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TNPSC - PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS

CURRENT AFFAIRS

SI.NO CONTENTS PAGE.NO CURRENT AFFAIRS 1. GROUP - I 3 – 15

2. GROUP – II 16-20

3. GROUP – IIA 21-26

4. GROUP – IV 27 – 35

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TNPSC - GROUP - I PRELIMS – 2011 8. The longest solar eclipse of the 21st Century PREVIOUS YEARS QUESTIONS occurred on. CURRENT AFFAIRS A) July 29,2009 B) July 18,2009

C) July 22,2009 D) June 22,2009 1. National Remote Sensing Centre is located 9. Shri Sundarlal Bahuguna received at. ______award. A) B) A) C) D) New . B) 2. Which one of the Assembly by- elections C) saw the highest voter turnout 2010 in Tamil D) Oscar Nadu? 10. Reservation was provided to women in A)Thirumangalam B) Thirupatthur Government services by. C) Pennagaram D) Ponneri A) Jayalalitha 3. The world classical Tamil Conference held B) M.G. Ramachandran on July,2010 is C) Rajaji A) Sixth world Tamil Conference D) M.Karunanidhi B) Seventh world Tamil conference. 11. Delhi High court allowed plea of gay rights C) Ninth world Tamil Conference activists and legalized gay sex in. D) Tenth world Tamil conference. A) 2006 B) 2007 4. Which one of the following is not correctly C) 2008 D) 2009 matched? 12. „Bhuvan‟ the new web based mapping of A) Surjit Barnala -Chancellor of earth was developed by. Universities of . A) NASA B) ISRO B) Fakruddin Ali Ahmed C) ESA D) . - Former president of . 13. Cricketer belongs to which C) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam - Wings of fire. country? D) Medha patikar A) India B) - Indian representative in the UNO. C) D) 5. Under public Distribution system, rice is 14. What is the name of the famous Indian distributed at the rate of Re.1 per kg in . Painter who went on self-exile? A) Orissa B) A) Gurcharan Das B) Bhagwan Das C) D) Tamil Nadu. C) Shyamala D) M.F. Hussain. 6. The National Rural Employment 15. a member of which of the following? Guaranteed Programme came into force to A) Asian Development Bank. provide 100 days of employment in. B) Asia – Pacific Economic Corporation. A) 2003 B) 2004 C) Colombo Plan C) 2006 D) 2002 D) Organisation for Economic co-operation 7. What is/are the recent tension between and Development. India and highlighted in newspaper? 16. The institution(s) which is/are set up to A) China‟s proposed dam on Brahmaputra. promote funding of voluntary organization B) PM‟s visit to . is/ are. C) China recently tried to block and ADB A) Khadi and Village Industries loan Corporation. D) All of these. www.chennaiiasacademy.com Vellore – 9043211311, Tiruvannamalai - 9043211411 Page 3

B) People‟s Action Development India. A) Kaveri B) Vaigai C) Council for Advancement of people‟s C) Palar D) Thenpennai Action and Rural Technology. 25. Which one of the following is correctly D) All of these matched? 17. IRDP was introduced in the year. A) 2004 A) 1978-79 B) 1979 – 80 - International year of fresh water. C) 1980 – 81 D) 1981 – 82 B) 2005 18. Botanical survey of India is located in Tamil - International year of Rice. Nadu at. C) 2007 – 09 A) Chennai B) - International year of planet Earth. C) Coimbatore D) Salem D) 2008 19. The first State in India to introduce - International year of Dolphin. insurance scheme for state Government 26. The National population Register is Employees was. undertaken under A) B) A) Census Act,1948 & Citizen Rules, 2003 C) Tamil Nadu D) Kerala. B) Citizenship Act of 1955 & Citizen Rules, 20. Who is the Chairman of National 2003 Biodiversity Authority? C) Census Act, 1948 & Citizenship Act of A) R.L. Joshi B) A. Ganguly 1955 C) P.L.Gautam D) None of them. D) Citizen Rules, 2003 & IB Act, 1954. 21. Who among the following scientists got the 27. World water Day is observed on. Nobel prize for discovering the concept of A) March 22 B) June 5 Jumping genes (or) transposons? C) September 10 D) December 22. A) Jacob and Monad 28. The UPA Government appointed National B) Beadle and Tatum Commission on Farmers in 2004 under the C) Hargobind Khorana chairmanship of. D) Barbara McClintock A) Dr. C.H. Hanumantha Rao 22. Recently Bicentenary birth anniversary was B) Dr.G.S. Bhalla. carried out for. C) Dr.A.M. Khusro A) Gregor Johann Mendel D) Dr.M.S. Swaminathan. B) Charles Darwin. 29. Which one of the following countries is not a C) Louis Pasteur member in ASEAN? D) Alexander Flemming. A) Cambodia B) China 23. Who among the following recommended the C) Laos D) Vietnam establishment of the National Commission 30. Who is the winner of the Nobel Prize for for Higher Education and Research Peace – 2009? (NCHER) ? A) Barack obama B) Bill Clinton A) Prof. C) Jimmy Carter D) George Bush. B) Minister 31. The Director of Tamil origin who sent C) Prime Minister Chandrayan to space is. D) Minister . A) Dr. Abdul kalam 24. Sathanur Dam is constructed across which B) Dr. Sivadhanupillai river? www.chennaiiasacademy.com Vellore – 9043211311, Tiruvannamalai - 9043211411 Page 4

C) Dr. Mayilsamy Annadurai (C) Sai kumar D) Dr. Kasthuri Rangan (D) Sujatha. 32. Who is the current Chairman of the Prime 40. Name the scientist/organization who Minister of India‟s Economic Advisory successfully converted plastic shopping bag Council (PMEAC) ? into diesel natural gas and other useful A) Nandan Nilekani B) C.Rangarajan petroleum products. C) Nirupama Rao D) P.Chidambaram (A) Ahmed Khan (B) Prof. Angela Vincet GROUP – I PRELIMS – 2014 (C) Birendra kumar Sharma (D) Bose Institute. 33. How many printing characters are there in 41. Who received Dada sahib phalke Award ASCII? 2013 ? A) 90 (B) 65 (A) Sampooran Singh Kalra (C) 94 (D) 62 (B) Vijay Seshadri 34. Which of the following year is considered as (C) Pran Sikand one of the worst drought year in the last one (D) Ramesh Agarwal hundred years of India? 42. Match the following (A) 2000 (B) 2001 Paintings States. (C) 2002 (D) 2006 a) Kalam kari 1. Andhra Pradesh. 35. The enzyme discovered by CSIR to b) Madhu bani 2. . increase shelf life of fruits and vegetables is. c) Phad 3. . (A) Kinase super oxidase d) Warli 4. Maharashtra. (B) Ethyl gluconase. (a) (b) (c) (d) (C) Phenyl aldolase (A) 1 3 2 4 (D) Super oxide dismutase (B) 1 2 3 4 th 36. Who is the 40 Chief Justice of India? (C) 1 2 4 3 (A) Justice Sathasivam (D) 2 1 4 3 (B) Justice Altamas Kabir. 43. Which is incorrect pair? (C) Justice (A) Saurav Ghosal – (D) Justice Lodha. (B) Malavath Purna – Archery. 37. Which of the following countries in late 2013 (C) Heena Sidhu – Shooting gave approval to commercial release of Bt- (D) Chhanda Gayen – Mountain Brinjal? 44. Sumitra Mahajan is associated with the poet (A) (B) Mexico of as on June 2014 (C) France (D) Sweden (A) Deputy speaker 38. How many times has Rafeal Nadal of (B) speaker. won the French Open Tennis tournament to (C) Lok Sabha Speaker break the record? (D) Minister of External affairs (A) 7 times (B) 8 times 45. Match the following and choose the correct (C) 9 times (D) 10 times. answer: 39. Who among the following have won the Books Authors. National M.S. Subbulakshmi Award 2014? a) Gold Finch 1. Daniel pinto. (A) Mathangi Sathyamurthy b) 3 sections 2. Vijay Seshadri. (B) KPAC Lalitha. www.chennaiiasacademy.com Vellore – 9043211311, Tiruvannamalai - 9043211411 Page 5

c) Anticipating India 3. Shekar Gupta. (D) Lifted off from sriharikota. d) Capital Wars 4. Donna Tartt. 51. Which of the following states do not have a b c d tiger reserves in India? (A) 1 2 3 4 (A) Kerala (B) 1 3 4 2 (B) West Bengal (C) 4 2 3 1 (C) (D) 1 2 4 3 (D) Jammu and 46. Who was the chief Guest at the 45th 52. Transgenders were granted the status of Independence Day celebration of Mauritius? third gender by the supreme court on. (A) Mr.Najib Mikati (A) March 20,2014 (B) April 15,2014 (B) Mr. Pranab Mukherjee (C) June 15,2014 (D) January 20,2014 (C) Mr. Shinzo Abe 53. Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly (D) Mr. Gabriel Costa. matched? 47. Who is the winner of 2013 Pritzker Indian Scientists Architecture prize? Field of work / Research. (A) Toyo Ito (B) Jessica Ennis (A) C.K.N.Patel : (C) Seth Macfarlane (D) Simon Hayes. Photonics and Laser. 48. The world oldest lady Koto Okubo, belongs (B) Meghnad Saha : to which country? Astrophysics. (A) (B) China (C) : (C) England (D) Russia. Disease resistant varieties of wheat. 49. Match the following awards with the (D) : respective fields. Cosmology and relativity. a) Borlaug Award 1. Science. 54. Which is the National Sanctuary/park that b) Nehru literary Award houses , a critically endangered 2. Adult education. species? c) Award (A) Gir (B) Kazi ranga 3. Agriculture. (C) Manas (D) Periyar. d) Hari om Ashram Award 55. Name the proposed new district of west 4. Various facilities Bengal state in 2014? /eminent teachers. (A) Nalhati (B) Alipurduar (C) Silda (D) Adra a b c d 56. Name the Indian origin girl who was (A) 3 2 1 4 honoured as „Champion of change in 2014‟ (B) 2 3 4 1 for their exemplary leadership in white (C) 4 1 3 2 house? (D) 2 1 4 3 (A) Esther yu Hsilee 50. Which of the following is not correct about (B) Dayana Eivira Tores IRNSS-IB satellite? (C) Pratishtha Khanna (A) It is a navigation satellite. (D) Anahi Mendoza. (B) Lifted off and placed in orbit by PSLV – 57. Which glacial mountain region was named C23 after Indian origin scientist Sinha of U.S.A.? (C) Has civil and defence applications. (A) South Eastern Antarctica www.chennaiiasacademy.com Vellore – 9043211311, Tiruvannamalai - 9043211411 Page 6

