TNPSC - General Knowledge
GENERAL
KNOWLEDGE
1)
What is the sum of all prime numbers between 100 and 200?
a) 424
b) 533 c) 648 d) 650
2) The smallest number which when
diminished by 3 is divisible by 21, 28, 36 and 45
Is
a) 420
b) 1257 c) 1260
d) 1263
3)
The radio of three numbers is 35: 55: 77 and their HCF are 24. Then the numbers
Are
a) 420,660,
924 b) 280,440,616 c) 840, 1320, 1848 d) 105,165,231
4) There are 60 students in a
class. In an examination 75% of them had
failed in
English and 45% of them had
failed in science. How many had failed
both in
English and science?
a) 5 b) 6 c)
8 d) 12
5) The average of the first five
prime numbers is
a) 5.0
b) 5.2 c)
5.6 d) 6.0
TNPSC - General Knowledge with answers
6) A sum amounts to Rs. 1,352 in 2
years at 4% compound interest . The sum is
a) Rs. 1,300 b) Rs.
1,200 c) Rs. 1,250
d) Rs. 1,260
7) The speed of a boat in still
water is 15km/hr and the speed of
current is 3 km/hr
The distance traveled
downstream in 12 minutes is
a) 3.6 km b) 2.4
km c) 1.5
km d) 1.8 km
8) Gold is 19 times as heavy as
water and copper is 9 times as heavy as water .
The
Ratio, in which the two metals
should be mixed, so that the mixture is 15 times as
Heavy as water, is
a)
1:2 b)
2:3 c) 3:2 d) 19:135
9) If 3 men and 4 boys can do a
work in 8 days while 4 men and 4 boys can do that
work in 6 days, then 2 men and
4 boys will finish it in
a) 10 days b) 12
days c)
15 days d) 16 days
10) If same patterns of operations are
followed in all the three diagrams given below,
a) 320
b) 274 c) 262
d) 132
11)
Which one of the following is correctly matched?
a) Geographical classification - Value based
data
b) Chronological
classification – Time series data
c) Quantitative classification - Area wise data
d) Qualitative classification - yearly data
12)
Which one of the following is
correctly matched?
a) FORTRAN – Typing a text
b) COBOL - Mathematical calculations
c) WORDSTAR - Business calculations
d) EXCEL - Tabulation
13)
Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the
codes given
below:
List I List II
a) Respondents - 1) person collecting information
b) Primary data - 2) Person giving information
c) Enumerator - 3) Collection data
d) Census - 4)
First hand information
14)
If P(A) = 0.6 and P(B) =0.5, then which one of the following is correct
?
a) A and B are
mutually exclusive events
b)
A and B are not mutually exclusive events
c) A and B are complementary events
d) None of these
15)
How many prime numbers are there in between 10 and 30 ?
a) 7 b) 4
c) 5 d ) 6
16)
In computers, 1 KB and 1 MB are respectively equal to
a) 1000 bytes and 100 kilobytes b) 1024 bytes and 1000 kilobytes
c) 1000 bytes and 10000 kilobytes d) 1024 bytes and 100 kilobytes
17)
The sum of the ages of A and B is now 110 years and their ages 20 years
Ago were in the ratio of
4:3. The age of A is
a) 60
b) 55 c) 50 d) 35
18)
X= ¼ y and y = 1/5 z then x: y: z is equal to
a) 1:4:5
b) 4:1:5 c)
1:5:4 d) 1:4:20
19)
The students in three classes are in the ratio 2:3:5. If 40 students are increased in
each class the ratio changes to 4:5:7.
Originally, the total number of student was
a) 100
b)180 c) 200
d) 400
20)
Which one of the following is correctly matched?
a) 123.5 -
Variable
b) GOD -
Constant
c) A+B -
Expression
d) A+5.0 - Logical constant
21)
Which was the port town of the Indus
valley Civilization?
a) Lothal
b) Kalibangan c) Ropar d) Mohenjodaro
22)
The main focus of the RigVedic culture was
a) the Indo-Gangetic Valley b) the Punjab and Delhi
region c) the India
Valley
d) the region between the
swat and the Indus.
23)
Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A) :
Curzon Partitioned Bengal in 1905
Reason R
: He wanted to destroy
nationalistic unity.
None select your answer
according to the coding scheme given below:
a)Both (A) and (R) are correct
and (R) is the explanation of (A)
b)(A) is correct, but (R ) is wrong .
c)Both (A) and (R) are correct, but
(R ) is not correct explanation of (A)
d) Both (A) and (R ) are
wrong.
24)
Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A): Hiuen Tsang came India during Harsha’s rule.
Reason (R) : His main objective
was to vist Buddhist shrines.
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 correct, but (R ) is wrong
d) Both (A) and (R ) is wrong
25)
Who Wrote ‘Ananda Math’?
a) Rabindranath
Tagore b) Bankim Chandra
Chhattopodhyaya
c) Aurobindo d) Madhusudan Dutta.
