Tnpsc Principal Industrial Training Institute – Assistant Director of Training Exam Previous Questions in English

Tnpsc Principal Industrial Training Institute – Assistant Director of Training Exam Previous Questions in English

1. Who was acclaimed as the “Diamond of India”, due to his invaluable services in the Nation?

A) Gopala Krishna Gokhale

B) Bala Gangadhar Tilak

C) Sardar Vallabhai Patel

D) Lala Lajpat Rai

2. Kamaraj was elected as the Chairman of Virudhunagar Municipality in 1941 when he was in

A) Vellore Jail

B) Palayamkottai Jail

C) Virudhunagar Jail

D) Madras Jail

3. The policy of British rule in India was

A) Castless Society

B) Unity in Diversity

C) Open Door Policy

D) Divide and Rule

4. Why did Nana Sahib develop a grudge against the British?

A) No Successor

B) Not a good administrator

C) His pension rejected

D) Traitor

5. More persons are working, what is actually required on land, due to population is called

A) Disguised unemployment

B) Unemployment

C) Under employment

D) Over employment

6. MUDRA provide loans to

A) Corporate Business

B) Multinational Companies

C) Small farmers

D) Micro-enterprises

7. Why the ‘Rainbow revolution’ is so called?

A) Agricultural revolution

B) Revolution in Agricultural and Industrial output

C) IT revolution

D) Industrial revolution

8. Match the following :

a) VAT – 1. Multipoint tax with cascading effect

b) GST – 2. One point tax without cascading effect

c) Sales Tax – 3. Multipoint tax without cascading effect

d) CGST – 4. Collected by the Central Government for Interstate sale

e) IGST – 5. Collected by the Central Government on an intra-State sale

a) b) c) d) e)

A) 1 2 4 5 3

B) 3 2 1 5 4

C) 4 3 1 2 5

D) 2 1 3 5 4

9. Match List I (Article) with List II (Powers of President of India) and choose the correct answer using the options given below :

List I – List II

a) Art. 53 – 1. National emergency

b) Art. 352 – 2. Appointment of Prime Minister

c) Art. 76 – 3. Executive power of the Union vested with the President

d) Art. 75 – 4. Appointment of Attorney General of India

a) b) c) d)

A) 1 3 4 2

B) 3 1 4 2

C) 3 4 2 1

D) 4 2 3 1

10. Which part of the Indian Constitution envisages a three-tier system of Panchayats?

A) Part IX

B) Part X

C) Part XI

D) Part XII

11. Consider the following statements relating to the Union Council of Ministers :

I. Article 74 of the Indian Constitution deals with the Council of Ministers

II. It does not have the collective Responsibility.

Of these :

A) I is true

B) II is true

C) I and II are true

D) I and II are false

12. Among of the following statements identify which is not related with the 42^nd Amendment of the Indian Constitution?

A) The word ‘Secular’ added to the Preamble

B) The state protects all religions equally

C) It lays emphasis on secular and socialist aspects

D) It made changes in the last paragraph of the Preamble

13. The custom of female infanticide was very much prevalent among the

A) Jats

B) Marathas

C) Rajputs

D) Konds

14. Who wrote Ain-i-Akbari?

A) Akbar

B) Alberuni

C) Abul Fazl

D) Todarmal

15. Which one of the following was as an important port of the eastern coast during the Gupta period?

A) Broach

B) Japara

C) Tamralipti

D) Kalyan

16. Which among the following is known to be prime effect of thermal pollution on aquatic systems?

A) decrease in dissolved oxygen

B) increase in toxins

C) makes unfit for use

D) increase evaporation rate

17. Activities taken to ensure that the needs of victims are met and suffering is minimized

A) Emergency response activities

B) Response and recovery activities

C) Preparedness activities

D) Disaster management

18. Which of the following statements is incorrect with respect to Alluvial Soil?

A) Frequently inundated by floods during the rainy season

B) Low nitrogen and varying percentage of calcium carbonate

C) The colour of the alluvial soils varies from light grey to dark grey

D) Rich in humus phosphoric acid, lime and organic matter

19. Which of the following is the First Smart Tribal Village in Jammu & Kashmir?

A) Srinagar

B) Baramula

C) Habbi

D) Rajauri

20. World’s highest Active Volcano is found in

A) Japan

B) Italy

C) Ecuador

D) Kenya

21. Consider the following statements :

1. Vinod Kumar Shukla was the recipient of the first Mathrubhumi book of the year award

2. He is a Malayalam poet and novelist

3. He translated the book “Blue is like Blue”

4. He won Sahitya Akademi Award in 1999

From the above which are correct?

