Last years question papers of VAO.

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VAO exam is organized by Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission(TNPSC) for recruitment of Village Administrative Officers.

The paper has 2 parts: one is about general studies and in second you have to choose any one between General Tamil & General English

Paper pattern:
General studies (75 questions)
Basics of Village Administration (25 questions)
Aptitude & Mental Ability Test (20 questions)
General Tamil / General English (80 questions)

Minimum Qualifying Marks for selection : 90 Marks
Maximum Marks : 300


1. A shopkeeper sells 10 toffees for a
rupee, gaining thereby 20%. How
many did he buy for a rupee?
A. 11 C. 15
B. 12 D. 13
2. If 2A=3B=4C, then A : B : C is
A. 2 : 3: 4 C. 6 : 4 : 3
B. 4 : 3 : 2 D. 3 : 4 : 6
3 4. 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 C. 15, 25
B. 12, 20 D. 18, 30
5. Median of x = {10, 2, 14, 5, 8, 16} is
A. 8 C. 10
B. 9 D. 11
6. 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.
7. If L and S are the largest and
smallest values of a data, then the
range is measured by the formula
A. L + S C. S – L
B. L – S D. LS
8. If the standard deviation of {x1, x2,
x3} is 2, then the standard deviation
of {x1 +5, x2+ 5, x3 + 5} is
A. 0 C. 5
B. 2 D. 7
9. Which one of the following is not
correct?
A. CPU is a hardware
B. WRITE is a FORTRAN command
C. VDU is software
D. DIR is a computer command
10. What is the decimal equivalent for
(10110)2?
A. 12 C. 32
B. 22 D. 42
11. 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
12. What type of Bank rate is followed
in India?
A. Discount rate
B. Penal rate
C. Accommodate rate
D. None of these
13. Statutory meeting relates to
A. Private Company
B. Foreign Company
C. Public Company
D. Chartered Company
14. 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
15. Which district stands first in the
ratio of male-female in Tamil Nadu?
A. Madurai
B. Tiruchirapalli
C. Salem
D. Tuticorin
16. The author of the book Ain-i-Akbari
was
A. Abul Fazl
B. Amir Khushru
C. Abul Faizi
D. Nizamuddin Ahmed.
17. Match List I correctly with List II
and select your answer using the
codes given below:
List I
a. Raja Rammohan Roy
b. Swami Vivekananda
c. Dayananda Saraswati
d. Madam Blavatsky
List II
1. Arya Samaj
2. Ramkrishna Paramahamsa
3. Brahmo Samaj
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
18. Choose the correct statement :
A. Kashi Central Hindu College 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.
19. 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”
20. From the names given below,
identify the name of the first Prime
Minister of India :
A. Rajaji
B. B.R. Ambedkar
C. Rajendra Prasad
D. Jawaharlal Nehru
21. MISA was passed in
A. 1950 C. 1970
B. 1963 D. 1971
22. Prime Minister of India is
A. the leader of the Rajya Sabba
B. the leader of the Lok Sabha
C. the leader of the masses
D. none of them
23. The retirement age of a Supreme
Court Judge is
A. 60 years
B. 64 years
C. 62 years
D. 65 years
24. Which of the following languages
is not included in the Eighth
Schedule of the Indian
Constitution?
A. Urdu C. English
B. Sanskrit D. Sindhi
25. In which conference, in the year
1944, the Justice Party was
reorganised into Dravidar
Kazhagam?
A. Madras
B. Kancheepuram
C. Madurai
D. Salem
26. Which model is the base for the
First Five-Year Plan?
A. Lewis model
B. Mahalanobis model
C. Harrod-Doman model
D. Keynesian model
27. 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.
28. The headquarters of World Health
Organisation is located at
A. Geneva C. New York
B. Washington D. London
29. 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
30. The ICICI promotes
A. private sector
B. public sector
C. joint sector
D. co-operative sector
31. Who was the last of the later Chola
Kings?
A. Raja Raja III C. Kulottunga III
B. Rajendra III D. Veera Rajendra
32. ‘Man is a social animal’ – Who said
this?
A.Comte C. Aristotle
B. Spencer D. MacIver
33. Folkways are mostly dealt with by
A. Summer C. Spencer
B. Comte D. MacIver
34. Which one of the following
introduced the process of
Aryanization in Tamil language?
A. Sanskrit elements
B. British aspects
C. Western elements
D. Varnas
35. One of the founders of the Justice
Party was
A. P.T. Rajan
B. C.N. Annadurai
C. K. Kamaraj
D. Bhaktavatsalam
36. The Constitution of India was adopted
on
A. 25th August, 1947
B. 26th January, 1950
C. 26th November, 1949
D. 11th January, 1948
37. How many representatives are
being sent by the union territories
to the Lok Sabha?
A. 10 C. 25
B. 20 D. 45
38. Which one of the following Articles
of the Constitution of India directs
State Government to organise
Village Panchayat?
A. Article 51 C. Article 48
B. Article 40 D. Article 32
39. The President of India is elected for
A. life C. 5 years
B. 4 years D. 6 years
40. 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
41. Who was the first Muslim ruler of
Delhi?
A. Iltutmish
B. Balban
C. Qutbuddin Aibak
D. Mahmud of Ghazni
42. When was the ‘National Museum’
established in Delhi?
A. 1947
B. 1949
C. 1948
D. 1950
43. Which one of the following is
correctly matched?
A. Brahma – Creation
B. Vishnu – Destruction
C. Shiva – Maya
D. Shakti – Preservation
44. Ethics is the study of
A. theory of behaviour
B. theory of activity
C. theory of karma
D. theory of morality
45. Logic is a (an)
A. objective science
B. normative science
C. descriptive science
D. natural science
46. Natural poetic philosopher is
A. Sri Aurobindo
B. Bharathiyar
C. Tagore
D. Subramaniya Sivam
47. The Integral Advaitism is advocated
by
A. Gandhiji
B. Sri Aurobindo
C. J. Krishnamurthy
D. Dr. Radhakrishnan
48. The saint who lived at Thillai was
A. Nedumarar
B. Sadaiyanar
C. Thiruneelakandar
D. Gananadhar
49. Which one of the following is
correctly matched?
A. Arunagiri Nadhar
– Thencherimalai
B. Kumara Devar
– Thirukuntram
C. Manikkavasagar
– Thirumandapam
D. Gnana Sambandhar
– Thiruvenkadu
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50. “Free Labourers' Party” was
founded by
A. E.V. Ramasamy
B. Ambedkar
C. Dr.Muthulakshmi Reddy
D. C.N.Annadurai
51. Ajanta caves are located in the State
of
A. Maharashtra
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Orissa
D. Karnataka
52. The longest rail route in India is
A. Delhi – Mumbai
B. Delhi – Kolkata
C. Guwahati – Thiruvananthapuram
D. Amritsar – Puri
53. Periyar Wildlife Sacturay is
situated in the State of
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Kerala
C. Karnataka
D. Andhra Pradesh
54. 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
55. Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A) : In recent decades,
villages between Kombai and
Bodinaickanur in Theni district of
Tamil Nadu suffer severely from
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.
56. Rapid and sudden sliding of large
mass of mixture of snow/ice with
rock materials is
A. Landslide C. Rockslide
B. Avalanche D. Tsunami
57. Pick the correct statement from the
following:
A. Kaziranga National Park is unique
among Indian wildlife habitats for
Rhino and Wild Buffalo.
B. Kaziranga National Park is unique
among Indian wildlife habitats for
Lions and Wild Buffalo.
C. Kaziranga National Park is unique
among Indian wildlife habitats for
Tigers and Elephants.
D. Kaziranga National Park is unique
among Indian wildlife habitats for
Elephants and Lions.
58. INSAT II-B was successfully
launched in
A. July, 1993
B. April, 1975
C. July, 1979
D. November, 1981
59. Red soil is fond widely in
A. Gangetic plain
B. Peninsular India
C. Himalayan mountain
D. Coastal plains
60. Coffee cultivation in India is in the
state of
A. Kerala
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Karnataka
D. Himachal Pradesh
61. 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
62. In which year was ‘Local Self
Government’ established in India?
A. 1915
B. 1916
C. 1911
D. 1910
63. 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



