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14. List out the following Bahmani rulers in chronological order and mark the correct choice :
I. Alauddin Bahman Shah
IT. Muhammad Shah III
III. Ahmad Shah
IY. Firuz Shah
(A) I, I!I, IV, II
Vilf I, IV, III, II
(C) IV, I, III, II
(D) IV, I, II, III
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(B) Badrabhagu
(C) · Parsva
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16. Consider the following tlvo statements consisting of Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and select
your answer using the codes given below.
Assertion (A) : The temple was not rnerely a place of worship; it filled a large place in
the cultural and economic life of the Tamil people
Reasoning (R) : Its cOnstruction and -maintenance offered employll).ent to ·number of
_ architects and craftsmen. ·
~) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R).is the correct explanation of (A)
VI!{. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A}
(C) (A) is true and (R) is false
(D) (A) is false and (R) is true
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17. Consider the following pairs:
I. Rukrp.ani Devi Arundale Kalakshetra
II. Ravi Shankar Sangeet Natak Academy
III. M.S. Subbulakshmi Ramon Magsaysay Award
IV. J. Krishnamoorthy Bharat Ratna
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.v(' IVonly ·· (D) II and Ill only .
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22. Which is not cor:rectly matched?
(A) Rahmat Ali Pakistan
'W!J'f Vinoba Bhave Second Individual Satyagrahi
(C) Llnlithgow August Of±'er
(D) Rajaji Kulakalvi Thittam
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(D) ••!Jl•!Jil @aiffia;Q,€6) ~LLL.0
23. Ramsay Macdonald, the British Prime Minister announced the communal award on
VJr .16"' August, 1932 (B) 20"' September, 1932
(C) 17th November, 1932 (D) 16" August, 1946
(A) 16, <$".WL_ 1932 (B) 20, Q5LJLtbLJfr 1932
(C) 17, p;6Utburr 1932 (D) 16, <$".roe_ 1946
24. Choose the incorrect pair from the following :
(A) Sarvajanik Sabha M.G. Ranade
(B) Indian National Congress A.O. Hume
(C) London Indian Association Dadabai N aoroji
'V/i1f' Madras Native Association Surendranath Banerjee
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32. The right to E.ducation Act 2009, is not related to
(A) primary education
(B) quality of education
(C) free. education
~ higher education
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33. The Lorenz curve is a measure of
(A) poverty ~ income inequalities
(C) inflation rate (D) tax structure
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
34. The Chairman of the fourteenth Finance Commission in India
(A) Dr. c: Rengarajan (B) Shri. Vijay Kelkar
(C) Dr. A.M. Kushro 'Vl/f" Dr. Y.V. Reddy
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(C) Dr. A.M. ©~a •• (D) Dr. Y.V. QoL_iq.
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37. Indian Constitution established parliamentary form of Government on the model of
(A) Swiss model
(B) Canadian model
(C) American model
¢ British (Westminister) model
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38. In which schedule of the Constitution the recognised 22 languages has been included?
(A) 6"' Schedule (B) 7"' Schedule
'f!iJf" Sth Schedule (D) 9th Schedule
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39. which of the following is not included in the state list in the Constitution of India?
(A) Police
(B) Public order
(C) Prisons
'li1'{ Criminal procedure code
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53. How many years will take certain amount to double at 8% interest per annum at simple
interest?
(A) 1aX years ~ 12~ years
(C) 10X years (D) 9 years
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'\riff" 4158 cm 2
(B) 3172 cm 2
(C) 3882 cm 2 (D) 4258 cm 2
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108. A feature common to nucleus, chloroplast and mitochondria is the pres~nce of
(A) Lamella (B) Cristae
\Iii{ Nucleic acid (D) Nucleolus
(A) rorrGtoQ:i6\lrr
109. Hormone secreted in root tip during the·formatibn of nodule is
~ Auxin (B) Cytokinin
(C) Zymase (D) Lipase
(A) 4i;.ml6'<
(C) "'!JIC:LD<io
110. Metabolically inactive cell inclusions remaining in the cytoplasm is called
(A) Reserve materials
'fi!{(- Ergastic substances
(C) Secretory substances
(D) Crystals
(C) erl)"ti;@>t.b Qufr@LB>OO
(D) Ullj-B>riu8>6h
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113. The human population is currently exhibiting
(A) logistic growth
VJJlf' exponentialgrowth
(C) arithmetic growth
(D) zero growth
114. The antibiotic that prevents cell wall synthesis in bacteria is
(A) Rifampicin
(B) Streptomycin
~ Penicillin
(D) Antliracyclin
. (A) ~unill518im
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122. Arrange the following in chronological order.
