GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ - TNPSC

1.The Cauvery River Water Tribunal and Cauvery River Water Commision were established respectively in

1990 & 1996 1990 & 1997 1992 & 1997 1990 & 2000

2.Which among the following is called as Ecological Paradise?

Sunderbans 

Gulf of Mannar 

Gulf of Khambat 

Lakshadweep

3.Consider the following statements 

I. Lokayukta was first established in Maharastra in 1971

II. Odissha passed the Act in 1970 but Lokayukta came into force in 1983 

Choose the correct code:

I only correct II only correct Both are correct None of these

4.Consider the following statements

I. CVC was established in 1964 by executive resolution of Government of India

 II. CVC got statutory status in 2004 

III. CVC was recommended by Santhanam Committee 

Choose the correct code:

I alone is correct I, III are correct II, III are correct All are correct

5.Consider the following Statements

 I. Human Rights Act was enacted in 1993

II. National Human Rights Commission is a Constitutional body III. Human Rights Act was amended in 2005

 Choose the correct code:

I alone is correct I, II are correct I, III are correct All are correct

TNPSC - Group 1 QP Model 2016

1.When you travel in the Himalayas, you will see the following :

1.Deep gorges 

2. U-turn river courses 

3. Parallel mountain ranges 

4. Steep gradients causing land sliding

Which of the above can be said to be the evidences for the Himalayas being young?

1 and 2 only 1, 2 and 4 only 3 and 4 only 1, 2, 3 and 4 only

2.Which among the following incorrect with regard to dance form

Meghalaya - Laho 

Mizoram – Khantumm 

Uttarpradesh – Navtanki 

Bihar – Jhora

3.Which instrument is Pudukottai Dakshinamurthy Pillai associated with?

Kanjira Mridangam Flute Violin

4.Pick out the wrong statement.

Leydig cells are found in ovaries 

The accessory reproductive organ is prostate gland 

The ovum develops inside the Graffian follicles 

Oestrogen is secreted by ovary

5.Pick out the item which has sequential arrangements.

1. Zygotene 2. Leptotene 3. Pachytene 4. Diplotene 5. Diakinesis

1. Diakinesis 2. Zygotene 3. Leptotene 4. Diplotene 5. Pachytene

1. Leptotene 2. Zygotene 3. Pachytene 4. Diplotene 5. Diakinesis 

1. Pachytene 2. Zygotene 3. Leptotene 4. Diplotene 5. Diakinesis

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

Solved General Science Q&A

1.The use of ‘I knife’ in the medical field is

to detect cardiac disease to detect cholera to detect common cold to detect cancer

2.Which city, in July 2015, emerged as the first one to send its nomination to the Centre for the ‘Smart City’ Mission that was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier?

New Delhi Chandigarh Puducherry Ahmedabad

3.The length of a plot is three times its breadth. A playground measuring 800m2 occupies one sixth of the total area of the plot. What is the length of the plot?

130m 120m 40m 160m

4.What is the least number of square tiles required to pave the floor of a room 16 m 25 cm long and 9 m 10 cm broad?

315 175 350 530

5.Three solid spheres of metal whose radii are 1 cm, 6 cm and 8 cm are melted to form another solid sphere. The radius of new sphere is:

10.5cm 9.5 cm 10 cm 9 cm

Group 1 Model QP

1.What is the name of the first direct container vessel from India to Qatar which arrived at Doha on 31 March 2015 as part of a non-stop service launched to facilitate swift trade between the two countries?

INS Bandhu M.S. Convent INS Rakashak M.S. Millennium

2.A documentary film made by British Director Leslee Udwin about the fatal gang rape of the 23 year old paramedic woman in New Delhi in 2012 was banned in India in March 2015. What is the name of this documentary?

Daughter of the East India’s Daughter Shame Daughter in Pearl

3.A meteor is

A rapidly moving star A piece of matter which has entered the earth’s atmosphere from outer space Part of a constellation A comet without tail

4.Which of the following currents is also known as the Humboldt Current?

California Current Labrador Current Peru Current Kuroshio Current

5.Which of the following, in March 2015, became the first court in India to set up dedicated commercial courts within it to ensure speedy disposal of cases?

Calcutta High Court Delhi High Court Allahabad High Court Bombay High Court