TNPSC VAO English General Knowledge Questions and Answers
Indian Polity Notes
1. How did Constituent Assembly arrived at decisions on the various provisions of the Constitution? – By consensus
2. why is India a democratic republic? – Because the Head of the State is elected by the people
3. Which right conferred by the Constitution of India is also available to non-citizens? – Freedom to speech
4. Which of appointment is not made by the President of India? – Speaker of the Lok Sabha
5. Which State sends the maximum number of members to the Rajya Sabha? – Uttar Pradesh
6. What is the age of retirement of the Judges of the High Court? – 62 years
7. Whose prior consent can the Money Bills be introduced in the State Legislature? –Governor
8. In which year did the Congress loose its monopoly of power in the States for the first time after the elections? – 1967
9. A person to be qualified for standing in a panchayat election what age must have he attained? – 21 years
10. Who was made the Home Minister when Jawaharlal Nehru formed the Interim Government in 1946 ? – Sardar Patel
Indian Economy Notes
1. Who is the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission? – He holds the rank of a cabinet minister
2. What is the main objective of Antyodaya programme? – Uplift the poor
3. Which Mahatma Gandhi series of currency notes issued by the RBI has “ecology” depicted on it ? – Rs. 100
4. From where does the National Stock Exchange functions? – Mumbai
5. In which terms is the Rate of growth of an economy measured? – National income
6. Among Indian Economists who had done pioneering work on National Income ? – V. K. R. V. Rao
7. What does Net factor income from abroad added to GDP give? – GNP
8. With whose assistance was Bokaro Steel Limited established? – Soviet Union
9. Which State produces maximum pulses in the country? – Madhya Pradesh
10. What does S and P 500 relate to? – An index of stocks of large companies