TNPSC Important Questions and Answers of Indian History ( Group 1, Group 2, Group 4 and VAO ) Exams

1. Which of the following journal was not founded by Periyar E.V.R?

(a) Kudi Arasu 

(b) Puratchi 

(c) Viduthalai 

(d) Swarajya

2. Which Act legally recognized the principle of election to the legislative councils?

(a) Act of 1861 

(b) Act of 1892 

(c) Act of 1909 

(d) Act of 1919

3. Who among the following was the chairman of the Constituent Assembly?

(a) Dr. Ambedkar 

(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad 

(c) K.M. Panikkar

(d) Jawaharlal Nehru

4. Which of the following Princely states refused to join the Indian Union?

(a) Hyderabad 

(b) Mysore 

(c) Jaipur 

(d) Travancore

5. For the first time in independent India, a non-Congress ministry was formed under the leadership of

(a) V.P. Singh 

(b) Narasimha Rao 

(c) Morarji Desai

(d) A.B. Vajpayee

6. The Ottoman Turks captured Constantinople in

(a) 1453 

(b) 1533 

(c) 1543 

(d) 1443

7. Who among the following is considered as the father of modern science?

(a) Copernicus 

(b) Francis Bacon 

(c) Kepler 

(d) Newton

8. Madeira and Azores islands were discovered by

(a) Henry 

(b) Bartholomew Diaz 

(c) Columbus 

(d) Magellan

9. Which among the following was not a reason for the Reformation?

(a) The Spirit of enquiry created by the Renaissance

(b) Emergence of nation-states in Europe

(c) The Geographical discoveries

(d) The luxurious life led by the Pope and the Clergy.

10.  Who is considered as the ‘morning star of the Reformation’?

(a) Erasmus 

(b) Martin Luther 

(c) John Huss 

(d) John Wycliffe

Answers

1. (d) Swarajya

2. (c) Act of 1909 

3. (b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad 

4. (a) Hyderabad 

5. (c) Morarji Desai

6. (a) 1453 

7. (b) Francis Bacon 

8. (a) Henry 

9. (c) The Geographical discoveries

10. (d) John Wycliffe