SERIES:D EXAM DATE:30.07.2011
1.Who presented the FIFA 2010 song 'Waka Waka' ?
A) Shakira B) A. R. Rehman
C) Ilayaraja D) Madona.
ANSWER:A
2.The flood hazard in Pakistan during July 2010 is due to the flood in
A) Jhelum B) Indus
C) Chenab D) Ravi.
ANSWER:B
3.Which is the largest solar power plant in the world ?
A) Spain B) Portugal
C) Europe D) Russia.
ANSWER:A
4.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.
ANSWER:A
5.The newly introduced Indian rupee symbol is based on
A) Roman script B) Devanagiri script
C) Tamil script D) Both (A) & (B).
ANSWER:D
6.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.
ANSWER:D
7.What was the venue of Nuclear Security Summit 2010' ?
A) Rio de Janeiro B) Bali
C) Geneva D) Washington.
ANSWER:D
8.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.
ANSWER:D
9.The meeting of the World Water Forum was held in 2009 at
A) Tokyo B) Moscow
C) Istanbul D) Nairobi.
ANSWER:C
10.Which among the following is correct with reference to recent ( 2010 ) Supreme Court remarks over criminal case investigation ?
A) 'No'to arrest any criminals
B) 'No' to CB1 inquiry
C) No'to lie detector and narcotesting
D) None of these.
ANSWER:C
11.Operation 'Hamla1 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.
ANSWER:A
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12.Who has been appointed as the RBI Governor after the retirement c Shri Y. V. Keddy ?
A) Dr. Indra Rangarajan B) Dr. Dilip Sanghvi
C) Dr. Vijay L. Kelkar D) Shri. D. Subba Rao.
ANSWER:D
13.The recipient of Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace in 2009 is
A) Nelson Mandela B) David Cameron
C) Julia Gillard D) Sheikh Hasina.
ANSWER:D
14.Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below :
List I List II
(Books ) (Authors) '
a) The Privileges 1. Martina Cole
b) Avtar . 2. Jonathan Dec
c) Hard Girls . 3. Die Mathison
Codes :
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ANSWER:B
15.In 2010 which country changed its time zones ?
A) UK B) Russia
C) Canada D) Europe.
ANSWER:B
16.Commonwealth Bank of.................... in August 2010, opened its first Branch in
India in Mumbai.
A) Denmark B) Australia
C) Canada D) Ireland.
ANSWER:B
17.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.
ANSWER:C
18..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.
ANSWER:C
19.2012 Olympic Games is to be held in
A) London B) Beijing
C) Athens • D) Sydney.
ANSWER:A
20.With which neighbouring country, has India created a joint river commission?
A) China B) Pakistan
C) Sri Lanka D) Bangladesh.
ANSWER:D
21.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 change
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 : .
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C
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ANSWER:B
22.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.
ANSWER:A
23.'City of Festival' is
A) Chidambaram . B) Tanjore
C) Madurai D) Tirunelveli.
ANSWER:C
24.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 : .
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C
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ANSWER:C
25)The largest contribution to GDP still comes from
A) agriculture B) manufacturing industries
C) construction D) services.
ANSWER:D
26.Who among the following received the first 'Bharat Ratna' award ?
A) C. Rajagopalachari B) M. G. Ramachandran
C) K. Kamaraj D) M. S. Subbulakshmi.
ANSWER:A
27.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.
ANSWER:C
28.The deepest point in the Pacific ocean is
A) Mariana trench B) Tonga trench
C) Phillippine trench D) Kurile trench.
ANSWER:A
29.Consider the following statements :
I. Glucagon increases the blood sugar level.
II. Glucagon lowers the blood calcium level.
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.
ANSWER:C
30.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.
ANSWER:A
31.When was Zamindari system abolished in Tamil Nadu ?
A) 1947 B) 1948
C) 1950 D) 1952.
ANSWER:B
32..................... 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.
ANSWER:B
33.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.
ANSWER:C
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34.Duralumin contains
A) Mg and Al B) Al and Au
C) Mn and Al D) Zn and Al.
ANSWER:A
35.when was the national interim government formed?
A)1946 B)1948
C)1950 D)1952
ANSWER:A
36."Kaniyan Poongunranar" award is associated with
A) best poem
B) best novel
C) the software which helps for scientific Tamil development
D) urban development.
ANSWER:C
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37.Which among the following is a set of primary nutrients ?
A) Urea, borax B) Epsom salt, urea
C) NH3, KC1 D) S-ammonium molybdate.
ANSWER:CA
38.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 :
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ANSWER:A
39.Which of the following is incorrectly paired ?
A) Mattavtlasa prahasanam — Temple
B) Narasimhavarman — Vatapi Kondan
C) Vichitra Chitta — Title
D) Nandivarman — Battle of Tellaru.
