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UNIQUE IAS ACADEMY, TNPSC Gr II (A) ENGLISH 2017

1. Match the correct suffix with the root words.

(a) popular 1. let

(b) sensible 2. ling

(c) book 3. ity

(d) duck 4. ise

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 4 3 1 2

(B) 4 3 2 1

(C) 1 2 4 3

(D) 3 4 1 2

2. Choose the correct pair to fill in the correct

articles in the blank

_____________ road to success is not

____________ bed of roses. Gandhi

became_____________ leader par excellence;

that made Churchill ___________ greatest and

the most successful wartime leader.

(A) the the the a

(B) a a a the

(C) the a a the

(D) the some a the

3. Choose the correct question tag:

(A) amn‘t I?

(B) ain’t I?

(C) are I?

(D) am I?

4. Choose the sentence which has no error.

(A) I place great confidence on you

(B) I place great confidence in you

(C) I place great confidence of you

(D) I place great confidence with you

5. Choose the correct pattern for the sentence:

He is a professor with a lot of experience.

(A) SVOA

(B) SVIODO

(C) SVCA

(D) SVOCA

6. Find the odd one of the following words.

(A) honour

(B) Wonderful

(C) brave

(D) excellent

7. The plural form of ‗alumna‘ is

(A) alumnus

(B) alumnae

C) alumnas

(D) alumne

8. Which of the following sentence is wrong?

(A) Teach me to fish I will live for life time

(B) One never knows what the future will bring

(C) All that glitters is not gold.

(D) We has been living in this house since

1995

9. Pick out the correct passive form of the verb.

we should help the poor.

(A) Must be helped

(B) Will be helped

(C) Should be helped

(D) Shall be helped

10. If I ___________the principal of my school. I

would abolish examinations.

(A) am (B) was

(C) were (D) will be

11. Fill in the blanks with correct option Lecdem

is the

blended form of

(A) Lecture and demon

(B) Lecture and demonstration

(C) Lecturer and dem

(D) Lecturer and demonstration

12. Choose the correct sentence which has no

error

(A) Geetha‘s father is a MLA

(B) Geetha‘s father is the MLA

(C) Geetha’s father is an MLA (D)

Geetha‘s father is MLA

13. Select the correct sentence

(A) Cakes are softer than cookies


(B) Cakes are more soft than cookies

(C) Cakes are softer then cookies

(D) Cakes are soft than cookies

14. Join the sentence given below.Choosing the

correct relative pronoun furnished in brackets:

I know the girl.she is a famous

sportsperson(whom/who)

(A) I know the girl whom is a famous

sportsperson

(B) I kown the girl who she is a famous

sportsperson

(C) I know the girl who is a famous

sportsperson

(D) I know the girl whom she is a famous

sportsperson

15. Dancing bird is a compound word formed by

combining

(A) Noun + Gerund

(B) Adjective + Gerund

(C) Gerund + Noun

(D) Preposition + Noun

16. Match the following:

(a) Autumn 1. Faucet

(b) Nappy 2. Fall

(c) Tap 3. Diaper

(d) Pavement 4. Side walk

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 2 3 4 1

(B) 4 2 1 3

(C) 2 3 1 4

(D) 2 1 3 4

17. ―My mind has found an adult peace‖whose

mind

has found peace?

(A) Robert Frost

(B) Kamala Das

(C) Annie Louisa Walker

(D) Elizabeth Barrett Browning

18. ―Be a hero in the strife‖ - In whose poem this

line

comes?

(A) Shakespeare

(B) Walt Whitman

(C) Wordsworth

(D) H.W Longfellow

19. In whose poem the following lines occur :

―It isn‘t by size that you win or you fail

Be the best of whatever you are‖

(A) Douglas Malloch

(B) William wordsworth

(C) Walt Whitman

(D) William Shakespeare

20. Which of the following lines belongs to

―William

Shakespeare‖ ?

(A) Love alters not with his brief hours and

weeks but bears it out even to the edge of

the doom

(B) But O heart ! heart !heart

O the bleeding drops O red !

(C) For I‘m off to outer space tomorrow morning

(D) The music in my heart I bore

Long after it was heard no more

21. Which one of the following poems speaks

about

‗True Love‘?

(A) A psalm of life

(B) Be the Best

(C) Sonnet No: 116

(D) The Solitary Reaper

22. ‗Kari, the elephant‘ was written

by______________.

(A) R.K.Narayan

(B) Dhan Gopal Mukherji

(C) Thakazhi Sivasankaran Pillai

(D) Dr.Neeroja Raghavan23.

__________________ was educated at free

Stratford Grammar School.

(A) Oliver Goldsmith

(B) Mahatma Gandhi

(C) Shakespeare

(D) Rabindranath Tagore


24. Here __________ Laika into space.

(A) will go (B) go

(C) went (D) goes

25. ―On the day Sicilian July, with Etna

Smoking‖.

What type of allusion is used here?

