TNPSC VAO Previous years Question Papers, Model Question Papers and VAO Question Pattern

TNPSC - VAO Exam Pattern and Previous Years VAO Question Papers for preparing TNPSC VAO 2012 Recruitment. Selection procedure for VAO posts in Tamil Nadu will consist of written examination with objective type multiple choice questions. There will be a single question paper for VAO Exam. The VAO Exam question paper will have questions from General Knowledge of SSLC standard (100 questions) and General Tamil or General English (SSLC Standard) with 100 questions.


TNPSC VAO Question Pattern
1) General Knowledge (SSLC Standard): 100 questions for 150 marks
2) General Tamil / General English (SSLC Standard): 100 questions for 150 marks

TNPSC General Knowledge and Current Affairs Preparations

Mobile manufacturer Nokia is headquartered in Finland.

Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) was founded in 1986.

The Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) was a major international bank founded in 1972 by Agha Hasan Abedi, a Pakistani financier.

Tim Berners Lee invented the World Wide Web (WWW).

The first commerical launch of 3G Mobile services was done by NTT Docomo in Japan (2001).

GNH stands for Gross National Happiness.

December 23 - Farmers Day.

Wildcat Strike is a strike action taken by workers without the authorization of their trade union officials.

Bajaj Auto was founded in 1945.

RBI issues currency notes under the Proportional Reserve System.

Important Facts on Indian Freedom Movement

The Congress tri-colour flag was hoisted on 26 January 1930. The people took pledge to fight for achieving complete independence. It became a red letter day for the Congress. To make this day memorable in our history, the Indian Constitution was formally adopted on 26 January 1950. This day is now celebrated as the Republic Day.

In The Salt Satyagraha of 1930 or The Civil Disobedience Movement, Gandhi covered the distance of 241 miles (about 400 K.M.) from Sabarmathi Ashram to Dandi on foot in 25 days with 78 chosen followers including Sarojini Naidu. The slogan Vande Matharam echoed everywhere.

Rash Behari Bose was an Indian who had settled in Japan since 1915. He organized a freedom conference in Tokyo in March 1942.

The Punjab tragedy (Jallianwalabagh Massacre, 13 April 1919) had a lasting impact on succeeding generations. Rabindranath Tagore renounced his Knighthood as a measure of protest. Gandhiji returned the Kaiser-i-Hind medal given to him by the South African Government. C.F. Andrews, a friend of Tagore, Gandhi and Nehru, wrote to Mahadev Desai, after a visit to Amritsar, “It was a massacre, a butchery.”

Gandhiji wrote a series of articles in the magazine, the Harijan. He explained his ideas which were soon to take shape as the historic Quit India Movement. He made it clear that he could no longer afford to wait. He said. “If I continue to wait I might have to wait till doomsday.” Gandhi was so impatient that he said, “Personally I am so sick of slavery that I am even prepared to take the risk of anarchy.”

General Knowledge on Zoology Blood Coagulation for TNPSC Preparations

The coagulation of blood is the property of plasma alone, the red and white blood cells do not take part in it. The blood cells become caught up in the meshes of the clot giving the characteristic appearance of the clot. Coagulation of blood helps to stop further hemorrhage. When the blood is shed the platelets disintegrate and liberate thromboplastin. The thromboplastin is derived from damaged tissues disintegrating platelets and also plasma.

Thromboplastin converts prothrombin into thrombin with the help of calcium ions. Prothrombin is a plasma protein. Ionic calcium greatly helps in the formation of active thromboplastin. Prothrombin is a plasma protein and is manufactured in the liver. Vitamin K is required by the liver for normal formation of prothombin.

Thrombin is an active enzyme which converts soluble protein fibrinogen into insoluble fibrin. The fibrin forms fine threads that adhere to damaged surface of blood vessels and thereby prevent blood loss. The normal

General Knowledge Question and Answers for TNPSC Exams

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• General Knowledge Question and Answers for the Competitive Exams like UPSC, RRB, TRB, IBPS Banking Exams etc.
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• JCB Company was founded by Joseph Cyril Bamford (JCB) in October 1945
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• The Suez Canal connects Mediterranean Sea & the Red Sea. It allows water transportation between Europe & Asia without navigation around Africa.
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• The Reserve Bank of India was set up on the recommendations of the Hilton-Young Commission.
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• SALEM is humorously said to be an abbreviation for "Steel, Aluminum, Lime, Electricity and Mango".

General Knowledge TNPSC, UPSC Exams

• Laundry whitening agents contain small quantities of a certain substance which fluoresces with a bluish white light when ultra-violet rays fall on them. This enhances the whiteness of clothes.
• Rayleigh’s scattering law states that the amount of scattering of light is inversely proportional to the fourth power of its wavelength.
• The colour of the sea The blue colour of the sea is partly due to reflection from the blue sky and partly by scattering of light by the water molecules. Near the shore the sea is green because of the sand in suspension which scatters blue and green light and also due to the reflection of yellow light from the sand.
• The FM radio uses electromagnetic waves of frequency ranging from 88 MHz to 108 MHz.
• The AM radio uses electromagnetic waves of frequency ranging from 550 kHz to 1000 kHz