TAMIL NADU GK
Ultimate Tamil Nadu GK Questions and Answers Collection – A comprehensive set of GK questions and answers covering Tamil Nadu’s history, culture, famous personalities, rivers, temples, important places, politics, and current facts. Very useful for competitive exams, quizzes, and general knowledge learners.
1. What is the capital of Tamil Nadu?
A) Madurai
B) Coimbatore
C) Chennai
D) Trichy
Answer: C) Chennai
2. Which is the official language of Tamil Nadu?
A) Telugu
B) Malayalam
C) Kannada
D) Tamil
Answer: D) Tamil
3. Tamil Nadu was formed on which date?
A) 26 Jan 1950
B) 15 Aug 1947
C) 1 Nov 1956
D) 2 Oct 1952
Answer: C) 1 Nov 1956
4. What was the former name of Tamil Nadu?
A) Madras State
B) Carnatic State
C) Dravida Nadu
D) Chola Nadu
Answer: A) Madras State
5. Which river is known as the lifeline of Tamil Nadu?
A) Vaigai
B) Cauvery
C) Thamirabarani
D) Pennar
Answer: B) Cauvery
6. Which district has the highest population in Tamil Nadu?
A) Salem
B) Madurai
C) Chennai
D) Coimbatore
Answer: C) Chennai
7. Which is the largest district in Tamil Nadu by area?
A) Villupuram
B) Tiruvannamalai
C) Salem
D) Kanchipuram
Answer: A) Villupuram
8. What is the state animal of Tamil Nadu?
A) Lion
B) Tiger
C) Nilgiri Tahr
D) Elephant
Answer: C) Nilgiri Tahr
9. What is the state bird of Tamil Nadu?
A) Peacock
B) Parrot
C) Eagle
D) Sparrow
Answer: A) Peacock
10. What is the state flower of Tamil Nadu?
A) Lotus
B) Jasmine
C) Rose
D) Lily
Answer: B) Jasmine
11. What is the state tree of Tamil Nadu?
A) Neem
B) Peepal
C) Palm
D) Banyan
Answer: C) Palm
12. Which sea lies to the east of Tamil Nadu?
A) Arabian Sea
B) Bay of Bengal
C) Indian Ocean
D) Red Sea
Answer: B) Bay of Bengal
13. Which hill station is called the “Queen of Hill Stations”?
A) Kodaikanal
B) Yercaud
C) Ooty
D) Valparai
Answer: C) Ooty
14. Which is the highest peak in Tamil Nadu?
A) Doddabetta
B) Anamudi
C) Agasthiyamalai
D) Velliangiri
Answer: A) Doddabetta
15. Which dam is built across the Cauvery River?
A) Mettur
B) Vaigai
C) Bhavanisagar
D) Amaravathi
Answer: A) Mettur
16. Which is the oldest dam in Tamil Nadu?
A) Mettur Dam
B) Kallanai
C) Vaigai Dam
D) Amaravathi Dam
Answer: B) Kallanai
17. Who built the Kallanai (Grand Anicut)?
A) Rajaraja Chola
B) Karikala Chola
C) Rajendra Chola
D) Ashoka
Answer: B) Karikala Chola
18. Which city is known as the “Manchester of South India”?
A) Salem
B) Tiruppur
C) Coimbatore
D) Erode
Answer: C) Coimbatore
19. Which city is famous for knitwear industry?
A) Erode
B) Tiruppur
C) Salem
D) Karur
Answer: B) Tiruppur
20. Which city is called the “Temple City of Tamil Nadu”?
A) Thanjavur
B) Madurai
C) Kanchipuram
D) Chidambaram
Answer: B) Madurai
21. Kanchipuram is famous for which industry?
A) Carpets
B) Silk sarees
C) Handicrafts
D) Brass works
Answer: B) Silk sarees
22. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Rice Bowl”?
A) Thanjavur
B) Nagapattinam
C) Tiruvarur
D) Trichy
Answer: A) Thanjavur
23. Which dance form originated in Tamil Nadu?
A) Kathak
B) Bharatanatyam
C) Kuchipudi
D) Odissi
Answer: B) Bharatanatyam
24. Which port is the largest in Tamil Nadu?
A) Tuticorin
B) Nagapattinam
C) Chennai Port
D) Cuddalore
Answer: C) Chennai Port
25. Which wildlife sanctuary is famous for elephants?
A) Mudumalai
B) Kalakkad
C) Vedanthangal
D) Guindy
Answer: A) Mudumalai
26. Vedanthangal is famous for which birds?
A) Migratory birds
B) Peacocks
C) Eagles
D) Parrots
Answer: A) Migratory birds
27. Which freedom fighter is associated with V.O. Chidambaram Port?
A) Subramania Bharathi
B) V.O. Chidambaram Pillai
C) Rajaji
D) Periyar
Answer: B) V.O. Chidambaram Pillai
28. Which is the southernmost district of Tamil Nadu?
A) Tirunelveli
B) Kanyakumari
C) Thoothukudi
D) Ramanathapuram
Answer: B) Kanyakumari
29. Which sea meets at Kanyakumari?
A) Arabian Sea & Bay of Bengal
B) Bay of Bengal & Indian Ocean
C) Arabian Sea & Indian Ocean
D) All three
Answer: D) All three
30. Which Tamil poet wrote Thirukkural?
A) Ilango Adigal
B) Thiruvalluvar
C) Kambar
D) Avvaiyar
Answer: B) Thiruvalluvar
51. Where is the statue of Thiruvalluvar located?
A) Chennai
B) Rameswaram
C) Kanyakumari
D) Madurai
Answer: C) Kanyakumari
52. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for salt production?
A) Erode
B) Thoothukudi
C) Karur
D) Dharmapuri
Answer: B) Thoothukudi
53. Which place is known as the “Oxford of South India”?
A) Madurai
B) Thanjavur
C) Coimbatore
D) Chennai
Answer: D) Chennai
54. Which river flows through Madurai?
A) Cauvery
B) Vaigai
C) Thamirabarani
D) Pennar
Answer: B) Vaigai
55. Thamirabarani river originates from which hills?
A) Nilgiri Hills
B) Palani Hills
C) Agasthiyamalai Hills
D) Javadi Hills
Answer: C) Agasthiyamalai Hills
56. Which is the longest river in Tamil Nadu?
A) Vaigai
B) Thamirabarani
C) Cauvery
D) Pennar
Answer: C) Cauvery
57. Which district is famous for turmeric production?
A) Salem
B) Erode
C) Namakkal
D) Dindigul
Answer: B) Erode
58. Which place is famous for lock industry?
A) Salem
B) Vellore
C) Dindigul
D) Tiruchirappalli
Answer: C) Dindigul
59. Which Tamil Nadu city is called the “Textile City”?
A) Coimbatore
B) Tiruppur
C) Erode
D) Salem
Answer: B) Tiruppur
60. Which national park is located in Tamil Nadu?
A) Periyar
B) Bandipur
C) Mudumalai
D) Silent Valley
Answer: C) Mudumalai
61. Which bird sanctuary is the oldest in Tamil Nadu?
A) Point Calimere
B) Pulicat
C) Vedanthangal
D) Karikili
Answer: C) Vedanthangal
62. Which fort is located in Vellore?
A) Gingee Fort
B) Vellore Fort
C) Arcot Fort
D) Sankagiri Fort
Answer: B) Vellore Fort
63. Gingee Fort is also known as?
A) South Indian Troy
B) Hill Fort
C) Rock Fort
D) Golden Fort
Answer: A) South Indian Troy
64. Which district is famous for marble production?
A) Salem
B) Karur
C) Namakkal
D) Krishnagiri
Answer: C) Namakkal
65. Which freedom fighter founded the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company?
A) Subramania Bharathi
B) Rajaji
C) V.O. Chidambaram Pillai
D) Periyar
Answer: C) V.O. Chidambaram Pillai
66. Which place is famous for bronze statues?
A) Swamimalai
B) Kumbakonam
C) Mayiladuthurai
D) Chidambaram
Answer: A) Swamimalai
67. Which Chola king built the Brihadeeswarar Temple?
A) Rajendra Chola I
B) Rajaraja Chola I
C) Karikala Chola
D) Kulothunga Chola
Answer: B) Rajaraja Chola I
68. Brihadeeswarar Temple is located at?
A) Madurai
B) Kanchipuram
C) Thanjavur
D) Chidambaram
Answer: C) Thanjavur
69. Which temple is associated with Nataraja?
A) Meenakshi Temple
B) Rameswaram Temple
C) Chidambaram Temple
D) Srivilliputhur Temple
Answer: C) Chidambaram Temple
70. Which district is famous for jasmine flowers?
A) Madurai
B) Salem
C) Ramanathapuram
D) Theni
Answer: A) Madurai
71. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Pearl City”?
A) Nagapattinam
B) Thoothukudi
C) Ramanathapuram
D) Karaikal
Answer: B) Thoothukudi
72. Which is the largest lake in Tamil Nadu?
A) Veeranam
B) Chembarambakkam
C) Red Hills
D) Pulicat Lake
Answer: D) Pulicat Lake
73. Pulicat Lake is shared with which state?
A) Kerala
B) Karnataka
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Puducherry
Answer: C) Andhra Pradesh
74. Which Tamil Nadu district has the highest literacy rate?
A) Chennai
B) Kanyakumari
C) Coimbatore
D) Tiruchirappalli
Answer: B) Kanyakumari
75. Which Tamil Nadu district has the lowest literacy rate?
A) Dharmapuri
B) Salem
C) Villupuram
D) Tiruvannamalai
Answer: A) Dharmapuri
76. Which festival is celebrated as the harvest festival of Tamil Nadu?
A) Deepavali
B) Pongal
C) Onam
D) Ugadi
Answer: B) Pongal
77. Which is the state sport of Tamil Nadu?
A) Hockey
B) Cricket
C) Kabaddi
D) Silambam
Answer: D) Silambam
78. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for egg production?
A) Namakkal
B) Salem
C) Krishnagiri
D) Erode
Answer: A) Namakkal
79. Which city is called the “Egg City of India”?
A) Erode
B) Salem
C) Namakkal
D) Karur
Answer: C) Namakkal
80. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Banana City”?
A) Tirunelveli
B) Trichy
C) Theni
D) Erode
Answer: D) Erode
81. Which temple town is called the “City of Thousand Tem
ples”?
A) Madurai
B) Thanjavur
C) Kanchipuram
D) Rameswaram
Answer: C) Kanchipuram
82. Rameswaram temple is dedicated to which deity?
A) Vishnu
B) Shiva
C) Murugan
D) Brahma
Answer: B) Shiva
83. Which island is located near Rameswaram?
A) Sri
101. Which Chola king conquered Sri Lanka?
A) Rajaraja Chola I
B) Rajendra Chola I
C) Karikala Chola
D) Kulothunga Chola
Answer: B) Rajendra Chola I
102. Which dynasty built most rock-cut temples in Tamil Nadu?
A) Cholas
B) Pallavas
C) Pandyas
D) Cheras
Answer: B) Pallavas
103. Mahabalipuram monuments were built by which dynasty?
A) Chola
B) Pandya
C) Pallava
D) Chera
Answer: C) Pallava
104. Shore Temple is located at?
A) Thanjavur
B) Kanchipuram
C) Mahabalipuram
D) Chidambaram
Answer: C) Mahabalipuram
105. Which Pallava king founded Mahabalipuram?
A) Narasimhavarman I
B) Mahendravarman I
C) Simhavishnu
D) Aparajita
Answer: A) Narasimhavarman I
106. Which Tamil Nadu district has the longest coastline?
A) Nagapattinam
B) Ramanathapuram
C) Thoothukudi
D) Cuddalore
Answer: A) Nagapattinam
107. Which gulf lies along the southeast coast of Tamil Nadu?
A) Gulf of Mannar
B) Gulf of Kutch
C) Gulf of Khambhat
D) Persian Gulf
Answer: A) Gulf of Mannar
108. Gulf of Mannar is famous for?
A) Oil reserves
B) Coral reefs
C) Gold deposits
D) Fishing ports only
Answer: B) Coral reefs
109. Which biosphere reserve is located in Tamil Nadu?
A) Nilgiri
B) Agasthiyamalai
C) Gulf of Mannar
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
110. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Steel City”?
A) Salem
B) Trichy
C) Coimbatore
D) Hosur
Answer: A) Salem
111. Salem Steel Plant belongs to which organization?
A) BHEL
B) SAIL
C) TATA
D) L&T
Answer: B) SAIL
112. Which city is known as the “Rock Fort City”?
A) Madurai
B) Trichy
C) Vellore
D) Salem
Answer: B) Trichy
113. Rock Fort Temple is dedicated to?
A) Vishnu
B) Shiva
C) Ganesa
D) Murugan
Answer: C) Ganesa
114. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for paper industry?
A) Karur
B) Erode
C) Tirunelveli
D) Vellore
Answer: B) Erode
115. Which place is famous for fireworks industry?
A) Sivakasi
B) Salem
C) Hosur
D) Karur
Answer: A) Sivakasi
116. Sivakasi is also known as?
A) Textile City
B) Little Japan
C) Printing Hub of India
D) Cement City
Answer: C) Printing Hub of India
117. Which Tamil Nadu district leads in cement production?
A) Ariyalur
B) Salem
C) Virudhunagar
D) Karur
Answer: A) Ariyalur
118. Which river flows through Tiruchirappalli?
A) Vaigai
B) Cauvery
C) Thamirabarani
D) Pennar
Answer: B) Cauvery
119. Which place is called the “Gateway of Tamil Nadu”?
A) Chennai
B) Coimbatore
C) Madurai
D) Trichy
Answer: B) Coimbatore
120. Which pass connects Tamil Nadu with Kerala?
A) Palghat Gap
B) Thal Ghat
C) Bhor Ghat
D) Nathu La
Answer: A) Palghat Gap
121. Which mountain range separates Tamil Nadu from Kerala?
A) Aravalli
B) Satpura
C) Western Ghats
D) Eastern Ghats
Answer: C) Western Ghats
122. Eastern Ghats run mainly through which direction in Tamil Nadu?
A) North–South
B) East–West
C) Northeast–Southwest
D) Northwest–Southeast
Answer: C) Northeast–Southwest
123. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for coffee plantations?
A) Nilgiris
B) Theni
C) Dindigul
D) Salem
Answer: B) Theni
124. Which hill station is known as the “Princess of Hill Stations”?
A) Ooty
B) Kodaikanal
C) Yercaud
D) Valparai
Answer: B) Kodaikanal
125. Which place is famous for jackfruit cultivation?
A) Panruti
B) Pollachi
C) Theni
D) Salem
Answer: A) Panruti
126. Which Tamil Nadu district is known for cashew production?
A) Cuddalore
B) Dharmapuri
C) Krishnagiri
D) Tiruvallur
Answer: A) Cuddalore
127. Which crop is mainly cultivated in the Cauvery delta?
A) Wheat
B) Rice
C) Cotton
D) Sugarcane
Answer: B) Rice
128. Which Tamil Nadu city hosts the Madras High Court?
A) Madurai
B) Chennai
C) Trichy
D) Salem
Answer: B) Chennai
129. Madras High Court was established in?
A) 1862
B) 1880
C) 1905
D) 1947
Answer: A) 1862
130. Which city is known as the “Judicial Capital” of Tamil Nadu?
A) Madurai
B) Chennai
C) Salem
D) Trichy
Answer: B) Chennai
131. Which is the oldest university in Tamil Nadu?
A) Annamalai University
B) University of Madras
C) Bharathiar University
D) Bharathidasan University
Answer: B) University of Madras
132. University of Madras was established in?
A) 1857
B) 1867
C) 1887
D) 1901
Answer: C) 1887
133. Which Tamil Nadu district has the highest rainfall?
A) Nilgiris
B) Kanyakumari
C) Theni
D) Tirunelveli
Answer: B) Kanyakumari
134. Which monsoon mainly benefits Tamil Nadu?
A) Southwest monsoon
B) Northeast monsoon
C) Both equally
D) Summer rains
Answer: B) Northeast monsoon
135. Which season gives maximum rainfall to Tamil Nadu?
A) Summer
B) Winter
C) Retreating monsoon
D) Spring
Answer: C) Retreating monsoon
136. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Health Capital of India”?
A) Coimbatore
B) Chennai
C) Madurai
D) Salem
Answer: B) Chennai
137. Which district is famous for leather industry?
A) Vellore
B) Tiruppur
C) Karur
D) Salem
Answer: A) Vellore
138. Which place is famous for sandalwood products?
A) Salem
B) Madurai
C) Dharmapuri
D) Nilgiris
Answer: C) Dharmapuri
139. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as “Little Japan”?
