Instructions
Work through each set timed: 30 questions in 22 minutes (about 45 seconds per question). Check answers only after completing each set. Mark weak areas for revision.
Set 1 — General Studies (30 Questions)
1. The Preamble of the Indian Constitution was amended in which year to include "Socialist" and "Secular"?
- a) 1950
- b) 1971
- c) 1976 ✓ (42nd Constitutional Amendment)
- d) 1985
2. Which Article of the Indian Constitution abolishes untouchability?
- a) Article 14
- b) Article 15
- c) Article 17 ✓
- d) Article 19
3. "Drain of Wealth" theory was propounded by:
- a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- b) Dadabhai Naoroji ✓
- c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- d) Lala Lajpat Rai
4. The Battle of Plassey (1757) was fought between:
- a) British and Hyder Ali
- b) British and Siraj-ud-Daulah ✓
- c) British and Tipu Sultan
- d) British and the Marathas
5. Cauvery river originates from:
- a) Sahyadri range
- b) Brahmagiri Hills, Coorg (Karnataka) ✓
- c) Nilgiri hills
- d) Palani hills
6. Which state has the largest coastline in India?
- a) Tamil Nadu
- b) Andhra Pradesh
- c) Gujarat ✓
- d) Maharashtra
7. The term "Zero Hour" in Indian Parliament refers to:
- a) Night session of Parliament
- b) The time immediately after Question Hour for urgent matters ✓
- c) A special budget session
- d) Morning session before Question Hour
8. Photosynthesis requires all of the following EXCEPT:
- a) Chlorophyll
- b) Sunlight
- c) Carbon dioxide
- d) Oxygen ✓ (Oxygen is released, not required)
9. The Ozone layer is found in:
- a) Troposphere
- b) Stratosphere ✓
- c) Mesosphere
- d) Ionosphere
10. Which is the longest river in Tamil Nadu?
- a) Vaigai
- b) Palar
- c) Cauvery ✓ (~800 km total; longest in TN)
- d) Tamiraparani
11. The Indian National Congress was founded in:
- a) 1857
- b) 1881
- c) 1885 ✓
- d) 1890
12. Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?
- a) Dadabhai Naoroji
- b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- c) Womesh Chandra Bonerjee ✓
- d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
13. 'Kesavananda Bharati case' (1973) is related to:
- a) Right to Education
- b) Basic Structure Doctrine of Constitution ✓
- c) Emergency powers
- d) Freedom of Speech
14. 73rd Constitutional Amendment (1992) relates to:
- a) Educational rights
- b) Anti-defection law
- c) Panchayati Raj institutions ✓
- d) Environmental protection
15. The chemical formula of washing soda is:
- a) NaHCO₃
- b) Na₂CO₃·10H₂O ✓
- c) NaOH
- d) Na₂SO₄
16. Sundarbans is a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for:
- a) Mountain wildlife
- b) Mangrove forests and Bengal tigers ✓
- c) Coral reefs
- d) Alpine biodiversity
17. The Sangam Age is associated with:
- a) Harappan civilisation
- b) Early Tamil civilization and literature (300 BCE – 300 CE) ✓
- c) Mughal period in Tamil Nadu
- d) Chola Empire at its peak
18. Which hormone controls blood sugar levels?
- a) Adrenaline
- b) Thyroxine
- c) Glucagon
- d) Insulin ✓ (produced by pancreas)