(B) North west Arctic. (C) Himalayan peak Region GROUP – I PRELIMS -2015 (D) North East Alps 58. Which of the following is not true about 63. Which Indian city has been declared as the Right Livelihood Award? cleanest city in the „Swachh Bharat‟ ranking (A) The award was established in 1980. 2015? (B) It is usually shared by four persons. A) Kochi (C) It is known as Alternative Nobel prize. B) (D) Presented annually in Brazil C) Bengaluru 59. Match the following: D) Mysuru a) Rhinoceros 64. Who is the chairman of the 20th law 1. Desert plains of Rajasthan. commission of India? b) Hangul A) Justice. Ajit Prakash Shah 2. . B) Justice. Srikrishna. c) Gharial C) Justice. Katju 3. Gorumara National Park. D) Justice.K.BalaKrishnan d) Great Indian Bustard 65. Recently Union Government has decided to 4. . develop a city as spiritual capital of the a b c d country which among the following is this (A) 1 3 4 2 city? (B) 4 2 1 3 A) Ujjain B) Varanasi (C) 3 1 2 4 C) Nasik D) Bodhgaya. (D) 2 4 3 1 66. India‟s largest telecom operator is . 60. IRV 2020 project is related to. A) TATA B) Bharati Airtel (A) Wind energy project C) Reliance D) . (B) Solar energy project. 67. Which corporation in Tamil Nadu was (C) Rhinoceros conservation project awarded the best corporation award for the (D) Ganga River Purification projects. year 2015? 61. GM (Genetically modified) potatoes A) Chennai B) Vellore developed by British scientists is resistant to C) Madurai D) Tirunelveli. which disease? 68. Every year 13th of August is observed as. (A) Block dot A) Voluntary Blood donation day (B) Late blight B) World Hepatitis day. (C) Pink rot C) Swachch Bharat day (D) Potato spindle tuber. D) Organ donation day. 62. Which are the countries participated in the 69. International Day of the disappeared Bilateral air exercise named “Garuda V” observed by United Nations organization conducted in Jodhpur, India? every year falls on. (A) India and France A) November 30 B) December 26 (B) India and Russia C) August 30 D) October 25 (C) India and America 70. The president of as on june 2015 (D) India and . A) Maithripala Sirisena B) Ravi Karunanayake. www.chennaiiasacademy.com Vellore – 9043211311, Tiruvannamalai - 9043211411 Page 7

C) Mahinda Samarasinghe B) Scientific, art and literature D) Mahinda Amaraweera. development, humanities and student 71. Sunhak peace prize was won by. welfare. A) Ms. Zhanna Nemtsova C) development. B) Zaina Erhain. D) Development of Sports. C) Dr. Modadugu Vijay Gupta 78. Identify from the options the name of the D) Mr. Zia Haider Rahman Central government portal for students 72. Which gas has been recently discovered in looking for educational loans. planet mars? A) Vidya B) Edu Care A) Hydrogen Sulphide B) Ammonia. C) Vidya Lakshmi D) Shodhganga. C) Methane D) Ethane. 79. Which of the following day is observed as 73. Which Indian Temple was awarded „Award the National statistics Day? of Excellence‟ for conservation by UNESCO A) June 8 B) June 29 in the year 2015, in Bangkok? C) July 1 D) October 5 A) Guruvayoor Temple, Guruvayoor. 80. „Pay Zapp‟ a mobile application to make B) Vadakkunnathan Temple, Thrissur. digital payments was started by which C) Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Bank? Trivandrum. A) SBI B) ICICI D) Tirumala Temple, Tirupati. C) HDFC D) HSBC 74. Which country devalued its own currency in 81. In the Australian Federal elections 2015 for August 2015? the Prime Minister of Australia, who A) India B) Japan emerged as winner? C) Germany D) China. A) Tony Abbot B) Kevin Rudd 75. The 50th Anniversary of 1965 Indo-Pak war C) Malcom Turnbull D) Julia Gillard. was observed on. 82. 2020 Olympic games will be held at. A) 27 August 2015 B) 30 July 2015 A) Beijing B) New York C) 30 August 2015 D) 28 August 2015 C) Chicago D) Tokyo 76. Match the Android OS versions with their 83. Nobel prize 2015 in was given for names: the discovery of. OS version Name. A) Path of electrons in electro magnetic a) Android 6.0 1. Kitkat. waves. b) Android 5.0 2. Lollipop. B) Path of neutrons in magnetic fields. c) Android 4.4 3. Jelly Bean. C) Proton oscillation. d) Android 4.3 4. Marsh Mallow. D) Neutrino oscillation. a b c d 84. In October 2015 Russia‟s Sergey Karjakin A) 4 2 3 1 won the world cup for . B) 4 3 1 2 A) Table Tennis B) Chess C) 4 2 1 3 C) Golf D) Polo D) 3 1 2 4 85. In which Indian state the women, except 77. Government of TamilNadu awards Dr.A.P.J. Brahmin and Bania community, terminate Abdul Kalam award for a Tamilian for their marriage relationship through the his/her contribution to. custom called “Chudi pahanana”. A) Development of rural health services. A) Andhra Pradesh B) Chattisgarh www.chennaiiasacademy.com Vellore – 9043211311, Tiruvannamalai - 9043211411 Page 8

C) D) Uttaranchal. C) has been declared as the second 86. Which of the following statements about cleanest city by swachh Bharat in 2015. Mother Teresa is/are True? D) Mysuru has been declared as the first I.She founded a new congregation named cleanest city by United Nations Missionaries of Charity. Organization in 2015. II. She did not accept the citizenship of 90. Nobel prize for medicine in 2015 was India. awarded to. III.She was awarded the Nobel peace Prize. I.Tu Youyou II. Satoshi Omura IV.In 1929 A.D. she came to Madras as a III.William Campbell IV. Arun Bahi. Missionary. A) I only B) I,III and IV A) I and III correct C) II and III only D) I,II and III B) II and IV correct. 91. Which country has come forward to help clean India‟s River Ganga? C) I and IV correct A) Iran B) Israel D) I,III and IV correct C) Ireland D) Italy. 87. Which country was affected by “Typhoon 92. World‟s car Free Day is observed on. Goni”? A) September 12 B) September 22 A) Philippines B) Japan C) October 22 D) October 18 C) Sri Lanka D) . 93. Which court ruled that „Eu-us data Transfer 88. Match List I with List II and select the Pact‟s is invalid? correct option given below: A) American Court, New York. List I List II. B) British Court, a) Abdul Kalam Award C) European court, Luxembourg 1. G. Jothimani. D) International Court, New York. b) Kalpana Chawla Award 94. The Leader of the congress party in the Lok 2. S. Sampath Kumar. Sabha as on September 2015. c) Best Doctor Award A) Mallikarjuna Karge 3. P. Simmachandran. B) . d) Best Social worker Award C) 4. N.Valarmathi. D) . (a) (b) (c ) (d) 95. Which state government in India has started A) 4 2 1 3 the „Ladli Beti scheme for the girl child? B) 4 3 2 1 A) C) 4 1 2 3 B) Uttarakhand. D) 4 2 3 1 C) Jharkhand 89. Identify the correct statement from the D) Jammu & Kashmir. following: 96. Consider the following statements about A) Tiruchirapalli has been declared as the suraksha Hose: second cleanest city by Swachh Bharat 1. The hose is made of rubber and is in 2015 green- Coloured. B) Tiruchirapalli has been declared as the 2. The outer layer of the hose is fire second cleanest city by UNESCO in resistant. 2015. www.chennaiiasacademy.com Vellore – 9043211311, Tiruvannamalai - 9043211411 Page 9

3. The middle layer of the hose is made of 103. Tuyouyou of China has been awarded the brass-coated high carbon steel wire Nobel prize in medicine for developing a mesh. new drug called. Which of the above statement is/are A) Avermectin B) Artemisinin correct? C) Ivermectin D) Parasitin. A) 1,2 and 3 are correct B) Only 2 and 3 are correct. TNPSC GROUP I – [PRELIMS] - 2017 C) Only 1 and 3 are correct CURRENT AFFAIRS D) Only 3 is correct. 104. During the year 2016, total number of India 97. The union Urban Development Ministry has Satellites launched by ISRO is selected 98 towns/cities from all over the A) 3 B) 4 country to graduate into smart cities in five C) 5 D) 6 years. Select the town/cities not included in 105. Consider the following pairs: the list from the following. I. Rukmanin Devi Arundale A) Coimbatore B) Dindugul – Kalakshetra C) Chidambaram D) Erode. II. 98. The country that has become the first – Sangeet Natak Academy defaulter, among developed nations, on III. M. S. Subbulakshmi debt of International Monetory Fund (IMF) – Ramon Magsaysay Awar on 30th June 2015. IV. J. Krishnamoorthy A) China B) Italy – C) Greece D) Germany. Which of the pair given above is/are 99. The last movie for which late M.S. incorrect? Viswanathan composed music is. A) I and IV only B) II only A) Engirundho Vanthan C) IV only D) II and III only B) Suvadugal 106. As on January 2017 who is the all-time C) Devadoss highest goal in World Cup Football? D) Ninaithalae Inikkum. A) Miroslav Klose 100. Who was awarded the Stockholm water B) Lionel Messi prize for the year 2015? C) Christiano Ronaldo A) Amalendu Krishna D) Neymar B) Rajendra Singh. 107. The first Indian-American woman elected to C) Mansingh Rawat the U. S. House of Representatives is D) Modadugu vijay Gupta. A) Ananda Chakrabarthy 101. ‟s Alphabet website is. B) Jaishree Odin A) Alpgoogle.com B) googlebet.com C) Bjarati Muharjee C) abc.com D) abc.xyz. D) Pramila Jayapal 102. ______organization slapped fine to 108. Which film bagged the best foreign th the companies for not appointing women language film in the 88 Academy Awars in directors. 2016? A) BSE B) BSI A) The Revenant C) SBI D) BCCI. B) B) Spotlight C) Son of Saul D) The Women who left www.chennaiiasacademy.com Vellore – 9043211311, Tiruvannamalai - 9043211411 Page 10

