13. ‘Rajiv Gandhi Kehl Ratna award’ is awarded for · 17. Which of the following is a poem? b)...

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FULL MOCK TEST

1. A turtle’s flippers help it to ……….

a) Climb b) Swim c) dig a nest d) protect eggs

2. Olive Ridley, weighs upto

a) 30kg b) 35kg c) 34 kg d) 32kg

3. Sea turtle ‘Leather back’ grows to a length of

a) 2.1m b) 2.2m c) 2.3m d)2.5m

4. Where does Arribada commonly found in India?

a) Chennai b) vizag c) Haryana d) Odisha

5. Incubation period of a turtle’s egg

a) 40-60 days b) 45-65 days

c) 45-60 days d) 40-65 days

6. ‘The Crocodile’ is extracted from,

a) Jungle Book b) Alice in Wonderland

c) Arabian Nights d) The Canterbury Tales

7. “There’s only one way to attract butterflies, that is to

grow flowers for them” - These lines are spoken by

a) Grand mother b) Ruskin bond

c) Rakhi d) Grand father

8. Woodman, spare that tree!

Touch not a single bough! - is written by,

a) Ruskin Bond b) W.Wordsworth

c) George Morris d) Longfellow

9. In a certain code language is KBOVBSZ is the code

word for JANUARY, what is the code word for

OCTOBER?

a) PDUBCFS b) PDUPCFS

c) BDUPCFB d) PDUPCFM

10. “Team Work” is a work by,

a) E.B. Browning b) Ruskin Bond

c) E.A. Guest d) Famida Y. Basheer

11. At which age Mithali got selected for the Indian team

a) 18 b) 16 c) 19 d) 17

12. The women’s world cup was first held in

a) West Indies b) South Africa

c) England d) Australia

13. ‘Rajiv Gandhi Kehl Ratna award’ is awarded for

a) Militiary Personnel b) Sports Personality

c) Civilian award d) None

14. “The most striking feature in sindhu’s game is her

attitude and the never-say-die spirit” are the words spoken

by,

a) Saina Nehwal b) Kashyap

c) Gopi Chand d) The Hindu

15. Mother Tongue of Mithali Raj is?

a) Kannada b) Telugu c) Tamil d) Hindi

16. Spot the Error:

Sheeba is / more stronger / than Sindhuja

A B C

a) C b)A c) B d) No Error

17. Which of the following is a poem?

a) Think to win b) Owlie

c) Team Work d) Trip to Ooty

18. A _______ Poem has eleven words.

a) Sonnet b) Couplet c) Cinquain d) narrative

19. ‘ A Childhood in Malabar: A Memoir’ is written by

a) Kamala Surraya b) Salim Ali

c) Rabindranath Tagore d) Takazhi Sivasankaran pillai

20. ‘A day without laughter is day wasted’ are the words

by

a) R.S.Atkinson b) Charlie Chaplin

c) Savita Singh d) Laurel & Hardy

21. “We have chosen another place to build the toilets.

Your tree will Survive”. Here ‘tree’ refers to a) Banyan Tree b) Cherry Tree

c) Palm Tree d) Neem Tree [

22. ………. is a festival to celebrate the Telungu New

Year

a) New Year b) Ugadi c) Aries d) Pongal

23. Match the following

A) A tiger in the zoo - 1. Gayathri Pahalajani

B) The flying wonder - 2. Deepti Bhatia

C) Inclusion - 3. Stephen Vincent Bennet

D) Discovery - 4. Lesli Norris

A B C D

a) 1 2 3 4

b) 3 4 2 1

c) 4 3 2 1

d) 2 1 3 4

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24. Who kindled the spirit of patriotism in S.C.Bose?

a) Beni Madhav Das b) M.K. Gandhi

c) Netaji d) Bapuji

25. INA was formed in the year

a) 1950 b) 1956 c) 1941 d) 1947

26. “Every dawn is preceded by darkness. The dawn is

therefore close at hand. So cheer up! Hold the Indian flag

aloft and fight on! - These are the words of,

a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy b) S.C. Bose

c) B.C. Pal d) B.G. Tilak

27.”Don’t forget this man had all the records in the world”

Here ‘this man’ refers to

a) srikanth b) Kapil Dev c) Sachin d) Saurav

28. A little voice in srikkanth said,

a) “You should become a big shot”

b) “You will make it”

c) “ Be sure of your goal”

d) “ Don’t give up”

