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

TNPSC - General Science Q&A

1. Avicennia is a

dry land plant Marshy land Plant Hill vegetation Grass

2.Which of the following is an insectivorous plant?

Nepenthes Utricularia Drosera all of these

3.T.M.V. has the following Symmentry

Cubical helical atypical square

4.The fungal cell wall is made up of

Chitin Cellulose Pectin Peptidoglycan

5.which one of the following is not a mammal?

Bat Shark Whale Duck-billed platypus

solved General Science Q&A

1.Number of chromosomes in Down's syndrome is

46 47 48 49

2.Vivipary is a characteristic feauture of

Mesophytes Halophytes Xerophytes Hydrophytes

3.Moist vapour theory was given by

Aristotle Pythagoras Delepatius Darwin

4.Which of the following is called amphibians of Plant kingdom

Bryophytes Gymnosperm Angiosperm Bryophyta

5.which one of the following is not an ape

Gibbon Gorilla Orangutan Langur

General Science Quiz

1.Which of the following was the first amino acid to be produced commercially?

L – Glutamic acid L – Lysine L – Cystine L – Methionine

2.Which of the following is not a member of the division Ascomycota?

Rhizopus Claviceps Aspergillus Pencillium

3.Production of gametes in Bryophytes involve

Meiosis Mitosis Fertilization reduction division

4.Which of the following is a Floating but rooted hydrophytes

Marsilea Pistia Eichornia Hydrilla

5.The development of fruit without fertilization is called

Partenocarpy Tomography Vitreography Selenography

TNPSC General Science QUIZ

1.Tillite boulder beds are related

Aeolian Origin Marine Origin Clacial Origin Fluvial Origin

2.Cursonial type of feet is found in

Ducks Ostriches Swift Parrots

3.National Institute of Ayur Veda Medicine is situated

Bangalore Kolkotta Pune Chennai

4.The genome of Retrovirus consists of

DNA RNA DNA and RNA LTR element

5.Which place is called ‘Chirpunchi of TamilNadu?

Chinnamannu Chinnakallar Palladam Pollachi Azhiyaru

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 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 KNOWLEDGE - TNPSC

1.Among the following which one is not an

DDT BHC Zinc Phosphide Zinc Sulphide

2.Which of the following states has launched the Smart Village programme to improve public facilities in villages

Gujarat Maharastra Karanataka Madhya Pradesh

3.The 2016 Kabaddi World Cup will be hosted in

Allahabad Ahmedabad Patna Chennai

4.In five tossing of a fair coin, the chance of getting 3 head is

5/16 3/16 7/16 4/19

5.The Total Number of Upanishads are

98 108 118 128

GK & Current Affairs – 2016

1.Which bank has become the first Indian bank to deploy software robotics for power banking operations?

State Bank Of India Axis Bank ICICI Bank HDFC Bank

2.Which union minister has recently released report of “Swachh Survekshan” for rural areas?

Narendra Singh Tomar Rajnath Singh Praksah Javadekar Uma Bharti

3.The United Nations charter has been translated into which Indian language?

Tamil Sanskrit Telugu Hindi

4.Who has been sworn-in as the new Governor of Madhya Pradesh?

Om Prakash Kohli Banwarilal Purohit Ram Nath Kovind Kaptan Singh Solanki

5.Who has won the MM Bennetts Award for Historical Fiction 2016 in the United Kingdom (UK)?

Helena Page Schrader Stuart Blackburn A K Ramanujan Kermit Roosevelt

General Awareness

1.Which registration module has been launched by the Union Government for Indian students studying abroad?

Madad Milan Bharat iBharat

2.Who has been appointed as the CMD of Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL)?

J Satyanarayana C.K. Asnani Vivek Bhandari Surya Deva

3.Who has become the first Indian woman cricketer to get the prestigious honorary life membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)?

Shobha Pandit Anjum Chopra Sravanthi Naidu Mithali Raj

4.Ankur Dhama is associated with which sports?

Sprint Boxing Wrestling Discuss throw

5.Which weather satellite has been successfully launched by ISRO into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO)?

INSAT-3WR INSAT-3MR INSAT-3SR INSAT-3DR

GK & Current Affairs – September 2016

1.India has recently signed an agreement with which country in the area of Maritime Transport?
Egypt Tunisia Morocco Afghanistan

2.The 2016 ASEAN-India Summit will be held in which country?
Laos Mynamar Singapore Indonesia

3.Who has been sworn-in as the new President of Brazil?
Jose Alencar Michel Temer Jose Eduardo Cardozo Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

4.The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch the INSAT-3DR satellite from which of the following rocketvehicles?
PSLV-F05 GSLV-F06 PSLV-F06 GSLV-F05

5.The book “Munnu: A Boy from Kashmir” has been authored by whom?
K. Srilata Swati Chaturvedi Mahesh Shantaram Malik Sajad