TNPSC Original solved paper 2001-Page2

TNPSC Original solved paper 2001-Page2

101. The contribution of Agriculture
in Indian National Income is
nearly
A. 50% C. 75%
B. 38% D. 25%
102. The Bank which recently
launched a scheme ‘Swagat’ is
A. Punjab National Bank
B. Gujarat Bank Ltd
C. Punjab Bank
D. Canara Bank
103. The largest producer of fish in
the world is
A. China C. Japan
B. USSR D. Norway
104. A personal account cannot be
opened in
A. a Cooperative Bank
B. a Scheduled Bank
C. Reserve Bank of India
D. None of these
105. The First Five Year Plan
covered the period
A. 1947-52 C. 1951-56
B. 1950-55 D. 1952-57
106. Who has the authority to issue
one rupee currency note in India?
A. Reserve Bank of India
B. Union Finance Ministry
C. State Bank of India
D. President of India
107. Which one of the following
distributions is continuous?
A. Binomial C. Normal
B. Poisson D. None of these.
115. On what date did the
Constitution of India come into
force?
A. 14th August, 1947
B. 15th August, 1947
C. 26th January, 1950
D. 26th November, 1949
116. Who was the first Chief Justice
of free India?
A. Justice Mahajan
B. Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer
C. Justice Shelat
D. None of them
117. Which Article of the
Constitution gives the power to
dismiss a State Government?
A. 356 C. 17
B. 360 D. 365
118. Pondicherry’s capital is
A. Pondicherry
B. Mahi
C. Karaikkal
D. None of these
119. Who is the Lt.Governor of
Pondicherry?
A. Chaman Lal
B. Rajani Rai
C. Agarwal
D. None of them
120. Which is the capital of Assam?
A. Dispur
B. Raipur
C. Imphal
D. Panaji
121. Who is India’s Vice-President?
A. L.K. Advani
B. K.R. Narayanan
C. Krishna Kant
D. None of them
108. What is a Scheduled bank?
A. A bank having a deposit of
Rs.100 crores
B. A bank which has been
included in the Second
Schedule of Reserve Bank of
India
C. A bank having more than 100
branches
D. A bank for scheduled caste
109. Agricultural Income Tax is
levied in Tamil Nadu by
A. the State Government
B. Municipalities
C. Panchayats
D. None of these
110. Among the various types of
income from an industrial
activity one of the following is
uncertain:
A. Rent C. Interest
B. Wages D. Profit
111. What is the link-language of
India?
A. English C. French
B. Greek D. Hindi
112. What is the minimum age to
become a Governor?
A. 25 C. 35
B. 30 D. 60
113. What is the life of the Rajya
Sabha?
A. 6 years C. Permanent
B. 5 years D. None of these
114. Who appoints the Prime
Minister of India?
A. Lok Sabha
B. Rajya Sabha
C. President of India
D. Chief Justice of India
122. Who is India’s Finance Minister?
A. T.R. Balu
B. Jaswant Singh
C. Yashwant Sinha
D. None of them
123. Who is India’s Home Minister?
A. Ram Naik
B. Jaswant Singh
C. L.K. Advani
D. None of them
124. Who is India’s Minister for
Agriculture?
A. Nitish Kumar
B. Advani
C. Uma Bharti
D. None of them
125. Who is the Supreme commander
of Indian Defence Forces?
A. Prime Minister
B. Defence Minister
C. President
D. None of them
126. Who can be the Ex-officio
Chairman of the Planning
Commission in India?
A. President
B. Vice-President
C. Prime Minister
D. Home Minister
127. The Vice-President of India is
elected by
A. Members of the Lok Sabha
B. Members of the Rajya Sabha
C. Members of Lok Sabha and
Rajya Sabha
D. Members of State Assemblies
128. The second largest spoken
language in India is
A. Tamil C. Punjabi
B. Bengali D. Telugu
129. When was the partition of
Bengal revoked by the British
Government?
A. 1911 A.D. C. 1917 A.D.
B. 1914 A.D. D. 1919 A.D.
130. Quit India Movement was
adopted by Indian National
Congress at
A. Bombay C. Pune
B. Ahmedabad D. Calcutta
131. Who was the President of the
Indian National Congress during
Moderate-Extremist split?
A. Rashbehari Bose
B. Pheroze Shah Mehta
C. Madan Mohan Malaviya
D. Bipin Chandra Pal
132. Who was the President of
Indian National Congress
during 1886, 1889 and 1906?
A. A.O. Hume
B. Badruddin Tyabji
C. W.C. Banerjee
D. Dadabhai Naoroji
133. Dadabhai Naoroji is a (an)
A. moderate
B. extremist
C. terrorist
D. none of these
134. Bal Gangadhar Tilak is
A. a moderate
B. an extremist
C. a terrorist
D. none of these
135. Who among the following are
the extremists?
