TNPSC Group I 2007 Exam Paper-Part 3
Assertion (A): Soils in humid tropical regions lack humus.
Reason (R): Heavy precipitation causes leaching of humus.
Now select your answer from the coding scheme given below:
1) Tripura
Codes:
Mixing of alcohol with petrol
101. Kulothunga II was also called
a) Gangaikonda chola
b) Sungam Thavirtha Chola
c) Krimikanta
Chola
d) Mummudi Konda Chola
Answer: c
102. Which one of the following is not known to Mesopotamian
civilization?
a) Gold and Silver
b) Copper
c) Bronze
d) Iron
Answer: d
103. The pottery of Indus Valley
a) Grey ware
b) Black on red ware
c) Northern black polished ware
d) Black
and red ware
Answer: d
104. Who was the founder of Navavidhan samaj?
a) Devendra
Nath
b) Navin
chandra rai
c) Keshav
Chandra sen
d) P.C. Majumdar
Answer: c
105. Who was the first Director of Archaeology?
a) Dr.
Hultz
b) Alexander Cunningham
c) Fergusson
d) Marshall
Answer: b
106. Iron was first introduce in India
a) Aryans
b) Dravidians
c) Persians
d) Sumerians
Answer: a
107. Who was the first Indian, elected for the British
Parliament?
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) C.R.Das
c) W.C.Bonnerjee
d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: a
108. The Indus
Valley
a) town
planning
b) architecture
c) craftsmanship
d) all of these
Answer: d
109. Which God was worshipped by the Indus Valley
a) Indra
b) Varuna
c) Vishnu
d) None of them
Answer: d
110. The Indus valley people
imported
a) wheat
b) wine
c) silver
d) silk
Answer: c
111. What is the sum of all prime numbers between 100 and
120?
a) 424
b) 533
c) 648
d) 650
Answer: b
112. The smallest number which when diminished by 3 is
divisible by 21, 28, 36 and 45 is
a) 420
b) 1257
c) 1260
d) 1263
Answer: d
113. The ratio of three number is 35:55:77 and their HCF is
24. Then the numbers are
a) 420, 660, 924
b) 280,
440, 616
c) 840,
1320, 1848
d) 105,
165, 231
Answer: c
114. There are 60 students in a class. in an examination 75%
if them had failed in English and 45% of them had failed in science. How many
had failed both in English and Science?
a) 5
b) 6
c) 8
d) 12
Answer: d
115. The average of the first five prime numbers is
a) 5.0
b) 5.2
c) 5.6
d) 6.0
Answer: c
116. A sum amounts to Rs.1,352 in 2 years at 4% compound
interest. The sum is
a) Rs.1,300
b) Rs.1,200
c) Rs.1,250
d) Rs.1,260
Answer: c
117. The speed of a boat in still water is 15 km/hr and the
speed of currents is 3km/hr. The distance travelled downstream in 12 minutes is
a) 3.6 km
b) 2.4 km
c) 1.5 km
d) 1.8
km
Answer: a
118. Gold is 19 times as heavy as water and copper is 9 times
as heavy as water. The ratio, in which the two metals should be mixed, so that
the mixture is 15 times as heavy as water, is
a) 1:2
b) 2:3
c) 3:2
d) 19:135
Answer: c
119. If 3 men and 4 boys can don a work in 8 days while 4 men
and 4 boys can do that work in 6 days, then 2 men and 4 boys will finish it in
a) 10
days
b) 12 days
c) 15
days
d) 16 days
Answer: b
120. If same patterns of operations are following in all the
three diagrams given below, then the missing number is
a) 320
b) 274
c) 262
d) 132
Answer: c
121. Which part of the Himalayas
has the maximum stretch from east to west?
a) Kumaun
Himalayas
b) Assam Himalayas
c) Punjab Himalayas
d) Nepal Himalayas
Answer: d
122. Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A): Soils in humid tropical regions lack humus.
Reason (R): Heavy precipitation causes leaching of humus.
Now select your answer from 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 the
correct explanation of (A)
c) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
d) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Answer: a
123. Which of the following river flows between the Satpuras
and at the Vindhyas?
a) Godavari
b) Gandak
c) Tapti
d) Narmada
Answer: d
124. The boundary between Germany
and Poland
a) Hindeberg
Line
b) Maginot Line
c) Durand Line
d) 17th parallel
Answer: a
125. Ahmedabad town is located on the river
a) Sabaramati
b) Mahanadi
c) Gangotri
d) Kaveri
Answer: a
126. The term "NIFE'' refers to
a) Earthquakes
b) Core of the earth
c) Crust of the earth
d) Ocean
floor
Answer: b
127. The length of India
a) 7516.6 km
b) 7500.5
km
c) 7000
km
d) 6100 km
Answer: a
128. What is meant by 'reserved forest'?
a) A forest reserved exclusive for grazing
b) A forest reserved for hunting
c) A forest reserved for commercial
exploitation with restrictions on grazing
d) a
forest reserved for the use of tribal people.
