TNPSC Group I Exam-Previous Year Question Paper-Subject wise Analysed Questions-History-Part 4
TNPSC GROUP - I -History : 2009
(Preliminary Exam)
74. Who said “Patriotism is religion and religion is live for
India”?
A) Swami Vivekananda
B) Raj
Narain Bose
C) Bankim
Chandra Bose
D) Bal
Ganadhar Tilak
Answer: (A)
75. Which of the following is NOT a representative of Buddhist art?
A) Stupa B) Vihara
C) Chaitya D) Relic towers
Answer: (C)
76. The masterpieces of Mauryan art were the
A) Stupas B) Sculptures
C) Ashoka
Pillars D) Both (B) and (C)
Answer: (C)
77. The people of Indus Valley civilization worshipped
A) Pasupati B) Indra and Varuna
C) Brashma D) Vishnu
Answer: (A)
78. Wardha Scheme of Basic Education is proposed by
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Liaquat
Ali Khan
C) Mahatma
Gandhi
D) M.A.
Jinnah
Answer: (C)
79. Compared to Gupta age the caste system was more rigid during
A) the Mauryan age
B) the time
of Harshvardhana
C) the
Sekas
D) the Cholas
Answer: (D)
80. The Indus Valley civilization was discovered in the year
A) 1922 B) 1910
C) 1822 D) 1824
Answer: (A)
81. The Carnatic was were fought between
A) the Nawab of Carnatic and the British
B) the Nawab
of Carnatic and the French
C) the
British and the French
D) None of
them
Answer: (C)
82. Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A) : The Kushanas were of Central Asian origin.
Reason (R) :
They were a derivative of the Yue-chi tribe
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 true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
C) (A)
is true, but (R) is false
D) (A) is
false, but (R) is true
Answer: (A)
83. Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A) :
Dr. Annie Besant organized the Home Rule Movement against the
British rule.
Reason (R) :
She wanted to organize all sections of Indian people on the basis of a single
political slogan above religious considerations.
Now select your answer according to the coding scheme
given below :
A) (A) is correct, but (R) are is not correct.
B) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct
C) Both
(A) and (R) are not correct
D) (A) is
correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Answer: (D)
84. Which one of the following is NOT the minor deity according to
Aryan’s
A) Mitra B) Adityas
C) Asvins D) Vasus
Answer: (D)
85. A great exponent of Mahayanism was
A) Dingnaga B) Dharmakirti
C) Nagarjuna D) Vasubandhu Asanga
Answer: (C)
86. Suez Canal was first opened in the year
A) 1836 B) 1849
C) 1859 D) 1869
Answer: (D)
87. Which is described in Ajanta paintings?
A) Jainism B) Buddhism
C) Saivism D) Vaishnavism
Answer: (B)
88. Where were the principles of Panchsheel regulated?
A) Paris B) New
Delhi
C) Pandong D) Cairo
Answer: (C)
89. The chief centre of meeting point of the Indo-Roman trade was
A) Arikamedu
B) Alexandria
C) Madurai
D) Musiri
Answer: (B)
90. The Indus Valley Civilization is about
A) ten thousand years old
B) seven
thousand years old
C) five
thousand years old
D) three
thousand years old
Answer: (C)
91. Upanishads are books on
A) religion B) yoga
C) philosophy D) law
Answer: (C)
92. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
A) Ellora caves - Saka
B) Mahabalipuram -
Rashtrakutas
C) Meenakshi
temple - Pallavas
D) Khajuraho - Chandelas
Answer: (D)
93. Which of the following were included in the Cripps proposals?
I. India was promised dominion status
II. Setting up of a constitution -making
body consisting of the elected
Representatives from British India
and members from the princely states.
III. Setting up of an Executive Council
composed of Indians alone.
IV. It suggested partition of India.
Of the statements :
A) I, II and III are correct
B) II, III and
IV are correct
C) I,
III and IV are correct
D) I, II and
IV are correct
Answer: (A)
94. The Jain temples known for the finest marble carvings in India
are situated at
A) Gwalior
B) Jaipur
C) Gandhara
D) Dilwara
Answer: (D)
95. Who prepared the draft of the “Quit India’ resolution?
A) Acharya Kripalani
B) Jawaharlal
Nehru
C) Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel
D) Pattabhi
Sitaramayya
Answer: (B)
96. Arrange the following events in chronological order and mark the
correct
choice form the options given below :
I. Death of Bal Gangadhar Tilak
II. Nagpur session of the Congress
III. The
Moplah uprsing
IV. The inauguration of Vishwa Bharati at
Shantiniketan
Of the statements :
A) IV, III, II and I
B) III, IV,
II and I
C) II,
I, III and IV
D) III, II,
IV and I
Answer: (C)
97. The aspect of the caste system which was particularly condemned
by
all social reformers
was
A) Varna system
B) Jati
system
C) Ashram
system
D) Untouchability
Answer: (D)
98. Samudragupta permitted a foreign king Meghavarman to build a
monastry
at Gaya. Maghavarman
belongs to
A) Nepal B) Sri Lanka
C) Bhutan D) Pakistan
Answer: (B)
99. Consider the following statements:
I. Most of
the inscriptions of the Pallavas were in Sanskrit
II. Mahendravarman -I composed a burlesque
called Mattravilasa Prahasana.
III. The
Chinese traveler Hiuen Tsang visited Kanchi during the period of
Pallavas.
IV. Dingnaga was the logician and the author
of Nyaya Bhashya
Of the statements:
A) I alone is correct
B) I and II
are correct
C) I,
II and III are correct
D) All are
correct
Answer: (D)
100. Which one of the following rulers had a uniform administration
all over the country?
A) Gupta rulers B) Mughal rulers
C) British
rulers D) All of these rulers
Answer: (C)
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