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Friday


1.   
a)  a)  b) 
b)  c)  d) 
c)  e) 
d)  10. 
e)  a)  b) 
2. ‘’ c)  d) 
a)  b)  e) 
c)  d)  11.   
e)  
3.  a) 105 b) 107 c) 109 d) 108
a)  b)  e) 
c)  d)  12.   
e)  
4. ‘’ a)  b) 
 c)  d) 
a)  b)  e) 
c)  d)  13. 
e)  a) 
5. ‘’ b) 
a)  c) 
b)  d) 
c)  e) 
d)  14.    
e)  
6.  a) 5,3100 b) 3,3600
a)  c) 3100, 5 d) 3600, 3
b)  e) 
c)  15.   
d)  
e)  a) 
7.  b) 
a)  b)  c) 
c)  d)  d) 
e)  
8.  e) 
a)  b)  16. 
c)  d)  
e)  a)  b) 
9. ‘ c)  d) 
“”’ e) 
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17.  a) 1893 b) 1892 c) 1891 d) 1890
a) 1915 b) 1916 c) 1917 d) 1918 e) 
e)  26. 
18.  a) 
 b) 
a)  c)    
b)  
c)  d) 
d)  e) 
e)  27.    
19.  ______
a)  a)  b) 
b)  c)  d) 
c)  e) 
d)  28. 
e)  
20.  
 a) 
a)  b)  c)  d)  b) 
c) 
e) 
d) 
21. 
e) 
 
29. “
a) ‘’ 
”
b) ‘’ 
 
c) ‘’ 
a)  b) 
d) ‘’ 
c)  d) 
e)  e) 
22. ‘’     30. 
 
a)  b)  
c)  d)  a)  b) 
e)  c)  d) 
23.    e) 
 31. 
a)  b)  a)  b) 
c)  d)  c)  d) 
e)  e) 
24. “  32. “”
” 
  a) 
a)  b)  b) 
c)  d)  c) 
e)  d) 
25.  e) 
2 THOOTHUKUDI 99445 11344 | TIRUNELVELI 98942 41422 | RAMANATHAPURAM 75503 52916 | MADURAI 98431 10566
33.    a) 
 b) 
a)  c) 
b)  d) 
c)  e) 
d)  42. 
e)  a)  b) 
34.  c)  d) 
A)    e) 
B)    43.    
C)    
D)    a)  b) 
A B C D A B C D c)  d) 
a) 3 1 4 2 b) 3 2 4 1 e) 
c) 3 1 2 4 d) 1 2 4 3 44. 
e)    
35. “   ”  a)   
 b)   
a)  b)  c)   
c)  d)  d)   
e)  e) 
36.  45. 
a)  b)  A)   
c)  d)  B)   
e)  C)   
37.  D)   
a)  b)  A B C D A B C D
c)  a) 3 4 2 1 b) 4 3 2 1
d)  e)  c) 4 3 1 2 d) 1 2 3 4
38.  e) 
a)  b)  46. 
c)  d)  a) 
e)  b) 
39.  c) 
 d) 
a)  b)  c)  d)  e) 
e)  47. 
40.     a)  b) 
 c)  d) 
a)  b)  e) 
c)  d)  48. 
e)  a)  b) 
41.     c)  d) 
 e) 
THOOTHUKUDI 99445 11344 | TIRUNELVELI 98942 41422 | RAMANATHAPURAM 75503 52916 | MADURAI 98431 10566 3
49.    57. ‘’
 a) 
a)  b)  c) 
b)  d)  e) 
c)  58. “
d)    ”  
e)  
50. “ a)  b) 
     c) 
” d)  e) 
a)  b)  59.    
c)  d)    
e)  
51.  a) 
A) Spit   b) 
B) Spite   c) 
C) Spitfire   d) 
D) Sloping   e) 
A B C D A B C D 60. 
a) 3 2 1 4 b) 2 3 4 1 A)   
c) 4 3 2 1 d) 1 3 4 2 B)   
e)  C)   
52.  D)   
 A B C D A B C D
a)  a) 3 1 2 4 b) 4 3 1 2
b)  c)  c) 2 1 4 3 d) 3 1 4 2
d)  e)  e) 
53.  61.     
a)  b)  
c)  d)  a)  b) 
e)  c)  d) 
54.  e) 
a)  62. 
b)  a)  b) 
c)  c) 
d)  d)  e) 
e)  63. 
55.  a)  b) 
a)  c) 
b)  d)  e) 
c)  64. 
d)  a)      
e)  
56.     b) 
 c) 
a) 3000 b) 3512 c) 3152 d) 3157 d) 
e)  e) 
4 THOOTHUKUDI 99445 11344 | TIRUNELVELI 98942 41422 | RAMANATHAPURAM 75503 52916 | MADURAI 98431 10566
65. ‘ ’  72. 
 
a)  b)  a) 
c)  
d)  e)  b) 
66.  c)   
a)  
b)  d) 
c)  e) 
d) 
73. 
e)  
67.       
 a) 
a)  b)  b)  c) 
c)  d) 
d)  e) 
e)  74. 
68.  a) 
  b) 
 c) 
     
d) 

 e) 
   75. 
 
a)        
b)  
c)  a)  b) 
d)  c) 
e)  d)  e) 
69.  76. “  ” 
a)  b)  
c)  d) a c a)  b) 
e)  c)  d) 
70. ‘’ e) 
 77. 
a)  b) 
 
c)  d) 

e) 
a)  b) 
71. 
c)  d) 
A)   
B)    e) 
C)    78. 
D)    
A B C D A B C D 
a) 1 4 2 3 b) 2 4 1 3 a)  b) 
c) 4 2 1 3 d) 4 3 2 1 c)  d) 
e)  e) 
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79.  86. “  ”  
a)     
 a)  b) 
b)  c)  d) 
c)  e) 
d)  87. “
”
e) 

80. ‘’ a)  b) 
a)  b)  c)  d) 
c)  d)  e) 
e)  88. “
81.  ”
     
 a) 
  b) 
  c) 
       d) 
 e) 
a)  89. 
A)  1. 473
b) 
B)  2. 2381
c) 
C)  3. 519
d)  D)  4. 1862
e)  A B C D A B C D
82.  a) 2 3 4 1 b) 4 2 3 1
a)  c) 3 4 1 2 d) 1 2 3 4
b)  e) 
c)  90. 
d)  a)  b) 
e)  c)  d) 
83. “ e) 
” 91.    

a) 
a)  b) 
b)  c) 
c)  d) 
d)  e) 
e) 
84.    
92. 