ANSWER:A
40.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.
ANSWER:C
41.Annual rate of inflation of all commodities in 2009-10 was
A) 14.4% B) 10%
C) 8% D) 11%.
ANSWER:A
42.The first Deputy Prime Minister of free India was
A) Sardar Vallabhai Patel B) Charan Singh
C) Jagjivan Ram D) Menon.
ANSWER:A
43.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.
ANSWER:D
44.Balbiani rings are found in
A) sex chromosomes B) allosomes
C) autosomes D) polytene chromosomes.
ANSWER:D
45.Terrestrial planets are
A) Mercury, Venus, Earth & Mars
B) Venus. Earth, Mars & Jupiter
C) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune
D) Earth, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn.
ANSWER:A
46) Potti Sri Ramulu is known for
A) founding of Annamalai University
B) creation of Andhra Pradesh
C) prohibition in Madras
D) separate Telangana issue.
ANSWER:B
47.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.
ANSWER:
48.What proportion of members can Governor nominate out of total members in State Legislative Council
A) 1/4 B)1/6
C) 1/8 D)1/5
ANSWER:B
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49.What is the respiratory pigment found in human RBC ?
A) Haemoglobin B) Hemerythrin
C) Haemocyanin D) Chlorocruorin.
ANSWER:A
50.Which one of the following pairs is incorrect ?
A) Sandstone — Cuddalore
B) Terisand — Dharmapuri
C) Limestone — Ariyalur
D) Alluvium — Thanjavur.
ANSWER:B
51.In which year was Satyendra Sinha appointed as a member of Viceroy's Executive Council ?
A) 1892 B) 1909
C) 1919 D) 1935.
ANSWER:B
52.Rourkela steel plant was set up with the assistance of
A) USSR B) West Germany
C) UK D) USA.
ANSWER:B
53.In the Parliamentary procedure oflndia, zero hour has been in existence since
A) 1945 B) 1950
C) 1962 D) 1976.
ANSWER:C
54)Arrange the following in chronological order :
I. Rowlatt Act
II. Khilafat movement
III. Montague-Chelmsford reforms
IV. Jalianwalla Bagh tragedy.
The correct order is
A) I. II, IV, III B) I, IV. II, III
C) II, I, IV, III D) II, III, IV, I.
ANSWER:B
55)In Tamil Nadu NH 47 is
A) Salem to Kanniyakumari B) Madurai to Ramcshwaram
C) Nagapattinam to Coimbatorc D) Chcnnai to Dindigul.
ANSWER:A
56.Which among the following was also known as Delhi pact ?
A) Lucknow pact. B) Poona pact
C) Gandhi-Irwin pact D) Communal award.
ANSWER:C
57.Consider the following statements :
I. ELISA is a isotopic immunoassay.
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.
ANSWER:D
58.Sulphide ores are concentrated by
A) hand picking B) magnetic separation
C) gravity separation D) froth floatation.
ANSWER:D
59.Performance of students in an examination .
MarksOutof
50
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20andabove
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Tamil
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9
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40
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74
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English
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5
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30
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65
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Aggregate
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6
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35
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70
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The percentage of number of students getting at least 60% marks in Englisl over those getting at least 40% in aggregate is approximately
A) 43% B). 41%
C) 50% D) 45%.
ANSWER:ALL OPTION INCORRECT
60.In which of the following years Goa joined Indian Union ?
A) 1956 B). 1959
C) 1961 . D) 1962.
ANSWER:C
61.Who among the following was the editor of 'Suryodayam' ?
A) Suhramaniya Siva B) Thiru. Vi. Ka.
C)- Ncelakanta Brahmaehary D) V. V. S. Iyer.
ANSWER:C
62.Kcnnelly-Heavyside laver is present in the
A) Mesospherc B) Troposphere
C) Ionosphere D) Stratosphere.
ANSWER:C
63.The battle of Plassey took place in the year
A) 1764 B) 1765
C) 1757 D) 1857.
ANSWER:C
64.Arid rain is caused by
A) water pollution B) . noise pollution
C) air pollution D) land pollution.
ANSWER:C
65.Who was the founder of the Imperial Chola dynasty ?
A) Rajaraja 1 B) Parantaka
C| Vijayalayan D) Aditya Cholan.
ANSWER:C
66.The age of the earth is ahout
A) 4.5 billion years B) 1.8 billion years
C) 2250 million years D) 1950 million years.
ANSWER:A
67.Disposable ineome is equal to
A) personal income minus subsidies
B) personal income minus taxes
C) personal income minus transfer payment
D) national income minus depreciation.
ANSWER:B
68.Who first reported the presence of 'respiratory centre' which maintains and controls the rate of respiration ?