29. Karagaatam has how many divisions

a) one b) three c) None d) two

30. Kavadi aatam traces its origin from

a) ancient people b) pilgrimage

c) paraiaatam d) puppet

31. The performances like story- telling, songs, dance &

dialogue rendering are found in

a) Kaavadi aatam b) Panguni and Aadi

c) Poikkal Kudhirai Aattam d) Therukoothu

32. Therukoothu is conducted in the months of

a) Aadi and Aavani b) Pangni and Aadi

c) Aadi and Panguni d) Aadi and Chithirai

33. ‘ To watch his woods fill up with snow’ Identify the

figure of speech used

a) Anaphora b) Alliteration

c) Hyperbole d) Metaphor

34. ‘ I used to live here twenty - five years ago . As a boy.

As a young man…. And then my grandfather died, and we

sold the house and went away. These lines appear in

a) To my Grandmother house

b) To my incomparable mother

c) I can’t climb trees anymore

d) When the trees walked

35. ‘A blessing rests on the house where the shadow of a

tree falls’- name of the tree mentioned here is,

a) Jackfruit b) Peach c) Hollyhocks d) Pine

36. ‘On the right day at the right time, and with the right

person’- the narrator enjoys the company of

a) Small girl b) birds c) memories d) Iron cross

37. Ruskin Bond won Sahitya Akademi Award for

a) I can’t climb trees anymore

b) When the trees walked

c) Our local team

d) Our trees still grow in Dehra

38. The house which was visited by the man

a) Was totally changed b) remained unchanged

c) was given a facelift d) was slightly repaired

39. Who said “A blessing rests on the house where the

shadow of a tree falls”

a) Grandfather b) Uncle

c) the Narrator d) Grand mother

40. ‘ And I water’d it in fears’- Identify the figure of

speech

a) Simile b) Personification

c) Assonance d) Metaphor

41. ‘Till it bore an apple bright’- identify the figure of

speech used

a) Metaphor b) Simile

c) Personification d) Allusion

42. ‘My foe outstretched beneath the tree’ - identify the

figure of speech used

a) Metaphor b) Euphemism

c) Personification d) Allusion

43. Match

A. bring up - 1. rear

B. gave up - 2. stopped

C. Went through - 3. experienced

D. finish off - 4. complete an activity

E. figure out - 5. understand

A B C D E

a) 2 1 3 4 5

b 1 2 3 4 5

c) 2 3 1 4 5

d) 2 3 1 5 4

44. What does Sir.C.V.Raman compare water in a

landscape to?

a) Elixir b) Nile c) Eye d) thirst

45. ‘From zero to Infinity’ is a/ an

a) Autobiography b) Essay

c) Biography d) Prose

46. Who proved zero divided by zero was zero is an

infinity?

a) Ramanujan b) Sir.C.V.Raman

c) Sarojini Naidu d) Bhaskara



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47. Ramanujan was born in

a) Trichirapalli b) Vellore c) Coimbatore d) Erode

48. How many theorems & formulae did Ramanujan sent

to Cambridge university?

a) 110 b) 100 c) 150 d) 120

49. Ramanujan played with

a) toys b) abacus c) numbers d) maths

50. Who was the youngest Indian to receive ‘Fellow of

Trinity College’

a) Mithali Raj b) Usha Rani

c) Srinivasa Ramanujan d) Bhaskara

51. At which age Indira started receiving more detailed

letter from her father

a) 12 b) 11 c) 14 d) 13

52. Which historical character inspired young Indira?

a) Joan of Arch b) Jhon of Arc

c) Joan of Arc d) Jhon of Arch

53. Fill with suitable article?

It was …………. Unforgettable experience

a) a b) the c) an d)No article

54. Identify the figure of speech

‘It’s the stick- together family that wins the joys of earth’

