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

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.

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

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

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