Prepare for Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission examinations with official solutions covering General Studies, Aptitude & Mental Ability, History, Culture, Heritage, and Socio-Political Movements in Tamil Nadu.
Marking scheme: +1.50 marks per correct question, 0.00 negative marking (TNPSC Prelims Pattern).
Choose the right matches in the following pairs:
Given below are an Assertion and a Reason:
Assertion [A]: Databases of the Digital Herbarium simplify taxonomical references.
Reason [R]: Databased images cannot help in confirming a specimen's historical collection data or location.
Assertion and Reason Type.
Assertion [A] : Mendel's law of independent assortment the genes for each character separate and enter the gametes independently of the genes of the others characters.
Reason [R] : Closely located genes assort independently.
Match the following:
| (a) Minamata disease | 1. Nitrate |
| (b) Itai-Itai disease | 2. Mercury |
| (c) Black foot disease | 3. Cadmium |
| (d) Blue baby syndrome | 4. Arsenic |
Consider the statements given below and choose the correct answer:
Assertion [A] : Iron ore is the most widely distributed element of the earth's crust and it rarely occurs in a free state.
Reason [R] : Magnetite is black in colour and has 60% of pure iron.
Match the following:
| 1. Orissa cyclone | (a) 1737 |
| 2. Calcutta cyclone | (b) 1970 |
| 3. Bhola cyclone | (c) 1991 |
| 4. Bangladesh cyclone | (d) 1999 |
Assertion [A] : Tamil Nadu state remains dry during the South West Monsoon season.
Reason [R] : Tamil Nadu coast lies in the rain shadow area of the Arabian sea current and is parallel to the Bay of Bengal current.
Which of the following are examples of nature based solutions for disaster risk reduction mentioned in the Tamilnadu State Disaster Management (TNSDM) Policy?
(i) Wetland Restoration
(ii) Blue - Green infrastructure
(iii) Concrete flood wall construction
(iv) Sponge cities
Which of the following is incorrectly paired?
Which of the following statements are true about Thanthai Periyar
(i) When the Justice party renamed as Dravidar Kazhagam, Thanthai Periyar introduced the flag featured with red circle in black background.
(ii) The flag of Dravida Kazhagam was introduced in Trichy conference.
(iii) The red circle represented the revolutionary thoughts.
Assertion [A]. Reason [R]
Assertion [A] : Subash Chandra Bose believed in war and violence for the liberation of India.
Reason [R] : He subscribed to the Gandhian Principles of Non-violence.
Who was not the founding member of the Muslim League in 1906?
Match the following type :
| (a) Mahakavi Bharathiyar | 1. Chennimalai |
| (b) Kappalottiya Thamizhan V.O. Chidambaranar | 2. Vathalagundu |
| (c) Subramaniya Siva | 3. Ettayapuram |
| (d) Tiruppur Kumaran | 4. Ottapidaram |
Reason and Assertion Type.
Assertion [A]: On April 8, 1929 C.E. revolutionaries Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw bombs into the Central Legislative Assembly.
Reason [R]: Bhaghat Singh and B.K. Dutt were against the passage of the Public Safety Bill and the Trade Disputes Bill.
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(i) Lord Cornwallis – Subsidiary Alliance
(ii) Lord Dalhousie – Permanent Settlement of Bengal
(iii) Lord Lytton – Doctrine of Lapse
(iv) Lord Curzon – Partition of Bengal
Arrange the following events in chronological order :
(1) The Arya Samaj
(2) Ramakrishna Mission
(3) Brahmo Samaj
(4) Prarthana Samaj
Reason and Assertion type:
Assertion [A] : The Qadiriya order of Sufism had been popularised in the Punjab by Sheik Kalimullah.
Reason [R] : The Qadiriya order of Sufism strongly supported the doctrine of Wahdat-al-Wajud (Unity of being).
Assertion [A] Reason [R]
Assertion [A] : A medieval Historian Zia-ud-din Barani encouraged the inclusion of Neo-Muslims into Aristocracy.
Reason [R] : Balban's son Prince Muhammed valued knowledge and talent than noble-birth.
Assertion [A] Reason [R]
Assertion [A] : India conducted Operation Blue Star in May 2025.
Reason [R] : Pakistan backed terror attack was launched in Pahalgam, and 26 innocent civilians were killed.
Match the following events based on the year of introduction:
| (a) Blue Revolution | 1. 1965 |
| (b) White Revolution | 2. 1974 |
| (c) Green Revolution | 3. 1985 |
| (d) Total Revolution | 4. 1970 |
Which of the following is incorrectly paired?
(1) Bismilla Khan – Tabla
(2) T.N. Krishnan – Violinist
(3) Zahir Hussain – Shenoi
(4) Ravi Shankar – Sitar
Identify the country does not have a Federal System of Government.
University of Madras was started based on whose report?
Match the following:
| Subject | Year |
|---|---|
| (a) India's membership of the commonwealth | 1. 1950 |
| (b) India adopted National Anthem | 2. 1949 |
| (c) India adopted National Flag | 3. 1948 |
| (d) First draft of the Constitution Published | 4. 1947 |
Arrange the following items in chronological order according to the parts of the Indian constitution:
(1) Elections
(2) Official languages
(3) Panchayat Raj
(4) Union Territories