SAIDAI DURAISAMYS

MANIDHA NAEYAM FREE IAS ACADEMY

No.28, First Main Road, CIT Nagar, Chennai 35
Ph: 044-2435 8373 Cell: 9840106162
Email : manidhanaeyam@gmail.com Website : www.saidais.com

TNPSC GROUP II SERVICES 2013-14 (INTERVIEW POSTS)

BASIC INTERVIEW TIPS
The interview is an opportunity for further screening. Through an
interview both parties start to form impressions of whether a fit exists
between your qualifications/personality and the organization /position.
To fill up the posts of various departments in the Government of
TamilNadu, Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) is
conducting both written examination and interview to select the
suitable candidate.
What is the Commission seeking?
Three main areas the Commission typically look at in the selection
process:
What can you do for us?
If selected, how can you contribute to the department and/or
organization differently than other interview candidates? This can be
demonstrated through your educational background, prior
experience, special skills and Knowledge.
Why do you want to work under the Government?
The Commission wants to make sure the candidate chosen has a solid
understanding of the department and position. As a candidate you
need to state why you want to work in a government posts/services.
Also, you need to convey to the commission that you have a realistic
picture of the job.
What are you like once weve gotten to know you?
The Commission is looking at areas such as your motivation,
initiative, creativity, problem-solving abilities and team-work skills,
and how these skills will continue once you are selected and part of
the organization and department.
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On the Day of Interview

1. For all the posts, interview is held at the premises of the Tamil Nadu
Public Service Commission. Reach the venue one hour before the
scheduled time.
2. During the day of interview take enough food and go cheerfully.
3. Gents: it is better to use dark colour pant and matching light colour
shirts.
4. Gents should keep their normal hairstyle and be smart in
appearance, preferably with shaved face.
5. Ladies: it is better to use cotton sarees or churidars;
6. Do not use dresses of hard colours.
7. Better, do not use brand new dresses while attending interviews as
the candidate may not be familiar with the new dress which might
cause irritation.
8. Use properly ironed cloths.
9. Do not use excessive cosmetics.
10.

Do not use excessive oil on the hair.

11.

Do not have mobile with you while going to the interview.

12. Take a copy of the Bio-Data together with a photo copy of

application you have sent already to TNPSC with you.
13. Keep all certificates and documents in proper order in a plastic
folder/file.

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14. Always have 2 photocopies of certificates, you are going to

produce to the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission duly attested
by the gazette officer.
15. You will be asked to sit in a room for the verification of certificates.
The officers who are working in Tamil Nadu Public Service
Commission will come and verify the certificates. During that time
discuss something relevant to the interview.
16.

Do not make any noise in the room.

17.

Do not exhibit any certificate unless asked for.

18. After the verification of certificates are over and once the interview
has commenced you will be taken to the board by the assistants for
the interview. You will be asked to sit in front of the board room for 2
3 minutes.
19. Non verbal Messages: Non- verbal language speaks larger than
words. As you walk in the interview room, here are a few things that
you must keep in mind.
20.

Start it off like a winner.

May I came in: Once the door of the interview chamber has
been opened by the assistants, say May I come in Sir or May
I come in .
Say Good morning: with a pleasant smile and a positive and
confident attitude.
Posture: after wishing the interview board, stand erect nearby
your seat.
Say Thank you: once you are asked to take your seat, say thank
you.
Dont Fidget: There is nothing worse than people playing with
their hair, clicking pen tops, tapping feet or unconsciously
touching parts of the body.
Eye Contact: Answer the questions looking straight at the face
of the officer. Do not look here and there. Look the interviewer
in the eye.

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 Move your hands: Gesturing or talking with your hands is very

natural, but keep it in moderation.
21. Be comfortable. Take a seat facing the interviewer, however,
slightly off center, be sure that you are in a comfortable position.
22. Listen attentively. Listen to the questions, think carefully and give
correct answers in a clear voice.
23. Avoid nervous mannerisms. Pay attention to nervous
mannerisms. Everyone is nervous to some extent; the key is to appear
calm and composed.
24. Speak clearly. Use good grammar and a friendly tone. Try to
avoid answer just yes or no to a question. Always clarify, expand
on your answers. Be sure not to go on rambling.
25. Be positive and enthusiastic. Pump up your enthusiasm prior to
the interview. Never whine gripe or complain about past employers,
jobs, classes etc.
26.

while giving answers to questions:

a. Be Concise: Listen to the questions carefully and answer
to the point. An interviewee rambling on is likely to turn
off the interviewer.
b. Provide Examples: Support your contentions with
example. Think of recent strong strategic example of
work youve done, then when the question is asked
answer say I do not know Avoid incorrect answer with
specifics, not in generalities.
c. Be Honest: It is always better to state the truth than
beating about the bush. If you are not sure about the
answer say I do not know Avoid incorrect answers.
d. Avoid jokes and loose talks.
e. Do not argue with the Interviewer.
f. Say Thanks/ Have a nice day/ Good day/ Have a
pleasant day/ Have a wonderful day to the
interviewer/ board at the end of the Interview.

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Common Questions in Interview Board

1. Tell me about yourself.
2. What are your extra curricular activities?
3. What are your Strengths?
4. What are you weaknesses?
5. How do you define success?
6. Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?
7. What are the specific achievements in your life?
8. What subjects did you like best in School/ College?
9. Why Maths/English/Physics?
10. Which are the books you read currently?
11. Which programs do you watch on TV?
12. What is your favourite book?
13. How do you spend your free time?
14. Which games you like to play the most?
15. What will you do if you are not selected?
16. Tell me a joke.
17. Who is your role model and why?
18. Why did you prefer to college where you studied?
19. Why should we appoint you?
20. What is your dream job?
21. What kind of people do you enjoy working with?
22. What are your expectations from life?
23. Please narrate your work history and education in brief.
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24. Can you describe your positive and negatives points?

25. Can you describe your leadership qualities with an example?
26. What are the things you find most uncomfortable in a post?
27. In your previous job, what kind of pressures did you encounter?
28. What is your long-term employment or career objective?
29. Why do you think you will be successful I such a post?
30. How does this post fit in with your overall career goals?
31. Who or what in your life influenced you most with your career
objectives?
32. What would be your goal if you this post?
33. How would you describe yourself as a person?
34. What are the most important characteristics and abilities a person must
possess to become a successful?
35. In your work experience, what have you done that you consider truly
creative?
36. What kind of problems have people recently called on you to solve?
Tell me what you have devised.
37. What was your most difficult decision in the last six months? What
made it difficult?
38. What was the last major problem that you were confronted with? What
action did you take on it?
39. Do you have a long and short-term for your department? Is it realistic?
40. What are the standards of success in your job?
41. When judging the performance of your subordinate, what factors or
characteristics are most important to you?

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42. In your present job, what approach do you take to get your people
together to establish a common approach to a problem?
43. What approach do you take in getting your people to accept your ideas
or department goals?
44. How do you get people who do not want to work together to establish
a common approach to a problem?
45. Do you feel you work more effectively on a one to one basis or in a
group situation?
46. Would you rather write a report or give a verbal report? Why?
47. Why did you choose this career?
48. Tell us something about your family background
49. Tell us about the problems in your hometown. What are the solutions
to those problems?
50. Tell us about the headlines in the newspaper you have read today?

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TNPSCNeh;Kfj; Njh;Tf;fhd Nfs;tpfs;

I.

jdpg;gl;l (Personal) Nfs;tpfs;

1. cq;fs; ngah; vd;d?

2. cq;fs; fy;tpj; jFjpiaf; $wTk;.
3. cq;fisg; gw;wpf; $wTk;.
Gjpy;: vd;Dila ngah;>
Nghd;wit gw;wp tptuq;fs;

fy;tpj;jFjp>

Ntiyg;

ghh;f;fpd;w

4. cq;fs; nrhe;j Ch; vJ?

5. cq;fs; gs;sp / fy;Y}hp / gy;fiyf;fofk; - d; rpd;dq;fs; vd;d?
II.

FLk;gk; njhlh;ghd Nfs;tpfs;

1. cq;fs; ngw;Nwhhpd; njhopy; kw;Wk; tUkhdk;?

III.

elg;G epfo;Tfs;

- jhYfh/ khtl;lk; / khepyk; / Njrpa / cyf mstpy;

IV.

fy;Y}happy; gbj;j bfphp / P.G bfphp ghlq;fs;

- mbg;gilf; Nfs;tpfs;
- (c.k;. tzpftpay; bfphp gbj;jth;fSf;fhd Nfs;tpfs;
1. What is book keeping?
2. What is trial balance?
3. What is balance-sheet?
4. What are the duties of the Auditor?
Ans: The verification of assets and liabilities
V.

jw;Nghija gzp

1. jw;NghJ gzpahw;Wk; Jiwapd; gzp vd;d?

2. jw;Nghija gzpf;fhd flikfs; ahit?
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3. Jiwapd; gbepiy mikg;G (hierarchy)

4. Jiwapd; Kf;fpaj;Jtk; (importance)
VI.

vjph;fhyg; gzp

ehk; tpz;zg;gj;jpy; njhptpj;jpUe;j 4 my;yJ 5 tpUg;gkhd gjtpfs;

(c.k;)
1. cjtp tphpT mYtyh; (rl;lk; kw;Wk; ePjpj;Jiw ePq;fyhf)
2. cjtp gphpT mYtyh; (rl;lj;Jiw)
3. cjtp gphpT mYtyh; (ePjpj;Jiw)
4. ed;dlj;ij mYtyh; (r%f ghJfhg;Gj; Jiw)
5. ,sepiy Ntiytha;g;G mYtyh;
6. rhh;gjpthsh; %d;whk; epiy
Nkw;fz;l gjtpfspy; fPo;fz;l Nfs;tpfs; Nfl;fg;gLk;
i.

mj;Jiwapd; gzp vd;d?

ii.

mg;gzpf;fhd flikfs; ahit?

iii.

me;jg;

gzpapd;

Jiwf;fhd

gbepiy

mikg;G

(hierarchy)
iv.

me;jg;gzpf;fhd Jiwapd; Kf;fpaj;Jtk; (importance)

VII. jw;Nghija tPL cs;s khtl;lk; kw;Wk; nrhe;j Chpd; khtl;lk;

1. tptrhak;
2. njhopw;rhiyfs;
3. ePh;g;ghrdk;
4. mizf;fl;Lfs;
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vd;d?

5. Rw;wyhj; jyq;fs;
6. gz;ghL (tpohf;fs; Kjypa ....)
7. Kf;fpa kw;Wk; Gfo;tha;e;j egh;fs;
8. Kf;fpa Nfhtpy;fs;> Njthyaq;fs; kw;Wk; k#jpfs;
(c.k;) tpUJefh; khtl;lk;
i.

tpUJefhpy;
cs;s
Kf;fpar;re;ij
(gyruf;Fg;
nghUl;fSf;fhdJ) jkpo;ehl;by; Fwpg;gplj;jFe;j xd;whFk;. (kw;w
Kf;fpar; re;ij: nghs;shr;rp MFk;)

ii.

kj;jpa murpd; jkpo;ehl;bw;fhd mf;khh;f; ju eph;za epWtdk;

tpUJefhpy; kl;Lk; cs;sJ.

iii.

jPg;ngl;b> gl;lhR> mr;R kw;Wk; vOJnghUl;fs; njhopw;rhiyfs;

rptfhrpapYk;>
gUj;jp-nerT>
ghz;Nl[;
Jzp
cw;gj;jp
njhopw;rhiyfs; uh[ghisak; Rw;W tl;lhuj;jpYk; cs;sd.

iv.

Foe;ijj; njhopyhsh; epiy

v.

Kd;dhs; Kjy;th;fs; - fhkuh[h; kw;Wk; Fkhurhkpuh[h gpwe;j

Ch;fs; cs;sd.

vi.

jkpo;ehl;by;

cs;s

xNu

gid

Muha;r;rp

epiyak;

jpUtpy;ypg;Gj;J}hpy; cs;sJ.
vii.

ukd kfhp~papd; gpwe;j Ch; jpUr;Rop MFk;

viii. =tpy;ypGj;J}hpy; cs;s Mz;lhs; Nfhtpypd; Kf;fpaj;Jtk;

vd;d?
Mz;lhs; Nfhtpypd; NfhGuk; jkpof murpd; rpd;dkhf (Kj;jpiu)
cs;sJ.
VIII. HOBBIES

1. `hf;fp / fhy;ge;J / fphpf;nfl; tpisahLjy;

- xU Ntis ePq;fs; fhy;ge;J MLfpNwd; vd;W $wpdhy;>
fhy;ge;J tpisahl;ilg; gw;wp KOtJk; njhpa Ntz;Lk;.
(,d;iwa epiy tiu)

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- fhy;ge;J cyf> Njrpa> khepy mstpy; ve;j tpisahl;L

tPuh; ngah; Nghdth;.
- ];Nlbak; ngah;
2. Njhl;l Ntiy
3. ,ir
4. rpdpkhj; jpiug;glk; (Motion Picture)
5. thndhyp epfo;r;rpfisf; ftdpj;Jf; Nfl;ly;
6. njhiyf;fhl;rp epfo;r;rpfis ghh;j;jy;
7. Xtpak;
8. ehty;fis thrpj;jy;
NkNy $wpa fhy;ge;J tpisahl;L Nghy;> 2 Kjy; 8 tiu
Nghd;witfSf;Fk;> ehk; mijg;gw;wp KOtJk; njhpe;J itj;jpUf;f
Ntz;Lk;.
IX.

nghJ

- Neh;Kfj; Njh;tpd; NghJ ePq;fs; $Wk;

epiyikNahL ,Uf;f Ntz;Lk; (impartial)

gjpy;fs;

eL

- ePq;fs; ahh; vd;W Neh;Kfj; Njh;tpd; NghJ ntspf;fhl;lf;

$lhJ. (c.k;) nghJTilik / rkjh;kk; nghpahhpd;
Nfhl;ghLfs; / ef;ry;fs; / jPtputhjk; / jPtpu kjf;
fUj;Jf;fs;
/
mbg;gilthjk;
Nghd;witfSf;F
Mjuthd fUj;Jf;fisj; njhptpf;ff; $lhJ.
- rpf;fyhd Nfs;tpfSf;F gjpy;fs; eLepiyikAld; ,Uj;jy;
Ntz;Lk;.
Fwpg;ghf
1. ,e;jpah - =yq;fh cwTfs;
2. ,yq;ifj; jkpoh; gpur;rid vd;d?
- ,e;jpa - ,yq;if xg;ge;jk;> 1987
- tpLjiyg; Gypfs; - ,yq;if muR Nghh; epWj;j xg;ge;jk;
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- ,e;j Nghh; epWj;j xg;ge;jk; vg;NghJ Kwpe;jJ?

- ,e;j xg;ge;jj;jpw;F ehh;Nt ehl;bd; gq;fspg;G vd;d?
- ,e;j xg;ge;jk; Kwpe;j gpd;dh; vd;d epfo;Tfs; epfo;e;jJ?
3. ,];Nuy; - ghy];jPdg; gpur;rid
4. ,e;jpa mnkhpf;f mZ xg;ge;jk;
5. ,e;jpah ghfp];jhd; cwTfs;
6. ghyhW Mw;wpd; gpur;ridfs;
7. nghpahW mizf;fl;Lg; gpur;ridfs;
X.

cly; nkhop
1. Neh;Kfj; Njh;tpd; NghJ> ehw;fhypapy; mkUk; NghJ KOtJkhf
cl;fhu Ntz;Lk;.
(ehw;fhypapd; Edpapy; cl;fhuf; $lhJ)
(ehw;fhypapy; KOtJkhf mkh;e;J kpfTk; rha;thf J}q;Ffpw khjphp
,Uf;ff; $lhJ)
2. Neh;Kfj; Njh;tpd; NghJ> ehw;fhypapy; ekJ KJF tisT
,y;yhky;> Neuhf mkh;;e;J ,Uf;f Ntz;Lk;. (without bent)

Neh;Kfj; Njh;tpw;fhd EZff;fq;fs;

1. Njhw;wk; (Appearance)
2. cil (Dress)
3. jd;dk;gpf;if (Self-confidence)
4. jtWfis xj;Jf;nfhs;Sk; kdg;ghd;ik
5. Neh;ik (Honesty)
6. JzpT (Courage)
7. njspT (Clarity)
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Neh;Kfj;Njh;tpd; NghJ nra;a Ntz;bait (Dos)

1. Nfl;fg;gLfpw Nfs;tpfis rhpahfg; Ghpe;J nfhz;L gjpyspg;gJk;>

njspTld; RUf;fkhf fr;rpjkhd thpfspy; tpilaspg;gJk; mtrpakhFk;.
2. njhpahj
Nfs;tpfSf;F
njhpahJ
vdr;
nrhy;fpw
Neh;ikia
midtUNk (including interview board members) kjpg;ghh;fs;.
3. gjpyspf;Fk;
NghJ
jd;dk;gpf;ifAld;
tpilaspf;f
Ntz;Lk;.
(eLf;fj;Jld; tpilaspj;jhy; Njh;thsh; ek;ikf; Fog;Gtjw;F Kaw;rp
nra;a Nehplyhk;)
Neh;Kfj;Njh;tpd; NghJ nra;af;$lhjit (Donts)

1. Njh;thshplk; tpthjk; nra;tNjh> Nfhgj;Jld; gjpy; $wNth $lhJ.

2. cly; kw;Wk; iffis Ml;bg; Ngrf; $lhJ.
kw;w EZf;fq;fs; (Other Techniques)

1. md;ghd mZFKiw (Soft approach)

2. kw;w tpz;zg;gjhuh;fs; / Nghl;bahsh;fs; cld; xg;gplhik (Non
comparison)
3. fye;jhNyhrpj;jy; (Counselling)
4. nghOJNghf;Ffs; / jsh;j;Jjy; (Relaxation)
- elj;jy;> tpisahLjy;> g+q;fh / flw;fiu / Vhpf;fiu / tptrhaj;
Njhl;lk; my;yJ fodp Nghd;witfSf;Fr; nry;Yjy;
- ,ir> jpiug;glk; / njhiyf;fhl;rp / thndhyp
- Xtpak;

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IMPORTANT DEPARTMENTAL HIERARCHY

Department of commercial taxes:

Administrative Hierarchy:
Before 30th July 2008

Now, Redesignated as

Commissioner

Commissioner

Joint Commissioner

Additional Commissioner

Deputy Commissioner

Joint Commissioner

Assistant Commissioner

Deputy Commissioner

Commercial Tax Officer

Assistant Commissioner

Deputy Commercial Tax Officer

Commercial Tax Officer

Assistant Commercial Tax Officer

Assistant Commercial Tax Officer

Department of Registration
Registration department is functioning from the year 1865.
The department is providing a valuable and important service to the
public in registering documents of sale, lease, mortgage, will etc
involving transfer of immovable properties like land and buildings.
The registration of the documents gives legal status for the transactions.
The department is levying and collecting stamp duty on the market
value of the immovable property involved in the transaction.
Registration fee is also collected for the service rendered by the
department in the registration of the documents.

