TNPSC Group I exam Conducted on 5th June 2011- Part 2
51. A great exponent of Mahalayanism was
A) Dharmakirti
B) Dingnaga
C) Vasubandhu Asanga
D) Nagarjuna
Ans: d
52. Lateritic soils are formed under conditions of
A) high temperature and rainfall
B) low temperature and low rainfall
C) medium temperature and low rainfall
D) low rainfall and high temperature
Ans: a
53. Who among the following scientists for the Nobel Prize for discovering the concept of jumping genes (or) transposons?
A) Jacob and Monad
B) Beadle and Tatum
C) Hargobind Khorana
D) Barbara McClintock
Ans: d
54. To which neighboring country does India
A) Pakistan
B) Nepal
C) China
D) Bangladesh
Ans: d
55. The uncertainty principle was proposed by
A) De Broglie
B) Maxwell
C) Thomson
D) Heisenberg
Ans: d
56. Recently Bicentenary birth anniversary was carried out for
A) Gregor Johann Mendel
B) Charles Darwin
C) Louis Pasteur
D) Alexander Flemming
Ans: b
57. The toxic carcinogenic mental ion in the following is
A) Cr 0
B) Cr 3+
C) Cr 2+
D) Cr 6+
Ans: d
58. Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A): The floods can be reduced by construction of dams and
reservoirs.
Reason (R): Dams have the capacity of holding huge quantity of water
during flood period.
Now select your answer according to the coding scheme given below:
A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
C) (A) is true, byte (R) is false
D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Ans: a
59. Venturimeter is used to measure
A) fluid velocity
B) fluid surface tension
C) fluid temperature
D) fluid density
Ans: a
60. Poondi Reservoir was planned to provide water to Madras
A) Sathiyamurthy Iyer
B) Nadesa Mudaliar
C) Ramasamy Reddiar
D) P. S. Kumarasamy
Ans: a
61. Marks obtained by 7 students in computer Science are 45, 40, 60, 90, 80,
65, 55. The median value for the data is
A) 90
B) 60
C) 80
D) 55
Ans: b
62. The experiment to measure de Broglie wavelength was first carried out by
A) Rutherford
B) Bohr
C) Davisson-Germer
D) Albert Einstein.
Ans: c
63. Which of the following gases accounts for the maximum of the atmosphere?
A) Hydrogen
B) Oxygen
C) Water vapour
D) Nitrogen
Ans: c
64. 1 kB memory is
A) 1000 bytes
B) 2 power 10 bytes
C) 10 power 6 bytes
D) 10 power 4 bytes
Ans: a
65. An example of polycarpic plant is
A) Pea
B) Mango
C) Bamboo
D) Pigeon pea
Ans: b
66. Which is the larges public sector bank in India
A) Indian Bank
B) Indian Overseas Bank
C) Canara Bank
D) State Bank of India
Ans: d
67. The shore temple at Mamallapuram was build by
A) Narasimhavaraman I
B) Mahendravarman I
C) Parameswaravarman I
D) Narasimhavarman II
Ans: d
68. Who is the Chairman of National Biodiversity Authority?
A) R. L. Joshi
B) A. Ganguly
C) P. L. Gautam
D) None of them.
Ans: d
69. The first ‘Special Economic Zone’ created in Tamil Nadu is in
A) Coimbatore
B) Chennai
C) Madurai
D) Salem
Ans: b
70. Which is correct with regard to India
A) Promotion of World peace
B) Non - alignment
C) Panchsheel
D) All of these.
Ans: d
71. The Special Economic Zone Act was passed in Indian Parliament in
A) May 2005
B) April 2004
C) May 2008
D) April 2007
Ans: a
72. The earliest brick temple in India
A) Mauryas
B) Sungas
C) Vijayanagaras
D) Guptas
Ans: a
73. On which of the following grounds a elected MP can be disqualified for
defection?
I. If voluntarily gives up membership of political party
II. If the votes or abstains from voting contrary to the direction of his
political party.
III. If expelled by his party
IV. If he joins some other political party other than one from where he won.
of these
A) I, II, III & IV
B) I, II & IV
C) I, III, IV
D) II, III, IV
Ans: b
74. Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes
given below:
List I List II
a) Nana Sahib 1. Partition of Bengal
b) Vellore
c) Lord Curzon 3. 1806
d) Indian Independence
Codes:
a b c d
A) 4 3 1 2
B) 1 3 2 4
C) 1 2 3 4
D) 3 4 1 2
Ans: a
75. The first state in India
Employees was
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Kerala
Ans: a
76. The Pandyan king who consolidated and expanded the Pandya kingdom up to
Kaveri was
A) Sendan Cheliyan
B) Sundara Pandyan
C) Koon Pandyan
D) Kadunkon.
