TNPSC-Model q&A

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G K Home1: Quiz on Indian geography quiz:

1)On the day the Sun is nearest to the earth, the earth is said to be in
a)Perihelion
b)Apogee
c)Perigee
d)None of the above
ans:a 
2)One Astronomical unit is the average distance between
a)Earth and the Moon
b)Earth and the Sun
c)Jupiter and the Earth
d)Pluto and the Sun
ans:b
 3)Which Comet appears every 76 years
a)Holme’s
b)Hailey’s
c)Donati’s
d)None of the above
ans:b 4)The Earth is at its maximum distance from the sun on
a)Sep22
b)July 4
c)dec 21
d)june 6
ans:b 
5)What is the unit of measurement of the distance of stars from the earth
a)Light year
b)Kilometers
c)Nautical miles
d)All the above
ans:a 6)How much of the surface of the Moon is visible from the earth
a)About 59%
b)75%
c)40%
d)65%
ans:a 7)The longest day in Australia will be on
a)July 21
b)Dec 22
c)March 9
d)sep 15
ans:b
 8)Most of the weather phenomena took place in the
a)Troposphere
b)Stratosphere
c)Ionosphere
d)All the above
 ans:a
9)The thickness of troposphere increases in
a)Summer
b)Winter
c)Spring
d)Autumn
ans:a 10)What is meant by the term ‘Cirrus’?
a)A high cloud
b)A low cloud
c)A rainbearing cloud
d)None of the above
ans:a
 11)Which one of the following is a great circle?
a)Equqtor
b)Tropic of cancer
c)Tropic of capricorn
d)Arctic circle
ans:a 12)Isobaths are used to show
a)Rainfall
b)Weather
c)Depth
d)Pressure
ans:c 13)The term Epicenter is associated with
a)Summer
b)Earthquakes
c)Pressure
d)Humidity
ans:b 
14)Which continent has the highest density of population?
a)Asia
b)Europe
c)Africa
d)South America
ans:a 
15)Which countries are seperated by the Durand line
a)India and Srilanka
b)India and China
c)India and Afghanistan
d)India and Bhutan
ans:c
 2: Quiz on Vedas:
1)Upanishads are books on
a)Yoga
b)Philosophy
c)Medicine
d)Religious rituals
ans:b
 2)The aryans came to India From
a)Asia
b)Europe
c)Central Asia
d)Africa
ans:c
 3)The heartland of the Rigvedic culture was
a)Rajasthan
b)Central Asia
c)Sapta Sindu
d)Punjab
ans;c 
4)Atharva Veda contains one of the following
a)Medicines
b)Science formulae
c)magical spells and &charms
d)Music
ans:c
 5)Upavedas contains
a)Religious literature
b)Secular topics
c)Vedangas
d)Mythology
ans:b 6)The largest number of Rigvedic hymns are dedicatde to
a)Varuna
b)Agni
c)Indra
d)Siva
ans:c 7)Panini’s Ashtadhayayi relates to
a)Mathematics
b)Grammar
c)Science
d)Law
ans;b
 8)Samaveda is an important source of
a)Painting
d)Dance
c)Music
d)Architecture
ans;c 
9)Purandara or the breaker of the forts was
a)Indra
b)Varuna
c)Agni
d)None of the above
ans:a
 10)The collection of vedic hymns were known as
a)Upanishads
b)Samhitas
c)Brahmanas
d)None of the above
ans:b 
11)Ayas is the Rigvedic term of
a)Gold
b)Silver
c)Iron
d)Copper
ans:c
 12)Which animal is known as ‘Aghanya’in Rigveda
a)Sheep
b)Cow
d)Goat
d)None of the above
ans:b 
13)How many Puranas are there at present
a)16
b)18
c)20
d)14
and:b 14)What was Yava in Vedic age
a)Paddy
b)wheat
c)Barley
d)Maize
ans:c
 15)The Gayatri Mantra of Rigveda is addressed to
a)The Sun
b)The Moon
c)Agni
d)None of the above
ans:a
 3: Quiz on Science and Environment:
1.Who was the founder of centr for science and environment
a)Anil Agarwal
b)Menaka Gandhi
c)Sundarlal Bahuguna
d)None of these
ans:a
 2.Who is known as the Bird man of India?
a)Salim Ali
b)Baba Amte
c)Ramana maharshi
d)osho
ans:a 
3.Who said “Treat earth as Dughter earth rathrt than Mother Earth”?
