missile is a 7.5-metre-long single stage solid rocket propelled guided missile.

It is equipped with a navigation system, a hi-tech computer, inertial navigation system and an electro-mechanical activator.

It can destroy the incoming hostile ballistic missile in the endo-atmospheric region (less than 30 km altitude) at a low altitude of less than 30 kms.

It has its own mobile launcher, secure data link for interception, independent tracking and homing capabilities and sophisticated radars.

India has a double-layered ballistic missile defence (BMD) system capable of tracking and destroying hostile missiles both outside (exo) and inside (endo) the earth’s atmosphere. 

The first phase BMD system capable of killing enemy missiles fired from 2,000 km away. 

It is expected to be inducted in the armed forces soon. The second phase BMD system, capable of destroying enemy missiles fired from 5,000 km away is still under development.

Model QP - TNPSC

1.Which of the following statements about the World Wide Fund for Nature is/are correct
i. Founded in 1961
ii. Headquarters – Switzerland
iii. Symbol – Panda 
iv. Organise earth hour yearly

i, ii correct i, iii, iv correct i, ii, iii correct All are correct

2.Which of the following states has the highest density of roads?

Kerala Karnataka Goa Tamil Nadu

3.Arrange The Following Organisations In Chronological Order 
1. East India Association
2. Landholders Society
3. Madras Native Association
4. Bengal British Indian Society
5. British Indian Association
Select The Answer From The Codes:

2,3,1,4&5 1,4,3,5&2 3,5,4,1&2 2,4,5,3&1

4.Who became the president of the All India states ‘people’ conference in 1939?

Subhash Chandra Bose Jawaharlal Nehru C. Rajagopalachari Mahatma Gandhi

5.The dimensional formula for gravitational constant is …….

M1L3T-2 M-1 L3T-2 M-1 L-3T-2 M1 L-3T2

NASA’s Juno spacecraft completes fourth flyby of Jupiter

• NASA’s solar-powered Juno spacecraft completed closest flyby of Jupiter mysterious cloud tops for the fourth time. All eight of Juno’s science instruments were switched on during the flyby.
•  During its closest approach it was roughly 4,300 km above Jupiter’s cloud tops and traveled at a speed of about 208,000 kmph.
•  Currently, Juno is locked in a 53-day orbit around Jupiter. It is expected to perform three dozen flybys over the next one and a half years.
•  During its flybys, Juno probes beneath the cloud cover of Jupiter and studies Jupiter’s auroras to learn more about its origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere
• Juno was launched in August 2011 to study Jupiter’s composition and evolution. It’s the first solar power spacecraft to orbit Jupiter and second after Galileo. 
• The unmanned spacecraft had successfully entered Jupiter’s orbit in July 2016 after a five year journey and traversing distance of nearly 2 billion miles. 
• The primary goals of the mission are to find out whether Jupiter has a solid core, how its atmosphere and magnetosphere formed, and whether there is water in the gas cloud shrouding the planet.
•  The information gathered from it will provide vital clues to how the planet formed and evolved, but also to how the solar system we live in came into existence. 
• The spacecraft has been named after the Roman goddess Juno, the wife of Jupiter who is considered as the god of the sky in ancient Greco-Roman mythology.

General Studies

1.Which state government on 31 August 2015, inaugurated the state’s first One stop centre, known as Sakhi, that will play a role in helping the women in distress?

Bihar Uttar Pradesh Haryana Rajasthan

2.Find the next term of the sequence: 1, 4, 27, 256, 3125, 46656, ?

117649 279936 705894 823543

3. For the following data -1,1,0,2,3,5,5,6,8,10,11

Mean = Mode =Median 

Mean = Mode 

Mode = Median 

Mean = 5

4.ejo, tyd, ins, xch, ?

nrw mrw msx nsx

5.A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting on the opposite sides of a dining table, three on each side. B is between A and C. The politician and the Businessman are at the extremes of one side. E is a Military Officer. C is a professor and is by the side of the Doctor. The businessman is opposite to the Engineer. The Doctor is in the middle and is facing the Military Officer. Who is the Doctor?

A B C D

SC asks Government to prepare plan for eradication of leprosy

•  The Supreme Court has asked the Central Government to prepare a comprehensive policy for implementation of a plan to eradicate leprosy from the country.
•  A three-judge SC bench asked the Government to submit the plan within four weeks.
•  The bench told the Centre that people are required to successfully implement the government policies at the ground level.
•  It was hearing a PIL which had rapped the Government authorities for their apathy in eradicating leprosy, saying despite it being curable, the disease still remains a stigma. 
• The PIL had mentioned that leprosy affects over 1 lakh 25,000 people in the country annually and government has failed to eliminate the disease despite medical treatment available since 1981.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ - TNPSC

1.Find out the incorrect pair

Ennore – Thermal Power Plant 

Kundah – Hydro Power Plant 

Papanasam – Thermal Power Plant

Kalpakkam – Atomic Power Plant

2.Find out the incorrect pair

Budget – James Wilson 

Statistics – Mahalanobis 

Atom bomb – Raja Rammanah 

Vanamahotsava – Vinoba Bhave

3.Tamil Nadu is a leading producer of mill made cotton yarn in the country. What could be 1. Black cotton soil is the predominant type of soil in the State. 2. Rich pool of skilled labour is available.

1 only 2 only both 1 and 2 neither 1 nor 2

4.Which is the most important characteristic of the Golden Quadrilateral?

Connecting four major cities of the country 

Providing port connectivity 

North South corridor 

East West corridor

5.Which state led in employment generation in manufacturing sector in the country in 2012-13, according to and analysis released by the Associated chambers of commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) in August 2015?

Madhya Pradesh Tamil Nadu Maharashtra Gujarat

About World Cancer Day

• The World Cancer Day (WCD) is observed every year on 4 February across the world to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. 
• The theme (tagline) between 2016 and 2018 WCD is “We can. I can”.
•  It reflects on what everyone can do to raise awareness of cancer and asks to take pledge and action in fight against cancer. 
• Special three-year campaign for the World Cancer Day 2016-2018 seeks to explore how everyone- as individuals or as a collective – can do their part to reduce the burden of cancer globally. 
• The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) had instituted World Cancer Day (WCD in 2008 by formally writing the goals of the World Cancer Declaration. 
• The primary goal of observing the day is to reduce illness and death caused by it by 2020. 
• The origin of the day can be traced to 2000 at the first World Summit Against Cancer, which was held in Paris, France. UICC:
•  It is Geneva based leading international non-governmental organisation (NGO) founded in 1933. Its purpose is to help the global health community to accelerate the fight against cancer.
•  It has a membership of over 800 organisations spread across 155 countries.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - TNPSC

1.Consider the following UN Security council 

i. Composition – 15 members 

ii. 5 permanent and 10 non permanent members

iii. All 15 members have Veto powers

iv. 10 Non permanent elected for 5 years term

i, ii are correct 

i, ii, iii are correct 

i, ii, iv are correct 

All are correct

2.Consider the following statements

I. NDC was established in 1952 by Act of Parliament

II. NDC is a statutory body Choose the correct code:

I alone correct 

I, II are correct 

Both are correct 

Both are worng

3.Special officer for Linguistic Minorities is appointed by president under which Article?

349 350 350 A 350 B

4.Which of the following states attained direct state hood?

Haryana Mizoram Arunachal Pradesh Goa

5.Consider the following

 I. Southern Railway has 6 zones

 II. 4 zones are present in Tamilnadu

I alone correct 

II alone correct 

Both are correct 

Both are wrong