a)  b) 
a) 70 b) 25 c) 75 d) 24 c)  d) 
e)  e) 
85.  93. 
a)  b)  a)  b) 
c)  d)  c)  d) 
e)  e) 
6 THOOTHUKUDI 99445 11344 | TIRUNELVELI 98942 41422 | RAMANATHAPURAM 75503 52916 | MADURAI 98431 10566
94. “ c)  d) 
” e) 
  98. 
a)  b)   (RISAT-I)  
c)  d)  
e)  a) 2015 b) 2014 c) 2011 d) 2012
95.  e) 
a)  99. 
b)  
c)  a)  b)  c)  d) 
d)  e) 
e)  100.
96.  1. 
a)  2.     
b)  
c)  3. 
d)  4.     
e)  
97.    a) 
 b)  c) 
a)  b)  d)  e) 

PART - A
1. Peter’s mother called him in the early fall d) Mr. Hudson and watson
of ______.
e) Answer not known
a) Morning b) Noon
5. A traditional story that teaches a moral les-
c) Affternoon d) Evening
son is called
e) Answer not known
a) Epics b) Fables
2. How many siblings peter has?
a) 3 b) 2 c) 4 d) None c) Fairy table d) Sages
e) Answer not known e) Answer not known
3. In the story “The little Hero of Holland” 6. Usually, the characters of fables are
who looked anxiously along the dike road a) Animals b) Birds
many times since sunset? c) Human being d) Wild animals
a) Peter’s mother b) Peter’s father
e) Answer not known
c) Peter’s friend d) Strang man
7. The moral of the poem “The Ant and the
e) Answer not known
Cricket” is
4. “In your friendship, certainly but facts are
a) Hardwork and Planning
facts” Here whose relationship was men-
tioned here? b) Helping mind and Social work
a) Holmes and watson c) Live life happily
b) Holmes and meek d) Save food for future
c) Penrose and watson e) Answer not known
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8. He mused upon this curious, case. d) Little River
Here ‘He’ refers to whom? e) Answer not known
a) Author b) Sage 15. Match the following:
c) Sages friend d) Reader Idioms Meanings
e) Answer not known A. blood runs thicker 1. boring, uninter
9. Figure of speech: than water esting
And up and down and in and out. B. to be as fish out 2. family members
of water have stronger
a) Oxymoron b) Simile
obligations with
c) Alliteration d) Personification each other than
e) Answer not known with people outside
10. Match the following: the family.
A. Vanity Fair 1. Rudyard Kipling C. dull as dishwater 3. naturally. with ease
B. Kidnapped 2. 1895 D. as a duck takes to 4. to be uncom
C. Started Career 3. Victorian age water fortable in a par
ticular situation.
D. The Jungle Book 4. Scottis poet
A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D
a) 1 2 3 4 b) 4 3 2 1 a) 2 4 1 3 b) 1 2 3 4
c) 2 3 1 4 d) 3 4 1 2
c) 3 4 1 2 d) 2 1 4 3
e) Answer not known
e) Answer not known
16. The word Sonnet is derived from ____ word
11. Write down the order of the Indian Season? Sonetto
a) Summer, Spring, Antumn, Rainy a) Russian b) Italian
b) Rainy, Antumn, Summer, Spring c) Greek d) Germany
c) Antumn, Summer, Spring, Rainy e) Answer not known
d) Summer, Rainy, Spring, Autumn 17. “We must work to a bigger scheme”
e) Answer not known Here we refers to whom?
12. Find out the poem: a) Animals b) Plants
All if the sights of the hill and the plain c) Humans d) Enemies
Fly as thick as driving rain; e) Answer not known
a) My Reminscence 18. For the battle is _____ or the battle is _____,
b) From a Railway carriage by the spirit of the team.
a) Win, won b) Lost, lose
c) Thing of Beauty
c) Lost, won d) Victory, defeat
d) Little River
e) Answer not known
e) Answer not known
19. Poet laureate of Michigan ______.
13. And there is the ______ for stringing the a) E.A. Guest b) Robert Frost
daisies.
c) Robert southey d) John Masefield
a) Green b) Red e) Answer not known
c) Yellow d) Blue 20. “They may sound your praise and call you
e) Answer not known gred,
14. Each a flimpse and gone for eves, They may single you out for fame”.
This line taken from, Figure of speech?
a) My Reminscence a) Simile b) Anaphora
b) From a Railway carriage c) Alliteration d) Personification
c) gone for ever e) Answer not known
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21. Which is the thing not had by Hauser? A B C D A B C D
a) Old primer b) Three cornered hat a) 1 2 3 4 b) 4 3 2 1
c) Great spectacles d) Iron ruler c) 4 3 1 2 d) 2 1 4 3
e) Answer not known
e) Answer not known
29. Find out the meaning of underlined phrase:
22. What is born of despair with a sudden
Idioms Meanings
spring?
A. come hell or high 1. to be active but
a) Tree b) Courage
water without making
c) Cowardice d) Anger
progress or falling
e) Answer not known farther be hind.
23. Who are all have to be courage within his B. You never miss 2. to criticize or
soul?
the water till the stop some thing
a) Who would fight for life well runs dry that some
b) Who would be ready for fight people are
c) Who would strive for a distant goal enhusiastic
d) Who would win the battle about
e) Answer not known C. pour cold water 3. People are not
24. Which is not a creature of flickered hope or on something grateful for what
the final tug at a shapping rope? they have until
a) Bravo b) Anger they lose it.
c) Courage d) Fight D. tread water 4. no matter what
e) Answer not known happens
25. Fill in the blank with the suitable article : A B C D A B C D
a) 4 3 2 1 b) 1 2 3 4
Veena plays ----- violin everyday.
c) 2 3 1 4 d) 1 4 3 2
a) The b) An e) Answer not known
c) No article d) A 30. Fill up:
e) Answer not known And the flung spray and the blown spume,
and the _____ crying.
26. “It is part of a man when His skies are _____
a) Sea gull b) Whale
It is part of him when he has work to do”
c) The poet d) Fellow rover
a) Blue b) Red e) Answer not known
c) Green d) yellow 31. Fill in the blank with suitable article :
e) Answer not known He studies in ----- sixth standard.
27. “It is written in victory and defeat”
a) No article b) A
Figure of speech:
c) An d) The
a) Simile b) Oxymoron
e) Answer not known
c) Personification d) Alliteration
32. Figure of speech:
e) Answer not known
“And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laugh-
28. Match the following: ing fellow-rover,
A. John masefield 1. Hyperbole And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when
B. All I ask 2. Keats the long trick’s over”.
C. Moutains of a) Simile b) Personification
information 3. Assonance c) Metaphor d) Alliteration
D. Surgeon 4. 1930 e) Answer not known
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33. “Speak gently! - He who gave his life 40. What is a joy forever according to John
To bend man’s stubborn will keats?
When elements were in fierce strife, a) A thing of beauty
Said to them, peace be still”. b) A thing of love c) A thing of desire
Here “He” refers whom? d) A thing of want e) Answer not known
a) Christ b) The poet 41. A thing of beauty will never pass into noth-
ingness, Here pass into nothingness means?
c) Old people d) Poor people
a) Protect
e) Answer not known b) Saved from enemies
34. Figure of speech: c) Fade away into emptiness
“The sands of life are nearly run” d) Never fade away
a) Simile b) Metaphor e) Answer not known
c) Personification d) Alliteration 42. Odd one out:
e) Answer not known a) Grace b) Courage
35. How did the computer act absent minded? c) Glimpse d) worthy
a) it forgets to save e) Answer not known
43. Who heard the swish of mother bird’s wing?
b) Forgests to store it away
a) Mother seagull b) Young seagull
c) Makes the work vanish in the most
c) Father seagull d) Brother seagull
dreadful way
e) Answer not known
d) All the above 44. Who was standing on a little high hump on
e) Answer not known the plat eau?
36. Having a friend is like planting a flower show a) Mother seagull b) Young seagull
love and _____ it one day will bloom. c) Father seagull d) Brother seagull
a) Kindness b) Tenderness e) Answer not known
c) Friendship d) Relationship 45. Fill in the blanks using suitable prepositions:
e) Answer not known This picture was drawn ____ the girl _____
charcoal.
37. Figure of speech:
a) In, On b) Of, In
“And one day, my naughty computer,
c) By, With d) And, In
Actually gobbled a worm”. e) Answer not known
a) Personification b) Simile 46. Who could be commanding the winds, and
c) Metaphor d) Alliteration the waves of the sea?
e) Answer not known a) Ariel b) Prospero
38. Lines taken from: c) Caliban d) Sycorax
“I repect you and you respect e) Answer not known
I think of you and you think of me” 47. How did prospero portrayed his living place
as?
a) River b) Poison Tree
a) Cell b) Cave
c) On killing a tree d) Lessons in life
c) Island d) house
e) Answer not known e) Answer not known
39. Odd one out: 48. Fill in the blanks using suitable prepositions:
a) Bloom b) Deserves He told me in detail _____ the incident.
c) Kindness d) Squirm a) On b) About c) At d) Of
e) Answer not known e) Answer not known
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49. Shakespeare was born in _____. A B C A B C
a) 1564 b) 1565 c) 1566 d) 1567 a) 1 2 3 b) 1 3 2
e) Answer not known c) 2 1 3 d) 2 3 1
50. “Speak gently to the little child! e) Answer not known
Its love be sure to gain 58. Identify the compound sentence from the
Teach it in accents soft and mild options given below:
It may not long remain” a) I am healthy. I exercise everday
a) aabb b) bbaa b) Ram is too poor to buy a bicycle
c) abab d) baba c) You consult a doctor otherwise you
e) Answer not known cannot recover
51. What is the plural form of daughter - in - d) As Varun is a voracious reader, he buys