a)Maneka Gandhi
b)Rajiv Gandhi
c)Indira Gandhi
d)Mahathma Gandhi
ans:a 
4.The technique of DNA Sequencing was discovered by
a)M.G.Khorana
b)Watson and Crick
c)Frederick Sanger
d)E.M.Sothern
ans:c 5.Who defined ecology as the study of the structure and function of nature ?
a)Kormandy
b)Darwin
c)Wallace
d)Odum
ans:d
 6.The name of first test tube baby in India is
a)Laxmi
b)Durga
c)Parvati
d)Radha
ans:b 7.which strong , light metal , often used in making aircraft is named after mythical giants?
a)Titanium
b)Lithium
c)Vanadium
d)Zirconium
ans:a
 8.The study of fruits and seeds is called
a)Cariology
b)Carpology
c)cytology
d)All the Above
ans:b 9.HIV store house in humanbody is
a)T-Lymphocytes
b)Macrophages
c)Monocytes
d) All cells
ans:b
 10.The plants that have no leaves are called
a)Aphyllous plants
b)cactus
c)Thorny plants
d)Phytoplankton
ans:a 11.Venus fly trap is
a)Drosera
b)Dionea
c)Utricularia
d)Nepenthes
ans:b
 12.Bacterial leaf Blight is a serious disease of
a)Paddy
b)Potato
c)Wheat
d)Tomato
ans:a 13.In a pond ecosystem , phytoplankton may be considered as
a)Producer
b)Consumer
c)Scavenger
d)None of these
ans;a 
14.Cellular organisms containing hydrolytic enzymes are called
a)Lysosomes
b)Mitochondria
c)Ribosomes
d)Golgi Complex
ans:c
 15.Cotton fibres are made of
a)Fats
b)Proteins
c)Starch
d)Cellulose
ans:d
 4: Quiz on Indian Geography:
1)Kerala coast is called
a)Konkan
b)Malabar
c)Coramandal
d)None of the above
ans:b
 2)The total length of coastal line in India is
a)7,516kms
b)7,216kms
c)6,000kms
d)5,000kms
ans:a
 3)”Mannar Gulf” is located between
a)India-Srilanka
b)India-Nepal
c)India-Pakistan
d)India-Bangladesh
ans:a
 4)How many states have coastal line in India?
a)12
b)10
c)9
d)15
ans:c
 5)Biggest Union Territory in India is
a)Dadra Nagar Haveli
b)Chandigarh
c)Andaman&Nicobar Islands
d)None of the above
ans:c
 6)”New Moor”islands are located in
a)Mouth of Krishna
b)Mouth of Godavari
c)Mouth of Cauvery
d)Mouth of Ganges
ans:d
7)”Coco Island”is located between
a)India-Nepal
b)India-Pakistan
c)India-Myanmar
d)India-Srilanka
ans:c
 8)The Himalayas are made up of
a)Metamorphic rocks
b)Sedimentary rocks
c)Igneous rocks
d)All the above
ans:b 9)Highest mountain peak in India is
a)Gurushikar
b)Godwin Austin
c)Kanchana ganga
d)None of the above
ans:b
10)Biggest glacier in Himalayas
a)Siachin
b)Gangotri
c)Yamunotri
d)Baltora
ans:a
 5: General Quiz India:
1) For which country has unveiled $250 mn soft loan and sealed a bilateral investment protection treaty?
A)Nepal
B)Japan
C)China
D)Bhutan
ans:a
 2) Which state Government has setup a venture capital fund for IT sector and provide financial assistance through soft loans from the fund?
A)Gujrat
B)west Bengal
C)karnataka
D)Punjab
ans:d 3) The Union cabinet has approved the final recommendations of wage boards for working journalists and non journalist newspaper employees of Newspaper establishment and news agencies.Which of the following acts carried out these corrections and rectifications.
A)Act 1988
B)Act 1999
c)Act 1955
D)None of these
ans:c
 4)The authority of India bagged the Greentech corporate Social responsibility Award for its greenfields airport at pakyong in
A)Kolkata
B)Hyderabad
C)Sikkim
D)Delhi
ans:c
 5)For training troop in counter terrorist Operations and enhancing defence cooperation and military relation which of the following countries held at Joint Military Training Excercise SHAKTI-2011.
A)Nepal-India
B)Pakistan-Japan
C)Japan-China
D)India-France
ans:d 6)How many new textiles parks have been approved by government under the scheme for integrated Textiles Parks?
A)20
B)30
C)11
D)21
ans:d
7)Which of the following country has donated USD 1 mn for Nalanda University Revival?
