💠 TNPSC AURA – GK & GS One-Liners TNPSC Exam Special | Questions with Answers & Key Points

💠 TNPSC AURA- GK & GS One Liners

▪️ TNPSC Exam Special |Questions and Answers with Key Points

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📘 PART 1: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY & POLITY

1. On which date is World Forestry Day observed every year?
Answer: 21 March.
🔹 Pointer: Also known as the International Day of Forests.

2. Which of the following countries does not use the euro as its currency?
Answer: Sweden.
🔹 Pointer: Sweden uses the Swedish Krona (SEK).

3. Which Government of India initiative was launched in 2023 to promote conservation values at Ramsar Sites?
Answer: Amrit Dharohar.
🔹 Pointer: Focuses on conservation, biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods at Ramsar Sites.

4. Who wrote The Great Indian Novel?
Answer: Shashi Tharoor.

5. Who was the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha in independent India?
Answer: G. V. Mavalankar.
🔹 Pointer: First Lok Sabha Speaker (1952–1956).

6. Which country does not share a land boundary with India?
Answer: Sri Lanka.
🔹 Pointer: Sri Lanka is separated from India by the Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar.

7. Who designed the Indian National Flag in 1921?
Answer: Pingali Venkayya.
🔹 Pointer: The present National Flag was adopted on 22 July 1947.

8. Who was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2025 for contributions to literature and education?
Answer: S. L. Bhyrappa.
🔹 Pointer: Verify the awardee and the stated citation against the official Padma Awards list before publication.

9. Which organisation developed India's NavIC satellite navigation system?
Answer: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
🔹 Pointer: NavIC stands for Navigation with Indian Constellation.

10. The movement associated with Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was also known as which movement?
Answer: Red Shirt Movement (Khudai Khidmatgar Movement).
🔹 Pointer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was popularly known as Frontier Gandhi.

11. Who started the Secret Congress Radio in Mumbai during the Quit India Movement?
Answer: Usha Mehta.
🔹 Pointer: An underground radio station during the freedom struggle (1942).

12. Which constituency did Dadabhai Naoroji represent in the British House of Commons?
Answer: Finsbury Central.
🔹 Pointer: First Indian elected to the British House of Commons (1892).

13. Which constitutional institution was established under the Government of India Act, 1935?
Answer: Federal Court of India.
🔹 Pointer: Established in 1937.

14. What did the eight lotuses on the tricolour flag designed during the Swadeshi Movement represent?
Answer: Eight provinces of British India.
🔹 Pointer: Associated with the 1906 Calcutta flag.

15. According to the Ain-i-Akbari, which category of land was cultivated annually and not allowed to remain fallow?
Answer: Polaj.
🔹 Pointer: Polaj = regularly cultivated land.

16. Who authored the ancient Greek account Indica on India?
Answer: Megasthenes.
🔹 Pointer: Greek ambassador to the court of Chandragupta Maurya.

17. Who ruled Kannauj during 606–647 CE?
Answer: Harshavardhana.
🔹 Pointer: Also known as Harsha.

18. Who advocated the principle “One Caste, One Religion, One God for Mankind”?
Answer: Sree Narayana Guru.
🔹 Pointer: Social reformer from Kerala.

19. Which of the following is NOT a component of the Noble Eightfold Path taught by Gautama Buddha?
Answer: Right Devotion.
🔹 Pointer: The Eightfold Path includes Right View, Intention, Speech, Action, Livelihood, Effort, Mindfulness and Concentration.

20. Which atmospheric layer contains the coldest temperatures?
Answer: Mesosphere.
🔹 Pointer: The mesopause is the coldest region of Earth's atmosphere.

21. What is the geographical term for a river that flows into a larger river or lake?
Answer: Tributary.

22. What is moss?
Answer: A small, non-flowering plant that lacks true roots.
🔹 Pointer: Mosses are bryophytes.

23. Which mountain range marks the western boundary of the Central Highlands?
Answer: Aravalli Range.

24. Which pair of international boundary lines and associated countries is correctly matched?
Answer: Radcliffe Line—India and Pakistan; Durand Line—Pakistan and Afghanistan.
🔹 Pointer: The Durand Line was established in 1893.

25. Which deficit represents the total borrowing requirement of the Government of India?
Answer: Fiscal Deficit.
🔹 Pointer: Fiscal deficit = Total expenditure − (Revenue receipts + Non-debt capital receipts).

26. What is the official theme of World Water Day 2026?
Answer: Water and Gender.
🔹 Pointer: Verify the official UN wording before publication.

27. Which mission made India the fourth country to successfully demonstrate space docking?
Answer: SpaDeX (Space Docking Experiment).
🔹 Pointer: India achieved space docking in January 2025.

28. Which country won the ICC Champions Trophy 2025?
Answer: India.
🔹 Pointer: India defeated New Zealand in the final.

29. Who wrote the memoir Mother Mary Comes to Me, released in September 2025?
Answer: Arundhati Roy.

30. Exercise MAITREE-XV (2026) was conducted between India and which country?
Answer: Thailand.
🔹 Pointer: Verify the exercise edition and year with the official defence release.

31. Which NASA space telescope is named after the astronomer known as the “Mother of the Hubble”?
Answer: Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
🔹 Pointer: Named after Nancy Grace Roman, NASA's first Chief of Astronomy.