A) Mislavsky B) Collip
C) Bayliss D) Starling. . '
ANSWER:C
69.The anti-defection law was enacted as early as 1979 in
A) Kerala B) Jammu and Kashmir
C) West Bengal . D) Tamil Nadu.
ANSWER:B
70.Double helical model of DNA was discovered by
A) Watson and Crick B) James and Meselson
C) Jacob and Monad D) Wilkins and Levene.
ANSWER:A
71.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.
ANSWER:A
72.Find out the wrong number :
5, 11, 23, 47, 90, 191, 383
A) 11 B) 47
C) 191 D) 90.
ANSWER:D
73.In which year was 'NREP' ( National Rural Employment Programme ) launched by Government of India ?
A) 1978 B) 1979
C) 1980 . D) 1982. .
ANSWER:C
74.SARFAESI Act was introduced for the purpose of
A) controlling stock exchanges
B) regulating capital markets
C) streamlining the financial system
D) enabling the banks to realise their views.
ANSWER:D
75.Which among the following was known as June 3rd Plan ?
A) Wavell plan B) C. R. plan
C) Cabinet mission plan D) Mountbatten plan.
ANSWER:D
76.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
ANSWER:D
77.Pyrolusitc is the mineral of
A) Mcndelevium B) Molybdenum
C) Magnesium D) Manganese.
ANSWER:D
78.To which does the Indus valley civilization belong ?
A) Urban B) Suburban
C) Village D) Foreign.
ANSWER:A
79.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.
ANSWER:C
80.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
deposits
D) Currency with public + derived deposits.
ANSWER:C
81.Which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India authorises the Parliament to create new All-India Service ?
A) Article 303 B) Article 307 C) Article 309B D) Article 312.
ANSWER:D
82.The total land area of the state of Tamil Nadu is
A) 1-3 lakh sq. km B) 21 lakh sq. km
C) 3'1 lakh sq. km D) 1-4 lakh sq. km.
ANSWER:A
83.In which Chola King's period was the practice of writing of 'Meikirti' started first ? .A) Raja Rajan 1 B) Rajendran I
C) Rajathi Rajan I D) Kulothungan I.
ANSWER:A
84.Which one of the following is not an output device ?
A) Speaker B) Computer monitor
C) CD D) Laser printer.
ANSWER:C
85.Passage of waste product in the renal tubule is an example of
A) diffusion B) osmosis
C) active transport D) passive transport.
ANSWER:A
86.In which of the following years Citizenship Act was not amended ?
A) 1955 B) 1976
C) 1986 D) 1992.
ANSWER:B
87.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.
ANSWER:B
88.Organisms which cat-other organisms are called
A) consumers B) producers
C) decomposers D) saprophytes.
ANSWER:A
89.MS-DOS is the name of
A) a device B) an application software
C) an operating system D) a hardware
ANSWER:C
90.For dealing with qualitative data, the best average is
A) Arithmetic mean B) Median
C) Harmonic mean D) Geometric mean.
ANSWER:B
91.Palaeontology is related with
A) plants B) animals
C) fossils D) bacteria1.
ANSWER:C
92.The description of a society's culture and its way of living is called
A) Ethnography ( Inavilakkaviyal ) B) Anthropology ( Maanudaviyal
C) Realism ( Nadappiyal ) D) Classicism ( Chevviyal ).
ANSWER:A
93.Dindugal Federation' was formed during the South Indian Rebellion in the year
A) April, 1800 B) June, 1800
C) May, 1801 D) June, 1801
ANSWER:A
94.Diagrams and graphs are tools of
A) collection of data B) analysis
C) presentation D) summarisation.
ANSWER:C
95.The largest share of mineral resources is accounted by
A) Orissa B) Maharashtra
C) Assam D) Tamil Nadu.
ANSWER:A
96.The population of a city is 5.13,200. If it increases at the rate of 12 persentage 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.
ANSWER:C
97.The first Jain council was held at .................... in the 3rd Century B.C.
A) Vaisali B) Pataliputra
C) Kashmir D) Rajagriha. .
ANSWER:B
98.An enhanced beam of monochromatic and coherent light is called
A) MASE: B) LASER
C) TESTER D) MASTER.
ANSWER:B
99.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
ANSWER:C
100.The oxidant used in the testing of alcohol in breath is
A) MnO2 B) KMnO4
C) K2Cr2O7 D) KNO3.
ANSWER:C
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THANKS TO: Mr.A.P.THEERTHAKIRI, M.C.A.,
ASSISTANT MANAGER, NINESTARS
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THANKS TO: Mr.A.P.THEERTHAKIRI, M.C.A.,
ASSISTANT MANAGER, NINESTARS
