TNPSC GK Series-9 Degree Standard for Group 1, Group 2 and Group 4

1. All India services is created by which article of the Indian.Constitution?

(A) Art. 312
(B) Art. 309
(C) Art. 310
(D) Art. 311

Answer:(A) Art. 312

2. Amendment procedure is provided under which article of the Indian Constitution? 

(A) Art. 360
(B) Art. 343
(C) Art. 368
(D) Art. 352

Answer:(C) Art. 368

3. Article 360 of the Indian constitution deals with

(A) An emergency due to war, external aggression or armed rebellion
(B) State emergency
(C) Financial emergency
(D) All the above

Answer:(C) Financial emergency

4. "The marks obtained by 10 students in a test are 

Marks Scored :    1 2   3   4   5
No. of Students :  0 2   1   3   4

The median score is 

(A) 4
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 1

Answer:(A) 4

5. The mode. of 6, 4, 5, 6, 3, 2, 2, 5, 4, 3, 6, 5, 4, 7, 4, 9, 9.is

(A) 6
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 9

Answer:(B) 4

6. The arithmetic mean of all the factors of 21 is 

Answer:(D) 8

7. What is the correct rank o.rder of towns on the basis of population size? 

(A) Greater Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkatta, Bangalore, Chennai
(B) Greater Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkatta, Chennai, Bangalore
(C) Kolkatta, Greater Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad
(D) Delhi, Greater Mumbai, Kolkatta, Chennai, Hyderabad

Answer:(B) Greater Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkatta, Chennai, Bangalore


8. Which one of the following sets of states to benefit the most from the Konkan Railway? 

(A) Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Kerala
(B) Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala
(C) Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa, Maharashtra
(D) Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Tamil.Nadu

Answer:(A) Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Kerala

9. Which of the following pairs are correctly matches : 

1. Idukki - Thermal power station
2. Sabarigiri - Hydro-electri project
3. Ghatprabha - Irrigation project
4. Ramaganga - Multipurpose project

(A) 2, 3 and 4
(B) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(C) 3 and 4
(D) 1 and 2

Answer:(A) 2, 3 and 4 

10. KOI - 314C is

(A) the twin Galaxy discovered in March 2014
(B) the Earth's gassy twin planet discovered in Jan 2014
(C) the comet predicted to hit Jupiter in June 2015
(D) the meteor predicted to.hitearth in Dec 2014

Answer:(B) the Earth's gassy twin planet discovered in Jan 2014