A) Chennai
B) Hosur
C) Coimbatore
D) Trichy
Answer: B) Hosur
140. Which district is famous for mango production?
A) Krishnagiri
B) Theni
C) Salem
D) Vellore
Answer: A) Krishnagiri
141. Which port is also called V.O.C Port?
A) Chennai
B) Nagapattinam
C) Thoothukudi
D) Cuddalore
Answer: C) Thoothukudi
142. Which Tamil Nadu district has maximum number of temples?
A) Madurai
B) Kanchipuram
C) Thanjavur
D) Tiruvannamalai
Answer: B) Kanchipuram
143. Which city hosts the Meenakshi Amman Temple?
A) Thanjavur
B) Madurai
C) Trichy
D) Salem
Answer: B) Madurai
144. Which Tamil Nadu town is famous for pilgrimage to Lord Murugan?
A) Tiruttani
B) Palani
C) Swamimalai
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
145. How many Arupadai Veedu (Murugan temples) are in Tamil Nadu?
A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 8
Answer: B) 6
146. Which Murugan temple is located in Chennai district?
A) Palani
B) Tiruttani
C) Thiruchendur
D) Pazhamudircholai
Answer: B) Tiruttani
147. Which coastal town has a Murugan temple by the sea?
A) Rameswaram
B) Thiruchendur
C) Nagapattinam
D) Cuddalore
Answer: B) Thiruchendur
148. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for jasmine garlands export?
A) Madurai
B) Salem
C) Theni
D) Dindigul
Answer: A) Madurai
149. Which Tamil Nadu district is known for sugar mills?
A) Villupuram
B) Tiruvallu
r
C) Cuddalore
D) Thanjavur
Answer: D) Thanjavur
150. Which place is famous for bronze Nataraja statues?
A) Kumbakonam
B) Swamimalai
C) Chidambaram
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
151. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for grapes cultivation?
A) Dindigul
B) Theni
C) Krishnagiri
D) Salem
Answer: C) Krishnagiri
152. Which river forms the delta region of Tamil Nadu?
A) Vaigai
B) Thamirabarani
C) Cauvery
D) Pennar
Answer: C) Cauvery
153. Which Tamil Nadu city is called the “Energy Capital of South India”?
A) Chennai
B) Coimbatore
C) Thoothukudi
D) Tirunelveli
Answer: C) Thoothukudi
154. Which thermal power station is located at Tuticorin?
A) Ennore
B) North Chennai
C) Tuticorin
D) Neyveli
Answer: C) Tuticorin
155. Which Tamil Nadu place is famous for pearl fishing?
A) Nagapattinam
B) Thoothukudi
C) Cuddalore
D) Ramanathapuram
Answer: B) Thoothukudi
156. Which dam is built across the Bhavani River?
A) Mettur
B) Bhavanisagar
C) Amaravathi
D) Vaigai
Answer: B) Bhavanisagar
157. Bhavani River is a tributary of?
A) Vaigai
B) Thamirabarani
C) Cauvery
D) Pennar
Answer: C) Cauvery
158. Which city is known as the “Pump City of Asia”?
A) Madurai
B) Coimbatore
C) Salem
D) Erode
Answer: B) Coimbatore
159. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for oil mills?
A) Virudhunagar
B) Theni
C) Erode
D) Karur
Answer: C) Erode
160. Which city is known as the “Bus Body Building Hub” of Tamil Nadu?
A) Karur
B) Namakkal
C) Salem
D) Tiruppur
Answer: B) Namakkal
161. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for lorry body building?
A) Salem
B) Karur
C) Namakkal
D) Erode
Answer: C) Namakkal
162. Which river flows through Tirunelveli district?
A) Vaigai
B) Cauvery
C) Thamirabarani
D) Pennar
Answer: C) Thamirabarani
163. Which city is called the “Oxford of South Tamil Nadu”?
A) Madurai
B) Tirunelveli
C) Thanjavur
D) Dindigul
Answer: B) Tirunelveli
164. Which district is famous for limestone deposits?
A) Ariyalur
B) Salem
C) Karur
D) Tiruvallur
Answer: A) Ariyalur
165. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for sugarcane cultivation?
A) Thanjavur
B) Erode
C) Cuddalore
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
166. Which place is known as the “Land of Temples”?
A) Madurai
B) Kanchipuram
C) Thanjavur
D) Rameswaram
Answer: B) Kanchipuram
167. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for handloom silk?
A) Kanchipuram
B) Salem
C) Karur
D) Madurai
Answer: A) Kanchipuram
168. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for handloom cotton?
A) Karur
B) Erode
C) Salem
D) Tiruppur
Answer: B) Erode
169. Which district is famous for small-scale industries?
A) Tiruppur
B) Coimbatore
C) Sivakasi
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
170. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Knowledge Capital of Tamil Nadu”?
A) Chennai
B) Coimbatore
C) Madurai
D) Trichy
Answer: A) Chennai
171. Which Tamil Nadu city hosts IIT Madras?
A) Coimbatore
B) Madurai
C) Chennai
D) Trichy
Answer: C) Chennai
172. Which national institute is located at Kalpakkam?
A) ISRO
B) BARC
C) IGCAR
D) DRDO
Answer: C) IGCAR
173. Which river flows near Kumbakonam?
A) Vaigai
B) Cauvery
C) Thamirabarani
D) Pennar
Answer: B) Cauvery
174. Which Tamil Nadu district is known as the “Granary of South India”?
A) Thanjavur
B) Tiruvarur
C) Nagapattinam
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
175. Which place is famous for bronze casting using lost-wax technique?
A) Chidambaram
B) Swamimalai
C) Thanjavur
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
176. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for sea salt production?
A) Thoothukudi
B) Ramanathapuram
C) Nagapattinam
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
177. Which is the main occupation of people in coastal Tamil Nadu?
A) Agriculture
B) Fishing
C) Mining
D) Industry
Answer: B) Fishing
178. Which city is known as the “Cleanest City of Tamil Nadu” (frequently ranked)?
A) Salem
B) Coimbatore
C) Tirunelveli
D) Erode
Answer: B) Coimbatore
179. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for turmeric exports?
A) Salem
B) Erode
C) Namakkal
D) Dindigul
Answer: B) Erode
180. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for fireworks and match industries?
A) Virudhunagar
B) Salem
C) Madurai
D) Theni
Answer: A) Virudhunagar
181. Which place is known as the “Printing Capital of India”?
A) Sivakasi
B) Chennai
C) Coimbatore
D) Madurai
Answer: A) Sivakasi
182. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for medical tourism?
A) Coimbatore
B) Chennai
C) Madurai
D) Salem
Answer: B) Chennai
183. Which district is famous for spinning mills?
A) Coimbatore
B) Tiruppur
C) Erode
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
184. Which Tamil Nadu place is famous for jaggery production?
A) Vellore
B) Tiruvannamalai
C) Dharmapuri
D) Krishnagiri
Answer: C) Dharmapuri
185. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Educational Hub” of the state?
A) Chennai
B) Coimbatore
C) Madurai
D) Trichy
Answer: A) Chennai
186. Which river forms the border between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka?
A) Bhavani
B) Cauvery
C) Pennar
D) Amaravathi
Answer: B) Cauvery
187. Which Tamil Nadu district is rich in bauxite?
A) Salem
B) Nilgiris
C) Villupuram
D) Kanchipuram
Answer: A) Salem
188. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for herbal plants?
A) Nilgiris
B) Theni
C) Dharmapuri
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
189. Which city is called the “Textile Capital of Tamil Nadu”?
A) Coimbatore
B) Tiruppur
C) Erode
D) Salem
Answer: A) Coimbatore
190. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for hosiery industry?
A) Erode
B) Tiruppur
C) Salem
D) Karur
Answer: B) Tiruppur
191. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for cattle rearing?
A) Salem
B) Namakkal
C) Karur
D) Tiruvannamalai
Answer: B) Namakkal
192. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Trade Capital of Tamil Nadu”?
A) Chennai
B) Coimbatore
C) Madurai
D) Trichy
Answer: B) Coimbatore
193. Which place is famous for handloom carpets?
A) Salem
B) Bhavani
C) Karur
D) Madurai
Answer: B) Bhavani
194. Which district is famous for silk weaving besides Kanchipuram?
A) Salem
B) Dharmapuri
C) Krishnagiri
D) Erode
Answer: A) Salem
195. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for coconut cultivation?
A) Coimbatore
B) Tiruppur
C) Thanjavur
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
196. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Temple Town of Murugan”?
A) Palani
B) Tiruttani
C) Thiruchendur
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
197. Which district is famous for fisheries education and research?
A) Nagapattinam
B) Thoothukudi
C) Ramanathapuram
D) Chennai
Answer: D) Chennai
198. Which Tamil Nadu city hosts the Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI)?
A) Vellore
B) Ambur
C) Chennai
D) Ranipet
Answer: C) Chennai
199. Which place is famous for bell metal vessels?
A) Kumbakonam
B) Nachiya
r Koil
C) Thanjavur
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
200. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for banana export?
A) Tirunelveli
B) Theni
C) Erode
D) Coimbatore
Answer: C) Erode
201. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for hill bananas?
A) Tirunelveli
B) Theni
C) Coimbatore
D) Salem
Answer: B) Theni
202. Which river originates from the Nilgiri Hills?
A) Bhavani
B) Vaigai
C) Thamirabarani
D) Pennar
Answer: A) Bhavani
203. Bhavani River joins Cauvery at?
A) Mettur
B) Erode
C) Kooduthurai
D) Bhavanisagar
Answer: C) Kooduthurai
204. Which district is famous for turmeric research institute?
A) Salem
B) Erode
C) Coimbatore
D) Karur
Answer: B) Erode
205. Which Tamil Nadu city is called the “Gateway of the South”?
A) Chennai
B) Madurai
C) Coimbatore
D) Trichy
Answer: B) Madurai
206. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for Meenakshi Nayakkar architecture?
A) Thanjavur
B) Madurai
C) Kanchipuram
D) Trichy
Answer: B) Madurai
207. Which Nayak ruler developed Madurai city?
A) Tirumala Nayak
B) Krishnadevaraya
C) Achyuta Raya
D) Sadashiva Raya
Answer: A) Tirumala Nayak
208. Tirumalai Nayakkar Mahal is located at?
A) Trichy
B) Thanjavur
C) Madurai
D) Salem
Answer: C) Madurai
209. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for powerloom weaving?
A) Salem
B) Erode
C) Namakkal
D) Tiruppur
Answer: B) Erode
210. Which city is known as the “City of Festivals” in Tamil Nadu?
A) Madurai
B) Thanjavur
C) Kanchipuram
D) Chidambaram
Answer: A) Madurai
211. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for groundnut production?
A) Villupuram
B) Tiruvannamalai
C) Cuddalore
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
212. Which river flows through Erode district?
A) Vaigai
B) Bhavani
C) Cauvery
D) Both B and C
Answer: D) Both B and C
213. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for small onions (shallots)?
A) Perambalur
B) Ariyalur
C) Namakkal
D) Tiruppur
Answer: C) Namakkal
214. Which place is famous for sago (javvarisi) production?
A) Salem
B) Erode
C) Namakkal
D) Karur
Answer: A) Salem
215. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Rubber City”?
A) Salem
B) Madurai
C) Kanyakumari
D) Coimbatore
Answer: D) Coimbatore
216. Which district is famous for beedi industry?
A) Tirunelveli
B) Vellore
C) Salem
D) Ramanathapuram
Answer: A) Tirunelveli
217. Which river forms waterfalls at Hogenakkal?
A) Bhavani
B) Cauvery
C) Pennar
D) Vaigai
Answer: B) Cauvery
218. Hogenakkal waterfalls are located in which district?
A) Salem
B) Dharmapuri
C) Krishnagiri
D) Namakkal
Answer: B) Dharmapuri
219. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for granite industry?
A) Krishnagiri
B) Salem
C) Madurai
D) Dindigul
Answer: A) Krishnagiri
220. Which place is known as the “Granite City” of Tamil Nadu?
A) Salem
B) Hosur
C) Krishnagiri
D) Dharmapuri
Answer: C) Krishnagiri
221. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for floriculture?
A) Dharmapuri
B) Krishnagiri
C) Nilgiris
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
222. Which Tamil Nadu hill station is famous for tea gardens?
A) Kodaikanal
B) Ooty
C) Yercaud
D) Valparai
Answer: B) Ooty
223. Which place is known as the “Switzerland of South India”?
A) Kodaikanal
B) Ooty
C) Valparai
D) Yercaud
Answer: B) Ooty
224. Which district is famous for pepper cultivation?
A) Theni
B) Nilgiris
C) Coimbatore
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
225. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for engineering industries?
A) Chennai
B) Coimbatore
C) Trichy
D) Hosur
Answer: B) Coimbatore
226. Which place is famous for railway workshop?
A) Salem
B) Trichy
C) Erode
D) Villupuram
Answer: B) Trichy
227. Which Tamil Nadu city is called the “Railway Junction City”?
A) Madurai
B) Trichy
C) Erode
D) Villupuram
Answer: B) Trichy
228. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for casuarina plantations?
A) Nagapattinam
B) Cuddalore
C) Ramanathapuram
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
229. Which coastal district is famous for shrimp farming?
A) Nagapattinam
B) Thoothukudi
C) Cuddalore
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
230. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for fish landing centers?
A) Nagapattinam
B) Ramanathapuram
C) Thoothukudi
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
231. Which city is known as the “Cultural Capital of Tamil Nadu”?
A) Madurai
B) Thanjavur
C) Chidambaram
D) Kanchipuram
Answer: B) Thanjavur
232. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for classical music and dance traditions?
A) Thanjavur
B) Madurai
C) Chennai
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
233. Which place hosts the annual Natyanjali Dance Festival?
A) Madurai
B) Thanjavur
C) Chidambaram
D) Kanchipuram
Answer: C) Chidambaram
234. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for handloom sarees besides Kanchipuram?
A) Salem
B) Erode
C) Thanjavur
D) Madurai
Answer: C) Thanjavur
235. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for bronze idols export?
A) Swamimalai
B) Kumbakonam
C) Thanjavur
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
236. Which district is famous for inland fisheries?
A) Thanjavur
B) Tiruvallur
C) Kanchipuram
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
237. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for dairy development?
A) Salem
B) Namakkal
C) Erode
D) Thanjavur
Answer: B) Namakkal
238. Which place is known as the “Milk City” of Tamil Nadu?
A) Erode
B) Salem
C) Namakkal
D) Madurai
Answer: C) Namakkal
239. Which Tamil Nadu city hosts the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University?
A) Madurai
B) Coimbatore
C) Trichy
D) Salem
Answer: B) Coimbatore
240. Which district is famous for seed production?
A) Dharmapuri
B) Salem
C) Villupuram
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
241. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for sericulture?
A) Salem
B) Dharmapuri
C) Krishnagiri
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
242. Which place is famous for mulberry cultivation?
A) Krishnagiri
B) Dharmapuri
C) Salem
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
243. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Silk City”?
A) Kanchipuram
B) Salem
C) Dharmapuri
D) Krishnagiri
Answer: A) Kanchipuram
244. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for herbal medicines?
A) Nilgiris
B) Dharmapuri
C) Theni
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
245. Which district is famous for jackfruit export?
A) Panruti
B) Cuddalore
C) Villupuram
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
246. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for rice mills?
A) Thanjavur
B) Tiruvarur
C) Nagapattinam
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
247. Which place is known as the “Rice Bowl of Tamil Nadu”?
A) Thanjavur
B) Tiruvarur
C) Nagapattinam
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
248. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for coir products?
A) Coimbatore
B) Tirunelveli
C) Ramanathapuram
D) Kanyakumari
Answer: D) Kanyakumari
249. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for rubber plantations?
A) Nilgiri
s
B) Kanyakumari
C) Dharmapuri
D) Theni
Answer: B) Kanyakumari
250. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for cloves and nutmeg cultivation?
A) Theni
B) Nilgiris
C) Kanyakumari
D) Coimbatore
Answer: A) Theni
251. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for cardamom cultivation?
A) Nilgiris
B) Theni
C) Coimbatore
D) Dindigul
Answer: B) Theni
252. Which place is known as the “Spice Bowl of Tamil Nadu”?
A) Theni
B) Dindigul
C) Kanyakumari
D) Nilgiris
Answer: A) Theni
253. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for lemon production?
A) Tirunelveli
B) Theni
C) Dindigul
D) Madurai
Answer: C) Dindigul
254. Which river flows through Dindigul district?
A) Vaigai
B) Amaravathi
C) Bhavani
D) Thamirabarani
Answer: A) Vaigai
255. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for lock making industry?
A) Salem
B) Dindigul
C) Karur
D) Namakkal
Answer: B) Dindigul
256. Which city is known as the “Lock City of Tamil Nadu”?
A) Salem
B) Dindigul
C) Trichy
D) Karur
Answer: B) Dindigul
257. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for silk dyeing?
A) Kanchipuram
B) Salem
C) Erode
D) Dharmapuri
Answer: C) Erode
258. Which river flows through Karur district?
A) Vaigai
B) Cauvery
C) Thamirabarani
D) Pennar
Answer: B) Cauvery
259. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Bus Body Building Capital of India”?
A) Salem
B) Namakkal
C) Karur
D) Tiruppur
Answer: B) Namakkal
260. Which district is famous for paddy seed production?
A) Thanjavur
B) Tiruvarur
C) Villupuram
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
261. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for onion export?
A) Perambalur
B) Namakkal
C) Erode
D) Salem
Answer: B) Namakkal
262. Which place is famous for oil seeds research institute?
A) Madurai
B) Coimbatore
C) Erode
D) Tirunelveli
Answer: B) Coimbatore
263. Which Tamil Nadu city hosts ICAR institutes?
A) Chennai
B) Coimbatore
C) Madurai
D) Salem
Answer: B) Coimbatore
264. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for medicinal plants?
