1. If X and Y are two sets and X’ denotes the 7.

If a room of 15m X 13m X 12m (height) is to be

complement of X then X ∩ (X ∪ Y)’ equals painted inside, outside and on the ceiling, then
the cost of painting will be (cost of 9m2 painting
a) X b) Y is ` 87)
c) X’ ∩ Y d) ø
a) ` 14877 b) ` 18477
2. ℮ is called ------------------ c) ` 17874 d) ` 17784

a) A rational number 8. If the frequencies of first four members out of

b) An irrational number 1,2,4,6,8 are 2,3,3,2 respectively then, what is the
c) Whole number frequency of 8 if their arithmetic mean is 5?
d) Natural number
a) 4 b) 5
3. The product of two numbers is 4107. If the GCD c) 6 d) 8
of these numbers is 37, then the greater number
is
9. In a survey of 120 passengers, an airline found
a) 101 b) that 48 enjoyed cool drinks with their meals, 78
c) 111 d) 185 enjoyed coffee and 66 enjoyed tea. In addition
36 enjoyed any given pair of these beverages
and 24 passengers enjoyed them all. If two
4. as shown in the following
passengers are selected at random, what is the
figure. If / = 2/3 then is equal to probability that they both want only tea with
their meals?
A
a) 3 / 34 b) 5 / 34
c) 1 / 34 d) 0
B 45 C
10. A survey shows that 74% of the Indians like
a) 45 b) 81 grapes where as 68% like bananas. What
c) 75 d) 54 percentage of the Indians like both grapes and
bananas?
5. If D, E, F are respectively the mid points of the
a) 42% b) 34%
sides BC, CA and AB of △ABC, then the
c) 43% d) 24%
orthocenter of △DEF is

a) Orthocenter of △ABC 11. Sound waves travel faster in -------------

b) Centroid of △ABC
c) Cirucumcentre of △ABC a) Liquids b) Gases
c) Solids d) Vacuum
d) Incentre of △ABC
12. A block of wood of mass 200g floats on the
6. The value of Cos2 + Cos2 + Cos2 surface of water. If the volume of the block is
300 cm2, calculate the up thrust due to water.
+ Cos2 is
a) 1.96 N b) 2.94 N
a) b) c) 19.6 N d) 29.4 N
c) d)

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13. Clouds float in atmosphere because of their low 21. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is mainly
composed of
a) Density b) Pressure
c) Velocity d) Mass a) Propane and Butane
b) Butane and Butanol
14. The part of the A C generator that passes the c) Methane and Ethane
current from the armature coil to the external d) Methane only
circuit is
22. The separation of the components from a
a) Field magnet b) Split rings mixture based on their solubility in a solvent is
c) Slip rings d) Brushes known as

15. Which one of the following is most likely not a a) Centrifugation

case of uniform circular motion? b) Extraction
c) Fractional distillation
a) Motion of earth around the sun d) Destructive distillation
b) Motion of toy train on a circular track
c) Motion of racing car on a circular track 23. Soldering wires are made from an alloy of
d) Motion of hours hand on the clock dial
a) Copper and Zinc b) Lead & Tin
16. The area under the velocity time graph c) Copper & Tin d) Gold & Copper
represents

a) Velocity of the moving object

b) Displacement covered by the moving object 24. The elements having stable 8 electron
c) Speed of the moving object configuration in their outermost shells are
d) Acceleration of the moving object
a) Halogens b) Metals
17. Ceres is --------------- c) Noble gases d) Non-metals

a) A Meteor b) A Star
c) A Planet d) An Asteroid 25. The chemical formula of plaster of paris is

18. Two cylinders of equal height and radius are a) Na2CO3 b) CaSO4 .2 H2O
made of copper and aluminium. Which of them c) CaSO4 . ½ H2O d) CaOCl2
conducts heat faster?

