TNPSC 2014: MADRAS HIGH COURT SERVICE, GENERAL STUDIES (DEGREE STD)
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2014
GENERAL TAMIL WITH GENERAL.STUDIES
Time Allowed : 3 Hours} · [Maximum Marks : 300
Read the following instructions carefully before you begin to answer the·questions.
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS
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2 6 18. ...
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105_ Find the missing number.
25 7 18
35 13 .
22
45 8 ?
(A) 22 ~37.
(C) 28 (D) 17
25 7 18
35 13 22
45 . 8 ?
(A) 22 . (B) 37
(C) 28 (D) 17
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115. Consider the given figure of location of multipurpose projects in India. Match List I with
List II and select the correct answer using the code given below list.
Listi List II
Multipurpose Dam name
Project Number
(a) I l. Bakra
(b) II 2. Gandhi Sagar
(c) III 3. Nagarjuna Sagar
(d) IV 4. Hirakud
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 2 1 4 3
(B) l 3 2 4
(~ 4 1 2 3
(D) 3 2 1 4
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120. The conjugate base of NH; is
(B) NH,OH
(C) (D) N2H4
(A) (B) NH 4 0H
(C) (D) N 2H 4
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(A) a - isomer (B) p - isomer
(~-isomer (D) . t5 - isomer
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(C) 51TLDIT LDITWUJ56ir
122. Galena is
(A) An oxide ore ~sulphide ore
(C) A halide ore (D) A carbonate ore
(A) Sl®'~lf@ ji;IT~aJrr®i.O .
(C) Sl® C:jil!!J61lQJ@ ji;IT~QllT®Li>
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(A) 20°, 100°, 60°
~ 20°, G0°, 100°
(C) ao·. Go·. 90°
(D) G0°, ao•, 90•
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(B) 20°, G0°, 100°
(C) ao•. 60°, 90•
(D) so·. ao•, 90•
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135. Consider the following statements and select your answers :
Assertion (A) Jainism had niore influence than Buddhism on the life of the people in
Tamilnadu.
Reason (R) Jainism had mllch more in common with Hinduism than Buddhism.
(.\}/' (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not correct explanation of (A)
(B) (A) is true, but (R) is not true
(C) (A) is not true, but (R) is true
(D) (A) is true and (R) is correct explanation of (A)
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136. Consider the following statements and select your answers :
Assertion (A) The age of consent bill was a remarkable achievement of Behramji
Malabari.
Reason (R) The Bill created.an indisS!>luble bond between social reform and national
movement.
(A) /' (A) and (R) aretrue, but (R) is. not ·correct expl;mation of (A)
~ (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true but (R) is not true
(D) (A) is not true but (R) is true
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140. The ethics committee was constituted in Lok Sabha in the year
(A) 1998 ·~000
(C) 2002 (D) 2004
(A) 1998 (B) 2000
(C) 2002 (D) 2004
141. Which of the following statements about National Development Council is/are wrong?
L National Development Council was set up in 1952
II. National Development Council is concerned with social and economic policy
ID. It is a key institution in Centre-State relations
N. It consists of.principal secretaries of all the ministries
(A) I (B) I and II
(C) II and III ~
(A) I (B) I w!iJ!!Jltb II
(C) II to!iJ!!Jltb III (D) N
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154. The next figure in the following series
(A) I *I I
E
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(C) ITI
(D) None of these
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15p. Find the missing number.
(A) 4 (B) 3
(C) 2 (B( 1
(A) 4 (B) 3
(C) 2 (D) 1
156. Find the missing number in the following diagram.
20 9 16 9 13
140 128 ?
10 5 8 7
(A) 82
:196
(C) 72 84
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14Q 128 ?
10 5 8 7
(A) 82 (B) 96
(C) 72 (D) 84
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162. Arrange the following stages of meiosis-I in ~rrect sequence.
I. Pachytene
II. Zygotene
Ill. ,Leptotene ·
IV. Diplotene
<Af III, II, I, IV (B) II, I, IV, III
(C) IV, I, III, II (D) I, II, IV, Ill
I. Gu..tliaoir
II. @~llifT!aQr .
III. QQJuGLme.m
IV. "1-uGmrriam
(A) III, II, I, IV (B) II, I, IV, III
(C) IV, I, III, II (D) I, II, IV, III
163. Match the items in List I with List II and select the correct answer :
List I List II
(a) Adenine 1. Uracil
(b) Thymine 2. ·Sugar
(c) Ribo'se 3. Pyrimidine
(d) RNA 4. Purine
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 4 2 1
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3 1 4
( 4 3 2 1
(D) 4 3 1 2
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(A) 3 4 2 1
(B) 2 3 1 4
(C) 4 3 2 1
(D) 4 3 1 2
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169. ·Find out.the wrong statement among the following.
1. Bhatathi acclaimed Gandhi.all. Mahatma even before Tagor~ in 1910.
2. He burnt.foreign cloths at Madras Coast in 1906.
3. He was exiled to Pondicherry from 1908 to 1918.
4. Sub-editor of Swadesamitran in 1904.
(A) 1and2
(B) 2.and 4
(~·a·only.
(D) 1and4
3. 1908-1918 QJQll)" urrsiar~ill5@ip;rr@a>LHLILILt...rrrr.
(A) 1 LOJi>!l)ltb 2
(C) 3 LOL@tb
(D) 1 l.OJD!l)ltD 4
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171. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes gjvell bel.ow the lists,: .
List I List II
City Climate
(a) Mana us ' 1. ' Mid latitude arid and semi arid
(b) Valpariso 2. Rainy Tropic
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(c) Chennai 3. Dry summer sub tropic
(d) ' Denever 4. Wet and dry tropic
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2
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4 I
3 4 I
(C) 4 2 I 3
(D) 2 1 3 4
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(b) QJITQJLJj;l)IJ{:mT 2. FFIJ .s!IUQI
(c) QIFQrj;l)QJ 3.
(d) QLaftQJrr 4.
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 3 4 I 2
(B) 2 3 4 1
(C) 4 2 1 3
(D) 2 1 3 4
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