TNPSC - GK History related questions and answers

Hello Readers, Please find below some History related GK questions and answers for the same.

1) Arya Samaj was started by
 A.    Swami Vivekananda
 B.    Raja Ram Mohan Roy
 C.    Swami Dayanand Saraswati
 D.    Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Answer : C.

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2) Who is known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’?
 A.    C. Rajagopalachari
 B.    Dadabhai Naoroji
 C.    Lala Lajpat Rai
 D.    Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Answer : B.

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3) Which of the following was a recommendation of Hunter’s Commission?
 A.    Women’s education
 B.    New regulation for the organized senates system
 C.    Gradual withdrawal of state support from higher education
 D.    Introduction of civic education at college and university level

Answer : A.

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4) Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
1. Warren Hastings – Regulating Act
2. Cornwallis – Permanent Land Settlement
3. Wellesley – Subsidiary Alliance
4. Dalhousie – Abolition of Sati
 A.    1 and 3
 B.    1, 2 & 4
 C.    1, 2 & 3
 D.    2 and 3

Answer : D.


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5) The theory of economic drain of India during British imperialism was propounded by
 A.    M. K. Gandhi
 B.    Jawaharlal Nehru
 C.    Dadabhai Naoroji
 D.    R. C. Dutt

Answer : C.

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6) Arrange the following in chronological order, who administered as Governor Generals of India.
1. Wellesley
2. Cornwallis
3. Warren Hastings
4. Dalhousie
 A.    3,2, l, 4
 B.    1,2,4, 3
 C.    4, 2, 3, 1
 D.    4, 1, 2,3

Answer : A.

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7) Who amongst the following was involved in the Alipore Bomb case?
 A.    S. N. Banerjea
 B.    Bipin Chandra Pal
 C.    Jatin Das
 D.    Aurobindo Ghosh

Answer : C.

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8) Gandhiji wanted that the students should spend their vacations in
 A.    studies
 B.    Games
 C.    Social service
 D.    None of these

Answer : C.

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9) Which one of the following upheavals took place in Bengal immediately after the Revolt of 1857?
 A.    Sanyasi Rebellion
 B.    Santal Rebellion
 C.    Indigo Disturbances
 D.    Pabna Disturbances

Answer : C.

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10) Which of the following was not founded by Dr.B. R. Ambedkar?
 A.    Deccan Education Society
 B.    Samaj Samata Sangh
 C.    Peoples Education Society
 D.    Depressed Classes Institute

Answer : A.