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TNPSC G2 Previous Year Question Papers General Studies - 2013 Page: 2
34281.If the radius of a circle is increased by 25% then its area is increased by
50%.
25%
56.25%
46.25%
34283.In a mixture of 28 litres, the ratio of milk and water is 5:2. If 2 litres of water is added to the mixture, find the ratio of milk and water in the new mixture.
2:1
1:2
2 3
1:3
34285.A, B and C together can finish a piece of work in 4 days. A alone can do in 12 days and B alone in 18 days. How many days will be taken by C to do it alone?
10 days
12 days
9 days
18 days
34287.The Green House Rural Housing Scheme of Tamil Nadu is powered by
Wind energy
Solar energy
Hydro-Thermal energy
Nuclear energy
34289.what is "CHOGM"?
Chennai Hotels Grand Membership
Common wealth Heads of Government Meeting
Central Head of Green Management
Common Heads of Government Meeting
34291.Consider the following statements and select your answer
Assertion (A) : Electron microscopes can give better resolution than optical microscopes.
Reason (R) : A high energy particle has a short de Broglie wavelength, and so can probe the small scale interior structure of other particles.
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is a correct explanation for (A).
Both (a) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).
Both (A) and (R) are false
a stra but (R) is false
34293.Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
ListIList II
RiverEmpties into
(a) Hwang-Ho1. Beaufort Sea
(b) Niger2. Yellow sea
(c) Volga3. Gulf of Guinea
(d) Mackenzie4. Caspian sea

(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 1 3 4
2 3 4 1
1 3 2 4
4 2 1 3
34295.Match the following Temple with place and choose the correct answer from the codes given below :
List IList II
(a) Monolithic Rathas1. Tiruttani
(b) Kailasanatha Temple2. Gudimalam
(c) Virattaneswara Temple3. Kanchipuram
(d) Parasuramesvarar Temple4. Mamalapuram

Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 3 1 2
3 4 1 2
1 3 2 4
4 2 1 3
34297.Assertion (A) : Delhi has not been accorded the status of a full state.
Reason (R) : Being capital of India, it occupies a special status
Both (A) and (R) are truė and (R) is correct explanation of (A)
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not correct explanation of (A)
(A) is true but (R) is wrong
(A) is wrong but (R) is true.
34299.According to UNDPs “Human Development Report" (HDR) - 2000 released on June 29th 2000, India has been ranked as______ among 174 countries in the Human Developmeňt Índex .
115 th
129 th
128 th
130 th
34301.The aim of Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) is to make the country
Canals free
Slum free
Mosquito free
None of the above
34303.Find the value of $\sqrt{58+\sqrt{31+\sqrt{21+\sqrt{11+\sqrt{25}}}}}$
7
8
9
6
34305.5% income of X is equal to 15% income of Y and 10% income of Y is equal to 20% income of Z. If income of Z is Rs. 3,000 then total income of X, Y and Z in Rupees is
18,000
12,000
27,000
16,000
34307.Author of "Phantoms in the Brain" is
Ruskin Bond
Vikram Seth
V.S. Subramanian Ramachandran
Anitha Desai
34309.The chronological order of the following Chief Justice of India is
1. Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal
2. Sarosh Homi Kapadia
3. KG. Balakrishnan
4.Altamas Kabir
1,2,3, 4
1, 3,2, 4
1, 2, 4,3
2, 4, 3, 1
34311.Which one of the following places is not affected by the floods of Uttar Khand in 2013
Badrinath
Kedarnath
Hanumangarh
Uttarkashi
34313.Who is the chairman of the 14th Finance Commission?
Montek Sing Ahluwalia
C. Rangarajan
Y.V. Reddy
Vijay Kelkar
34315.Which one of the following is not the key recommendation put forward by the Justice Verma Committee, 3rd February, 2013?
Gender Sensitisation through Education
End to Human Trafficking.
Review security laws in conflict zones
Recommendation of death penalty in the rarest-of-rare cases
34317.Match the type of respiration in insects in Column I with Column II and choose the correct answer
Column IColumn II
(a) Holopneustic1. Spiracles are replaced by gills
(b) Metapneustic2. Only the prothoracic spiracles are open
(c) Propneustic3. All the spiracles are open
(d) Branchipneustic4. Prothoracic and posterior abdominal spiracles are open
(e) Amphipneustic5. Only last pair of spiracles are open

(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
2 1 4 3 5
3 5 2 1 4
5 1 2 4 3
4 2 5 3 1
34319.The best source of vitamin D is
Margarine
Rice
Wheat
Sugarcame
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