109. Name the country with which Indian signed b) Smriti Irani 2. Human a civil nuclear co-operation agreement on Resource Development 9th December 2016. c) Venkaiah Naidu 3. Textile A) Vietnam B) South Korea d) 4. Information C) D) Russia an Broadcasting 110. The software, „Hyphoguard‟ which (a) (b) (c) (d) safeguards data even when the computer is A) 2 3 4 1 on sleep mode was developed by B) 3 2 4 1 A) USA B) Japan C) 1 2 3 4 C) Canada D) China D) 2 3 1 4 111. India‟s first railway university will be set up 116. In which sport did Harshini of Thiruvarur in which city? won the worl Championship 2016 held in A) Bengaluru B) Vadodara Russia? C) Varanasi D) Kochi. A) Carrom B) Swimming 112. The book “ Modi‟s Midas Touch in Foreign C) Chess D) Snooker Policy” was written by 117. Param – Ishan is a A) Surendra Kumar A) Super computer B) Dr. Dhrubajyoti Borah B) Mini computer C) Shashi Tharoor C) Micro Computer D) Sunita Narain D) Main frame computer 113. In which place the Central Government has 118. The “First International Yoga Day” was proposed to construct the International observed on container transshipment terminal in Tamil A) July 21, 2016 Nadu? B) June 21, 2016 A) Ennore, Thiruvallur District C) September 21, 2016 B) Cuddalore, Cuddalore District D) August 21, 2015 C) Enayam, Kanyakumari District 119. India‟s first indigenously construted nuclear D) Nagore, Nagapattinam District submarine that was commissioned into 114. Match the following (As on Aug. 2016): service in August 2016 is State A) INS Vikramaditya a) Najma Heptullah 1. Kerala B) INS Viraat b) V.P Singh Badnore 2. C) INS Sindurakshak c) 3. D) INS Arihant d) P. Sadasivam 4. Punjab 120. In 2016, Adani Green Energy Ltd, setup (a) (b) (c) (d) India‟s largest solar power plant in A) 1 2 4 3 A) Tamilnadu B) B) 3 4 2 1 C) D) Maharastra C) 2 1 4 3 121. Match the following : D) 1 3 2 4 Film director Film 115. Match the following (as on July 2016): a) Lav Diaz 1. The Revenant Minister Ministry b) George Miller 2. Another time a) Prakash Javadekar 1. Railways c) Alejandro G. Inarritu 3. The women who left www.chennaiiasacademy.com Vellore – 9043211311, Tiruvannamalai - 9043211411 Page 11

d) Nahid Hassan Zadeh 4. Mad Max : A) Sushil Chandra B) Karnal Singh Fury Road C) Luo Zhaobai D) Renu pall (a) (b) (c) (d) 128. The longest cycle highway in India is A) 3 4 1 2 located in B) 1 2 4 3 A) B) Madhya Pradesh C) 2 3 1 4 C) Maharashtra D) D) 3 1 2 4 129. .INS Karna was commissioned in Indian 122. Who won the IAAF best female Athletic of Navy on July 12,2016 at the year award in 2016? A) B) Cochin A) Yelena Isinbayeva C) Visakhapatnam D) Chennai B) Almaz Ayana 130. Umanned Combat Aerial Vehicle, C) Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce RUSTOM-II was designed and developed D) Valeria Adams by 123. Match the Field with Nobel Prize Wnners A) DRDO B) ISRO 2016 and select the correct answer using C) MIG D)HAL the codes given below: 131. .Who took over as the chief of the IAF on Field Nobel Prize Winner December 31st 2016? a) Peace 1. Jean Pierre Sauvage, Fraser A) A.V. Tipnis Stoddart, Bernad L. Feringa B) Arup Raha b) Medicine 2. Yoshinori Ohsumi C) B.S. Dhanoa c) Physics 3. Juvan Manuel Santos D) Nirmal Kumar Varma d) Chemistry 4. David Thouless, Duncan 132. Which one of the following states is NOT M.Haldane, Michael Kesterlitz going for assembly poll in February 2017? (a) (b) (c) (d) A) B) Punjab A) 3 4 2 1 C) Uttarakhand D) Goa B) 1 3 2 4 133. Eight BRICS summit was held in C) 3 2 4 1 A) Delhi B) Chennai D) 4 3 1 2 C) Mumbai D) Goa 124. Who was elected as the President of FICCI 134. Kiran Bhat, the winner of 2017 Oscar 2017? Technical Achievement Award belongs to A) Pankaj R. Patel B) Rajpat which place in India? C) Arora D) Ryder A) Ahemadabad 125. The 7th World Ayurvedha Congress was B) Pilani held at C) Coimbatore A) Delhi B) Bhopal D) Hyderabad () C) Kolkatta D) Bengaluru 135. Prof.C.V Vishveshwara wh died in Jan. 126. The author of the book “TAMIL NADU: The 2017 was a specialist in land of Vedas” is A) Nuclear physics A) R.Nagaswamy B) R.Krishnamoorthy B) Environment physics C) R.Nagarajan D) R. Naganathan C) Black holes 127. Who was appointed as the chairman of D) Crystal growth CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes) in 2016? www.chennaiiasacademy.com Vellore – 9043211311, Tiruvannamalai - 9043211411 Page 12

136. The Digital Financial Literacy Project was 143. The First Digital Village (Akodara) in India is launched on December 1, 2016 by the in the state of A) Union Human Resource Development A) Gujarat B) Andhra Pradesh ministry C) Karnataka D) Rajasthan B) Union Finance Ministry C) Union Home Ministry D) Union Information Technology Ministry GROUP - I [PRELIMS ] - 2019 137. The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone CURRENT AFFAIRS for the new AIIMS in July 2016 at A) Gorakhpur B) Kanpur 144. When did the C) Kolkatta D) Mumbai inaugurate the Country‟s longest rail-cum- 138. Which badminton title was eon by P.V. road bridge built over the Sindhu in November 2016? at Bogibeel near Dibrugarh in Assam? A) China open super series (A) On November 25, 2018 B) open super series (B) On December 25, 2018 C) Russian open grand prix (C) On December 10, 2018 D) Chinese Taipei Grand prix (D) On November 10, 2018 139. Who became the first Indian-Amercian USA 145. Country‟s first transgender clinic was senator? established at A) Ami Bera (A) Gujarat (B) Maharashtra B) Pramila Jayapal (C) Kerala (D) Assam C) Kamala Harris 146. Which scientific agency recently discovered D) Raja Krishnamoorthi evidence of water in asteroids? 140. The book “ An Era of Darkness – The British (A) JAXA (B) NASA Empire in India”, released in 2016, is written (C) ISRO (D) CASIC by 147. India‟s first indigenous microprocessor is A) Amerthiya Sen B) Shashi Tharoor known as C) N.Ram D) Taslima Nasrin (A) Shakti (B) NASA 141. The book “1991 : How P.V. Narasimha Rao (C) JAXA (D) NITI Made History” released in 2016, was written 148. „Namami Gange‟ – Clean Ganga is by responsible for implementing the A) Sanjaya Baru programme under B) Shashi Tharoor (A) Rural electrification C) Arun Jetley (B) Environment protection D) Dr. Kapila Vatsayana (C) Swachh Bharat 2014 142. Which country does the present UN (D) Awareness through village panchayats Secretary General, Antonio Guterres belong 149. Kargil vijay diwas observed in to? (A) 26 September 2018 A) Sweden B) Portugal (B) 24 September 2018 C) Norway D) Denmark (C) 26 July 2018 (D) 24 August 2017

