TNPSC Model Question Papers With Answers
51) 5 mangoes and 4 oranges cost as much as
3 mangoes and 7 oranges. What is the
Ratio of the cost of one mango to that of
One orange?
A) 4:3 b) 1:3 c) 3:2 d) 5:2
52) (x+y)2 : (x-y) 2= 4:1 then (x+y) 2:( x-y) 2=
a) 25:9 b) 16:1 c) 8:17 d) 17:8
54) Find the odd man out:
5, 7, 9,17,23,37
A) 5 b) 9 c) 37 d) 23
55) A train travels for 3 hours, the first hour
At 10 km/hour and the remaining 2 hours
at 25 km/hour. What is the average
speed?
a) 10 km/hour b) 15 km/hour
c) 20 km/hour d) 25 km/hour
3 mangoes and 7 oranges. What is the
Ratio of the cost of one mango to that of
One orange?
A) 4:3 b) 1:3 c) 3:2 d) 5:2
52) (x+y)2 : (x-y) 2= 4:1 then (x+y) 2:( x-y) 2=
a) 25:9 b) 16:1 c) 8:17 d) 17:8
54) Find the odd man out:
5, 7, 9,17,23,37
A) 5 b) 9 c) 37 d) 23
55) A train travels for 3 hours, the first hour
At 10 km/hour and the remaining 2 hours
at 25 km/hour. What is the average
speed?
a) 10 km/hour b) 15 km/hour
c) 20 km/hour d) 25 km/hour
TNPSC Model Question Papers With Answers to all
56) The three values which divide a given
Data into four equal parts are called
a) Averages b) Quartiles c) Deciles
d) Percentiles
57) Which one of the following is more
Suitable to represent data on a family
budget?
a) Bar diagram b) Multiple bar diagram
c) Percentage bar diagram
d) Pie diagram
58) find the mode of X when
X: 2 4 5 8 10 13
Y: 5 7 10 15 3 2
A) 5 b) 8 c) 10 d) 13
59) What is the Acronym for DBMS?
a) Data base Medical Science
b) Data Base Management systems
c) Data Base monitoring systems
d) None
60) Write the expansion of LCD.
A) Liquid Crystal Display
b) Light Controlled Decoder
c) Lack of Control d) None
61) A person is moving towards a plane mirror
With a velocity of 1 m/sec. The image will
Approach the moving person with a relative
Velocity of
a) 0.5 m/sec b) 1 m/sec c) 2 m/sec
d) 3 m/sec
62) Which of the following would be the most
Suitable for making an electromagnet?
a) Copper b) Tungsten c) Soft iron
d) Steel
63) An electric bulb has a filament made of
a) Copper b) iron c) lead d) tungsten
64) The nucleus of an atom contains
a) Protons and neutrons
b) Protons and electrons
c) Neutrons and electrons
d) Neutrons only
65) Which of the following falls down faster in
Vacuum?
a) Wooden ball b) Feather c) Steel ball
d) All will fall down at the same speed
Because of no air resistance in vacuum
66) The most acidic compound of the following
is
a) Methane b) methyl alcohol
c) Ethyl alcohol d) phenol
67) Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A): Bakelite is thermosetting
Plastic.
Reason (R) : Thermosetting plastics are
Those which change
irreversibly into hard and
Right materials on
Heating.
Of these statements:
a) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R)
Is the correct explanation of (A)
b) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R)
Is not the correct explanation of (A)
c) (A) is true, but (R) is false
d) (A) is false but (R) is true
68) Diamond and graphite are
a) Isomers b) isotopes c) allotropes
d) Polymer
69) Activated charcoal is used to remove
Coloring matter from impure substances. It
Works by
a) Oxidation b) reduction c) adsorption
d) Bleaching
70) Bordeaux mixture is a mixture of
a) Copper sulphate and lime
b) Bleaching powder and DDT
c) DDT and BHC
d) DDT and parathion
71) Who was the founder of the English
Newspaper ‘The Hindu’?
