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TNPSC - Important Questions and Answer for General Studies

1. Name one famous poet of the Delhi Sultanate who was adorned with the title of 'The Parrot of Hindustan'_____
(A) Zia-uddin Barani 
(B) Utbi 
(C) Alberuni 
(D) Amir Khusro 

Answer :  Amir Khusro 

2. A temperature of 300°C corresponds to an absolute temperature in Kelvin unit of____
(A) 27 
(B) 278
(C) 523
(D) 573 

Answer : 573 

3. Unit of frequency is____
(A) kg-m 
(B) see 
(C) hertz 
(D) cm / sec2 

Answer : hertz 

4. Name the telescope from NASA that recently discovered 26 new planets_____
(A) Galileo Telescope 
(B) Copernicus Telescope 
(C) Kepler Telescope 
(D) Bose Telescope 

Answer : Kepler Telescope 

5. Which of the following is a scalar quantity ? 
(A) Momentum 
(B) Mass 
(C) Weight 
(D) Force 

Answer : Mass 

6. Enzymes are organic compounds of protein category which– 
(A) Act as catalysts in life processes 
(B) Help in the mechanism of supply of oxygen in blood 
(C) Help to regulate the manner and rate of use of glucose in body 
(D) Help in heredity maintenance 

Answer : Act as catalysts in life processes 

7. 'Shylock' character is created by– 
(A) P. B. Shelley 
(B) John Milton 
(C) Shakespeare 
(D) Byron 

Answer :  Shakespeare 

8. Which of the following is an ore of aluminium? 
(A) Haematite 
(B) Dolomite 
(C) Bauxite 
(D) Carnalite 

Answer: Bauxite 

9. Who is the founder of Facebook ? 
(A) Bill Gates 
(B) Mark Zuckerberg 
(C) Steve Jobs 
(D) Narayan Murti 

Answer: Mark Zuckerberg 

10 . Which is the most expensive city in the world today? 
(A) Tokyo 
(B) Melbourne 
(C) Zurich 
(D) Washington 

Answer :  Tokyo 

11. Which of the following does not match ? 
(A) Mohiniattam – Kerala 
(B) Chhow – Purulia 
(C) Kuchipudi – Andhra Pradeshs 
(D) Dandiya – Rajasthan 

Answer : Dandiya – Rajasthan 

12.  Nightblindness is due to the lack of which vitamin ? 
(A) A 
(B) B
(C) C 
(D) K 

Answer : A

13. The petroleum price in India was completely deregulated according to the recommendations of which committee? 
(A) Kirit Parekh Committee 
(B) Y. K. Alagh Committee 
(C) Satish Chandra Committee 
(D) Rakesh Mohan Committee 

Answer :  Kirit Parekh Committee 

14. 'Godfather' was written by____ 
(A) V. S. Naipal 
(B) Guntr Grass 
(C) Mario Pujo 
(D) Erich Segal 

Answer : Mario Pujo 

15. 'Survival of the fittest' was coined by____
(A) Darwin 
(B) Lamarch 
(C) Mendel 
(D) Viseman

Answer : Darwin 

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