Tnpsc Combined Geology Subordinate Service Exam Previous Questions

1. The new scheme “Improvement of Riding Quality Programme” in Tamil Nadu launched for

A) upgrade the Airways

B) upgrade the Education

C) upgrade the Roads

D) upgrade the Railways

2. The Mettur Dam is also called as

A) Malcom Reservoir

B) Benny Reservoir

C) Stanes Reservoir

D) Stanley Reservoir

3. Match the following :

Act – Year

a) Child Marriage Prohibition Act – 1. 1961

b) Dowry Prohibition Act – 2. 2005

C) Domestic Violence Act – 3. 2013

D) Sexual Harassment of Women at Work Place Act – 4. 2006

a) b) c) d)

A) 2 4 1 3

B) 3 1 4 2

C) 4 1 2 3

D) 2 3 4 1

4. Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana was launched to provide shelter to the ________ living below the poverty line.

A) Farmers

B) Urban women

C) Urban slum dwellers

D) Rural people

5. History of local self Government in Tamil Nadu is evident from _____ inscription in _______ District.

A) Uthiramerur, Kanchipuram

B) Keeladi, Madurai

C) Adichanallur, Thoothukudi

D) Sittanavasal, Pudukottai

6. Zamindari system in India was introduced by

A) William Bentinck

B) Warren Hastings

C) L. Corn Walls

D) Lord Dalhousie

7. Politicians of which region under British Rule demanded regional autonomy of Non-Brahmin Polity?

A) Bombay Presidency

B) Calcutta Presidency

C) Madras Presidency

D) Central Province

8. Pandit Motilal Pattu was composed by

A) V. A. Thiyagaraja

B) N. Krishnasamy

C) K. V. Meenakshi Sundaram

D) P. Swaminathan

9. _______ and ______ will disappear, if the sky above fails to gifts the rain.

A) Virtue, Wealth

B) Pleasure, Salvation

C) Penance and Munificence

D) Honor, Bravery

10. According to Valluvar the good of the wealth obtained is to live

A) Encircled by Relatives

B) Encircled by Enemies

C) Encircled by Scholars

D) Encircled by Kinds

11. ‘Kudumbathil oru Nabar’ short story was wriiten by

A) Mouni

B) Sujatha

C) Prabanjan

D) Ki. RajaNarayanan

12. Give the meaning of the word ‘Nuvai’ in the following lines :

Numminum Siranthathu Nuvai agum Yendru

Annai Kurinaal Punaiyathu Sirape.

A) Thangai (Younger sister)

B) Thamakai (Elder sister)

C) Thozhi (Friend)

D) Sevili (Nurse)

13. According to ______ trade links existed between the Malabar Coast and Arabia even before the establishment of the Roman Empire.

A) M. R. M. Abdur Rahim

B) M. M. Meeran Pillai

C) A. P. Ibrahim Kunju

D) R. S. Abdul Lathief

14. The Moplah Rebellion of 1921 brokeout in

A) Assam

B) Kerala

C) Punjab

D) Bengal

15. Who started the English paper called ‘Comrade’?

A) Maulana Muhammad Ali

B) Syed Wazir Hussain

C) Hussan Imam

D) Hakim Ajmal Kahan

16. In 1925 E. V. Ramasamy left the congress because :

1. He could not follow the Gandhian Ideology.

2. Congress overwhelmingly dominated by the brahmin leaders

Which of the reasons given above is/are correct?

A) 1 only

B) 2 Only

C) Both 1 and 2

D) Neither 1 nor 2

17. Who is the Chairman of the Fifteenth Finance Commission

A) K. Santhanam

B) P. V. Rajamannar

C) C. Rangarajan

D) N. K. Singh

18. Child screening and early intervention service as a part of National Rural Health Mission is known as

A) Jhanani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram

B) Rashitriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram

C) Mother and Child Health Wing

D) Kutir Jyoti scheme

19. Consider the following statement :

1. In Zamindari tenure of land reforms, the tiller is responsible for paying tax to Government

2. Zamindari system was introduced by Corn Wallis in 1893

3. Zamindari were recognized as owner of lands

4. Zamindari system was introduced in Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Varanasi

Among these which are correct statement?