law? a lot of books
a) daughters b) daughters - in - law e) Answer not known
c) daughters in laws 59. Identify the Poem in which these lines oc-
d) in laws e) Answer not known cur.
52. Choose the correct from of Tense: “The only other sound’s the sweep
I _____ here since last week. Of easy wind and downy flake”
a) Am here b) Have been a) On killing a Tree
c) Has been d) Had been b) The river
e) Answer not known c) Sea fever
53. Plural form of syllabus. d) Stopping by the woods on a snowy
a) Syllabity b) Syllabi evening
c) Syllab d) Syllabus e) Answer not known
e) Answer not known 60. Identify the meaning of the underlined
54. “Gaunt” means: phrasal verb.
a) Illness b) Disease They went to see off their son.
c) Lean due to illness a) Start off / to begin a journey
d) Nauseatic e) Answer not known b) Leave a bus or train etc
55. Who is called England’s National Poet. c) Take lead
a) John Masefield d) To go to station or airport to say good
b) E.A. Guest bye to someone
c) William Shakespeare e) Answer not known
d) James Fulconer kirkup 61. Select the correct tense:
e) Answer not known Yesterday at noon, I ______ lunch.
56. What is meant by serene? a) Was eating b) Were eating
a) Anxious b) Heavy c) Eat d) Is eating
c) Calm d) perfect e) Answer not known
e) Answer not known 62. Fill in the blanks with appropriate tags:
57. Add prefix: He hardly works, ______ he?
A. Noon 1. Un a) Does b) Did
B. Happy 2. After c) Doesn’t d) Don’t
C. Patient 3. Im e) Answer not known
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63. Add suffix: 68. “Your _____ are green and purple - there’s
A. Child 1. Ship crest upon your head; your eyes are like the
B. Relation 2. Hood diamond bright, but mine are dull as lead!”
C. Danger 3. Ful Fill in the blank with correct option from
D. Wonder 4. Ous the poem “The spider and the Fly”.
A B C D A B C D a) Wings b) Robes
a) 1 2 3 4 b) 4 3 2 1 c) Eyes d) Head
c) 3 4 1 2 d) 2 1 4 3 e) Answer not known
e) Answer not known 69. Match the following:
64. Match the following: A. Spanish + English 1. Motel
A. Simple sentence 1. Let the flowers B. Binary + Digit 2. Helipad
not be plucked C. Motor + Hotel 3. Bit
B. Active voice 2. Give me the book D. Helicopter + Pad 4. Spanglish
and I will read it A B C D A B C D
C. Positive sentence 3. Inspite of her illness a) 2 4 3 1 b) 4 3 1 2
Radha was not c) 4 1 3 2 d) 1 2 3 4
hospitalized.
e) Answer not known
D. Compound 4. Prabhu is as
70. Fill in the blanks with appropriate tags:
sentence young as Raj
They seldom speak, _____?
E. Passive voice 5. She has written
a) Do they b) Did he
a novel.
c) Haven’t they d) Have they
A B C D E A B C D E
e) Answer not known
a) 2 3 4 5 1 b) 3 5 4 2 1
c) 3 4 5 2 1 d) 4 3 5 1 2 71. Harshini _______ her mother in making
rangoli in the yard for last one hour.
e) Answer not known
a) Is helping b) Has helped
65. Ornithologists refer to people _______.
a) Who study bones b) Who study teeth c) Has been helping
c) Who study eyes d) Who study birds d) Helps e) Answer not known
e) Answer not known 72. Where was Mr.Ramakant Achrekar worked
as a cricket coach?
66. “Any tradition, however ancient, it incon-
sistent with morality, is fit to be banished a) New English school
from the land. Untouchability may be con- b) Shardashram Vidyamandir
sidered an ancient tradition”. Who said this? c) Orchids International School
a) Jawaharlal Nehru b) Rajaji d) National School
c) Gandhiji d) Rani of Jhansi e) Answer not known
e) Answer not known 73. “I often tried to emulate the mannerisms
67. Which of the following is correct regarding of my favourite players.”
Kalpana Chawla? Here ‘emulate’ means
a) Chawla always spoke about travelling to
a) Surpass typically by imitation
the states
b) Chawla was assigned as a helper b) challenge c) encourage
c) Chawla was assigned as Mission d) discourage e) Answer not known
specialist 74. ______ Salim Ali was Honored with Padma
d) Chawla’s inspiration to take up flying was Bhushan Award.
her brother. a) 1956 b) 1957 c) 1958 d) 1958
e) Answer not known e) Answer not known
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Directions (75 - 78) Indentify the poems in which a) spoke b) spoken
the lines occur c) speak d) speaking
75. And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing e) Answer not known
follow rover, 81. How many days the summer camp was
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when happened?
the long trick’s over.
a) 60 b) 61 c) 55 d) 57
a) Sea Fever
e) Answer not known
b) From a Railway carriage
c) Stopping woods on a snowy evening 82. Identify the gerund form from the options
given below:
d) No men are foreign
a) Keeping left is always safe
e) Answer not known
76. “Come you back unto the fireside and be b) To find fault with others is easy
comrade with your kin”. c) David wants to study Biology
a) The stick - together Families d) He likes to read science fiction
b) No men are foreign e) Answer not known
c) Tragic story 83. When did summer sessions start?
d) Special Hero a) 7.30 am to 4.00 pm
e) Answer not known b) 7.00 am to 4.30 pm
77. “An endless fountain of immortal drink, c) 7.30 am to 4.30 pm
Pouring unto us from the heaven’s brink”.
d) 6.30 am to 4.30 pm
a) Making life worth while
b) A Thing of Beauty e) Answer not known
c) Lessons in Life 84. Rhyme scheme:
d) The house on Elm street “Having a friend is like planting a flower
Show love and kindness it one day will
e) Answer not known
bloom
78. With buzzy wings, she hung aloft,
Let’s be aware as we walk on this plant
In this line ‘she’ refers,
Even the tiniest creature needs room”.
a) The spider b) The fly a) abab b) abac c) aabb d) abba
c) The Ant d) The Poet e) Answer not known
e) Answer not known 85. “The good, the joy, which it may bring, eter-
79. What give Sachin an immense satisfaction nity shall tell”.
and concentration even when physically a) Your Space b) The Comet
drained? c) The River d) Life
a) practice matches e) Answer not known
b) Morning practice session 86. The spider turned him round about and
c) Evening Practice session went into his den,
d) Winning the one rupee coin Here the word “den” refers,
e) Answer not known a) Spider’s web b) The fly’s house
80. Change the following Sentence from the c) The ant’s web d) The cricket ‘s web
Passive Voice into Active Voice. e) Answer not known
Not a word was spoken by Latif. / Latif did 87. “Let us remember, whenever we are told
not _______ a word. To hate our brothers, it is ourselves”.
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a) The spider and the cricket Who is the speaker?
b) No men are foreign a) The poet b) The horse
c) The Ant and the fly c) The owner d) The village person
d) Making life worth while e) Answer not known
e) Answer not known 94. “It‘s the breath of life and a strong man’s
88. “And heaven a surer heritage”. creed”.
a) Making life worth while a) Courage b) Team work
b) A Thing of Beauty c) The stick - together families
c) Life
d) A poison tree e) Answer not known
d) The comet
95. “Let me care for the one’s who’re near”
e) Answer not known
Here “me” refers whom?
89. Which one of the following sentences has a
participle in it ? a) Woman b) Girl
a) He had lost his passport and applied for c) Neighbours d) Reader
a new one. e) Answer not known
b) Having lost his passport, he applied for 96. Sun + light
a new one. a) Noun + Verb b) Noun + Noun
c) His passport had been lost, and hence c) Noun + Adjective d) Noun + Adverb
he applied for a new one. e) Answer not known
d) His passport was lost and he had 97. What are the common in south India?
appliedfor a new one.
a) Well b) Canal
e) Answer not known
c) Stream d) Rainfed tanks
90. Pick out the sentence that contains a ger-
und : e) Answer not known
a) Protecting children is our Duty 98. The author compared water with
b) After finish the work, he went on a a) Blood in the human body
vacation b) Eyes in the human face
c) Hearing the noise, the boy woke up c) Breadth of the heart
d) Having rested, we continued our d) Vain in the human body
journey
e) Answer not known
e) Answer not known
99. Which is the word’s largest collection of
91. Find out the figure of speech
floating trash?
O’er the yellow pebbles dancing
a) Great Pacfic Garbage
a) Imagery b) repetition
c) epithet d) simile b) Great Antartic Garbage
e) Answer not known c) Great Atlantic Garbage
92. Mary Ann Evans lived between d) Great Artic Garbage
a) 1819-1880 b) 1820-1880 e) Answer not known
c) 1880-1900 d) 1821-1810 100.Shakespeares plays are categorized un-
e) Answer not known der______ heads.
93. “My little horse must think it queer a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
To stop without a farm house near” e) Answer not known
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 PART - B
101. “Life on earth is solar powered”. This state     
ment is true because 
a) Most of the countries in the world are a) pH
harnessing solar power b) DO (
b) Solar power gradually replaces all other c) 
energy sources d) 
c) Plants produce energy by e) 
photosynthesis using solar lights 104. Recently Tamilnadu government has
d) Solar rays remove the harmful changed which marriage assistance
pathogens of the earth scheme as Higher education guarantee
e) Answer not known scheme?
a) Muthulakshmi reddy
   
