TNPSC Group I Exam-Previous Year Question Paper-Subject wise Analysed Questions-History-Part 3

TNPSC Group I Exam-Previous Year Question Paper-Subject wise Analysed Questions-History-Part 3

TNPSC GROUP - I Exam - 2010

50.     Who was the Prime Minister of India when Tashkent Agreement was signed?

           A)        Jawaharlal Nehru

           B)        Lal Bahadur Shastri

           C)        Indira Gandhi

           D)        Rajiv Gandhi

                      

           Answer: (B)

          

51.     The leader who attended all the Three Round table Conference was

           A)        Mahatma Gandhi

           B)        Subhash Chandra Bose

           C)        Jawaharlal Nehru

           D)        Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

                      

           Answer: (D)

          

52.     The Madras Native Association was started in

           A)        1852                         B)        1884

           C)        1885                         D)        1887

                      

           Answer: (A)

53.     Who among the following said that Buddha's character and teaching made   him The Light not of Asia only but of the World?

           A)        Sir Edwin Arnold         B)        Mrs. Rhys Davids

           C)        Dr. Radhakrishnan      D)        H.G. Wells

                      

           Answer: (C)

          

54.     Who coined the party name 'Indian National Congress?

           A)        Ranade                      B)        Dadabhai Naoroji

           C)        W.C. Banerjee          D)        Gopal Krishna Gokhale

                      

           Answer: (B)

          

55.     Sir Muhammad Iqubal

      A) was poet and floated the idea of separate state for  Muslim                                         

      B) belonged to Madras Presidency

      C) established Muslim League party

      D) organized Aligarth Movement

                      

           Answer: (A)

          

56.     The tomb at Sasaram was built by

           A)        Humayun                    B)        Sher Shah

           C)        Akbar                         D)        Babar

                      

           Answer: (B)

          

57.     The famous leader of Narmada Bachao Andolan is

           A)        Sunil Agarwal                       B)        Rajesh Kanna

           C)        Medha Patkar                       D)        K.C. Cherian

                      

           Answer: (C)

          

58.       Ashoka patronised

           A)        Jainism                                  B)        Saivism

           C)        Buddhism                              D)        Vaishnavism

                      

           Answer: (C)

          

59.       The Fort William College at Kolkata was founded in the year

           A)        1806                                       B)        1810

           C)        1805                                       D)        1800

                      

           Answer: (D)

          

60.     The Language which was used in the Ashokan inscription is

           A)        Hindi                                      B)        Sanskrit

           C)        Prakrit                                     D)        Telugu

          

          

           Answer: (C)

          

61.       Satyartha Prakash was written by

           A)        Raja Rammohan Roy                    

           B)        Debendranath Tagore

           C)        Keshab Chandra Sen

           D)        Dayanand Saraswati

                      

           Answer: (D)

          

62.     Nadir Shah was a / an

           A)        Afghan king                          B)        Moghul ruler

           C)        Persian king                         D)        Delhi Sultan

                      

           Answer: (C)

          

63.     Which Act separated Burma from India?

           A)        Indian Act of 1947

           B)        Independence Act of 1947

           C)        Minto-Morley Reform Act

           D)        Montague - Chelmsford Act

                      

           Answer: (A)

          

64.     Consider the following statements:

     Assertion (A) : The Marathas were defeated in the Third battle of Panipat  in 1761.

      Reason (R)   :  It checked the growth of Maratha power, put did not destroy them.

           Now select your answer according to the coding scheme given below:

 A)   Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation

  B)  Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation

 C)  (A) is true, but (R) is false

 D)   (A) is false, but (R) is true.

          

                      

Answer: (B)

          

65.     The Theosophical Society at Adyar dealt with

           I.          Social issue             II.         Communal issues

           III.        Political issue          IV.       Religious issues

           Of these:

           A)        I alone is correct          B)        I and II are correct

           C)        I,II and III are correct   D)        all are correct

                      

           Answer: (D)

          

66.     Annie Besant became the president of the Indian National Congress

 in the year

           A)        1915                                       B)        1916

           C)        1917                                       D)        1918

                      

           Answer: (C)

          

67.     Who was chiefly responsible for the partition of Bengal?

           A)        Wellesley                               B)        Ripon

           C)        Curzon                                   D)        Chelmsford

                      

           Answer: (C)

          

68.     Economic drain theory was popularized by

           A)        the Britisers in India

           B)        Dadabhal Naoroji

           C)        Vera Anstey                          D)        V.V. Bhatt

                      

           Answer: (B)

          

69.     Dantidurga established which kingdom?

           A)        Chalukyas of Badami

           B)        Chalukyas of Kalyani

           C)        Chalukyas of Vengi           

D)        Rashtrakuta Dynasty

                      

           Answer: (D)

          

70.     Consider the following statements:

 Assertion (A) : Public participated in the political life during early Vedic period

 Reason (R)     :  Sabha and Samiti discussed matters of public importance

           Now select your answer according to the coding scheme given below:

  A)   Both (A) and (R) are true and  (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

   B)  Both (A) and (R) are false

  C)   (A) is true, but (R) is false

   D)  (A) is false, but (R) is true.

                      

           Answer: (A)

          

71.     Badruddin Tyabji was associated with

           A)        President of the First Session of the Congress party

           B)        President of the Second Session of the Congress Party held at Calcutta in 1886

           C)        President of the Third Session of the Congress Party held at Madras in 1887       

D)        none of these

                      

           Answer: (C)

          

72.     Consider the following statements:

           I.          Akbar promulgated Din-i-Ilahi

           II.         Din-i-Ilahi means Divine Duty

           III.        Prominent convert to Din-i-Ilahi was Raja Birbal

           IV.       Din-i-Ilahi discouraged Muslim rites

           Of the statements:

           A)        I alone is correct

           B)        I and II are correct

           C)        I, II and IV are correct

D)        All are correct

                      

           Answer: (D)

          

73.     Who was the architect of the first Indian Imperial Power?

           A)        Bindusara

           B)        Chandragupta Maurya

           C)        Ashoka         

D)        Brinadratha

                      

           Answer: (B)