a) Similie b) Metaphor

c) Imagery d) Personification

55. Saran ………..(write) a poem for two hours when his

friends arrived

a) has been writing b) had been writing

c) will have been writing d) had been written

56. ‘I have learned to wear many faces’ - This line is from

a) Be glad your nose is in your face

b) Tiger in the zoo

c) Once upon a time

d) Macavity - The Mystery cat

57. Match

A) Anjali Bhagwat - 1. shooting

B) Koneru Humpy - 2. Chess

C) Saba Anjum Karim - 3. Hockey

D) Akanksha Singh - 4. Basket ball

A B C D

a) 3 2 1 4

b) 2 3 1 4

c) 4 3 2 1

d) 1 2 3 4

58. Match

A) Ameena - 1. Taking the Bully by the horns

B) Suresh -2. The Haunted Hill

C) Meena - 3. The Red-Headed League

D) Spaulding - 4. Eidgah

A B C D

a) 4 2 3 1

b) 3 2 4 1

c) 4 2 1 3

d) 1 2 3 4

59. Hamid’s father died of

a) TB b) Malaria c) Cholera d) Plague

60. Match

A. Mohsin - 1. Iron Tongs

B. Noorey - 2. Police man

C. Hamid - 3. Water Carrier

D. Mahmood - 4. Lawyer

A B C D

a) 3 4 2 1

b) 4 2 1 3

c) 3 4 1 2

d) 3 2 1 4

61. “Place them across your shoulders and it is a gun;

carry them in your hands and it is like the musical

instrument carried by singing monks”.

Here “them” refers to?

a) Gun b) Friends

c) Music Instrument d) Iron tongs

62. She is my cousin sister and he is my cousin brother

Rewrite the sentence

a) They both are my cousins

b) They are my cousins

c) They are my cousin

d) They are all my cousins

63. Match

A. Panting -1. Irritated

B. exertions - 2. effort

C. aggravated - 3. breathing quickly

D. Snort - 4. a cry made to show unhappiness

A B C D

a) 3 1 4 2

b) 3 2 4 1

c) 3 2 1 4

d) 3 4 1 2

64. Identify the correct sentence

a) I am here since last week

b) I am here for last week

c) I has been here since last week

d) I have been here since last week



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65. ‘I know, but I will be back before it gets dark’, Here ‘I’

refers to

a) Binya b) Suresh c) Aunt lakshmi d) None

66. Usha struggled to hold

a) bed sheet b) clothes c) loose shirt d)the stone

67. …….. grew in the crumbling walls

a) Rose b) Jasmine c) Wild flowers d) Wild Plum tree

68. Which tree grew out of large hall?

a) Wild Jackfruit tree b) Wild plum tree

c) Hollyhocks d) Plum tree

69. What was the colour of necklace that Usha bought?

a) Emerald-coloured b) Amber-coloured

c) Pale-coloured d) Shining white

70. The month mentioned in “The wind on a Haunted Hill”

a) June b) February c) March d) July

71. ‘The Listeners’ is a poem by

a) Edgar A. Guest b) Thomas Hardy

c) D.H Lawrence d) Walter de la Mare

72. ‘Hearkening in an air stirred and shaken’ Who stood

shaken?

a) The traveler b) The poet

c) The nature d) Phantom listeners

73. Name the red-haired shop keeper

a) Vincent Spaulding b) Doctor Watson

c) Duncan Ross d) Wilson

74. ‘A Prayer to the Teacher’ is based on a speech made

by

a) S.C. Bose b) Dale Carnegie

c) Subroto Bagchi d) B.G. Tilak

75. Synonym ‘Bigotry’

a) Unbiased b) Prejudice

c) fairness d) Justice

76. Match

A. Naked 1. in

B. animate 2. en

C. Slaved 3. ity

D. diverse 4. ness

A B C D

a) 4 1 3 2

b) 4 1 2 3

c) 4 2 1 3

d) 4 3 1 2

77. Which of the following is not a poem?

a) Your space

b) The Computer swallowed Grandma

c) The Listeners

d) A prayer to the teacher

78. “Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the

wrong words”

a) C.N.Annadurai b) Mark Twain

c) Warren Buffet d) Walter Elias Disney

79. Acronym : UDISE stands for

a) United District Information System for Education

b) Union of District Information System for Education

c) Union of District Information System for Education

d) United District Informative System for Education

80. ‘My Hobby Reading’ is written by

a) Kulothungan b) C.N. Annadurai

c) Mark Twain

d) Arunachalam Chandrashekharan

81. Which among the following is poem?

a) Hobby-Turns A successful career

b) My Hobby : Reading

c) Lessons Life

d) Both b & c

82. Receiver’s Address on the cover in a letter is

a) Subscription b) Receivers address

c) Salutation d) Superscript

83. Spot the Error :

He / has / grey hair/ No Error

A B C D

a) D b) A c) B d) C

84. Identify the Plural form : ‘Hypothesis’ , ‘Medium’ ,

‘tooth’, ‘cactus’

