1. Which statement is correct?
a) All minerals are ores b) a mineral cannot be an ore c) An ore cannot be a mineral
d) All ores are minerals.
2. Tusk of elephant is
a) modified incisors b) modified canines c) modified premolar d) modified molar
3. The book „Kathirmani Villakkam‟ was written by
a) A.K.Chettiar
b) Pandithamani Kathiresan Chettiar
c) Vellaivaranar
d) Auvai su.Duraisami pillai
4. Radioactivity was discovered by
a) Pierre Curie b) Madam Curie c) Rutherford d) Henri Becquerel
5.. The organism used by T.H. Morgan to study mutation was
a) Chlorella b) Drosophila c) Yeast d) Neurospora
6. Local government is a feature of
a) most modern states b) only democratic states c) only unitary states d) only federal states
7. The correct order of the Agam landscape is
a) Marutham,mullai,kurinji,paalai,neithal
b) Mullai, neithal,kurniji,marutham,paalai
c) Paalia,marutham,kurinji,mullai,marutham
d) Kurinji,mullai,marutham,neithal,paalai
8. Which state has topped the latest state-wise Education Development Index?
a) Tamil Nadu b) Kerala c) Karnataka d) Andhra Pradesh
9. Who has been named recently as the world‟s best paid author?
a) Paul Coelho b) salman rushdie c) Jeffery archer d) rowling
10. What does KDM 916 mean?
a) 9.16% pure gold b) 90.16% pure gold c) 9.16% copper d) 91.6 % pure gold
11. Natural system of Plant classification was proposed by
A) cronquist b) Engler and Prantil c) Linnaeus d) Bentham and Hooker
12. ………….. is regarded as the custodian of fundamental rights.
a) Prime minister b) Police commissioner c) Chief minister d) Judiciary
13. The pioneer scholar of chronology is
a) Maraimalai Adigal b) Ka.su.Pillai c) S.Vaiyapuri Pillai d) K.K.Pillai
14. Basalt and granite belong to which type of rocks ?
a) Igneous rocks b) Metamorphic rocks c) sedimentary rocks d) None of those
15. Which metal is used for Galvanisation of Iron?
a) Chromium b) Zinc c) Nickel d) Manganese
16. Detritus
a) feed upon organic decayed food from the soil
b) take food from plants
c) take food into endoplasm
d) take food from earthworm
17. The foremost economic problem of India‟s agricultural labourers is
a) low income b) heavy indebtedness c) Poor standard of living
d) absence of organized activity
18. How didi the sithars call „Vallarai Keerai‟ ?
a) Keerai b) Saraswathi c) Marunthu d) Lakshmi
19. Industrial sickness is nothing but
a) any one part of the factory is being affected
b) unable to pay back the debt
c) unable to create surplus income and running the industry only by receiving the debt
d) change in the ownership of industry
20. Fuse wire is a wire of ………….. resistance and ……….. melting point
a) low,high b) high,high c) low,low d) high,low
21. Who was the last governor general of the English east India company?
a) Lord canning b) William Bentinck c) Robert Clive d) Lord Ripon.
22. Darsana is
a) the vision of truth b) the vision of god c) the way of life d) none of these.
23. The study of age of the trees by counting annual rings is called
a) dendrogram b) dendrochronology c) Entomology d) Gerontology
24. Who was the Chairman of the Indian constituent assembly?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru b) Mahatma Gandhi c) Rajendra Prasad d) Sardar patel
25. Linguistics schola ris
a) Aru.Ramanathan b) T.A.Gnanamurthy c) Na.Subbureddiar d) S.Agathialingam
26. Lead is considered as
a) Air pollutant b) water pollutant c) soil pollutant d) all of these.
27. Which of the following gases is adsorbed mostly by activated charcoal?
a) CO2 b) N2 c) CH4 d) Ar
28. Leprosy is a
a) viral disease b) bacterial disease c) dermatomyosistis d) none of these
29. Who is the chairman of the planning commission?
a) Minister of Planning b) Minister of state c) prime minister d) Deputy prime minister
30. whose songs were found to be more in number in „Purananooru‟?
a) Auvaiyar b) Kabilar c) Kovur Kizhar d) Paranar
Auvaiyar wrote 33 songs in purananooru but in sangam literature kabilar
wrote more number of songs.
31. Who is considered as the father of Indian renaissance?
a) Raja Rammohan roy b) Rabindranath Tagore c) B.M.Malabari d) M.G.Ranade
