Learn Test - TNPSC Previous Year Question Papers

1. How many pairs are correctly matched?
Party Symbol
1. All India Trinamool Congress - Two Flowers and Grass
2. Nationalist Congress Party - Clock
3. Telangana Rashtra Samiti - Car
4. Asom Gana Parishad - Lock and Key
300

A1.pair B2 pairs C 3 pairs D4 pairs EAnswer not known

2. Which among the following is/are correct about the Judiciary in India?
(i) India has borrowed the concept of Judicial Review from the USA.
(ii) Both the federal and State laws can be subjected to Judicial Review by the Supreme Court.
(iii) The Constitution Article 13B saves the Acts from Judicial Review.

A(i) and (ii) only B(i) and (iii) only C (ii) and (iii) only D(i), (ii) and (iii) EAnswer not known

3. Which one of the following Articles empower the Supreme Court and High Courts to issue writs?

AArticle 23 and Article 226 BArticle 32 and Article 228 C Article 226 and Article 36 DArticle 32 and Article 226 EAnswer not known

4. Under the duties of the father; what is the duty of the father to his son-as found in the Kural.
'Thanthai magarkaatrum nandri'-?

AAvaiyil Munthi irukka Seyal BSelvathil Munthirukka Seyal C Kudiperumaiyil Munthiyirukka Seyal DNermaiyil Munthi irukka Seyal EAnswer not known

5. The first surveyor of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) was

ACharles Mason BAlexander Burnes C Alexander Cunningham DSir John Marshal EAnswer not known

6. Extra copy of chromosome 21 results in

ASickle cell anaemia BDown Syndrome C Thalassemia DKline Felter syndrome EAnswer not known

7. Which of the following is correctly paired?
(1) Pattadakkal - Chalukyas of Vatapi
(2) Elephanta Caves - Ashoka
(3) Ellora Caves - Rashtrakutas
(4) Mamallapuram - Narasimha Varma

A1, 3, 4 are correct B2, 3, 4 are correct C 4, 3, 2 are correct D4, 1, 2 are correct EAnswer not known

8. 'India will be a land of many faiths equally honoured and respected, but of one national outlook'-Who said this?

AMahatma Gandhi BJawaharlal Nehru C Dr. B.R. Ambedkar DSir Syed Ahmed Khan EAnswer not known

9. Which of the following statements are correct?
(i) Rajasthan plains is located to the west of Aravalli range
(ii) Punjab-Haryana plains lies to the North-East of the Great Indian Desert
(iii) Ganga plains extends from the Yamuna River in the west to Mizoram in the east
(iv) Brahmaputra plains is located mainly in the state of Meghalaya

A(i), (iii) and (iv) only B(i) and (ii) only C (ii) and (iii) only D(ii) and (iv) only EAnswer not known

10. Pick out the correct statements:
Statement 1: The delta of the Ganga Brahmaputra has the largest tidal forest.
Statement 2: Tidal forest are also known as mangrove forest.

ABoth statements are true BBoth statements are false C Statement 1 is true 2 is false DStatement 1 is false 2 is true EAnswer not known

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