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Administrative Hierarchy:
Inspector general of registration

Addition Inspector general of registration

Deputy Inspector general of registration

Assistant Inspector general of registration

District registrar
Sub registrar

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Department of labour
Organization
The labor department is functioning under the administrative
control of the labour and employment department in the secretariat. The
commissioner of labour is the head of the department.
Organization set up:
Commissioner of labour
Additional Commissioner of labour
Joint Commissioner of labour
Deputy Commissioner of labour
Assistant Commissioner of labour, Labour officer,
Inspector of Plantations
Deputy Commercial Tax Officer
Commercial Tax Officer
Inspector of labour
Deputy Inspector of labour
Assistant Inspectors labour

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REVENUE DEPARTMENT
Chief Secretary

Revenue Secretary

Commissioner of Revenue
Administration
District Collector

District Revenue Officer /

Additional collector
Revenue Divisional Officer
/ Sub Collector
Tahsildar

Deputy Tahsildar

Revenue Inspector

Village Administrative
Officer

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IMPORTANT TOPICS
Kaveri River water dispute
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where appropriate. (March 2009)
Kaveri river flows in South Karnataka and then to Tamil Nadu.
The sharing of waters of the river Kaveri had been the bone of contention of a serious conflict
between the Indian states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The genesis of this disparity, itself, lies
in two controversial agreements, one signed in 1892 and another in 1924, between the Madras
Presidency and the Princely State of Mysore.
The state of Karnataka feels that it has not got its due share of water utilization viv a vis Tamil
Nadu. Karnataka claims that these agreements were skewed heavily in favour of the Madras
Presidency, and has since demanded a renegotiated settlement based on "equitable sharing of the
waters". Tamil Nadu, on the other hand, pleads that it has already developed almost
3,000,000 acres (12,000 km2) of land and as a result has come to depend very heavily on the
existing pattern of usage. Any change in this pattern, it says, will adversely affect the livelihood
of millions of farmers in the state.
Decades of negotiations between the parties bore no fruit. The Government of India then
constituted a tribunal in 1990 to look into the matter. After hearing arguments of all the parties
involved for the last 16 years, the tribunal delivered its final verdict on 5 February 2007. In its
verdict, the tribunal allocated 419 billion ft (12 km) of water annually to Tamil Nadu and 270
billion ft (7.6 km) to Karnataka; 30 billion ft (0.8 km) of Kaveri river water to Kerala and 7
billion ft (0.2 km) to Puducherry. The dispute however, seems far from over with all four states
deciding to file review petitions seeking clarifications and possible renegotiation of the order.

Karnataka
34,273
(42%)
Drought area in the basin 21,870
(in km)
(63.8%)
Contribution of state (in
billion ft according to 425 (53.7%)
Ktaka)
Contribution of state (in
392 (52.9%)
billion ft according to
Basin Area (in km)

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Tamil
Nadu
44,016
(54%)
12,790
(29.2%)

Kerala

Pondicherry Total

2,866
(3.5%)

148(-)

81,155

--

--

34,660

252
(31.8%)

113
(14.3%)

790

222
(30%)

126
(17%)

740

TN)
Quantity demanded
each state
Share for each state
per TN's demand
Share for each state
per tribunal verdict
2007

by
as

465 (41%)
177 (24%)

as
of 270 (37%)

566
(50%)
566
(76%)
419
(58%)

100 (9%) 9.3 (1%)

1140.3

5 (1%)

748

30 (4%) 7 (1%)

726

Contents

1History of the dispute

2Post independence developments
41980s
o 4.1The constitution of the tribunal
o 4.2Interim award and the riots
o 4.3The crisis of 19951996
o 4.4Constitution of the CRA

4.5The flare up and high drama of 2002

4.5.1CRA meeting and the Supreme Court order
4.5.2Demonstrations
4.5.3Censure of both states by the Supreme Court
o 4.620032006
5Judgment
6See also
7References
8External links
o

History of the dispute

The history of this conflict goes back a long way. Disputes have occurred since 1807, but British
influence mediated tensions for several decades. The British controlled both Mysore and Madras
for a short period in the middle of the 19th century. During their regime, numerous plans were
drawn up for the utilization of the Kaveri waters by both states. However, the drought and
subsequent famine in the mid 1870s put a hold on the implementation of these plans. The plans
were revived by Mysore in 1881, by which time Mysore was back in the hands of the Mysore
kings, while present day Tamil Nadu continued to remain a part of the Madras Presidency.

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Mysore's plans to revive the irrigation projects met with resistance from the Madras Presidency.
Mysore state made a representation to the then British government; as a result of which, a
conference was held in 1890 with the objective of agreeing "on the principles of a modus
vivendi, which would on the one hand allow to Mysore reasonable freedom in dealing with her
irrigation works, and on the other, give to Madras practical security against injury to her
interests" and eventually the Agreement of 1892 was signed. Karnataka deems this agreement as
having been between unequal partners because, while Mysore state was a princely state, Madras
formed a part of the British Raj. Karnataka also considers this agreement to have been severely
inimical to its interests as it gave sweeping powers and prescriptive rights to Madras, the lower
riparian state. As per this agreement, Mysore was required to obtain Madras' consent for any
new irrigation reservoirs across any of the main rivers it wished to utilize and share information
on any new irrigation scheme it wished to undertake to utilize the waters
Things came to a head in 1910 when Mysore, under Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar as the king
and Sir. M.Vishweshwariah as Chief Engineer came up with a plan to construct a dam at
Kannambadi village to hold up to 41.5 TMC of water. The dam was planned to be built in two
stages. In the first stage a capacity of 11 TMC was envisioned, while in the second stage the full
capacity was set to be realized. Madras however, refused to give its consent for this move as it
had its own plans to build a storage dam at Mettur with a capacity of 80 TMC.
After a reference to the Government of India, permission was accorded to Mysore, but for a
reduced storage of 11TMC. During construction, however, the foundation was laid to suit the
earlier desired full storage. This raised Madras' hackles and the dispute continued. As a result,
the then British Government of India referred the matter to arbitration under Rule IV of the 1892
Agreement. The Cauvery dispute thus had come up for arbitration for the first time.
Sir H D Griffin was appointed arbitrator and M. Nethersole, the Inspector General of Irrigation in
India, was made the Assessor. They entered into proceedings on 16 July 1913 and the Award was
given on 12 May 1914. The award upheld the earlier decision of the Government of India and
allowed Mysore to go ahead with the construction of the dam up to 11 TMC.
The agreement also stipulated that Mysore was not to increase its area under irrigation more
than 110,000 acres (450 km2) beyond what was already existing, while the same cap for Madras
Presidency was pegged at 301000|acre|km2. Nonetheless, Madras still appealed against the
award and negotiations continued. Eventually an agreement was arrived at in 1924 and a couple
of minor agreements were also signed in 1929 and 1933. The 1924 agreement was set to lapse
after a run of 50 years. As a result of these agreements, Karnataka claims that Mysore was forced
to give up rights.

Post independence developments

In 1947, India won independence from the British. This changed the equations drastically. Tamil
Nadu was carved out of Madras Presidency and Mysore province became a state.
Further in 1956, the reorganization of the states of India took place and state boundaries were
redrawn based on linguistic demographics. Kodagu or Coorg (the birthplace of the Kaveri),
became a part of Mysore state. Huge parts of erstwhile Hyderabad state and Bombay Presidency
joined with Mysore state. Parts of Malabar which earlier formed part of Madras Presidency went
to Kerala. Pondicherry had already become a de facto Union territory in 1954.

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All these changes further changed the equations as Kerala and Pondicherry also jumped into the
fray. Kerala staked its claim as one of the major tributaries of the Kaveri, the Kabini, now
originated in Kerala. Karaikal region of Pondicherry at the tail end of the river demanded the
waters that it had always used for drinking and some minimal agriculture. While these
additional claims complicated matters greatly at a technical level, Mysore state and Tamil Nadu
still remained the major parties to the dispute.
By the late 1960s, both states and the Central government began to realize the gravity of the
situation as the 50 year run of the 1924 agreement was soon coming to an end. Negotiations were
started in right earnest and discussions continued for almost 10 years.

1970s
While discussions continued, a Cauvery Fact Finding Committee (CFFC) was constituted. The
brief of the CFFC was to inspect the ground realities and come up with a report. The CFFC
came up with a preliminary report in 1972 and a final report in 1973. Inter state discussions were
held based on this report. Finally in 1974, a draft agreement which also provided for the creation
of a Cauvery Valley Authority was prepared by the Ministry of Irrigation. This draft however,
was not ratified.
While all these discussions went on, Tamil Nadus irrigated lands had grown from a pre-Mettur
command area of 1,440,000 acres (5,800 km2) to 2,580,000 acres (10,400 km2) while Karnatakas
irrigated area stood at 680,000 acres (2,800 km). Karnataka maintains that these figures
demonstrate the lop-sided nature of the agreement
In 1976, after a series of discussions between the two states and the Central government chaired
by Jagjeevan Ram, the then Irrigation Minister, a final draft was prepared based on findings of
the CFFC. This draft was accepted by all states and the Government also made an announcement
to that effect in Parliament. Tamil Nadu came under Presidents rule soon after that and the
agreement was put on the backburner. When Presidents rule was lifted, the All India Anna
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) with M. G. Ramachandran at the helm came to power
for the first time in Tamil Nadu and the dispute took a new turn.
The Tamil Nadu government now rejected the draft agreement and started insisting that the 1924
agreement had only provided for an extension and not a review. It began insisting that status quo
be restored and everyone go back to the agreements of 1892 and 1924. This however, did not cut
ice with Karnataka which had throughout maintained that those agreements were partisan and
had been signed between unequal partners.
When Karnataka began construction of the Harangi dam at Kushalanagara in Kodagu, it was
once again met with resistance from Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu went to court demanding the
constitution of a Tribunal under the Inter State Water Disputes Act(ISWD) of 1956. It also
demanded the immediate stoppage of construction work at the dam site. As a result of Tamil
Nadus protests, Karnataka had to fund the construction under the non-plan head and this led to
a severe strain on its finances.

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1980s
Later Tamil Nadu withdrew its case demanding the constitution of a tribunal and the two states
started negotiating again. Several rounds of discussions were held in the 80s. The result was still,
a stalemate. In 1986, a farmers association from Tanjavur in Tamil Nadu moved the Supreme
Court demanding the constitution of a tribunal. While this case was still pending, the two states
continued many rounds of talks. This continued till April 1990 and yet yielded no results.

The constitution of the tribunal

The Supreme Court then directed the government headed by Prime Minister V. P. Singh to
constitute a tribunal and refer all disputes to it. A three man tribunal was thus constituted on 2
June 1990. The tribunal was headquartered at New Delhi and was to be headed by Justice
Chittatosh Mookerjee.
The four states presented their demands to the tribunal as under

Karnataka - claimed 465 billion ft (13 km) as its share

Kerala - wants 99.8 billion ft (2.83 km) as its share
Pondicherry - claims 9.3 billion ft (0.3 km)
Tamil Nadu - wants the flows to be ensured in accordance with the
terms of the agreements of 1892 and 1924 (ie., 566 billion ft (16
km) for Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry; 177 billion ft (5 km) for
Karnataka and 5 billion ft (0.1 km) for Kerala).

Interim award and the riots

Soon after the tribunal was set up, Tamil Nadu demanded a mandatory injunction on Karnataka
for the immediate release of water and other reliefs. This was dismissed by the tribunal. Tamil
Nadu now went back to the Supreme Court which directed the tribunal to reconsider Tamil
Nadus plea.
The tribunal reconsidered Tamil Nadus plea and gave an interim award on 25 June 1991. In
coming up with this award, the tribunal calculated the average inflows into Tamil Nadu over a
period of 10 years between 198081 and 198990. The extreme years were ignored for this
calculation. The average worked out to 205 billion ft (5.8 km) which Karnataka had to ensure
reached Tamil Nadu in a water year. The award also stipulated the weekly and monthly flows to
be ensured by Karnataka for each month of the water year. The tribunal further directed
Karnataka not to increase it irrigated land area from the existing 1,120,000 acres (4,500 km2)
Karnataka deemed this extremely inimical to its interests and issued an ordinance seeking to
annul the tribunals award. The Supreme Court now stepped in at the Presidents instance and
struck down the Ordinance issued by Karnataka. It upheld the tribunals award which was
subsequently gazetted by the Government of India on 11 December 1991.
Karnataka was thus forced to accept the interim award and widespread demonstrations and
violence broke out in parts of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu following this. Thousands of Tamil
families had to flee from Bangalore in fear of being attacked and lynched. The violence and show

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down, mostly centered in the Tamil populated parts of Bangalore, lasted for nearly a month and
most schools and educational institutions in Bangalore remained closed during this period.

The crisis of 19951996

In 1995, the monsoons failed badly in Karnataka and Karnataka found itself hard pressed to
fulfill the interim order. Tamil Nadu approached the Supreme Court demanding the immediate
release of at least 30 billion ft. The Supreme Court refused to entertain Tamil Nadu's petition and
asked it to approach the tribunal. The tribunal examined the case and recommended that
Karntaka release 11 billion ft. Karnataka pleaded that 11 billion ft was unimplementable in the
circumstances that existed then. Tamil Nadu now went back to the Supreme Court demanding
that Karnataka be forced to obey the tribunal's order. The Supreme Court this time recommended
that the then Prime Minister, Mr. P. V. Narasimha Rao intervene and find a political solution. The
Prime Minister convened a meeting with the Chief Ministers of the two states and recommended
that Karnataka release 6 billion ft instead of the 11 billion ft that the tribunal ordered.
Karnataka complied with the decision of the Prime Minister and the issue blew over.

Constitution of the CRA

Karnataka had all through maintained that the interim award was not 'scientific' and was
inherently flawed. It had, nevertheless, complied with the order except during 199596 when
rains failed. What complicated matters was that the Interim award was ambiguous on distress
sharing and there was no clear cut formula that everyone agreed upon to share the waters in the
case of failure of the monsoon.
In 1997, the Government proposed the setting up of a Cauvery River Authority which would be
vested with far reaching powers to ensure the implementation of the Interim Order. These
powers included the power to take over the control of dams in the event of the Interim Order not
being honoured. Karnataka, which had always maintained that the interim order had no
scientific basis and was intrinsically flawed, strongly protested the proposal to set up such an
authority.
The Government then made several modifications to the powers of the Authority and came up
with a new proposal. The new proposal greatly reduced the executive powers of the Authority.
The power to take over control of dams was also done away with. Under this new proposal, the
Government set up two new bodies, viz., Cauvery River Authority and Cauvery Monitoring
Committee. The Cauvery River Authority would consist of the Prime Minister and the Chief
Ministers of all four states(Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Kerala) and was headquartered
in New Delhi. The Cauvery Monitoring Committee on the other hand, was an expert body which
consisted of engineers, technocrats and other officers who would take stock of the 'ground
realities' and report to the

The flare up and high drama of 2002

In the summer of 2002, things once again came to a head as the monsoon failed in both Karnataka
and Tamil Nadu. Reservoirs in both states fell to record low levels and inevitably tempers rose.
The sticking point yet again, as in 199596 was how the distress would be shared between the
two states. The tribunal had overlooked this crucial point when it gave the interim award and it
had returned once again to haunt the situation. Tamil Nadu demanded that Karnataka honour

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the interim award and release to Tamil Nadu its proportionate share. Karnataka on the other
hand stated that the water levels were hardly enough to meet its own demands and ruled out
releasing any water in the circumstances that prevailed.

