TNPSC Group II-Original Question paper 2011-Part 4

TNPSC Group II-Original Question paper 2011-Part 4 

76.    Potti Sri Ramulu is known for

A)    Founding of Annamalai University

B)    Creation of Andhra Pradesh

C)    Prohibition in Madras

D)    Separate Telangana issue

Answer: B

77.    What is the rank of Tamil Nadu in economic growth among the states in India during 2009 - 10?

A)    3rd

B)    4th

C)    5th

D)    6th

Answer: B

78.    What proportion of members can Governor nominate out of total members in State Legislative Council?

A)    1/4

B)    1/6

C)    1/8

D)    1/5

Answer: B

79.    What is the respirator pigment found in human RBC?

A)    Haemoglobin

B)    Hemerythrin

C)    Haemocyanin

D)    Chlorocruorin

Answer: A

80.    Which one of the following pairs is incorrect?

A)    Sandstone - Cuddalore

B)    Terisand - Dharmapuri

C)    Limestone - Ariyalur

D)    Alluvium - thanjavur

Answer: B

81.    Who among the following was the editor of suryodayam?

A)    Subramaniya Siva

B)    Thiru-vi-ka

C)    Neelakanta Brahmachary

D)    V.V.S. Iyer

Answer: C

82.    Kennelly Heavyside layer is present in the

A)    Mesosphere

B)    Troposphere

C)    Ionosphere

D)    Stratosphere

Answer: C

83.    The Battle of Plassey took place in the year

A)    1764

B)    1765

C)    1757

D)    1857

Answer: C

84.    Acid rain is caused by

A)    Water pollution

B)    Noise pollution

C)    Air pollution

D)    Land pollution

Answer: C

85.    Who was the founder of the Imperial Chola dynasty?

A)    Rajaraja I

B)    Parantaka

C)    Vijayalayan

D)    Aditya Cholan

Answer: C

86.    The age of the earth is about

A)    4.5 billions years

B)    1.8 billion years

C)    2250 million years

D)    1950 million years

Answer: A

87.    Disposable income is equal to

A)    Personal income minus subsidies

B)    Personal income minus taxes

C)    Personal income minus transfer payment

D)    National income minus depreciation

Answer: B

88.    Who first reported the presence of respiratory centre which maintains and controls the rate of respiration?  

A)    Mislavsky

B)    Collip

C)    Bayliss

D)    Starling

Answer: C

89.    The anti defection law was enacted as early as 1979 in

A)    Kerala

B)    Jammu & Kashmir

C)    West Bengal

D)    Tamil Nadu

Answer: B

90.    Double helical model of DNA was discovered by

A)    Watson and Crick

B)    James and Meselson

C)    Jacob and Monad

D)    Wilkins and Levene

Answer: A

91.    Which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India authorizes the Parliament to create new All India service?

A)    Article 303

B)    Article 307

C)    Article 309

D)    Article 312

Answer: D

92.    The total land area of the state of Tamil Nadu is

A)    1.3 Lakh sq.km

B)    2.1 Lakh sq.km

C)    3.1 Lakh sq.km

D)    1.4 Lakh sq.km

Answer: A

93.    In which Chola kings period was the practice of writing of Meikirti started first?

         A) Raja Rajan I

         B) Rajendran

         C) Rajathi Rajan I

         D) Kulothungan I

        

Answer: A

94.    Which one of the following is not an output device?

A)    Speaker

B)    Computer monitor

C)    CD

D)    Laser printer

Answer: C

95.    Passage of waste product in the renal tubule is an example of

A)    Diffusion

B)    Osmosis

C)    Active transport

D)    Passive transport

Answer: A

96.    In which of the following years citizenship Act was not amended?

A)    1955

B)    1976

C)    1986

D)    1992

Answer: B

97.    Which of the following is incorrectly paired?

A)    Vande Mataram - Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

B)    Partition of Bengal - Lord Lytton

C)    Vedaranyam March - Rajaji

D)    Indian National Army - Netaji

Answer: B

98.    Organisms which eat other organisms are called

A)    Consumers

B)    Producers

C)    Decomposers

D)    Saprophytes

Answer: A

99.    MS - DOS is the name of

A)    A device

B)    An application software

C)    An operating system

D)    A hardware

Answer: C

100. For dealing with qualitative data, the best average is

A)    Arithmetic mean

B)    Median

C)    Harmonic mean

D)    Geometric mean

Answer: B