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CURRENT AFFAIRS
1. GROUP - I 3 – 15

2. GROUP – II 16-20

3. GROUP – IIA 21-26

4. GROUP – IV 27 – 35

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 TNPSC - GROUP - I PRELIMS – 2011 8. The longest solar eclipse of the 21st Century
PREVIOUS YEARS QUESTIONS occurred on.
CURRENT AFFAIRS A) July 29,2009 B) July 18,2009
C) July 22,2009 D) June 22,2009
1. National Remote Sensing Centre is located
9. Shri Sundarlal Bahuguna received
at.
________ award.
A) Hyderabad B) Chennai
A) Padma Bhushan
C) Bangalore D) New Delhi.
B) Padma Vibhushan
2. Which one of the Assembly by- elections
C) Padma shri
saw the highest voter turnout 2010 in Tamil
D) Oscar
Nadu?
10. Reservation was provided to women in
A)Thirumangalam B) Thirupatthur
Government services by.
C) Pennagaram D) Ponneri
A) Jayalalitha
3. The world classical Tamil Conference held
B) M.G. Ramachandran
on July,2010 is
C) Rajaji
A) Sixth world Tamil Conference
D) M.Karunanidhi
B) Seventh world Tamil conference.
11. Delhi High court allowed plea of gay rights
C) Ninth world Tamil Conference
activists and legalized gay sex in.
D) Tenth world Tamil conference.
A) 2006 B) 2007
4. Which one of the following is not correctly
C) 2008 D) 2009
matched?
12. „Bhuvan‟ the new web based mapping of
A) Surjit Singh Barnala -Chancellor of
earth was developed by.
Universities of Tamil Nadu.
A) NASA B) ISRO
B) Fakruddin Ali Ahmed
C) ESA D) Russia.
- Former president of India.
13. Cricketer Brian Lara belongs to which
C) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam - Wings of fire.
country?
D) Medha patikar
A) India B) west Indies
- Indian representative in the UNO.
C) England D) Australia
5. Under public Distribution system, rice is
14. What is the name of the famous Indian
distributed at the rate of Re.1 per kg in .
Painter who went on self-exile?
A) Orissa B) West Bengal
A) Gurcharan Das B) Bhagwan Das
C) Kerala D) Tamil Nadu.
C) Shyamala D) M.F. Hussain.
6. The National Rural Employment
15. India is a member of which of the following?
Guaranteed Programme came into force to
A) Asian Development Bank.
provide 100 days of employment in.
B) Asia – Pacific Economic Corporation.
A) 2003 B) 2004
C) Colombo Plan
C) 2006 D) 2002
D) Organisation for Economic co-operation
7. What is/are the recent tension between
and Development.
India and China highlighted in newspaper?
16. The institution(s) which is/are set up to
A) China‟s proposed dam on Brahmaputra.
promote funding of voluntary organization
B) PM‟s visit to Arunachal Pradesh.
is/ are.
C) China recently tried to block and ADB
A) Khadi and Village Industries
loan
Corporation.
D) All of these.

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 B) People‟s Action Development India. A) Kaveri B) Vaigai
C) Council for Advancement of people‟s C) Palar D) Thenpennai
Action and Rural Technology. 25. Which one of the following is correctly
D) All of these matched?
17. IRDP was introduced in the year. A) 2004
A) 1978-79 B) 1979 – 80 - International year of fresh water.
C) 1980 – 81 D) 1981 – 82 B) 2005
18. Botanical survey of India is located in Tamil - International year of Rice.
Nadu at. C) 2007 – 09
A) Chennai B) Madurai - International year of planet Earth.
C) Coimbatore D) Salem D) 2008
19. The first State in India to introduce - International year of Dolphin.
insurance scheme for state Government 26. The National population Register is
Employees was. undertaken under
A) Andhra Pradesh B) Maharashtra A) Census Act,1948 & Citizen Rules, 2003
C) Tamil Nadu D) Kerala. B) Citizenship Act of 1955 & Citizen Rules,
20. Who is the Chairman of National 2003
Biodiversity Authority? C) Census Act, 1948 & Citizenship Act of
A) R.L. Joshi B) A. Ganguly 1955
C) P.L.Gautam D) None of them. D) Citizen Rules, 2003 & IB Act, 1954.
21. Who among the following scientists got the 27. World water Day is observed on.
Nobel prize for discovering the concept of A) March 22 B) June 5
Jumping genes (or) transposons? C) September 10 D) December 22.
A) Jacob and Monad 28. The UPA Government appointed National
B) Beadle and Tatum Commission on Farmers in 2004 under the
C) Hargobind Khorana chairmanship of.
D) Barbara McClintock A) Dr. C.H. Hanumantha Rao
22. Recently Bicentenary birth anniversary was B) Dr.G.S. Bhalla.
carried out for. C) Dr.A.M. Khusro
A) Gregor Johann Mendel D) Dr.M.S. Swaminathan.
B) Charles Darwin. 29. Which one of the following countries is not a
C) Louis Pasteur member in ASEAN?
D) Alexander Flemming. A) Cambodia B) China
23. Who among the following recommended the C) Laos D) Vietnam
establishment of the National Commission 30. Who is the winner of the Nobel Prize for
for Higher Education and Research Peace – 2009?
(NCHER) ? A) Barack obama B) Bill Clinton
A) Prof. Yash pal C) Jimmy Carter D) George Bush.
B) Minister Kapil sibal 31. The Director of Tamil origin who sent
C) Prime Minister Manmohan singh Chandrayan to space is.
D) Minister Pranab Mukherjee. A) Dr. Abdul kalam
24. Sathanur Dam is constructed across which B) Dr. Sivadhanupillai
river?

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 C) Dr. Mayilsamy Annadurai (C) Sai kumar
D) Dr. Kasthuri Rangan (D) Sujatha.
32. Who is the current Chairman of the Prime 40. Name the scientist/organization who
Minister of India‟s Economic Advisory successfully converted plastic shopping bag
Council (PMEAC) ? into diesel natural gas and other useful
A) Nandan Nilekani B) C.Rangarajan petroleum products.
C) Nirupama Rao D) P.Chidambaram (A) Ahmed Khan
(B) Prof. Angela Vincet
GROUP – I PRELIMS – 2014 (C) Birendra kumar Sharma
(D) Bose Institute.
33. How many printing characters are there in 41. Who received Dada sahib phalke Award
ASCII? 2013 ?
A) 90 (B) 65 (A) Sampooran Singh Kalra
(C) 94 (D) 62 (B) Vijay Seshadri
34. Which of the following year is considered as (C) Pran Sikand
one of the worst drought year in the last one (D) Ramesh Agarwal
hundred years of India? 42. Match the following
(A) 2000 (B) 2001 Paintings States.
(C) 2002 (D) 2006 a) Kalam kari 1. Andhra Pradesh.
35. The enzyme discovered by CSIR to b) Madhu bani 2. Bihar.
increase shelf life of fruits and vegetables is. c) Phad 3. Rajasthan.
(A) Kinase super oxidase d) Warli 4. Maharashtra.
(B) Ethyl gluconase. (a) (b) (c) (d)
(C) Phenyl aldolase (A) 1 3 2 4
(D) Super oxide dismutase (B) 1 2 3 4
36. Who is the 40th Chief Justice of India? (C) 1 2 4 3
(A) Justice Sathasivam (D) 2 1 4 3
(B) Justice Altamas Kabir. 43. Which is incorrect pair?
(C) Justice Markandey Katju (A) Saurav Ghosal – Squash
(D) Justice Lodha. (B) Malavath Purna – Archery.
37. Which of the following countries in late 2013 (C) Heena Sidhu – Shooting
gave approval to commercial release of Bt- (D) Chhanda Gayen – Mountain
Brinjal? 44. Sumitra Mahajan is associated with the poet
(A) Bangladesh (B) Mexico of as on June 2014
(C) France (D) Sweden (A) Lok Sabha Deputy speaker
38. How many times has Rafeal Nadal of Spain (B) Rajya Sabha speaker.
won the French Open Tennis tournament to (C) Lok Sabha Speaker
break the record? (D) Minister of External affairs
(A) 7 times (B) 8 times 45. Match the following and choose the correct
(C) 9 times (D) 10 times. answer:
39. Who among the following have won the Books Authors.
National M.S. Subbulakshmi Award 2014? a) Gold Finch 1. Daniel pinto.
(A) Mathangi Sathyamurthy b) 3 sections 2. Vijay Seshadri.
(B) KPAC Lalitha.

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 c) Anticipating India 3. Shekar Gupta. (D) Lifted off from sriharikota.
d) Capital Wars 4. Donna Tartt. 51. Which of the following states do not have
a b c d tiger reserves in India?
(A) 1 2 3 4 (A) Kerala
(B) 1 3 4 2 (B) West Bengal
(C) 4 2 3 1 (C) Uttarakhand
(D) 1 2 4 3 (D) Jammu and Kashmir
46. Who was the chief Guest at the 45th 52. Transgenders were granted the status of
Independence Day celebration of Mauritius? third gender by the supreme court on.
(A) Mr.Najib Mikati (A) March 20,2014 (B) April 15,2014
(B) Mr. Pranab Mukherjee (C) June 15,2014 (D) January 20,2014
(C) Mr. Shinzo Abe 53. Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly
(D) Mr. Gabriel Costa. matched?
47. Who is the winner of 2013 Pritzker Indian Scientists
Architecture prize? Field of work / Research.
(A) Toyo Ito (B) Jessica Ennis (A) C.K.N.Patel :
(C) Seth Macfarlane (D) Simon Hayes. Photonics and Laser.
48. The world oldest lady Koto Okubo, belongs (B) Meghnad Saha :
to which country? Astrophysics.
(A) Japan (B) China (C) Benjamin Peary Pal :
(C) England (D) Russia. Disease resistant varieties of wheat.
49. Match the following awards with the (D) Autar singh paintal :
respective fields. Cosmology and relativity.
a) Borlaug Award 1. Science. 54. Which is the National Sanctuary/park that
b) Nehru literary Award houses pygmy Hog, a critically endangered
2. Adult education. species?
c) Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award (A) Gir (B) Kazi ranga
3. Agriculture. (C) Manas (D) Periyar.
d) Hari om Ashram Award 55. Name the proposed new district of west
4. Various facilities Bengal state in 2014?
/eminent teachers. (A) Nalhati (B) Alipurduar
(C) Silda (D) Adra
a b c d 56. Name the Indian origin girl who was
(A) 3 2 1 4 honoured as „Champion of change in 2014‟
(B) 2 3 4 1 for their exemplary leadership in white
(C) 4 1 3 2 house?
(D) 2 1 4 3 (A) Esther yu Hsilee
50. Which of the following is not correct about (B) Dayana Eivira Tores
IRNSS-IB satellite? (C) Pratishtha Khanna
(A) It is a navigation satellite. (D) Anahi Mendoza.
(B) Lifted off and placed in orbit by PSLV – 57. Which glacial mountain region was named
C23 after Indian origin scientist Sinha of U.S.A.?
(C) Has civil and defence applications. (A) South Eastern Antarctica

