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General Studies Prepared By www.winmeen.com 2018 Tnpsc Current Affairs GK Questions In English [Previous Year Questions] 1. Which country is having the largest groups of tissue culture scientists in world (a) America (b) India (c) China (d) Japan 2. ‘Herbarium of Indian Botanical Garden’ – where is located in India? (a) Chennai (b) Kolkata (c) Coimbatore (d) Trichy 3. When was the “River Information System” was inaugurated first time in India? (a) June 2016 (b) July 2016 (c) February 2016 (d) January 2016 4. Who won the gold medal for the game 25 meter Rapid Fire Pistol Men Junior event in Junior World Cup during March 2018? (a) Mandeep Singh (b) Jashpal (c) Anish (d) Pradeep 5. What is the name of the scheme for socio – economic development and empowerment of women through self help groups? (a) Janani Suraksha (b) Swayam Sidha (c) Ganga Kalyan Yojana (d) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan 6. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launches an earth observation satellite CARTOSAT – 2 during the year (a) August 2016 (b) June 2016 (c) October 2016 (d) July 2016 7. World Tuberculosis Day observed every year during which day? (a) March 24 (b) March 25 (c) February 24 (d) March 26 8. What type of satellite is SCATSAT – 1 which was launched by (PSLV C35)? (a) Geo – Stationary (b) Navigation (c) Communication (d) Meteorological 9. Match List I with List II and answer through the code given below: List I List II (a) P.V. Sindu 1. Wrestler (b) Marykom 2. Javelin throw (c) Sakshi Malik 3. Badminton (d) Neeraj Chopra 4. Boxer Learning Leads To Ruling Page 1 of 32 General Studies Prepared By www.winmeen.com (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) 2 3 4 1 (b) 3 1 4 2 (c) 2 4 1 3 (d) 3 4 1 2 10. In which country, Forint currency is used? (a) Hungary (b) Iceland (c) Guyana (d) Haiti 11. Which year “Come and Play Scheme” was introduced by sports Authority of India? (a) 2009 (b) 2010 (c) 2011 (d) 2012 12. From where the Zika virus was first identical? (a) Rat (b) Cat (c) Monkey (d) Donkey 13. The first Indian satellite was launched with the help of (a) America (b) Russia (c) Britain (d) France 14. When did the planning commission renamed as NITI Aayog? (a) 01-01-2015 (b) 11-01-2015 (c) 21-01-2015 (d) 31-01-2015 15. Demonetisation was announced by Mr. Narendra Modi on (a) 8th November 2015 (b) 8th November 2016 (c) 8th November 2017 (d) 1st December 2017 16. In which duration Indian Navy hosted Multinational Exercise MILAN – 18 at Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar Islands? (a) March 6 to 13, 2018 (b) February 13 to 20, 2018 (c) February 20 to 27, 2018 (d) March 13 to 20, 2018 17. When is “Qaumi Ekta Week” (National Integration Week) observed all the country every year? (a) 29th Oct. to 4th Nov. (b) 5th Nov. to 11th Nov. (c) 12th Nov. to 18th Nov. (d) 19th Nov. to 25th Nov. 18. On which day the Government of India announced the High Denomination bank notes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 expired? (a) 8th November, 2016 (b) 9th November, 2016 Learning Leads To Ruling Page 2 of 32 General Studies Prepared By www.winmeen.com (c) 10th November, 2016 (d) 11th November, 2016 19. When was the Goods and services tax introduced? (a) 1st June 2017 (b) 1st July 2017 (c) 1st August 2017 (d) 1st September 2017 20. For which game Mr. Anish won the gold medal in Junior World Cup during the year March 2018? (a) 10 meter Air Pistol (b) 100 meter Rapid fire pistol (c) 25 meter rapid fire pistol (d) 20 meter rapid fire pistol 21. India’s research stations ‘Dakshin Gangotri and Maitri’ are located in (a) Arctic circle (b) Antartica (c) International Space Station (d) Himalaya 22. Which state of India is the largest Tea producer? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Kerala (c) Assam (d) Karnataka 23. Capital (City) of Uganda (a) Kampala (b) Keiro (c) Sharja (d) Havana 24. Which Indian has been awarded the WBC Asia Boxer of The Year Award, recently? (a) Neeraj Goyat (b) Mohammed Ali Qamar (c) Shiva Thapa (d) Akhil Kumar 25. In which year ISRO’s Polar satellite Launch Vehicle C36 (PSLV – C36) successfully launches RESOURCES AT – 2A remote sensing satellite into polar sun synchronous orbit? (a) 2015 (b) 2016 (c) 2017 (d) 2018 26. How many countries participated in the 23rd Winter Olympic Games which was conducted by South Korea? (a) 102 (b) 92 (c) 95 (d) 94 27. Mohit Chauhan has veen nominated as the Green Ambassador of this state recently (a) Manipur (b) Sikkim (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Rajasthan 28. This Company field patent applications relating e-Currency technology recently (a) Barclays (b) IBM (c) Google (d) Facebook Learning Leads To Ruling Page 3 of 32 General Studies Prepared By