TNPSC Group 2 Exam- Free Model Exam paper-1-History Paper-Part 4

TNPSC EXAM-Group 2- Free  Model Test paper-1- History Paper-Part 4

76. Who propound the Vedanta school of Dvaita?

a) Ramanuja

b) Madhvacharya

c) Adi Sankara

d) None of the above

Answer: D

77. Find out the wrong pair

a) First Anglo Maratha War  -  Treaty of Salbai.

b) Second Mysore War – Treaty of Mangalore

c) Third Mysore War – Treaty of Srirangapattinam

d) None of them are wrong

Answer: C

78. Find out the wrong pair

a) Fudunji Naoroji   -  Jagat Mithra

b) Baba Ram singh  - The Namdhari Movement

c) Saint Ramalinga – Jeeva Karunyam

d) Sri Vaikunda Swamigal – Manu Marai Kanda Vasagam

Answer: C

79. Identify the correct order of Ashramas

a) Brahmacharya, Vanaprastha, Grahasta, Sanyasa

b) Brahmacharya, Sanyasa, Vanaprastha, Grahasta

c) Brahmacharya, Grahasta, Vanaprastha, Sanyasa

d) Grahasta, Brahmacharya, Vanaprastha, Sanyasa

Answer: B

80. Consider the following statements and find out the right ones among them

1. The Medium of English Language in Indian Education was emphasized by Lord William Bentinck.

2. The Widow Remarriage Act was passed in the year 1854

3. Satya Sadhak Samaj was established by Jyotirao Phule

a) 1, 2 & 3

b) 1 & 3

c) 1 & 2

d) 2 & 3

Answer: A

81. Arrange the following in the correct chronological order

a) Prarthana Samaj, Satyashodak Samaj, Theosophical Society, Ramakrishna Mission

b) Satyashodak Samaj, Prarthana Samaj, Theosophical Society, Ramakrishna Mission

c) Prarthana Samaj, Theosophical Society, Ramakrishna Mission, Satyashodak Samaj

d) Theosophical Society, Prarthana Samaj, Satyashodak Samaj, Ramakrishna Mission

Answer: D

82.  Who was the first Governor – General of India?

a) William Bentick

b) Lord Wellesley

c) Lord Cornwallis

d) Lord Dalhousie

Answer: B

83. Which of the following statement is false?

a) The Permanent Settlement took away the administrative and judicial functions of the zamindars.

b) Every peasant was held personally responsible for direct payment of land revenue to the government.

c) Mahalwari settlement was introduced in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.

d) The trade monopoly of East India company was ended by the Charter Act of 1833.

Answer: C

84. Consider the following statements

1. Arya Samaj was found by Swami Dayanand Saraswati in 1875.

2. ‘Shuddhi’ is the practice of purification of Hindus who were converted to other religions.

a) 1 and 2 are true

b) 1 only Is true

c) 2 only is true

d) none of the above are true

Answer: A

85. Arrange in chronological order the entry of Europeans to India?

a. Portuguese, Dutch, English, French

b. Dutch, English, Portuguese, French

c. English, Portuguese, French, Dutch

d. French, English, Dutch, French

Answer: A

86. Match the following:

A. 1883                      1. Full codification of the Indian 

                                system of   law and procedure

B. 1877                      2. Imperial darbar at Delhi

C. Ilbert Bill                3. Partition of Bengal

D. 1905                      4. Gave Indian magistrates the right

                                  to try   Europeans in criminal cases

 

 A        B         C         D

a)2      4          1          3

b)1      4          2          3

c)1       4          3          2

d)4      2          1          3

Answer: B

87. The British Cabinet Mission which came to India in March 1946 did not have as its member

a) Lord Pethick-Lawrence

b) Sir Stafford Cripps

c) AV Alexander

d) Campbell Johnson

Answer: D

88. Who was referred to as the ‘ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity’ by Sarojini Naidu in the early years of Gandhian period?

a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah

b) Shaukat Ali

c) Maulana Azad

d) Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Answer: A

 

89. Match the following:

A. The Justice party                         1. Jotirao Phule

B. Self Respect                                2. Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj

C. Satya Shodhak Movement        3. EV Ramasami Naicker

D. Satya Shodhak Samaj               4. TN Nair, RT Chetti, CN Mudaliar

                                                                   

a)A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2

b) A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2

c) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1

d) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1

Answer: A

90. Many of Gandhiji’s associates joined him in political-career during the course of several activities undertaken by him. 

