GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - TNPSC

1.Pipe A can fill in 20 minutes and Pipe B in 30 mins and Pipe C can empty the same in 40 mins.If all of them work together, find the time taken to fill the tank

17 1/7 mins 20 mins 8 mins none of these

2.The first feminist in India was:

Raja Ram Mohan Roy Rabindranath Tagore Debendranath Tagore Keshava Chandra Sen

3.Which movement started as movement against reduction of rent and grant of permanent tenure in land, but later on assumed a communal completion?

Moplah Revolt Santhal Uprising Kheda Uprising Indigo Uprising

4.As per an announcement made in August 2015, which district of kerala is on its way to bedeclared as the first total HIV/AIDS literate district in the country after a special project titled” Jyothirgamaya” was implemented with the co-operation of 91 gram panchayats and four municipalities in the district?

Palakkad Ernakulam Erode Thiruvananthapuram

5.The birth centenary celebration of Rani Gaidinliu was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 24 August 2015. On this occasion a commemorative coin was released to recall Rani’s contribution to India’s freedom struggle. Rani Gaidinliu was associated with which India state?

Assam Tripura Nagaland Manipur

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

2016 Group 1 QP Model

1.Consider the following statements about Preamble

 I. Ernest Barker – Key note 

II. Palkhivala – Identity card 

III. K.M. Munshi –horoscope of our sovereign democratic republic

 IV. Thakur Das Bhargava – Soul of the constitution Choose the correct code:

I, III correct I, II, III correct I, IV correct All are correct

2.The police of which State/Union Territory, on 21 May 2015, proposed to reserve 33 percent of the seats for the posts of constable and Sub-Inspector for women?

Andaman & Nicobar Delhi Lakshadweep Puducherry

3.Which fighter jet of Indian air force (IAF), on 21 May 2015, landed successfully on Yamuna Expressway as part of developing road runaway for emergency landing?

Sukhoi Mirage Rafale Dassault

4.Which among the following statement is incorrect

Alcohol is a stimulant and it slows down the activity of the nervous system 

ill effects of tobacco are considered to be due to the absorption of nicotine 

Drug abuse refer to any use of an illicit drug 

None of these

5.Consider the following 

Assertion (A) : Non-communicable diseases are caused due to defective metabolic processes within the body.

Reason (R): They can also be caused due to life style and changes in the environment.

(A) is right and (R) is wrong 

(A) is wrong but (R) is right 

(A) and (R) are both correct 

(A) and (R) are wrong

Model QP - TNPSC

1.In India, how many states share the coastline?

7 8 9 11

2.Arrange the events in chronological order regarding Indian Economy. 

1. First phase of nationalization of 16 banks. 

2. Establishment of Narashimhan Committee on the Banking System.

3. Enactment of FEMA Act in India. 

4. Establishment of EXIM Bank in India.

1, 3, 4, 2 1, 4, 2, 3 1, 3, 2, 4 1, 4, 3, 2

3. The Reserve Bank of India regulates the commercial banks in matters of 1. liquidity of assets 2. Branch expansion 3. merger of banks 4. Winding-up of banks

1 and 4 2, 3 and 4 1, 2 and 3 All of these

4.Who was the Hindi poet during Akbar’s time who pleaded for a modified caste system based not on birth but on individual qualities?

Tulsidas Surdas Narasimha Mehta Maharji Rana

5.Which among the following is wrongly matched?

4th Schedule – Article 4 & 80 

9th Schedule – Article 31C 

10th Schedule – Article 102 & 191 

8th Schedule – Article 344 & 351

Preliminary exam model QP

1.Who operates the National Disaster Response Fund which was constituted under the Disaster Management Act, 2005?

Prime Minister 

Union Minister for Home Affairs 

Union Minister for Parliament Affairs

Union Minister for Environment and Forests

2.Poverty in less developed countries is largely due to

lack of cultural activities 

voluntary idleness 

income inequality 

lack of the intelligence of the people

3.Which of the following have coral reefs? 

1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2. Gulf of Kachch 

3. Gulf of Mannar 4. Sunderbans 

Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

1, 2 and 3 only 

2 and 4 only 

1, 3 and 4 only 

1, 2, 3 and 4

4.Which of the following winds relieves the people of Gulf of Guinea from oppressive hot and humid weather and is termed as ‘doctor’ by them?

Hermattan Sirocco Khamsin Brickfielder

5.Choose the wrong statement

Ajeya Warrior – India and UK 

Surya Kiran – India and Nepal 

VARUNA – India and France

Dosti – India and Bangladesh