b) Dharmambaal

c) Moovalur Ramamirtham
 d) E.V.R.Maniyammai
a)  e) Answer not known
       
 
b)     
   a) 
 b) 
c)     c) 
 d) 
d)     e) 
 105. The wings of the aeroplane was designed
e)  based on
102.Which IIT rank first in most innovative a) Torricelli’s theorem
higher educational institution in Atal b) Euler’s theorem
c) Bernoulli’s theorem
ranking?
d) Alembert’s theorem
a) IIT Madras b) IIT Mumbai
e) Answer not known
c) IIT Delhi d) IIT Kanpur    
e) Answer not known 
    a)  b) 
   c)  d) 
 e) 
 106. International Mens day celebrated on ___
a)  b)  a) November 17 b) November 18
c)  d)  c) November 19 d) November 20
e)  e) Answer not known
103. Thermal Pollution in water resource    
mainly reduce the concentration of 
a) pH b) dissolved oxygen a)  b) 
c) acidity d) alkalinity c)  d) 
e) Answer not known e) 
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107. How many different towers of 4 blocks can 112. Articles 14 to 18 of the Indian constitution
be built using 2 red and 2 blue blocks kept explain
one over the other? a) Fundamental Duties
      b) Election c) Right to Equality
     d) Judiciary e) Answer not known
      