A) Nilgiris
B) Dharmapuri
C) Theni
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
265. Which place is known as the “Horticulture Hub” of Tamil Nadu?
A) Krishnagiri
B) Dharmapuri
C) Theni
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
266. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for rose cultivation?
A) Krishnagiri
B) Dharmapuri
C) Nilgiris
D) Salem
Answer: A) Krishnagiri
267. Which hill station is famous for vegetable cultivation?
A) Ooty
B) Kodaikanal
C) Yercaud
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
268. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for carrot production?
A) Nilgiris
B) Theni
C) Dindigul
D) Salem
Answer: A) Nilgiris
269. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for tea processing factories?
A) Nilgiris
B) Theni
C) Coimbatore
D) All of the above
Answer: A) Nilgiris
270. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for eucalyptus plantations?
A) Nilgiris
B) Dharmapuri
C) Salem
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
271. Which river forms the Pykara waterfalls?
A) Bhavani
B) Moyar
C) Pykara
D) Cauvery
Answer: C) Pykara
272. Pykara waterfalls are located in which district?
A) Coimbatore
B) Nilgiris
C) Dindigul
D) Salem
Answer: B) Nilgiris
273. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for bamboo products?
A) Salem
B) Dharmapuri
C) Nilgiris
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
274. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for honey production?
A) Nilgiris
B) Dharmapuri
C) Salem
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
275. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for millet cultivation?
A) Dharmapuri
B) Krishnagiri
C) Salem
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
276. Which Tamil Nadu district is called the “Millet Bowl of Tamil Nadu”?
A) Dharmapuri
B) Krishnagiri
C) Salem
D) Erode
Answer: A) Dharmapuri
277. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for forest produce?
A) Nilgiris
B) Dharmapuri
C) Salem
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
278. Which place is famous for sandalwood oil extraction?
A) Salem
B) Dharmapuri
C) Nilgiris
D) Krishnagiri
Answer: B) Dharmapuri
279. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for traditional medicine (Siddha)?
A) Chennai
B) Madurai
C) Salem
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
280. Which city hosts National Institute of Siddha?
A) Madurai
B) Salem
C) Chennai
D) Tirunelveli
Answer: C) Chennai
281. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Health Tourism Capital”?
A) Coimbatore
B) Chennai
C) Madurai
D) Salem
Answer: B) Chennai
282. Which district is famous for limestone based industries?
A) Ariyalur
B) Salem
C) Karur
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
283. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for cement factories?
A) Ariyalur
B) Salem
C) Virudhunagar
D) Both A and B
Answer: D) Both A and B
284. Which Tamil Nadu district is known as the “Cement City”?
A) Ariyalur
B) Salem
C) Karur
D) Dindigul
Answer: A) Ariyalur
285. Which river flows through Ariyalur district?
A) Cauvery
B) Kollidam
C) Bhavani
D) Vaigai
Answer: B) Kollidam
286. Which place is famous for fossil park?
A) Ariyalur
B) Salem
C) Karur
D) Tiruchirappalli
Answer: A) Ariyalur
287. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for limestone fossils?
A) Ariyalur
B) Dharmapuri
C) Salem
D) Karur
Answer: A) Ariyalur
288. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for handloom mats?
A) Salem
B) Pattamadai
C) Karur
D) Erode
Answer: B) Pattamadai
289. Pattamadai mats are made from?
A) Coconut leaves
B) Reed grass
C) Bamboo
D) Palm leaves
Answer: B) Reed grass
290. Which district is Pattamadai located in?
A) Thoothukudi
B) Tirunelveli
C) Tenkasi
D) Virudhunagar
Answer: B) Tirunelveli
291. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for handloom lungis?
A) Salem
B) Karur
C) Erode
D) Tiruppur
Answer: B) Karur
292. Which city is known as the “Home Textile Capital of India”?
A) Karur
B) Erode
C) Salem
D) Tiruppur
Answer: A) Karur
293. Which river flows through Karur city?
A) Bhavani
B) Cauvery
C) Amaravathi
D) Pennar
Answer: B) Cauvery
294. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for spinning mills?
A) Coimbatore
B) Tiruppur
C) Erode
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
295. Which place is known as the “Textile Valley of Tamil Nadu”?
A) Coimbatore
B) Tiruppur
C) Erode
D) Salem
Answer: A) Coimbatore
296. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for turmeric mandis?
A) Salem
B) Erode
C) Karur
D) Namakkal
Answer: B) Erode
297. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for jaggery export?
A) Dharmapuri
B) Salem
C) Erode
D) Karur
Answer: B) Salem
298. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for sago factories?
A) Salem
B) Erode
C) Namakkal
D) Karur
Answer: A) Salem
299. Which Tamil Nadu district is
famous for tapioca cultivation?
A) Salem
B) Namakkal
C) Dharmapuri
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
300. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for minor forest produce collection?
A) Nilgiris
B) Dharmapuri
C) Salem
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
301. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for hill vegetables cultivation?
A) Nilgiris
B) Theni
C) Dindigul
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
302. Which Tamil Nadu hill station is famous for mushroom cultivation?
A) Ooty
B) Kodaikanal
C) Yercaud
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
303. Which district is famous for floriculture parks?
A) Dharmapuri
B) Krishnagiri
C) Nilgiris
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
304. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for pineapple cultivation?
A) Theni
B) Kanyakumari
C) Dindigul
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
305. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for rubber wood furniture?
A) Coimbatore
B) Kanyakumari
C) Dharmapuri
D) Nilgiris
Answer: B) Kanyakumari
306. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for coir fibre industry?
A) Kanyakumari
B) Tirunelveli
C) Ramanathapuram
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
307. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for palm products?
A) Ramanathapuram
B) Thoothukudi
C) Tirunelveli
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
308. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for palmyra cultivation?
A) Tirunelveli
B) Thoothukudi
C) Ramanathapuram
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
309. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for jaggery production from palm?
A) Tirunelveli
B) Thoothukudi
C) Ramanathapuram
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
310. Which place is famous for palm sugar (Karuppatti)?
A) Tirunelveli
B) Thoothukudi
C) Ramanathapuram
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
311. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for cotton cultivation?
A) Salem
B) Coimbatore
C) Erode
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
312. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for organic farming initiatives?
A) Dharmapuri
B) Krishnagiri
C) Nilgiris
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
313. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for farmer producer organizations (FPOs)?
A) Dharmapuri
B) Theni
C) Erode
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
314. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for rainfed agriculture?
A) Dharmapuri
B) Krishnagiri
C) Salem
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
315. Which Tamil Nadu district is known for dryland farming?
A) Dharmapuri
B) Krishnagiri
C) Salem
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
316. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for millets research centres?
A) Dharmapuri
B) Salem
C) Coimbatore
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
317. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for tribal population?
A) Nilgiris
B) Dharmapuri
C) Salem
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
318. Which tribal community is mainly found in the Nilgiris?
A) Irula
B) Toda
C) Kani
D) Paniya
Answer: B) Toda
319. Which Tamil Nadu district has the highest tribal population percentage?
A) Nilgiris
B) Dharmapuri
C) Salem
D) Villupuram
Answer: A) Nilgiris
320. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for eco-tourism?
A) Nilgiris
B) Theni
C) Kanyakumari
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
321. Which place is famous for trekking tourism?
A) Kolli Hills
B) Yercaud
C) Nilgiris
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
322. Kolli Hills are located in which district?
A) Salem
B) Namakkal
C) Dharmapuri
D) Erode
Answer: B) Namakkal
323. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for medicinal herbs trade?
A) Dharmapuri
B) Nilgiris
C) Theni
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
324. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for bamboo crafts?
A) Dharmapuri
B) Nilgiris
C) Salem
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
325. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for tribal handicrafts?
A) Nilgiris
B) Salem
C) Dharmapuri
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
326. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for eco-sensitive zones?
A) Nilgiris
B) Theni
C) Kanyakumari
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
327. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for wildlife corridors?
A) Nilgiris
B) Coimbatore
C) Dharmapuri
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
328. Which wildlife reserve connects Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka?
A) Mudumalai
B) Anamalai
C) Sathyamangalam
D) Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
Answer: D) Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
329. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for elephant corridors?
A) Nilgiris
B) Coimbatore
C) Erode
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
330. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for tiger reserves?
A) Nilgiris
B) Coimbatore
C) Tirunelveli
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
331. Mudumalai Tiger Reserve is located in which district?
A) Nilgiris
B) Coimbatore
C) Erode
D) Salem
Answer: A) Nilgiris
332. Which tiger reserve is located in Erode district?
A) Mudumalai
B) Sathyamangalam
C) Anamalai
D) Kalakkad
Answer: B) Sathyamangalam
333. Which tiger reserve is located in Tirunelveli–Kanyakumari region?
A) Anamalai
B) Mudumalai
C) Kalakkad–Mundanthurai
D) Sathyamangalam
Answer: C) Kalakkad–Mundanthurai
334. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for biosphere reserves?
A) Nilgiris
B) Ramanathapuram
C) Tirunelveli
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
335. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for mangrove forests?
A) Nagapattinam
B) Ramanathapuram
C) Cuddalore
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
336. Which mangrove forest is famous in Tamil Nadu?
A) Pichavaram
B) Vedaranyam
C) Muthupet
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
337. Pichavaram mangroves are located in which district?
A) Nagapattinam
B) Cuddalore
C) Villupuram
D) Thanjavur
Answer: B) Cuddalore
338. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for backwaters?
A) Nagapattinam
B) Ramanathapuram
C) Cuddalore
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
339. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for salt pans?
A) Thoothukudi
B) Ramanathapuram
C) Nagapattinam
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
340. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for wind farms?
A) Kanyakumari
B) Tirunelveli
C) Thoothukudi
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
341. Which Tamil Nadu place is famous for Asia’s largest wind farm?
A) Muppandal
B) Kayathar
C) Aralvaimozhi
D) All of the above
Answer: A) Muppandal
342. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for solar power parks?
A) Ramanathapuram
B) Thoothukudi
C) Virudhunagar
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
343. Which Tamil Nadu district hosts Kamuthi Solar Power Project?
A) Ramanathapuram
B) Thoothukudi
C) Virudhunagar
D) Madurai
Answer: A) Ramanathapuram
344. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for renewable energy generation?
A) Tirunelveli
B) Kanyakumari
C) Thoothukudi
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
345. Which Tamil Nadu district is known as the “Wind Energy Hub”?
A) Tirunelveli
B) Kanyakumari
C) Thoothukudi
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
346. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for coastal tourism?
A) Kanyakumari
B) Chennai
C) Nagapattinam
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
347. Which beach is famous in Chennai?
A) Marina
B) Elliot’s
C) Covelong
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
348. Marina Beach is considered as?
A) Longest beach in Asia
B) Second longest beach in the world
C) Longest natural urban beach in India
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
349. Which Tamil
Nadu district is famous for surfing tourism?
A) Chennai
B) Kanyakumari
C) Cuddalore
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
350. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for lighthouse tourism?
A) Kanyakumari
B) Chennai
C) Ramanathapuram
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
351. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for pearl fishing?
A) Thoothukudi
B) Ramanathapuram
C) Nagapattinam
D) All of the above
Answer: A) Thoothukudi
352. Gulf of Mannar is located along the coast of which Tamil Nadu districts?
A) Thoothukudi
B) Ramanathapuram
C) Both A and B
D) Nagapattinam
Answer: C) Both A and B
353. Which biosphere reserve is located in the Gulf of Mannar?
A) Nilgiri
B) Gulf of Mannar
C) Agasthyamalai
D) Pichavaram
Answer: B) Gulf of Mannar
354. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for coral reefs?
A) Thoothukudi
B) Ramanathapuram
C) Both A and B
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
355. Which island group is part of Tamil Nadu?
A) Andaman
B) Lakshadweep
C) Pamban
D) Rameswaram
Answer: D) Rameswaram
356. Pamban Bridge connects Rameswaram with?
A) Thoothukudi
B) Ramanathapuram
C) Chennai
D) Nagapattinam
Answer: B) Ramanathapuram
357. Which Tamil Nadu town is known as the “Gateway to Rameswaram”?
A) Mandapam
B) Paramakudi
C) Thoothukudi
D) Kilakarai
Answer: A) Mandapam
358. Which place is famous for seaweed cultivation in Tamil Nadu?
A) Ramanathapuram
B) Thoothukudi
C) Nagapattinam
D) Both A and B
Answer: D) Both A and B
359. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for fisheries research institutes?
A) Chennai
B) Ramanathapuram
C) Thoothukudi
D) Both B and C
Answer: D) Both B and C
360. Which Tamil Nadu district has major fishing harbours?
A) Chennai
B) Thoothukudi
C) Nagapattinam
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
361. Which Tamil Nadu port is a major port?
A) Tuticorin (V.O. Chidambaranar)
B) Nagapattinam
C) Cuddalore
D) Karaikal
Answer: A) Tuticorin (V.O. Chidambaranar)
362. V.O. Chidambaranar Port is located in which district?
A) Thoothukudi
B) Ramanathapuram
C) Tirunelveli
D) Kanyakumari
Answer: A) Thoothukudi
363. Which Tamil Nadu port handles container traffic?
A) Chennai Port
B) Ennore (Kamarajar) Port
C) Tuticorin Port
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
364. Kamarajar Port is located at?
A) Ennore
B) Cuddalore
C) Nagapattinam
D) Karaikal
Answer: A) Ennore
365. Which Tamil Nadu district is Ennore Port located in?
A) Chengalpattu
B) Tiruvallur
C) Chennai
D) Kancheepuram
Answer: B) Tiruvallur
366. Which Tamil Nadu port is the oldest artificial harbour in India?
A) Chennai Port
B) Tuticorin Port
C) Nagapattinam Port
D) Karaikal Port
Answer: A) Chennai Port
367. Which Tamil Nadu port is named after a freedom fighter?
A) Chennai
B) Kamarajar
C) V.O. Chidambaranar
D) Both B and C
Answer: D) Both B and C
368. Which airport is the largest in Tamil Nadu?
A) Chennai
B) Coimbatore
C) Madurai
D) Trichy
Answer: A) Chennai
369. Which Tamil Nadu city has an international airport?
A) Chennai
B) Coimbatore
C) Trichy
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
370. Which Tamil Nadu city recently got a greenfield airport?
A) Salem
B) Hosur
C) Thoothukudi
D) Neyveli
Answer: B) Hosur
371. Which Tamil Nadu district is Hosur located in?
A) Salem
B) Dharmapuri
C) Krishnagiri
D) Erode
Answer: C) Krishnagiri
372. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Gateway of South India”?
A) Madurai
B) Chennai
C) Trichy
D) Coimbatore
Answer: B) Chennai
373. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Manchester of South India”?
A) Tiruppur
B) Coimbatore
C) Erode
D) Salem
Answer: B) Coimbatore
374. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Temple City”?
A) Madurai
B) Thanjavur
C) Kanchipuram
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
375. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “City of Thousand Temples”?
A) Madurai
B) Thanjavur
C) Kanchipuram
D) Chidambaram
Answer: C) Kanchipuram
376. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Rice Bowl of Tamil Nadu”?
A) Thanjavur
B) Tiruvarur
C) Nagapattinam
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
377. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Granary of South India”?
A) Thanjavur
B) Madurai
C) Salem
D) Trichy
Answer: A) Thanjavur
378. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Oxford of South India”?
A) Chennai
B) Madurai
C) Coimbatore
D) Trichy
Answer: B) Madurai
379. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Athens of the East”?
A) Madurai
B) Kanchipuram
C) Thanjavur
D) Chidambaram
Answer: B) Kanchipuram
380. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Detroit of India”?
A) Chennai
B) Coimbatore
C) Hosur
D) Tiruppur
Answer: A) Chennai
381. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Pump City of Asia”?
A) Coimbatore
B) Salem
C) Erode
D) Tiruppur
Answer: A) Coimbatore
382. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Textile Capital of India”?
A) Coimbatore
B) Tiruppur
C) Erode
D) Karur
Answer: B) Tiruppur
383. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Banana City”?
A) Trichy
B) Theni
C) Erode
D) Karur
Answer: C) Erode
384. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Pearl City”?
A) Ramanathapuram
B) Thoothukudi
C) Nagapattinam
D) Cuddalore
Answer: B) Thoothukudi
385. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “City of Festivals”?
A) Madurai
B) Thanjavur
C) Chidambaram
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
386. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for Chithirai Festival?
A) Madurai
B) Thanjavur
C) Trichy
D) Kanchipuram
Answer: A) Madurai
387. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for Natyanjali Festival?
A) Chidambaram
B) Madurai
C) Kanchipuram
D) Thanjavur
Answer: A) Chidambaram
388. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for Brahmotsavam?
A) Madurai
B) Kanchipuram
C) Tiruvannamalai
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
389. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for Karthigai Deepam festival?
A) Tiruvannamalai
B) Madurai
C) Kanchipuram
D) Chidambaram
Answer: A) Tiruvannamalai
390. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “City of Fire”?
A) Sivakasi
B) Salem
C) Erode
D) Vellore
Answer: A) Sivakasi
391. Sivakasi is famous for which industry?
A) Fireworks
B) Matchbox
C) Printing
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
392. Which Tamil Nadu district is Sivakasi located in?
A) Virudhunagar
B) Madurai
C) Ramanathapuram
D) Theni
Answer: A) Virudhunagar
393. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Leather City”?
