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3.

Which is the correct sequence of various sectors in


COMBINED CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATIONS-II GDP of India in the descending order?
(GROUP-II) 01 . 12. 2013 a) Primary sector, Secondary sector, Tertiary sector
b) Primary sector, Tertiary sector, Secondary sector
1. Consider the following statements:
c) Secondary sector, Tertiary sector, Primary sector
A) Dr. V.A. Smith has called India an Ethnological
Museum for there is a great variety of racial types d) Tertiary sector, Secondary sector, Primary sector
B) India is well - known as a land of great varieties.   GDP  
because, there ia a great variety of racial types    

a) A is correct B is wrong
a)    
b) B is correct A is wrong 
c) A and B are correct b)     
d) Both A and B are wrong 
 c)     
A. V.A 
 d)     
 
B.  4. The National Food Security Act was gazetted in
 a) September , 2013 b) August, 2013
 c) September , 2012 d) August, 2012
a) A B  
b) B A  a)  b) 
c) A B  c)  d) 
d) A B  5. Net National Income (NNI) does not include
2. What is special about the following personalities? a) Indirect business taxes
Pandit Ravi Shankar, M.S. Subbulakshmi and Satyajit b) Corporate income taxes
Rey c) Depreciation charges
a) Recipients of Bharat Ratna Award d) The rental value of house - owners
b) Recipients of Lalit Kala Academy Award (NNI)
c) Recipients Sangeet Natak Academy a)  b) 
d) Recipients of Padma Vibhushan Award c) 
    d) 
 6. Match the following:
M.S.  Currencies Countries
a)  A) Dinar 1. Korea
b)  B) Von 2. Iraq
c)  C) Peso 3. Russia
d)  D) Rouble 4. Phillippines

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 11. Till which Five year Plan, Employment strategy had
  been growth linked?
A)    a) Fifth Five Year Plan b) Sixth Five Year Plan
B)    c) Seventh Five Year Plan d) Eighth Five Year Plan
C)         

D)   
a) 
A B C D
b) 
a) 1 2 3 4
c) 
b) 2 1 4 3
d) 
c) 1 4 3 2
12. Given below are two statements, one labelled as as-
d) 1 3 4 2 sertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R)
7. The Green House Rural Housing Scheme of Tamilnadu Assertion (A) : India’s Public Sector helped in the de-
is powered by velopment of a sounds industrial base
a) Wind energy b) Solar energy Reason (R) : Public Sector is under State Information
c) Hydro-Thermal energy d) Nuclear energy Appropriate Policies and providing financial and other
     support has helped the Public Sector
 a) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong
a)  b)  b) Both (A) and (R) are correct
c)  d)  c) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct
8. What is ‘CHOGM’? d) Both (A) and (R) are Wrong
a) Chennai Hotels Grand Membership     (A)
(R)
b) Common Wealth Heads of Government Meeting
 (A) :   
c) Central Head of Green Management

d) Common Heads of Government Meeting
(R) 
‘CHOGM’  
a)  
b)  
c)  a) (A)(R) 
d)  b) (A) (R)
9. The aim of Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) is to make the c) (A) (R)
country d) (A) (R)
a) Canals free b) Slum free 13. Rate of Saving is measured as a proportion of Gross
c) Mosquito free d) None of the above Domestic prodcut (GDP) at

(RAY)  a) Constant prices b) Market prices


 c) Relative prices d) None of the above
a)  

b) 
a)   b) 
c) 
c)   d) 
d) 
14. Consider the following statements:
10. Who is the Chairman of the 14th Finance Commission?
A) ‘Operation flood’ was a programme for women
a) Montek Sing Ahluwalia b) C. Rangarajan empowerment.
c) Y.V. Reddy d) Vijay Kelkar B) Under this programme rural women involved in
 dairy development
a)  b)  a) (A) only is correct b) (A) and (B) are correct
c)  d)  c) Only (B) is correct d) Both (A) and (B) are wrong

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 III. 
A) ‘Operation flood’    IV. 
 V.    
B)  

a) I,II V 
a) A  b) A B
b) I,II,III V 
c) B  d) A B 
c) I,III,IV V 
15. Match the cultural centre in India with their zonal
head quarters: d) I,III  IV 
Zone Head quarters 2. In 2007, the percapita consumption of energy in India
was.........kilogram of oil equivalent.
A) Southern zone 1. Patiala
B) Northern Zone 2. Udaipur  

C) Eastern Zone 3. Thanjavur
a) 529 b) 592 c) 295 d) 925
D) Western Zone 4. Kolkatta
3. The programme Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is aimed at
   
 a) providing free food for the poor people
  b) providing education for children
A)    c) providing financial assistance to unemployed
B)    d) providing free medical aid to the poor ‘’
C)    ‘’
D)    a) 
A B C D b) 
a) 4 3 2 1 c) 
b) 2 4 1 3 d) 
c) 3 1 4 2
4. Which one of the following is known as the world’s
d) 1 2 3 4 eternal city?
COMBINED CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATIONS - II a) Athens b) Berlin c) Cairo d) Rome
(NON INTERVIEW POSTS) (GROUP-II-A) (29-06-2014) 

1. Privatisation is supported for the following reasons,
point out which of the following statement is/state- a)  b)  c)  d) 
ments are correct. 5. The state that has literacy rate lower than the national
I. To improve efficiency average is
II. To reduce government interference a) West Bengal b) Maharastra
III. To increase freedom and speed of decision making c) Andhra Pradesh d) Karnataka
IV. To disown the resposibility of the government. 
V. To promote private sector culture by introducing com- 
petition. a)  b) 
a) I, II and V are correct c)  d) 
b) I, II,III and V are correct 6. Match the List I with List II answer using the codes
c) I, III,IV and V are correct given below:
d) I, III and IV are correct List I List II
 A) Occupancy tenants 1. Extremely weak

B) Tenants-at -will 2. Permanent and hereditary
I. 
C) Sub-Tenants 3. Temporary Tenants
II. 
D) Intermediaries 4. Absentee landlords

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    a) I only b) II only c) I and II d) Neither I nor II
     
I II 
A)    I. IGOANPS  BPL  
 
B)    II. 
      
C)    
D)    a) I  b) II 
A B C D c) I II d) I II 
a) 2 3 1 4 COMBINED ENGINEERING SERVICES
b) 1 2 3 4 EXAMINATION (27 . 07. 2014)
c) 4 3 2 1
1. Which of the following statement is/are true?
d) 3 4 2 1
I. Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) is a programme for
7. As per the census 2011, India’s Population was 1.21
universalisation of elementary education.
billion, which is......... percent of the world’s popula-
tion. II. Mid- day Meal scheme is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme
for children.
   
      III. Mid- day Meal Scheme will not be covered under Right
 to Information Act.
a) 18.5% b) 17.5% c) 16.5% d) 15.5% a) I and III b) I and II c) II and III d) II only
8. According to 2013-14 budget of India, what is the per- 
centage of current revenue expenditure meant for I. 
payment of interest? 
a) 16 percent b) 26 percent II. 
c) 28 percent d) 32 percent 

     III. 


     a) I  III b) I II c) II  III d) II 
 2. Which of the following state has the highest average
a)  b)  growth rate in per capita Domestic Product in 2009-
10 at 2004-05 prices?
c)  d) 
a) Bihar b) Tamil Nadu
9. Which district in Tamil Nadu secures first rank in
percapita Income in 2009-10? c) Gujarat d) Kerala
a) Chennai b) Tiruvallore     

c) Coimbatore d) Kanniyakumari


a)  b)  c)  d) 

3. Which of the following is correctly matched?
a)  b) 
I. First Finance - Chairman K. Santhanam
c)  d) 
Commission
10. Consider the following statements and select the cor-
II. Second Finance - Chairman K.C. Neogy
rect answer using the code.
Commission
I. IGOANPS covers only BPL population and persons
III. Third Finance - Chairman A.K. Chanda
above 65 years and provides Rs. 200 month
Commission
II. In India, avoidance of poverty is reached when a per-
IV. Fourth Finance - Chairman K.Brahman
son has access to 2100 calories per person per day in
Commission and Reddy
Urban area and 2200 calories in rural areas.