 
a) 4 b) 2 c) 8 d) 6 a) 
e) Answer not known /  b)  c) 
108. If 5 persons can do 5 jobs in 5 days then d)  e) 
50 persons can do 50 jobs in ____ days. 113. Which one of the statements is/are
    incorrect regarding Deeran Chinnamalai?
 1. Deeran Chinnamalai participated in the
 Anglo Mysore war
a) 5 b) 6 c) 50 d) 10 2. He organised the soldiers of the Kongu
e) Answer not known /  region aginst the British
109. The base of the parallelogram is thrice its 3. In 1802 he defeated by the Maxwell in
height, if the area is 192 sq cm, find the base. the battle of Odanilai
a) 8 cm b) 24 cm c) 20 cm d) 34 cm 4. He hanged by British at Sankakiri
e) Answer not known a) 1 is correct 2, 3, 4 are incorrect
    b) 1, 2 are correct 3, 4 are incorrect
     c) 1, 2, 4 are correct 3 is incorrect
     d) 1, 2, 3 are correct 4 is incorrect
 e) Answer not known
a)  b) 
   
c)  d) 

e) 
 
110. The time taken for Rs. 4,400 to become

Rs.4,851 at 10 % compounded half yearly is
    
a) 6 months b) 12 months
c) 18 months d) 24 months  
e) Answer not known      
 
      
 a) 
a)  b)  b) 
c)  d)  c) 
e)  d) 
111. The Union government has approved e) 
continuation of National AIDS programme 114. The Refrigerator and ice plant working
till _____ under the principle of
 a) First Law of Thermodynamics
    b) Seond Law of Thermodynamices
 c) Third Law of Thermodynamics
a) 2024 b) 2025 c) 2026 d) 2027 d) Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
e) Answer not known/ e) Answer not known
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 Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G)
a)  till which year?
b)      
c)  (PMAY-G)     
d)  
e)  a) 2023 b) 2024 c) 2025 d) 2026
115. Rani bought 100 bananas at the rate of Rs. e) Answer not known/
320 and sold at the rate of Rs. 60 per 120. The largest producer of green energy is
dozen. Find the profit or loss percentage. a) Solar power b) Hydro power
     
c) Wind power d) Geothermal power
     
 e) Answer not known
 
5 1 a)  b) 
a) 56 7 % b) 87 2 % c)  d) 
1 1 e) 
c) 87 4 % d) 56 4 % 121. The main aim of self respect movement in
e) Answer not known /  Tamil Nadu was to
116. If additive inverse of a + b is a + b. Then a) Abolish untouchability
what is the additive inverse of a? b) Encourage self respect marriages
a + b a + b a c) Abolish Devadasi system
 d) All the above
a) a b) -b c) b d) a-b e) Answer not known
e) Answer not known /    
117. What will be the next term in BDF, CFI, 
DHL,....? a) 
BDF, CFI, DHL b) 
 c) 
a) CJM b) EIM c) EJO d) EMI
d) 
e) Answer not known 
e) 
118. The social reform wing envisaged by E.V.R.
122. “A crow will conquer owl in broad daylight:
Periyar after his visit to Soviet Union was
The king that foes would crush, needs fit-
a) Self-respect socialist party
b) Self respect league ting time to fight”
c) Thani Tamil Iyakkam What is the main idea of this Thirukural?
d) Republic a) Importance of time
e) Answer not known b) Victory of crow c) Owl’s failure
     d) Victory of kings e) Answer not known
     “    
 
a)  ”
b)  
c)  a) 
d)  b)  c) 
e)  d)  e) 
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123. Which one of the minerals is widely used 126. Which of the following pair is correctly
in dying and printing? matched?
a) Nickel b) Zinc a) Chennai - Auto component
c) Lead nitrate d) Manganese industries
e) Answer not known b) Erode - Fire works
 c) Sivakasi - Poultry farms
 d) Madurai - Leather
a)  b)  e) Answer not known
c)  d)     
e)  
124. In Sangam Society the term ‘Ambanam’
a)   
was used for
b)   
a) To measure the liquid
b) To measure the paddy c)   
c) Name of the village officer d)   
d) Military camp e) 
e) Answer not known 127. Sathish Kumar borrowed Rs. 52,000 from
 a money lender at a particular rate of
 simple interest. After 4 years he paid Rs.
a)  79,040 to settle his debt. At what rate of
b)  interest he borrowed the money?
c)  
d)  
e)  
125. Which among the following is the
   
functions of Directorate of Public Health

and Preventive Medicine?
I. Prevention of Food Adulteration a) 13% b) 11% c) 12% d) 10%
II. Registration of Birth and Death e) Answer not known / 
III. Immunization 128. Ramu and Somu bought two tables for Rs.
IV. Promotion of Industrial Hygiene and 750 and Rs. 900 respectively. What is the
Health ratio of the prices of tables bought by
a) III and IV only b) I and III only Somu and Ramu?
c) I, II and III only d) I, II, III and IV     
e) Answer not known 
     
 
I.  a) 6 : 5 b) 5 : 6 c) 2 : 3 d) 3 : 2
II. 
e) Answer not known / 
III. 
129. Find the smallest number which is exactly
IV.    
 divisible by all the numbers from 1 to 9.
a) III IV      
b) I III     
c) I, II III  
d) I, II, III IV  a) 2510 b) 2520 c) 2530 d) 2540
e)  e) Answer not known / 
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130. When a number is decreased by 25% it c) (A) (R)(R)
become 120. Find the number (A)
      d) (A) (R)
 (R)(A)
a) 180 b) 170 c) 160 d) 150 e) 
e) Answer not known /  133. An Alloy contains 26% of copper. What
131. Which of the following anti- corruption quantity of alloy is required to get 260 g
bodies were established by Santhanam of copper?
Committee recommendation? a) 740 g b) 2060 g
1. Central Vigilance Commission c) 1000 g d) 10,000 g
2. Central Bureau of Investigation e) Answer not known
3. Lokpal and Lokayuktha     
4. State Information Commission      
a) 1 and 3 b) 2 and 4 
c) 1 and 2 d) 3 and 4 a) 740  b) 2060 
e) Answer not known c) 1000  d) 10,000 
e) 

134. If Rs.510 be among A, B, C in such away

  2 1
that A gets 3 of what B gets and B gets 4
of
 
what C gets, then their shares are
 
respectively.
 
   A, B  C  
a)  b) 
 A   B 
c)  d) 
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e)    B   C
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132. Assertion (A): The Council of states is
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considered as a permanent House of the    
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Parliament.