A. Dadabhai Naoroji and
Badruddin Tyabji
B. Surendranath Banerjee and
Madan Mohan Malaviya
142. The Moplah Rebellion was
broken out in 1921 in?
A. Kerala
B. Punjab
C. Madras
D. Uttar Pradesh
143. The boundary between India and
Pakistan was demarcated by
A. Sir Cyril Radcliffe
B. Lord Mountbatten
C. Lord Dalhousie
D. Lawrence
144. Who among the following
attended the three Round Table
Conferences?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Madan Mohan Malaviya
C. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D. B.R. Ambedkar
145. Who inaugurated the individual
Satyagraha in 1940?
A. M.K. Gandhi
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Acharya Vinoba Bhave
D. Sardar Vallbhbhai Patel
146. Against what did Gandhiji start
the Satyagraha Sabha in 1919?
A. Indian Council Act.1909
B. Rowlatt Act
C. Government of India Act,
1919
D. Jallianwala Bag massacre
147. Who is the author of ‘Wings of
Fire’?
A. Khushwant Singh
B. Abdul Kalam
C. Arun Shourie
D. Frank Moraes
148. What is ‘Mir’?
A. Russian Space Station
B. American Space Station
C. Indian Space Station
D. None of these
C. W.C. Banerjee and Pheroze
Shah Mehta
D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Shri
Aurobindo
136. Who established the Bihari
Students Conference?
A. Sri Aurobindo
B. W.C. Banerjee
C. Bipin Chandra Pal
D. Rajendra Prasad
137. Who drafted the first Indian
Draft Swaraj Constitution?
A. Vijyaraghavachariar
B. T.T. Krishnamachari
C. B.R. Ambedkar
D. Jawaharlal Nehru
138. Who prepared the Preamble of
the Indian Constitution?
A. B.R. Ambedkar
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Rajendra Prasad
139. Who founded the English
Weekly ‘New India’?
A. Bipin Chandra Pal
B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C. Dadabhai Naoroji
D. Lala Lajpat Rai
140. Who among the following is
remembered as Lokmanya?
A. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
B. Bipin Chandra Pal
C. Lala Lajpat Rai
D. Dadabhai Naoroji
141. An artificial gene was created in
a test tube in 1970 by
A. Khurana
B.Wilhelm
C.Watson
D. Crick.
149. Which one of the following
vitamins is produced in the
sunrays?
A.Vitamin A C. Vitamin C
B. Vitamin B D.Vitamin D
150. Who is the author of ‘Discovery
of God’?
A. Raziq Zakaria
B. Abdul Kalam
C. Dr.S. Radhakrishnan
D. None of them
151. Who is the Secretary-General
of UNO in 2001?
A. Kofi Annan C. George Bush
B. Robert D. Bill Clinton
152. Who is awarded the Gandhi
Peace Prize for 2000?
A. Bill Clinton
B. Nelson Mandela
C. K.R. Guptaji
D. None of them
153. Who is India’s first ever woman
Foreign Secretary?
A. Chokila Iyer
B. Padma Priya
C. Mamta Banerjee
D. None of them
154. Who is the new Indian
Ambassador to USA in 2001?
A. Lalit Mansingh
B. M.K. Rao
C. K.C. Pant
D. None of them
155. The first recipient of Bharat
Ratna was
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Govind Vallabh Pant
C. B.C.Roy
D. C.V.Raman
156. Who is India’s Chief Election
Commissioner?
A. M.S. Gill
B. T.N. Seshan
C. P.K. Rao
D. None of them
157. Where would the bacterium
E.Coli be readily found?
A. Soil
B. Ponds
C. Human intestine
D. Refuse dumps.
158. Who is the Registrar General
and Census Commissioner of
India in 2001?
A. J.K. Banthia
B. M.S. Gill
C. T.N. Seshan
D. None of them
159. What was the average literacy
rate according to 1991 census
in India?
A. 40 per cent C. 48 per cent
B. 42 per cent D. 52 per cent
160. Which among the following is
the oldest dynasty?
A. Kanva C. Maurya
B. Kushan D. Sunga
161. For what Mundandurai is
especially famous for?
A. Horses C. Tigers
B. Cows D. Dogs
162. For what Koonthankulam in
Tamil Nadu is noted for?
A. Birds
B. Flowers
C. Teakwood
D. None of these
170. Which is the capital of
Bangladesh?
A. Dhaka C. Lahore
B. Karachi D. None of these
171. In which conference, the
Panchsheel was given?
A. Bandung C. Bangalore
B. Cairo D. None of these
172. Where is the headquarters of
ILO?
