The Best Brains Quality redefined Quality redefined Our quality will be your stepping stones for your success Thinking differently Breakaway from the crowd and be different and unique Benchmark We set the benchmark for others to follow Proactive We produce results not reasons A TNPSC academy, Namakkal. www.thebestbrains.co.in Ph. 9176484643, 9710103989, 8883420037 For answer keys refer our website: www.thebestbrains.co.in GK PAPER - 1 1. Which Act paved a way for the establishment of open competition system and recruitment of civil servants?
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The Best BrainsQuality redefined
Quality redefined
Our quality will be your stepping stones for your success
Thinking differently
Breakaway from the crowd and be different and uniqueBenchmark
We set the benchmark for others to follow
Proactive
We produce results not reasons
A TNPSC academy, Namakkal.
www.thebestbrains.co.in
Ph. 9176484643, 9710103989, 8883420037
For answer keys refer our website: www.thebestbrains.co.in
GK PAPER - 1
1. Which Act paved a way for the establishment of open competition system and recruitment of civil servants?a) Charter act 1833 b) Charter act 1858 c) Charter act 1853 d) Govt of India act 1935
2. The writ which can be sought by any interested person and not necessarily the aggrieved person?
a) Habeas Corpus b) Mandamus c) Quowarranto d) Prohibition
3. Abolition (or) Creation of legislative council in a state can be done by using
a) Simple majority from parliament b) special majority from parliament
c) special majority from parliament and consent from states
d) Approval from the respective state legistaure
4. Complete the series 17,51,85,119?
a) 120 b) 130 c) 153 d) 170
5. During National Emergency which article will get suspended Automatically?
a) Art – 19 b) Art – 20 c) Art – 32 d) Art – 21
6. Choose the correct statement
a) The prime Minister of India may be the member of either house of the parliament
b) The vice president of India can act as president of India for an unexpired term during vacancy
c) Both (a) and (b) correct d) both (a) and (b) are wrong
7. In a park there are some rabbit and ducks in two enclosures. If their heads are counted, they are 95, while their legs are 330 are the number of rabbits.
a) 90 b) 85 c) 70 d) 65
8. Arrange the following in appropriate order
1) General discussion 2) Presentation of Budget 3) Voting on demand for grants
4) Scrutiny by dept committees 5) Passing of Appropriation Bill
6) Passing of Finance Bill
a) 6,2,4,5,3,1, b) 6,1,3,4,5,2, c) 2,1,4,3,5,6, d) 2,6,5,4,3,1
9. Which state Introduced lokayukta for the first time?
a) Maharashra b) Orissa c) UP d) Bihar
10. Economic survey of India is published officially every year by
a) Reserve Bank of India b) planning commission
c) Finance commission d) Ministry of Finance
11. If a coin is tossed twice what is the probability that it will land either heads both times or tails both times?
a) 1/8 b) 1/6 c) 1/4 d) ½
12. 20 men can finish construction of a wall in ten days. How many more men are required to finish the work in half a day?
a) 160 b) 200 c) 180 d) 380
13. Saddle peak is located in
a) Lakshadweep b) Andaman & Nicobar c) srilanka d) Goa
14. The salary of a person was first reduced by 30% and then increased by 40% what was his percentage loss?
a) 2% b) 5% c) 10% d) 15%
15. Three containers have their volumes in the ratio 3:4:5. They are full of mixtures of milk and water. The mixtures contain milk and water in the ratio (4:1), (3:1) and (5:2) respectively. The contents of all there container and poured into a fourth container. The ratio of milk and water in fourth container is