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 (B) North west Arctic.
(C) Himalayan peak Region GROUP – I PRELIMS -2015
(D) North East Alps
58. Which of the following is not true about 63. Which Indian city has been declared as the
Right Livelihood Award? cleanest city in the „Swachh Bharat‟ ranking
(A) The award was established in 1980. 2015?
(B) It is usually shared by four persons. A) Kochi
(C) It is known as Alternative Nobel prize. B) Thiruvananthapuram
(D) Presented annually in Brazil C) Bengaluru
59. Match the following: D) Mysuru
a) Rhinoceros 64. Who is the chairman of the 20th law
1. Desert plains of Rajasthan. commission of India?
b) Hangul A) Justice. Ajit Prakash Shah
2. Kaziranga National Park. B) Justice. Srikrishna.
c) Gharial C) Justice. Katju
3. Gorumara National Park. D) Justice.K.BalaKrishnan
d) Great Indian Bustard 65. Recently Union Government has decided to
4. Dachigam National park. develop a city as spiritual capital of the
a b c d country which among the following is this
(A) 1 3 4 2 city?
(B) 4 2 1 3 A) Ujjain B) Varanasi
(C) 3 1 2 4 C) Nasik D) Bodhgaya.
(D) 2 4 3 1 66. India‟s largest telecom operator is .
60. IRV 2020 project is related to. A) TATA B) Bharati Airtel
(A) Wind energy project C) Reliance D) Aircel.
(B) Solar energy project. 67. Which corporation in Tamil Nadu was
(C) Rhinoceros conservation project awarded the best corporation award for the
(D) Ganga River Purification projects. year 2015?
61. GM (Genetically modified) potatoes A) Chennai B) Vellore
developed by British scientists is resistant to C) Madurai D) Tirunelveli.
which disease? 68. Every year 13th of August is observed as.
(A) Block dot A) Voluntary Blood donation day
(B) Late blight B) World Hepatitis day.
(C) Pink rot C) Swachch Bharat day
(D) Potato spindle tuber. D) Organ donation day.
62. Which are the countries participated in the 69. International Day of the disappeared
Bilateral air exercise named “Garuda V” observed by United Nations organization
conducted in Jodhpur, India? every year falls on.
(A) India and France A) November 30 B) December 26
(B) India and Russia C) August 30 D) October 25
(C) India and America 70. The president of Sri Lanka as on june 2015
(D) India and Singapore. A) Maithripala Sirisena
B) Ravi Karunanayake.

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 C) Mahinda Samarasinghe B) Scientific, art and literature
D) Mahinda Amaraweera. development, humanities and student
71. Sunhak peace prize was won by. welfare.
A) Ms. Zhanna Nemtsova C) Tamil literature development.
B) Zaina Erhain. D) Development of Sports.
C) Dr. Modadugu Vijay Gupta 78. Identify from the options the name of the
D) Mr. Zia Haider Rahman Central government portal for students
72. Which gas has been recently discovered in looking for educational loans.
planet mars? A) Vidya Vikas B) Edu Care
A) Hydrogen Sulphide B) Ammonia. C) Vidya Lakshmi D) Shodhganga.
C) Methane D) Ethane. 79. Which of the following day is observed as
73. Which Indian Temple was awarded „Award the National statistics Day?
of Excellence‟ for conservation by UNESCO A) June 8 B) June 29
in the year 2015, in Bangkok? C) July 1 D) October 5
A) Guruvayoor Temple, Guruvayoor. 80. „Pay Zapp‟ a mobile application to make
B) Vadakkunnathan Temple, Thrissur. digital payments was started by which
C) Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Bank?
Trivandrum. A) SBI B) ICICI
D) Tirumala Temple, Tirupati. C) HDFC D) HSBC
74. Which country devalued its own currency in 81. In the Australian Federal elections 2015 for
August 2015? the Prime Minister of Australia, who
A) India B) Japan emerged as winner?
C) Germany D) China. A) Tony Abbot B) Kevin Rudd
th
75. The 50 Anniversary of 1965 Indo-Pak war C) Malcom Turnbull D) Julia Gillard.
was observed on. 82. 2020 Olympic games will be held at.
A) 27 August 2015 B) 30 July 2015 A) Beijing B) New York
C) 30 August 2015 D) 28 August 2015 C) Chicago D) Tokyo
76. Match the Android OS versions with their 83. Nobel prize 2015 in Physics was given for
names: the discovery of.
OS version Name. A) Path of electrons in electro magnetic
a) Android 6.0 1. Kitkat. waves.
b) Android 5.0 2. Lollipop. B) Path of neutrons in magnetic fields.
c) Android 4.4 3. Jelly Bean. C) Proton oscillation.
d) Android 4.3 4. Marsh Mallow. D) Neutrino oscillation.
a b c d 84. In October 2015 Russia‟s Sergey Karjakin
A) 4 2 3 1 won the world cup for .
B) 4 3 1 2 A) Table Tennis B) Chess
C) 4 2 1 3 C) Golf D) Polo
D) 3 1 2 4 85. In which Indian state the women, except
77. Government of TamilNadu awards Dr.A.P.J. Brahmin and Bania community, terminate
Abdul Kalam award for a Tamilian for their marriage relationship through the
his/her contribution to. custom called “Chudi pahanana”.
A) Development of rural health services. A) Andhra Pradesh B) Chattisgarh

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 C) Jharkhand D) Uttaranchal. C) Goa has been declared as the second
86. Which of the following statements about cleanest city by swachh Bharat in 2015.
Mother Teresa is/are True? D) Mysuru has been declared as the first
I.She founded a new congregation named cleanest city by United Nations
Missionaries of Charity. Organization in 2015.
II. She did not accept the citizenship of 90. Nobel prize for medicine in 2015 was
India. awarded to.
III.She was awarded the Nobel peace Prize. I.Tu Youyou II. Satoshi Omura
IV.In 1929 A.D. she came to Madras as a III.William Campbell IV. Arun Bahi.
Missionary. A) I only B) I,III and IV
A) I and III correct C) II and III only D) I,II and III
B) II and IV correct. 91. Which country has come forward to help
clean India‟s River Ganga?
C) I and IV correct A) Iran B) Israel
D) I,III and IV correct C) Ireland D) Italy.
87. Which country was affected by “Typhoon 92. World‟s car Free Day is observed on.
Goni”? A) September 12 B) September 22
A) Philippines B) Japan C) October 22 D) October 18
C) Sri Lanka D) Canada. 93. Which court ruled that „Eu-us data Transfer
88. Match List I with List II and select the Pact‟s is invalid?
correct option given below: A) American Court, New York.
List I List II. B) British Court, London
a) Abdul Kalam Award C) European court, Luxembourg
1. G. Jothimani. D) International Court, New York.
b) Kalpana Chawla Award 94. The Leader of the congress party in the Lok
2. S. Sampath Kumar. Sabha as on September 2015.
c) Best Doctor Award A) Mallikarjuna Karge
3. P. Simmachandran. B) Sonia Gandhi.
d) Best Social worker Award C) Ghulam Nabi Azad
4. N.Valarmathi. D) Rahul Gandhi.
(a) (b) (c ) (d) 95. Which state government in India has started
A) 4 2 1 3 the „Ladli Beti scheme for the girl child?
B) 4 3 2 1 A) Madhya Pradesh
C) 4 1 2 3 B) Uttarakhand.
D) 4 2 3 1 C) Jharkhand
89. Identify the correct statement from the D) Jammu & Kashmir.
following: 96. Consider the following statements about
A) Tiruchirapalli has been declared as the suraksha Hose:
second cleanest city by Swachh Bharat 1. The hose is made of rubber and is
in 2015 green- Coloured.
B) Tiruchirapalli has been declared as the 2. The outer layer of the hose is fire
second cleanest city by UNESCO in resistant.
2015.