a) Hypotheses, media, teeth, cacti

b) Hypotheses, medium, tooths, cactii

c) Hypothesis, media, teeth, cactii

d) Hypothesis, medium, teeth, cacti

85. Identify the figure of speech : ‘The thunder grumbled’

a) Metaphor b) Hyperbole

c) Personification d) None

86. Who is referred to as an arch diplomat in’The Farmer’?

a) Kuttichovan b) Kuttimappila

c) Outhakutty d) Kesavan nair

87. Edward Verall Lucas was born in …………

a) France b) Ireland c) England d) Spain



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88. Who established an educational institution which is

now known as Viswabharati University?

a) Swami Vivekananda b) Kumara Gupta

c) Tagore d) Syed Ahmed Khan

89. The story ‘The Envious Neighbour’ is from which

country

a) England b) China c) Indonesia d) Japan

90. Fill with suitable preposition

Gulliver sailed ………….. the sea

a) under b) away c) in d) down

91. Jack Prelutsky was born in

a) Lebanon b) Britain c) Brooklyn d)Newyork

92. “Bertie, Why do you band?” This song is from

a) Refugee b) Be the best

c) Manliness d) The open window

93. Change the following into simple sentence

All citizens have civic responsibilities; charge them

a) All citizens have civic responsibilities and they must

discharge them

b) All citizens have civic responsibilities to discharge

c) As all citizens have civic responsibilities they must

discharge them

d) All citizens have civic responsibility which must be

discharged by them

94. Mother Teresa won the Nobel Prize for peace in

a) 1976 b) 1899 c) 1799 d) 1979

95. In ‘The Model Millionaire’ the servant brought Hughie

a card when he was at,

a) Supper b) Breakfast c) Lunch d) Brunch

96. Supply with suitable question Tag. Have some rice,

………….?

a) have you? b) haven’t you? c) don’t you? d) Will you?

97. Find out the appropriate Superlative degree :

Very few boys in the class are as tall as Ramu

a)Ramu is one of the tallest boy in the class

b)Ramu is a tall boy in the class

c)Ramu is one of the tallest boys in the class

d)Ramu is one among the tallest boy in the class.

98. Identify the adverb from the fpllowing,

a) heavy b) Old c) daily d) small

99. Which one has correct infinitive?

a) to soothing b) to have soothing

c) to function d) to tend

100. Identify the sentence pattern. Brutus is an honourable

man.

a) SVCA b) SVOC c) SVC d) S V IO DO

101. Who condemned the Muslim social system Piri and

Muridi through his magazine Tahdhib-ul Aklaq?

a) Mauli Chirag Ali b) Sir Syed Ahamed Khan

c) Abul Kalam Azad d) Mirza Ghulam Ahamed

102. Bombay Jayashri is famous for

a) music b) dance c) drama d) writer

103. Point out the wrong statement

a) Vivekananda started the Ramakrishna mission in 1896

b) The mission has branches all over India

c) The disciples of Ramakrishna simple accept the full

programme of Brahma Samaj

d) The mission has set up number of schools, orphanages

and dispensaries

104. Where did the Sepoys break out in open revolt on

May 10th 1857?

a) Dum Dum b) Barrackpore c) Meerut d) Kanpur

105. From whom did the English obtain the leas the lease

of Madras in 1639

a) The ruler of Golcunda b) The ruler of Carnatic

c) The ruler of Mysore d) The ruler of Chandragiri

106. Consider the following statements and choose the

correct code

I. Rabindranath Tagore stood for a national scheme of

education

II. In 1901, a school was established at Shanti Niketan

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

a) I is correct II is wrong b) II is correct I is wrong

c) I and II are correct d) both I and II are wrong

107. The ancient Kalinga is situated in which of the

present state?

a) Bihar b) Orissa c) Bengal d) Bhutan

108. Who is the First Indian Economist to write the book

about “Poverty of India”

a) Y.S. Pondit b) J.S.Mill

c) Adam Smith d) Dadabhai Naoroji

109. Which Hindu National leader supported and led the

Khilafat movement?

