TNPSC GK Series-4 Degree Standard for Group 1, Group 2 and Group 4

1. Swaran Singh .Committee (1976) suggested the inclusion of a separate chapter on--------in the Indian Constitution. 

(A) Fundamental rights
(B) Fundamental duties
(C) Directive principles ofstate policy
(D) Constitutional writs

Answer:(B) Fundamental duties

2. Which article of the Indian Constitution says that the President shall be elected by the members ofan electoral college?

(A) Art. 50
(B) Art. 52
(C) Art. 54
(D) Art. 56

Answer:(C) Art. 54

3 The first hour of every sitting in both houses of Parliament is known as the 

(A) Full hour
(B) Zero hour
(C) Question hour
(D) Motion hour

Answer:(C) Question hour

4. The graph given below shows linear path of a car with uniform speed. The speed of the car is 

(A) 60 km/hr
(B) 50 km/hr
(C) 55 km/hr
(D) 45 km/hr

Answer:(C) 55 km/hr

5. How many terms are there in the series? 
 201, 208, 215, ....... 369

(A) 23
(B) 24
(C) 25
(D) 26

Answer:(C) 25

6. The marks obtained by 10 students in an examination were as follows :
  70, 65, 68, 70, 75, 73, 80, 70, 83, 86.
 Then the mean deviation about mode is 

(A) 7.71
(B) 5.4
(C) 54
(D) 5.6

Answer:(B) 5.4 

7. For a.distribution mean= 65, median= 70 and coefficient of skewness= - 0.6. Tpen mode and coefficient of variation are respectively 

(A) 38.5 and 80
(B) 55 and 25.64
(C) 80 and 38.5
(D) 25.64 and 55

Answer:(C) 80 and 38.5

8. Which of the following measures are effective for soil conservation in India?

I. Avoiding crop rotation
II. Afforestation
III. Encouraging the use of chemical fertilizer
IV. Limiting shifting cultivation

(A) I and II
(B) II and IV
(C) III and IV
(D) I, II and III

Answer:(B) II and IV

9. In India, which type of forest among the following occupies the largest area?

(A) Montane wet temperate forest
(B) Sub-tropical dry evergreen forest
(C) Tropical moist deciduous forest
(D) Tropical wet evergreen forest

Answer:(C) Tropical moist deciduous forest

10. The primary goal of a disaster preparedness plan is 

(A) to protect the population
(B) to protect the valuable resources
(C) to protect environmental and health personnel
(D) to produce needed.funding·

Answer:(A) to protect the population