TNPSC Group I Exam-Previous Year Question Paper-Subject wise Analysed Questions-History-Part 6

TNPSC Group I Exam-Previous Year Question Paper-Subject wise Analysed Questions-History-Part 6

126.   Iron was first introduced in India by

           A)        Aryans                       B)        Dravidians

           C)        Persians                    D)        Sumerians

                      

           Answer: (A)

          

127.   Who was the first Indian, elected for the British Parliament?

           A)        Dadabhai Naoroji

B)        C.R. Das

           C)        W.C. Bannerjee

           D)        Jawaharlal Nehru

                      

           Answer: (A)

          

128.   The Indus Valley Civilization was specialized in

           A)        Town planning                     B)        Architecture

           C)        Craftsmanship                      D)        All of these

                      

           Answer: (D)

          

129.   Which God was worshipped by the Indus Valley people?

           A)        Indra                                       B)        Varuna

           C)        Vishnu                                   D)        None of them

                      

           Answer: (D)

          

130.   The Indus Valley people imported from abroad

           A)        Wheat                                    B)        Wine

           C)        Silver                                      D)        Silk

                      

           Answer: (C)

          

131.   …….. was the primary food of the Indus Valley people.

           A)        Rice                            B)        Wheat

           C)        Corn                           D)        Millets

                      

           Answer: (B)

          

132.   The earliest mention of medicine occurs in which of the following Vedas?

           A)        Rigveda                     B)        Samveda

           C)        Yajurveda                  D)        Artharvaveda

                      

           Answer: (A)

          

133.   Ashrams or four stages of life came to be well established during

which period?

           A)        Pre- Vedic period

B)        Rigvedic period

           C)        Later - Vedic period

           D)        None of these

                      

           Answer: (B)

          

134.   What does the Rigveda contain?

           A)        Collection of prayers

B)        Collection of stories and events

           C)        Collection of a chronological sequence of dynasties

           D)        Collection of magic rituals

                      

           Answer: (A)

          

135.   Which among the following geographical areas was not inhabited by

           the early Aryans?

           A)        Baluchistan

B)        Eastern Afghanistan

           C)        Punjab

           D)        Fringes of Western Uttar Pradesh

                      

           Answer: (B)

          

136.   The root cause for all suffering s of mankind according to the preaching

of Buddha is

           A)        anger                          B)        lust

           C)        pride                           D)        desire

                      

           Answer: (D)

          

137.   The basic social organization of the Rigvedic people was

           A)        Matriarchal family

B)        Patriarchal family

           C)        Both Matriarchal and Patriarchal families

           D)        None of these

          

          

           Answer: (B)

          

138.   Sangam literature was written in

           A)        Avadhi                       B)        Tamil

           C)        Maithili                       D)        Malayalam

                      

           Answer: (B)

          

139.   Which was the port town of the Indus Valley Civilization?

           A)        Lothal                         B)        Kalibangan

           C)        Ropar                         D)        Mohenjodaro

                      

           Answer: (A)

          

140.   The main focus of the Rigvedic culture was

           A)        the Indo - Gangetic Valley

B)        the Punjab and Delhi region

           C)        the Indus Valley

           D)        the region between the Swat and the Indus

                      

           Answer: (A)

          

141.   Consider the following statements:

Assertion (A)   :  Curzon partitioned Bengal in 1905.

           Reason  (R)     :  He wanted to destroy nationalistic unity

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

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

      B)  (A) is correct, but (R) is wrong.

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

    D)  Both (A) and (R) are wrong

          

           

           Answer: (A)

          

142.   Consider the following statements:

        Assertion (A)  :  Hiuen Tsang came India during Harsha’s rule.

Reason  (R)     :  His main objective was to visit Buddhist Shrines.

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

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

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

  C)  (A) is correct, but (R) is wrong

  D)   Both (A) and (R) are correct

          

           

           Answer: (A)

          

143.   Who wrote ‘Ananda Math’?

           A) Rabindranath Tagore    B)  Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya

           C) Aurobindo                      D)  Madhusudan Dutta

                      

           Answer: (B)

          

144.   Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below:

                       List I                                                   List II

            (Presidents of Congress)             (Place and Year)

            a)  George Yule                          1.  Allahabd, 1888

            b)  Dr. R.C. Dutta                        2.  Lucknow, 1899

            c)  Annie Besant                         3.  Calcutta, 1917

            d)   Sarojini Naidu                      4.  Kanpur, 1928.

            Codes:

                       a          b          c          d

A)        2          3          4          1

B)        1          2          3          4

           C)        1          3          4          2

           D)        2          4          3          1

                      

           Answer: (B)

          

145.   The British received permission to establish their company in India from

           A)        Akbar                          B)        Jahangir

           C)        Shahjahan                D)        Aurangzeb

                      

           Answer: (B)

          

146.   When did the ‘Chauri Chaura’ incident take place?

           A)        1920                           B)        1923

           C)        1922                           D)        1921

                      

           Answer: (C)

          

147.   During the Sangam Age, war was usually declared or provoked by

           A)        cutting the tutelary tree of the enemy

B)        lifting the cattle of the enemy

           C)        besieging the enemy’s fort

           D)        crushing the crops of the enemy’s territory under the feet elephants

                      

           Answer: (B)

          

148.   When was the Madras Mahajana Sabha formed?

           A)        1883                           B)        1882

           C)        1884                           D)        1886

                      

Answer: (C)