A) Vellore
B) Ambur
C) Ranipet
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
394. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for tannery industry?
A) Vellore
B) Ranipet
C) Tirupattur
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
395. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Fort City”?
A) Vellore
B) Gingee
C) Dindigul
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
396. Gingee Fort is located in which district?
A) Villupuram
B) Cuddalore
C) Kancheepuram
D) Tiruvannamalai
Answer: A) Villupuram
397. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for mango cultivation?
A) Krishnagiri
B) Dharmapuri
C) Salem
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
398. Which Tamil Nadu district is called the “Mango Capital”?
A) Krishnagiri
B) Dharmapuri
C) Salem
D) Vellore
Answer: A) Krishnagiri
399. Which Tamil
Nadu district is famous for horticulture exports?
A) Krishnagiri
B) Dharmapuri
C) Theni
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
400. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for agri-export zones?
A) Krishnagiri
B) Theni
C) Tirunelveli
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
401. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for sericulture?
A) Krishnagiri
B) Dharmapuri
C) Salem
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
402. Which Tamil Nadu district is known for mulberry cultivation?
A) Krishnagiri
B) Dharmapuri
C) Salem
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
403. Which Tamil Nadu district has silk reeling units?
A) Salem
B) Dharmapuri
C) Krishnagiri
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
404. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for silk sarees?
A) Kanchipuram
B) Salem
C) Arani
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
405. Which Tamil Nadu town is known as the “Silk City”?
A) Kanchipuram
B) Salem
C) Arani
D) Dharmapuri
Answer: A) Kanchipuram
406. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for handloom weaving?
A) Erode
B) Karur
C) Salem
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
407. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for powerloom industry?
A) Coimbatore
B) Tiruppur
C) Erode
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
408. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Powerloom City”?
A) Coimbatore
B) Erode
C) Tiruppur
D) Salem
Answer: B) Erode
409. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for cotton textile mills?
A) Coimbatore
B) Salem
C) Erode
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
410. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Knitwear Capital of India”?
A) Tiruppur
B) Coimbatore
C) Erode
D) Salem
Answer: A) Tiruppur
411. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for dyeing industries?
A) Erode
B) Tiruppur
C) Coimbatore
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
412. Which Tamil Nadu river is heavily affected by textile dyeing?
A) Cauvery
B) Noyyal
C) Vaigai
D) Bhavani
Answer: B) Noyyal
413. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for handloom towels?
A) Karur
B) Erode
C) Salem
D) Tiruppur
Answer: A) Karur
414. Which Tamil Nadu city exports home textiles worldwide?
A) Karur
B) Erode
C) Salem
D) Namakkal
Answer: A) Karur
415. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Loom City”?
A) Coimbatore
B) Erode
C) Salem
D) Karur
Answer: B) Erode
416. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for turmeric research station?
A) Salem
B) Erode
C) Dharmapuri
D) Karur
Answer: B) Erode
417. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for banana research?
A) Trichy
B) Erode
C) Salem
D) Theni
Answer: B) Erode
418. Which Tamil Nadu district is known as the “Turmeric Capital of Tamil Nadu”?
A) Salem
B) Erode
C) Namakkal
D) Karur
Answer: B) Erode
419. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for sugar mills?
A) Erode
B) Villupuram
C) Cuddalore
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
420. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for jaggery making?
A) Salem
B) Erode
C) Dharmapuri
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
421. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for paper mills?
A) Karur
B) Tiruchirappalli
C) Villupuram
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
422. Which Tamil Nadu city hosts Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited (TNPL)?
A) Karur
B) Tiruchirappalli
C) Madurai
D) Salem
Answer: A) Karur
423. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for cement-based industries?
A) Ariyalur
B) Salem
C) Karur
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
424. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Cement Hub”?
A) Ariyalur
B) Salem
C) Karur
D) Virudhunagar
Answer: A) Ariyalur
425. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for granite quarries?
A) Krishnagiri
B) Dharmapuri
C) Salem
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
426. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for black granite?
A) Krishnagiri
B) Dharmapuri
C) Salem
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
427. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for mineral resources?
A) Salem
B) Dharmapuri
C) Krishnagiri
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
428. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for bauxite deposits?
A) Salem
B) Nilgiris
C) Dharmapuri
D) Kanyakumari
Answer: A) Salem
429. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for magnesite?
A) Salem
B) Erode
C) Coimbatore
D) Karur
Answer: A) Salem
430. Which Tamil Nadu city hosts Tamil Nadu Magnesite Limited (TANMAG)?
A) Salem
B) Erode
C) Dharmapuri
D) Karur
Answer: A) Salem
431. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for iron ore deposits?
A) Salem
B) Tiruvannamalai
C) Dharmapuri
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
432. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for lignite?
A) Neyveli (Cuddalore)
B) Salem
C) Karur
D) Ariyalur
Answer: A) Neyveli (Cuddalore)
433. Which public sector company is associated with Neyveli Lignite?
A) NTPC
B) NLC India Limited
C) TANGEDCO
D) BHEL
Answer: B) NLC India Limited
434. Which Tamil Nadu district hosts thermal power stations?
A) Cuddalore
B) Thoothukudi
C) Chennai
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
435. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for atomic power station?
A) Kalpakkam
B) Kudankulam
C) Both A and B
D) Chennai
Answer: C) Both A and B
436. Kalpakkam Atomic Power Station is located in which district?
A) Chengalpattu
B) Kancheepuram
C) Tiruvallur
D) Villupuram
Answer: A) Chengalpattu
437. Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is located in which district?
A) Tirunelveli
B) Thoothukudi
C) Kanyakumari
D) Ramanathapuram
Answer: A) Tirunelveli
438. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for heavy engineering industries?
A) Chennai
B) Coimbatore
C) Tiruchirappalli
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
439. Which Tamil Nadu city hosts BHEL plant?
A) Chennai
B) Coimbatore
C) Tiruchirappalli
D) Salem
Answer: C) Tiruchirappalli
440. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Energy Capital of Tamil Nadu”?
A) Neyveli
B) Chennai
C) Salem
D) Thoothukudi
Answer: A) Neyveli
441. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for fertilizer plants?
A) Cuddalore
B) Thoothukudi
C) Chennai
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
442. SPIC fertilizer plant is located at?
A) Thoothukudi
B) Cuddalore
C) Chennai
D) Salem
Answer: A) Thoothukudi
443. Which Tamil Nadu district hosts petroleum refineries?
A) Cuddalore
B) Chennai
C) Nagapattinam
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
444. Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) is located at?
A) Manali
B) Ennore
C) Cuddalore
D) Nagapattinam
Answer: A) Manali
445. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for automobile industries?
A) Chennai
B) Kancheepuram
C) Tiruvallur
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
446. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Detroit of Asia”?
A) Chennai
B) Coimbatore
C) Hosur
D) Tiruppur
Answer: A) Chennai
447. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for SIPCOT industrial estates?
A) Kancheepuram
B) Tiruvallur
C) Cuddalore
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
448. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for leather exports?
A) Vellore
B) Ranipet
C) Ambur
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the abov
e
449. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Leather Hub”?
A) Vellore
B) Ambur
C) Ranipet
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
450. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for shoe manufacturing?
A) Vellore
B) Ranipet
C) Ambur
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
451. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for educational institutions?
A) Chennai
B) Coimbatore
C) Madurai
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
452. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Education Hub of South India”?
A) Chennai
B) Coimbatore
C) Madurai
D) Vellore
Answer: A) Chennai
453. Which Tamil Nadu city hosts IIT Madras?
A) Chennai
B) Coimbatore
C) Trichy
D) Madurai
Answer: A) Chennai
454. Which Tamil Nadu city hosts IIM Trichy?
A) Madurai
B) Trichy
C) Coimbatore
D) Salem
Answer: B) Trichy
455. Which Tamil Nadu city hosts NIT?
A) Madurai
B) Trichy
C) Coimbatore
D) Chennai
Answer: B) Trichy
456. Which Tamil Nadu city hosts Anna University headquarters?
A) Chennai
B) Coimbatore
C) Madurai
D) Salem
Answer: A) Chennai
457. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for medical colleges?
A) Chennai
B) Madurai
C) Coimbatore
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
458. Which Tamil Nadu city hosts AIIMS?
A) Chennai
B) Madurai
C) Coimbatore
D) Salem
Answer: B) Madurai
459. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for research institutions?
A) Chennai
B) Coimbatore
C) Tiruchirappalli
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
460. Which Tamil Nadu city hosts ISRO Propulsion Complex?
A) Chennai
B) Trichy
C) Mahendragiri
D) Coimbatore
Answer: C) Mahendragiri
461. Mahendragiri ISRO centre is located in which district?
A) Tirunelveli
B) Thoothukudi
C) Kanyakumari
D) Ramanathapuram
Answer: A) Tirunelveli
462. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Temple City of South India”?
A) Madurai
B) Thanjavur
C) Kanchipuram
D) Chidambaram
Answer: A) Madurai
463. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Cultural Capital of Tamil Nadu”?
A) Madurai
B) Thanjavur
C) Chennai
D) Trichy
Answer: B) Thanjavur
464. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for Bharatanatyam?
A) Chennai
B) Thanjavur
C) Chidambaram
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
465. Which Tamil Nadu city hosts December Music Season?
A) Madurai
B) Chennai
C) Thanjavur
D) Trichy
Answer: B) Chennai
466. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for Carnatic music?
A) Chennai
B) Thanjavur
C) Madurai
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
467. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for Veena making?
A) Thanjavur
B) Madurai
C) Chennai
D) Trichy
Answer: A) Thanjavur
468. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for bronze idols?
A) Swamimalai
B) Madurai
C) Kanchipuram
D) Salem
Answer: A) Swamimalai
469. Swamimalai is located in which district?
A) Thanjavur
B) Nagapattinam
C) Trichy
D) Mayiladuthurai
Answer: A) Thanjavur
470. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for Tanjore paintings?
A) Madurai
B) Thanjavur
C) Kanchipuram
D) Trichy
Answer: B) Thanjavur
471. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for classical dance forms?
A) Thanjavur
B) Chennai
C) Madurai
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
472. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Land of Temples”?
A) Madurai
B) Kanchipuram
C) Thanjavur
D) Chidambaram
Answer: B) Kanchipuram
473. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for silk weaving?
A) Kanchipuram
B) Salem
C) Arani
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
474. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for handloom clusters?
A) Erode
B) Salem
C) Kancheepuram
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
475. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for brassware?
A) Thanjavur
B) Kumbakonam
C) Madurai
D) Trichy
Answer: B) Kumbakonam
476. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for betel leaf (Vetrilai)?
A) Madurai
B) Tiruchirappalli
C) Karur
D) Vellore
Answer: B) Tiruchirappalli
477. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for paddy cultivation?
A) Thanjavur
B) Tiruvarur
C) Nagapattinam
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
478. Which Tamil Nadu district is known as the “Rice Bowl of Tamil Nadu”?
A) Thanjavur
B) Tiruvarur
C) Nagapattinam
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
479. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for sugarcane cultivation?
A) Erode
B) Villupuram
C) Cuddalore
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
480. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for groundnut cultivation?
A) Villupuram
B) Thiruvannamalai
C) Vellore
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
481. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for oilseeds?
A) Salem
B) Dharmapuri
C) Villupuram
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
482. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for pulses cultivation?
A) Perambalur
B) Ariyalur
C) Villupuram
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
483. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for cotton mills?
A) Coimbatore
B) Salem
C) Erode
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
484. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Industrial Capital of Tamil Nadu”?
A) Chennai
B) Coimbatore
C) Hosur
D) Trichy
Answer: B) Coimbatore
485. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for MSME clusters?
A) Coimbatore
B) Tiruppur
C) Erode
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
486. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for foundry industry?
A) Coimbatore
B) Kolathur (Salem)
C) Tiruchirappalli
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
487. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Foundry Hub”?
A) Salem
B) Coimbatore
C) Trichy
D) Erode
Answer: B) Coimbatore
488. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for pump manufacturing?
A) Coimbatore
B) Salem
C) Erode
D) Karur
Answer: A) Coimbatore
489. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for electrical equipment manufacturing?
A) Coimbatore
B) Chennai
C) Tiruvallur
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
490. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for electronics manufacturing clusters?
A) Chennai
B) Kancheepuram
C) Tiruvallur
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
491. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Electronics Capital of India”?
A) Chennai
B) Bengaluru
C) Hyderabad
D) Noida
Answer: A) Chennai
492. Which Tamil Nadu district hosts hardware manufacturing parks?
A) Kancheepuram
B) Tiruvallur
C) Chennai
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
493. Which Tamil Nadu city hosts IT corridor (OMR)?
A) Chennai
B) Coimbatore
C) Madurai
D) Trichy
Answer: A) Chennai
494. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “IT Capital of Tamil Nadu”?
A) Chennai
B) Coimbatore
C) Madurai
D) Salem
Answer: A) Chennai
495. Which Tamil Nadu city hosts TIDEL Park?
A) Chennai
B) Coimbatore
C) Madurai
D) Trichy
Answer: A) Chennai
496. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for software parks?
A) Chennai
B) Coimbatore
C) Madurai
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
497. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Startup Hub” of Tamil Nadu?
A) Chennai
B) Coimbatore
C) Madurai
D) Trichy
Answer: A) Chennai
498. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for fintech startups?
A) Chennai
B) Coimbatore
C) Madurai
D) All of the above
A
nswer: D) All of the above
499. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Gateway to South India”?