(A) Cultural allusion

(B) Biblical allusion

(C) Geographical allusion

(D) Political allusion

26. Find out the figures of speech in the following

lines:

―Laugh till the game is played‖

(A) Simile (B) Metaphor

(C) Allusion (D) Oxymoron

27. Helen Keller speaks about the word

_____________in ―The Mystery of Language‖.

(A) Book (B) Water

(C) Tree (D) Pencil

28. Match the following :

(a) Antonio 1. Lady of Belmont

(b) Portia 2. Money Lender

(c) Shylock 3. Antonio‘s Friend

(d) Bassanio 4. Merchant of Venice

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 4 1 3 2

(B) 3 1 2 4

(C) 4 1 2 3

(D) 2 3 4 1

29. In the battle of Sambre Caesar defeated

(A) The Nervi (B) The Romans

(C) Brutus (D) Cassius

30. A Sonnet is written in a single stanza

consisting

of_______________lines.

(A) 12 (B) 14

(C) 16 (D) 18

31. The giant knocked down the wall with

(A) a big axe (B) spade

(C) crowbar (D) rod

32. Caesar‘s wife________________ forbids him

to

go to Senate House.

(A) Calphurnia (B) Octavia

(C) Cleopatra (D) Helena

33. Yaanai Malai appears to have a

____________

shape to viewfrom Madurai.

(A) rectangular (B) spherical

(C) cylindrical (D) pyramidal

34. The_______________ asked Hughie to earn

Ten

thousands of his own to Marry Laura.

(A) retired colonel (B) retired Painter

(C) Baron Hausberg (D) Alan Trevor

35. Hughie wanted to marry

(A) Laura Hausberg (B) Trevor Merton

(C) Baron Hausberg (D) Laura Merton

36. Whose words are these?

―I too possess a body and mind ,a heart and

souljust

like you‖.

(A) Kalpana Chawla (B) Hughie

(C) Gaia (D) Saralabehn

37. In which year did H.W. Longfellow publish

his

first volume of poems?

(A) in 1838 (B) in 1839

(C) in 1837 (D) in 1836

38. Whose message is this?

―Listen to the sounds of nature..... Take good care

of our fragile planet‖.

(A) Abdul Kalam (B) Kalpana Chawla

(C) Saralabehn (D) Sunita Williams

39. The long poem by Shakespeare is

(A) Venus and Adonis(B) Anxiety

(C) After many days (D) The Appeal


40. Who said this?

―O Woman ! Lovely Woman !

Angels are painted fair to look like you:‖

(A) Otway

(B) Annie Louisa Walker

(C) Elizabeth Barrett Browning

(D)KamalaDas

41. Who says these words?

―There is tears for his love; joy for his fortune;

honour for his valour;and death for his ambition.‖

(A) Shylock (B) Antony

(C) Portia (D) Brutus

42. ‗Do you confess the bond?‖

who is asked to confiss?

(A) Antonio (B) Shylock

(C) Bassanio (D) Duke

43. _____________radiation may be one reason

why

the house sparrow is disappearing.

(A) X-ray (B) Cosmic rays

(C) Cell phone (D) Ultra violet rays

44. Who said these words while dying?

―Remember, the struggle to save the forest is not

easy.But we must not give it up.It must go on‖.

(A) Saralabehn(B) Kalpana Chawla

(C) Sunita Williams (D) Abdul Kalam

45. From which play these lines occur

―The quality of mercy is not strain‘d

It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven

Upon the place beneath‖.

(A) Julius Caesar

(B) Antony and Cleopatra

(C) The Merchant of Venice

(D) King Lear

46. Who says these words?

―Brutus is an honourable man‖.

(A) Julius Caesar (B) Mark Antony

(C) Cleopatra (D) Calphurnia

47. In ‗The Merchant of Venice‘ portia disguises

herself as a ______________

(A) judge (B) money lender

(C) doctor of law (D) clerk

48. Match the following

column A column B

(a) Kari 1. Nine years old

(b) The boy 2. Weighed forty pounds

(C) The author 3. From writer‘s village

(D) Kari‘s food 4. Five months old

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 4 1 3 2

(B) 4 2 1 3

(C) 4 3 1 2

(D) 4 3 2 1

49. The rope like thing around my neck was

(A) a snake (B) Kari’s trunk

(C) a rope (D) a chain

50. Who said the following line?

―Man is born free but is everywhere in chains‖.

(A) Rabindrabath Tagore

(B) Rousseau

(C) Subash Chandra Bose

(D) Abraham Lincoln

51. Who said this?

―If non-violence is the law of our being, the future

is with women‖.