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    
I.   K.  

II.   K.C.  I. 


II 
III.   A.K. 
III. 
IV.   K. 
a) I  b) I  II

c) I,II  III d) III 
a) I b) II c) III d) IV
8. Name the committee emphasised the need for sub-
4. Select the correct answer from the following:
stantial disinvestment in India in Public Sector Enter-
Wolframite is the ore of prises
I. Tantalum II. Molybdenum a) Rangarajan Committee
III. Chromium IV. Tungsten b) Arjun sengupta Committee
     c) Tarapore Committee
 d) Narasimham Committee
I.  II.     
III.  IV.  
a)   b) 
a) I b) II c) III d) IV
c)  d) 
5. West Bengal’s move of giving protection to share crop-
pers is known as GROUP II NON - INTERVIEW (15-02-2015)
a) Operation Barga b) Green Operation
c) White Revolution d) Operation Blue Star 1. In India, the contribution of agricultural sector to-
      wards the Gross Domestic Product in 2012-13 is
 a) 55.0 percent b) 38.0 percent
a)  b)  c) 13.7 percent d) 31.7 percent
c)  d)  
6. Who has given the alternative approach to Indian Plan-    
ning at the time of the formulation of the Second Five 
Year Plan? a)  b) 
a) P.C. Mahalanobis c)  d) 
b) C.N.Vakil and P.R. Brahmananda 2. Which one of the following is not the feature of demo-
c) Nurkse cratic socialism?
d) Schumpeter a) A socialist society aims at the removal of poverty
     b) No faith in a mixed economy
 c) Aims at the reduction of inequalities of income
a) P.C. and wealth
b) C.N P.R.  d) Aims at the provision of equal opportunities to all
c)      
d)  
7. Which of the following is/are recommended for re- a)    
ducing inflation? 
I. Demand Management measures b) 
II. Supply Management measures c) 
III. Adjustment in trade and tariff policies 
a) I only b) I and II c) I,II and III d) III only d) 

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3. ‘Devaluation is a measure of monetary authority’ : 7. Human Development Report of the world prepared
Which of the following item does match the below and released by
statement? a) UNDP b) UNEP c) IBRD d) ADB
a) To reduce the foreign value of the domestic cur-      
rency mainly to increase exports 
b) To increase money supply a)  b)  c)  d) 
c) To increase the current account deficit HEALTH OFFICER IN TAMILNADU PUBLIC HEALTH
d) To contain inflation SERVICE (22.02.2015)
“    
1. Which of the following is the scheme launched in April
”
1989 merging the former two schemes, viz. NREP and
      RLEGP?

NREP RLEGP 1989
a)     
     a) TRYSEM b) IRDP c) SEPUP d) JRY

2. Annual plans were implemented during the period
b) 

c)  a) 1962 - 1965 b) 1965 - 1967
d)  c) 1966 - 1969 d) 1967 - 1970
4. Proposal to setup India’s first women bank was mooted 3. Taxes raised are credited to
in union budget a) Consolidated fund b) Contingency fund
 c) Public account d) Private account


a) 2013 - 14 b) 2012 - 13 c) 2011 - 12 d) 2010-11 a)  b) 
5. Choose the following item that does not comprise un- c)  d) 
der food subsidy in India
4. MIME stands for
a) Subsidies to farmers through support price
a) Multimedia Input Mail Extensions
b) Subsidies to consumers through Public Distribu- b) Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
tion System
c) Multipurpose Input Mail Extensions
c) Subsidies to the Food Corporation of India
d) Multipurpose Internet Multimedia Extensions
d) Subsidies to fertilizer MIME 
 a) 

b) 
a)     c) 

d) 
b)     
5. ‘Economic Justice’ as one of the objectives of the In-
 dian Constitution has been provided in
c)  a) The preamble and the Fundamental Rights
d)  b) The preamble and the Directive principles of
6. Estimates of physical capital formation in India is done by state policy
a) Central Statistical Organisation c) The Fundamental Rights and the Directive prin-
b) Reserve Bank of India ciples of State Policy
c) State Treasury d) Regional Banks d) None of these
‘ ’    



a) 
a)  b) 
b)    
c)  d) 
 

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c)      1957 ‘’ ‘
 ’A.M.S. 
d)  
6. Disinvestment will not result in a) 
I. Releasing of public resources b)     

II. Reducing public debt
c) 
III. Decreasing privatisation
d) 
IV. Increasing employment

a) I and II only b) III only
c) IV only d) II and III only ASSISTANT AGRICULTURAL OFFICER IN TAMILNADU
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SUBORDINATE

SERVICE (18.04.2015)
I. 
II.  1. Statement (A): Green Revolution was in troduced in
III.  1967 in India.
IV.  Reason (B) :It started to raise the agri c u l t u r a l
production in India.
a) I II  b) III 
a) ‘A’ is correct but ‘B’ is wrong
c) IV  d) II  III 
7. What is the gross capital formation as a percentage b) ‘B’ is correct but ‘A’ is incorrect
of GDP in India for the years 2012-2013? c) ‘A’ and ‘B’ is correct
2012 - 2013  d) ‘A’ and ‘B’ is incorrect
  (A):     1967
a) 24% b) 28% c) 32% d) 34% 
8. In which plan period HYV seeds and New Agriculture (B)
strategy was adopted in Indian agriculture? 
a) 2ndplan b) 3rdplan c) Annual plan d) 5thplan a) ‘A’ ‘B’  b) B  ‘A’ 
      c) ‘A’‘B’  d) ‘A’  ‘B’ 
   HYV    2. Which one of the formula is measures the population

is optimum or not?
a)  b) 
M = Mal-adjustment in level of output
c)  d) 
A = Real population
9. In an Economy
O = Optimum population
“Too much of money chasing too few goods” - situa-

tion is called

a) Depression b) Prosperity
M =
c) Inflation d) Deflation
A =
     
 O =
a)  b)  OA OA
a) M= b) M=
c)  d)  A O
10. Project Mohole of 1957 is repicked as ‘Mission Mohole’
by A.M.S. What does it aim at? AA A -O
c) M= d) M=
O O
a) Reach the evert horizon of a black hole
b) Find an earth like planet for survival 3. Which district attain the first literacy in Tamilnadu in
the year 2013?
c) Ponder the crust of the moon and mars
a) Chennai b) Kanyakumari
d) Drill the earth to reach the boundary of crust
and mantle c) Virudhunagar d) Tuticorin

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a)  b)  
c)  d)  a) 
4. In which year Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana b) 
(PMGY) was introduced? c)  
 (PMGY)  d) 
 10. Which year New Economic (or) Industrial Policy has
a) 1976-77 b) 1992-93 c) 1998-99 d) 2000-01 introduced?
5. Education is 
a) Consumption goods b) Intermediate goods a) 1981 b) 1991 c) 2001 d) 2010
c) Durable goods d) Capital goods 11. ‘The Organisation which introduced Green Revolu-
 tion in India is
a)  b)   
c)  d)  a) I.C.A.R. b) I.C.M.R. c) I.S.R.O. d) I.C.S.I.R.
6. Which one of the following taxes is not collected by 12. Which one is incorrect (Odd one out)?
the corporation? a) Agriculture-Green Revolution
a) Entertainment Tax b) Taxes on vehicles b) Marine product-Blue Revolution
c) Property tax on lands d) Income tax c) Egg and Poultry-White Revolution
  d) Milk and milk product-White Revolution
 
a)  b)  a) 
c)  d)  b) 
7. In India, the order of Science and Technology devel- c) 
opment
d) 
1. Nuclear Power Programme
13. The Minimum Wages Act was enacted in the year
2. Chandrayan 1 satellite

