TNPSC VAO English General Knowledge Questions and Answers
General Science GK Questions
1. Who laid the foundation of nuclear science in the country? – Homi J. Bhabha
2. A girl ate sweets while fanning the flies away. Due to this, she suffered from a which disease? – Cholera
3. Which is the highest grade of coal whose surface is shining and has the highest calorific value? – Anthracite
4. What is Refrigeration? – A process in which the decomposition of food is delayed
5. How can the quantity of water vapour the atmosphere hold increases? – With increase of temperature
6. Which substance is a bad conductor of electricity but a good conductor of heat? – Mica
7. Which hormone is responsible for the secretion of milk in mothers? – Lactogenic hormone
8. What denotes the smallest temperature? – 1° on the Kelvin scale
9. Which metal is used for making boats because it does not corrode by seawater? – Titanium
10. Sweating during exercise indicates operation of which process in the human body? – Osmoregulation
General Knowledge GK Questions
1. Which country won the first World Cup cricket tournament in 1975 ? – West Indies
2. What is the first large research reactor of India that uses U-233 as fuel? – KAMINI
3. Who was the first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel? – Arati Saha
4. Which is used as the logo of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) ? – Panda
5. Which country has the largest number of’ land-border neighbouring countries? – Russia
6. Which train/railway passes through Germany, France, Austria, Hungary and Romania? – Orient Express
7. What is the range of Prithvi III, the naval version of Prithvi ? – 250 km-300 km
8. To which woman is the Chameli Devi Award given to an outstanding woman? – A journalist
9. Which is the most widely used code that represents each character as a unique 8-bit ‘code is? – ASCII
10. What is the maximum permissible limit for investment in PDF account in a financial year? – Rs. 70,000