A) 1 and 2

B) 3 and 4

C) 2 and 3

D) 1 and 4

20. Following are the list of few duty’s collected by the Union and State Governments in India

1. Customs duty

2. Duties in respects of succession to Agricultural Land

3. Excise duty

4. Estate duty in respect of Agricultural land

Select the duty collected by the Union Government by using the codes

A) 1 only

B) 4 only

C) 1 and 3

D) 2 and 4

21. Which of the following statements about fundamental duties is not true?

A) Swaran Singh Committee suggested the incorporation of 10 fundamental duties in the Constitution

B) Fundamental duties in the India Constitution are inspired by the Constitution of USSR

C) Fundamental duties were included by the 42^nd Amendment Act

D) They are enforceable by law

22. The main purpose of including the Directive Principles of State policy in the Indian Constitution is

A) Legal Reforms and making laws

B) People Welfare State

C) Special protection of the interests of the weaker section of society

D) Enforceable by Courts

23. Private Bill in India Parliament

R : Private Bill can be presented in the House with the consent of the President

S : Private Bill is passed in the same way as the Public bill

A) S is true R is false

B) R is true S is false

C) R and S are false

D) R and S are true

24. Consider the following statements about Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP)

a) The direct source of inspiration for DPSP was the instrument of instructions issued under the government of India Act, 1935

b) The Irish constitution of 1937 inspired to make the directive principles as a non-enforceable entity

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

A) a is correct but b is wrong

B) a and b are correct

C) a is wrong but b is correct

D) a and b are wrong

25. The Nagara, the Dravida and the Vesara are the

A) Three main racial groups of the Indian subcontinent

B) Three main Linguistic division into which the language of India can be classified

C) Three main style of Indian temple architecture

D) Three main musical Gharanas prevalent in India

26. Which one of the coins of Vijaya Nagar kings come under the copper category?

A) Varagan

B) Jittal

C) Dhara

D) Pagoda

27. The travel accounts of Chinese explorer Faxian mentioned about the following city as ancient metropolis

A) Vaisali

B) Sanchi

C) Pataliputra

D) Taxila

28. The tools of Harappa were made of

A) Copper and Iron

B) Steel and Iron

C) Bronze and Silver

D) Copper and Bronze

29. Palaeo-Mongoloids live along the fringes of the Himalayas. Which of the following Tribes belong to the Palaeo-Mongoloids Tace?

I. Nagas

II. Chakmas

III. Lepcha

IV. Todas

A) I, II and III only

B) I, II and IV only

C) II, III and IV only

D) I, III and IV only

30. The type of forest called as sholas

A) Subtropical temperate hill forest

B) Subtropical wet temperate forest

C) Subtropical pine forest

D) Subtropical dry evergreen forest

31. The state, which shares its border with Bangladesh is

A) Sikkim

B) Bihar

C) Manipur

D) Tripura

32. Who developed National Migrant Information system

A) National Disaster management Authority

B) Ministry of skill development and Entrepreneurship

C) National sample survey organization

D) Central statistical organization

33. Who is the first woman pilot in the Indian Airforce?

A) Priyanka Bhadani

B) Gunjan Saxena

C) Miheeka Bajaj

D) Sheha Bhura

34. The state which received the “National Krishi Karman” award for five times is

A) Uttar Pradesh

B) Andhra Pradesh

C) Madhya Pradesh

D) Tamil Nadu

35. Match the correct combination :

Minerals – Role

A) Molybdenum – 1. Chlorophyll

B) Zinc – 2. Methionine

C) Magnesium – 3. Auxin

D) Sulphur – 4. Nitrogenase

a) b) c) d)

A) 1 3 4 2

B) 2 1 3 4

C) 4 3 1 2

D) 4 2 1 3

36. A good lubricant should have the following property

A) It should be capable of conducting away heat produced by friction

B) It should be change in chemical reaction

C) It should be decompose at high temperature

D) High price

37. The variation of g with time can reveal

A) the presence of oil

B) the presence of minerals

C) the seismic activity

D) the path of ballistic missiles

38. Match the following as per TN Budget 2019 :

Activity – output

a) Global Investors Meet 2019 – 1. Coimbatore

b) Defence industrial corider – 2. Highways

c) Climate change adoption program – 3. Rs. 3 lakh crore

d) CRIDP – 4. Cauvery Delta

a) b) c) d)