3. Aryabhatta Satellite
a) 1946 b) 1947

c) 1948 d) 1949
1. 
14. The headquarters of the International Fund for Agri-
2.  cultural Development is at
3.  a) Rome b) Geneva
a) 1,2,3 b) 1,3,2 c) 3,1,2 d) 2,1,3 c) New York d) paris
8. India’s population according to 2011 census is    
a) 880.8 millions b) 975.8 millions 
c) 1210.2 millions d) 843.8 millions a)  b) 
2011  c)  d) 

ASSISTANT STATISTICAL INVESTIGATOR IN GENERAL
a) 880.8  b) 975.8
SUBORDINATE SERVICE (11.07.2015)
c) 1210.2  d) 843.8 
9. Government started a scheme of maintaining stock 1. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer
of important food grains to ensure their regular sup- using the codes given below.
ply throughout the year List I List II
a) Buffer stock scheme a) W.K. Koeppan 1. American Climatologist
b) Public distribution system b) Alfred Wegener 2. Classification of World Climate
c) Fair price shop c) Sir George Airy 3. Concept of Isostasy
d) Consumer co-operative stores d) G.T. Trewartha 4. Continental drift theory

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 a) State Government b) Central Government
I II c) Both (A) and (B) d) Local bodies
a)     
b)    a)  b) 
c)     c) (A) (B) d) 
d)    5. “The Project A-119” also known as
A B C D a) A study of Lunar Research Flights
a) 2 4 3 1 b) A study of Naval Research
c) 1 2 4 3 c) A study of Nuclear Energy Research
b) 4 2 3 1 d) A study of Renewable Energy Resources
d) 3 4 1 2 A
2. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer a) 
using codes given below:
b) 
List I List II
c) 
a) Hazari Report 1. Unfair trade practices
d) 
b) MRTP act 2. Industrial lincensing
6. UNESCO headquarters is located at
c) Socialistic pattern 3. Tax and non-tax
a) Paris,France b) London, UK
of society revenues
c) Perth, Australia d) New York, USA
d) Fiscal policy 4. Public sector
UNESCO 
 I  II   
    a)  b) UK
  c)  d) USA
I II 7. The Consumer Protection Act 1986, granted the Dis-
a)    trict forum can adjudicate the matter upto

b) MRTP    a) 20 Lakhs b) 25 Lakhs c) 15 Lakhs d) 30 Lakhs

c)    



d)   
a)  b)  c)  d) 
A B C D
8. According to World Development Report per capita
a) 2 1 4 3
consumption of energy in India
b) 1 2 3 4
a) 12% of Japan b) 4% of USA
c) 2 3 4 1
c) 2% of China d) 1% of Russia
d) 4 3 2 1

3. Under National Food Security Act 2013, the poorest 
of the poor will get
a) 
a) 35 kgs of food grains per household per month
b) 
b) 35kgs of food grains per person per month
c) 
c) 3.5 kgs of food grains per person per day
d) 
d) 35 kgs of food grains per person per year
9. “NAVARATNA” status has been conferred to Neyveli
 lignite corporation in

a) Ap 2011 b) Ap 2013 c) Ap 2012 d) Ap 2010
a) 
“”
b)  
c)  a) 2011 b) 2013
d)  c) 2012 d) 2010

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10. Which state in India ranks first in human development
index? POSTS INCLUDED IN COMBINED CIVIL SERVICES
a) Punjab b) Himachal Pradesh EXAMINATION II (INTERVIEW POSTS) (26.07.2015)
c) Tamil Nadu d) Kerala
1. Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission is about

 a) Police and Cops
a)  b)  b) Teachers and Teaching
c)  d)  c) Students and Parents
11. Who advocated the concept “PURA” model of devel- d) Army and Nation
opment to eradicate poverty from India?     
a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad b) Dr. Radhakrishnan 
c) Dr. Manmohan Singh d) Dr. Abdul Kalam a) 
“”(PURA) b) 
 c) 
a)  d) 
b)  2. Choose the new savings scheme introduced for girl
c)  child from the following:
d)  a) Suraksha Samridhi Yojana
12. Which of the following state is having low literacy rate? b) Sukanya Samridhi Yojana
a) Chattisgarh b) Jharkhand c) Bihar d) Haryana c) Sukanya Bima Yojana
     d) Suraksha Bima Yojana
 
a)  b)  c)  d)  
13. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer a)  b) 
using the code given below the lists: c)  d) 
List I List II 3. Match the following revolutions with the respective
a) P.K. Bardhan 1. Poverty gap fields:
b) Dandekar & Rath 2. Per capita annual Revolution Field
consumption A) Silver 1. Oil seeds
expenditure of rural poor B) Pink 2. Fertilizers
c) B.S. Minhas 3. Agricultural labour price C) Yellow 3. Eggs
index
D) Grey 4. Shrimp
d) Garner Dutt & 4. 2,250 calories as desired
   
Martin Ravillion minimum level of

nutrition
 
I 
A)    
II
I II B)   
a) P.K.    C)   
b)    D)   
 A B C D
 a) 4 3 2 1
c) B.S.   b) 3 4 1 2
 c) 1 2 4 3
d)    d) 3 1 2 4
  4. National Commission for Scheduled Tribes recom-
A B C D A B C D mends that a National Education Commission must
a) 4 3 2 1 b) 3 4 2 1 be setup for every
c) 3 4 1 2 d) 4 3 1 2 a) 1 year b) 3 years c) 2 years d) 5 years

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 9. International Yoga Day is observed on
      a) June 20 b) June 21 c) June 22 d) June 23


a)  a)  b)  c)  d) 
b)  10. Which one of the following is the largest service indus-
c)  try in the world?
d)  a) Food processing b) Bank
5. Who was the first recipient of Bharat Ratna Award? c) Insurance d) Tourism
a) Dr.S. Radhakrishnan 
b) Sri. Rajagopalachari a)  b) 
c) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru c)  d) 
d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad 11. Which one of the following programmes is related to
 employment generation?
a)  a) Sarva Swasthya Abhiyan
b)  b) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
c)  c) Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
d)  d) Indira Awaas Yojana
6. Zamindari system was introduced by     
a) Thomas Munroe b) Lord Cornwallis 

c) Venkata Subbaiah d) Myrdal a) 

 b) 

a)  b)  c) 

c)   d)  d) 

7. Land reforms provide 12. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer
using the codes given below the list:
a) Finance for improving fertility of land holding
List I List II
b) Incentives and encourage-ment to land owners
Committee Purpose
c) Incentives and encourage-ment to the tillers
A) Dutt Committee 1. Industrial Licensing
d) Finance for starting petty shops for farmers
B) Wanchoo Committee 2. Direct Taxes
   
C) Rajamannar Committee 3. Centre-States

D) Rangarajan Committee 4. Disinvestment
a) 
 I    II    
b)   


I II
c)     
  
d)  A)   
8. Who among the following has made the first system- B)   
atic attempt of planning in India? C)   
a) Jawaharalal Nehru b) Mahatma Gandhiji D)   
c) M.Viswesvarayya d) P.C. Mahalnobis A B C D
 a) 4 3 2 1
 b) 1 2 4 3
a)  b)  c) 1 2 3 4
c) M. d) P.C. d) 4 1 3 2

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6. Kutir Jothi scheme is related to
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a) Farmers
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b) Industrial workers
1. The percentage of economically active age group (15- c) Single point Electricity connection to households
59) of population in Tamil Nadu as per 2011 census is
d) Electricity connection to industrial units


(15- 59) 
a) 56 b) 66 c) 76 d) 86 a) 
2. Percapita Income rises when b) 
a) GNP and population increase at the same time c) 
b) GNP and population decrease d) 
c) GNP increases faster than population 7. Who was called the Grand Old man of India?
d) GNP increases slower than population a) B.G. Tilak b) Bipin Chandrapal
 c) Dadabhai Naoroji d) Lokmanya
a)       
 
b)  a)  b) 

c)  d) 
c) 
8. Which agitation is called as the “Blue Mutiny”?