CRA meeting and the Supreme Court order

A meeting of the CRA was called on 27 August but the Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha
walked out of the meeting. The focus now shifted to the Supreme Court which ordered
Karnataka to release 1.25 billion ft of water every day unless CRA revised it. Karnataka started
the release of water but pressed for another meeting of the CRA which was fixed for 8
September. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister this time boycotted the meet citing insufficient notice
as the reason. A minister from her cabinet, however represented Tamil Nadu. The CRA revised
the Court's order from 1.25 billion ft to 0.8 billion ft per day.
This time however, the Karnataka government in open defiance of the order of the CRA, refused
to release any water succumbing to the large scale protests that had mounted in the Kaveri
districts of the state. Tamil Nadu aghast at the defiance, went back to the Supreme Court.
Karnataka now resumed the release of water for a few days, but stopped it again on 18
September as a protesting farmer committed suicide by jumping into the reservoir and the
protests threatened to take a dangerous turn.
The centre now stepped in and asked Karnataka to release the water. The SC meanwhile, in
response to Tamil Nadu's petition asked the CRA for details of the water release and water levels
in the reservoirs. The CRA in turn ordered for the inspections of the reservoirs. While the CRA
inspected the reservoirs in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu (on 23 September) flatly refused to grant them
permission to inspect its reservoirs. This move by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, coupled with her
earlier walkout and boycott of the CRA meets, came in for severe criticism from all quarters. On
30 September the Supreme court ordered Tamil Nadu to co-operate with the CRA and Tamil
Nadu gave in.

Demonstrations
The flare up had by now, well and truly taken an ugly turn and there were accusations and
counter accusations being thrown all around in both states. The opposition parties in Tamil Nadu
too had jumped into the fray and at the same time joining Jayalalitha in stinging rebukes of both
the Centre and the CRA.
To add to all this, the dispute had already spilled onto the streets in the district of Mandya in
Karnataka and was threatening to spread to other parts of the state too. Precipitating the matters
on the streets, the SC ordered Karnataka on 3 October to comply with the CRA and resume the
release of water.
Karnataka once again refused to obey the orders of SC. Tamil Nadu slapped another contempt
petition on Karnataka and soon the issue degenerated into a 'free for all' with all and sundry
from both states joining the protests. Soon, film actors and various other cross sections of society
from both states were on the streets. The belligerence soon hit a crescendo and even as some
groups in Tamil Nadu called for a stoppage of power from the Neyveli Power station to
Karnataka as a tit-for-tat measure, a Pan-Tamil militant outfit (a month or so later) went ahead
and blasted a major power transformer supplying power to the neighbouring states of Karnataka

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and Andhra Pradesh.The Karnataka Chief Minister, Mr. S. M. Krishna on the other hand, fearing
that the situation might spiral out of control, embarked on a padayatra from Bangalore to
Mandya. While some saw this as merely a gimmick, some, like U R Ananthamurthy saw it as a
good faith effort to soothe tempers and joined him in the yatra.

Censure of both states by the Supreme Court

In the meanwhile, Tamil Nadu's contempt suit on Karnataka, came up for hearing on 1
November. The Karnataka government, by now saw the spectre of a harsh rebuke and action by
the SC, and in a bid to salvage the situation, decided to resume the release of water; while at the
same time compensating its own farmers for the loss. The supreme court deferred the case to 15
November and on 15 November, while reserving its comment on Karnataka, censured the Tamil
Nadu Chief Minister for attacking the CRA and the Prime Minister and ordered Tamil Nadu to
tender an unqualified apology. Tamil Nadu complied with it and tendered the apology.
By now, with Karnataka's resumption of water release, compensation of its farmers and the first
signs of the arrival of the north-east monsoon in Tamil Nadu, frayed tempers were on the wane.
A couple of months later, the Supreme Court in an exceptionally stinging censure, pulled up the
Karnataka government for its defiance of the courts. The Karnataka Chief Minister tendered an
unqualified apology and soon the dispute blew over. Most importantly and equally
unfortunately, once again the dispute had blown over without any agreement being reached on
the issue of 'distress-sharing'.

20032006

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The last four years haven't seen any major flare up in the dispute even though the summer of
2003 saw a dry spell in both states. The monsoons in 2004, 2005 and 2006 was quite copious and
this helped a great deal in keeping the tempers calm. While the last 3 or 4 years have been
relatively quiet as far as jingoistic voices are concerned, a flurry of development has been afoot in
the courts.
The term of the tribunal was initially set to expire in August 2005. However, in the light of the
many arguments the court was yet to hear, the tribunal filed a request for extension of its term.
The extension was granted and the tribunal's term was extended for another year until
September 2006. Early in 2006, a major controversy erupted over the 'Assessor's report' that was
apparently 'leaked' to the press. The report had suggested a decision which Karnataka
summarily rejected. Another major controversy erupted when just a couple of months before the
September 2006 deadline, the tribunal recommended the formation of another expert committee
to study the 'ground realities' yet again. This was unanimously and vehemently opposed by all
the four states party to the dispute. The states contended that this move would further delay a
judgment which has already been 16 years in the making.
More than the disapproval of all the four states of the new expert committee that was proposed,
the proposal turned out to be a major embarrassment for the tribunal. This was because, not only
were the four states opposed to it, even the Chief Judge of the tribunal, Mr.?? was opposed to it.

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However the other two assistant judges on the 3-man adjudication team, overruled the opinion of
the main Judge. And all this was done in a packed courtroom and this led to petty bickering and
heated arguments between the three judges in the packed courtroom. This left everyone in the
courtroom shocked and the Tamil Nadu counsel was moved to remark that it was embarrassing
that the judges probably needed help settling their own disputes before adjudicating on the
dispute at hand. Nonetheless, the new expert committee was formed and carried out further
assessments. Subsequently, the extended deadline of the tribunal also passed and the tribunal
was given yet another extension.

Judgment
The Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal announced its final verdict on 5 February 2007. According
to its verdict, Tamil Nadu gets 419 billion ft (12 km) of Cauvery water while Karnataka gets 270
billion ft (7.6 km). The actual release of water by Karnataka to Tamil Nadu is to be 192 billion ft
(5.4 km) annually. Further, Kerala will get 30 billion ft and Puducherry 7 billion ft. Tamil Nadu
appears to have been accepting the verdict while the government of Karnataka, unhappy with
the decision, filed a revision petition before the tribunal seeking a review.

METRO RAIL PROJECT

CHENNAI: The proposed metro railway project for the city is on the fast
track with the state government moving the center for clearances. Project
consultant Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is expected to submit a
draft by the month-end
Work on the partly elevated and partly underground metro railway line
along Annasalai and Poonamallee high road is expected to cost Rs.7,129 crore
as per a brief project profile submitted by DMRC in December 2006. Based on
the report, the state government has started working on getting clearances
form the planning commission, the cabinet and various departments.
The metro rail will decongest the crowded road corridors in the inner city and
offer a more environment friendly mass transportation alternative for the
burgeoning metropolis. Government sources say the first railway corridor
from toll gate to Kamaraj Airport will cover 27.3km. There will be 22 stations.
The second corridor from fort station to guindy will consist of 18 stations
along the 21.8km stretch.
Once the government finalizes the DPR, work is expected to start from
January 2008 and get over within five-and-a-half years.

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The elevated track will be mostly along Annaisalai, which is wide enough to
have a railway line along the median. In places such as Broadway, where
there is not enough road width, it will be an underground line.
According to the DPR, corridor one will start from tollgate on tiruvotriyur
high road. It will go past the railway cross near washermanpet station as an
underground line. It will cover Broadway and high court; go past the MUC
grounds and the central station (opposite the Moore Market Complex). The
underground track will cross poonamalee high road and the cooum to enter
Annasalai near tarapore towers. The track will be elevated from the point it
enters Annasalai till where it terminates at a station before the airport
building.
The second corridor, which starts from fort station, will enter poonamallee
high road, to cover aminjikarai and Ann nagar Second Avenue. The
underground line will take a turn at tirumangalam to touch koyambedu fruit
market, CMBT and the inner ring road to terminate near the guindy suburban
railway station. Here as well as the fort station and the station opposite the
Moore market complex, will have passages to connect commuters from
suburban lines to the metro rail corridors.

Mullaperiyar Dam
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Mullaperiyar Dam
Official name

Mullaperiyar Dam

Locale

Kerala, India

Coordinates

93143N77839E9.52861N 77.14417E

Construction began 1887

Opening date

1895

Dam and spillways

Height

155 ft (47.24 m)

Length

1200 ft (365.76 m)

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Impounds

Periyar River

Reservoir
Creates

Periyar Reservoir

Capacity

443.23 million cubic meter

Mullaperiyar Issue

Mullaperiyar Dam is constructed over the headwaters of the Periyar River in Kerala, India. The
Periyar National Park, Thekkady is located around the Periyar reservoir formed by the
backwaters of this dam. It is operated by the Government of Tamil Nadu according to a 999-year
lease agreement made during erstwhile British colonial rule.

Contents

1Name
2History
3Disputes
o 3.1Historical background of the dispute
o 3.2Current status
4Notes
5Further reading

Name
The name is derived from a portmanteau of Mullaiyar and Periyar. As the dam is located after
the confluence of the Mullayar and Periyar Rivers, the river and hence the dam came to be called
Mullaperiyar.

History
Periyar river is a west-flowing river of Kerala State. The river flows its full course entirely
through Kerala, and derives its water almost exclusively from catchment area (Drainage basin)
inside the State. The dam stops the west flowing river to form a reservoir, which is also
exclusively located in Kerala. From the reservoir, Tamil Nadu collects water to the eastern side of
Western Ghats via a tunnel.
On 29 October 1886 a lease indenture for 999 years was made between Maharaja of Travancore
and Secretary of State for India for Periyar irrigation works. The lease indenture inter alia
granted full right, power and liberty to construct, make and carry out on the leased land and to
use exclusively when constructed, made and carried out all such irrigation works and other
works ancillary thereto to Secretary of State for India (now Tamil Nadu). By another agreement
in 1970, Tamil Nadu was also permitted to generate power.
A first dam was built by the British Corps of Royal Engineers. After the first dam was washed
away by floods, a second stonework dam was built in 1895.

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The dam's purpose was to divert the waters of the west-flowing Periyar River eastward, taking
the water from the reservoir through a tunnel cut across the watershed and Western Ghats to the
arid rain shadow regions of Theni, Madurai District, Sivaganga District and Ramanathapuram
districts of Tamil Nadu.[4] Although Kerala claims that the agreement was forced on the then
princely State of Travancore, presently part of Kerala, the pact was revalidated in 1970 by Kerala
and Tamil Nadu. The lease provided the British the rights over "all the waters" of the
Mullaperiyar and its catchment basin, for an annual rent of Rs. 40,000.

Disputes
The government of Tamil Nadu has proposed an increase in the storage level of the dam from the
currently maintained 136 feet (41 m) to 142 feet (43 m). The Kerala government has opposed this
move, citing safety concerns for the more than hundred year old bridge and especially for the
thickly populated districts downstream. A 10-million-dollar 3D Hollywood movie inspired by
these controversies, titled Dam 999, is scheduled for release in 2011.

Historical background of the dispute

A lease deed was signed between the Travancore Princely State and British Presidency of Madras
in 1886 which gave the British the right to divert "all the waters" of the Mullaperiyar and its
catchment to British territory (the Madras Presidency, now Tamil Nadu) for 999 years. After
Independence, both the entities became non-existent. Further, according to Indian Independence
Act 1947, all the treaties between British Government and Indian Princeley States have lapsed.
Moreover, Article 131 of the Constitution of India denies Supreme Court of jurisdiction on preconstitutional agreements. Kerala argued that the agreement is not an equal one, but imposed on
the local King by the mightly British Empire.
After independence, even in the absence of any treaties, Tamil Nadu continued to use the water
from Periyar for extending irrigation facilities, and later for power generation on the basis of
informal agreements between the governments of the two states. In 1970 the Kerala and Tamil
Nadu governments signed a formal agreement to renew the 1886 treaty almost completely. The
Idukki Hydroelectric project, located 30 km downstream was completed in 1976 by the Kerala
government, is still the major resource (about 30%) for irrigation and electricity needs of Kerala.
After Independence the areas downstream of the Mullaperiyar become heavily inhabited, as
Kerala has a very high population density. In 1979, safety concerns were raised by Kerala
Government after a minor earthquake, after which a few leaks were detected in the Mullaperiyar
dam. A state agency had reported that the structure would not withstand an earthquake above
magnitude 6 on the Richter scale. The then Tamil Nadu government lowered the storage level to
the current 136 feet (from 142.2 feet) at the request of the Kerala Government to carry out safety
repairs, after which it was suggested that the storage level could be raised to the full reservoir
level of 152 feet (46 m). Security concerns regarding the downstream inhabitants prompted
Kerala to backtrack on the 1970 Agreement in 2000. Another argument put forward by Kerala on
the basis of a report on a study conducted state agencies suggested that the loss of habitat to the
fauna of Periyar National Park would occur due to flooding after the increase in the storage level.
IIT Delhi conducted a study which stated that the dam safety would be affected even at a level of
136 ft (41 m). IIT Roorkee conducted structural stability study on the Reservoir had found that
the structure would not be safe in the event of an earthquake.

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Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu government had increased its withdrawal from the reservoir, with
additional facilities to cater to the increased demand from newly irrigated areas. One article
estimates that "the crop losses to Tamil Nadu, because of the reduction in the height of the dam,
between 1980 and 2005 is a whopping Rs. 40,000 crores. In the process the farmers of the
erstwhile rain shadow areas in Tamil Nadu who had started a thrice yearly cropping pattern had
to go back to the bi-annual cropping."
However, the Kerala Government maintains that this is not true. During the year 1979-80 the
gross area cultivated in Periyar command area was 171,307 acres (693.25 km2). After the lowering
of the level to 136 ft (41 m), the gross irrigated area increased and in 1994-95 it reached
229,718 acres (929.64 km2).
An article written in 2000 in Frontline stated: "For every argument raised by Tamil Nadu in
support of its claims, there is counter-argument in Kerala that appears equally plausible. Yet,
each time the controversy gets embroiled in extraneous issues, two things stand out: One is
Kerala's refusal to acknowledge the genuine need of the farmers in the otherwise drought-prone
regions of Tamil Nadu for the waters of the Mullaperiyar; the other is Tamil Nadu's refusal to see
that it cannot rely on or continue to expect more and more from the resources of another State to
satisfy its own requirements to the detriment of the other State. A solution perhaps lies in
acknowledging the two truths, but neither government can afford the political repercussions of
such a confession".

Current status
Tamil Nadu is the custodian of the dam and its surrounding areas. In 2006, the Supreme Court of
India has allowed for the storage level to be raised to 142 feet (43 m). However, the Kerala
Government promulgated a new "Dam Safety Act" against increasing the storage level of the
dam, which has not been objected by the Supreme Court. Tamil Nadu challenged it on various
grounds. The Supreme Court issued notice to Kerala to respond; however, did not stay the
operation of the Act even as an interim measure. The Court then advised the States to settle the
matter amicably, and adjourned hearing in order to enable them to do so. The Supreme Court of
India termed it as not unconstitutional. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court constituted a
Constitution bench to hear the case considering its wide ramifications. The case involves preconstitutional agreement between two entities which does not exist now.
Kerala's Stance: Kerala did not object giving water to Tamil Nadu. Their main cause of objection
is the dams safety as it is as old as 110 years. Increasing the level would add more pressure to be
handled by already leaking dam. No masonry dam may survive for 999 years so a new dam may
replace the existing one in near future.
Tamil Nadu's Stance: The State want that the 2006 order of Supreme court be implemented so as
to increase the water level to 142 feet (43 m).
In September 2009, the Ministry of Environment and Forests of Government of India granted
environmental clearance to Kerala for conducting survey for new dam downstream. Tamil Nadu
approached Supreme court for a stay order against the clearance; however, the plea was rejected.
Consequently, the survey was started in October, 2009. The survey team looked at three spots
and the final report is expected to be ready by March 2010 for submission to the government.

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The arguments of Kerala and Tamil Nadu are continuing in the Constitution bench of Supreme
Court. Adv. Harish Salve appeared for Kerala and Adv. Parasaran appeared for Tamil Nadu in
Supreme Court. Kerala argued that if Mullaperiyar is an interstate river, the Supreme Court has
no jurisdiction to intervene in the issue and that it must be dealt with by an independent tribunal.
It also argued that if Mullaperiyar is an intrastate river, then the Dam Safety Authority of Kerala
is constitutional, and that the Supreme Court has no jurisdiction to intervene in a preconstitutional agreement. Thus, the water provision is now done under the 1970 review
agreement between the States. According to this agreement, only the dam area is leased to Tamil
Nadu, and water is not leased. As Kerala does not gain anything from the project inside its
territary, it is free to revisit/cancel the 1970 agreement. Kerala also argues that if the water level
is increased to 142 feets, wide forest areas that are inhabited by conserved flora and fauna will be
inundated. Moreover, as Tamil Nadu controls only the dam, Kerala has no legal restrictions for
diverting water to Idukki reservoir through another route, thereby preventing water logging
inside Mullaperiyar reservoir. When the Supreme Court sought to know whether a contract
could be unilaterally terminated, Mr. Salve said the Legislature had the competence to put an
end to the contract, which was not in Keralas interest. By legislation, a contract could be varied,
altered or annulled.
Tamil Nadu argued that the Supreme Court need to look only in to the issue of nonimplementation of Supreme Court Order to increase water level of dam by Kerala. Tamil Nadu
also asserted that Mullaperiyar is not an interstate river, and thus, there is no need for forming a
tribunal. The Tamil Nadu counsel argued that Kerala has an ulterior motive to make a new dam
and keep it under its control. Tamil Nadu fears that the water supply will be restricted if Kerala
builds a new dam and controls it.
However, political controversies arose in Tamil Nadu, as Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra
Kazhagam (MDMK) party and BJP accused the Tamil Nadu counsel[23] is against the interests of
Tamil Nadu and demanded the state government to remove him. Vaiko, General Secretary,
MDMK, has called for a road blockade on May 28 to stop transport of foodgrains, vegetables and
milk to Kerala to protest its proposal to construct a new dam in place of the Mullaperiyar dam.
Meanwhile, Kerala proposed that a mechanism may be thought about to supply water to Tamil
Nadu similar to the one employed for its supply of drinking water to Coimbatore under the
Siruvani water supply scheme.
On 18 February 2010, the Supreme Court decided to constitute a five-member empowered
committee to study all the issues of Mullaiperiyar Dam and seek a report from it within six
months. The Bench in its draft order said Tamil Nadu and Kerala would have the option to
nominate a member each, who could be either a retired judge or a technical expert. The fivemember committee will be headed by former Chief Justice of India A. S. Anand to go into all
issues relating to the dam's safety and the storage level. However, the ruling party of Tamil
Nadu, DMK, passed a resolution that it not only oppose the apex court's decision to form the
five-member committee, but also said that the state government will not nominate any member
to it. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said that immediately after the Supreme Court
announced its decision to set up a committee, he had written to Congress president asking the
Centre to mediate between Kerala and Tamil Nadu on Mullaperiyar issue. However, Leader of
Opposition J. Jayalalithaa objected to the TN Government move. She said that this would give
advantage to Kerala in the issue. Meanwhile, Kerala Water Resources Minister N. K.
Premachandran told the state Assembly that the State should have the right of construction,

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ownership, operation and maintenance of the new dam, while giving water to Tamil Nadu on the
basis of a clear cut agreement. He also informed the media that Former Supreme Court Judge Mr.
K. T. Thomas will represent Kerala on the expert panel constituted by Supreme Court. On 8
March 2010, in a fresh twist to the Mullaperiyar Dam row, Tamil Nadu told the Supreme Court
that it was not interested in adjudicating the dispute with Kerala before the special empowered
committee appointed by the apex court for settling the inter-State issue. However, Supreme
Court refused to accept Tamil Nadu's request to scrap the decision to form the empowered
committee. SC also criticized the Union Government on its reluctance in funding the empowered
committee.

