TNPSC Exam-GROUP- IV - Subject wise analysed Previous Year questions and Answers-History-Part-1

TNPSC Exam-GROUP- IV - Subject wise analysed Previous Year questions and Answers-History-Part-1

 TNPSC GROUP – IV  2012

HISTORY

1.         In India, the first Agriculture Research Centre was started by

            A)        Lord Lytton                B)        Lord Curzon

            C)        Lord Canning           D)        Lord Ripon

            Ans : (B)

2.         Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A): The partition of Bengal in 1905 provided a spark for the rise if extremism in the Indian National movement

Reason (B) : Curzon’s real motives were to divide the Hindus and Muslims in Bengal and to break the growth of Bengali nationalism.

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

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

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

C)  (A) is true, but (R) is false

D)  (A) is false, but (R) is true

Ans : (A)

3.         Arrange the following in chronological order :

            I)          Same Veda               II)         Rig Veda

            III)        Yajur Veda                IV)       Atharva Veda

            of these

            A)        I, III, II & IV                  B)        III, IV, I & II

            C)        IV, I, II, & III                 D)        II, III, I & IV

            Ans : (D)

4.         Arrange the following periods in a chronological order :

            I)          Neolithic period        II)         Mesolithic period

            III)        Chatcolithic period IV)       palaeolithic period

of these

            A)        II, III, I & IV                  B)        IV, II, I & III

            C)        I, III, II & IV                  D)        III, I, IV & II

            Ans : (B)

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

                                    List – I                                                List – II

            a)         Justice Party                        1.         E.V. Ramasamy Periyar

            b)         Devadasi system                 2.         Dr. S. Dharmambal

            c)         Vaikam Hero                       3.         Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy

            d)         Veera Tamilannai               4.         Thiyagaraja Chetty

            Codes :

                        a          b          c          d

            A)        4          3          1          2

            B)        1          2          3          4

            C)        2          3          4          1

            D)        4          2          1          3

Ans : (A)

6.         Which one of the following is incorrectly matched ?

            A)        Bhonise                          -           Nagpur

            B)        Holkar                             -           Indore

            C)        Peshwa                           -           Delhi

            D)        Scindia                           -           Gwalior

Ans : (C)

7.         Which one of the following is incorrectly matched ?

            A)        Swaraj                         -      C.R. Das

            B)        Forward Bloc              -      Subhash Chandra Bose

            C)        Muslim League           -       Nawab Salimullah Khan

            D)        Justice Party               -        E.V.R. Periyar

Ans : (D)

8.         Which one of the following is incorrectly matched ?

            A)        Delhi Durbar                                     -           S.N. Bannerjee

            B)        Abhinava Bharat                              -           Savarkar Brother

            C)        Indian Association                           -           Dadabhai Baoroji

            D)        Servant of India Society                 -           W.C. Bannerjee

Ans : (B)

9.         Which one of the following is incorrectly matched ?

            A)        New army regulations            -       Vellore muti

            B)        Sir John Cradock                    -      Commander – in - Chief

            C)        Lord William Benthinck           -     Governor of Madras

            D)        4^th Regiment rose in               -     Colonel Forbes

                        revolt against

Ans : (D)

10.       In the context of consumerism, the term ‘Aparigraha’ means

            A)        Limiting our wants              

            B)        Satisfying with minimum needs                           

            C)        Satisfying only what is necessary                       

            D)        all of these.                                                  

Ans : (D)

11.       The King who built the Kanchi Kailasanath temple is

            A)        Rajasimman                          B)        Mahendran II                                   

            C)        Narasimma varman I           D)        Nandi Varman III.                                        

Ans : (A)

TNPSC GROUP – IV  2011

12.       The Graduation of  Akbar was

            A)        Bairam Khan                       

B)        Chand Bibi

            C)        Sher Shan   

D)        Rani Durgawati

            Ans : (A)

13.       Jina means

            A)        Conqueror    

B)        Great hero

            C)        Enlightened man    

D)        Priest

            Ans : (A)

14.       The British Viceroy responsible for involving Indians in the Second World

War was

            A)        Sir Stafford Cripps              

B)        Pethick Lawrence

            C)        Linlithgow    

D)        A.V. Alexander

            Ans : (C)

15.       Sati was abolished in

            A)        1828                                       B)        1829

            C)        1835                                       D)        1838

            Ans : (B)

16.       The headquarters of the Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission is situated at

            A)        Trichy                                     B)        Madurai

            C)        Chennai                                D)        Tirupur

            Ans : (C)

17.       The first woman doctor in Tamil Nadu is

            A)        Pandit Ramabai                              

B)        Dr. Annie Besant

            C)        Dr. Muthulakshmi                           

D)        Dr. Sarojini Naidu

            Ans : (C)

18.       The most outstanding military leader of Western Bihar in the Great Revolt of 1857 was

            A)        Kunwar Singh                      B)        Govind Singh

            C)        Ranjit Singh                         D)        Bahadur Shah II

            Ans : (A)

19.       In 1025 A.D. Mahmud of Ghazhi attacked the most celebrated Hindu temple at

            A)        Khajuraho                             B)        Somnath

            C)        Dilwara                                 D)        Puri Jagannath

            Ans : (B)

20.       The Brahmo Samaj was established by

            A)        Dayanand Saraswathi                               

B)        Raja Rammohan Roy

            C)        Sir Syed Ahmad Khan                   

            D)        Dr. Annie Besand

            Ans : (B)

21.       Rabindranath Tagore renounced his Knighthood as a measure of protest after

            A)        Punjab tragedy                                

B)        Defeat of Germany in World War I

            C)        The Chauri – Chaura incident                             

D)        Gandhiji’s arrest

            Ans : (A)

22.       ‘Swadeshi’ literally means

            A)        Economic boycott                           

B)        Burnt foreign clothes

            C)        One’s own country                         

D)        Boycott foreigh goods

            Ans : (C)

23.       The first Indian Governor-General of free India was

            A)        Gandhiji                                

B)        Nehru

            C)        Jinnah                                  

D)        Rajaji

            Ans : (D)

24.       Mangal Pandey refused to use the greased cartridge and shot down his sergeant at

            A)        Vellore                                   B)        Barrackpore

            C)        Cawnpore                             D)        Meerut

            Ans : (B)