Tnpsc interview questions – page 2

Of the following words in the Preamble of the Constitution of India which was not inserted through the Constitution (42nd) Amendment Act, 1976?

1. Integrity
2. Dignity
3. Socialist
4. Secular

Which of the following is correct?

1. Social equality is guaranteed in our Constitution
2. Social equality is not guaranteed in our Constitution
3. Social equality already existed in our country
4. None of the above

In which Amendment, the words ‘Socialist’, ‘Secular’ and ‘Unity and Integrity of the Nation’ were added to the Preamble of Constitution of India?

1. 42nd
2. 44th
3. 52nd
4. 54th

The constitution begins with a short statement of its basic values which is known as

1. Summary
2. Folio
3. Index
4. Preamble

Indian Constitution declares India Secular State. This means that

1. The State regards religion as a private affair of the citizen and does not discriminate on this basis
2. Religions are patronized by the State
3. Religious worship is not allowed
4. None of the above

In South India the Salt Satyagraha march was led by

1. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
2. Kamaraj
3. Rajagopalachariar
4. Gandhiji

Swaraj party was formed at

1. Allahabad
2. Delhi
3. Chauri Chaura
4. Alipore prison

After Jallianwalabagh Massacre Rabindranath Tagore

1. Kingship
2. Lordship
3. Knightship
4. Leadership

The leader of depressed classes was

1. V.O.C. Pillai
2. Subramaniya Siva
3. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
4. Rajagopalachariar

Separate state for Muslims was demanded by

1. Ali brothers
2. Jinnah
3. Nethaji
4. Nawab Salimullah

The first Indian Governor-General of Free India was

1. Rajaji
2. Jinnah
3. Nehru
4. Gandhi

To protest against the injustice done to Turkey by the British, the Ali brothers started the

1. Muslim League
2. Swaraj party
3. Khilafat movement
4. Non-co-operation movement

The Prime Minister at the time of Interim Government was

1. Gandhiji
2. Patel
3. Rajaji
4. Nehru

In 1929, the Lahore session of Congress met under the president ship of

1. Rajaji
2. Nethaji
3. Nehruji
4. Gandhiji

The British General connected with the Jallianwalabagh tragedy was

1. Col. Manson
2. Sir Arthur Wellesly
3. General Dyer
4. Major Sleeman

India became free on

1. 1 May 1947
2. 14 November 1948
3. 26 January 1950
4. 15 August 1947

India became a Republic on

1. 26 August 1947
2. 26 January 1950
3. 15 August 1947
4. 26 January 1935

The second World War broke out in the year

1. 1937
2. 1939
3. 1941
4. 1942

Rowlatt Act was passed in

1. 1917
2. 1918
3. 1919
4. 1921

The Swaraj party was formed by

1. Tilak
2. Gandhiji
3. Nehru
4. C. R. Das

The significant latitude that goes across India

1. Polar Circle
2. Equator
3. Tropic of Cancer
4. Tropic of Capricorn

India holds ___ percent of the world’s population.

1. 15
2. 16
3. 20
4. 25

The Peninsula east of India

1. Iberia
2. Italy
3. Arabia
4. Indo-china

The administrative divisions of the country were reorganized in

1. 1947
2. 1956
3. 1960
4. 1961

The land that consists of homogeneous geographical features is called

1. World
2. Continent
3. Country
4. Region