Friday 22 June 2012

TNPSC Group I 2007 Exam Paper-Part 1


TNPSC Group I 2007 Exam Paper-Part 1


1. Pituitary gland is situated in

a) the neck 
b) the base of the heart 
c)  the base of the brain 
d)  the abdomen 

Answer: c

2. Red colour to the blood is given by

a) haemoglobin 
b) albumin 
c) gamma globulin 
d) myoglobin 

Answer: a

3. Sexual characters in female are controlled by

a) Progesterone 
b)  Estrogen 
c) Testosterone 
d) Aldosterone 

Answer: b

4. A cross between hybrid and either of any parent (dominant ) or recessive ) is called

a)  Monohybrid cross 
b) Back cross 
c)  Test cross 
d) Dihybrid cross 

Answer: b


5. Identical twins are produced when

a) one sperm is fertilized with two eggs 
b) one egg is fertilized with two sperms 
c) one fertilized egg is divided into two blastomers and separated
d) two eggs are fertilized with two sperms. 

Answer: c

6. In human 47 number of chromosomes (22A+XXY) is resulted in

a) Down's syndrome 
b) Klinefelter's syndrome 
c) Turner's syndrome 
d) Edward's syndrome 


Answer: b

7. Which vaccine should be given to the newborn within 15 days of birth?

a) 'O' Polio 
b)  DPT 
c) MMR vaccine 
d) Measles vaccine 

Answer: a

8. Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below:

List I                                                               List II

a) A,B,O, blood group          1) Example for point mutation
b) Bald head in man             2) Dihybrid cross
c) Sickle cell anaemia          3) Multiple alleles
d) Independent assortment 4) sex influenced genes


Codes:a b c d
a) 4 3 2 1 
b) 3 4 1 2 
c) 2 1 4 3 
d) 1 2 3 4 

Answer: b

9. Consider the following statements:

i) ADH is secreted by adenohypophysis
ii) ADH is secreted by infundibulum
iii) ADH is secreted by neurohypophysis
iv) ADH is secreted by pineal gland

Of the statements:
a)  (i) and (ii) are correct 
b) (ii) alone is correct 
c) (iii) alone is correct 
d) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct 

Answer: c

10. Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A): The sperm contains Acrosome in the neck
Reason (R): Centrioles are important for sperm count.
Now select your answer according to the coding scheme given below:

a)  Both (A) and (R) are false.
b)  (A) is true, but (R) is false. 
c) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct reason. 
d) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct reason. 

Answer: b

11. The Controller of Insurance is at present

a)  Finance secretary 
b) Deputy Governor, RBI 
c) Chairman, GIC 
d)  Chariman, IRDA 

Answer: d

12. At present the expenditure on Government (both central and state) as as percentage of GDP is

a) 5% 
b) 17% 
c) 24%
d)30%

Answer: d


13. The sex ratio of India as per 2001 Census was

a) 935 
b)  929 
c) 933 
d) 930

Answer: c

14. The state which has the lowest record of Infant Mortality Rate is

a) Tamil Nadu 
b)  Uttar Pradesh 
c) Kerala 
d) Madhya Pradesh 

Answer: c

15. ............. was Hindu religious leader

a)  Vivekananda 
b) Varahamitra 
c) Valmiki 
d) Tarabai 

Answer: a

16. Which is the International Year of Rice?

a)2001
b) 2003
c) 2004
d)2005

Answer: c

17. The founder of the Newspaper, 'The Hindu' was

a) S. Subraminia lyer 
b)  Kasturi Ranga Lyengar 
c) S. Satyamurthy 
d) T.K. Madhavan 

Answer: a

18. Which of the following countries of the European Union has not adopted the single currency Euro?

a) France 
b) U.K. 
c) Germany 
d)  Spain 

Answer: b

19. Who has written the book"Big Egos, Small Men"?

a) Narasimba Rao
b) Ram Jethmalani 
c) Soli Sorabjee 
d) T.N. Seshan 

Answer: b

20. 93rd constitutional Amendment deals with

a) size of the ministry 
b) separate commission for SC 
c)  compulsory education for the children 
d) reservation in higher reducation 

Answer: d

21. What were the animals found in the most of the ancient forts for protection?

a) Lion 
b) Tiger 
c) Horse 
d) Crocodile 

Answer: d

22. Where is the Veterinary University in Tamil Nadu located?

a) Madurai 
b)  Coimbatore 
c) Trichy 
d) Chennai

Answer: d

23. Parambikulam project is located in ........ district

a)  Periyar 
b) Coimbatore 
c) OOty 
d) Karur 

Answer: d

24. Tuticorin is famous for

a)  Spice Fertilizer Industry 
b) Iron and Steel Industry 
c)  Aluminium Industry 
d) Machine Tool Industry 

Answer: a

25. Gokula Krishnan Commission was appointed to probe into

a)  caste clashes in Tamil Nadu 
b) Coimbatore blast 
c) study the Dalit's situation in Tamil Nadu 
d)  none of these 

Answer: b

26. The first Tamil Nadu Chief Minister to be awarded Bharat Ratna is

a)  C.N. Annadurai 
b) M.G. Ramachandran 
c) C. Rajagopalachari 
d)  Bakatavatchalam 

