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TNPSC GROUP II
TNPSC GROUP II PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS
TNPSC GROUP II-A 2016 GENERAL STUDIES ORIGINAL QUESTION PAPER
TNPSC GROUP II-A 2016 GENERAL TAMIL ORIGINAL QUESTION PAPER
TNPSC GROUP II-A 2016 GENERAL ENGLISH ORIGINAL QUESTION PAPER
TNPSC GROUP II-A 2014 GENERAL TAMIL ORIGINAL QUESTION PAPER
TNPSC GROUP II-A 2014 GENERAL ENLGISH ORIGINAL QUESTION PAPER
TNPSC GROUP II-A 2007 GENERAL TAMIL ORIGINAL QUESTION PAPER
TNPSC GROUP II 2014 GENERAL ENGLISH ORIGINAL QUESTION PAPER
1. The period of William Wordsworth is
a) 1770 – 1850 b) 1807 – 1882
c) 1836 – 1907 d) 1840 – 1928
2. Which one of the following poems has not been written by the poet “H.W. Longfellow”?
a) Be The Best b) A Psalm of Life
c) Tales of a Wayside Inn d) Hiawatha
3. “’Ahimsa’ means infinite love, which again means infinite capacity for suffering”.
The above is a quote by
a) Rabindranath Tagore b) Abdul Kalam
c)Swami Vivekananda d) Mahatma Gandhiji
4. Identify the poem in which this line occurs
“I often contemplate my Childhood Mom”
a) The Flying Wonder
b) A Sonnet for my Incomparable Mother
c) In Search of a Friend
d) Laugh and be Merry
5. Identify the correct degree
No other metal is as useful as iron
a) Comparative b) Positive
c) Superlative d) None of these
6. Find out the odd word
a) Bless b) Praise c) Raise d)Talkative
7. Abandoned Bhutia villages do our path and I increasingly get the feeling that we are traversing a long – forgotten
route. On the fourth day we cross the ghost villages of Burfu and Bilju before we reach Milam
‘Ghost Vilages’ are
a) Villages full of ghosts
b) Villages ruled by ghosts
c) Villages without people
d) Villages often visited by ghosts
8. Select the correct option to complete the given sentence
If you do not submit your assignment today,
a) The teacher will have punished you
b) The teacher will punish you
c) The teacher punished you
d) The teacher had punished you
9. Identify the part containing an error
One of the boys look happy in my class
A B C D
a) One of the boys b) look
c) happy d) in my class
10. Match the characters given under Column A with the titles given under Column B:
Column A Column B
a) Vera 1. Holiday
b) Old man 2. Open window
c) Phatik 3. Lottery Ticket
d) Masha 4. The Refugee
A B C D
a) 2 4 1 3
b) 2 1 3 4
c) 3 2 4 1
d) 3 2 1 4
11. He taught me Hindi
Identify the sentence pattern
a) SVIODO b) SVOC
c) SVOA d) SVIODO
12. Fill in the blank with an appropriate infinitive
He refused _____ the orders
a) Obey b) Obeying c) to obey d) obeyed
13. To which nationality does the poet V.K. Gokak belong?
a) China b) India c) Australia d) England
14. Identify the sentence
The boy was disobedient, so the teacher punished him
a) Simple b) compound c) Complex d) None
15. Match the following words given in Column A with the blending words in Column B and select the answer from
the codes given below:
Column A Column B
a) Electro + execute 1. Heliport
b) Helicopter + airport 2. Smog
c) Smoke + fog 3. Telex
d) Teleprinter + exchange 4. Electrocute
A B C D
a) 2 4 3 1
b) 4 1 2 3
c) 3 2 1 4
d) 1 3 4 2
16. Identify the sentence that contains the Superlative form of the adjective
a) Mr. Soundar is one of the most helpful persons
b) Very few persons are as helpful as Mr. Sounder
c) Mr. Soundar is more helpful than most other persons
d) No other street in this area is as busy as this one
17. Identify the sentence:
I had to walk back home as the transport workers were on strike
a) Simple b) Complex
c) Compound d) None of the above
18. The following lines are taken from the poem
“The music in my heart I bore
Long after it was heard no more”
a) ‘A Psalm of Life’ b) Sonnet No. 116
c)’Be The Best’ d) “The Solitary Reaper”
19. Who said this?
‘Woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacities’.
a) Kalpana Chawla b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Rani of Jhansi d) Helen Keller
20. ‘Sonnet No: 116’ is written by
a) William Wordsworth
b) Wadsworth Longfellow
c) William Shakespeare
d) William Blake
21. Name the greedy moneylender in the play “The Merchant of Venice”
a) Antonio b) Bassanio
c) Shylock d) Lorenzo
22. Failure is an accepted procedure in experimenting, research, testing and all scientific forms of “finding out”.
Failure is simply the means of finding out what will not work so that it can be eliminated in the search for what
will work.
What can be eliminated?
a) Things that will not work
b) Failures in life
c) Scientific processes
d) Searches for success
23. Choose the appropriate prefix for the word:
' Fortue'
a) Dis - b) mis - c) il- d) un-
24. “Knowledge is an exacting mistress; she needs devotion, whole – hearted, on the part of the person who seeks her”
What requires whole – hearted devotion?
a) A mistress b) A nation
c) The pursuer d) Knowledge
25. “Any organization, society or even a nation without a vision is like a ship cruising on the high seas without any
aim or direction. It is clarity of national vision which constantly drives the people towards the goal”
What drives the people towards the goal?
a) A ship in the high seas
b) A clear national vision
c) A guide in the sea
d) An organization or society
26. A Boat beneath a sunny sky
Lingering onward dreamily
What is lingering onward?
a) A ship b) a sunny sky
c) a fish d) a boat
27. ‘In solit’ry confinement as complete as any goal’.
Solit’ry refers to
a) Being alone b) a pain
c) a group d) a dormitory
28. “We ran as if to meet the moon
That slowly dawned behind the trees”
These lines are taken from the poem
a) A Psalm of Life
b) Sonnet No: 116
c) Going for Water
d) The Solitary Reaper
29. The man who posed as a beggar in the story “The Model Millionaire” was
a) Austin Ronaldo b) Bebeto
c) Thomas Kaka d) Baron hausberg
30. I like to eat Maize
Replace the underlined word with its American equivalent
a) Candy b) Chips c)Corn d) Cookies
31. Identify the sentence with the verb in its passive form
a) The symposium was inaugurated by the Director
b) The Director inaugurated the symposium
c) The workers are painting the walls
d) Gopi has written a poem
32. Identify the sentence that contains a verb in its active form
a) The work was completed by the students
b) The old man completed his work
c) The gifts were issued to the children
d) The culprits must be arrested by the police
33. Choose the correct verb:
Tendulkar _____ (bat) since the match started this morning
a) Batted b) is batting
c) has been batting d) has batted
34. Fill in the blanks with a suitable tense form:
I _____ (talk) to my mother, when the guests arrived
a) Talked b) is talking
c) talk d) was talking
35. Select the correct question tag:
His mother cooks well,
a) Did she? b) doesn’t she?
c) does she? d) don’t she?
36. Match the word child with the correct suffix
a) Ism b) ish c) ful d) nese
37. Match the following synonym from Column A with Column B and select the correct answer from the given codes
Column A Column B
a) Logic 1. Focus
b) Electron 2. Inability to wait
c) Concentration 3. Reasoning
d) Impatience 4. Particle in a cell
A B C D
a) 1 4 2 3
b) 4 3 1 2
c) 2 1 3 4
d) 3 4 1 2
38. Fill in the blank with a suitable gerund
_____ well is an art
a) To cook b) Having cooked
c) Cooking d) Cook
39. Kalpana Chawla was born in
a) Pakistan b) California
c) Karnal d) New Delhi
40. He lives in a flat
Replace the underlined word with its American equivalent
a) Hotel b) Cottage
c) Apartment d) Bungalow
41. She hired a taxi to the airport
Replace the underlined word with its American equivalent
a) Cycle b) cab c) bike d) tricycle
42. Identify the author of the short story “The Selfish Giant”
a) Anton Chekhov b) O’ Henry
c) Oscar Wilde d) Rudyard Kipling
43. Shylock was envious of Antonio, a
a) Merchant b) Teacher
c) Farmer d) Lawyer
44. The Selfish Giant stayed with his friend for
a) Ten years b) Five years
c) Three years d) seven years
45. Match the following poems under Column A with the poets under Column B and select the correct code:
Column A Column B
a) The Cry of the Children 1. Jack Prelutsky
b) Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face 2. Stephen Vincent Benet
c) The Flying Wonder 3. D.H. Lawrence
d)Snake 4. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
A B C D
a) 1 4 3 2
b) 4 1 2 3
c) 1 3 4 2
d) 2 3 1 4
46. Choose the option that completes the given sentence
Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work
a) Galpaguccha b) Chitra
c) Binodini d) Gitanjali
47. In which story do you come across the character ‘Saruli”?
a) After the Storm b) Kari, the Elephant
c) The Neem Tree d) The Farmer
48. Ingratitude, more strong than traitor’s arm’s
Who utters these words?
a) Antonio in, “The Merchant of Venice”
b) Antony in, “Antony and Cleopatra”
c) Mark Antony in, “Julius Caesar”
d) Romeo in, “Romeo and Juliet”
49. Fill in the blank with a suitable article
Where there is _____ will there is a way
a) an b) a c) the d) no
50. Pick out the rhyming words in the given lines:
Through the coal – dark underground –
Or, all day, we drive the wheels of iron
In the factories round and round”
a) The, through b) we, wheels
c) underground, round d) dark, drive
51. To which nationality does the poet Robert Frost belong?
a) Lebanon b) France
c) America d) England
52. Mention the theme observed in the poem, ‘Be The Best’
a) Optimism b) Naturalism
c) Humanism d)Existentialism
53. Identify the poet in whose work do the following lines occur?
‘Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds’
a) William Wordsworth b) H.W. Longfellow
c) William Blake d) William Shakespeare
54. Which one of the following literary works is concerned with ‘Global Warming’?
a) Migrant Bird b) To the Land of Snow
c)The Sun Beam d) Gaia Tells Her Tale
55. In which poem do the following lines occur?
We extract your elements to make
Cannons and bombs out of
Our elements you create lilies and roses’
a) Shilpi b) With a Friend
c)The Flying Wonder d) Earth
56. “For the soul is dead that slumbers”
Identify the option with words in alliteration
a) That, dead b) for,is
c) soul, slumbers d) soul, dead
57. Select the correct plural form of the word “Story”
a) Storys b) Storeys
c) Storyses d) Stories
58. Find out the odd word
a) Donkey b) Dew c)Dawn d) Draw
59. Identify the correct sentence
a) Either of the dogs bark ferociously
b) Road accident at Anna Salai was a horrible sight
c) The hospital has three lady doctors
d) He lived in the village since 2001
60. The post came late
Replace the underlined word with its American equivalent
a)Letter b) news c) message d) mail
61. “Tell me not in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream’
These lines are from the poem
a) ‘A Psalm of Life
b) ‘The Solitary Reaper’
c) ‘Sonnet No. 116’
d) ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’
62. ‘Listen to the sounds of nature…
Take good care of our fragile planet’
Who said this?
a) Dr. Salim Ali b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Kalpana Chawla d) Jawaharlal Nehru
63. Identify the part containing an error:
Raghu prefers milk than tea
a b c d
a) Raghu b) prefers
c)Milk d) Than tea
64. Fill in the blanks with the correct homophones
I paid the ____ to go to the _____
a) Fare, fair b) fair, fire
c) fare, fear d) fair, fare
65. Identify the author of the short story “The Refuge”
a) Guy de Maupassant
b) Pearl S Buck
c) Anton Chekhov
d) Oscar Wilde
66. Who is the author of the short story “Swept Away”?
a) Saki b) Pearl S Buck
c) Sundara Ramaswamy d) Susannah Hickling
67. In which country does the story “Two Friends” take place?
a) England b) France
c)India d) Africa
68. How many plays have been written by the famous Playwright William Shakespeare?
a) 37 b) 38 c) 36 d) 27
69. Identify the correct degree
Usha Kiran is not the tallest of all the buildings in the city
a) Positive b) negative
c) Comparative d) Superlative
70. Identify the figure of speech in the line:
‘O winging words! Like homing bees you borro’
a) Simile b) Metaphor
c) Oxymoron d) Onomatopoeia
71. ‘And the grave is not its goal’
The word ‘grave’ refers to
a) Winning b) Death
c)Defeat d) Victory
72. ‘For I’m off to outer space tomorrow morning’
Where is the poet going?
a) Office b) abroad
c) Outer space d) home
73. ‘Or, all day, we drive the wheels of iron’
What do the children do all day?
a) Drive the car
b) Play with the wheels
c) Drive the wheels
d) Beat the iron
74. ‘where the mind is without fear
And the head is held high’
The given lines are written by
a) Rudyard Kipling
b) Rabindranath Tagore
c) Robert Frost
d) Robert Browning
75. Where did Antony address the public while displaying Caesar’s body to the Romans?
a) From the graveyard
b) At the market place
c) At the senate house
d) From Caesar’s palace
76. Alan Trevor was a
a) Writer b) painter c) teacher d) colonel
77. In the story “The Selfish Giant”, the Giant was covered with _____ blossoms when he lay dead under the tree in
his garden
a) White b) Golden c) Yellow d) Silver
78. “The Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre” is situated in
a) New York b) New Delhi
c) New Jersey d) New Zealand
79. ‘It is heartening to meet Laxmi, our porter, the following morning. He is a sturdy young man’
Sturdy means
a) Learned b) Tall
c) Short d) Strong
80. Match the British English words under Column A with their American English equivalents under Column B:
Column A Column B
a) Autumn 1. Truck
b) Holiday 2. Freight
c) Lorry 3. Fall
d) Goods 4. Vacation
A B C D
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 4 3 1 2
c) 3 4 1 2
d) 3 2 1 4
81. What is the American English word for the British English word ‘Underground’?
a) Pavement b) First floor
c)Subway d) Pathway
82. What is the American English word for the British English word, “Terminus”?
a) Final b) Depot c) Bus stand d) Shop
83. Baron Hausberg was one of the _____ in Europe
a) Famous Scientists
b) Greatest Football Players
c) Richest Men
d) Talented Neurosurgeons
84. Use a torch when there is no power supply
Replace the underlined word with its American equivalent
a) Flash light b) candle
c) tube light d) pen torch
85. Identify the words in alliteration in the lines:
“Like gnomes that hid us from the moon
Ready to run to hiding new
With laughter when she found us soon”
a) Moon, soon b) laughter, found
c)laughter, found d) ready, run
86. Fill in the blanks with a gerund
_____ is his favorite pastime
a) To read b) Reading
c) The read d) Read
87. Which of the following words is formed with a prefix attached to it?
a) International b) interest
c)Interior d) Interium
88. Choose the correct antonym of the underlined word from the options given:
Nowadays, the criteria to avail Educational Loan is flexible
a) Supple b) stiff
c) Stupid d) Expandable
89. Choose the correct antonym of the underlined word from the options given:
Napoleon faced a catastrophic defeat
a) Success b) Failure
c)Excitement d) Danger
90. Choose the correct synonym of the underlined word:
Most of its inhabitants were still in the arms of sleep
a) Habitats b) Residents
c) Trunants d) Tyrants
91. Match the following poems under Column A with the poets under Column B and select the correct code:
Column A Column B
a) A Psalm of Life 1. Khalil Gibran
b) The Man He Killed 2. Douglas Malloch
c) Be The Best 3. Thomas Hardy
d) Earth 4. H.W. Longfellow
A B C D
a) 2 1 3 4
b) 3 4 1 2
c) 4 3 2 1
d) 2 4 3 1
92. Which one of the following options is not a famous tragedy of William Shakespeare?
a) Hamlet b) King Lear
c)Othello d) A Midsummer Night’s Dream
93. Acquiring knowledge is one’s primary duty – not only for one’s success in the examination but also for one’s life.
What is one’s primary duty?
a) Playing well
b) Succeeding in the examination
c) Working earnestly
d) Acquiring knowledge
94. Kalpana Chawla was a famous
a) Astrologer b) astronaut
c) teacher d) doctor
95. Who is the ‘Bird Man’ famous
a) Dr. Abdul Kalam
b) Dr. Salim Ali
c) R.K. Naryanan
d) Thakazhi Sivasankaran Pillai
96. “where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit”
These lines are taken from the poem
a) A Psalm of Life
b) Be the Best
c) Where the Mind is Without Fear
d) The Solitary Reaper
97. ‘The 16th century palace complex was built by the Nayaks and later renovated by the Marathas’
Who renovated the palace complex?
a) Nayaks b) Marathas
c) Cholas d) Pallavas
98. Match the authors given under Column A with the characters given under Column B and choose the correct answer from the codes given:
Column A Column B
a) Sundara Ramasamy 1.Hughie
b) Oscar Wilde 2. Mark Antony
c) William Shakespeare 3. Gunga Ram
d) Kushwant Singh 4. Rowther
A B C D
a) 4 3 2 1
b) 4 2 1 3
c) 3 1 2 4
d) 4 1 2 3
99. “ I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him”
Who words are these?
a) Marcus Brutus b) Mark Antony
c) Casca d) Cassius
100. “Good Heavens! I gave him a sovereign!”
Identify the Speaker
a) Alan Trevor b) Hughie
c)Shelley d) Diane
TNPSC GROUP II 2013 GENERAL TAMIL ORIGINAL QUESTION PAPER-தமிழ் வினாத்தாள்
1. உடம்பிடை தோன்றிற்றொன்றை அறுத்ததன் உதிரம் ஊற்றி அடல் உறச்சுட்டு வேறொர் மருந்தினால் துயரம் தீர்வர் - இத்தொடரைக் கூறியவர்
a) இளங்கோவடிகள் b) சீத்தலை சாத்தனார்
c) கம்பர் d) வால்மீகி
2. ‘பிள்ளைத் தமிழ்’ என்ற பெயரில் ஒரு தனிநூலினைச் செய்த முதல் ஆசிரியர் யார்?
a) ஒட்டக்கூத்தர் b) புகழேந்தி
c) குமரகுருபரர் d) பகழிக்கூத்தர்
3. திருமங்கையாழ்வார் சொல்லணியில் அமைத்துப் பாடிய நூல் எது?
a) திருக்குறுந்தாண்டகம் b) திருவெழுக்கூற்றிருக்கை
c) திருநெடுந்தாண்டகம் d) திருவந்தாதி
4. விடைத்தேர்க : வீரமா முனிவர் இயற்றியுள்ள ஐந்திலக்கணங்களைக் கூறும் இலக்கண நூல் எது?
a) முதுமொழி மாலை b) செந்தமிழ் இலக்கணம்
c) கொடுந்தமிழ் இலக்கணம் d) தொன்னூல் விளக்கம்
5. “எறும்பும் தன்கையில் எண் சாண்” – எனப்பாடியவர்
a) கபிலர் b) ஒட்டக்கூத்தர்
c) ஒளவையார் d ) புகழேந்தி
6. பாவை நூல்களில் காலத்தால் முற்பட்டதாகக் கருதப்படும் நூல் எது?
a) தைப்பாவை b) திருப்பாவை
c) திருவெம்பாவை d) காவியப்பாவை
7. காந்திமதியின் வருகைப்பருவத்துப் பாடலுக்காக வைரக்கடுக்கனைப் பரிசாகப் பெற்ற புலவர் யார்?
a) சிவஞான முனிவர் b) பலபட்டடைச் சொக்கநாதர்
c)அழகிய சொக்க நாதர் d)மீனாட்சி சுந்தரம் பிள்ளை
8. சைவராக இருந்தும் சமண காப்பியமான சீவகசிந்தாமணிக்கு உரை எழுதியவர் யார்?
a) பேராசிரியர் b) அடியார்க்கு நல்லார்
c) நச்சினார்க்கினயர் d) ந.மு. வேங்கடசாமி
9. கீழ்க்காண்பவர்களுள் எவர் திருக்குறளுக்கு உரை எழுதவில்லை
a) நச்சர் b) திருமலையர்
c) அடியார்க்கு நல்லார் d) தாமத்தர்
10. “ஆட்சிக்கும் அஞ்சாமல் யாவரேனும்
ஆள்கவெனத் துஞ்சாமல், தனது நாட்டின் மீட்சிக்குப் பாடுபவன் கவிஞன் ஆவான்” -என்று பாடியவர் யார்?