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Syllabus:

Basics of Village Administration

Topics for Objective Type
1. The role, functions duties and responsibilities of a Village Administrative Officer in
VILLAGE and REVENUE ADMINISTRATION.
2. Records of revenue administration dealt with or handled by the VAO including ‘A’
Register, Patta, Chitta Adangal etc.
3. Accounts maintained and furnished by the VAO at the end of every FASLI YEAR.
4. Basic Principles / Information relating to classification of lands.
5. Basic information on rates of assessment and annual revenue collection
6. Basic information on forms of irrigation of land including those belonging to the
Government
7. Jamabandi-object, Officers in charge of conduct, time of completion of
Jamabandi, scrutiny of inspection work, correction of pattas, issue of new patta,
disposal of jamabandi check memo, closing of Village and Taluk Accounts, Village
Statistical Registers, inspection of Karnams instruments maps and Registers (RSO-
12) scrutiny of accounts relating to Panachayat revenue.
8. Role of VAO during calamities
9. Basic information relating to assignment of lands / house sites in Villages and
Towns.
10. Grant of lands for cattle or dairy farms
11. Levy of rents (Ground Rent / Quit Rent) etc.,
12. Exemption from land revenue.
13. Unauthorised occupation of Government land basic information about Land
Encroachment Act 1905. Memorandum ‘A’, Memorandum ‘B’ etc.
14. Title of lands (RSO 27) form, renewal, issue and entry of joint names in patta
15. Rights and obligations of Ryotwari holder.
16 Procedure relating to conduct of inquiries in relation to age, marital status,
income, domicile.
17. Procedures relating to entering particulars into maintaining and issuing extracts of
Adangal, Chitta and other revenue Registers.
18. Basic principles of and procedures involved in survey, sub-division of a survey field
and knowledge of Field Management Book.
19. VAO’s role in enforcing the fundamental duties of a citizen under article 51A (g) of
the Indian Constitution to protect and improve the natural environment including
forests, lakes, rivers and wild life and to have compassion for living creatures”.
20. Direct Revenue collections made under various heads by the VAO.
21. Specific duties during festivals and common Village functions
22. Basic information about Revenue Recovery Act
23. Basic information relating to forest lands and resources.
24. Basic information about sale of sandalwood and other valuable tress
25. Basic information relating to Adivasis / Tribals and the role of a VAO in extending
special protection and support of the Government to them.



