TNPSC
GROUP I [NOV 2015]
PRELIMINARY
EXAM
PART 1: CURRENT AFFAIRS
(01)
Which Indian
City has been declared as the cleanest city in the “Swachh Bharat” ranking
2015?
(A) Kochi
(B) Thiruvananthapuram
(C) Bengaluru
(D) Mysuru
Answer: (D)
(02)
Who is the chairman of the 20th law commission of India?
(A) Justice. Ajit Praksh Shah
(B) Justice. Srikrishna
(C) Justice. Katju
(D) Justice. K. Balakrishnan
Answer: (A)
Explanation:
The Law Commission
of India is a non-statutory body constituted by the Government of lndia from
time to time. The Commission was originally constituted in 1955 and is
re-constituted every three years. The tenure of the 20th Law Commission was
upto 31st August, 2015.
Law
Commissions in India
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#
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Year
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Headed
By
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Submitted
on
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1
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1955
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M C Setalvad
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1958
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2
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1958
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T V Venkatarama Aiyar
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1961
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3
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1961
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J L Kapur
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1964
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4
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1964
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J L Kapur
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1968
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5
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1968
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K V K Sundaram
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1971
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6
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1971
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P B Gajendragadkar
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1974
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7
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1974
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P B Gajendragadkar
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1977
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8
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1977
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H R Khanna
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1979
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9
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1979
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P V Dixit
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1980
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10
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1981
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K K Mathew
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1985
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11
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1985
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D A Desai
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1988
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12
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1988
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M P Thakar
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1989
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13
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1991
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K N Singh
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1994
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14
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1995
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Jayachandra Reddy
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1997
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15
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1997
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Jeevan Reddy
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2000
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16
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2000
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Jeevan Reddy
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2002
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2002
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Jagannadha Rao
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2003
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17
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2003
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Jagannadha Rao
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2006
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18
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2006
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Jagannadha Rao
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2007
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2007
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A R Lakshmanan
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2009
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19
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2009
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P V Reddu
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2012
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20
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2012
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A P Shah
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2015
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21
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2015
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To
be Named
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2018
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Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime
Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi (on Sep 09, 2015), has given its approval on the
Constitution of the 21st Law Commission of India, for a period of three years (September
01, 2015 to August 31, 2018)
(03)
Recently Union Government has decided to develop a spiritual capital
of the country. Which among the following is the city?
(A) Ujjain
(B) Varanasi
(C) Nasik
(D) Bodhgaya
Answer: (D)
(04)
India’s largest telecom operator is
(A) TATA
(B) Bharati Airtel
(C) Reliance
(D) Aircel
Answer: (B)
Explanation:
Largest Telecom Operators in India:
(01) Airtel [World's Third]
(02) Vodafone [World's Second]
(03) Idea Cellular
(04) Reliance
(05) Aircel
(06) BSNL
(07) Tata Docomo
(05)
Sunhak Peace Prize was won by
(A) Ms. Zhanna Nemtsove
(B) Zaina Erhain
(C) Dr. Modadugu Vijay Gupta
(D) Mr. Zia Haider Rahman
Ans: (C)
(06)
Which gas has been recently discovered in planet mars?
(A) Hydrogen Sulphide
(B) Ammonia
(C) Methane
(D) Ethane
Ans: (C)
(07)
Which Indian Temple was awarded ‘Award of Excellence’ for
conservation by UNESCO in the year 2015, in Bangkok?
(A) Guruvayoor Temple, Guruvayoor
(B) Vadakkunnathan Temple, Thrissur
(C) PAdmanabhaswamy Temple, Trivandrum
(D) Tirumala Temple, Tirupati
Ans: (B)
(08)
Government of Tamilnadu awards Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam award for a Tamilian
for his/her contribution to
(A) Development of rural health
services
(B) Scientific, art and literature
development, humanities and student welfare
(C) Tamil literature development
(D) Development of sports
Ans: (B)
(09)
Identify from the options the name of the Central government portal
for students looking for educational loans
(A) Vidya Vikas
(B) Edu Care
(C) Vidya Lakshmi
(D) Shodhganga
Ans: (C)
(10)
2020 Olympic Games will be held at
(A) Beijing
(B) New York
(C) Chicago
(D) Tokyo
Ans: (D)
Summer Olympics
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Winter Olympics
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2008
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Beijing
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2010
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Vancouver,
Canada
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2012
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London
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2014
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Sochi,
Russia
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2016
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Rio
de Janeiro
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2018
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Pyeongchang,
South Korea
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2020
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Tokyo
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2022
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Beijing,
China
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2024
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*
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*
-> Budapest / Hamburg / Los Angeles / Paris / Rome
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(11)
Nobel Prize 2015 in Physics was given for the discovery of
(A) Path of electrons in electro
magnetic waves
(B) Path of neutrons in magnetic
fields
(C) Proton oscillation
(D) Neutrino oscillation
Ans: (D)
(12)
In October 2015 Russia’s Sergey Karjakin won the World cup for
(A) Table Tennis
(B) Chess
(C) Golf
(D) Polo
Ans: (B)
(13)
Which
country was affected by “Typhoon Goni”?