a) பாரதிதாசன் b) கண்ணதாசன்
c) முடியரசன் d) பாரதியார்
11. ‘கோவலன் பொட்டல்’ என வழங்கப்படும் இடம்
a) கோவலன் பொட்டலம் விரித்து உணவு அருந்திய இடம்
b) கோவலன் கொலைக்களப்பட்ட இடம்
c) கோவலன் சிலம்பு விற்க வந்த இடம்
d) கண்ணகி கோவலன் வாழ்ந்த இடம்
12. பாரதிக்கு ‘மகாகவி’ – என்ற பட்டம் கொடுத்தவர் யார்?
a) வ.ரா b) உ.வே.சா
c) கி.ஆ.பெ.வி d) லா.ச.ரா
13. பொருந்தா இணையைத் தேர்க:
சொல் பொருள்
a) மா - அழுகு
b) மீ - உயர்ச்சி
c) மூ - மூப்பு
d) மை - மேம்பாடு
14. “ஏழையின் குடிசையில்
அடுப்பும் விளக்கும் தவிர
எல்லாமே எரிகின்றன”
இக்கவிதை வரிகளைப் பாடியவர் யார்?
a) அறிஞர் அண்ணா b) வல்லிக்கண்ணன்
c) பட்டுக்கோட்டையார் d) மீரா
15. “வெப்பத் தடுகளத்து வேழங்க ளாயிரமும்
கொப்பத் தொருகளிற்றால் கொண்டோன்” - இவ்வரிகள் யாரைக் குறிப்பிடுகிறது ?
a) இராசேந்திரன் b) முதல் இராசராசன்
c) இராசாதிராசன் d) இராசமகேந்திரன்
16. “நகல்வல்லர் அல்லார்க்கு மாயிரு ஞாலம்
பகலும்பாற் பட்டன் றிருள்” - இக்குறள் இடம்பெற்றுள்ள இயல் எது?
a) இல்லறவியல் b) துறவறவியல்
c) ஊழியல் d) பாயிரவியல்
17. செய் - என்னும் வேர்ச் சொல்லின் வினையாலணையும் பெயரைத் தேர்ந்தெடு :
a) செய்தீர் b) செய்வாய்
c) செய்தவன் d) செய்தான்
18. சொற்களை ஒழுங்குபடுத்திச் சரியான சொற்றொடர் எழுதுக :
a) “கல்லார்க்கும் கற்றார்க்கும் களிப்பருளும் களிப்பே”
b) “கற்றார்க்கும் கல்லார்க்கும் களிப்பருளும் களிப்பே”
c) “களிப்பே களிப்பருளும் கற்றார்க்கும் கல்லார்க்கும்”
d) “களிப்பருளும் களிப்பே கற்றார்க்கும் கல்லார்க்கும்”
19. சொற்களை ஒழுங்குபடுத்திச் சொற்றொடராக்குதல்
a) திறப்பட வுரைப்பது குறத்திப் பாட்டே இறப்பு நிகழ்வெதிர் வென்னும் முக்காலமும்
b) முக்காலம் வுரைப்பது குறத்திப்பாட்டே இறப்பு நிகழ்வெதிர் திறப்பட வென்னும்
c) இறப்பு நிகழ்வெதிர் வென்னும் முக்காலம் திறப்பட வுரைப்பது குறத்திப் பாட்டே
d) குறத்திப்பாட்டே முக்காலமும் வுரைப்பது இறப்பு நிகழ்வெதிர் வென்னும் திறப்பட
20. விடைக்கேற்ற வினாவைத் தேர்க :
‘பெற்றதை வழங்கி வாழும் பெருங்குணம் பெறுதல் இன்பம்’
a) பெற்றதை வழங்கி வாழும் பெருங்குணத்தால் பெறுவது எது?
b) பெற்றதை வழங்கி ஏன் வாழ வேண்டும்?
c) பெருங்குணம் எப்போது வரும்?
d) பெறுவது எது?
21. பொருந்தா இணையைக் கண்டறிக :
a) தினம் - நாள்
b) நெருநல் - நேற்று
c) சலவர் - நல்லவர்
d) மாரன் - மன்மதன்
22. வேர்ச்சொல் தேர்க :
பற்றுக பற்றற்றான் பற்றினை: அப்பற்றைப்
பற்றுக பற்று விடற்கு
a) பற்றுக b) பற்றற்றான்
c) பற்றி d) பற்று
23. “நான்மணிமாலை” – என்ற சொற்றொடர் குறிப்பது
a) முத்து, வைரம், வைடூரியம், மாணிக்கம்
b) முத்து, பவளம், மரகதம், மாணிக்கம்
c) முத்து, மரகதம், கெம்பு, மாணிக்கம்
d) முத்து, பவளம், வைரம், மாணிக்கம்
24. சீறாப்புராணத்தில் தீர்க்கதரிசனத்தைக் கூறுவது?
a) நுபுவத்துக் காண்டம்
b) விலாதத்துக் காண்டம்
c) ஹிஜ்ரத்துக் காண்டம்
d) மேற்கூறிய அனைத்தும்
25. ‘வள்ளைக்கு உறங்கும் வளநாட’
வள்ளை – என்பதன் பொருள் யாது?
a) நெல் குத்தும் போது பெண்கள் பாடும் பாட்டு
b) நடவு நடும் போது பெண்கள் பாடும் பாட்டு
c) கும்மியடிக்கும் போது பெண்கள் பாடும் பாட்டு
d) இவை எதுவும் இல்லை
26. ‘மானுடப் பிறப்பினுள் மாதா உதரத்து ஈனமில் கிருமி செருவினில் பிழைத்தும் என்ற உயிரியியல் தொழில்நுட்பத்தை அறிவுறுத்தும் நூல்
a) தேவாரம் b) திருவாசகம்
c) திருக்கோவையார் d) திருப்பள்ளியேழுச்சி
27. “ஆர்பரவை அணிதிகழும் மணிமூறுவல் அரும்பரவை” - இப்பாடலடியில் அமைந்துள்ளவாறு பின்வருவனவற்றுள் எது தவறானது?
a) சீர்மோனை அமைந்துள்ளது
b) சீர் முரண் அமைந்துள்ளது
c) சீர் இயல்பு அமைந்துள்ளது
d) கீழ்க்கதுவாய்மோனை அமைந்துள்ளது.
28. தனிவாக்கியம் குறித்து கீழ்க்கண்டவற்றுள் சரியானது எது?
a) வினாப் பொருள் தரும் வாக்கியம்
b) ஓர் எழுவாய் அல்லது ஒன்றுக்கு மேற்பட்ட எழுவாய்கள் ஒரு பயனிலையைக் கொண்டு முடியும்
c) தனி வாக்கியங்கள் பல தொடர்ந்து வரும்
d) ஒரு முதன்மை வாக்கியம் ஒரு துணை வாக்கியத்துடன் சேர்ந்து வரும்
29. “திருவள்ளுவர் தோன்றிராவிட்டால் தமிழன் என்னும் ஓர் இனம் இருப்பதாக உலகத்தாhக்குத் தெரிந்திருக்காது. திருக்குறள் என்னம் ஒரு நூல் தோன்றிராவிட்டால், தமிழ்மொழி என்னும் ஒரு மொழி இருப்பதாக உலகத்தார்க்குத் தெரிந்திருக்காது” எனக் கூறியவர்
a) கி.வா.ஜ b) கி.ஆ.பெ.வி
c) திரு.வி.க d) உ.வே.சா
30. “தெண்டன் இட்டது வள்ளுகிர் திண்டிறல் புலியே” - இத்தொடரில் ‘திண்டிறல்’ என்னும் சொல்லிற்கு
a) கொடுமையான b) கடுமையான
c) எடுப்பான d) உறுதியான
31. துரைமாணிக்கம் என்ற இயற்பெயரைக் கொண்டவர்
a) மீரா b) முடியரசன்
c) கண்ணதாசன் d) பெருஞ்சித்திரனார்
32. ‘ஏற்பாடு’ என்பதன் பொருள்
a) சூரியன் உதிக்கும் நேரம்
b) ஏற்றப்பாட்டுப்பாடுதல்
c) சந்திரன் தோன்றும் நேரம்
d) சூரியன் மறையும் நேரம்
33. ‘க’ – என்ற ஓரேழுத்து ஒரு மொழிக்கு தவறான பொருள் எது?
a) அரசன் b) காற்று
c) மயில் d) காத்தல்
34. ‘சலவரைச் சாரா விடுதல் இளிதே’
‘சலவர்’ – என்றச் சொல்லின் ஆங்கிலச்சொல்
a) Sorrow full person
b) Importer
c) Violent person
d) Deceit full person
35. அகர வரிசைப்படி சொற்களைச் சீர் செய்க.
a) சீராட்டு தாலாட்டு நீராட்ட பாராட்டு
b) தாலாட்டு சீராட்டு பாராட்டு நீராட்டு
c) நீராட்ட பாராட்டு சீராட்ட தாலாட்டு
d) பாராட்டு நீராட்டு தாலாட்டு சீராட்டு
36. செயப்பாட்டு வினைச்சொற்றொடரைக் கண்டறிக
a) நாற்காலி தச்சனால் செய்யப்பட்டது
b) தச்சன் நாற்காலியைச் செய்தான்
c) நாற்காலியைச் செய்தவன் தச்சன்
d) நாற்காலியைத் தச்சன் செய்தான்
37. கனி முன் நேர் வருவதும் கனி முன் நிரை வருவதும்
a) கலித்தளை b) வஞ்சித்தளை
c) இயற்சீர் வெண்டளை d) வெண்சீர் வெண்டளை
38. பரிந்தோம்பிக் காக்க ஒழுக்கம் தெரிந்தொம்பி தேரினும் அஃதே துணை – கீழ்க்காணும் சொற்களுள் எதிர்ச்சொல்லைக் கண்டறிக :
a) பரிந்து X வெறுத்து
b) பரிந்து X விரும்பி
c) தெரிந்து X உணர்ந்து
d) தெரிந்து X ஆராய்ந்து
39. ‘மூதூர் எத்திணைக்குரிய ஊர்?
a) மருதம் b) பாலை
c) குறிஞ்சி d) நெய்தல்
40. பின்வருவனவற்றுள் ‘ஈறு போதல்’, ‘இனமிகல்’ என்னும் விதிகளின்படி புணராதது
a) நெடுங்கடல் b) செங்கடல்
c) கருங்கடல் d) கருங்குயில்
41. பொருந்தாத இணையைக் கண்டறிக :
a) வீரமாமுனிவர் - பரமார்த்த குருகதை
b) தேவநேயப்பாவானார் - தமிழர் திருமணம்
c) திரு.வி.க. – சைவத்திறவு
d) பெருஞ்சித்திரனார் - தமிழ்ச்சோலை
42. பின்வருவனவற்றுள் பொருந்தும் இணையைத் தேர்ந்தெடு:
செரு செறு
a) சண்டை - வயல்
b) போர் - சிறிய
c) போர்க்களம் - குளம்
d) கோபப்படு - போரிடு
43. ‘அழுது அடியடைந்த அன்பர்’ – என்னும் தொடர் யாரைக் குறிக்கிறது?
a) அருணகிரியார் b) சம்பந்தர்
c) சுந்தரர் d) மாணிக்கவாசகர்
44. ‘என்றுமுள தென்தமிழ்’ – என்னும் தொடரை இயம்பியவர் யார்?
a) கம்பர் b) பாரதியார்
c) பாரதிதாசன் d) வள்ளலார்
45. பதிதொறு புயல்பொழி தருமணி பணைதரு
பருமணி பகராநெற் - இத்தொடரில் ‘புயல்’ – என்னும் சொல்லிற்கு பொருள்
a) வானம் b) காற்று c) மேகம் d) நீர்
46. கீழ்க்காணும் விடைகளில் எது சரியானது?
a) சே – சோலை
b) சோ – சிவப்பு
c) கா – மதில்
d) மா – விலங்கு
47. ‘ஷெல்லிதாசன்’ என்று தன்னைக் கூறிக் கொண்டவர் யார்?
a) சுப்பிரமணிய பாரதியார் b) சுத்தானந்த பாரதியார்
c) சோமசுந்தர பாரதியார் d) சுப்ரமணிய சிவா
48. குண்டலகேசிக்கு எதிராக எழுந்த வாதநூல் எது?
a) சூளாமணி b) நாககுமார காவியம்
c) யசோதர காவியம் d) நீலகேசி
49. விடைத்தேர்க: இலக்கியச் செய்திகளோடு அறிவியல் துறைப்பொருள்களையும் முதன் முதலாகச் சேர்த்து விளக்கம் தந்த நூல் எது?
a) அபிதான கோசம் b) அபிதான சிந்தாமணி
c) விவேக சிந்தாமணி d) சீவக சிந்தாமணி
50. “திலகர் விதைத்த விதை பாரதியாக முளைத்தது” – என்று கூறியவர் யார்?
a) காந்திஜி b) நேருஜி
c) இராஜாஜி d) நேதாஜி
51. “ஆயுள் நாள் முழுவதும் தமிழ்மகன் தன்னுடன் வைத்துக் கொண்டு அனுபவிக்கக் கூடிய வாடாத கற்பகப் பூச்செண்டு” – என்று கவிமணியின் பாடலைப் பாராட்டியவர் யார்?
a) வ.உ.சிதம்பரம் b) டி.கே. சிதம்பரம்
c) சிதம்பர சுவாமி d) சிதம்பர நாதன்
52. திரு.வி. கல்யாணசுந்தரனாரின் பயண இலக்கிய நூல் எது?
a) யான் கண்ட இலங்கை
b) எனது இலங்கைச் செலவு
c) யான் கண்ட ஜப்பான்
d) உலகம் சுற்றிய தமிழன்
53 “மன்னன் உயிர்த்தே மலர்தலை உலகம்” – எனப்பாடியவர்
a) அரிசில் கிழார் b) மோசிகீரனார்
c) ஒளவையார் d) பரணர்
54. சிவபெருமான் திருக்கோவிலின் எதிரே உள்ள ஆறுகால் பீடத்தில் இருந்து வடமொழி, தென்மொழிப் புலவர் போற்ற அரங்கேறிய நூல் எது?
a) பெரிய புராணம் b) திருவிளையாடற்புராணம்
c) கந்தபுராணம் d) திருவாசம்
55. பெரியபுராணத்தில் யாருடைய வரலாறு மிக விரிவாக விளக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது?
a) திருநாவுக்கரசர் b) திருஞானசம்பந்தர்
c) சுந்தரர் d) காரைக்கால் அம்மையார்
56. சுந்தரர் இறைவனால் ஆட்கொள்ளப்பட்ட இடம் எது?
a) திருச்செங்குன்றம் b) திருவெண்ணெய் நல்லூர்
c) திருச்செந்தூர் d) திருவாரூர்
57. எழுத்து என்னும் இதழில் புதுக்கவிதைகளைப் படைத்தவர்
a) மீரா b) இன்குலாப்
c) தருமு சிவராமு d) ந. பிச்சமூர்த்தி
58. மனிதர்களின் மாறுபட்ட மன விகாரத்தை எடுத்து உணர்த்தும் “ஈஸ்வரலீலை” என்னும் கதை நூலின் ஆசிரியர்
a) லாச. ராமாமிருதம் b) சி.சு. செல்லப்பா
c) ந. பிச்சமூர்த்தி d) தி. ஜானகிராமன்
59. முத்துக்குமார சுவாமி பிள்ளைத் தமிழை இயற்றியவர்
a) குமர குருபரர் b) பலபட்டடைச் சொக்கநாதர்
c) சேக்கிழார் d) சிவஞான சுவாமிகள்
60. இந்திய நூலகத் தந்தை எனப்போற்றப்படுகிறவர்
a) உ.வே. சாமிநாத அய்யர்
b) மாயூரம் வேதநாயகம் பிள்ளை
c) சீர்காழி சீ.இரா. ஆரங்கநாதன்
d) தஞ்சை வானன்
61. ‘தேம்பாவணி’ நூலில் உள்ள படலங்களின் எண்ணிக்கை
a) 39 படலங்கள் b) 30 படலங்கள்
c) 32 படலங்கள் d) 36 படலங்கள்
62. பொருத்துக.
புலவர் நூற்பெயர்
a) முடியரசன் 1. ஆனந்தத் தேன்
b) சச்சிதானந்தன் 2. மாங்கனி
c) குமரகுருபரர் 3. காவியப்பாவை
d) கண்ணதாசன் 4. சுகலகலாவல்லிமாலை
a b c d
a) 2 1 4 3
b) 3 2 4 1
c) 3 1 4 2
d) 1 3 2 4
63. மலரின் பருவத்தைக் குறிக்காத பெயர் எது?
a) அகரு b) அலர் c) முகை d) வீ
64. ‘மருமக்கள் வழ மானிமியம்’ என்ற நூலின் ஆசிரியர் யார்?
a) திரு.வி.க b) கவிமணி
c) இரசிகமணி d) நாமக்கல் கவிஞர்
65. ‘கிளியை வளர்த்துப் பூனையின்
கையில் கொடுத்தது போல’ – என்னும்
உவமை உணர்த்தும் பொருள் யாது?
a) இன்பம் b) வருமுன் காத்தல்
c) மகிழ்ச்சி d) துன்பம்
66. அகர வரிசைப்படி சொற்களைச் சீர் செய்க :
a) வைகுதல் வைகறை வைகலும் வைகல்
b) வைகறை வைகுதல் வைகல் வைகலும்
c) வைகலும் வைகல் வைகுதல் வைகறை
d) வைகல் வைகலும் வைகறை வைகுதல்
67. வாக்கியங்களைச் கவனி:
கூற்று (A) : எ.கா.”நான் புத்தகம் கொண்டு வருகிறேன்” என்று பவானி, காயத்ரியிடம் கூறினாள்
காரணம் (R) : ஒருவர் கூறியதை அப்படியே கூறுவது மேற்கோள் குறியீடு இடம் பெறும் தன்னை, முன்னிலைப் பெயர்கள் இடம் பெறும் என்பது நேர்க்கூற்று ஆகும்.
a) இவற்றுள் (S) மற்றும் (R) இரண்டும் சரி, மேலும் (R) என்பது (A) விற்கு சரியான விளக்கமல்ல
b) இவற்றுள் (A) தவறு. ஆனால் (R) சரி
c) இவற்றுள் (A) சரி . ஆனால் (R) தவறு
d) இவற்றுள் (A) மற்றும் (R) இரண்டும் சரி, மேலும் (R) என்பது (A) விற்கு சரியான விளக்கம்.
68. இலக்கணக் குறிப்புச் சொல்லைத் தேர்க:
‘பண்புப் பெயர்’
a) திட்பம் b) ஆட்டம்
c) கோடல் d) பெறுதல்
69. அகர வரிசைப்படி சொற்களை சீர் செய்க :
a) தோப்பு துப்பு தீர்ப்பு தப்பு
b) துப்பு தோப்பு தப்பு தீர்ப்பு
c) தப்பு தீர்ப்பு துப்பு தோப்பு
d) தப்பு தீர்ப்பு தோப்பு துப்பு
70. பொருந்தா இணையைக் கண்டறிக:
a) சுவடி - நூல்
b) வெய்யோன் - திங்கள்
c) செட்டு - சிக்கனம்
d) சிந்தை - உள்ளம்
71. சொற்களை ஒழுங்குபடுத்திச் சொற்றொடராக்குதல்
a) தமிழில் பேசுதல் தமிழறிந்தாரிடம் தமிழர் தகுதி மிகு பண்பாகும்
b) தமிழறிந்தாரிடம் தமிழர் தகுதி மிக பண்பாகும் தமிழில் பேசுதல்.
c) தகுதி மிகு பண்பாகும் தமிழில் பேசுதல் தமிழறிந்தாரிடம் தமிழர்
d) தமிழர் தமிழறிந்தாரிடம் தமிழில் பேசுதல் தகுதிமிகு பண்பாகும்
72. ‘கற்றவனுக்குக் கட்டுச் சோறு வேண்டாம்’ என்று குறிப்பிடும் இலக்கியம்
a) மூதுரை b) நாலடியார்
c) பழமொழி நானூறு d) நான்மணிக்கடிகை
73. எவ்வகை வாக்கியம் ?
