TNPSC Group 4 General Knowledge Model Questions:

1.Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawathi has proposed to split Uttar Pradesh into four states.
Which of the following is not one of them?
1) Purvanchal
2) Bundelkhand
3) Gorkhaland
4) Awadh Pradesh
5) Paschim Pradesh
2.Which of the following days is celebrated as the National Press Day? (The Press Council of
India started functioning on this day in 1966)
1) October 16
2) November 16
3) September 16
4) May 11
5) November 11
3.Binita Soren and Sheelarani Mahato have become the first women mountaineers to climb
Mount Saser Kangri in the Eastern Karakoram Range of Himalayas in Ladakh. To which state do
they belong?
1) Assam
2) Arunachal Pradesh
3) Jharkhand
4) Manipur
5) Tripura
4.KB Kookmin Bank has its headquarters in which of the following countries?
1) Japan
2) Singapore
3) South Korea
4) Philippines
5) North Korea
5.Who has been honored as the Womens Tennis Associations (WTA) player of the year for
2011?
1)CarolineWozniacki (Denmark)
2) Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic)
3)Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)
4) Maria Sharapova (Russia)
5) Vera Zvonareva (Russia)
6.Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee released a Rs.150 coin to mark 150 years of which
of the following institutions in November 2011?
1) Reserve Bank of India
2) State Bank of India
3) Election Commission
4)Union Public Service Commission
5)Comptroller & Auditor General
7.The United States of America signed a security agreement with which of the following
countries in November 2011? (Under this agreement 250 U.S. Marines would be stationed in that
country)
1) Australia
2) Indonesia
3) Singapore
4) Malaysia
5) China
8.Global energy, healthcare, technological and industrial products major Siemens is plan-ning to
invest about Rs.1700 crore in India. Siemens belongs to which of the following countries?
1) Canada
2) Germany
3) Sweden
4) Norway
5) USA
9.The Union Cabinet has agreed for what per cent of Foreign Direct Investment in the pension
sector?
1) 20%
2) 49%
3) 26%
4) 100%
5) None of these
10.The Presidents Cup is held once in every two years. It is related to which of the following
sports/ games?
1) Cricket
2) Horse Racing
3) Golf
4) Soccer
5) None of these
11.Who is the author of the book Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance?
1) Barack Obama
2) Nelson Mandela
3) Abraham Lincoln
4) Martin Luther King Jr
5) None of these
12.Which of the following cups/trophies is associated with the game of Hockey?
1) Duleep Trophy
2) Merdeka Cup
3) Ranji Trophy
4) Aga Khan Cup
5) Vijay Hazare Trophy
13.Which of the following books is written by V.S.Naipaul?
1) Midnights Children
2) In a Free State
3) The God of Small Things
4) Inheritance of Loss
5) The White Tiger
14.Who among the following is not a banker?
1) Shika Sharma
2) Renu Challu
3) Chanda Kochhar
4) Kiran Majumdar Shaw
5) Nainalal Kidwai
15.Which of the following organizations/institutions has its headquarters in Manila?
1) Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
2) Association of South East Asian Nations
3) Asian Development Bank
4) South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
5) North Atlantic Treaty Organization
16. Which of the following indust-ries is/are owned by the Hinduja Group?
1) Ashok Leyland
2) Hindalco
3) Suzlon Energy
4) Wipro
5) All the above
17. Who is the author of the books The Structure of the Universe and Current Issues in
Cosmology?
1) Stephen Hawking
2) Jayant Narlikar
3) Albert Einstein
4) S.Chandrasekar
5) None of these
18. Which of the following terms is not associated with Global Warming?
1) CFCs
2) Carbon di Oxide emission
3) Sub prime crisis
4) Ozone depletion
5) Greenhouse effect
19.Who is the author of the book The Golden Gate?
1) Anita Desai
2) Amitav Ghosh
3) Kiran Desai
4) Vikram Seth
5) None of these
20. Which of the following is not associated with the financial/ banking sector in India?
1) NSE
2) SEBI
3) ISRO
4) NABARD
5) SIDBI