A) Chennai
B) Madurai
C) Trichy
D) Coimbatore
Answer: A) Chennai
500. Which Tamil Nadu city is the capital of Tamil Nadu?
A) Madurai
B) Coimbatore
C) Chennai
D) Trichy
Answer: C) Chennai
501. When was Tamil Nadu formed as a state?
A) 1950
B) 1956
C) 1969
D) 1947
Answer: B) 1956
502. Tamil Nadu was earlier known as?
A) Dravida Nadu
B) Madras State
C) Tamilagam
D) Chola Nadu
Answer: B) Madras State
503. Tamil Nadu got its present name in which year?
A) 1956
B) 1960
C) 1969
D) 1971
Answer: C) 1969
504. Who renamed Madras State as Tamil Nadu?
A) M. Karunanidhi
B) C. N. Annadurai
C) K. Kamaraj
D) Rajaji
Answer: B) C. N. Annadurai
505. How many districts are there in Tamil Nadu (present)?
A) 36
B) 37
C) 38
D) 39
Answer: B) 38
506. Which is the newest district of Tamil Nadu?
A) Ranipet
B) Chengalpattu
C) Tenkasi
D) Mayiladuthurai
Answer: D) Mayiladuthurai
507. Which Tamil Nadu district has the highest population?
A) Chennai
B) Coimbatore
C) Madurai
D) Tiruvallur
Answer: A) Chennai
508. Which Tamil Nadu district has the lowest population?
A) Perambalur
B) Ariyalur
C) Nilgiris
D) Tenkasi
Answer: A) Perambalur
509. Which is the largest district of Tamil Nadu by area?
A) Villupuram
B) Tiruvannamalai
C) Dharmapuri
D) Salem
Answer: B) Tiruvannamalai
510. Which is the smallest district of Tamil Nadu by area?
A) Chennai
B) Kancheepuram
C) Tiruvallur
D) Theni
Answer: A) Chennai
511. Which Tamil Nadu district has the highest literacy rate?
A) Chennai
B) Kanyakumari
C) Nilgiris
D) Coimbatore
Answer: B) Kanyakumari
512. Which Tamil Nadu district has the lowest literacy rate?
A) Dharmapuri
B) Krishnagiri
C) Salem
D) Perambalur
Answer: A) Dharmapuri
513. Which Tamil Nadu district has the highest sex ratio?
A) Chennai
B) Kanyakumari
C) Tirunelveli
D) Ramanathapuram
Answer: B) Kanyakumari
514. Which Tamil Nadu district has the lowest sex ratio?
A) Salem
B) Dharmapuri
C) Krishnagiri
D) Perambalur
Answer: B) Dharmapuri
515. Which district has the longest coastline in Tamil Nadu?
A) Nagapattinam
B) Thoothukudi
C) Ramanathapuram
D) Kanyakumari
Answer: C) Ramanathapuram
516. Total coastline length of Tamil Nadu is approximately?
A) 906 km
B) 1076 km
C) 1200 km
D) 800 km
Answer: B) 1076 km
517. Which seas surround Tamil Nadu?
A) Bay of Bengal
B) Indian Ocean
C) Arabian Sea
D) Both A and B
Answer: D) Both A and B
518. Which latitude passes through Tamil Nadu?
A) Tropic of Cancer
B) Equator
C) Tropic of Capricorn
D) None of the above
Answer: D) None of the above
519. Which longitude passes close to Tamil Nadu?
A) 82½°E
B) 75°E
C) 90°E
D) 100°E
Answer: A) 82½°E
520. Which is the southernmost point of Tamil Nadu?
A) Kanyakumari
B) Rameswaram
C) Thoothukudi
D) Colachel
Answer: A) Kanyakumari
521. Which is the easternmost point of Tamil Nadu?
A) Chennai
B) Nagapattinam
C) Point Calimere
D) Thoothukudi
Answer: C) Point Calimere
522. Which is the westernmost district of Tamil Nadu?
A) Coimbatore
B) Nilgiris
C) Kanyakumari
D) Tiruppur
Answer: B) Nilgiris
523. Which is the northernmost district of Tamil Nadu?
A) Vellore
B) Tiruvallur
C) Krishnagiri
D) Tirupattur
Answer: B) Tiruvallur
524. Which river is the longest in Tamil Nadu?
A) Vaigai
B) Cauvery
C) Thamirabarani
D) Palar
Answer: B) Cauvery
525. Which river is called the “Ganges of the South”?
A) Cauvery
B) Vaigai
C) Thamirabarani
D) Bhavani
Answer: A) Cauvery
526. Which river originates from Agasthyamalai hills?
A) Cauvery
B) Vaigai
C) Thamirabarani
D) Palar
Answer: C) Thamirabarani
527. Which Tamil Nadu river is perennial?
A) Cauvery
B) Vaigai
C) Thamirabarani
D) Palar
Answer: C) Thamirabarani
528. Which river forms the Grand Anicut (Kallanai)?
A) Cauvery
B) Vaigai
C) Bhavani
D) Amaravathi
Answer: A) Cauvery
529. Kallanai was built by which Chola king?
A) Rajaraja Chola
B) Rajendra Chola
C) Karikala Chola
D) Vijayalaya Chola
Answer: C) Karikala Chola
551. Which Tamil Nadu port is also called V.O.C. Port?
A) Chennai
B) Nagapattinam
C) Thoothukudi
D) Cuddalore
Answer: C) Thoothukudi
552. Who founded the Dravidian movement in Tamil Nadu?
A) Periyar E.V. Ramasamy
B) C.N. Annadurai
C) Karunanidhi
D) Bharathidasan
Answer: A) Periyar E.V. Ramasamy
553. Justice Party was founded in which year?
A) 1916
B) 1920
C) 1925
D) 1930
Answer: A) 1916
554. Who was the first Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (Madras State)?
A) C.N. Annadurai
B) Rajaji
C) K. Kamaraj
D) O. P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar
Answer: D) O. P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar
555. Which leader is known as the “Kingmaker of Indian Politics”?
A) C.N. Annadurai
B) K. Kamaraj
C) M. Karunanidhi
D) Periyar
Answer: B) K. Kamaraj
556. Who introduced the Mid-Day Meal Scheme in Tamil Nadu?
A) K. Kamaraj
B) MGR
C) Karunanidhi
D) Rajaji
Answer: A) K. Kamaraj
557. Which Tamil Nadu CM expanded the Mid-Day Meal Scheme statewide?
A) Karunanidhi
B) Annadurai
C) MGR
D) Jayalalithaa
Answer: C) MGR
558. Which party introduced Self-Respect Movement?
A) DMK
B) Justice Party
C) INC
D) AIADMK
Answer: B) Justice Party
559. Which Tamil Nadu leader opposed Hindi imposition strongly?
A) Rajaji
B) Periyar
C) Kamaraj
D) MGR
Answer: B) Periyar
560. Which amendment made Tamil an official classical language?
A) 8th Schedule
B) 9th Schedule
C) Classical Language Status (2004)
D) 73rd Amendment
Answer: C) Classical Language Status (2004)
561. Tamil was declared a Classical Language in which year?
A) 1999
B) 2002
C) 2004
D) 2006
Answer: C) 2004
562. Which Tamil scholar is known as “Tamil Thaatha”?
A) U.V. Swaminatha Iyer
B) Maraimalai Adigal
C) Ilango Adigal
D) Thiruvalluvar
Answer: A) U.V. Swaminatha Iyer
563. Which epic was written by Ilango Adigal?
A) Manimekalai
B) Silappathikaram
C) Civaka Cintamani
D) Tholkappiyam
Answer: B) Silappathikaram
564. Which epic was written by Sattanar?
A) Silappathikaram
B) Manimekalai
C) Thirukkural
D) Kurunthogai
Answer: B) Manimekalai
565. Tholkappiyam deals mainly with?
A) History
B) Grammar
C) Medicine
D) Astronomy
Answer: B) Grammar
566. Who wrote Tholkappiyam?
A) Agastya
B) Tholkappiyar
C) Ilango
D) Sattanar
Answer: B) Tholkappiyar
567. How many Sangams are mentioned in Tamil literature?
A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four
Answer: C) Three
568. First Tamil Sangam was held at?
A) Madurai
B) Kapatapuram
C) Thenmadurai
D) Korkai
Answer: C) Thenmadurai
569. Which Sangam city is submerged under the sea?
A) Madurai
B) Korkai
C) Kapatapuram
D) Poompuhar
Answer: C) Kapatapuram
570. Which Sangam work belongs to Ettuthogai?
A) Thirukkural
B) Silappathikaram
C) Kurunthogai
D) Tholkappiyam
Answer: C) Kurunthogai
571. Which Sangam work belongs to Pathupattu?
A) Maduraikanchi
B) Naladiyar
C) Thirukkural
D) Ainkurunooru
Answer: A) Maduraikanchi
572. Which Tamil work is called “Tamil Veda”?
A) Tholkappiyam
B) Thirukkural
C) Silappathikaram
D) Naladiyar
Answer: B) Thirukkural
573. How many chapters are there in Thirukkural?
A) 108
B) 130
C) 133
D) 145
Answer: C) 133
574. How many couplets are there in Thirukkural?
A) 1200
B) 1250
C) 1300
D) 1330
Answer: D) 1330
575. Which section of Thirukkural deals with Love?
A) Aram
B) Porul
C) Inbam
D) Veedu
Answer: C) Inbam
576. Which Tamil poet wrote Kamba Ramayanam?
A) Bharathi
B) Kambar
C) Ilango
D) Avvaiyar
Answer: B) Kambar
577. Which temple is known as the “Big Temple”?
A) Madurai Meenakshi
B) Chidambaram
C) Brihadeeswarar, Thanjavur
D) Rameswaram
Answer: C) Brihadeeswarar, Thanjavur
578. Brihadeeswarar Temple was built by?
A) Rajendra Chola
B) Rajaraja Chola I
C) Karikala Chola
D) Kulothunga Chola
Answer: B) Rajaraja Chola I
579. Which dynasty built most rock-cut temples in Tamil Nadu?
A) Chola
B) Pandya
C) Pallava
D) Chera
Answer: C) Pallava
580. Shore Temple is located at?
A) Thanjavur
B) Kanchipuram
C) Mamallapuram
D) Chidambaram
Answer: C) Mamallapuram
581. Mamallapuram was built during whose reign?
A) Rajaraja Chola
B) Narasimhavarman I
C) Ashoka
D) Harsha
Answer: B) Narasimhavarman I
582. Which Pallava king was called “Mamalla”?
A) Mahendravarman I
B) Narasimhavarman I
C) Aparajitavarman
D) Simhavishnu
Answer: B) Narasimhavarman I
583. Which Pallava king introduced rock-cut architecture?
A) Narasimhavarman I
B) Mahendravarman I
C) Simhavishnu
D) Nandivarman
Answer: B) Mahendravarman I
584. Which Tamil Nadu monument is a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
A) Meenakshi Temple
B) Brihadeeswarar Temple
C) Rameswaram Temple
D) Srivilliputhur Temple
Answer: B) Brihadeeswarar Temple
585. Which group of temples are called “Great Living Chola Temples”?
A) Thanjavur, Gangaikonda Cholapuram, Darasuram
B) Madurai, Rameswaram, Chidambaram
C) Kanchipuram, Mahabalipuram
D) Srirangam, Madurai
Answer: A) Thanjavur, Gangaikonda Cholapuram, Darasuram
586. Gangaikonda Cholapuram was built by?
A) Rajaraja Chola
B) Rajendra Chola I
C) Kulothunga Chola
D) Karikala Chola
Answer: B) Rajendra Chola I
587. Which Chola king conquered regions up to Ganges?
A) Rajaraja Chola
B) Rajendra Chola
C) Karikala Chola
D) Vijayalaya Chola
Answer: B) Rajendra Chola
588. Which Tamil Nadu temple has the longest corridor?
A) Madurai Meenakshi
B) Rameswaram Ramanathaswamy
C) Srirangam
D) Chidambaram
Answer: B) Rameswaram Ramanathaswamy
589. Which temple town is called “Bhoo
loka Vaikunta”?
A) Madurai
B) Srirangam
C) Rameswaram
D) Chidambaram
Answer: B) Srirangam
590. Srirangam Temple is dedicated to which deity?
A) Shiva
B) Murugan
C) Vishnu
D) Brahma
Answer: C) Vishnu
601. Which Tamil Nadu city is called the “Athens of the East”?
A) Madurai
B) Kanchipuram
C) Thanjavur
D) Chidambaram
Answer: B) Kanchipuram
602. Kanchipuram is famous for how many temples (traditionally)?
A) 51
B) 72
C) 100
D) 108
Answer: B) 72
603. Which Tamil Nadu temple is one of the Pancha Bhoota Sthalams (Earth)?
A) Chidambaram
B) Thiruvannamalai
C) Kanchipuram
D) Ekambareswarar
Answer: D) Ekambareswarar
604. Which element does Chidambaram represent in Pancha Bhoota?
A) Earth
B) Water
C) Fire
D) Space
Answer: D) Space
605. Thiruvannamalai represents which element?
A) Earth
B) Fire
C) Water
D) Air
Answer: B) Fire
606. Which Pancha Bhoota temple represents Water?
A) Kanchipuram
B) Chidambaram
C) Tiruvanaikaval
D) Thiruvannamalai
Answer: C) Tiruvanaikaval
607. Which Pancha Bhoota temple represents Air?
A) Chidambaram
B) Kanchipuram
C) Thiruvannamalai
D) Srikalahasti
Answer: D) Srikalahasti
608. Which Tamil Nadu temple town is famous for Chariot Festival?
A) Madurai
B) Chidambaram
C) Thiruvarur
D) Kanchipuram
Answer: C) Thiruvarur
609. Thiruvarur temple chariot is famous for being?
A) Oldest
B) Tallest
C) Largest in Asia
D) Fastest
Answer: C) Largest in Asia
610. Which Tamil Nadu festival celebrates harvest?
A) Deepavali
B) Pongal
C) Karthigai
D) Navaratri
Answer: B) Pongal
611. How many days is Pongal celebrated?
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
Answer: C) 4
612. Thai Pongal is celebrated in which Tamil month?
A) Margazhi
B) Thai
C) Chithirai
D) Aadi
Answer: B) Thai
613. Which Pongal day is dedicated to cattle?
A) Bhogi
B) Thai Pongal
C) Mattu Pongal
D) Kaanum Pongal
Answer: C) Mattu Pongal
614. Which sport is traditionally associated with Mattu Pongal?
A) Silambam
B) Kabaddi
C) Jallikattu
D) Kho-Kho
Answer: C) Jallikattu
615. Jallikattu is mainly practiced in which region of Tamil Nadu?
A) Kongu
B) Tondai
C) Pandya
D) Chola
Answer: C) Pandya
616. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for Jallikattu?
A) Erode
B) Madurai
C) Nilgiris
D) Kanchipuram
Answer: B) Madurai
617. Which bull breed is used in Jallikattu?
A) Jersey
B) Holstein
C) Kangayam
D) Ongole
Answer: C) Kangayam
618. Which Tamil martial art is native to Tamil Nadu?
A) Kalaripayattu
B) Silambam
C) Gatka
D) Thang-ta
Answer: B) Silambam
619. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for bronze sculptures?
A) Kumbakonam
B) Swamimalai
C) Thanjavur
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
620. Which metal alloy is used in Chola bronzes?
A) Brass
B) Bronze (Panchaloha)
C) Copper
D) Iron
Answer: B) Bronze (Panchaloha)
621. Panchaloha consists of how many metals?
A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 6
Answer: C) 5
622. Which Tamil Nadu town is famous for temple bronzes?
A) Madurai
B) Swamimalai
C) Srirangam
D) Tiruchendur
Answer: B) Swamimalai
623. Which Tamil Nadu district is famous for handloom silk?
A) Salem
B) Erode
C) Kanchipuram
D) Karur
Answer: C) Kanchipuram
624. Which city is known as the “Textile City of Tamil Nadu”?
A) Coimbatore
B) Tiruppur
C) Erode
D) Salem
Answer: C) Erode
625. Which city is known as the “Manchester of South India”?
A) Salem
B) Tiruppur
C) Coimbatore
D) Madurai
Answer: C) Coimbatore
626. Which city is famous for knitwear exports?
A) Erode
B) Karur
C) Tiruppur
D) Namakkal
Answer: C) Tiruppur
627. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for bus body building?
A) Madurai
B) Salem
C) Karur
D) Namakkal
Answer: C) Karur
628. Which district is known as the “Egg Basket of Tamil Nadu”?
A) Erode
B) Namakkal
C) Salem
D) Dindigul
Answer: B) Namakkal
629. Which district is famous for turmeric production?
A) Salem
B) Erode
C) Theni
D) Villupuram
Answer: B) Erode
630. Which district is famous for banana cultivation?
A) Nilgiris
B) Theni
C) Tiruchirappalli
D) Kanyakumari
Answer: B) Theni
631. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for jasmine production?
A) Madurai
B) Salem
C) Dindigul
D) Erode
Answer: A) Madurai
632. Which jasmine variety is GI tagged from Tamil Nadu?
A) Madurai Malli
B) Coimbatore Malli
C) Salem Malli
D) Theni Malli
Answer: A) Madurai Malli
633. Which Tamil Nadu product has GI tag?
A) Kanchipuram Silk
B) Erode Turmeric
C) Madurai Malli
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
634. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for locks?
A) Salem
B) Dindigul
C) Madurai
D) Vellore
Answer: B) Dindigul
635. Which district is famous for firecrackers?
A) Sivakasi
B) Virudhunagar
C) Ramanathapuram
D) Theni
Answer: B) Virudhunagar
636. Sivakasi is located in which district?
A) Madurai
B) Theni
C) Virudhunagar
D) Ramanathapuram
Answer: C) Virudhunagar
637. Which Tamil Nadu town is known as “Little Japan”?
A) Hosur
B) Coimbatore
C) Chennai
D) Tiruppur
Answer: A) Hosur
638. Which Tamil Nadu city is an automobile hub?
A) Madurai
B) Chennai
C) Trichy
D) Salem
Answer: B) Chennai
639. Chennai is also called?
A) Health City
B) Gateway of South India
C) Detroit of India
D) City of Temples
Answer: C) Detroit of India
640. Which airport is the largest in Tamil Nadu?
A) Coimbatore
B) Madurai
C) Chennai
D) Trichy
Answer: C) Chennai
641. Which railway zone headquarters is in Chennai?
A) Southern Railway
B) South Central Railway
C) South Western Railway
D) Eastern Railway
Answer: A) Southern Railway
642. Integral Coach Factory (ICF) is located at?
A) Avadi
B) Perambur
C) Ambattur
D) Guindy
Answer: B) Perambur
643. Which Tamil Nadu city hosts IIT?
A) Madurai
B) Coimbatore
C) Chennai
D) Trichy
Answer: C) Chennai
644. IIT Madras is located in which area?
A) Guindy
B) Adyar
C) Tambaram
D) Velachery
Answer: B) Adyar
645. Which Tamil Nadu city hosts NIT?
A) Madurai
B) Salem
C) Trichy
D) Vellore
Answer: C) Trichy
646. Which university is known as the “Oxford of the East”?
A) Madras University
B) Annamalai University
C) Alagappa University
D) Bharathiar University
Answer: A) Madras University
647. Madras University was established in which year?
A) 1854
B) 1857
C) 1887
D) 1900
Answer: C) 1887
648. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Temple Town”?
A) Madurai
B) Srirangam
C) Kanchipuram
D) All of the ab
ove
Answer: D) All of the above
649. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for rock fort temple?
A) Vellore
B) Trichy
C) Salem
D) Tirunelveli
Answer: B) Trichy
650. Rock Fort Temple is located on which river bank?
A) Cauvery
B) Vaigai
C) Thamirabarani
D) Palar
Answer: A) Cauvery
651. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Oxford of South India”?
