TNPSC General Tamil Important Questions with Answers Download as PDF

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1. The arrival of Vasco da Gama in Calicut, India on ______

a) 1398 

b) 1495 

c) 1496 

d) 1498

2. Diu was the colony of the ______

a) Portuguese 

b) English 

c) Dutch 

d) French

3. In 1612 _______ established a trading post in Gujarat.

a) British 

b) French 

c) Spain 

d) Dutch

4. In 1614 Sir Thomas Roe was instructed by _______ to visit the court of Jahangir, the Mughal emperor of India.

a) James I 

b) Babar 

c) Shajahan 

d) Humayun

5. In 1661 the company obtained _______ from Charles II.

a) Bombay 

b) Madras 

c) Kannur 

d) Calcutta

6. In 1650 Gabriel Boughton, an employee of the Company obtained a license for trade in _______

a) Bengal 

b) Orissa 

c) Mysore 

d) Surat

7. Year of the Battle of Plassey is _______

a) 1557 

b) 1657 

c) 1757 

d) 1857

8. Year of the Battle of Wandiwash is _______

a) 1560 

b) 1660 

c) 1760 

d) 1860

9. Year of the Battle of Buxar is _______

a) 1764 

b) 1767 

c) 1784 

d) 1864

10) Warren Hastings was appointed as the Governor of _______ in 1772.

a) Bengal 

b) Madras 

c) Bombay 

d) Delhi

Answers

1.d 

2.a 

3.a 

4.a 

5.a 

6.a

7.c 

8.c 

9.a 

10.a

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