ANSWER KEYS for TNPSC group-i services 2011

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

Q	A	Description
01	D	Sathanur Dam is constructed across Thenpennai river
02	C	2007-09 – International Year of Planet Earth
03	A	Udayagiri fort is located in Kanniyakumari
04	A	The Chola dynasty was an ancient Tamil kingdom along the banks of the river Kaveri
05	D	Major source of irrigation in Tamil Nadu in general is Well
06	C	Sankaracharya – Advaita Ramanuja – Visistadvaita Madhvacharya – Dualism Basaveswara – Vira Saivam
07	C	The Indian Independence bill was brought in the House of Commons on 4th July, 1947
08	C	Pie-diagram
09	B	The National Population Register is  undertaken under Citizenship Act of 1955 & Citizen Rules, 2003
10	A	not continuous
11	D	A great exponent of Mahayanism was Nagarjuna
12	A	Lateritic soils are formed under conditions of high temperature and rainfall
13	D	Barbara McClintock got the Nobel Prize for discovering the concept of jumping genes (or) transposons
14	D	India share the longest land border with Bangladesh
15	D	The uncertainty principle was proposed by Heisenberg
16	B	Recently Bicentenary birth anniversary was carried out for Charles Darwin
17	D	The toxic carcinogenic metal ion in the following is Cr6+
18	A	Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A)
19	A	Venturimeter is used to measure fluid velocity
20	A	Poondi Reservoir was planned to provide water to Madras by Sathyamurthy Iyer
21	A	The Special Economic Zone Act was passed in Indian Parliament in May 2005
22	D	The earliest brick temple in India was built by Guptas
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24	A	Nana Sahib – 1857 Revolt Vellore Mutiny – 1806 Lord Curzon – Partition of Bengal Indian Independence Act – 1947
25	C	The first state in India to introduce insurance scheme for State Government Employees was Tamil Nadu
26	B	The Pandiyan king who consolidated and expanded the Pandya kingdom up to Kaveri was Sundara Pandyan
27	B	The first ruler of the Chola dynasty who kept strong navy was Rajendra I
28	C	National Emergency was declared by the Congress Government headed by Indira Gandhi in 1975
29	A	Directive Principles of State Policy is not a salient feature of the Constitution of India
30	B	Which organelle in the cell, other than nucleus contains DNA? Mitochondria
31	C	Find out the missing observation of the following data with mean 5 2, 6,5,3,8,2……,9,7,7,6,4
32	C	The extent of rural electrification done in Tamil Nadu is 99%
33	B	Correctly matched: Mahavira – Last Tirthankara
34	A	3250-2750 B.C was the date assigned to the Indus civilization by Sir John Marshall
35	A	The Aryans had popular Assemblies, Sabhas and Samitis to check on the power of the king
36	D	Incorrect: C. Rajagopalachari – Anti-Brahmin, Anti-North and Anti-Aryan
37	B	Longest river in Tamil Nadu is Kaveri
38	C	Mullai Periyar dispute is between Tamil Nadu and Kerala
39	C	Mahatma Gandhi suspended the Non-co-operation movement due to Chauri Chaura incident in the year
40	A	According to the year 2000-2001 in India, the major irrigation sources are in the order of Canels, Wells, Tubewells, Tanks
41	C	Amoebic dysentery is caused by Entamoeba histolytica
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43	A	Cellulose is a natural polymer
44	D	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
45	D	The Red Fort at Delhi was constructed by Shah Jahan
46	C	Botanical name of Turmeric is Curcuma domestica
47	A	Barack Obama is the winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace – 2009
48	C	The Director of Tamil orgin who sent Chandrayan to space is Dr. Mayilsamy Annadurai
49	D	Seismic waves are recorded with the help of an instrument known as Seismograph
50	B	C. Rangarajan is the current Chairman of the Prime Minister of India’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC)
51	A	TIFR – Mumbai Space Physics Laboratory – Thiruvananthapuram SHAR centre – Sriharikota ISRO satellite centre – Bengaluru
52	C	The last census was undertaken in 2011
53	D	The scope of land reforms does not include housing loan to farmers
54	B	Captain Lakshmi – Daughter of Ammu Saminathan, a Patriot, Captain of Jansi military wing
55	B	Stars, Nebula and Interstellar material
56	B	A Shopkeeper marks his goods to gain 30%. But he allows 10% discount for down cash payment. His profit per cent is 17%
57	D	Function(s) of statistics is/are all of these
58	A	IRDP was introduced in the year  1978-79
59	C	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
60	B	Chera – Bow & Arrow Chola – Tiger Pandya – Fish Pallava – Bull
61	D	The packing fraction of a face centred cubic lattice is 74%
62	A	The ocean floor is a flat plain known as the Abyssal plain
63	A	In mitochondria, which of the following process/es take(s) places? – Tricarboxylic acid cycle
64	A	India is a member of Asian Development Bank
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66	A	Synapse is seen in nervous system
67	C	Ammonia burnt with O2, liberate which of the following ions/radicals? – NO2 + H2O