a) 4:1 b) 151:48 c) 157:53 d) 5:2
16. Mini Switzerland of india is
a) Darjeeling b) Shimla (c) khajjar (d) ladakh
17. A leptokurtic distribution curve shown
a) a bell shaped curve b) skewness c) steep rise in the middle
d) up to some extent it thus all of these
18. The president can be impeached on the grounds of
a) Misbehaviours b) Incapacity c) violation of the constitution d) All the above
19. Cauvery water disputes tribunal between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka was set up in
a) 1983 b) 1985 c) 1990 d) 1995
20. The sum of the first 10 term of the
21. The 19th Thirthankara was
a) parsavnath b) Mallinath c) Acharya d) Haribhadra
22. Which Rock edict of Asoka depicts his efforts Towards Dhamma?
a) Rock edit XIII b) Rock Edict XIX c) Rock edict VII d) Rock edit XX
23. Huien Tgang followed ___________ Buddhism?
a) Hinayana b) Mahayana c) Both d) No discriminations
24. Nasik Inscription describes the a achievement of
a) Pushyamithra Sungs b) gautamiputra satakarni
c) vasudeva kanva d) karavela of kalinga
25. Secondary cells example
a) Daniel cell b) voltaic cell c) lechlanche cell d) lead acid accumulator
26. Borobudur monument is the complex work of
a) Indo-Greek art b) Indo-Java art c) Egyptian art d) Indo-china
27. Match
i. Amir kushru - a) Diwan-i-kohi
ii. Muhamad Bin Tugluq - b) Geetha Govindam
iii. Firoz Tugluq - c) Sabaq-i-Hind
iv. Gnana deva - d) Diwan-I-Khariat
a) i-a ii-c iii-d iv-b
b) i-c ii-a iii-d iv-b
c) i-d ii-a iii-c iv-b
d) i-d ii-c iii-b iv-a
e)
28. When was khalsa army was establisted by Guru Govind singh?
a) 1699 b) 1717 c) 1740 d) 1802
29. Indus Navigation treaty was signed between?
a) Bentick and Rana pratab of mewar b) Rajith singh and Ratan singh of punjab
c) Bentick and Ranjth singh of Punjab d) Bentick and Amirs of sind.
30. On July 10th, 1806, sepoys from which regiments jumped in to the Vellore mutiny?
a) 1st & 4th regiment b) 1st & 23rd regiment
c) 22nd & 23rd regiment d) 4th & 25th regiment
31. Tashkent agreement was signed between lal Bahadur sastri and?
a) Benezir Bhuto b) Nawab sheriff c) Ayub Khan d) Mohammal ali Jinnal
32. Latitude extend of Tamilnadu?
a) 8041N - 20051N b) ) 8041N - 13091N c) ) 6041N - 15061N d) ) 8041N - 17051N
33. Ujjawala scheme is related to the article?
a) art 10 b) art 21 c) art 45 d) art 23
34. Koyna river is the tributary of
a) Mahandai b) Godavai c) Krishna d) Narmala
35. The chakma people are the large ethnic group from
a) India b) Bangladesh c) Afghanistan d) Indonesia
36. lunar Eclipse occurs on the day of
a) New moon b) full moon c) third quarter of moon d) At any time
37. Which layer of the earth has enriched with mineral deports?
a) earth crust b) core c) Mantle d) oceanic crust
38. Rock Formed at great depths below the surface are called?
a) sedimentary rocks b) organic rocks c) fossils d) plutonic rocks
39. MERCOSUR countries includes
a) Brazil, argentina, uruguay, Paraguay
b) Japan, China, Indonesia, Thailand
c) srilanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar
d) USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil
40. Santa Ana is a kind of dry wind occurs in
a) Sahara b) sirocco c) southern california d) Iran
41. Who was the finance minister of India when rupee devaluation was done for the second time
in 1966?
a) Moraji Desai b) T.T. krishnamachari
c) Sachindra chowdry d) Indira Gandhi
42. The first commemoration coin issued for
a) Mahatma Gandhi b) Radha Krishnan
c) Jawaharlal Nehru d) Subas Chandra Bose
43. CACUN meet is associated with
a) WTO b) IMF c) NATO d) European council
44. In which five yr plan growth with distributive Justice is emphasised
a) Ist yr plan b) IVth yr plan c) VIIIth plan d) 9th plan
45. Which epidemic disease influenced the year 1921, and it leads to great decline in population
a) cholera b) polio c) Influenza d) Malaria
46. Which act is called Mini-economic constitution of India?
a) Industrial poliay act (1956) b) New industrial policy (1991)
c) SEBI d) FERA
47. The process in which the ore is heated in the absence of air
a) Roasting b) calcination c) smelting d) Both (a) & (b)
48. Amartya sen was awarded noble prize for his work over
a) Macroeconomics b) economic welfare and social choice theory
c) P-index d) controlling food scarcity
49. The belief that economic growth will Percolate down to all sectors was known as
a) dispersal theory b) pump priming c) Trickle down theory
d) decentralized growth theory
50. Jan Aushadi campaign refers to
a) smart cards for health insurance b) Branded quality medicines at low cost
c) To enhance proper sanitation and drinking water
d) To prevent neo-natal death
51. What was the mother tongue of Rashtrakutas?
a) Telugu b) Sanskrit c) prakrit d) Kannada
52. Three resistors are connected in series with 10V supply as (R1-5Ω, R2-3Ω, R3-2Ω,) Find the
effective resistance.