Notes
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Which now does not exist as a river as it is part of the backwater/reservoir.

The main river is called the Periyar River.
Which were under British rule as part of Madras Province.
R. Krishnakumar, Frontline, Volume 23 - Issue 05, Mar. 11 - 24, 2006.
"A film based on Mullaperiyar dam issue". Indian Express. Feb 28, 2010.
"Verdict on Mullaperiyar". The Hindu (Chennai, India).
in 1959
CESS, Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram
A study on the impact of raising of water level in the Mullaperiyar reservoir of the Periyar Tiger
Reserve was carried out by scientists from the Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), the Tropical
Botanic Garden and Research Institute (TBGRI), Centre for Water Resource Development and
Management (CWRDM) and the Slim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON)
10. "Apex court wants reports on Mullaperiyar dam safety referred to expert body". The Hindu
(Chennai, India). February

Mullaiperiyar Dam controversy: issues and concerns

Interestingly, mullaiperiyar dam controversy is not about sharing water
as in the cause of cauvery. Kerala, and way, cannot use the dam water as
most of it is going to the sea and kerala is least bothered about use of water
that flows through the dam. It is also not a case of rehabilitation, at le3ast as
on date, as in case of Narmada. Vast areas that would be submerged if
reservoir level were increased are the Periyar Tiger Reserve and it is a
different matter of concern altogether of protecting forest species. It is not
even the question of increasing height of the dam because the original storage
level was 152ft, which was reduced to 136ft in the backdrop of mild tremor to
the magnitude of 2 on Richter scale in the region in 1979.
Still, the tempers are running high on both states, if not to the level of
confrontations and clashes, because, it is a matter of providing livelihood to
several lakhs of people and of increasing agricultural productivity in the rain
shadow districts of TamilNadu that would benefit out of water flow, which
otherwise goes water, by increasing the reservoir level. On the other hand, it
is a matter of environmental concern for kerala that would like to avoid
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bursting or breaking of the 110 years old, 175ft high, 5704ft long lime and
brick dam in question, kerala, being a land-locked state, appears to be over
cautious. The state being land hungry and environmental imbalance
snowballing into imbalance in and destabilization of irrigation and, in turn,
agrarian economy also cannot be ruled out. Kerala appears to be more
concerned about the consequences inland than about the Mullaiperiyar dam
as such.
TamilNadu went to the Supreme Court and succeeded in convincing
the court to pass an order, in February 2006,in its favour to increase the height
of the reservoir level of the dam to142ft from the present 136ft. kerala
countered it by moving swiftly to the extent of holding a special two-day
assembly session in march to discuss the issue and unanimously passed a
legislation, kerala irrigation and water conservation ( Amendment) act, 2006
in order to steal away the basis of the Supreme Court order. The amended act
has empowered the kerala dam safety authority to fix maximum reservoir
level for scheduled dams and to instruct custodians of the dam accordingly.
In this case, mullaiperiyar is a scheduled dam and custodian is the Tamilnadu
state government. When the kerala government approached the court for
revision of its order, the Supreme Court rejected it and has advised talks
between the two governments. Talks that have been on for last few months
appear not to have yielded desired results and it is only a matter of time for
the Tamilnadu state government to approach the court to enforce the verdict.
The kerala government is coming up with the issue of safety of the 110year-old dam and the consequent issues that are expected to affect more the
35 lakh people living in downstream in the districts of idukki, kottayam,
erunakulam, pathananmathitta and alappuzha. Tamilnadu, on the other
hand, is raising the issues of irrigation and drinking water in the rain shadow
districts of theni, dindigul, madurai virudhunagar, sivaganga and
ramanathapuram which would otherwise have no access to any water
facilities.
Tamilnadu claimed to have lost 45000 crores in the last 25 years because
more than 8000 hectares of land went dry way of reduction in the original
reservoir level of 152ft.
As the kerala government said that the dam is so weak that it cannot
withstand storage level of more than 136ft, an expert committee was formed
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to study the technical feasibility and ways to strengthen the ailing dam. After
some modification, renovation and repair works were carried out; the expert
committee inspected the dam and has certified that the dam can withstand a
reservoir level of 142ft initially. But the kerala government is not ready to buy
the argument and insists that the reservoir level should not be increased at
any cost.
The center of earth science studies in kerala says that the dam cannot
withstand an earthquake of the magnitude of 6 or more on the Richter scale if
the epicenter is near the dam. The institute also assessed that tremor of such a
magnitude is not too far as the region has been experiencing several tremors
on lesser degrees for quite sometime now, i.e., in the last two decades. The
chances of occurrence of such tremors are also high due to the presence of
lineaments and fault zones in the region.
The mullaiperiyar controversy has opened up newer issues for
discussion. Strangely, the dam is located in the lands of kerala while the
maintenance of dam and the operation of sluice gate are undertaken by the
government. The land was taken on lease by Tamilnadu for 999 years in 1886
through an agreement between the then maharaja of state of travancore and
the madras presidency. The project was conceived in 1895. Again, a new
agreement was signed around 1970 when the old one was about to expire.
The lease amount was increased from Rs.5/toRs.3per acre and the tamilnadu
government was allowed to produce electricity at a price. The whole problem
started only in 1979 when the region faced mild tremors. Now, there are also
debates on annexing dam areas bordering the state to tamilnadu. The state
reorganization commission had also suggested including devikulam and
peermedu areas (dam areas) in the state. Tamilnadu is concerned because the
new amended law empowers kerala dam safety authority even to
decommission dams, if found unsafe. Such an eventuality will affected more
than 80000 acres of land that is under irrigation and will be a body below to
the state of tamilnadu.
It has also opened debates on water policies of both governments,
diverting west-flowing rivers (from kerala to Arabian Sea) towards east
(tamilnadu) so as to avoid wastage of water of water, the rational of allowing
privatization and commercialization of water in this water starved era,
policies that makes people to pay for every drop of water they use while
encouraging multinationals to go scot-free in exploiting all our water
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resources (like coca-cola company at tirunelveli and Bechtel at tiruppur in

tamilnadu), scientific approach to water conservation and watershed
management, ect. Electricity generation and distribution policies are also
being debated anew. Tamilnadu is heading for a water crisis. Irrigation
systems are being handed over to various multinational agencies including
World Bank and companies from European countries. The people are being
forced to pay for it. Tamilnadu water supply and drainage board (TWAD), a
government agency, has been turned into a nodal agency for broking deals
with multinational and for spearheading privatization and commercialization
of water. The government is shirking off its responsibility on water issues and
TWAD being restructured to become a self-sustainable, profit-based
organization is only n indication.
In this backdrop, the issue involved is the livelihood of millions of
people on both sides. Court verdicts and emergency legislations may not sole
the real crisis. Water going waste is of no concern for kerala and the same
being used by tamilnadu also should not be a problem for them. Increasing
agricultural productivity and saving livelihood of lakhs of people in
tamilnadu, particularly in those dry and rain shadow districts in the region, is
very important. Likewise, the safety and security of lakhs of people of kerala
are also equally important.
Conflicting views on the stress and strength analysis and technical feasibility
of increasing reservoir level of the dam should be thrashed out first. Instead
of depending on courts and legislations, negotiations and talks should be the
main modus operandi to settle the dispute. Taking over of irrigation subject
by the central government may not be a real solution in a multi-national.
Multi-ethnic society. Rather, the central government should play the role of
an efficient and effective facilitator to find an amicable solution to the dispute.
There is a need for evolving an effective inter-state water dispute redressal
mechanism. Any attempt, on both sides, to incite passions of regional
chauvinism should be condemned in unequivocal terms. But, unfortunately
political parties in both states are including mainly incite passions rather than
finding amicable and workable solution to the dispute. The ruling party in
kerala is behaving more as a regionalist party than a communist party. DMK
and other parties in Tamilnadu are also eyeing for an opportunity to flare up
feeling of regional chauvinism in order to revive their own declining
influences among masses. Arriving at a mutually acceptable, mutually
beneficial solution should be the point of departure for any framework for
solution.
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Alternatives should also be given serious thought. Constructing a new dam

can also be considered if it is established that Mullaiperiyar dam cannot
withstand the pressure of increasing the reservoir level. Adopting an
integrated approach of river diversions, utilization of all possible water ways,
innovative water management policies, putting kanmoys (tanks and lakes) and
rivers (Vaigai) to a coordinated use, etc., can also be considered. There is also
an opinion expressed by Kambam Basin Farmers' Association that water can
be effectively put to use through an integrated use of Vaigai river system and
its kanmoys (tanks) where water can be stored after it is released from
Mullaiperiyar dam and constructing a small dam near Varusanadu, if
necessary, to feed Vaigai river. This proposal, if actually feasible, is potent
enough to make other proposals of increasing reservoir level of Mullaiperiyar
dam and constructing a new dam redundant
Mullaiperiyar dam dispute: farmers to meet Prime Minister
MADURAI, JAN. 12. A team of 28 farmers meet the
Prime Minister,
Monmohan Sing, later this month to impress upon him the need to raise the
level of mullaiperiyar dam from 136 to 145feet.
M.Buthisigamani, president, periyar-vaigai farmers Association, between
peranai and kallandiri (the double-crop area), said the team would seek the
Prime Ministers intervention to solve the 25-year-old dispute between
tamilnadu and kerala over raising the dam level.
The Prime Minister should convene a meeting of the two state governments
and the central water commission (CWC) and the tow committees and should
order that the level be increased to 145ft as a temporary measure to mitigate
the drinking water and irrigation problems in south tamilnadu.
The dam helped to irrigate 2.17 lahks acres and served as a drinking water
source for a population of 65 lakhs in Theni, Dindigul, Madurai,
Ramanathapuram and Sivaganga districts when the level was maintained at
152ft till 1979.
However, surplus water from the periyar dam failed to fill up the then newlyconstructed idukki dam for three consecutive years, and politicians in kerala
planned to restrict the level of the periyar dam136ft.they claimed that the
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Weak condition of the dam posed a threat to the lives and property in three
districts of kerala.
Mr.Buthisigamani said water from the periyar dam (with a capacity of 15.565
tmc at 152ft) would flow into the idukki dam (with a capacity of 72 tmc)
through mountainous regions and would not pose any threat to lives. Unlike
kerala, which was rich in water resources and draining 2000 tmc ftof
rainwater into the sea, Tamilnadu was dependent on the neighbouring states
for water.
The team is leaving here for New Delhi on January 22.
Mulaiperiyar Dam issue
In India, sharing of river waters between the riparian states has always been a
ticklish issue. We have seen many disputes in respect of rivers like sutlej,
narmada, godavari, Krishna, cauvery, parambikkulam & sholayar. All these
rivers are interstate rivers flowing through more than one state and naturally
each state tries its best to secure a larger share of that invaluable resource,
water.
But the dispute between tamilnadu and kerala over mullaiperiyar dam,
which hit the headlines,when the roads connecting both the state were
blockaded recently by slogan shouting agitators from tamilnadu, belonging to
the ruling party, DMK, is of a different nature. With vaiko of MDMK on a
padayatra from madurai to gudalur, calling for raising the water level in the
dam. With PMKs Dr.Ramdas and Dks Veeramani too launching similar
dharnas and with the AIADMks Dr. Jayalithaa too launching her own tirade,
emotions ran high and naturally Dr. kalaignar, though always very
diplomatic in his dealings with the neighbouring state, could not but join the
fray.
In the midst of the emotional outbursts of the leaders and their parties trying
to extract the maximum possible political mileage for themselves, the core
issues got clouded. Let us examine the issues involved and try to find out
what exacrly is the problem in mullaiperiyar.
The river periyar is not an inter-state river. This west-flowing river originates
in kerala and flows throughout in that state before winding its way into the
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coastal plain and branching off thereafter, only to meander into the
backwaters near kochi and then to merge into the Arabian sea.
About 120 years ago, the British who ruled in the madras presidency enters
into an agreement with the maharajah of travancore, to permit them to
construct a dam across the Periyar River in that state and then to divert the
water impounded to the east, to irrigation the parched dry lands of the then
madurai& ramnad districts. There was also a sociological aspect. In the
absences of any scope for any productive economic activity, large section of
the people (mainly kallars) there, tended to take to the path of crime and
violence. The British had even declared them a criminal tribe at that time.
They had chosen to follow a carrot and stick policy and thought that once the
periyar water was made available, the ruthless criminal will turn into a
hardworking and honest farmer, earning by the sweat of his brow. The
agreement was signed for a period of 999 years! (The usual long term
agreements we have heard of run for 99 years). The quantity of water to be
transferred to the East, across the Western Ghats, was not specified. The role
of the legendary Bhageeratha who changed the course of Ganga and brought
it into his country was played here by Col Pennyquick, the then British Chief
Engineer who completed the Dam in the year 1895.
The rubble-lime-surkhi dam has done an excellent job, impounding large
quantities of water, year after year and helping to convert 2 lakhs of acres of
waste lands into fertile farmland. Agricultural prosperity induced the people
to reform themselves and become law-abiding citizens.(After all, they have
something to lose now).
Though the original design life of such a dam would be about 50 years, the
excellent quality of construction enabled it to exist without any problem for a
much longer period. However, in the 1970's complaints started coming in and
1979 turned out to be a problem year. Extraordinarily large quantities of
water began seeping through the Dam creating apprehensions in Kerala.
They started expressing grave doubts about the strength and stability of the
dam. After all, it was an 85 year old structure, built with no cement or steel
and using only rubble, lime and surkhi and it was being subjected to heavy
stresses and strains. There were genuine fears that due to the tremendous
pressure exerted by the large quantity and height of the water it impounded,
some weak spots in the Dam structure might even give way, leading to a
great catastrophe. The thickly populated Periyar valley was at grave risk, it
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was stated. Soon politicians in both the States entered the scene. Emotions
ran high. The Government of India & the Central Water and Power
Commission (CW&PC) intervened. After lengthy parleys, Tamilnadu agreed
to strengthen the Dam as required by the Central experts. It was decided that
maximum water level in the Dam would be maintained at 136 ft. until the
strengthening jobs were completed satisfactorily (the full reservoir level was
152 ft.), in order to reduce the strain on the old structure and keep it within
safe limits.
After, the strengthening works were carried out, Government of Tamil Nadu
called for raising the water level in the Mullaperiyar reservoir to 152 feet.
Kerala objected, pointing to the continuing seepage of water. Tamil Nadu
argued that the seepage was within normal limits and did not cause any
concern. Discussions failed and Tamilnadu went to the Supreme Court and
secured favourable orders from the highest Court for stepping up the storage
level. Kerala retaliated with a new legislation forming a Dam Safety
Authority which would examine the safety aspects of all the dams in the state
(including the Mullaperiyar Dam) and determine the maximum permissible
storage levels for each of them. Tamil Nadu approached the Supreme Court
again, challenging the validity of this enactment. The Supreme Court
suggested settling the issue by talks between the Chief Ministers under the
good offices of the Prime Minister. The two Chief Ministers promptly met in
the presence of the Union Irrigation Minister, explained their respective
positions and instructed their own Irrigation Ministers to continue the next
round. They met once and yet there was no progress. Meanwhile, there was a
spate of intemperate statements and rejoinders from both the sides. The rest is
very recent history.
What Tamilnadu wants is water from Periyar. And even today, nobody in
Kerala objects to the releasing of Periyar waters to Tamilnadu. Nobody in
Kerala has so far called for even restricting the quantity of water released.
Nobody there objects to Tamil Nadu drawing away the entire water from the
reservoir as and when they like, in quantities convenient to them, so long as
the level is not more than 136 ft. And Tamil Nadu has very successfully
managed this operation during the last 27 years, ensuring that the level in the
reservoir is never more than 136 ft. But when the chain of reservoirs and
irrigation tanks in Tamil Nadu, from Suriliyar near Cumbum down to
Rameswaram at the fag end ,are full, with heavy rains on the eastern side of
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the hills too, Tamil Nadu cannot naturally receive more water(lest the level
should cross 136 ft) and then if more freshes arrive, some water will have to
be released down the Dam's spillway. This will flow into the downstream
course of Periyar, reaching the Idukki reservoir about 75 kms away. Tamil
Nadu has done this operation so efficiently that only on a very few days has
water overflowed down the Mullaiperiyar Dam's spillway all these years. If
storage facilities in Tamil Nadu can be augmented, even this can be avoided.
In short, what Tamil Nadu wants is water and Kerala does not refuse it. Tamil
Nadu has demonstrated it ability to take all the water keeping the level
within 136 ft.. What additional advantage does it get by increasing the storage
level? Only some operational* flexibility. So is the raising of the Periyar
reservoir level beyond 136 ft, a big life and death issue as far as Tamil Nadu is
concerned?
Let us pause for a moment and think of what is happening in the Cauvery
basin. Annai Cauvery, as the Tamils emotionally refer to the River Goddess,
has been Tamil Nadu's lifeline; it's most important river. From time
immemorial, Cauvery waters irrigated 12 lakh acres of paddy in Tamilnadu's
granary of Thanjavur alone. And lots of paddy, sugarcane, banana, betelvine
and a host of other crops flourished along the river's course in the other
districts as well. But now -there is problem there, every year. Karnataka has
constructed dams across Cauvery upstream and only the water which
overflows reaches the Tamilnadu border. And every year it is a struggle to
get some Cauvery water released even to save the standing crops. The
successive Chief Ministers of Tamilnadu have been forced to go up to the
Prime minister to get their rightful share of Cauvery waters, year after year!
While Karnataka refuses to give Tamilnadu its legitimate share of water from
Cauvery, Kerala readily agrees to release the entire water impounded in
Mullaiperiyar, which is not even an interstate river! An unequal; 999 year
agreement signed during the colonial times has been honoured even after
Independence. And water delivered without protest-not for irrigation alone;
for power generation as well. They are only worried about the safety of the
Dam and the lives of 30 lakhs of people. Perhaps their fears are unfounded.
But they don't believe so. Will it not be in the interest of Tamilnadu to do
whatever is required to allow these people to sleep without fearing for their
lives? But repairs have already been carried out, and to the satisfaction of
CW&PC experts. Why they are shouting even now? They say that the dam,
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built with rubble in lime, is 115 years old already. Will patchworks help?
Everywhere such old structures have been decommissioned long ago...So the
debate goes on.
Will our politicians transform themselves into statesmen and solve this
problem