A)USA
B)Japan
C)China
D)Nepal
ans:c
 8)For which of the following river The planning Commission has approved Anti Erosion work?
A)Kaveri
B)Krishna
C)Godavari
D)Brahmaputra
ans:d
 9)For which state the Union cabinet gaev approval to set up two Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalays?
A)Hyderabad
B)Jaipur
C)Manipur
D)Assam
ans:c 10)Recently which of the following nuclear capable missile has been successfully test fired by India?
A)Agni II
B)Brahmos I
C)Agni II
D)Prithvi
ans:d
 11)Mehsana court awarded Life Imprisonment to 31 convicted in a 2002 post-Godhara Riot case.Which of the following state Godhara is related?
A)Karnataka
B)Delhi
C)Gujrat
D)Punjab
ans:c
 12)Which of the following state cabinet cleared Lokayukta Bill 2011
A)Andhra Pradesh
B)Punjab
C)Bihar
D)Uttarakhand
ans:d
 13)Kapil Sibal and David Willetts co-chair the fourth India-UK education Forum.David willetts is_________
A)UK-MInisters for Universities and science
B)Prime Minister of UK
C)Home Minister of Uk
D)None
ans:a
 14)Under which of the following scheme/Abhiyan government has approved an annual plan for setting up over 400 new schools in Uttar Pradesh and Strengthening the existing ones?
A)SABLA
B)rastriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan
C)Sarva Abhiyan
D)None of these
ans:b
 15)For which of the following state The planning Commission has acorded investment clearance for mitigation of Floods in Onattukara region comprising of 12 water sheds?
A)Kerala
B)punjab
C)Gujrat
D)Delhi
ans:a
 6: Quiz on General Awareness World:
1)cristina fernandez de Kirchner has been re-elected the president of _____
A)Nepal
B)Japan
C)Argentina
D)Bhutan
ans:c
 2)The Asian development bank will give__ in flood aid to pakistan
A)$5 mn
B)$6 mn
C)$2 mn
D)$3 mn
ans:d
 3) Which of the following countries has test fired nuclear-capable Hatf-7 cruise missile?
A)USA
B)Japan
C)China
D)Pakistan
ans:d
 4)Which of the following countries would host the next commonwaelth Summit in 2013?
A)Sri Lanka
B)Japan
C)China
D)USA
ans:a 5)who of the following has bagged a international design award for his design of a self generating water source powered by the sun and capable of Producing 20 litres of driniking water every day?
A)Nelson MAndela
B)Anurag sarda
C)Sonia Gandhi
D)None
ans:b
 6)The Chinese Government will donate _______ U.S dollars to quake-hit Turkey.
A)2 mn
B)3 mn
C)1 mn
D)20 mn
ans:c
 7)For which sector India and British Columbia Province has signed a memorandum of understanding?
A)Science
B)Mining and Geoscience
C)Economy
D)Technology
ans:b
8)The world bank signed a Us ___ loan agreement with Government of India and the Dedicated freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd.
A)$238 mn
B)$345 mn
C)$1000 mn
D)$975 mn
ans:d
 9)Which of the following countries have signed memorandum of understanding in istanbul for the conduct of excercise and training courses between the militarries of three countries?
A)Pakistan,Afganistan and Turkey
B)China,Afganistan and Nepal
C)Pakistan,Afganistan and China
D)India,Afganistan and Iran
ans:a
 10)The 125th Birth anniversary of the iconic statue of Liberty was celebrated on
A)19 November 2011
B)18 November 2011
C)20 October 2011
D)18 October 2011
ans:d
 11)Co-founder of Apple Company
A)Jhonson
B)Billgates
C)Steve Jobs
D)None
ans:c
 12)Who is first Indian-American Governer
A)Jindal
B)Bajaj
C)Mandela
D)Palash
ans:a
 13)Kapil Sibal and David Willetts co-chair the fourth India-UK education Forum.David willetts is_________
A)UK-MInisters for Universities and science
B)Prime Minister of UK
C)Home Minister of Uk
D)None
ans:a
 14)The 17th SAARC Summit was held on November 3-4 ,2011.
A)France
B)paris
C)Bhutan
D)Maldives
ans:a 15)The 61st edition of the Miss worlsd pageant was held in____ on 6 November 2011
A)Paris
B)New York
C)London
D)Delhi
ans:c
 7: Quiz on General Awareness:
1)Who is Savitri Jindal?
