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29th October 2014, 04:18 PM
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TNPSC Group 1 Preliminary Exam Question Paper
Will you please provide the Question Paper of TNPSC Group 1 Preliminary Exam ?
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30th October 2014, 09:58 AM
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Re: TNPSC Group 1 Preliminary Exam Question Paper
Here is the list of few questions of TNPSC Group 1 Preliminary Exam Question Paper which you are looking for . 1. The Avogadro number is A) 6.00 x 1024 B) 6.023 x 1023 C) 6.054 x 1022 D) 6.504 x 1022 2. Viscous force is directly proportional to A) Temperature gradient B) Mass gradient C) Velocity gradient D) Charge gradient 3. The South American country that suffered due to earthquake in 2010 was A) Argentina B) Chile C) Brazil D) Libya 4. According to the Economic Survey of India (2007-08), the birth rate in Tamil Nadu state is A) 16.2 B) 18.4 C) 15.3 D) 10.6 5. The structure observed by Robert Hooke in plant cells was A) Protoplasm B) Cell wall C) Nucleus D) Tracheids 6. How many pairs of cranial nerves are present in shark fishes? A) 8 B) 10 C) 12 D) 14 7. When the basis of classification is according to location or place, the classification is called …………………… classification A) Quantitative B) Geographical C) Qualitative D) Chronological 8. The oxidation number of Fe in K3[Fe(CN)6] is A) 2 B) 3 C) 1 D) 4 9. The ray which does not affect the photographic plate is A) Alpha ray B) Beta ray C) Gamma ray D) none of these 10. Who among the following said that Buddha's character and teaching made him 'The Light not of Asia only but of the World'? A) Sir Edwin Arnold B) Mrs. Rhys Davids C) Dr. Radhakrishnan D) H. G. Wells 11. Cisternae, Thylakoid and Cristae are located at …….., ………. And …….. respectively. A) Mitochondria, Ribosomes, Chloroplast B) Golgi body, Chloroplast, Mitochondria C) Ribosomes, Chloroplast, Mitochondria D) Chromosomes, Thylakoid, Mitochondria 12. Which of the following is Natural rubber? A) Polyester B) Polyamide C) Polyisoprene D) Polysaccharide 13. Who is the only Indian and the First non-American head of the Academy of Astronautics (IAA)? A) Madhavan Nair B) Dhoni C) Ravi Sastri D) Kapil Sibal 14. Who coined the party name 'Indian National Congress'? A) Ranade B) Dadabhai Naoroji C) W. C. Banerjee D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale 15Data verbalized on a continuum scale like excellent, good, fair and poor are known as A) Raw data B) Ratio data C) Interval data D) Ordinal data 16. The new agricultural technology can best be described as A) land augmenting B) labour augmenting C) labour displacing D) both land and labour augmenting 17. Three capacitors each of capacitance 9 pf is connected in series and is connected to 120 V supply. The potential difference across each capacitor is A) 20 V B) 40 V C) 60 V D) 90 V 18. A can do a piece of work in 80 days. He alone works at it for 20 days and then B alone finished the remaining work in 36 days. In how many days can A and B together complete the work? A) 25 days B) 30 days C) 35 days D) 40 days 19. The average of 25 results is 18. The average of first twelve of them is 14 and that of last twelve is 17. The thirteenth result is A) 87 B) 78 C) 67 D) none of these 20. A girl started walking from her house. She first walked for 3 km towards east, then she turned towards north and moved 4 km in that direction. How far is the girls away from her house? A) 3 km south B) 3 km north C) 5 km west D) 5 km north-east 21. The end product of fermentation of molasses of sugarcane by yeast is A) Pyruvate B) Phenol C) Lactic acid D) Ethyl alcohol 22. The year ………………. Was celebrated by the General Assembly of the UNO as International Year for Human Rights. A) 1964 B) 1966 C) 1968 D) None