Reason (R): The Members of the Council
of states are representative of the states; a) 40 : 110 : 360 b) 60 : 90 : 360
not the people c) 90 : 360 : 90 d) 50 : 120 : 360
a) (A) is false but (R) is true e) Answer not known / 
b) (A) is true but (R) is false 135. H.C.F of (x + y)2 , ( y + z)3, (z + x)4 is
c) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the (x + y)2 , ( y + z)3, (z + x)4 
correct explanation of (A) a) 1 b) x + y + z c) ( x + y + z)2
d) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not d) (x + y)2 ( y + z)3 ( z+x)4
the correct explanation of (A) e) Answer not known / 
e) Answer not known 136. Who stated that “Fundamental Rights are
(A)    the shield of Democracy”?
 a) Patanjali Sastri
 (R)   
b) Lal Bahadur Sastri
  
 c) Sri Vishnu Sastri
a) (A) (R)  d) Ramakrishna Sastri
b) (A)(R)  e) Answer not known
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“   139. Who received 2021 Tamil Development
” award in the Kambar award category?
a)  a) Nellai Kannan b) Bharathi Baskar
b)  c) Surya seviyar d) Nanjil Sambath
c)  e) Answer not known
 
d) 

e)  a) 
137. Why the State E-mission Team (SEMT) is b)  c) 
formulated in Tamil Nadu? d)  e) 
a) To train IT professionals for economic 140. Name of the scheme introduced for the
development improvement of village habitation in Tamil
b) As part of capacity building initiatives Nadu?
a) Self help scheme b) Thai scheme
under National e-Governance plan
c) Green scheme d) Annai scheme
c) To provide consultancy services of
e) Answer not known
industries
 
d) To provide guidance to e-governance 
projects at the district level a)  b) 
e) Answer not known c)  d) 
    e) 
 141. Which of the Ettuthogai book contains
a)   IT ample historical incidents?
 a) Agananooru b) Kalithogai
b)      c) Natrinai d) Kurunthogai
 e) Answer not known
c)      
 
d)     a)  b) 
 c)  d) 
e) 
e) 
142. Which amendment in 1976, inserting the
138. What is the Vaccine given for polio?
word secular in the preamble of the Indian
a) IPV (Inactivated Polio Vaccine) Constitution?
b) OPV (Oral Polio Vaccine) a) 41 amendment b) 42 amendment
c) BCG c) 44 amendment d) 45 amendment
d) IPV and OPV e) Answer not known
e) Answer not known   
    

a) 

b)  a) 
c)  b) 
d)     c) 
 d) 
e)  e) 
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143. A weak base has ______ conjugate acid c) (A) is true but (R) is false
and a weak acid has a ______ conjugate d) (A) is false but (R) is true
base. e) Answer not known
a) Strong, strong     
b) Weak, Strong 
c) Strong, weak 
d) Weak, weak a) 
e) Answer not known 
   ______  b) 
 ______ 
 c) 
a) 
d) 
b) 
e) 
c) 
146. “Those who’ve helped you in distress” -
d) 
e)  What kind of friendship Thiruvalluvar
144. ________ and ________ and ________ mention here?
error’s tirple tyranny is oer. Their very a) Friendship of Learned Person
names for aye extinct, then pain shall be b) Friendship of Cruel Person
no more. c) Friendship of Wise Person
In this Thirukkural what three things that d) Friendship of a person who helped you
far away from human being? in your troubles
a) Lust, Innocent, Dizzy e) Answer not known
b) Envy, Aspiration, Innocent      
c) Nimpiri, Dizzy, aspiration 
d) Dizzy, Aspiration, Lust a) 
e) Answer not known b) 
________, _______, ______  c) 
 d) 
 e) 
 147. Tamilnadu’s first floating solar light electric
a)  station has to be set up in
b)  a) Thoothukudi b) Chennai
c)  c) Trichy d) Coimbatore
d)  e) Answer not known
e)     

145. Assertion (A): Moovalur Ramamirtham
was the founder of an orphanage ‘Avvai a)  b) 
IIllam’. c)  d) 
Reason(R): She was a strong follower of e) 
Periyar. 148. The institution of ombudsman was first
a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the created in
correct explanation of (A) a) Norway b) Sweden
b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not c) Denmark d) U.S.A.
the correct explanation of (A) e) Answer not known
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    a)  b) 
 c)  d) 
a)  b)  e) 
c)  d)  152. International Education day observed on
e)  a) January 24 b) December 17
149. Elephantiasis is caused by c) November 15 d) March 02
a) Trypanosoma e) Answer not known
b) Wuchereria bancrofti    
c) Ascaris lumbricoides 
d) Plasmodium vivax a)  b) 
e) Answer not known c)  d) 
 e) 
a)  153. Consider the following statement:
b) 
i) Beti Bachao Beti padhao Scheme was
c) 
launched in Cuddalore
d) 
ii) Beti Bachao Beti padhao Scheme was
e) 
150. Under Art 78 of the Indian constitution it launched in Dharmapuri because child
is the duty of the Prime Minister to sex ration is the lowest in the State
a) Communicate to the President all iii) Child sex ration for Tamil Nadu is
decisions of the council of Ministers 943/1000 in 2011 census
b) Communicate to the Parliament all iv) Child sex ratio for Dharmapuri is
decisions of the council of Ministers 647/1000 in 2011
c) Communicate to the Supreme Court all Among the following statements, which
decisions of the council of Ministers are correct?
d) Communicate to the comptroller and a) (i) and (iii) are correct
Auditor general of India all decisons of b) (ii) and (iv) are correct
the council of Ministers c) (i), (ii), (iii) are correct
e) Answer not known d) (iv) alone are correct
    e) Answer not known
     
 i) 
a)  

ii)    
b) 
   

c)  
 iii) 
d)    
    
 iv) 
e)  
151. Human Development Index is based on 
a) Life expectancy b) Infant mortality a) (i) (iii) 
c) Death rate d) Birth rate b) (ii) (iv)
e) Answer not known c) (i), (ii)  (iii)
 d) (iv) 
 e) 
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154. In TV transmissinon the audio signal is c) 
_______ modulated. 
a) Electric b) Phase d) 
c) Amplitude d) Frequency e) 
e) Answer not known 157. Article 164 of Indian constitution
  ____ empowered the state Government to
 appoint a separate miniter to look into the
a)  b)  welfare of the
c)  d)  a) Women b) Children
e)  c) Tribals d) Farmers
155. Tamil Nadu is a leading producer of cement e) Answer not known
with manufacturing units located at:    
1. Ariyalur, Virudhunagar _____
2. Tanjavur, Chennai 
3. Coimbatore, Tirunelveli a)  b) 
4. Pudukkottai, Madurai c)  d) 
a) 1 and 4 correct b) 1 and 3 correct
e) 
c) 2 and 4 correct d) 3 and 4 correct
158. Mention the leader of Madras Salt
e) Answer not known
Satygraha held in 1930, April 13