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TAMILNADU
1. During whose chiefministership TAMIL was proclaimed as the governing language
K. Kamaraj (December 1956)
2. When was first women police introduced in Tamilnadu 1973
3. The length of the marina beach 13 km (Worlds Second Largest)
4. Mini Japan of Tamilnadu Sivakasi
5. Anti Dowry Act 1961 (Dowry is punishable offence)
6. Nobel Prize Winner of Tamilnadu (Tamilans)
-

Sir.C.V. Raman (1930) (Raman Effect)

S. Chandrasekar (1983) (Chandrasekar Boundary)
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (2009) (Chemistry)

7. The Chief Minister who dissolved the Legislative Council M.G. Ramachandran
8. Service Commission (Before Madras Public Service Commission 1957)
(Now Tamilnadu Public Service Commission 1970)
9. The first Chief Minister with film industry backgroung Aringar Annadurai)
10. The I.P.S. officer who won Sahitya Academy Award (Thilagavathy I.P.S. 2005)
11. First University of Tamilnadu before Independence (Chennai University (1857) by
Lord Gamming Governor General)
12. First Tamil University Thanjavur (1981)

INDIA
13. What is KITCHEN CABINET?
It is the Inner Cabinet. Two or four influential member known by Prime Minister to
discuss the issue of very important political and public problem. It is discussed
secretly.
14. First Chief Election Commissioner of India (Sukumar Sen)
15. The second highly spoken language (Bengali) 1st Hindi, 5th Tamil

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16. First Individual Gold Medal in Olympics (Abinav Bindra (2008) 10 m AIR riffle
17. How many times India have won Gold Medal in Hockey 8 times
18. How many times India have entered the Finals in world cup cricket 3 times (Won
Twice 1983, 2011)
19. Indian Currency is also called as (Fiat Moneyor Legal Tendar Money)
20. Worlds Smallest Country (Vatican City (Europe) Pope Lives there.

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Sample of Group II Interview Questions

1. Name

: Mr. Ashok Gopinath. R

1. B.Sc in physics then why have you chooses M.B.M

2. After finishing M.B.M what you have
3. Why have you chosen D.C than D.S.P?
4. The function of D.C?
5. Some welfare schemes of T.N and schemes related to the executive control of D.C?
6. Explain chandrayan project? Name the Tamilian related to the project and his nature?
7. Name of 5 women chief minister
8. Indian Nobel laureates and their contribution to relative fields?
9. Recent TN governments schemes to school students
10. Who issues SC community certificate?
11. Hobby references questions?
12. Gothra Communal carnage? The reasons of Mr. Narendra Modi elected again in Gujarat
13. Physics 3rd Newtons law? Value of universal gravitational constant?
14. Name of Chennai city commissioner & DGP?
2. Name

: Mr. Murugakumar. P

Board: Kavier Sesu Raja

1.
2.
3.
4.

Order of preference
Functions of DC, DSP & DR
Highest law officer of the state & India
Per capita income GDP growth rate
Who officially declare growth rate?
5. How to compare and countries
6. What is PCR Act ,ijtpl fLikahd xU rl;lk; for SC
7. List out fundamental rights
8. Dams in CBE Dist?
9. Purpose of Siruvani Dam? My Native district
10. Why growth rate slow down
11. My degree Commerce
12. What is Asset, Liability
Net loss Balance sheet vq;Nfappear MFk;
13. What are items comes under IPR (Intellectual property rights)
World orgn for IPR
14. Difference between Judicial & Exe magistrate
15. What is part III of the constitution
16. Difference between Dams & Reservoir
17. What is standby Reservoir
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: Mr. Dilip Kumar. N

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Meaning of Articles of Association and its another name
Why you prefer D.C than DSP?
Head quarters of KVB and catholic Syrian bank

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5. Bollywood The Name owned by which company asking to patent act.

6. Largest circulation daily newspaper in the world?
7. Difference between Trade discount and cash discount?
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12. Who is our central Industry and commerce minister
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6. Sumita William
7. Hocky Junior ladies
8. Adam smith wealth of nation
9. Amarthya sen
10. Agri 10 questions
11. DSP Why you can select last
12. RDO Horticulture
13. Soils types
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8. 1919 khz;NlF nrk;]; Nghh;L rPh;j;jpUj;jk;
9. ePyfz;l rh];jphp ahh;??
10. itf;fk; tPuh; ahh;?
11. ghujpjhrdpd; ,aw;ngah;?
12. n[afhe;jdpd; ez;gh; jpuhtpl murpaypy; Kf;fpakhdth; ahh;?
13. Order of preference
14. Supreme Commander of armed forces
15. Kg;gilfspd; jsgjpfs; ahh;?
16. xU tof;if vjd; mbg;gilapy; (b.v];.gp Mf ,Uf;Fk; nghOJ) gjpT nra;tPh;fs;?
17. Vd; nlg;b fnyf;lUf;F Kd;Dhpik nfhLj;jPhf
; s;

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18. xU jha; jd; kfs; (taJ 18) cld; fhty; epiyak; te;J ghypay; td;Kiwf;F
Ml;gl;ljhf Gfhh; nfhLf;fpwhh;. ahUf;Fk; ntspapy; njhpahky; vg;gb tprhuiz
Nkw;nfhs;tPh;fs;?
19. ,yq;ifg; gpur;rid RUf;fkhf $wTk;
20. ,uapy;Nt mikr;rh;fs; ngah;> nghJ Nkyhsh; ngah;? btprd;fs; ngah;?
21. ,uapy;Nt gl;n[l; gw;wp $Wf
22. Plan expenditure and Non plan expenditure
6. Name

: Jeyalakshmi. A

Qualification

: B.E ECE

1. DSP I Vd; Kjypy; Nghltpy;iy?

2. What is communication?
3. What is SIM, ATM, ATVM?
4. What is WAN? How it is implement in Police Department?
5. What is the different between Electrical & Electronics
6. What is spectrum?
7. What do you think about privatisation?
8. How will you use Electronics & Telecommunication in Administrative field?
9. What is MW frequency?
10. Regarding police administration
11. Whether your carrier affect your family or not?
12. What are the provisions to improve education?
7. Name
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

: Mr. Anand. V.A

District
Graduate
Rev. Dept
LOk Sabha and Rajya sabha
Pakistan
Mumbai terror attack
Police, Crime

8. Name : Miss. Aarthy. K

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

English Literature 10 Questions

Chancellor of the Universities Who?
Vice-Chancellor of the Madras University
Vice-Chancellor of the Anna University
Universities in Tamil Nadu
Being a D.C how would you control the special of any communicable disease in your area.
How can resolve drought?

9. Name
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

: Mr. Kalidass

Function of Deputy Collector

Tamil Nadu of Tsunami
Causes of Tsunami
Benefit of Sethu Samudram Project
Important Rivers in India

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6.
7.
8.
9.

Length of Godavari River

Founder of INC
Why do want to become and Deputy Collector?
3 Pals

10. Name
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

: M. Kannan

Tell your order of preference

Floods Type, what is flood, precautionary and post flood relief
Percolation pond Check dam
Sethusamudhram Project
Cylon refuges steps as an RDO
Puzhal Prison
Tihar Jail Kiran Bedi
Awards

11. Name

: Miss. Kavitha. G

1. Entirely different field

2. District
3. Agricultural Engineering - Vermiculture, Inorganic fertilizers, sprayers
4. Avadi, ISRO, Chandrayaan
5. Green Revolution, White Revolution Gujarat Anand
6. HC Judges, SC Judges age 60 when declared
7. If you are an DC Todays paper Thirumangalam, Kashmir
8. Reservation all communities
9. Cultivate area
10. How to improve Administration through Agricultural Engg.
11. Women ministers in T.N, Union ministers from T.N
12. Name

: Mr. Lakshmi Narayanan. K.S

1. Reason for Inflation

2. NREGP
3. RTI effects
4. Bangladesh election its leaders
5. 26/11
6. Madurai Dist
7. Recent tour of England
8. Art 21 Related cases
9. C. Tax Tax revenue share
10. duty, Tax different
11. jkpo;j;jha; tho;j;J ghbath;
12. ,dpait ehw;gjpy; xU ghly;
13. jpUf;Fws; - related to our field
13. Name

: Mr. Periasamy. P

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Qualification

: M.Sc Agriculture

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

What is mean by Sales tax, Income tax, Customs duty, excise duty
This of the above tax imposed by central government
What is difference between CT Scan & PET Scan
Tell me about ELISA and Western blot technic
What is mean by crmy layer, & the upper limit
Contribution of Haryana in nation
What is mean by bioremediation
What is the progress of agriculture after independence, tell me recent position, How to
improve based on your opinion
9. Tell me about female infanticide, if you are a RDO, how to react you noticed female
infanticide in your area
10. What is mean by recom post, how you can produce from city waste and where what are
all the measures taken by government.
11. What is the test practically used for identification of children before birth, tell me about
the act passed recently by government.
12. What is mean by gender imbalance
13. What name called for trans gender
14. tho;f;ifapy; cdf;F kjpg;G NtZkh my;yJ Gfo; NtZkh?
14. Name

: Mrs. Kavitha. P

1. What post Duties

VAO IAS Hierarchy
2. Jj;Jf;Fb - Rare minerals
3. Women Amend med Bill
4. Police department
5. Revenue A.S.O details
6. Village level registers Revenue
7. Nuclear deal
8. 7 posts and duties
15. Name
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Bsc Horiculture, tissue culture

Banking NPA, Inflation, Pollution problem
Tamil song jdpkdpjd; xUtDf;F. Ghbath;
rq;fud; Nfhtpy; - rq;fu iedhh; Ry;jhd;
tpLjiy Nghuhl;l tPuh;fs;
fytuk; ele;jhy; - rKfk; vr;rhpf;if
RDO DSP Vd; gpd;dhy; Nghl;Bh;fs;
Deputy Collector gz;Gfs;

16. Name
1.
2.
3.
4.

: Mrs. Mariammal

: Miss. Rajeswari. V

Inflation and its effect

Stagflation
Variation
Break even points effects

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Board : Chairman

5. Black money
6. Binami
7. Planning organising controlling co-ordination
8. Shivaji (history person)
9. Inflation control measures
10. Standard deviation
11. Sub prime mortage
12. participatory note
13. Tsunami
17. Name

: Mr. Nivas. J

Qualification

: B.E Mechanical Engg.

1. Is there injustice being done for OBC students while following reservation procedure in
UPSC
2. Reverse Osmosis can it be used in effluent treatment plants
3. About home district Kanchipuram
4. Which science do you rate the most, Maths, physics, chemistry, biology
5. Relation between Maths & Mechanical Engineering
6. Water harvesting pros & cons
7. How do you apply Engineering in Civil Service
18. Name
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Why professor post

Schemes TN
Native Perambalur ----> Ariyalur IAS, Ind. Develop
Gandhi
RDO Duties
DSP Duties Law and order
Last preference

19. Name
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

: Mr. Poongundranar

UPSC
Olympic
Agri 2 questions
Cricket
GwehD}W
ahJk; CNu
etfpufk;
CTBT
xU jpUf;Fws; nrhy;yTk; - eph;thfk; rhh;e;J

20. Name
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

: Mr. Pazhanisamy

: Mr. Prabhakaran. T.K

District profile
North East state names & High court
Post preference
Nano
Degree subject

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Board : Thilagavathy

6. Police department
7. Computerised latest departments
21. Name

: Miss. Ramyadevi. R

Board: Thilagavathy

1. Who is the collector of your district? Other details

2. Spectrum issue
3. Knowledge commission
4. Education related news in Newspaper?
5. Civil disobedience movement
6. DC gzpfs;
7. State or Capital y; Kf;fpakhf ,Uf;f Ntz;bait?
8. Maths Polynomial
9. VAO? mtuJ Assistant
10. Revenue Department : Pension old age who issues? Sanctions?
11. Contribution to your present working job
12. Everest rpfuk; Vwpath;fs;
13. gl;lh ahh; nfhLg;ghh;fs;
22. Name

: Mr. Ramamurthy. M

Board : Chairman

1. Home District Kanchipuram

2. Higher / School Education
3. RI-Function
4. VAO function
5. Health officer / RDO
6. SEBI
7. Art 20, Art 20(2)
8. Mile Stone
9. Student politics
10. HRD minister
11. AP HRD
12. New Government new university Physical, Teachers education.
23. Name

: Mr. Sadeesh. R

Board : Neelambigai

1. About Bhagavat Gita

2. Basic degree questions chemistry
3. DC, DSPs role during communal violence
4. One Thriukural relating with leadership qualities
5. Tell something about Bharathiyar
6. Own professional oriented questions
7. Difference between statesman & politician
8. Whether our country can turn as Hindu country? (through Amendment)
9. Qualities of DC & DSP
10. How create integrity among officials?
24. Name

: Mr. Saravana Kumar. P

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Qualification

: M.Sc Agriculture

1. Native district
2. What are the articles related to SPSC (TNPSC)
3. Why need the 2nd Green revolution
4. Why prefer the DC than DSP
5. What are the functions of DC as per Civil Service-code
6. How to improve the soil health
7. Qualities of DC
8. What are familier NGOs in TN
9. How to reacting the NGO
10. Impact of NGO in society
11. Agriculture area in TN & India
12. Hybrids importance & Terminator seeds.
13. Why attack India
25. Name

: Miss. Sangamithirai.

Qualification

1. About my name Old personality, New personality

2. Asoka
3. About Mughals
4. About leader ship quality
5. About my home at karur its special feature
6. About Coimbatore dist (Dams)
7. South Indias Manchester
8. World history personality
9. About Malikapoor Expedition
10. Budda, Buddism, Country wherever it will spread now
26. Name

: Mr. Saravana Kumar

1. Eng --> Group I

2. Articles
3. Lokpal / Lok ayukta
4. Father of Civil Services
5. Iron man of India
6. Villupuram Desingu Rajan
7. PDS
8. Citizenship Act
9. Mother Teresa Indian Citizen
10. History Ist president of India
11. TN-Symbol - Srivilliputhur
27. Name
: Mr. Arun. A
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

jkpo; ,yf;fpak; gpbj;jJ

rq;f ,yf;fpak;
vl;Lj;njhif> gj;Jg;ghl;L
jpUf;Fws; - eph;thfk; 2 Fws;; coT 2 Fws;
fy;yiz
Kfyha NguuR ghgh;> mf;gh;> xsuq;frPg;
Kfyha NguuR mopTf;F fhuzk;
rz;bfh;

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: M.A. History

9. rpe;J rkntsp ehfhpfk;

10. jpUf;Fws; Njrpa ,yf;fpak; Mf;fyhkh? Ntz;lhkh? Reason
11. Avg depth 31/2 River
Avg height 5ft 5 numbers
12. PAK rh;thjpfhu Ml;rpNghy; ,e;jpahtpy; Vw;gltpy;iy Vd;?
13. VAT, Benefit
14. Ik;ngUk; fhg;gpaq;fs; vOjpath;fs;?
15. ,jpfhrq;fs; vj;jid> vOjpath; ahh;?
16. First women CM?
17. nrd;id fd;dpahFkhp NH
18. NH -45 Dindighul
19. n~h;~h Reforms
20. After 1707 Aurangazeb death
21. mfk; Gwk;
22. Fundamental Rights
23. ,uh[uh[Nrhod; fhyk;
24. tyk;Ghp rq;Nf . ,lk;ngw;w fhg;gpak;
28. Name

: Mrs. Bharathi. C

1. ghujpahh;
2. mWgil tPLfs;
3. gQ;rg+j Nfhtpy;fs;
4. jpUr;nre;J}hpd; rpwg;G
5. fpuhkrig
6. fpuhkrig $Lk; ehl;fs;
7. ,we;j tpyq;Ffspy; ,Ue;J taij fz;Lgpbf;Fk; Kiw
8. etk;gh; 26> brk;gh; 26> nrg;lk;gh; 26
9. Hobbies related questions
10. kjE}y;fs; Hindus
Muslim
Christians
11. Post preference related question

29. Name

: Jayapriya. G

1. Kjypy; vdJ ghlkhd rl;lj;jpy; Nfs;tpfs;

- xg;ge;jk; kw;Wk; cld;ghL vd;gJ vd;d>? NtWghL vd;d> ,J njhlh;ghd vdJ
gjpy;fspypUe;J Nfl;fg;gl;l njhlh; Nfs;tpfs;
-

Legal obligation in contrast

capy; vd;gJ vd;d? vg;NghJ eilKiwf;F tUk;? gjpT nra;a Ntz;baJ

mtrpakh?