A) Madurai
B) Coimbatore
C) Chennai
D) Trichy
Answer: C) Chennai
652. Which medical institution is called the “Mecca of Medical Education” in Tamil Nadu?
A) CMC Vellore
B) MMC Chennai
C) Stanley Medical College
D) Madurai Medical College
Answer: A) CMC Vellore
653. CMC Vellore was founded by?
A) Annie Besant
B) Ida S. Scudder
C) Florence Nightingale
D) Mother Teresa
Answer: B) Ida S. Scudder
654. Which Tamil Nadu city is known as the “Health Capital of India”?
A) Vellore
B) Chennai
C) Coimbatore
D) Madurai
Answer: B) Chennai
655. Which sports stadium is the largest in Tamil Nadu?
A) Chepauk
B) Nehru Stadium
C) MA Chidambaram Stadium
D) Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Answer: D) Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
656. MA Chidambaram Stadium is located at?
A) Coimbatore
B) Chennai
C) Madurai
D) Trichy
Answer: B) Chennai
657. Chepauk Stadium is also known as?
A) Nehru Stadium
B) MA Chidambaram Stadium
C) Eden Gardens
D) Wankhede Stadium
Answer: B) MA Chidambaram Stadium
658. Which Tamil Nadu city hosted the first IPL match?
A) Chennai
B) Bangalore
C) Mumbai
D) Kolkata
Answer: A) Chennai
659. Which team represents Tamil Nadu in IPL?
A) Sunrisers Hyderabad
B) Chennai Super Kings
C) Royal Challengers Bangalore
D) Gujarat Titans
Answer: B) Chennai Super Kings
660. Who is known as “Captain Cool” from Tamil Nadu?
A) Suresh Raina
B) MS Dhoni
C) R. Ashwin
D) Dinesh Karthik
Answer: B) MS Dhoni
661. Which Indian cricketer from Tamil Nadu is famous for off-spin bowling?
A) MS Dhoni
B) R. Ashwin
C) Kapil Dev
D) Anil Kumble
Answer: B) R. Ashwin
662. Which chess grandmaster from Tamil Nadu is a world champion?
A) Viswanathan Anand
B) Praggnaanandhaa
C) Vidit Gujrathi
D) Harikrishna
Answer: A) Viswanathan Anand
663. Viswanathan Anand was born in which city?
A) Madurai
B) Chennai
C) Coimbatore
D) Trichy
Answer: B) Chennai
664. Which Olympic gold medalist is from Tamil Nadu?
A) Abhinav Bindra
B) Neeraj Chopra
C) Sakshi Malik
D) None
Answer: D) None
665. Which Tamil Nadu athlete is famous in table tennis?
A) Sharath Kamal
B) Pankaj Advani
C) Kidambi Srikanth
D) Saina Nehwal
Answer: A) Sharath Kamal
666. Which sport is SDAT mainly promoting in Tamil Nadu?
A) Cricket
B) Kabaddi
C) Hockey
D) All sports
Answer: D) All sports
667. SDAT stands for?
A) Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu
B) State Development Authority of Tamil Nadu
C) Sports Directorate of All Tamil Nadu
D) State Department of Athletic Training
Answer: A) Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu
668. Which beach is the second longest beach in the world?
A) Marina Beach
B) Elliot’s Beach
C) Covelong
D) Rameswaram Beach
Answer: A) Marina Beach
669. Marina Beach is located between?
A) Chennai & Mahabalipuram
B) Fort St. George & Besant Nagar
C) Adyar & Cooum rivers
D) Royapuram & Adyar
Answer: D) Royapuram & Adyar
670. Which river flows through Chennai city?
A) Cauvery
B) Vaigai
C) Cooum
D) Thamirabarani
Answer: C) Cooum
671. Which fort was the first British fort in India?
A) Fort William
B) Fort St. George
C) Red Fort
D) Gingee Fort
Answer: B) Fort St. George
672. Fort St. George is located in?
A) Madurai
B) Chennai
C) Trichy
D) Vellore
Answer: B) Chennai
673. Who built Gingee Fort?
A) Cholas
B) Pallavas
C) Vijayanagar rulers
D) British
Answer: B) Pallavas
674. Gingee Fort is located in which district?
A) Salem
B) Villupuram
C) Tiruvannamalai
D) Vellore
Answer: B) Villupuram
675. Which fort is called the “Troy of the East”?
A) Vellore Fort
B) Gingee Fort
C) Trichy Fort
D) Madurai Fort
Answer: B) Gingee Fort
676. Which Tamil Nadu fort is associated with Tipu Sultan?
A) Vellore Fort
B) Gingee Fort
C) Trichy Fort
D) Sankagiri Fort
Answer: D) Sankagiri Fort
677. Which rebellion took place at Vellore Fort in 1806?
A) Sepoy Mutiny
B) Vellore Mutiny
C) Civil Disobedience
D) Quit India
Answer: B) Vellore Mutiny
678. Vellore Mutiny took place in which year?
A) 1757
B) 1806
C) 1857
D) 1905
Answer: B) 1806
679. Which Tamil Nadu freedom fighter is known as “South Indian Gandhi”?
A) Rajaji
B) V.O. Chidambaram
C) Subramania Bharathi
D) Periyar
Answer: B) V.O. Chidambaram
680. Who is called “Tamil Nadu Gandhi”?
A) Rajaji
B) Periyar
C) Kamaraj
D) Bharathiyar
Answer: C) Kamaraj
681. Which Tamil Nadu freedom fighter founded the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company?
A) Bharathiyar
B) Rajaji
C) V.O. Chidambaram Pillai
D) Kamaraj
Answer: C) V.O. Chidambaram Pillai
682. Which poet is called “Mahakavi”?
A) Bharathidasan
B) Kambar
C) Subramania Bharathi
D) Avvaiyar
Answer: C) Subramania Bharathi
683. Bharathi was born in which place?
A) Madurai
B) Ettayapuram
C) Thanjavur
D) Tirunelveli
Answer: B) Ettayapuram
684. Which Tamil Nadu leader founded the DMK?
A) Periyar
B) Annadurai
C) Karunanidhi
D) MGR
Answer: B) Annadurai
685. DMK was founded in which year?
A) 1947
B) 1949
C) 1952
D) 1956
Answer: B) 1949
686. Which party was founded by MGR?
A) DMK
B) AIADMK
C) BJP
D) INC
Answer: B) AIADMK
687. AIADMK was founded in which year?
A) 1970
B) 1971
C) 1972
D) 1975
Answer: C) 1972
688. Who was the first woman Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu?
A) Jayalalithaa
B) Janaki Ramachandran
C) Indira Gandhi
D) Sarojini Naidu
Answer: B) Janaki Ramachandran
689. Who served as Chief Minister for the longest period in Tamil Nadu?
A) Karunanidhi
B) Jayalalithaa
C) MGR
D) Kamaraj
Answer: C) MGR
690. Which CM is known as “Kalaignar”?
A) Annadurai
B) Karunanidhi
C) MGR
D) Kamaraj
Answer: B) Karunanidhi
691. Which Tamil Nadu CM introduced free TV scheme?
A) Karunanidhi
B) Jayalalithaa
C) MGR
D) Annadurai
Answer: A) Karunanidhi
692. Which Tamil Nadu CM introduced Amma Canteen?
A) Karunanidhi
B) MGR
C) Jayalalithaa
D) Annadurai
Answer: C) Jayalalithaa
693. Which scheme provides free laptops to students?
A) Karunanidhi scheme
B) Amma scheme
C) CM Laptop Scheme
D) Kamaraj scheme
Answer: C) CM Laptop Scheme
694. Which Tamil Nadu scheme provides free meals?
A) Amma Unavagam
B) Mid-Day Meal
C) Both A & B
D) None
Answer: C) Both A & B
695. Which social reformer started Self-Respect Movement?
A) Annadurai
B) Periyar
C) Bharathi
D) Rajaji
Answer: B) Periyar
696. Which day is celebrated as Periyar Day in Tamil Nadu?
A) Jan 17
B) Sep 17
C) Aug 15
D) Oct 2
Answer: B) Sep 17
697. Which Tamil Nadu city has a memorial for Periyar?
A) Madurai
B) Chennai
C) Erode
D) Salem
Answer: C) Erode
698. Which Tamil Nadu district is known as the birthplace of Periyar?
A) Salem
B) Erode
C) Karur
D) Na
makkal
Answer: B) Erode
699. Which Tamil Nadu leader was called “Anna”?
A) Karunanidhi
B) Annadurai
C) Kamaraj
D) MGR
Answer: B) Annadurai
700. Which Tamil Nadu leader introduced the two-language policy?
A) Rajaji
B) Annadurai
C) Karunanidhi
D) Periyar
Answer: B) Annadurai
701. Which river is known as the “Dakshina Ganga” in Tamil Nadu?
A) Vaigai
B) Cauvery
C) Thamirabarani
D) Bhavani
Answer: B) Cauvery
702. Which river flows through Madurai city?
A) Cauvery
B) Vaigai
C) Thamirabarani
D) Pennar
Answer: B) Vaigai
703. Vaigai dam is located in which district?
A) Theni
B) Madurai
C) Dindigul
D) Ramanathapuram
Answer: A) Theni
704. Which Tamil Nadu river flows into the Gulf of Mannar?
A) Cauvery
B) Vaigai
C) Thamirabarani
D) Bhavani
Answer: C) Thamirabarani
705. Gulf of Mannar lies between?
A) Tamil Nadu & Kerala
B) Tamil Nadu & Sri Lanka
C) Kerala & Sri Lanka
D) Andhra Pradesh & Tamil Nadu
Answer: B) Tamil Nadu & Sri Lanka
706. Gulf of Mannar is famous for?
A) Coral reefs
B) Oil reserves
C) Volcanoes
D) Icebergs
Answer: A) Coral reefs
707. Which biosphere reserve is India’s first marine biosphere reserve?
A) Sundarbans
B) Gulf of Kutch
C) Gulf of Mannar
D) Chilika
Answer: C) Gulf of Mannar
708. Which district has the longest coastline in Tamil Nadu?
A) Nagapattinam
B) Thoothukudi
C) Ramanathapuram
D) Cuddalore
Answer: C) Ramanathapuram
709. Which Tamil Nadu town is famous for salt production?
A) Tuticorin
B) Marakkanam
C) Vedaranyam
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
710. Vedaranyam Salt Satyagraha was led by?
A) Rajaji
B) Kamaraj
C) Periyar
D) Bharathi
Answer: A) Rajaji
711. Vedaranyam Salt Satyagraha took place in which year?
A) 1927
B) 1930
C) 1932
D) 1942
Answer: B) 1930
712. Which Tamil Nadu freedom movement is also called “Tamil Nadu Dandi March”?
A) Vedaranyam Salt Satyagraha
B) Quit India
C) Non-Cooperation
D) Home Rule
Answer: A) Vedaranyam Salt Satyagraha
713. Which forest type is found in coastal Tamil Nadu?
A) Alpine
B) Mangrove
C) Coniferous
D) Tundra
Answer: B) Mangrove
714. Which mangrove forest is famous in Tamil Nadu?
A) Pichavaram
B) Vedanthangal
C) Mudumalai
D) Kalakkad
Answer: A) Pichavaram
715. Pichavaram mangroves are located in which district?
A) Nagapattinam
B) Cuddalore
C) Thanjavur
D) Ramanathapuram
Answer: B) Cuddalore
716. Which bird sanctuary is famous for flamingos?
A) Vedanthangal
B) Pulicat
C) Point Calimere
D) Koonthankulam
Answer: C) Point Calimere
717. Which bird sanctuary is shared with Andhra Pradesh?
A) Vedanthangal
B) Pulicat Lake
C) Koonthankulam
D) Point Calimere
Answer: B) Pulicat Lake
718. Pulicat Lake is located between which two states?
A) Tamil Nadu & Kerala
B) Tamil Nadu & Karnataka
C) Tamil Nadu & Andhra Pradesh
D) Tamil Nadu & Odisha
Answer: C) Tamil Nadu & Andhra Pradesh
719. Which Tamil Nadu bird sanctuary is the largest in South India?
A) Vedanthangal
B) Koonthankulam
C) Point Calimere
D) Pulicat
Answer: B) Koonthankulam
720. Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary is located in which district?