(A) Bharathiyar (B) Gandhiji

(C) Nethaji (D) Nehru

52. Lakshmibai is the most famous Indian woman

to

have defied the British

A) Opposed B) Accepted

C) Considered D) Joined

53. Match the synonyms with their meanings

a) Coarse 1. Push Roughly in a crowd

b) Invidious 2. Unjust

c) Exodus 3. Rough

d) Jostle 4. Mass movement from one

place


(a) (b) (c) (d)

A) 3 2 4 1

B) 3 2 1 4

C) 2 3 4 1

D) 4 3 2 1

54. Match the correct Suffix

(a) announce 1. ance

(b) exception 2. ment

(c) wash 3. Nal

(d) clear 4. able

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 2 3 1 4

(B) 2 3 4 1

(C) 3 2 4 1

(D) 4 1 2 3

55. It _____________ heavily since last night.

A) has been raining

B) was raining

C) is raining

D) were raining

56. Pick out the correct active form of the verb.

A poem has been written by Gopi

A) has written

B) had written

C) would have written

D) would write

57. Match the sentence with their patterns.

a) They elected him leader 1.SVA

b) He wore his new uniform 2.SVO

c) He was excited 3.SVC

d) She went to chennai 4.SVOC

(a) (b) (c) (d)

A) 1 2 4 3

B) 2 3 1 4

C) 3 1 2 4

D) 4 2 3 1

58. Fill in the blank with correct Homophone.

The police tried to ____________ information

from the bootlegger who sells _________ liquor.

A) illicit, elicit

B) illegible, legible

C) elucidate, illicit

D elicit, illicit

59. Match the phrases in column A with their

suitable

clauses in column B

Column A Column B

Phrases Clauses

a) Despite his sickness 1.Kalam became a great

scientist

b) On seeing the snake 2.the teacher appreciated

me

c) By working hard 3.she ran away

d) Observing my skill 4.he attended school

(a) (b) (c) (d)

A) 2 4 3 1

B) 3 4 2 1

C) 4 3 1 2

D) 3 2 4 1

60. Transform the following sentence into

comparative

degree.

Wordsworth is one of the greatest English poets.

A) Wordsworth is greater than many other

English poets

B) Very few English poets are as great as

Wordsworth

C) No other English poets are as great as

Wordsworth

D) Wordsworth is greater than any other English

poet

61. ‗Binary + digit‘ the blended form of this word

is

A) bidigit B) binarit

C) bit D) binary digit

62. Match the following Column A with Column

B

Column A Column B

a) We got interrupted powe

supply,____? 1.Can she?

b) Shreya draws well,_______? 2.Didn‘t we?

c) Swarna cannot run fast,______? 3.Isn‘t it?

d) The bus is early today _______? 4.Doesn‘t

She?


(a) (b) (c) (d)

A) 1 3 2 4

B) 2 4 1 3

C) 2 4 3 1

D) 3 2 4 1

63. Fill in the blanks with correct article.

Prem is __________strongest boy in the class.

A) a B) an

C) the D) some

64. Choose the correct sentence from the given

option.

A) The cat hid upon the door

B) The cat hid on the door

C) The cat hid behind the door

D) The cat hid within the door

65. Find out the sentence where gerund is used.

A) He agreed to buy a computer

B) To walk is a good exercise

C) She is a singer and dancer

D) I enjoy writing stories for children

66. ‗I haven‘t answered your questions,

____________?‘

A) haven‘t I? B) have you?

C) have I? D) has I?

67. At the Battle of ___________ the forces of

Cassius and Brutus are defeated.

A) Rome B) Sambre

C) Philippi D) Waterloo

68. __________ is one of the Triumvirs.

A) Julius Caesar B) Amelius Lepidus

C) Casca D) Brutus

69. The good is often interred with their bones. So

let

it be with Caesar. These are the words of

_________.

A) Caesar B) Cassius

C) Brutus D) Antony

70. Act - act in the living present !

What is the figure of speech employed here?

A) Anaphora B) Alliteration

C) Repetition D) Apostrophe

71. ―Don‘t give up, though pace seems slow‖

What is the figure of speech employed here?

A) Assonance B) Allusion

C) Apostrophe D) Anaphora

72. ZIP is an example for

A) Contraction B) Abbreviation

C) Acronym D) Clipped form

73. What were the source of inspiration to the

Wright

Brothers?

A) Animals B) Flowers

C) Birds D) Fishes

74. In whose poem the following lines occur:

―No Nightingale did ever Chaunt

More welcome notes to Weary bands‖.

A) Robert Frost

B) John Keats

C) William Wordsworth

D) Robert Bridges

75. Match the poet in Column A with their periods

in

Column B

Column A Column B

Poets Period

a) Wordsworth 1. 1819 - 1892

b) Shakespeare 2. 1770 - 1850

c) Walt whitman 3. 1885 - 1930

d) D.H Lawrence 4. 1564 - 1616

(a) (b) (c) (d)

A) 2 4 1 3

B) 3 4 2 1

C) 4 2 3 1

D) 3 1 4 2

76. A 24- hour journey in a UP Road ways bus is

not

the most comfortable way to get to Munsiyari.

The


Journey of the author was

A) the most uncomfortable

B) the most comfortable

C) comfortable

D) more comfortable

77. Choose the correct answer for the question

from

the given paragraph:

For three days our path first takes us upstream

along the Goriganga, and then into the shrouded

Milam Valley where the narrow gorges afford few

views.

Which river is mentioned here?

A) Milam B) Ragash Kund

C) Goriganga D) Dudh

78. Mark Antony with his __________ wins the

public over to his side.