Match them.

A. Champaran Indigo cultivators  1. Anasuya Behn

B. Ahmedabad textile workers 2. Vallabh Bhai Patel and Indulal Yagnik                                                            

C. Kheda peasants             3. Rajendra Prasad, Braj Kishore Prasad and                                                                                                      JB Kriplani

D. South Africa                                 4. Gokhale

                                                            

a) A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2

b) A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2

c) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1

d) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1

Answer: B

91.  MA Jinnah and a section of the Muslim league was willing to give up separate electorate in favour of a joint electorate (with certain conditions) at the time of the

a) Cabinet Mission

b) Simon Commission

c) Wavell Plan

d) None of the above

Answer: B

92. Put the following events in the correct chronological sequence

1. march from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi beach

2. the Lahore Congress

3. Gandhi attends the second Round Table Conference

4. the Gandhi-Irwin Pact

a) 2, 3, 4, 1

b) 1, 3, 4, 2

c) 2, 1, 4, 3

d) 1, 2, 4, 3

Answer: C

93. The first attempt at introducing a representative and popular element in the governance of India was made through the

a) Indian Council Act, 1861

b) Indian Council Act, 1892

c) Indian Council Act, 1909

d) Government of India Act, 1919

Answer: C

94. The boundary between India and Pakistan was demarcated by

a) Lord Mountbatten

b) Sir Cyril Radcliffe

c) Sir Straffor Cripps

d) Lawrence

Answer: B

95. Match the leaders with the movements they led:

A. Tomma Dora                    1. Savara Rebellion

B. Shambunath Pal             2. Munda revolt

C. Birsa Munda                    3. Koya rebellion

D. Radhakrishna                 4. Pabna uprising Danda Sena

a) A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1

b) A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3

c) A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1

d) A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4

Answer: A

96. In 1890, the first woman graduate of the Calcutta University addressed the Congress session.  Who was she?

a) Kadambini Ganguly

b) Pandita Rama Bai

c) Malvika Mukerjee

d) None of the above

Answer: A

97. Match the following Governors General with their respective achievements:

A. William Bentick                1. Establishment of Public Works Department

B. Charles Metcalfe             2. Annexation of Sind

C. Ellenborough                  3. Abolition of Persian as the court language

D. Delhousie                                    4. Signing of a treaty with Ranjit Singh

                                             

a) A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1

b) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4

c) A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1

d) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1

Answer: C

98. Match the following British Commanders suppressed revolt in the respective region during the Revolt of 1857

A. Jhansi           1. Major Vincent Eyre

B. Kanpur          2. Sir Hugh Rose

C. Delhi             3. Major Nicholson

D. Bihar            4. Sir Colin Campbell

Codes

a) A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1           

b) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1

c) A- 1, B-3, C-4, D-2          

d) A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3

Answer: A

99.  Find out the wrong pair from the following

a) Poona Sarvojanik Sabha – 1870

b) The Bombay Association – 1850

c) The Madras Mahajana Sabha – 1884

d) Madras native Association – 1852

Answer: B

100. Which of the following are incorrect?

1. The Civil Disobedience Movement was launched to oppose Simon commission report and proclaim Poorna Swaraj.

2. January 26, 1932 was observed as the Day of Independence.

3. Gandhi-Irwin Pact suspended the Civil Disobedience Movement.

a) 1 only                    

b) 2 only

c) 1&2 only               

d) All of the above

Answer: C