a) Copper rod b) Aluminium rod 26. The SI unit for temperature is

c) Both of them d) None of them
a) K b) C
19. The speed of light is maximum in ------------- c) F d) J

a) Vacuum b) Glass 27. The element used in the vulcanization of rubber

c) Diamond d) Water is

20. The focal length of a concave mirror is 5 cm. Its a) Carbon b) Sulphur
radius of curvature is c) Iodine d) Graphite

a) 5 cm b) 10 cm
c) 2.5 cm d) 7.5 cm

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28. The pollutants responsible for global warming 35. A tadpole develops into an adult frog by the
and acid rains respectively are process of ------------
1. CO2 2. NOX 3. Detergents
4. Urea 5.Pesticides a) Fertilisation
b) Metamorphosis
a) 1 and 5 only b) 2 and 4 only c) Embedding
c) 1 and 2 only d) 2 and 3 only d) Budding

29. Penicillin is an antibiotic, which is extracted 36. Stomata is found in the -------------------
from ------------
a) Roots of the plant and is responsible for
a) Algae b) Fungi root exudation
c) Bryophytes d) Pteridophytes b) Leaves and is responsible for the colour
c) Leaves and responsible for gas exchange
30. The compound ethane belongs to ------------ class d) Stem and is responsible for water uptake
of compounds
37. Plastids are organelles that -------------------
a) Aromatics b) Alkynes
c) Alkenes d) Alkanes a) Contain pigments
b) Contain Hormones
31. Hormones are secreted by the organs of which c) Are found in animal cells
system? d) Are found in reproductive cells

a) Endocrine system 38. The number of nuclei present in a zygote is

b) Excretory system
c) Respiratory system a) 0 b) 1
d) Circulatory system c) 2 d) 4

32. Which of the following cells do not divide?

39. Species found only in a particular area is known
a) Adipocytes b) Neuron as -------------
c) Neutrophil d) Leucocytes
a) Population b) Endemic Species
33. Tissue that forms the inner lining of our mouth is c) Exotic Species d) Conserved species

a) Tendons
b) Adipose tissue 40. Which of these are called as amphibians of the
c) Blood plant kingdom?
d) Squamous epithelium
a) Thallophyta b) Bryophyta
34. A mature cell that lacks a nucleus is c) Pteridophyta d) Gymnosperms

a) Neuron
b) Red Blood corpuscles (RBCs) 41. In 1453 Constantinople was captured by ----------
c) Cardiac muscles
d) Only prokaryotic cells do not have nucleus a) The French b) The Turks
all eukaryotic cells have a nucleus c) The Dutch d) The British

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42. Tranqueber on the Tamilnadu coast was a trade 49. ------------- is used to measure the humidity.
centre of ------------------
a) Anemometer b) Barometer
a) The Portuguese c) Hygrometer d) Theromometer
b) The British
c) The French 50. The percentage of fresh water on the earth is ----
d) The Danish
a) 71 b) 97
c) 2.8 d) 0.6
43. The ruler of Bengal in 1757 was -------------
51. Sum of three numbers is 136. If the ratio
a) Shuja-ud-daulah b) Siraj-ud-daulah between first and second be 2:3 and that
c) Mir Kasim d) Tippu Sultan between second and third is 5:3, then the second
number is
44. The Bardoli Satyagraha was led by whom?
a) 40 b) 48
a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel c) 72 d) 60
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Digambar Biswas
d) Keshab Chandra Roy 52. The difference between a two digit number and
the number obtained by interchanging the digits
45. Tiruchirapalli proclamation was issued by is 27. What is the difference between the digits
of the number?
a) Marudhu Pandiyars
b) Krishnappa Nayak a) 3 b) 5
c) Velu Nachiyar c) 6 d) 9
d) Dheeran Chinnamalai
53. The difference between the ages of two persons
is 10 years. 15 years ago, the elder one was twice
46. World soil day is observed on which day? as old as the younger one. The present age of the
elder person is
a) 15th August b) 12th January
c) 15th October d) 5th December a) 25 b) 35
c) 45 d) 55

47. Which is the ideal soil for growing cotton? 54. Cost of 3 cricket balls = Cost of 2 pairs of leg
pads, Cost of 3 pairs of leg pads = Cost of 2 pairs
a) Red soil b) Black soil of gloves, Cost of 3 pairs of gloves = Cost of 2
c) Alluvial soil d) Mountain soil cricket bats. If a cricket bat costs Rs.54, what is
the cost of a cricket ball?
48. Earth’s atmosphere contains about -------- a) Rs.12 b) Rs.14
percentage of nitrogen and oxygen. c) Rs.16 d) Rs.18
a) 78% and 21% 55. A man gains 10% by selling a certain article for a
b) 22% and 1% certain price. If he sells it at double the price,
c) 21% and 0.97% what is the profit made?
d) 10% and 20%
a) 20 % b) 100 %
c) 120 % d) 140 %

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56. A rope makes 70 rounds of the circumference of 63. Which part of the body is affected by trachoma?
a cylinder whose radius of the base is 14 cm.
How many times can it go round a cylinder with a) Lungs b) Skin
radius 20 cm? c) Tongue d) Eyes

a) 40 b) 49 64. Thrombosis is a diseases of the

c) 100 d) 126
a) Ear b) Skin
57. A piece of work can be done by 6 men and c) Pituitary d) Blood
5 women in 6 days or 3 men and 4 women in
10 days. It can be done by a man and 15
women in how many days? 65. Who founded the Ayurveda system of medicine?

a) 1 b) 2 a) Sushruta b) Thirumoolar
c) 3 d) 4 c) Atreya d) Agasthiya

58. One tap can fill a tank in 2 hours and another

tap can empty the tank in 3 hours. How long will 66. Insulin regulates
it take to fill the tank if both the taps are opened?
a) Breath rate b) Heart beat
a) 5 hours b) 6 hours c) Blood glucose level d) Blood pressure
c) 7 hours d) 8 hours

59. A and B travel the same distance at 9 kilometer 67. Which of the following diseases is caused due to
per hour and 10 kilometer per hour. It A takes shortage of red blood cells?
36 minutes longer than B, the distance travelled
by each is a) Meningitis b) Leukemia
c) Arthritis d) Anaemia
a) 48 km b) 54 km
c) 60 km d) 125 km 68. The main cause for stroke is

a) Obesity
60. With a speed of 60 kmph a train crosses a pole in b) Increased blood pressure
30 seconds. The length of the train is c) Diabetes
d) Smoking
a) 1000 m b) 900 m
c) 750 m d) 500 m 69. “Hepatitis” means

61. The vitamin given for the treatment of common a) Liver ailment
cold is ------------ b) Lung ailment
c) Stomach ailment
a) Vitamin A b) Vitamin B d) Kidney ailment
c) Vitamin C d) Vitamin D
70. The important anti-tuberculosis drug among the
62. Blood circulation in living things was discovered following is
by ---------
a) Aureomycin b) Streptomycin
a) William Harvey b) Fleming c) Chloromycin d) Neomycin
c) Louis d) Hovercraft

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71. The bacteria responsible for the fixation of 77. Which country will be hosting 2020 Summer
atmospheric nitrogen in soil is Olympics?

a) Bacillus thuringiensis a) Japan b) France

b) Baculoviruses c) China d) Australia
c) Rhizobium
d) Nostoc 78. Who holds the record for the youngest
Grandmaster in Chess history?
72. Match the following
a) Parimarjan Negi b) Sergey Karjakin
c) Magnus Carlsen d) D. Gukesh
1. Tamilnadu Agricultural – A. Madhavaram
University 79. Who among the following has won the most
number of women’s singles French open tennis
2. Tamilnadu Veterinary and - B. Coimbatore
Championship?
Animal Science University

3. Tamilnadu Fisheries - C. Nagapattinam a) Margaret Smith Court

University b) Steffi Graf
c) Martina Navratilova
a) 1–A 2–B 3-C d) Chris Evert
b) 1–B 2–C 3-A
c) 1–B 2–A 3-C 80. Which country among the following won the
d) 1–C 2–B 3-A 2019 FIFA women’s world cup?