Grammar
PART A
1. Match the following words and Phrases given in Column A with their meanings in
Column B.
2.Choose the correct ‘Synonyms’ for the underlined word from the options given
3. Choose the correct ‘Antonyms’ for the underlined word from the options given
4. Select the correct word (Prefix, Suffix)
5. Fill in the blanks with suitable Article
6. Fill in the blanks with suitable Preposition
7. Select the correct Question Tag
8. Select the correct Tense
9. Select the correct Voice
10. Fill in the blanks (Infinitive, Gerund, Participle)
11. Identify the sentence pattern of the following sentence (Subject, Verb, Object….)
Blanks with correct ‘Homophones’
12. Find out the Error (Articles, Prepositions, Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb)

13. Comprehension
14. Select the correct sentence
15. Find out the odd words (Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb)
16. Select the correct Plural forms
17. Identify the sentence (Simple, Compound, Complex Sentense)
18. Identify the correct Degree.
19.Form a new word by blending the words.
20.Form compound words (Eg: Noun+Verb, Gerund+Noun) 106
Part-B
Literature
1. Figures of speech observed in the following Poems:
Alliteration – Allusion – Simile – Metaphor – Personification – Oxymoron –
Onomatopoeia – Anaphora – Ellipsis - Rhyme Scheme - Rhyming Words –
Repetition – Apostrophe
A Psalm of Life - Women’s Rights - The Nation United - English words –
Snake – The Man He Killed - Off to outer space tomorrow morning - Sonnet
No. 116 - The Solitary Reaper - Be the Best - O Captain My Captain - Laugh
and Be Merry – Earth - Don’t quit - The Apology - Be Glad your Nose is on
your face - A sonnet for my Incomparable Mother - The Flying Wonder - To
a Millionaire - The Piano – Manliness - Going for water - The cry of the
Children - Migrant Bird - Shilpi.
2. Appreciation Questions from Poetry
A Psalm of Life - Women’s Rights - The Nation United - English words –
Snake – The Man He Killed - Off to outer space tomorrow morning –
Sonnet No.116 - The Solitary Reaper - Be the Best - O Captain My Captain
- Laugh and Be Merry – Earth - Don’t quit - The Apology - Be Glad your
- Nose is on your face - A sonnet for my Incomparable Mother – The Flying
Wonder - To a Millionaire - The Piano – Manliness - Going for water - The
cry of the Children - Migrant Bird - Shilpi.
3. Important lines from Poems.
Where the mind is without fear - The Solitary Reaper - Going for water - A
Psalm of Life - Be the Best - Sonnet No.116
4. Questions on the Biography of
Mahatma Gandhi - Jawaharlal Nehru - Subash Chandra Bose - Helen Keller
Kalpana Chawala - Dr.Salim Ali - Rani of Jhansi - Nelson Mandela –
Abraham Lincoln
5. Questions on Shakespeare’s
Merchant of Venice (Act IV Court Scene) - Julius Ceasar (Act III Scene 2) -
Sonnet 116
6. Questions from Oscar Wilde’s
The Model Millionaire - The Selfish Giant