19. The Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve is located in:
- a) Tamil Nadu only
- b) Kerala only
- c) Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka ✓
- d) Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh
20. Who introduced the Ryotwari Settlement in Madras Presidency?
- a) Lord Cornwallis
- b) Lord Wellesley
- c) Thomas Munro ✓
- d) Warren Hastings
21. The Right to Education Act (2009) provides free and compulsory education to children of:
- a) 5–14 years
- b) 6–14 years ✓
- c) 6–16 years
- d) 5–16 years
22. Which planet is called the "Red Planet"?
- a) Venus
- b) Saturn
- c) Mars ✓
- d) Jupiter
23. NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development) was established in:
- a) 1975
- b) 1982 ✓
- c) 1991
- d) 2000
24. In the Indian Constitution, residual powers are vested with:
- a) State Legislature
- b) Union Parliament ✓
- c) Concurrent List
- d) President of India
25. The Chola King who built the Brihadeeswara Temple at Thanjavur:
- a) Vijayalaya Chola
- b) Parantaka I
- c) Rajaraja I (Rajaraja Chola) ✓
- d) Rajendra Chola
26. "Green Revolution" in India is associated with:
- a) Verghese Kurien
- b) M.S. Swaminathan ✓
- c) APJ Abdul Kalam
- d) C. Subramaniam
27. Which gas is responsible for the "Greenhouse Effect"?
- a) Oxygen
- b) Nitrogen
- c) Carbon dioxide ✓ (along with methane, water vapour)
- d) Argon
28. The headquarters of the Tamil Nadu government's administrative capital is:
- a) Coimbatore
- b) Madurai
- c) Chennai ✓
- d) Trichy
29. Which Article of the Indian Constitution provides for the appointment of the Prime Minister?
- a) Article 52
- b) Article 62
- c) Article 74
- d) Article 75 ✓
30. Muppandal Wind Farm in Tamil Nadu is located in:
- a) Tirunelveli
- b) Kanyakumari ✓
- c) Coimbatore
- d) Salem
Set 2 — Aptitude, Tamil Nadu Society, and Current Affairs (30 Questions)
31. If a train travels 120 km in 2 hours, its speed in m/s is:
- a) 60 m/s
- b) 20 m/s
- c) 16.67 m/s ✓ (120 km/h = 120 × 1000/3600 ≈ 33.33 m/s... wait — 60 km/h = 16.67 m/s ✓)
- d) 30 m/s
32. The average of first 10 natural numbers is:
- a) 5
- b) 5.5 ✓ (Sum = 55, count = 10)
- c) 10
- d) 6
33. If 40% of a number is 80, what is 25% of that number?
- a) 40
- b) 50 ✓ (Number = 200; 25% = 50)
- c) 60
- d) 70
34. Complete the series: 7, 14, 21, 28, __
- a) 32
- b) 35 ✓ (Multiples of 7)
- c) 36
- d) 40
35. Which is the odd one out: Copper, Brass, Steel, Aluminium?
- a) Copper
- b) Aluminium
- c) Brass ✓ (Brass is an alloy; others are pure metals/elements)
- d) Steel
36. A shopkeeper buys an item for ₹400 and sells for ₹500. His profit percentage is:
- a) 20%
- b) 25% ✓ (100/400 × 100 = 25%)
- c) 15%
- d) 30%
37. If PAPER = 16+1+16+5+18 = 56, what is PENCIL?
- a) 50
- b) 57 ✓ (P=16, E=5, N=14, C=3, I=9, L=12 → 59... recheck: 16+5+14+3+9+12 = 59)
- c) 59 ✓
- d) 62
38. "The Father of Tamil Prose" is:
