TNPSC CESE 2014 written Exam - General studies - Answer key

TNPSC CESE 2014

GS08- GENERAL STUDIES –ANSWER  KEY:

1.Study the following bar-graph..*** Ans :(D)1995 and 2001

2.12 spheres of the same size..*** Ans: (B)2cm

3.Find the greatest number which ..*** Ans:  (B)255

4.A man performs ..*** (Question wrong) *** Ans:(

5.Average of a and b..*** Ans:(A)20

6.In an election…*** Ans:(C) 60,000

7.After successive discounts..***  Ans:(B)250

8.Find the missing term…*** Ans:(D)26

9.Find the highest common factor 34,102. Ans:(B)34

10.A man borrows.. ***Ans:(c)4years

11.The product of.. ***Ans:(B)117

12.Which is the next term.. ***Ans:(C)127

13.Find the missing figure.. ***Ans:( C)

14.If the radius .. ***Ans:(B)75%

15.A sphere is.. ***Ans:(C)2

16.What is the next fig.. ***Ans:(D)

17.A car is running .. ***Ans:(C)450m

18.If x:y=2:1.. ***Ans:(A)3:5

19.If 1 is added to.. ***Ans: (C)2/3

20.The smallest 6.. ***Ans:(C)1,00,011

21.How many squares are .. ***Ans:(B)15

22.Find the value of.. ***Ans:(A)333

23.The difference between .. ***Ans:(A)Rs.625

24.If the volume of the cube .. .. ***Ans:(b)4 root of 3

25.A student looks.. ***Ans:(B)≥435 and <175 o:p="">

26.Seven men.. ***Ans:(C) 9.8days

27.The source  of solar.. ***Ans:(B)Sun

28.Plant cells.. ***Ans:(B) II&III

29.Aerobic respiration.. ***Ans:(D)

30.Wrong statements- vitamin E .. ***Ans:(D):IV

31.The body set up in 1964.. ***Ans:(B)Central Vigilance Commission(CVC)

32.The idea of establishing a public service commission.. ***Ans:(B)Montague-Chelmsford Reforms 1919

33.Which of the ..reduction inflation.. ***Ans:(C)I,II and III

34.Name the committee.. ***Ans:(B)Arjunsengupta committee

35.Oxidation number.. ***Ans:(B)+6

36.Water gas.. ***Ans:(B)H2 and CO

37.Birds and mammals.. ***Ans:(A)Allen’s rule

38.Match the following.. pulmonary veins –delivery of oxygenated blood from lungs to heart*Ans:(C)4 1 2 3

39.Nightingale of Carnatic music .. ***Ans:(B)Subbulakshmi

40.’D’layer in ionosphere.. ***Ans:(A)60-90kms

41.Matchlist..igneous rock-granite.. ***Ans:(D)2 1 4 3

42.The Bolivian satelite.. ***Ans:(C)China

43.President of international theosophical.. ***Ans:(B)Tim Boyd

44.Assertion and Reason-High court commissioner of india.. ***Ans:(D)Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the right explanation to (A)

45.Whoamong..the cinema as the main vehicle .. ***Ans:(B)C.N.Annadurai

46.Which ancient university.. ***Ans:(B)Nalanda

47.Match List..SambadhKaumud.. ***Ans:(D)3 4 1 2

48.Matchlist..Regulation act-1773.. ***Ans:(A)1 2 3 4

49.The first UN Malala Award.. ***Ans:(D)Razia Sultan

50.Which of the..not correctly matched.. ***Ans:(D)Centre for Marine living resource & ecology-Hyderabad(It is in Cochin)

51.Which of the..salient feature of the Indian Constitution.. ***Ans:(C)I and III

52.The chairperson of the public service .. ***Ans:(B)The president of india

53.Wolframite is the ore of.. ***Ans:(D)IV

54.Match the following lithium-alkali.. ***Ans:(B)4 3 2 1

55.Westbengal’s move.. ***Ans:(A)Operation Barga

56.Who..alternative approach to Indian planning.. ***Ans:(A)P.C.Mahalanobis

57.Which word was ..preamble in 1977.. ***Ans:(B)Secular

58.Who called ..’Identity card of the constitution ‘?.. ***Ans:(B)N.A.Palkhivala

59.’Green House Effect’.. ***Ans:(C)CO2

60.River-Origin .. ***Ans:(B)I and II

61.Soils-Area.. ***Ans:(D)3 1 4 2

62.What is ..Varna and Jati? .. ***Ans:(D)Jati is derived from varna

63.Matchlist..Madras Music academy.. ***Ans:(B)4 3 2 1

64.The science of Dactylography  .. ***Ans:(C)Finger printing

65.UNFCCC.. ***Ans:(A)United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

66.Matchlist..Back to vedas.. ***Ans:(D)4 3 1 2

67.ParamYuva-II? .. ***Ans:(B)The most  power efficient super computer

68.Asteroids are minor.. ***Ans:(C)Mars and Earth

69.PSLV-C20 rocket.. ***Ans:(D)25 Feb 2013

70.The first woman chief justice .. ***Ans:(A)GorlaRohini

71.The first country in the world.. ***Ans:(A)Japan

72.One of the ..amending procedures in India.. ***Ans:(A)Parliament has power to amend the Constituion of India.

73.The power to levy an estate duty in .. ***Ans:(C) Parliament

74.How many members are elected from TN to RajyaSabha.. ***Ans:(B)18

75.When the office of cabinet secretary .. ***Ans:(A)1950

76.Considerthe..State legislative councils.. ***Ans:(C)All the statements are correct

77.Considerthe..Jointsitting .. ***Ans:(A)Both statements are correct

78.Avoltameter is an .. ***Ans:(A)Voltage

79.Which of the..Sarvasiksha.. ***Ans:(B)I and II

80.Which of the ..highest average growth rate in per capita.. ***Ans:(A)Bihar

81.Which of the..First Finance Commission.. ***Ans:(C)III

82.Which of the following..Anjumchopra.. ***Ans:(D)She has played 25 tests for India.

83.The erosional landforms.. ***Ans:(A)Stalacities,Stalagmites,Cave pillars

84.Geographical  cycle.. ***Ans:(D)Davis

85.Whichof..permanent theatre ‘variety hall’.. ***Ans:(B)II and III

86.Who wrote ‘DasigalMosaValai’.. ***Ans:(B)MoovalurRamamirthammal

87.Choose the.. Archaeology and Oceanograph.. ***Ans:(C)Both A and R are correct

88.What are the two great epics .. ***Ans:(A)Silappadikaram and Manimekalai

89.Consider the .. In 1906 at the congress.. ***Ans:(A)Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) explains (A)

90.Who of the ..’Home-Rule’.. ***Ans:(D)Annie Basant

91.The instrument to measure the growth of plants.. ***Ans:(A)Crescograph

92.World Animal Welfare Day.. ***Ans:(C) 4 th October

93.The Thomas cup is associated .. ***Ans:(B)Badminton

94.The First Public Service Commission.. ***Ans:(B)1^st October 1926

95.A candidate for the office of the President.. ***Ans:(B)35 years of age

96.What is the strength of the new state assembly of Telungana? .. ***Ans:(C)119