Answer: c

27. The Pykara Scheme of Tamil Nadu is in.......... district

a) Salem 
b) Periyar 
c) Nilgiri 
d) Kanniyakumari 

Answer: c

28. Which Tamil nationalist published a literary magazien called "Bala Bharathi"?

a) Subramanya Bharati 
b) Subramanya sive 
c) V.O.C
d)  V.V.S.lyer 

Answer: d

29. Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below:
List I                                                   List II             
a) Pattinapakkam                             1. the morning bazar
b) Maruvurpakkam                            2. The residental area
c) Nalangadi                                      3. The evening bazar
d) Allangadi                                       4.Coastal area with its harbour
Codes: a b c d
a) 2 3 1 4 
b)  2 4 1 3 
c) 3 1 2 4 
d)  4 3 2 1 

Answer: b

30. Who assassinated Ashe, the District Collector of Tirunelveli?

a) V.V.S.lyer 
b) Vanchi lyer 
c) V.S. Srinivasa Sastry 
d) S. Srinivasa lyengar 

Answer: b

31. Match List I with List Ii correctly and select your anser using codes given below:

List I                                       List II
a) Kant                                    1. Climatic classification
b) Thornthwaite                      2. cycle of erosion
c) Whittlesey                          3. origin of the earth
d) Penck                                 4. agricultural typology

Codes: a b c d
a) 3 1 4 2
b)  2 4 1 3 
c) 3 1 2 4 
d)  4 3 2 1 

Answer: a

32. Consider the following statements: 
Assertion (A): Tea and coffee are both grown in the Nilgiri hills.
Reason (R): Both crops need similar condition for growthNow select your answer according to the coding scheme given below

a)  (A) and (R) are True 
b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A) 
c) (A) is true, but (R) is false 
d)  (A ) is false, but (R) is true

Answer: a

33. Which National Highway connects Agra and Mumbai?

a) NH 1 
b) NH 7 
c) NH 3 
d) NH 5 

Answer: c

34. International Literacy Day is celebrated on

a) October 8 
b) September 8 
c) August 8 
d) December 8 

Answer: b

35. The oldest oil refinery of India is

a) Haldia 
b) Digboi 
c) Barauni 
d) Cochin

Answer: b

36. Tidal Park in Chennai was formed by TIDCO and

a)  Elcot 
b)  Sathyam 
c) Polaris 
d) TCS 

Answer: a

37. Theni district was bifurcated from Madurai on

a)1996
b) 1997
c) 1998
d)1999

Answer: b

38. Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below:

List I Sanctuaries               List II Districts
a) Vedanthangal                    1) Tanjore
b) Kalakadu                           2) Nilgiris
c) Mukurthi                             3) Tirunelveli
d) Vadur                                 4) Kancheepuram


Codes: a b c d
a) 4 2 3 1
b)  2 4 1 3 
c) 3 1 2 4 
d)  4 3 2 1 

Answer: a

39. Dharmapuri district is known for ...... in Tamil Nadu

a) Granite 
b) Quartz 
c) Limestone 
d) Iron ore 

Answer: a

40. Which is the south Indian Oxford of Tamil Nadu?

a)  Salem 
b)  Kanniyakumari 
c) Tirunelveli 
d)  Tuticorin 

Answer: b

41. Semiconduction property of silicon is due to

a) its positive temperature coefficient of resistance
b) its negative temperature coefficient of resistance 
c) wide band gap 
d) narrow band gap 

Answer: d

42. Light from the sun reaches the earth in

a) 45 minute 
b) 8minute 
c) 4 minute 
d) 2 minute 

Answer: b

43. Which of the following is used in electric heaters and irons?

a)  Tungsten 
b)  Steel 
c) Copper 
d)  Nichrome 

Answer: d

44. Which one of the following instruments is used to measure the speed of water through a pipe?

a)  McLeod gauge 
b) Pressure gauge 
c)  Screw gauge 
d) Venturimeter 

Answer: d

45. Which one of stars is measured by the unit

a) Kilometre (km) 
b) angstrom (Å) unit 
c) light year 
d)  giga meter 

Answer: c

46. Theory of relativity was proposed by which one of the following scientists in the year 1905?

a) Rutherford 
b) Thomson 
c) Bohr 
d)  Einstein 

Answer: d

47. The moderator used in the nuclear reactor at Madras atomic power station in Kalpakkam is

a)  water (H2O) 
b)  graphite 
c)  heavy water (D2O) 
d) none of these 

Answer: d

48. Radio carbon in nature is produced as a result of

a)  the action of UV rays on ordinary carbon 
b) the action of IR rays on ordinary carbon 
c)  the action of cosmic rays on earth's atmospheric nitrogen
d) the action of X-rays on ordinary carbon 

Answer: c

49. The speed of sound is higher in which one of the following mediums?

a) Liquids 
b)  solids 
c) Gases 
d) Same in all 

Answer: b

50. The hung amount of energy released in nuclear fission and fusion reactions is due to the conversion of

a) chemical energy into heat energy
b) protons into neutrons 
c) mass into energy, according to Einstein's equation 
d) mechanical energy into heat energy 

Answer: c

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