ANSWER KEYS for TNPSC GROUP-I SERVICES 2011 (Preliminary Written Examination) (Date of Examination: 05.06.

2011 FN) Subject: General Knowledge (Degree Standard) (Objective Type) Question Series C
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D Sathanur Dam is constructed across Thenpennai river C 2007-09 International Year of Planet Earth A Udayagiri fort is located in Kanniyakumari

The Chola dynasty was an ancient Tamil kingdom along the banks of the river Kaveri D Major source of irrigation in Tamil Nadu in general is Well Sankaracharya Advaita
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Ramanuja Visistadvaita
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Madhvacharya Dualism Basaveswara Vira Saivam The Indian Independence bill was brought in the House of Commons on 4th July, 1947 Pie-diagram The National Population Register is undertaken under Citizenship Act of 1955 & Citizen Rules, 2003 not continuous A great exponent of Mahayanism was Nagarjuna Lateritic soils are formed under conditions of high temperature and rainfall Barbara McClintock got the Nobel Prize for discovering the concept of jumping genes (or) transposons India share the longest land border with Bangladesh The uncertainty principle was proposed by Heisenberg

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C C B A D A D D D

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B D A A A A D

Recently Bicentenary birth anniversary was carried out for Charles Darwin The toxic carcinogenic metal ion in the following is Cr6+ Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A) Venturimeter is used to measure fluid velocity Poondi Reservoir was planned to provide water to Madras by Sathyamurthy Iyer The Special Economic Zone Act was passed in Indian Parliament in May 2005 The earliest brick temple in India was built by Guptas Nana Sahib 1857 Revolt Vellore Mutiny 1806

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Lord Curzon Partition of Bengal Indian Independence Act 1947 The first state in India to introduce insurance scheme for State Government Employees was Tamil Nadu The Pandiyan king who consolidated and expanded the Pandya kingdom up to Kaveri was Sundara Pandyan The first ruler of the Chola dynasty who kept strong navy was Rajendra I National Emergency was declared by the Congress Government headed by Indira Gandhi in 1975 Directive Principles of State Policy is not a salient feature of the Constitution of India Which organelle in the cell, other than nucleus contains DNA? Mitochondria Find out the missing observation of the following data with mean 5 2, 6,5,3,8,2,9,7,7,6,4 The extent of rural electrification done in Tamil Nadu is 99% Correctly matched: Mahavira Last Tirthankara 3250-2750 B.C was the date assigned to the Indus civilization by Sir John Marshall The Aryans had popular Assemblies, Sabhas and Samitis to check on the power of the king Incorrect: C. Rajagopalachari Anti-Brahmin, Anti-North and Anti-Aryan Longest river in Tamil Nadu is Kaveri

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C B B C A B C C B A A D B

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C Mullai Periyar dispute is between Tamil Nadu and Kerala

Mahatma Gandhi suspended the Non-co-operation movement due to Chauri Chaura incident in the year According to the year 2000-2001 in India, the major irrigation A sources are in the order of Canels, Wells, Tubewells, Tanks C Amoebic dysentery is caused by Entamoeba histolytica
C A Cellulose is a natural polymer D D C A C D B

The ground state energy of the electron in the hydrogen atom is 13.6 eV. The energy of the state n = 2 is 3.4eV The Red Fort at Delhi was constructed by Shah Jahan Botanical name of Turmeric is Curcuma domestica Barack Obama is the winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace 2009 The Director of Tamil orgin who sent Chandrayan to space is Dr. Mayilsamy Annadurai Seismic waves are recorded with the help of an instrument known as Seismograph C. Rangarajan is the current Chairman of the Prime Minister of Indias Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) TIFR Mumbai Space Physics Laboratory Thiruvananthapuram

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SHAR centre Sriharikota ISRO satellite centre Bengaluru The last census was undertaken in 2011 The scope of land reforms does not include housing loan to farmers Captain Lakshmi Daughter of Ammu Saminathan, a Patriot, Captain of Jansi military wing Stars, Nebula and Interstellar material A Shopkeeper marks his goods to gain 30%. But he allows 10% discount for down cash payment. His profit per cent is 17% Function(s) of statistics is/are all of these IRDP was introduced in the year 1978-79 A total expenditure of a family is Rs. 1,080 and they are spending Rs.450, for food. Then to draw a pie diagram the degree value is 150

