Wednesday, 14 May 2014

TNPSC Group I Exam-Previous Year Question Paper-Subject wise Analysed Questions-History-Part 2

TNPSC Group I Exam-Previous Year Question Paper-Subject wise Analysed Questions-History-Part 2

TNPSC Preliminary Exam Solved Question paper - 2011

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

List I                                                   List II

a)   Salt Satyagraha         1.  Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy
           b)    Protest against          2.  N. Somayajulu  Devadasi system
           c)     Neil Statue Satyagraha      3.  Kasthuri Ranga Iyengar
           d)    The Hindu                             4.  Vedaranyam

           Codes:
                       a          b          c          d
           A)        4          1          3          2                     
           B)        4          1          2          3
           C)        1          3          2          4
           D)        3          2          4          1
          





Answer: (B)
          





25.     Who laid the foundation of the British Empire?

           A)        Robert                        B)        Lord Napier
           C)        Lord Ripon                D)        Lord Cornwallis
          





Answer: (A)
          





26.     Qutbuddion Aibak was a slave of
           A)        Muizzuddin              
B)        Muhammed of Ghur
           C)        Mohammed of Ghazni       
D)        Khwarizm Shah
          





           Answer: (B)
          




27.     Identify the correct order in which they occurred in India:
           A)        Quit India movement, Non-cooperation movement, Khilafat movement, Civil disobedience movement.
B)        Civil disobedience movement, Khilafat movement. Quit India movement, Non-cooperation movement
           C)        Khilafat movement, Non-cooperation movement, Civil disobedience  movement Quit India movement.
D)        Non- cooperation movement, Quit India movement, Khilafat movement Civil disobedience movement.
          





            Answer: (C)
          





28.     The two major cities of Indus Valley Civilization revealing uniform urban planning were
           A)        Mohenjodaro and Chanhudaro
B)        Mohenjodaro and Lothal
           C)        Mohenjodaro and Dholavira
D)        Mohenjodaro and Harappa
          





           Answer: (D)
          





29.     Which Mughal emperor was defeated by sher shah?
           A)        Babur                        B)        Humayun
           C)        Jahangir                   D)        Aurangzeb

          





Answer: (B)
          





30.     Existence of a League of Tamil states is referred in the
           A)        Girnar inscription
B)        Hathigumpha inscription of Kharavela
           C)        Jambal inscription
D)        Sannati inscription

          





           Answer: (B)
          





31.     The first Mughal Emperor to show interest in painting was
           A)        Akbar                                      B)        Humayun
           C)        Shah Jahan                          D)        Babur
          





           Answer: (D)
          





32.     In which year was the ‘Dyarchy’ introduced?
           A)        1919                           B)        1909
           C)        1935                           D)        1947
          





           Answer: (A)
          





33.     Who among the following Europeans were the first to come to India and
leave India last?
           A)        The Portuguese                   B)        The French
           C)        The English                          D)        The Dutch

          





Answer: (A)

          





34.     What is the name of the famous Indian painter who went on self-exile?
           A)        Gurucharan Das                  B)        Bhagwan Das
           C)        Shyamala                              D)        M.F. Hussain
          





           Answer: (D)

          





35.     Which one of the following is correctly matched?

           A)        Parsvanath               -  Twenty fourth Tirthankara
           B)        Mahavira                   -  Last Tirthankara
           C)        Jatakas                      -  Jain literature                   
D)        Agama siddhanta    -  Buddhist literature
          





Answer: (B)
          





36.     Which of the following dates was assigned to the Indus civilization by
Sir John Marshall?
           A)        3250 - 2750 B.C.                  B)        3500 - 3000 B.C.
           C)        3000 - 2550 B.C.                  D)        3000 - 2000 B.C.
          





           Answer: (A)

          





37.     The Aryans had popular Assemblies, Sabhas and Samitis to check
           A)        on the power of the king
           B)        on the power of Purohita
           C)        on the power of the Army Chief               
D)        on the power of Village head

          





           Answer: (A)
          





38.     Mahatma Gandhi suspended the Non-co-operation movement due to
Chauri Chaura incident in the year?
           A)        1920                           B)        1921
           C)        1922                           D)        1923
          





           Answer: (C)
          





39.     The National calendar based on the Saka Era was adopted from
           A)        22 nd March, 1950              
B)        1 st January, 1950
           C)        22 nd March, 1957              
D)        22 nd August, 1952

          





           Answer: (C)
          





40.     The earliest brick temple in India was built by
           A)        Mauryas                    
B)        Sungas
           C)        vijayanagaras                      
D)        Guptas

          





           Answer: (D)
          





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

List I                                                   List II

a)         Nana Sahib                          1.  Partition of Bengal
           b)         Vellore Mutiny                      2.  1947
           c)         Lord Curzon                          3.  1806
           d)         Indian                                    
                       Independence Act               4.  1857 Revolt

           Codes:
                       a          b          c          d
           A)        4          3          1          2                     
           B)        1          3          2          4
           C)        1          2          3          4
           D)        3          4          1          2
          





Answer: (A)
          





42.     A great exponent of Mahayanism was
           A)        Dharmakirti              
B)        Dingnaga
           C)        Vasubandhu Asanga
D)        Nagarjuna

                      




Answer: (D)



43.     --------- gave the title ‘ Mahatma’ to Gandhiji.
           A)        Jawaharlal Nehru
B)        Motilal Nehru
           C)        Rabindranath Tagore                     
D)        Subhash Chandra Bose
          





           Answer: (C)
          





44.     Pre-history of India can be dated back to
           A)        500000 B.C               B)        50000 B.C.
           C)        5000 B.C.                  D)        1000 B.C.
          





           Answer: (C)
          





45.     The Allahabad pillar inscription was composed by
           A)        Kalidasa                    B)        Samudragupta
           C)        Harisena                    D)        Visakhadatta
          





           Answer: (C)
          





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

List I                                                   List II

a)         Sankaracharya                     1.  Dualism
           b)         Ramanuja                            2.  Vira Saivism
           c)         Madhvacharya                     3.  Advaita
           d)         Basaveswara                        4.  Visistadvaita

           Codes:
                       a          b          c          d
           A)        1          3          2          4                     
           B)        2          3          1          4
           C)        3          4          1          2
           D)        4          2          3          1
          





Answer: (C)
          





47.     The Indian Independence bill was brought in the House of Commons on
           A)        22 nd June, 1947                
B)        4 th June, 1947
           C)        4 th July 1947                      
D)        15 th August, 1947
          





           Answer: (C)
          





48.     The term ‘Brahmadeya’ denotes
           A)        cash granted to the Brahmanas               
B)        taxes imposed on the Brahmanas
           C)        land granted to the Brahmanas
D)        land granted to temples.

          




           Answer: (D)
          





49.     The Red Fort at Delhi was constructed by
           A)        Babur
B)        Akbar
           C)        Jahangir
D)        Shah Jahan
          






Answer: (D)

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