I. Surat split
II. Birth of the Muslim league
III. Partition of Bengal
N.· Reunion of Bengal
(A) IV, III, I, II (B) III, I, II, N
'(/ilJf III, II, I, IV •
(D) II, III, I, N
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123. Which of the following is coriectly matched?
r.. Rajaji Pro-changers
II. Vanchinathan Robert William Ashe
III. K. Kamaraj Chief Minister of Tamil N adu in 1952
IV. Sathyamurthy Mayor of Madurai .
(A) I \1lff II
(C) III (D) N
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126. Consider the following pairs
I. Wood's Despatch 1854
II. Hunter Commission 1882
III. University Act 1880
IV. Wardhaw Scheme of Education - 1904
Which of the pairs given above is/are correct?
(A) I and IV only (B) II only
'4Pf I and II (D) II and Ill
I. :LL .:&1J61B:ima; 1854
II. ~GfoTLfr B>uSIQ!jim 1882
III. uQ>s;Q>QJ8;s;Wa; e:LLtb 1880
IV. ru rrl'rp>rr a;io))QSI (!Pm ID 1904
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(C} I LDJDl!)Ui II (D) II LDJDl!)Ui Ill
127. Which of the following is incorrectly paire~?
(a} Indian Mirror D.N. Tae;ore
(b) Vande Mataram MadamCama
(c) Tribune D.S. Majeeta
(d) Bombay Herald J.A. Hickey
(A) (a) is correct (B) (a) and (b) are correct
(C) (b) and (c) are correct 'Jiff (d) alone is correct
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128. Setting up of Village Panchayats is associated with which part of the Indian Constitution?
(A) Preamble
(B) Fundamental Rig.hts
'V1f Directive principles of State Policy
. (D) Fundamental Duties
129. In an open economy, GDP is the sum of
v,/lt( Consumption, gross investment, government spending and net exports
(B) Consumption, net investment, government spending and net export
)
(C) Consumption, gross investment, government spending and gross exports
(D) Wages, rent, interest, profit and depreciation
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130 . The minimum support prices are a means of supporting the
.. ~ ..
\Jiff farmers (B) consumers
(C) industries (D) retailers
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131. Which one ofth,e following is an indirect tax?
(A) Income tax '\Wf' Service tax
(C) Corporation ta'x (D) Interest tax
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132. India's Human Development Iridex HDI in 2011 was.better than that of
I. China
II. Srilanka
III. Bangladesh
IV. South Africa
(A) I, II, III, IV (B) III, IV
'Pf III (D) II, III, IV
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139. The administrative vigilance division was created in 1955 by the
(A) Ministry of trade ~ Ministry of home affairs
(C) Ministry of external. affairs (D) Ministry of defence
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140. Sarkaria commission on centre-state relations was appointed by the Government of India
during
(A) 1973 (B) 1975
'IV!" 1983 (D) 1985
(A) 1973 (B) 1975
(C) 1983 (D) 1985
141. Which one of the following statement is riot correct about public interest litigation?
(A) Public interest litigation may be transferred to appropriate High court.
r(JJ'f A petition in public interest litigation filed before the Supreme court may not be
transferred to an appropriate High court
(C) The letter in public interest litigation should be addressed to the .court and not to an
• individual Judge
(D) Public interest litigation is under the preview of High court
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142. Who was the ruler of Jamrou and Kashmir in 1940?
(A) Karan Singh Vi/f Maharaj Hari Singh
(C) Ram Ratan Singh (D) Saran Singh
(B) LI>l<~rr!il jl!!)~ ~rfil
(C) l}rrli:i 1JrTLL6isr .flrf.J (D) ·~'"" ~"'
143. "An article without which the Indian Constitution Would be nullity. I would not refer to any
other article except Article 32. It is the very soul of the Constitution and the very heart of it".
Who said it?
(A) Gandhiji ~ B.R. Ambedkhar
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru (D) M.N. Roy
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(D) ~tb.~Eirr. l}fTl.i.J
144. The Maternity Benefits Act was enacted in the year
'(JI( 1961 (B) 1976
(C) 1978 (D) 1984
(A) 1961 (B) 1976
(C) 1978 (D) 1984
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155. How many prime numbers lies between 1 to 100
(A) 26 qi( 25
(C) 24 (D) 20
(A) 26 (B) 25
(C) 24 (D) 20
156. The value of l/,Jo.015625 is
(A) 0.05 (B) 0.25
.q;lf 0.5 (D) 2.5
l/,Jo.015625 "'LD,$1uy
(A) 0.05 (B) 0.25
(C) 0.5 (D) 2.5
157. Median of 12, 17, 5, 8, 13, 6, 9 is
(A) 8
"" 9
(C) 12 (D) 17
(A) 8 (B) 9
(C) 12 (D) 17
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181. Who was elected as the President of FICCI for 2017?
