

1.      

  a)  b)  c) 
a)  b) 
d)  e) 
c)   d)  
9. 
e)  
a)  b) 
2. “” c)  d) 
a)  b)  e) 
c)  d)  10. 
e)   a) 
3. ‘  ’  b) 
 c) 
a)  b)  d) 
c)  d) (a) (c)
e) 
e)  
11. 
4.     
a)  b)  c) 

d)  e)  
a)  b) 
12. “
c)  d) 
  ”   
e)   
5.       a)  b) 

c)  d) 
a)  b)  c) 
e) 
d)  e)  
13. 
6.     
 

 
a)  b) 
c)  d)   
e)   
7.   “”
 a)  b)  c) 
a)  b)  c)  d)  e) 
d)  e)  14. ‘
8.  ’

 
a)  b) 
 
c)  d) 
     
 e) 
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15.     24. ‘’
 a)  b)  c) 
a)  b)  d)  e)  
c)  d)  25. ‘   ’  
e)   
16.  a)  b) 
  c)  d) 
a)  b)  c)  e)  
d)  e)   26. “    
17.  ”
a)  b)  c)  a)  b) 
d)  e)   c)  d) 
18. ‘ e) 
 27.    
’ 
a)  b)   
c)  d)   
e)   
19.   
      
  
      
 a)  b)  c) 
a)  b)  c)  d)  e) 
d)  e)   28.  
20.  
 a)  b) 
a)  b) 
c)  d) 
c)  d) 
e) 
e)  
29.       
21.  
      a)  b)  c) 
   
d)  e)  

30. ‘  ’   
  
  
 
a)  b)  
a)  b)  c) 
d)  e)   c)  d) 

22. ‘ e)  

 ’      31. 
 a)  b) 
a)  b)  c)  d) 
c)  d)  e) 
e)   32. 
23.  
 a)  b) 
a)  b)  c)  c)  d) 
d)  e)   e)  
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33.       c)      
 
a)    d)  
 e)  
b)     41. ‘
 ’
c)     
 a)  b) 
d)      c)  d) 
 
e) 
e)  
42. ‘ 
34.   ’    
 
a)  b)  a) 
c)  d)  b) 
e)   c) 
35.    d) 

e) 
a) 
43.     
b)       

 
c) 
      
d)   
e)   a)  b) 
36. “” c)  d) 
 e)  
a)  b)  44. ‘
c)  d)  ’
e)   a)  b)  c) 
37.  d)   e)  
a)  b)  45. ‘
   ’  
c)  d) 

e)  
a)  b)  c) 
38. ‘
!’ d) a, c  e) 
a)  b)  46. 
a) 
c)  d) 
b) 
e)  
c) 
39.      
 d)  
a)  b)  e)  
c)   d)  47. 
e)       
   
40.  

 
a)  
b)       a)  b)  c) 

d)  e)  
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48.  a)  b) 
 c)  d) 
a)  b)  c) 
e)  
d)  e)  
59. 
49. 
a)  b) 
a)  b) 
c)   d) 
c)  d) 
e)  
e) 
60. 
50.      
‘’
a)  b)  c) 
a)  b)  c) 
d)  e) 
d)  e)  
61. ‘’
51.      


a)  b)  c)  a) 
d)  e)   b) 
52.  c) 
 d)  
a)  b)  c)  e)  
d)  e)   62. ‘
53.   ’
     
a)  b)  
c)  d)  a)  b)  c) 
e)   d)  e)  
54.  63.    
a)  b)  
c)  d)  a)  b)  c) 
e)  d)  e)  
55.  64. ‘’
a)  b)  c)  
d)  e)   a) 
56.     b) 
a)    c)  
b)    d) 
c)    e)  
d)    65. 
e)   a)  b) 
57.  c)  d) 
  e)  
a)    66. 
b)    a)  b)  c) 
c)    d)  e)  
d)    67. ‘’     
e)  
58. “” a)  b)  c) 
 d)  e)  
4 THOOTHUKUDI 99445 11344 | TIRUNELVELI 98942 41422 | RAMANATHAPURAM 75503 52916 | MADURAI 98431 10566
68. ‘ 77.      
   ’         
 
a)  b)  a) 
c)  d)  b) 
e)   c)   

69. “
  ”     d)    
  
a)  b)  e)  
c)  d)  78. 
e)  a)  b)  c) 
70.  d)  e)  
a)  b)  79.    
c)  d)  
e)   a)  b)  c) 
71.  d)  e)  
   3 80.     
   12 
   7 a)  b)  c) 
   4 d)  e)  
A B C D A B C D 81. 
a) 1 2 4 3 b) 2 1 3 4 a)  b) 
c) 1 2 3 4 d) 4 3 2 1 c)  d) 
e)  e)  
72. ‘ ’ 82. 

a)  b)  c) 
a)  b)  c) 
d)  e)  
d)  e)  
73.  83.        

a)    
a)  b)  c) 
b)   
d)  e)  
c)   
84. 
d)   
a)  b)  c) 
e)  
74. “” d)  e)  
a)  b)  85.     
    
c)  d) 
   
e) 

75. 
a)  b) 
   
c)  d) 
   
e)  
a)  b)  c) 
86. 
d)  e)  
76.     
a)  b)     
c)  d)   a)  b)  c) 
e)   d)  e)  
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87.  a)  b) 
a)  b)  c)  c)  d) 
d)  e)  e)  
88. “      95. 
” a)  b)  c) 
a)  b)  d)  e)  
c)  d)  96.    
e)  
89.     
a)  b)  c)     
d)  e)   a)  b)  c) 
90. “” d)  e)  

97. ‘   
a)  b)  ’
c)  d)  a)  b)  c) a, d
e)  
d)  e) 
91.   
98. 

 
a)  b) 
c)  d)   
e)    
92.       
 a)  b)  c) 
a)  b)  d)  e) 
c)  d)  99. 
e)   a)  b) 
93.      c)  d) 
 e) 
a)  b)  100. 
c)  d)  
e)   a)   b) 
94.     c)  d) 

e) 

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1. Nathaniel Hawthorne was an ______ novelist. 5. Joseph Bell died in ______.
a) British b) American c) Indian a) 1910 b) 1911 c) 1912
d) Canadian e) Answer not known d) 1913 e) Answer not known
2. Liam O Flaherty is from ______. 6. Liam O’Flaherty was born in _____.
a) England b) Glouchestershirc a) 1895 b) 1896 c) 1897
c) Canary Islands d) Gaeltecht d) 1898 e) Answer not known
e) Answer not known 7. Ruskin Bond is a ______.
3. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar retired from cricket on 16th
a) Long writer b) Fiction writer
Nov_____.
c) Short story writer d) Essayist
a) 2011 b) 2012 c) 2013
d) 2014 e) Answer not known e) Answer not known
4. Mary Mapes Dodge died in _____. 8. Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in _____.
a) 1903 b) 1904 c) 1905 a) Saint Etienne b) Salem c) New york
d) 1906 e) Answer not known d) Harvard e) Answer not known

