Group 1 Prelims 2010 May TNPSC Question Paper

Group 1 Prelims 2010 May TNPSC Questions

11.
Cisternae, Thylakoid and Cristae are located at ______, _______ and _________ respectively.
A.
Mitochondria, Ribosomes, Chloroplast
B.
Golgi body, Chloroplast, Mitochondria
C.
Ribosomes, Chloroplast, Mitochondria
D.
Chromosomes, Thylakoid, Mitochondria
ANSWER :
B. Golgi body, Chloroplast, Mitochondria
12.
Which of the following is Natural Rubber?
A.
Polyester
B.
Polyamide
C.
Polyisoprene
D.
Polysaccharide
ANSWER :
C. Polyisoprene
13.
Who is the only Indian and the first non-American head of the Academy of Astronautics (IAA)?
A.
Madhavan Nair
B.
Dhoni
C.
Ravi Sastri
D.
Kapil Sibal
ANSWER :
A. Madhavan Nair
14.
Who coined the party name 'Indian National Congress'?
A.
Ranade
B.
Dadabhai Naoroji
C.
W.C. Banerjee
D.
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
ANSWER :
B. Dadabhai Naoroji
15.
Data verbalized on a continuum scale like excellent, good, fair and poor are known as
A.
Raw data
B.
Ratio data
C.
Interval data
D.
Ordinal data
ANSWER :
D. Ordinal data
16.
The new agricultural technology can best be described as
A.
land augmenting
B.
labour augmenting
C.
labour displacing
D.
both land and labour augmenting
ANSWER :
C. labour displacing
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
A.
20 V
B.
40 V
C.
60 V
D.
90 V
ANSWER :
B. 40 V
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?
A.
25 days
B.
30 days
C.
35 days
D.
40 days
ANSWER :
B. 30 days
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
A.
87
B.
78
C.
67
D.
None of these
ANSWER :
B. 78
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?
A.
3 km south
B.
3 km north
C.
5 km west
D.
5 km north-east
ANSWER :
D. 5 km north-east