A) acting B) honesty

C) Pride D) eloquence

79. Which of the following is a poem by Thomas

Hardy?

A) English Words

B) A Noiseless Patient Spider

C) Snake

D) The Man He Killed

80. The painting of a ________ King welcomes

you

to the Durbar Hall in Thanjavur.

A) Maratha B) Chola

C) Pallava D) Chera


a) petrol 1. Elevator

b) Lorry 2. Apartment

c) Flat 3. Gasoline

d) Lift 4. Truck

a) b) c) d)

A) 3 4 1 2

B) 1 2 3 4

C) 4 1 2 3

D) 3 4 2 1

82. Baron Hausberg gave Hughie and Laura a

__________for 10 thousand pounds.

A) Cash B) Demand Draft

C) Cheque D) Promise

83. __________ arrival changed the life of Helen

Keller.

A) Kate‘s B) mabel‘s

C) Anne Sullivan’s D) Mother‘s

84. Anne Sullivan came to teach Helen Keller at

the

age of

A) 11 B) 20

C) 21 D) 12

85. ―.........there were twelve peach - trees that in

the

spring broke out into delicate blossoms of pink

and

pearl, and in autumn bore rich fruit‖.

The trees gave fruits in ________season.

A) Summer B) Winter

C) Spring D) Autumn

86. Whose father is ‗Banarsi Dass‘?

A) Hellen Keller

B) Dr. Salim Ali

C) Kalpana Chawla

D) Subash Chandra Bose

87. What is the theme of the story, ―The Mark of

Vishnu‖?

A) Patriotism B) Communism

C) Superstition D) Socialism

88. ‗ I received love ....That woman died‘

This line expresses the love enjoyed by

A) Tagore B) R.K.Narayanan

C) Kamala Das D) Deepa Agarwal

89. Who is Gaia?

A) Earth B) Sun

C) Moon D) Star


90. ―Why do you swear by your ancestors, Uncle

Kesavan?‖

Here ‗you‘ refers to

A) Kuttichovan B) Uncle Kesavan

C) Outhakkutty D) Kesavan‘s Wife

91. What are the 3 R‘s related to Environmental

awareness?

A) Reduce, Recycle and Reuse

B) Resourcefulness, Responsibility and Respect

C) Right, Respect and Responsibility

D) Reading, Writing and Arithmetic

92. We can harvest _________ water to meet the

increasing water demand.

A) Sea B) rain

C) river D) lake

93. Who was the only poet honoured with the title

―Poet Laureate of Michigan‖.

A) William Wordsworth

B) Edgar Allen poe

C) Kalil Gibran

D Edgar A. Guest

94. William Wordsworth is the poet of

__________

A) America B) England

C) Australia D) Japan

95. Kalpana Chawla was born on ________

A) 16th of January 2003

B) 21st of July 1969

C) 1st of July 1961

D) 1st of July 1976

96. ___________ is the main character in ―The

Neem Tree‖.

A) Malar B) Vera

C) Masha D Lalitha

97. Thakazhi Sivasankaran Pillai describes

_________ as an arch diplomat

A) Kuttichovan B) Kuttimappila

C) Outhakkutty D Kesavan Nair


Column A Column B

a) Walt Whitman 1.Chemmeen

b) Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai 2.The Merchant of

venice

c) william Shakespeare 3.O Captain My

Captain

d) Oscar Wilde 4.The Selfish Giant

(a) (b) (c) (d)

A) 3 1 4 2

B) 2 1 3 4

C) 3 1 2 4

D) 4 2 1 3


Characters Title

a) The Little Boy 1. The Last Leaf

b) Ivan 2. Two Friends

c) Monsieur Sauvage 3. The Lottery Ticket

d) Johnsy 4. The Selfish Giant

(a) (b) (c) (d)

A) 4 3 2 1

B) 4 3 1 2

C) 1 2 3 4

D) 3 4 2 1

100.Match the following:

Poem Poets

a) Punishment in Kindergarten 1. David Roth

b) Nine Gold Medals 2. Rabindranath

Tagore

c) Where the Mind is Without Fear 3. Stephen

Vincent Benet

d) Flying Wonder 4. Kamala Das

(a) (b) (c) (d)

A) 4 1 3 2

B) 1 4 2 3

C) 4 1 2 3

D) 1 2 4 3

101. Which one of the following is correctly

matched?

I. Gregor Mendel - Neurospora

II. T.H. Morgan - Drosophila

III. C.B. Bridges - Garden pea

IV. J.H. Muller - Mice

(A) I (B) II (C) III (D) IV


102. Factorization of (x + y)2 + 9(x + y) + 8 is

(A) (x+y + l)(x + y)

(B) (x + y+l)(x + y + 8)

(C) (x + y + l)(x + y + 6)

(D) (x + y + 8)(x + y + 2)

103. What is the difference between the sum of

first 'n odd natural numbers

and that of first 'n' natural numbers?

A. 1 2 n B. ( 1) 2 n n C. ( 1) 2 n n D. ( 1)(2

1) 6 n n n

104. Before E.V. Ramaswamy Vaikom

Satyagraha was first started by three leaders. They

were

(A) T. Prakasam, T.K. Madhavan and K.P.