Answer: c
129. Arrange the states in ascending order in terms of sex
ratio (2001):
1) Tripura
2) Uttaranchal
3) Sikkim
4) Rajastha
Codes:
a) 4 2 3 1
b) 2
3 4 1
c) 3 2 4 1
d) 1
2 3 4
Answer: c
130. Arrange the following
states in descending order on the basis of area:
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1. Andhra Pradesh
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2.
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3.
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4.
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Codes:
a) 4 2 3 1
b) 2
3 4 1
c) 3 2 4 1
d) 1
2 3 4
Answer: d
131. Credit for starting Space Science Reserach in India
a) Homi. J. Bhaba
b) V. Sarabhai
c) C.V.
Raman
d) S.S. Bhatnagar
Answer: b
132. Consider the following
statements:
Assertion (A): The space shuttle in which Kalpana Chawla,
the Indian born American Scientist travelled, when reentered into the Earth
Atmosphere was burnt.
Reason (R): The space shuttle had the nose cap (made of
ceramics) damaged.
Now select the correct answer according to the coding scheme
given below:
a) (A) and (R) are not correct.
b) A) is correct, but (R) is not correct.
c) (A)
and (R) are correct, and (R) is the correct explanation.
d) (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not
the correct explanation
Answer: c
133. Which of the following is not correct?
Mixing of alcohol with petrol
a) saves foreign exchange
b) is
ecofriendly
c) supports
sugar industry
d) prevents
the possibility of adulteration
Answer: d
134. Uranium enrichment is concerned with
a) Cuba
b) Israel
c) Iran
d) South Korea
Answer: c
135. The plant which possesses anticancerous activity is
a) Seetha
b) Polyalthia
c) Teak
d) Murungai
Answer: a
136. The marine algae commercially exploited for the
production of "agar'' is
a) Sargassum
b) Gracilaria
c) Laminaraia
d) Caulerpa
Answer: b
137. In India
a) 1932
b) 1986
c) 1990
d) 1992
Answer: b
138. Biologist celebrate every year 5the June as
a) World Water Day
b) world Environment Day
c) W.H.O.Day
d) World Population Day
Answer: b
139. Which of the following diagrams correctly
represents elephants, dogs and animals?
a) A
b)B
c)C
d)D
Answer: a
140. if a=bx , b = cy ,
c=az then xyz is equal to
a)1
b)0
c)-1
d) none of these
Answer: a
141. What is the correct expansion of the
abbreviation of WTO?
a) World Textile Organisation
b) World Trade Organisation
c) World Trusteeship Organisation
d) World Transport
Organisation
Answer: b
142. The important ports during the Sangam age
were?
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i) Kaveripattinam
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ii)
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iii) arikamedu
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iv) kapatapuram
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v) Musiri
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a) (i), (ii) and (iv)
b) (i), (ii) and (iii)
c) (i), (iii) and (v)
d) (ii)
only
Answer: c
143. At present the maximum strength of Lok
Sabha is
a) 545 members
b) 555 members
c) 565 members
d) 575 members
Answer: a
144. Human Rights Day is observed on
a) April 10th
b) June 10th
c) September 10th
d) December 10th
Answer: d
145. In which of the following places three
oceans merge together?
a) Chennai
b) Rameshwaram
c) Kanniyakumari
d) Tutricorin
Answer:c
146. Match List I with List Ii correctly and
select your answer using the codes given below:
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List I
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List II
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a) Bharat Heavy Electricals
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1. Kalpakkam
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b) Defence Research Laboratory
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2.
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c) Indian Space
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3. Trichy
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d) Atomic Power plant
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4.
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Codes:a b c d
a) 4 3 1 2
b) 3 4 1 2
c) 2 3 4 1
d) 3 4 2 1
Answer: d
147. Which of the following is not situated in
Tuticorin?
a) Chemical industry
b) Fertilizer industry
c) Nuclear power station
d) Thermal power
station
Answer:
c
148. Which of the following is not related to
Neyveli?
a) coal
b) Electricity
c) Lignite
d) Urea
Answer: a
149.
Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes
given below:
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List I
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List II
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a)Banana tree
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1. ornamental purpose
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b) Acacia tree
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2. Festival purpose
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c) Teak tree
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3. Fuel purpose
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d) polyalthia tree
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4. Timber purpose
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Codes: a b c d
a) 3 1 2 4
b) 4 3 2 1
c) 2 3 4 1
d) 1 2 3 4
Answer:
c
150. Traditional medicinal plant used for the
treatment of 'Jaundice' in Tamil Nadu is
a) Mango
b) Arasu
c) Vembu
d) Keelanalli
Answer: d
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