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 3. The middle layer of the hose is made of 103. Tuyouyou of China has been awarded the
brass-coated high carbon steel wire Nobel prize in medicine for developing a
mesh. new drug called.
Which of the above statement is/are A) Avermectin B) Artemisinin
correct? C) Ivermectin D) Parasitin.
A) 1,2 and 3 are correct
B) Only 2 and 3 are correct. TNPSC GROUP I – [PRELIMS] - 2017
C) Only 1 and 3 are correct CURRENT AFFAIRS
D) Only 3 is correct. 104. During the year 2016, total number of India
97. The union Urban Development Ministry has Satellites launched by ISRO is
selected 98 towns/cities from all over the A) 3 B) 4
country to graduate into smart cities in five C) 5 D) 6
years. Select the town/cities not included in 105. Consider the following pairs:
the list from the following. I. Rukmanin Devi Arundale
A) Coimbatore B) Dindugul – Kalakshetra
C) Chidambaram D) Erode. II. Ravi Shankar
98. The country that has become the first – Sangeet Natak Academy
defaulter, among developed nations, on III. M. S. Subbulakshmi
debt of International Monetory Fund (IMF) – Ramon Magsaysay Awar
on 30th June 2015. IV. J. Krishnamoorthy
A) China B) Italy – Bharat Ratna
C) Greece D) Germany. Which of the pair given above is/are
99. The last movie for which late M.S. incorrect?
Viswanathan composed music is. A) I and IV only B) II only
A) Engirundho Vanthan C) IV only D) II and III only
B) Suvadugal 106. As on January 2017 who is the all-time
C) Devadoss highest goal in World Cup Football?
D) Ninaithalae Inikkum. A) Miroslav Klose
100. Who was awarded the Stockholm water B) Lionel Messi
prize for the year 2015? C) Christiano Ronaldo
A) Amalendu Krishna D) Neymar
B) Rajendra Singh. 107. The first Indian-American woman elected to
C) Mansingh Rawat the U. S. House of Representatives is
D) Modadugu vijay Gupta. A) Ananda Chakrabarthy
101. Google‟s Alphabet website is. B) Jaishree Odin
A) Alpgoogle.com B) googlebet.com C) Bjarati Muharjee
C) abc.com D) abc.xyz. D) Pramila Jayapal
102. __________ organization slapped fine to 108. Which film bagged the best foreign
the companies for not appointing women language film in the 88th Academy Awars in
directors. 2016?
A) BSE B) BSI A) The Revenant
C) SBI D) BCCI. B) B) Spotlight
C) Son of Saul
D) The Women who left

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 109. Name the country with which Indian signed b) Smriti Irani 2. Human
a civil nuclear co-operation agreement on Resource Development
9th December 2016. c) Venkaiah Naidu 3. Textile
A) Vietnam B) South Korea d) Suresh prabhu 4. Information
C) Nepal D) Russia an Broadcasting
110. The software, „Hyphoguard‟ which (a) (b) (c) (d)
safeguards data even when the computer is A) 2 3 4 1
on sleep mode was developed by B) 3 2 4 1
A) USA B) Japan C) 1 2 3 4
C) Canada D) China D) 2 3 1 4
111. India‟s first railway university will be set up 116. In which sport did Harshini of Thiruvarur
in which city? won the worl Championship 2016 held in
A) Bengaluru B) Vadodara Russia?
C) Varanasi D) Kochi. A) Carrom B) Swimming
112. The book “ Modi‟s Midas Touch in Foreign C) Chess D) Snooker
Policy” was written by 117. Param – Ishan is a
A) Surendra Kumar A) Super computer
B) Dr. Dhrubajyoti Borah B) Mini computer
C) Shashi Tharoor C) Micro Computer
D) Sunita Narain D) Main frame computer
113. In which place the Central Government has 118. The “First International Yoga Day” was
proposed to construct the International observed on
container transshipment terminal in Tamil A) July 21, 2016
Nadu? B) June 21, 2016
A) Ennore, Thiruvallur District C) September 21, 2016
B) Cuddalore, Cuddalore District D) August 21, 2015
C) Enayam, Kanyakumari District 119. India‟s first indigenously construted nuclear
D) Nagore, Nagapattinam District submarine that was commissioned into
114. Match the following (As on Aug. 2016): service in August 2016 is
Governor State A) INS Vikramaditya
a) Najma Heptullah 1. Kerala B) INS Viraat
b) V.P Singh Badnore 2. Assam C) INS Sindurakshak
c) Banwarilal Purohit 3. Manipur D) INS Arihant
d) P. Sadasivam 4. Punjab 120. In 2016, Adani Green Energy Ltd, setup
(a) (b) (c) (d) India‟s largest solar power plant in
A) 1 2 4 3 A) Tamilnadu B) Gujarat
B) 3 4 2 1 C) Karnataka D) Maharastra
C) 2 1 4 3 121. Match the following :
D) 1 3 2 4 Film director Film
115. Match the following (as on July 2016): a) Lav Diaz 1. The Revenant
Minister Ministry b) George Miller 2. Another time
a) Prakash Javadekar 1. Railways c) Alejandro G. Inarritu 3. The women
who left

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 d) Nahid Hassan Zadeh 4. Mad Max : A) Sushil Chandra B) Karnal Singh
Fury Road C) Luo Zhaobai D) Renu pall
(a) (b) (c) (d) 128. The longest cycle highway in India is
A) 3 4 1 2 located in
B) 1 2 4 3 A) Uttar Pradesh B) Madhya Pradesh
C) 2 3 1 4 C) Maharashtra D) New Delhi
D) 3 1 2 4 129. .INS Karna was commissioned in Indian
122. Who won the IAAF best female Athletic of Navy on July 12,2016 at
the year award in 2016? A) Mumbai B) Cochin
A) Yelena Isinbayeva C) Visakhapatnam D) Chennai
B) Almaz Ayana 130. Umanned Combat Aerial Vehicle,
C) Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce RUSTOM-II was designed and developed
D) Valeria Adams by
123. Match the Field with Nobel Prize Wnners A) DRDO B) ISRO
2016 and select the correct answer using C) MIG D)HAL
the codes given below: 131. .Who took over as the chief of the IAF on
Field Nobel Prize Winner December 31st 2016?
a) Peace 1. Jean Pierre Sauvage, Fraser A) A.V. Tipnis
Stoddart, Bernad L. Feringa B) Arup Raha
b) Medicine 2. Yoshinori Ohsumi C) B.S. Dhanoa
c) Physics 3. Juvan Manuel Santos D) Nirmal Kumar Varma
d) Chemistry 4. David Thouless, Duncan 132. Which one of the following states is NOT
M.Haldane, Michael Kesterlitz going for assembly poll in February 2017?
(a) (b) (c) (d) A) Haryana B) Punjab
A) 3 4 2 1 C) Uttarakhand D) Goa
B) 1 3 2 4 133. Eight BRICS summit was held in
C) 3 2 4 1 A) Delhi B) Chennai
D) 4 3 1 2 C) Mumbai D) Goa
124. Who was elected as the President of FICCI 134. Kiran Bhat, the winner of 2017 Oscar
2017? Technical Achievement Award belongs to
A) Pankaj R. Patel B) Rajpat which place in India?
C) Arora D) Ryder A) Ahemadabad
125. The 7th World Ayurvedha Congress was B) Pilani
held at C) Coimbatore
A) Delhi B) Bhopal D) Hyderabad (Telangana)
C) Kolkatta D) Bengaluru 135. Prof.C.V Vishveshwara wh died in Jan.
126. The author of the book “TAMIL NADU: The 2017 was a specialist in
land of Vedas” is A) Nuclear physics
A) R.Nagaswamy B) R.Krishnamoorthy B) Environment physics
C) R.Nagarajan D) R. Naganathan C) Black holes
127. Who was appointed as the chairman of D) Crystal growth
CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes) in
2016?

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 136. The Digital Financial Literacy Project was 143. The First Digital Village (Akodara) in India is
launched on December 1, 2016 by the in the state of
A) Union Human Resource Development A) Gujarat B) Andhra Pradesh
ministry C) Karnataka D) Rajasthan
B) Union Finance Ministry
C) Union Home Ministry
D) Union Information Technology Ministry GROUP - I [PRELIMS ] - 2019
137. The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone CURRENT AFFAIRS
for the new AIIMS in July 2016 at
A) Gorakhpur B) Kanpur 144. When did the Prime Minister of India
C) Kolkatta D) Mumbai inaugurate the Country‟s longest rail-cum-
138. Which badminton title was eon by P.V. road bridge built over the Brahmaputra river
Sindhu in November 2016? at Bogibeel near Dibrugarh in Assam?
A) China open super series (A) On November 25, 2018
B) Hong Kong open super series (B) On December 25, 2018
C) Russian open grand prix (C) On December 10, 2018
D) Chinese Taipei Grand prix (D) On November 10, 2018
139. Who became the first Indian-Amercian USA 145. Country‟s first transgender clinic was
senator? established at
A) Ami Bera (A) Gujarat (B) Maharashtra
B) Pramila Jayapal (C) Kerala (D) Assam
C) Kamala Harris 146. Which scientific agency recently discovered
D) Raja Krishnamoorthi evidence of water in asteroids?
140. The book “ An Era of Darkness – The British (A) JAXA (B) NASA
Empire in India”, released in 2016, is written (C) ISRO (D) CASIC
by 147. India‟s first indigenous microprocessor is
A) Amerthiya Sen B) Shashi Tharoor known as
C) N.Ram D) Taslima Nasrin (A) Shakti (B) NASA
141. The book “1991 : How P.V. Narasimha Rao (C) JAXA (D) NITI
Made History” released in 2016, was written 148. „Namami Gange‟ – Clean Ganga is
by responsible for implementing the
A) Sanjaya Baru programme under
B) Shashi Tharoor (A) Rural electrification
C) Arun Jetley (B) Environment protection
D) Dr. Kapila Vatsayana (C) Swachh Bharat 2014
142. Which country does the present UN (D) Awareness through village panchayats
Secretary General, Antonio Guterres belong 149. Kargil vijay diwas observed in
to? (A) 26 September 2018
A) Sweden B) Portugal (B) 24 September 2018
C) Norway D) Denmark (C) 26 July 2018
(D) 24 August 2017

