Saturday 7 July 2012

TNPSC -Group IV Exam 2008 Paper-Part 2

TNPSC -Group IV Exam 2008 Paper-Part 2

26.    When was the Panchayathi Raj introduced in India?
A)    1950
B)    1959
C)    1952
D)    1962

Answer: B

27.    The President of India is
A)    the Head of the State
B)    the Head of the Government
C)    the Head of the State as well as Government
D)    none of these

Answer: A

28.    The lowest unit in the Panchayathi Raj institution is
A)    Village Panchayat
B)    Panchayat Samiti
C)    Zilla Parishad
D)    Gram Sabha

Answer: A

29.    In India, the capital city is also an union territory which is
A)    Chandigarh
B)    New Delhi
C)    Pondicherry
D)    Jaipur

Answer: B

30.    How many heads are there in every District Panchayat?
A)    2
B)    4
C)    1
D)    5

Answer: C

31.    The area that was extremely affected due to Tsunami in 2004 was
A)    Little Andaman & Nicobar
B)    Nagapattinam
C)    Chennai
D)    Sri Lanka

Answer: B

32.    The radius of curvature of concave mirror is 20 cm. Its focal length is
A)    5 cm
B)    10 cm
C)    20 cm
D)    40 cm

Answer: B

33.    Which is used as a fire extinguisher?
A)    Oxygen
B)    Carbon dioxide
C)    Carbon monoxide
D)    Water gas

Answer: B

34.    Who was the Central Cabinet Minister for Petroleum during 2004-2005?
A)    Dayanidhi Maran
B)    Ramvilas Paswan
C)    P.Chidambaram
D)    Manishankar Iyer

Answer: D

35.    The Govt. of India established Poultry Research Division at the Veterinary Research Institute
A)    Delhi
B)    Mumbai
C)    Kolkata
D)    Izatnagar

Answer: D

36.    The ozone layer of the earth is useful for living beings because
A)    it serves as the source of oxygen
B)    it maintains nitrogen cycle
C)    it maintains temperature
D)    it prevents excessive ultraviolet rays

Answer: D

37.    Vermitech is a term coined by
A)    Dr. Sultan Ismail
B)    Dr. Abdul Ismail
C)    Dr. J.A. Bose
D)    Dr. M.S. Swaminathan

Answer: A

38.    The polio virus enters the body through
A)    mosquito bites
B)    tick bites
C)    contaminated food & water
D)    saliva and secretion from note

Answer: C

39.    Which one of the following is correctly matched?
         A) Bihar                         -           Mumbai
         B) Karnataka                -           Chennai
         C) Tamil Nadu              -           Hyderabad
         D) Nagaland                 -           Kohima
        
Answer: D

40.    The historical novel ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ was written by
A)    Sandilyan
B)    Kalki
C)    Pulamaipithan
D)    Akilan

Answer: B

41.    Two numbers are in the ratio 5:8 and their sum is 39. The numbers are
A)    10, 29
B)    19, 20
C)    15, 24
D)    24, 15

Answer: C

42.    The sum of a number and its reciprocal is  65/8
         The number is
A)    65
B)    8
C)    50
D)    25

Answer: B

43.    If A={a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}; B={a,b,e,f} and C={a,c,e,g,h,k} then A-(BC) is
A)    {d}
B)    {c}
C)    {b}
D)    {a}

Answer: A


45.    Which point does not satisfy the inequality x-2y>0? 
A)    (1, 2)
B)    (2, 3)
C)    (3, 1)
D)    (1, 3)

Answer: *

46.    A fair die is rolled. The probability of getting an odd number on the face of the die is
A)    1/2
B)    1/3
C)    1/4
D)    1/6
Answer: A
47.    Find the sum of the following:
         17+19+21+ …….. to 30 terms.
A)    3017
B)    1380
C)    1300
D)    3000

Answer: B

48.    If R and r are the external and internal radii off a hollow cylinder, then area of the base is
A)    (R2-r2)
B)    2
C)    22R
D)    2-r2)

Answer: A

49.    The angles opposite to two equal sides of a triangle are
A)    right angles
B)    equal
C)    not equal
D)    none of these

Answer: B

50.    Of the following fractions
3/7, 3/5, 4/7, 5/11 the greatest fraction is
A)    3/7
B)    3/5
C)    4/7
D)    5/11

Answer: B

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