TNPSC GK Questions - Oscars 2013 - Winners List

The Academy Awards, also known as The Oscars. Oscar awards given annually for excellence of cinematic achievements. 

Best Picture

Argo

Best Director

Ang Lee (Life of Pi)

Best Actor

Daniel Day - Lewis (Lincoln)

Best Actress

Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)

Best Supporting Actor

Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)

Best Supporting Actress

Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)

Adapted Screenplay

Argo

Original Screenplay

Django Unchained

Animated Feature

Brave

Foreign Language Film

Amour

Documentary Feature

Searching for Sugar Man

Cinematography

Life of Pi

Costume Design

Anna Karenina

Film Editing

Argo

Makeup and Hairstyling

Les Miserables

Production Design

Lincoln

Original Score

Life of Pi

Original Song

"Skyfall, Skyfall"

Sound Editing

Skyfall (Tie)

Zero Dark Thirty (Tie)

Sound Mixing

Les Miserables

Visual Effects

Life of Pi

Animated Short

Paperman

Live Action Short

Curfew

Documentary Short

Inocente

TNPSC Books

Book List

S.No	Subject	Book and Author
GENERAL STUDIES - PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
1	Social Science	State Board – 6th to 10th Std
2	Science	State Board - 6th to 12th Std,
3	History	State Board – 11th and 12th Std, J. Dharmarajan / Tamil Nadu – History, K. Venkaresan, Indian Freedom Struggle
4	Indian Polity	State Board - 11th and 12th Std Political Science, Lakshmi Kanth
5	Economy	State Board 11th & 12th Std, Pratiyogita Darpan, Ramesh Singh
6	Geography	State Board 11th & 12th Std, Orient Black Swan School Atlas / Oxford School Atlas
7	About Tamil Nadu	SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY Hand Book of Tamil Nadu,
	Tamil Nadu G.K.	Tamil Manorama Year Book
8	Mental Ability	R.S Agarwal
9	Tamil Culture	12th Std Indian Culture Book
10	Current Affairs	The Hindu, Dinamani
GENERAL STUDIES - MAIN EXAMINATION
1	Social Science	State Board – 6th to 10th Std
2	History	State Board – 11th and 12th Std, J. Dharmarajan / Tamil Nadu – History, K. Venkatesan, Indian Freedom Struggle
3	Indian Polity	State Board – 11th and 12th Std Political Science, Lakshmi Kanth
4	Science	State Board - 6th to 12th Std
5	Economy	State Board 11th & 12th Std, Pratiyogita Darpan, Ramesh Singh
6	Geography	State Board 11th & 12th Std, Orient Black Swan School Atlas / Oxford School Atlas
7	About Tamil Nadu G.K.	Shankar IAS Academy Hand Book, Tamil Manorama Year Book
8	Mental Ability	Class Notes
9	Tamil Culture	12th Std  Indian Culture Book
10	Current Affairs	The Hindu, Dhinamani
11	Tamil Language and Culture
12	Tamil Nadu Administration	State Board Book 11th and 12th Std Political Science
13	Social issues	Ram Ahuja
14	Science & Tech	Spectrum Publications

TNPSC Previous Year Question paper

2011 PRELIMINARY QUESTION PAPER

http://www.tnpsc.gov.in/dptpreviousyearquestion/IDPC.pdf
GROUP-I

http://www.tnpsc.gov.in/dptpreviousyearquestion/WAKA.pdf
GROUP-II Tamil

http://www.tnpsc.gov.in/dptpreviousyearquestion/MART.pdf
GROUP-II English

http://www.tnpsc.gov.in/dptpreviousyearquestion/SAMU.pdf
GROUP-IV Tamil

http://www.tnpsc.gov.in/dptpreviousyearquestion/DICT.pdf
GROUP-IV English

MAIN

http://www.tnpsc.gov.in/dptpreviousyearquestion/ASIA.pdf
PAPER-I

http://www.tnpsc.gov.in/dptpreviousyearquestion/PVEL.pdf
PAPER-II

English General Knowledge | Current Affairs: Economy Issues

Brief Description:
Satyam bidding Completed: Tech Mahindra wins bidding

• In the Satyam Computers bidding process, three huge companies namely Tech Mahindra, Engineering L&T, and Wilbur Ross had participated.
• Tech Mahindra has won in the Satyam bid by paying Rs. 1757 crore and now has 31% stake in Satyam. Tech Mahindra will pay Rs 58 per share; L&T had offered to pay of 49 Rs per share and so lost out.

India’s ‘Most Admired Marketers

• Vodafone, Hindustan Unilever, Bharti Airtel, Nokia and PepsiCo are India’s ‘Most Admired Marketers’, best in the marketing class of India Inc 2009.
• The top-flight marketing companies are India Inc’s most admired, thanks to marketing and strategy innovation, million-dollar ad budgets and some of the finest marketing executives in the business.

Inflation at sub-zero levels

• The wholesale price index (WPI)- based inflation went sub-zero for the first time in 35 years for the first week of June, but top policy makers and economists dismissed it as a short-term statistical phenomenon, with no real implications for either the country’s growth or its monetary policy.
• The inflation index fell by 1.61% for the week ended June 6 over the year-ago period, after gaining 0.13% in the previous week, according to data released on Thursday.

On GHG emissions in India and the types of emissions allocation schemes

• India’s per capita carbon dioxide emission is very low — only 1.21 tonnes per annum, roughly one-fourth of the world average per capita emission of 4.50 tonnes per annum.However, in aggregate terms, India is the fifth-largest emitter of fossil fuel-derived carbon dioxide, and its total emissions are growing rapidly.
• The two main types of emissions allocation schemes are:

• • Grandfathered Emissions Allocation (GEA) scheme in which permits are allocated on the basis of the aggregate emissions level of a predetermined year, say, 2010.
  • Equal Per Capita Emissions Allocation (EPCEA) scheme in which the aggregate emissions entitlements for India in different years are arrived at by multiplying the average global per capita emission (4.58 tonne per capita as estimated to be in 2010) with India’s population for the corresponding years.
  • The developed countries favour the grandfathered emissions allocation scheme, while the developing countries — particularly, China and India — advocate the EPCEA scheme.