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 150. How many Islands in Andaman-Nicobar 156. NITI Aayog Launched, „Atal New India
Islands were renamed by our Prime Minister Challenge‟ program on April 26, 2018. This
on December 30, 2018? initiatives is related to
(A) 5 (B) 4 1. To design and demonstrate market
(C) 3 (D) 2 ready products based on cutting-edge
151. „SAMPRITI 2017‟ is a joint military exercise technologies.
between armed forces of India and 2. To provide grants upto Rs. 1 Crore.
(A) Bhutan (B) Bangladesh 3. Related to Agriculture and industrial
(C) Pakistan (D) Myanmar sectors any.
152. In November 2017 and Indian short film Select correct answer using the code given
“The School Bag” Won the Best short film below
award at the South Asian film festival held (A) 1 and 2 (B) 1 and 3
at Montreal. Who among the following is the (C) 2 and 3 (D) 1 only
Director of the film? 157. Cord Blood Banks located at ---------- in
(A) Anurag Kashyap Tamil Nadu.
(B) Dheeraj Jindal (A) Chennai (B) Coimbatore
(C) Sujoy Ghosh (C) Madurai (D) Trichy
(D) Samvida Nanda 158. The first language declared as the classical
153. The China‟s space craft that probe farside language in India is
of the moon is (A) Kannada (B) Telugu
(A) Sputnic – 1 (B) Chang‟s 4 (C) Oriya (D) Tamil
(C) Chang‟s 3 (D) Cosmos 3 159. The headquarters of the Interpol is situated
154. Consider the following statements, find the in
„wrong‟ one (A) Vienna (B) Lyon
1. Section 377 of the IPC recently reported (C) Washington (D) Geneva
in the news is associated with Lesbian, 160. The book „My Presidential Years‟ is written
Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer by
(LGBTQ) Rights. (A) K.R. Narayanan
2. Joseph shine Vs union of India is the (B) Giani Zail Singh
case related to 497 of the IPC. (C) S.D. Sharma
3. Indian Young Lawyers association Vs (D) R. Venkataraman
state of Kerala is related to women Rights. 161. In which year “National Award to Teachers”
4. Yashwant Vs state of Maharashtra is the was instituted?
case associated with Right to education. (A) 1960 (B)1958
(A) 4 only (B) 2 and 3 only (C) 1959 (D) 1962
(C) 4 and 3 only (D) 1 only 162. What is the purpose of Gaganyaan project
155. The Prime Minister of India announced reveals by ISRO?
the Havelock Island in Andaman and (A) Three Indians would be sent to space
Nicobar renamed as (B) Communication development
(A) Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Island (C) Protection to fishermen including
(B) Shaheed Dweep Island assistance to them
(C) Swaraj Dweep Island (D) Assisting customs in anti-smuggling
(D) Virsavarkar Island operations

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 163. How many states in India have achieved 165. For which country Prime Minister of India
100% Household electrification? announced Rs. 4,500 crore for hydropower
(A) 10 States(B) 12 States projects 2018?
(C) 13 States (A) Nepal (B) Pakistan
(D) 15 States (C) Bhutan (D) Sri Lanka
164. Who is the head of the three-members 166. Doklam Standoff is related between the
Lokayukta search committee? countries of
(A) Thiru. K. Venkatraman (A) India – China (B) India – Bhutan
(B) Thiru. K. Chanduru (C) India – Tibet (D) India – Nepal
(C) Thiru. M.K. Krishnamoorthy
(D) Thiru. A. Raja

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 a b c d
GROUP – II - 2012 A) 2 4 3 1
B) 2 3 1 4
1. Uber cup is associated with
C) 4 3 2 1
A) Baseball B) Football
D) 1 3 4 2
C) Badminton D) Cricket
7. Match the following:-
2. Who was the popular Nathaswara among
a. Velakka Mozhieyal
the following?
1. Comparative linguistics
A) Papanasa Sivan
b. Varalartru Mozhieyal
B) Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan
2. Historical linguistics
C) Thiruvadudurai RajaRathinam Pillai
c) Oppumai Mozhieyeal
D) Kathri Gopalnath
3. Transformational Grammar
3. Nepal witnessed an extraordinary popular
d) Martrilakkana Mozhieyal
movement in April 2006 which aimed at
4. Descriptive linguistics
restoring.
a b c d
A) Monarchy B) Democracy
A) 2 3 4 1
C) Maoism D) None of the above
B) 1 3 2 4
4. Match the following:
C) 3 4 2 1
Place Famous for
D) 4 2 1 3
a. Chithannavasal 1. Wildlife Sanctuary
8. Usain Bolt is associated with
b. Papanasam 2. Historical
A) high jump B) ling hump
movement
C) running race D) Polewalt
c. Yelagiri 3. Waterfalls
9. Match the following:
d. Mundanthurai 4. Hill resort
a. Chandrayan I
a b c d
1. Metallurgical observation/Research
A) 2 3 4 1
b.Kalpana J
B) 1 2 3 4
2. Unmanned moon mission
C) 3 2 1 4
c. Accelerators III
D) 4 3 2 1
3. Development of space science
5. Choose the correct answer:
d. Indian Space programme
The gas comes from power plants that use
4. Cyclotron
Coal as their fuel.
a b c d
A) Sulphur-di-oxide
A) 2 1 4 3
B) Nitrogen oxide
B) 1 2 3 4
C) Carbon Monoxide
C) 3 4 2 1
D) Carbon – di- oxide
D) 4 1 2 3
6. Match the following:
10. The nationality of the famous football player
a. Mozhieyal 1. Archacliogy
Diego – Meradoan is
b. Panpadu 2. Linguistics
A) Brazil B) Argentina
c.Manidaveyal 3. Anthropology
C) Italy D) England
d. Thollieyal 4. Culture
11. The term “ Double fault” is associated with
A) Hockey B) Handball
C) Lawn tennis D) Football

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 GROUP – II - 2013 18. The aim of Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) is to
12. What is special about the following make the country
personalities? A) Canals free B) Slum free
Pandit Ravi Shankar, M.S. Subbulakshmi C) Mosquito free D) None of the above
and Satyajit Rey 19. Author of “Phantoms in the Brain is
A) Recipients of Bharat Ratna Award A) Ruskin Bond
B) Recipients of Lalit Kala Academy Award B) Vikram Seth
C) Recipients Sangeet Natak Academy C) V.S.Subramanian Ramachandran
D) Recipients of Padma Vibhushan Award D) Anitha Desai
13. The National Food Security Act was gazette 20. Which one of the following places is not
in affected by the floods of Uttarakhand in 2013
A) September, 2013 B) August, 2013 A) Badrinath B) Kedarnath
C) September, 2012 D) August, 2012 C) Hanumangarh D) Uttarkashi
14. Match the following:- 21. Which Indian social activist is best known
Currencies Countries for her role in Narmada Bachao Andolan
a. Dinar 1. Korea A) Menaka Gandhi B) Shanta Sinha
b. Won 2. Iraq C) Kiran Bedi D) Medha Patkar
c. Peso 3. 22. Who is the first recipient of Rajiv Gandhi
Russia Khel Ratna award?
d. Ruble 4. A) Sachin Tendulkar
Philippines B) ViswanathanAnand
a b c d C) Geet Sethi
A) 1 2 3 4 D) Dhanraj Pillay
B) 2 1 4 3 23. Sugathakumari was selected for Saraswathi
C) 1 4 3 2 samman, 2012 in March 2013, She belongs
D) 1 3 4 2 to
15. The Green House Rural housing Scheme of A) Tamilnadu B) Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu is powered by C) Kerala D) Karnataka
A) Wind energy B) Solar energy 24. Choose the incorrect pair regarding the
C) Hydro-thermal energy D) Nuclear energy Summit held in 2013
16. What is „CHOGM? A) ASEAN - Phnom Penh
A) Chennai Hotels Grand Membership B) G20 - Petersburg
B) Common Wealth Heads of Government C) G8 - Northern Ireland
Meeting D) East – Asian Summit - Brazil
C) Central Head of Green Management 25. The Paralympics games involves
D) Common Heads of Government Meeting A) Athletes above 50 years of age
17. According to UNDPs “ Human Development B) Athletes with physical and intellectual
Report” (HDR) – 2000 releasedon June 29th disabilities
2000, India has been ranked as ______ C) Athletes under 19 years of age
among 174 countries in the Human D) Athletes who are non-disabled
Development index. 26. The launch vehicle which placed the Mars
A) 115th B) 129th orbiter into its earth orbit on November 2013
C) 128th D) 130th is

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 A) PSLV-C25 B) PSLV-C20 35. On January 10, 2015 vikram sarabhai
C) PSLV-C21 D) GSAT-2 memorial award was given to.
27. A 3D Printer has been introduced in the A)M.Y.S Prasad B) Saina Nehwal
year C) Tendulkar D) Dhoni.
A) 2000 B) 2010 36. The train which has been named as yoga
C) 2012 D) 1999 Express is.
28. Which among the following is not correctly A) Cauvery Express
matched? B) Varanasi Express
A) First World Tamil Conference – Kuala C) Haridwar Mail
Lampur D) Janmabhoomi Express
B) Second World Tamil conference – 37. What is the name given to India‟s relief and
Chennai rescue mission in quake-hit Nepal?
C) Third World Tamil Conference – Madurai A) Operation Bluestar B) Operation Virant
D) Fourth World Tamil Conference - C) Operation Woodrose D) Operation Maitri.
Srilanka 38. Madan mohan malviya National mission is
29. Who was crowned Miss World 2013? about.
A) Ms.Megan Young A) Police and cops
B) MS.Navnest Kaur Dhillon B) Teachers and Teaching
C) Ms. Ellen Johjson Sirleaf C) Students and parents
D) Ms. Malala Yousufzai D) Army and Nation
30. Who is the Prime Minister of Australia in 39. Choose the new savings scheme introduced
October 2013? for girl child from the following:
A) Thomas Bach B) Tony Abbott A)Suraksha Samridhi Yojana
C) Vladimir Putin D) Kevin Rudd B) Sukanya samridhi yojana.
C) Sukanya Bima yojana
GROUP – II – 2015 D) Suraksha Bima yojana.
31. Which state has introduced the scheme 40. __________ metal is found in the
Ashar for the poor people? controversial product of Maggic Noodles.
A) Rajasthan B) Odissa A)Aluminium B) Iron
C) Bihar D) Jharkhand. C) Lead D) Potassium
32. Name the anti submarine warfare ship 41. The samjhauta Express runs between India
launched in 19th May 2015 at Kolkatta. and Pakistan. Identify the destination in both
A)INS – Rajali B) INS – Kavaratti countries.
C) INS – Vikrant D) INS – Garuda. A)Atari in India to Lahore in Pakistan.
33. The world confrence of Information B) Gurdaspur in India to Karachi in Pakistan.
Technology in 2018 will be held in the Indian C) Firozpur in India to Lahore in Pakistan.
city of. D) Delhi in India to Lahore in Pakistan
A) Delhi B) Chennai 42. Which one of the following states of India
C) Hyderabad D) Cochin has no railway line?
34. The Akraman – II exercise was conducted by A) Arunachal Pradesh B) Meghalaya.
Indian Army in the state of C) Tripura D) Nagaland
A)Goa B) Odissa
C) Kashmir D) Rajasthan.

