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1

The Avogadro number is

2

Viscous force is directly proportional to

3

The South America country that suffered due to earthquake in 2010 was

4

According to the Economic Survey of India (2007-2008), the birth rate in Tamil Nadu state is

5

The structure observed by Robert Hooke in plant cells was

6

How many pairs of cranial nerves are present in shark fishes?

7

When the basis of classification is according to location or place, the classification is called __________ classification

8

The oxidation number of Fe in K3[Fe(CN)6] is

9

The ray which does not affect the photographic plate is

10

Who among the following said that Buddha's character and teaching made him "The Light not of Asia only but of the World"?

11

Cisternae, Thylakoid and Cristae are located at ______, _______ and _________ respectively.

12

Which of the following is Natural Rubber?

13

Who is the only Indian and the first non-American head of the Academy of Astronautics (IAA)?

14

Who coined the party name 'Indian National Congress'?

15

Data verbalized on a continuum scale like excellent, good, fair and poor are known as

16

The new agricultural technology can best be described as

17

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

18

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?

19

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

20

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?

21

The end product of fermentation of molasses of sugarcane by yeast is

22

The year ______ was celebrated by the General Assembly of the UNO as international year for Human Rights.

23

Who won the latest Presidential elections in Sri Lanka?

24

The tombat Sessaran was built by

25

The famous leader of Narmada Bachao Andolan is

26

'Species Plantarium' was authored by

27

The yellow of Urine of the vertebrate is due to

28

The Eleventh Five-Year Plan was implemented during the period

29

Which one among the following South Asian countries has the highest population density?

30

Ashoka patronized

31

Who among the following computed National Income on the basis of Scientific method?

32

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 :

33

Ring or horse shoe shaped coral reefs are called

34

Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below :

a) Glucose1.) Biopolymer
b) Serodiagnosis2.) Reducing sugar
c) Electrophoresis3.) Separation technique
d) Nucleic acid4.) HIV test
35

As per RTI the competent authority of Lok Sabha is the

36

Who authored the book 'A Better India A Better World'?

37

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

38

Which of the following is wrongly matched?

39

Veeranam Project to bring water from Veeranam to Madras was started by Chief Minister

40

The Indian Post and Telegraph department issued postage stamp in hour of V.O. Chidambaram Pillai in the year

41

Nobel Laureate 2009 in Chemistry is awarded to Venkataraman Ramakrishnan for his work on

42

Fast Breeder Test Reactor is at

43

Who is the Chairman of 12th Finance Commission

44

Which of the following Amendment Acts inserted the word 'Secular' in the Preamble of the Constitution of India?

45

The Chairperson and other members of State Human Rights Commission are appointed by the

46

Tamil Calender is based on the movement of

47

Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below :

List IList II
a) Justice Party1.) Periyar E.V.R
b) Dravida kazhagam2.) Singaravelu Chettiar
c) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam3.) T.M.Nair
d) Communist Party4.) C.N.Annadurai
48

Tamil Sangam was supposed to be held at

49

Who was the Prime Minister of India when Tashkent Agreement was signed?

50

The constituent Assembly completed its work of constitution making on

51

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 :

52

Land is a

53

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 :

54

Emerald Dam is located is

55

The Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution speaks about

56

Who received the Nobel prize for the work on genes that control the sense of smell?

57

Opsonin was discovered by

58

The recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award during 2005 was

59

Which is the Best selling book sold over 10 million copies written by Dr. kenneth Blanchard, the management Guru?

60

The Rajiv Gandhi Udyami Mitra Yojana was launched in

61

Heliocentric theory according to which sun is supposed to be fixed and the planets go around the sun was proposed by

62

The growth rate of population in India as per 2001 census is

63

Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given hills from the north to south?

64

The Annamalai University at Annamalainagar was founded in

65

The focal length of two lenses in contact is given by

66

Which one of the following statements is correct?

67

Which of the following countries is not a member of ASEAN?

68

Position effect is the result of

69

Triple vaccine is administered to a newborn child to immunize it against

70

A example of addiction co-polymer is

71

Natural gas is a mixture of aliphatic hydrocarbons. What is the main important gas available in that?

72

A moving coil galvanometer can be converted into an ammeter by connecting

73

Which one of the following is correctly matched?

74

Biodiesel is obtained from which plant?

75

The Directive principles of State policy is incorporated in the Article ______ of the constitution of India

76

Rubella virus causes

77

The policy RBI follows for control of inflation is

78

Which one of the following statement is correct?

79

Dantidurga established which kingdom?

80

11·2-12·3+13·4-14·5 ….. =

81

Study of the interelations between the individual plant and its environment is called

82

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?

83

Construction of a dam for drinking water at Hogenekkal is main issue of contention between

84

Leprosy is caused by

85

Who was the first women Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu?

86

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 :

87

The National Rural Employment Programme was implemented in Tamil Nadu in the year

88

The famous Ethnobotanist in India is

89

The reaction that takes place in a Daniel cell is

90

SONAR is mostly used by

91

Traditions affirm that a Buddhist Council assembled at _______ in the year of Buddha's death.

92

What is the correct value of θ if x=cosθ satisfies x2-3x+2=0?

93

Article 263 deals with provisions with respect to

94

Which of the following is not correctly matched?

95

Agricultural holding tax was recommended by

96

Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) Scheme aimed at

97

The LPG (Liberalization, Privatisation and Globalisation) model of development was introduced in 1991 by the Finance Minister,

98

Which commodity forms the single largest item of India's import?

99

The leader who attended all the Three Round Table Conferences was

100

Where in India is the Asia's largest optical telescope installed?

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