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9. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born in _____. a) 2012 b) 2013 c) 2014
a) 1858 b) 1859 c) 1860 d) 2015 e) Answer not known
d) 1861 e) Answer not known 21. Liam O’Flaherty was an ______ and short story writer.
10. Mary Mapes Dodge conducted ______. a) Irish novelist b) English novelist
a) Hans Brinker b) Tennyson c) Italian novelist d) Indian novelist
c) St. Nicholas d) R.L. Stevenson e) Answer not known
e) Answer not known 22. Jawaharlal Nehru to be the _____ of modern India.
11. Liam O’Flaherty he was a founding member of the a) Protector b) Preserver c) Architect
_______. d) Starter e) Answer not known
a) Communist party of India 23. Nathaniel Hawthorne his works often focus on _____.
b) Communist Party of Ireland a) History b) Morality
c) Communist of England c) Religion d) All of the above
d) Communist of Sweden e) Answer not known
e) Answer not known 24. Franco - Prussian War ____.
12. Liam O’Flaherty died in ______. a) 1868 - 1869 b) 1869 - 1870
a) 1981 b) 1982 c) 1983 c) 1870 - 1871 d) 1871 - 1872
d) 1984 e) Answer not known e) Answer not known
13. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle died in ______. 25. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar to complete more than
a) 1928 b) 1929 c) 1930 _____ runs.
d) 1931 e) Answer not known a) 20,000 b) 30,000 c) 40,000
14. William Temple Hornaday conversation movement d) 50,000 e) Answer not known
in the ______.
26. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar in ______.
a) India b) Canada c) Britain
a) Madras b) Delhi c) Mumbai
d) United states e) Answer not known
d) Calcutta e) Answer not known
15. Joseph Bell was born in ______.
27. Sachin won Padma Shri in ______.
a) 1834 b) 1835 c) 1836
a) 1996 b) 1997 c) 1998
d) 1837 e) Answer not known
d) 1999 e) Answer not known
16. Ruskin Bond the favourite writer of ______.
28. Ruskin Bond is a ______ and poet.
a) Indian mother b) Indian father
a) Fiction writer b) Novelist
c) Indian children d) Indian adults
c) Essayist d) Dramatist
e) Answer not known
e) Answer not known
17. Nathaniel Hawthorne was published _____.
29. William Temple Hornaday was born in Dec 1,______.
a) The biograph of Tagore
a) 1853 b) 1854 c) 1855
b) The biography of Sir Isaac Newton
d) 1856 e) Answer not known
c) The biograph of Einstein
30. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari was born in _____.
d) The biograph of Tesla
e) Answer not known a) 1878 b) 1879 c) 1880
18. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar displayed a _____. d) 1881 e) Answer not known
a) Immature talent b) Prodigious talent 31. Ruskin Bond he has also been honoured with the
________ for his contribution to Indian literature.
c) Useless talent d) Wasted talent
a) Padma Shri b) Sahitya Akademi Award
e) Answer not known
c) Bharat Ratna d) Padma Vibushan
19. Mahatma Gandhi and served India as Prime Minister
from its establishment as an Independent nation in e) Answer not known
______. 32. Samuel Langhorne Clemens better known by his pen
a) 1946 b) 1947 c) 1948 name _____.
d) 1949 e) Answer not known a) Mark Andrew b) Tom Sawyer
20. In _____ Tendulkar was nominated to the Rajya c) Mark Twain d) Tom Finn
Sabha. e) Answer not known
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33. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was nominated to the a) 1587 and 1611 b) 1588 and 1612
_____. c) 1589 and 1613 d) 1590 and 1614
a) Rajya Sabha b) Lok sabha e) Answer not known
c) M.L.A. d) Both (a) and (b) 45. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar he is the only player to have
e) Answer not known scored _______ international centuries.
34. Mary Mapes Dodge was born in _____. a) One hundred b) Two hundred
a) 1830 b) 1831 c) 1832 c) Three hundred d) Four hundred
d) 1833 e) Answer not known e) Answer not known
35. Liam O’Flaherty and lived comfortably and ______. 46. Mary Mapes Dodge childrens magziane for more
a) Quietly outside the spotlight than _____.
b) Inside the spotlight a) 20 years b) 30 years c) 40 years
c) Fighting for the spotlight d) 50 years e) Answer not known
47. Sachin won Padma Vibhushan in ______.
d) Desiring the spotlight
a) 2008 b) 2009 c) 2010
e) Answer not known
d) 2011 e) Answer not known
36. Joseph Bell was born in ______.
48. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari informally called _____.
a) Dublin b) Edinburgh c) Glasgow
a) Pariyar b) Rajaji c) Mahatma
d) Dundee e) Answer not known
d) Ironman e) Answer not known
37. Mary Mapes Dodge was an ______.
49. Nathaniel Hawthorne died in May 19, _____.
a) Indian b) American c) English
a) 1864 b) 1865 c) 1866
d) Canadian e) Answer not known
d) 1867 e) Answer not known
38. Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in _____.
50. Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was born on
a) 1833 b) 1834 c) 1835 _____.
d) 1836 e) Answer not known a) 1886 b) 1887 c) 1888
39. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari died in _____ d) 1889 e) Answer not known
a) 1970 b) 1971 c) 1972 51. William Shakespeare _____ sonnets and two narra-
d) 1973 e) Answer not known tive poems.
40. Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in July 4, _____. a) 153 b) 154 c) 155
d) 156 e) Answer not known
a) 1803 b) 1804 c) 1805
52. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari was a ______.
d) 1806 e) Answer not known
a) Indian Politician b) Independence activist
41. Nathaniel Hawthorne True stories from history and
c) Lawyer, Historian d) All the above
Biography _____.
e) Answer not known
a) 1849 b) 1850 c) 1851
53. William Temple Hornaday died in Mar 6, ______.
d) 1852 e) Answer not known a) 1934 b) 1935 c) 1936
42. Samuel Langhorne Clemens famous works are _____. d) 1937 e) Answer not known
a) The Adventures of Huckle berry Finn 54. William Temple Hornaday he was a pioneer in the
b) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ____ .
a) Wild life conservation
c) Both (a) and (b)
b) Domestic conservation
d) Adventures of Tin Tin.
c) Bird conservation
e) Answer not known
d) Insect conservation
43. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle wrote _____ short e) Answer not known
stories.
55. Liam O’Flaherty and a major figure in the ______.
a) Forty-Six b) Forty-seven a) Indian literary Renaissance
c) Forty-eight d) Forty-nine b) French literaryRenaissance
e) Answer not known c) Irish literary renaissance
44. William Shakespeare the majority of which he penned d) English literary Renaissance
between ______. e) Answer not known
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56. ______ is celebrated as National Science Day. 67. Ruskin Bond his major writings include ______.
a) January 28 b) February 28 a) Poems b) Lamb and Tiger
c) March 28 d) April 28 c) Reminscence d) An Island of Trees
e) Answer not known e) Answer not known
57. Alphonso Daudet died in ______. 68. Samuel Langhorne Clemens twain was raised in
a) 1896 b) 1897 c) 1898 ______.
d) 1899 e) Answer not known a) New york, Missouri
58. Sachin won Bharat Ratna in ______. b) Salem, Massechuchetts
a) 2013 b) 2014 c) 2015 c) Hannibal, Missouri
d) 2016 e) Answer not known d) Maryland, USA
59. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari was born in _____. e) Answer not known
a) Thorapalli in the Krishnagiri district 69. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a _____.
b) Thorapalli in the Cuddalore district a) British writer b) Indian writer
c) Thorapalli in the Hosurdistrict c) Canadian writer d) American writer
d) Vanchimaniyachi in the thoothukudi district e) Answer not known
e) Answer not known 70. Liam O’Flaherty wrote almost exclusively in _______.
60. William Temple Hornaday was an _____. a) French b) English c) Irish
a) Indian zoologist b) American zoologist d) French e) Answer not known
c) British zoologist d) Canadian zoologist 71. Sachin Ramesh Tendulka’s autobiography _______.
e) Answer not known a) Learning to play b) Playing it my way
61. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle his notable works c) Playing it his way d) Playing it my way
include _____. e) Answer not known
a) Lost world 72. William Shakespeare his surviving body of work in-
b) Atlantis cludes ______.
c) Stories of Sherlock Holmes a) 35 plays b) 36 plays c) 37 plays
d) Both (a) and (c) d) 38 plays e) Answer not known
e) Answer not known 73. Raman won Nobel Prize for Physics in ______.
62. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar the first to score double a) 1930 b) 1931 c) 1932
century in a _____ and the only player.
d) 1933 e) Answer not known
a) Test b) T20
74. Alphonso Daudet was born in _____.
c) (a) and (b) d) One day International
a) 1839 b) 1840 c) 1841
e) Answer not known
d) 1842 e) Answer not known
63. Mary Mapes Dodge best known for her novel ______.
75. Ruskin Bond his first novel _____.
a) Hans Brinker b) Saint Nicholas
a) Roof on the Room b) Room on the Roof
c) Tennyson d) R.L. Stevenson
e) Answer not known c) Roats on the rooms d) Rooms of the roof
64. William Shakespeare died in ______ e) Answer not known
a) 1616 b) 1617 c) 1618 76. Tempest is based on actual wreck of ship called
d) 1619 e) Answer not known a) Black Pearl b) Sea venture
65. Rajaji was one of the first recipients of India’s highest c) Dutchmen d) Sea lion
civilian award, the _______. e) Answer not known
a) The Padmashree b) Bharat Ratna 77. Ruskin Bond novel won him the John Rhys Memorial
c) Padma Bhusan d) Padma Vibushan Award in _____.
e) Answer not known a) 1957 b) 1958 c) 1959
66. Jawaharlal Nehru he was also known as _____. d) 1960 e) Answer not known
a) Pandit Nehru b) Uncle Nehru 78. William Shakespeare was born in _____.
c) Hero Nehru d) Both (a) and (b) a) 1561 b) 1562 c) 1563
e) Answer not known d) 1564 e) Answer not known
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79. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle the story is narrated 89. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar in total score ______runs.
by the character, ______. a) 35,865 b) 34,357 c) 36,458
a) Holmes b) Dr. Watson d) 37,659 e) Answer not known
c) Culverton Smith d) Mrs. Hudson 90. Jawaharlal Nehru was born in 14 Nov ____.
e) Answer not known a) 1888 b) 1889 c) 1890
80. Ruskin Bond he also writes about children and the d) 1891 e) Answer not known
simple ______.
91. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle which are generally
a) Hill folk of Jharkhand
considered ______ in the field of crime fiction.
b) Hill folk of Meghalaya
a) Save stones b) Production c) Milestones
c) Hill folk of Uttarakhand
d) Mind stones e) Answer not known
d) Hill folk of shillong
92. Sachin won Arjuna Award in ______
e) Answer not known
a) 1993 b) 1994 c) 1995
81. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was born in April 24, _____.
d) 1996 e) Answer not known
a) 1971 b) 1972 c) 1973
93. Mary Mapes Dodge she was the recognized leader in
d) 1974 e) Answer not known
______ for almost a third of the nineteenth century.
82. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar he played in ______.
a) Adult literature b) Juvenile Literature
a) 654 international cricket matches
c) Men’s literature d) Woman’s literature
b) 659 international cricket matches
e) Answer not known
c) 664 international cricket matches
94. Jawaharlal Nehru died in 27 May ______.
d) 669 international cricket matches
a) 1964 b) 1965 c) 1966
e) Answer not known
d) 1967 e) Answer not known
83. William Shakespeare is the world’s _____.
95. A study in scarlet was the first of ______ novels.
a) Pre-eminent actor b) Pre-eminent dramatist
a) Two b) Three c) Four
c) Pre-eminent teacher d) Pre-eminent educator
e) Answer not known d) Five e) Answer not known