Kesava Menon

(B) T.K. Madhavan, K.P. Kesava Menon and

George Joseph

(C) George Joseph, T. Prakasam and T.K.

Madhavan

(D) K.P. Kesava Menon, T. Prakasam and George

Joseph

105. Who was called 'The Father of Modern

India'?

A. Ambedhkar (B) Periyar' E:V.R

(C) Gandhiji (D) Rajaram Mohan Roy

106. MRTP Act, 1969 has been repealed and

replaced by the competition Act, 2002 with effect

from

A. 2002 (B) 2009 (C) 2013 (D) 2016

107. The basic objective of Gandhian plan

brought out by S.N. Agarwala was

(A) Agricultural development

(B) Growth of cottage and village industries

(C) To achieve equality

(D) To raise the material as well as the cultural

level of Indian masses;

108. The last Deputy Chairman of Planning

Commission of India was

(A) Manmohan singh

(B) Narendra Modi

(C) Arun Jaitley

(D) Montek Singh Ahluwalia

109. In India, power of Judicial Review is

restricted because the

(A) Executive is supreme

(B) Legislature is supreme

(C) Constitution is supreme

(D) Judges are transferable

110. The government of India instituted Bharat

Ratna and Padma Shri awards under

(A) Article 14 of the Indian constitution

(B) Article 18 of the Indian constitution

(C) Article 25 of the Indian constitution

(D) Article 32 of the Indian constitution

111. Iron Lady of Manipur, Irom Sharmila got

how many votes in the 2017 Manipur Assembly

election?

(A) 10 votes (B) 30 votes

(C) 60 votes (D) 90 votes

112. Which district of Tamilnadu, Chief Minister

announced new dental college from the year

2017?

(A) Chennai (B) Dharmapuri

(C) Virudhunagar (D) Pudukottai

113. Which one of the following state government

has shifted its financial year from [April 1 to

March 31] to calendar year [January 1 to

December 31]?

(A) Kerala (B) Madhya Pradesh

(C) Punjab (D) West Bengal

114. In Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)

_____________is used to magnify the objects.

A. Light B. Optical Lenses

C. Electrons D. Scanner

115. The Respiratory quotient value for glucose is

(A) 0.5 (B) 1.0 (C) 1.5 (D) 2.0

116. What percent of an hour is 36 seconds?

(A) 6% (B) 1% (C) 10% (D) 36%


117.

1 1 1 m n n l m m n n m x x x x x x

…..

A. 1 B. – 1 C. m n l x D.

118. If the LCM of x and y is z , what is the H.C.F

of x and y?

A. xy/z B. xz/y C. yz/x D. xy

119. The number of delegates who attended the

first session of the Indian

National Congress was

A. 25 (B) 100 (C) 72 (D) 2000

120. The revolutionary nationalist Nelakanda

Brahmachari was born at

A. Thirunelveli (B) Madurai C. Sirkali (D)

Chennai

121. Mercury the smallest planet has only 88 earth

days to orbit the sun,

because

A. Size of the planet

B. Spinning speed

C. Distance from the sun

(D) It's thin atmosphere

122. Match the disasters with its type and pick the

correct answers code :

(a) Blizzards 1. Hydrological disaster

(b) Tsunamis 2. Health disaster

(c) Nuclear accidents 3. Atmospheric disaster

(d) Pandemic 4. Anthropogenic disaster

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 2 1 4 3

(B) 2 3 4 1

(C) 3 1 2 4

(D) 3 1 4 2

123. The special status provided to Jammu and

Kashmir under Art. 370 limits parliament to enact

laws relating to

A. List I and List -III of the Seventh Schedule

B. List I only of the Seventh Schedule .

C. List-II only of the Seventh Schedule

D. List I, II & III of the Seventh Schedule

124. The ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity

enshrined in the preamble of the Constitution of

India were adopted under inspiration from the

A. American Declaration of Independence

B. French Revolution

C. Russian Revolution

D. UN Charter

125. Find out the total votes of the electoral

college for the Indian Presidential Election, 2017.

(A) 11,00,346 votes

(B) 11,04,546 votes

(C) 12,06,232 votes

(D) 13,00,346 votes;

126. Which one of the following is the objective

of perspective plan 2023?

(A) Create Employment Opportunity

(B) Digital Technology

(C) Award

(D) Reward;

127. Projectile motion is a combination of

horizontal motion with constant_____________

and vertical motion with

constant______________

A. Acceleration, velocity

B. Velocity, acceleration C. Displacement, velocity D. Velocity,

displacement

128. Nuclear force is

A. charge dependent

B. spin independent

C. both charge and

D. spin independent in dependent but charge

independent

129. Tax is charged on some items which are

manufactured in the country. This is collected by

the Government of India. This Tax is

(A) Direct Tax (B) Indirect Tax

(C) Excise Duty (D) Service Tax

130. The value of 2 2 2 3 6 2 2 x x x x x x

(A) 3x (B) 3 (C) 3x + 2 (D) x – 2


131. Which of the following is arranged in correct

ascending order?