முணவன் பாடம் படித்திலன்
a) எதிர்மறைத் தொடர்
b) பொருள் மாறா எதிர்மறைத் தொடர்
c) உடன்பாட்டுத் தொடர்
d) கலவைத் தொடர்
74. தக்கார் தகவுஇலர் என்பது அவர் அவர் எச்சத்தால் காணப்படும் - இக்குறளில் அமைந்துள்ள தக்கார் எச்சத்தால் என்ற இணை
a) அடி முரண் b) அடி மோனை
c) அடி இயைபு d) இன எதுகை
75. விடைக்கேற்ற வினாவைத் தேர்க :
‘மறைவாக நமக்குள்ளே பழங்கதைகள்
சோல்வதிலோர் மகிமை இல்லை’
a) தமிழர்க்குப் பெருமை தராதது எது?
b) நமக்குள்ளே பேசுவது எது?
c) பழங்கதைகளால் என்ன நன்மை?
d) பழங்கதைகளின் மகிமை யாது?
76. விடைக்கேற்ற வினாவைத் தேர்க :
‘இரட்டைக்கிளவி இரட்டிற் பிரிந்திசையா’
a) இரட்டைக்கிளவி இரட்டித்தால் என்னவாகும்?
b) இரட்டைக்கிளவி எவ்விடத்தில் வரும்?
c) இரட்டிற் பிரிந்திசையாதது எது?
d) இரட்டிற் பிரிந்திசைப்பது எது?
77. “சேமமுற நாள் முழுதும் உழைப்பதனாலே” - இந்தத் தேசமெல்லாம் செழுத்திடுது – எனப் பாடியவர்
a) கண்ணதாசன் b) தஞ்சை இராமையாதாஸ்
c) மருதகாசி d)பட்டுக்கோட்டை கல்யாணசுந்தரனார்
78. கீழ்வருவனவற்றுள் கவிஞர் கண்ணதாசன் இயற்றாத நூல் எது?
a) ஆயிரந்தீவு அங்கயற்கண்ணி b) இராஜ தண்டனை
c) மாங்கனி d) கொய்யாக்கனி
79. உவமைக் கவிஞர் சுரதா இயற்றிய நூல் எது?
a) நிலவுப் பூ b) சூரியகாந்தி
c) தேன்மழை d) பூங்கொடி
80. தம்மை நாயகியாகக் கற்பனை செய்து நாரையைத் தூது விட்ட ஆழ்வார் யார்?
a) பொய்கையாழ்வார் b) நம்மாழ்வார்
c) குலசேகர ஆழ்வார் d) பெரியாழ்வார்
81. உமர்கய்யாம், ‘ரூபாயத்’ என்ற பெயரில் எழுதிய நூலைக் கவிமணி மொழி பெயர்த்தார்.
ஆடிக் கோடிட்ட சொல்லின் பொருளை எழுதுக.
a) எட்டடிச் செய்யுள் b) இரண்டடிச் செய்யுள்
c) நான்கடிச் செய்யுள் d) இவை எல்லாம் தவறானவை
82. கீழ்க்காணும் சொற்களில் தொழிற்பெயர் அல்லாததை அறிக.
a) அழுகை b) தொல்லை
c) போக்கு d) தொழுகை
83. செயப்பாட்டு வினைச்சொற்றொடரைக் கண்டறிக.
a) வ.உ.சி. தொல்காப்பியத்தைப் பதிப்பித்தார்
b) தொல்காப்பியம் வ.உ.சி. யால் பதிப்பிக்கப்பட்டது
c) பதிப்பித்தார் தொல்காப்பியத்தை வ.உ.சி
d) வ.உ.சி. பதிப்பித்தத தொல்காப்பியம்
84. ‘குணமென்னம் குன்றேறி நின்றார் வெகுளி
கணமேயும் காத்தல் அரிது’ - இக்குறளில் அடி எதுகையாவது.
a) குணமென்னும் - குன்றேறி
b) குன்றேறி - நின்றார்
c) குணமென்னும் - கணமேயும்
d) கணமேயும் - காத்தல்
85. வாக்கிய அமைப்பினைக் கண்டறிதல்.
பள்ளிக்கல்வி இயக்குநர் அறிவியல் கண்காட்சியைத் தொடங்கி வைத்தார் - எவ்வகை வாக்கியம் எனச் சுட்டுக.
a) தனி வாக்கியம் b) கலவை வாக்கியம்
c) செயப்பாட்டு வினை வாக்கியம்
d) பிறவினை வாக்கியம்
86. பிறவினை வாக்கியத்தை கண்டறிக:
a) புறநானூற்றின் கடவுள் வாழ்த்துப் பாடலைப் பாரதம் பாடிய பெருந்தேவனார் பாடியுள்ளார்.
b) அகநானூற்றுப் பாடல்களை மதுலை உப்பூரி குடிகிழார் மகனார் உருத்திர சன்மர் தொகுத்தார்.
c) அகநானூற்றைப் பாண்டியன் உக்கிரப் பெருவழுதி தொகுப்பித்தான்
d) ஐங்குறுநூறு நூலைப் புலத்துறை முற்றிய கூடலூர்கிழார் தொகுத்தார்.
87. பின்வரும் இலக்கணக் குறிப்புக்குரிய பொருந்தாதச் சொல்லைத் தேர்க :
பண்புத்தொகை
a) மென்கண் b) செய்வினை
c) நன்கலம் d) அருவிலை
88. ‘நெறியினில் உயிர்செகுத் திடுவ’ - இதில் ‘உயிர்செகுத்து’ எவ்விலக்கணத்தைச் சார்ந்தது?
a) ஈறுகெட்ட எதிர்மறைப்பெயரெச்சம்
b) வினையாலணையும் பெயர்
c) வியங்கோள் வினைமுற்று
d) இரண்டாம் வேற்றுமைத்தொகை
89. சரியானவற்றைத் தேர்க.
பொருள் திணை
1. எதிரூன்றல் - வெட்சி
2. மீட்டல் - வஞ்சி
3. செருவென்றது - வாகை
4. எயில்காத்தல் - நொச்சி
a) 1ம், 2ம் சரி b) 2ம், 3ம் சரி
c) 3ம், 4ம், சரி d) 1ம், 4ம் சரி
90. பிரித்தெழுதுக :
நெடுநாவாய்
a) நெடு + நாவாய் b) நெடுமை + நா + வாய்
c) நெடுமை + நாவாய் d) நெடுநா + வாய்
91. ‘நல்ல’ எனும் அடைமொழியைப் பெற்ற நூல் எது?
a) நற்றிணை b) குறுந்தொகை
c) அகநானூறு d) ஐங்குறுநூறு
92. ‘கடலில் கரைத்த பெருங்காயம் போல’ இந்த உவமை வாக்கியம் உணர்த்தும் பொருள்
a) பகர்தல் b) கலத்தல்
c) வீணாதல் d) ஏமாறல்
93. தெரிநிலை வினையெச்சத்தை எடுத்து எழுதுக.
a) நோயின்றி வாழ்கிறான் b) மெல்ல நடந்தான்
c) நடந்து வந்தான் d) நன்கு பாடினான்
94. பொருத்துக.
a) சை 1. துன்பம்
b) நோ 2. கைப்பற்றுதல்
c) யா 3. ஒழுக்கம்
d) வெள 4. ஒருவகை மரம்
a b c d
a) 2 4 3 1
b) 3 4 1 2
c) 3 2 4 1
d) 3 1 4 2
95. ஈற்றயலடி ‘சிந்தடி’ பெற்று வரும் பா வகை
a) நேரிசைச் சிந்தியல் வெண்பா
b) இன்னிசைச் சிந்தியல் வெண்பா
c) நிலைமண்டில ஆசிரியப்பா
d) நேரிசை ஆசிரியப்பா
96. “சோவியத்து அறிஞர் தால்கதாய் வழிகாட்டுதலால் திருக்குறள் மூலத்தை நேரடியாகப் படிக்க விரும்பியே தமிழ் பயிலத் தொடங்கினேன்” – எனக் கூறியவர்.
a) பேரறிஞர் அண்ணா b) பண்டித ஜவஹர்லால் நேரு
c) காந்தியடிகள் d) ஜி.யு. போப்
97. ‘கவி காளமேகம்’ எந்த சமயத்திலிருந்து எந்த சமயத்திற்கு மாறினார்?
a) சைவத்திலிருந்து சமணத்திற்கு மாறினார்
b) சைவத்திலிருந்து வைணவத்திற்கு மாறினார்
c) வைணவத்திலிருந்து சைவத்திற்கு மாறினார்
d) வைணவத்திலிருந்து பௌத்தத்திற்கு மாறினார்.
98. உலகத் தமிழரிடையே தமிழுணர்வை உருவாக்கப் பாடுபட்ட பெருஞ்சித்திரனாரின் இதழ் பெயரைத் தோந்தெடு.
a) இந்தியா b) குயில்
c) தமிழ்ச்சிட்டு d) மணிக்கொடி
99. மேதையில் சிறந்ததன்று என முதுமொழிக்காஞ்சி குறிப்பிடுவது
a) கற்றது மறவாமை b) ஒழுக்கம் உடைமை
c) கண்ணஞ்சப் படுதல் d) வாய்மை உடையை
100.இலக்கணக்குறிப்பறிந்து பொருத்துக :
a) வழிக்கரை 1 . வினைத்தொகை
b) கரகமலம் 2. உரிச்சொற்றொடர்
c) பொங்குகடy 3. ஆறாம் வேற்றுமைத்தொகை
d) உறுவேனில் 4. உருவகம்
a b c d
a) 3 2 4 1
b) 3 1 2 4
c) 3 4 1 2
d) 2 3 4 1
TNPSC GROUP II 2013 ENGLISH ORIGINAL QUESTION PAPER
1. Choose the option denoting the speaker and the play from which these lines are taken:
“It droppeth as a gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath”
a) Brutus in ‘Julius Caesar’
b) Mark Antony in ‘Julius Caesar’
c) Protia in “The Merchant of Venice”
d) Skylock in “The Merchant of Venice”
2. Choose the option containing the author of the following line:
a) Kamala Das in Punishment in Kindergarten
b) Deepa Agarwal in ‘After the Storm’
c) Dhar Gopal Mukherji in ‘Kari – the Elephant’
d) Rabindranath Tagore in ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’
3. Choose the option containing the right word that suits the context of the sentence given below:
The _____ on the grass sparkled in the Morning sunlight
a) Due b) dew c) do d) doe
4. Choose the option that contains the name of the speaker and the play from which these lines are taken:
“Believe me for mine honour,
And have respect to mine honour,
That you may believe”
a) Bassanio in “The Merchant of Venice”
b) Brutus in “Julius Caesar”
c) Antonio in “the Merchant of Venice”
d) Antony in “Julius Caesar”
5. Find out the appropriate Superlative degree for the following sentence:
Very few boys in the class are as tall as Ramu
a) Ramu is the tallest boy in the class
b) Ramu is a tall boy in the class
c) Ramu is one of the tallest boys in the class
d) No other boy in the class is as tall as Ramu
6. Which one of the following has the correct infinitive?
a) Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast
b) Music hath charms to soothing the savage beast
c) Music hath charms to having soothe the savage beast
d) Music hath charms to having soothing the savage beast
7. Identify the sentence pattern:
Brutus is an honorable man
a) SVCA b) SVOC c) SVC d)SVIODO
8. Read the passage and choose the correct option that answer the given questions:
The life of a student is, comparatively speaking, a sheltered life. There are, of course, certain responsibilities, they are definite and they are assigned to you by those who are willing to take care of you and there is not much need to be constantly exercising your own judgements
Which of the following sentence is false?
a) Students have certain responsibilities
b) Students need not exercise their own judgements
c) Students are well – cared for
d) Students are not assigned their work
9. Freedom and power bring responsibility. That responsibility rests upon this assembly. Before the birth of freedom we have endured all the pains of labour and our hearts are beavy with the memory of sorrow. But the past is now over and the future beckons to us now. The ambition of the greatest man is to wipe every tear. As long as tears are there, so long our work will not be over.
Which statement is correct?
a) India became rich after Independence
b) Ignorance, poverty, inequality of opportunity are eradicated
c) Our work will not be over till we wipe every tear
d) Freedom means to live a life as we like
10. Identify the right meaning of the idiom
His Partner threw coldwater on his scheme.
a) Encouraged b) discouraged
c)appreciated d) disagreed
11. Identify the sentence with Hyperbole
a) He has fallen asleep
b) Why man, if the river were dry
I am able to fill it with tears
c) The child is father of Max
d) You are telling me a fairy tale
12. Select the correct option to complete the given sentence:
If the sun had not been bright _____
a) The pictures would have come out well
b) The pictures would not have come out well
c) The pictures would have been come out well
d) The pictures would come out well
13. Which of the following line does not occur in William Shakespeare’s works?
a) The evil that men do lives after them
b) My deeds upon my head! I crave the law
c) O judgement! Thou art fled to breetish beasts
d) Was it cowardice, that I dared not kill him?
14. Mention the poem in which the following lines occur
Your eagle pinion is chained down at last
And gravelling in the lowly dust are you
a) Laugh And Be Merry
b) The Apology
c) To India - My Native Land
d) A Tiger in the Zoo
15. How many lines are there in a Sonnet?
a) Eight lines b) Eleven lines
c)Fourteen lines d) Sixteen lines
16. A poem of two lines is called a
a) Couplet b) Monologue
c) Ballad d) Ode
17. Match the following characters in Column A with their roles in Column B and select the correct code:
Column A Column B
a) Portia 1. A Jewish Money Lender
b) Jessica 2. A Merchant of Venice
c) Shylock 3. Shylock’s daughter
d) Antonio 4. A Wealthy Lady in Belmont
A B C D
a) 4 1 2 3
b) 2 3 1 4
c) 4 3 1 2
d) 2 4 3 1
18. Match the characters in Column A with their association in Column B as seen in Julius Caesar and select the correct code given below:
Column A Column B
a) Calphurnia 1. Eloquence of speech
b) Decius Brutus 2. Caesar’s wife
c) Marcus Brutus 3. One of the conspirators
d) Mark Antony 4. Beloved friend
A B C D
a) 1 3 4 2
b) 2 3 4 1
c) 3 4 2 1
d) 2 4 3 1
19. Match the following Phrasal verbs given under Column A with their meanings under Column B
Column A Column B
a) Pick on 1. To select
b) Pick up 2. To criticize
c) Pick over 3. To check carefully
d) Pick out 4. To improve
A B C D
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 4 2 1 3
c) 2 4 3 1
d) 3 1 2 4
20. This process goes on and the nation climbs steps of glory and gains higher strength. Pick our a suitable word from the extract which means “fame”
a) Strength b) steps c)glory d) nation
21. Match the lines under Column A with the poets under Column B:
Column A Column B
a)Art is long and Time is fleeting 1. V.K. Gokak
b) And I’ like a second comer, waiting 2. H.W. Long fellow
c)O’ tongues of fire 3. Thomas Hardy
d) Or help to half a crown 4. D.H. Lawrence
A B C D
a) 3 2 1 4
b) 1 3 2 4
c) 4 1 3 2
d) 2 4 1 3
22. Which of the following is not true?
a) Chawla always spoke about travelling to the states
b) Chawla travelled about 760 hours in space
c) Chawla was assigned as Mission Specialist
d) Chawla’s inspiration to take up flying was JRD Tata
23. I told them
I’m not going to be a DJ
Here DJ refers to:
a) A journalist who collects information in a district
b) Someone who is the judge of a particular district
c) Someone who plays CDS and records in a club or restaurant
d) Someone whose job is to introduce speakers at public event
24. “It was really only a little ‘linnet’ singing out side the window”
What does the word “linnet” indicate?
a) Seed b) dragon fly c) bird d) lizard
25. Find the odd pair from those given below:
a) The Apology – Ralph Waldo Emerson
b) Is life, but a dream? – H.W. Longfellow
c) The flying wonder – Stephen Vincent Benet
d) English words – V.K. Gokak
26. Match the following homophones with their related meanings and select the answer from the codes given below:
Homophones Meaning
a) Piece 1. Calm, ndisturbed
b) Peace 2. Light in colour
c) Pail 3. A portion of an object
d) Pale 4. A bucket
A B C D
a) 3 1 4 2
b) 1 3 4 2
c) 4 1 3 2
d) 2 1 4 3
27. Identify the speaker:
“_____ not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more”
a) Mark Antony b) Casca
c)Calphurnia d) Brutus
28. Identify the speaker:
“I shot him dead because-
Because he was my foe”
a) D.H. Lawrence b) Thomas Hardy
c)V.K. Gokak d) Oscar wilde
29. I shot him dead because –
Because he was my foe.
Give the meaning of the word ‘foe’
a) Companion b) enemy
c) traitor d) spy
30. Name the celebrity who is interested in ornithology
a) Hope Spencer b) Hussain Ali
c) Salim Ali d) Brian Palten
31. Identify the incorrect sentence from the following
a) Mr. Soundar is one of the most helpful persons
b) Very few persons are as helpful as Mr. Soundar
c) Mr. Soundar is more helpful than all other persons
d) Mr. Sounder is more helpful than most other persons
32. Choose the correct verb
The united states _____ a big navy
a) Have b) has c) are d) will be
33. Choose the noun form of the verb ‘sing’
a) Sang b) singing c) song d) sung
34. Find out the part containing an Error:
Mumps are a serious illness that affects people
A B C D
a) mumps b) are
c) a serious illness d) that affects people
35. Choose the option which contains the correct sequence of words to be filled in the blanks:
Veena _____ by the time we _____
a) Has left, arrive b) had left, arrived
c) was left, arrived d) had been left, arrive
36. Read the following lines and answer the questions:
“I wanted to be Shakespeare
But was poor at writing plays
I wanted to be Jane Austein
But didn’t know to spin stories”
Who is Jane Austein?
a) A tailor b) a novelist
c) a spinner d) a psychiatrist
37. Match the following phrases given under column A with their meanings, under column B.
Column A Column B
a) Put on for 1. Remove
b) Look for 2. Extinguish
c) Take off 3. Search
d) Put out 4. Wear
A B C D
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 3 2 1 4
c) 4 3 1 2
d) 4 2 3 1
38. Identify the words which blend to form the word ‘intercom’ and choose the correct answer from the codes given
below:
a) Inter + communication
b) International + communication
c) Internal + communication
d) Internal + communicate
39. Select the suitable order of compound words for the blanks in the given passage from the options given below:
_____ I used a _____ table on which there was a ____ that took me to _____
a) Lifelong, jet black, looking glass, wonderland
b) Wonderland, jet black, Lifelong, looking glass
c) Lifelong, looking glass, wonderland, jet black
d) Lifelong, jet black, wonderland, looking glass
40. Identify the degree of comparison used in the given sentence
Padma is the most intelligent of all girls
a) Comparative degree b) superlative degree
c) positive degree d) none of these
41. Which of the following plural forms is not correct?
a) Daughters – in – law
b) Step – daughters
c) commanders – in – chiefs
d) Strata
42. Identify the sentence:
This must not occur again, or you will be dismissed
a) Compound b) complex
c) simple d) none of the above
43. Identify the compound sentence
a) We should work hard to make up for the lost days
b) We should work hard so that we make up for the lost days
c) We should work hard and make up for the lost days
d) We should work hard for making up for the lost days
44. Match column A with Column B
Column A Column B
a) His trip 1. Was gifted to her
b) The house 2. Was not fed properly
c) The doll 3. Was sponsored by his company
d) The camel 4. Was dressed up beautifully
A B C D
a) 3 1 4 2
b) 3 1 2 4
c) 1 3 4 2
d) 1 3 2 4
45. Find the words that are not related to the underlined word
He just tugged the edges
1. Joined 2. Pushed
3. pulled 4. Pasted 5. Cut
a) 1,2,4 and 5 b) 2,3,4 and 5
c)1,2,3 and 4 d) 1,3,4 and 5
46. Match the following words given under column A with their meanings under column B
Column A Column B
a) Grim 1. Brilliance
b) Splendor 2. Shine
c) Gleam 3. A view
d) Vista 4. Stern
A B C D
a) 2 4 3 1
b) 1 4 3 2
c) 3 2 1 4
d) 4 1 2 3
47. Choose the correct antonym for the underlined word from the options given.
He is sturdy young man
a) Dynamic b) Strong c) Weak d) Ambitious
48. Match the following words given under column A with their antonyms under column B and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Column A Column B
a) Serenity 1. Shallow
b) Profound 2. Ugly
c) Chase 3. Anxiety
d) Charming 4. Withdraw
A B C D
a) 2 3 4 1
b) 3 1 4 2
c) 1 3 2 4
d) 2 1 4 3
49. Choose the option containing the correct sequence of words suiting the given passage:
The benefit of _____ is not only _____ our body but also _____ us happy in _____ our health always
1. To keep 2. To develop
3. Exercising 4. Maintaining
a) 4321 b) 3214 c) 1234 d)2431
50. Choose the correct option that contains the appropriate words in the right sequence:
They do the English exercises _____ because they think English is an ______ subject
a) Hardly, hard b) slow, slowly
c) easily, easy d) eagerly,eager
51. Chose the correct sequence of words from the options given below:
While _____ to the actors, the Director said, “You realize that _____ is not easy. You need _____ according to the situation _____ the nature of the character”.
