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Arrange the following in chronological order with respect to their Chief Ministership in Madras Presidency
Match the following:
| List I - National Parks | List II - States |
|---|---|
| a) Gir National Park | 1.) Rajasthan |
| b) Corbet National Park | 2.) Jharkhand |
| c) Rajkir National Park | 3.) Gujarat |
| d) Ranthambore National Park | 4.) Uttarakhand |
Find out the incorrect pairs:
| i) Maharashtra | Bi-camral legislature |
| ii) Telangana | Uni-camral legislature |
| iii) Bihar | Uni-camral legislature |
| iv) Andhra Pradesh | Bi-camral legislature |
Which of the following statements are true?
Choose the right match:
Cancer of the epithelial cells is called
Find the odd one out.
Arrange the following events in the Chronological order:
Who was the First Women Doctor in Tamilnadu?
Match the following countries with their Mars Mission:
| List I - Country | List II - Mission |
|---|---|
| a) USA | 1.) Mangalyan |
| b) India | 2.) Psyche |
| c) Japan | 3.) Zheng He |
| d) China | 4.) TEREX |
Which of the following was founded by Rettaimalai Srinivasan?
Which of the following statements are true about the post sangam age?
Match the following:
| List I - Indus Sites | List II - Excavated by |
|---|---|
| a) Chanhu-Daro | 1.) Suraj Bhan |
| b) Lothal | 2.) N.G. Majumdar |
| c) Banavali | 3.) S.R. Rao |
| d) Mitathal | 4.) Bisht |
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
|---|---|
| a) First Five Year Plan | 1.) Economic stability |
| b) Second Five Year Plan | 2.) Growth with stability |
| c) Third Five Year Plan | 3.) Problems of refugees, food shortage |
| d) Fourth Five Year Plan and inflation | 4.) Self-generating economy |
Assertion (A): The Indian heritage advocates hospitality, charity, friendship, love, respect for parents and elders and tolerance.'
Reason (R): All these help the people to live in unity.
Arrange the following Newspaper's and Journals of Thanthai Periyar in chronological order.
Arrange the following plans in Chronological order.
Which of the following statements about Bhagat Singh are true?
Arrange the source of revenue of government of India for the year 2020-21 in descending order
The birth rate is estimated in terms of
If H.C.F. of p and q is x and q = xy, find the L.C.M of p and q from the following
The length of a rectangle is (3x + 2) units and its breadth is (3x-2) units. Find its area. (x = 20 units)
If the difference between C.I. and S.I. on some principal at 15% p.a. for 3 years is 1,134. Then the principal is
Two dice are rolled together find the probability of getting a doublet or sum of faces as 4
Kala and Vani are friends. Kala says, "Today is my birthday" and she asks Vani, "When will you celebrate your birthday?" Vani replies, "Today is Monday and I celebrated my birthday 75 days ago". Find the day when Vani celebrated her birthday?
The ratio of 43.5: 25 is same as
4 P+Sr9 B#A3? 7 c> Z% 6 d* Q@ 1
If the first half of the series is written in reverse order, then which element will be fourteenth from the right end?
4 P+Sr 9 B#A3? 7 c> Z% 6 d* Q@ 1
The greatest 5 digits number, which, when divided by 3, 5, 8 and 12 have 2 as a remainder is
10 farmers will plough the land in 21 days. In how many days 14 farmers will plough the same land?
If 18, a, b, -3 are in Arithmetic progress, then what is the value of (a+b)?
A person saved money every year, half as much as he could in the previous year. If he had saved totally 7,875 in 6 years then how much did he save in the first year?
There is 60% increase in an amount in 6 years at simple interest. Then the compound interest of 12,000 after 3 years at the same rate is
The population of a village increases at the rate of 7% every year. If the present population is 90,000. The population after two years is
Which among the following is/are correct about the Judiciary in India?
How many pairs are correctly matched?
| List I - Party | List II - 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 |
The 86th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2002 has introduced the fundamental duty under 51 A(K) is
Under the duties of the father; what is the duty of the father to his son - as found in the Kural.
"Thanthai magarkaatrum nandri" -?
Which one of the following Articles empower the Supreme Court and High Courts to issue writs?
"India will be a land of many faiths equally honoured and respected, but of one national outlook" - Who said this?
Which of the following is correctly paired?
Extra copy of chromosome 21 results in
The first surveyor of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) was
Which of the following statements are correct?
Match the awards with recognition :
| List I - Award | List II - Recognition |
|---|---|
| a) Perumthalaivar Kamarajar award | 1.) Increase enrolment in school |
| b) Puthumai Palli Award | 2.) Award for top performers |
| c) Kanavu Asiriyar Award | 3.) Improve socio economically marginalised student |
| d) Radhakrishnan Award | 4.) Service of the best teacher |
Pick out the correct statements:
Match the Geographical Indiation Tag (GI tag) product with its place:
| List I - Product | List II - Place |
|---|---|
| a) Turmeric | 1.) Madurai |
| b) Mat | 2.) Erode |
| c) Painting | 3.) Pattamadai |
| d) Sungudi | 4.) Thanjavur |
is the thought in terms of social, educational and psychological well being among various communities.
National Panchayat Raj Day is observed on
True righteous/virtuous life consists in the avoidance of four things, what are they?
How does Valluvar compare the wealth of a wise man?
Choose the correct Pairs :
is not a part of the Tamilnadu's First Multi-Modal Logistics Park.
The Winner of "Jnanpith award" for the year 2021 was
The three articles which were amended by the Parliament of India to restore State's power to make their own OBC lists are
Which of the following statements are true?
Three rivers in Peninsular India that runs from east to west are
The gas present in the pores of soft finely stratified sedimentary rock is
Identify the correct pairing.
