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The Avogadro number is
Viscous force is directly proportional to
The South America country that suffered due to earthquake in 2010 was
According to the Economic Survey of India (2007-2008), the birth rate in Tamil Nadu state is
The structure observed by Robert Hooke in plant cells was
How many pairs of cranial nerves are present in shark fishes?
When the basis of classification is according to location or place, the classification is called __________ classification
The oxidation number of Fe in K3[Fe(CN)6] is
The ray which does not affect the photographic plate is
Who among the following said that Buddha's character and teaching made him "The Light not of Asia only but of the World"?
Cisternae, Thylakoid and Cristae are located at ______, _______ and _________ respectively.
Which of the following is Natural Rubber?
Who is the only Indian and the first non-American head of the Academy of Astronautics (IAA)?
Who coined the party name 'Indian National Congress'?
Data verbalized on a continuum scale like excellent, good, fair and poor are known as
The new agricultural technology can best be described as
Three capacitors each of capacitance 9 pf is connected is series and is connected to 120 V supply. The potential difference across each capacitors is
A can do a piece of work in 80 days. He alone works at it for 20 days and then B alone finished the remaining work in 36 days. In how many days can A and B together complete the work?
The average of 25 results is 18. The average of first twelve of them is 14 and that of last twelve is 17. The thirteenth result is
A girl started walking from her house. She first walked for 3 km together east, then she turned towards north and moved 4 km in that direction. How far is the girl away from her house?
The end product of fermentation of molasses of sugarcane by yeast is
The year ______ was celebrated by the General Assembly of the UNO as international year for Human Rights.
Who won the latest Presidential elections in Sri Lanka?
The tombat Sessaran was built by
The famous leader of Narmada Bachao Andolan is
'Species Plantarium' was authored by
The yellow of Urine of the vertebrate is due to
The Eleventh Five-Year Plan was implemented during the period
Which one among the following South Asian countries has the highest population density?
Ashoka patronized
Who among the following computed National Income on the basis of Scientific method?
Consider the following statements :
Assertion (A) : Surface temperature of the oceans are controlled by warm and cold currents.
Reason (R) : Warm current raise the temperature where as cool currents lower down the temperature. Now select your answer according to the coding scheme given below :
Ring or horse shoe shaped coral reefs are called
Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below :
| a) Glucose | 1.) Biopolymer |
| b) Serodiagnosis | 2.) Reducing sugar |
| c) Electrophoresis | 3.) Separation technique |
| d) Nucleic acid | 4.) HIV test |
As per RTI the competent authority of Lok Sabha is the
Who authored the book 'A Better India A Better World'?
A current of 8 A flows through 10 turn coil of a tangent galvanometer having a diameter of 16 cm. The field on the centre of the coil is
Which of the following is wrongly matched?
Veeranam Project to bring water from Veeranam to Madras was started by Chief Minister
The Indian Post and Telegraph department issued postage stamp in hour of V.O. Chidambaram Pillai in the year
Nobel Laureate 2009 in Chemistry is awarded to Venkataraman Ramakrishnan for his work on
Fast Breeder Test Reactor is at
Who is the Chairman of 12th Finance Commission
Which of the following Amendment Acts inserted the word 'Secular' in the Preamble of the Constitution of India?
The Chairperson and other members of State Human Rights Commission are appointed by the
Tamil Calender is based on the movement of
Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below :
| List I | List II |
| a) Justice Party | 1.) Periyar E.V.R |
| b) Dravida kazhagam | 2.) Singaravelu Chettiar |
| c) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 3.) T.M.Nair |
| d) Communist Party | 4.) C.N.Annadurai |
Tamil Sangam was supposed to be held at
Who was the Prime Minister of India when Tashkent Agreement was signed?
The constituent Assembly completed its work of constitution making on
Consider the following statements :
Assertion (A) : RBC cells are found in the blood which carry oxygen.
Reason (R) : Hemoglobin pigments are involved in carrying the oxygen. Now select your answer according to the coding scheme given below :
Land is a
Consider the following statements :
I. Cholesterol is a fertilizer.
II. Protein is amphoteric in nature.
III. Whale myoglobin has disulphide bond
IV. Entrophy of the universe increases. Of these statements :
Emerald Dam is located is
The Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution speaks about
Who received the Nobel prize for the work on genes that control the sense of smell?
Opsonin was discovered by
The recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award during 2005 was
Which is the Best selling book sold over 10 million copies written by Dr. kenneth Blanchard, the management Guru?
The Rajiv Gandhi Udyami Mitra Yojana was launched in
Heliocentric theory according to which sun is supposed to be fixed and the planets go around the sun was proposed by
The growth rate of population in India as per 2001 census is
Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given hills from the north to south?
The Annamalai University at Annamalainagar was founded in
The focal length of two lenses in contact is given by
Which one of the following statements is correct?
Which of the following countries is not a member of ASEAN?
Position effect is the result of
Triple vaccine is administered to a newborn child to immunize it against
A example of addiction co-polymer is
Natural gas is a mixture of aliphatic hydrocarbons. What is the main important gas available in that?
A moving coil galvanometer can be converted into an ammeter by connecting
Which one of the following is correctly matched?
Biodiesel is obtained from which plant?
The Directive principles of State policy is incorporated in the Article ______ of the constitution of India
Rubella virus causes
The policy RBI follows for control of inflation is
Which one of the following statement is correct?
Dantidurga established which kingdom?
1⁄1·2-1⁄2·3+1⁄3·4-1⁄4·5 ….. =
Study of the interelations between the individual plant and its environment is called
The ages of Ravi and Raja are in the ratio 5:12. After 6 years, the ratio of their ages will be 8:15. What is the difference between their ages?
Construction of a dam for drinking water at Hogenekkal is main issue of contention between
Leprosy is caused by
Who was the first women Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu?
Choose the statement(s) connected with Marudhu Brothers. Marudhu Brothers:
I. Ruled Sivaganga area
II. Siruvayal & Kalayarkovil were their strongholds
III. Took refuge in Panchalam Kurichi
IV. They were executed by the British in 1801.
Of these statements :
The National Rural Employment Programme was implemented in Tamil Nadu in the year
The famous Ethnobotanist in India is
The reaction that takes place in a Daniel cell is
SONAR is mostly used by
Traditions affirm that a Buddhist Council assembled at _______ in the year of Buddha's death.
What is the correct value of θ if x=cosθ satisfies x2-3x+2=0?
Article 263 deals with provisions with respect to
Which of the following is not correctly matched?
Agricultural holding tax was recommended by
Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) Scheme aimed at
The LPG (Liberalization, Privatisation and Globalisation) model of development was introduced in 1991 by the Finance Minister,
Which commodity forms the single largest item of India's import?
The leader who attended all the Three Round Table Conferences was
Where in India is the Asia's largest optical telescope installed?
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