1. To reveal 2. To act
3. acting 4. Speaking
a) 4321 b) 3412 c) 2143 d) 1234
52.Choose the correct option with the right words in sequence:
You can _____ see the mountains on a _____ sunny day
a)Prettily, pretty b)clearly, clear
c) bright, brightly d) true, truly
53. Who said this?
If non – violence is the law of our being, the future is with women
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Mother Teresa
c) Rajaram Mohan Roy
d) Subramania Bharathi
54. Which of the following is not a poem?
a) A Psalm of life
b) The Mark of Vishnu
c) The Cry of the Children
d) The Man He Killed
55. Choose the option that contains the right word suiting the context of the sentence:
As the _____ is too tight, I cannot untie the rope
a) Naught b) nought c) not d) knot
56. Choose the option containing the name of the author and the work in which these lines occur:
I was then too young to read
And my blood turned cold like the moon
a) Dr.A.P.J. Kalam in ‘Vision For The Nation’
b) Dr. Neeraja Raghavan in ‘The Sun Beam’
c) Kamala Das in ‘My Grandmother’s House’
d) Rabindranath Tagore in ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’
57. Select the incorrect sentence from the following:
a) He was too frightening to speak
b) Distilled water is used in some experiments
c) He took up gymnastics when he was seven years old
d) Take care of your health
58. Choose the correct plural:
The nucleus of atoms consist of protons and neutrons
a) Nucleusos b) Nuclei
c)Nucleous d) None of these
59. Match the following pharases given in Column A with the blending words in Column B:
Column A Column B
a) Information + System 1. Vash
b) Bombay + Hollywood 2. Moped
c) Motor + Pedal cycle 3. Bollywood
d) Volcanic + Ash 4. Infosys
A B C D
a) 3 2 4 1
b) 4 1 2 3
c) 2 1 3 4
d) 4 3 2 1
60. Choose the option with the right combination for the following word:
Snow white
a) Noun + Gerund b) Noun + Verb
c) Noun + Adjective d) Noun + Noun
61. A song narrating a popular story is called
a) Dialogue b) Oration
c) couplet d) ballad
62. That is how Gandhi became a leader par excellence: that made Churchill the greatest and the most successful war time leader. Choose a word from the passage that means “by way of special eminence”
a) Traits b) hurdle
c) par excellence d) hazards
63. As the coming generation also has its dreams and aspirations for the nation’s future it therefore adds something form its side to the national vision Write the verb form of the word “aspiration”
a) Aspire b) aspiringly
c) aspirate d) aspiry
64. Then the spring came and all over the country, there were little blossoms and little birds. Which season represents the arrival of the blossoms?
a) Winter b) summer
c) Spring d) Autumn
65. Match the titles with the lines:
a) The Man he Killed 1. O.Winged seeds
b) Migrant bird 2. Trust no future
c) A Psalm of life 3. I breed my brood
d) English words 4. Off – hand like
5.Only blood shot eyes
A B C D
a) 2 3 4 5
b) 5 3 1 2
c) 5 3 2 1
d) 4 3 2 1
66. Match the words under Column A with the suffixes under Column B:
Column A Column B
a) Anchor 1. Ling
b) Murder 2. Lette
c) Hire 3. Age
d) Novel 4. Ous
A B C D
a) 3 4 1 2
b) 4 3 2 1
c) 1 2 4 3
d) 2 1 3 4
67. Match the prefixes under Column A with the words under Column B
Column A Column B
a) Multi 1. Sensitive
b) Mis 2. Runner
c) Hyper 3. Faceted
d) Fore 4. Behave
A B C D
a) 4 1 3 2
b) 2 3 1 4
c) 3 4 1 2
d) 1 2 3 4
68. Choose the correct pair:
The play and its author
a) ‘Comedy of Errors’ by William Shakespeare
b) ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ by Bacon
c) ‘Cymbeline’ by Bernard Shaw
d) ‘Henry IV’ by Ben Johnson
69. Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence
She accepted it as the kind cruelty of the surgeon’s kinfre
a) Euphemism b) pun
c) Oxymoron d) Irony
70. Who has uttered these words?
“Friends Romans, Countrymen
Lend me your ears”
a) Brutus in ‘Julius Caesar’
b) Mark Antony in ‘Julius Caesar’
c) Cassius in ‘Macbeth’
d) Casca in ‘Macbeth’
71. Fill in the blank with the suitable word
He tried to _____ votes by showing the leaders portrait
a) Canvas b) Canvass c) Confess d) Converse
72. He put up a notice board “Trespassers will be prosecuted”
What do you mean by the word “Prosecuted”?
a) Agreed b) Punished
c)Preceded d) Excused
73. What brings out the munificence of the Chola King who built “The Brihadeesvarar Temple”?
a) The Pillared Cloisters of deities
b) The huge and massive size of the Shiva Linga and the Nandhi Statue
c) The towering Vimanam which echoes the divine Mount Kailash
d) The Statues and paintings of the Royal Museum
74. Situated in a remote corner of Kumaon bordering Tibet and Nepal, Munsiyari was once a bustling entrepot of trade
Which place was a busy trade centre?
a) Tibet b) Nepal
c) Munsiyari d) Kumaon
75. Fill in the blank with a suitable word
They had dates for _____
a) Desert b) Desart
c) Dessert d) Deserrt
76. Match the following poems in Column A with the Poets in Column B and select the correct code:
Column A Column B
a) The Cry of the Children 1. Thomas Hardy
b) No men are Foreign 2. William Wordsworth
c) The Solitary Reaper 3. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
d) The Man He Killed 4. Jame Kirkup
A B C D
a) 1 2 4 3
b) 4 3 2 1
c) 3 4 1 2
d) 3 4 2 1
77. When Trevor come to know that Hughie gave a sovereign to the model, he
a) Shed tears b) slapped him
c) yelled at him d) burst into laughter
78. ‘Ingratitude, more strong than traitor’s arm
Quite vanquished him’
Identify the speaker who uttered these words
a) Antony b) Antonio
c) Brutus d)Bassanio
79. To which of the following works is Oscar Wilde not associated with?
a) The Happy Prince
b) The importance of being earnest
c) The Last Leaf
d) The Selfish Giant
80. According to Greeks ____ and _____ were two sides to the same coin
a) Music and literature
b) Music and dance
c) Culture and music
d) Music and astronomy
81. Read the passage and choose the correct option that answers the questions given below:
“Thank you shelly”, Diane said holding her hand out for me to shake, “for taking care of Sam. We were in a traffic accident and somehow we got separated when I went to the , hospital. I guess he lost his collar and harness too”. I looked at her hand, I didn’t want to give Goldy up, but I could see that it was this lady he really belonged to. Not to me. I was just temporary.
Who did the dog really belong to?
a) Shelly b) Diane
c) Sam d) None of these
82. Don Quixote the knight found 30-40 Windmills. He mistook them for giants. He was so fond of adventure that he decided to fight them. He wanted to make a lot of money by defeating them. Sancho Panza, his loyal squire, tried to warn him that they were only windmills but he didn’t pay any attention.
a) Sancho Panza seems to be clever
b) Don Quixote mistook windmills for giants
c) The knight is less informed when compared to the squire
d) The knight wanted to cheat others by defeating the windmills
83. Choose the right idea conveyed by the statement given below:
Sometimes parents complain that their teenage children have suddenly become very indisciplined, not paying
heed to their advice
a) Teenagers are not advised by their parents
b) Parents heed to the advice of their teenage children
c) Teenagers listen to their parents advice
d) Parents think that their teenage children don’s listen to their words
84. Select the correct sentence
a) We won the football match by three goals
b) We beated our opponents by three goals
c) We lost the three goals under the football match
d) We played the football match on three goals
85. Harmonic cacophony to oblivious are
Identify the figure of speeh used in the given line
a) Onomatopoeia b) oxymoron
c) personification d)alliteration
86. Identify the sentence pattern of the following:
Raghu was ill last Month
a) SVOA b) SVAA c)SVA d) SVCA
87. Pick out the sentence:
Which is of the pattern SVC:
a) I donated a computer
b) This computer is sleek
c) We take notes
d) I met him
88. Choose the noun form of the verb ‘recite’
a) Recitation b) reciting
c)recited d) recitate
89. Find the odd sentence which is not the same sentence pattern as the other three
a) He wore his uniform
b) I ate an apple
c) He was excited
d) I like ice cream
90. Fill in the blank with the correct verb form of the noun ‘writer’
Don’t _____ on the wall
a) Written b) write c) write – up d) writing
91. Choose the option that contains the right sequence of articles:
My manager is _____ multifaceted personality. He was elected _____ chairman of our board. I am sure he will be _____ best chairman, for he is _____ honest worker.
a) A, the , an, the
b) A, no article, the, an
c) An, no article, a, the
d) No article, an, the, a
92. Choose the option with the suitable article
Give me _____ one rupee note
a) A b) an c) the d) no article
93. Choose the option which contains the right preposition to complete the blank:
Raju has not slept _____ yesterday
a) Through b) by c) since d) on
94. Choose the option that contains the right preposition to complete the sentence:
His father shouted _____ him when he came home late.
a) On b) over c) for d) at
95. Which of the following option have a sentence with the verb in the active voice?
a) Many students attended this workshop
b) Many students were questioned
c) Many students have been screened
d) Many students had been given a warning
96. Choose the suitable prefix to form a meaningful word from the given root word significant
a) Un b) pre c) in d) de
97. Choose the statement that takes the question tag shouldn’t they?
a) Students should not
be allowed to use the library everyday
b) Students must be allowed to use the library everyday
c) Students could be allowed to use the library everyday
d) Students should be allowed to use the library everyday
98. Identify the sentence which does not contain an adjective:
a) He is an early riser
b) The early bird was rewarded
c) He rises early
d)They came by an early train
99. Identify the sentence with the superlative degree of the adjective:
a) No one else is as courageous as him
b) He is one of the most courageous persons
c) He is more courageous than most other people
d) Very few people are as courageous as him
100. Identify the adverb from the following list:
a)Heavy b) old c) daliy d) small
TNPSC GROUP II 2012 GENERAL TAMIL ORIGINAL QUESTION PAPER-தமிழ் வினாத்தாள்
TNPSC GROUP II 2012 GENERAL STUDIES ORIGINAL QUESTION PAPER
TNPSC GROUP II 2011 GENERAL STUDIES ORIGINAL QUESTION PAPER
1. Palaeontology is related to
a) Plants b) Animals
c) Fossils d) Bacteria
2. The description of a society’s culture and its way of living is called
a) Ethnography (Inavilakkaviayal)
b) Anthropology (Maanudaviyal)
c) Realism (Nadappiyal)
d) Classicism (Chevviyal)
3. ‘Dindugal Federation’ was formed during the South Indian Rebellion in the year
a) April, 1800 b) June, 1800
c) May, 1801 d) June, 1801
4. Diagrams and graphs are tools of
a) Collection of data b) analysis
c) presentation d) summarization
5. The largest share of mineral resources is accounted by
a) Orissa b) Maharashtra
c)Assam d) Tamil Nadu
6. The population of a city is 5,13,200. If it increases at the rate of 12% per annum, what will be its population after 3
years?
a) 7,12,009 b) 7,10,029
c) 7,21,009 d) 7,92,100
7. The first Jain council was held at _____ in the 3rd Century B.C.
a) Vaisali b) Pataliputra
c) Kashmir d) Rajagriha
8. An enhanced beam of monochromatic and coherent light is called
a) MASER b) LASER
c) TESTER d) MASTER
9. What is the name of the land donated by Pandiya Kings to the families of the soldiers who lost their lives in the
battle?
a) Thiruvidaiyattam b) Bhrammadeyam
c) Uthirapatti d)Nivantham
10. The oxidant used in the testing of alcohol in breath is
a) MnO2 b) KMnO4
c) K2Cr2O7 d) KNO3
11. 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
12. 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
13. In which Chola King’s period was the practice of writing of ‘Meikirti’ started first?
a) Raja Rajan I b) Rajendran
c)Rajathi Rajan I d) Kulothungan I
14. Which one of the following is not an output device?
a) Speaker b) Computer monitor
c) CD d)Laser Printer
15. Passage of waster product in the renal tubule is an example of
a) Diffusion b) osmosis
c) active transport d) passive transport
16. In which of the following years Citizenship Act was not amended?
a) 1955 b) 1976 c) 1986 d) 1992
17. 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
18. Organisation which eat other organisms are called
a) Consumers b) producers
c) decomposers d) saprophytes
19. MS – DOS is the name of
a) A device
b) An application software
c) An operating system
d) A hardware
20. For dealing with qualitative data, the best average is
a) Arithmetic mean b) Median
c) Harmonic mean d) Geometric mean
21. The average density of the earth is
a) 5.517 g cm-3 b) 11 g cm-3
c) 3 g cm-3 d) 3.5 g cm-3
22. Find out the wrong number:
5,11,23,47,90,191,383
a) 11 b) 47 c) 191 d) 90
23. In which year was ‘NREP’ (National Rural Employment Programme) launched by Government of India?
a) 1978 b) 1979 c) 1980 d) 1982
24. SARFAESI Act was introduced for the purpose of
a) Controlling stock exchange
b) Regulating capital markets
c) Streamlining the financial system
d) Enabling the banks to realize their views
25. Which among the following was known as June 3rd plan?
a) Wavell plan b) C.R. Plan
c) Cabinet mission plan d) Mountbatten plan
26. A, B and C are employed. B, A and E are educated. A,C and D are very rich. D,A and E are honest. Who is
employed, very rich but not honest?
a) B b) E c) A d) C
27. Pyrolusite is mineral of
a) Mendelevium b) Molybdenum
c)Magnesium d)Manganese
28. To which does the Indus valley civilization belong?
a) Urban b) Suburban
c) Village d) Foreign
29. Which among the following is related to the features of the Constitution of India?
a) Presidential, Unitary and Two – party system
b) Parliamentary, Unitary and Two – party system
c) Parliamentary, Federal and Multi – party system
d) Parliamentary, Unitary and Multi – party system
30. What is Broad money?
a) Currency with Public + demand deposits of the public
b) Currency with public + post office savings deposits
c) Currency with public + time deposits of public with banks + demand deposits
d) Currency with public + derived deposits
31. Who among the following was the editor of ‘Suryodayam’?
a) Subramaniya Siva
b) Thiru Vi. Ka
c) Neelakanta Brahmachary
d) V.V.S. Iyer
32. Kennelly – Heavyside layer is present in the
a) Mesosphere b) troposphere
c) Lonosphere d) Stratosphere
33. The battle of Plassey took place in the year
a) 1764 b) 1765 c) 1757 d) 1857
34. Acid rain is caused by
a) Water pollution b) noise pollution
c) air pollution d) land pollution
35. Who was the founder of the Imperial Chola dynasty?
a) Rajaraja I b) Parantaka
c) vijayalayan d) Aditya Cholan
36. The age of the earth is about
a) 4.5 billion years b) 1.8 billion years
c)2250 million years d) 1950 million years
37. 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
38. Who first reported the presence of ‘ respiratory centre’ which maintains and controls the rate of respiration?
a) Mislavsky b) Collip
c)Bayliss d)Starling
39. The anti – defection law was enacted as early as 1979 in
a) Kerala b) Jammu and Kashmir
c)West Bengal d) Tamil Nadu
40. Double helical model to DNA was discovered by
a) Watson and Crick b) James and Meselson
c)Jacob and Monad d) Wilkins and Levene
41. In which year was Satyendra Sinha appointed as a member of Viceroy’s Executive Council?
a) 1892 b) 1909 c) 1919 d) 1935
42. Rourkela steel plant was set up with the assistance of
a) USSR b) West Germany
c)UK d) USA
43. In the Parliamentary procedure of India, zero hour has been existence since
a) 1945 b) 1950 c) 1962 d) 1976
44. Arrange the following in chronological order:
I. Rowlatt Act
II. Khilafat movement
III. Montague – Chelmsford reforms
IV. Jalianwalla Bagh Tragedy
a) I, II, IV, III b) I, IV, II, III
c)II, I, IV, III d) II, III, IV, I
45.In Tamil Nadu NH 47 is
a) Salem to Kanniyakumari
b) Madurai to Rameshwaram
c) Nagapattinam to Coimbatore
d) Chennai to Dindigul
46. Which among the following was also known as Delhi pact?
a) Lucknow pact b) Poona pact
c) Gandhi – Irwin d) Communal award
47. Consider the following statements:
I. ELISA is a isotopic immunioassay
II. This is used for the determination of small quantities of proteins and other biological substances
Of these,
a) I & II are correct b) I & Ii are wrong
c) I is correct, II is wrong d) I is wrong, II is correct
48. Sulphide ores are concentrated by
a) Hand picking b) magnetic separation
c) Gravity separation d) froth floatation
49. Performance of students in an examination:
Marks/ Subject |
40 and above |
30 and above |
20 and above |
TAMIL |
9 |
40 |
74 |
ENGLISH |
5 |
30 |
65 |
AGGREGATE |
6 |
35 |
70 |
The percentage of number of students getting at least 60% marks in English over those getting at least 40% in aggregate is approximately
a) 43% b) 41% c) 50% d) 45%
50. In which of the following years Goa joined Indian Union?
a) 1956 b) 1959 c) 1961 d) 1962
51. Annual rate of inflation of all commodities in 2009 – 10 was
a) 14.4% b) 10% c) 8% d) 11%
52. The first Deputy Prime Minister of free India was
a) Sardar Vallabhai Patel
b) Charan Singh
c) Jagjivan Ram
d) Menno
53. If the earth stops rotating, the apparent value of g on its surface will
a) Increase everywhere
b) Decrease everywhere
c) Remain the same everywhere
.d) Increase at some places and remain the same at some other places
54. Balbiani rings are found in
a) Sex chromosomes b) allosomes
c) autosomes d) polytene chromosomes
55. Terrestrial planets are
a) Mercury, Venus, Earth & Mars
b) Venus, Earth, Mars & Jupiter
c) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune
d) Earth, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn
56. Potti Sri Ramulu is known for
a) Founding of Annamalai University
b) Creation of Andhra Pradesh
c) Prohibition of Madras
d) Separate Telangana issue
57. 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
58. What proportion of members can Governer nominate out of total members in State Legislative Council?
a) ¼ b) 1/6 c) 1/8 d) 1/5
59. What is the respiratory pigment found in human RBC?
a) Haemoglobin b) Hemerythrin
c)Haemocyanin d) Chlorocruorin
60. Which one of the following pairs is incorrect?
a) Sandstone – Cuddalore
b) Terisand – Dharmapuri
c) Limestone – Ariyalur
d) Alluvium – Thanjavur
61. When was Zamindari system abolished in Tamil Nadu?
a) 1947 b) 1948 c) 1950 d) 1952
62. _____ continues to be the family occupation in most of the districts in Tamil Nadu.