Match the class of compound with it functional group
| List I - Compound | List II - Functional group |
|---|---|
| a) Alcohol | 1.) -COOH |
| b) Aldehyde | 2.) -OH |
| c) Ketone | 3.) -CHO |
| d) Carboxylic acid | 4.) |
In Automobile service stations, the vehicles are lifted upward using the Hydraulic Lift, which works based on
Which of the following Equation for force is incorrect?
Identify the wrong statement from the following.
Match the adulterants of the food:
| List I | List II |
|---|---|
| a) Hydrogen peroxide | 1.) Shiny appearance |
| b) Food colours | 2.) Milk |
| c) Calcium Carbide | 3.) Fresh look |
| d) Carnauba Wax | 4.) Ripen Bananas |
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
|---|---|
| a) Sivasubramanianar | 1.) Kayathar Fort |
| b) Kattabomman | 2.) Sangagiri Fort |
| c) Marudhu Brothers | 3.) Nagalapuram |
| d) Dheeran Chinnamalai | 4.) Thirupathur Fort |
Choose the correct statements:
Choose the correct statement:
Read the following passage and answer the item that follow. Your answer to this item should be based on the passage only.
Passage
The creation of the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company marked a spectacular development in the history of the freedom movement. Eager to revive the naval tradition of the Tamils to provide practical training in ship building to the people and determined to challenge the British Monopoly of maritime traffic, V.O. Chidambaram announced his decision in 1906 at Shiyali to create a Navigation Company.
Which one of the following is best implied in the passage?
Match the correct classification of land during the Gupta period.
| List I | List II |
| a) Kshetra | 1.) Waste land |
| b) Khila | 2.) Cultivable land |
| c) Aprakata | 3.) Habitable land |
| d) Vasti | 4.) Jungle land |
Which of the following statement is/are correct about the NITI Ayog?
Assertion (A): RBI controls the supply of money in the Economy.
Reason (R): It wants to stabilize exchange rate and control inflation.
How many triangles are there in the following figure :

Assertion (A): Micro irrigation technology helps to have a higher yield when compared to the traditional irrigation method.
Reason (R): Micro irrigation required moderate water supply at regular intervals, reduction of labour expenses, increase the usage of fertilizer and the yield.
Which number is in opposite plane of 3?
Find the area of a rectangle one of whose sides is 5 cm and diagonal 13 cm.
Find the missing number:
49, 121, 169, ?, 361
If product of given three numbers is 1875 and their HCF is 5, then their LCM is
94 is divided into two parts in such a way that the fifth part of the first and the eighth part of the second are in the ratio 3: 4. Then the first part is
A worker was engaged for a certain number of days. But he remained absent for some days and was paid Rs. 1,387. Had he worked all the days, he would have earned Rs. 1,752. How many days did he work for?
A group of letters are given. A numerical code has been given to each. letter. These letters have to be unscrambled into a meaning word. Find out the code for the word so formed from the following.
How many times can you subtract 10 from 100?
Mukesh can do 2/7 th of an work in one day. In how many days can he complete the same work?
A farmer borrowed Rs. 20,000 from a money lender at 4.5% per annum in simple interest. The amount paid by him to clear the loan after a period of 5 years is
Which is in-correctly matched?
The difference between the simple interest received from two different sources on 1500 for 3 years is 13.50. The difference between their rate of interest is
The Directive Principles of State Policy of Indian Constitution resembles
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
|---|---|
| a) Sarkaria Commission | 1.) Tamilnadu Govt |
| b) Rajamannar Committee | 2.) Akali Dal |
| c) Anandpur Sahib | 3.) Supreme Court Resolution |
| d) Bommai Judgement | 4.) Union Government |
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
|---|---|
| a) The Consumer Protection Act | 1.) 1980 |
| b) The Legal Metrology Act | 2.) 1955 |
| c) The Essential Commodities Act | 3.) 2009 |
| d) The prevention of Black Marketing Act | 4.) 1986 |
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
|---|---|
| a) Varahamihira | 1.) Physician |
| b) Kalidasa | 2.) Lexicographer |
| c) Amarasimha | 3.) Sanskrit Poet |
| d) Dhanvantri | 4.) Astronomer |
Christianity was first brought to India by an apostle of Christ in the First Century A.D.
Match the place of excavation with the district it is located:
| List I - Place of excavation | List II - District |
| a) Keezhadi | 1.) Thoothukudi |
| b) Korkai | 2.) Ariyalur |
| c) Gangaikonda Cholapuram | 3.) Thanjavur |
| d) Kurumbanmedu | 4.) Sivagangai |
Arrange the following languages in the chronological order with regard to their year of being granted the classical language status
Which one of the following is the right bank tributary of Narmada River?
Which city is known as "Electronic Capital of India"?
When was the first National Education Policy formed?
Correctly match the component and its use in a circuit :
| List I - Component | List II - Use of the component |
|---|---|
| a) Galvanometer | 1.) Used to fix the magnitude of the current through a circuit |
| b) Voltmeter | 2.) Used to measure current |
| c) Ammeter | 3.) Used to measure potential difference |
| d) Resistor | 4.) Used to detect the current and its directions |
Assertion (A) : According to Health and Family Welfare policy note 2021-2022, the state government has effectively responded to the challenges of Covid-19 without losing focus on maternal and child care, health initiatives and services and other communicatable diseases and non-communicatable diseases.
Reason (R) : The doctor to patient ratio in Tamilnadu is one of the highest in India.
Arrange the districts in descending order of having forest cover
Which among the following is/are wrong?
Political Rights include
(1) Right to vote
(2) Right to hold public office
(3) Not to criticise the government
What are the ornaments of a nation according to the sequence of Valluvar?
What are looked upon as the "true jewels" for anyone by Thiruvalluvar?