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

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

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

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

General Science Quiz - TNPSC

1.Under which Amendment Act was Article 349A inserted into Part XXII of the Constitution?
55th Amendment Act 
56th Amendment Act 
57th Amendment Act
58th Amendment Act

2.Name the Indian who received maximum number of Grammy Awards
A.R. Rehman 
Pandit Ravishankar 
Zakir Hussain 
Ustad Bismillah Khan

3.Mention the hills present in Vellore District 
i. Javvadu hills
ii. Elagiri hills 
iii. Ratnagiri hills
 iv. Kalvarayan hills
i alone 
i, ii 
i, ii, iii 
All of these

4.Which country has became the first country to eliminate the transmission of HIV and syphilis from mother to baby as announced by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on 1 July 2015?
India Cuba Canada South Africa

5.Which Indian City was in July 2015, chosen as “City of Music” by UNESCO under the Creative Cities Network?
Guwahati Chennai Varanasi Kolkata

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

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

TNPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS 2016

1.The Soil Salinty is measured by

Conductivity meter Hygro meter Psychrometer Auxanometer

2.Plants that grow in saline water are called

halophytes hydrophytes mesophytes thallophytes

3.Pteridophyte used as a biological fertilizer in rice field is

Selaginella Cycas Pteris Azolla

4.Arrange the descending order for Mushroom Physical Structure

Pileus, Stipe, Annulas, Lamellae Pileus, Annulas, Stipe, Lamellae Annulus, Stipe, Lamellae, Pileus Pileus, Lamellae, Annulus, Stipe

5.Nymph is the name of young one of

Butterfly Beetle Cockroach Housefly

TNPSC - General Science Q&A

1.When fossil fuels are burnt they produce waste products causing

Air Pollution Aquatic Pollution soil Pollution Thermal Pollution

2.Ascidians are exclusively marine animals commonly called

Sea Grass Sea squirts Sea fan Sea lily

3.Rain water helps to increase the ____ to some extent.

Phosphorous contents Nitrogen contents Calcium contents Potash contents

4.The National Research Centre for Mushroom is located at

Dehradun Mussorie Nainital Solan

5.Most highly intelligent mammals are

Dolphins Kangaroos Whales Elephants

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ - TNPSC

1.The perimeters of two squares are 40 cm and 32 cm. Find the perimeter of a third square whose area is equl to the difference of the areas of the two squares
40 cm 36 cm 12 cm 24 cm

2.If “HYDROGEN” is represented as JCJZYSDD, how “ANTIMONY” will be represented as / “HYDROGEN”
CPVKOQPA CRZQWABO ERXMQSRC CTZOSUTE

3.Three numbers are in the ratio 3:4:5 and their L.C.M is 2400. Their H.C.F is
80 40 200 120

4.The Subtropical High-Pressur belt is called
Doldrums Horse Latitudes Coriolis force Belf ot calm

5.Which of the following lies in the Zone III of Earth Quake in India?
Kashmir Delhi Andaman TamilNadu

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ - TNPSC

1.A is B’s sister, C is B’s mother, D is C’s father, E is D’ mother. Then, A is the _________________ of D.
Grand mother Grand father Grand daughter Daughter

2.Energy obtained from the respiratory equation C6H12O6 + 6O2 CO2 + 6H2O……………Energy
2900 J 2900 KJ 29000 J 29000 KJ

3. Which Constitutional Amendement Act added Fundamental Duties in the Constitution of India
42nd Amendment Act 44th Amendment Act 47th Amendment Act 49th Amendment Act

4. 140 men can finish a piece of work in 11 days. How many days will 110 men take to finish the same work ?
15 days 12 days 13 days 14 days

5. Find the number which is 12% less than 250
220 215 200 245

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ - TNPSC

1.A river of 1.5m deep and 36 m wide is flowing at the rate of 3.5 km per hour. The amount of water that runs into the sea per minute is

3150 m3 31500 m3 6300 m3 63000 m3

2.Theethal Beach Located in the state of ....................

Maharastra Gujarat Kerala Karnataka

3./Arrange the following element in the order of their increasing atomic weight

C, AL, Na, P C, Na, Al, P Na, C, P, Al Na, C, Al, P

4.The ratio of numbers 3:4 and their H.C.F is 4. Their L.C.M is

12 15 24 48

5.Arun’s age is half as his father. Twelve years ago, his father’s age was three times that of Arun’s what is the present age of Arun?

24 48 36 12

GENERAL SCEINCE QUESTIONS

1.Mycobacterium leprae causes leprosy, Corynebacterium diphtheria causes diphtheria and Vibrio comma causes

Tetanus Influenza Cholera Typhoid

2.Photosynthesis takes place faster in

Yellow light White light Red light darkness

3.Which of the following an animal shaped like lizard but it belong to the group of amphibian

Salmon Walrus Lampreys Salamander

4.Examples of blue green algae

Anabaena Nostoc Oscillatoria All of these

5.Sugar cane research centre is located at

Tanjore Madurai Trichy Coimbatore