Settlement Dead

rhl;rpak; vd;gJ vd;d vg;NghJ tof;FfSf;F njhlh;GilaJ? njhlh; tpdhf;fs;

vjw;fhf? gjpy; fpilf;Fk; jPh;topfs; vd;d?

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2. vdJ nrhe;j khtl;lk; gw;wp Nfs;tpfs;

3. ehd; tpisahl;by; gq;nfLj;J ngw;w rhd;wpjo;fs; ,ize;jpUe;jhy; mjidg; gw;wpAk;
xypk;gpf; gw;wpAk; - tpdhf;fs;
4. tpisahl;L tPuhq;fidfs; (Gfo; ngw;wth;fs;)
5. kpj;jhh;rhth jhaghfh vd;gJ vd;d?
6. rl;l mikr;rh;fs; ahh;?
7. Trade mark Patterned right, copy right explain
30. Name

: Mr. Rajamanikkam. P

1. ePq;f vd;d Ntiy nra;fpwPh;fs;?

2. nly;yp Ry;jhd;fspd; tk;rq;fis Kiwahff; $W?
3. mbik tk;r murh;fs; ahth;?
4. fy;fp tk;r murh;fs; ahth;?
5. FbauRj; jiyth; Njh;jy; Kiw?
6. xw;iw mit> ,U mit khepyq;fs; ahit? (22 + 5) khepyq;fs;
7. jfty; mwpAk; chpik Fwpj;J cdJ fUj;J?
8. ,J xU Gul;rp vd;fpwhh;fNs rhpah?
9. mf;ghpd; tUtha; Kiw?
10. ghgh; gilnaLg;gpy; ifahz;l Nghh; Kiw? gPuq;fpf; nfhz;L (JYf;kh Nghh; Kiw)
11. Nghh;fsk; vd;dntd;W miog;ghh;fs;?
12. cj;jpuNk&h; fy;ntl;L? Kjyhk; guhe;jfd;
13. DSP-f;F mLj;j gjtp vd;d? ADSP
14. ,d;iwa rhiyfs; mikg;gjw;f Kd;Ndhbahf ,Ue;jth; ahh;?
31. Name

: Mr. Senthil Kumar. B

Chairman : Mr. Kasi Viswanathan IAS

Member 1 : Mrs. Neelambigai
Member 2 : Mrs. Apoorva IAS

1. TASMAC Expansion
2. TNSWAN Expansion
3. File tracking system vd;why; vd;d?
4. Mangrove Forest vd;why; vd;d> ,lq;fs;
5. uhkhazj;jpy; gpbj;j ghj;jpuk; ahh;? Vd;?
6. fk;guhkhazj;jpy; gpbj;j ghj;jpuk; ahh;? Vd;?
7. kJiu rpwg;G vd;d?
8. VAT mky;gLj;jpa Njjp?VAT Achievement vd;d?
9. Commercial Taxes, Revenue njhlh;G vd;d?
10. Commercial Taxes, Police njhlh;G vd;d?
11. TN current Issues
12. Kjd; Kjypy; thpia mwpKfg;gLj;jpath; ahh;? vd;d rjtpfpjk;?
13. atdh;fs; vd;why; ahh;? mth;fspd; jw;Nghija ehL vJ?
14. ,jpfhrq;fs;> ,yf;fpaq;fs; vd;why; vd;d?
15. TN power crisis
16. TN stand on LTTE
17. Satyam computer problem?
32. Name

: Baby. R

1. mk;kh> mg;gh gw;wpa tptuq;fs;

2. Mrphpag; gzpapypUe;J eph;thfg; gzpf;F Vd; tUfpwPh?;
3. ghfp];jhd; khepyq;fs; <NuhL khtl;lk;

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4. ,e;jpahtpd; Protection ngw;w ehLfs;

5. fhh;Nghuy; punishment
6. ve;j Jiwf;F (cah;fy;tp njhlh;fy;tp) mjpf epjp xJf;fPL
7. Physics Id;];bd;
8. Nehgy; ghpR
9. rkr;rPh; fy;tp
10. nray;topf; fy;tp rhpah? jtwh?
11. North eastern states
33. Name
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

: Mr. Balaji

Cuddalore Kk;ig 26/11 jPtputhjk;

njhy;fhg;gpa g+q;fh
jpUf;Fws;> ts;syhh;> gRik Gul;rp
Genetic code
Order of preference

34. Name

: Mrs. Valarmathi. J

1. Expansion of Name?
2. ehl;bd; nghUshjhuj;ij epyTld; xg;gPL?
3. epyT KOkjpahf vt;tsT ehs;?
4. ehL Kd;Ndw vd;d nra;a Ntz;Lk;?
5. ,e;jpahtpy; cs;s ngz; Kjy;fs; vj;jid? ahh;?
6. jkpo;ehl;bd; nrhy; vj;jid tifg;gLk;?
7. ngah;nrhy; vj;jid tifg;gLk;?
8. jhpR epy Nkk;ghL vd;why; vd;d?
9. khtl;l fnyf;lh; ahh;? v];.gp ahh;? fkp~;dh; ahh;? DIG ahhh;?
10. gthdp rq;fNk];tuUf;F Vd; mg;ngah; te;jJ?
11. ngUe;Jiw rpg;fhl;by; cs;s njhopw;rhiyfs; vd;d?
12. Perundurai Tashildar ahh;?
13. PTO (Power take off) vd;why; vd;d?
14. DPO administration I ey;ygbahf elj;j vd;d eltbf;iffs; vLf;fyhk;?
15. Mfha jhkiuapd; kUj;Jt ngah; vd;d?
16. DPO Administration I ey;ytbahf elj;j vd;d etbf;iffs;
17. Agriculture y; Vw;gl;Ls;s etPd khw;wq;fs; vd;d?
35. Name

: Yogamani. T

1. Name of the district

2. Famous things about Madurai?
3. Name of the school?
4. Head master of the school
5. Meenakshi amman temples
6. Soft skills
7. Demographic dividend
8. Law of diminishing returns
9. Wealth of nations by adam smith
10. Novels Jayakandhan novels

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11. Biological weapons

12. About my job (probation office, theory of difference, functions, duties)
13. Agreement contract difference
14. Newtons theoretical law
15. 3 pillars of Buddhism
16. Question about computer (Java)
17. Role and function of deputy collector
18. Have you ever seen deputy collector
36. Name

: Mr. Vinoth Kannan. K

1. Mullai Periyar Issue

2. Theni Dist details- special features
3. Ministers surface, Higher education, School education
4. Education schemes SSA, MDS
5. MDS Kamarasar, Viruthu Nagar DT, Freedom fighters?
6. Veerapandia Katabomman, Maruthu brothers
7. National freedom fighters Gandhi-Jail?
8. Was Nehru freedom fighter?
9. 44th president? Obama win useful for world/
10. Whether obama will be successful for India?
11. Economic recession How you identified?
12. PPP, what will be best for countries development? Which country now follows?
13. Who is our president?
14. Who is ex-officio chairman of R.S? Election by whom
15. How many members in LS & RS? Nomination?
16. What is the difference between LS & RS?
17. How many MC? How many dist, last one?
18. Cricket Dead ball, boundary, off spin, leg spin, chandrasekar?
19. How many members will be in one day on ground how may members
20. What is important news today about education?
21. What are the hot news today
22. Who was the Olympic medalist got 3 medals from TN? Which year India got Olympic
medal Hockey first?
23. Which player from TN bowled out Don Brodman?
24. Chess other than Anand from TN
25. How will you take the problems if you were of as DSP?
26. By our management and administrative skill how reduce the poverty? Give a smart
solution to give food to poverty people.
27. What is ISRO Chairman Which state?
28. What you think about todays education suggest measure to improve education system
29. In show room, one commodity cost is Rs.100 previous week? But todays cost is 150. No
add in product but why this price level based?
37. Name

: Mr. Rajasekar. N

Board : Mrs. Neelambigai IAS

1. Tell about Navagraha temple

2. Tell about Chandrayan I
3. What is the news then about in todays news paper

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4. Do we utilize the solar power potential

5. How do you create awareness about solar power
6. Advantage of solar power
7. Do you implement the solar power like rain water harvest scheme in Tamil Nadu
8. What are the service preference
9. Boundaries of Ariyalur District
10. Ariyalur clNd Qhgfk; tUtJ?
11. mhpaY}h; uapy; tpgj;J
12. vj;jid Ngh; ,we;jhh;fs;?
13. yhy; gfJ}h; rh];jphp vq;F ,we;jhh;?
14. ghuj uj;dh mtUf;F ,we;j gpd;gh Kd;gh nfhLj;jJ?
15. Which foreigner got 1st Bharat ratna?
16. Who is khan abul khafar khan?
17. Why then are lot of cement industries in Ariyalur
18. Tell about the name of cement industries in Ariyalur
19. Who is c.nt.r? c.Nt.rh rpiy vq;Fs;sJ?
20. What is his contribution?
21. Which is most backward district
22. What is geography
23. Geography/Geology difference
24. Fk;gNfhzk; Foe;ij vd;W Vd; te;jJ?
25. Fk;gf;Nfzk; fhNthpapd; rpwg;G?
26. Who is Dhronacharya
27. Dhronacharya award
28. Why diploma to geography
29. Geography/ Which university
30. Service preference
31. Civil Service preference
32. vj;jidMains?
33. Civil service option
34. Hobbies
35. rkPgj;jpy; gbj;j ehty;
36. Plate tectonic theory
37. How Himalaya formed
38. Gondwara parts
39. Highest civilian award
40. Elnino
41. Ozone depletion
42. CFL Sodium light ,Uf;fh?
43. What is Remote sensing
44. Photography
45. How do you prepare map
46. Where Lal Bahadur Shastri died
38. Name

: Mr. Thangiah

1. Functions of DC
2. Cr.Pc How DC will implement it?
Cr Pc 144

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Board : Mrs. Thilagavathy

3. Situation based question Caste clash, How will you react?

4. Arrest The power to arrest lies with whom
5. If you r chain is snatched by a Robber, What will you do?
Will you complaint to police or you will catch him?
6. Degree based question
M.A Public Administration
- tell the subject list by order Which you studies in your degree (M.A)
7. 2004-2008 gap What did you do
Library - organized study circle
Helped family business
8. What is the maximum punishment given by a India Court? Ans: Death sentence
9. Can call courts give death sentence No
10. Life imprisonment is for now many year 14 years
11. Recently in TN , a like imprisonment conduct has finished term-who is that Not
released still now Nalini Murugan
12. What is governance?
13. Why we need Administrative reforms?
14. Tell about 2nd Administrative reforms commission?
15. Who is the chairman of 2nd ARC?
16. How many reports has been presented to for? Ans:10
17. What are the recommendations of the 10th report
- Reducing Civil service attempts
- Reducing the age limit
- Performance appraisal to be received periodically
18. In Administration between Rigidity & Flexibility
What you will decide/which is better.
19. If Flexibility How? Should it be above rule of an, or above constitution/procedure
established?
20. How is it possible to be flexible with in the frame work of law?
21. B.A History & M.A. Public Administration/Why not M.A History Substantiate
22. Who built Kala? Karikala Cholan
23. Who is Akhie Kumar? Why he was in News?
24. What news paper you read?
25. What you learnt from history?
26. How (history is useful to you? And your life?
27. Which place are you from Sankaran Kovil
28. How many Kilo meter from Tirunelveli 55km
29. What games you play? Cricket
30. Tirunelveli is famous for what game?
31. Olympics
32. How may Olympic Rings? What is signifies
33. Through how many countries Olympic torch passed?
39. Name

: Mr. Shiva Rudhraiah

1. Global warming
2. Terrorist attack Mumbai (ATS chief)
3. Nano car (details)

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WB-CM, Gujarat CM
4. Chess Anand
5. PIL
6. PET, MRI Scamel
7. NHRC, SMRC
8. CD, DVD define memory capacity
9. My country, My life book details
10. DC (G-I) tell me what is the reason to enter into G-I services
11. IT Technological field
12. Political parties
13. Madras University, Periyar university
14. Define your name
40. Name

: Miss. Sughashin. R

1. What would be your priorities if you were the prime Minister of India reason out
2. Why did you choose DC post?
3. 3) What is Repo rate?
4. 4) What is bank rate? Difference between the two
5. 5) SWOT analysis? Why is it done?
6. Diff between Competition and
7. SEBI and its function
8. Order of procedure after PM
9. If Lok sabha mouse an urgent bill to Rajya sabha and if RS does not accept what is
the next process.
10.
Blue ocean policy
11.
Todays RBI norms(paper news)
12.
Inflation causes and why
13.
Has inflation decrease now and how?
14.
As an administrator would you be rigid or flexible. If so why and how?
15.
What are the essential qualities you think you posses a leader should have and
what do you posses.
16.
Hobby and why and what you learnt?
17.
Why leaders like Gandhi? Buddha lead a poverty life and we go in for
earnings?
18.
Purchasing power parity?
19.
How do you fix a price for a product?
20.
VAT and CENUAT difference
21.
How much does leather industry contribute to our GCT
22.
How can programmers and policies laid and how can they be maintained
23.
If gain DSP what would be your answer why
24.
How do you dui toil terrorism
25.
Give some examples of the structure of how a grass root policy to be
implemented
26.
How bank rates change during inflation?
27.
What should be done to eradicate poverty in society?
28.
Application of your management studies in work?
29.
Difference between public administration and Business administration?

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41. Name

: Mr. Senthil. R

1. LTTE
2. Let Head Head Quarters
3. Saniya Mirsa Ranking
4. Who Is Saina Neiwal
5. Whether Ind Can Destroy The Terrorist Camps In Pan
6. Why India In Un Permanent Council
7. Politics In Colleges
8. Types Of Inflations
9. Diff Between Private Sector And Govt Sector
10. Problem Between Isral And Palastinam

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INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
P. MALLIKA

QUALIFICATION B.E. (ECE)

1. kfsph; Highest Post-y; cs;sth;fs;?

2. kfsph; jw;rkak; cs;s mikr;rh;fs;?
3. K-Plan vd;why; vd;d?
4. fhkuh[h; eyj;jpl;lq;fs; vd;ndd;d?
5. tpUJefh; khtl;lj;jpy; ,Ue;J te;j Kjy;th;fs;?
6. ,e;jpahtpy; Kjy; ngz; Kjyikr;rh;? jkpo;ehl;bd; Kjy; ngz; Kjyikr;rh;?
7. Foe;ijj; njhopyhsh; eyj;jpl;lq;fs; vd;ndd;d?
8. rptfhrpapy; cs;s njhopy;fs;?
9. ,Jtiu jkpofj;jpy; njhlh;e;J mjpf ehs; ,Ue;j Kjyikr;rh; ahh;?
10. jkpof rl;lkd;w cWg;gpdh;fs; vj;jid?
11. jkpof rl;lkd;wj;jpy; kfspUf;F ,l xJf;fPL cz;lh ,y;iyah?
12. cs;shl;rpfspy; kfspUf;F ,l xJf;fPL cz;lh?
13. Kjd; Kjypy;
nra;ag;gl;lJ?

,l

xJf;fL
P

ghuhSkd;wj;jpy;

vd;w

gpujkh;

fhyj;jpy;

jhf;fy;

14. Md;b itu]; vd;why; vd;d?

15. cs;shl;rpfspy; kfspUf;F ,l xJf;fPL vj;jid rjtPjk;?
16. jkpofj;jpy; jiyikr; nrayfj;jpy; cah; gjtpapy; cs;sth;?
tpilfs;
1. f
2. f
3. fhkuh[h; nfhz;L te;j jpl;lk;. ,isQh;fSf;F murpaypy; ,lk; nfhLj;J Kjpath;fs;
tpyFjy;.
4. kjpa czTj;jpl;lk;> ,ytr rPUilj;jpl;lk;> fhy;eil fy;Y}hp Jtf;fk;
5. fhkuh[h;> FkhuRthkp uh[h
6. ,e;;jpah Kjy; ngz; Kjyikr;rh; - jpUkjp. Rrpjh fpUghsdp
jkpo;ehL Kjy; ngz; Kjyikr;rh; - jpUkjp. [hdfp uhkr;re;jpud;
7. Njrpa Foe;ijj; njhopyhsh; Mizak; 1976
Foe;ijj; njhopyhsh; Kjyhspf;F xU Mz;L rpiw jz;lid my;yJ &.20>000 mguhjk;
Foe;ijfis gs;spapy; Nrh;j;jy;> ngw;Nwhh;fSf;F tUkhdj;jpw;F top nra;jy;.