of these 23. Who won the latest Presidential elections in Sri Lanka? A) Sirimavo Bandaranaike B) Mahindra Rajapakse C) Kumaratunge D) Dissanayake 24. The tomb at Sessaran was built by A) Humayun B) Sher Shah C) Akbar D) Babar 25. The famous leader of Narmada Bachao Andolan is A) Sunil Agarwal B) Rajesh Khanna C) Medha Patkar D) K. C. Cherian 26. Species Plantarum was authored by A) Hutchinson B) Carolus Linnaeus C) Engler and Prantl D) Bentham and Hooker 27. The yellow colour of urine of the Vertebrates is due to A) Urochrome B) Melanin C) Uric acid D) Cholesterol 28. The Eleventh Five-Year Plan was implemented during the period A) 2005-2010 B) 2002-2007 C) 2007-2012 D) 2006-2011 29. Which one among the following South Asian countries has the highest population density? A) India B) Pakistan C) Nepal D) Sri Lanka 30. Ashoka patronised A) Jainism B) Saivism C) Buddhism D) Vaishnavism 31. Who among the following computed National Income on the basis of Scientific method? A) Prof. Mahalanobis B) Dr. K.N.Raj C) Dr. V.K.R.V.Rao D) Dr. Vakil 32. Consider the following statements: Assertion (A): Surface temperatures of the oceans are controlled by warm and cold currents. Reason (R): Warm currents raise the temperature whereas cool currents lower down the temperature. 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. 33. Ring or horse shoe shaped coral reefs are called A) Atoll B) Barrier reef C) Fringing reef D) none of these 34. Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below: List I List II a) Glucose 1. Biopolymer b) Serodiagnosis 2. Reducing sugar c) Electrophoresis 3. Separation technique d) Nucleic acid 4. HIV test A) a2, b4, c3, d1 B) a1, b3, c4, d2 C) a1, b2, c3, d4 D) a4, b3, c2, d1 35. As per RTI the competent authority of Lok Sabha is the A) Chairman B) Prime Minister C) Chief Secretary D) Speaker 36. Who authored the book 'A Better India A Better World'? A) N.R.Narayana Murthy B) Indra Sinha C) Rajiv Sikri D) Jaswant Singh 37. A current of 8 A flows through 10 turn coil of a tangent galvanometer having a diameter of 16 cm. The field on the center of the coil is A) 2.5 A-turn/m B) 25 A-turn/m C) 100 A-turn/m D) 250 A-turn/m 38. Which of the following is wrongly matched? A) Microsporangial serus - Anther B) Microspore - Pollen grain C) Megasporophyll - Ovule D) Microsporophyll - Stamen 39. Veeranam Project to bring water from Veeranam to madras was started by Chief Minister A) M.Karunanidhi B) M.g.Ramachandran C) Jayalalitha D) O.Panner Selvam 40. The Indian Post and Telegraph department issued postage stamp in hour of V.O.Chidambaram Pillai in the year A) 1971 B) 1972 C) 1973 D) 1974 41. Nobel Laureate 2009 in Chemistry is awarded to Venkataraman Ramakrishanan for his work on A) Hypsochrome B) Ribosome C) Chromatogram D) Auxochrome 42. Fast Breeder Test Reactor is at A) Trombay B) Kaiga C) Kudankulam D) Kalpakkam 43) Who is the Chairman of 12th Finance Commission? A) C.Rangarajan B) K.C.Pant C) Kelkat D) Madhavan Ravindra 44. Which of the following Amendment Acts inserted the word 'Secular' in the Preamble of the Constitution of India? A) 41st Amendment Act, 1976 B) 42nd Amendment Act, 1976 C) 43rd Amendment Act, 1977 D) 44th Amendment Act, 1979 45. The Chairperson and other members of State Human Rights Commission are appointed by the A) Governor B) Chief Minister C) Home Minister D) none of these 46. Tamil Calendar is based on the movement of A) Moon B) Saturn C) Sun D) Mars 47. Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below: List I List II a) Justice Party 1. Periyar E. V. R b) Dravida Kazhagam 2. Singaravelu Chettiar c) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3. T. M. Nair d) Communist Party 4. C. N. Annadurai A) a1, b3, c4, d2 B) a4, b1, c3, d2 C) a3, b1, c4, d2 D) a2, b1, c3, d4 48. Tamil Sangam was supposed to be held at A) Uraiyur B) Kanchi C) Madurai D) Vanji 49. Who was the Prime Minister of India when Tashkent Agreement was signed? A) Jawarlal Nehru B) Lal Bahadur Shastri C) Indira Gandhi D) Rajiv Gandhi 50. The Constituent Assembly completed its work of constitution making on A) 16th May, 1946 B) 9th December, 1948 C) 26th November, 1949 D) 26th January, 1950 51. Consider the following statements: Assertion (A): RBC cells are found in the blood which carry oxygen. Reason (R): Haemoglobin pigments are involved in carrying the oxygen. 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. 52. Land is a A) man-made resource B) non-renewable natural resource C) renewable natural resource D) all of these 53. Consider the following statements: I. Cholesterol is a fertilizer. II. Protein is amphoteric in nature. III. Whale myoglobin has disulphide bond. IV. Entropy of the universe increases. Of these statements: A) II alone is correct B) II and IV are correct C) III, IV and II are correct D) All are correct. 54. Emerald Dam is located in A) Coimbatore B) Ooty C) Erode D) Salem 55. The Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution speaks about A) functions of the Chief Minister B) functions of Panchayati Raj C) duties of District Collector D) functions of the Parliament 56. Who received the Nobel prize for the work on genes that control the sense of smell? A) Werner Arber and Daniel Nathans B) Niels Jerne and Georges Kohler C) Richard Axel and Linda Buck D) Konrad Bloch and Feodor Lynen. 57. Opsonin was discovered by A) Jules Bordet B) christian Gram C) Almroth Wright D) Louis Pasteur 58. The recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award during 2005 was A) Dev Anand B) Mrinal Sen C) Lata Mangeshkar D) Shyam Benegal 59. Which is the best selling book sold over 10 million copies written by Dr.Kenneth Blanchard, the Management Guru? A) You Can Win B) Maximum Power C) One Minute Manager D) 10 Minute MBA 60. The Rajiv Gandhi Udyami Mitra Yojana was launched in A) 2006 B) 2007 C) 2008 D) 2009 61. Heliocentric theory according to which sun is supposed to be fixed and the planets go around the sun was proposed by A) Galileo B) Newton C) Ptolemy D) Copernicus 62. The growth rate of population in India as per 2001 census is A) 3% B) 2.50% C) 1.90% D) 1.50% 63. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given hills from the north to south? A) Nallamalai, Nilgiris, Javadhi, Anaimalai B) Anaimalai, Javadi, Nilgiris, Nallamalai C) Nallamalai, Javadhi, Nilgiris, Anaimalai D) Anaimalai, Nilgris, Javadhi, Nallamalai. 64. The Annamalai University at Annamalainagar was founded in A) 1909 B) 1919 C) 1929 D) 1949 65. The focal length of two lenses in contact is given by A) F = f1 -f2 B) F = f1 f2 C) F = f1 + f2 D) 1/F=1/f1+1/f2 66. Which one of the following statements is correct? A) Parliament has power to amend any part of the Constitution of India B) Parliament has no power to amend Fundamental Rights in the Constitution of India C) Parliament cannot amend the Directive Principles of State Policy D) Parliament cannot amend the Federal Principles embodied in Constitution of India 67. Which of the following countries is not a member of ASEAN? A) Vietnam B) Brunei C) Bangladesh D) Myanmar 68. Position effect is the result of A) translations B) inversions C) transcriptions D) deletions 69. Triple vaccine is administered to a newborn child to immunize it against A) Whooping Cough, Tetanus and Measles B) Whooping Cough, Tetanus and Diphtheria C) tetanus, Diphtheria, Measles and Rubella D) Tetanus, Diphtheria, Smallpox and Rubella 70. An example of addition co-polymer is A) Buna-s B) PVC C) Neoprene D) Glyptal 71. Natural gas is a mixture of aliphatic hydrocarbons. What is the main important gas available in that? A) Oxygen (O2) B) Nitrogen (N2) C) Methane (CH4) D) Carbon dioxide (CO2) 72. A moving coil galvanometer can be