A. 25% of 8, 40% of 6, 30% of 9, 20% of 15

B. 20% of 15, 25% of 8, 30% of 9, 40% of 6

C. 30% of 9, 40% of 6, 25% of 8, 20% of 15

D. 20% of 15, 30% of 9, 40% of 6, 25% of 8

132. Which of the following is larger in area?

A. A triangle with base 10 cm and height 8 cm

B. A triangle with sides 12 cm, 5 cm and 13 cm

C. An equilateral triangle whose sides are 10

cm each

D. A right angled triangle whose sides containing

the right angle are 3 cm

and 4 cm

133. Tambapanni is the old name of

(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Kerala

(C) Srilanka (D) Karnataka

134. Name the journal which declared 'Swami

Vivekanand the greatest figure in the Parliament'.

(A) Young India (B) Samachar Darpan

(C) Swadeshi Mitran (D) New York Herald

135. A scheme to provide Support to Training and

Employment of Women (STEP) was launched in

the year

(A) 1986 – 87 (B) 1990 - 91

(C) 1995 – 96 (D) 1996 - 97

136. Prime Minister of India inaugurated India's

longest road bridge on May 26, 2017. Which

states are connected by this bridge?

(A) Assam and Arunachal Pradesh

(B) Assam and Manipur

(C) Assam and Thiripura

(D) Manipur and Thiripura

137. The first stage of the strategy related to

Intensive Agricultural District Programme was

started in the year

(A) 1951-52 (B) 1960-61

(C) 1965-66 (D) 1990-91

138. Which of the following statements are

correct with regard to Tamil Nadu 'Pudhu

Vaazhvu Project'?

(i) It was launched in 2005

(ii) It is aided by World Bank

(iii) The total outlay is Rs. 1,667 crores

(iv) It is being implemented in 26 districts

(A) All are correct statement

(B) (i), (ii), (iii) are correct

(C) (ii), (in), (iv) are correct

(D) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct

139. What percentage of total cultivation area in

Tamilnadu is rainfed (Manavari)?

(A) 55% (B) 57% (C) 54% (D) 52%

140. Indian Neutrino Observatory is situated in

which district of Tamilnadu?

(A) Madurai (B) Theni

(C) Cuddalore (D) Chennai

141. Which one is wrongly matched pair in their

characters?

(A) Pancreas - Glucagon

(B) Small intestine - Stomatostatin

(C) Testis - Estrogen

(D) Adrenal gland - Glucocorticoids

142. Which of the following hormone stimulates

contraction of uterine smooth muscle?

A) Epinephrin (B) Insulin

(C) Oxytocin (D) Glucagon

143. If A = +, B = , C = x and D = - then what

is the value of 1 1 1 1 2 5 5 5 10 C B A D = ?

A. 2.1 (B) 1.2 (C) 2.5 (D) 1.6

144. The value of 3 2 1 1 3 3 9 x x x x x

(A) 3x-l (B) 3(x + l) (C) 3(x-l) (D) 3x + 2

145. Arrange the following in chronological order

1. Senkuttuvan

2. Emayavaramban

3. Kanaikal Irumporai

4. Kuttuvan Cheral

(A) 2, 1, 4, 3 (B) 4, 2, 3, 1

(C) 2,1,3,4 (D) 3,2,4,1

146. In Chola kingdom the revenue department

was called as

(A) Perumtharam (B) Utan Kuttam

(C) Puravuvari (D) Olai Nayagam

147. Despite the substantial improvement in

health conditions of people in India, there has

been certain negative trends due to

I. High incidence of HIV/AIDS in rural areas

II. High incidence of HIV/AIDS in urban areas


III. Growing incidence of Heart diseases and

cancer in rural areas

IV. Growing incidence of Heart diseases and

cancer in urban areas

(A) All are correct

(B) I and III correct

(C) II and IV correct

(D) I, III and IV correct

148. Which one of the following is not correct

related to the distinctions between the grants

under Article 275 and Article 282 of the

Constitution of India?

(A) The grants-in-aid under Article 275 are

statutory whereas under Article 282 they are

discretionary

(B) Under Article 282, the union has the power to

provide grants-in-aid even for non-plan

expenditure

(C) Under Article 275, the union has the right to

give grants in accordance with the decision taken

on the basis of recommendation of Finance

Commission

(D) Allocation of Grants under Article 282 is

based on the recommendation of Cabinet

Committee

149. When BSE's sensex has reached its

maximum 30,000 - mark for the first time in the

history?

(A) 26 December 2016

(B) 26 January 2017

(C) 26 April 2017

(D) 26 May 2017

150. The Indian Space Research Organisation

(ISRO) successfully tested indigenously

developed cryogenic engine on

(A) January 25, 2017

(B) January 30, 2017

(C) April 1, 2017

(D) March 30, 2017

151. The area of a semi-circle of radius 7 cm. is

(A) 7 cm2 (B) 777 cm3

(C) 77 cm2 (D) 7777 cm2

152. The oxidation of 2 3 SO to 2 4 SO ion

by oxygen in this reaction which is Lewis acid and

Lewis base?