A. Rome C. London
B. Mecca D. Geneva
173. Among the following, which
country has an Unwritten
Constitution?
A. India C. France
B. Japan D. England
174. Where is Mount Abu?
A. India C. Pakistan
B. China D. None of these
175. Where is the Indian Institute of
Science?
A. Bangalore C. Chennai
B. New Delhi D. Mumbai
176. Nasik is on the banks of the river
A. Godavari C. Cauvery
B. Sutlej D. Vaigai
177. What book did V.O.
Chidambaram author?
A. Meyyarivu
B. Veera Viduthalai
C. Pennin Perumai
D. None of these
178. Who is the author of
‘Gitanjali’?
A. Tagore
B. Bharathiyar
C. Bharathidasan
D. Kannadasan
179. IDBI is a
A. Bank C. Committee
B. Board D. Centre
163. Where is Agasthiar falls in Tamil
Nadu?
A. Courtallam
B. Kumarar Kovil
C. Papanasam
D. Kalakkad
164. Where is Manonmaniam
Sundaranar University in Tamil
Nadu?
A. Chennai C. Tiruchi
B. Thanjavur D. Tirunelveli
165. "Saraswati Pandaram" was a
A. kitchen C. library
B. treasury D. shrine
166. Which falls is called as ‘The Spa
of the South’?
A. Manimuthar
B. Kodaikanal
C. Courtallam
D. None of these
167. Who among the following gave
a suitable definition for
democracy?
A. Lincoln
B. Washington
C. J.F. Kennedy
D. None of them
168. The first Indian to be the
President of UN General
Assembly was
A. Indira Gandhi
B. R. Venkataraman
C. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
D. None of them
169. Remains of Roman civilization
have been found in
A. Arikamedu
B. Hampi
C. Mohenjodaro
D. Lothal
180. Fiscal Policy is connected with
A. public revenue and expenditure
B. population
C. money issue
D. exports and imports
181. 3:24 as to?
A. 5:30 C. 7:35
B. 8:35 D. 8:64
182. What is the perimeter of the
triangle ABC formed by joining
the centres of the three circles?
A
C B
I
III
II
Radius of I is 3 cm
Radius of II is 5 cm
Radius of III is 4 cm
A. 12 cm C. 24 cm
B. 15 cm D. 32 cm
183. What is the value of the
following determinant?
8 3 2
11 4 3
14 5 4
A. 0 C. 10
B. 1 D. –15
184.
1
3 2
2 12
+ +
A. 5
19 B. 19
5 C. 4
5 D. 5
4
186. If the vertex of a parabola is
(2, 0) and the directrix is the
y-axis, then its focus is
A. (–2, 0) C. (–4, 0)
B. (4, 0) D. (3, 0)
187. If x
54
96
x = , find x
A. 72 C. 36
B. 27 D. 63
188. 0.5 0.5 0.5
0.4 0.1
+ × ?
+ =
A. 0.5 C. 0.75
B. 1.5 D. 0.05
189. If A is 1
3 and B is 1
2 of C then
A:B:C is
A. 1:3:6 C. 3:1:6
B. 2:3:6 D. 3:2:6
190. OA = 2i + j, and OB = i − j + k
are two vectors.The vector
perpendicular to both OA and
OB
is
A.
2i − j + k
C.
i − 2 −3k
B. 3 i + k D.
+ - k
191. How is 3
4 expressed as
percentage?
A. 0.75% C. 75%
B. 60% D. 7.5%
192. How is 1
2 % expressed as a
decimal fraction?
A. 0.5 C. 0.005
B. 0.05 D. 0.0005
193. 5
7 of 644=
A. 640 C. 1460
B. 460 D. none of these
194. If the day tomorrow is Sunday,
what was it yesterday?
A. Wednesday C. Friday
B. Thursday D. Saturday
195. If a clock strikes once at 1
O’clock, twice at 2 O’ clock, how
many times will it strike in 24
hours?
A. 156 C. 40
B. 78 D. 12
196. Complete the following series:
7, 8, 10, 13, 17, .........
A. 22 C. 30
B. 25 D. 40
197. The average of three numbers
is 28. The second number is
twice the first. The third number
is twice the second. The three
numbers in order are
A. 12, 24, 48
B. 24, 12, 48
C. 24, 20, 40
D. 20, 40, 24
198. For an auditorium 1
4 th of the
seats were occupied by boys and
3
8 th by girls. What percentage
of the audience consisted of
these children?
A. 62.5% C. 75%
B. 70% D. 80%
199. Choose the one which is
different from the rest three?
A. 11 C. 15
B. 13 D. 17
200. Area under normal curve
between Z = − ∞ and Z=0 is
A. 0.25 C. 0.50
B. –0.50 D. 0.75