d)  a) Chipko movement b) Indigo agitation
3. Which Union Territory has the highest literacy rate in c) Bhils agitation d) Santhal Rebellion
India? 
a) Andaman - Nicobar Islands b) Pondicherry a)  b) 
c) Delhi d) Lakshadweep c)  d) 
 9. Face book was founded by

a) Edward ki b) Charles Babbage
a)  b) 
c) Mark Zuckerberg d) James Arthur
c)  d) 

4. During which Five Year Plan was the Primary responsibil-
ity of India’s development shifted to the public sector? a)  b) 
a) I Five Year Plan b) II Five Year Plan c)  d) 
c) III Five Year Plan d) IV Five Year Plan 10. Which one of the following is not an aspect of Green
      Revolution?
     a) High yield varieties of seeds
 b) Use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides
a)  c) Mechanisation of agricultural activities
b)  d) Enforcing high level of labour use in agriculture
c) 
   
d)   
5. Which state attracted the largest value of invest- a) 
ments from Foreign Direct Investment Proposals
filed in 2011-12? b)     

a) Tamil Nadu b) Kerala c) Odisha d) Punjab
c)   
      
 
 d)    
a)  b)  c)  d)  

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11. Which among the following programmes aims at en- 4. The new symbol of Indian rupee
suring a bank account in every family? 
a) Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana a) £ b) ` c) $ d) ¥
b) Saansad Adarsh Grama Yojana 5. Among the following, which does not include LPG in
c) Swachh Bharat Mission Abhiyan Yojana economics
d) Integrated Child Protection Scheme a) Privatisation b) Liberalisation
       c) Generalisation d) Globalisation
 LPG 
a)  
b)  a)  b) 
c)  c)  d) 
d)  6. Identify the one among the following sub divisions that
does not form the subject matter of public finance
12. Where was the Mahalwari system first introduced in
India? a) Public expenditure
b) Financial administration
a) Agra and Oudh b) Tanjore and Trichy
c) Factor price determination
c) Vijayawada and Kurnool d) Jallandar and Delhi
d) Federal finance
     
    

a)  b) 
a)  b) 
c)  d) 
c)  d) 
SUB - INSPECTOR OF FISHERIES / FOREMAN (MA- 7. The reason for rapid increase in population is
RINE) IN TAMILNADU FISHERIES (11.12.2016) a) Birth rate and death rate increases
b) Birth rate and death rate decreases
1. ........... decides the economic growth of a country.
c) Birth rate increases but death rate decreases
a) Export b) Import c) Trade d) Transport
d) Birth rate decreases but death rate increases


a)  b) 
a) 
c)  d) 
b) 
2. In the world the density of population is very high
c) 
a) Bangladesh b) Monaco
d) 
c) Australia d) Srilanka
8. Match the following :

 A) New Industrial Policy 1. 1978
a)  b)  B) National Planning Committee 2. 1991
c)  d)  C) Integrated Rural Development 3. 1938
Programme
3. The following set of countries follow socialist economy
pattern D) 42nd Amendment 4. 1976
a) China, Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea 
b) Africa, Australia, America, Brazil A)  
c) Europe, Japan, Australia, China B)   
d) Srilanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Cuba C)   
       D)   
 A B C D
a)  a) 4 3 2 1
b)  b) 2 1 3 4
c)  c) 3 2 1 4
d)  d) 2 3 1 4

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9. Which are the following pair is/are correctly Matched :    (WTO)  
List I List II 
(i) Nobel prize - 1901 a) 1995 b) 1996 c) 1997 d) 1998
(ii) Plulitzer prize - 1917 14. Which of the following is incorrectly matched?
(iii) Magsaysay Award - 1958 a) Road Research - New Delhi
(iv) Booker prize - 1968 b) Environment - Nagpur
a) (i),(iii) and (iv) are wrong c) Drug - Lucknow
b) (iii) only is correct d) Sugar - Hyderabad
c) (i),(ii) and (iv) are correct 
d) (i) only is correct a)   

 b)   

 I II c)   


d)   
(i)  - 1901
15. World Consumer Day is celebrated on
(ii)  - 1917
a) Mar 15 b) Mar 16 c) Mar 14 d) Mar 11
(iii)  - 1958

(iv)  - 1968
a)  b)  c)  d) 
a) (i),(iii) (iv)  b) (iii) 
16. _____ is one wherein very little investment is involved.
c) (i),(ii) (iv)  d) (i) 
a) Large scale industry
10. Which of the following is correct?
b) Small scale industry
(i) National Voter day - January 25th
c) Cottage industry
(ii) World Population day - June 11
d) Medium scale industry
(iii) World Heritage day - May 18
_____
(iv) National Technology day - August 12
a)  b) 
a) (ii), (iii) and (i) are correct
c)  d) 
b) (i) only correct
17. ‘Communism in Health’ means, health must be pro-
c) (iv) only wrong
vided
d) (iv), (i) and (ii) are correct
a) according to life expectancy
 b) according to the need and not according to the
(i)    ability to pay
(ii)    c) only to the children
(iii)    d) only to the aged people
(iv)    ‘’
a) i, iii i  b) i  a) 
c) iv  d) iv, i ii b)      
11. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is situated in 
a) Paris b) London c) Geneva d) Vienna c) 
 d) 
a)  b)  c)  d)  18. Among these two, Economists one is known as Father
Economics and the other is known as Father of Mod-
12. Which is the World’s largest retail chain?
ern Economics. Find the correct combination.
a) Walmart b) costco c) Reliance d) Spencers
a) Adam Smith - David Ricardo

b) J.M. Keynes - T.R. Malthus
a) b)  c)  d)
c) Adam Smith - Amarthya Sen
13. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) was set up in
d) Adam Smith - J.M Keynes
the year

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 21. The Headquarters of IMF is located in
     a) France b) America c) India d) Japan
 
   (IMF) 
a)    
b) J.M.   T.R. a)  b) 
c)   
c)  d) 
d)   J.M.
19. With the help of the following clues find out the kind JUNIOR SCIENTIFIC OFFICER IN TAMILNADU FOREN-
of budget: SIC SCIENCE SUBORDINATE SERVICE 16-10-2018
A It is called a surplus budget
B. It is also a case of deficit budget 1. Which of the following is correct as per the population
census of 2011?
C. Modern economists argue that it is very useful for
achieving economic stability a) 940 females for 1000 of males
D. The government’s income or tax revenue and ex- b) 933 females for 1000 of males
penditure are not equal c) 950 females for 1000 of males
a) Revenue budget b) Balanced budget d) 953 females for 1000 of males
c) Zero based budget d) Unbalanced budget     
     
     a) 

b) 
A. 
c) 
B. 
d) 
C.    
 2. Which plan model is a Neo-Gandhian approach to de-
 velopment?
D.  a) LPG model
a)  b) Development of heavy industries model
b)  c) PURA model
c)  d) Socialistic pattern of society model
d)        
20. Which of the following are the National sports Awards? 
i) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award a) 
ii) Arjuna Awards b) 
iii) Dhyan Chand Award c) (PURA)
iv) Dronacharya Award d) 
a) (i), (ii) and (iii) only correct 3. Who was the real architect of the second five year
b) (ii) and (iv) are wrong plan?
c) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) correct a) Harrod-Domar b) Nehru
d) (ii) and (iii) only is correct c) Mahalanobis d) Indira Gandhi
 
i)  a)  b) 
ii)  c)  d) 
iii)  4. The change in rural consumer expenditure on non-
iv)  food products as compared to the urban consumer in
a) (i), (ii) (iii)  2013
b) (ii) (iv)  a) Increased b) Decreased
c) (i), (ii), (iii) (iv)  c) Remained constant
d) (ii) (iii)  d) Showed sharp fluctuations