A) 1, 2 and 3 are correct

B) 1, 3 and 4 are correct

C) 2, 3 and 4 are correct

D) 1, 2 and 4 are correct

22. The processes by which organisms keep their internal conditions relatively stable is called

A) Metabolism

B) Homeostasis

C) Hypostasis

D) Epistasis

23. What is the fibrous sac covering in the heart?

A) Myocardium

B) Endocardium

C) Pericardium

D) Auriculo cardium

24. The Snow on the mountains does not melt all at once when it is heated by the sun because

A) it has a low specific heat capacity

B) it has high latent heat of fusion

C) it becomes very hard

D) it reflects most of the heat from the sun

25. Which of the means adopted under self-respect movement

(i) Violent protests against upper classes

(ii) Undermine position of Brahmin priests by formalizing weddings without them

(iii) Boycott of temples and places of Brahmin residence

A) (i) and (iii)

B) Only (ii)

C) Only (iii)

D) All the above

26. ________ memorial girl child protection scheme is being implemented by the Government of Tamil Nadu.

A) Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy memorial

B) Rani Meyyammai memorial

C) Sivagami Ammaiyar memorial

D) Ramamirtham Ammaiyar memorial

27. Choose the correct district which is rich in Iron Ores in Tamil Nadu?

A) Ariyalur

B) Madurai

C) Salem

D) Kallakurichi

28. The scheduled castes Finance and development corporations (NSFDC), work for the _______ development of scheduled caste families.

A) Political

B) Social

C) Education

D) Economic

29. Providing nutrition to ‘Poor Mothers of Infants’ scheme is

A) Dr. Muthulaxmi Magaperu Thittam

B) Moovalur Ramamirtham Magaperu Thittam

C) Anjugam Ammaiyar Magaperu Thittam

D) Annai Sathiya Magaperu Thittam

30. Match the following :

Social Reform – Reformers

a) Abolition of Sati – 1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

b) Temple Entry for Dalits – 2. Thanthai Periyar

C) Window Remarriage – 3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

D) Self respect movement against untouchability – 4. Ambedkar

a) b) c) d)

A) 3 4 1 2

B) 4 3 2 1

C) 1 3 4 2

D) 3 2 4 1

31. The first Conference of the Justice Party was held at

A) Coimbatore

B) Salem

C) Trichy

D) Madurai

32. ‘Ayothi Dasa’ founded

A) Satyashodhak Samaj

B) Samarasa Veda Sanmarga Sangam

C) Advaidananda Sabha

D) Ayyavazhi

33. Which of the following statements on Vanchinathan are correct?

(i) He belonged to Travancore state of that time

(ii) He was employed as a forest guard at Punalur

(iii) He was one of the members of Bharata Mata Association

(iv) He was trained in the use of Revolver by Subramania Siva at Pondicherry

A) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct

B) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct

C) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct

D) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct

34. The meaning of the chapter not Coveting?

A) Not feeling shy

B) Not belittling others

C) Not Begging from others

D) Not desiring others things

35. ‘Sire greatest boon on son confers,…..

….. to fill the highest seat’

What is the debt of a father to his son according to this Thirukkural?

A) To amass wealth

B) To make him a bravest person

C) Precedence in the assembly of the learned

D) To give charity

36. According to Census 2011 population density of Tamil Nadu is

A) 550 / sq. km

B) 555 / sq. km

C) 560 / sq. km

D) 565 / sq. km

37. Which book describes the Marriage Manners of the Sankam Age People?

A) Puranaanuru

B) Nattrinai

C) Akanaanuru

D) Kurunthokai

38. The seals found in Mohenjadaro was not made of

A) Ivory

B) Conch

C) Faience

D) Steatite

39. The editor of “The Hindustan Review”, an English Monthly Magazine, published by the Indian Press in Allahabad

A) Sachchidananda Sinha

B) T. M. Nair

C) Surendranath Banerjee

D) Hentry Vivian Derozio

40. Who favoured the permanent settlement but urged that the Government should fix the maximum rent to be paid by each cultivator?