(A) 2 3 SO is Lewis acid and oxygen is Lewis

base

(B) Oxygen is Lewis acid and 2 3 SO is Lewis

base

(C) Both are Lewis acids

(D) Both are Lewis bases

153. A boy is now twice as old as his sister, four

years ago, he was thrice as old as her what are

their ages now?

(A) 18, 9 (B) 14, 7 (C) 16, 8 (D)

12, 6

154. x3/2 :9 16 : x . What is the value of x?

(A) ±16 (B) ±3

(C) ±4 (D) ±12

155. The arithmetic mean of a group of 75

observations was calculated as 27. It was later

found that one observation was wrongly read as

43 instead of the correct value 53. Obtain the

correct arithmetic mean of the data.

(A) 26,13 (B) 27,13

(C) 28,13 (D) 25,13

156. A sum of money triples itself at 8% per

annum over certain time. The number of years is

equal to

(A) 24 (B) 25

(C) 20 (D) 12

157. Cultivable lands which has not been

ploughed for between one and five years are

called as

(A) Culturable waste

(B) Current fallows

(C) Other fallows

(D) Permanent fallows

158. Tidal forests of Ganga-Brahmaputra delta,

mainly consists of

(A) Rhododentrons

(B) Hardwood palms

(C) Laurels

(D) Junipers

;

159. Whether governor of a state has the power to

dissolve the state legislature?

(A) Yes

(B) No

(C) He / She can only recommend

(D) Only President can


160. In the rules of business of Indian Parliament,

if the speaker admits, notice of a motion but no

date is fixed for its introduction — then it is called

(A) Call attention motion

(B) Adjournment motion

(C) No confidence motion

(D) No day - Yet - named motion

161. In India which organisation's scientists

recently produced electricity from water without

using energy?

(A) NPL, New Delhi (B) IISC, Bengaluru

(C) USER, Kolkata (D) IIT, Chennai

162. In which place Prime Minister of India

inaugurated the country's first Indian Institute of

Skills [IIS] on Dec. 20, 2016?

(A) Ahmedabad (B) Bengaluru

(C) Kanpur (D) Varanashi

163. A supernova is an exploding star. In which

years the last two supernova are visible to the

naked eye?

(A) 1600, 1980 (B) 1601,1982

(C) 1604, 1987 (D) 1605,1997

164. Calculate the dimensions of Planck's constant

'h', using the equation E =h , where E energy

and frequency

(A) MLT-1 (B) ML2 T-1

(C) ML21 T-2 (D) ML-2T-1

165. The cylinder whose base is not in circular

form is called

(A) Circular cylinder

(B) Right circular cylinder

(C) Oblique cylinder

(D) Irregular cylinder

166. 10 sq. m. is equal to

(A) 100 gq. cm. (B) 1000 sq. cm.

(C) 10000 sq. cm. (D) 100000 sq. cm.

167. Where the All India Muslim League was

formed in 1906?

(A) Mumbai (B) Uttar Pradesh

(C) Chennai (D) Dhaka

168. When 'Swadeshi day' was celebrated in

India?

(A) 27 May, 1932

(B) 28 May, 1932

(C) 29 May, 1932

(D) 30 May, 1932

169. What is the 85* term of the sequence 3/2 2

5/2 x, x , x , x

A. 85 x 2 B. 45 x 2 C. 43 x D. 44

x

170. The radius and the slant height of a cone are

respectively ‗r‘ and ‗l‘. What is the volume of the

cone?

171. Which one of the following matches is

correct?

(a) Thyroid hormone 1. Cushing's disease

(b) Insulin 2. Myxedema

(c) Corticosteroids 3. Acromegaly

(d) Growth hormone 4. Diabetes

a b c d

(A) 1 2 3 4

(B) 2 4 3 1

(C) 4 2 1 3

(D) 2 4 1 3

172. Match List I with List II and select the

correct answer using the code given below :

List I List II

(a) P.A. Sangma 1. Telugu Desam party

(b) G.M.C. Balayogi 2. CPI (m)

(c) Manohar Joshi 3. Shiv Sena

(d) Somnath Chatterjee - 4. Congress -1

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 2 3 4 1

(B) 4 1 3 2

(C) 2 4 3 1

(D) 4 3 1 2

173. Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property

Rights Law is located in____________ (city) of

(A) Chennai - Tamil Nadu

(B) Ujaini -Madhya Pradesh

(C) Cochin - Kerala

(D) Khargpur - West Bengal

174. Which one of the following is not correctly

matched?

