Tnpsc Gk interview questions

The capital of Nawab of Bengal was

1. Murshidabad
2. Plassey
3. Delhi
4. Calicut

The Austrian War of Succession took place in

1. Asia
2. America
3. Africa
4. Europe

The Battle of Plassey was fought in

1. 1757
2. 1764
3. 1765
4. 1771

In the First Mysore War Hyder Ali was defeated at

1. Pondicherry
2. Mahe
3. Tanjore
4. Changam

The English General was defeated the Indian rulers in the Battle of Buxar was

1. Admiral Watson
2. Lord Clive
3. Major Munro
4. Goldsmith

Atomic Energy Commission was set up in India in the Year

1. 1945
2. 1948
3. 1954
4. 1955

The founder of Atomic Energy Programme in India was

1. D. S. Kothari
2. Sir. C. V. Raman
3. S. S. Bhatnagar
4. H.J. Bhaba

Five year plans are drawn by the

1. Atomic Energy Commission
2. Prime minister’s office
3. National Development Council
4. Planning Commission

Apartheid was practiced in

1. Africa
2. Asia
3. South Africa
4. China

The first non-aligned conference was held at

1. Jakarta
2. Belgrade
3. Dacca
4. Cairo

The first woman president of the U.N. General Assembly was

1. Mrs. Margret Thatcheor
2. Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
3. Mrs. Indira Gandhi
4. Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

India became a member of the U.N.O. in

1. 1944
2. 1945
3. 1946
4. 1947

The Indian Space Research Organisation is situated at

1. Chennai
2. Hyderabad
3. New Delhi
4. Bangalore

The chief architect of India’s foreign policy is

1. Lal Bahadur Sastry
2. Patel
3. Nehru
4. Gandhi

The Planning Commission was set up in the year

1. 1950
2. 1952
3. 1954
4. 1956

The world’s longest Dam is ____

1. Tehri dam
2. Bhakra Nangal
3. Hirakud
4. Damodar

The headquarters of SAARC is

1. New Delhi
2. Male
3. Dacca
4. Kathmandu

The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre was set up at

1. Chennai
2. Mumbai
3. Bangalore
4. Kolkata

Nehru’s government followed the policy of

1. Globalization
2. Mixed Economy
3. Liberalization
4. Privatization

Thugs were active in

1. Himalayan region
2. Gengetic plains
3. Central India
4. South India

La Bourdonnais was the French Governor of

1. Mumbai
2. Kolkata
3. Chennai
4. Mauritius

The First Maratha War took place during the period of

1. Robert Clive
2. Dalhousie
3. Warren Hastings
4. Lord Bentinck

The ruler of Bengal in 1757 was

1. Mir Jafar
2. Mir Kasim
3. Siraj-ud-daulah
4. Shuja-ud-daulah

In 1835 William Bentinck made the following as the official language of India

1. Hindi
2. Urdu
3. English
4. French

Hyder Ali died of

1. Illness
2. Ulcer
3. Cancer
4. Pneumonia

Public Works Department (P.W.D.) was set by ___

1. Lord Wellesley
2. Lord Bentinck
3. Lord Cornwallis
4. Lord Dalhousie

Sir Charles Woods Dispatch was released in ___

1. 1845
2. 1854
3. 1853
4. 1857

Sati was abolished in

1. 1828
2. 1829
3. 1835
4. 1838

General Stuart took part in the

1. First Mysore War
2. Second Mysore War
3. Fourth Mysore War
4. First Maratha War

The Capital of the Carnatic Nawab was

1. Arcot
2. Chennai
3. Karaikal
4. Pondicherry