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150. How many Islands in Andaman-Nicobar 156. NITI Aayog Launched, „Atal New India Islands were renamed by our Prime Minister Challenge‟ program on April 26, 2018. This on December 30, 2018? initiatives is related to (A) 5 (B) 4 1. To design and demonstrate market (C) 3 (D) 2 ready products based on cutting-edge 151. „SAMPRITI 2017‟ is a joint military exercise technologies. between armed forces of India and 2. To provide grants upto Rs. 1 Crore. (A) (B) Bangladesh 3. Related to Agriculture and industrial (C) (D) Myanmar sectors any. 152. In November 2017 and Indian short film Select correct answer using the code given “The School Bag” Won the Best short film below award at the South Asian film festival held (A) 1 and 2 (B) 1 and 3 at Montreal. Who among the following is the (C) 2 and 3 (D) 1 only Director of the film? 157. Cord Blood Banks located at ------in (A) Anurag Kashyap Tamil Nadu. (B) Dheeraj Jindal (A) Chennai (B) Coimbatore (C) Sujoy Ghosh (C) Madurai (D) Trichy (D) Samvida Nanda 158. The first language declared as the classical 153. The China‟s space craft that probe farside language in India is of the moon is (A) (B) Telugu (A) Sputnic – 1 (B) Chang‟s 4 (C) Oriya (D) Tamil (C) Chang‟s 3 (D) Cosmos 3 159. The headquarters of the Interpol is situated 154. Consider the following statements, find the in „wrong‟ one (A) Vienna (B) Lyon 1. Section 377 of the IPC recently reported (C) Washington (D) in the news is associated with Lesbian, 160. The book „My Presidential Years‟ is written Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer by (LGBTQ) Rights. (A) K.R. Narayanan 2. Joseph shine Vs union of India is the (B) Giani case related to 497 of the IPC. (C) S.D. Sharma 3. Indian Young Lawyers association Vs (D) R. Venkataraman state of Kerala is related to women Rights. 161. In which year “National Award to Teachers” 4. Yashwant Vs state of Maharashtra is the was instituted? case associated with Right to education. (A) 1960 (B)1958 (A) 4 only (B) 2 and 3 only (C) 1959 (D) 1962 (C) 4 and 3 only (D) 1 only 162. What is the purpose of project 155. The Prime Minister of India announced reveals by ISRO? the Havelock Island in Andaman and (A) Three Indians would be sent to space Nicobar renamed as (B) Communication development (A) Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Island (C) Protection to fishermen including (B) Shaheed Dweep Island assistance to them (C) Swaraj Dweep Island (D) Assisting customs in anti-smuggling (D) Virsavarkar Island operations www.chennaiiasacademy.com Vellore – 9043211311, Tiruvannamalai - 9043211411 Page 14

163. How many states in India have achieved 165. For which country Prime Minister of India 100% Household electrification? announced Rs. 4,500 crore for hydropower (A) 10 States(B) 12 States projects 2018? (C) 13 States (A) Nepal (B) Pakistan (D) 15 States (C) Bhutan (D) Sri Lanka 164. Who is the head of the three-members 166. Doklam Standoff is related between the Lokayukta search committee? countries of (A) Thiru. K. Venkatraman (A) India – China (B) India – Bhutan (B) Thiru. K. Chanduru (C) India – Tibet (D) India – Nepal (C) Thiru. M.K. Krishnamoorthy (D) Thiru. A. Raja

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a b c d GROUP – II - 2012 A) 2 4 3 1 B) 2 3 1 4 1. Uber cup is associated with C) 4 3 2 1 A) Baseball B) Football D) 1 3 4 2 C) Badminton D) 7. Match the following:- 2. Who was the popular Nathaswara among a. Velakka Mozhieyal the following? 1. Comparative linguistics A) Papanasa Sivan b. Varalartru Mozhieyal B) Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan 2. Historical linguistics C) Thiruvadudurai RajaRathinam Pillai c) Oppumai Mozhieyeal D) Kathri Gopalnath 3. Transformational Grammar 3. Nepal witnessed an extraordinary popular d) Martrilakkana Mozhieyal movement in April 2006 which aimed at 4. Descriptive linguistics restoring. a b c d A) Monarchy B) Democracy A) 2 3 4 1 C) Maoism D) None of the above B) 1 3 2 4 4. Match the following: C) 3 4 2 1 Place Famous for D) 4 2 1 3 a. Chithannavasal 1. Wildlife Sanctuary 8. Usain Bolt is associated with b. Papanasam 2. Historical A) high jump B) ling hump movement C) running race D) Polewalt c. Yelagiri 3. Waterfalls 9. Match the following: d. Mundanthurai 4. Hill resort a. Chandrayan I a b c d 1. Metallurgical observation/Research A) 2 3 4 1 b.Kalpana J B) 1 2 3 4 2. Unmanned moon mission C) 3 2 1 4 c. Accelerators III D) 4 3 2 1 3. Development of space science 5. Choose the correct answer: d. Indian Space programme The gas comes from power plants that use 4. Cyclotron Coal as their fuel. a b c d A) Sulphur-di-oxide A) 2 1 4 3 B) Nitrogen oxide B) 1 2 3 4 C) Carbon Monoxide C) 3 4 2 1 D) Carbon – di- oxide D) 4 1 2 3 6. Match the following: 10. The nationality of the famous football player a. Mozhieyal 1. Archacliogy Diego – Meradoan is b. Panpadu 2. Linguistics A) Brazil B) Argentina c.Manidaveyal 3. Anthropology C) Italy D) England d. Thollieyal 4. Culture 11. The term “ Double fault” is associated with

A) Hockey B) Handball

C) Lawn tennis D) Football

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GROUP – II - 2013 18. The aim of Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) is to 12. What is special about the following make the country personalities? A) Canals free B) Slum free Pandit Ravi Shankar, M.S. Subbulakshmi C) Mosquito free D) None of the above and Satyajit Rey 19. Author of “Phantoms in the Brain is A) Recipients of Bharat Ratna Award A) B) Recipients of Lalit Kala Academy Award B) C) Recipients Sangeet Natak Academy C) V.S.Subramanian Ramachandran D) Recipients of Padma Vibhushan Award D) Anitha Desai 13. The National Food Security Act was gazette 20. Which one of the following places is not in affected by the floods of Uttarakhand in 2013 A) September, 2013 B) August, 2013 A) Badrinath B) Kedarnath C) September, 2012 D) August, 2012 C) Hanumangarh D) Uttarkashi 14. Match the following:- 21. Which Indian social activist is best known Currencies Countries for her role in a. Dinar 1. Korea A) Menaka Gandhi B) Shanta Sinha b. Won 2. Iraq C) Kiran Bedi D) Medha Patkar c. Peso 3. 22. Who is the first recipient of Russia Khel Ratna award? d. Ruble 4. A) Philippines B) ViswanathanAnand a b c d C) A) 1 2 3 4 D) B) 2 1 4 3 23. was selected for Saraswathi C) 1 4 3 2 samman, 2012 in March 2013, She belongs D) 1 3 4 2 to 15. The Green House Rural housing Scheme of A) Tamilnadu B) Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu is powered by C) Kerala D) Karnataka A) Wind energy B) Solar energy 24. Choose the incorrect pair regarding the C) Hydro-thermal energy D) Nuclear energy Summit held in 2013 16. What is „CHOGM? A) ASEAN - Phnom Penh A) Chennai Hotels Grand Membership B) G20 - Petersburg B) Common Wealth Heads of Government C) G8 - Northern Ireland Meeting D) East – Asian Summit - Brazil C) Central Head of Green Management 25. The Paralympics games involves D) Common Heads of Government Meeting A) Athletes above 50 years of age 17. According to UNDPs “ Human Development B) Athletes with physical and intellectual Report” (HDR) – 2000 releasedon June 29th disabilities 2000, India has been ranked as ______C) Athletes under 19 years of age among 174 countries in the Human D) Athletes who are non-disabled Development index. 26. The launch vehicle which placed the Mars A) 115th B) 129th orbiter into its earth orbit on November 2013 C) 128th D) 130th is www.chennaiiasacademy.com Vellore – 9043211311, Tiruvannamalai - 9043211411 Page 17

A) PSLV-C25 B) PSLV-C20 35. On January 10, 2015

C) PSLV-C21 D) GSAT-2 memorial award was given to. 27. A 3D Printer has been introduced in the A)M.Y.S Prasad B) year C) Tendulkar D) Dhoni. A) 2000 B) 2010 36. The train which has been named as yoga C) 2012 D) 1999 Express is. 28. Which among the following is not correctly A) Cauvery Express matched? B) Varanasi Express A) First World Tamil Conference – Kuala C) Haridwar Mail Lampur D) Janmabhoomi Express B) Second World Tamil conference – 37. What is the name given to India‟s relief and Chennai rescue mission in quake-hit Nepal? C) Third World Tamil Conference – Madurai A) Operation Bluestar B) Operation Virant D) Fourth World Tamil Conference - C) D) Operation Maitri. Srilanka 38. Madan mohan malviya National mission is 29. Who was crowned Miss World 2013? about. A) Ms.Megan Young A) Police and cops B) MS.Navnest Kaur Dhillon B) Teachers and Teaching C) Ms. Ellen Johjson Sirleaf C) Students and parents D) Ms. Malala Yousufzai D) Army and Nation 30. Who is the Prime Minister of Australia in 39. Choose the new savings scheme introduced October 2013? for girl child from the following: A) Thomas Bach B) Tony Abbott A)Suraksha Samridhi Yojana C) Vladimir Putin D) Kevin Rudd B) Sukanya samridhi yojana. C) Sukanya Bima yojana GROUP – II – 2015 D) Suraksha Bima yojana. 31. Which state has introduced the scheme 40. ______metal is found in the Ashar for the poor people? controversial product of Maggic Noodles. A) Rajasthan B) Odissa A)Aluminium B) Iron C) Bihar D) Jharkhand. C) Lead D) Potassium 32. Name the anti submarine warfare ship 41. The samjhauta Express runs between India launched in 19th May 2015 at Kolkatta. and Pakistan. Identify the destination in both A)INS – Rajali B) INS – Kavaratti countries. C) INS – Vikrant D) INS – Garuda. A)Atari in India to Lahore in Pakistan. 33. The world confrence of Information B) Gurdaspur in India to Karachi in Pakistan. Technology in 2018 will be held in the Indian C) Firozpur in India to Lahore in Pakistan. city of. D) Delhi in India to Lahore in Pakistan A) Delhi B) Chennai 42. Which one of the following states of India C) Hyderabad D) Cochin has no railway line? 34. The Akraman – II exercise was conducted by A) Arunachal Pradesh B) . in the state of C) D) A)Goa B) Odissa C) Kashmir D) Rajasthan. www.chennaiiasacademy.com Vellore – 9043211311, Tiruvannamalai - 9043211411 Page 18

