Tamilnadu GK MCQ Quiz - Objective Question with Answer for Tamilnadu GK - Download Free PDF

The correct answer is 14 January 1969.

Key Points

• On January 14, 1969, Madras State was officially renamed Tamil Nadu State, under the presidency of Chief Minister Anna.
• On July 18, 1967, Chief Minister Anna prepared a resolution to change the name of Madras State to Tamil Nadu in English and Tamil languages.
• Tamil Nadu has the third largest urbanized population in the country after Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.

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About Tamil Nadu

Correct Answer 6

Key Points

• In 2009, there were 6 Municipal Corporations in Tamil Nadu: Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore, Tiruchi, Tirunelveli, and Salem.
• While there were 21 Municipal Corporations in Tamil Nadu during the last local body elections, not all were established at the time of the 2009 elections. 

Correct Answer 3)I, II and III are correct

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The correct answer is C. Rajagopalachari.

• C. Rajagopalachari was not a part of the Justice Party.

Key Points

• Justice Party:
  • It was established in the year 1916.
  • It was established by P. Theagaraya Chetty and C. Natesa Mudaliar.
  • The party is officially known as South Indian Liberal Federation.
  • The party headquarter is located in Madras.
  • The party was dissolved in the year 1944.
  • T. Chettiyar, Raja of Panagal, B. Munuswamy Naidu, Raja of Bobbili, E. V. Ramasamy and P. T. Rajan were all related to Justice Party.
  • It was succeeded by Dravidar Kazhagam.

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• C. Rajagopalachari was a part of the Congress party and also the Trustee of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee. 

The correct answer is Parantaka – I.

Key Points

• Parantaka I was a ruler of the Chola kingdom in Tamil Nadu.
  • He ruled for forty-eight years, annexing Pandya.
  • He utilized the spoils of war to donate to numerous temple charities.
  • He invaded the Pandya kingdom in CE 910
  • The Vimana of the famous Nataraja temple at Chidambaram with a golden roof was provided by Parantaka I.
  • He was devout of Siva.
• Nataraja Temple is a Hindu temple located in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu.​
  • It is also referred to as the Chidambaram Nataraja temple.
  • It is dedicated to Nataraja.
  • It is one of the five elemental lingas in the Shaivism pilgrimage tradition.
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• Raja Rajan I was a Chola emperor.
  • He ruled the Chola kingdom between CE 985–1014.
• Raja Rajan I was succeeded by his son Rajendra Chola I.
• The Gangaikonda Cholapuram temple was built by Rajendra Chola I.
• Narasimhavarman I was a king of the Pallava.
  • He ruled the Pallava dynasty from 630–668 AD

The correct answer is Kaveri.

Key Points

Kaveri 

• Kaveri is the longest river in the state of Tamil Nadu.
• The Kaveri River rises on the Brahmagiri Hill of the Western Ghats in southwestern Karnataka state.
• It flows through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in a southeasterly direction for 765 km and descends the Eastern Ghats in a series of great falls.
• The Kaveri River is joined by two tributaries the Hemavati and Lakshmantirtha.
• Brahmagiri hills is a mountain range in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra.
• Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple is located near the Brahmagiri hills.
• The Kaveri Valley flows through Kerala, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu.​

Additional InformationVaigai River: 

• The source of River Vaigai is in the hills of Varushanad.
• It empties into the Palk Strait in the Ramanathapuram district.
• The river flows through Tamil Nadu.
• It passes through the towns of Madurai, Andipatti, and Theni.
• Its chief tributaries are Mangalar, Theniar, Siruliar, and Varaha Nadi.

​Palar River: 

• Palar is a river in South India flowing through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh

Pennar River

• ​The Pennar (also known as Uttara Pinakini) is one of the major rivers of the peninsula.
• The Pennar rises in the Chennakesava hill of the Nandidurg range, in the Chikkaballapura district of Karnataka and flows towards the east eventually draining into the Bay of Bengal.

Correct Answer E.V.R. Periyar

Key PointsE.V.R Periyar :

• Periyar E.V. Ramasamy (1879–1973) was the founder of the Self-Respect Movement.
• He was the son of a wealthy businessman in Erode, Venkatappa and Chinna Thayammal.
• He held official positions of Erode that included the Chairmanship of Municipal Council (1918– 1919). 
• President of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee,he proposed a resolution regarding the rights of “Untouchables” to temple entry. 
• In Vaikom (a town in the then Princely State of Travancore and in present day Kerala), people protested against this practice.
• After the local leaders were arrested Periyar led the movement and was imprisoned.
• The People hailed him as Vaikom Virar (Hero of Vaikom).
• He was disturbed by the caste-based discrimination in the dining hall at the Cheranmadevi Gurukulam (school).
• It was run by V.V.Subramaniam (a Congress leader) with the financial support of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee.

Additional Information Dr.B.R.Ambedkar:

• Ambedkar was born into a Mahar family.
• As a child he experienced what caste prejudice meant in everyday life.
• After returning to India from US in 1919, he wrote extensively about upper caste power in contemporary society.
• In 1927, Ambedkar started a temple entry movement, in which his Mahar caste followers participated.
• Brahman priests were outraged when the Dalits used water from the temple tank. 
• Ambedkar led three such movements for temple entry between 1927 and 1935.

• His aim was to make everyone see the power of caste prejudices within society.