~ Pankaj R. Patel (B) Rajpat
(C) Arora (D) Ryder
(A) ur6Ja;8! 4fr, uLGLio. (B) orrtilurrL_
(C) 4Corrorr · (D) GotiJGdr
182. The 7th World Ayurvedha Corigi8ss was held at
(A) Delhi (B) Bhopal
Vll'ff' Kolkatta (D) Bengaluru
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183. The author of the book "TAMIL NADU: The Land of Vedas" is
Vlf' R. Nagaswamy (B) R. Krishnamoorthy
(C) . R. Nagarajan (D) lt Naganathan
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184. Who was appointed as the Chairman of CBDT (Central B9ard of Direct Taxes) in 2016?'
.¢ Sushil Chandra (B) Karna! Singh
(C) Luo Zhaobai (D) Renu Pall ·
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(C) !!iJCturr i;r,urrtiJ (D) Co@> LI<Tru
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193. The Digital Fin~ncial Literacy Project was launched on December 1, 2016 _by the
VJff Union Human Resource Development Ministry
(B) Union Finance Ministry
(C) Union Home Ministry
(D) Union Information Technology Ministry
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194. The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for the new AIIMS in July 2016 at
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(C) Kolkatta (D) Mumbai
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~:.::.~ I I I I I I I I I I
2017
GENERAL STUDIES
· (Degree Standard)
Time Allowed : 3 Hours] [Maximum Marks : 300
Read the following instructions car-efully before you begin to answer the questio.ns.
IMPORTANT INSTRU\)TIONS
1. The applicant will be supplied with Question Booklet 10 minutes before commencement of the
examination. This Booklet has a cover (this page). ·
2. This Question Booklet contains 200 questions. Prior to attempting to answer the candidates are
requested to check whether all the questions are there and ensure there are no blank pages in the
question booklet. In case any defect in the Question Paper is noticed it sb8.II be reported to the
Invigilator within first 10 minutes and get it replaced with a complete Question Booklet.
If any defect is noticed in the Question Booklet after the commencement ot examination it
will not be replaced. '
3. Answer all questions. All questions carry equal marks.
4. You must write your Register Number in the space provided on the top right side of this page. Do not _
write anything else on the Question Booklet.
5. An answer sheet will be supplied to you, separately by the Invigilator to mark the answers.
6. You will also encode your Register Number, Subject Code, Question Booklet SL No. etc. with Blue or
Black ink Ball point pen in the space provided on the side 2 of the Answer Sheet. If you do not encode
properly or fail to encode the above information, action will be taken 8.s per commission's tiotification.
7. Each question comprises four responses (A), (B), (C) and (D). You are to select ONLY ONE correct
response and mark in your Answer Sheet. In case y-ou feel that there are more than one correct
response; mark the response which you consider the best. In any case, choose ONLY ONE response for
ea$ question. Your toW marks will depend on the number of correct responses mS:rked by you in the
Answer Sheet.
8. In the Answer Sheet there are four circles @ ,@, @ and @ against each question. To answer the
questions you are to mark with Ball point pen ONLY ONE circle of your choice for each question. Select
. one response for each qU.estiOn in the Question Booklet and mark in the Answer Sheet. If you mark
more than one answer for one question, the answer will be treated as wrong. e.g. If for any item, @ is
the correct answer, you have to mark as follows :
@•©@
9. You should not remove or tear off any sheet from this Ques_tion Booklet. You are not allowed to take
this Question Bo0klet 8.nd the Answer Sheet out of the Examination Hall during the examination.
After the examination is oonclyded. you must hand ayer your Answer Sheet t.Q the Invigilator. You are
allowed to take tl1:fl Question Booklet with you only after the Examjpation'is over.
10. The sheet before the last page of the Question BoOklet can be Used for Rough Work.
11. In all matters and in cases of doubt, the EngiiSh. Version is final.
12. Do not tick-mark oi- mark the anew.era in the Question Booklet.
13. Failure to comply with any of the above instructions will render you liable to such action or penalty as
the Commission may decide at their discretion.
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Source: Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission. Question paper published by Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission.