[1]
On which date is International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances observed annually?
a. August 29.
b. August 30.
c. September 1.
d. September 3.
Answer: b. August 30.
[2]
The Tamil Nadu Rights (TN RIGHTS) project has launched a Social Registry Enrollment (SRE) census in how many districts?
a. Four.
b. Eight.
c. Twelve.
d. Thirty-two.
Answer: b. Eight.
[3]
According to the Road Accidents in India 2023 report, how many road accident deaths did Tamil Nadu report in 2023?
a. 67,213.
b. 17,884.
c. 18,347.
d. 480,583.
Answer: c. 18,347.
[4]
The Stanley Reservoir at Mettur attained its Full Reservoir Level (FRL) of 120 feet for which time in 2025 on September 2?
a. First.
b. Third.
c. Fifth.
d. Sixth.
Answer: d. Sixth.
[5]
Which two of the four hornbill species found in the Western Ghats will the Hornbill Conservation Centre focus on?
a. Malabar pied hornbill and Indian grey hornbill.
b. Great hornbill, Malabar grey hornbill, Malabar pied hornbill, and Indian grey hornbill.
c. Asian hornbill and African hornbill.
d. Indian grey hornbill and Great hornbill only.
Answer: b. Great hornbill, Malabar grey hornbill, Malabar pied hornbill, and Indian grey hornbill.
[6]
How many private industrial estates did the CM virtually inaugurate in Cuddalore (Maruthadu) and Coimbatore (Kittampalayam)?
a. One.
b. Two.
c. Three.
d. Four.
Answer: b. Two.
[7]
What is the total amount released by the Union government to Tamil Nadu as the first instalment of grants for rural local bodies for the financial year 2025-26?
a. ₹100 crore.
b. ₹127.586 crore.
c. ₹502.5 crore.
d. ₹1,172.5 crore.
Answer: b. ₹127.586 crore.
[8]
Who are among the descendants of eminent freedom fighters who received an increase in the special pension from the Tamil Nadu government?
a. Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.
b. Marudhu Pandiar Brothers, Veerapandia Kattabomman, Mannar Muthuramalinga Vijaya Raghunatha Sethupathy, and V.O. Chidambaranar.
c. Periyar E.V. Ramasamy and C.N. Annadurai.
d. Kamaraj and Rajaji.
Answer: b. Marudhu Pandiar Brothers, Veerapandia Kattabomman, Mannar Muthuramalinga Vijaya Raghunatha Sethupathy, and V.O. Chidambaranar.
[9]
The Madras High Court was hearing two petitions related to caste-based entry denial at which temple in Chinna Dharapuram, Karur district?
a. Meenakshi Amman Temple.
b. Sree Mahadeva Temple.
c. Mariamman Temple.
d. Chennakesava Perumal Temple.
Answer: c. Mariamman Temple.
[10]
NLC India Limited (NLCIL) received the IPMA Delta Certification Level 3 from which international association?
a. International Air Transport Association (IATA).
b. International Maritime Organization (IMO).
c. International Project Management Association (IPMA).
d. International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Answer: c. International Project Management Association (IPMA).
[11]
Who inaugurated the Tamil Nadu State Highways Authority (TANSHA) in Chennai on September 19, 2025?
a. The Governor of Tamil Nadu.
b. The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
c. The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways.
d. The Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
Answer: b. The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
[12]
Poompuhar is located in which district of Tamil Nadu?
a. Nagapattinam.
b. Thiruvarur.
c. Mayiladuthurai district.
d. Cuddalore.
Answer: c. Mayiladuthurai district.
[13]
Which two Registered Unrecognised Political Parties (RUPPs) were specifically mentioned as de-listed by the Election Commission of India?
a. DMK and AIADMK.
b. Manithaneya Jananayaga Katchi and Perunthalaivar Makkal Katchi.
c. Indian National Congress and BJP.
d. CPI and CPM.
Answer: b. Manithaneya Jananayaga Katchi and Perunthalaivar Makkal Katchi.
[14]
Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan account for a major share of India's how much regulatory assets (RA) of Power Distribution Companies (DISCOMS)?
a. ₹83,000 crore.
b. ₹22,110.16 crore.
c. ₹3 lakh crore.
d. ₹59,038.14 crore.
Answer: c. ₹3 lakh crore.
[15]
At Chennai Port, the existing 850-metre revetment behind the coastal berth will be repaired and strengthened at a cost of how much?
a. ₹25 crore.
b. ₹33 crore.
c. ₹58 crore.
d. ₹15,000 crore.
Answer: b. ₹33 crore.
[16]
What is the total allocation of the Tamil Nadu government for the Periyar E.V. Ramasamy memorial construction at Arookutty in Alappuzha, Kerala?
a. ₹1 crore.
b. ₹2 crore.
c. ₹4 crore.
d. ₹10 crore.
Answer: c. ₹4 crore.
[17]
Etched carnelian beads found in the burial site at Kilnamandi suggest trade links with which two states during the Late Harappan period?
a. Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
b. Bihar and Jharkhand.
c. Maharashtra and Gujarat.
d. Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
Answer: c. Maharashtra and Gujarat.
[18]
The Tamil Nadu Coastal Restoration Mission is also called what, in addition to TN-SHORE?
a. Tamil Nadu-Sustainable Coastal and Ocean Resource Efficiency.
b. Green Tamil Nadu Mission.
c. Manali Ennore Restoration.
d. Blue Flag Expansion.
Answer: a. Tamil Nadu-Sustainable Coastal and Ocean Resource Efficiency.
[19]
How many deceased donors contributed to the 1,006 kidney transplants at Government Stanley Medical College Hospital (SMCH)?
a. 837.
b. 1,006.
c. 169.
d. 50.
Answer: c. 169.
[20]
Who first surveyed the Megalithic Dolmens of Kodaikanal, dating back over 5,000 years, in the early 1900s?
a. Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
b. Jesuit priests.
c. Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology.
d. Col. Colin Mackenzie.
Answer: b. Jesuit priests.
[21]
Where were dolmens fenced by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) near Perumal Malai in Kodaikanal?
a. Thandikudi.
b. Marudanadhi river.
c. Pethuparai.
d. Kilnamandi.
Answer: c. Pethuparai.
[22]
What is the approximate distance of the Perumbakkam village from the boundary of the Pallikaranai Marshland?
a. 1 kilometre.
b. 246 metres.
c. 40 hectares.
d. 100 metres.
Answer: b. 246 metres.
[23]
Under the restructured PM SVANidhi scheme, what is the amount of the second loan tranche?
a. ₹10,000.
b. ₹15,000.
c. ₹25,000.
d. ₹50,000.
Answer: c. ₹25,000.
[24]
The MILMEDICON-2025 conference was organized by which body in New Delhi?
a. Directorate General of Medical Services (Army).
b. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
c. Ministry of Defence.
d. Army Hospital Research and Referral (AHRR).
Answer: a. Directorate General of Medical Services (Army).
[25]
What percentage was the national safety score assigned to women in the National Annual Report and Index (NARI) 2025 survey?
a. 40 percent.
b. 50 percent.
c. 65 percent.
d. 86 percent.
Answer: c. 65 percent.
[26]
According to the UDISE+ Report 2024/25, what percentage of school teachers in India are women?
a. Over 50%.
b. Over 54.3%.
c. Over 48.3%.
d. Over 60%.
Answer: b. Over 54.3%.
[27]
How many women judges are currently serving on the bench of the Supreme Court of India?
a. Zero.
b. One.
c. Three.
d. Four.
Answer: b. One.
[28]
Justice Vipul M. Pancholi is in line to become Chief Justice of India under the seniority norm from which date?
a. November 23, 2025.
b. October 3, 2031.
c. May 27, 2033.
d. August 25, 2025.
Answer: b. October 3, 2031.
[29]
The appointments to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) are made under which section of the Disaster Management Act, 2005?
a. Section 3(2)(a).
b. Section 3(2)(b).
c. Section 4.
d. Section 5.
Answer: b. Section 3(2)(b).
[30]
What is the name of the central server through which enumerators will upload data directly during the Digital Census 2027?
a. Digital Layout Mapping.
b. GIS technology.
c. A central server through dedicated mobile apps.
d. Registrar General of India website.
Answer: c. A central server through dedicated mobile apps.
[31]
How many lakh volunteers have enrolled under the ULLAS-Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram?
a. 3 crore.
b. 42 lakh.
c. 1.83 crore.
d. 26 lakh.
Answer: b. 42 lakh.
[32]
What is the core aim of the Indian Healthcare League (IHL)?
a. Promoting sports.
b. Promoting cancer awareness.
c. Mental well-being of healthcare professionals.
d. Digital literacy.
Answer: b. Promoting cancer awareness.
[33]
Who is the poet whose birth anniversary is commemorated on Telugu Language Day 2025, observed on August 29?
a. Viswanatha Satyanarayana.
b. Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy.
c. Sri Sri.
d. Devulapalli Krishna Sastri.
Answer: b. Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy.
[34]
Where did Mukesh Ambani announce a massive solar project aiming to install 55 MW of solar modules daily?
a. Sanand, Gujarat.
b. Kutch, Gujarat.
c. Jamnagar, Gujarat.
d. Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Answer: b. Kutch, Gujarat.
