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1.  
[AAO & AHO 2024] Hindu Religious Endowment Act was introduced in

Correct Answer: C [1926]

Notes:

The Justice Party government brought the Madras Hindu Religious Endowments Act, which came into force in 1926 (TN textbook date).

2.  
[G-4 2024] Who was honoured with such titles as Rao Sahib (1926), Rao Bahadur (1930) and Divan Bahadur (1936) for his selfless social services?

Correct Answer: A [Rettaimalai Srinivasan]

Notes:

Rettaimalai Srinivasan received Rao Sahib (1926), Rao Bahadur (1930) and Divan Bahadur (1936) for his work for the depressed classes.

3.  
[G-4 2024] Iyothee Thassar founded the Dravida Mahajana Sabha in 1891 and organised the First Conference of the association at

Correct Answer: C [Nilgiris]

Notes:

The first conference of the Dravida Mahajana Sabha was held at Ootacamund in the Nilgiris in 1891.

4.  
[CTSE (ITI) 2024] The play "Brahmo Samaja Natakam" was written by ______.

Correct Answer: B [Kasi Viswanathan]

Notes:

Kasi Viswanatha Mudaliar wrote the Tamil play 'Brahmo Samaja Natakam' (1871) to spread Brahmo Samaj ideas in Tamil Nadu.

5.  
[CTSE (ITI) 2024] Reason and Assertion type:
Assertion [A]: Rettai Malai Srinivasan founded the Adi Dravida Mahajana Sabha in 1893.
Reason [R]: Rettai Malai Srinivasan experienced the horrors of untouchability and worked for the progress of the deprived castes.

Correct Answer: B [Both [A] and [R] are true; and [R] is the correct explanation of [A]]

Notes:

Having suffered untouchability himself, Srinivasan founded the Adi Dravida Mahajana Sabha (1893) to work for the uplift of the depressed classes, so R explains A.

6.  
[CTSE (ITI) 2024] A movement that led to the abolition of the Torture Act, which justified the British system of compulsory taxation is ______.

Correct Answer: A [Madras Native Association]

Notes:

The Madras Native Association's petitions against the use of torture in revenue collection led to the Torture Commission (1855) and the end of the practice.

7.  
[CTSE (IV Post-II) 2024] Which of the following is incorrectly paired?
(1) Ayothi Dasar – Indian Buddhist
(2) Dr. Nadesa Mudaliar – Adi Dravida Mahajana Sabha
(3) Rettaimalai Srinivasan – Madras United League
(4) Varadharajulu Naidu – Madras Presidency Association

Correct Answer: C [(2) and (3) are incorrect]

Notes:

Dr. C. Natesa Mudaliar founded the Madras United League (Dravidian Association), while the Adi Dravida Mahajana Sabha was Rettaimalai Srinivasan's; so pairs (2) and (3) are wrong.

8.  
[G-1B&C 2024] Which of the following organizations were established by Vadalur Vallalar?
(a) Suddhasanmarga Sangam
(b) Samathuva Samajam
(c) Sathya Dharmashala
(d) Sathya Gnanasabha

Correct Answer: C [(a), (c) and (d)]

Notes:

Ramalinga Vallalar founded the Samarasa Suddha Sanmarga Sathya Sangam (1865), the Sathya Dharmashala at Vadalur (1867) and the Sathya Gnana Sabha (1872); he did not found any 'Samathuva Samajam'.

9.  
[APP G-II 2025] Which of the following newspapers are related to South Indian Liberal Federation 1917?
(1) Swadesamitran
(2) Justice
(3) New India
(4) Dravidian

Correct Answer: C [(2) and (4) only]

Notes:

The South Indian Liberal Federation (Justice Party) ran 'Justice' (English) and 'Dravidan' (Tamil); Swadesamitran was a nationalist paper and New India was Annie Besant's paper.

10.  
[APP G-II 2025] Choose the correct statements from the following:
(i) The Madras Native Association was the earliest organisation established in South India
(ii) T. Muthusami was the first Indian judge of the Madras High Court
(iii) V.S. Srinivasanar was an extremist
(iv) Bipin Chandra Pal was a Moderate

Correct Answer: A [(i) and (ii) are correct]

Notes:

The Madras Native Association (1852) was the earliest political body in South India, and T. Muthuswami Iyer became the first Indian judge of the Madras High Court (1877); V.S. Srinivasa Sastri was a Moderate and Bipin Chandra Pal an Extremist.

11.  
[APP G-II 2025] Pure Tamil movement was launched by whom?

Correct Answer: C [Maraimalai Adigal]

Notes:

Maraimalai Adigal launched the Thani Tamil (Pure Tamil) movement in 1916, avoiding Sanskrit words in Tamil.

12.  
[SCE 2025] Which of the following is incorrectly paired?
(1) Robert Caldwell – A comparative Grammar of the Dravidian or South Indian family of languages
(2) P. Sundaranar – Pure Tamil movement
(3) Maraimalai Adigal – Manonmaniam
(4) E.V.R. Periyar – Puratchi

Correct Answer: D [(2) and (3)]

Notes:

The Pure Tamil movement was started by Maraimalai Adigal, while 'Manonmaniam' was written by P. Sundaram Pillai, so pairs (2) and (3) are swapped; Caldwell's grammar and Periyar's 'Puratchi' are correct.

