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TNPSC G2 Previous Year Question Papers General Studies - 2014

33304.Consider the following two statements consisting of Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and select your answer using the codes given below
Assertion (A) : Rise of militant movements in Indian National movement revealed to the British Government, the extent to which the Indians were humiliated and dissatisfied.
Reason (R) : Indian youth were involved in large numbers in militant movements and left their footprints as Heros
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation to (A )
Both (A) and (R) are false
(A) and (R) are individually true but (R) is not the correct explanation to (A)
(A) is false and (R) is true
33306.Identify the leader who uttered the following statement
"I am not anti-English, I am not anti-British, I am not anti-any government, but I am anti-untruth, anti-humbug and anti-injustice.... so long as the government spells injustice, it may regard me as its enemy, implacable enemy...".
Gopala Krishna Gokhale
Balla Gangadhara Tilak
M.K. Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
33308.Which national leader uttered the following statement?
"I am an Indian Tom Tom waking up all the sleepers so that they wake and work for their motherland”.
B.G. Thilak
Gopala Krishna Gokhale
Annie Beasant
Jawaharlal Nehru
33310.
I. Swami Vivekananda-parliament of Religious Chicago 1893
II. M.S. Subbulakshmi- Patronized art and architecture
III. Mother Teresa- Central Hindu School, Banaras
IV. Raja Ravivarma- Classical paintings

Which of the pair given above is/are correct?
I only
II only
III only
IV only
33312.Which is not the work of Ottakkuttar?
Senkuntarmalai
Saraswathi Anthathi
Yapparun Kalam
Arumbai Tollayiram
33314.Who was the founder of the Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party?
Achariya Menon
J.B. Kriplani Menon
Achariya J.B. Kriplani
Jai Prakash Narayanan
33316.Who became the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency in 1923 after Justice party won the elections?
Ramarayeningar
K.V. Reddy
T.N. Sivagnanam Pillai
A. V. Patro
33318.Who made the statement: "Worship of God through the services of the poor"?
Mahatma Gandhi
Mother Therasa
Swami Vivekananda
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
33320.Point out the wrong statement in the following:
Statement:
I. The place which experiences the seismic event first is called epicentre.
II. Tornadoes are "S" shaped storms.
III. Harmattan wind is blowing in the Eastern part of Sahara desert.
IV. The word Igneous has been derived from a Latin word.
III
IV
II
I
33322.Match the following pollutants.
(a) Gaseous pollutant1. Anthrax
(b) Metal pollutant2. Chlorine
(c) Deposited matter pollutant3. Cadmium
(d) Biopollutant4. Tar

(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 3 4 1
1 2 3 4
4 3 2 1
3 1 2 4
33324.Which of the following is correctly matched?
I. Meteors- Shooting star
II. Comets- Revolve round the earth
III. Halley’s Comet- Appear once in 100 years
IV. Milky Way- Hundreds of stars
I
II
III
IV
33326.Match the following List I with List II with regards to reservoir. Select correct answer using the codes given below the list:
List IList II
(A) Human being1. Cholera
(b) Livestock2. Ring worm
(c) Rodents3. Plague
(d) Dogs and Cat4. Anthrax

(a) (b) (c) (d)
1 2 3 4
3 4 2 1
1 4 3 2
2 3 1 4
33328.Energy flow in an ecosystem is
Unidirectional
Multidirectional
Bidirectional
No direction
33330.Which of the following statement is correct?
I. When blood glucose level decreases, the hormone glucagon signals the liver to produce and release more glucose and to stop consuming it for its own needs.
II. When blood glucose level decreases, the hormone glucagon signals the liver to produce and release more glucose and to increase consuming it for its own needs.
III.When blood glucose level is high, insulin signals liver to synthesize and storage of glycogen and triacylglycerol.
IV.When blood glucose level is high, insulin signals liver to stop the synthesis and storage of glycogen and triacylglycerol.
I and III
I and IV
II and III
II and IV
33332.In the Union budget 2013-14, Rs. 1,000 crores has been allocated for funding women empowerment and safety. The name of the fund is called -
Abhaya fund
Nirbhaya fund
Soubagya fund
Sumangali fund
33334.Privatisation is supported for the following reasons, point out which of the following statement is statements are correct.
I. To improve efficiency.
II. To reduce government interference.
III. To increase freedom and speed of decision making.
IV. To disown the responsibility of the government.
V. To promote private sector culture by introducing competition.
I, III and V are correct
I, II, III and V are correct
I, III, IV and V are correct
I, III and IV are correct
33336.In 2007, the percapita consumption of energy in India was equivalent.
529
592
295
925
33338.The oxidation number of Mn in K2MnO4 is
+2
+4
+6
0
33340.Which of the following oxides of nitrogen is coloured?
N2O
N2O5
NO
NO2
33342.Colemanite is an important mineral of
Boron
Aluminium
Gallium
Indium
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