 a) Andhra Kesari Prakasam
1.  b) Dr. Natarajan
2.  c) Sripada Sankar
3.  d) Akkur Anandachari
4.  e) Answer not known
a)  
b)  
c)  a) 
d)  b) 
e)  c) 
156. Which of the following is associated with d) 
the “THAI” program? e) 
a) Tamil Nadu V illage habitations 159. Identify the ‘Thirumurai which is called as
improvement Scheme
‘Prapantha Maalai’
b) The Chief Minister’s Solar Powered
a) Eleventh Thirumurai
Green house Scheme
b) Tenth Thirumurai
c) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Gurantee Scheme c) Eighth Thirumurai
d) Tamil Nadu Integrated Nutrition d) Twelth Thirumurai
Programme e) Answer not known
e) Answer not known 
 a) 
 b) 
a)  c) 
b)     d) 
 e) 
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160. Find the compound interest for the Which of the above mentioned statement/s
principal Rs. 4,000 at rate of interest 5 % is/are correct?
P.a. for 2 years, interest compounded a) 1 and 2 only
annually. b) 2 and 3 only
a) Rs. 400 b) Rs. 441 c) Rs. 440 c) 1 and 3 only
d) Rs. 410 e) Answer not known d) 1, 2 and 3 are correct
r = 5 %  e) Answer not known
     
 
a)  400 b)  441 c)  440     
d)  410 e)  
161. How many dots lie opposite 2 dots?    
 
     


a) 
b) 
c) 
d) 
a) 1 b) 5 c) 6 d) 3 e) 
e) Answer not known /  164. A group of letters are given. A numerical
162. A sum of money is to be distributed code has been given to each letter. These
among A, B,C, D in the proportion of letters have to be unscrambled into a
5 : 2 : 4 : 3. If C gets Rs. 1,000 more than meaningful word. Find out the code for the
D. What is B’s share? words so formed from the answers given
a) Rs. 1,000 b) Rs. 3,000    
c) Rs. 2,000 d) Rs. 4,000    
e) Answer not known    
A, B,C, D     
5 : 2 : 4 : 3.    
C  D      
B  
a)  1,000 b)  3,000 L I N C P E
c)  2,000 d)  4,000 1 2 3 4 5 6
e)  a) 234156 b) 563421
163. With reference to fundamental duties of c) 613524 d) 421356
Indian citizens, consider the following e) Answer not known / 
statements 165. How many ways can you answer five TRUE
1. Fundamental duties are enforce able or FALSE questions?
by law      
2. Fundamental duties establish a demo-     
cratic balance    
3. Some of the fundamental duties are 
moral duties while others are civic a) 10 b) 5 c) 25 d) 32
duties e) Answer not known / 
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166. 210 men working 12 hours a day can finish 169. Sir Creek forms the boundary between
job in 18 days. How many men are ______ and _______.
required to finish the same job in 20 days a) Gujarat and Pakistan
working 14 hours a day? b) Arunachal Pradesh and China
c) Sikkhim and Nepal
     
d) Sikkhim and Bhutan
     
e) Answer not known
  ______ ______ 
      
 a) 
a) 160 b) 162 c) 164 d) 169 b) 
e) Answer not known /  c) 
167. The radius of a spherical balloon increases d) 
from 12 cm to 16 cm as air being pumped e) 
it. Find the ratio of the surface area of the 170. The coronation ceremony of Shivaji was
held in 1974 in the fort of
ballons in ther two cases.
a) Raigarh b) Kondana

c) Shivneri d) Redfort
       e) Answer not known
      
a) 9 : 16 b) 9 : 14 
c) 9 : 13 d) 9 : 15 a)  b) 
e) Answer not known / c)  d) 
168. Match List I with List II and select your e) 
answer using the codes given below: 171. SJSRY stands for
List I List II SJSRY
a) Shahari Jeewan Sudhar Rashtriya
A. Mohenjadaro 1. measurement
Yojana
scale
b) Swarna Jayanti Shahri Rozgar Yojana
B. Harappa 2. Lord Shiva c) Sampoorna Jeewan Shahari Rozgar
C. Trimukha Pose 3. Great bath Yojana
D. Bronze bar 4. D.R. Sahani d) Swarna Jeewan Shahri Rozgar Yojana
 I   II    e) Answer not known / 
   172. In which two years Subash Chandra Bose
 was elected as the president of the Indian
I II National Congress
A)    a) 1938 and 1939 b) 1940 and 1941
c) 1942 and 1943 d) 1944 and 1945
B)   
e) Answer not known
C)   
     
D)     
A B C D A B C D 
a) 3 4 2 1 b) 2 3 1 4 a)  b) 
c) 4 3 2 1 d) 1 2 3 4 c)  d) 
e) Answer not known/ e) 
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173. How is the hot wind of Western India 176. In a school of 1,400 students, there are
called? 420 girls. Find the percentage of boys in
a) Norwesters b) Loo the school?
c) Mountain breeze 
d) Valley breeze e) Answer not known 
 
 a) 30 % b) 70 % c) 50 % d) 80 %
a)  b)  e) Answer not known /
c)  d)  177. If the price of orid dhall after 20% increase
e)  is Rs. 96 per kg, find the original price of
174. Mohenjadaro is situated in the district of orid dhall per kg.
a) Punjab b) Larkhana a) Rs.100 b) Rs.80
c) Bavalpur d) Gajarat c) Rs. 60 d) Rs. 50
e) Answer not known e) Answer not known
 
a)  b)  
c)  d)  
e)  a)  b) . 80 c) . 60 d) . 50
175. Which employment schemes is called as e) 
“Milestone” and hails it as the “best 178. Find the C.I. on Rs.15,625 at 8% P.a. for 3
known” employment guarantee scheme years compounded annually
by UNDP and its Human Development a) Rs. 4,000 b) Rs. 4,028
Report 2015. c) Rs. 4,058 d) Rs. 4,050
a) The Integrated Rural Development e) Answer not known

Programme

b) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
a) . 4,000 b) . 4,028
Employment Guarantee Scheme
c) . 4,058 d) . 4,050
c) Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana
e) 
d) The scheme of Training Rural youth for
179. How many terms of the series 1 + 4 + 16 +
self - employment
... make the sum 1365?
e) Answer not known
1 + 4 + 16 + ...   
     
