TNPSC – VAO – 2007 - EXAMINATION PAPER
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE WITH GENERAL
ENGLISH
TIME ALLOWED:
3 HRS MAXIMUM MARKS: 300
1. Villages in India
A) Economy
B) Culture
C) Food
D) Dance
Answer: A
2. Which of the following can be used for
checking inflation temporarily?
A) Increase in
wages
B) Decrease in
money supply
C) Decrease in
taxes
D) None of
these
Answer: B
3. The organisation which helped to promote
the housing is
A)
State Housing
Board
B)
Slum Clearance
Board
C)
Central Government
Housing Board
D)
All the three
Answer: D
4. Which of the following State is having
highest women sex ratio?
A)
Tamil Nadu
B)
Kerala
C)
Bihar
D)
West
Bengal
Answer: B
5. Which country is called the sugarbowl of
the world?
A)
Cuba
B)
India
C)
Brazil
D)
Canada
Answer: A
6. Entrepot Trade is
A)
Export Trade
B)
Import Trade
C)
Re-export Trade
D)
International
Trade
Answer: C
7. Manchester
of India and Manchester of South India
are
A)
Delhi
B)
Kolkata and
Chennai
C)
Bangalore and Coimbatore
D)
Mumbai and Coimbatore
Answer: D
8. When was the Reserve Bank of India
A)
1949
B)
1955
C)
1969
D)
1980
Answer: A
9. According to 2001 census our population
was
A)
0.01027 billion
B)
0.1027 billion
C)
1.027 billion
D)
10.27 billion
Answer: C
10. The headquarters of SAARC is
A)
Dhaka
B)
Kathmandu
C)
Male
D)
New Delhi
Answer: B
11. Mahavira was born at
A)
Pataliputra
B)
Vaishali
C)
Lumbini
D)
Sarnath
Answer: B
12. Ashoka conquered Kalinga in the year
A)
74 A.D.
B)
261 B.C.
C)
326 B.C.
D)
323 B.C
Answer: B
13. Pulakesin II was defeated by
A)
Narasimha Varman I
B)
Mahendra Varman I
C)
Simhavishnu
D)
None of these
Answer: A
14. The Prime Minister who abolished the Bonded
Labour in 1976 was
A)
Jawaharlal Nehru
B)
Indira Gandhi
C)
Rajiv Gandhi
D)
Lal Bahadur
Shastri
Answer: B
15. The Dowry Prohibition Act was passed in
A)
1971 A.D.
B)
1961 A.D.
C)
1981 A.D.
D)
1969 A.D.
Answer: B
16. Which one of the following is correctly
matched?
A)
Regulating Act - Robert Clive
B)
Subsidiary Alliance
C)
Doctrine of Lapse - Warren
Hastings
D)
Dual Government - Lord
Dalhousie
Answer: B
17. Lord Ripon is considered to be a great
Viceroy because
A)
he showed regard
for the freedom of press
B)
he laid the
foundation for the Local Self-Government
C)
he prohibited the
employment of children in factories
D)
complete census
was taken of the population of India
Answer: B
18. Which Indian Ruler conquered Java and Sumatra ?
A)
Rajendra Chola I
B)
Rajaraja Chola I
C)
Kulotthunga Chola
D)
Paranthaka I
Answer: A
19. The village community got a lot of power
during the reign of
A)
Cholas
B)
Mughals
C)
Palas
D)
British
Answer: A
20. Mudathirumaran founded the city of Madurai
A)
Kaveri
B)
Vaigai
C)
Palar
D)
Tamirabarani
Answer: B
21. The force between the two charges is
directly proportional to
A)
r
B)
r-1
C)
r2
D)
r-2
Answer: D
22. The power of a thin lens having a focal
length 25 cm is
A)
4D
B)
0.04 D
C)
0.4D
D)
2.5 D
Answer: A
23. When the pressure increases the boiling
point of liquid
A)
decreases
B)
increases
C)
first increases,
then decreases
D)
first decreases,
then increases
Answer: B
24. In the following nuclear reaction the amount
of energy Q released is A(1.002 amu) +
B(1.005 amu → C (1.001 amu) + D(1.003 amu) + Q
A)
2.793 MeV
B)
0.931 MeV
C)
0.310 MeV
D)
1.862 MeV
Answer: A
25. The time of flight tf of a
projectile is
A) 2u sin deta/g
B)
u2sin2deta / 2g
C) u sin deta/g
D)
u2sin2deta / g
Answer: A
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