TNPSC group 1 - Model QP

1.Cabinet of Interim Government . Which among the following is not correct?

Rajaji – Education & Arts R.K. Shanmugam Chetty – Finance Sardar V. Patel – Home Joginder Nath Mandal – Law

2.Radioactivity is due to

Stable electronic configuration Unstable nucleus Stable nucleus Unstable electronic configuration

3.A stone cut water Reservoir has been discovered from

Surkotada Kalibangan Dholavira Harappa

4.Who was the founder of Mahayana sect of Buddhism?

Vasumitra Nagarjuna Rahul Bhadra Asang

5.Choose the wrong pair

Divine Life – Aurobindo Ghosh India Divided – Rajendra Prasad India Wins Freedom – M.A. Azad India of My Dreams – M.K. Gandhi

International Solar Alliance

About International Solar Alliance

(ISA) ISA is India’s first international and inter-governmental organization comprising of 121 Countries. 

United Nations is its Strategic Partner. It was jointly launched by India and France in November 2015 during the United Nations climate change conference (COP21) in Paris. 

It has its headquarters in Gurgaon, India. It seeks to empower

solar-rich countries located between the tropic of Cancer and tropic of Capricorn to make collaborative efforts to harness solar energy to generate the electricity.

Three Objectives of ISA:

(i)To force down prices by driving demand, 

(ii) To bring standardization in solar technologies and 

(iii) To foster research and development. 

It also seeks to improve access to energy and opportunities for better livelihoods in remote and rural areas and also to increase the standard of living.

Group 1 Old QP

1.Saving is :
1) the major determinant of growth
2) the only determinant of growth
3) one of the determinants of growth
4) not concerned with growth

2.Which of the following descriptions does not explain VAT as per its conceptualisation?
1) It will diminish revenue buoyancy
2) It is a harmonised commodity taxation regime
3) Its effects are non-cascading
4) It is a self-enforcing system

3. Heavy Sector Strategy is associated with the name of :
1) Brahmananda
2) Mahalanobis
3) Bhagwati
4) Chakravarti

4.A stable macroeconomy contributes to global integration through the :
1) Ability to withstand shocks
2) Use of prices as signals
3) High returns from education
4) Creation of financial discipline

5.One of the key elements of India's market based developmental strategy is :
1) No Government intervention
2) Investment in physical capital
3) Integration with the global economy
4) A rapidly changing macroeconomy