The Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission is conducts an examination that is held to recruit various officials on the various government posts.

Various aspects of the administrative and other government wings are filled up by this examination.

This is a very highly reputed entrance examination as it tends to recruit people who have great responsibility of the state.

Get TNPSC MVI Question Paper:



Questions:

1. A shopkeeper sells 10 toffees for a rupee, gaining thereby 20%. How many did he buy for a rupee?
A. 11 C. 15
B. 12 D. 13

2. If 2A=3B=4C, then A : B : C is
A. 2 : 3: 4 C. 6 : 4 : 3
B. 4 : 3 : 2 D. 3 : 4 : 6

3. If the selling price of an article is 43 times of its cost price, then the profit percentage is
A. 33
1
3 C.
20 1
2
B.
25
4
D.
20
4. Two numbers are in the ratio 3 : 5. 3 If each number is increased by 10, the ratio becomes 5 : 7. The numbers are
A. 3, 5 C. 15, 25
B. 12, 20 D. 18, 30

5. Median of x = {10, 2, 14, 5, 8, 16} is
A. 8 C. 10
B. 9 D. 11

6. Which one of the following properties is not satisfied by mean?
A. It is a simple measure
B. It is easy to compute
C. It is a stable measure
D. It is not affected by extreme values.

7. If L and S are the largest and smallest values of a data, then the range is measured by the formula
A. L + S C. S – L
B. L – S D. LS

8. If the standard deviation of {x1, x2, x3} is 2, then the standard deviation of {x1 +5, x2+ 5, x3 + 5} is
A. 0 C. 5
B. 2 D. 7

9. Which one of the following is not correct?
A. CPU is a hardware
B. WRITE is a FORTRAN command
C. VDU is software
D. DIR is a computer command

10. What is the decimal equivalent for (10110)2?
A. 12 C. 32
B. 22 D. 42

11. IDBI is a subsidiary of
A. Reserve Bank of India
B. State Bank of India
C. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
D. None of these

12. What type of Bank rate is followed in India?
A. Discount rate
B. Penal rate
C. Accommodate rate
D. None of these

13. Statutory meeting relates to
A. Private Company
B. Foreign Company
C. Public Company
D. Chartered Company

14. Which is the most activity-wise small scale industrial unit in Tamil Nadu?
A. Food processing
B. Textile processing
C. Metal processing
D. Paper processing

15. Which district stands first in the
ratio of male-female in Tamil Nadu?
A. Madurai
B. Tiruchirapalli
C. Salem
D. Tuticorin

16. The author of the book Ain-i-Akbari was
A. Abul Fazl
B. Amir Khushru
C. Abul Faizi
D. Nizamuddin Ahmed.

17. Match List I correctly with List II and select your answer using the codes given below:
List I
a. Raja Rammohan Roy
b. Swami Vivekananda
c. Dayananda Saraswati
d. Madam Blavatsky
List II
1. Arya Samaj
2. Ramkrishna Paramahamsa
3. Brahmo Samaj
4. Theosophical Society
Codes :
abcd
A. 1 2 3 4
B. 2 3 4 1
C. 3 2 1 4
D. 4 1 2 3

18. Choose the correct statement :
A. Kashi Central Hindu College was established in 1891
B. Aligarh Movement was started by Muhammed Ali Jinnah
C. Aligarh Muslim University was established in 1920
D. Visvabharati University was started by Devendranath Tagore.

19. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
A. Bhagat Singh – “Delhi Chalo”
B. Dayanand Saraswati – “Go back to Vedas”
C. Gandhiji – “Untouchability is a Crime”
D. Nehru – “Long years ago we have made tryst with destiny”

20. From the names given below, identify the name of the first Prime Minister of India :
A. Rajaji
B. B.R. Ambedkar
C. Rajendra Prasad
D. Jawaharlal Nehru