a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel b) Rajendra Prasad

c) Mahatma Gandhi d) Jawaharlal Nehru

110. The Romans trading with South India during the

Sangam age built the temple of Augustus at

a) Puhar b) Arikamedu

c) Muziris d) Uraiyur



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111. Name the Prime Minister when for the first time the

No-Confidence was moved in the Parliament?

a) Jawaharlal Nehru b) lal Bahadur Shastri

c) Indira Gandhi d) Morarji Desai

112. Who was recognized as the ‘Successor of Sivaji’?

a) Balaji Vuswanath b) Balaji Baji Rao

c) Rajaram d) Bhonsle of Nagpur

113. The Battle of Talikota was fought in the year

a) 1575 b) 1565 c) 1545 d) 1555

114. Who said “I am an Indian Tomtom, waking up all the

sleeping sleepers so that they may wake and work for their

motherland…. This is my task”

a) Mrs. Annie Besant b) Ravindranath Tagore

c) Sarojini Naidu d) None of the above

115. According to R.C. Majumdar’s statement, the Revolt

of 1857 failed because

a) there was no unity of command in the armies of revolt

b) the army of result suffered from serious financial

difficult

c) the Indian states did not support the revolt

d) there was no cordiality between the Hindus and

Muslims

116. The most outstanding Buddhist writer in Sanskrit was

a) Kalidas b) Asvaghosa

c) Bharavi d) Kumaradasa

117. Which one of the stages of Man’s progress is not

properly matched?

a) Primitive food collecting stage - Stone Age

b) Advance food collecting stage - Mesolitic Age

c) Food production stage - Chalcolitic age

d) Urbanisation - Bronze Age

118. Who will act as the chairperson of GST Council?

a) Prime Minister b) President of India

c) Union Finance Minister d) Chief Justice

119. According to the citizenship Act of 1955 how many

ways have been prescribed for acquiring citizenship?

a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 7

120. Which are the articles come under the Right to

freedom of Religion?

a) Articles 19-22 b) Articles23-24

c) Articles 25-28 d) Articles 29-30

121. In Which way the process are shared between the

state government and the central government in India?

a) List system b) Decentralisation

c) Party system

d) Understanding between control and state governments

122. In case of Lok Sabha, the quorum to constitute a

sitting of House is

a) One tenth of the total membership

b) one fifth of the total membership

c) One third of the total membership

d) half of the total membership

123. Who is the Ex-Officio chairman of the Rajya Sabha?

a) President b) Vice-President

c) Deputy Chairman d) Speaker

124. According to the 73rd Amendment Act, which

specifies what amount of population of a state may not

constitute Panchayat at intermediate level (Panchayat

Samithi)

a) less than 5 lakh b) less than 10 lakh

c) less than 15 lakh d) less than 20 lakh

125. The Indian Telephone Industries Limited the first

public sector undertaking in the country was incorporated

in

a) 1950 b) 1951 c) 1952 d) 1948

126. Assertion (A) : The president of India is the excepting

head of the state

Reason(R) : He is the supreme commander in the defence

forces

a) A and R are true. R is the correct explanation of A

b) A and R are true. R is not the correct explanation of A

c) A is true, but R is false

d) A is false but R is true

127. The salary and other perks of comptroller and Auditor

General of India is equated with the salary of

a) The Governor of the state

b) The Secretary of the Union Secretariat

c) The Judge of the High court

d) The Judge of the Supreme Court

128. Rajya Sabha consists of …….. members

a) 220 b) 229 c) 210 d) 250

129. How many village Panchayat in TamilNadu?

a) 498 b) 1104 c) 385 d) 12619

130. Which of the following not included in right to

freedom?

a) Speech and expression

b) to adopt any profession on trade

c) assemble peacefully without arms

d) Practice own religion and conserve own culture

131. The Constituent Assembly took the following time in

preparing the constitution

a) Two years, eleven months, eighteen days

b) Two years, eight months, eleven days

c) Two years, eleven months, eight days

d) Two years, eleven months, eleven days



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132. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. The term of office of the Governor is five years

2. He can remain in office till his successor enters upon the

office of the Governor

a) Only 1 b) Only 2

c) 1,2 both d) Both are incorrect

133. Which was the first state in India to be created on the

basis of language?