a) Paper industry b) Handloom industry
c) Match Industry d) Beedi industry
63. When 24 is subtracted from a number. It reduces to its four – seventh. What is the sum of the digits of that number?
a) 1 b) 9 c) 11 d) 10
64. Duralumin contains
a) Mg and Al b) Al and Au
c) Mn and Al d) Zn and Al
65. When was the National Interim Government formed?
a) 1946 b) 1948 c) 1950 d) 1952
66. “Kaniyan Poongunranar” award is associated with
a) Best poem
b) Best novel
c) The software which helps for scientific Tamil development
d) Urban development
67. Which among the following is a set of primary nutrients?
a) Urea, borax
b) Epsom salt, urea
c) NH3, KCl
d) S – ammonium molybdate
68. Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below:
List I List II
a) Glacier 1. Pothole
b) Underground water 2. Cirque
c) River 3. Inselberg
d) Wind 4. Lapies
Codes:
A B C D
a) 2 4 1 3
b) 1 2 3 4
c) 3 2 4 1
d) 4 3 2 1
69. Which of the following is incorrectly paired?
a) Mattavilasa prahasanam - Temple
b) Narasimhavarman - Vatapi Kondan
c) Vichitra Chitta - Title
d) Nandivarman - Battle of Tellaru
70. Newton’s law of cooling is a special case of
a) Wien’s displacement law
b) Kirchhoff’s law
c) Stefan’s law
d) Planck’s law
71. Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below:
List I List II
a) Isothermal Process 1. V constant, P and T
b) Adiabatic process 2. T constant, P and V
change
c) Isobaric process 3. Heat is neither
allowed to enter nor leave the system
d) Isochoric process 4. P constant, T and V change
Codes:
A B C D
a) 3 2 1 4
b) 2 3 4 1
c) 4 3 2 1
d) 1 4 3 2
72. If the lower and upper limits of a class are 10 and 40 respectively, the mid point of the class is
a)25.0 b) 12.5 c) 15.0 d) 30.0
73. ‘City of Festival’ is
a) Chidambaram b) Tanjore
c) Madurai d) Tirunelveli
74. Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below:
List I List II
a) Bodinaickanur 1. Artificial silk
b) Chinnamanur 2. Cardamom
c) Usilampatti 3. Tobacco
d) Cumbum 4. Biscuit
Codes:
A B C D
a) 4 2 1 3
b) 4 3 2 1
c) 3 1 4 2
d) 1 2 3 4
75. The largest contribution to GDP still comes from
a) Agriculture
b) Manufacturing industries
c) Construction
d) Services
76. Who among the following received the first ‘Bharat Ratna’ award?
a) C. Rajagopalachari
b) M.G. Ramachandran
c) K.Kamaraj
d) M.S.Subbulakshmi
77. The net resistance of a voltmeter should be large to ensure that
a) It does not get overheated
b) It does not draw excessive current
c) It can measure large potential differences
d) It does not change the potential difference to be measured
78. The deepest point in the Pacific ocean is
a) Mariana trench b) tonga trench
c) Phillippine trench d) Kurile trench
79. Consider the following statements:
I. Glucagon increases the blood sugar level
II. Glucagon lowers the blood calcium level
Of these
a) I & II are correct
b) I & II are wrong
c) I is correct but II is wrong
d) I is wrong but II is correct
80. Which one of the following factors does not influence velocity of circulation of money?
a) Quantity of money
b) Selling cost of business firms
c) Credit facilities
d) Business conditions
81. Operation ‘Hamla’ means
a) Security drill conducted by the police and security agencies in Chennai
b) Operation to increase the production of Amla in Tamil Nadu
c) New surgical technique to reduce body weight (human)
d) None of these
82. Who has been appointed as the RBI Governor after the retirement of Shri Y.V.Reddy?
a) Dr.Indira Rangarajan b) Dr. Dilip Sanghvi
c) Dr.Vijay L. Kelkar d) Shri. D. Subba Rao
83. The recipient of Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace in 2009 is
a) Nelson Mandela b) David Cameron
c) Julia Gillard d) Sheikh Hasina
84. Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below
List I List II
a) The Privileges 1. Martina Cole
b) Avtar 2.Jonathan Dec
c) Hard Girls 3. Dic Mathison
Codes:
A B C
a) 1 2 3
b) 2 3 1
c) 3 2 3
d) 2 1 3
85. In 2010 which country changed its time zones?
a) UK b) Russia
c) Canada d) Europe
86. Commonwealth Bank of _____ in August 2010, opened its first Branch in India in Mumbai
a) Denmark b) Australia
c) Canada d) Ireland
87. The ice cubes were first discovered in one asteroid on
a)29th April, 2010 b) 29th September, 2010
c)29th January, 2010 d) 29th February, 2010
88. Riyadh Declaration between India and Saudi Arabia was signed on
a) 10th March, 2010 b) 15th March, 2010
c) 1st March, 2010 d)5th March, 2010
89. 2012 Olympic Games is to be held in
a) London b) Beijing
c) Athens d) Sydney
90. With which neighbouring country, has India created a joint river commission?
a) China b) Pakistan
c) Sri Lanka d) Bangladesh
91. Who presented the FIFA 2010 song ‘Waka Waka’?
a) Shakira b) A.R. Rahman
c) Ilayaraja d) Madona
92. The flood hazard in Pakistan during July 2010 is due to the flood in
a) Jhelum b) Indus
c) Chenab d) Ravi
93. Which is the largest solar power plant in the world?
a) Spain b) Protugal
c)Europe d) Russia
94. G.D. Birla International Award in art and culture category for the year 2010 was given to
a) V.P. Dhananjayan and Shantha Dhananjayan
b) Vijay Shanthi
c) Padma Subramaniam
d) Kalamandalam Krishnan
95. The newly introduced Indian rupee symbol is based on
a) Roman script b) Devanagiri script
c) Tamil script d) Both (A) & (B)
96. Which decade is declared as the ‘Decade of Innovation’ by the Government of India?
a) 1950 – 1960 b) 1980 – 1990
c) 2000 – 2010 d) 2011 – 2020
97. What was the venue of ‘Nuclear Security Summit 2010’?
a) Rio de Janeiro b) Bali
c)Ganeva d) Washington
98. The person who is not awarded Nobel Prize in Economics in 2010 is
a) Peter Diamond b) Dale Mortensen
c) Christopher Pissarides d) Paul Samuelson
99. The meeting of the World Water Forum was held in 2009 at
a) Tokyo b) Moscow
c) Istanbul d) Nairobi
100. Which among the following is correct with referenct to recent (2010) Supreme Court remarks over criminal case
investigation?
a) ‘No’ to arrest any criminals
b) ‘No’ to CBI inquiry
c) ‘No’ to lie detector and narcotesting
d) None of these
TNPSC GROUP II 2010 GENERAL STUDIES ORIGINAL QUESTION PAPER
1. Which statement is correct?
a) All minerals are ores
b) A mineral cannot be an ore
c) An ore cannot be a mineral
d) All ores are minerals
2. Tusk of elephant is
a) Modified incisors
b) modified canines
c)modified premolar
d) modified molar
3. The book ‘Kathirmani Villakkam’ was written by
a) A.K. Chettiar
b) Pandithamani Kathiresan Chettiar
c) Vellaivaranar
d) Auvai Su. Duraisami Pillai
4. Radioactivity was discovered by
a) Pierre Curie b) Madam Curie
c) Rutherford d) Henri Becquerel
5. S.D of { 2,4,5,6,8} is
a) 2 b) 5 c) 6 d) 8
6. Local government is a feature of
a) Most modern states
b) only democratic states
c) only unitary states
d) only federal states
7. The correct order of the Agam landscape is
a) Marutham, Mullai, Kurinji, Paalai, Neithal
b) Mullai, Neithal, Kurinji, Mullai, Marutham
c) Paalai, Marutham, Kurinji, Mullai, Marutham
d) Kurinji, Mullai, Marutham, Neithal, Paalai
8. Which state has topped the latest state – wise Education Development Index?
a) Tamil Nadu b) Kerala
c) Karnataka d) Andhra Pradesh
9. Who has been named recently as the world’s best paid author?
a) Paul Coelho b) Salman Rushdie
c) Jeffery Archer d) Rowling
10. What does KDM 916 mean ?
a) 9.16% pure gold b) 90.16% pure gold
c) 9.16% copper d) 91.6% pure gold
11. Natural system of plant classification was proposed by
a) Cronquist b) Engler and Prantl
c) Linnaeus d) Bentham and Hooker
12. _____ is regarded as the custodian of fundamental rights.
a) Prime Minister b) Police Commissioner
c) Chief Minister d) Judiciary
13. The Pioneer scholar of chronology is
a) Maraimalai Adigal b) Ka. Su. Pillai
c) S. Vaiyapuri Pillai d) K.K. Pillai
14. Besalt and granite belong to which type of rocks?
a) Igneous rocks b) Metamorphic rocks
c) Sedimentary rocks d) None of these
15. Which metal is used for Galvanization of iron
a) Chromium b) Zinc
c) Nickel d) Manganese
16. Detritus
a) Feed upon organic decayed food from the soil
b) Take food from plants
c) Take food into endoplasm
d) Take food from earthworm
17. The foremost economic problem of India’s agricultural laborers is
a) Low income
b) Heavy indebtedness
c) Poor standard of living
d) Absence of organized activity
18. How did the Sithars call ‘Vallarai Keerai’?
a) Keerai b) Saraswathi
c) Marunthu d) Lakshmi
19. Industrial sickness is nothing but
a) Any one part of the factory is being affected
b) Unable to pay back the debt
c) Unable to create surplus income and running the industry only by receiving the dept
d) Change in the ownership of industry
20. Fuse wire is a wire of _____ resistance and _____melting point
a) Low, high b) high, high
c) low, low d) high, low
21. Who was the last Governor General of the English East India Company?
a) Lord Canning b) William Bentinck
c) Robert Clive d) Lord Ripon
22. Darsana is
a) The vision of truth b) the vision of God
c) the way of life d) none of these
23. The study of age of the trees of counting annual rings is called
a) Dendrogram b) Dendrochronology
c) Entomology d) Gerontology
24. Who was the Chairman of the Indian Constituent Assembly?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru b) Mahatma Gandhi
c)Rajendra Prasad d) Sardar Patel
25. Linguistics scholar is
a) Aru. Ramanathan b) T.A. Gnanamurthy
c)Na. Subbureddiar d) S. Agathialingam
26. Lead is considered as
a) Air pollutant b) water pollutant
c) soil pollutant d) all of these
27. Which of the following gases is adsorbed mostly by activated charcoal?
a) CO2 b) N2 c) CH4 d) Ar
28. Leprosy is a
a) Viral disease b) bacterial disease
c) dermatomyosistis d) None of these
29. Who is the Chairman of the Planning Commission?
a) Minister of Planning b) Minister of State
c) Prime Minister d) Deputy Prime Minister
30. Whose songs were found to be more in number in ‘Purananooru’?
a) Auvauiyar b) Kabilar
c) Kovur Kizhar d) Paranar
31. Who is considered as the father of Indian Renaissance?
a) Raja Rammohan Roy b) Rabindranath Tagore
c) B.M. Malabari d) M.G. Ranade
32. The central teaching(s) of the Vedas is /are
a) Karma only
b) Jnana only
c) Both Karma and Jnana
d) None of these
33. A plant that lives in a pond is called as
a) Limnophyte b) Xerophyte
c) Mesophyte d) Lithophyte
34. Punjab and Haryana receive rainfall from
a) Westerly disturbances
b) Cyclones in Bay of Bengal
c) South – west monsoon
d) Retreating monsoon
35. What is the maximum time given to Rajya Sabha for money bill?
a) 30 days b) 21 days
c) 14 days d) 45 days
36. Chittanavasal is situated in
a) Madurai b) Pudukkottai
c) Trichy d) Thanjavur
37. The indicator(s) of development according to modern ideology is /are
a) Growth in national income
b) Growth in per capita income
c) High rate of capital
d) All of these
38. What is the chemical difference between celluloid and cellophane?
a) These two materials have the same chemical composition
b) Cellophane is much more inflammable than celluloid
c) Celluloid contains nitrogen while cellophane does not
d) Photographic images stick better to celluloid
39. The topmost atmospheric layer is called
a) Troposphere b) Ionosphere
c) Mesosphere d)Stratosphere
40. New Entrepreneurs Agency was established on
a) 1956 b) 1961 c) 1980 d) 1986
41. Female literacy rate is below 30% (2001 census) in select districts of
a) Kerala b) Tamil Nadu
c) Uttar Pradesh d) Karnataka
42. ‘Idiosai Ketta Nagam Pola’ expresses the feeling of
a) Pathetic sentiment (Azhugai)
b) Fear (Achcham)
c) Anger (Kopam)
d) Languish (Parithavippu)
43. Liberation is possible while living with the physical body. This theory is called
a) Sadyomukti b) Aparoksha Mukti
c) Jivanmukti d) Videha Mukti
44. Which of the following has the smallest flower?
a) Wolffia microscopic b) Canna indica
c) Azadiracta indica d) Pyrus malus
45. Following relief zones are the characteristics of ocean basins:
I. Continential slopes
II. Continental shelf
III. Deep sea plain
IV. Oceanic trench
The correct sequence of their seaward appearance from the coast is
a) II, I, IV and III b) I, II, IV and
c) II, I, III and IV d) I, II, III and IV
46. Central Vigilance Commission was set up on the recommendation of
a) Administrative Reforms Commission of India
b) Gorwala Report
c) Kripalani Committee
d) Santhanam Commmittee
47. Classify the sequence of Vanappu:
a) Azhagu, Ammai, Thol, Thonmai
b) Ammai, Azhagu, Thonmai, Thol
c) Thonmai, Thol, Ammai, Azhagu
d) Thonmai, Ammai, Thol, Azhagu
48. India’s best quality sheep rearing is done in which of the following regions?
a) North – West region
b)Temperature Himalaya
c) Semi – arid southern region
d) Humid eastern region
49. The host cells in human physiological system for HIV causing AIDS are
a) T1 lymphocyte b) T2 lymphocyte
c) T3 lymphocyte d) T4 lymphocyte
50. Which is the only ape found in India?
a) Gorilla b) Orang – utan
c)Gibbon d) Hylobate
51. Shashi Tharoor of India was a candidate for the post of
a) Commonwealth Secretary General
b) U.N. Secretary General
c) SAARC Secretary General
d) UNESCO Secretary General
52. ‘Stolt Valor’ was in the news because
a) It is a Japanese ship
b) It is a merchant ship
c) Is was hijacked Somalian hijackers
d) It was sailing with Indian sailors
53. Where did the 39th International Film Festival of India take place?
a) Mumbai b) Panaji
c) Russia d) Delhi
54. Supersonic BrahMos missile is a joint venture between India and
a) Israel b) Denmark
c) Russia d) France
55. Which of the following acts as biological control organism against glycotoxin producing soil pathogens?
a) Trichoderma Virens b) Aspergilius niger
c)Penicillium notatum d) Chaetomium globosum
56. The Indian auto major who acquired the British luxury brand ‘Land Rover’ is
a) Tata b) Mahindra and Mahindra
c) Maruti Suzuki d) Hindustan Motors
57. The fall in crude oil prices during the end of 2008 is attributed to
a) Increase in crude oil production
b) Fall in dollar value
c) Rise in dollar value
d) Fall in world demand
58. Barack Obama belongs to which state
a) Illinois b) New York
c) Los Angeles d) Washington
59. The political party to which Hillary Clinton belongs is
a) Conservative Party b) Socialist Party
c) Republican Party d) Democratic Party
60. Reliance Industry recently explored oil and gas from
a) Godavari – Krishna basin
b) Narmada – Tapti basin
c) Brahmaputra – Ganga basin
d) Mahanadi – Indravati basin
61. If selling price of 16 items is same as the cost price of 20 items, then there is a
a) Loss of 20% b) loss of 25%
c) gain of 20% d) gain of 25%
62. Which Amendment gave constitutional recognition to Panchayat Raj?
a) 73rd Amendment b) 74th Amendment
c) 64th Amendment d) 72nd Amendment
63. Classify the correct order of the Nayanmar:
a) Thriunavukkarasar, Sundarar, Sambandhar, Manickavasagar
b) Sambandhar, Thirunavukkarasar, Sundarar, Manickavasagar
c) Sundarar, Sambandhar, Thirunavukkarasar, Manickavasagar
d) Manickavasagar, Sambandhar, Sundarar, Thirunavukkarasar
64. As per Valluvar ‘Oodal’ is as like
a) Sugar b) Honey
c) Salt d) Sugarcane
65. The leader who described Cripps proposal as a “post – dated cheque of a crashing bank” was
a) Motilal Nehru
b) M.K. Gandhi
c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
d) Subhash Chandra Bose
66. Nakkirar wrote the book
a) Madurai Kanchi b) Nedunalvadai
c) Elati d) Mullaippattu
67. The organism used by T.H. Morgan to study mutation was
a) Chlorella b) Drosophila
c) Yeast d)Neurospora
68. Which is the first country in the world guaranteed right to information?
a) America b) England
c) France d) Swedan
69. Uzhupadai denotes
a) Uvamai Thogai b) Panbu Thogai
c) Vinai Thogai d) Ummai Thogai
70. Where is the Hindustan Shipyard located ?
a) Vishakhapatnam b) Chennai
c)Kochi d) Mumbai
71. During the Second Five – year plan period, the planners worked out the capital output ratio at
a) 1:5:1 b) 5:4:1 c) 2:3:1 d) 4:3:7
72. The unit of capacitance is
a) Coulomb b) Farad
c) ohm d)gram
73. A collectin of related data, that is, having a similar prupose is called as
a) Database b) Record
c) structure d) all of these
74. Find the odd man out: 5,7,9,17,23,37
a) 5 b) 9 c) 37 d) 23
75. In which year was Panchayat Raj system inauguarated in India?
a) 1950 b) 1959 c) 1952 d) 1962
76. Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below:
List I List II
a) Caldwell 1. Germany
b) Veeramamunivar 2. Tamil Nadu
c) Zigenbalg 3. Italy
d) H.A. Krishna Pillai 4. Ireland
Codes:
A B C D
a) 1 3 4 2
b) 1 2 3 4
c) 3 4 2 1
d) 4 3 1 2
77. The first ‘Nigandu’ in Tamil is
a) Soodamani Nignadu
b) Thivagara Nigandu
c) Pingala Nigandu
d) Agarathi Nigandu
78. Upanishad refers to
I. Sitting nearby devotedly
II. End of the Vedas
III. The Jnana section
IV. Basis of Astika Darsanas
Of these:
a) I alone is correct
b) I and III are correct
c) II, III and IV are correct
d) All are correct
79. The 1919 Act brought Dyarchy
a) At provinces b) at districts
c) at centre d) none of these
80. Narayana guru belonged to
a) Tamil Nadu b) Karnataka
c) Kerala d) Andhra Pradesh
81. Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below:
List I List II
a) Neethi devan 1. Na. Muttusamy
b) Parasakthi 2. Indra Parthasarathy
c) Narkkalikarargal 3. Arignar Anna
d) Pasi 4. Kalaingar Mu
Karunanidhi
Codes:
A B C D
a) 3 4 1 2
b) 1 3 4 2
c) 2 1 3 4
d) 4 2 1 3
82. The expansion of HDI is
a) Hindi Development Institute
b) Human Development Index
c) Human Development Investment
d) None of these
83. Hydrogen bomb is based on the principle of
a) Nuclear explosion b) nuclear fusion
c) nuclear fission d) slow reaction
84. A source program is the program written in _____ language
a) English b) Symbolic
c) High level d) Machine
85. The ratio of two numbers is 3:8 and their difference is 115. The larger number is
a) 66 b) 46 c) 184 d) 96
86. Conversion of information to data will be the form of
a) Integers b) rounded to 2 decimals
c) fractions d) any of these
87. The Supreme Court decides the disputes regarding the election of
a) President alone b) Vice – President alone
c) both President and Vice – President
d) Prime Minister
88. Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below:
List I List II
a) Ka. Na. Subramanyan 1. Thanneer
b) Ashoka Mithran 2. Sayavanam
c) Sa. Kandasamy 3. Vadi Vasal
d) Si. Su. Chellappa 4. Poiththevu
Codes:
A B C D
a) 2 3 1 4
b) 1 2 4 3
c) 4 1 2 3
d) 3 4 1 2
89. “Onre Kulam: Oruvane Devan” was said by
a) Vallalar b) Anna
c) Thirumoolar d) Thayumanavar
90. What are the three eternals accepted in Saiva siddhanta?
a) Karma, Pati, Jnana b) Pati, Pasu, Pasa
c)Pasa Jnana, Jeeva d) Jeeva, Jnana, Pati
91. Who is the Governor of Reserve Bank of India at present?
a) B.Y.Reddy b) C. Rangarajan
c) Bimal Jalan d) D. Subbarao
92. Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below:
List I List II
a) Sirpi 1. Thoni Varugiradhu
b) Gnana Koothan 2. Iduthan
c) Erode Thamizhanban 3. Anru Veru Kizhamai
d) Puviyarasu 4. Surya Nizhal
Codes:
A B C D
a) 2 3 1 4
b) 4 3 1 2
c) 1 2 4 3
d) 3 1 2 4
93. Which of the following is considered as a non – economic activity?
a) Teaching in a class
b) Patient attended by a doctor
c) Mother taking care of her child
d) Travelling in a bus
94. Positron was discovered by
a) Rutherford b) Dirac
c) Madam Curie d) Chadwick
95. Floppy disk is a / an
a) Storage device b) input device
c) output device d) input – output device
96. Two numbers in the ratio 3 : 5. if each number is increased by 10, the ratio becomes 5:7. The numbers
are
a) 3,5 b) 12,20 c) 15, 25 d) 18,30
97. If the actual value of an item is 415 and its estimated value is 400, the absolute error is
a) -15 b) 15 c) 0.0375 d) -0.0361
98. Which one of the following schedule of the Constitution of India lists the names of states and specifies
their territories?
