Group 1 Prelims 2022 November

The primary contaminant included in cigar smoke is

When a ball is projected upwards there is an increase in its

1. Potential Energy

2. Momentum

3. Kinetic Energy

Alterations in the environments represent selective pressures upon the population to which it must adjust. This statement infers that

The enzyme involved in unwinding of DNA is

The first step in the seed germination is imbibition of water which induce the

Which is the stronger acid than phenol due to the presence of three same electron with drawing groups

(i) O-Toluic Acid

(ii) Benzoic acid

(iii) Salicylic Acid

(iv) Picric Acid

Which is the one considered to be more important to study the History of science is

Which one of the following phenomenon cause adverse changes in global climate pattern and wreak havoc world wide in the form of floods and droughts?

Match the following:

Which of the following statement is/are correct "NANOBOTS" are :

(1) Robots that carry out a very specific function at nano scale level

(2) They can be injected into blood stream

(3) They can be used to measure toxic elements in the environment

(4) They are very cheap to produce

__________was the first mission to be operationalized under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC).

Which Biodiversity park in India was announced as the 1st "Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures" (OECMs) site?

Which of the following are correctly paired :

How many number of Ramsar sites are identified in India till 15^th August 2022?

PM Gatishakti is a transformative approach for economic growth and Sustainable Development which focuses on

Which one of the following is not an objective of the Union Government's 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' scheme?

(i) Prevention of gender biased sex selective elimination

(ii) Ensuring survival and protection of the Girl child

(iii) Ensuring education and participation of the Girl child

(iv) Creating a fixed deposit in the name of the Girl child concerned

Read the list given below carefully of dignitaries and find out among them the correct hierarchical order with respect to their rank and precedence

(i) Chief Election Commissioner of India

(ii) Cabinet Secretary

(iii) Chief of Army Staff

(iv) Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha

Which is the international coalition of solar-resource rich countries that are collectively addressing common challenges on solar-energy applications?

Arrange the following Indian Women Olympic Medal Winners in chronological order

1. Saina Nehwal

2. Lovlina Borgohain

3. Sakshi Malik

4. Karnam Malleswari

Palmer index is associated with which of the following natural disaster?

Match the following and choose the correct option related to ISRO :

On April 10, 1802, the Great Trignometrical Survey of India commenced its work from ________ city.

Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and Barry Sharpless won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for?

Match the winner of medal in common wealth games 2022 with their sport.

Which one of the following indicator is not used to calculate Human Development Index (HDI)?

"Nambikkai Inaiyam (NI)" a Tamil Nadu Government project about

Which is correct?

(i) HYV -- High Yielding Varieties

(ii) MSP - Maximum Support Prices

(iii) PDS- Public Distribution System

(iv) IPM - Integrated Pesticide Management

Kalaignarin Anaithu Grama Orunginaintha Velan Valarchi Thittam aims at

1. Increasing the cultivable area

2. Bringing fallow land under cultivation

3. Changing the crop pattern with introduction of new crops

4. Augmenting water resources

Match the following:

Which among the following is a scheme of Govt. of India for ensuring the safety and dignity of sanitation workers?

During which period were bronze icons of the Nataraja deity with four hands cast?

Match the following Acts with its corresponding years:

Which of the following statements are true in respect Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy?

1. She was the first woman in India to get a degree in medicine.

2. She was the first woman Legislator in British India.

3. She was the first female student to be admitted in Maharaja's college.

4. She was the first woman President of the legislative council.

The significance of Tamil Nadu Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Act 2016

During the early resistance against the British who issued the "Tiruchirappalli Proclamation"

Match the following:

Assertion [A] : Human Resources is necessary for the progress of any country.

Reason [R] : Investment in education and health of people can result in a high rate of returns in the future for a country.

Which among the following institutions secured no. 1 overall rank according to national institutional ranking framework?

Match:

Gandhiji established as ashram at Sabarmathi. Likewise an ashram was established in Tamil Nadu by Rajaji. Where was it established?