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8. jPg;ngl;b njhopy;> gl;lhRj;njhopy;

9. lhf;lh;. vk;.[p. uhkr;re;jpud;
10. jkpof rl;lkd;w cWg;gpdh;fs; 234
11. jkpof rl;lkd;wj;jpy; ,l xJf;fL
P kfspUf;F ,y;iy
12. cs;shl;rpfspy; kfspUf;F 50% ,lxJf;fPL
13. Kjd; Kjypy; nrg;lk;gh; 12> 1996 Njtnfslh gpujkuhf ,Uf;Fk; NghJ kfsph; ,l
xJf;fL
P kNrhjh jhf;fy; nra;ag;gl;lJ.
14. E Set
15. cs;shl;rpfspy; 50% ,l xJf;fPL
D.S ELVAKUMAR B.C.A.
1. Speed of the e-mail
2. What are the codes (or) symbols used in the domain and user name
3. Tamilnadus total revenue of this year?
4. ePq;f xU ASO-Mf ,Ue;jhy; fk;g;a+l;liu vg;gb tptrhaj;Jiwf;Fg; gad;gLj;JtPhf
; s;
5. ,d;iwa Ntiytha;g;gpd;ik mjw;fhd fhuzq;fs;> mtw;iw vg;gbr; rhpnra;tJ?
6. ePq;f xU Employment Officer-Mf ,Ue;jhy; vg;gb ,e;jr; #o;epiyiar; (Q.No.5)
rhpnra;tPh;fs;?
7. jtW nra;gtUf;F jz;lid vd;d Kiwapy; nfhLf;f Ntz;Lk;? jz;lidia
murhq;fk; %yk; kl;LNk nfhLf;f Ntz;Lk;? rKjhak; mijf; nfhLf;ff; $lhjh?
8. Probation vd;d mh;j;jk;?
C. SANTHAMANI B.Sc. (Physics)
1. cd;Dila ngah;?
2. ve;j Ch;?
3. ve;j khtl;lk;? cdJ khtl;lk; vjpypUe;J gphpf;fg;gl;lJ? vg;NghJ?
4. cdJ gy;fiyf;fofk; ngah; fhuzk;?
5. ve;j Jiwapy; gzpGhpfpwPh;fs;?
6. Jiwia gw;wp tptuk;?
7. cq;fsJ Nfhl;lk; vg;NghJ Muk;gpf;fg;gl;lJ?

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Vd;

8. cdJ Jiwapd; mikr;rh;? ve;j fl;rpia rhh;e;jth;?

9. Mh;f;fpkpb]; jj;Jtk;?
10. epa+l;ld; %d;whk; tpjp?
11. GtpaPh;g;G tpiria fz;Lgpbj;jth;?
12. ,e;jpah ,uapy;Ntapd; gphpTfs; vj;jid? vd;d?
13. nghpahUf;F nghpahh; vd;w gl;lk; vg;NghJ? vq;Nf toq;fg;gl;lJ?
14. ePq;fs; tha;g;gpy; vLj;j Kjy; gzp vJ?
15. mij tpUk;g fhuzk;?
16. ,e;j gzpapy; te;jTld; kf;fSf;F nra;a tpUk;GtJ?
17. muRf;F tUtha; <l;l vd;d nra;tPh;fs;?
K. NACHIMUTHU M.A. HISTORY
1. cq;fs; ngah; vd;d?
2. ve;j Ch;? ve;j khtl;lk;?
3. vq;F gbj;jPh;fs;?
4. vd;d Ntiy nra;fpwPh;fs;?
5. 1857 Gul;rp gw;wp $Wf?
6. 1857y; Gul;rpapd; NghJ jkpo;ehl;by; vq;F fyfk; ntbj;jJ?
7. gpshrpg; Nghh; gw;wp $Wf
8. KfkJgpd; Jf;sf; gw;wp $W
9. 1930k; Mz;bd; Kf;fpaj;Jtk; ahJ?
10. ,e;jpahtpd; ,ul;il efuq;fs; ahit?
11. njYq;fhdh gpur;rpid gw;wp $Wf
12. fhq;fpuRld; jw;NghJ ,ize;j fl;rp vJ?
13. rkr;rPh; fy;tp gw;wp $Wf
14. SSA vd;why; vd;d?
15. SAARC ehLfs; ahit?
N. RANJANI

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1. Any women minister in cabinet?

2. Agri degree based question
1. Describe alluvial soil
2. How to use water efficiently drip irrigation
3. Where can we find alluvial soil inside Tamilnadu
3. What is flora and fauna?
4. Who is the chairman of TNPSC?
5. Which country is leading in agriculture (Israel)
6. What are the steps in field before planting rice?
7. What variety of rice is promoted by government?
8. Who brought green revolution and he who is the greatest personality in agriculture
development?
9. Who is the women C.M. in our country and how many women C.M. in our country
10. Who is the chairman of Rajya Sabha
11. What is the Tamil word of sapling field of rice?
Group II Interview
1. fldspf;f $ba mikg;Gfs;?
2. $l;LwT rq;fk; gw;wp $W?
3. cs;shl;rp mikg;Gfs; gw;wp $W
4. Matrix Define
5. Define value, characteristic equation?
6. gpj;jhfu]; Njhw;wk;
7. 1 Kjy; 9 tiuAs;s vz;fspy; tpj;jpahrkhd vz;?
8. Kg;gil jsgjp?
9. gy;fiyfofq;fspd; Nte;jh;?
10. jkpof fy;tpJiw mikr;rh;?
11. nghUie ejp?
12. Jhkpuguzp vq;F gha;fpwJ?
M. Sathiya chitra Devi M.Sc. (Agri)

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1. nrhl;LePh;g; ghrdj;jpd; ed;ikfs;

2. Components of Drip Irrigation
3. czT cw;gj;jp 2008-09
4. Insecticide to control sucking pests in mango
5. Carnivorous plants
6. jw;fhj;J jw;nfhz;lhd; Ngzp
nrhw;fhj;J Nrhh;tpshs; ngz; - Fws; tpsf;fk;
7. Why do you select Municipal Commissioner as first choice?
8. xU fpuhk; jq;fj;jpd; ,d;iwa tpiy
9. Who designed the symbol for Indian currency?
10. tpf;uk; rhuhgha; tpz;ntsp Muha;rr
; p epiyak; vq;Fs;sJ?
11. Writ of Mandamus?
12. Me;jpuhtpy;
nray;gLj;jg;gLk;
nrhl;L
nray;gLj;jg;gLtjw;Fk; cs;s tpj;jpahrk;?

ePh;

ghrdj;jpw;Fk;

jkpo;ehl;by;

13. rj;jpa Nrhjidapd; Mrphpah; ahh;?

14. Highest and least calorific value fruit
15. Father of Indian and world green revolution
16. cyfpy; ve;j ehl;by; nrhl;LePh; ghrdk; ey;y Kiwapy; nray;gLj;jg;gLfpwJ?
,uh. cjaFkhh;
1. tq;fpfspd; tiffs; ahit?
2. Rdhkp ve;j Mz;L Vw;gl;lJ? Rdhkp ve;j nkhop nrhy;?
3. jfty; chpik mwpAk; rl;lk; ve;j Mz;L nfhz;L tug;gl;lJ? mjw;F jftiy ngw
vt;tsT gzk; fl;l Ntz;Lk;?
4. ,yq;if jkpof gpur;rid vd;d? mq;F ,e;jpah rhh;ghf ahh; nrd;Ws;shh;?
5. cq;fSila njhopy; vd;d?
6. tq;fp tPjk; nug;Ngh> hpth;]; nug;Ngh vd;d?
7. vfpg;J gpur;rid gw;wp tpthp?
8. cd;Dila rk;gsk; vt;tsT?
9. rkPgj;jpy; Ntjhuz;ak; epfo;T gw;wp nrhy;?
10. hprh;t; tq;fp fth;dh; ahh;?

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11. ve;j gy;fiyf;fofj;jpy; gbj;jPh;?

12. jpUkzk; Mfptpl;ljh?
13. kj;jpa tzpf thpj;Jiw mikr;rh; ahh;?
14. jha; je;ij gw;wp nrhy;?
15. cg;G cw;gj;jp gw;wp nrhy;?
16. ,jw;F Kd; TNPSC Njh;T vOjpAs;suP h?
17. E}W ehs; Ntiy toq;Fk; jpl;lk; gw;wp nrhy;?
18. vg;gb gbj;jPh?; $l;lhfth? Jdpahfth? vj;jid Ngh; gbj;jPh?;
ghujp fz;zk;kh
1. Njrpa czt+l;l epWtdk; vq;Nf cs;sJ?
2. University chancellor vg;gb Njh;e;njLf;fg;gLfpwhh;?
3. uh[;arghtpw;F jkpo;ehl;bypUe;J vj;jid vk;.gpf;fs; Njh;e;njLf;fg;gLfpd;wdh;?
4. vj;jid ngz; vk;.gpf;fs;? ahh; ahh;?
5. gy;fiyf;fofj;jpd; jiyth; ahh;? ,g;nghOJ ahh;?
6. mngf;]; tq;fp vJ?
7. 100 & ifnaOj;J> 1 & ifnaOj;J ahUilaJ?
8. jQ;rht+hpd; rpwe;j ,lq;fs;?
9. cyfshtpy; ,e;jpa mstpy; nghpa ee;jp vJ?
10. jQ;ir gy;fiyfofj;jpd; JizNte;jh;?
11. Commerce vd;why; vd;d?
12. Ghujpahh; Rje;jpu Nghuhl;lj;jpd; NghJ gJq;fpa khepyk; vJ? Vd;?
13. ,uz;L cyfg;NghhpYk; ,e;jpah fye;Jf;nfhz;ljh? jkpo;ehl;by; Fz;L Nghlg;gl;ljh?
14. jkpo;ehl;bd; Kjy; ngz; fth;dh; ahh;?
15. cr;rePjpkd;w Kjy; ngz; ePjpgjp ahh;?
16. nghpa Nfhapypd; rpwg;G?
17. vg;nghOJ gl;lg;gbg;G Kbj;jPh;fs;?
18. vj;jid Njh;tpy; fye;J nfhz;Bh;fs;?
19. nry;Nghd; fz;Lgpbj;jJ tUlk; - mwpKfg;gLj;jpaJ vq;Nf?
Nty;KUfd;
1.

log10
10

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d; kjpg;G vd;d?

2. e5 d; kjpg;G vd;d?
3. ex d; kjpg;G vd;d?
4. Integral of Cosx
5. Integral of Sinx
6. ];Bgd; `f;fpd;]; vd;gth; ahh;?
7. 100 khzth;fspy; 1/10 Mz;fs; kw;Wk; 1/4 ngz;fs; vdpy; tpfpjk; vd;d?
8. mry; &.100 jdptl;b kw;Wk; $l;Ltl;b rjtPjk;
mitfSf;F ,ilNa cs;s NtWghL ahJ?

4%

vdpy;

,uz;L

9. ePskhd ejp vJ?

10. kpfg;nghpa ejp vJ?
11. kpfg;nghpa ejp vJ?
12. gphpl;ld; gpujkhpd; ,Ug;gplj;jpd; ngah; vd;d?
13. mnkhpf;f mjpgh; mYtyfj;jpd; ngah; vd;d?
14. jw;Nghija jkpo; tUlj;jpd; ngah; vd;d?
15. jpUts;Sth; Mz;L jw;NghJ vd;d?
16. vd; gl;lg;gbg;G: fzpjk;
RNu];Fkhh;
1. jw;NghJ gp.b.v];-y; toq;fg;gLk; mhprpapd; tpiy?
2. gp.b.v];-y; toq;fg;gLk; gyruf;F nghUl;fspd; vz;zpf;if kw;Wk; tpiy?
3. 108 vd;why; vd;d?
4. ikdh glj;jpy; Fwpg;gplg;gLk; sub jail d; ngah; vd;d?
5. kjuhrg;gl;bdj;jpw;F mUfpy; cUthd muR (ethg;) Mw;fhL
6. fhy;eil gy;fiyf;fofk; cs;s ,lk;?
7. tptrha gy;fiyf;fofk; cs;s ,lk;?
8. tptrhapfSf;F toq;fg;gLk; rYiffs;?
9. ve;j tptrha tpisnghUSf;F ,ytr kpd;rhuk; toq;fg;gltpy;iy?
10. Nru Nrho ghz;ba nfhb?
11. thjhgp nfhz;lhd; ahh;? ngah; fhuzk; vd;d?
12. MYk; NtYk; gy;Yf;FWjp
ehYk; ,uz;Lk; nrhy;Yf;FWjp

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Mz;LfSf;f

fhuzk; vd;d?
Syed Rabiyammal
1. jpz;Lf;fy; khtl;lk; vg;NghJ> vjpypUe;J gphpe;jJ?
2. kJiuapypUe;J gphpe;j NtW khtl;lk;?
3. Ky;iy nghpahW gpur;rid> jw;Nghija epiy
4. ghj;jpkh gPtp gw;wp kw;Wk; ,uhzp kq;fk;khs; gw;wp
5. mf;gh; Njhw;Wtpj;j kjk;
6. nrd;id tpkhd epiyaj;jpd; ngah;fs;
7. jpUf;Fws;
RNu~;Fkhh;
1. 2010 rhfpj;a mfhlkp ghpR ngw;wth; ahh;?
2. n[afhe;jd; vOjpa E}y;fs; ahit?
3. Kjy; jpUf;Fws;> filrp jpUf;Fws; vd;d?
4. ehl;Lg;gz; vOjpath; ahh;?
5. jkpo;j;jha; tho;j;J ghbath; ahh;? filrp 2 thpfs; $Wf
6. GJf;ftpij vd;why; vd;d?
7. GJf;ftpij vd;W $Wf
8. mg;Jy; uFkhdpd; GJf;ftpij gw;wpf;$Wf
9. jkpo; ghlE}y; nra;As; thpir Kiw ahJ?
10. mfg;ghly; E}y; 2 $Wf
11. Gwg;ghly; E}y; 2 $Wf
12. jkpo;ehl;bd; kyh; vJ?
13. mfk; Gwk; E}y; vJ?
14. ePq;fs; Fwpg;gpl;l gjtp thpir vd;d?
15. rg; hp[p];lh; gjtpapd; gzpfs; ahit?
16. tpy;yq;f rhd;wpjo; gw;wpf;$Wf
17. vj;jid rq;fq;fs; ,Ue;jd? mit ahit?
18. fhfpjg; g+ E}iy vOjpath; ahh;?
19. fy;tpj;Jiw mikr;rh; ahh;?
20. fy;tpj;Jiw nrayh; ahh;?
jz;lghzp

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1. cdJ Ch; ngah; vd;d? khtl;lk;?

2. TNPSC, UPSC, SSC tphpthf;fk;> nray;ghL?
3. cdf;F gpbj;j tuyhw;whsh; ahh;? fhuzk;?
4. fypq;fNghh; eilngw;w Mz;L?
5. ,e;jpa murpayikg;G eilKiwf;F te;j Mz;L?
6. Murpayikg;G vOjp Kbf;f fhuzkhd FOtpd; ngah; vd;d?
7. khd;rhg;jhhp Kiw vd;why; vd;d?
8. jPd; ,yh`p vd;why; vd;d?
9. ,e;jpahtpw;F te;j Kjy; INuhg;gpah; ahh;? Mz;L> ,lk;?
10. I.eh. rigapy; ,e;jpah cWg;gpduhd Mz;L
11. ,e;jpahtpw;F gilnaLj;j Kjy; K];yPk; kd;dh; ahh;?
12. KfkJ gpd; Jf;sf; gw;wp $W?
13. mf;ghpd; gilnaLg;G gw;wp $W?
14. mf;gh; jpUkzk; Ghpe;j uh[Gj;jpu ,sturpapd; je;ij ngah; vd;d?
mgpuhkp
1. What is Transgenic animal?
2. What is the use of Transgenic animal?
3. What is nematodes?
4. Chemical used to control nematodes?
5. Biological control of nematodes?
6. What is fundamental rights?
7. Five types of writs?
8. Work of Assistant?
9. Commissioner of prohibition and excise?
10. What is Bar?
11. What is biogas?
12. Types of grasses?