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 43. Name the visually challenged person who 52. Who is rightly called as the „Father of Indian
got selected in 2015 civil service Cinema”?
Examination. A)Mr. Dadasaheb phalke
A)Beno Zephine B) Bianca Catherine B) Mr.V.Shantaram
C) Julie Laudine D) Janet Catherine C) Mr. S.S.Vasan
44. Who is the author of the book “ The past D) Mr. Guru Dutt
Before Us”?
A)Shashi Tharoor B) Kiran Desai GROUP - II [PRELIMS ] - 2018
C) Romila Thapar D) V.P. Gupta. CURRENT AFFAIRS
45. The Indian Airport which bagged the
prestigious „ Golden Peacock National award 53. India‟s first bio-fuel flight was operated
for the year 2015‟ is between
A)Delhi International Airport (A) Dehradun to Delhi
B) Veer Savarkar International Airport. (B) Dehradun to Mumbai
C)Chatrapathi Sivaji International Airport (C) Dehradun to Kolkatta
D) Trivadrum International Airport (D) Dehradun to Chennai
46. Who among the following was sworn in as 54. In which of the following states, more
the chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir number of people were affected by 2018
state on March 1,2015? monsoon?
A)Umar Abdullah (A) Kerala
B) Gulam Nabi Azad (B) Assam
C) Mufti Mohammed syeed (C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Farook Abdullah. (D) Megalaya
47. Where is India – based Neutrino observatory 55. World‟s first Block chain Bond was launched
(I.N.O) going to be built? by
A)Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu (A) Reserve Bank of India
B) Kollam District, Kerala (B) World Bank
C)Theni District, Tamil Nadu (C) Hong Kong Bank
D) Udupi District, Karnataka. (D) State Bank of India
48. International yoga day is observed on. 56. Which of the following policy brings 5 lakh
A)June 20 B) June 21 acres under organic farming?
C) June 22 D) June 23 (A) Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban
49. With which nation did India‟s settle a border Mission
dispute in May 2015? (B) Pramaparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana
A)Pakistan B) Bangladesh (C) Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sichai Yojana
C) Myanmar D) Srilanka (D) PM Fasal Bima Yojana
50. Name the chief guest who participated in 57. According to 2018 – 19 budget report, India
India‟s 66th Republic day celebration. is at third rank in
A)Barack obama B) Xi jinping (A) Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
C) Shinzo Abe D) Vladimir putin. (B) Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
51. On successive nights, the moon rises about. (C) Agricultural Production
A)minutes later B) 90 minutes earlier (D) Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
C) The same time D) 2 hours later

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 58. Which currency is recently added in the 65. Budget 2017 has proposed ------------ as the
currency basket of IMF? front office for issuing passport in far flung
(A) Japanese Yen (B) Chinese Yuan areas.
(C) Indian Rupee (D) Brazalian Dollar (A) Airport (B) Telegraph office
59. Where was the first nuclear reactor of Asia (C) Post office (D) Railway station
established? 66. The facility announced for senior Citizens in
(A) People‟s Republic of China Budget 2017 -2018 is
(B) Japan (A) Aadhaar enabled smart card
(C)Taiwan (B) BHIM App
(D) India (C) Shakti Kendras
60. The national fruit which is common for (D) Pension scheme
Phillipines, Pakistan and India is 67. Which of the following scheme has the
(A) Banana (B).Fig objective to skill 1 crore youth in the next
(C) Mango (D) Jack three years?
(A) Start up, stand up
61. In which only the first Nepal – India “Think
(B) PM Kaushal Vikas Yojana
Tank Summit” was held? (C) MNREGA
(A) New Delhi (B) Kathmandu (D) Deen Dayal Upadhyaay Grameen
(C) Dehradun (D) Kolkata Kaushalya Yojana
62. The campaign to create awareness among
children to identify sexual abuse is
(A) Safety is in your Hands
(B) Our safety, Our rights
(C) Save child, save future
(D) Child safety in police hand
63. The concept of Goods and Services Tax
(GST) was originated from
(A) Canada (B) USA
(C) Britain (D) Germany
64. Black revolution is related to
(A) Fish production
(B) Coal production
(C) Crude oil production
(D) Mustard production

GROUP – II PREVIOUS YEARS KEYS

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C C B A A A D C A B C A A B B B C B A C
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
D B C D A C C C A B B B C D A C D B B C
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
A D A C A C C B B A A A A A B B A B D C
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 10. Which district in Tamil Nadu secures first
Group II (A) - 2014 rank in per capita income in 2009 – 10 ?
A) Chennai B) Tiruvallur
1. In the union budget 2013-14, Rs.1,000 C) Coimbatore D) Kanniyakumari.
Crores has been allocated for funding 11. The DSC prize for South Asian Literature
women empowerment and safety. The was given to.
name of the fund is called. A) Songs of Blood and Sword.
A) Abhaya fund B) Nirbhaya fund B) Chronicles of Corpse Bearer.
C) Soubagya fund D) Sumangali fund. C) Nine Lives
2. World Meteorological organization head D) You can sell.
quarters is located at. 12. INDRA – is the joint Naval exercise between
A) Geneva B) Taiwan the following countries.
C) Pentagon D) Manila A) India and America
3. The expansion of e-PPS is. B) India and Japan.
A) Electronic project proposal system. C) India and Russia
B) Electronic Population prediction system. D) India and Australia.
C) Electronic polymer purchasing system. 13. Which among the following has the world‟s
D) Electronic petrol purchasing system. largest reserves of Uranium?
4. The First clear detection of water vapour in A) USA B) Canada
asteroid belt was reported by. C) Russian Federation D) Australia.
A) Indian Space Research organization. 14. Which of the following is not correctly
B) NASA. Matched?
C) Russian space Agency Dances States
D) European Space Agency A) Bhangra - Punjab
5. The world forestry day is observed on B) Kuchipudi - Andhra Pradesh.
A) 8th March B) 15th March C) Yakshagana - Gujarat.
B) C) 21st March D) 22nd March. D) Odissi - Odisha.
6. Ladies singles final in Wimbledon – 2013 15. UN Flag is designed with the leaves of
had won by. which of the following tree?
A) M.Bartoli B) S.Lisicki A) Olive B) Willo
C) S.Peng D) K.Nara. C) Apple D) Pine.
7. Which one of the following is known as the 16. Telecommunication Consultant India Ltd,
world‟s eternal city? was set up in the year.
A) Athens B) Berlin A) 1975 B) 1976
C) Cairo D) Rome. B) C) 1977 D) 1978
8. The state that has literacy rate lower than 17. The world‟s first Intelligent „Knife‟ developed
the national average is. can detect.
A) West Bengal B) Maharastra A) Genetic disorders
C) AndhraPradesh D) Karnataka B) Congenital diseases
9. According to 2013-14 budget of India, what C) Cancer
is the percentage of current revenue D) None of the above.
expenditure meant for payment of interest? 18. The speed of the world‟s fastest super
A) 16 percent B) 26 percent computer is.
C) 28 percent D) 32 percent.
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 A) 33.88 petaflops B) 33.87 petaflops 1) SAHJ will enable customers to post
C) 33.86 petaflops D) 33.83 petaflops online request for a new LPG connection
19. The satellite which was placed in orbit by 2) It was launched by the Finance Ministry
PSLV- C22 on 2nd July 2013 is. 3) Initially the scheme was launched in 22
A) IRNSS – IA B) IRNSS – IB cities across the country
C) IRNSS – IS D) IRNSS – 2A A) (1) only B) (1) and (2) only
20. India‟s first centre to monitor climate change C) (2) and (3) only D) (1) and (3) only
was opened recently at. 28) Bidhya Bhandari who was elected as the
A) New Delhi B) Chennai first women President of Nepal in October
C) Jaipur D) Bengaluru 2015 belongs to
A) Madeshi Jana Adhikar Form
GROUP II (A) - 2016 B) Communist party of Nepal
21) Identify the writer who won the prestigious C) Nepali Congress
Man Booker Prize for fiction, 2015? D) Rastriya Prajatantra party
A) Tom McCarthy B) Marlon James 29) The first BRICS migration conference on
C) Sunjeev Sabota D) Anne tyler October 2015 was held at
22) Which of the following mountains of North A) Sochi, Russia
America has been renamed as Denali? B) Beijing, China
A) Mount Elbert B) Mount Mitchell C) New Delhi, India
C) Mount Mckinley D) Mount Whitney D) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
23) Which gee was identified recently by 30) Which organization‟s 73rd foundation day is
scientists of India as primarily responsible being observed on 26th September 2015?
for obesity among Indians? A) ICAR B) ISRO
A) THCM8B B) THFG6C C) CSIR D) NIO
C) THKR8E D) THSD7A 31) Bharat Nirman was started to unlock the
24) India s first dedicated multi wavelength development potential of
space observatory for astronomy research, A) Indian Bond Market
launched on 28th September 2015 is B) Public Sector undertaking
A) GSAT -6 B) GSAT – 15 C) Urban India
C) GSAT – 16 D) ASTROSAT D) Rural India
25) In which of the following tennis tournaments 32) When did the unique identification authority
in 2015, Sania Mirza and Martina Higgins of India generate the 1st Aadhaar card
pair did not win the women‟s doubles A) 29th August 2009 B) 26th Sep.2011
championship? C) 29th Sep.2010 D) 25th Oct.2010
A) Miami B) French open 33) Match the following and choose the correct
C) US open D) Wimbledon one:-
26) In September 2015, Tamil Nadu‟s largest a. Integrated Child Development Services
solar plant was commissioned at 1. 2002
A) Minjur (Tiruvallur Dist) b. National Rural Health Mission
B) Rajakkamangalam ( Kanyakumari Dist) 2. 1975
C) Vinnandhur ( Namakkal Dist) c. National Health Policy
D) Sengottai (Verudhunagar Dist) 3. 1986
27) Which of the following statements on
SAHAJ scheme is/are correct?

