TNPSC GROUP 1 MAINS MODEL QUESTION PAPER 1
TNPSC GROUP 1 MAINS IMPORTANT QUESTION PAPER 1 Tamil & English
Group - I (Mains) –Test 1 (English - Explanation)
Section A (3 Marks)
1. Disguised Unemployment
a) Hidden unemployment is a kind of unemployment where some people
seem to be employed but are actually not.
b) An economy demonstrates disguised unemployment when
productivity is low and too many workers are filling too few jobs.
c) This type usually occurs when there is over employment in a
particular work. Even if some are removed, the efficiency of work is
improved rather than getting reduced.
d) Example – Agricultural sector.
2. Dependency Ratio
a) A measure showing the ratio of the number of dependents aged 0 to
14 and over the age of 65 to the total population aged 15 to 64.
b) Dependency Ratio = (Number of dependents / Population aged 15 to
64) x 100%)
c) Gives insight into the amount of people of non-working age compared
to the number of those of working age.
3. Population Growth
a) Birth Rate, Death Rate, Migration
4. Definitions – IMR, MMR, TFR
a) Infant mortality is the death of young children under the age of 1 per
1000 live births
b) Maternal mortality rate: The number of registered maternal deaths
due to birth- or pregnancy-related complications per 100,000
registered live births.
c) Total fertility rate (TFR) in simple terms refers to total number of
children born or likely to be born to a woman in her life time if she
were subject to the prevailing rate of age-specific fertility in the
population. TFR of about 2.1 children per woman is called
Replacement-level fertility
5. Child Abuse
a) The World Health Organization distinguishes four types of child
maltreatment: physical abuse; sexual abuse; emotional and
psychological abuse; and neglect.
6. Unemployment Rate
a) Unemployment rate - percent of the labor force that is without work.
b) Unemployment rate = (Unemployed Workers / Total labor force) X 100
c) Labor force (also called work force) - total number of people employed
or seeking employment in a country or region
d) labor force constitutes of both employed and unemployed.
e) According to the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) report, the
unemployment rate was at an all-time high of 6.1 percent in 2017-18,
the highest in 45 years.
7. Bharat Nirman
a) Bharat Nirman has been conceived as a business plan for building
infrastructure especially in rural area.
b) It has six components -Water supply, Housing, Rural Telecom
Connectivity, Roads, Rural electrification and Irrigation.
8. Child Labor
a) Indian government classifies child labourers into two groups: Main
workers are those who work 6 months or more per year.
b) And marginal child workers are those who work at any time during
the year but less than 6 months in a year.
9. Child Welfare NGOs
a) Save the Children
b) Bachpan Bachao Andolan
c) Care India
d) Child Rights and You
e) Childline India Foundation
f) Save the Girl Child
g) Disha
h) Smile Foundation
i) Pratham Foundation
10. Adult literacy rate
a) Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who
can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement
about their everyday life.
11. Eklavya Model School
a) It is a Government of India scheme for model residential school for
Indian tribals (Scheduled Tribes, ST) across India.
b) It was established by the Tribal Ministry, Government of India.
12. Gender inequality Index
a) The Gender Inequality Index (GII) is an index for measurement of
gender disparity that was introduced in the 2010 Human
Development Report 20th anniversary edition by the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP).
b) According to the UNDP, this index is a composite measure to quantify
the loss of achievement within a country due to gender inequality.
c) It uses three dimensions to measure opportunity cost: reproductive
health, empowerment, and labor market participation
d) reproductive health has two indicators: the Maternal Mortality Ratio
(MMR), the adolescent fertility rate (AFR).
e) empowerment dimension is measured by two indicators: the share of
parliamentary seats held by each sex and higher education
attainment levels
f) labor market dimension is measured by women's participation in the
workforce.
13. Give an account on Khudai Khitmatgars.
a) The volunteer corps also called as ―Red Shirts‖- North-West Frontier
Province
b) Led by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan also called Frontier Gandhi
c) Originally a social reform movement
d) Started non-violent struggle against British Raj
14. Name the books written by Raja Ram Mohan Roy
a) SamvatKaumudi
b) Percepts of Jesus
c) Gift to Monotheists
d) Vedic Physics
e) GaudiyaVyakaran
f) Brahma Sangit
15. List down the reforms of Lord Ripon
a) Factory Act 1881
b) Repeal of Vernacular Press Act 1882,
c) Financial Decentralization 1882
d) Local self -government 1882
e) Hunter Commission in Education 1882
f) Ilbert Bill Controversy 1883-84
g) Renditions of Mysore
16. Give a short note on „Black Hole Tragedy‟
a) Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal
b) Annoyed from Britishers - construction of Fort William at Calcutta
without his permission and misused the trading favors.
c) Nawab captured Calcutta on June 20, 1756 and took 146 English
officers as prisoners and shut them in a small room.
d) Many of them died due to suffocation.
e) This story is narrated by J.H.Holwell.
17. What is meant by „Blue water Policy‟?
a) Francisco-de-Almeida (1505-1509)
b) The firstgovernor for the Portuguese settlements in India.
c) He wanted to makethe portuguese, the masters of Indian Ocean.
d) This policy is knownas the ―Blue Water Policy.
18. What is meant by “the Day of Deliverance”? What is its importance?
a) 22, December 1939 - the Day of Deliverance– Mohammad Ali Jinnah
b) Celebrate the resignation of rivals in congress - not consulted before
the decision of India taking part in WW- II
c) Dr.Ambedkar and EVR supported
d) Abul Kalam Azad criticized
19. What were the limitations of the Revolutionary Nationalists?
Government repressions
a) It could not mobilize the masses.
b) They could not function under a central control
c) They believed in individual heroism.
d) The non-violent movement led by Gandhiji was more popular and
proved more successful.
20. What were the terms of Gandhi- Irwin pact?
a) Gandhi and Irwin made an agreement on 5 March 1931.
b) By this pact Government agreed to release most of the civil
disobedience volunteers, against whom there was no allegation of
violence.
c) The Congress suspended the Civil Disobedience Movement and agreed
to participate in the second Round Table Conference.
This is jobs finder tamil.