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      
 
a)  a) 
b)  b) 
c) 
c) 
d) 
d) 
11. “Intangible goods”
5. What is the amount of calories needed for a
a) Machinary, instruments, industries
hardworking Indian Model Women (IRW), when she is
b) Waste goods
working?
c) Oil seeds
     (IRW),
d) Health, Research, Quality Education

 
a) 1610 b) 1800 c) 900 d) 826
a) 
6. The agency estimating the national income of India is b) 
a) Reserve Bank of India c)  
b) Planning Commission d) 
c) Ministry of Finance
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d) Central Statistical Organization
 1. Who was the person behind White Revolution?
a)  b)  a) Menon b) Dr.Verghese Kurian
c)  d)  c) Swaminathan d) T.K.Patel
7. Who among the following is the pioneer of the theory 
of neo-realism? a)  b) 
a) Kenneth Waltz b) Hans Morgenthau c)  d) 
c) Barry Buzan d) Raul Prebish 2. India recorded the highest growth rate of National
    Income during
 a) I Five Year Plan b) V Five Year Plan
a)  b)  c) VI Five Year Plan d) VIII Five Year Plan
c)  d)  
8. The Twenth plan period is 
 a) I  b) V 
a) 2007-12 b) 2009-14 c) 2012-17 d) 2014-19 c) VI  d) VIII 
9. The Nehru-Mahalanobis model was introduced in the 3. Disguised unemployment implies
a) 1st plan b) 2nd plan c) 3rd plan d) 4th plan a) Technological inefficiency
 b) Zero marginal productivity of labour
a)  b)  c) Full employment
c)  d)  d) Unemployment
10. The main driver of inflation in India in the last few 
years has been a) 
a) Increased rural wages b)    
b) Escalated food prices 
c) Increased cost of intermediate products c)  
d) Increased fuel cost d)  

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4. Which of the statements given below is/are the fea- 5. The new agricultural technology was tried as a pilot
tures of New Policy? project and was called as
1. Reform in trade policy. a) Integrated Rural Development Programme [IRDP]
2. Reduction in fiscal deficit. b) Integrated District Development Programme
3. To promote Industrial development. [IDDP]
4. Exchange rate. c) Intensive Agricultural Development Programme
[IADP]
a) 1 & 2 b) 1, 2 & 3 c) 3 & 4 d) 2, 3 & 4
d) Intensive Agricultural District Programme [IADP]

       

 
a) 
 
b) 
 
c) 
 
d) 
a)  b)  c)  d) 
6. Which plan had set the correct goal in the form of
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HANDLOOM AND TEXTILES moving “Towards faster and more inclusive growth”?
IN TAMILNADU HANDLOOMS AND TEXTILES SERVICE a) 10th plan b) 9th plan c) 11th plan d) 12th plan
    
1. Who was appointed as the First Vice-Chairman of NITI   “  
Aayog? ”
a) Ashok Gulati b) Arvind Panagariya a) 10 b) 9
c) Subramaniyam Swamy d) Y.V.Reddy c) 11 d) 12
NITI  7. Which district has the highest per capital income in
 Tamil Nadu in 2010-11?
a)  b)  a) Coimbatore b) Chennai
c)  d) Y.V. c) Tanjavur d) Kanyakumari
2. Second Five Year Plan was formulated based on the    2010 - 11   
............. model. 
a) Mahalanobis b) Rudra a)  b) 
c) Myrdal d) A.K.Sen c)  d) 

JAILOR IN TAMILNADU JAIL SERVICE (15.04.2017)
a)  b) 
c)  d) A.K. 1. Match the following:
3. In which year and place, united nations convened a A) NSSO 1. 7 day recall methodology
meeting to address ozone depletion? B) Decline in poverty 2. 55th round
a) Montreal, 1987 b) Kyoto, 1987 to 26%
c) Montreal, 2000 d) New York, 2012 C) Decline in poverty 3. 30 day recall to
23.3% methodology
      
 D) Economic survey 4. 2000-01

a) 1987 b)  1987
A)  1. 7 
c) 2000 d)  2012
B)  2. 55
4. The GDP growth of India for the financial year 2015-
26%
16 is
C)  3. 30
2015 - 16 GDP 
23.3%

D)  4. 2000 - 01
a) 8.0% b) 7.6% c) 7.2% d) 7.9% 

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A B C D  500 1000
a) 4 3 2 1 
b) 1 4 3 2 a) 6, 2016 b) 7, 2016
c) 1 2 3 4 c) 8, 2016 d) 9, 2016
d) 2 3 1 4 6. Match the following and select the correct answer:
2. Which of the following is correctly matched? A) TRAI 1. Stock market
a) According to 2011 census of - Sikkim B) SEBI 2. Export promotion
India most populous state is C) SEZ 3. Electricity
b) According to 2011 census of D) NTPC 4. Telecom
India least populous state is - UP      
c) The Motto of the 2011 - Our census 
census is Our future A)  1. 
d) According to 2011 census B)  2. 
highest proportion of Urban - Chennai
C)  3. 
population is in
D)  4. 

A B C D
a) 2011 
   a) 4 1 3 2
 b) 4 1 2 3
b) 2011  c) 4 3 2 1
 d) 3 4 2 1
  
7. Sustainable development does not include
c) 2011   
a) Improvement in health status
 
b) Improvement in environmental quality

d) 2011  c) Non-utilisation of natural resources
 d) Reduction in emissions and waste
       
th
3. Total outlay for the 11 Five Year Plan period is 
11 a) 
a) Rs.14,88,147 crore b) Rs.21,56,571 crore b) 
c) Rs.36,44,718 crore d) Rs.78,846,782 crore c) 
4. Expand FERA and FEMA. d) 
a) Foreign Exchange Regulation Act 8. Tick the incorrect answer:
b) Foreign Exchange Reserve Act The population policy of 2000
c) Foreign Exchange Management Act a) Concentrates on reproductive health
d) Foreign Exchange Minimum Act b) Adopts a decentralised approach
FERA FEMA. c) Provides incentive to follow two child norm
a)  d) Emphasizes male participation.
b)  
c)  (2000)
d)  a) 
5. The demonetization of the currencies of Rs. 500 and b) 
Rs.1,000 in India came into effect on c)      
a) November 6, 2016 b) November 7, 2016 
c) November 8, 2016 d) November 9, 2016 d) 

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9. The term Sulka refers to     
a) Monopoly tax b) Transaction tax 
c) customs duty d) Export duty 
 a) 15,000 b) 24,000
a)  b)  c) .25,000 d)  20,000
c)  d)  6. The National Afforestation and Eco-Development
Board was set up in India on
ASSISTANT ENGINEER (AGRICULTURAL a) August 1990 b) August 1991
ENGINEERING) (07.10.2017)
c) August 1992 d) August 1993
1. The outlines of second five year plan was made by      
a) B.N. Gadgil b) V.K.R.V.Rao 
c) P.C. Mahalanobis d) C.N.Vakil a)  b) 
 c)  d) 
 7. The father of white revolution in India
a) B.N. b) V.K.R.V.  a) M.S. Swaminathan b) Verghese Kurian
c) P.C.  d) C.N. c) C.Subramaniam d) Hargobind Khurana
2. The NDC decided to launch a programme to incentive 
the states to increase the share to investment in agri-
a) M.S. b) 
culture in their state plans. This programme is called as
NDC    c) C. d) 
    8. Govt. has recently allowed 100% FDI in many strate-
 gic sectors. Which of the following sectors has not
a) RKVY b) PMGY c) CDB d) MIDH been opened up?
3. In India the level of consumer expenditure is desirable a) Space b) Refinery
which secure a diet adaptation at least in terms of c) e-Commerce d) Power
calories is said by
     
a) Dr. Minhas      
b) P.K.Bardhan 
c) Dandekar and Rath a)  b) 
d) V.K.R.V. Rao and Asok Mitra c) e- d) 
      9. The book “Public finance” was written by

a) J.M. Keynes b) J.S.Mill

a) Dr. c) A.C.Pigou d) A.R.Prest

b) P.K. “”
c)  a)  b) 
d) V.K.R.V.  c)  d) 
4. Recently CSO has changed the base year for National ASSISTANT CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS INCLUDED
income estimates. The new base year is IN GROUP I A SERVICE (17.12.2017)
 CSO
 1. “Money is what money does” said by
a) 1993-94 b) 1994-95 a) Sir John Hicks b) Robertson
c) 1999-2000 d) 2004-2005 c) G.D.H.Cole d) Kent
5. The Government of Tamilnadu has introduced an in- “     ” 
surance scheme for life saving treatments for the fami- 
lies having an annual income of less than (in Rs) a)  b) 
a) 15,000 b) 24,000 c) 25,000 d) 20,000 c) G.D.H. d) 