a) Tamil Nadu b) Andra Pradesh

c) Karnataka d) Telangana

134. The election process in the state level is supervised by

a) Chief Election Commissioner b) Chief Election Officer

c) Supreme court Judge d) High court Judge

135. Who has appointed as Rajya Sabha TV Editor-in

Chief?

a) Rahul Mahajan b) Karan Johar

c) Krushna Abhishek d) Arnan Goswami

136. Who appoints the Governor of a State?

a) Prime Minister b) President

c) Chief Minister d) High Court

137. The greatest common of 2 - , 4 ∓

is

a) b) c) d)

138. Simplify

of (

a) 1

b) 1

c) 1

d) 1

139. The ratio of the ages of the father and the son at

present is 19:5. After 4 years the ratio will become 3:1.

What is the sum of the present ages of the father and the

son?

a) 40 b) 42 c) 48 d) 52

140. If 13+2

3+3

3+……k

3 = 14400 find the sum of

1+2+3+…….k a) 144 b) 169 c) 120 d) 441

141. Which one of the following is the correct composition

of Brass?

a) Cu-50%; Sn=50% b) Cu-60%; Zn-40%

c) Zn-70%; Sn-30% d) Fe-40%; Ni-60%

142. The 7th term of the sequence 0.12, 0.012, 0.0012,…..

is

a) 1.2 x 106 b) 1.2 x 10

-6

c) 1.2 x 107 d) 1.2 x 10

-7

143. Gametogenesis is the important event of sexual

reproduction in any organism. Which of the following

type of cell division controls this process?

a) Mitosis b) Amitosis

c) Meiosis d) Binary fission

144. The average length of human pregnancy is

a) 34-36 weeks b) 36-38 weeks

c) 38-40 weeks d) 34-40 weeks

145. The Epsom salt which is used as laxative is

a) MgSO4.7H2O b) CaSO4.2H2O

b) ZnSO4.7H2O d) CuSO4.4H2O

146. In a school of 720 students the ratio of boys and girls

is 7:5. How many more girls are to be admitted to make

the ratio 1:1?

a) 100 b) 110 c) 120 d) 105

147. A number is increased by 22 1/2% and gives 98. The

number is

a) 45 b) 18 c) 80 d) 81

148. Which disease have been eliminated in India?

a) Malaria and Dengue b) Typhoid and Tuberculosis

c) Small Pox and Plague d) Chicken Pox and Leprosy

149. What is the total area of eight squares whose sides are

respectively 5 cm, 6 cm, 7 cm, …… 12 cm

a) 650 cm2 b) 620 cm

2 c) 600 cm

2 d) 675 cm

2

150. Find the LCM of the following

90 x2yz

3 , 150 xy

3z

2, 225 x

3y

3z

a) 15 xyz b) 15x3y

3z

3

c) 450 x3y

3z

3 d) 450 xyz

151. In a triangle point of concurrence of three angle

bisectors is called as

a) Centroid b) Orthocentre

c) Cirumcentre d) Incentre

152. Glass is affected by which acid?

a) HCl b) H2SO4 c) HF d) HNO3

153. Which is the percentage of nitrogen in urea

a) 50% Nitrogen b) 46% Nitrogen

c) 80% Nitrogen d) 90% Nitrogen

154. A field is in the form of a rhombus. The diagonals of

the fields are 100 m and 180 m. Find the cost of leveling it

at the rate of Rs. 3 per sq.m.

a) 25,000 Rs. b) 27,000 Rs.

c) 29,000 Rs. d) 2,70,000 Rs.

155. What is Phototropism?

a) movement of plants towards chemicals

b) movement of plants towards light

c) movement of plants towards soil

d) response of plants for day length

156. Three persons working 3 hours a day assemble 3

machines in three days. The number of machines

assembled by 4 persons working 5 hours a day in 9 days is

a) 20 b) 27 c) 81 d) 180



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157. A shop owner gives one fifth of his profit to his

Manager. The manager gives one third of the money he

received to his assistant. Half of the amount received by

the assistant is Rs. 100. What is the shop owner’s profit?

a) Rs. 2,000 b) Rs. 3,000

c) Rs. 4,000 d) Rs. 6,000

158. A sum of money triples itself at 10% interest per

annum, over a certain time. Find the number of years

a) 10 years b) 20 years

c) 25 years d) 15 years

159. Find the simple interest on Rs. 10,950 for 42 days at

10% p.a.