43. Name the visually challenged person who 52. Who is rightly called as the „Father of Indian got selected in 2015 civil service Cinema”? Examination. A)Mr. Dadasaheb phalke A)Beno Zephine B) Bianca Catherine B) Mr.V.Shantaram C) Julie Laudine D) Janet Catherine C) Mr. S.S.Vasan 44. Who is the author of the book “ The past D) Mr. Dutt Before Us”? A)Shashi Tharoor B) Kiran Desai GROUP - II [PRELIMS ] - 2018 C) Romila Thapar D) V.P. Gupta. CURRENT AFFAIRS 45. The Indian Airport which bagged the prestigious „ Golden Peacock National award 53. India‟s first bio-fuel flight was operated for the year 2015‟ is between A)Delhi International Airport (A) to Delhi B) Veer Savarkar International Airport. (B) Dehradun to Mumbai C)Chatrapathi Sivaji International Airport (C) Dehradun to Kolkatta D) Trivadrum International Airport (D) Dehradun to Chennai 46. Who among the following was sworn in as 54. In which of the following states, more the chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir number of people were affected by 2018 state on March 1,2015? ? A)Umar Abdullah (A) Kerala B) Gulam Nabi Azad (B) Assam C) Mufti Mohammed syeed (C) Andhra Pradesh D) Farook Abdullah. (D) Megalaya 47. Where is India – based Neutrino observatory 55. World‟s first Block chain Bond was launched (I.N.O) going to be built? by A)Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu (A) Reserve Bank of India B) Kollam District, Kerala (B) World Bank C) District, Tamil Nadu (C) Hong Kong Bank D) Udupi District, Karnataka. (D) State Bank of India 48. International yoga day is observed on. 56. Which of the following policy brings 5 lakh A)June 20 B) June 21 acres under organic farming? C) June 22 D) June 23 (A) Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban 49. With which nation did India‟s settle a border Mission dispute in May 2015? (B) Pramaparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana A)Pakistan B) Bangladesh (C) Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sichai Yojana C) Myanmar D) Srilanka (D) PM Fasal Bima Yojana 50. Name the chief guest who participated in 57. According to 2018 – 19 budget report, India India‟s 66th Republic day celebration. is at third rank in A)Barack obama B) Xi jinping (A) Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) C) Shinzo Abe D) Vladimir putin. (B) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) 51. On successive nights, the moon rises about. (C) Agricultural Production A)minutes later B) 90 minutes earlier (D) Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) C) The same time D) 2 hours later www.chennaiiasacademy.com Vellore – 9043211311, Tiruvannamalai - 9043211411 Page 19

58. Which currency is recently added in the 65. Budget 2017 has proposed ------as the currency basket of IMF? front office for issuing passport in far flung (A) Japanese Yen (B) Chinese Yuan areas. (C) Indian Rupee (D) Brazalian Dollar (A) Airport (B) Telegraph office 59. Where was the first nuclear reactor of Asia (C) Post office (D) Railway station established? 66. The facility announced for senior Citizens in (A) People‟s Republic of China Budget 2017 -2018 is (B) Japan (A) Aadhaar enabled smart card (C)Taiwan (B) BHIM App (D) India (C) Shakti Kendras 60. The national fruit which is common for (D) Pension scheme Phillipines, Pakistan and India is 67. Which of the following scheme has the (A) Banana (B).Fig objective to skill 1 crore youth in the next (C) Mango (D) Jack three years? (A) Start up, stand up 61. In which only the first Nepal – India “Think (B) PM Kaushal Vikas Yojana Tank Summit” was held? (C) MNREGA (A) New Delhi (B) Kathmandu (D) Deen Dayal Upadhyaay Grameen (C) Dehradun (D) Kaushalya Yojana 62. The campaign to create awareness among children to identify sexual abuse is (A) Safety is in your Hands

(B) Our safety, Our rights

(C) Save child, save future (D) Child safety in police hand 63. The concept of Goods and Services Tax (GST) was originated from (A) Canada (B) USA (C) Britain (D) Germany

64. Black revolution is related to

(A) Fish production (B) Coal production (C) Crude oil production (D) Mustard production

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10. Which district in Tamil Nadu secures first Group II (A) - 2014 rank in per capita income in 2009 – 10 ? A) Chennai B) Tiruvallur 1. In the union budget 2013-14, Rs.1,000 C) Coimbatore D) Kanniyakumari. Crores has been allocated for funding 11. The DSC prize for South Asian Literature women empowerment and safety. The was given to. name of the fund is called. A) Songs of Blood and Sword. A) Abhaya fund B) Nirbhaya fund B) Chronicles of Corpse Bearer. C) Soubagya fund D) Sumangali fund. C) Nine Lives 2. World Meteorological organization head D) You can sell. quarters is located at. 12. INDRA – is the joint Naval exercise between A) Geneva B) Taiwan the following countries. C) Pentagon D) Manila A) India and America 3. The expansion of e-PPS is. B) India and Japan. A) Electronic project proposal system. C) India and Russia B) Electronic Population prediction system. D) India and Australia. C) Electronic polymer purchasing system. 13. Which among the following has the world‟s D) Electronic petrol purchasing system. largest reserves of Uranium? 4. The First clear detection of water vapour in A) USA B) Canada asteroid belt was reported by. C) Russian Federation D) Australia. A) Indian Space Research organization. 14. Which of the following is not correctly B) NASA. Matched? C) Russian space Agency Dances States D) European Space Agency A) Bhangra - Punjab 5. The world forestry day is observed on B) Kuchipudi - Andhra Pradesh. th th A) 8 March B) 15 March C) Yakshagana - Gujarat. st nd B) C) 21 March D) 22 March. D) Odissi - . 6. Ladies singles final in Wimbledon – 2013 15. UN Flag is designed with the leaves of had won by. which of the following tree? A) M.Bartoli B) S.Lisicki A) Olive B) Willo C) S.Peng D) K.Nara. C) Apple D) Pine. 7. Which one of the following is known as the 16. Telecommunication Consultant India Ltd, world‟s eternal city? was set up in the year. A) Athens B) Berlin A) 1975 B) 1976 C) Cairo D) Rome. B) C) 1977 D) 1978 8. The state that has literacy rate lower than 17. The world‟s first Intelligent „Knife‟ developed the national average is. can detect. A) West Bengal B) Maharastra A) Genetic disorders C) AndhraPradesh D) Karnataka B) Congenital diseases 9. According to 2013-14 budget of India, what C) Cancer is the percentage of current revenue D) None of the above. expenditure meant for payment of interest? 18. The speed of the world‟s fastest super A) 16 percent B) 26 percent computer is. C) 28 percent D) 32 percent. www.chennaiiasacademy.com Vellore – 9043211311, Tiruvannamalai - 9043211411 Page 21

A) 33.88 petaflops B) 33.87 petaflops 1) SAHJ will enable customers to post C) 33.86 petaflops D) 33.83 petaflops online request for a new LPG connection 19. The satellite which was placed in orbit by 2) It was launched by the Finance Ministry PSLV- C22 on 2nd July 2013 is. 3) Initially the scheme was launched in 22 A) IRNSS – IA B) IRNSS – IB cities across the country C) IRNSS – IS D) IRNSS – 2A A) (1) only B) (1) and (2) only 20. India‟s first centre to monitor climate change C) (2) and (3) only D) (1) and (3) only was opened recently at. 28) Bidhya Bhandari who was elected as the A) New Delhi B) Chennai first women President of Nepal in October C) D) Bengaluru 2015 belongs to A) Madeshi Jana Adhikar Form GROUP II (A) - 2016 B) Communist party of Nepal 21) Identify the writer who won the prestigious C) Nepali Congress Man Booker Prize for fiction, 2015? D) Rastriya Prajatantra party A) Tom McCarthy B) Marlon James 29) The first BRICS migration conference on C) Sunjeev Sabota D) Anne tyler October 2015 was held at 22) Which of the following mountains of North A) Sochi, Russia America has been renamed as Denali? B) Beijing, China A) Mount Elbert B) Mount Mitchell C) New Delhi, India C) Mount Mckinley D) Mount Whitney D) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 23) Which gee was identified recently by 30) Which organization‟s 73rd foundation day is scientists of India as primarily responsible being observed on 26th September 2015? for obesity among Indians? A) ICAR B) ISRO A) THCM8B B) THFG6C C) CSIR D) NIO C) THKR8E D) THSD7A 31) Bharat Nirman was started to unlock the 24) India s first dedicated multi wavelength development potential of space observatory for astronomy research, A) Indian Bond Market th launched on 28 September 2015 is B) Public Sector undertaking A) GSAT -6 B) GSAT – 15 C) Urban India C) GSAT – 16 D) D) Rural India 25) In which of the following tennis tournaments 32) When did the unique identification authority in 2015, and Martina Higgins of India generate the 1st Aadhaar card pair did not win the women‟s doubles A) 29th August 2009 B) 26th Sep.2011 championship? C) 29th Sep.2010 D) 25th Oct.2010 A) Miami B) French open 33) Match the following and choose the correct C) US open D) Wimbledon one:- 26) In September 2015, Tamil Nadu‟s largest a. Integrated Child Development Services solar plant was commissioned at 1. 2002 A) Minjur (Tiruvallur Dist) b. National Rural Health Mission B) Rajakkamangalam ( Kanyakumari Dist) 2. 1975 C) Vinnandhur ( Namakkal Dist) c. National Health Policy D) Sengottai (Verudhunagar Dist) 3. 1986 27) Which of the following statements on SAHAJ scheme is/are correct? www.chennaiiasacademy.com Vellore – 9043211311, Tiruvannamalai - 9043211411 Page 22