a) First b) Second c) Third d) Fourth
99. Where were the ancient paintings discovered first in Tamil Nadu?
a) Keelvalai b) Chittanavasal
c) Mallapadi d) Panaimalai
100. The author of ‘Iniyavai Narpadhu’ is
a) Villambi Naganar b) Boodham Sendhanar
c) Kani Medhaviar d) Nalladhanar
TNPSC GROUP II 2009 GENERAL STUDIES ORIGINAL QUESTION PAPER
1. When the speed of a body is doubled, its kinetic energy becomes
a) Doubled b) half
c) quadruple d) one – fourth
2. When a body moves with uniform velocity its acceleration is
a) Doubled b) Tripled
c)zero d) Maximum
3. The principle of Dynamo was discovered by
a) Sir Humphry Davy b) Michael Farady
c) Albert Einstein d) Max Planck
4. The electric fittings are earthed so that
a) Electricity may not leak
b) There may be a smooth flow of electricity
c) Current may pass to the earth in case of a short circuit, without causing any harm
d) To prevent short circuit
5. When common salt is mixed with ice, melting point
a) Is lowered b) is raised
c) remains the same d) is first lowered and then raised
6. DNA is made up of
a) Sugar b) is raised
c) amino acid d) nucleotides
7. Rusting of iron is _____ process
a) Oxidation b) reduction
c)neither oxidation nor reduction
d) both oxidation and reduction
8. Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below:
List I List II
a) Ammonium sulphate 1. Fertilizer
b) Chloroform 2. Reducing agent
c) Carbon 3. Anaesthesia
d) Hydrogen peroxide 4. Bleaching agent
Codes:
A B C D
a) 1 3 2 4
b) 1 2 3 4
c) 2 3 4 1
d) 3 2 1 4
9. Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A): Drinking soda is mildly acidic in nature
Reason (R): It contains carbon dioxide
Now select your answer according to the coding scheme given below:
a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
c) (A) is true, but (R) is false
d) (A) is false, but (R) is true
10. Enriched Uranium is
a) Uranium U – 238
b) Uranium U – 235
c) Uranium mixed with Thorium
d) Uranium mixed with Plutonium
11. Glycolysis is the conversion of
a) Glucose to glycogen
b) glycogen to glucose
c) glucose to pyruvic acid
d) glucose to citric acid
12. protoplasm is the ‘Physical basis of life’ was said by
a) Dujardin b) Schwann
c) Huxley d) Watson
13. ATP is
a) An enzyme which brings about oxidation
b) A molecule which contains high energy phosphate bonds
c) A hormone d) a protein
14. In annual plant, exchange of gases takes place mainly through
a) Stomata b) stem
c) leaf scars d) lenticels
15. The end product of anaerobic respiration in human is
a) Lactic acid b) ethyl alcohol
c) ethyl alcohol + CO2 d) Lactic acid + CO2
16. Endocrine glands
a) Are ductless glands
b) Discharge their secretions in blood
c) Secrete hormones
d) All of these
17. Heparin is a/an
a) Coagulant b) anti – coagulant
c) haemostatic d) none of these
18. Which one of the following is Mendelian dihybrid ratio?
a) 1:1:1:1 b) 9:3:3:1 c) 7:1:1:7 d) 1:7:7:1
19. World AIDS Day is observed on
a) 1st January b) 4th April
c) 1st December d) 20th August
20. With reference to the origin of heartbeat in man, which of the following statements are False?
I. Sino – auricular node (SA node) does not act as pace – maker
II. Sino – auricular node acts as a pace – maker
III. Pace – maker lies at the top of the right auricle
IV. Pace – maker is situated at the top of the left auricle
Of these:
a) I only b) I and II only
c) I and IV d) III and IV
21. Which one is a fast growing tree?
a) Banyan b) Teak
c) Coconut d) Eucalyptus
22. The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Station is set up in Tamil Nadu in collaboration with
a) France b) Germany c) Russia d) Italy
23. Coal mine is situated in Tamil Nadu at
a) Cuddalore b) Neyveli
c)Mettur d) Kalpakkam
24. Which one of the following represent the family planning surgery?
a) Vasectomy b) Ovariectomy
c) Testisectomy d) Hysterectomy
25. The population of a city is 1,76,400. If it increases at the rate of 5% per annum, then the population after 2 years is
a) 1,94,481 b) 1,94,000
c)2,00,000 d) 1,92,481
26. The Election Commission of India completed fifty years of its existence on
a) January 17, 2001 b) February 20, 2002
c) January 15, 2000 d) None of these
27. The Rao – Manmohan model of Economic development was initiated in the year
a) 1982 b) 1985 c) 1991 d) 1995
28. Earthquake in Gujarat occurred on
a) January 25, 2001 b) February 25, 2001
c) March 15, 2000 d) April 15, 2000
29. Who among the following has taken charge as Chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM)
recently?
a) Mohammad Hamid Ansari
b) Lama Chasphel Zopta
c) Mohammad Shafi Qureshi
d) Ranjit Issar
30. Who among the following political personalities is appointed as the Head of the Panel Committee for OBC
Reservation at Central Educational Institutions?
a) Ramadoss b) Veerappa Moilli
c) V.P. Singh d) Ram Vilas Paswan
31. Which one of the following Tamil magazines played a key role to create political awareness in Tamil Nadu at the
time of British rule?
a) Vanampadi b) Sudesamithiran
c) Viduthalai d) Dinamalar
32. Who established the Swadeshi Stem Navigation Company at Tuticorin?
a) Bharathiyar b) Subramania Siva
c) V.O. Chidambaranar d) Thilliyadi Valliammai
33. The electoral list with photograph is introduced in Tamil Nadu during the year
a) 2004 b) 2006 c) 2005 d) 2000
34. Who is the author of the poem “Muthior Kathal”?
a) Thamil Olhi b) Kambadasan
c) Bharathidasan d) vanidasan
35. The World cup Football, 2006 was held at
a) Italy b) France c) Germany d) China
36. Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below:
List I List II
a) V.O.C 1. Mangani
b) Kannadasan 2. Bilgraphy of Tilak
c) Thiru V.K 3. Muttaivasigal
d) Abdul Rahman 4. Pennin Perumai
Codes:
A B C D
a) 3 2 1 4
b) 4 3 2 1
c) 2 1 4 3
d) 1 4 3 2
37. The Television industry in Tamil Nadu is proposed to start at
a) Sri Perambudur b) Chennai
c) Tirunelveli d) Nanguneri
38. Which of the following awards was not awarded by Tamil Development Corporation?
a) Bharathidasan Award
b) Thiruvalluvar Award
c) Kalaimamani Award
d) Bharathiyra Award
39. Who is the author of the Great Christian epic ‘Ratchanya Yathrigam’?
a) Veeramamunivar b) Vedanayagam Pillai
c) G.U. Pope d) H.A. Krishnapillai
40. Which one of the following is a form of folk dance?
a) Thalattu b) Oppari
c) Kavadi Attam d) Yetrappattu
41.Bokaro Steel Plant is located in the state of
a) West Bengal b) Orissa
c) Jharkhand d) Karnataka
42. The Nilgiris are part of the
a) Eastern Ghats b) Western Ghats
c) Vindhya – Satpura range d) Himalayan range
43. The famous textile market of Tamil Nadu is
a) Coimbatore b) Tirunelveli
c) Salem d) Erode
44. Manimutharu Dam is located in the district of
a) Tirunelveli b) Coimbatore
c) Cuddalore d) Thanjavur
45. Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A): Drought is a creeping phenomenon, which makes an accurate prediction of its onset a difficult task
Reason (R): Deficiency in rainfall and over – exploitation of ground water aggravates the situation
Now select your answer according to the coding scheme given below:
a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
c) (A) is true, but (R) is false
d) (A) is false, but (R) is true
46. Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below:
List I List II
a) Chennai 1. Poles
b) Frigid zones 2. Rotation
c) Earth axis 3. 100 minutes
d) Lunar eclipse 4. 130N, 810E
Codes:
A B C D
a) 1 2 4 3
b) 3 4 1 2
c) 4 3 2 1
d) 4 1 2 3
47. Choose the correct statement from the following:
a) The direction in which water currents move depends on winds and the earth’s spin
b) The direction in which water currents move does not depend on winds and the earth’s spin
c) The direction in which water currents move depends on winds and the earth’s revolution
d) The direction in which water currents move depends on sun’s energy and the earth’s spin
48. All water lying south of latitude 550 in the southern hemisphere, is called
a) South Pacific b) South Atlantic
c) Southern Ocean d) Indian Ocean
49. The devastating cyclone struck the coast of Orissa in India on
a) 29th October, 1999
b) 26th December, 2004
c) 17th and 18th August, 1998
d) 2nd December, 1984
50. Earthquakes under the sea can cause long, giant, destructive waves called
a) Cyclones b) Tides
c)Tsunami d) Tornadoes
51. Who among the following rulers was called ‘Kaviraja’?
a) Kumaragupta – I
b) Chandragupta – I
c) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
d) Samudragupta
52. The period of religious unrest in India was
a) 6th Century B.C b) 5th Century B.C
c) 4th Century B.C d) 3rd Century B.C
53. Mahavira is otherwise called as
a) Siddhartha b) Gautama
c) Vardhamana d) Rishabhadeva
54. Brihaspati was the founder of
a) Sarvaka b) Buddism
c) Jainism d) Mimamasa
55. The word ‘Sankhya’ means
a) Quality b) Quantity
c)Number d) Sakti
56. Arya Samaj was founded by
a) Raja Rammohan Roy
b) Dayananad Saraswati
c) Blavatsky
d) A. S. Olcott
57. Madhva school recognizes
a) Pancha Vrata b) Pancha Bhava
c)Pancha Vakya d) Pancha Bheda
58. Choose the correct statement:
a) Nayanmar is called as Adigalar
b) Manikkavasagar is called as Thiruvadhavoor Munivar
c) Appar Swamigal is called as Thirumoolar
d) Nambi Arrurar is called Devarpiran
59. ‘Tamil Maraikal’ was sung by
a) Four saints b) three saints
c) two saints d) only one saint
60. The fifth Veda is
a) Yajur Veda b) Ayurveda
c) Atharva Veda d) Samaveda
61. Meikirti is
a) A title of the king
b) A historical introduction to an inscription
c) A name of the king
d) A name of a book
62. The term ‘Sociology’ is derived from
a) Latin and Greek words
b) Greek and Frech words
c) English and Latin words
d) French and Greek words
63. The term ‘Sociology’ was coined by
a) Spencer b) Aristotle
c) Comte d) Ginsberg
64. During whose rule Sati was not Practiced?
a) Chera b) Pandiya
c) Pallava d) Chola
65. Aryans not only came into India but also infused their culture with Tamil Culture through
a) Music and dance b) agriculture
c) family system d) sculpture
66. The Preamble of the Indian Constitution was prepared by
a) Jawaharlal Nehru b) Sardar Patel
c) Mahatma Gandhi d) Subhash Chandra Boss
67. Representative of Union Territories in Lok Sabha are chosen by
a) Direct election b) indirect election
c) nomination d) all of these
68. Who called the Fundamental Rights as the ‘Conscience of the Constitution’?
a) Gandhiji b)Nehru
c) Indira Gandhi d) Rajiv Gandhi
69. The idea of Directive Principles of State Policy was taken from
a) The USA b) Japan
c) Britain d) Ireland
70. The President’s Parliamentary address is prepared by
a) The President’s office
b) The speaker of the Lok Sabha
c) The Minister for Parliamentary Affairs
d) The Prime Minister and approved by the Cabinet
71. The powers of the Indian Parliament to amend Fundamental Rights was established by
a) 21st Amendment b) 25th Amendment
c) 39th Amendment d) 42nd Amendment
72. The Judicial Review in the Constitution of India is based on
a) Procedures established by law
b) Due process of law
c) Rule of law
d) precedents ad conventions
73. During a Financial Emergency
a) The President can reduce the salaries of all state servants except the judges of the High Court
b) The President can reduce the salaries of state civil servants including those of the judges of he High Court
c) The state legislatures are deprived of the right to chart money bills
d) All of these
74. Which of the following State Governments was dissolved by using Article 356 in recent years?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Kerala
c) West Bengal d)Bihar
75. In which year did Periyar reorganize Justice Party as dravida Kazhagam (DK)?
a) 1935 b) 1938 c) 1944 d) 1948
76. Human Development Index (HDI) does not include which of the following socioeconomic indicators?
a) Infant mortality rate b) GNP per capita
c) Life expectancy d) Literacy rate
77. Structural unemployment arises due to
a) Deflationary condition
b) Heavy industry bias
c) Shortage of raw materials
d) Inadequate productive capacity
78. Which committee fixed poverty line in India?
a) Lakdawala Committee
b) Narashiman Committee
c) Rangarajan Committee
d) None of these
79. The population of Tamil Nadu as per 2001 Census was
a) 62.4 million b) 60.3 million
c) 64.4 million d) 61.5 million
80. The Planning Commission of India
I. Was set up in 1950
II. Is a constitutional body
III. Is an advisory body
IV. Is a government department
Of these:
a) I and II are correct
b) II and III are correct
c) I and III are correct
d) III alone is correct
81. Who invented Double Entry system of Book – keeping?
a) Luca Pacciola b) Kaynes
c) Hawtrey d) Gunnar Myrdall
82. Which system of banking is followed in India?
a) Unit banking b) Branch banking
c) Merchant banking d) Mixed banking
83. The Income Tax exemption limit for the Financial Year 2008 – 2009 is
a) Rs. 1,40,000 b) Rs. 1,50,000
c) Rs. 1,60,000 d) Rs. 80,000
84. What do you mean by ‘Entrepot’ trade?
a) Export trade
b) Import trade
c) Import of goods for re-export
d) None of these
85. Second World Tamil Conference was held in
a) 1950 b) 1960 c) 1969 d) 1980
86. In the history of the Freedom movement of India, the year 1930 is associated with
a) Non co – operation movement
b) Civil disobedience movement
c) Quit India movement
d) Swadeshi movement
87. Tamil novel “Ponnyin Selvan” was written by
a) Akilan b) Kalki
c) Chandilyan d) Parthasarathi
88. Sarkaria Commission was appointed
a) To find a solution to the Punjab crisis
b) To examine Centre – State relations
c) To resolve Kaveri water dispute
d) To examine the nexus between politicians and criminals
89. Salt Satyagraha movement in Tamil Nadu was led by
a) Kamaraj b) Sathyamoorthy
c) C.Rajagopalachari d) Prakasam
90. Birth place to Tamil Poet Subramania Bharathi is
a) Madurai b) Sivagangai
c) Tirunelveli d) Ettayapuram
91. The average of 11 numbers is 60. If the average of first six numbers is 58 and that of the last six is 63, the value of
the sixth number is
a) 66 b) 65 c) 63 d) 64
92. Ten years ago A was half of B in age. If the ratio of their present ages is 3:4, what will be the total of their present
ages?
a) 8 years b) 20 years
c) 30 years d) 35 years
93. The population of a town is 18,000. It increased by 10% during the first year and by 20% during the second year.
The population after 2 years will be
a) 19,800 b) 21,600
c) 23,760 d) None of these
94. If the radius of a circle is decreased by 50%, then its area is reduced by
a) 25% b) 50% c) 75% d) None of these
95. For a set of 500 observations variance is found to be 125. If 25 is added to each observation and 55 is subtracted
then the new variance is
a) 95 b) 150 c) 180 d) 125
96. In which of the following years Goa joined Indian Union?
a) 1956 b) 1959 c) 1961 d) 1962
97. S.D. of {2,4,5,6,8} is
a) 2 b) 7 c) 10 d) 13
98. Mode of {12, 7,3,17,7,10,7,9,14} is
a) 3 b) 7 c) 10 d) 13
99. Find the odd man out:
a) Computer b) Printer
c) Mouse d) Program
100. Which one of the following is not a software?
a) SPSS b) Windows
c) FORTRAN d) Excel
TNPSC GROUP II 2007 GENERAL STUDIES ORIGINAL QUESTION PAPER
1. The first rubber farm was formed in India at
a) Tamil Nadu b) Goa
c) Kerala d)Karnataka
2. What is the old name of the State Bank of India?
a) India Bank b) British Bank
c) Imperial Bank of India d) None of these
3. Largest number of Cotton Textile Mills in India is found in the state of
a) Gujarat b) West Bengal
c) Maharashtra d) Tamil Nadu
4. How many banks were nationalized in July 1969?
a) 15 b) 13 c) 11 d) 14
5. The most important small scale Industry in India is
a) Textile b) Jute
c) Jewellery d) Handloom
6. Primitive man first learnt to
a) Make fire b) tame animals
c)make a wheel d) grow grain
7. Aryapadal Katantha Neduncheliyan belongs to
a) Pallava dynasty b) Chola dynasty
c) Pandya dynasty d) Chera dynasty
8. In Tamil Nadu caste system became rigid under the pallavas, especially during the time of
a) Vishnu Gopa b) Mahendra Varman I
c) Nandi Varman I d) Nandi Varman II
9. Who among the following is called the “Hero of Valkom”?
a) Kamaraj b) Periyar
c) Rajaji d) Sathyamurthi
10. The tricolor flag of Indian nation was prepared by
a) Gandhiji b) Motilal Nehru
c) Sarojini Naidu d) Annie Besant
11. Financial Emergency can be declared under _____ of the Constitution of India
a) Article 356 b) Article 360
c) Article 352 d) Article 350
12. Both the Centre and the States can legislate on the subjects mentioned in the
a) State list b) union list
c) Concurrent list d) All of these
13. The demand for ending the special status of Jammu and Kashmir gained momentum after
a) The enactment of Jammu and Kashmir Settlement Bill, 1982
b) The death of Lal Bahadur Shastri
c) The resignation of swaran singh
d) The infiltration of militants from Pakistan
14. Organizations which attempt to influence the government decisions without seeking to because part of
the Government are called
a) Voluntary Organisation
b) Pressure Groups
c) Non – Government Organisation
d) Political Parties
15. For the first time AIADMK came to power in Tamil Nadu in the year
a) 1972 b) 1977 c) 1982 d) 1984
16. The Reserve Bank of India Bulletin is publishe din every
a) Fortnight b) month
c) six months d) year
17. Which of the following is/are not matched correctly?
I First plan - 1950 – 55
II. Thrid plan - 1961 – 66
III. Fourth plan - 1966 – 77
IV. Seventh plan - 1985 – 90
a) I and II b) III only
c) I only d) I and III
18. Which of the following is not an objective of India’s economic Planning?
a) Self – Reliance b) Industrial Growth
c) Employment generation d) Population growth
19. The economist who warned against population explosion is
a) Alfred Marshall b) Karl Marx
c) Malthus d) Rostow
20. When was the GATT started?
a) 1947 b) 1948 c) 1950 d) 1956
21. A person is moving towards a plane mirror with a velocity of 1 m/sec. the image will approach the
moving person with a relative velocity of
a) 0.5 m/sec b) 1m/sec
c) 2 m/sec d) 3 m/sec
22. Which of the following would be the most suitable for making an electromagnet?
a) Copper b) tungsten
c) Soft iron d) Steel
23. An electric bulb has a filament made of
a) Copper b) iron
c) lead d) tungsten
24. The nucleus of an atom contains
a) Protons and neutrons
b) Protons and electrons
c) Neutrons and electrons
d) Neutrons only
25. Which of the following falls down faster in Vacuum?
a) Wooden ball b) Feather
c)Steel ball
d) All will fall down at the same speed because of no air resistance in vacuum
26. The most acidic compound of the following is
a) Methane b) methyl alcohol
c) ethyl alcohol d) phenol
27. Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A): Bakelite is a thermosetting plastic
Reason (R): Thermosetting plastics are these which change irreversibly into hard and rigid materials on heating
Of these statements:
a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
c) (A) is true, but (R) is false
d) (A) is false, but (R) is true
28. Diamond and graphite are
a) Isomers b) isotopes
c) allotropes d) polymers
29. Activated charcoal is used to remove colouring mater from impure substances. It works by
a) Oxidation b) reduction
c)adsorption d) bleaching
30. Bordeaux mixture is a mixture of
a) Copper sulphate and lime
b) Bleaching powder and DDT
c) DDT and BHC
d) DDT and Parathion
31. Indian Institute of Horticultural Research is situated at
a) Chennai b) Mumbai
c) Hyderabad d) Bangalore
32. The district in Tamil Nadu where petroleum is found in abundant quantities is
a) Thanjavur b) Pudukkottai
c)Tiruvarur d) Nagapattinam
33. By keeping the door of refrigerator in a room open, while working
a) The room gets cooled slightly
b) The room gets more cooled
c) The room gets warmed up slightly
d) The room gets neither warmer nor cooler
34. National Pollution Prevention Day is observed on
a) 5th June b) 3rd October
c) 20th August d) 2nd December
35. In the year 1980 a person’s age was 8 times that of his son. In 1988 (eight year later) the father’s age became ten times that of his son’s age in 1980. The ages of the son and the father in 1990 were respectively.