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C D B B B D A C

Chera Bow & Arrow Chola Tiger

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Pandya Fish Pallava Bull The packing fraction of a face centred cubic lattice is 74% The ocean floor is a flat plain known as the Abyssal plain In mitochondria, which of the following process/es take(s) places? Tricarboxylic acid cycle India is a member of Asian Development Bank

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D A A A

A Synapse is seen in nervous system C C A A B D C C A C D B D B

Ammonia burnt with O2, liberate which of the following ions/radicals? NO2 + H2O Namakkal District was formulated in the year 1997 The first telegraph line of India was set up between Kolkata and Diamond Harbour A graph of cumulative frequency distribution is called ogive Name of Tamil Nadu state bird is Emerald Dove The Queen who took the lead in the South Indian Rebellion was Velu Natchiyar V.O. Chidambaran pillai founded the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company to operate between Tuticorin and Sri Lanka High urbanisation is a feature of Tamil Nadu economy The resolving power of a telescope is highest for Blue light A time series graph is also known as Histogram The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act was passed during the period of Narasimha Rao Skeletal soils are found in South western Rajastan and Cuddapah region The two major cities of Indus Valley Civilisation revealing uniform urban planning were Mohenjodaro and Harappa Shri Sundarlal Bahuguna received Padma Vibhushan award

As per the division of powers of India, in the concurrent list there are 66 items A Tuberculosis immunisation was developed by Albert Calmette
B

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B Cricketer Brain Lara belongs to West Indies B Typhoons usually found in West Pacific

The Portuguese were the first to come to India and leave India last B The largest planet in the solar system is Jupiter
A C D Energy is not recycled in an eco-system B A D C B D C A B D

100 B 101 D 102 B 103 C 104 A 105 106 107 108 109 110 C D B B B

Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A) I alone is correct. UPA Government appointed National Commission on Farmers in 2004 under the Chairmanship of Dr. M.S. Swaminathan The single membrane surrounding vacuoles in plant cells is known as Tonoplast The doctrine of Fundamental right cannot be ammended under Art. 368 was propounded by the Supreme Court in the case of Keshavanand vs State of Kerala C. Linnaeus introduced the binomial nomenclature to name organisms The term Brahmadeya denotes land granted to the Brahmanas Dempsters mass spectrograph Masses of isotopes The famous book Cell Biology was written by De Roberties Which of the following (Sales tax, Excise duty, Customs duty) is a direct tax? None of these China is not a member in ASEAN The institution(s) which is/are set up to promote funding of voluntary organizations is/are All of these Tirupur Kumaran died in the year 1932 Kanchipuram Kailasanatha temple was built during the reign of Rajasimha Krishna river water supplements the drinking water needs of Chennai Peroxisome is involved in the process of photo respiration Visceral arches support Gill filament The laws of electrolysis are given by Faraday Total geographical area of Tamil Nadu is 1,30,058 sq. km. Electromagnetic waves were proposed by Maxwell

Salt Sathyagraha Vedaranyam Protest against Devadasi system Dr. Muthulakshmi Redy
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Neil Statue Sathyagraha N. Somayajulu The Hindu Kasthuri Ranga Iyengar National Remote Sensing Centre is located at Hyderabad Thirumangalam Assembly by-elections saw the highest voter turnout during 2010 in Tamil Nadu The World Classical Tamil Conference held on July, 2010 is Ninth World Tamil Conference Article 243 of the Constitution of India gives provision to set up village panchayats Not Matched: Medha Patkar Indian representative in the UNO Robert Clive laid the foundation of the British Empire Under Public Distributions System, rice is distributed at the rate of Re. 1 per kg in Tamil Nadu The National Rural Employment Guaranteed Programme came into force to provide 100 days of employment in 2006 10 electrons can be accommodated in d-orbital One tesla is weber m-2 Bihar has the lowest level of literacy Relative frequency is defined as Class frequency / Total frequency The National calendar based on the Saka Era was adopted from 22nd March, 1957 Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A) The President of India appoints the Finance Commission in India Botanical Survey of India is located in Tamil Nadu at Coimbatore Data which are not collected by the organization for the specified purpose, is known as primary data In India, life expectancy was considereably improved during the year 1981 to 2001 as 54 years to 65.3 years According to Census 2001, in India the sex ratio is 933 females per 1000 males. (here 935 is the nearest answer)