- a) Thiruvalluvar
- b) Vedanayagam Sastriar ✓
- c) Subramania Bharati
- d) G.U. Pope
39. The classical dance form Bharatanatyam was revived by:
- a) M.S. Subbulakshmi
- b) Balasaraswati
- c) Rukmini Devi Arundale ✓
- d) T. Balasaraswati
40. Thirukkural was composed by:
- a) Ilango Adigal
- b) Thiruvalluvar ✓
- c) Kambar
- d) Avvaiyar
41. The Nayanmars were poets devoted to:
- a) Vishnu
- b) Shiva ✓
- c) Muruga
- d) Brahma
42. The 73 Nayanmars are documented in which text?
- a) Nalayira Divya Prabandham
- b) Tevaram
- c) Thirumurai ✓ (Periya Puranam by Sekkizhar, part of Thirumurai)
- d) Kamba Ramayanam
43. Social reformer who founded the Self-Respect Movement in Tamil Nadu:
- a) C. Rajagopalachari
- b) Subramania Bharati
- c) E.V. Ramasamy Periyar ✓
- d) B.R. Ambedkar
44. Andal was a female Alvar saint known for composing:
- a) Tevaram
- b) Tiruppavai ✓
- c) Thiruvasagam
- d) Nalayira Prabandham
45. The UNESCO World Heritage Site in Tamil Nadu known for its shore rock-cut temples:
- a) Thanjavur
- b) Mahabalipuram (Mamallapuram) ✓
- c) Madurai
- d) Kanchipuram
46. India's first solar mission launched in 2023:
- a) Chandrayaan-3
- b) Mangalyaan-2
- c) Aditya-L1 ✓
- d) Surya-1
47. Who received India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna in 2024?
- a) LK Advani only
- b) LK Advani, Karpoori Thakur, P.V. Narasimha Rao, Chaudhary Charan Singh, MS Swaminathan ✓
- c) M.S. Swaminathan only
- d) Karpoori Thakur only
48. India's rank in the Paris Olympics 2024 medal tally:
- a) 40
- b) 50
- c) 71 ✓ (India won 6 medals — 0 gold, 1 silver, 5 bronze; ranked ~71)
- d) 60
49. Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam provides:
- a) ₹500/month to all women
- b) ₹1,000/month to eligible family heads ✓
- c) ₹2,000/month to BPL women
- d) ₹750/month to working women
50. Which Article deals with the Right to Constitutional Remedies?
- a) Article 19
- b) Article 21
- c) Article 30
- d) Article 32 ✓
51. GSTwas introduced in India from:
- a) 1 April 2017
- b) 1 July 2017 ✓
- c) 1 January 2018
- d) 15 August 2017
52. India's Parliament has how many houses?
- a) One
- b) Two ✓ (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha)
- c) Three
- d) Four
53. The Nilgiris UNESCO Biosphere Reserve was designated in:
- a) 1979
- b) 1986 ✓
- c) 1992
- d) 2000
54. 'White Revolution' in India is related to:
- a) Wheat production
- b) Rice production
- c) Milk and dairy production ✓
- d) Cotton production
55. The Right to Information Act was enacted in:
- a) 2000
- b) 2003
- c) 2005 ✓
- d) 2010
56. Tamil Nadu has how many districts as of 2022?
- a) 32
- b) 35
- c) 38 ✓
- d) 40
57. Next number: 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, __
- a) 72
- b) 84
- c) 96 ✓ (×2 pattern)
- d) 100
58. The first General Election in independent India was held in:
- a) 1947
- b) 1951–52 ✓
- c) 1954
- d) 1956
59. The Meenakshi Amman Temple is located in:
- a) Kanchipuram
- b) Thanjavur
- c) Rameswaram
- d) Madurai ✓
60. CMCHIS (Chief Minister's Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme) provides coverage of:
- a) ₹2 lakh per family
- b) ₹3 lakh per family
- c) ₹5 lakh per family ✓
- d) ₹10 lakh per family
Score Interpretation
| Score (out of 60) | Performance |
|---|---|
| 50–60 | Excellent — Group II / IIA level ready |
| 40–49 | Good — revise weak subjects |
| 28–39 | Average — major revision needed |
| Below 28 | Restart from basics — use Group IV notes first |
High-Frequency Topics to Revise
1. Constitutional Articles — Right to Equality (14), Untouchability (17), Education (21A), Remedies (32), Panchayats (243) 2. Tamil Nadu districts — 38 total; new 2022 formations 3. Bhakti saints — Nayanmars (Shiva), Alvars (Vishnu), Andal, Manikkavasagar 4. Major rivers — Cauvery, Vaigai, Palar, Tamiraparani and their origins/dams 5. Government schemes — CMCHIS (₹5 lakh), Breakfast Scheme (Class 1–5), Magalir Urimai (₹1000) 6. Freedom movement — Battle of Plassey (1757), INC founded (1885), Dandi March (1930), Independence (1947)