A) 3 2 1 4

B) 4 3 2 1

C) 1 4 3 2

D) 3 1 4 2

39. Which country provided fund to the Tamil Nadu Urban Health Care Project?

A) Malaysia

B) Russia

C) America

D) Japan

40. The age eligibility to avail the pension scheme for third genders is above _______ years in Tamil Nadu.

A) 40

B) 50

C) 58

D) 60

41. Assertion (A) : Most of the crimes committed against the SCs/STs go unreported

Reason (R) : Though the Government has set up courts for preventing untouchability and other offences committed against them yet these provisions lack ‘teeth’ and an effective machinery for firmly imparting justice to SCs/STs

A) (A) is true but (R) is false

B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

C) (A) is false but (R) is true

D) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

42. Why the Kanyakumari district has the highest literacy rate?

A) Effects of Kerala development

B) Low birth rate

C) Small district

D) Tourist Area

43. The achievement of self respect movement was

1. Widow remarriage

2. Abolition of untouchability

3. Communal representation

4. Decline the influence of Varna Ghrama Dharma

A) 1, 2 are correct, 3, 4 are incorrect

B) 1, 2, 3 are correct 4 is incorrect

C) 1, 3, 4 are correct 2 is incorrect

D) 1, 2, 3, 4 are correct

44. Which one of the following statements is correct regarding Rukmani Lakshmipathi

1. She participated Vedaranyam Salt Satyagraha agitation

2. She participated Civil disobedience movement

3. She was the Deputy Speaker under the ministry of Rajaji

4. She participated International women suffrage Alliance Congress in 1926 at Paris

A) 1, 2, 3, 4 are correct

B) 1, 2 are correct 3, 4 are incorrect

C) 1, 3, 4 are correct 2 only incorrect

D) 1, 2, 3 are correct 4 only incorrect

45. Which act of the king reduces his wealth?

A) Confiseated things from a theif

B) Tears of the people ruled by a dictator

C) Killing people professionally

D) Collecting too much of taxes from people

46. Thiruvalluvar compares those who cannot express what they have learnt to others to

A) flowers without fragrance

B) flowers without a good shape

C) flowers without colour

D) flowers without freshness

47. Irunthamizhae Unnal Irunthaen ________ virunthamiztham Endralum Vendaen.

A) Imaiyor

B) Avaiyor

C) Undor

D) Nator

48. Identify the model Vaishnava theologians is South India invested Hindu framework?

A) Buddhism

B) Jainism

C) Brahminism

D) Sainism

49. Which one of the pair is not correctly matched?

1. Pari – Mountain of Parrambu

2. Began – Mountain of Palani Malai

3. Vettuvan – Mountain of Kodai

4. Ay – Kuthirai mlai

A) 1, 2 correctly matched 3, 4 are not correctly matched

B) 1, 2, 3 are correctly matched 4 only not matched correctly

C) 1, 2, 3, 4 are correctly matched

D) 1, 3, 4 are correctly matched and 3 only not correctly matched

50. Match the following

a) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan – 1. Redfort

b) INA – 2. Dominion Status

c) August Offer – 3. Bardoli Satyagraha

d) Sardar Vallabhbai Patel – 4. Red shirt

a) b) c) d)

A) 2 1 3 4

B) 3 4 2 1

C) 4 1 2 3

D) 1 3 4 2

51. Why did Subramania Siva not travel by rail?

A) Anti-Imperialist activities

B) Social status

C) Leprosy patient

D) Militant

52. Which of the following Organisation initiated for the first time the idea of education through Varnacular languages in India?

A) Dawn society

B) Indian society

C) East India Association

D) Anushilan samity

53. Whose voice was Rest Goftar?

A) Dravida Mahajana Sabha

B) Ramakrishna Mission

C) Aligar Movement

D) Parsi Movement

54. Industrial liberalization in India started with

1. Increasing Agricultural production

2. Land Reform

3. Regulate Industrial development

4. Induce Private sector investment and participated

Select the correct answer by using the code

A) 1 only

B) 2 and 3

C) 1 and 4

D) 3 and 4

55. Consider the following statement :

1. Finance Commission determines the resources transfer to the States

2. Article 280(3) speaks about the functions of the Finance Commission

3. The tenure of Finance Commission is six years

4. The Finance Commission is appointed by President

From the above, which are correct statement?