Jyotibaphule:

• Jyotiba Govindrao Phule was born in 1827 in Maharashtra.
• He opened the first school for “untouchables” in 1852 in Poona.
• He launched the Satyashodak Samaj (Truth-Seekers Society) in 1870 to stir the non-Brahman masses to self-respect.
• He opposed child marriage and supported widow remarriage.
• Jyotiba and his wife Savitribai Phule devoted their lives for the uplift of the depressed classes and women.
• He opened orphanages and homes for widows.
• His work, Gulamgiri (Slavery) is an important text that summarized many of his radical ideas.

The Correct Answer is 1924.

Key Points

• The Staff Selection Board, created by the Panagal Ministry in 1924, was made the Pubic Service Commission in 1929.
• Headquarters of this Commission is located in New Delhi. It has seven regional offices one is present in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Additional Information

• Staff Selection Commission (SSC) is an organization under the Government of India to recruit staff for various posts in the various Ministries and Departments of the Government of India and in Subordinate Offices.
• On 26 September 1977, Subordinate Services Commission was renamed as Staff Selection Commission.

Correct Answer The NilgirisKey Points

• The sex ratio represents the number of females per 1000 males.
• The highest sex ratio is found in the Nilgiris district followed by the Thanjavur district.
• The lowest sex ratio is reported in Dharmapuri district followed by Salem district.​

Additional Information

• The district of Kanyakumari has reported the highest literacy rate.
• While Dharmapuri district has the lowest literacy rate.
• A high level of literacy rate is also seen in Chennai, Thoothukudi, the Nilgiris and Kancheepuram districts.

The correct answer is (a) - (4), (b) - (3), (c) - (1), (d) - (2).

Key Points

• Sancharam: Tamil writer, traveller, essayist and scriptwriter S. Ramakrishnan has won the Sahitya Akademi Award for 2018 for his novel Sancharam. S. Ramakrishnan is an influentially important writer of modern Tamil literature.
• Sool: Tamil writer Cho Dharman has won the 2019 Sahitya Akademi award for his novel Sool, depicting the life of the people in the lower rung of society.
• Kaandal Naatkal: Tamil writer Ingulab has won the Sahitya Akademi Award for 2017 for his work Kaandal Naatkal
• Oru Siru Isai: Tamil writer Vannadasan won the Sahitya Akademi Award for 2016 for his work Oru Siru Isai.
  • Hence the correct match is (a) - (4), (b) - (3), (c) - (1), (d) - (2)

List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Tamil: 

The correct answer is Option 1 i.e. 1969.

• Madras State was renamed to Tamil Nadu on 14 January 1969.
• Following Indian Independence, on 15 August 1947, the Madras Presidency became the province of Madras.
• It was established by the Government of India as Madras State on 26 January 1950.
• The State's borders were reorganized according to linguistic lines as a result of the 1956 States Reorganization Act.
• C.N. Annadurai, former chief minister, officially renamed the state as Tamil Nadu on 14 January 1969.
• The capital city of Tamil Nadu is Chennai.

Correct Answer Madurai

Key Points Subash Chandra Bose (1897-1945):

• He passed the Indian Civil Services Examination in 1920.
• He became the General Secretary of the Congress Party in 1927.
• He presided over the annual meeting of the Indian National Congress in December 1928.
• In the Karachi Session of Congress (1931), he spoke about the need for a new Indian variant of Socialism.
• He founded the Independence for India League with Jawaharlal Nehru.
• He was as elected as the President of the Indian National Congress at its Haripura Session (1938) & Tripuri Session (1939).
  • He resigned from Tripuri.
• He founded the Forward Bloc in 1939.
• He addressed Mahatama Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.
• Addressing:
  • Deshbhakto ke Deshbhakt by Mahatama Gandhi.
  • Deshnayak by Rabindranath Tagore.
  • Deshbhakti ki Jawaklant Talwar by Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru.
• Slogans by him:
  • Dilli Chalo.
  • Jai Hind.
• He was the Supreme Commander of the Indian National Army or Azad Hind Fauz.
• Subhas Chandra Bose visited madurai,Tamilnadu.
• After returning from Singapore, he formed the Provincial Government of Free India (Azad Hind Sarkar) on 21st October 1943.
  • Bose became the first Prime Minister of Azad Hind Sarkar.
• In November 1943, the Japanese handed over the administration of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands to INA.
  • Bose renamed Andaman & Nicobar as Sahid & Swaraj.
  • Hence, statement 3 is correct.
• INA captured Kohima in May 1944.

Correct Answers Rettamalai SrinivasanKey Points

• Rettaimalai Srinivasan (1859–1945), was born in 1859 at Kanchipuram.
• He fought for social justice, equality and civil rights of the marginalised in the caste order.
• He experienced the horrors of untouchability and worked for the progress of the deprived castes.
• He founded the Adi Dravida Mahajana Sabha in 1893.
• He served as president of the Scheduled Castes Federation and the Madras Provincial Depressed Classes’ Federation.

Additional Information

• Rettaimalai Srinivasan was honoured with such titles as Rao Sahib (1926), Rao Bahadur (1930) and Divan Bahadur (1936) for his selfless social services.
• His autobiography, Jeeviya Saritha Surukkam (A Brief Autobiography), published in 1939, is one of the earliest autobiographies.
• A close associate of Dr B.R. Ambedkar, he participated in the first and second Round Table Conferences.
• He was a signatory to the Poona Pact of 1932.

Correct Answer Rev. Zieganbalg

 Key Points:

• Tamil Language was the first non European language that went into print. 
• In 1578 "Thambiran Vanakkam" Tamil book was published in Goa.
• In 1709, a full-fledged printing press had been established by Ziegenbalg in Tranquebar , Tamilnadu.
• "Thirukkural" is one of the earliest Tamil literary texts to be published in 1812.