d. National Policy on education a b c d 4. 2005 A) 1 3 4 2 a b c d B) 3 4 1 2 A) 3 1 4 2 C) 2 3 1 4 B) 2 4 1 3 D) 4 3 2 1 C) 3 2 4 1 38) Match the followings:- D) 1 3 2 4 Tamil Nadu Government 34) Who was the President of All India State Awarder People Conference during 1946 – 1947? Awards for 2015 A) Sardar Vallabhai Patel a) Tamilthai award (i) Poet Piraisudan B) Pandit b) Kabilar award (ii) K.Selvan C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad c) V.O.C award (iii) New Mumbai Tamil D) V.P.Menon Sangam 35) Identify the particle through the d) Kambar award (iv) M.Balasubramanian clues given below:- A) a-iii b-i c-iv d-ii 1. He won the Nobel Prize in physics for the B) a-ii b-iii c-i d-iv year 2013 along with Francois Englert. C) a-I b-ii c-iii d-iv 2. He won the Royal Society‟s Copley D) a-iii b-iv c-i d-ii medal on 20, July 2015 39) Who has been appointed as the first male A) Franck Wikzek B) Peter, W.Higgs member of National commission for C) Stephen Hawkings D) Joseph Taylor woman? 36) Match the recipients of Arjuna Awards for A) Alok Rawat B) Bilal Nazki C) the year 2014-2015 with their games:- Reva Khetrapal D) Krishan Sahu a. Sandeep Kumar 1. Shooting 40) When was the first World Antibiotic b. Sathish Kumar 2. Boxing Awareness week observed? c. Mandeep Jangra 3. Weight lifting A) 16 November to 22 November 2015 d. 4. Archery B) 5 November to 11 November 2015 a b c d C) 22 October to 28 October 2015 A) 1 3 4 2 D) 18 October to 24 October 2015 B) 4 3 2 1 41) The country which promulgated its New C) 3 4 1 2 Constitution in 2015 is D) 2 4 1 3 A) Sri Lanka B) Bhutan 37) Match the names of the books in List I with C) Fiji D) Nepal the authors in List II:- 42) The first Indian woman who conquered the List I List II 7077 in high Mount Kun of the is a) Dreaming Big:- My journey to connect A) K.S.Sudhi B) Rini Mukkath India 1. Nandan Nilekani C) G.R.Radhika D) Soumya Das b) Advantage India: From challenge to 43) Which Indian state recently hosted the first opportunity 2. A.S.Dulat global conference on gender equality? c) Rebooting Government A) Madhya Pradesh B) Kerala 3. Sam Pitroda C) Karnataka D) West Bengal d) Kashmir: The Vajpayee years 4. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam www.chennaiiasacademy.com Vellore – 9043211311, Tiruvannamalai - 9043211411 Page 23

44) India will chair the Prestigious G-20 forum in the year TNPSC GROUP II(A)- 2017 A) 2016 B) 2017 C) 2018 D) 2019 48) Match List I with List II and select the 45) Match the following and choose the correct correct answer using the code given below: option:- List I List II a) Flute 1. a) P. A. Sangma 1. Telugu Desam b) Tabla 2. Nishat Khan party c) Sitar 3. b) G. M. C. Balayogi 2. CPI (m) d) Sarod 4. Rajendra c) Manohar Joshi 3. Shiv Sena Prasanna d) Somnath Chaterjee 4. Congress - I a b c d (a) (b) (c) (d) A) 4 3 2 1 A. 2 3 4 1 B) 4 3 1 2 B. 4 1 3 2 C) 3 4 1 2 C. 2 4 3 1 D) 1 2 3 4 D. 4 3 1 2 46) Match List I with List II and choose the 49) Kaviko Arakkattalai Award given to ------correct answer from the codes given below:- during the year 2017. List I List II A. Poet Muthulingam a) Railway station B. Poet 1.1873 C. poet Vali b) Royapuram Railway station D. Poet Vijay 2.1908 50) What percentage of downtrodden students c) Chennai Central Railway station entrollment in private schools as per Right 3.1853 to Education Act? d) Egmore Railway station A. 25 B. 26 4.1856 C. 27 D. 28 a b c d 51) Find out the total votes of the electoral A) 3 4 1 2 college for the Indian Presidential Election, B) 3 2 4 1 2017. C) 4 1 2 3 A. 11,00,346 votes B. 11,04,546 votes D) 2 3 1 4 C. 12,06,232 votes D. 13,00,346 votes 47) With reference to Tamil Nadu, Nisha : 2008 52) Which one of the following is the objective is similar as P:2015.Then P point to of perspective plan 2023? A) BOB09 B) Madi A. Create Employment Opportunity C) HudHud D) Roanu B. Digital Technology C. Award D. Reward 53) Which of the following objective regarding Skill India Mission is incorrect? A. Its objective is to achieve skill India Mission is incorrect?

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B. Its aim is to remove financial constraints in accessing skill training programmes 59. A scheme to provide Support to Training C. Under the mission, from Rs. 50,000 to and Employment of women (STEP) was 1.5 lakh will be available to more the 34 launched in the year lakh Youth of India A. 1986- 87 B. 1990 – 91 D. The tagline of this mission is Kaushal C. 1995 – 96 D. 1996 - 97 Bharat 60. Prime Minister of India inaugurated India‟s 54) Which country created a new longest road bridge on May 26, 2017. form of Hydrogen? (Negatively charge Which states are connected by this bridge? hydrogen cluster) A. Assam and Arunachal Pradesh A. India B. Austria B. Assam and Manipur C. Australia D. China C. Assam and Tripura 55) Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property D. Manipur and Thiripura Rights Law is located in ------(city) of ------61. In India which organisation‟s scientists state. recently produced electricity from water A. Chennai – Tamil Nadu without using energy? B. Ujaini – Madhya Pradesh A. NPL, New Delhi C. Cohin – Kerala B. IISC, Bengaluru D. Khargpur – West Bengal C. IISER, Kolkata 56) Which one of the following is not correctly D. IIT, Chennai. matched? 62. In which place Prime Minister of India A) Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana inaugurate the country‟s first Indian Institute – Social security for old age of Skills [IIS] on Dec 20, 2016? B) Pravasi Karshal Vikas Yojana A. B. Bengaluru – Seeking employment in abroad C. Kanpur D. Varanasi C) PM Fasal Bima Yojana 63. Which one of the organization organized the – Insurance coverage to farmers Gyan Sangam [Knowledge Summit} in New D) PM Gram Sadak Yojana Delhi on March, 207? – Empowerment of rural women A. Prajna Parvah 57) When BSE‟s sense has reached its B. Chritian Education Society maximum 30,000 – mark for the first time in C. Students Islamic Movement of India the history? D. Democratic youth Federation of india A. 26 December 2016 64. .Which of the following aim come under B. 26 January 2017 Prime Minister Krishan Sai Yojana? C. 26 April 2017 A. Environment D. 26 May 2017 B. To increase ground water 58) The Indian Space Research Organization C. Cloth production (ISRO) successfully tested indigenously D. Free food. developed cryogenic engine on 65. Iron Lady of Manipur, Irom Sharmila got A. January 25, 2017 how many votes in the 2017 Manipur B. January 30, 2017 Assembly election? C. April 1, 2017 A. 10 votes B. 30 votes D. March 30, 2017 C. 60 votes D. 90 votes www.chennaiiasacademy.com Vellore – 9043211311, Tiruvannamalai - 9043211411 Page 25

66. Which district of Tamilnadu, Chief Minister 70. Which of the following statements are announced new dental college from the correct with regard to Tamil Nadu „Pudhu year 2017? Vaazhvu project‟?. A. Chennai B. Dharmapuri i. It was launched in 2005 C. Virudhunagar D. Pudukottai ii. It is aided by World Bank. 67. Which one of the following state iii. The total outlay is Rs. 1, 667 crores government has shifted its financial year iv. It is being implemented in 26 districts from [April 1 to march 31] to Calendar year A. All are correct statement [January 1 to December 31]? B. (i) (ii) (iii) are correct A. Kerala B. Madhya Pradesh C) (i), (iii), (iv) are correct C. Punjab D. West Bengal D) (i), (ii) and (iv) areY correct 68. What percentage of total cultivation area in Tamilnadu is rainfed (Manavari)? A. 55% B. 57%

C. 54% D. 52% 69. India Neutrino Observatory is situated in which district of Tamilnadu? A. Madurai B. Theni C. Cuddalore D. Chennai

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C) Dr. Rajiv Shah GROUP –IV - 2011 D) Ratan kumar Sinha 9. Who is the highest test scorer in cricket? 1. The Election commission of India is situated A) M.S. Dhoni B) at C) Sachin Tendulkar D) Gavaskar. A) Mumbai B) Chennai 10. The powerful Tsunami attack of 21st century C) New Delhi D) Kolkata was on 2. Detroit is famous for A) 26.11.2004 B) 26.11.2005 A) Automoblic industry C) 26.10.2004 D) 26.12.2004 B) 11. The “world Diabetes Day “ is observed on C) Information technology A) Nov 14 B) April 27 D) Agriculture C) June 27 D) July 27 3. The other name of Tuticorin is 12. The first woman electric train driver is A) Diamond city B) Pearl city A) Thilagavathy B) Amaravathy C) Gold city D) Coal city C) Prema kumari D) 4. The headquarters of the Tamil Nadu state 13. The number digits in Indian National Human Rights commission is situated at Identifiction card are A) Trichy B) Madurai A) 12 B) 10 C) Chennai D) Tirupur C) 13 D) 11 5. The first blood blank exclusively for dogs in 14. The first black president of SouthAfrica is Asia was opened by A) Nelson Mandela B) Obama A) Tamil Nadu veterinary and Animal C) Rajapakshe D) Tito sciences university 15. The finance Minister of India in 2010 was B) Karnataka veterinary and Animal A) B) Kapil Sibal sciences university C) P.Chidambaram D) Pranab Mukherjee C) Andhra, veterinary and Animal sciences university 16. The speaker of Lok Sabha in 2010 was D) Jawaharlal Nehru veterinary and Animal A) G.K.pillai B) yashpal sciences university C) Melra Kumar D) Raj Bharadwaj 6. The cyber crimes regulations court was 17. In which city is Indian Institute of science established by the in (IISc) located? the year A) Chennai B) Bangalore A) 2010 B) 2009 C) Delhi D) Mumbai C) 2008 D) 2007 18. India was selected as a non-permanent 7. world‟s cheapest car produces is member of the United Nations Security A) Nano by Council on B) Daimler Mercedes-Benz A) October 12,2010 C) Maruti – Suzuki B) November 12,2009 D) Hyundai C) December 12,2008 8. The book “Science and sustainable food D) September 12,2010 security” is written by A) M.S.Swaminathan B) K. Radhakrishnan www.chennaiiasacademy.com Vellore – 9043211311, Tiruvannamalai - 9043211411 Page 27

GROUP – IV - 2012 C) 1 2 3 4 19. Which of the following oil companies is not a D) 3 2 4 1 public sector company? 24. Consider the following statements: A) Chennai petroleum company Assertion(A) : The term ideology was B) Mangalore Refineries & petrochemicals. coined by French scholar tracy C) Hindustan oil companies Ltd. Reasons( R) : Ideology refers to asset of D) Reliance petroleum Ltd., beliefs, convictions and ideals of the people 20. Which of the following fund(s) is/are Now select your answer according to the operated directly from the Prime Minister‟s coding scheme given below: office? A) Both (A) and ( R) are false and ( R) is not I. The prime Minister‟s National Relief fund the correct explanation of ( A) (PMNRF) B) Both (A )and ( R) are true and ( R) is the II. National Defence Fund (NDF) correct explanation of (A) of these C) (A) is true, but (R) is false A) I only B) II only D) (A) is false, but (R)is true. C)Both I & II D) Neither I nor II. 25. Which one of the following persons got 21. The name of the organizations which are sahitya Academy award for puthukavithai? associated in the chandrayan 1 mission are A) Vairamuthu given below, Identify the wrong one: B) Thilagavathi A) ISRO B) BARC C) Erode Thamizanban C)NASA D)ONGC D) Indra parthasarathi 22. In India, the first Agriculture Research 26. Olympic flag contains 5 rings representing centre was started by five continents which two continents do not A) Lord Lytton B) Lord Curzon touch Indianocean? C) Lord Canning D) Lord Ripon A) Asia, Europe 23. Match List I with List II correctly and select B) Europe, Africa your answer using the codes given below: C) Europe, Australia List I List II D) Europe, NorthAmerica. a) H.J. Bhaba 27. Who among the following has been 1. Scientific and industrial appointed the chairman of the Nineteenth research Law commission? b) S.S. Bhatnagar A) Justice A.N. Ray 2. Atomic energy B) Justice P.V.Reddi c) D.S. Kothari C) Justice S.M. Sikri 3. Indian space Research D) Justice T.V. chandrachaud organization. 28. Match List I with List II correctly and select d) Vikram sarabhai your answer using the codes given below. 4. Defence science List I List II organization. a) WHO Codes: 1. Man and Biosphere a b c d b) NPCB A) 2 1 4 3 2. National Leprosy Eradicating B) 2 4 1 3 Programme. www.chennaiiasacademy.com Vellore – 9043211311, Tiruvannamalai - 9043211411 Page 28

c) NLEP GROUP –IV – 2013 3. National Progreamme of control of Blindness 33. Arrange the Remote Sensing Satellites as d) MAB per year of launching, ------in 4. World Health organization. ascending order. Codes: I. IRS II. SPOT a b c d III. TRIOS IV. LANDSAT A) 1 2 3 4 A) I,II,IV,III B) III,IV,II,I B) 2 3 4 1 C) I,II,III,IV D) IV,III,I,II C) 4 3 2 1 34. Identify the incorrect pair. D) 4 1 3 2 Biosphere States 29. Find out which state has highest sex-ratio I. Kanha - Madhya Pradesh as per 2011 census: II. Nandadevi - Uttaranchal A) Tamil Nadu B) Bihar III. Manas - Assam C) Kerala D) Gujarat. IV. Namdhapa - Arunachal Pradesh 30. If Lords is to London A) I B) II Chepauk is to Chennai C) III D) IV Eden Garden is to Kolkata 35. The Bhopal Gas Tragedy happened in then Green park is to A) 1980 B) 1978 A) B) Hyderabad C) 1975 D) 1984 C) Kanpur D) 36. The books „Wings of Fire‟ was written by 31. Which one is not correct? A) Nehru A) cricket - B) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam B) Football - Maradona C) Kamaraj C) Tennis - Sania Mirza D) Mahatma Gandhi D) Hockey - Saina Nehwal 37. Match: 32. Match List I with List II correctly and select List - I List-II your answer using the codes given below: a) Andhra -1. Bharathanatyam List I List II b) Kerala -2. Kuchipudi a) Wayne Roony 1. Brazil c) Tami Nadu -3. Bangra b) Christian Ronaldo 2. Argentina d) Punjab - 4. Kathakali c) Maradona 3. The Netherlands Codes: d) Ronaldinho 4. England (a) (b) (c) (d) Codes: A) 1 2 3 4 a b c d B) 3 1 4 2 A) 2 3 4 1 C) 2 4 1 3 B) 3 4 1 2 D) 4 2 3 1 C) 4 3 2 1 38. Match the following and choose the right D) 4 1 2 3 answer; a) Recent Military camp took place in 1. Brazil b) Snowden‟s plea for asylum was rejected by 2. India www.chennaiiasacademy.com Vellore – 9043211311, Tiruvannamalai - 9043211411 Page 29

C) Serial Bomb- Blast took place of A) HCL B) Sequdia Mahabhodhi temple is in C) Intel D) Lenova 3. England 44. Who gave the name “ Hindu rate of d) After 10 years Andy Murry brought growth”? laurels to A) Dandekar and Rath B) Rau Krishnan his country by becoming Wimbledon C) P.D. Ojha D) B.S.Minhas Champion 4. Egypt 45. Arrange the following countries based on (a) (b) (c) (d) the number of medals won in London A) 4 3 2 1 Olympics 2012 in descending order. B) 3 1 2 4 I) Britain II) Russia C) 2 3 4 1 III) China IV) America D) 1 2 3 4 A) I,III,II,IV B) IV,III,I,II 39. Which is not the member of G- 20? C) IV,II,I,III D) IV,I,III,II A) Argentina B) North Africa C) Bolivia D) Egypt GROUP – IV - 2014 40. Which country became a member of the 46. Choose the incorrect pair: U.N.O in the year 2011? A) Bayern Munich - Foot Ball A) East Timor B) Montenegro B) Missy Franklin - Swimming C) South Sudan D) Serbia C) Sebastian Vettel - Tennis 41. Which of these is not among the BRIC D) - Hockey Nations? 47. Match the following: A) Chile B) Brazil a. David Wilkie 1. Dance C) China D) India b. Padma subramaniyam 2. Music 42. Match the List I with List II and choose the c. Abdul Walid Khan 3. Sculpture correct option using the coding scheme d. Auguste Rodin 4. painting given below: (a) (b) (c) (d) List I List II A) 2 1 3 4 a) National Rural Employment Programme B) 2 1 4 3 1. 1985 C) 4 1 2 3 b) Jawahar Rozgar Yojana D) 4 2 3 1 2. 1993 48. Match the following: c) Indira Awaz Yojana a) Afghanistan 1. National Congress 3. 1980 b) Argentina 2. National Assembly d) Prime Minister‟s Rozgar Yojana c) 3. parliament 4. 1989 d) Singapore 4. House of Assembly (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) A) 4 1 3 2 A) 2 1 3 4 B) 3 4 2 1 B) 4 1 3 2 C) 3 4 1 2 C) 4 3 2 1 D) 1 2 3 4 D) 2 1 4 3 43. The name of world‟s fastest Super 49. Highest polling percentage of 16th Lok Computer, announced on June 19,2012 is sabha election in Tamil Nadu constituency is www.chennaiiasacademy.com Vellore – 9043211311, Tiruvannamalai - 9043211411 Page 30

A) Madurai B) Tiruvallur D) America C) Dharmapuri D) Arakkonam 59. Who is chosen for Avvaiyar award of Tamil 50. Doordarshan provides free to air DTH Nadu Government for the year 2014? service as. A) Dr. K.Mathangi Rama Krishnan I. Ku – band II. DD direct + B) Kiran Bedi III.S band IV. K band C) Arunthanthi Roy A) I only B) I and II only c) III D) Dr. Daisy Christina only D) I and IV only 60. Match List I with List II and select the 51. Which country does crimea belongs to? correct answer using the codes given A) Georgia B) Belarus below: C) Russia D) Latvia List I List II 52. National sports for Indonesia is a) World AIDS Day A) Chess B) Hockey 1. Dec, 14 C) Volley Ball D) Badminton b) World Day of Handicapped 53. On which date India celebrate National 2. Dec, 10 Technology Day? c) Armed Forces Flag-Day A) 11th April B) 12th May 3. Dec, 1 C) 11th May D) 12th April d) National Energy Conservation Day 54. Which RIA centers of BRIT conduct around 4. Dec, 03 6000 radioimmunoassays annually? (a) (b) (c) (d) I. Bengaluru II.Calcutta A) 2 1 3 4 III. Mumbai IV. Dibrugarh B) 3 4 2 1 A) I and III B) II and III C) 4 2 1 3 C) I only D) I and IV only D) 1 3 4 2 55. prize for 2013 was awarded 61. Match the international organization and to year of foundation and choose the correct A) Alice Munro B) C.N.R. Rao answer from the codes given below: C) Sachin Tendulkar D) Angle Merkel a) UNO 1. 1948 B) UNESCO 2. 1995 56. Which is the first state introduced E – GPF c) WHO 3. 1945 facility? D) WTO 4. 1946 A) Assam (a) (b) (c) (d) B) Arunachal Pradesh A) 4 1 3 2 C) Karnataka B) 3 4 1 2 D) West Bengal C) 2 1 3 4 57. “Unbreakable” – is by D) 4 1 2 3 whom? 62. New pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio belongs to A) M.C. Cherrian B) L.C. Kurrian which country? C) M.C. D) D.C. Shervani A) Argentina B) Germany 58. Which country unveiled the world Longest C) Holland D) Australia Aircrafts Airlander (HAV 302) ? A) Russia B) Israel C) Britain www.chennaiiasacademy.com Vellore – 9043211311, Tiruvannamalai - 9043211411 Page 31

