TNPSC - Group II Exam-Topic-wise analysed questions and answers -History-Part 3

 TNPSC - Group II Exam-Topic-wise analysed questions and answers -History-Part 3

51.       Who is considered as the father of Indian Renaissance ?

            A)        Raja Rammohan Ray

            B)        B. Rabindranatha Tagore

            C)        B.M. Malabari

D)        M.G. Ranade

          Ans : (A)

52.       The central teaching(s) of the Vedas is/are

            A)        Karma only                            B)        Jnana only

            C)        both Karma and Jnana

D)        none of these

Ans : (C)

53.       Who was the last Governor General of the English East India Company?

            A)        Lord Canning                       B)        William Bentinck

            C)        Robert Clive                          D)        Lord Ripon

Ans : (A)

54.       Darsana is

            A)        the vision of truth                 B)        the vision of God

            C)        the way of life                       D)        none of these

Ans : (A)

TNPSC GROUP – II 

March – 2009

55.       Who among the following rulers was called ‘ Kaviraja’?

            A)        Kumaragupta – I

            B)        Chandragupta - I

            C)        Chandragupta Vikramaditya

D)        Samudragupta

Ans : (D)

56.       The period of religious unrest in India was

            A)        6^th Century B.C                    B)        5^th Century B.C

            C)        4^th Century B.C                    D)        3^rd Century B.C

Ans : (A)

57.       Mahaveera is otherwise called as

            A)        Siddhartha                            B)        Gautama

            C)        Vardhamana                         D)        Rishabhadeva

Ans : (C)

58.       Brihaspati was the founder of

            A)        Carvaka                                 B)        Buddhism

            C)        Jainism                                  D)        Mimamsa

Ans : (A)

59.       The world ‘ Samkhya’ means

            A)        Quality                                   B)        Quantity

            C)        Number                                  D)        Sakti

Ans : (C)

60.       Arya samaj was founded by

            A)        Raja Rammohan Roy                    

B)        Dayanand Saraswati

            C)        Blavatsky      

            D)        A.S. Olcott

Ans : (B)

61.       Madhva school recognises

            A)        Pancha Vrata                       B)        Pancha bhava

            C)        Pancha Vakya                      D)        Pancha Bheda

Ans : (D)

62.       During whose rule Sati was not practised?

            A)        Chera                                     B)        Pandiya

            C)        Pallava                                   D)        Chola

Ans : (C)

63.       Aryans not only came into India but also infused their culture with Tamil culture through

            A)        music and dance                

B)        agriculture

            C)        family system

D)        sculpture

Ans : (C)

64.       In the history of the Freedom Movement of India, the year 1930 is associated with

            A)        Non- cooperation Movement

            B)        Civil disobedience movement

            C)        Quit India movement

D)        Swadeshi movement

Ans : (B)

 

 TNPSC GROUP – II 

Nov – 2007

65.       Who among the following was the first to make use of artillery in warfare in India?

            A)        Babur

            B)        Ibrahim Lodi

            C)        Sher Shah

D)        Akbar

Ans : (A)

66.       ‘ Kathak’ is the principal classical dance of

            A)        North India                B)        Orissa

            C)        Kerala                                    D)        Karnataka

Ans : (A)

67.       The kinds of souls according to Saiva Siddhanta are

            A)        two                              B)        three

            C)        four                             D)        five

Ans : (B)

68.       The world Tattva Darsana means

            A)        Nyaya Shakti

            B)        Vision of Truth

            C)        True Bhakti

D)        Vision of Light

Ans : (B)

69.       Choose the correct answer:

            A)        Kanniyakumari                     :           Vivekananda

            B)        Kurunji Salai                         :           Sri Aurobindo

            C)        Hanuman Mandir                :           Gandhiji

D)        Sabarmathi Asram               :           Sri Ramakrishna paramahamsa

Ans : (A)

70.       The Bhagavad Gita consists of

            A)        12 chapters                                       B)        14 chapters

            C)        16 chapters                                       D)        18 chapters

Ans : (D)

71.       Who was the founder of the English newspaper “The Hindu”?

            A)        G. subraminiya Iyer

            B)        R. Venkata Rajulu

            C)        Jagannatha Achariyar

D)        Rajagopalacharia

Ans : (A)

72.       In which of the following year did Jeevanantham start the Journal

‘ Janasakti’?

            A)        1917                           B)        1927

            C)        1937                           D)        1947

Ans : (C)

73.       Primitive man first learnt to

            A)        make fire                    B)        tame animals

            C)        make a wheel           D)        grow grain

Ans : (A)

74.       Aryapadi Katantha Neduncheliyan belongs to

            A)        Pallava dynasty

            B)        Chola dynasty

            C)        Pandya dynasty

D)        Chera dynasty

Ans : (C)

TNPSC GROUP – II 

May – 2007

75.       Who was the first Muslim ruler of Delhi?

            A)        Iltutmish                    

B)        Balban

            C)        Qutbuddin Aibak

D)        Mahmud of Ghazni

Ans : (C)