A) Madurai
B) Tirunelveli
C) Thoothukudi
D) Ramanathapuram
Answer: B) Tirunelveli
721. Which Tamil Nadu district is known for pearl fishing?
A) Ramanathapuram
B) Thoothukudi
C) Nagapattinam
D) Cuddalore
Answer: B) Thoothukudi
722. Which Tamil Nadu town is famous for pearl oysters historically?
A) Korkai
B) Rameswaram
C) Nagapattinam
D) Cuddalore
Answer: A) Korkai
723. Which ancient port city of Tamil Nadu is mentioned in Sangam literature?
A) Korkai
B) Musiri
C) Poompuhar
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
724. Poompuhar was also known as?
A) Kaveripattinam
B) Madurai
C) Kanchipuram
D) Uraiyur
Answer: A) Kaveripattinam
725. Which river delta is associated with Poompuhar?
A) Vaigai
B) Cauvery
C) Thamirabarani
D) Palar
Answer: B) Cauvery
726. Which ancient Tamil Nadu capital was Uraiyur?
A) Chola
B) Pandya
C) Chera
D) Pallava
Answer: A) Chola
727. Madurai was the capital of which dynasty?
A) Chola
B) Pallava
C) Pandya
D) Chera
Answer: C) Pandya
728. Kanchipuram was the capital of which dynasty?
A) Chola
B) Chera
C) Pandya
D) Pallava
Answer: D) Pallava
729. Which dynasty built the Brihadeeswarar Temple?
A) Pallava
B) Pandya
C) Chola
D) Chera
Answer: C) Chola
730. Which dynasty patronized Bharatanatyam?
A) Pallava
B) Chola
C) Pandya
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
731. Which Tamil Nadu dynasty issued the most copper plate inscriptions?
A) Pallava
B) Pandya
C) Chola
D) Chera
Answer: C) Chola
732. Which Tamil Nadu dynasty had a strong naval force?
A) Pallava
B) Pandya
C) Chola
D) Chera
Answer: C) Chola
733. Which Chola king sent naval expeditions to Southeast Asia?
A) Rajaraja Chola
B) Rajendra Chola
C) Karikala Chola
D) Vijayalaya Chola
Answer: B) Rajendra Chola
734. Which inscription source is most important for Chola administration?
A) Ashokan Edicts
B) Copper plates
C) Stone inscriptions
D) Palm leaf manuscripts
Answer: C) Stone inscriptions
735. Which system of administration was famous under Cholas?
A) Centralized
B) Village self-government
C) Feudal
D) Military rule
Answer: B) Village self-government
736. Uttaramerur inscriptions relate to?
A) Trade
B) Education
C) Village administration
D) Taxation
Answer: C) Village administration
737. Which assembly functioned at village level under Cholas?
A) Sabha
B) Samiti
C) Parishad
D) Sangha
Answer: A) Sabha
738. Which assembly existed in non-Brahmin villages?
A) Sabha
B) Ur
C) Nagaram
D) Mahasabha
Answer: B) Ur
739. Which assembly represented merchants?
A) Ur
B) Sabha
C) Nagaram
D) Samiti
Answer: C) Nagaram
740. Which committee system existed under Cholas?
A) Variyam
B) Samithi
C) Parishad
D) Mandal
Answer: A) Variyam
741. Which method was used to select members for committees?
A) Election
B) Nomination
C) Kudavolai system
D) Appointment
Answer: C) Kudavolai system
742. Kudavolai system was used during which dynasty?
A) Pallava
B) Pandya
C) Chola
D) Chera
Answer: C) Chola
743. Which Chola king’s reign mentions Kudavolai in inscriptions?
A) Rajaraja I
B) Rajendra I
C) Parantaka I
D) Uttama Chola
Answer: C) Parantaka I
744. Which Chola king built the city of Gangaikonda Cholapuram?
A) Rajaraja I
B) Rajendra I
C) Kulothunga I
D) Karikala
Answer: B) Rajendra I
745. Which Chola port was famous for overseas trade?
A) Poompuhar
B) Nagapattinam
C) Korkai
D) Musiri
Answer: B) Nagapattinam
746. Which foreign traveler visited Tamil Nadu during Chola period?
A) Hiuen Tsang
B) Fa-Hien
C) Marco Polo
D) Megasthenes
Answer: C) Marco Polo
747. Which religion flourished during early Chola period?
A) Buddhism
B) Jainism
C) Saivism
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All o
f the above
748. Which Bhakti saint belonged to Saivism?
A) Alvars
B) Nayanmars
C) Siddhars
D) Jains
Answer: B) Nayanmars
749. How many Alvars are there?
A) 10
B) 12
C) 18
D) 63
Answer: B) 12
750. How many Nayanmars are there?
A) 12
B) 18
C) 63
D) 72
Answer: C) 63
751. Who is called the “Father of Tamil Renaissance”?
A) Subramania Bharathi
B) Maraimalai Adigal
C) Bharathidasan
D) Avvaiyar
Answer: B) Maraimalai Adigal
752. Who is called the “Mahakavi of Tamil”?
A) Kambar
B) Subramania Bharathi
C) Bharathidasan
D) Ilango Adigal
Answer: B) Subramania Bharathi
753. Which Tamil poet wrote Kaviya Thirattu?
A) Bharathidasan
B) Subramania Bharathi
C) Kambar
D) Avvaiyar
Answer: A) Bharathidasan
754. Which Tamil poet is famous for patriotic poems?
A) Ilango Adigal
B) Bharathidasan
C) Kambar
D) Avvaiyar
Answer: B) Bharathidasan
755. Who is called the “Pioneer of Modern Tamil Poetry”?
A) Subramania Bharathi
B) Bharathidasan
C) Maraimalai Adigal
D) Kambar
Answer: A) Subramania Bharathi
756. Which Tamil Nadu leader is called “Perarignar”?
A) Karunanidhi
B) Annadurai
C) Kamaraj
D) MGR
Answer: B) Annadurai
757. Which Tamil Nadu leader is called “Kalaignar”?
A) Karunanidhi
B) Annadurai
C) Jayalalithaa
D) MGR
Answer: A) Karunanidhi
758. Which Tamil Nadu leader is called “Puratchi Thalaivar”?
A) Karunanidhi
B) MGR
C) Jayalalithaa
D) Kamaraj
Answer: B) MGR
759. Which Tamil Nadu leader is called “Amma”?
A) Jayalalithaa
B) Annadurai
C) Karunanidhi
D) Periyar
Answer: A) Jayalalithaa
760. Which Tamil Nadu leader is associated with “Self-Respect Movement”?
A) Karunanidhi
B) Annadurai
C) Periyar
D) Jayalalithaa
Answer: C) Periyar
761. Who was the first woman MLA in Tamil Nadu?
A) Janaki Ramachandran
B) Rajathi Ammal
C) Lakshmi Sahgal
D) Vasanthi Devi
Answer: B) Rajathi Ammal
762. Who was the first woman Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu?
A) Janaki Ramachandran
B) Jayalalithaa
C) Indira Gandhi
D) Sarojini Naidu
Answer: A) Janaki Ramachandran
763. Jayalalithaa became Chief Minister first in which year?
A) 1989
B) 1991
C) 1996
D) 2001
Answer: A) 1991
764. Which Tamil Nadu Chief Minister is known for the “Amma Canteen” scheme?
A) Karunanidhi
B) Jayalalithaa
C) MGR
D) Annadurai
Answer: B) Jayalalithaa
765. Which Tamil Nadu CM introduced free laptops to students?
A) Karunanidhi
B) Jayalalithaa
C) MGR
D) Kamaraj
Answer: B) Jayalalithaa
766. Which Tamil Nadu CM introduced the Mid-Day Meal Scheme?
A) Kamaraj
B) MGR
C) Karunanidhi
D) Annadurai
Answer: A) Kamaraj
767. Which Tamil Nadu CM expanded the Mid-Day Meal Scheme?
A) Karunanidhi
B) MGR
C) Jayalalithaa
D) Annadurai
Answer: B) MGR
768. Which Indian independence movement took place in Vedaranyam?
A) Quit India
B) Non-Cooperation
C) Salt Satyagraha
D) Home Rule
Answer: C) Salt Satyagraha
769. Vedaranyam Salt Satyagraha was led by?
A) Rajaji
B) Kamaraj
C) Periyar
D) Subramania Bharathi
Answer: A) Rajaji
770. Which Tamil Nadu leader is known as “Kingmaker”?
A) Kamaraj
B) MGR
C) Annadurai
D) Karunanidhi
Answer: A) Kamaraj
771. Which Tamil Nadu CM introduced two-language formula?
A) Rajaji
B) Annadurai
C) Karunanidhi
D) Kamaraj
Answer: B) Annadurai
772. Which CM introduced free television scheme?
A) Karunanidhi
B) Jayalalithaa
C) MGR
D) Kamaraj
Answer: A) Karunanidhi
773. Who started the Dravidian Movement?
A) Periyar
B) Annadurai
C) Karunanidhi
D) MGR
Answer: A) Periyar
774. Who is the founder of DMK?
A) Periyar
B) Annadurai
C) Karunanidhi
D) MGR
Answer: B) Annadurai
775. DMK was founded in which year?
A) 1947
B) 1949
C) 1952
D) 1956
Answer: B) 1949
776. AIADMK was founded by?
A) Annadurai
B) MGR
C) Karunanidhi
D) Jayalalithaa
Answer: B) MGR
777. AIADMK was formed in which year?
A) 1970
B) 1971
C) 1972
D) 1973
Answer: C) 1972
778. Who is called “Puratchi Thalaivi”?
A) Jayalalithaa
B) Janaki
C) Periyar
D) Annadurai
Answer: A) Jayalalithaa
779. Who is called “Kalaignar”?
A) Karunanidhi
B) Annadurai
C) MGR
D) Kamaraj
Answer: A) Karunanidhi
780. Who is called “Anna”?
A) Annadurai
B) Karunanidhi
C) MGR
D) Periyar
Answer: A) Annadurai
781. Which CM is associated with free bicycles scheme?
A) Karunanidhi
B) Jayalalithaa
C) MGR
D) Kamaraj
Answer: B) Jayalalithaa
782. Which CM launched “Amma Water” scheme?
A) Karunanidhi
B) Jayalalithaa
C) MGR
D) Annadurai
Answer: B) Jayalalithaa
783. Which CM initiated Amma Pharmacy?
A) Karunanidhi
B) Jayalalithaa
C) MGR
D) Kamaraj
Answer: B) Jayalalithaa
784. Who started Self-Respect Movement?
A) Annadurai
B) Periyar
C) Karunanidhi
D) MGR
Answer: B) Periyar
785. Who is called “Thanthai Periyar”?
A) Karunanidhi
B) Periyar
C) Annadurai
D) MGR
Answer: B) Periyar
786. Which leader opposed Hindi imposition?
A) Kamaraj
B) Periyar
C) Jayalalithaa
D) Annadurai
Answer: B) Periyar
787. Tamil was declared classical language in which year?
A) 2002
B) 2004
C) 2006
D) 2008
Answer: B) 2004
788. Who is called “Tamil Thaai”?
A) Avvaiyar
B) Maraimalai Adigal
C) Subramania Bharathi
D) Ilango Adigal
Answer: A) Avvaiyar
789. Which Tamil poet wrote Silappathikaram?
A) Ilango Adigal
B) Kambar
C) Sattanar
D) Thiruvalluvar
Answer: A) Ilango Adigal
790. Who wrote Manimekalai?
A) Ilango Adigal
B) Sattanar
C) Kambar
D) Avvaiyar
Answer: B) Sattanar
791. Tholkappiyam deals with?
A) Poetry
B) Grammar
C) Law
D) History
Answer: B) Grammar
792. How many Sangams are mentioned in Tamil literature?
A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four
Answer: C) Three
793. First Sangam was held at?
A) Madurai
B) Thenmadurai
C) Kapatapuram
D) Uraiyur
Answer: B) Thenmadurai
794. Third Sangam was held at?
A) Madurai
B) Kanchipuram
C) Uraiyur
D) Korkai
Answer: A) Madurai
795. Silappathikaram belongs to?
A) Pathupattu
B) Ettuthogai
C) Epic
D) Tholkappiyam
Answer: C) Epic
796. Thirukkural was written by?
A) Ilango Adigal
B) Thiruvalluvar
C) Bharathi
D) Avvaiyar
Answer: B) Thiruvalluvar
797. How many couplets are there in Thirukkural?
A) 1200
B) 1250
C) 1300
D) 1330
Answer: D) 1330
798. How many chapters are there
in Thirukkural?
A) 108
B) 130
C) 133
D) 135
Answer: C) 133
799. Which section of Thirukkural deals with Virtue?
A) Aram
B) Porul
C) Inbam
D) Veedu
Answer: A) Aram
800. Which section of Thirukkural deals with Wealth?
A) Aram
B) Porul
C) Inbam
D) Veedu
Answer: B) Porul
801. Which section of Thirukkural deals with Love?
A) Aram
B) Porul
C) Inbam
D) Veedu
Answer: C) Inbam
802. Thiruvalluvar is believed to have lived in which period?
A) 1st century BCE
B) 3rd century CE
C) 5th century CE
D) 7th century CE
Answer: B) 3rd century CE
803. Kambar is famous for which work?
A) Thirukkural
B) Ramavataram (Kamba Ramayanam)
C) Silappathikaram
D) Manimekalai
Answer: B) Ramavataram (Kamba Ramayanam)
804. Who wrote Periya Puranam?
A) Kambar
B) Sekkizhar
C) Ilango Adigal
D) Bharathidasan
Answer: B) Sekkizhar
805. Periya Puranam narrates the life of?
A) Alvars
B) Nayanmars
C) Cheras
D) Pallavas
Answer: B) Nayanmars
806. Which Tamil poet is called “Kavi Yogi”?
A) Ilango Adigal
B) Bharathidasan
C) Subramania Bharathi
D) Avvaiyar
Answer: C) Subramania Bharathi
807. Who composed the “Tiruppugazh” hymns?
A) Arunagirinathar
B) Manikkavacakar
C) Thiruvalluvar
D) Kambar
Answer: A) Arunagirinathar
808. Which saint composed “Tiruvacakam”?
A) Thiruvalluvar
B) Manikkavacakar
C) Sundarar
D) Appar
Answer: B) Manikkavacakar
809. Which Tamil literature period is called “Sangam Age”?
A) 500 BCE – 300 CE
B) 300 CE – 600 CE
C) 600 CE – 900 CE
D) 900 CE – 1200 CE
Answer: A) 500 BCE – 300 CE
810. Thirukkural is considered a?
A) Epic
B) Didactic Work
C) Poem
D) Novel
Answer: B) Didactic Work
811. Which temple is known as the “Chidambaram Nataraja Temple”?
A) Thanjavur
B) Chidambaram
C) Kanchipuram
D) Madurai
Answer: B) Chidambaram
812. Chidambaram Temple is dedicated to?
A) Vishnu
B) Shiva (Nataraja)
C) Murugan
D) Durga
Answer: B) Shiva (Nataraja)
813. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for Meenakshi Amman Temple?
A) Madurai
B) Kanchipuram
C) Thanjavur
D) Rameswaram
Answer: A) Madurai
814. Madurai Meenakshi Temple was built by?
A) Nayaks
B) Cholas
C) Pandyas
D) Pallavas
Answer: C) Pandyas
815. Which river flows through Madurai?
A) Cauvery
B) Vaigai
C) Thamirabarani
D) Palar
Answer: B) Vaigai
816. Brihadeeswarar Temple is located at?
A) Madurai
B) Thanjavur
C) Kanchipuram
D) Chidambaram
Answer: B) Thanjavur
817. Brihadeeswarar Temple was built by?
A) Rajaraja Chola I
B) Rajendra Chola I
C) Kulothunga Chola I
D) Karikala Chola
Answer: A) Rajaraja Chola I
818. Thanjavur is also famous for?
A) Bronze Sculptures
B) Tanjore Paintings
C) Both A & B
D) Handloom Silk
Answer: C) Both A & B
819. Kanchipuram is famous for which handloom product?
A) Cotton
B) Silk Sarees
C) Woolen Fabrics
D) Jute Mats
Answer: B) Silk Sarees
820. Which district is called “Manchester of South India”?
A) Coimbatore
B) Erode
C) Tiruppur
D) Salem
Answer: A) Coimbatore
821. Tiruppur is famous for?
A) Knitwear
B) Silk Sarees
C) Spices
D) Handloom Cotton
Answer: A) Knitwear
822. Namakkal district is known for?
A) Egg production
B) Locks
C) Turmeric
D) Fireworks
Answer: A) Egg production
823. Dindigul is famous for?
A) Locks
B) Turmeric
C) Spices
D) Silk
Answer: A) Locks
824. Virudhunagar district is famous for?
A) Firecrackers
B) Silk
C) Knitting
D) Handloom
Answer: A) Firecrackers
825. Theni district is famous for?
A) Bananas
B) Mangoes
C) Jasmine
D) Silk
Answer: A) Bananas
826. Madurai is famous for?
A) Jasmine flowers
B) Silk
C) Knitting
D) Handloom
Answer: A) Jasmine flowers
827. Madurai Malli has received which tag?
A) GI Tag
B) Organic Certification
C) ISO Certification
D) None
Answer: A) GI Tag
828. Thoothukudi is famous for?
A) Salt production
B) Bananas
C) Fireworks
D) Silk
Answer: A) Salt production
829. Marakkanam is famous for?
A) Salt production
B) Knitting
C) Locks
D) Jasmine
Answer: A) Salt production
830. Gulf of Mannar is famous for?
A) Coral reefs
B) Oil reserves
C) Coal
D) Natural gas
Answer: A) Coral reefs
831. Pichavaram mangroves are located in?
A) Cuddalore
B) Nagapattinam
C) Thoothukudi
D) Kanyakumari
Answer: A) Cuddalore
832. Pulicat Lake is shared between?
A) Tamil Nadu & Kerala
B) Tamil Nadu & Andhra Pradesh
C) Tamil Nadu & Karnataka
D) Tamil Nadu & Odisha
Answer: B) Tamil Nadu & Andhra Pradesh
833. Point Calimere Bird Sanctuary is located in which district?
A) Thoothukudi
B) Nagapattinam
C) Ramanathapuram
D) Tirunelveli
Answer: C) Ramanathapuram
834. Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary is in which district?
A) Madurai
B) Tirunelveli
C) Thanjavur
D) Cuddalore
Answer: B) Tirunelveli
835. Which Tamil Nadu town is famous for pearl fishing historically?
A) Korkai
B) Tuticorin
C) Rameswaram
D) Nagapattinam
Answer: A) Korkai
836. Which ancient port is mentioned in Sangam literature?
A) Korkai
B) Poompuhar
C) Musiri
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
837. Which dynasty ruled Kanchipuram?
A) Pallavas
B) Cholas
C) Pandyas
D) Cheras
Answer: A) Pallavas
838. Which dynasty ruled Madurai?
A) Pallavas
B) Cholas
C) Pandyas
D) Cheras
Answer: C) Pandyas
839. Which dynasty built Brihadeeswarar Temple?
A) Pallavas
B) Cholas
C) Pandyas
D) Cheras
Answer: B) Cholas
840. Which Chola king sent naval expeditions to Southeast Asia?
A) Rajaraja Chola I
B) Rajendra Chola I
C) Kulothunga Chola I
D) Karikala Chola
Answer: B) Rajendra Chola I
841. Which ancient Tamil capital was Uraiyur?
A) Chola
B) Pandya
C) Chera
D) Pallava
Answer: A) Chola
842. Which assembly existed at village level in Chola period?
A) Sabha
B) Ur
C) Nagaram
D) Samiti
Answer: A) Sabha
843. Which assembly represented merchants?
A) Sabha
B) Ur
C) Nagaram
D) Samiti
Answer: C) Nagaram
844. Kudavolai system was used to?
A) Elect officials
B) Collect taxes
C) Trade regulation
D) Temple administration
Answer: A) Elect officials
845. Uttaramerur inscriptions relate to?
A) Taxation
B) Trade
C) Village administration
D) Religion
Answer: C) Village administration
846. Who is called “Tamil Thaai”?
A) Avvaiyar
B) Subramania Bharathi
C) Maraimalai Adigal
D) Ilango Adigal
Answer: A) Avvaiyar
847. Silappathikaram was written by?
A) Ilango Adigal
B) Sattanar
C) Kambar
D) Avvaiyar
Answer: A) Ilango Adigal
848. Manimekalai was written by?
A) Ilango Adigal
B) Sattanar
C) Kambar
D) Avvaiyar
Answer: B) Sattanar
849. Which Tami
l poet is called “Pioneer of Modern Tamil Poetry”?
