TNPSC Group I Exam-Previous Year Question Paper-Subject wise Analysed Questions-History-Part 2
TNPSC Preliminary Exam
Solved Question paper - 2011
24. Match List I with list II correctly and select your answer using
the codes
given below:
List I List
II
a) Salt
Satyagraha 1. Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy
b) Protest
against 2. N. Somayajulu Devadasi system
c) Neil
Statue Satyagraha 3. Kasthuri Ranga Iyengar
d) The
Hindu 4. Vedaranyam
Codes:
a b c d
A) 4 1 3 2
B) 4 1 2 3
C) 1 3 2 4
D) 3 2 4 1
Answer: (B)
25. Who laid the foundation of the British Empire?
A) Robert B) Lord Napier
C) Lord
Ripon D) Lord Cornwallis
Answer: (A)
26. Qutbuddion Aibak was a slave of
A) Muizzuddin
B) Muhammed
of Ghur
C) Mohammed
of Ghazni
D) Khwarizm
Shah
Answer: (B)
27. Identify the correct order in which they occurred in India:
A) Quit India movement, Non-cooperation movement, Khilafat movement, Civil disobedience movement.
B) Civil
disobedience movement, Khilafat movement. Quit India movement,
Non-cooperation movement
C) Khilafat movement, Non-cooperation
movement, Civil disobedience movement Quit India movement.
D) Non- cooperation movement, Quit India
movement, Khilafat movement Civil disobedience movement.
Answer: (C)
28. The two major cities of Indus Valley
Civilization revealing uniform urban planning were
A) Mohenjodaro and Chanhudaro
B) Mohenjodaro
and Lothal
C) Mohenjodaro
and Dholavira
D) Mohenjodaro
and Harappa
Answer: (D)
29. Which Mughal emperor was defeated by sher shah?
A) Babur B) Humayun
C) Jahangir D) Aurangzeb
Answer: (B)
30. Existence of a League of Tamil states is referred in the
A) Girnar inscription
B) Hathigumpha
inscription of Kharavela
C) Jambal
inscription
D) Sannati
inscription
Answer: (B)
31. The first Mughal Emperor to show interest in painting was
A) Akbar B) Humayun
C) Shah
Jahan D) Babur
Answer: (D)
32. In which year was the ‘Dyarchy’ introduced?
A) 1919 B) 1909
C) 1935 D) 1947
Answer: (A)
33. Who among the following Europeans were the first to come to
India and
leave India last?
A) The Portuguese B) The
French
C) The
English D) The Dutch
Answer: (A)
34. What is the name of the famous Indian painter who went on
self-exile?
A) Gurucharan Das B) Bhagwan Das
C) Shyamala D) M.F. Hussain
Answer: (D)
35. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
A) Parsvanath - Twenty fourth Tirthankara
B) Mahavira - Last Tirthankara
C) Jatakas - Jain literature
D) Agama
siddhanta - Buddhist literature
Answer: (B)
36. Which of the following dates was assigned to the Indus
civilization by
Sir John Marshall?
A) 3250 - 2750 B.C. B) 3500 - 3000 B.C.
C) 3000
- 2550 B.C. D) 3000 - 2000 B.C.
Answer: (A)
37. The Aryans had popular Assemblies, Sabhas and Samitis to check
A) on the power of the king
B) on
the power of Purohita
C) on
the power of the Army Chief
D) on the
power of Village head
Answer: (A)
38. Mahatma Gandhi suspended the Non-co-operation movement due to
Chauri Chaura
incident in the year?
A) 1920 B) 1921
C) 1922 D) 1923
Answer: (C)
39. The National calendar based on the Saka Era was adopted from
A) 22 nd March, 1950
B) 1 st
January, 1950
C) 22
nd March, 1957
D) 22 nd
August, 1952
Answer: (C)
40. The earliest brick temple in India was built by
A) Mauryas
B) Sungas
C) vijayanagaras
D) Guptas
Answer: (D)
41. Match List I with list II correctly and select your answer using
the codes
given below:
List I List
II
a) Nana
Sahib 1. Partition of Bengal
b) Vellore
Mutiny 2. 1947
c) Lord
Curzon 3. 1806
d) Indian
Independence Act 4. 1857 Revolt
Codes:
a b c d
A) 4 3 1 2
B) 1 3 2 4
C) 1 2 3 4
D) 3 4 1 2
Answer: (A)
42. A great exponent of Mahayanism was
A) Dharmakirti
B) Dingnaga
C) Vasubandhu
Asanga
D) Nagarjuna
Answer: (D)
43. --------- gave the title ‘ Mahatma’ to Gandhiji.
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Motilal
Nehru
C) Rabindranath
Tagore
D) Subhash
Chandra Bose
Answer: (C)
44. Pre-history of India can be dated back to
A) 500000 B.C B) 50000 B.C.
C) 5000
B.C. D) 1000 B.C.
Answer: (C)
45. The Allahabad pillar inscription was composed by
A) Kalidasa B) Samudragupta
C) Harisena D) Visakhadatta
Answer: (C)
46. Match List I with list II correctly and select your answer using
the codes
given below:
List I List
II
a) Sankaracharya 1. Dualism
b) Ramanuja 2. Vira Saivism
c) Madhvacharya 3. Advaita
d) Basaveswara 4. Visistadvaita
Codes:
a b c d
A) 1 3 2 4
B) 2 3 1 4
C) 3 4 1 2
D) 4 2 3 1
Answer: (C)
47. The Indian Independence bill was brought in the House of Commons
on
A) 22 nd June, 1947
B) 4 th June,
1947
C) 4
th July 1947
D) 15 th
August, 1947
Answer: (C)
48. The term ‘Brahmadeya’ denotes
A) cash granted to the Brahmanas
B) taxes
imposed on the Brahmanas
C) land
granted to the Brahmanas
D) land
granted to temples.
Answer: (D)
49. The Red Fort at Delhi was constructed by
A) Babur
B) Akbar
C) Jahangir
D) Shah Jahan
Answer: (D)
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