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2. Which of the following instrument is not a part of Re- 
serve Bank of India’s monetary policy? a)  b) 
a) REPO rate c)  d) 
b) Bank rate 8. The 2011 population census of India is the
c) Cash reserve ratio a) 12th census b) 13th census
d) Statutory Liquidity Requirements c) 15th census d) 16th census
     

a)  b) 
a)  b) 
c)  d) 
c)  d) 
9. “Plan Balkan”, regarding transfer of power was pre-
3. Approach to 11th five year plan document titled “To- pared by
wards faster and more inclusive growth” was ap-
a) V.P.Menon b) Sardar Vallabhai Patel
proved by
c) Lord Mountbatten d) Lord Atlee
a) National development council
 “”  
b) Planning commission

c) Finance commission
a) V.P. b) 
d) Ministry of agriculture
c)  d) 
“
10. Second Green Revolution strategy was adopted dur-
   ” 
ing the

a) 11th five year plan b) 12th five year plan
a)  b) 
c) 10th five year plan d) 9th five year plan
c)  d) 

4. The National development council was constituted on
a) 
a) August 16, 1950 b) April 1, 1951
b) 
c) August 6, 1952 d) August 16, 1952
c) 

d) 
a)  b) 
11. Tendulkar report (December 2009) says that 37.2 per-
c)  d) 
cent of the Indian population lives below the poverty
5. Bank linkage programme for self help group in Tamil line
Nadu was launched in
a) i.e every sixth Indian lives in poverty
     
b) i.e every fifth Indian lives in poverty

c) i.e every fourth Indian lives in poverty
a) 1992 b) 1982 c) 1991 d) 2000
d) i.e every third Indian lives in poverty
6. The present public distribution system in India is not
based on the principle of     

a) Universal Provisionings b) Targeted groups

c) Subsidized prices d) Fixed entitlement
a)     
 

b)     
a)  
b)  c) 
c)  
d)  d)    
7. Which of the following is not an indicator of Human 
development? 12. The tax on import and export is known as
a) Life Expectancy b) Education a) Income Tax b) Trade Tax
c) Percapita income d) Poverty c) Custom Duty d) Excise Duty

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     
a)  b)  
c)  d)  a) FCI -
13. Special Drawing Rights was created by b) FCI -
     c) JCI -
 d) 
a) IBRD b) ADB c) IMF d) WTO 2. Adam Smith’s famous book “Wealth of Nations” was
14. India signed the Dunkel proposal in published in the year


 
a) 1986 b) 1990 c) 1993 d) 1994
a) 1771 b) 1773 c) 1775 d) 1776
15. Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) was es-
3. The Kisan Credit Card Scheme was introduced in In-
tablished in the year
dia, in the year
(IFCI)
    
a) 1946 b) 1947 c) 1948 d) 1949 
16. Frictional unemployment exists a) 1996-97 b) 1997-98
a) When there is a decrease in real GDP c) 1998-99 d) 1999-2000
b) Because it takes time to find a job when one is 4. The Essential Commodities Act was enacted in India
first entering labour force in the year
c) As a result of technological change “”
d) When an individual retires 
 a) 1950 b) 1951 c) 1953 d) 1955
a)       5. Consider the following pairs:
 I. Adam Smith - Canon of Equity
b)       II. Ricardo - Canon of Economy
 III. J.S.Mill - Employment
c)  Which of the pair given above is/are correct
d)  a) I only b) I and II
17. The key measure of inflation adopted by the Reserve c) II and III d) II only
Bank of India currently is 
a) The General Price Index   
b) Wholesale Price Index   
c) Retail Price Index J.S. 
d) Consumer Price Index 
      a) I  b) I II

c) II III d) II 
a)  b) 
6. The tax system in which both tax rate and tax base
c)  d)  are positively related
COMBINED ENGINEERING SERVICES EXAMINATION a) Proportional Tax b) Progressive Tax
24.02.2018 c) Regressive Tax d) Degressive Tax

1. Which one of the following is a Public Sector 
Organisation?
a) 
a) FCI - Food Corporation of India
b) 
b) FCI - Fertilizer Corporation of India
c) 
c) JCI - Jute Corporation of India
d) 
d) All the above

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ASS I S TA N T C O M M I SS I O N E R O F L A B O U R
a) Dr.  b) 
(29. 04. 2018)
c) V.P.  d) 
1. Union Government estimated that the fiscal deficit
2. Indian State Financial Corporations have given assis-
was expected to decline to___ percent of GDP in
tance mainly to develop
2017 - 18 Budget
a) 2.9 percent b) 3.0 percent a) Small - Scale Industries

c) 3.2 percent d) 3.5 percent b) Medium - Scale Industries


          c) Medium and Small Scale Industries
 ___     d) Irrigation projects


a)  b)  
c)  d)  a) 
2. The “ People ‘s plan” was formulated by
b) 
a) Mahalanobis b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) 
c) M. N. Roy d) B. S. Minhas
d) 
“”
3. In India, bank notes of value ` 500 and ` 1,000 were
a)  b) 
withdrawn from on the midnight of
c) M. N.  d) B. S.
a) 5th November 2016 b) 8th November 2016
3. Reserve Bank of India was inaugurated in
c) 10th November 2016 d) 15th November 2016
a) April 1930 b) April 1935
     
c) April 1947 d) April 1950


a)  b) 
a)  b) 
c)  d) 
c)  d) 
4. Match the following
4. Nehru - Mahalanobis model of developement was
introduced during this Five Year plan Finance commission Chairman
a) First five year plan A) First FC 1. KC. Pant
b) Second five year plan B) Fourth FC 2. K.C. Neogy
c) Third five year plan C) Tenth FC 3. C. Rangarajan
d) Fourth five year plan D) Twelth FC 4. P.V. Rajmannar
 

 
a) 
a)   KC. 
b) 
b)   K.C.
c) 
c)   C.
d) 
d)   P.V. 
COMBINED ENGINEERING SERVICES EXAMINATION
A B C D
(20.05.2018)
a) 2 4 1 3
1. Who was the Chairman of First Planning Commission b) 1 3 2 4
in India ?
c) 3 2 4 1
a) Dr. Manmohan Singh b) Jawaharlal Nehru
d) 4 1 3 2
c) V.P. Singh d) Morarji Desai

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5. 14 major banks were nationalised in India in the year 5. In recent times unaccounted money has been used
     for financing ____ dealings
 a) Transaction b) Precautionary
a) 1949 b) 1959 c) 1969 d) 1968 c) Speculative d) Cheap money
6. Open market operations of RBI refers to    
a) Buying of eligible securities  _____  
b) Selling of eligible securities 
c) Buying and selling of eligible securities a)  b) 
d) The control of money circulation c)  d) 
 6. _____ is sometimes recommended as a remedy for
 depression
a) 
a) Creeping inflation b) Cost push inflation
b) 
c) Price control d) Wage cut
c) 

d) 
a)  b) 
MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTOR GRADE II 10 . 06. 2018 c)  d) 
7. Match it :
1. Which of the following is the determinants of popula-
A) Prof. Dimock 1. Budget
tion growth?
B) Prof.Fisher 2. Public finance
a) Agriculture and industrial revolutions
C) Prof.Seligman 3. Equation of exchange
b) improvements in medical care
D) Prof.Dalton 4. Tax
c) protection from the natural calamity

d) All are correct
A)   