a) 16 years, 58 years b) 15 years, 50 years
c) 14 years, 42 years d) 13 years, 34 years
36. Who among the following has been awarded the 2002 Nobel prize for peace?
a) Kofi Annan b) George Bush
c) Jimmy Carter d) Tony Blair
37. Human Development Index was formulated by United Naitons in
a) 1990 b) 1991 c) 1996 d) 1994
38. What was the population of the world in 2002?
a) 6215 million b) 6211 million
c) 6214 million d) 6210 million
39. Which country has recently joined the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)?
a) Germany b) North Korea
c) Russia d) France
40. Which state was rated first best performer state in the implement Panchayati Raj by the Union
Panchayati Raj Ministry for 2004 – 2005?
a) Kerala b) Tamil Nadu
c) Karnataka d) Madhya Pradesh
41. Who was the founder of the English newspaper “The Hindu”?
a) G. Subramaniya Iyer b) R. Venkata Rajulu
c) Jaoannath Achariyar d)Rajagopalacharia
42. What is the range of AGNI – 1 missile?
a) 700 km b) 1000 km c) 1600 km d) 2500 km
43. In 2004, at which town a fire raged through a primary school killing in 100 students?
a) Trichy b) Kumbakonam
c) Cuddalore d) Salem
44. In which of the following year did Jeevanantham start the Journal ‘Janasakti’?
a) 1917 b) 1927 c)1937 d) 1947
45. Which one of the following is not a recognized political party that contested General Assembly Election
of May 2006 at Tamil Nadu?
a) DMDK b) PMK c) MDMK d)DPI
46. The Teachers Day is celebrated on
a) 14th November b) 14th September
c) 5th September d) 1st May
47. Eighth World Tamil Conference was held at
a) Malaysia b) Chennai
c) Madurai d) Thanjavur
48. Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below:
List I List II
a) Anna award 1. Best Lyrics
b) M.G.R. award 2. Best Actor
c) Kalaivanar award 3. Best Dialogue writer
d) Kavignar Kannadasan 4. Best comedy actor
Codes:
A B C D
a) 4 3 1 2
b) 1 4 2 3
c) 2 1 3 4
d) 3 2 4 1
49. Who is the author of the book ‘Karuppu Malarkal’?
a) Meera b) Na. Kamarasan
c) Tamizhanban d) M. Mehta
50. Who is the author of the drama ‘Neethi Devan Mayakkam’?
a) Annadurai b) K.S. Manohar
c) S.T. Sundaram d) T.K. Murthy
51. The author of ‘Madura Vijayam’ is
a) Ganga Devi b) Karaikkal Ammaiyar
c) Paranjothi d) Mangudi Maruthan
52. The man and woman of different religions could legally marry under
a) Hindu Marriage Act
b) Special Marriage Act
c) Christian Marriage Act
d) Muslim Marriage Act
53. Which one of the following is a primary group?
a) Family b) Community
c) Caste d) Society
54. The capital of King Thirumalai Nayaka was
a) Wuraiyur b) Madurai
c) Tanjore d)Poompuhar
55. Who was given the title of ‘Chithirakarapull’ among Pallava Kings?
a) Mahendra Varman b) Raja Simman
c) Mamallan d) Nandi Varman
56. The most important feature of a Federation is
a) Unicameral Legislature
b) Division of powers
c) Judicial review
d) Separation of powers
57. The main purpose for the grant of Fundamental Rights to the Indian citizens is
a) To establish a democratic government
b) To protect individual liberty
c) To ensure independence of Judiciary
d) To establish socialist society
58. The election of the office of the President is conducted by
a) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
b) The Secretary General of the Parliament
c) The Chief Justice of India
d) The Election Commission of India
59. In the Rajya Sabha the states have been given seats on the basis of
a) Equal representation
b) Their population
c) Population and economic position
d) Present economic status
60. The first Constitutuional Amendement was made in the year
a) 1950 b) 1951 c) 1952 d) 1953
61. Who among the following was the first to make use of artillery in warfare in India?
a) Babur b) Ibrahim Lodi
c) Sher Shah d) Akbar
62. ‘Kathak’ is the principal classical dance of
a) North India b) Orissa
c)Kerala d) Karnataka
63. Deduction is the process of Reasoning which proceeds from
a) Particular to universal
b) Particular to particular
c) Universal to particular
d) Universal to universal
64. Choose the correct answer:
a) A proposition is conditional proposition
b) A proposition is categorical proposition
c) A proposition is hypothetical proposition
d) A proposition is disjunctive proposition
65. The kinds of souls according to Saiva Siddhanta are
a) Two b) three c) four d) five
66. Choose the correct answer:
a) The covert of E proposition is E
b) The convert of O proposition is A
c) The convert of I proposition is O
d) The convert of A proposition is E
67. The word Tattva Darsana means
a) Nyaya Shakti b) Vision of Truth
c) True Bhakti d) Vision of Light
68. Choose the correct answer:
a) Kanniyakumari - Vivekananda
b) Kurunji Salai - Sri Aurobindo
c) Hanuman Mandir - Gandhiji
d) Sabarmati Asram - Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
69. Thavathiru Kuntrakudi Adikalar belongs to
a) Thanjavur b) Madurai
c) Sivagangai d) Chengalpattu
70. The Bhagavad Gita consists of
a) 12 chapters b) 14 chapters
c) 16 chapters d) 18 chapters
71. 5 mangoes and 4 oranges cost as much as 3 mangoes and 7 oranges. What is the ratio of the cost of one
mango to that of one orange?
a) 4:3 b) 1:3 c) 3:2 d) 5:2
72. If (x+y):(x-y) = 4:1, then (x2 + y2): (x2 - y2) = ?
a) 25:9 b) 16:1 c) 8:17 d) 17:8
73. How many times do the hands of a clock from right angles in a day?
a) 22 b) 24 c) 44 d) 48
74. Find the odd man out : 5,7,9,17,23,37
a) 5 b) 9 c) 37 d) 23
75. A train travels for 3 hours, the first hour at 10 km/hour and the remaining 2 hours at 25 km/hour. What
is the average speed?
a) 10 km/hour b) 15 km/hour
c) 20 km/hour d) 25 km/hour
76. The three values which divide a given data into four equal parts are called
a) Averages b) Quartiles
c) Deciles d) Percentiles
77. Which one of the following is more suitable to represent data on a family budget?
a) Bar diagram b) Multiple bar diagram
c) Percentage bar diagram d) Pie Diagram
78. Find out mode of X when
X |
2 |
4 |
5 |
8 |
10 |
13 |
f |
5 |
7 |
10 |
15 |
3 |
2 |
a) 5 b) 8 c) 10 d) 13
79. What is the acronym for DBMS?
a) Data Base Medical Science
b) Data Base Management system
c) Data base Monitoring system
d) None of these
80. Write the expansion of LCD
a) Liquid crystal Display
b) Light Controlled decoder
c) Lack of Control of Digits
d) None of these
81. Tamil Nadu gets more rainfall during the months of
a) January – March b) April – June
c)July – September d) October – November
82. The longest mountain system in Asia is
a) Kunlun Mountains
b) The Himalaya mountains
c) The Hindukush Mountains
d) Khingan Mountains
83. Time taken by the earth in turning through 10longitude is
a) 5 minutes b) 24 hours
c) 4 minutes d) 2 minutes
84. Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below:
List I List II
(River) (Origin)
a) Godavari 1. Rajasthan
b) Kaveri 2. Madhya Pradesh
c) Tapti 3. Maharashtra
d) Sabarmati 4. Karnataka
Codes:
A B C D
a) 1 3 4 2
b) 3 4 2 1
c) 4 2 3 1
d) 2 1 4 3
85. The longest river of Peninsular India is
a) Mahanadi b) Tapti
c) Kaveri d) Godavari
86. Manimutharu dam is located in the district of
a) Tirunelveli b) Coimbatore
c) Cuddalore d) Thanjavur
87. Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below:
List I List II
a) Paddy 1. Punjab
b) Wheat 2. Karnataka
c) Ragi 3. Kerala
d) Coffee 4. Tamil Nadu
Codes:
A B C D
a) 2 4 1 3
b) 3 4 1 2
c) 4 1 2 3
d) 2 1 4 3
88. Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below:
List I List II
a) Earthquake 1.Landslide
b) Tsunami 2. Bhopal
c) Nilgiris 3. Richter scale
d) Gas leak 4. Series of waves
Codes:
A B C D
a) 2 4 1 3
b) 3 4 1 2
c) 3 4 2 1
d) 2 1 4 3
89. The tidal forests are found along the
a) Coasts and deltas
b) Plateus and Valleys
c) Hill slopes and Valleys
d) Plains and Plateaus
90. The gradual increases in temperature with depth is known as the
a) Normal lapse rate b) geothermal gradient
c) Inversion of temperature d) saturation level
91. A rough endoplasmic Reticulum specially developed in cell engages in
a) Nucleotide synthesis
b) Protein synthesis
c) Lipid synthesis
d) Starch synthesis
92. Krebs cycle takes place in
a) Chloroplast b) Peroxisomes
c) Mitochondria d) Cytoplasm
93. Lysosome is also known as
a) Suicidal bags b) powerhouse of the cell
c) Chondriosome d) Dictyosome
94. The sex cells are produced by the process of
a) Mitosis b) meiosis
c) amitosis d)none of these
95. Crossing over takes place in which of the following stages?
a) Leptotene b) Zygotene
c) Pachytene d)Diakinesis
96. In animals the adaption for underground life is called
a) Terrestrial adaptation
b) Fossorial adaptation
c) Aquatic adaptation
d) Volant adaptation
97. Decibel is a unit to measure the
a) Intensity of sound
b) intensity of radiation
c) intensity of light
d) intensity of heat
98. Blood sugar level increased by
a) FSH b) TSH
c) Insulin d) Glucagon
99. Acromegaly is caused due to
a) Hyper – secretion of somatotrophic hormone
b) Hypo – secretion of somatotrophic hormone
c) Hyper – secretion of insulin
d) Hypo – secretion of glucagon
100. Regressed corpus luteum is called
a) Corpus lentia b) Corpora allata
c)Corpus degeneratum d) Corpus albicans
TNPSC GROUP II 2006 GENERAL STUDIES ORIGINAL QUESTION PAPER
1. Sound travels at maximum speed in
a) Vacuum b) Water
c)air d) steel
2. A woman’s voice is shriller than a man’s voice due to
a) Higher frequency b) higher amplitude
c) lower frequency d) weak vocal chords
3. Which one of the following devices converts electrical energy into mechanical energy?
a) Dynamo b) Transformer
c) Electric motor d) Inductor
4. The process of nuclear fission occurs mainly in
a) Nuclear reactors b) chemical reactions
c)the hydrogen bomb d) the sun
5. The process responsible for the enormous energy in the sun is
a) Nuclear fission b) nuclear fusion
c) the burning of gases d) as yet unknown
6. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
a) Vitamin A - Anaemia
b) Glucose - Eyesight
c) Iodine - Goitre
d) Cyanocobalamin - Diabetes
7. Which one of the following is neither an element nor a compound?
a) Silver b) water c) air d) sucrose
8. Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A): Electric cookers coated with magnesium oxids
Reason (R): It protects them against fire.
Now select your answer according to the coding scheme given below:
a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
c) (A) is true, but (R) is false
d) (A) is false, but (R) is true
9. The element(s) which exist in liquid state at room temperature is (are)
I. Sodium II. Bromine
III.Mercury IV. Magnesium
Of these:
a) I alone is correct b) I and II are correct
c)II and III are correct d) all are correct
10. Which of the following is the correct order of calorific values of fuel?
a) Hydrogen > Petrol > Wood
b) Wood > Hydrogen > Petrol
c) Petrol > Wood > Hydrogen
d) Wood > Petrol > Hydrogen
11. Insectivorous plants capture insects for obtaining
a) Calcium b) Nitrogen c) Carbon d) Cobalt
12. Protein essential for chromatin formation is
a) Actin b) Tubulin c) Histons d) Myosin
13. The treatment of milk to eliminate pathogenic bacteria is known as
a) Isolation b) Sterilization
c) Pasteurization d) Fermentation
14. The five kingdom concept was proposed by
a) Linnaeus b) Whittaker
c) Theophrastus d) John Ray
15. The nucleolus is rich in
a) DNA and proteins b) DNA and Lipids
c) RNA and lipids d) RNA and proteins
16. “One gene – one enzyme hypothesis” was coined by
a) Henry Osborn b) Beadle and Tatum
c) Jacob and Monod d) Best and Tailer
17. World Environment Day is
a) 21st March b) 5th June
c) 1st December d) 2nd December
18. Instrument used to measure the blood pressure is
a) Sphygmomanometer
b) Blood pressure meter
c) Thermometer
d) Stethoscope
19. Natality is
a) Birth rate b) death rate
c) survival rate d) none of these
20. Diphtheria disease is connected with
a) Lungs b) liver c) throat d) blood
21. The institute which gives primary importance to agriculture in Tamil Nadu located at
a) Mudumalai b) Kooduvancheri
c) Coimbatore d) Budhanoor
22. The person responsible for the Poondi Drinking Water Project was
a) Rajaji b) Sathyamurthy
c) Kamaraj d) Bakthavathsalam
23. The first satellite sent India is
a) Appollo – 7 b) Aryabhatta
c) Bhaskara d) Apple
24. Which of the following animals was killed by the car of Manuneedhi Chola’s son?
a) Kitten b) Lamb c) Puppy d) Calf
25. If 30% of a certain number is 12.6 then the number is
a) 41 b) 42 c) 43 d) 40
26. Fast track courts were launched by Centre on
a) April 1, 2001 b) May 10, 2002
c) June 15, 2000 d) None of these
27. In which year did India become the founder member in WTO?
a) 1985 b) 1990 c) 1994 d) 1996
28. Which of the following districts ranks first on the basis of population density (2001)?
a) Coimbatore b) Tiruchirapalli
c) Salem d) Chennai
29. Which state has the highest density of population as per the 2001Census?
a) Kerala b) Maharashtra
c) Uttar Pradesh d) West Bengal
30. Who is the present Lok Sabha Speaker?
a) A.B. Bardhan b) Jyoti Basu
c) Somnath Chatterjee d) None of these
31. Which one of the following universities was started in the year 1983?
a) Madurai Kamarajar University
b) Periyar University
c) Mother Teresa Women’s University
d) Madras University
32. In which year was ‘Local Self Government’ established in India?
a) 1915 b) 1916 c) 1911 d) 1910
33. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
a) National game - Cricket
b) National Tree - Banyan tree
c) National Flower - Rose
d) National Animal - Lion
34. Consider the following statements:
I. Free verses are different from traditional verses
II. Se, free verses have no grammatical boundaries
Of the statements:
a) Both are correct b) Both are wrong
c) I alone is correct d) II alone is correct
35. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
a) Vanamamalai - Folklore
b) Agasthialingam - Literature
c) Kailasapathy - Linguistics
d) Cenavaraiyar - Folk dance
36. Which one of the following is the first novel in Tamil?
a) Kamalambal Charithiram
b) Prathapa Mudailar Charithiram
c) Padmavathi Charithiram
d) Mohamul
37. In which year was Tamil Virtual University was inaugurated?
a) 2000 b) 2001 c) 2002 d) 2003
38. Who among the Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu introduced the Nutrition Meals Schemes?
a) Bhaktavatsalam b) Kamaraj
c) Karunanidhi d) M.G. Ramachandran
39. In which year was the Madras University established?
a) 1857 b) 1887 c) 1892 d) 1926
40. Match List I correctly with List II and select your answer using the codes given below:
List I List II
a) Parthasarathy 1. Merkuri Pookkal
b) K.V. Manisekharan 2. Kakki Chiraginile
c) Prabhanjan 3. Kurinjimalar
d) Balakumaran 4. Nilachoru
Codes:
A B C D
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 2 3 4 1
c) 3 4 2 1
d) 4 1 3 2
41. Ajanta caves are located in the State of
a) Maharashtra b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Orissa d) Karnataka
42. The longest rail route in India is
a) Delhi – Mumbai
b) Delhi – Kolkata
c) Guwahati – Thiruvananthapuram
d) Amritsar – Puri
43. Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in the State of
a) Tamil Nadu b) Kerala
c) Karnataka d) Andhra Pradesh
44. Match List I correctly with List II and select your answer using the codes given below:
List I List II
a) Seismograph 1. Himalayas
b) Deccan Plateau 2. Andaman
c) Barren Island 3. Earthquake
d) Tethys Sea 4. Basalt Lava
Codes:
A B C D
a) 1 2 4 3
b) 2 3 1 4
c) 3 4 2 1
d) 2 1 4 3
45. Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A): In recent decades, villages between Kombai and Bodinalckanur in Theni district of Tamil Nadu suffer severely form sandstorms
Reason (R): These villages lie in the rain – shadow regions of the Western Ghats
Now select your answer according to the coding scheme given below:
a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
c) (A) is true, but (R) is false
d) (A) is false, but (R) is true
46. Rapaid and sudden sliding of large mass of mixture of snow / ice with rock materials is
a) Landslide b) Avalanche
c)Rockslide d) Tsunami
47. Pick the correct statement from the following:
a) Kaziranga National Park is unique among Indian Wildlife habitats for Rhino and Wild Buffalo
b) Kazirnaga Natinal Park is unique among Indian Wildlife habitats for Lions and Wild buffalo
c) Kazirnaga Natinal Park is unique among Indian Wildlife habitats for Tigers and Elephants
d) Kazirnaga Natinal Park is unique among Indian Wildlife habitats for Elephants and Lions
48. INSAT II – B was successfully launched in
a) July, 1993 b) April, 1975
c) June, 1979 d) November, 1981
49. Red soil is found widely in
a) Gangetic Plain b) Penisnsular India
c)Himalaya mountain d) Himachal Pradesh
50. Coffee Cultivation in India first began in the State of
a) Kerala b) Tamil Nadu
c) Karnataka d) Himachal Pradesh
51. Who was the first Muslim ruler of Delhi?
a) Iltutmish b) Balban
c) Qutbuddin Albak d) Mahmud of Ghazni
52. When was ‘National Museum’ established in Delhi?
a) 1947 b) 1948 c) 1949 d) 1950
53. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
a) Brahma - Creation
b) Vishnu - Distribution
c) Shiva - Maya
d) Shakti - Preservation
54. Ethics is the study of
a) Theory of behavior b) theory of activity
c)theory of karma d) theory of morality
55. Logic is a (an)
a) Objective science b) normative science
c) descriptive science d) natural science
56. Natural poetic philosopher is
a) Sri Aurobindo b) Bharathiyar
c)Tagore d) Subramaniya Sivam
57. The Integral Advatisim is advocated by
a) Gandhiji b) Sri Autobindo
c) J. Krishnamurthy d) Dr. Radhakrishnan
58. The saint who lived at Thillai was
a) Nedumarar b) Sadaiyanar
c) Thiruneelakandar d) Gananadhar
59. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
a) Arunagiri Nadhar - Thencherimalai
b) Kumara Devar - Thirukuntram
c) Manikkavasagar - THirumandapam
d) Gnana Sambandhar- Thiruvenkadu
60. “Free Labourers Party” was founded by
a) E.V. Ramasamy b)Ambedkar
c) Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy d) C.N. Annadurai
61. Who was the last of the later Chola kings?
a) Raja Raja III b) Rajendra III
c)Kulottunga III d) Veera Rajendra
62. ‘Man is a social animal’ who said this?
