TNPSC Group 4 General Knowledge Model Questions:1.Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawathi has proposed to split Uttar Pradesh into four states. Which of the following is not one of them?1) Purvanchal2) Bundelkhand3) Gorkhaland4) Awadh Pradesh5) Paschim Pradesh2.Which of the following days is celebrated as the National Press Day? (The Press Council of India started functioning on this day in 1966)1) October 162) November 163) September 164) May 115) November 113.Binita Soren and Sheelarani Mahato have become the first women mountaineers to climb Mount Saser Kangri in the Eastern Karakoram Range of Himalayas in Ladakh. To which state do they belong?1) Assam2) Arunachal Pradesh3) Jharkhand4) Manipur5) Tripura4.KB Kookmin Bank has its headquarters in which of the following countries?1) Japan2) Singapore3) South Korea4) Philippines5) North Korea5.Who has been honored as the Womens Tennis Associations (WTA) player of the year for 2011?1)CarolineWozniacki (Denmark)2) Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic)3)Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)4) Maria Sharapova (Russia)5) Vera Zvonareva (Russia)6.Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee released a Rs.150 coin to mark 150 years of which of the following institutions in November 2011?1) Reserve Bank of India2) State Bank of India3) Election Commission4)Union Public Service Commission5)Comptroller & Auditor General7.The United States of America signed a security agreement with which of the following countries in November 2011? (Under this agreement 250 U.S. Marines would be stationed in that country)1) Australia2) Indonesia3) Singapore4) Malaysia5) China8.Global energy, healthcare, technological and industrial products major Siemens is plan-ning to invest about Rs.1700 crore in India. Siemens belongs to which of the following countries?1) Canada2) Germany3) Sweden4) Norway5) USA9.The Union Cabinet has agreed for what per cent of Foreign Direct Investment in the pension sector?1) 20%2) 49%3) 26%4) 100%5) None of these10.The Presidents Cup is held once in every two years. It is related to which of the following sports/ games?1) Cricket2) Horse Racing3) Golf4) Soccer5) None of these11.Who is the author of the book Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance?1) Barack Obama2) Nelson Mandela3) Abraham Lincoln4) Martin Luther King Jr5) None of these12.Which of the following cups/trophies is associated with the game of Hockey?1) Duleep Trophy2) Merdeka Cup3) Ranji Trophy4) Aga Khan Cup5) Vijay Hazare Trophy13.Which of the following books is written by V.S.Naipaul?1) Midnights Children2) In a Free State3) The God of Small Things4) Inheritance of Loss5) The White Tiger14.Who among the following is not a banker?1) Shika Sharma2) Renu Challu3) Chanda Kochhar4) Kiran Majumdar Shaw5) Nainalal Kidwai15.Which of the following organizations/institutions has its headquarters in Manila?1) Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation2) Association of South East Asian Nations3) Asian Development Bank4) South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation5) North Atlantic Treaty Organization16. Which of the following indust-ries is/are owned by the Hinduja Group?1) Ashok Leyland2) Hindalco3) Suzlon Energy4) Wipro5) All the above17. Who is the author of the books The Structure of the Universe and Current Issues in Cosmology?1) Stephen Hawking2) Jayant Narlikar3) Albert Einstein4) S.Chandrasekar5) None of these18. Which of the following terms is not associated with Global Warming?1) CFCs2) Carbon di Oxide emission3) Sub prime crisis4) Ozone depletion5) Greenhouse effect19.Who is the author of the book The Golden Gate?1) Anita Desai2) Amitav Ghosh3) Kiran Desai4) Vikram Seth5) None of these20. Which of the following is not associated with the financial/ banking sector in India?1) NSE2) SEBI3) ISRO4) NABARD5) SIDBI