TNPSC Group I Exam-Previous Year Question Paper-Subject wise Analysed Questions-Current Affairs and Sports-Part 3

 TNPSC Group I Exam-Previous Year Question Paper-Subject wise Analysed Questions-Current Affairs and Sports-Part 3

41.       Which one of the following is correctly matched?

A)        2004               -  International year of Fresh Water

B)        2005               -  International year of Rice

C)        2007-09         -  International year of planet Earth

D)        2008               -  International year of Dolphin

Answer : (C)

42.       Who is the winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace 2009?

A)        Barack Obama

B)        Bill Clinton

C)        Jimmy Carter

D)        George Bush

Answer : (A)

43.       The Director of Tamil origin who sent Chandrayan to space is

A)        Dr. Abdul Kalam

B)        Dr. Sivadhanupillai

C)        Dr. Mayilsamy Annadurai

D)        Dr. Kasthuri Rangan

Answer : (D)

44.       Who is the current Chairman of the Prime Minister of India’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC)?

A)        Nandan Nilekani

B)        C. Rangarajan

C)        Nirupama Rao

D)        P. Chidambaram

Answer : (B)

2010

45.       Nobel Laureate 2009 in Chemistry is awarded to Venkataraman Ramakrishnan for his work on

A)        Hypsochrom                         B)        Ribosome

C)        Chromatogram                     D)        Auxochrome

Answer : (B)

46.       The South American country that suffered due to earthquake in 2010 was

A)        Argentina                              B)        Chile

C)        Brazil                                      D)        Libya

Answer : (B)

47.       Abhinav Bindra, a gold medal winner in 2008 Beijing Olympics is associated with

A)        Foot ball                                 B)        Hockey

C)        Cricket                                    D)        Shooting

Answer : (D)

48.       Who is the only Indian and the First non-American head of the Academy of Astronautics (IAA)?

A)        Madhavan Nair                    B)        Dhoni

C)        Ravi Sastri                            D)        Kapil Sibal

Answer : (A)

49.       Who won the latest Presidential elections in Sri Lanka?

A)        Sirimavo Bandaranaike                 

B)        Mahinda Rajapaksa

C)        Kumaratunge                      

D)        Dissanayake

Answer : (B)

50.       In the 2009 Parliamentary Elections, DMK won ……. seats.

A)        25                                B)        35

C)        40                                D)        18

Answer : (D)

51.       Who authored the book ‘A Better India A Better World’?

A)        N.R. Narayana Murthy    B)        Indira Sinha

C)        Rajiv Sikri                        D)        Jaswant Singh

Answer : (A)

52.       Apex Court judgement delivered with regard to Open University degree, that bench comprised

A)        Jusitce S.B. Sinha and Justice Mukundaram Sharma

B)        Justice Mohan and Justice K.G. Balakrishnan

C)        Justice S.H. Kapadia and Justice Altamar Kabir

D)        None of them

Answer : (A)

53.       Who won the Nobel prize for Peace in the year 2009?

A)        Barack Obama          B)        Nelson Mandela

C)        George Bush             D)        Bill Clinton

Answer : (A)

54.       Competition Commission of India (CCI) became operational from

A)        March, 2009              B)        April, 2009

C)        May, 2009                  D)        June, 2009

Answer : (C)

55.       In 2009 Nobel prize was awarded in Physics for the invention of

A)        change coupled device and optical fibre communication

B)        neutrino and its detection

C)        digital imaging

D)        ribosome structure

Answer : (A)

56.       Barack Hussein Obama became the 44^th President of the USA in the year

A)        2007                           B)        2008

C)        2010                           D)        2009

Answer : (D)

57.       FIFA 2010 World Cup Football will be held at

A)        France                       B)        South Africa

C)        Canada                      D)        Germany

Answer : (B)

58.       The place where Winter Olympics was held during February 2010 is

A)        Canada                      B)        U.S.A

C)        India                           D)        England

Answer : (A)

59.       Construction of a dam for drinking water at Hogenekkal is main issue of contention between

A)        Tamil Nadu and Kerala

B)        Tamil Nadu and Karnataka

C)        Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh

D)        Karnataka and Kerala

Answer : (B)

60.       The National Rural Employment Programme was implements in Tamil Nadu in the year

A)        1980                           B)        1990

C)        1970                           D)        1960

Answer : (C)

61.       World Tamil Classical Conference is scheduled to be held at

A)        Chennai                 B)        Thiruchchirappalli

C)        Vellore                   D)        Coimbatore

Answer : (D)