B)   
a) 
C)   
b) 
D)   
c) 
A B C D
d) 
a) 1 3 4 2
2. The literacy rate in India in 1991 was
b) 1 2 4 3

c) 3 1 2 4
a) 75.85 b) 54.16 c) 65.38 d) 52.10
3. “The laws of economics are to be compared with the d) 4 3 2 1
laws of tides rather than with the simple and exact 8. Setting up of national clean development mechanism
law of gravitation “ by authority as per ____
a) Marshall b) Adam Smith a) Kyoto protocol
c) Keynes d) Ricardo b) Coastal regulation zone
       c) National Chemical management
    d) National environmental policy
 ____
a)  b)  
c)  d)  a) 
4. Reserve Bank of India started in the year b) 
 c) 
a) 1947 b) 1955 c) 1935 d) 1972 d) 

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9. Arrange the pattern of Industrial growth in India cor- 5. Name the economist played a leading role in the sec-
rectly ond five year plan.
1. Intermediate goods 2. Basic goods a) Jaya Prakash Narayan b) P.C. Mahalanobsis
3. Capital goods 4. Consumer goods c) J.C. Kumarappa d) Dr. William Gadd
        
 
   a)  b) 
   c)  d) 
   6. In India, Carbon tax is imposed on
 
I. Gas II. Oil III. Coal
a) 3,1,2,4 b) 2,1,3,4 c) 3,2,4,1 d) 2,3,4,1
a) I only b) III only
FOREST APPRENTICE (14.10.2018) c) II and III d) I and II

1. The factors which influence Indian Economy’s devel-
I.  II.  III. 
opment are
a) Economic and Non - Economic Factors a) I  b) III 

b) Social and Industrial factors c) II III d) I II


c) Technological and Communications factors 7. Which of the following is not a service?
d) Human factor and Mechanical factors a) Communication b) Banking and insurance
 c) Agriculture d) Transportation.
 
a)     a)  b) 
 c)  d) 
b)  8. As on march 31, 1990 , the growth of investment in
c)  public sector in monetary terms was
d)  a) Rs. 75,860 crores b) Rs. 68, 991 crores
2. When was the Slogan ‘Garibi hatao’ (removal of pov- c) Rs. 86,000 crores d) Rs. 89, 000 crores
erty) was raised?
     
a) I five year plan b) II five year plan 
c) III five year plan d) IV five year plan a)  b) 
     c)  d) 

9. The major method of disinvestment used in India is
a) I  b) II 
a) Open auction sale b) Public offering
c) III  d) IV 
c) Strategic sale d) Coupon method
3. When was the crop. Insurance Scheme introduced?
    
a) May - 1985 b) April - 1985

c) June - 1986 d) December - 1990
a)  

b) 
a)  b) 
c) 
c)  d) 
d) 
4. As per census 2011 there were _____ lakh disabled
10. ‘Garibi Hatao’ means
persons in Tamil Nadu.
 a) Destruction of food crop
_______  b) Diffusion of knowledge
a) 24.34 lakhs/ b) 23.28 lakhs / c) Removal of poverty
c) 16.42 lakhs / d) 20.18 lakhs/ d) Eradication of illiteracy

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‘’ 2. When was the Industrial Development Bank of India
a)  b)  was started in India?
c)  d)       
11. What is CSO ? 
a) Centra and state organisation a) 1965 b) 1963 c) 1964 d) 1966
b) Central Statistical organisation 3. In India First Industrial Policy was announced in the
c) Central Scientific organisation year
d) Central statistical office 
CSO  a) 1947 b) 1948 c) 1970 d) 1977
a)  4. National Policy on Skill Development was formulated
b)  by the
c)  a) Ministry of Human Resource development
d)  b) Ministry of Labour and Employment
12. When was demonetisation announced in India? c) Ministry of Finance
a) December 31 , 2015 b) November 08, 2016 d) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
c) November 16, 2016 d) April 01, 2017
    
     

a) 
a)  b) 
b) 
c)  d) 
c) 
13. In which year was the New population policy an-
nounced in India ? d) 
a) January 15 , 1978 b) October 18 , 1979 5. In which position, the India’s largest Bank, the state
c) April 16, 1976 d) July 16, 1990 owned SBI ranks among the top 100 Global banks?
   ‘  
’ 
a)  b)  a) 95 b) 75 c) 55 d) 45
c)  d)  6. The Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog is
a) Mr. Aravind Panagariya b) Mr. Rajiv Kumar
PUBLIC HEALTH SUBORDINATE SERVICE (22.12.2018)
c) Mr. Bimal Jalan d) Mr. Y.V. Reddy
1. What is the minimum reserve system of RBI? 
a) Rs. 300 crores, of which atleast Rs. 200 crores a) Mr.  b) Mr. 
should be in gold c) Mr.  d) Mr. Y.V. 
b) Rs. 500 crores, of which atleast Rs.300 crores in
7. Which one of the following is a basic characteristics of
gold
Indian Economy?
c) Rs. 700 crores, of which atleast 400 crores in gold
a) High standard of living of the average Indians
d) Rs. 200 crores, of which atleast Rs. 115 crores
b) Unequal distribution of income and wealth
in gold
 c) Absence of capital formation
a)  d) Low density of population
    
b)  
 a) 
c)  b) 

c) 
d) 
d) 


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8. Credit creation is the function of 3. Match the following and select the correct answer
a) Reserve Bank of India A) Tax revenue 1. Provident funds
b) Commercial Banks B) Capital receipts 2. Taxes on income and
c) Monetary Authority of India expenditure
d) Government of India C) Non-plan expenditure 3. Sales tax
 D) Value added tax 4. Interest payments
a)  
b)  A)   
c)  B)     
d)  
C)   
CCS -I EX AMINATION (GROUP - I) SERVICES
(08 . 11. 2015) D)   
A B C D
1. Agricultural unemployment may be classified into: a) 4 3 2 1
I. Seasonal unemployment b) 1 3 4 2
II. Disguised unemployment c) 2 1 4 3
III. Chronic unemployment d) 2 3 4 1
Which is the correct answer? 4. The structure of Indian Financial System does not in-
a) I and II only b) II and III only clude
c) I and III only d) I, II and III a) Industrial finance b) Agricultural finance
   c) Development finance d) Deficit finance


I. 
a)  b) 
II. 
c)  d) 
III. 
5. The MGNREGS differs from other poverty alliviation
 measures in the following respects
a) I  II  b) II  III  I. It focuses on income generation to the targeted
c) I  III  d) I, II  III poor.
2. Fill up the blanks: II. It is built around the notions of citizenship and
National population policy adopted in 2000 with a view entitlement
to encourage ................... and aim at stabilizing the III. It facilitates disclosure by means of regular and
population by ............ social audit.
a) Two child norm, 2020 IV. It operates as per the directions of the State/Cen-
b) One child norm, 2030 tral Governments
c) Two children norm, 2046 MGNREGS 
d) One child norm, 2050 
 I. MGNREGS   
    
    II. 
 