[35]
The Indian Army's Spear Corps is associated with which region of India?
a. Western Command.
b. Eastern Command.
c. Central Arunachal Pradesh.
d. Southern Command.
Answer: c. Central Arunachal Pradesh.
[36]
Which city in Uttar Pradesh inaugurated India's first tempered glass manufacturing facility for mobile devices?
a. Lucknow.
b. Ghaziabad.
c. Noida.
d. Meerut.
Answer: c. Noida.
[37]
What is the investment amount of TATA Electronics Private Limited (TEPL) for developing an affordable industrial housing project in Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu?
a. ₹27.36 acres.
b. ₹450 crore.
c. ₹1.2 lakh crore.
d. ₹200 crore.
Answer: b. ₹450 crore.
[38]
The four hornbill species found in the Western Ghats are the great hornbill, Malabar grey hornbill, Malabar pied hornbill, and which other species?
a. Wreathed Hornbill.
b. Oriental Pied Hornbill.
c. Indian grey hornbill.
d. Rufous-necked Hornbill.
Answer: c. Indian grey hornbill.
[39]
What is the name of the mobile application through which permission to cut palmyra trees must be obtained in Tamil Nadu?
a. TN Palm.
b. Palmyra Protect.
c. 'Uzhavan' (Farmer) mobile application.
d. TN Forest App.
Answer: c. 'Uzhavan' (Farmer) mobile application.
[40]
How many volumes of the Tamil encyclopaedia has the Tamil Valarchi Kazhagam published?
a. 7.
b. 10.
c. 13.
d. 10 volumes, 10 volumes, 13 volumes, 7 volumes.
Answer: b. 10.
[41]
The Madras High Court upheld the constitutional validity of the 7.5% horizontal reservation for government school students in which month and year?
a. September 2020.
b. August 2021.
c. April 2022.
d. February 2002.
Answer: c. April 2022.
[42]
What is the amount of the first installment of grants for rural local bodies released to Tamil Nadu for the financial year 2025-26?
a. ₹127.586 crore.
b. ₹12000 per month.
c. ₹22000 per month.
d. ₹500.
Answer: a. ₹127.586 crore.
[43]
The Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology launched the deep-sea exploration project off the coast of Poompuhar after a gap of how many decades?
a. More than one decade.
b. More than two decades.
c. More than three decades.
d. More than four decades.
Answer: b. More than two decades.
[44]
What is the percentage reduction in Tamil Nadu's Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses from 18.73% in 2017-18 to 2024-25?
a. 10.73%.
b. 8.00%.
c. 20.04%.
d. 18.73%.
Answer: a. 10.73%.
[45]
Who initially led the Vaikom Satyagraha, which focused on access to the Vaikom Sree Mahadeva temple for all castes?
a. Periyar E.V. Ramasamy.
b. Mahatma Gandhi.
c. T.K. Madhavan, K.P. Kesava Menon, and George Joseph.
d. A. Vaidyanatha Iyer.
Answer: c. T.K. Madhavan, K.P. Kesava Menon, and George Joseph.
[46]
The sarcophagus (terracotta coffin) dated to 1692 BCE was found in which district of Tamil Nadu?
a. Tirunelveli.
b. Tiruvannamalai district (Kilnamandi).
c. Madurai.
d. Cuddalore.
Answer: b. Tiruvannamalai district (Kilnamandi).
[47]
The carbon dating of charcoal from the Kilnamandi burial site was performed by which lab in the United States?
a. MIT lab.
b. Beta Analytics lab.
c. NASA lab.
d. Indian Maritime University.
Answer: b. Beta Analytics lab.
[48]
The ongoing census for the Tamil Nadu Rights (TN RIGHTS) project covers which four districts in the current phase (besides Coimbatore, Erode, Salem, and Virudhunagar)?
a. Thoothukudi, Thanjavur, Perambalur, and Thiruvallur.
b. Chennai, Cuddalore, Tiruchirappalli, and Tenkasi.
c. Madurai, Dindigul, Theni, and Karur.
d. Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Chengalpattu, and Tiruvarur.
Answer: a. Thoothukudi, Thanjavur, Perambalur, and Thiruvallur.
[49]
Which project aims to support 100 agri-tech and agri-food startups by promoting innovation and export readiness?
a. Niveshak Didi Phase II.
b. BHARATI Initiative.
c. Kapas Kisan App.
d. PM SVANidhi.
Answer: b. BHARATI Initiative.
[50]
Which state recorded the highest Crude Birth Rate (CBR) at 25.8 and the highest TFR at 2.8 among larger States in the SRS 2023 report?
a. Delhi.
b. West Bengal.
c. Tamil Nadu.
d. Bihar.
