States PCS: Tamil Nadu GK Questions for TNPSC Examinations
For all Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) exams including Group 1, Group 2, Group 4, VAO, and more.
21. Which early historic site in Erode district has yielded evidence of iron-working and bead manufacture?
[A] Arikkamedu
[B] Keezhadi
[C] Kodumanal
[D] Porunthal
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Correct Answer: C [Kodumanal]
Notes:
Excavations at Kodumanal have revealed iron-working furnaces and evidence of bead manufacture. The finds identify it as a centre of specialised craft production.
22. Which Ettuthogai anthology contains short akam poems, generally four to eight lines long?
[A] Kuruntokai
[B] Purananuru
[C] Akananuru
[D] Natrinai
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Correct Answer: A [Kuruntokai]
Notes:
Kuruntokai contains short poems on akam themes, especially love. It belongs to the Eight Anthologies, or Ettuthogai.
23. The Bengal ruler Mahipala I, defeated during Rajendra Chola I’s northern expedition, belonged to which dynasty?
[A] Rashtrakutas
[B] Gurjara-Pratiharas
[C] Palas
[D] Senas
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Correct Answer: C [Palas]
Notes:
Mahipala I belonged to the Pala dynasty of Bengal. Rajendra I’s expedition did not establish permanent Chola rule over Bengal.
24. Which of these Pallava monuments at Mamallapuram is a structural temple built from dressed stone blocks?
[A] Pancha Rathas
[B] Shore Temple
[C] Varaha Cave Temple
[D] Descent of the Ganges relief
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Correct Answer: B [Shore Temple]
Notes:
The Shore Temple is a structural temple built from stone blocks. The Pancha Rathas and cave temples were cut from the living rock.
25. Which feature of the Brihadisvara Temple at Thanjavur provides direct written evidence of Chola temple administration?
[A] The height of its vimana
[B] Its sculptural style alone
[C] Its wall inscriptions
[D] The orientation of its entrance
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Correct Answer: C [Its wall inscriptions]
Notes:
Inscriptions on the temple walls record administrative, economic and organisational details. They are primary evidence for the functioning of the Chola temple.
26. Who composed the Tamil work Periyapuranam, also called Tiruttondar Puranam?
[A] Kambar
[B] Ilango Adigal
[C] Sekkizhar
[D] Thiruvalluvar
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Correct Answer: C [Sekkizhar]
Notes:
Sekkizhar composed Periyapuranam in the twelfth century. It recounts the lives of the Shaiva saints known as Nayanmars.
27. Periyapuranam primarily narrates the lives of which group?
[A] The Alvars
[B] The Jain Tirthankaras
[C] The Nayanmars
[D] The Buddhist Arhats
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Correct Answer: C [The Nayanmars]
Notes:
Periyapuranam narrates the lives of the Nayanmars, the Shaiva poet-saints. It is a major work of Tamil Shaiva devotional literature.
28. Who established the independent Madurai Sultanate after breaking with the Delhi Sultanate?
[A] Malik Kafur
[B] Alauddin Khalji
[C] Jalaluddin Ahsan Shah
[D] Muhammad bin Tughlaq
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Correct Answer: C [Jalaluddin Ahsan Shah]
Notes:
Jalaluddin Ahsan Shah established the independent Madurai Sultanate in the fourteenth century. He had previously governed Ma’bar under Delhi.
29. Which organisation was popularly known as the Justice Party in the Madras Presidency?
[A] Madras Mahajana Sabha
[B] Madras Native Association
[C] South Indian Liberal Federation
[D] Madras Presidency Association
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Correct Answer: C [South Indian Liberal Federation]
Notes:
The South Indian Liberal Federation became known as the Justice Party after its English newspaper, Justice.
30. The ancient port of Korkai is associated with pearl fisheries along which coastal waterbody?
[A] Gulf of Khambhat
[B] Palk Bay
[C] Gulf of Mannar
[D] Gulf of Kutch
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Correct Answer: C [Gulf of Mannar]
Notes:
Korkai was an important Pandya port associated with the pearl fisheries of the Gulf of Mannar. Changes in the coastline have left the ancient port site inland.