www.winmeen.com 29. Which country is known as the land of White elephants? (a) Sri Lanka (b) Malaysia (c) Thailand (d) Indonesia 30. Which river is praised in the first Century Tamil epic Silappadikaram? (a) Cauvery (b) Godavari (c) Saraswati (d) Ganges 31. The theme of the World Special Week, celebrated from 4th October 2017 to 10th October 2017 is (a) Exploring new world in space (b) Yoga for wellnesa (c) Water and energy for inclusive growth (d) Peace, progress and prosperity 32. Who among the following women boxers was declared best boxer of the meet during the World Youth Boxing Championship held in Guwahati in 2017? (a) Nabin Chandra (b) Sarjuhala Devi (c) Minu Basumalary (d) Ankushita Boro 33. “Operation Ice Bridge” is associated with (a) ISS (b) ISRO (c) NASA (d) ESA 34. Identify the organisation inaugurated on October 2017 at New Delhi by Prime Minister of India (a) All India Institute of Unani (b) All India Institute of Siddha (c) All India Institute of Ayurveda (d) All India Institute of Naturopathy 35. Match the title winners with their championship of 2017: (a) Ms. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu 1. World Junior (V 20) Chess Championship (b) Ms. Mary Kom 2. World Weightlifting Championship (c) Mr. Gopi Thonakal 3. Asian Women’s boxing Championship (d) Master Aravindh Chithambaram 4. Asian Marathon Championship (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) 3 4 2 1 (b) 2 3 4 1 (c) 2 3 1 4 (d) 3 2 1 4 Learning Leads To Ruling Page 4 of 32 General Studies Prepared By www.winmeen.com 36. The writer of the Novel “Dukkam Sakkham” who has been chosen for the Vyas Samman 2017 is Mr./Mrs. (a) Surindar Varma (b) Sunita Jain (c) Manta Kalia (d) Kamal Kishore Goyenka 37. The recommendations of 15th Finance Commission will be effect from which date? (a) January 1, 2018 (b) April 1, 2018 (c) April 1, 2020 (d) January 1, 2020 38. Which city received India’s first UNESCO Heritage City Certificate in September 2017? (a) Puri (b) Kanchipuram (c) Aurangabad (d) Ahmadabad 39. Who has won the India’s 46th Grandmaster Chess Champion Tournament 2017? (a) Srinath Naren (b) Srinath Narayanan (c) Srinath Venu (d) Srinath Srinivasan 40. Which State Government has launched Gyankunj e-class project? (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Delhi (c) Kerala (d) Gujarat 41. The Union Ministry of health and family welfare and ICMR launched IHMI on November 28- 2017. What does IHMI stands for? (a) India Hypertension Management Initiative (b) India Health Management Initiative (c) Indian Heart and Mind Care Intellect (d) India Health Maintenance Initiative 42. Who among the following has been appointed as the Deputy Director General for programmes of the World Health Organisation? (a) Nisha Desai Biswal (b) Dineshwar Sharma (c) Soumya Swaminathan (d) Gautam Bewbawala 43. In order to encourage the powerloom actor and help small industrious and joint venture launched by the ministry of powerloom and textiles in 2017 is called (a) SAMPRADA (b) DOST (c) AARAKSHAN (d) SAATHI 44. The recently Indo-Maldives Joint Military exercises was called as (a) IMBAX 2017 (b) EKUVERIN 2017 Learning Leads To Ruling Page 5 of 32 General Studies Prepared By www.winmeen.com (c) INDRA 2017 (d) SAMPRITI 2017 45. India lacks a strong backhaul to get a transition to 5G with in September 2017. Backhaul is a network (a) Portal for data discrimination (b) Connecting cell sites to central exchange (c) Coupler for wireless data transmission (d) Range finder for cellular consumers 46. Which Tamil Nadu State Highway among these was not upgraded as National Highway in November 2017? (a) Tirupur – Odanchatram State Highway (b) Salem – Tirupathur – Vaniyambadi State Highway (c) Kodaighat – Kodaikanal State Highway (d) Chennai – Ennore State Highway 47. Where was the Fourth World Tamil’s Economic Conference held? (a) Coimbatore (b) Kulalumpur (c) Singapore (d) Durban 48. Identify the defence equipment which was officially decommissioned on December 17, 2017? (a) P-8 ILR Maritime Reconnaissance Anti Submarine Warfare Aircraft (b) Mi-8 Attach and Utility Helicopter (c) P-3 Orion Anti Submarine Warfare Aircraft (d) Mi-V5 Medium Lift Reconnaissance Aircraft 49. Identify the Playwright who published the work “Dark horse and other plays” in October 2017? (a) Gowri Ramnarayan (b) Gowri Lankesh (c) Arun Kolatkar (d) Mahesh Dattani 50. _________________ is the first Indian city to get its own logo (a) Pune (b) Bengaluru (c) Chennai (d) Delhi 51. World Forest Day is celebrated on (a) March 8 (b) March 21 (c) March 22 (d) March 23 Learning Leads To Ruling Page 6 of 32 General Studies Prepared By www.winmeen.com 52. National Integration Day celebrated in (a) November 19 (b) October 20 (c) June 10 (d) August 12 53.
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