A) 1 and 2

B) 1, 2 and 3

C) 3 and 4

D) 1, 2 and 4

56. Estimation of National Income in India is carried out by

A) Reserve Bank of India

B) Planning Commission of India

C) Central Statistical Organisation

D) National Sample Survey Commission

57. Who told, “Constitution made India a quassi federal union invested with several important features of Unitary Government”

A) K. M. Munshi

B) K. C. Wheare

C) Norman D. Palmer

D) G. N. Joshi

58. Who is/are elected in India by single transferable vote system?

A) Lok Sabha in two Anglo-Indian numbers

B) President, Vice-President and Rajya Sabha members

C) Only Vice President

D) Prime Minister

59. The quorum to convene a meeting of a House of the State Legislature shall be

A) Thirty members or one tenth of Local membership

B) Ten members or one-tenth of total membership whichever is more

C) 1/3 of the total membership of the House

D) 50% of the total membership of the House

60. Match List I (subject) with List II (case) and choose the correct option :

List I (Subject) – List II (Case)

a) Sexual Harassment against women – 1. Ashwinder Kaur Vs. Punjab University

b) Right to equality – 2. Minerva Mills Ltd Vs. Union of India

c) Double jeopardy – 3. Visaka Vs. State of Rajasthan

d) Basic features of the constitution – 4. Makbool Vs. State of Bombay

a) b) c) d)

A) 3 1 4 2

B) 1 4 2 3

C) 3 4 1 2

D) 1 3 2 4

61. A community of people called Manganiyars is well-known for their

A) Martial Art in North-East India

B) Musical tradition in North-West India

C) Classical vocal music in South-India

D) Pietra Dura tradition in Central India

62. India may be described as a museum of cults and creeds, customs and culture….. who remarked the statement?

A) R. K. Mukherjee

B) S. K. Chatterjee

C) Wheeler

D) B. S. Guha

63. Indian Mughal miniature painting dating was around the years

A) Early 17^th Century

B) Later 17^th Century

C) Early 18^th Century

D) Later 18^th Century

64. ________ is not involved in the preparation of Budget.

A) Finance Ministry

B) NITI Aayog

C) Comptroller and Auditor-General

D) Finance Commission

65. The method used to determine the polymer to be used for water treatment plant is

A) JAR Test

B) RBC

C) Trickling Filter

D) Bio Tower

66. Torrential floods have higher _______ concentration.

A) Rocks

B) Stones

C) Sediments

D) Fishes

67. The Indian state that does not have an International Border is

A) Haryana

B) Gujarat

C) Rajasthan

D) Tamil Nadu

68. “Naseem Al bahr” is a 12^th edition of bilateral Maritime Naval exercise between

A) India and Bangladesh

B) India and Nepal

C) India and Oman

D) India and Philippines

69. Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding political parties?

I. For the effective functioning of a democracy, the existence of political parties is mandatory

II. The relationship between party system and democracy will be incomplete without opposition parties

III. Opposition party leader enjoys the status and privileges of the rank of cabinet minister

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

A) I and II onlu

B) I only

C) II and III only

D) I, II and III

70. The First “Kisan Rail” of India is operated between

A) Punjab and Haryana

B) Maharastra and Bihar

C) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

D) Punjab and Uttar Pradesh

71. Which of the following organisms is the producer of the ocean?

A) Nekton

B) Benthos

C) Phytoplankton

D) Zooplankton

72. Learning with understanding is facilitated when new and existing knowledge is structured around the major concepts and principles of the discipline. This is known as

A) Principled conceptual knowledge

B) Metacognition

C) Use of concept maps

D) Individual differences

73. In the modern days teachers encourage intelligent students by guiding them to make research, similarly in ancient days _____ was a method specially adopted for highly intelligent students.

A) Thinking

B) Reasoning

C) Manan (Reflection)

D) Understanding

74. Which one of the following aqueous solutions will have highest pH value?

A) NaCl
B) KNO₃
C) Na2CO₃
D) ZnCl₂

75. Ideally Moderators have

A) High atomic weight and high neutron absorption cross section

B) High atomic weight and low neutron absorption cross section

C) Low atomic weight and high neutron absorption cross section

D) Low atomic weight and low neutron absorption cross section