   
    

      a) 4 b) 6 c) 8 d) 16
   e) Answer not known / 
 180. Match the following:
a)  City Industry
b)  A) Tiruchirappalli 1. Chemical
 Production
c)  B) Karur 2. SAIL
d)    C) Salem 3. BHEL
 D) Coimbatore 4. TNPL
e)  E) Thoothukudi 5. Wet Grinder
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 184. Which Gupta ruler issued Allahabad stone
  Pillar Inscription?
A)    a) Chandragupta I
B)   SAIL b) Samudragupta
C)   BHEL c) Kumaragupta I
D)   TNPL d) Skandagupta
E)    e) Answer not known
 
A B C D E A B C D E 
a) 3 4 1 5 2 b) 3 5 4 2 1 a) 
c) 2 3 4 5 1 d) 3 4 2 5 1 b) 
e) Answer not known / 
c) 
181. Which state was divided into “Seven
d) 
waring principalities” during Akbar’s
e) 
reign?
a) Bihar b) Bengal 185. Who is the author of the novel
‘Natchatiravaasigal’?
c) Gujarat d) Orissa
a) Baskaran
e) Answer not known
b) Thiyagarajan
      c) Karthik Balasubramanian
 d) Mutharasan
a)  b)  e) Answer not known
c)  d)     
e)  
182. Name the place where the Khadar soil is a)  b) 
found. c) 
a) Foot hills b) Piedmont plain d)  e) 
c) Flood plain d) All the above 186. In which congress session did Mohammad
e) Answer not known Ali Jinnah moved a resolution condemning
 the system of communal representation?
    
a) 

b) 

c) 
a) 1910 b) 1911
d)  c) 1912 d) 1913
e)  e) Answer not known/
183. Where Khod Mals tribes live in India? 187. Out of various stages in demographic
a) Tripura b) Sikkim transition theory the stage that exhibits
c) Gujarat d) Orissa “Low birth rate and low death rate”
e) Answer not known Corresponds to
     a) Rapid increase in population
 b) Stable or slow increase in population
a)  b)  c) Rapid decrease in population
c)  d)  d) Population explosion
e)  e) Answer not known
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 B.   
“    
 ”    C.   
 
a)  D.  

b)    


A B C D A B C D
c)  a) 1 4 2 3 b) 2 1 4 3
d)  c) 3 1 4 2 d) 4 2 1 3
e)  e) Answer not known/
188. Reverse Repo Rate (RRR) means: 190. Arrange the following events in
1. The rate at which the RBI is willing to chronological order:
lend to commercial banks i. Swadeshi Movement
2. The rate at which the RBI is willing to ii. Home Rule Movement
borrow from the commercial banks iii. Non-Co-opperation Movement
3. Bank rate policy iv. Civil Disobedience Movement
4. The variable portfolio ceiling   
 
  i. 
 ii. 
    iii. 
     iv.
 a) i, ii, iii, iv b) ii, iii, iv, i
  c) iii, iv, i, ii d) iii, ii, i, iv
  e) Answer not known/
a) 1 b) 3 c) 2 d) 4 191. Why the Kanyakumari district is famous
e) Answer not known /  for Rubber in Tamil Nadu?
i) Dry Climate
189. Match List I with List II and choose the
ii) Geographical locations
right answer:
iii) Adequate rainfall
List I List II
iv) Nearness to market
A. Cradle baby 1. Take care of
a) i and ii b) i, ii and iii
Scheme economically back
c) ii and iii d) None of the above
ward women
e) Answer not known
B. Service homes 2. Empowerment of
  
rural women 
C. “SAKHI” 3. Save the girl children i. 
D. Mahila Shakti 4. Support women ii. 
Kendra affected by violence iii. 
I  II   iv. 
 a) i  ii
- I - II b) i, ii  iii
A.   c) ii  iii
  d) 
 e) 
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192. The ______ rivers are called perennial 194. Demonetization means
rivers. a. It involves introducing a new currency
a) Peninsular rivers in the economy
b) West flowing rivers b. It involves reducing the official value of
c) East flowing rivers a currency in relation to other curren-
d) Himalayan rivers cies
e) Answer not known c. It involves stripping a currency units of
 its status as legal tender
a)  d. It involves increasing the official value
b)  of a currency in relation to other cur-
c)  rencies
d)  e) Answer not known
e)  
193. Assertion (A) : Abul Fazal’s Akbar Nama a)   
contains three volumes. 
Reasons (R) : First volume contains an b)   
account of Akbar’s ancesstors, second  
volume is denoted to the reign exhaus- 
tive treatment of Akbar’s, third volume c) 

has been a subtitle the Aini Akbari.
d)   
a) (A) is true but (R) is false
  
b) Both (A) and (R) are true. (R) is the

correct explanation of (A)
e) 
c) (A) is false but (R) is true
195. Arrange the following events in
d) Both (A) and (R) are true. but (R) is not
chronological order
the correct explanation of (A)
1. Moplah Rebellion
e) Answer not known
2. Santhal’s Rebellion

3. The Great Revolt

4. Champaran
 a) 3, 2, 4, 1 b) 2, 3, 1, 4
 c) 2, 3, 4, 1 d) 3, 1, 4, 2
 e) Answer not known
 
a) (A)(R)   
b) (A) (R) (R)   
(A)  
c) (A) (R)  
d) (A)(R) a) 3, 2, 4, 1 b) 2, 3, 1, 4
(R) (A)  c) 2, 3, 4, 1 d) 3, 1, 4, 2
e)  e) 
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196. The Government Final Consumption 198. In India goods and service tax was
Expenditures (GFCE) comprises of the implemented on
followings : a) June 1, 2017 b) July 1, 2017
i) Revenue expenditure c) April 1, 2018 d) August 1, 2018
ii) Gross purchase of goods and services e) Answer not known
iii) Consumption of fixed capital 
iv) Consumption of variable capital Select 
the correct the combination a)  b) 
a) i and ii only b) i and iii only c)  d) 
c) ii and iii only d) i and iv only e) 
e) Answer not known
199. Which of the following is not associated
   
with Gopal Krishna gokhale?

i)  a) Monthly Magazine, ‘Vocie of India’
ii)     b) Poona Servaj Samaj
 c) Servants of India Society
iii)  d) Secretary of Indian National Congress,
iv)  1903
 e) Answer not known
a) i ii  b) i iii    
c) ii iii  d) i iv  
e)  a) ‘’
197. Regarding the taxation system of Krishna b) 
Deva, the ruler of Vijayanagar. c) 
Consider the following statements : d) 
1. The tax rate on Land was fixed e) 
depending on the quality of the land. 200. In 1937 Mahatma Gandhi published a
2. Private owners of workshops paid on
series of articles in his paper ‘The Harijan’
industries tax.
and proposed a scheme of education called
Which of the statements given above is/
______, better known as the Wardha
are correct?
Scheme.
a) 1 only b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 or 2 a) Elementary education
e) Answer not known b) Basic education
 c) Secondary education
    d) Higher education
 e) Answer not known
           ‘
 ’   
        
      
 
a)  b)  a)  b) 
c)  d)  c)  d) 
e)  e) 
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