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 d. National Policy on education a b c d
4. 2005 A) 1 3 4 2
a b c d B) 3 4 1 2
A) 3 1 4 2 C) 2 3 1 4
B) 2 4 1 3 D) 4 3 2 1
C) 3 2 4 1 38) Match the followings:-
D) 1 3 2 4 Tamil Nadu Government
34) Who was the President of All India State Awarder
People Conference during 1946 – 1947? Awards for 2015
A) Sardar Vallabhai Patel a) Tamilthai award (i) Poet Piraisudan
B) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru b) Kabilar award (ii) K.Selvan
C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad c) V.O.C award (iii) New Mumbai Tamil
D) V.P.Menon Sangam
35) Identify the particle physicist through the d) Kambar award (iv) M.Balasubramanian
clues given below:- A) a-iii b-i c-iv d-ii
1. He won the Nobel Prize in physics for the B) a-ii b-iii c-i d-iv
year 2013 along with Francois Englert. C) a-I b-ii c-iii d-iv
2. He won the Royal Society‟s Copley D) a-iii b-iv c-i d-ii
medal on 20, July 2015 39) Who has been appointed as the first male
A) Franck Wikzek B) Peter, W.Higgs member of National commission for
C) Stephen Hawkings D) Joseph Taylor woman?
36) Match the recipients of Arjuna Awards for A) Alok Rawat B) Bilal Nazki C)
the year 2014-2015 with their games:- Reva Khetrapal D) Krishan Sahu
a. Sandeep Kumar 1. Shooting 40) When was the first World Antibiotic
b. Sathish Kumar 2. Boxing Awareness week observed?
c. Mandeep Jangra 3. Weight lifting A) 16 November to 22 November 2015
d. Jitu Rai 4. Archery B) 5 November to 11 November 2015
a b c d C) 22 October to 28 October 2015
A) 1 3 4 2 D) 18 October to 24 October 2015
B) 4 3 2 1 41) The country which promulgated its New
C) 3 4 1 2 Constitution in 2015 is
D) 2 4 1 3 A) Sri Lanka B) Bhutan
37) Match the names of the books in List I with C) Fiji D) Nepal
the authors in List II:- 42) The first Indian woman who conquered the
List I List II 7077 in high Mount Kun of the Himalayas is
a) Dreaming Big:- My journey to connect A) K.S.Sudhi B) Rini Mukkath
India 1. Nandan Nilekani C) G.R.Radhika D) Soumya Das
b) Advantage India: From challenge to 43) Which Indian state recently hosted the first
opportunity 2. A.S.Dulat global conference on gender equality?
c) Rebooting Government A) Madhya Pradesh B) Kerala
3. Sam Pitroda C) Karnataka D) West Bengal
d) Kashmir: The Vajpayee years
4. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam

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 44) India will chair the Prestigious G-20 forum in
the year TNPSC GROUP II(A)- 2017
A) 2016 B) 2017
C) 2018 D) 2019 48) Match List I with List II and select the
45) Match the following and choose the correct correct answer using the code given below:
option:- List I List II
a) Flute 1.Ali Akbar Khan a) P. A. Sangma 1. Telugu Desam
b) Tabla 2. Nishat Khan party
c) Sitar 3. Zakir Hussain b) G. M. C. Balayogi 2. CPI (m)
d) Sarod 4. Rajendra c) Manohar Joshi 3. Shiv Sena
Prasanna d) Somnath Chaterjee 4. Congress - I
a b c d (a) (b) (c) (d)
A) 4 3 2 1 A. 2 3 4 1
B) 4 3 1 2 B. 4 1 3 2
C) 3 4 1 2 C. 2 4 3 1
D) 1 2 3 4 D. 4 3 1 2
46) Match List I with List II and choose the 49) Kaviko Arakkattalai Award given to ----------
correct answer from the codes given below:- during the year 2017.
List I List II A. Poet Muthulingam
a) Bombay Railway station B. Poet Vairamuthu
1.1873 C. poet Vali
b) Royapuram Railway station D. Poet Vijay
2.1908 50) What percentage of downtrodden students
c) Chennai Central Railway station entrollment in private schools as per Right
3.1853 to Education Act?
d) Egmore Railway station A. 25 B. 26
4.1856 C. 27 D. 28
a b c d 51) Find out the total votes of the electoral
A) 3 4 1 2 college for the Indian Presidential Election,
B) 3 2 4 1 2017.
C) 4 1 2 3 A. 11,00,346 votes B. 11,04,546 votes
D) 2 3 1 4 C. 12,06,232 votes D. 13,00,346 votes
47) With reference to Tamil Nadu, Nisha : 2008 52) Which one of the following is the objective
is similar as P:2015.Then P point to of perspective plan 2023?
A) BOB09 B) Madi A. Create Employment Opportunity
C) HudHud D) Roanu B. Digital Technology
C. Award
D. Reward
53) Which of the following objective regarding
Skill India Mission is incorrect?
A. Its objective is to achieve skill India
Mission is incorrect?

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 B. Its aim is to remove financial constraints
in accessing skill training programmes 59. A scheme to provide Support to Training
C. Under the mission, from Rs. 50,000 to and Employment of women (STEP) was
1.5 lakh will be available to more the 34 launched in the year
lakh Youth of India A. 1986- 87 B. 1990 – 91
D. The tagline of this mission is Kaushal C. 1995 – 96 D. 1996 - 97
Bharat 60. Prime Minister of India inaugurated India‟s
54) Which country physicists created a new longest road bridge on May 26, 2017.
form of Hydrogen? (Negatively charge Which states are connected by this bridge?
hydrogen cluster) A. Assam and Arunachal Pradesh
A. India B. Austria B. Assam and Manipur
C. Australia D. China C. Assam and Tripura
55) Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property D. Manipur and Thiripura
Rights Law is located in -------- (city) of ------- 61. In India which organisation‟s scientists
state. recently produced electricity from water
A. Chennai – Tamil Nadu without using energy?
B. Ujaini – Madhya Pradesh A. NPL, New Delhi
C. Cohin – Kerala B. IISC, Bengaluru
D. Khargpur – West Bengal C. IISER, Kolkata
56) Which one of the following is not correctly D. IIT, Chennai.
matched? 62. In which place Prime Minister of India
A) Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana inaugurate the country‟s first Indian Institute
– Social security for old age of Skills [IIS] on Dec 20, 2016?
B) Pravasi Karshal Vikas Yojana A. Ahmedabad B. Bengaluru
– Seeking employment in abroad C. Kanpur D. Varanasi
C) PM Fasal Bima Yojana 63. Which one of the organization organized the
– Insurance coverage to farmers Gyan Sangam [Knowledge Summit} in New
D) PM Gram Sadak Yojana Delhi on March, 207?
– Empowerment of rural women A. Prajna Parvah
57) When BSE‟s sense has reached its B. Chritian Education Society
maximum 30,000 – mark for the first time in C. Students Islamic Movement of India
the history? D. Democratic youth Federation of india
A. 26 December 2016 64. .Which of the following aim come under
B. 26 January 2017 Prime Minister Krishan Sai Yojana?
C. 26 April 2017 A. Environment
D. 26 May 2017 B. To increase ground water
58) The Indian Space Research Organization C. Cloth production
(ISRO) successfully tested indigenously D. Free food.
developed cryogenic engine on 65. Iron Lady of Manipur, Irom Sharmila got
A. January 25, 2017 how many votes in the 2017 Manipur
B. January 30, 2017 Assembly election?
C. April 1, 2017 A. 10 votes B. 30 votes
D. March 30, 2017 C. 60 votes D. 90 votes

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 66. Which district of Tamilnadu, Chief Minister 70. Which of the following statements are
announced new dental college from the correct with regard to Tamil Nadu „Pudhu
year 2017? Vaazhvu project‟?.
A. Chennai B. Dharmapuri i. It was launched in 2005
C. Virudhunagar D. Pudukottai ii. It is aided by World Bank.
67. Which one of the following state iii. The total outlay is Rs. 1, 667 crores
government has shifted its financial year iv. It is being implemented in 26 districts
from [April 1 to march 31] to Calendar year A. All are correct statement
[January 1 to December 31]? B. (i) (ii) (iii) are correct
A. Kerala B. Madhya Pradesh C) (i), (iii), (iv) are correct
C. Punjab D. West Bengal
D) (i), (ii) and (iv) areY correct
68. What percentage of total cultivation area in
Tamilnadu is rainfed (Manavari)?
A. 55% B. 57%
C. 54% D. 52%
69. India Neutrino Observatory is situated in
which district of Tamilnadu?
A. Madurai B. Theni
C. Cuddalore D. Chennai

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B A A D C A D C B D B C D C A D C C A B
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
B C D D B D A B A C D C B B B B B A A A
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 C) Dr. Rajiv Shah
GROUP –IV - 2011 D) Ratan kumar Sinha
9. Who is the highest test scorer in cricket?
1. The Election commission of India is situated A) M.S. Dhoni B) Rahul Dravid
at C) Sachin Tendulkar D) Gavaskar.
A) Mumbai B) Chennai 10. The powerful Tsunami attack of 21st century
C) New Delhi D) Kolkata was on
2. Detroit is famous for A) 26.11.2004 B) 26.11.2005
A) Automoblic industry C) 26.10.2004 D) 26.12.2004
B) Film industry 11. The “world Diabetes Day “ is observed on
C) Information technology A) Nov 14 B) April 27
D) Agriculture C) June 27 D) July 27
3. The other name of Tuticorin is 12. The first woman electric train driver is
A) Diamond city B) Pearl city A) Thilagavathy B) Amaravathy
C) Gold city D) Coal city C) Prema kumari D) Vijayalakshmi
4. The headquarters of the Tamil Nadu state 13. The number digits in Indian National
Human Rights commission is situated at Identifiction card are
A) Trichy B) Madurai A) 12 B) 10
C) Chennai D) Tirupur C) 13 D) 11
5. The first blood blank exclusively for dogs in 14. The first black president of SouthAfrica is
Asia was opened by A) Nelson Mandela B) Obama
A) Tamil Nadu veterinary and Animal C) Rajapakshe D) Tito
sciences university 15. The finance Minister of India in 2010 was
B) Karnataka veterinary and Animal A) Jairam Ramesh B) Kapil Sibal
sciences university C) P.Chidambaram D) Pranab Mukherjee
C) Andhra, veterinary and Animal sciences
university 16. The speaker of Lok Sabha in 2010 was
D) Jawaharlal Nehru veterinary and Animal A) G.K.pillai B) yashpal
sciences university C) Melra Kumar D) Raj Bharadwaj
6. The cyber crimes regulations court was 17. In which city is Indian Institute of science
established by the Government of India in (IISc) located?
the year A) Chennai B) Bangalore
A) 2010 B) 2009 C) Delhi D) Mumbai
C) 2008 D) 2007 18. India was selected as a non-permanent
7. world‟s cheapest car produces is member of the United Nations Security
A) Nano by Tata motors Council on
B) Daimler Mercedes-Benz A) October 12,2010
C) Maruti – Suzuki B) November 12,2009
D) Hyundai C) December 12,2008
8. The book “Science and sustainable food D) September 12,2010
security” is written by
A) M.S.Swaminathan
B) K. Radhakrishnan

