TNPSC Group II Exam- General Knowledge-Model Test 1-Part 2

TNPSC Group II Exam- General Knowledge-Model Test 1-Part 2

26. Hardness of water is due to the presence of

a) Cu and Mg salts

b) Ca and Mg salts

c) Cu and Mn salts

d) Ca and Mn salts

Answer: c

27. Which alloy of steel can be used for making transformers and electromagnets?

a) Stainless Steel

b) Nickel Steel

c) Manganese Steel

d) Silicon Steel

Answer: d

28. Yellow coloured glass can be obtained by making use of which one of the following

a)Manganese dioxide

b) Cadmium Sulphide

c) Ferric Chloride

d) Chromic Oxide

Answer: b

29. “Bessemer Process” is used to prepare

a) steel

b) Glass

c) Bleaching Powder

d) Plaster of Paris

Answer: a

30. Which of the following elements do not exhibit allotrophy?

a) Carbon

b) Tin

c) Iron

d) Sulphur

Answer: c

31. Select the incorrect pair:

a)Oxalic  Acid – Tomato

b) Butyric Acid – Fats

c) Cholic Acid – Bile Acids

d) Formic Acid – Sting of bers

Answer: b

32. Find out the odd characteristics from the following in which Pulse varieties cannot be produced?

a. abundant Rainfall

b. More Heat

c. Highest Rainfall

d. Lowest Rainfall

Answer: c

33. Match the following

     

  Name of Hills                Located between

A. Kumoan Himalayas       1.Sindh & Sutlej

B. Nepal Himalayas           2. Kali & Tista

C. Punjab Himalayas         3. Tista & bhramaputra

D. Assam Himalayas         4. Sutlej & Kali

a) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4

b) A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4

c) A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1

d) A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3

Answer: d

34. Which part of India has more cold with humidity and Short summer?

a. Kashmir

b.  Southern parts of Western Ghats

c. North Eastern India

d. Middle Indian Plateau

Answer: a

35. Rarest sand available in Kerela and Tamil Nadu coastal Line?

a. Lignite

b. Iron

c. Magnetite

d. Manganese

Answer: c

36. Find out the wrong pair

a. Salem – Bauxite

b. Trichy – Calcium Carbonite

c. Dindugul – flower

d. Kanya kumara – Magnesium

Answer: d

37. Arrange India according to its Geographical settings

1. Thar Desert

2. Peninsular India

3. Himalayas

4. Sindhu Ganga plains

a) 2,1,3,4

b) 3,4,1,2

c) 1,2,3,4

d) 4,1,2,3

Answer: b

38. Match the following

A. North America       1. Andes Mountains

B. South America       2. Appalachian Mountains

C.  Russia                   3. Delta

D. Bangladesh            4. Volga River

a) A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3

b) A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1

c) A-4, B-3 C-2, D-1

d) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3

Answer: d

39. Match the following

A) Gir Forest          1. Birds Sanctuary

B)  Kasiranga         2. Tigers Sancturay

C) Ghana               3. Lion Sanctuary

D) Corbett              4. One horned Rhino

a) A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2

b) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4

c) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1

d) A-2, B-3, c-1, D-4

Answer: a

40. Find out the wrong pair

a) Corbett national part – UP

b) Bandipur Sanctuary – Karnataka

c) periyar Sancturay – Tamil Nadu

d) Manas Sanctuary – Assam

Answer: c

41. Match the following

A. Mt. Everest          1. 8598 m

B. Latos                      2. 8611 m

C. Godwin Austen     3. 8511 m      

D. Kanchenjunga       4. 8848 m

a) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4

b) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1

c) A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1

d) A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2

Answer: b

42. Match the following:

A. 1883                      1. Full codification of the Indian 

                                system of   law and procedure

B. 1877                      2. Imperial darbar at Delhi

C. Ilbert Bill                 3. Partition of Bengal

D. 1905                      4. Gave Indian magistrates the right

                                  to try   Europeans in criminal cases

 

 A        B         C         D

a)2      4          1          3

b)1      4          2          3

c)1       4          3          2

d)4      2          1          3

Answer: b

43. The British Cabinet Mission which came to India in March 1946 did not have as its member

a) Lord Pethick-Lawrence

b) Sir Stafford Cripps

c) AV Alexander

d) Campbell Johnson

Answer: d

44. Who was referred to as the ‘ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity’ by Sarojini Naidu in the early years of Gandhian period?

a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

b) Shaukat Ali

c) Maulana Azad

d) Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Answer: a

45. Match the following:

A. The Justice party                          1. Jotirao Phule

B. Self Respect                                 2. Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj

C. Satya Shodhak Movement          3. EV Ramasami Naicker

D. Satya Shodhak Samaj                4. TN Nair, RT Chetti, CN Mudaliar

                                                                   

a)A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2

b) A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2

c) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1

d) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1

Answer: a

46. Many of Gandhiji’s associates joined him in political-career during the course of several activities undertaken by him. 

Match them.

A. Champaran Indigo cultivators     1. Anasuya Behn

B. Ahmedabad textile workers        2. Vallabh Bhai Patel and Indulal Yagnik                                                            

C. Kheda peasants                           3. Rajendra Prasad, Braj Kishore Prasad and JB Kriplani                                                          

D. South Africa                                  4. Gokhale

                                                            

a) A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2

b) A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2

c) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1

d) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1

Answer: b

47. MA Jinnah and a section of the Muslim league was willing to give up separate electorate in favour of a joint electorate (with certain conditions) at the time of the

a) Cabinet Mission

b) Simon Commission

c) Wavell Plan

d) None of the above

Answer: b

48. Which year did Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay write Anandmath?

a) 1858

b) 1892

c) 1882

d) None of the above

Answer: c

49. Put the following events in the correct chronological sequence

1. march from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi beach

2. the Lahore Congress

3. Gandhi attends the second Round Table Conference

4. the Gandhi-Irwin Pact

a) 2, 3, 4, 1

b) 1, 3, 4, 2

c) 2, 1, 4, 3

d) 1, 2, 4, 3

Answer: c

50. The first attempt at introducing a representative and popular element in the governance of India was made through the

a) Indian Council Act, 1861

b) Indian Council Act, 1892

c) Indian Council Act, 1909

d) Government of India Act, 1919

Answer: c