TNPSC General Tamil Important Questions with Answers Download as PDF

1. In which year Delhi became the capital of India? – 1911 
2. Who led the agitation against the Partition of Bengal (1905)? – Surendranath Banerjee 
3. In Indus Valley, which one indicates the commercial and economic development? – Seals 
4. Which transferred his capital from Patliputra to Vaishali? – Shishunaga 
5. Which was initially the most powerful city state of Indian in the 6th century B.C.? – Magadh 
6. To which dynasty did Senguttuvam belong? – Chera 
7. In which century did Ashoka reign? – Third century B.C. 
8. Which is the most important divinity of Rigveda? – Varuna 
9. Which animal was known to ancient Vedic people? – Lion 
10. What is Apabhramsa? – a work of the Jains 
11. Who was a contemporary of Chingiz Khan? – Iltutmish 
12. From which place did the Aryans came to India from– Central Asia 
13. In which reign was the first Buddhist Council held? – Ajatashatru 
14. Who destroyed the group of Forty Nobles? – Balban 
15. Which Mughal emperor’s tomb is outside India? – Jahangir 
16. Who established the earliest Surat factories? – English Company
17. Knowledge about the- existence of which animal is doubtful in the Indus Valley Civilization? – Cat 
18. Who presided over the first Buddhist Council held at Rajgriha ? – Maha Kasyapa 
19. Which region did not form the part of Ashoka's empire? – Madras 
20. Which Mughals is regarded more as an adventurer than a ruler? – Babar 
21. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal? – Warren Hastings 
22. Who was the first Non-Indian (Englishman) to preside over a Congress session ? – George Yule 
23. Who attended all the three Round Table Conferences? – B. R. Ambedkar 
24. In which region of India was the Firdausi order of Sufism popular? – Bihar 
25. Who could not term as a ‘Moderate’? – Bipin Chandra Pal