68	C	Namakkal District was formulated in the year 1997
69	A	The first telegraph line of India was set up between Kolkata and Diamond Harbour
70	A	A graph of cumulative frequency distribution is called ogive
71	B	Name of Tamil Nadu state bird is Emerald Dove
72	D	The Queen who took the lead in the South Indian Rebellion was Velu Natchiyar
73	C	V.O. Chidambaran pillai founded the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company to operate between Tuticorin and Sri Lanka
74	C	High urbanisation is a feature of Tamil Nadu economy
75	A	The resolving power of a telescope is highest for Blue light
76	C	A time series graph is also known as Histogram
77	D	The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act was passed during the period of Narasimha Rao
78	B	Skeletal soils are found in South western Rajastan and Cuddapah region
79	D	The two major cities of Indus Valley Civilisation revealing uniform urban planning were Mohenjodaro and Harappa
80	B	Shri Sundarlal Bahuguna received Padma Vibhushan award
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82	A	As per the division of powers of India, in the concurrent list there are 47 items
83	A	Tuberculosis immunisation was developed by Albert Calmette
84	B	Cricketer Brain Lara belongs to West Indies
85	B	Typhoons usually found in West Pacific
86	A	The Portuguese were the first to come to India and leave India last
87	B	The largest planet in the solar system is Jupiter
88	C
89	D	Energy is not recycled in an eco-system
90	B	Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
91	A	I alone is correct.
92	D	UPA Government appointed National Commission on Farmers in 2004 under the Chairmanship of  Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
93	C	The single membrane surrounding vacuoles in plant cells is known as Tonoplast
94	B	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
95	D	C. Linnaeus introduced the ‘binomial nomenclature’ to name organisms
96	C	The term ‘Brahmadeya’ denotes land granted to the Brahmanas
97	A	Dempster’s mass spectrograph – Masses of isotopes
98	B	The famous book ‘Cell Biology’ was written by De Roberties
99	D	Which of the following (Sales tax, Excise duty, Customs duty) is a direct tax? – None of these
100	B	China is not a member in ASEAN
101	D	The institution(s) which is/are set up to promote funding of voluntary organizations is/are – All of these
102	B	Tirupur Kumaran died in the year 1932
103	C	Kanchipuram Kailasanatha temple was built during the reign of Rajasimha
104	A	Krishna river water supplements the drinking water needs of Chennai
105	C	Peroxisome is involved in the process of photo respiration
106	D	Visceral arches support Gill filament
107	B	The laws of electrolysis are given by Faraday
108	B	Total geographical area of Tamil Nadu is 1,30,058 sq. km.
109	B	Electromagnetic waves were proposed by Maxwell
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111	B	Salt Sathyagraha – Vedaranyam Protest against Devadasi system – Dr. Muthulakshmi Redy Neil Statue Sathyagraha – N. Somayajulu The Hindu – Kasthuri Ranga Iyengar
112	A	National Remote Sensing Centre is located at Hyderabad
113	A	Thirumangalam Assembly by-elections saw the highest voter turnout during 2010 in Tamil Nadu
114	C	The World Classical Tamil Conference held on July, 2010 is Ninth World Tamil Conference
115	C	Article 243 of the Constitution of India gives provision to set up village panchayats
116	D	Not Matched: Medha Patkar – Indian representative in the UNO
117	A	Robert Clive laid the foundation of the British Empire
118	B
119	D	Under Public Distributions System, rice is distributed at the rate of Re. 1 per kg in Tamil Nadu
120	C	The National Rural Employment Guaranteed Programme came into force to provide 100 days of employment in 2006
121	C	10 electrons can be accommodated in d-orbital
122	D	One tesla is weber – m-2
123	B	Bihar has the lowest level of literacy
124
125	B	Relative frequency is defined as Class frequency / Total frequency
126	C	The National calendar based on the Saka Era was adopted from 22nd March, 1957
127	B	Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
128	A	The President of India appoints the Finance Commission in India
129	C	Botanical Survey of India is located in Tamil Nadu at Coimbatore
130	A	Data which are not collected by the organization for the specified purpose, is known as primary data
131	A	In India, life expectancy was considereably improved during the year 1981 to 2001 as 54 years to 65.3 years
132	C	According to Census 2001, in India the sex ratio is 933 females per 1000 males. (here 935 is the nearest answer)
133	B	Madras government issued the first communal G.O in 1921
134	C	Rabindranath Tagore gave the title ‘Mahatma’ to Gandhiji
135	A	Prof. Yash Pal Committee recommended the establishment of the National Commission for Higher Education and Research (NCHER)
136	A	Physical Research Laboratory is located at Ahmedabad
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138	A	Troposphere – lowest layer of the atmosphere