A)Non-executive chairperson,Jindal Steel and Power Limited
B)Managing Director of Steel
C)CEo of Coca Cola
D)None of these
ans:a2)Rice procurement in the Karif marketing season 2011-12(October-September) has crossed the mark of
A)100 lakh tonne
B)990 lakh tonne
C)99 lakh tonne
D)110 lakh tonne
ans:c3)World food day was observed on which of the following dates with the theme -Food Prices from crisis to Stability?
A)October 14
B)November 14
C)October 16
D)November 12
ans:c
 4)In ___ ,the government of India had set up the Indian Reasearch fund Association ,as the premier national agency for the formulation,promotion and conduct of biomedical reasearch in India.
A)1988
B)1923
C)1978
D)1911
ans:d
 5)Ajay Maken,Minister of state for Youth Affairs & Sports has sanctioned ex-gratia assistance of ____ to Rikita Dhar,a former cyclist from natioanal Welfare Fund for Sportpersons.
A)Rs.2 lakh
B)Rs.3 lakh
C)Rs.1 lakh
D)Rs.5 lakh
ans:c 
6)The huge network of ___ Post Offices across India of which 1,39,144 in rural areas is the largest postal network in the world.
A)1,55,015
B)1,20,898
C)1,56,900
D)1,98,000
ans:a 7)ramesh Bhaiya,Vimla Bahan,Anupam Mishra,Shobhana Ranade and Agus Indra Udayana were chosen for 2011 ____ awards.
A)Uma Bajaj
B)Jamnalal Bajaj
C)rahul Bajaj
D)None of these
ans:b8)India-Japan defence Ministers Meeting was held in ____ on 2 November 2011.
A)Hyderabad
B)Nepal
C)Tokyo
D)delhi
ans:c
 9)East India Hotel inducted ___ on its board on 31 October 2011?
A)Andhra Pradesh
B)West Bengal
C)Mumbai
D)banglore
ans:a 10)which Indian Mining Company in India got Finance Ministry’s permission to acquire stakes overseas unlisted firms?
A)NTPC
B)ONGC
C)Coal India LTD
D)Sesa Goa
ans:c
 11)RTGS means_____
A)Regional time grid Systems
B)Real time gross settlement
C)Real time gross solution
D)Real time gross System
ans:b
 12)In the year 2018,Common wealth games will organize in which of the following countries?
A)India
B)USA
C)China
D)Australia
ans:d 13)Eminent ____ novelist George Varghese Kakkanadan has passed away on 19 October 2011 in Kollam.
A)Malayalam
B)Telugu
C)Hindi
D)None
ans:a
 14)IBSA Summit concluded in pretoria,South Africa,what is the full form of IBSA?
A)Italy,Bangladesh and South Africa
B)India,Brazil and South Africa
C)India,Brazil and South America
D)None
ans:b
 15)The ____ Assembly of the Inter-parliamentary union was helsd in Bern,Switzerland from 16 October 2011 to 19 October 2011.
A)150th
B)120th
C)125th
D)130th
ans:c
 8: Quiz on General Awareness:
1)The capital of Congo is
a)Washington
b)Brazzaville
c)Bissau
d)Accra
ans:b
 2)The United Nations World Refugee Day is On
a)April 18th
b)May 20th
c)June 20th
d)Feb19th
ans:c
 3)The land of Thousand lakes is
a)Greenland
b)Finland
c)Iceland
d)England
ans:b
 4)Jurala project is situatedin the district of
a)Nalgonda
b)Karimnagar
c)Mahaboobnagar
d)Guntur
ans:c 5)Mahabharat Range is in
a)India
b)Nepal
c)Srilanka
d)Bhutan
ans:b
 6)Who invented the “The Theory of Surplus Value”
a)Karl Marx
b)Adam Smith
c)Pluto
d)Hegal
ans:b
 7)The “Home Rule Movement” was started by
a)Subhashchandra bose
b)Annie Besant
c)A.O.Hume
d)Mahatma Gandhi
ans:b
 8)The first Indian to win an Oscar Award is
a)Gulzar
b)A.r.Rahaman
c)Satyajit Ray
d)Bhanu Athaiya
ans:d
 9)The Qutib Minar was named after
a)Iltutmish
b)qutb-ud-din Aibak
c)Sultan Raziya
d)None of the above
ans:b
10)Who wrote “Anandmath”
a)Bakin Chandra Chaterjee
b)Aurobindo Ghosh
c)Rabindrnath Tagore
d)None of the above
ans:a
 11)The First Indian to win the title of” Miss World”
a)Aishwarya Rai
b)Rita Faria
c)Dia Mirza
d)Priyanka Chopra
ans:b
12)The Rampa Rebellion happend during
a)1920-22
b)1922-24
c)1930-31
d)None of the above
ans:b
 13)Clove,commonly used spice,is obtained from
a)Root
b)Flowerbud
c)stem
d)Seeds
ans:b
 14)Who is the author of the book”One Night @ The Call Center”
A)Arundati Roy
b)Salman Rushdie
c)Chetan Bhagat
d)Jhumpa Lahari
ans:c
 15)In whose reign Mansabdari system turned into anarchy?