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 GROUP – IV - 2012 C) 1 2 3 4
19. Which of the following oil companies is not a D) 3 2 4 1
public sector company? 24. Consider the following statements:
A) Chennai petroleum company Assertion(A) : The term ideology was
B) Mangalore Refineries & petrochemicals. coined by French scholar tracy
C) Hindustan oil companies Ltd. Reasons( R) : Ideology refers to asset of
D) Reliance petroleum Ltd., beliefs, convictions and ideals of the people
20. Which of the following fund(s) is/are Now select your answer according to the
operated directly from the Prime Minister‟s coding scheme given below:
office? A) Both (A) and ( R) are false and ( R) is not
I. The prime Minister‟s National Relief fund the correct explanation of ( A)
(PMNRF) B) Both (A )and ( R) are true and ( R) is the
II. National Defence Fund (NDF) correct explanation of (A)
of these C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
A) I only B) II only D) (A) is false, but (R)is true.
C)Both I & II D) Neither I nor II. 25. Which one of the following persons got
21. The name of the organizations which are sahitya Academy award for puthukavithai?
associated in the chandrayan 1 mission are A) Vairamuthu
given below, Identify the wrong one: B) Thilagavathi
A) ISRO B) BARC C) Erode Thamizanban
C)NASA D)ONGC D) Indra parthasarathi
22. In India, the first Agriculture Research 26. Olympic flag contains 5 rings representing
centre was started by five continents which two continents do not
A) Lord Lytton B) Lord Curzon touch Indianocean?
C) Lord Canning D) Lord Ripon A) Asia, Europe
23. Match List I with List II correctly and select B) Europe, Africa
your answer using the codes given below: C) Europe, Australia
List I List II D) Europe, NorthAmerica.
a) H.J. Bhaba 27. Who among the following has been
1. Scientific and industrial appointed the chairman of the Nineteenth
research Law commission?
b) S.S. Bhatnagar A) Justice A.N. Ray
2. Atomic energy B) Justice P.V.Reddi
c) D.S. Kothari C) Justice S.M. Sikri
3. Indian space Research D) Justice T.V. chandrachaud
organization. 28. Match List I with List II correctly and select
d) Vikram sarabhai your answer using the codes given below.
4. Defence science List I List II
organization. a) WHO
Codes: 1. Man and Biosphere
a b c d b) NPCB
A) 2 1 4 3 2. National Leprosy Eradicating
B) 2 4 1 3 Programme.

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 c) NLEP GROUP –IV – 2013
3. National Progreamme of control
of Blindness 33. Arrange the Remote Sensing Satellites as
d) MAB per year of launching, -------------- in
4. World Health organization. ascending order.
Codes: I. IRS II. SPOT
a b c d III. TRIOS IV. LANDSAT
A) 1 2 3 4 A) I,II,IV,III B) III,IV,II,I
B) 2 3 4 1 C) I,II,III,IV D) IV,III,I,II
C) 4 3 2 1 34. Identify the incorrect pair.
D) 4 1 3 2 Biosphere States
29. Find out which state has highest sex-ratio I. Kanha - Madhya Pradesh
as per 2011 census: II. Nandadevi - Uttaranchal
A) Tamil Nadu B) Bihar III. Manas - Assam
C) Kerala D) Gujarat. IV. Namdhapa - Arunachal Pradesh
30. If Lords is to London A) I B) II
Chepauk is to Chennai C) III D) IV
Eden Garden is to Kolkata 35. The Bhopal Gas Tragedy happened in
then Green park is to A) 1980 B) 1978
A) Indore B) Hyderabad C) 1975 D) 1984
C) Kanpur D) Nagpur 36. The books „Wings of Fire‟ was written by
31. Which one is not correct? A) Nehru
A) cricket - Vinod Kambli B) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
B) Football - Maradona C) Kamaraj
C) Tennis - Sania Mirza D) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Hockey - Saina Nehwal 37. Match:
32. Match List I with List II correctly and select List - I List-II
your answer using the codes given below: a) Andhra -1. Bharathanatyam
List I List II b) Kerala -2. Kuchipudi
a) Wayne Roony 1. Brazil c) Tami Nadu -3. Bangra
b) Christian Ronaldo 2. Argentina d) Punjab - 4. Kathakali
c) Maradona 3. The Netherlands Codes:
d) Ronaldinho 4. England (a) (b) (c) (d)
Codes: A) 1 2 3 4
a b c d B) 3 1 4 2
A) 2 3 4 1 C) 2 4 1 3
B) 3 4 1 2 D) 4 2 3 1
C) 4 3 2 1 38. Match the following and choose the right
D) 4 1 2 3 answer;
a) Recent Military camp took place in
1. Brazil
b) Snowden‟s plea for asylum was rejected
by 2. India

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 C) Serial Bomb- Blast took place of A) HCL B) Sequdia
Mahabhodhi temple is in C) Intel D) Lenova
3. England 44. Who gave the name “ Hindu rate of
d) After 10 years Andy Murry brought growth”?
laurels to A) Dandekar and Rath B) Rau Krishnan
his country by becoming Wimbledon C) P.D. Ojha D) B.S.Minhas
Champion 4. Egypt 45. Arrange the following countries based on
(a) (b) (c) (d) the number of medals won in London
A) 4 3 2 1 Olympics 2012 in descending order.
B) 3 1 2 4 I) Britain II) Russia
C) 2 3 4 1 III) China IV) America
D) 1 2 3 4 A) I,III,II,IV B) IV,III,I,II
39. Which is not the member of G- 20? C) IV,II,I,III D) IV,I,III,II
A) Argentina B) North Africa
C) Bolivia D) Egypt GROUP – IV - 2014
40. Which country became a member of the 46. Choose the incorrect pair:
U.N.O in the year 2011? A) Bayern Munich - Foot Ball
A) East Timor B) Montenegro B) Missy Franklin - Swimming
C) South Sudan D) Serbia C) Sebastian Vettel - Tennis
41. Which of these is not among the BRIC D) Dale steyn - Hockey
Nations? 47. Match the following:
A) Chile B) Brazil a. David Wilkie 1. Dance
C) China D) India b. Padma subramaniyam 2. Music
42. Match the List I with List II and choose the c. Abdul Walid Khan 3. Sculpture
correct option using the coding scheme d. Auguste Rodin 4. painting
given below: (a) (b) (c) (d)
List I List II A) 2 1 3 4
a) National Rural Employment Programme B) 2 1 4 3
1. 1985 C) 4 1 2 3
b) Jawahar Rozgar Yojana D) 4 2 3 1
2. 1993 48. Match the following:
c) Indira Awaz Yojana a) Afghanistan 1. National Congress
3. 1980 b) Argentina 2. National Assembly
d) Prime Minister‟s Rozgar Yojana c) Zimbabwe 3. parliament
4. 1989 d) Singapore 4. House of Assembly
(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)
A) 4 1 3 2 A) 2 1 3 4
B) 3 4 2 1 B) 4 1 3 2
C) 3 4 1 2 C) 4 3 2 1
D) 1 2 3 4 D) 2 1 4 3
43. The name of world‟s fastest Super 49. Highest polling percentage of 16th Lok
Computer, announced on June 19,2012 is sabha election in Tamil Nadu constituency
is

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 A) Madurai B) Tiruvallur D) United States America
C) Dharmapuri D) Arakkonam 59. Who is chosen for Avvaiyar award of Tamil
50. Doordarshan provides free to air DTH Nadu Government for the year 2014?
service as. A) Dr. K.Mathangi Rama Krishnan
I. Ku – band II. DD direct + B) Kiran Bedi
III.S band IV. K band C) Arunthanthi Roy
A) I only B) I and II only c) III D) Dr. Daisy Christina
only D) I and IV only 60. Match List I with List II and select the
51. Which country does crimea belongs to? correct answer using the codes given
A) Georgia B) Belarus below:
C) Russia D) Latvia List I List II
52. National sports for Indonesia is a) World AIDS Day
A) Chess B) Hockey 1. Dec, 14
C) Volley Ball D) Badminton b) World Day of Handicapped
53. On which date India celebrate National 2. Dec, 10
Technology Day? c) Armed Forces Flag-Day
A) 11th April B) 12th May 3. Dec, 1
C) 11th May D) 12th April d) National Energy Conservation Day
54. Which RIA centers of BRIT conduct around 4. Dec, 03
6000 radioimmunoassays annually? (a) (b) (c) (d)
I. Bengaluru II.Calcutta A) 2 1 3 4
III. Mumbai IV. Dibrugarh B) 3 4 2 1
A) I and III B) II and III C) 4 2 1 3
C) I only D) I and IV only D) 1 3 4 2
55. Indira Gandhi prize for 2013 was awarded 61. Match the international organization and
to year of foundation and choose the correct
A) Alice Munro B) C.N.R. Rao answer from the codes given below:
C) Sachin Tendulkar D) Angle Merkel a) UNO 1. 1948
B) UNESCO 2. 1995
56. Which is the first state introduced E – GPF c) WHO 3. 1945
facility? D) WTO 4. 1946
A) Assam (a) (b) (c) (d)
B) Arunachal Pradesh A) 4 1 3 2
C) Karnataka B) 3 4 1 2
D) West Bengal C) 2 1 3 4
57. “Unbreakable” – is an autobiography by D) 4 1 2 3
whom? 62. New pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio belongs to
A) M.C. Cherrian B) L.C. Kurrian which country?
C) M.C. Mary Kom D) D.C. Shervani A) Argentina B) Germany
58. Which country unveiled the world Longest C) Holland D) Australia
Aircrafts Airlander (HAV 302) ?
A) Russia B) Israel
C) Britain