a) Comte b) Spencer
c) Aristotle d) Maclver
63. Folkways are mostly dealt with by
a) Sumner b) comte
c) Spencer d) Maclver
64. Which one of the following introduced the process of Aryanization in Tamil languages?
a) Sanskrit elements b) British aspects
c) western elements d) Varnas
65. One of the founders of Justice Party was
a) P.T. Rajan b) K. Kamaraj
c) C.N. Annadurai d) Bhaktavatsalam
66. The constitution of India was adopted on
a) 25th August, 1947 b) 26th January, 1950
c) 26th November, 1949 d) 11th January, 1948
67. How many representatives are being sent by the union territories to the Lok Sabha?
a) 10 b) 20 c) 25 d) 45
68. Which one of the following Articles of the Constituting of India directs State Government to organize
Village Panchayat?
a) Article 51 b) Article 40
c) Article 48 d) Article 32
69. The President of India is elected for
a) Life b) 4 years c) 5 years d) 6 years
70. In the Lok Sabha who discharges the duties of the Speaker during his absence?
a) Vice – President b) Home Minister
c)Finance Minister d) Deputy Speaker
71. MISA was passed in
a) 1950 b) 1963 c) 1970 d) 1971
72. Prime Minsiter of India is
a) The leader of the Rajya Sabha
b) The leader of the Lok Sabha
c) The leader of the masses
d) None of them
73. The retirement age of a Supreme Court Judge is
a) 60 years b) 62 years c) 64 years d) 65 years
74. Which one of the following languages is not included in the English Schedule of the Indian
Constitution?
a) Urdu b) Sanskrit c)English d) Sindhi
75. In which conference, in the year 1944, the Justice Party was reorganized into Dravidar Kazhagam?
a) Madras b) Kancheepuram
c) Madurai d) Salem
76. Which model is the base for the First Five – Year plan?
a) Lewis model b) Mahalanobis model
c) Harrod – Doman model d) Keynesian model
77. The Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission
a) Is the Prime Minister
b) Is the Planning Minister
c) Holds the rank of a Cabinet Minister
d) Is an economist of repute
78. The headquarters of World Health Organization is located at
a) Geneva b) Washington
c) New York d) London
79. What is the purpose for which the treasury bills are issued?
a) Very short term liability of the Government
b) Short term liability of the Government
c) Mid – term liability of the Government
d) The commercial paper market
80. The ICICI promotes
a) Privates sector b) public sector
c) Joint sector d) co – operative sector
81. IDBI is a subsidiary of
a) Reserve Bank of India
b) State Bank of India
c) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
d) None of these
82. Which type of Bank rate is followed in India?
a) Discount rate b) Penal rate
c) Accommodate rate d) None of these
83. Statutory meeting relates to
a) Private Company b) Foreign Company
c) Public Company d) Chartered Company
84. Which is the most activity – wise small scale industrial unit in Tamil Nadu?
a) Food processing b) Textile processing
c) Metal processing d) Paper processing
85. Which district stands first in the ratio of male female in Tamil Nadu?
a) Madurai b) Tiruchirapalli
c)Salem d) Tuticorin
86. The author of the book Ain – I – Akbari was
a) Adul Fazl b) Amir Khushru
c) Abul Faizi d) Nizamuddin Ahmed
87. Match List I correctly with List II and select your answer using the codes given below:
List I List II
a) Raja Rammohan Roy 1. Arya Samaj
b) Swami Vivekananda 2. Ramkrishna Paramahamsa
c) Dayanand Saraswati 3. Brahmo Samaj
d) Madam Blavatsky 4. Theosophical Society
Codes:
A B C D
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 2 3 4 1
c) 3 2 1 4
d) 4 1 2 3
88. Choose the correct statement:
a) Kasha Central Hindu Collage was established in 1891
b) Aligarh Movement was started by Muhammed Ali Jinnah
c) Aligarh Muslim University was established in 1920
d) Visvabharati University was started by Devendranath Tagore
89. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
a) Bhagat Singh - “Delhi chalo”
b) Dayanand Saraswati - “Go back to Vedas”
c) Gandhiji - “Untouchability is a Crime”
d) Nehru - “Long years ago we have made tryst with destiny”
90. From the names given below, identify the name of the first Prime Minister of India
a) Rajaji b) Rajendra Pradesh
c) B.R. Ambedkar d) Jawaharlal Nehru
91. A Shopkeeper sells 10 toffees for a rupee, gaining thereby 20%. How many did he buy for a rupee?
a) 11 b) 12 c) 15 d) 13
92. 2A = 3B = 4C, then A:B:C is
a) 2:3:4 b) 4:3:2 c) 6:4:3 d) 3:4:6
93. If the selling price of an article 4/3 is times of its cost price, then the profit percentage is
a) 33 1/3 b) 25 ¼ c) 20 ½ d) 20 1/3
94. Two numbers are in the ratio 3:5. If each number is increased by 10, the ratio becomes 5:7. The
numbers are
a) 3,5 b) 12,20 c) 15,25 d) 18,30
95. Median of x = {10,2,14,5,8,16) is
a) 8 b) 9 c) 10 d) 11
96. Which one of the following properties is not satisfied by mean?
a) It is a simple measure
b) It is easy to compute
c) It is a stable measure
d) It is not affected by extreme values
97. If L and S are the largest and smallest value of a data, then the range is measured by the formula
a) L+S b) L-S c)S-L d) LS
98. If the standard deviation of {x1, x2, x3} os 2. Tjem the standard deviation of { x1+5, x2+5, x3+5} is
a) 0 b) 2 c) 5 d) 7
99. Which one of the following is not correct?
a) CPU is a hardware
b) WRITE is a FORTRAN command
c) VDU is a software
d) DIR is a computer command
100. What is the decimal equivalent for (10110)2?
a) 12 b) 22 c) 32 d) 42
TNPSC GROUP II 2003 GENERAL STUDIES ORIGINAL QUESTION PAPER
1. In India, the Research Institute in palaeobotany is situated at
a) Chandigarh b) Bhopal
c)Mumbai d) Lucknow
2. The great river of Tamil Nadu is
a) Kaveri b) Ponnaiyar
c)Tamaraparni d) Vaigai
3. The name of the Atomic Energy Research Centre in Tamil Nadu is
a) ISRO b) CAT c) IGCAR d) Diphtheria
4. Disease caused by virus is
a) Botulism b) Mumps
c) Tetanus d) Diphtheria
5. A city has a population of 3,00,000 out of which 1,80,000 are males. 50 percent of the population is
literate. If 70 percent of the males are literate, the number of literate females is
a) 24,000 b) 30,000 c) 54,000 d) 60,000
6. 2002 Winter Olympic games held in
a) U.S.A b) England
c) Switzerland d) Russia
7. Who is the Chairman of the Twelfth Finance Commission in India?
a) Ahluwalia b) Sengupta
c)Abid Hussain d) Rangarajan
8. Recently developed Hyundai Car industry is located in the district of
a) Kancheepuram b) Tiruvallur
c)Vellore d) Karur
9. Another name of the Mettur dam is
a) Clive Dam b) Karikalan Dam
c) Stanley Dam d) Viswesvaraiya Dam
10. The first woman Governor of a state in free India was
a) Mrs. Indira Gandhi
b) Mrs. Vijaya Laxmi Pandit
c) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
d) Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani
11. Which crop requires 200 frost free days?
a) Cotton b) Rice c) Wheat d) Maize
12. Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below:
List I List II
a) Conuco 1. Central America
b) Roca 2. Brazil
c) Milpa 3. Venezuela
d) Masole 4. Congo
Codes:
A B C D
a) 1 4 3 2
b) 2 3 4 1
c) 3 2 1 4
d) 4 1 2 3
13. Match List I with List Ii correctly and select your answer using the codes given below:
List I List II
(Major Rice Fields) (Countries)
a) Sikiang Basin 1. Japan
b) Southern Honshu 2. France
c) Ebro Basin 3. China
d) Rhone Delta 4. Spain
Codes:
A B C D
a) 4 3 2 1
b) 2 4 1 3
c) 3 1 4 2
d) 1 2 3 4
14. The largest fishing region of the world is
a) North – west Pacific
b) North – west Atlantic
c) North – east Atlantic
d) North – west Indian Ocean
15. The sea route which links North America with Australia and New Zealand is
a) North Pacific route b) Cape route
c) Central Atlantic route d) South Pacific route
16. The largest state in India with respect to total area is
a) Andhra Pradesh b) Tamil Nadu
c) Rajasthan d) Bihar
17. Isobars in the weather map represent this aspect
a) Temperature b) pressure
c)Winds d) Rainfall
18. The Pykara scheme of Tamil Nadu is in
a) Salem district b) Periyar district
c) Nilgiris District d) Kanyakumari district
19. The Western Ghats join the Eastern Ghats at
a) Nilgiri Hills b) Javadi Hills
c)Cardamon Hills d) Kolli Hills
20. Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A): Southern Tamil Nadu receives very little rainfall during the summer monsoon
Reason (R): It is situated to the east of Cardamon Hils
Now select your answer according to the coding scheme given below:
a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
c) (A) is true, but (R) is false
d) (A) is false, but (R) is true
21. Grass looks green because
a) It absorbs all colours in the spectrum except green
b) It absorbs only green colour from the spectrum
c) The eye absorbs only green colour from grass
d) None of these is correct
22. A girl is swinging on a swing in a sitting position. It she stands up and swings then the period of
oscillation
a) Will not be affected b) will increase
c) will decrease d) will become zero
23. A hot body will radiate heat most rapidly if its surface is
a) White and polished b) white and rough
c) black and polished d) black and rough
24. Pick out the wrong statement from the following:
a) Heat can be reflected by a mirror
b) Heat can be converted into work
c) Heat rays cannot pass through vacuum
d) Heat is a form of energy
25. Milk inside a thermos flask is stirred vigorously by shaking
a) Its temperature would further increase
b) Its temperature would fall slightly
c) Its temperature does not change
d) Its temperature first increase and then decrease
26. Which of the following has the highest electrical conductivity?
a) Zn b) Fe c)Ag d)Cu
27. The pyrolusite ore contains
a) Fe b) Al c) Mn d)Cu
28. When an acidified solution of ferrous ammonium sulphate is treated with KMnO4 solution, the ion which
is oxidized is
a) Fe2+ b) SO42- c) NH4+ d) MnO4
29. Which of the following is a naturally occurring polymer?
a) Polythylene b) PVC
c)Acetic acid d) Protein
30. According to Arrhenius concept, base is a substance which
a) Gives a pair of protons
b) Donates protons
c) Accepts a lone pair of electrons
d) Donates hydroxyl ions
31. ‘Harisena’ belonged to the period of
a) Asoka b) Chandragupta I
c) Samudragupta d) Harshavardhana
32. Earliest civilization of India is
a) Aryan civilization
b) Vedic civilization
c) Indus Valley civilization
d) Dravidian civilization
33. Choose the correct answer:
a) The Vedic literature is formed of Jnana Kanda
b) The Vedic literature is formed of Karma Kanda
c) The Vedic literature is formed of Jnana and Karma Kanda
d) The Vedic literature is formed of Bhakti Yoga
34. Niskama karma is the teaching of
a) Upanishads b) Vedas
c)Agamas d) Bhagavat Gita
35. The all pervading power is
a) Parasakti b) Parabrahman
c)Vishnukarta d) Siddhartha
36. Buddha is otherwise called as
a) Rahula b) Gautama
c) Vardhamana d) Siddhartha
37. The Mati Jnana is always
a) Mediate knowledge b) immediate knowledge
c) Verbal knowledge d) Perceptual knowledge
38. Jajmani system is related with
a) Agriculture b) industry
c) bureaucracy d) trade and commerce
39. Talcott Parson’s famous books is
a) The Structure of Social Change
b) The Structure of Social Action
c) The elements of Social system
d) Human Society
40. Which one of the Arcot Nawabs was called as Wallajah?
a) Anwaruddin b) Mohammed Ali
c) Dost Ali d) Um – dat – ul – Umara
41. Who said “If there is no opposition there is no democracy”?
a) B.R. Ambedkar b) Sir Ivor Jennings
c) Jai Prakash Narayan d) Morarji Desai
42. How many types of emergencies have been envisaged under the Indian Constitution?
a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6
43. The institution of Collector in its present form can be tracted back to
a) 1909 – Minto – Morely reforms
b) 1772 – Regulating Act
c) 1919 – Montague – Chelmsford Reforms
d) 1935 – Government of India Act
44. The Second General Election was held in
a) 1956 b) 1957 c) 1958 d) 1960
45. Who formed D.M.K?
a) Periyar b) Annadurai
c)Karunanidhi d) Anbalazhagan
46. In which year was the SDR, the international asset created by IMF?
a) 1969 b) 1970 c) 1980 d) 1985
47. The institution which regulates the unorganized financial sectors in India is
a) SEBI b) ICICI c) GIC d) IDBI
48. Find out the percentage of expenditure of Education in GNP in India
a) 2% b) 5% c) 10% d) 15%
49. What kind of planning controls being exercised by the free market economies?
a) Direct control b) Indirect control
c)Physical control d) Other controls
50. Quote the Section under which “General Crossing” has been defined?
a) 126 b) 125 c) 124 d) 123
51. How many times do the hands of a clock form right angles in a day?
a)22 b) 24 c) 44 d) 48
52. x/2y = 3/2, then the value of (2x+y)/(x-2y) is
a) 1/7 b) 7 c) 7.1 d) 6.8
53. If a = √6 +√5 and b= √6 - √5, then 2a2- 5ab + 2b2=?
a) 43 b) 39 c) 31 d) 27
54. In an examination, 35% of the candidates failed in G.K. and 25% failed in English. If 10% of the
candidates failed in both, then the percentage of candidates passed will be
a) 40% b) 45% c) 485 d) 50%
55. Find the first quartile:
x |
2-4 |
4-6 |
6-8 |
8-10 |
10-12 |
f |
1 |
5 |
8 |
5 |
1 |
a) 5.2 b) 5.4 c) 5.6 d) 5.8
56. From the following data, find the number of items below “x = 50”:
X |
20-30 |
30-40 |
40-50 |
50-60 |
60-70 |
f: |
5 |
10 |
14 |
7 |
|
a)25 b) 28 c) 29 d) 30
57. If X and Y are related as Y = 2+3X and 3X = 12 + Y, then the co – efficient of correlation between X
and Y is
a) -0.5 b) 0 c) 0.5 d) 1
58. If quartile deviation of a series is 2 and Q1 = 20, find the value of Q3
a) 22 b) 24 c) 26 d) 30
59. Find the odd man out:
a) CAD b) CAM c) Graphics d) Printer
60. Which of the following is correct?
a) DCE is a software
b) COBOL is a programming language
c) BAR CHART is a hardware
d) LOAD is a programming g language
61. ‘Negotiable Instruments Act’ was passed in
a) 1884 b) 1881 c) 1883 d) 1885
62. Which of the following relates to General Insurance?
a) Life Insurance b) Life Assurance
c)Marine Insurance d) None of these
63. When was the IDBI (Industrial Development Bank of India) Instituted?
a) 1981 b) 1972 c) 1952 d) 1964
64. What was the infant mortality rate in Tamil Natu during the year 1999?
a) 52 b) 42 c) 62 d) 72
65. ‘Bharathiar University’ was established in
a) 1978 b) 1982 c) 1981 d) 1985
66. The Indian National Congress participated in which Round Table conference?
a) First b) Second
c) Third d) None of these
67. Gandhiji found the Sabarmati Ashram in
a) 1900 b) 1910 c) 1915 d) 1918
68. Who invited Nehru to form the interim Government?
a) Attlee b) Chruchill
c)Mountbatten d) Wavell
69. When did Prince of Walves visit Tamil Nadu to thank the people for their contribution to the British in
the World War?
a) 1921 b) 1922 c) 1940 d) 1945
70. Which of the following is not associated with the Press in Tamil Nadu in awakening nationalism?
a) Kesari b) Navasakthi
c) Swadesamitran d) The Hindu
71. Who introduced Ryotwari system in Tamil Nadu?
a) Sir Thomas Monroe b) Elphinstone
c)Robert Clive d) Lord Cornwallis
72. The noted place of Thiyagarajaswami is
a) Thiruchendur b) Thiru Madurai
c)Thiruvarur d) Thiru Kudanthi
73. ‘Gandhi Asram’ is situated at
a) Namakkal b) Thiruchengodu
c)Nilgiri d) Cuddalore
74. A foreigner who contributed much to the richness of Tamil literature is
a) Veerama Munivar b) St. Francis Xavier
c)St. John De Britto d) Bishop Deel
75. State the place of cave – temple associated with Pallavas
a) Mamallapuram b) Kalpakkam
c)Thiruporur d) Thirukalukundram
76. The name of the union is India or
a) Hindustan b) Bharat
c) Bharatavarsha d) None of these
77. The Lok Sabha enjoys a term of five years from the date of
a) Its election b) Republic day
c)Independence Day d) Its first session
78. An appeal against the decision of the District Court lies with
a) Senior Sub – Judge Court b) Munsif Court
c) High Court d) None of these
79. The official language of Jammu and Kashmir is
a) Urdu b) Arabic c) English d) Kashmiri
80. Who is the Chief Executive officer of the Corporation?
a) Municipal Chairman
b) Municipal Commissioner
c) Mayor d) Governor
81. Distinction between plant and animal cells lies in
a) Growth b) movement
c) nutrition d) respiration
82. The power house of the cell is
a) Mitochondria b) Golgi Complex
c)Endoplasmic Reticulum d) Chloroplast
83. Which part of the Cauliflower is used as vegetable?
a) Leaves b) Flower
c)stem d) Inflorescence
84. Which of the following is not found in plants?
a) Vitamin E b) Vitamin B12
c)Vitamin B6 d) Vitamin B5
85. The sex of a child is determined by
a) X – chromosome b) Y Chromosome
c)Z- Chromosome d) O – Chromosome
86. In Mammals, diaphragm is concerned with
a) Nervous system b) excretory system
c) respiratory system d) circulation system
87. When the egg contains no yolk, it is called
a) Microlecithal b) Alecithal
c)Isolecithal d) Telolecithal
88. In cell cycle, which phase starts immediately after the last cell division?
a) S – Phase b) G2 – Phase
c)G1 – phase d) Interphase
89. Gir forest located in Gujarat is a sanctuary for
a) Deer b) tiger c) lion d) birds
90. Conn’s disease is
a) Hyperaldosteronism
b) adrenogenital syndrome
c) Adrenal virillism
d) Paraxysmal hypertension
91. In which year was the Krishna River Water Scheme for Chennai Initiated?
a) 1963 b) 1973 c) 1983 d) 1993
92. How many languages are recognized by the Indian Government?
a) 17 b) 18 c) 21 d) 12
93. Which one of the following years is called Swadesi Movement Year?
a) 1903 b) 1906 c) 1902 d0 1912
94. Who is the author of the Novel ‘Sankathi’?
a) Thilakavathi b) Sivakami
c) Bama d) Lakshmi
95. Who is called as “The Father of short stories”?
a) Pulamai Pithan b) Thenral
c) Jayakandan d) Kalki
96. Which one of the following journals was published by Kannadasan?
a) Vanampadi b) Thendral
c)Manikkodi d) Saraswathi
97. Which one of the following names has given much importance to the part tongue?
a) Earrap pattu b) Thalattu
c) Oppari d) Kathal Pattu
98. Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below:
List I List II
a) Sankaradas Swamikal 1. Villupattu Kalaignar
b) Namakkal Kavignar 2. Kulanthai Kavignar
c) Azha Vallippa 3. Viduthalai Kavignar
d) Kothamangalam Suppu 4. Nadaka Kalaignar
99. Who is the author of the drama “Thanneer Thanneer”?
a) Parithimar Kalaignar
b) Gomal Swaminathan
c) Pammal Sampantha Muthaliyar
d) V. Sekar
100. Which one of the following got the Silver Jubilee prize of Anandha Vikadan?
a) Kulathankarai Arasamaram
b) Sirai
c) Punarjenman
d) Thirudan Mahan Thirudan
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