Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission VAO Group IV Old Question Paper 2011
| VAO – GK – 2011 – General Knowledge | |
| Sr. No. | Questions with multiple options |
| 1. | Cell theory was propounded by
(a) Darwin (b) Mendel (c) Schwann (d) Operon |
| 2. | Circular extra genomic DNA is called
(a) Recipient cell (b) Plasmid (c) Flagella (d) Pilus |
| 3. | X-rays were invented by
(a) J. J. Thomson (b) Faraday (c) Roentgen (d) Henry Becquerel |
| 4. | Gain of electron is
(a) Combustion (b) Decomposition (c) Oxidation (d) Reduction |
| 5. | The name of scales in Mullet fish is
(a) Placoid (b) Cycloid (c) Ctenoid (d) Ganoid |
| 6. | Example of killed vaccines is
(a) Cholera vaccine (b) BCG vaccine (c) DPT vaccine (d) TT vaccine |
| 7. | The 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act was enacted in the year
(a) 1947 (b) 1950 (c) 1963 (d) 1976 |
| 8. | The river that flows through Salem, Namakkal, Dharmapuri, Nagapattinam and Thanjavur is
(a) Vaigai (b) Kaveri (c) Thamirabarani (d) Cheyyar |
| 9. | The first battle of Tarain took place in the year
(a) 1194 A.D. (b) 1191 A.D. (c) 1193 A.D. (d) 1195 A.D. |
| 10. | Azad Hind Fauj was
(a) Indian National Army (b) British National Army (c) Pakistan National Army (d) French National Army |
| 11. | Planning Commission of India was set up in the year
(a) 1950 (b) 1949 (c) 1951 (d) 1952 |
| 12. | The State Governor must have completed _______ years of age.
(a) 30 (b) 35 (c) 40 (d) 45 |
| 13. | The north-eastern parts of Himalayas receive more than 300 cm rainfall by
(a) Bay of Bengal branch (b) Arabian sea branch (c) Gulf of Khambhat branch (d) Konkan branch |
| 14. | The Election Commission of India is a body of ______ members.
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 |
| 15. | The Pandiyan king who put an end to the Kalabhra rule is
(a) Kadungon (b) Simhavishnu (c) Maravarman (d) Achuthan |
| 16. | “Narai mudithu sollal murai seidha cholan” is
(a) Kulothungan (b) Rajendran I (c) Karikalan (d) Vijayalayan |
| 17. | The plan launched on the fiftieth year of Independence was
(a) Third Five-Year plan (b) Eight Five-Year plan (c) Tenth Five-Year plan (d) Ninth Five-Year plan |
| Published on – 5th Oct 2021 | |
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