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133 B Madras government issued the first communal G.O in 1921 134 C Rabindranath Tagore gave the title Mahatma to Gandhiji

Prof. Yash Pal Committee recommended the establishment of

135 A the National Commission for Higher Education and Research

(NCHER) 136 A Physical Research Laboratory is located at Ahmedabad

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147 D 148 C 149 B 150 D 151 152 C 153 B 154 B 155 A 156 C 157 A 158 B 159 B 160 D 161 A

Troposphere lowest layer of the atmosphere Pre-history of India can be dated back to 500000 B.C. The Allahabad pillar inscription was composed by Harisena The median value for the data (45,40,60,90,80,65,55) is 60 The experiment to measure de Broglie wavelength was first carried out by Davisson-Germer Nitrogen gas accounts for the maximum of the atmosphere 1 kB memory is 210 bytes An example of polycarpic plant is Mango State Bank of India is the largest public sector bank in India The shore temple at Mamallapuram was built by Narasimhavarman II P.L. Gautham (Currently Shri M.F. Farooqui from 11thNov 2010 onwards) is the Chairman of National Biodiversity Authority The first Special Economic Zone created in Tamil Nadu is in Regarding to Indias Foreign Policy (Promotion of world peace, Non-alignment, Panchsheel) all of these are correct Child Marriage was abolished by the Act in (Ans: 1929) The Bacterial cell wall consists of Mucopeptide The system of biologicial classification used today was created by Carolus Linnaeus The disease diabetes mellitus is caused by the deficiency of Insulin Thermal power contributes maximum share in power generation 660 World Water Day is observed on March 22 The Kaveri is called the Ganga of South India Richter scale, a logarithmic scale to measure earthquake was devised by Charles Richter Influenza A (H1N1) earlier known as Swine flu was first detected in Mexico Grants-in-aid to the states by the Centre are provided with the objective of augmenting financial resources of the states

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Seats were reserved for woman in local bodies in Tamil Nadu in the year 1994 All of these The longest solar eclipse of the 21st Century occurred in July 22, 2009 Qutbuddin Aibak was a slave of Muhammed of Ghur Khilafat movement, Non-cooperation movement, Civil disobedience movement, Quit India movement The deficiency of Molybdenum, a trace element present in the soil, causes Whiptail disease of Cauliflower The most dominant contributor to GDP in recent years is services Tamil Nadu is a major producer of Sugar Cane Whisky and Brandy contain 40-50% ethyl alchohol Reservation was provided to women in Government services by M. Karunanidhi Which Mughal emperor was defeated by Sher Shah? Humayun Delhi High Court allowed plea of gay rights activists and legalized gay sex in 2009 Existance of a League of Tamil states is referred in the Hatigumpha inscription of Kharavela Article 25 to 28 gurantees right to freedom of religion to all persons in all its aspects Service sector is the major contributor(s) to Tamil Nadu states gross domestic product The first Mughal Emperor to show interest in painting was Babur Dyarchy was introduced in 1919 Bhuvan the new web based mapping of earth was developed by ISRO What is the name of the famous Indian painter who went on self-exile? M.F Hussain Ammonotelism is common in fishes When there is increase in economic development the

184 A share of tertiary (service) sector in National Income will

increase Dadabhai Naoroji was not the member of the first National 185 C Committee of 1949 186 D The lasing material in Ruby laser is Cr3+

187 B Longitudinal half of the chromosome is called Chromatid 188 D The term gene was proposed by Johannsen 189 B 190 A 191 C 192 B 193 D 194 C 195 A 196 C

Aqueous solution of which of the following is a good conductor of electricity? Ammonium acetate When the polarising angle for a dense flint glass is 60030, then its refractive index is 1.627 A bought a horse for Rs. 10,000 and sold it to B at 10% profit and B sold it to C at 10% loss. The amount paid by C is Rs. 9,900 One byte consists of 8 bits Rapid Transit System in Tamil Nadu Chennai Endothecium and endothelium are structures associated with Anther and Integument Which one of the commercial crops is cultivated in large area in Tamil Nadu? Sugarcane Aqua culture Fish Floriculture Flower

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Sericulture Silk Viticulture Grapes Jammu and Kashmir state of Indian Union has its own 198 D constitution 199 B Toda are the tribes of the Udagamandalam 200 A Killiyur waterfall is located in Shervaroy hill