TNPSC Exam-GROUP- IV - Subject wise analysed Previous Year questions and Answers-History-Part 4

TNPSC Exam-GROUP- IV - Subject wise analysed Previous Year questions and Answers-History-Part 4

(Typist Exam - 2008)

59.       Mohenjadaro and Harappa are in

            a)         Jayamkondar                        -           Kalingathupparani

            b)         Nambiandar Nambi             -           Thevaram

            c)         Sekkizhar                              -           Nalavenba

            d)         Kambar                                  -           Kambaramayanam

Ans : (C)

60.       Kind Harshavardhana was defeated by

            a)         Sasankan

            b)         Pulekesin - II

            c)         Mahendra Varman - I

            d)         Pulekesin – I

            Ans : (B)

61.       Find out the correct sequential order form the following :

            a)         Akbar, Shan Jahan, Jahangir, Aurangzeb

            b)         Shah Jahan, Jahangir, Aurangzeb,Akbar

            c)         Jahangir, Shan Jahan, Aurangzeb, Akbar

            d)         Akbar, Jehangir, Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb

Ans : (D)

62.       Which one of the following is correctly matched?

            A)        Himayun        -  Kabulbauk

            B)        Sher Shah    -  Deen Pana

            C)        Akbar              -  Faterhpur Sikri

            D)        Shah Jahan  -  Purana Guila

Ans : (B)

63.       The council of Ministers of Shivaji was called as

a)         Astadhigajjas

            b)         Mandri Parishad

            c)         Ashta Pradhan

            d)         Jems

            Ans : (C)

64.       Consider the following statements :

I)          Indira Gandhi abolished the privy purses of the former princes.

II)         Indira Gandhi drafted the principles of ‘Panch Sheel’.

            III)        Indira Gandhi introduced Five-Year Plans in India.

            IV)       After the death of Nehru, Indira Gandhi became the Prime Minister.

            of the statements :

            A)        I alone is correct

            B)        I & II are correct

            C)        I, II and III are correct

            D)        None of these

           

            Ans : (A)

65.       Who among the following was a terrorist?

a)         Bala Gangadara Tilak

            b)         Nilakanta Brahmachari

            c)         G.K. Gohale

            d)         V.O. Chidambaram

            Ans : (B)

66.       The session of Indian National Congress was

a)         Bombay                                 b)         Culcutta

            c)         Surat                                      d)         Madras

            Ans : (D)

67.       When was the partition of Bengal cancelled?

a)         1908                                       b)         1906

            c)         1910                                       d)         1911

Ans : (D)

68.       The moderates and the extremists united themselves in 1916 at the

a)         Lucknow session

            b)         Surat session

            c)         Lahore session

            d)         Bombay session

Ans : (A)

69.       Who was the President of Congress in 1929 when it declared Poorna Swaraj as its objective?

a)         Motilal Nehru

            b)         Mahatma Gandhi

            c)         Jawaharlal Nehru

            d)         Subash Chandra Bose

Ans :(A)

70.       Ali brothers were responsible for the

a)         Khilafat Movement

            b)         Quit India Movement

            c)         Non-Cooperation Movement

            d)         Sudesi – Movement

Ans : (A)

71.       Who was the Prime Minister of England when Gandhiji attended the Second Round Table Conference in 1931?

a)         Lord Atli

            b)         Winston Churchil

            c)         Ramsay McDonald

            d)         None of them

Ans : (C)

(VAO - Exam - 2008)

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

                                    List – I                                    List - II

            a)         Individual Satyagraha         1.         1927

            b)         Simon Commission             2.         1942

            c)         The Cripps Mission             3.         1940

            d)         Civil Disobedience             

Movement                             4.         1930

            Codes :

                        A         B         C         D

            A)        3          1          2          4

            B)        2          3          4          1

            C)        1          3          4          2

            D)        4          2          3          1

Ans : (A)

73.       Who participated in the Satyagraha in Champaran in 1917?

            a)         Bal Gangadhar Tilak

            b)         Gopal Krishna Gokhale

            c)         Dadabhai Naoroji

            d)         Mahatma Gandhi

Ans : (D)

74.       The main leaders of the Swarajist party were

            a)         J. Paterl and Dr. Ansari

            b)         M.N. Roy and Muzaffar Ahamed

            c)         Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das

            d)         B.R. Ambedkar and P.C. Joshi

Ans : (C)

75.       Who presided over the Congress Session at Lahore in 1929?

            a)         Mahatma Gandhi

            b)         Jawaharlal Nehru

            c)         Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

            d)         Motilal Nehru

Ans : (B)

76.       The Rowlatt Act was passed during the viceroyalty of

            a)         Minto                          b)         Chelmsford

            c)         Hardinge II                d)         None of them

Ans : (B)

77.       Name the prime Minister of England who sent the Cabinet Mission to India in 1946

            a)         Churchill                               b)         Attlee

            c)         Mountbattern                       d)         None of them

Ans : (B)

78.       Who among the following was not an extermist

            a)         Bal Gangadhar Tilak

b)         Aurobindo Ghosh

            c)         V.O. Chidambaram Pillai   

d)         Surendra Nath Banerjee

Ans : (D)

79.       Mahavira was born at

            a)         Pataliputra                             b)         Vaishali

            c)         Lumbini                                 d)         Sarnath

Ans : (B)

80.       Ashoka conquered Kalinga in the year

            a)         74 A.D.                                   b)         261 B.C.

            c)         326 B.C.                                 d)         323 B.C.

Ans : (B)

81.       Pulakesin II was defeated by

            a)         Narasimha Varman I

b)         Mahendra Varman I

            c)         Simhavishnu

d)         None of them

Ans : (A)

82.       Which one of the following is correctly matched?

            A)        Regulating Act                     -   Robert Clive

            B)        Subsidiary Alliance             -   Lord Wellesley

C)        Doctrine of Lapse                -   Warren Hastings

D)        Dual Government                -   Lord Dalhousie

Ans : (B)

83.       Lord Ripon is considered to be a great Viceroy because

            a)         he showed regard for the freedom of press                               

b)         he laid the foundation for the Local Self - Government

            c)         he prohibited the employment of Children in factories

d)         complete  census was taken of the population of India during his Viceroyalty.

Ans : (B)

84.       Which Indian Ruler conquered Java and Sumatra?

            A)        Rajendra Chola I

            B)        Rajaraja Chola I

            C)        Kulothunga Chola

D)        Parantaka I

Ans : (A)

85.       The village community got a lot of power during the reign of

            a)         Cholas                                   b)         Mughals

            c)         Palas                                      d)         British

 Ans : (A)