(A) Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana - Social

security for old age


(B) Pravasi Karshal Vikas Yojana — Seeking

employment in abroad

(C) PM Fasal Bima Yojana - Insurance coverage

to farmers

(D) PM Gram Sadak Yojana — Empowerment

of rural women

175. Cyanide resistant respiration is found in

(A) Plants only

(B) Animals only

(C) Both plants and animals

(D) Plants and Microbes

176. Male sex hormone 'testosterone' is produced

by

(A) Leydig cells

(B) Sertoli cells

(C) Germinal epithelial cells

(D) Spermatogonia! Cells

177. Total surface area of hollow hemisphere is

equal to

(A) 2𝜋(R2 + r2) sq. units

(B) 2𝜋(R2− r2)sq. units

(C) 𝝅(𝟑𝑹𝟐+ 𝒓𝟐) sq. units

(D) 𝜋(3𝑅2− 𝑟2)sq. units

178. The probability that a leap year will have 53

Fridays or 53 Saturdays is

A. 1 7 B. 2 7

C. 3 7 D. 4 7


(a) Annie Besant 1. Kesari

(b) Bipin Chandrapal 2. Common weal

(c) Boopendra Nath Dutt 3. The New Asia

(d) Tilak 4. Yuganthar

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 3 4 1 2

(B) 2 1 4 3

(C) 4 3 1 2

(D) 2 3 4 1

180. Which is wrongly matched?

(A) Indo - European Family - Arya

(B) Austric Family - Nishada

(C) Dravidian P'amily - Dravidian

(D) Sino - Tibetan Family - Munda

181. __________ marked the beginning of census

taking in India.

(A) The year 1862

(B) The year 1872

(C) The year 1882

(D) The year 1892

182. Constitutional status to the Panchayat Raj

Institutions was initiated based on the

recommendation of

(A) G.V.K. Rao Committee

(B) L.M. Singhvi Committee

(C) Ashok Mehta Committee

(D) Balwantray Mehta Committee

183. Which Article of the Constitution of India

conferred special leave petitions power to the

Supreme Court?

(A) Art. 136 (B) Art. 32

(C) Art. 139 (D) Art. 226

184. Which one of the organisation organised the

Gyan Sangam [Knowledge Summit] in New Delhi

on March, 2017?'

(A) Prajna Parvah

(B) Christian Education Society

(C) Students Islamic Movement of India

(D) Democratic Youth Federation of India

185. Which of the following aim comes under

Prime Minister Krishan Sai Yojana?

(A) Environment

(B) To increase ground water

(C) Cloth production

(D) Free food

186. Which one of the organic pesticides that

contain phosphorous?

(A) DDT (B) BHC

(C) 2, 4-D (D) Parathion


(a) Mixed fertilizer 1. DAP

(b) Complex fertilizer 2. NPK

(c) Bio fertilizer 3. Oil cake

(d) Organic nitrogen fertilizer 4. Algae

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 1 2 3 4

(B) 2 1 4 3

(C) 3 2 1 4

(D) 4 3 2 1


188. A__________ is often drawn as a guide, so

that a frequency polygon can be drawn over the

top.

(A) Frequency

(B) Histogram

(C) Cumulative Frequency

(D) Rectangle

189. If 100 persons can finish a work in 7 days,

how many persons can finish the same work 35

days?

(A) 20 persons (B) 50 persons

(C) 30 persons (D) 25 persons

190. What is the 21st term of the sequence 100,

95, 90, 85.....?

(A) 10 (B) 20

(C) 0 (D) 5

191. Simplify: 4 2 2 162 ( 9)(2 6) x x x

(A) x2 +9 (B) x +3

(C) x + 6 (D) x - 6

192. Who was the first ruler in the Chola-

Chalukya line?

(A) Raja Raja II

(B) Vikrama chola

(C) Kulothunga I

(D) Adhi Rajendran

193. The Vaikam Satyagraha arose in Kerala in

the year

(A) 1918 (B) 1924

(C) 1913 (D) 1928

194. Periyar incorporated the ideas of the justice

party and formed a new party called

(A) Dravida Kazhagam

(B) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

(C) Swantara party

(D) Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

195. Which one of the following changes was not

called by the Gandhian model and growth in the

Indian Planning System?

(A) To replace production oriented planning with

employment oriented planning

(B) To replace employment oriented planning

with the production oriented planning

(C) It is in favour of small scale and cottage

industries

(D) It is against large scale industries producing

consumer goods

196. The word 'Secularism' was inserted in the

preamble of the constitution after supreme court

of India observed 'Secularism' was a basic feature

of constitution in

(A) 1975 (B) 1973 (C) 1976 (D) 1981

197. Which of the following objectives regarding

Skill India Mission is incorrect?

(A) Its objective is to achieve skilling of the youth

across the country

(B) Its aim is to remove financial constraints in

accessing skill training programmes

(C) Under the mission, loans from Rs. 50,000 to

1.5 lakh will be available to more the 34 lakh

Youth of India

(D) The tagline of this mission is Kaushal

Bharat

198. Which country physicists created a new form

of Hydrogen? (Negatively charged hydrogen

cluster)

(A) India (B) Austria

(C) Australia (D) China

199. Kaviko Arakkattalai Award given

to___________during the year 2017.

(A) Poet Muthulingam (B) Poet Vairamuthu

(C) Poet Vali (D) Poet Vijay

200. What percentage of downtrodden students

entrolment in private schools as per Right to

Education Act?

(A) 25 (B) 26 (C) 27 (D) 28

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