Which of the following statements are true about Ramalinga Adigal?

(i)He started the Samarasa Suddha Sanmarga Satya Sangam in 1865

(ii) He was against caste system

(iii) He established Satya Dharma Salai in 1867

Find incompatible pair in the following:

In 1921 at Erode, E.V.R. picketed toddy shop. Two women also participated in picketing. They were the first women to be arrested for picketing toddy shops in Tamil Nadu. Who were they?

Which of the following are correctly paired?

Choose the correct kural for the explanation given below:

It is more pleasant to hold the dart that has missed an Elephant than that which has targeted the hare in the forest.

Match the following books with their authors and find the correct order:

Who said these lines to whom? "Maarivaram koorin mannuyir illai Mannuyir ellam mannaal Vendhan".

“Urellam koodi olikka azhuthittu perinai neekki pinamenru perittu”

Who described death as an unavoidable force?

Choose the correct meaning for the following sentences:

1. Palakudai Neezhalum Thankudai keel Kaanbar

2. Iravaar Irapparkku Ondru Ieevar

Nadaakondro! Kadaakondro!!

avazhi nallai vazhiya nilanae!

Whose character plays an important role in the shaping of the world's progress in Purananuru?

Which Festival was celebrated throughout Tamilaham during the Sangam Age?

"Kavarum Kazhagamum Kaiyum Tharukki

Ivariyaar Illagi yaar" - to whom does the advice in this Kural apply?

Match the following with List I with List II:

Find out the missing value in the given figure.

Find the common ratio for the geometric sequence 0.15, 0.015, 0.0015,…

Find the sum of 1² + 2² + ... + 19².

A' can finish a work in 18 days and 'B' can do same work in half the time taken by 'A', then if they work together, then what part of same work they can finish in a day.

The side of a metallic cube is 12 cm. It is melted and formed into a cuboid whose length and breadth are 18 cm and 16 cm respectively. Find the height of the cuboid.

The compound interest on ₹16,000 for 9 months at 20% per annum compounded quarterly is

In what time period will ₹10,000 earn an interest of ₹2,000 at 10% per annum?

A car travels 90 km in 2 hours 30 minutes. Then the time required to cover 210 km with the same speed is

The radius of two right circular cylinder is in the ratio 3: 2. The ratios oftheir heights is 5: 3. Then the ratio of their C.S.A. is

If the HCF of x⁴+ 3x³ + 5x² + 26x + 56 and x⁴ + 2x³ - 4x² − x + 28 is x²+5x+7. Then their LCM is

Which one of the following is a pair of co-primes?

If price of a tea increased by 20%, by what percentage must the consumption be reduced to keep the expense the same

Akila scored 80% of marks in an examination. If her score was 576 marks. Find the maximum marks of the examination.

Assertion [A] : The New Educational Policy (NEP) envisages a complete overhaul of teaching - Learning process from the traditional teacher - centered to learner centric approach.

Reason [R] : NEP ensures that holistic development of students by accentuating their creative potential.

Promoting soil health' and 'making rainwater harvesting compulsory' -These statements relates to

Which are the articles that describe situations and confer power to Union Government to claim control over states

Indian economy is marked by the existence of

(i) Low per capita income

(ii) High proportion of the working population is engaged in industries

(iii) Improving rate of capital formation

(iv) Problems in the employment

The functions of Reserve Bank of India are:

(i) Issue of coins and Bank notes

(ii) Banker to the Government

(iii) Regulating credit in the country

How many pairs are correctly matched?

Jawaharlal Nehru wrote in 1961 'India as a secular state honours all faiths equally and gives them equal opportunities'. S. Radhakrishnan as President of India too expressed 'when India is said to be a secular state, it does not mean that we as a people reject the reality of an unseen spirit or the relevance of religions to life or that we exalt irreligion. It does not mean that secularism itself becomes a positive religion or that the state assumes divine prerogatives'.