A) Lord Cornwallis

B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

C) Lord Munro

D) Dada Bhai Nauroji

41. Assertion (A) : Justice Party demanded communal representation for non-Brahmins.

Reason (R) : Periyar came out of congress party since his demand for communal representation rejected.

A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

C) (A) is true but (R) is false

D) (A) is false but (A) is true

42. Development Financial institutions are

1. IFCI

2. ICICI

3. IDBI

4. UTI

Select the correct answer :

A) 1 and 2

B) 3 and 4

C) 1 and 3

D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

43. To Reform Centre-State relations, major recommendations are made by

(i) Sarkaria commission

(ii) Punchhi commission

(iii) Rajamannar committee

(iv) Royal commission

Select the correct answers by using the code

A) (i) and (ii)

B) (ii), (iii) and (iv)

C) (i), (iii) and (iv)

D) (i), (ii) and (iii)

44. First Five year plan Model is

A) Mahalanobis Model

B) Garibi Hato Model

C) Nehruvian Model

D) Harrod Domar Model

45. Which of the following recommended the establishment of Lokpal?

A) First Administrative Reform Commission

B) Second Administrative Reform Commission

C) Veerappa Moily Committee

D) Singhvi Committee

46. The First District which established Panchayat Raj in Rajasthan was

A) Kota

B) Jhalawar

C) Madhopur

D) Nagaur

47. For getting recognition as ‘National Party’ a party has to fulfill which of the following criteria?

(i) Atleast 6% of votes in atleast 4 states

(ii) In the loksabha elections, atleast 2% members from atleast three states elected to Loksabha

(iii) Recognition as a state party in atleast four states

(iv) Atleast 8% votes in atleast three states

A) Any one of the (i), (ii) and (iii) criteria is required

B) Any one of the (iii) and (iv) criteria is required

C) Any one of the (ii), (iii) and (iv) criteria is required

D) Any one of the (i), (iii) and (iv) criteria is required

48. The Supreme Court has stated that the basic features of the Constitution cannot be amended in which of the following cases?

A) Shankari Prasad Deo (Vs) Union of India

B) Sajjan Singh (Vs) State of Rajasthan

C) Raghuvir Singh (Vs) Union of India

D) Minerva Mills (Vs) Union of India

49. The first Article of the Constitution declares that India is

A) United States

B) Union of States

C) Federal states

D) All are correct

50. ‘Sufism’ originated and developed in

A) Christianity

B) Hinduism

C) Islam

D) Zoroastrianism

51. Nicolo Condi, who visited Vijayanagar was a

A) Italian traveller

B) Persian traveller

C) Portuguese traveller

D) Chinese traveller

52. Palaeolithic stone tool was discovered first in India in 1863 by whom?

A) Le Mesurier

B) Robert Bruce

C) Miles Burkitt

D) Subba Rao

53. The script of Indus valley people was

A) Brahmi script

B) Vattelluthu

C) Grantha script

D) Pictographic script

54. Match the following :

Tribe – State

a) Banchharas – 1. Bihar

b) Koras – 2. Rajasthan

c) Padhar – 3. Madya Pradesh

d) Rabari – 4. Gujarat

a) b) c) d)

A) 1 3 4 2

B) 2 4 3 1

C) 3 1 4 2

D) 3 1 2 4

55. Match the following :

Mountain – Height

a) The Sivalik Range – 1. Less than 1220 meters

b) The Great Himalaya (or) Himadri – 2. Average 6100 meters

c) The Eastern Highlands (Purvachal) – 3. Highest point 4578 meters

d) The Blue Mountain – 4. 2157 meters

a) b) c) d)