converted into an ammeter by connecting A) a low resistance in parallel with a galvanometer B) a high resistance in parallel with a galvanometer a C) high resistance in series with a galvanometer D) a low resistance in series with a galvanometer 73. Which one of the following is correctly matched? A) Right to Equality - Fundamental Duty B) Right to Information - Transparent and Responsible Government C) To promote equal justice - Fundamental Right D) To abide by the Constitution - Directive Principles of State Policy 74. Biodiesel is obtained from which plant? A) Mango B) Bamboo C) Jatropha D) Ficus 75. The Directive Principles of State Policy is incorporated in the Article………… the Constitution of India. A) 19-21 B) 14-16 C) 36-51 D) 24-28 76. Rubella virus causes A) Smallpox B) Measles C) Chickenpox D) Influenza 77. The policy RBI follows for control of inflation is A) increase in Repo rate and CRR B) decrease in Repo rate and increase in CRR C) decrease in Repo rate and CRR D) decrease in bank rate 78. Which one of the following statements is correct? A) Finance Commission is constituted by the President every four years B) Finance Commission has one Chairman and four other members C) K.C. Pant was the Chairman of 11th Finance Commission D) Finance Commission Report is submitted to the Planning Commission 79. Dantidurga established which kingdom? A) Chalukyas of Badami B) Chalukyas of Kalyani C) Chalukyas of Vengi D) Rashtrakuta Dynasty 80. 1/1.2 - 1/2.3 + 1/3.4 - 1/4.5 + … + A) 2 log 2 -1 B) − 2 log 2 -1 C) 2 log 2 + 1 D) − 2 (log 2 +1) 81. Study of the interrelations between the individual plant and its environment is called A) Synecology B) Ecosystem C) Autecology D) Biodiversity 82. The ages of Ravi and Raja are in the ratio 5 : 12. After 6 years, the ratio of their ages will be 8 : 15. What is the difference between their ages? A) 14 years B) 16 years C) 12 years D) 13 years 83. Construction of a dam for drinking water at Hogenekkal is main issue of contention between A) Tamil Nadu and Kerala B) Tamil Nadu and Karnataka C) Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh D) Karnataka and Kerala 84. Leprosy is caused by A) Mycobacterium leprae B) Mycobacterium tuberculosis C) Corynebacterium diphtheria D) Varicella zoster 85. Who was the first woman Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu? A) Janaki Ramachandran B) Jayalalitha C) Mamata Banerjee D) Mayawati 86. Choose the statement(s) connected with Marudhu Brothers. Marudhu Brothers: I. Ruled Sivaganga area II. Siruvayal & Kalayarkovil were their strongholds III. Took refuge in Panchalam Kurichi IV. They were executed by the British in 1801. Of these statements: A) I alone is correct B) II alone is correct C) I, II and IV are correct D) I, III and IV are correct 87. The National Rural Employment Programme was implemented in Tamil Nadu in the year A) 1980 B) 1990 C) 1970 D) 1960 88. The famous Ethnobotanist in India is A) V. M. Meher-Homji B) R. P. S. Katwal C) S. K. Jain D) S. S. Bhojwani 89. The reaction that takes place in a Daniel cell is A) Cu + Hg → Cu.Hg B) Zn° + Cu → Zn2 + Cu° C) Cu2+ + 2Ag → Cu° + 2Ag+ D) 3Fe2 + Cr6+ → 3Fe3 + Cr3+ 90. SONAR is mostly used by A) Doctors B) Engineers C) Navigators D) Astronauts 91. Traditions affirm that a Buddhist Council assembled at ………….. In the year of Buddha's death A) Vaisali B) Pataliputra C) Saranath D) Rajagriha 92. What is the correct value of x = cos Ѳ satisfies x2 - 3x + 2 = 0? A) 1 B) 0 C) -1 D) π 93. Article 263 deals with provisions with respect to A) Union Public Service Commission B) Election Commission of India C) Inter-State Council D) Finance Commission. 94. Which of the following is not correctly matched? A) Central Vigilance Commission - Kripalani Committee B) Father of All India Services - Sardar Vallabhai Patel C) Secretary General of Non-Aligned Movement - Dr.Rajendra Prasad D) Union Public Service Commission - A.M.Khusru. 