Answer: d. Bihar.
[51]
Who was the former Governor of Maharashtra from July 2024 and previously held governorships of Jharkhand, Telangana (additional charge), and Puducherry (additional charge)?
a. Jagdeep Dhankhar.
b. B.R. Gavai.
c. C.P. Radhakrishnan.
d. B. Sudershan Reddy.
Answer: c. C.P. Radhakrishnan.
[52]
The first batch of hilsa fish from Bangladesh arrived in India through which border in West Bengal on September 17, 2025?
a. Darjeeling border.
b. Sundarbans border.
c. Petrapole border.
d. Farakka border.
Answer: c. Petrapole border.
[53]
Which is the world's first tri-service all-women circumnavigation sailing expedition?
a. INSV Tarini.
b. Samudra Pradakshina.
c. INSV Mhadei.
d. INSV Triveni.
Answer: b. Samudra Pradakshina.
[54]
How much funding did India commit to support digital payments and training under the UPI-UPU integration project?
a. 1 million US dollars.
b. 5 million US dollars.
c. 10 million United States dollars.
d. 50 million US dollars.
Answer: c. 10 million United States dollars.
[55]
Who was the former Prime Minister who received the P V Narasimha Rao Memorial Award for Economics posthumously?
a. Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
b. P. V. Narasimha Rao.
c. Dr. Manmohan Singh.
d. I. K. Gujral.
Answer: c. Dr. Manmohan Singh.
[56]
What is the lowest Crude Birth Rate (CBR) recorded among larger States in the SRS 2023 report?
a. 25.8.
b. 19.1.
c. 18.4.
d. Tamil Nadu at 12.
Answer: d. Tamil Nadu at 12.
[57]
What percentage of the world's languages do the approximate 225 indigenous languages in Europe account for?
a. 1%.
b. About 3%.
c. 5%.
d. 10%.
Answer: b. About 3%.
[58]
The first international fencing tournament hosted in India was organized by the Fencing Association of India in which city?
a. New Delhi.
b. Haldwani.
c. Chennai.
d. Pune.
Answer: b. Haldwani.
[59]
Which is the only South Asian country besides India to have a government institute (Army Hospital Research and Referral) perform Robotic Custom Laser Cataract Surgery using the ALLY Adaptive Cataract Treatment System?
a. Pakistan.
b. Sri Lanka.
c. Bangladesh.
d. Nepal.
Answer: d. Nepal.
[60]
Which award did the PM SVANidhi scheme receive in 2023?
a. Silver Award for Digital Transformation.
b. PM's Award for Excellence in Public Administration.
c. Young Champions of the Earth award.
d. P V Narasimha Rao Memorial Award.
Answer: b. PM's Award for Excellence in Public Administration.
[61]
What is the total budget planned by the Registrar General of India for the Digital Census 2027?
a. ₹2.9 trillion.
b. ₹11 lakh crore.
c. ₹14,618.95 crore.
d. ₹450 crore.
Answer: c. ₹14,618.95 crore.
[62]
The exemption for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees under the Immigration and Foreigners (Exemption) Order, 2025, applies to their stay and exit but does not immediately help in the grant of which status?
a. Refugee status.
b. Long-term visa (LTV).
c. Non-citizen status.
d. Temporary residence.
Answer: b. Long-term visa (LTV).
[63]
According to the SRS 2023 report, the elderly population (60 years and above) increased to 9.7% nationally, with which state recording the highest proportion at 15%?
a. Tamil Nadu.
b. Bihar.
c. Kerala.
d. Delhi.
Answer: c. Kerala.
[64]
How many tribal communities out of more than 700 are identified as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in India?
a. 18.
b. 75.
c. 20 lakh.
d. 700.
Answer: b. 75.
[65]
The Indian Army's Spear Corps and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) conducted the joint firepower exercise in which region of Arunachal Pradesh?
a. Western Arunachal Pradesh.
b. Eastern Arunachal Pradesh.
c. Central Arunachal Pradesh.
d. Southern Arunachal Pradesh.
Answer: c. Central Arunachal Pradesh.
[66]
Which Indian city recorded the highest breast cancer rate at 54 per 100,000, according to the Cancer Registry 2025?
a. Aizawl.
b. Srinagar.
c. Ahmedabad.
d. Hyderabad.
Answer: d. Hyderabad.
[67]
Who resigned as Vice President on July 21, leading to the subsequent election of C.P. Radhakrishnan?
a. Justice B. Sudershan Reddy.
b. Shigeru Ishiba.
c. Jagdeep Dhankhar.
d. Urjit Patel.