84. Liam O’Flaherty he spent most of his time in ______ 96. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was best known for
his ______.
a) Fishing b) writing c) Travelling
a) Short story b) Drama
d) Sleeping e) Answer not known
c) Detective fiction d) Fantasy
85. Nathaniel Hawthorne was _____ and short story
writer. e) Answer not known
a) Lyricist b) Pianist 97. “One small step for man a giant leap for mankind”
c) Essayist d) Dark, Romantic was said by
e) Answer not known a) Neil Armstrong b) Liam O Flaherty
86. Joseph Bell was a _______ in medicine. c) Kalpana Chawla d) Aristotle
a) Practitioner b) Doctor c) Lecturer e) Answer not known
d) Both (a) and (b) e) Answer not known 98. Sachin won Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award _____.
87. Rajagopalachari was the last ______ of India. a) 1996 b) 1997 c) 1998
a) Governor - General d) 1999 e) Answer not known
b) Governor 99. Samuel Langhorne Clemens was an _____.
c) Deputy Governor a) Canada b) American Writer
d) Deputy Governor general c) India d) Britain
e) Answer not known e) Answer not known
88. Samuel Langhorne Clemens died in _____. 100. A study in scarlet was published in _____.
a) 1909 b) 1910 c) 1911 a) 1884 b) 1885 c) 1886
d) 1912 e) Answer not known d) 1887 e) Answer not known
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101. Consider the following:        
   