73. Which of the following are used as pesticides in a) United States of America
agriculture? b) Germany
c) France
a) Nitrogen compounds d) Canada
b) Chlorinated hydrocarbons
c) Ammonium compounds 81. What is the “maximum break” in Snooker?
d) None of these
a) 100 b) 125
74. Thanjavur is known for the cultivation of c) 147 d) 160

a) Paddy b) Sugarcane 82. Who among the following holds 800 metres
c) Banana d) Blackgram Olympic record for men in running?

75. Indigenous bull variety of Tamilnadu is a) Timothy Kitum

b) David Rudisha
a) Gir b) Sindhi c) Clayton Murphy
c) Kangeyam d) Jersy d) Alfred Kipketer

83. What is current world record in Shotput event

76. To which one of the following sports is George for men?
Herman “Babe” Ruth Jr. associated with?
a) 23.72 metres b) 23.12 metres
a) Basketball b) Football c) 23.06 metres d) 22.52 metres
c) Cricket d) Baseball

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84. Who won the gold medal in the Decathlon event 91. In which of the following cities is the
in the 2016 Rio Olympics? Elephant festival celebrated annually?

a) Kevin Mayer b) Ashton Eaton a) Jodhpur b) Kota

c) Damian Warner d) Trey Hardee c) Ajmer d) Jaipur

85. Who among the following batsmen scored most 92. “Raja Harishchandra”, an early Indian film
runs in the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup? was produced by --------------------

a) Kane Williamson a) Dada Saheb Phalke b) Ashok Kumar

b) David Warner c) Ardeshir Irani d) Gurudutt
c) Rohit Sharma
d) Shakib Al Hasan
93. The famous painter Vincent van Gogh
86. Who was the longest serving Chief Minister of belonged to which country?
any Indian state?
a) Spain b) The Netherlands
a) Shri Lal Thanhawla c) Italy d) France
b) Shri Gegong Apang
c) Shri Pawan Kumar Chamling 94. Who gave the voice for the audio book
d) Shri Jyoti Basu “Wings of Fire” written by former President
Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam?
87. Who is the present speaker of Lok Sabha?
a) Om Puri
a) Smt Meera Kumar b) Amitabh Bachchan
b) Shri Om Birla c) Girish Karnad
c) Shri Ramnath Kovind d) Harish Bhimani
d) Shri Ramvilas Paswan
95. Who amidst the following great music
88. Who was the only Lok Sabha speaker to have composers was the ruler of a state?
become the President of India?
a) Tyagaraja
a) Shri VV giri b) Shyama Shastri
b) Shri Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy c) Muthuswami Dikshitar
c) Dr S. Radhakrishnan d) Swathi Tirunal Rama Varma
d) Shri R.Venkatraman
96. Which country recently organized Gandhi Cycle
89. The current President of Sri Lanka is rally for Peace?

a) Maithripala Sirisena a) Saudi Arabia b) India

b) Mahinda Rajapakse c) Japan d) Canada
c) Ranil Wickremesinghe
d) D.M.Jayaratne 97. World Blood Donor Day is observed on ------------

90. The Sangai festival is celebrated in which Indian a) June 11 b) June 12

State? c) June 13 d) June 14

a) Assam b) Manipur
c) Mizoram d) Nagaland

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98. In which Indian city, did China start its branch of
the 107 years old Bank of China?

a) Calcutta b) Bangalore
c) Mumbai d) Chennai

99. In 2019, Kargil victory day was celebrated as the

------------ Annual day

a) 18th b) 20th
c) 21st d) 19th

100. How many persons received Bharat Ratna

award this year (2019)?

a) 2 b) 3
c) 4 d) 5