a) 12 V b) 10V d) 15V
53. In a semiconductor, when the temperature is increased, the resistance will
a) decrease b) increase c) first increase and will decrease d) no effect
54. If a body is moving at a constant velocity, then their acceleration will be
a) Zero b) Remains constant c) Maximum d) None of these
55.
The diagrammatic representation explains
a) orthogonal vectors b) co-planar vectors
c) parallelogram vectors d) co-initial vectors
56. Kalpana is specially launched for
a) Remote sensing b) weather forecasting
c) for orthographic pictures d) to prevent natural disorders
57. Match the thermodynamic laws
Zeroth law - equilibrium
First law - law of conservation of energy
Second law - Entropy
a) (i) and (ii) are correct b) (ii) and (iii) are correct
c)(i) and (iii) are correct d) all are correct
58. (i) Down process - (a) hydrogen
(ii) Frasch process - (b) sulphur
(iii) Deacon process - (c) Sodium
(iv) Bosch process - (d) chlorine
a) i-d; ii-c; iii-a iv-d b) i-c ii-b iii-d iv-a
b) i-d; ii-c iii-d iv-a d) i-c ii-b iii-a iv-d
59. An example for liquid in liquid (emulsion) in
a) Milk b) paint c) Ink d) all the above
60. The indicator used for weak acid VS weak base Titration is
a) Methyl Red b) Methyl orange c) Phenolpthalein d) No indicators
V
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61. Colloidal antimony is using in the treatment of
a) eye cataract b) muscle cramps c) kalaazar d) intramuscular infections
62. (A) Auxochrome are certain groups which will increase the colour of the chromogen
(R) Auxochrome in meta position does not affect the colour of the chromogen
a) Both (A) and (R) are correct, and R is correct explanation of A
b) Both (A) and (R) are correct, R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is correct, R is wrong d) R is correct, A is wrong
63. Pygmi deposit scheme was first introduced by
a) syndicate Bank b) Bank of India c) Indus Ind Bank d) State Bank of India
64. Give the correct order of Mitosis?
a – prophase
b – Anaphase
c – Metaphase
d – Telophase
a) a, c, b, d b) b, a, c, d c) b, c, a, d d) b, d, a, c
65. The optimum temperature for pasteurization of milk is?
a) 600C b) 900C c) 450Cd) 720C
66. Guttation in plants occurs through
a) stomata b) lenticels c) guard cells d) hydothodes
67. Which law gives the correct pairing between purines and pyridines?
a) Chargaff’s law b) punnett’s law c) Griffith law d) Fredrick’s law
68. Bolting in plants refers to
a) sudden drooping of leaves b) Transpiration through lenticels
c) sudden onset of flowering d) growth in horizontal axis
69. Cridu chat syndrome in humans occurs does to the defect in
a) chromosome 6 b) chromosome 4 c) chromosome 5 d) chromosome 2
70. Super females are represented by
a) XXO b) XYY c) XXY d) XXX
71. Statement - AB blood group is universal recipients
Reason - AB blood group has no antigens
a) Both are correct and R is correct explanation of A
b) Both are correct and R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is correct, R is worry d) A is worry, R is correct
72. Pollination occurs through bats are called
a) entomophilies b) chiropterophilly c) malacophilly d) myrmecophily
73. Messenger RNA was first demonstrated by
a) Andrew Z. fire & Craig C. Mellow b) Jacob and Monod
c) Fredrick & Griffith d) Beadle & Tatum
74. Chloromycetin is an antibiotic for
a) Influenza b) Tuberculosis c) dysentry d) Typhoid
75. _____________ is using in CT Scan
a) Infrared rays b) X-rays c) UV-rags d) Gamma rays
76. Arrange the circulation of blood in correct order?
1. left auricle 2. Right auricle 3. Left ventricle 4. Right ventricle
a) 1, 2, 3, 4 b) 2, 4, 1, 3 c) 2, 1, 4, 3 d) 4, 3, 2, 1