a) G. Subramaniya iyer b) R. Venkata Rajulu
c) Jagannath Acharriyar
d) Rajagopalacharta
72) What is the range of AGNI-1 missile?
a) 700 km b) 1000 km c) 1600 km
d) 2500 km
73) In 2004 at which town a fire raged though a
Primary school killing nearly 100 students?
a) Trichy b) Kumbakonam c) Cuddalore
d) Salem
74) In which of the following year did
Jeevananthan start the journal Janhasakti?
a) 1917 b) 1927 c) 1937 d) 1947
75) Which of the following is not a recognized
Political party that contested General
Assembly Election of May 2006 at
Tamil nadu?
a) DMDK b) PMK c) MDMK d) DPI
Data into four equal parts are called
a) Averages b) Quartiles c) Deciles
d) Percentiles
57) Which one of the following is more
Suitable to represent data on a family
budget?
a) Bar diagram b) Multiple bar diagram
c) Percentage bar diagram
d) Pie diagram
58) find the mode of X when
X: 2 4 5 8 10 13
Y: 5 7 10 15 3 2
A) 5 b) 8 c) 10 d) 13
59) What is the Acronym for DBMS?
a) Data base Medical Science
b) Data Base Management systems
c) Data Base monitoring systems
d) None
60) Write the expansion of LCD.
A) Liquid Crystal Display
b) Light Controlled Decoder
c) Lack of Control d) None
61) A person is moving towards a plane mirror
With a velocity of 1 m/sec. The image will
Approach the moving person with a relative
Velocity of
a) 0.5 m/sec b) 1 m/sec c) 2 m/sec
d) 3 m/sec
62) Which of the following would be the most
Suitable for making an electromagnet?
a) Copper b) Tungsten c) Soft iron
d) Steel
63) An electric bulb has a filament made of
a) Copper b) iron c) lead d) tungsten
64) The nucleus of an atom contains
a) Protons and neutrons
b) Protons and electrons
c) Neutrons and electrons
d) Neutrons only
65) Which of the following falls down faster in
Vacuum?
a) Wooden ball b) Feather c) Steel ball
d) All will fall down at the same speed
Because of no air resistance in vacuum
66) The most acidic compound of the following
is
a) Methane b) methyl alcohol
c) Ethyl alcohol d) phenol
67) Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A): Bakelite is thermosetting
Plastic.
Reason (R) : Thermosetting plastics are
Those which change
irreversibly into hard and
Right materials on
Heating.
Of these statements:
a) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R)
Is the correct explanation of (A)
b) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R)
Is not the correct explanation of (A)
c) (A) is true, but (R) is false
d) (A) is false but (R) is true
68) Diamond and graphite are
a) Isomers b) isotopes c) allotropes
d) Polymer
69) Activated charcoal is used to remove
Coloring matter from impure substances. It
Works by
a) Oxidation b) reduction c) adsorption
d) Bleaching
70) Bordeaux mixture is a mixture of
a) Copper sulphate and lime
b) Bleaching powder and DDT
c) DDT and BHC
d) DDT and parathion
71) Who was the founder of the English
Newspaper ‘The Hindu’?
a) G. Subramaniya iyer b) R. Venkata Rajulu
c) Jagannath Acharriyar
d) Rajagopalacharta
72) What is the range of AGNI-1 missile?
a) 700 km b) 1000 km c) 1600 km
d) 2500 km
73) In 2004 at which town a fire raged though a
Primary school killing nearly 100 students?
a) Trichy b) Kumbakonam c) Cuddalore
d) Salem
74) In which of the following year did
Jeevananthan start the journal Janhasakti?
a) 1917 b) 1927 c) 1937 d) 1947
75) Which of the following is not a recognized
Political party that contested General
Assembly Election of May 2006 at
Tamil nadu?
a) DMDK b) PMK c) MDMK d) DPI