 III. 
a)  
b)  IV.   
c)  
d)  a) I & II b) II & III c) I & IV d) II & IV

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6. The Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) policy for fertilizers 
was implemented in India in a) 
 b) 

c) 
a) 1966 b) 1977 c) 1991 d) 2010
d)  
7. Government of Tamilnadu awards Dr.A.P.J. Abdul
Kalam award for a Tamilian for his/her contribution to COMBINED CIVIL SERVICE EX AMINATION - II
a) Development of rural health services (GROUP - II SERVICED) (INTERVIEW POSTS)
b) Scientific, art and literature development, 11. 08. 2018
humanities and student welfare
c) Tamil literature development 1. Which is the biggest nationalised enterprise?
d) Development of Sports a) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
 b) Indian Post Department
 c) India Railways
a)  d) Oil and Natural Gas Commission
b)    
 a) (BSNL)
c)  b) 
d)  c) 
10. The phase of rapid growth of population in India falls d) 
a) between 1891- 1921 b) between 1921 - 1951
2. Identify the mistach:
c) between 1951 - 1981 d) between 1981 - 2001
a) White revolution - Milk
     
b) Green revolution - Food grains

c) Blue revolution - Fish
a) 1891- 1921 
d) Yellow revolution - Flowers
b) 1921 - 1951 
c)  
d) 1981 - 2001  a)   
11. Arrange the following sectors in India descending or- b)   
der according to the commercial energy consump- c)   
tion d)   
1. Household sector 2. Agriculture 3. National Agricultural policy aims at a growth rate of
3. Industries 4. Transport ..................% per year.
      
 
1.  2.  a) 3% b) 4% c) 6% d) 8%
3.  4.  4. Which among the following industries generates in-
a) 4, 3, 1, 2 b) 3, 4, 1, 2 visible exports?
c) 3, 4, 2, 1 d) 4, 1, 3, 2 a) Fishing b) Tourism
c) Jewellery d) Handicrafts
(LEGISLATIVE) WING OF LAW DEPARTMENT IN TAMIL
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a)  b) 
1. The Reserve Bank of India was established by the
c)  d)  
a) the Act of 1919
5. Which of the following agricultural commodity of In-
b) the Act of 1935 dia gives largest interms of export value?
c) Indian Indepdence Act of 1947 a) Tea b) Basmathi Rice
d) Indian constitution c) Spices d) Cotton

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 3. The Lorenz curve is a measure of
 a) poverty b) income inequalities
a)  b)  c) inflation rate d) tax structure
c)  d)  
6. NREGA gives guaranteed employment for a)  b) 
     (NREGA),  c)  d) 

4. The LPG model of development was introduced in
a) 50 days/ b) 100 days/ _____ by the Finance Minister _______
c) 150 days/ d) 200 days/ a) 1991, Dr. Manmohan Singh
7. The concept of Goods and Services Tax (GST) was origi- b) 1995, Shri. Pranab Muharji
nated from
c) 2000, Shri. P. Chidambaram
a) Canada b) USA c) Britain d) Germany
d) 2010, Shri. Yaswant Singa
    (GST)  
  

   ___ 
a)  b)     _______ 
c)  d)  
8. Golden Handshake scheme is associated with a) 
a) Establishing joint enterprises b) 
b) Inviting foreign companies c) 
c) Private investment in public enterprises d) 
d) Voluntary retirement 5. In an open economy, GDP is the sum of
 a) Consumption, gross investment, government
a)  spending and net exports
b)  b) Consumption, net investment, government
spending and net export
c) 
c) Consumption, gross investment, government
d) 
spending and gross exports
CCS - I EXAMINATION (GROUP I SERVICES) d) Wages, rent, interest, profit and depreciation
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
1. The term demographic dividend refers to a)      
a) decline in population 
b) increase in working class b) 
c) decline in birth rate c)       
d) decline in fertility rate 
d) 

6. The minimum support prices are a means of support-
a) 
ing the
b) 
a) farmers b) comsumers
c) 
c) industries d) retailers
d) 
    
2. The largest share of energy is consumed by 
a) Agriculture b) Rural power supply a)  b) 
c) Urban power supply d) Industry c)  d) 
 7. Which one of the following is an indirect tax ?
a)  b)  a) Income tax b) Service tax
c)  d)  c) Corporation tax d) Interest tax

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     3. Who designed the AADHAAR logo?
 a) Atul S.Pande b) R.K.Pachuri
a)  b)  c) Sree Ramamurthy Janaki d) Pandit Ravi Shankar
c)  d)  
8. India’s Human Development Index HDI in 2011 was a)  b) 
better than that of c)  d) 
I. China II. Srilanka 4. Who is the Chairman of the XIV Finance Commission in
III. Bangladesh IV. South Africa India?
 a) Rudra b) Alka Dhupkar
 c) Y.V.Reddy d) Rajatarang
I.  II.  
III.  IV.  a)  b) 
a) I, II, III, IV b) III, IV c) III d) II, III, IV c)  d) 
9. The Indian Government gets _______ percent of 5. National Services Schemes was launched in the year
India’s total energy needs are met through imports 
a) 30 percent b) 40 percent a) 1965 b) 1966 c) 1968 d) 1969
c) 20 percent d) 35 percent 6. Match the following :
 A. First five year plan - Equity and social justice
 B. Second five year plan - Removal of poverty
a)  b)  C. Fifth five year plan - Agriculture oriented
c)  d)  D. Tenth five year plan - Rapid industrialization
10. The GATT was biased in favour of the developed coun- 
tries and was called informally
A   
a) Rich men’s club b) League of nation
B    
c) WTO d) Axis nation
C   
GATT 
D   


a)  b)  A B C D
c)  d)  a) 3 1 2 4
b) 3 4 1 2
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c) 4 3 2 1
1. In India, present trend of rapid urbanisation is due to d) 3 4 2 1
a) Influence of cinema and electronic media 7. The human resource development is a composite index
of each country is
b) Break-up of Joint family system
a) Health Status, Education, Per Capita GDP
c) Abolition of zamindari system
b) Health Status, Education, Per Capita GNP
d) Lack of employment opportunities in rural areas
c) Health Status, Education, Per Capita NNP

d) Health Status, Education, Per Capita NDP
a)       
b)  
c)  a) 
d)  
2. Naional income of a country can be calculated by b)       


c) 
a) 2 methods / b) 3 methods/
d)       
c) 4 methods / d) 5 methods/ 

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8. Match the Nation with their currency. 3. The New Economic Policy for liberalization and
A. Vietnam - Kyat privatisation of Indian economy was implemented in
B. Spain - Dong     
C. Cuba - Euro 

D. Myanmar - Peso
 a) 1985 b) 1991 c) 1990 d) 1999
A    4. The sectors are classified into public sector and pri-
vate sector on the basis of
B   
a) Employment condition
C   
D    b) The nature of Economic Activity
A B C D c) Ownership of Enterprises
a) 3 2 1 4 d) Number of workers in the enterprises
b) 2 3 4 1     
c) 3 4 2 1 
d) 4 3 1 2 a) 
9. Who is the author of “The theory of Industrial b) 
organisation”? c) 
a) Patrick Modiano b) Jean Tirole d) 
c) Richard Flanagan d) Malala Yousafzai 5. The policy of the government with regard to its rev-
     enue and expenditure is called
 a) Economic Policy b) Fiscal Policy
a)  b)  c) Monetary Policy d) Revenue Expenditure Policy
c)  d) 
     
10. Who can issue one rupee note of India? 
a) Reserve bank of India a) 
b) State bank of India
b)  
c) The ministry of finance
c) 
d) Public finance authority
d) 

6. Per capita income indicates
a) 
a) The wealth of the people
b) 
b) The poverty of the people
c) 
c) The educational level of the people
d) 
d) The standard of living of the people
ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN (26.12.2018) 
a) 
1. A collaborative model for providing public infrastruc-
ture and services by government and private sector is b) 
 c) 
 d) 
a) TPC model b) LGP model 7. Monetary Policy is implemented by
c) PPP model d) HSR model a) State Bank b) Reserve Bank of India
2. During the five year plan period, annual plans were c) Central Government d) State Government
followed in the period of   
    
 a)  b) 
a) 1966- 69 b) 1970 - 71 c) 1973 - 74 d) 1976 - 77 c)  d) 

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