13.  
[SCE 2025] Which of the following is incorrectly paired?
(1) WIA – Women's India Association
(2) AIWC – All India Worker's Congress
(3) HRE – Hindu Religious Education
(4) SILF – South Indian Liberal Federation

Correct Answer: A [(2) and (3)]

Notes:

AIWC stands for All India Women's Conference and HRE for Hindu Religious Endowment, so (2) and (3) are wrong; WIA is the Women's Indian Association and SILF the South Indian Liberal Federation.

14.  
[CTSE (IV Post) 2025] The Madras Mahajana Sabha was established in

Correct Answer: C [1884 C.E.]

Notes:

The Madras Mahajana Sabha was founded on 16 May 1884 by M. Veeraraghavachari, P. Ananda Charlu, P. Rangaiah Naidu and others.

15.  
[CTSE (IV Post) 2025] John Rathinam and ________ established a movement called Dravida Kazhagam and launched a magazine called Dravida Pandian in 1885.

Correct Answer: C [Pandithar Iyothee Thassar]

Notes:

Pandithar Iyothee Thassar, together with Rev. John Rathinam, founded the Dravida Kazhagam and started the journal 'Dravida Pandian' in 1885.

16.  
[CTSE (Non-IV Post) 2025] Find out the correct statement.
(a) Ayothidas Pandithar started a weekly journal called "Oru Paisa Thamizhan".
(b) The Serampore missionaries were the second Evangelical Baptist Missionaries in India.
(c) The Rahnumai Mazdayasnan Sabha was founded in 1851 by the Buddhist.

Correct Answer: A [(a) only]

Notes:

Iyothee Thass started the weekly 'Oru Paisa Tamizhan' in 1907; the Rahnumai Mazdayasnan Sabha (1851) was a Parsi reform body, not Buddhist, and the Serampore Baptists were not the 'second' evangelical mission as stated.

17.  
[CTSE (ITI Post) 2025] Match the following:
(a) Rettaimalai Srinivasan – 1. Madras united league
(b) Dr. C. Natesanar – 2. Thozhilalan
(c) Singaravelar – 3. Dravida Mahajana Sabha
(d) Iyothee Doss – 4. Jeeviya Saritha Surukkam

Correct Answer: B [4 1 2 3]

Notes:

Rettaimalai Srinivasan wrote his autobiography 'Jeeviya Saritha Surukkam', C. Natesanar founded the Madras United League (1912), Singaravelar ran 'Thozhilalan', and Iyothee Thass formed the Dravida Mahajana Sabha (1891).

18.  
[G-2 & 2A 2025] Match correctly the systems/ideologies with their corresponding names:
(a) Report of Ryotwari System – 1. Thanthai Periyar
(b) Panchamer Schools as Adidravida Schools – 2. Thomas Munro and Francis Ellis
(c) Leader fought against Patriarchal Chauvinism – 3. John Rawls
(d) Theory of Justice – 4. Ayothidasar and Singaravelar

Correct Answer: D [2 4 1 3]

Notes:

The Ryotwari report is linked with Thomas Munro (and Francis Ellis), renaming Panchamar schools as Adi Dravida schools with Ayothidasar and Singaravelar, the fight against patriarchy with Periyar, and 'A Theory of Justice' with John Rawls.

19.  
[CTS ITI L-II 2025] "The temple entry Authorisation and Indemnity Act" was passed in ________.

Correct Answer: C [1939]

Notes:

The Madras Temple Entry Authorisation and Indemnity Act was passed in 1939 under C. Rajagopalachari's ministry, following the Madurai Meenakshi temple entry.

20.  
[CTS ITI L-II 2025] Ayothi Dasar was born in ________.

Correct Answer: A [Chennai]

Notes:

Iyothee Thass Pandithar was born in 1845 in Chennai (Madras).

21.  
[APP G-II 2026] Which of the following statement(s) are true about Madras Non-Brahmin Association?
(i) In 1909, two lawyers, P. Subramanyam and M. Purushothaman of Madras High Court, formed an association called Madras Non-Brahmin Association.
(ii) The primary focus of the Madras Non-Brahmin Association was promoting the education for Non-Brahmins.
(iii) Madras Non-Brahmin Association later renamed as Madras Dravidian Association.

Correct Answer: C [(i) and (ii) only]

Notes:

The Madras Non-Brahmin Association (1909) was formed by lawyers P. Subramaniam and M. Purushotham to promote non-Brahmin education; the Madras Dravidian Association was a separate body grown out of C. Natesanar's Madras United League (1912).

22.  
[G-2A Mains 2025] The effects of Independent Tamil Movement:
(1) Tamil Language can maintain its traditional integrity without the loan words from English and Sanskrit
(2) Reclaiming chaste Tamil's glory that was a pride of the Sangam Period
(3) Actively opposing the Hindi language
(4) Avoid Hindi and accept only the English words

Correct Answer: A [(1) and (2) correct]

Notes:

The Thani Tamil movement sought to show that Tamil can function without Sanskrit and English loan words and to restore the purity and glory of Sangam-age Tamil; it was not merely anti-Hindi or pro-English.

23.  
[G-2A Mains 2025] When Madras Mahajana Sabha was started?

Correct Answer: C [May 16, 1884]

Notes:

The Madras Mahajana Sabha was founded on 16 May 1884.

24.  
[G-2A Mains (Revoked) 2026] Which is the correct chronological sequence of the following movements?
(i) East India Association
(ii) Madras Mahajana Sabha
(iii) Madras Native Association
(iv) Indian National Association
Select the answer from the codes given below.

Correct Answer: C [(iii), (i), (iv), (ii)]

Notes:

Madras Native Association (1852), East India Association (1866), Indian National Association (1876), Madras Mahajana Sabha (1884).

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