TNPSC Exam-GROUP- IV - Subject wise analysed Previous Year questions and Answers-History-Part-2

TNPSC Exam-GROUP- IV - Subject wise analysed Previous Year questions and Answers-History-Part-2

TNPSC GROUP – IV  2008

25.       In Tamilnadu artesian wells are formed in the valley of the ………river

            A)        Palar                          

B)        Vellar

            C)        Cheyyar                                

D)        Pennair

            Ans : (B)

26.       Who wrote ‘patiganita Sara’ a book of algebra?

            A)        Sridhara                    

B)        Bhaskaracharya

            C)        Brahmagupta                                   

D)        Narayana

            Ans : (A)

27.       When was the Muslim League established?

            A)        1905                          

B)        1906

            C)        1907                          

D)        1911

            Ans : (B)

28.       The viceroy who was responsible for the partition of Bengal in 1905 was

            A)        Lord Curzon                         

B)        Lord Dalhouse

            C)        Lord Lytton                           

D)        Lord Wellesely

            Ans : (A)

29.       In 1929, the Lahore Session of congress met under the presidentship of

            A)        Gandhiji                                

B)        Nehruji

            C)        Netaji                         

D)        Rajaji

            Ans : (B)

30.       The song ‘Vande mataram’ is found in the book

            A)        Indian Renaissance                       

B)        My experiment with truth

            C)        Jataka tales                          

D)        Anandmath

            Ans : (D)

31.       The founder of the sabarmathi ashram at Ahamadabad was

            A)        Gandhiji                                

B)        Aurobindo Ghosh

            C)        Gokahle                                

D)        Tilak

            Ans : (A)

32.       Who was the prime minister of Britain when Indian got independence?

            A)        Churchill                              

B)        Mountbatten

            C)        Irwin                          

D)        Attlee

            Ans : (D)

33.       Consider the following statements:

            I.          Lord Mountbatten was the first Governor general of free India                      

II.         C. Rajagopalachari was the first Indian Governor General of free India

            III.        C. Rajagopalachari was the last Governor General of free India                   

IV.       Vallabahi patal succeeded C. Rajaji as Governor General

Of these statements:

A)  I alone is correct

B)  I and II are correct

C)  I, II and III are correct

D)  All are correct

            Ans : (C)

34.       The first ever rail travel in India started from

            A)        Bombay of Madras                          

B)        Madras to Calcutta

            C)        Bombay to Thane                           

D)        Delhi to Madras

            Ans : (C)

35.       The harappan culture flourished between

            A)        3250 BC-2750 BC                          

B)        100 AD-1000 AD

            C)        1000 BC-500 BC                             

D)        500 AD-1000 AD

            Ans : (A)

36.       Mahayana Buddhism came into existence during the reign of

            A)        Ajatashatru                           

B)        Ashoka

            C)        Kanishka                              

D)        Vikramadithya

            Ans : (D)

37.       Muhammed-bin-Tughlaq shifted his capital from Delhi to

            A)        Kannuj                                  

B)        Devagiri

            C)        Agra                           

D)        Ahmadabad

            Ans : (B)

38.       William Hawkins visited the Mughal court during the reign of

            A)        Akbar                         

B)        Jahangir

            C)        Shahjahan                           

D)        Aurangzeb

            Ans : (B)

39.       Which of the following is correctly matched?

            A)        Regulating Act                                             -  1773                                   

B)        Pitts India Act                                                -  1763

            C)        Minto – Morley Reforms                              -  1907                                   

D)        Montague – Chelmsford reforms              -  1909

            Ans : (A)

40.       The person who championed the cause of untouchability was

            A)        Dr. Ambedkar                                   

B)        Raja Rammohan Roy

            C)        Annie Besent                      

D)        Bala  Gangadhar Tilak

            Ans : (A)

41.       The first viceroy of India was

            A)        Lord Canning                                  

B)        Lord Curzon

            C)        Lord Dalhousie                               

D)        Lord Minto

            Ans : (A)

42.       ‘Mattavilasaprahasana’ was written by

            A)        Mahendra Varman I                                   

B)        Narasimha Varman I

            C)        Nathamuni                           

D)        Nambiandaer Nambi

            Ans : (A)