32. Who was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Delhi in March 2026?
Answer: Taranjit Singh Sandhu (as indicated in the supplied material).
🔹 Pointer: Verification required. Confirm the appointment and date through the official President's Secretariat notification.

33. Which digital service was launched in June 2026 to provide AB PM-JAY services through WhatsApp?
Answer: Ayushman Sarathi (as indicated in the supplied material).
🔹 Pointer: Verification required. Confirm the service name, launch date and WhatsApp facility through an official announcement.

🔬 PART 2: GENERAL SCIENCE

34. What is the chemical formula of quicklime?
Answer: CaO (Calcium oxide).
🔹 Pointer: Quicklime + water → Slaked lime [Ca(OH)₂].

35. Which process propels food through the human alimentary canal?
Answer: Peristalsis.
🔹 Pointer: Wave-like muscular contractions.

36. The law of refraction of light is also known as which law?
Answer: Snell's Law.

37. A machine lifts a load of 200 N when an effort of 50 N is applied. What is its mechanical advantage?
Answer: 4.
🔹 Pointer: Mechanical Advantage = Load / Effort = 200/50 = 4.

38. What is the mass of one mole of oxygen atoms?
Answer: 16 grams.
🔹 Pointer: One mole of oxygen molecules (O₂) has a mass of 32 grams.

⚖️ PART 3: INDIAN CONSTITUTION, POLITY & ADMINISTRATION

39. Which provision is contained in Article 39A of the Indian Constitution?
Answer: Equal justice and free legal aid.
🔹 Pointer: Added by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976.

40. Who is the highest officer of revenue administration in a district, according to the given options?
Answer: Deputy Commissioner.
🔹 Pointer: The designation varies across states; in Tamil Nadu, the district administrative head is the District Collector.

41. Who calligraphed the Hindi version of the Constitution of India?
Answer: Vasant K. Vaidya.

42. In which city was the first High Court of British India established in 1862?
Answer: Calcutta (Kolkata).
🔹 Pointer: The Calcutta High Court was established in 1862.

43. Who holds the position of ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?
Answer: Vice-President of India.
🔹 Pointer: Article 64 of the Constitution.

💰 PART 4: INDIAN ECONOMY, BANKING & TAXATION

44. Which of the following taxes was subsumed into the Goods and Services Tax (GST)?
Answer: Octroi.
🔹 Pointer: GST subsumed several indirect taxes, including State VAT and entry taxes such as octroi, subject to the applicable constitutional framework.

45. Which committee recommended the establishment of NABARD?
Answer: B. Sivaraman Committee.
🔹 Pointer: NABARD was established on 12 July 1982.

46. India's First Five-Year Plan (1951–1956) was based on which growth model?
Answer: Harrod–Domar Model.
🔹 Pointer: Emphasised investment and economic growth.

47. Who coined the term “Hindu rate of growth” to describe India's prolonged period of low economic growth?
Answer: Raj Krishna.
🔹 Pointer: The term referred to India's relatively slow long-term growth rate.

48. Which bank was transformed into the State Bank of India on 1 July 1955?
Answer: Imperial Bank of India.
🔹 Pointer: SBI was established under the State Bank of India Act, 1955.

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🏛️ பல்வந்த்ராய் மேத்தா குழு (Balwant Rai Mehta Committee - 1957)

🏛️ பல்வந்த்ராய் மேத்தா குழு (Balwant Rai Mehta Committee - 1957) 📅 முக்கிய ஆண்டு ஜனவரி 1957 சமூக மேம்பாட்டுத் திட்டம் (1952) மற்றும் தேசிய விரிவாக்கப்பணிகள் (1953) ஆகியவற்றை ஆய்வு செய்ய குழு அமைக்கப்பட்டது. நவம்பர் 1957 குழு தனது அறிக்கையை சமர்ப்பித்தது. 1958 தேசிய வளர்ச்சி குழு (NDC) அறிக்கையை ஏற்றுக்கொண்டது. ⭐ முக்கிய பரிந்துரைகள் 1️⃣ மக்களாட்சி பரவலாக்கம் ✅ Democratic Decentralization பரிந்துரைக்கப்பட்டது. 2️⃣ மூன்றடுக்கு பஞ்சாயத்து ராஜ் முறை நிலை அமைப்பு 🏡 கிராமம் கிராமப் பஞ்சாயத்து 🏢 வட்டாரம் பஞ்சாயத்து சமிதி 🏛️ மாவட்டம் ஜில்லா பரிஷத் 3️⃣ தேர்தல் முறை ✅ கிராமப் பஞ்சாயத்து தலைவர் மற்றும் உறுப்பினர்கள் — நேரடித் தேர்தல் ✅ பஞ்சாயத்து சமிதி & ஜில்லா பரிஷத் — மறைமுகத் தேர்தல் 4️⃣ அதிகாரங்கள் ✅ பஞ்சாயத்து சமிதி → நிர்வாக அமைப்பு (Executive Body) ✅ ஜில்லா பரிஷத் → ஆலோசனை & ஒருங்கிணைப்பு அமைப்பு 5️⃣ தலைவர் ஜில்லா பரிஷத்தின் தலைவராக மாவட்ட ஆட்சியர் இருக்க வேண்டும். 6️⃣ சிறப்பு பெயர் ...

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