a) Rs. 116 b) Rs. 74 c) Rs.126 d) Rs. 108

160. Length and breadth of a room are 8 m and 5 m

respectively. A red color border of uniform width of 0.4 m

has been painted all around on its inside. Then Area of the

border is

a) 9.76 m2 b) 12 m

2 c) 10.66 m

2 d) 5.04 m

2

161. Three equal circles of radius 3 cm touch one another

in outside. Find the area enclosed by them

a) 10.88 cm2 b) 1.45 cm

2

c) 6.11 cm2 d) 29.73 cm

2

162. A solution whose pH value is 4. Then the solution

turns

a) Red litmus into blue b) Blue litmus into red

c) Keeps red litmus as red d) Keeps blue litmus as blue

163. A bag contains one rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise coins

in the ratio 5:6:7. If the total amount is Rs. 390, find the

number of coins of each kind

a) 200, 280, 240 b) 240, 200, 280

c) 200, 240, 280 d) 280, 240, 200

164. The product of two consecutive numbers is 4032.

Find the numbers

a) 61, 62 b) 64,65 c) 63,64 d) 62,63

165. What is the basic concept of Raman effect?

a) reflection b) incoherent scattering

c) Coherent scattering d) refraction

166. Mr. X borrowed Rs. 5,000 on 7th of June 2006 and

returned it on 19th August 2006. Find the amount he paid

if the interest is calculated at 7% per annum

a) Rs. 5140 b) Rs. 5070 c) Rs. 5210 d) Rs. 5280

167. What happens in oxidation reaction?

a) loss of electrons b) gain of electrons

c) loss of oxygen d) gain of hydrogen

168. The deficiency of Vitamin “A” causes

a) Hair to fall b) Dysentery

c) Night nblindness d) Weakness

169. What is the aim of Pradhan Mantri Gram -Sadak

Yojana?

a) Provide all weather road connectivity

b) Provide all weather to Tele communication

connectivity

c) Provide Food Security in all seasons

d) Provide Education to all people

170. Which system of medicine is not included in AYUSH

mission?

I. Unani II. Homeopathy

III. Allopathy IV. Siddha

a) I and II b) I only

c) III Only d) I and IV

171. India’s first mobile food testing laboratory enabling

on-the-spot food safety test s was launched in December

2017 in

a) Mysore b) Goa c) Hyderabad d) Pune

172. Which country spread more emission of carbon

dioxide in world level?

a) America b) China c) India d)Japan

173. Typhoid fever can be confirmed by which of the

following

a) WIDAL test b) Mantoux test

c) Van Den Berg test d) Southern blotting technique

174. When was the “Industrial Finance Corporation of

India” established in India?

a) July 1, 1950 b) July 1, 1948

c) June 5, 1951 d) May 1, 1950

175. The ‘Open Sky Policy’ introduced in 1992 of

Aviation by the Indian Government is associated with

a) Passenger Transport b) Cargo Transport

c) Defence Transport d) VIP Transport

176. National Dolphin will be set up in which state?

a) Bihar b) Assam c) Punjab d)Uttarpradesh

177. When was the slogan ‘garibi hatao’(Removal of

poverty)was raised?

a) I Five year Plan b) II Five year plan

c) III Five year plan d) IV Five year plan

178. In which year s special Act had been enacted to make

Tamil a compulsory learning language to all the school

going children in TamilNadu?

a) 2000 b) 2004 c) 2005 d) 2006

179. The first e-court of India was inaugurated at

a) Hyderabad b) Ajmer

c) Allahabad d) Muzafarnagar

180. Male hormone secreted by the testes is

a) Estrogen b) Progesterone

c) Prolactin d) Androgens



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181. When is National Girl Child day is celebrated in

India?

a) 24th January b) 24th February

c) 20th January d) 20th February

182. Which is the largest river island in India?

a) Sri Rangam b) Majuli

c) Minicai d) Hoogley

183. The average time interval in between two successive

high tides is?

a) 6 hrs 13 mts b) 12 hrs 26 mts

c) 24 hrs 50 mts d) 18 hrs 39 mts

184. What percentage of salt is found in the river water?

a) Only 4% b) Only 10%

c) Only 5% d) Only 2%

185. The World’s longest Rail Tunnel is opened by which

country?