Ans: b
77. The first ruler of the Chola dynasty who kept strong navy was
A) Rajaraja the Great
B) Rajendra I
C) Rajadhiraja I
D) Rajendra II
Ans: a
78. National Emergency was declared by the Congress Government headed by Indira Gandhi in
A) 1969
B) 1971
C) 1975
D) 1977
Ans: c
79. Which one of the following is not a salient feature of the Constitution of India?
A) Directive Principle of State Policy
B) Flexible constitution
C) Secularism
D) Single citizenship
Ans: b
80. Which organelle in the cell, other than nucleus contains DNA?
A) Golgi body
B) Mitochondria
C) Lysosome
D) Centriole
Ans: b
81. How many electrons can be accommodated in d-orbital?
A) 3
B) 6
C) 10
D) 8
Ans: c
82. One tesla is
A) amp – m power 2
B) weber
C) ampere turns – m power -1
D) weber – m power -2
Ans: d
83. Which state has the lowest level of literacy?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Bihar
C) Rajasthan
D) Madhya Pradesh
Ans: b
84. Consider the following Statements:
I. Directive Principles of State Policy is considered as the soul of the
constitution
II. Directive Principles of State Policy is meant for protection of rights
III. Directive Principles of State Policy is crucial for constitutional
Remedies
IV. Directive Principle of State Policy is relevant for promotion of
Private property.
Of these
A) I alone is correct
B) II & III are correct
C) III & IV are correct
D) IV alone is correct.
Ans: a
85. Relative frequency is defined as
A) Total frequency
-------------------
Class frequency
B) Class frequency
-------------------
Total frequency
C) Class frequency
------------------- * 100
Total frequency
D) None of these.
Ans: b
86. The National calendar based on the Saka Era was adopted from
A) 22nd March, 1950
B) Ist January, 1950
C) 22 March, 1957
D) 22nd August, 1952
Ans: c
87. Consider the following Statements:
Assertion (A): Vira Pandya Kattabomman was captured and handed
over to the British by Vijayaragunatha Tondaiman, Raja of Pudukottai.
Reason (R): He was a friend of the British.
Now select your answer according to the coding scheme given below:
A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
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.
Ans: a
88. Who appoints Finance Commission of India?
A) The President of India
B) The Prime Minister
C) The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
D) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Ans: a
89. Botanical Survey of India
A) Chennai
B) Madurai
C) Coimbatore
D) Salem
Ans: c
90. Data which are not collected by the organization for the specified purpose, is known is
A) primary data
B) secondary data
C) categorical data
D) quantitative data.
Ans: c
91. Find out the missing observation of the following data with mean 5.
2,6,5,3,8,2__,9,7,7,6,4
A) 3
B) 2
C) 1
D) 0
Ans: c
92. The extent of rural electrification done in Tamil Nadu is
A) 50 %
B) 75%
C) 99%
D) 80%
Ans: c
93. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
A) Parsvanath - Twenty fourth Tiruthankara
B) Mahavira - Last Tiruthankara
C) Jatakas - Jain literature
D) Agama Siddhanta - Buddhist literature.
Ans: b
94. Which of the following dates was assigned to the Indus civilization by
Sir John Marshall?
A) 3250 – 2750 B.C.
B) 3500 – 3000 B.C.
C) 3000 – 2550 B.C.
D) 3000 – 2000 B.C.
Ans: a
95. The Aryans had popular Assemblies, Sabhas and Samitis to check
A) on the power of the king
B) on the power of Purohita
C) on the power of the Army Chief
D) on the power of Village head.
Ans: a
96. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
A) E.V. Ramaswamy - Anti-cast, Anti-religion
B) C.N. Annadurai - Anti-imperialist, Pro-nationalist
C) M. Karunanidhi - Anti-imperialist, Pro-nationalist and Writer
D) C. Rajagopalachari - Anti-Brahmin, Anti-North and Anti-Aryan.
Ans: d
97. Which is the longest river in Tamil Nadu?
A) Vaigai
B) Kaveri
C) Palar
D) Pennar
Ans: b
98. Mullai Periyar dispute is between Tamil Nadu and
A) Karnataka
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Kerala
D) Orissa.
Ans: c
99. Mahatma Gandhi suspended the Non-co-operation movement due to Chauri Chaur incident in the year
A) 1920
B) 1921
C) 1922
D) 1923
Ans: c
100. According to the 2000-2001 in India
A) Canals, Wells, Tubewells, Tanks
B) Wells, Tubewells, Tanks, Canals
C) Tanks, Canals, Wells, Tubewells
D) Canals, Wells, Tubewells, Tanks
Ans: d (May be)
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