TNPSC - Important Questions and Answers - General Studies

1. Which among the following is a folk dance of India ?
(A) Manipuri 
(B) Garba
(C) Kathakali
(D) Mohiniattam

Answer : Garba

2. Who was the first President of All India Trade Union Congress____
(A) Dewan Chaman Lal 
(B) Lala Lajpat Rai 
(C) N.G. Ranga 
(D) Swami Sahajanand 

Answer: Lala Lajpat Rai

3. Kanpur conspirarcy case was against leaders of_____
(A) Khilafat movement 
(B) Non-cooperation movement 
(C) Communist movement 
(D) Revolutionary movement 

Answer: Communist movement

4. Who had moved a resolution for the Creation of Pakistan in the Muslim League session of 1940 ? 
(A) M.A. Jinnah 
(B) Mohammad Iqbal 
(C) Rahmat Ali 
(D) Khaliqujjaman 

Answer: M.A. Jinnah

5. An anti British outfit 'Abhinava Bharat' was founded by_____
(A) R.G. Bhandarkar 
(B) V.D. Savarkar 
(C) C.R. Das 
(D) Sardar Bhagat Singh 

Answer: V.D. Savarkar

6. Which of the followimg represented the Indian Christians in the First Round Table Conference held at London ? 
(A) Rao Bahadur Srinivasan 
(B) Sir Akbar Hydari 
(C) Sir A.P. Patro 
(D) K.T. Paul 

Answer: Sir A.P. Patro

7. The 'Young India' was started as a weekly by____
(A) The Home Rule Party 
(B) The Extremist Party 
(C) Ghadar Party 
(D) Swaraj Party 

Answer: The Home Rule Party

8. Which of the following said that Mohammad Ali Jinnah was the ‘Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity’ ? 
(A) Sarojini Naidu 
(B) Annie Besant 
(C) Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur 
(D) Aruna Asaf Ali 

Answer: Sarojini Naidu

9. ‘Depressed Classes League’ was established by_____
(A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar 
(B) Babu Jagjiwan Ram 
(C) N.S. Kajrolkar 
(D) Mahatma Jyotiba Phule 

Answer: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

10. Sir Thomas Munro is associated with the land revenue settlement_____
(A) Permanent settlement 
(B) Mahalwari settlement 
(C) Rayotwari settlement 
(D) None of the above 

Answer: Rayotwari settlement

11. Persian weekly 'Miratul Akhbar' was published by_____
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai 
(B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy 
(C) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan 
(D) Maulana Shibli Nomani 

Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy 

12. Prince Elara conquered Ceylon (Now Sri Lanka) in the 2nd Century BC. To which Dynasty of the Dravidian rulers did he belong ?
(A) Chera 
(B) Chola
(C) Pandya 
(D) Pallava

Answer :  Chola

13. Which one of the following was the first to impose censorship of the press ? 
(A) Wellesley 
(B) Hastings 
(C) Johan Adams 
(D) Dalhousie 

Answer: Wellesley

14. On November 1, 1858, Queen Victoria Proclamation was read out at Allahabad by_____
(A) Lord William Bentick 
(B) Lord Canning 
(C) Lord Bernham 
(D) Sir Harcourt Butler

Answer: Lord Canning

15. The prefix 'Mahatma' was added with the name of Gandhi_____
(A) During Champaran satyagrah 
(B) During the satyagrah against Rowlatt Act 
(C) In the Amritsar session of the Indian National Congress 1919 
(D) At the beginning of khilafat movement 

Answer: During Champaran satyagrah

16. The person who returned his token of honour to Government of India on May 30, 1919 was___
(A) Jamnalal Bajaj 
(B) Tej Bahadur Sapru 
(C) Mahatma Gandhi 
(D) Rabindra Nath Tagore 

Answer: Rabindra Nath Tagore

17. Who accused Indian National Congress of practising ‘politics’ of prayer, petition and protest___
(A) Lala Hardayal 
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak 
(C) Subhash Chandra Bose 
(D) Sardar Bhagat Singh 

Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

18. Which of the following sites/monuments in India is not on the UNESCO’s list of World Cultural Heritager ?
(A) Tirupathi-Tirumala Temples 
(B) Agra Fort
(C) Humayun’s Tomb at Delhi 
(D) Keoladeo National Park

Answer : Tirupathi-Tirumala Temples 

19. The city of Delhi was founded by_____?
(A) Chauhans 
(B) Tomaras
(C) Pawaras 
(D) Pratiharas

Answer : Tomaras

20. The American publicist who was with Mahatma Gandhi during his ‘Quit India’ movement was___
(A) Louis Fischer 
(B) William L. Shiver 
(C) Web Miller 
(D) Negley Farson 

Answer: Web Miller