TNPSC Exam- Tamil Nadu Civil Services Exam 2013-Original Preliminary Examination Paper -Part 4
76. What are BSI and ZSI?
A) The
Botanical Survey of India and Zoological Survey of India
B) The
Botanical Service of India and Zoological Service of India
C) The Basic
Survey of India and Zonary Survey of India
D) The Basic
Service of India and Zonary Service of India
Answer: A
77. The sum of two numbers is 20. Their product
is 96, then their H.C.F is
A) 2
B) 4
C) 8
D) 10
Answer: B
78. if TAMIL is VCMKN and HINDI is JKNFK then
ODISA is
A) RTGFC
B) QGIUC
C) SFJUA
D) QFIUC
Answer: D
79. Find the smallest number exactly divisible
by 12, 15, 20 and 27
A) 540
B) 570
C) 240
D) 270
Answer: A
80. Next term in the sequence 7, 11, 9, 11, 17,
14, 15, 23, 19, … is
A) 19, 25, 22
B) 19, 31, 20
C) 19, 29, 24
D) 19, 27, 23
Answer: C
81. Match the following correctly
A) Sixth pay
commission - Dharam Vira
B) Economic
reforms commission - J.B. Kripalani
C) National
police commission - L.K. Jha
D) Railway
corruption enquiry committee - B.N. Balakrishna
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 1 2 4
(B) 2 3 4 1
(C) 4 2 1 3
(D) 4 3 1 2
Answer: D
82. What amount should be repaid to clear a loan
of Rs. 6,000 borrowed at 6⅔ % simple interest per annum for a period of 1 year
and 6 months?
A) 6,800
B) 6,600
C) 6,200
D) 6,400
Answer: B
83. If the area of an equilateral triangle is
4√3m2, then its perimeter is
A) 16m
B) 12m
C) 18m
D) 9m
Answer: B
84. The radius of sphere B is one fourth
of radius of sphere A. Then the ratio of volume between A and B is
A) 1 : 16
B) 16 : 1
C) 1 : 64
D) 64 : 1
Answer: D
85. If the volume and surface area of a sphere
are numerically the same, then its radius us
A) 3 units
B) 2 units
C) 1 units
D) 4 units
Answer: A
86. A man can do a piece of work in 5 days, but
with his son be can do it in 3 days. In what time can the son do it alone?
A) 6 ½ days
B) 7 days
C) 7 ½ days
D) 8 days
Answer: C
87. Distribution of students in seven
institutions M, N, P, Q, S and T is given in the Pie chart shown below. Find
the total number of students in the institutions M and S, if the total number
of students in all the seven institution is 27300.
A) 8463
B) 7516
C) 9127
D) 9404
Answer: D
88. The average of a boy’s marks in 7 subjects
is 75. His average in 6 subjects other than science is 72. How many marks did
he get in Science?
A) 72
B) 93
C) 90
D) 94
Answer: B
89. The latest member to join WTO on August 22,
2012 was
A) Russia
B) China
C) Cuba
D) Canada
Answer: A
90. The grand old lady of Indian Theatre who
turned 100 recently is
A) Waheeda
Rahman
B) Zohara
Sehgal
C) Farida
Jalal
D) Zarina
Wahab
Answer: B
91. Where is the Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
National Police Academy situated?
A) Ahmedabad
B) Delhi
C) Hyderabad
D) Kolkatta
Answer: C
92. Consider the following statements and choose
the correct answer from the options given below:
a)
Succulence in halophytes is to store water to be
used in future
b)
Succulence in hydrophytes is due to absorption of
more water to neutralize the effect of increased entry of salts in the cells.
c)
Excess salts at times is deposited on the surface of
leaves Of these
A) (a) and
(c) are correct and (b) is wrong
B) (b) is
correct and (a) and (c) are wrong
C) (c) is
correct and (a) and (b) are wrong
D) (a) is
wrong and (b) and (c) are correct
Answer: D
93. Choose the correct order of increase in the
oxidation number of iodine in the following compounds:
I2, HI2 HIO4
and ICI
A) I2,
HI, ICI, HIO4
B) HI, HIO4,
ICI, I2
C) HI, I2,
ICI, HIO4
D) HIO4,
ICI, I2, HI
Answer: C
94. Identify
I. I cannot
be synthesized in the body.
II.I am a PUFA.
III. I am
involved in phospholipid synthesis and breakdown of cholesterol.
IV. I inhibit
blood clotting and reduce the risk of heart attack.
Who am I?
A) Non-essential
fatty acid
B) Essential
fatty acid
C) Saturated
fatty acid
D) Poly
unsaturated
Answer: B
95. Consider the following statements:
I. Glycolysis
is a cellular respiration that occurs in the mitochondria.
II. Glycolysis is breaking down of glucose into two
molecules of a compound called
pyruvate.
A) I alone is
correct
B) II alone
is correct
C) Both I and
II are correct
D) Both I and
II are wrong
Answer: B
96. Gas lighters work on the basic principle of
A) peizo-electric
effect
B) magnetic
effect
C) thermo-electric
effect
D) electromagnetic
induction
Answer: A
97. Match the following lists and select the
correct answer:
List
I List
II
(a) Raman
effect 1. Magnetic
field
(b) Zeeman
effect 2. Scattering
(c) Stark
effect 3.
Relative velocity
(d) Doppler
effect 4. Electric field
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 1 2 4
(B) 4 3 2 1
(C) 2 4 3 1
(D) 2 1 4 3
Answer:
A
98. Which of the following statements about
hydrosere is ture?
I. The
phytoplankton stage consists of free floating species like Azolla, Lemna and
Wolffia.
II. Forest
stage is the climax community.
III.
Second stage in succession is rooted floating stage.
IV.
Woodland stage is invaded by terrestrial plants.
A) I, II and
IV
B) II and IV
C) IV only
D) I, III and
IV
Answer:
B
99. Ravi Kirti was a
(A) Saivite
scholar
(B) Vaishnavite
poet
(C) Jain
author
(D) Buddhist
monk
Answer: C
100. Consider
the given figure of global pattern of winds. Match List I with List II and
select the correct answer using the code given below lists:
List
I List
II
(a) I 1.
Westerlies
(b) II 2.
Easterlies
(c) III 3.
Doldrums
(d) IV 4.
Trade winds
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 1 2 3
(B) 3 4 1 2
(C) 3 2 1 4
(D) 2 3 4 1
Answer: B
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