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 GROUP –IV - 2016 70. Which country‟s Badminton player was
defeated by P.V.Sindhu in the semi-finals at
63. Which of the following is observed as the Rio 2016 Olympic Games?
“National Girl child Day”? A) Sapin B) America
A) 8th January C) Africa D) Japan
B) 21st January 71. In July 2016, Theresa may was appointed
C) 22nd January as the __________ woman Prime Minister
D) 24th January of UK (Britain)
64. Which of the following was discovered by A) First B) Second
ONGC in the Indian Ocean on 26th July C) Tenth D) Sixth
2016? 72. The Third Asian Ministerial Conference on
A) Hydrated Methane Tiger conservation 2016 was held.
B) Hydrated Benzene A) From April 9th to 12th 2016 at Orissa
C) Hydrated Ether B) From April 14th to 17th 2016 at Calcutta.
D) Hydrated Octane C) From April 11th to 14th 2016 at New Delhi
65. Which Bill was passed in the Parliament of D) From April 6th to 9th 2016 at Mumbai
India in 2016 to adopt Uniform Tax of 73. Who among the Indian-born American
states? scientist bagged the prestigious award
A) Goods and Sales Tax Lemelson MIT prize worth 5,00,000 dollars?
B) Goods and service Tax A) Ajit Doval
C) Direct Tax B) Mohamed Nasheed
D) Indirect Tax C) Ramesh Raskar
66. Which state Governor was appointed as D) Jagdish Tytler
Tamil Nadu Governor additional charge in 74. Who won the GD Birla Award for scientific
September,2016? Research for the year 2016?
A) Kerala B) Karnataka A) Sanjeev Galande
C) Maharashtra D) Madhya Pradesh B) Raghavan Varadarajan
67. Which Musician was honoured in August C) Sriram Ramasamy
2016, by United Nations Organization for D) Sanjay Mittal
her contribution to music? 75. Who is the chief information commissioner
A) M.S. Subbulakshmi of Indian in September 2016?
B) Asha Bhosie A) P.K. Sinha B) R.K. Narayanan
C) Lata Mangeshkar C) R.K. Mathoor D) R.K.Koul
D) M.S. Rajalakshmi 76. “Operation calm down” is associated with
68. Identify the 2016 Dhronacharya Awardee. which state?
A) Bishweshwar Nandi B) Lalitha Babar A) Tamil nadu B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Rani Rampai D) P.V.Sindhu C) Jammu Kashmir D) Bihar
69. The Asian Junior chess championships, 77. Name the Battery that shuts down on
May 2016 was held at overheating and restarts when the
A) Chennai B) Mumbai temperature becomes cool.
C) Kolkatta D) New Delhi A) Sodium ion B) Lithium ion
C) Carbon ion D) Potassium ion

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 78. Name the person who was appointed as the GROUP - IV [PRELIMS ] - 2018
ambassador on behalf of India to work for CURRENT AFFAIRS
the cause of gender equality and progress
of women in UNO for the year 2016. 84. The theme of the world Special Week,
A) Aishwarya Rai B) Priyanka Chopra celebrated from 4th October 2017 to 10th
C) Aishwarya Dhanush D) Sania Mirza. October 2017 is
79. What is the name of Ganga river cleaning (A) Exploring new world in space
scheme? (B) Yoga for wellness
A) Namami Ganga scheme (C) Water and energy for inclusive growth
B) Poorva Ganga Scheme (D) Peace, progress and prosperity
C) Apporva Ganga scheme 85. Who among the following women boxers
D) Ganga Yamuna scheme was declared best boxer of the meet during
80. The INSAT – 3DR was launched through the world youth Boxing Championship held
rocket for meterological Research on 8th in Guwahati in 2017?
September,2016 by which rocket? (A) Nabin Chandra
A) GSLV – F05 B) PSLV – 4 (B) Sarjubala Devi
C) Arianne D) GSLV - 3 (C) MinuBasumalary
81. Who won the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Rathna (D) AnkushitaBoro
Award for Badminton in the year 2016? 86. “Operation Ice Bridge” is associated with
A) Sakshi malik B) Mary kom (A) ISS (B) ISRO
C) Pradeep kumar D) P.V. Sindhu (C) NASA (D) ESA
82. Which year has been declared by UNO as 87. Identify the organization inaugurated on
the “International year of pulses”? October 2017 at New Delhi by prime
A) 2012 B) 2013 Minister of India.
C) 2016 D) 2015 (A) All India Institute of Unani
83. Match the following: (B) All India Institute of Siddha
Part I Part II (C) All India Institute of Ayurveda
a) Raj Bhavan 1. President (D) All India Institute of Naturopathy
b) RastrapathyBhavan 2. Governor 88. Match the title winners with their
c) Impeachment 3. Union championship of 2017 :
Territories (a) Ms. SaikhomMirabaiChanu
d) Lt.Governor 4. Violation of 1. World Junior (V 20) Chess
the constitution Championship
(B) Ms. Mary Kom
a b c d 2. World Weightlifting Championship
A) 1 4 3 2 (C) Mr. GopiThonakal
B) 2 3 4 1 3. Asian Women‟s Boxing
C) 4 2 3 1 Championship
D) 2 1 4 3 (D) Master AravindhChithambaram
4. Asian Marathon Championship
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 4 2 1
(B) 2 3 4 1

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 (C) 2 3 1 4 (D) JyothiSurekhaVennam
(D) 3 2 1 4 96. Mention the floriculture centre started
89. The Writer of the Novel “DukkamSukkham” recently under the Indo Israel joint
who has been chosen for the VyasSamman agreement on agricultural project
2017 is Mr/Mrs (A) Thovalai, Kanyakumari District
(A) SurindarVerma (B) Thally, Krishnagiri District
(B) Sunita Jain (C) Anna Nagar, Chennai
(C) MamtaKalia (D) Connoor, Nilagiri District
(D) Kamal Kishore Goyenka 97. The Planning Commission in India is now
90. Which city received India‟s first UNESCO Known as
Heritage City Certificate in September (A) Planning Council
2017? (B) NITI Aayog
(A) Puri (B) Kanchipuram (C) NITI Sanjog
(C) Aurangabad (D) Ahmadabad (D) BharatiyaAayogMandal
91. Who has won the India‟s 46th Grandmaster 98. Who among the following has been
Chess Champion Tournament 2017? appointed as the Deputy Director General
(A) SrinathNaren for programmes of the world Health
(B) Srinath Narayanan Organisation?
(C) SrinathVenu (A) Nisha Desai Biswal
(D) SrinathSrinivasan (B) Dineshwar Sharma
92. Which state Government has launched (C) SoumyaSwaminathan
Gyankunj e-class project? (D) GautamBewbawala
(A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Delhi 99. In order to encourage the powerloom sector
(C) Kerala (D) Gujarat and help small industrious, and joint venture
93. The Union Ministry of health and family launched by the ministry of powerloom and
welfare and ICMR launched IHMI on textiles in 2017 is called
November-28-2017. What does IHMI stands (A) SAMPRADA (B) DOST
for? (C) AARAKSHAN (D) SAATHI
(A) India Hypertension Management 100. The recently conducted Indo-Maldives Joint
Initiative Military exercises was called as
(B) India Health Management Initiative (A) IMBAX 2017
(C) Indian Heart and Mind Care Intellect (B) EKUVERIN 2017
(D) India Health Maintenance Initiative (C)INDRA 2017
94. In Tamil Nadu which year TNEB was (D) SAMPRITI 2017
established on the of EB Act of 1948? 101. India lacks a strong backhaul to get a
(A) 1957 July 1 transition to 5G with in September 2017.
(B) 1957 August 1 Backhaul is a network
(C) 1957 September 1 (A) Portal for data discrimination
(D) 1957 October 1 (B) Connecting cell sites to central
95. Identify the odd person out of the following. exchange
(A) Trisha Deb (C) Coupler for wireless data transmission
(B) Nital Paul (D) Range finder for cellular consumers
(C) Lily ChanuPoonam

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 102. Which Tamil Nadu State Highway among (D) Mahesh Dattani
these was not upgraded as National 106. ---------- is the first Indian city to get its own
Highway in November 2017? logo.
(A) Pune (B) Bengaluru
(A) Tirupur -
(C) Chennai (D) Delhi
OdanchatramState Highway
(B) Salem
- Tirupathur-Vaniyambadi State
Highway
(C) Kodaighat
- Kodaikanal State Highway
(D) Chennai
- Ennore State Highway
103. Where was the Fourth World Tamil‟s
Economic Conference held?
(A) Coimbatore (B) Kualalumpur
(C) Singopore (D) Durban
104. Identify the defence equipment which was
officially decommissioned on December 17,
2017 by the Indian Air Force
(A) P.8 ILR Maritime Reconnaissance Anti
Submarine Warfare Aircraft
(B) Mi-8 Attack and Utility Helicopter
(C) P-3 Orion Anti Submarine Warfare
Aircraft
(D) Mi-V5 Medium Lift Reconnaissance
Aircraft
105. Identify the Playwright who published the
work “Dark horse and other plays” in
October 2017?
(A) GowriRamnarayan
(B) GowriLankesh
(C) ArunKolatkar

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