A) 2 1 4 3

B) 1 3 2 4

C) 2 3 4 1

D) 4 2 3 1

56. Identify Tamilnadu government’s scheme to encourage widow remarriage and rehabilitate widows

A) Sathiyavanimuthu Ninaivu Scheme

B) Dharmambal Ninaivu Scheme

C) E. V. R. Maniyammaiyar Ninaivu Scheme

D) Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammal Ninaivu Scheme

57. Factionalism is politics is the demerits of

A) Party System

B) Electoral Competition

C) Democracy

D) Coalition Politics

58. India’s major deposits of Lignite are located in

A) Jharkhand

B) Tamil Nadu

C) Andhra Pradesh

D) West Bengal

59. In the National New Educational Policy (2020), the 10 + 2 model is proposed to be replaced as

A) 5 + 4 + 3 + 3

B) 4 + 5 + 3 + 3

C) 5 + 3 + 3 + 4

D) 3 + 3 + 5 + 4

60. Buffer solutions are used to

A) Decrease the pH value

B) Change the pH value

C) Increase the pH value

D) Maintain the pH value

61. LASERS used for hair transplantation is

A) Laser

B) Nd : YAG Laser

C) Ruby Laser

D) Diode Laser

62. The person who stated that Human experiences past, present and future influence the capacity to learn

A) Pavlov

B) John Dewey

C) M. K. Gandhi

D) Swami Vivekananda

63. Scientific knowledge is imbibed through

A) Reasoning

B) Experimentation

C) Problem solving ability

D) Reasoning and experimentation

64. The five new district created in 2019 in Tamil Nadu

A) Tirupattur, Ranipet, Kallakurichi, Chengalpet, Tenkasi

B) Tiruvarur, Tenkasi, Ranipet, Kallakurichi, Chengalpet

C) Tiruvarur, Ranipet, Krishnagiri, Chengalpet, Tenkasi

D) Ariyalur, Ranipet, Tenkasi, Tirupattur, Chengalpet

65. Assertion (A) : A State’s health status depends on effective and efficient health care

Infrastructure

Reason (R) : Tamil Nadu attracts medical tourism from around the world.

A) Both (A) and (R) is true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

B). Both (A) and (R) is true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

C) (A) is true but (R) is false

D) (A) is false but (R) is true

66. Who was the first women M. L. A. in Madras Presidency (1926)?

A) Dr. Muthulaxmi

B) Ramamirtham Ammaiyar

C) Dr. Subbulaxmi

D) Dr. Annie Besant Ammaiyar

67. Whose name is given to the intercaste marriage assistance scheme, provided by the Government of Tamil Nadu?

A) Dr. Muthulakshmi

B) Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar

C) Annai Theresa

D) Dr. Dharmambal Ammaiyar

68. Which district is having the highest HDI in Tamil Nadu?

A) Theni

B) Kanyakumari

C) Ariyalur

D) Chennai

69. Name the Chief Minister of Madras presidency (Tamil Nadu) when India got independence in 1947.

A) Tanguturi Prakasam

B) O. P. Ramasami

C) C. Rajagopalachari

D) P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja

70. Identify one of the statement is correct regarding the Queen Velunachiyar :

(i) Thandavarayan Pillai served on the deluvay and Pradhani under Queen Velunachiyar

(ii) The British troops killed her hunband Muthu Vaduga Udayadeva in the battle of Kalayar Kovil

(iii) Periya Marudu was a commander of the army under Queen Velunachiyar

(iv) Marudu brother declared the Trichy Proclamation

A) (i) is correct (ii), (iii), (iv) is incorrect

B) (i) and (ii) is correct (iii) and (iv) is incorrect

C) (i), (ii), (iii) are correct (iv) only incorrect

D) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) are correct

71. Who griefs confront with meek, ungrieving heart?

A) The one who makes sorrow suffer

B) The one who gets dejected in sorrow

C) The one who escapes sorrow

D) The one who laughs onlooking sorrow

72. Sukiranidhi, Manunool has been followed by Thirukural say some but this is refused and ______ says that Thirukural is the first book

A) Nakkiranar

B) Avaiyaar

C) Manakuvar

D) Parimelazakar

73. Elaborate survey of land was carried out by the imperial Cholas

(i) To assess land under cultivation

(ii) To classify land into different grades

(iii) To minimize arbitariners in the holding of land

(iv) To encourage guild system

Consider the above statements and select the correct response :

A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are true

B) (i) and (iii) are true

C) (ii) and (iii) are true

D) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) are true

74. Identify the great woman writer among all the following four

A) Suratha

B) Sujatha

C) Mowni

D) Ambai

75. Name the work that says : Wealth changes its position like a Cart-Wheel

A) Thirukkural

B) Naaladiyaar

C) Naanmanikadigai

D) Aasarakkovai