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TNPSC Group 4 2025 question paper with answer key
2025 · G4
Questions 165 to 168 of 200
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Question 165
Match the following type : (a) Iyotheethass Pandithar (b) Ramalinga Adigal (c) Jotiba Phule (d) Syed Ahmed Khan 1. Tahdhip-ul-Akhluq 2. Gulamgiri 3. Thiruvarutpa 4. Oru Paisa Tamilan (a) (b) (c) (d)
- A. 1 2 3 4
- B. 4 3 2 1
- C. 4 3 1 2
- D. 1 2 4 3
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. 4 3 2 1
Final answer key
Source: Combined Civil Services Examination-IV (Group-IV Services) 2025, question booklet CCSEIVGT/2025, Part A Tamil Eligibility-cum-Scoring Test, Part B General Studies and Part C Aptitude and Mental Ability, subject code 496, published with the tentative answer key (CCSEIVGT/2025 page 95, question 165; final answer key 17.11.2025, S.No. 165: B)
Question 166
Assertion [A] : K.M. Balasubramanian, author of South Indian Celebrities compared Dr. C. Natesa Mudaliyar to Mahathma Gandhi. Reason [R] : He was the epitome of love, character, tolerance, compromise and he was the heart of Justice Party.
- A. [A] is true but [R] is false
- B. Both [A] and [R] are true and [R] is the correct explanation of [A]
- C. [A] is false [R] is true
- D. Both [A] and [R] are true but [R] is not the correct explanation of [A] is correct
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Both [A] and [R] are true and [R] is the correct explanation of [A]
Final answer key
Source: Combined Civil Services Examination-IV (Group-IV Services) 2025, question booklet CCSEIVGT/2025, Part A Tamil Eligibility-cum-Scoring Test, Part B General Studies and Part C Aptitude and Mental Ability, subject code 496, published with the tentative answer key (CCSEIVGT/2025 page 96, question 166; final answer key 17.11.2025, S.No. 166: B)
Question 167
Which of the following statements are true about Ramalinga Adigal? (i) He said that apart from musical Instruments the mind should unite. (ii) He started night schools for farmers. (iii) He said that through human charity one should get full benefit in life and be one with God.
- A. (i) only
- B. (i) and (iii) only
- C. (i) and (ii) only
- D. (ii) and (iii) only
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. (i) and (iii) only
Final answer key
Source: Combined Civil Services Examination-IV (Group-IV Services) 2025, question booklet CCSEIVGT/2025, Part A Tamil Eligibility-cum-Scoring Test, Part B General Studies and Part C Aptitude and Mental Ability, subject code 496, published with the tentative answer key (CCSEIVGT/2025 page 97, question 167; final answer key 17.11.2025, S.No. 167: B)
Question 168
Assertion [A] : In 1930 Muthulakshmi Ammaiyar introduced in the Madras Legislative Council a Bill on the prevention of the dedication of woman of Hindu temples in the ‘Presidency of Madras’. Reason [R] : The Bill which later became the Devadasi Abolition Act, declared the “Pottukattu Ceremony” Illegal.
- A. [A] is true but [R] is false
- B. [A] is false but [R] is true
- C. Both [A] and [R] are true and [R] is the correct explanation of [A]
- D. Both [A] and [R] are true but [R] is not the correct explanation of [A]
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Both [A] and [R] are true and [R] is the correct explanation of [A]
Final answer key
Source: Combined Civil Services Examination-IV (Group-IV Services) 2025, question booklet CCSEIVGT/2025, Part A Tamil Eligibility-cum-Scoring Test, Part B General Studies and Part C Aptitude and Mental Ability, subject code 496, published with the tentative answer key (CCSEIVGT/2025 page 98, question 168; final answer key 17.11.2025, S.No. 168: C)