a) 77.51 b) 77.15 c) 77.10 d) 77.01
e) Answer not known / 
Which one of the following can be drawn from these
figures? 104. A man ate 100 grapes in 5 days. Each day, he ate 6
more grapes than those he ate on the earlier day.
a) The areas of the three figures are all different
How many, grapes did he eat on the first day.
b) The areas of all the three figures are equal

c) The perimeters of the three figures are equal        
d) The perimeters of figures I and II are equal      
e) Answer not known ?
     a) 8 b) 12 c) 76 d) 54
 e) Answer not known / 
a)  105. Which letter will replace the question mark?
 
b) 
c) 
d) 
e)  
102. Which of the following statements is false ?
a) Among the common divisors of given numbers,
the greatest divisor is the G.C.D.
b) If the G.C.D of any two numbers is 1 they are said
to be prime numbers
c) Among the common multiples of given numbers,
the least is the L.C.M. a) Y b) Q c) S d) R
d) The product of any two numbers is equal to the e) Answer not known / 
product of their G.C,D and L.C.M. 106. The ratio between the base radius and the height of
e) Answer not known a solid right circular cylinder is 2:5. If its curved sur-
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face area is sq.cm. Find the height and radius
a)      7
 a) h = 15 cm r = 6 cm b) h = 6 cm r = 15 cm
b)         c) h = 14 cm r = 5 cm d) h = 5 cm r = 14 cm
 e) Answer not known
c)      

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d)       
7
    


a) 
e)  
b) 
103. In a class of 20 students, 5 students have scored 76
c) 
marks each, 7 students have scored 77 marks each
and 8 students have scored 78 marks each, then com- d) 
pute the mean of the class. e)  
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107. Mr. X borrowed Rs.5,000 on 7th June 2006 and re-       
turned it on 19th August 2006. Find the amount he 
paid. If the interest is calculated at 7% per annum 
X         
      
 a) 25 b) 26 c) 29 d) 32
 e) Answer not known / 
a) ` 5140 b) ` 5070 113. A and B can together finish a work in 30 days. They
c) ` 5210 d) ` 5280 worked for it for 20 days and then B left. If the re-
e) Answer not known /  maining work was done by A alone in 20 more days, A
108. Simplify : /  alone can finish the total work in (in days)
A B 
 900  144   16         B
    3   2
 144   8      A
A 
21 21 21 -5 
a) b) c) d)
8 12 4 2 a) 48 b) 50 c) 54 d) 60
e) Answer not known /  e) Answer not known / 
109. How many diagonals are there in an nanogon? 114. Sixty-Five percent of a number is 21 less than four
? fifths of that number. What is the number?
a) 36 b) 27 c) 18 d) 20      
e) Answer not known /  
x     
110. The probability of getting a job for a person is . If ?
3
2 a) 140 b) 150 c) 135 d) 120
the probability of not getting the job is then the
3
value of x is e) Answer not known / 

x 115. There are two mixtures of milk and water. In I mix-

  ture ratio of milk and water is 2 : 3. In II mixture ratio
3
2 of milk and water is 3 : 7. In what ratio, these two
  x- mixtures are mixed to get milk and water in the ratio
3
a) 1.5 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3 4 : 7.
e) Answer not known /        
111. A Person gets Rs. 50,000 (Fifty thousand) as loan with       
interest rate 4 % p.a. from a bank. If the interest is          
calculated annually, then the compound interest, af-     

ter two years, is
a) 4 : 3 b) 3:4 c) 3:1 d) 7:4
         
e) Answer not known / 
    
       116. If ‘ HUMBLE’ is given by the code EHLUBM. What
does the code EDUCATION mean?

‘HUMBLE’ EHLUBM 
a) 4, 000 b) 2, 000 c) 2, 080 d) 4, 080 EDUCATION 
e) Answer not known /  a) NEDOIUTCA b) NEOIDUTCA
112. Some persons are standing in a queue. A child is stand- c) NEDUOITCA d) NEODIUTCA
ing 14th from the left and a woman is standing 8th e) Answer not known / 
from the right. If there are four persons between the 117. (?-968)  79 x 4 = 512
child and the woman, how many persons are there in a) 10185 b) 10190 c) 11080 d) 10180
the queue? e) Answer not known / 