139	A	Pre-history of India can be dated back to 500000 B.C.
140	C	The Allahabad pillar inscription was composed by Harisena
141	B	The median value for the data (45,40,60,90,80,65,55) is 60
142	C	The experiment to measure de Broglie wavelength was first carried out by Davisson-Germer
143	D	Nitrogen gas accounts for the maximum of the atmosphere
144	B	1 kB memory is 210 bytes
145	B	An example of polycarpic plant is Mango
146	D	State Bank of India is the largest public sector bank in India
147	D	The shore temple at Mamallapuram was built by Narasimhavarman II
148	C	P.L. Gautham (Currently Shri M.F. Farooqui from 11thNov 2010 onwards) is the Chairman of National Biodiversity Authority
149	B	The first ‘Special Economic Zone’ created in Tamil Nadu is in
150	D	Regarding to India’s Foreign Policy (Promotion of world peace, Non-alignment, Panchsheel) all of these are correct
151		Child Marriage was abolished by the Act in (Ans: 1929)
152	C	The Bacterial cell wall consists of Mucopeptide
153	B	The system of biologicial classification used today was created by Carolus Linnaeus
154	B	The disease diabetes mellitus is caused by the deficiency of Insulin
155	A	Thermal power contributes maximum share in power generation
156	C	660
157	A	World Water Day is observed on March 22
158	B	The Kaveri is called the Ganga of South India
159	B	Richter scale, a logarithmic scale to measure earthquake was devised by Charles Richter
160	D	Influenza A (H1N1) earlier known as Swine flu was first detected in Mexico
161	A	Grants-in-aid to the states by the Centre are provided with the objective of augmenting financial resources of the states
162	C	Seats were reserved for woman in local bodies in Tamil Nadu in the year 1994
163	D	All of these
164	C	The longest solar eclipse of the 21st Century occurred in July 22, 2009
165	B	Qutbuddin Aibak was a slave of Muhammed of Ghur
166	C	Khilafat movement, Non-cooperation movement, Civil disobedience movement, Quit India movement
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168	B	The deficiency of Molybdenum, a trace element present in the soil, causes Whiptail disease of Cauliflower
169	C	The most dominant contributor to GDP in recent years is services
170	D	Tamil Nadu is a major producer of Sugar Cane
171	C	Whisky and Brandy contain 40-50% ethyl alchohol
172	D	Reservation was provided to women in Government services by M. Karunanidhi
173	B	Which Mughal emperor was defeated by Sher Shah? Humayun
174	D	Delhi High Court allowed plea of gay rights activists and legalized gay sex in 2009
175	B	Existance of a League of Tamil states is referred in the Hatigumpha inscription of Kharavela
176	A	Article 25 to 28 gurantees right to freedom of religion to all persons in all its aspects
177	C	Service sector is the major contributor(s) to Tamil Nadu state’s gross domestic product
178	D	The first Mughal Emperor to show interest in painting was Babur
179	A	‘Dyarchy’ was introduced in 1919
180	B	‘Bhuvan’ the new web based mapping of earth was developed by ISRO
181	D	What is the name of the famous Indian painter who went on self-exile? M.F Hussain
182	A	Ammonotelism is common in fishes
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184	A	When there is increase in economic development the share of tertiary (service) sector in National Income will increase
185	C	Dadabhai Naoroji was not the member of the first National 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	Aqueous solution of which of the following is a good conductor of electricity? Ammonium acetate
191	C	When the polarising angle for a dense flint glass is 60030’, then its refractive index is 1.627
192	B	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
193	D	One byte consists of 8 bits
194	C	Rapid Transit System in Tamil Nadu – Chennai
195	A	Endothecium and endothelium are structures associated with Anther and Integument
196	C	Which one of the commercial crops is cultivated in large area in Tamil Nadu? – Sugarcane
197	D	Aqua culture – Fish Floriculture – Flower Sericulture – Silk Viticulture – Grapes
198	D	Jammu and Kashmir state of Indian Union has its own constitution
199	B	Toda are the tribes of the Udagamandalam
200	A	Killiyur waterfall is located in Shervaroy hill