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13. Food processing industries in Tamil Nadu

14. What is azollum?
15. Can azollum is used for animals?
16. What is Korean grass?
17. Fastest growing plant?
18. Animal diseases?
rutzd;
1. rpk;yh xg;ge;jk; ahh; ahUf;fpilapy; ve;j fhuzj;jpw;fhf ve;j Mz;L Nghlg;gl;lJ?
2. jh~;fz;l; xg;ge;jk; ahh; ahh; ifnahg;gkpl;lhh;fs; ve;j ehl;by;?
3. ghuhSkd;wNk cr;rePjpkd;wj;ijtpl mjpf mjpfhuk; cilaJ vd;W nfhz;L tug;gl;l
rl;ljpUj;jk; vJ?
4. 1935f;Fg;gpd; kW tpyf;F nfhs;ifiaf; nfhz;L te;jth; ahh;?
5. Gjpa nghUshjhuf; nfhs;ifiaf; nfhz;L te;jth; ahh;? mjw;Ff; fhuzkhdth; ahh;?
6. vOjg;glhj rl;lk; cs;s ehL?
7. fhtphp nly;lh khtl;lq;fs; vd;ndd;d?
8. fle;j 60> 70 Mz;LfSf;F Kd;dh; jkpo;ehl;by; ,Ue;j r%ff; nfhLikfs; vd;ndd;d?
9. tujl;riz xopg;Gr;rl;lk;
10. Foe;ijj; njhopyhsh; xopg;G ve;j tUlk;
11. tUtha;j;Jiw %yk; eilKiwg;gLj;jg;gLk; r%fg; gpur;rid vd;d?
Balachandran M.Com
1. What is National Emergency?
2. About MISA?
3. What is mirrar account?
4. What is Black A/C?
5. What is hard money?
6. What is Reconslation?
7. What benefit for mutual fund is in Budget?
8. What is double entry system

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9. What is the different between closing stock value and market value?
10. Savings bank account system ve;j tUlk; Jtq;fg;gl;lJ?
11. ,e;jpah;fshy; Jtq;fg;gl;l Kjy; tq;fp?
12. i`juhghj;jpy; jpthyhd IT fk;ngdp vJ? mjd; jiyth;?
13. jw;NghJ me;j epWtdj;jpd; ngah;? jw;Nghija jiyth; ahh;?
14. Karvy d; jiyikaplk; vJ?
15. Debenture f;Fk; Divident f;F cs;s tpj;jpahrk;
16. Debenture-f;Fk; Share f;Fk; cs;s tpj;jpahrk;
17. HAL d; jiyikaplk;
18. RBI-d; gzpfs;? Jtq;fg;gl;l ,lk;? Mz;L? FL
19. tptrhaj;jpw;fhfj; Jtq;fg;gl;l tq;fpapd; ngah; vd;d?
20. mjd; gzpfs;> ve;j tUlk; Jtq;fg;gl;lJ? FO
21. jQ;rht+hpd; rpwg;Gfs;?
C. Jayachitra B.A
1. Tell your Post preference
2. Tell about the function of registrar office
3. What is endorsement certificate
4. Marriage acts
5. ,Ug;gplr; rhd;wpjo; ahhplk; thq;f Ntz;Lk;
6. Functions of CAG
7. Functions of Public Accounts Committee
8. Which is Pink city, seven sisters, twin city?
9. How many high courts are there in North Eastern states
10. Tell about Shakespeare
11. Shakespears plays tragedies of comedies

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12. What kind of poet is William wordsworth

13. Tess about his poems
14. What is the concept of Solitary Reepa
15. What is meant by Solitanj
16. Tell about Baffodile?
17. What is Noun?
18. What is verb-availing and main verb
19. Gjpa jfty; Mizah;fs; ahh;?
20. Who is the Chief Election Commission of India?
21. How many members are there?
22. What is PAC? (Public accounts committee)
23. What is PAN?
P. gpuG
1. tzpfk; vd;why; vd;d?
2. What is deb
3. What is Insurance?
4. What is difference between insurance any assurance?
5. ,e;jpahtpy; rPl;L Nghl;L FYf;fp Njh;e;njLf;fg;gl;l Kjyikr;rh; ahh;?
6. rh;tNjr ngz;fs; jpdk; vg;NghJ?
7. jQ;rht+h; gw;wpa nra;jpfs;
8. jkpo; gy;fiyf;fofk; Jtq;fg;gl;l tUlk;? mjd; Mjy; Jiz Nte;jh;?
9. What is white coal day?
10. What is good will
11. ,e;jpahtpy; Kjy;tuhf ,Ue;J gpujkuhf Njh;T ngw;Ws;sth;fs; ahh;
12. Kjy;tuhf ,Ue;J jw;NghJ Nfgpdl;bd; cs;sth;fs; vj;jid Ngh;?

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13. Current Account any saving account difference?

14. RBI Jtf;fk; kw;Wk; ghpe;Jiu nra;j FO?
15. NABARD jiyth; ahh;?
16. SEBI functions?
D. Chitra
1. D.G.P apd; tphpthf;fk; vd;d?
2. jw;Nghija D.G.P ahh;?
3. fhty;Jiw mikr;rh; ahh;?
4. khepy mstpy; ngausT jiyik mjpfhuj;jpy; ,Ug;gth;a ahh;?
5. gzpahsh; Nkyhz;ik vd;why; vd;d?
6. Administration-f;Fk; Management-f;Fk; cs;s tpj;jpahrk;? ,uz;Lk; xd;wh?
7. kfsph; Mizaj;jpd; khepyj;jiyth; ahh;?
8. rt;t+L guty; vd;why; vd;d?
Palanisamy
1. E.V.M vd;why; vd;d? Electronic Voting Mechine
2. mz;zhkiyg; gy;fiyf;fof Nte;jh; ahh;? MSeh;
3. jkpof MSeh; ngah; - ,jw;F kd; mtUila gjtp? gQ;rhg; Kjy;th;
4. B.Ed gy;fiyf;fofk; gw;wp $W? fy;tpapay; gy;fiyf;fofk;
5. kj;jpa gyfiyf;fofk; vq;Fs;sJ? jpUth&h;
Chemistry
1. LPG tphpthf;fk; ahJ? Petroleum Gas
2. ,jpy; third mwpa gad;gLj;JtJ? nkh;fhg;ld;
3. rikay; ghj;jpuj;jpy; nghUl;fs; xl;lhjpUf;f gad;gLtJ nlg;yhd;
4. O3XNrhd; ehd; vd;W
5. ghjurk; / GNuhkpd; NtWghL? jput cNyhfk; / mNyhfk;

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Tamil
1. Gf;fh; ghpR gw;wp $W? ,q;fpyhe;J - ,yf;fpa tpUJ
2. rhfpj;jpa mfhnlkp rkPgj;jpy; ahUf;F> E}ypd; ngah; ahJ?ehQ;rpy; ehld;
3. jkpo; gy;fiyf;fofk; vq;Fs;sJ? jQ;ir
4. kzpNkfiy E}yhrphpah; ahh;? rPj;jiyr;rhj;jdhh;
5. ghujpapd; ghly; ehd;F $W?
6. jw;fhyf;f ftpQh; ehy;tiuf; $W?
Senthiraj
1. What role placement agencies play in overseas job marketing?
2. What is underemployment?
3. Are you a government employee? When you got into government service? Why trying
again?
4. Vw;fdNt xU ehl;by; rebellion ele;J KbQ;rhr;R. ,g;g ,d;ndhU ehl;by; Nghuhl;lk;
Muk;gkhapLr;R. vq;F vd;W njhpAkh?
5. gpur;ridf;Fhpa egh; ahh;?
6. Which means technology domain used to spread sub rebellions?
7. Which is the highest civilian award in the country?
8. Martyrs Day?
9. Who is Omar Abdulla? Who is his father? What is he?
10. jkpof murpd; eyj;jpl;lq;fs;?
11. What are the power of President?
12. Who is the chairman of Rajya Sabha?
13. ehd;F M];fh; mthh;L thq;fpa glk; vJ?
14. gpujkh; kd;Nkhfd; rpq; murpaYf;F tUtjw;F Kd;dhy; tfpj;j ,U Kf;fpa gjtpfs;
vd;d?
15. ,UKiw jw;fhypf gpujkuhf ,Ue;jth; ahh;?
16. What is the present salary of MPs?

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17. What is your job preference?

K. Durairaj
1. ePq;fs; ve;j khtl;lj;ij rhh;e;jth;?
2. vd;d gzp nra;fpwPh;fs;?
3. Horology vd;why; vd;d?
4. xUth; Fspj;J nfhz;Lk;> gLj;J nfhz;Lk; fz;Lgpbj;jth; ahh;? vtw;iw?
5. kpd; ,izg;gpd; ,U tiffs;?
6. cd; Chpd; ngah;f;fhuzk;?
7. cq;fs; Chpd; mikr;rh;fs; vj;jid egh;fs;?
8. New;W cr;rePjpkd;wk; mspj;j Kf;fpa jPh;g;G vd;d?
9. fphptyk; NghtPh;fsh?
10. gQ;rg+jq;fs; vd;d?
K. Pandiya Subramaniyan
1. Gjpa jiyiknrayfk; miktplk;?
2. Gioa jiyiknrayfk; miktplk;?
3. 2001y; ,uz;Lk; fz;Zk;
njhl;lhh;. mth; ahh;?

njhpahj

ngz;

,kakiy

kiyapd;

vtnu];l;

4. ePhpopT Neha;f;fhd gprpNahnjugp?

5. ehl;ba ngz;kzpf;F mth;fsJ tNahjpfk; Vw;gLk; NghJ gprpNahnjugp rpfpr;ir?
6. kUj;Jtj;jpw;fhd Nehgy; ghpR?
7. Nrhjid Foha; Foe;ij?
8. First Test Tube Baby in India?
Senthilkumari
1. Deemed vd;why; vd;d?
2. University-d; NyhNfh vd;d?
3. Gandhian principle Nkk;gl cd; gy;fiyf;fofk; vd;d nrhy;ypj;jUfpwhh;fs;?

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rpfuj;ij

4. fhjp jw;NghJ nghpajhf kw;w njhopw;rhiyfs; Nghy Nkk;gl tpy;iyNa Vd;?

5. Technology upgradation vd;why; vd;d?
6. 5 kg vilAs;s nghUs; jiuia mila 1 nehb vLj;Jf;nfhz;lhy; 4 nehb fopj;J me;j
nghUs; mNj jiuia vt;tsT Moj;jpy; nrd;W milAk;?
7. M1epiw 5 kg M2epiw 10 kg ,uz;Lk; colloid MFk; NghJ apply MFk; properties of
matter
8. MLA, MCC vd;why; vd;d?
9. jw;NghJ census logo vd;d?
10. 2001y; kf;fs; njhif vt;tsT?
11. 1881y; kf;fs;njhif vt;tsT?
12. ghud;`Pl; nry;rpa]; difference and their formula
13. Gandhian principles constitution vq;F tUfpwJ
14. DPSP vd;why; vd;d?
15. Gram Panjayat DPSP y; vq;F tUfpwJ? Act?
16. Feather & metal 5 km height y; ,Ue;J vwpag;gl;lhy; ve;j epiyapy; mJ xNu Neuj;jpy;
milAk;.
17. Vaccum vd;why; vd;d?
18. Air resistance vd;why; vd;d?
19. Parliament y; cs;s 3 mikg;G
20. Nkyit jkpofj;jpy; ,g;NghJ cs;sjh
21. jPh;khdk; xg;Gjy; epiwNtwpAk; jhkjkhtJ Vd;?
22. ve;j Nfhh;lb
; y; Nf]; eilngWfpwJ? vjw;fhf?
Selvakumar
1. cdJ khtl;lj;jpd; rpwg;Gfs; vit?
2. cyfpNyNa kpfg;nghpa Vhp?
3. kpfg;nghpa ed;dPh; Vhp?
4. jkpo; xbrp vd miof;fg;gl;l E}y;?

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5. kdpj chpik Mizak; ve;j tpjpapd; fPo; mikf;fg;gl;lJ?

6. khepy kdpj chpik Mizaj;jpd; jiyth;?
7. ve;j itrpuha; fhyj;jpy; gl;n[l; jhf;fy;nra;ag;gl;lJ?
8. jghy; jiy ntspapl;l Mq;fpNyah; ahh;?
9. gFjp 3 kw;Wk; gFjp 4 gw;wp $Wf
D. Chitra
1. Ch;
2. khtl;l Kf;fpaj;Jtk;
3. Chpd; rpwg;G
4. ghhp kfsph; kdk; Ghpe;j ,lk;
5. thbfd; rpl;b gug;gsT> kf;fs;njhif
6. ,e;J kj;jth; cyf kf;fs; njhif rjtPjk;
7. 1 gpy;ypad;f;F vj;jid Nfhb> vj;jid irgh;
8. Subject Kf;fpaj;Jtk;
9. vq;F va;l]
; ; (jkpo;ehl;by;) kUj;Jtk; toq;fg;gLfpwJ
10. ngl;Nuhy; tpiy FiwT vt;tsT
11. vg;gb Fiwe;jJ
12. njhlf;ff;fy;tp Kf;fpaj;Jtk;
Hilda Edwin
1. Types of Blood groups
2. Erythroblastocis foetals explain
3. Which state ranks first in sugar production
4. Which state ranks first in turmeric production
5. Which state ranks first, second in sex ratio
6. Name the immortal fish
7. Reason for the occurrence of genetic disorders in case of marriages among close relatives

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8. How the parrot speaks mechanism behind it

9. Theme the woman who received Gallantry award (Sena award) recently
10. Why organic food is costly
11. Biggest botanical garden in India
12. Explain vellore mutiny
13. Aung San syu ki explain
14. Who is Salim Ali; what is his nationality?
R. Selva Kumar
1. jQ;rht+h; nghpaNfhtpypd; cauj;ij msf;f gad;gLk; fUtp vd;d?
2. jQ;rht+h; Air force Station (tpkhdg; gilj;jsk;) y; ele;j rkPgj;jpa gpur;rpidfs; vd;d?
3. M.Phil Project gw;wp $W
4. ,e;jpag; nghUshjhuk; vd;gJ vd;d?
5. NABARD d; gzpfs; ahJ?
6. Planning Commission gzpfs; ahJ?
7. Njrpa tsh;r;rp FO ve;j mz;L Vw;gLj;jg;gl;lJ? ,jd; gzpfs; ahJ?
8. GST vd;gJ vd;d?
9. Neh;Kfthp kw;Wk; kiwKf thpfis $Wf
10. NABARD ve;j tifahd fld;fis toq;FfpwJ?
11. <r;rq;Nfhl;il ghy; gz;iz ,yhgj;jpy; ,aq;Ffpwjh my;yJ e~;lj;jpy; ,aq;Ffpwjh?
12. JPC Committees ,Jtiu vj;jid Kiw $l;lg;gl;lJ?
13. jw;Nghija JPS jiyth; ahh;?
14. ,e;jpahtpd; kpf cah;e;j tpUJfis thpirahf $W?
15. ghuj uj;dh> gj;ktpg+~d;> gj;kg+~d; Mfpa tpUJfis thq;fpa ,e;jpah; ahh;?
16. rkPgj;jpy; ele;j cyff;Nfhg;ig fhy;ge;J Nghl;b ve;j Mz;L ele;jJ?
17. 2010 cyff;Nfhg;ig fhy;ge;J Nghl;b vq;F ele;jJ?
18. Nghl;bapy; ,Wjpg;Nghl;bapy; tpisahba ehLfs; vJ?
19. ve;j mzp Nfhg;igia ntd;wJ?

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20. cyff;Nfhg;ig
$wpaJ vd;d?

fhy;ge;J

Nghl;bapy;

Nghl;bapy;

ntw;wp

ngWk;

mzpia

Kd;$l;bNa

21. mJ ve;j ehl;by; ,Ue;jJ?

22. Post preference order vd;d nfhLj;jPhf
; s;?
K. kzptz;zd;
1. fdePh; vd;gJ vd;d? fbdePh; vd;gJ vd;d?
2. Desalination vd;gJ vd;d?
3. Saline water vq;F mjpfkhf fhzg;gLk;?
4. ryit J}spy; cs;s FNshhpd; vg;NghJ Bleaching agent Mf nray;gLk;?
5. fhh;Ngh i`l;Nul;by; ,Ue;J Derive nra;ag;gLk; Very Common Antibiotic kUe;J vJ?
6. PAC tphpthf;fk; vd;d?
7. PAC vJ Fwpj;J tpthjpf;Fk;?
8. PAC-d; jiyth; ahh;?
9. ryitj;J}spd; Ntjpg;ngah; vd;d?
S. Kavitha
1. Any three pharmaceutical companies
2. What is misbranded, spurious drugs difference between them.
3. What is blue baby
4. Name of your Panchayat president
5. Functions of Gram Sabha and Panchayat Union.
6. Types of amendments
7. What is PAC, How many members, chairman.
rz;Kf Re;jhp

1. Kis fl;ba gaphpd; ve;j rj;J Foe;ij tsh;r;rpf;F cjTfpwJ?

2. AIDS tpthp
3. HIV tpthp
4. COBRA ghk;G eQ;R clypy; Vw;gLj;Jk; tpisT?

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5. fpuz; Njrha; ahh;?

6. Nehgy; ghpR ngw;w kUj;Jt tpQ;Qhdp?
7. AIDS Nehahspia elj;Jk; tpjk;?
8. Nursing ethics Nehahspiag; gw;wpa ,ufrpaj;ij fhf;Fk; tpjk;?
9. vYk;G> gw;fs; tsh;r;rpf;F cjTtJ
10. SAARC tpthp
11. SAARC ehLfs;
12. kUj;Jth;fSf;fhd cyf khehL ele;j ,lk;?
D. Abarna

1. ve;j khtl;lj;jpypUe;J tUfpwPh;fs;?

2. kJiuapy; cs;s Filtiu Nfhapy;fs; vd;d?
3. nkhj;jk; vj;jid khefuhl;rpfs; cs;sd>
4. filrpahf khefuhl;rp cUthf;fg;gl;l khtl;lk;?
5. kJiu khefuhl;rpapd; Kjy; Nkah; ahh;?
6. ,ul;il fhg;gpaq;fs; ahit? Vd;?
7. NtY ehr;rpahh; ahh;?

Subject
1. Electronics and communication degree-y; last semester subjects?
2. Tee the block diagram for T.V. receiver?
3. What is modulation?
4. What type of modulation used in TV and radio?
5. Which book you followed for T.V. Antennae subject?
6. What are the recent communication techniques?
7. What do you mean by fibre optic communicated? How it works?

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8. What is CED?
9. Significance of LED?
10. What is Luner diode?
11. Difference between electrical and electronics.
General
1. When is Patriotic day celebrated?
2. First C.M. of T.M. after independence?
3. First P.M. of India after independence?
4. First women P.M. in World?
5. rpyg;gjpfhuj;jpd; ehafp ahh;?
6. First president of India after Independence?

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