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118. Which number is in all the geometrical figures in the 121. The 7th term of the sequence 0.12,0.012, 0.0012
following diagram? ........ is
0.12,0.012, 0.0012 ........  

a) 1.2 x 106 b) 1.2 x 10-6 c) 1.2 x 107
d) 1.2 x 10-7
e) Answer not known / 
122. Arrange in ascending order

 3 1 5
, ,
 4 2 8
a) 2 b) 3 c) 5 d) 8
1 5 3 1 3 5
e) Answer not known /  a) , , b) , ,
2 8 4 2 4 8

2 3 5 1 3 1 5
119. , 65%, 4 out of 7 - Of these three which is greatest? c) , , d) , ,
3 4 8 2 4 2 8
Which is the least? e) Answer not known / 
a) 4 out of 7 is least 65% is greatest
123. A Trader has 500 kg of rice, part of which he sells at
2 8% profit and the rest at 18% profit. He gains 10% on
b) 4 out of 7 is least is greatest
3
the whole. The quantity sold at 18% profit is
2
c) 65% is least is greatest        
3
     
2
d) is least 65% is greatest 
3

e) Answer not known
a) 100 kg/ b) 200 kg/
2
, 65%, 7  c) 300 kg/ d) 400 kg/
3
e) Answer not known / 

a)  124. The perimeter of a rectangle having area equal to
144 (cm)2 and sides in the ratio 4:9 is ( in cm)
2
b)          
3
   
2 
c)  
3
a) 52 b) 56 c) 60 d) 64
2 e) Answer not known / 
d) 
3 125. The HCF and LCM of two numbers m and n are 6 and
e)   1 1
210 respectively. If m+n=72 then + is equal to
o
1 m n
120. The value of x where x : 2 : : 21: 50 is
3 m n   
      
1
x : 2 : : 21: 50  x  1 1
3 m+n=72 + 
m n
1 1 49 27
a) 1 b) 1 c) d) 1 2 3 5
49 50 50 50 a) b) c) d)
35 35 35 37
e) Answer not known / 
e) Answer not known / 

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126. Where did the 3rd Edition of Indian maritime conclave 
held?
A)   
a) Goa b) Mumbai
B)   
c) Visakapattinam d) Chennai
C)   
e) Answer not known
D)   
    
A B C D A B C D

a) 2 3 4 1 b) 4 3 2 1
a)  b) 
c) 3 4 1 2 d) 2 4 1 3
c)  d) 
e)  
e)  
130. Statement 1 : 52nd International Film festival held in
127. Choose the correct statement :
Goa.
1. 4th Scorpene submarine INS Vela handed over to
Statement 2 : 6th BRICS Nations Film awards were
Indian Navy under project - 75.
also issued
2. This type of submarine has built with the aid of
a) Statement 1 & 2 wrong
Russia.
b) Statement 1 wrong; 2 correct
3. Project-75, was started in 2007.
c) Statement 1 correct; 2 wrong
4. Still now the submarines Kalvari, Khanderi and
Karanj came in to work. d) Statement 1 & 2 correct

 e) Answer not known

   INS ‘’  

 

              
 

  a)  b) 

  c)  d) 

 e)  
a)  b)  c)  d)  131. Match the following : (Padma Vibushan Award 2021)
e) Answer not known/ A) B.B.Lal 1. Sculptor
128. The 16th G-20 countries submit held to set the carbon B) B.M.Hegde 2. Architech
balance by which year? C) Wahiduddin Khan 3. Islamic epistemology
 D) Sutharsan Shahoo 4. Doctor
 