(A) Philippines
(B) Japan
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) Canada
Ans: (A)
(14)
Match
List – I
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List – II
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(a)
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Abdul Kalam Award
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1
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G Jothimani
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(b)
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Kalpana Chawla Award
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2
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S Sampath
Kumar
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(c)
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Best Doctor Award
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3
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P Simmachandra
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(d)
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Best Social Worker Award
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4
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N
Valarmathi
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(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 4 2 1 3
(B) 4 3 2 1
(C) 4 1 2 3
(D) 4 2 3 1
Ans: (C)
(15)
Which
court ruled that ‘Eu-us data Transfer Pact’ is invalid?
(A) American Court, New York
(B) British Court, London
(C) European Court, Luxembourg
(D) International Court, New York
Ans: (C)
(16)
The Leader of the Congress party in the Lok Sabha as on September
2015
(A) Mallikarjuna Karge
(B) Sonia Gandhi
(C) Ghulam Nabi Azad
(D) Rahul Gandhi
Ans: (A)
Lok
Sabha
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Rajya
Sabha
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Leader of the House
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L K Advani
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Arun Jaitley
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Leader of the House (Congress)
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Mallikarjuna Karge
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Ghulam Nabi Azad
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Opposition Leader
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None
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Ghulam Nabi Azad
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(17)
The Union Urban Development Ministry has selected 978 town/cities
from all over the country to graduate into smart cities in five years. Select
the town/cities not included in the list from the following
(A) Coimbatore
(B) Dindugul
(C) Chidambaram
(D) Erode
Ans: (C)
Explanation:
All the 12 Corporation cities from
Tamil Nadu are selected for Smart Cities project; Chidamabaram is not in this
(18)
The country that has become the first defaulter, among developed
nations, on debt of International Monetory Fund (IMF) on 30th June 2015
(A) China
(B) Italy
(C) Greece
(D) Germany
Ans: (C)
Explanation:
Greece Economic Crisis – often in the
news
(19)
Tuyoyou of China has been awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for developing
a new drug called
(A) Avermectin
(B) Artemisinin
(C) Ivermectin
(D) Parasitin
Answers: (B)
Explanation:
Youyou Tu discovered Artemisinin, a drug that has
significantly reduced the mortality
rates for patients suffering from Malaria.
(20)
Which corporation in Tamil Nadu was awarded the best corporation award
for the year 2015?
(A) Chennai
(B) Vellore
(C) Madurai
(D) Tirunelveli
Ans: (C)
(21)
The
President of Sri Lanka as on June 2015
(A) Maithripala Sirisena
(B) Ravi Karunanayake
(C) Mahinda Samarasinghe
(D) Mahinda Amaraweera
Ans: (A)
(22)
Which
country devalued its own currency in August 2015?
(A) India
(B) Japan
(C) Germany
(D) China
Ans: (D)
(23)
The 50th
Anniversary of 1965 Indo-Pak war was observed on
(A) 27 August 2015
(B) 30 July 2015
(C) 30 August 2015
(D)28 August 2015
Ans: (D)
(24)
‘Pay Zapp’ a mobile application to make digital payments was started
by which Blank?
(A) SBI
(B) ICICI
(C) HDFC
(D) HSBC
Ans: (C)
(25)
In the
Australian Federal elections 2015 for the Prime Minister of Australia, who
emerged as winner?
(A) Tony Abbot
(B) Kevin Rudd
(C) Malcolm Turnbull
(D)Julia Gillard
Ans: (C)
Explanation:
29th Prime Minister of Australia from Sep 15, 2015;
Liberal Party; Took over from Tony Abbott
(26)
“Indradhanush”
introduced by the Central Government in August 2015 aims at:
(A) Establishing a separate ombudsman for private sector
banks
(B) Reviving or revamping public sector banks
(C) Reviving non-banking financial institutions
(D) Introducing new banks in rural India
Ans: (B)
(27)
Identify
the correct statement from the following
(A) Tiruchirapalli has been declared as the second
cleanest city by Swachh Bharat in 2015
(B) Tiruchirapalli has been declared as the special
cleanest by UNESCO in 2015
(C) Goa has been declared as the second cleanest city by
Swachh Bharat in 2015
(D) Mysuru has been declared as the
first cleanest city by United Nations Organization in 2015
Ans: (A)
(28)
Nobel
Prize for medicine in 2015 was awarded to
I. Tu
Youyou
II.
Satoshi Omura
III.
William Campbell
IV. Arun
Bahl
(A) I only
(B) I, II and IV
(C) II and III only
(D) I, II and III
Ans: (D)
(29)
Which
country has come forward to help clean India’s River Ganga?
(A) Iran
(B) Israel
(C) Ireland
(D) Italy
Ans: (B)
(30)
Which state government in India has started the ‘Ladli Beti’ scheme
for the girl child?
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Uttarakhand
(C) Jharkhand
(D) Jammu & Kashmir
Ans: (D)
(31)
Who was
awarded the Stockholm Water prize for the year 2015?
(A) Amalendu Krishna
(B) Rajendra Singh
(C) Mansingh Rawat
(D) Modadugu Vijay Gupta
Ans: (B)
(32)
Google’s
Alphabet website is
(A) alpgoogle.com
(B) googlealbet.com
(C) abc.com
(D) abc.xyz
Ans: (D)
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