Which one of the following is best implied in the passage?.

Tamil Nadu State has which of the following policy/policies?

1. Tamil Nadu R and D Policy

2.Tamil Nadu Life Sciences Promotion Policy

3. Tamil Nadu Footwear and Leather Products Policy

4. Tamil Nadu Fintech Policy

Which of the following are correctly paired?

Which of the following statement(s) correct about Madras Native Association?

(i) The first political organisation started in India

(ii) The Madras Native Association began to function on 1852

(iii) The founder of the Madras Native Association was G. Lakshminarasu Chetty

(iv) The leader of the Madras Native Association was Anandha Charlu

The tropical cyclone winds blow into the Northern Hemisphere in_____ direction.

What are the pillars of block chain technology?

1. Transparency

2. Immutability

3. Decentralisation

Which of the following act was described by Jawaharlal Nehru as the 'Charter of Slavery"?

In which annual sessions of the Indian National Congress made the historic 'Purna Swaraj' declaration?

Who was selected as the President of Council of Action, which was constituted by TamilNadu Congress Committee to execute the civil disobedience in 1930?

The steps adopted in the lòng term conservation strategy of wild life is/are

(i) Hunting should be strictly prohibited in the nation parks, sanctuaries, biosphere reserves

(ii) More national parks and wild life sanctuaries should be established

(iii) Captive breeding of wildlife should not be encouraged

Assignment of ecological or biological significance of a contaminant's effect based primarily on statements of statistical significance but contrary to biological probability

Which of the following statements about the citizenship Amendment Act, (CAA) 2019 are true?

1. Citizenship will be granted to all the foreigners who lived in India for more than six years.

2. Citizenship to members of Hindus, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi or Christian communities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan who entered India on or before 31 Dec, 2014.

3. Members of specific communities will be granted citizenship within 6 years instead of 12 years

4. The CAA will help to the preparation of National Register of Citizens

Find the mismatched answer about the Indian Railway Zones.

Which of the following statements is true about human races?

(i) The races is a group of people with more or less permanent distinguishing characteristics

(ii) Human races are classified in 7 blood groups

(iii) The races are identified and classified based on skin colour,stature, shape of head, face, nose, eye, type of hair and blood group

was the contemporary of Emperor Akbar in England.

Meadows Taylor observes that the death of_______________was 'the beginning of the end' of the Bahmani kingdom.

Arrange in chronological order

1.Nehru Report

2. Poona Pact

3. Simon Commission

4. Cripps Mission

Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

Match the following:

The Stupa at Amaravati is a best example of what?

Choose the right matches among the type

Choose the correct match:

Consider the following statement and find the incorrect answer :

1. The constitution imposes limits to President to give assent to the bill passed by the state legislature

2. The President may refer a reserved bill to the Supreme Court, under Article 143 for discussion

3. The power of the President assent to the bill passed by the State Legislature and Parliament are the same

4. The President cannot keep a bill of the Parliament pending at his hands for an indefinite period of time

Which constitutional amendment incorporated Puducherry in the Union of India?

Arrange in chronological order

1. Sarkaria Commission

2. Balwantrai Mehta Committee

3. Rajamannar Committee

4. Administrative Reforms Commission

Which of the following statement is/are correct?

1. The universal declaration of human rights was adopted on 1948

2. Article 10 says that all human beings are born free

3. UDHR has altogether 32 articles.

4. UDHR was adopted by United Nations General Assembly

Which of the following statement(s) is true about the union territories of India?

1. From 26th Jan. 2020, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu are combined to a single territory.

2. Articles 239 to 241 in Part VII of the constitution deal with union territories.

3. The two union territories from the former state of Jammu and Kashmir are Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir.

4. The largest union territory of India is Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Which of the following is incorrectly matched?

1. Article 361 - The President enjoys protection from criminal proceedings against him in court of law

2.Article 352 - National emergency

3. Article 356 - President Rule in State

4. Article 360 - Finance commission