7. Dr.Karl Paulnack
Music-The Hope Raiser
8. Comprehension Questions from the following Motivational Essays:
Gopala Krishna Gokhale’s Speech on 25th July in Mumbai in response to
The address presented to him by students- Dale Carnegie’s ‘The Road to
success- Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam’s ‘Vision for the Nation’(from ‘India2020’)
- Ruskin Bond’s ‘Our Local Team’ - Hope Spencer’s ‘Keep your spirits
high’ - Deepa Agarwal’s ‘After the storm’ - Brian patten’s ‘You can’t be
that no you can’t be that’
9. Comprehension Questions from the following description of Places
Ahtushi Deshpande’s ‘To the land of snow’ - Manohar Devadoss – Yaanai
Malai - Brihadeesvarar Temple
10. British English – American English
Part-C
Authors and their Literary Works
1. Match the Poems with the Poets
A psalm of Life - Be the Best - The cry of the children - The Piano –
Manliness Going for water – Earth -The Apology - Be Glad your Nose is on
your face - The Flying Wonder -Is Life But a Dream - Be the Best - O captain
My Captain- Snake - Punishment in Kindergarten -Where the Mind is Without
fear - The Man He Killed - Nine Gold Medals
2. Which Nationality the story belongs to?
The selfish Giant - The Lottery Ticket - The Last Leaf - How the Camel got
its Hump - Two Friends – Refugee - The Open Window
3. Identify the Author with the short story
The selfish Giant - The Lottery Ticket - The Last Leaf - How the Camel got
its Hump - Two Friends – Refugee - The Open Window - A Man who Had
no Eyes - The Tears of the Desert – Sam The Piano - The face of Judas
Iscariot - Swept Away - A close encounter - Caught Sneezing - The Wooden
Bowl - Swami and the sum

4.Whose Auto biography / Biography is this?

5.Which Nationality the Poet belongs to ?
Robert Frost - Archibald Lampman - D.H. Lawrence - Rudyard Kipling
Kamala Das - Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Famida Y. Basheer - Thomas
Hardy - Khalil Gibran - Edgar A. Guest - Ralph Waldo Emerson - Jack
Prelutsky - F. Joanna - Stephen Vincent Benet - William Shakespeare -
William Wordsworth - H.W. Long Fellow - Annie Louisa walker -
Walt Whitman - V.K. Gokak

6.Characters, Quotes, Important Lines from the following works of Indian
Authors:
Sahitya Akademi Award winner: Thakazhi Sivasankaran Pillai –
‘Farmer’
Kamala Das – 1. Punishment in Kindergarten 2. My Grandmother’s
House
R.K. Narayan - Swami and the sum - Rabindranath Tagore - Where the
mind is without fear - Dhan Gopal Mukherji - Kari, The Elephant - Deepa
Agarwal - After the Storm - Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam - Vision for the
Nation
Indra Anantha Krishna- The Neem Tree - Lakshmi Mukuntan- The Ant
Eater and the Dassie - Dr. Neeraja Raghavan - The Sun Beam
7.Drama Famous lines, characters, quotes from
Julius Caesar - The Merchant of Venice
8.Match the Places, Poet, Dramatist, Painter with suitable option
9. Match the following Folk Arts with the Indian State / Country

10. Match the Author with the Relevant Title/Character
11. Match the Characters with Relevant Story Title
The Selfish Giant - How the camel got its hump - The Lottery ticket - The
Last Leaf - Two friends – Refugee - Open window – Reflowering - The
Necklace Holiday
12. About the Poets
Rabindranath Tagore - Henry Wordsworth Longfellow - Anne Louisa
Walker -V K Gokak - Walt Whitman - Douglas Malloch
13. About the Dramatists
William Shakespeare - Thomas Hardy
14. Mention the Poem in which these lines occur
Granny, Granny, please comb My Hair - With a friend - To cook and Eat
- To India – My Native Land - A tiger in the Zoo - No men are foreign –
Laugh and be Merry – The Apology - The Flying Wonder
15. Various works of the following Authors –

Rabindranath Tagore – Shakespeare - William Wordsworth - H.W.
Longfellow – Anne Louisa Walker - Oscar Wilde - Pearl S. Buck
16. What is the theme observed in the Literary works?

Snake - The Mark of Vishnu - Greedy Govind - Our Local Team –
Where the mind is without fear - Keep your spirits high - Be the best –
Bat – The Piano – The Model Millionaire - The Cry of the Children –
Migrant bird – Shilpi
17. Famous Quotes – Who said this?

18. To Which period the Poets belong
William Shakespeare - Walt Whitman - William Wordsworth - H.W.
Longfellow Annie Louisa Walker - D.H. Lawrence
19. Matching the Poets and Poems

Discovery – Biking – Inclusion - Granny, Granny, please comb My
Hair – With a Friend - To cook and Eat – Bat - To India – My Native
Land - A tiger in the Zoo - No men are foreign - Laugh and be Merry –
Earth – The Apology - The Flying Wonder - Off to outer space
tomorrow morning - Be the best - Is life, but a dream - Women’s
rights - The Nation united - English words – Snake – The man he
killed
20. Nature centered Literary works and Global issue Environment and
Conservation
Flying with moon on their wings - Migrant bird - Will Thirst Become -
Unquenchable? - Going for Water - Swept away - Gaia tells her