a) England b) Spin Land c) Ireland d) Switzerland

186. Which one of the following tiger reserves was

recently chosen NTCA for tiger augmentation programme?

a) Kanha Tiger Reserve b) Panna Tiger Reserve

c) Buxa Tiger Reserve d) Rathnambore Tiger Reserve

187. Swampy forests are found in

a) River Estuaries b) Coastlines

c) Inlands d) Rivers

188. In which state the ‘Krishi Mahotsav’ is being

organized every year?

a) Gujarat b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Uttar Pradesh d) Jharkhand

189. Which of the following objects does not belong to the

solar system?

a) Comets b) Nebulae c) Asteroids d) Planets

190. Which of the following is not associated with river

capture?

a) beheaded stream b) Oxbow lake

c) Wind gap d) Water gap

191. The average annual variability of rainfall in

Mawsynrom and Cherrapunji is

a) 100 cm b) 150 cm c) 200 cm d)50 cm

192. In Which year National Highway Authority of India

was set up?

a) 1993 b) 1990 c) 1995 d) 1985

193. BRICS nations adopted the New Delhi Declaration is

related to

a) Social awareness b) Equality

c) Health d) Education

194. The head quarters of the Association of South-East

Asian Nations(ASEAN) is situated in

a) Singapore b) Malaysia c) Indonesia d) Myanmar

195. Which one of the following ports handled the North

Indian trade during the Gupta period?

a) Cambay b) Broach c) Tamralipte d) Kalyan

196. Green revolution increased mainly the production of

1. Maize 2. Bajra 3. Wheat 4. Oil seeds

a) 1 Only b) 2 Only c) 3 Only d)1,2,3,4

197. Inversion of Temperature occurs during

a) Short nights

b) Long summer night and chill night

c) Long winter night and clear sky

d) cloudy sky

198. Agricultural crop insurance was introduced by

Government of India in

a) 1986 b) 1984 c) 1985 d) 1989

199. Golden Quadrilateral distance between Chennai and

Kolkatta is

a) 1684 km b) 1453 km c) 1290 km d)1419 km

200. The first Indian Institute of Technology was set up at

a) Kanpur b) Bombay c) Madras d) Kharagpur



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TNPSC GROUP IV - 2019 FREE MOCK TEST

GE WITH GS (ANSWER KEY)

1 B 11 D 21 D 31 D 41 D 51 D 61 D 71 D 81 D 91 C

2 B 12 C 22 B 32 C 42 B 52 C 62 B 72 D 82 D 92 D

3 B 13 B 23 C 33 C 43 B 53 C 63 C 73 D 83 A 93 B

4 D 14 C 24 A 34 C 44 C 54 D 64 D 74 C 84 A 94 D

5 C 15 C 25 C 35 A 45 C 55 B 65 D 75 B 85 C 95 B

6 B 16 C 26 B 36 A 46 D 56 C 66 C 76 B 86 C 96 D

7 D 17 C 27 C 37 D 47 D 57 D 67 C 77 D 87 C 97 C

8 C 18 C 28 B 38 B 48 D 58 C 68 B 78 B 88 C 98 C

9 B 19 A 29 D 39 D 49 C 59 C 69 B 79 A 89 D 99 D

10 C 20 B 30 B 40 D 50 C 60 C 70 C 80 D 90 D 100 C

101 B 111 A 121 A 131 A 141 B 151 D 161 B 171 B 181 A 191 C

102 A 112 D 122 A 132 C 142 D 152 C 162 B 172 B 182 B 192 C

103 C 113 B 123 B 133 B 143 C 153 B 163 C 173 A 183 B 193 D

104 C 114 A 124 D 134 B 144 B 154 B 164 C 174 B 184 D 194 C

105 D 115 D 125 A 135 A 145 A 155 B 165 C 175 B 185 D 195 C

106 C 116 B 126 B 136 B 146 C 156 A 166 B 176 A 186 C 196 C

107 B 117 C 127 D 137 A 147 C 157 B 167 A 177 D 187 A 197 C

108 D 118 C 128 D 138 D 148 C 158 B 168 C 178 D 188 A 198 C

109 C 119 B 129 D 139 C 149 B 159 C 169 A 179 A 189 B 199 A

110 C 120 C 130 D 140 C 150 C 160 A 170 C 180 D 190 B 200 D



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