TNPSC Group 1 Hall Ticket link with Study Materials 2014
1What movie cast included James Garner, Richard Attenbourough, The Great EscapeSteve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasance, James
Coburn, Gordon Jackson, Angus McPhee among many others
2If you suffer from epistaxis what is wrongNosebleed
3In which book would you find the manservant Pas PartoutAround the world in 80 days
4What animals name translates as water horseHippopotamus
5In Greek mythology who killed the GorgonPerseus
6Which two metals are alloyed to make pewterTin and Lead
7In 1899 the Eastman company in the USA produced first whatKodak 1 - hand held roll film cam
8What links - Sarte, Neitzsche, Russell and DecartesPhilosophers
9In 1643 Evangalisa Torichelli invented the first whatBarometer
10Which Spanish painter has first exhibition at 16 - also 4 year bluePablo Picasso
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11Where did the mutineers of the Bounty settlePitcairn Islands12What is the longest river in ItalyPo
13What does a polyandric women have more than one ofHusband
14What links Brazil, Uruguay, Mozambique and AngolaColonies of Portugal
15What is the American equivalent of the Irish PoteenMoonshine
16Who was the last king of Troy killed by Achilles son PyrrhusPriam
17In 1911 the archaeologist Hiram Bingham discovered what lost cityMachu Picchu
18Who won the Superbowl in 1989San Francisco 49 ers
19Who wrote the book Billy Budd also Moby DickHerman Melville
20Which highwayman rode the horse Black BessDick Turpin
21Barry Allen was the alter ego of which DC comic superheroThe Flash
22In 1901 which brand of car was seen for the first timeMercedes
23Brisbane is the state capital of which SE Australian stateQueensland
24In Norse mythology what is the name of the ultimate battleRagnarok
25In 1890 the first electric what opened in LondonUnderground railway
26Who wrote the children's novel Swallows and AmazonsArthur Ransom
27Oil seed rape belongs to which plant familyMustard
28Which Norwegian politicians name became a word for traitorVidkun Quisling
29What is the capitol of MoroccoRabat
30What shape were the sailors plates in Nelsons navySquare Thus Square
meal
31What religion links Weasak, Dhrammacacka, and Bhodi dayBuddhist
32Linus Torwalds invented and wrote whatLinux computer
operating system
33The bander macaque has which commoner nameRhesus Monkey
34Zambia and Zimbabwe used to be called whatRhodesia
35What is the staple food of one third of the worlds populationRice
36Paul Robeson the singer of old man river had what professionLawyer
37Rene Laennac invented which aid for doctors in 1810Stethoscope
38Jagger, Richards, Wyman, Jones, Watts, Stewart - which bandThe Rolling Stones
39What digit does not exist in Roman NumeralsZero
40Who was nicknames The desert Fox (both Names)Erwin Rommel
41What aid to archaeologists from 197 bc was found in Egypt 1799Rosetta Stone
42Which annual sporting event between 2 teams started in 1829The University Boat
Race
43Who was the jeweller to the Russian Court famous Easter eggsFaberge
44What type of food is TaramasalataCured /smoked cod
roe
45What links Samuel Delaney, Fredrick Pohl, Harlan EllisonScience Fiction
46Randolph Crane became famous as which cowboy actorRandolph Scott
47Ageusia is the loss of which senseTaste
48Which Irish political parties name translates as we ourselvesSein Fein
49Henry Ford used assembly line in 1908 but someone before 1901Ransome Olds
50Who performed the first heart transplant in South AfricaChristian Barnard
51What is the common name for the star SiriusDog Star
52What calculating aid was invented by William Oughtred in 1662Slide Rule
53Which Athenian philosopher wrote nothing - immortalised by PlatoSocrates
54Who designed the WW 1 plane Camel and co designed HurricaneThomas Octave
Murdoch Sopwith
55Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull were born in which US stateSouth Dakota
56In 1666 Jesuit Bark was used as a prevention against whatMalaria
57In 1971 which USA space probe was first to orbit another planetMariner 9
58What links Catalonia, Andalusia, Cantabria, Galicia Regions of Spain
59Ingemar Stenmark won record 85 world cup races in what sportSkiing
60Who wrote the music for the ballets Firebird and Rites of SpringIgor Stravinsky
61What common legal item literally means under penaltySubpoena
62Who was the only person to win world titles on bikes and carsJohn Surtees
63What is the oldest swimming strokeBreaststroke 16th
century
64Which European country is divided into areas called CantonsSwitzerland
65Which medical tool was developed by Sanctorius in 1612Thermometer
66What weapon was invented by Ernest Swinton used in 1916Tank
67Which mythological King chained grapes rose water fellTantalus
68Who created Tarzan (all names) in 1914Edgar Rice Burroughs
69Camellia Sinesis evergreen shrub better known as whatTea
70In 1901 who first transmitted radio signals across AtlanticMarconi
71Who won six consecutive Wimbledon titles in the 1980sMartina Navratilova
72What Italian building material translates as baked earthTerracotta
73What links Buddy Holly, Lyndon Johnston, Janice JoplinState of Texas
74Which eponymous character was Thane of Cawder GlaimesMacbeth
75Who wrote the 39 steps (both names)John Buchan
76Who won the Superbowl in 1987New York Giants
77What is the food tofu made fromSoya Bean Curd – via
Soya milk
78Who was the son of Poseidon and AmpheriteTriton
79Annie Mae Bullock became famous under which name (both)Tina Turner
80What linked Armenia, Georgia, Latvia and MoldaviaUSSR
81What is the state capitol of New JerseyTrenton
82Who won an Oscar for best supporting actor in Spartacus 1960 Peter Ustinov
83What was invented by James Dewer in 1872Vacuum or thermos
flask
84Who was the Roman goddess of the hearthVesta
85Viticulture is the growing of what plantsVines
86In 1953 what was first successfully transmitted in the USAColour Television
87Who wrote the Thin Man in 1934 (both names)Dashiell Hammett
88Angel falls Venezuela Highest but where second HighestYosemite USA
89Whitcome Judson in 1891 invented what for fastening shoesZip Fastener
90Who sold Louisiana to the USA in 1803Napoleon
91Gregory Pincus, John Rock, Gerhart Domangk developed whatOral Contraceptive
92The Gloucester E 28/39 first flew in 1941 - what was unusualWhittle Jet Engine
93Women compete between USA and UK in Wightman Cup - SportTennis
94Woolworth's - the 5 /10 cent store started in which us state 1979Lancaster
Pennsylvania
95Which actress starred in the original King Kong in 1933 (both) Fay Wray
96Except Australia 1 New Zealand 1 USA all since 1870 want?America's Cup
97What's missing from ale that’s included in beerHops
98Until 1971 what was the name of ZaireCongo
99Karl Lienstater discovered which medical breakthrough in 1901ABO Blood Groups
100Who is the only American president elected unopposedGeorge Washington
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