95. Agricultural holding tax was recommended by A) John Mathai Committee B) Bhoothalingam Committee C) Wanchoo Committee D) Raj Committee 96. Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) Scheme aimed at A) Providing loan assistance B) Providing houses at free of cost C) Providing transport facilities D) none of these 97. The LPG (Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation) model of development was introduced in 1991 by the Finance Minister A) Dr. Manmohan Singh B) Shri P. Chidambaram C) Shri Pranab Mukherjee D) Shri P. V. Narasimha Rao 98. Which commodity forms the single largest item of India's import? A) Capital goods B) Food and allied products C) Gold D) Oil (fuel) 99. The leader who attended all the Three Round Table Conferences was A) Mahatma Gandhi B) Subhash Chandra Bose D) Jawaharlal Nehru E) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar 100 Where in India is the Asia's largest optical telescope installed? A) Darjeeling - West Bengal B) Kodaikanal - Tamil Nadu C) Mahabaleshwar - Maharastra D) Kavalur- Tamil Nadu 101. The shape of the graph drawn between ln p1 versus 1/T for an intrinsic semiconductor is pl - resistivity, T - temperature) A) Straight line B) Circle C) Parabola D) Ellipse 102. One gene and one enzyme hypothesis was put forth by ………….. In ………………….. A) Beadle and Tatum, E.coli B) Beadle and Tatum, Neurospora C) Jacob and Monad, Neurospora D) Jacob and Monad, E.coli 103. The hormone which brings about characteristic changes in male at puberty is called A) Androgen B) FSH C) Adrenaline D) Testosterone 104. Which of the following is correctly matched? A) TNT - Fertilizer B) Gasoline - Petrochemical C) Potassium sulphate - Explosive D) Cement - Molecular Crystal 105. Consider the following statements: Assertion (A): Article 32 deals with the right to Constitutional Remedies, without which the Constitution would be a nullity. Reason (R): Article 32 provides the right to move the Supreme Court by appropriate proceeding for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights guaranteed in the Constitution. Now select you answer according to the coding scheme given below: A) (A) is true, but (R) is false B) (A) is alone is true C) (R) is alone is true D) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) 106. In Tamil Nadu the Legislative Assembly was established in the year A) 1935 B) 1937 C) 1947 D) 1952 107. Tamil Nadu is noted for the industrial cluster of A) textiles B) chemicals C) jewellery and gems D) glass 108. Apex Court judgement delivered with regard to Open University degree, that bench comprised A) Justice S. B. Sinha and Justice Mukundaram Sharma B) Justice Mohan and Justice K. G. Balakrishnan C) Justice S. H. Kapadia and Justice Altamar Kabir D) None of them 109. Satyartha Prakash was written by A) Raja Rammohan Roy B) Debendranath Tagore C) Keshab Chandra Sen D) Dayanand Saraswati For more questions , here is the attachment |
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20th March 2015, 11:16 AM
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Re: TNPSC Group 1 Preliminary Exam Question Paper
Hey, I am doing preparation for TNPSC Group 1 Preliminary Exam will you provide me the sample paper of the TNPSC Group 1 Preliminary Exam?
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20th March 2015, 11:21 AM
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Re: TNPSC Group 1 Preliminary Exam Question Paper
As you want I am here providing you sample paper of the TNPSC Group 1 Preliminary Exam. Paper detail: Questions: 200 Marks : 300 Time 3 hr Includes questions from topics as L General Knowledge Aptitude Test Here is the attachment. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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