a) 2025 b) 2030 c) 2040 d) 2050 A) B.B.   
e) Answer not known/ B) B.M.  
129. Match the following (Dhyan chand Khel Ratna Award) C)   
A) Sunil sethri 1. Boxing D)   
B) Manpreet singh 2. Para Athlete A B C D A B C D
C) Lavlina 3. Football a) 2 4 3 1 b) 4 3 1 2
D) Sumit Antil 4. Hockey c) 3 1 2 4 d) 2 3 4 1
e) Answer not known e) Answer not known/
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132. Indian descent Parag Agarwal appointed as a CEO of 137. Ex shakti - 2021 joined miltary exercise held between
which organization? which countries?
    a) India - Srilanka b) India - England
 c) India - France d) India - America
a) Face Book b) Twitter e) Answer not known
c) Whatsapp d) Gmail     
e) Answer not known/ 
133. Pradhan Mandri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana is a scheme a)  b) 
..................
c)  d) 
a) To promote agriculture
e)  
b) To promote Rice production
138. Tamilnadu Chief Minister launched a new brand
c) To import food millets cement named as
d) Free Ration rice a) Shakthi b) Maha c) Valimai
e) Answer not known
d) Uruthi e) Answer not known

    


a) 
a)  b)  c) 
b) 
d)  e)  
c) 
139. Omicron type corona is a
d) 

e) 
a) B.1.1.529 b) B.1.1.429
134. A partial lunar eclipse which was seen on November
19, 2021 occured after how many years? c) B.1.1.329 d) B.1.1.229

   e) Answer not known/

 140. Where did the Investors conference titled.
a) 560 b) 570 c) 580 d) 590 ‘Tamilnadu as the Address for Investors’ held?
e) Answer not known/ a) Chennai b) Thiruchi c) Madurai
135. Which mobile app directly connect the beneficiaries d) Coimbatore e) Answer not known
with panel lawyers offering legal advice and  
consultation.

    
a)  b)  c) 

d)  e)  
a) Quick court b) Tele law
141. Who was appointed as the Chief Justice of Chennai
c) Law in Hand d) Mobile Law
high court?
e) Answer not known/
a) Muneeswarnath Bandari
136. Which city bagged the first place in the cleanest city
report? b) Sanjeev Banerjee c) Tahil Ramani

a) Indore b) Surat c) Bangalore d) A.P. Saahi e) Answer not known

d) Jaipur e) Answer not known     
 
 a) 
a)  b)  c)  b)  c) 
d)  e)   d) A.P. e)  

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142. Who was the author of ‘Lal Salaam : A Novel’ 
a) Smrithi Irani b) J.D. Kurush a)  b)  c) 
c) Surya Prakash d) Ayushman d)  e)  
e) Answer not known 147. Who took charge as the new chief of Naval Staff?
‘Lal Salaam : A Novel’
a) Admiral Harikumar
a)  b) 
b) Sunil Lanba c) Karambir Singh
c)  d) 
d) K. Dhowan e) Answer not known
e)  

143. Who took charge as a chief coach of Indian Cricket
team? a) 

a) Saurav Ganguly b) Lakshmanan b)  c) 

c) Sachin Tendulkar d) Rahul Dravid d)  e)  

e) Answer not known 148. Recipient of 2021 Booker Prize was
    a) Douglas Stuart b) Richard Powers

c) Margaret Atwood d) Daman Galgut
a)  b) 
e) Answer not known
c)  d) 

e)  
a)  b) 
144. Which team won the ICC T-20 Worldcup 2021?
c)  d) 
a) Newzeland b) India
e)  
c) England d) Australia
e) Answer not known 149. Which city in the world was most affected by air

 pollution?
 a) Lahore b) Delhi c) Lodon
a)  b)  d) Glasko e) Answer not known
c)  d)       
e)   
145. International day for prevention the exploitation of a)  b)  c) 
Environment?
d)  e) 
a) November 3 b) November 5
150. The Exercise Desert Warrior is a bilateral military
c) November 6 d) November 8
exercise held between which two countries?
e) Answer not known
a) Dubai b) Afghanistan
    
c) Egypt d) South Affrica

a)  b)  c)  e) Answer not known

d)  e)     Desert Warrior  

146. Tamil Lexicography day observed on 

a) November 3 b) November 5 a)  b) 

c) November 6 d) November 8 c)  d) 

e) Answer not known e)  

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