GROUP –IV - 2016 70. Which country‟s Badminton player was defeated by P.V.Sindhu in the semi-finals at 63. Which of the following is observed as the Rio 2016 Olympic Games? “National Girl child Day”? A) Sapin B) America A) 8th January C) Africa D) Japan B) 21st January 71. In July 2016, Theresa may was appointed C) 22nd January as the ______woman Prime Minister D) 24th January of UK (Britain) 64. Which of the following was discovered by A) First B) Second ONGC in the Indian Ocean on 26th July C) Tenth D) Sixth 2016? 72. The Third Asian Ministerial Conference on A) Hydrated Methane Tiger conservation 2016 was held. B) Hydrated Benzene A) From April 9th to 12th 2016 at Orissa C) Hydrated Ether B) From April 14th to 17th 2016 at Calcutta. D) Hydrated Octane C) From April 11th to 14th 2016 at New Delhi 65. Which Bill was passed in the Parliament of D) From April 6th to 9th 2016 at Mumbai India in 2016 to adopt Uniform Tax of 73. Who among the Indian-born American states? scientist bagged the prestigious award A) Goods and Sales Tax Lemelson MIT prize worth 5,00,000 dollars? B) Goods and service Tax A) Ajit Doval C) Direct Tax B) Mohamed Nasheed D) Indirect Tax C) Ramesh Raskar 66. Which state Governor was appointed as D) Jagdish Tytler Tamil Nadu Governor additional charge in 74. Who won the GD Birla Award for scientific September,2016? Research for the year 2016? A) Kerala B) Karnataka A) Sanjeev Galande C) Maharashtra D) Madhya Pradesh B) Raghavan Varadarajan 67. Which Musician was honoured in August C) Sriram Ramasamy 2016, by United Nations Organization for D) Sanjay Mittal her contribution to music? 75. Who is the chief information commissioner A) M.S. Subbulakshmi of Indian in September 2016? B) Asha Bhosie A) P.K. Sinha B) R.K. Narayanan C) C) R.K. Mathoor D) R.K.Koul D) M.S. Rajalakshmi 76. “Operation calm down” is associated with 68. Identify the 2016 Dhronacharya Awardee. which state? A) Bishweshwar Nandi B) Lalitha Babar A) Tamil nadu B) Andhra Pradesh C) Rampai D) P.V.Sindhu C) Jammu Kashmir D) Bihar 69. The Asian Junior chess championships, 77. Name the Battery that shuts down on May 2016 was held at overheating and restarts when the A) Chennai B) Mumbai temperature becomes cool. C) Kolkatta D) New Delhi A) Sodium ion B) Lithium ion C) Carbon ion D) Potassium ion

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78. Name the person who was appointed as the GROUP - IV [PRELIMS ] - 2018 ambassador on behalf of India to work for CURRENT AFFAIRS the cause of gender equality and progress of women in UNO for the year 2016. 84. The theme of the world Special Week, A) Aishwarya Rai B) celebrated from 4th October 2017 to 10th C) Aishwarya Dhanush D) Sania Mirza. October 2017 is 79. What is the name of Ganga river cleaning (A) Exploring new world in space scheme? (B) Yoga for wellness A) Namami Ganga scheme (C) Water and energy for inclusive growth B) Poorva Ganga Scheme (D) Peace, progress and prosperity C) Apporva Ganga scheme 85. Who among the following women boxers D) Ganga Yamuna scheme was declared best boxer of the meet during 80. The INSAT – 3DR was launched through the world youth Boxing Championship held rocket for meterological Research on 8th in in 2017? September,2016 by which rocket? (A) Nabin Chandra A) GSLV – F05 B) PSLV – 4 (B) Sarjubala Devi C) Arianne D) GSLV - 3 (C) MinuBasumalary 81. Who won the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Rathna (D) AnkushitaBoro Award for Badminton in the year 2016? 86. “Operation Ice Bridge” is associated with A) B) Mary kom (A) ISS (B) ISRO C) Pradeep kumar D) P.V. Sindhu (C) NASA (D) ESA 82. Which year has been declared by UNO as 87. Identify the organization inaugurated on the “International year of pulses”? October 2017 at New Delhi by prime A) 2012 B) 2013 Minister of India. C) 2016 D) 2015 (A) All India Institute of Unani 83. Match the following: (B) All India Institute of Siddha Part I Part II (C) All India Institute of Ayurveda a) 1. President (D) All India Institute of Naturopathy b) RastrapathyBhavan 2. Governor 88. Match the title winners with their c) Impeachment 3. Union championship of 2017 : Territories (a) Ms. SaikhomMirabaiChanu d) Lt.Governor 4. Violation of 1. World Junior (V 20) Chess the constitution Championship (B) Ms. Mary Kom a b c d 2. World Weightlifting Championship A) 1 4 3 2 (C) Mr. GopiThonakal B) 2 3 4 1 3. Asian Women‟s Boxing C) 4 2 3 1 Championship D) 2 1 4 3 (D) Master AravindhChithambaram 4. Asian Marathon Championship (a) (b) (c) (d) (A) 3 4 2 1 (B) 2 3 4 1

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(C) 2 3 1 4 (D) JyothiSurekhaVennam (D) 3 2 1 4 96. Mention the floriculture centre started 89. The Writer of the Novel “DukkamSukkham” recently under the Indo Israel joint who has been chosen for the VyasSamman agreement on agricultural project 2017 is Mr/Mrs (A) Thovalai, Kanyakumari District (A) SurindarVerma (B) Thally, Krishnagiri District (B) (C) Anna Nagar, Chennai (C) MamtaKalia (D) Connoor, Nilagiri District (D) Kamal Kishore Goyenka 97. The Planning Commission in India is now 90. Which city received India‟s first UNESCO Known as Heritage City Certificate in September (A) Planning Council 2017? (B) NITI Aayog (A) Puri (B) Kanchipuram (C) NITI Sanjog (C) Aurangabad (D) Ahmadabad (D) BharatiyaAayogMandal 91. Who has won the India‟s 46th Grandmaster 98. Who among the following has been Chess Champion Tournament 2017? appointed as the Deputy Director General (A) SrinathNaren for programmes of the world Health (B) Srinath Narayanan Organisation? (C) SrinathVenu (A) Nisha Desai Biswal (D) SrinathSrinivasan (B) Dineshwar Sharma 92. Which state Government has launched (C) SoumyaSwaminathan Gyankunj e-class project? (D) GautamBewbawala (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Delhi 99. In order to encourage the powerloom sector (C) Kerala (D) Gujarat and help small industrious, and joint venture 93. The Union Ministry of health and family launched by the ministry of powerloom and welfare and ICMR launched IHMI on textiles in 2017 is called November-28-2017. What does IHMI stands (A) SAMPRADA (B) DOST for? (C) AARAKSHAN (D) SAATHI (A) India Hypertension Management 100. The recently conducted Indo- Joint Initiative Military exercises was called as (B) India Health Management Initiative (A) IMBAX 2017 (C) Indian Heart and Mind Care Intellect (B) EKUVERIN 2017 (D) India Health Maintenance Initiative (C)INDRA 2017 94. In Tamil Nadu which year TNEB was (D) SAMPRITI 2017 established on the of EB Act of 1948? 101. India lacks a strong backhaul to get a (A) 1957 July 1 transition to 5G with in September 2017. (B) 1957 August 1 Backhaul is a network (C) 1957 September 1 (A) Portal for data discrimination (D) 1957 October 1 (B) Connecting cell sites to central 95. Identify the odd person out of the following. exchange (A) Trisha Deb (C) Coupler for wireless data transmission (B) Nital Paul (D) Range finder for cellular consumers (C) Lily ChanuPoonam www.chennaiiasacademy.com Vellore – 9043211311, Tiruvannamalai - 9043211411 Page 34

102. Which Tamil Nadu State Highway among (D) these was not upgraded as National 106. ------is the first Indian city to get its own Highway in November 2017? logo. (A) (B) Bengaluru (A) Tirupur - (C) Chennai (D) Delhi OdanchatramState Highway (B) Salem - Tirupathur-Vaniyambadi State Highway (C) Kodaighat - Kodaikanal State Highway

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- Ennore State Highway 103. Where was the Fourth World Tamil‟s Economic Conference held? (A) Coimbatore (B) Kualalumpur (C) Singopore (D) Durban 104. Identify the defence equipment which was officially decommissioned on December 17, 2017 by the (A) P.8 ILR Maritime Reconnaissance Anti Submarine Warfare Aircraft (B) Mi-8 Attack and Utility Helicopter (C) P-3 Orion Anti Submarine Warfare Aircraft (D) Mi-V5 Medium Lift Reconnaissance Aircraft 105. Identify the Playwright who published the work “Dark horse and other plays” in October 2017? (A) GowriRamnarayan (B) GowriLankesh (C) ArunKolatkar

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