a)Jahangir
b)Shah jahan
c)Aurangzeb
d)Akbar
ans:b
 9: Quiz on modern history of india:
1)Immediate cause of 1857 Revolt
a)British atrocity of women
b)Introduction of Enfield rifle
c)Indian soldiers travelling across sea
d)None of the above
ans:b
 2)The Revolt of 1857 started in
a)Delhi
b)Jaipur
c)Kanpur
d)Meerut
ans:d
 3)Who was the author of the book “eighteen fifty seven”
a)S.N.Sen
b)Nawab Rao
c)V.D.Savarkar
d)None of the above
ans:a
 4)Who was the governor of Bombay during the revolt of 1857?
a)Wheeler
b)Nicholson
c)Elphinstone
d)None of the above
ans:c
 5)To which country Vascodegama belongs?
a)Italy
b)China
c)England
d)Portugal
ans:d
 6)What is the name of the fort established by English in Madras?
a)St.George fort
b)Fort William
c)Fort Francis
d)None of the above
ans:a
 7)Battle Of Plassey took place in
a)1734
b)1745
c)1757
d)1767
ans:c
 8)Who introduced Doctrine of Lapse
a)Lord Curzon
b)Lord Mayo
c)Lord Dalhousie
d)none of the above
ans:c
 9)Battle of Buxar took place in the year
a)1760
b)1762
c)1770
d)1764
ans:d
 10)The first fort established by Portuguese at
a)Cochin
b)Machilipatnam
c)Goa
d)None of the above
ans:a
 11)In which year Dutch landed in India
a)1603
b)1605
c)1610
d)N0ne of the above
ans:b
 12)Europeans who landed first in India and went last from India
A)France
b)Dutch
c)Portuguese
d)None of the above
ans:c
 13)The first Anglo-Mysore war took place in
a)1758
b)1755
c)1765
d)1764
ans:d
 14)who is known as” Tiger Of Mysore”
a)Tipu Sultan
B)Sher Khan
c)Hyder Ali
d)Abdullh
ans:a
 15)Madras Presidency came into being in the year
a)1808
b)1803
c)1801
d)None of the above
ans:c
 GK Quiz 10:Prime ministers of india:
1) Second Prime Minister of India
a) Lal Bahadur Shastri
b) Gulzarilal Nanda
c) Morarju Desai
d)V. P. Singh
ans:b
 2) 8th Prime minister of India
a) V P Singh
b) Chandra Sekhar
c) Rajiv Gandhi
d) Charan Singh
ans:b
 3) Under which Prime Minister National Stock Exchange of India formation Happend
a) P V Narasimha Rao
b) Jawahar LalNehru
c) Chandra Sekhar
d) Rajjiv Gandhi
ans:a
 4) Only Prime minister from Samajwadi Party
a) P V Narasimha Rao
b) Dev Gowda
c) Chandra Sekhar
d) V P Singh
ans:c
 5) Name the Prime minister of India who is prime minister for only just 26 days
a) V P Singh
b) Gulzarila Nanda
c) Dev Gowda
d) Morarji Desai
ans:b
 6) First Lady Prime minister of India
ana: Indira Gandhi
7) Oldest person to become Prime Minister was Morarji Desai,
a) V P Singh
b) Gulzarila Nanda
c) Dev Gowda
d) Morarji Desai
ans:d
 8)The shortest lived Prime Minister was
a) V P Singh
b) Gulzarila Nanda
c) Dev Gowda
d) Raajiv Gandhi
ans:d
 9) Successor of Charn Singh
a) V P Singh
b) Gulzarila Nanda
c) Dev Gowda
d) Indira Gandhi
ans:d
 10) Who is PM of India before Manmohan Singh
a) V P Singh
b) Gulzarila Nanda
c) I K Gujaral
d) Vaj Pai
ans:c
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