A) Bharathidasan
B) Subramania Bharathi
C) Maraimalai Adigal
D) Kambar
Answer: B) Subramania Bharathi
850. Who composed Tiruppugazh?
A) Manikkavacakar
B) Arunagirinathar
C) Thiruvalluvar
D) Sekkizhar
Answer: B) Arunagirinathar
851. Who composed Tiruvacakam hymns?
A) Thiruvalluvar
B) Manikkavacakar
C) Sundarar
D) Appar
Answer: B) Manikkavacakar
852. Which Tamil literature period is called “Sangam Age”?
A) 500 BCE – 300 CE
B) 300 CE – 600 CE
C) 600 CE – 900 CE
D) 900 CE – 1200 CE
Answer: A) 500 BCE – 300 CE
853. Thirukkural is a work on?
A) Poetry
B) Didactic ethics
C) Epic
D) Drama
Answer: B) Didactic ethics
854. How many couplets are there in Thirukkural?
A) 1200
B) 1250
C) 1330
D) 1350
Answer: C) 1330
855. How many chapters in Thirukkural?
A) 108
B) 130
C) 133
D) 135
Answer: C) 133
856. Which section of Thirukkural deals with virtue?
A) Aram
B) Porul
C) Inbam
D) Veedu
Answer: A) Aram
857. Which section deals with wealth?
A) Aram
B) Porul
C) Inbam
D) Veedu
Answer: B) Porul
858. Which section deals with love?
A) Aram
B) Porul
C) Inbam
D) Veedu
Answer: C) Inbam
859. Who is called “Tamil Thaai”?
A) Avvaiyar
B) Subramania Bharathi
C) Maraimalai Adigal
D) Ilango Adigal
Answer: A) Avvaiyar
860. Silappathikaram was written by?
A) Ilango Adigal
B) Sattanar
C) Kambar
D) Avvaiyar
Answer: A) Ilango Adigal
861. Manimekalai was written by?
A) Ilango Adigal
B) Sattanar
C) Kambar
D) Avvaiyar
Answer: B) Sattanar
862. Who wrote Kamba Ramayanam?
A) Kambar
B) Ilango Adigal
C) Bharathidasan
D) Avvaiyar
Answer: A) Kambar
863. Who wrote Periya Puranam?
A) Kambar
B) Sekkizhar
C) Ilango Adigal
D) Bharathidasan
Answer: B) Sekkizhar
864. Periya Puranam narrates the life of?
A) Alvars
B) Nayanmars
C) Cheras
D) Pallavas
Answer: B) Nayanmars
865. Who is called “Kavi Yogi”?
A) Ilango Adigal
B) Bharathidasan
C) Subramania Bharathi
D) Avvaiyar
Answer: C) Subramania Bharathi
866. Who composed Tiruppugazh?
A) Arunagirinathar
B) Manikkavacakar
C) Thiruvalluvar
D) Sekkizhar
Answer: A) Arunagirinathar
867. Who composed Tiruvacakam?
A) Thiruvalluvar
B) Manikkavacakar
C) Sundarar
D) Appar
Answer: B) Manikkavacakar
868. Which Tamil poet is called “Pioneer of Modern Tamil Poetry”?
A) Bharathidasan
B) Subramania Bharathi
C) Maraimalai Adigal
D) Kambar
Answer: B) Subramania Bharathi
869. Who is called “Father of Tamil Renaissance”?
A) Subramania Bharathi
B) Maraimalai Adigal
C) Bharathidasan
D) Avvaiyar
Answer: B) Maraimalai Adigal
870. Who is called “Mahakavi of Tamil”?
A) Kambar
B) Subramania Bharathi
C) Bharathidasan
D) Ilango Adigal
Answer: B) Subramania Bharathi
871. Who started the Self-Respect Movement?
A) Annadurai
B) Periyar
C) Karunanidhi
D) MGR
Answer: B) Periyar
872. Who founded DMK?
A) Periyar
B) Annadurai
C) Karunanidhi
D) MGR
Answer: B) Annadurai
873. DMK was founded in which year?
A) 1947
B) 1949
C) 1952
D) 1956
Answer: B) 1949
874. Who founded AIADMK?
A) Annadurai
B) MGR
C) Karunanidhi
D) Jayalalithaa
Answer: B) MGR
875. AIADMK was founded in which year?
A) 1970
B) 1971
C) 1972
D) 1973
Answer: C) 1972
876. Who is called “Puratchi Thalaivar”?
A) Karunanidhi
B) MGR
C) Jayalalithaa
D) Kamaraj
Answer: B) MGR
877. Who is called “Puratchi Thalaivi”?
A) Jayalalithaa
B) Janaki
C) Periyar
D) Annadurai
Answer: A) Jayalalithaa
878. Who is called “Kalaignar”?
A) Karunanidhi
B) Annadurai
C) MGR
D) Kamaraj
Answer: A) Karunanidhi
879. Who is called “Anna”?
A) Annadurai
B) Karunanidhi
C) MGR
D) Periyar
Answer: A) Annadurai
880. Which CM introduced two-language formula?
A) Rajaji
B) Annadurai
C) Karunanidhi
D) Kamaraj
Answer: B) Annadurai
881. Which CM introduced Mid-Day Meal Scheme?
A) Kamaraj
B) MGR
C) Karunanidhi
D) Annadurai
Answer: A) Kamaraj
882. Who expanded Mid-Day Meal Scheme?
A) Karunanidhi
B) MGR
C) Jayalalithaa
D) Annadurai
Answer: B) MGR
883. Who launched free laptops scheme?
A) Karunanidhi
B) Jayalalithaa
C) MGR
D) Kamaraj
Answer: B) Jayalalithaa
884. Who launched Amma Canteens?
A) Karunanidhi
B) Jayalalithaa
C) MGR
D) Annadurai
Answer: B) Jayalalithaa
885. Who started Amma Pharmacy?
A) Karunanidhi
B) Jayalalithaa
C) MGR
D) Kamaraj
Answer: B) Jayalalithaa
886. Who started Amma Water?
A) Karunanidhi
B) Jayalalithaa
C) MGR
D) Annadurai
Answer: B) Jayalalithaa
887. Who is called “Thanthai Periyar”?
A) Karunanidhi
B) Periyar
C) Annadurai
D) MGR
Answer: B) Periyar
888. Which leader opposed Hindi imposition?
A) Kamaraj
B) Periyar
C) Jayalalithaa
D) Annadurai
Answer: B) Periyar
889. Tamil was declared a classical language in which year?
A) 2002
B) 2004
C) 2006
D) 2008
Answer: B) 2004
890. Who is called “Tamil Thaai”?
A) Avvaiyar
B) Maraimalai Adigal
C) Subramania Bharathi
D) Ilango Adigal
Answer: A) Avvaiyar
891. Silappathikaram narrates the story of?
A) Kannagi
B) Meenakshi
C) Andal
D) Manimekalai
Answer: A) Kannagi
892. Manimekalai narrates the story of?
A) Kannagi
B) Meenakshi
C) Manimekalai
D) Andal
Answer: C) Manimekalai
893. Tholkappiyam deals with?
A) Law
B) Grammar
C) Epic
D) Poetry
Answer: B) Grammar
894. How many Sangams were there according to Tamil tradition?
A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four
Answer: C) Three
895. First Sangam was held at?
A) Madurai
B) Thenmadurai
C) Kapatapuram
D) Uraiyur
Answer: B) Thenmadurai
896. Third Sangam was held at?
A) Madurai
B) Kanchipuram
C) Uraiyur
D) Korkai
Answer: A) Madurai
897. Which ancient Tamil capital was Uraiyur?
A) Chola
B) Pandya
C) Chera
D) Pallava
Answer: A) Chola
898. Which ancient Tamil capital was Madurai?
A) Chola
B) Pandya
C) Chera
D) Pallava
Answer: B) Pandya
899. Which dynasty ruled Kanchipuram?
A) Pallavas
B) Cholas
C) Pandyas
D) Cheras
Answer: A) Pallavas
900. Which dynasty built Brihadeeswarar Temple?
A) Pallavas
B) Cholas
C) Pandyas
D) Cheras
Answer: B) Cholas
901. Which Chola king sent naval expeditions to Southeast Asia?
A) Rajaraja Chola I
B) Rajendra Chola I
C) Kulothunga Chola I
D) Karikala Chola
Answer: B) Rajendra Chola I
902. Which dynasty built Gangaikonda Cholapuram?
A) Pallavas
B) Cholas
C) Pandyas
D) Cheras
Answer: B) Cholas
903. Which Tamil Nadu city is famous for silk weaving?
A) Coimbatore
B) Kanchipuram
C) Tiruppur
D) Salem
Answer: B) Kanchipuram
904. Which district is called “Manchester of South India”?
A) Coimbatore
B) Erode
C) Tiruppur
D) Salem
Answer: A) Coimbatore
905. Tiruppur is famous for?
A) Knitting garments
B) Silk sarees
C) Fireworks
D) Locks
Answer: A) Knitting garments
906. Which district is famous for locks?
A) Dindigul
B) Coimbatore
C) Erode
D) Madurai
Answer: A) Dindigul
907. Which district is famous for fireworks?
A) Virudhunagar
B) Thoothukudi
C) Tirunelveli
D) Nagapattinam
Answer: A) Virudhunagar
908. Namakkal is famous for?
A) Egg production
B) Silk weaving
C) Cotton textiles
D) Spices
Answer: A) Egg production
909. Theni is famous for?
A) Bananas
B) Mangoes
C) Coffee
D) Jasmine flowers
Answer: A) Bananas
910. Madurai is famous for which flower?
A) Rose
B) Jasmine
C) Lily
D) Marigold
Answer: B) Jasmine
911. Madurai Malli has received which certification?
A) ISO
B) GI Tag
C) Organic
D) None
Answer: B) GI Tag
912. Thoothukudi is famous for?
A) Salt production
B) Jasmine
C) Knitting
D) Locks
Answer: A) Salt production
913. Marakkanam is famous for?
A) Salt production
B) Silk
C) Handloom
D) Knitting
Answer: A) Salt production
914. Gulf of Mannar is famous for?
A) Coral reefs
B) Oil reserves
C) Coal
D) Minerals
Answer: A) Coral reefs
915. Pichavaram mangroves are located in which district?
A) Cuddalore
B) Nagapattinam
C) Thoothukudi
D) Ramanathapuram
Answer: A) Cuddalore
916. Pulicat Lake is shared by which two states?
A) Tamil Nadu & Kerala
B) Tamil Nadu & Andhra Pradesh
C) Tamil Nadu & Karnataka
D) Tamil Nadu & Odisha
Answer: B) Tamil Nadu & Andhra Pradesh
917. Point Calimere Bird Sanctuary is in which district?
A) Ramanathapuram
B) Thoothukudi
C) Nagapattinam
D) Tirunelveli
Answer: A) Ramanathapuram
918. Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary is located in?
A) Tirunelveli
B) Madurai
C) Cuddalore
D) Thanjavur
Answer: A) Tirunelveli
919. Which town is historically famous for pearl fishing?
A) Korkai
B) Tuticorin
C) Rameswaram
D) Nagapattinam
Answer: A) Korkai
920. Which ancient port city is mentioned in Sangam literature?
A) Poompuhar
B) Korkai
C) Musiri
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
921. Which river flows through Madurai?
A) Cauvery
B) Vaigai
C) Thamirabarani
D) Palar
Answer: B) Vaigai
922. Chidambaram temple is dedicated to?
A) Vishnu
B) Shiva (Nataraja)
C) Murugan
D) Durga
Answer: B) Shiva (Nataraja)
923. Meenakshi Amman temple is located at?
A) Madurai
B) Kanchipuram
C) Thanjavur
D) Rameswaram
Answer: A) Madurai
924. Brihadeeswarar Temple is located in?
A) Thanjavur
B) Madurai
C) Chidambaram
D) Kanchipuram
Answer: A) Thanjavur
925. Brihadeeswarar Temple was built by?
A) Rajaraja Chola I
B) Rajendra Chola I
C) Kulothunga Chola
D) Karikala Chola
Answer: A) Rajaraja Chola I
926. Thanjavur is famous for?
A) Tanjore paintings & bronze sculptures
B) Jasmine flowers
C) Salt production
D) Knitting
Answer: A) Tanjore paintings & bronze sculptures
927. Kanchipuram is famous for?
A) Silk Sarees
B) Knitting
C) Fireworks
D) Jasmine
Answer: A) Silk Sarees
928. Coimbatore is called?
A) Manchester of South India
B) Cotton City
C) Textile Hub of India
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
929. Tiruppur is famous for?
A) Knitwear
B) Silk sarees
C) Locks
D) Fireworks
Answer: A) Knitwear
930. Namakkal is famous for?
A) Egg production
B) Silk weaving
C) Cotton textiles
D) Spices
Answer: A) Egg production
931. Virudhunagar is famous for?
A) Fireworks
B) Jasmine
C) Locks
D) Silk
Answer: A) Fireworks
932. Theni is famous for?
A) Bananas
B) Mangoes
C) Coffee
D) Jasmine
Answer: A) Bananas
933. Madurai Malli has received?
A) ISO
B) GI Tag
C) Organic
D) None
Answer: B) GI Tag
934. Thoothukudi is famous for?
A) Salt
B) Knitting
C) Silk
D) Jasmine
Answer: A) Salt
935. Marakkanam is famous for?
A) Salt production
B) Fireworks
C) Knitting
D) Silk
Answer: A) Salt production
936. Gulf of Mannar is known for?
A) Coral reefs
B) Oil
C) Minerals
D) Coal
Answer: A) Coral reefs
937. Pichavaram mangroves are in?
A) Cuddalore
B) Nagapattinam
C) Thoothukudi
D) Ramanathapuram
Answer: A) Cuddalore
938. Pulicat Lake is shared between?
A) Tamil Nadu & Kerala
B) Tamil Nadu & Andhra Pradesh
C) Tamil Nadu & Karnataka
D) Tamil Nadu & Odisha
Answer: B) Tamil Nadu & Andhra Pradesh
939. Point Calimere Bird Sanctuary is in which district?
A) Ramanathapuram
B) Thoothukudi
C) Nagapattinam
D) Tirunelveli
Answer: A) Ramanathapuram
940. Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary is in?
A) Tirunelveli
B) Madurai
C) Cuddalore
D) Thanjavur
Answer: A) Tirunelveli
941. Korkai is famous for?
A) Pearl fishing
B) Salt
C) Jasmine
D) Silk
Answer: A) Pearl fishing
942. Ancient port city Poompuhar was also called?
A) Kaveripattinam
B) Kanchipuram
C) Madurai
D) Uraiyur
Answer: A) Kaveripattinam
943. Which dynasty ruled Madurai?
A) Pandyas
B) Cholas
C) Cheras
D) Pallavas
Answer: A) Pandyas
944. Which dynasty ruled Kanchipuram?
A) Pallavas
B) Cholas
C) Pandyas
D) Cheras
Answer: A) Pallavas
945. Brihadeeswarar Temple was built by which king?
A) Rajaraja Chola I
B) Rajendra Chola I
C) Kulothunga Chola
D) Karikala Chola
Answer: A) Rajaraja Chola I
946. Gangaikonda Cholapuram was built by?
A) Rajaraja Chola I
B) Rajendra Chola I
C) Kulothunga Chola
D) Karikala Chola
Answer: B) Rajendra Chola I
947. Who is called “Puratchi Thalaivar”?
A) MGR
B) Karunanidhi
C) Annadurai
D) Jayalalithaa
Answer: A) MGR
948. Who is called “Puratchi Thalaivi”?
A) Jayalalithaa
B) Janaki
C) Periyar
D) Annadurai
Answer: A) Jayalalithaa
949. Who is called “Kalaignar”?
A) Karunanidhi
B) Annadurai
C) MGR
D) Kamaraj
Answer: A) Karunanidhi
950. Who is called “Anna”?
A) Annadurai
B) Karunanidhi
C) MGR
D) Periyar
Answer: A) Annadurai
951. Tamil was declared classical language in which year?
A) 2002
B) 2004
C) 2006
D) 2008
Answer: B) 2004
952. Who started Self-Respect Movement?
A) Periyar
B) Annadurai
C) Karunanidhi
D) MGR
Answer: A) Periyar
953. Who founded DMK?
A) Periyar
B) Annadurai
C) Karunanidhi
D) MGR
Answer: B) Annadurai
954. Who founded AIADMK?
A) Annadurai
B) MGR
C) Karunanidhi
D) Jayalalithaa
Answer: B) MGR
955. DMK was founded in which year?
A) 1947
B) 1949
C) 1952
D) 1956
Answer: B) 1949
956. AIADMK was founded in which year?
A) 1970
B) 1971
C) 1972
D) 1973
Answer: C) 1972
957. Who is called “Thanthai Periyar”?
A) Periyar
B) Karunanidhi
C) Annadurai
D) MGR
Answer: A) Periyar
958. Which CM introduced Mid-Day Meal Scheme?
A) Kamaraj
B) MGR
C) Karunanidhi
D) Annadurai
Answer: A) Kamaraj
959. Who expanded Mid-Day Meal Scheme?
A) MGR
B) Karunanidhi
C) Jayalalithaa
D) Annadurai
Answer: A) MGR
960. Who launched free laptops scheme?
A) Jayalalithaa
B) Karunanidhi
C) MGR
D) Kamaraj
Answer: A) Jayalalithaa
961. Who launched Amma Canteens?
A) Jayalalithaa
B) Karunanidhi
C) MGR
D) Annadurai
Answer: A) Jayalalithaa
962. Who launched Amma Pharmacy?
A) Jayalalithaa
B) Karunanidhi
C) MGR
D) Kamaraj
Answer: A) Jayalalithaa
963. Who launched Amma Water?
A) Jayalalithaa
B) Karunanidhi
C) MGR
D) Annadurai
Answer: A) Jayalalithaa
964. Which leader opposed Hindi imposition?
A) Periyar
B) Kamaraj
C) Jayalalithaa
D) Annadurai
Answer: A) Periyar
965. Silappathikaram narrates the story of?
A) Kannagi
B) Meenakshi
C) Andal
D) Manimekalai
Answer: A) Kannagi
966. Manimekalai narrates the story of?
A) Manimekalai
B) Kannagi
C) Meenakshi
D) Andal
Answer: A) Manimekalai
967. Thiruvalluvar wrote?
A) Silappathikaram
B) Thirukkural
C) Kamba Ramayanam
D) Manimekalai
Answer: B) Thirukkural
968. How many couplets in Thirukkural?
A) 1200
B) 1250
C) 1330
D) 1350
Answer: C) 1330
969. How many chapters in Thirukkural?
A) 108
B) 130
C) 133
D) 135
Answer: C) 133
970. Which section of Thirukkural deals with virtue?
A) Aram
B) Porul
C) Inbam
D) Veedu
Answer: A) Aram
971. Which section deals with wealth?
A) Aram
B) Porul
C) Inbam
D) Veedu
Answer: B) Porul
972. Which section deals with love?
A) Aram
B) Porul
C) Inbam
D) Veedu
Answer: C) Inbam
973. Who wrote Periya Puranam?
A) Kambar
B) Sekkizhar
C) Ilango Adigal
D) Bharathidasan
Answer: B) Sekkizhar
974. Periya Puranam narrates the life of?
A) Alvars
B) Nayanmars
C) Cheras
D) Pallavas
Answer: B) Nayanmars
975. Who wrote Kamba Ramayanam?
A) Kambar
B) Ilango Adigal
C) Bharathidasan
D) Avvaiyar
Answer: A) Kambar
976. Who composed Tiruppugazh?
A) Arunagirinathar
B) Manikkavacakar
C) Thiruvalluvar
D) Sekkizhar
Answer: A) Arunagirinathar
977. Who composed Tiruvacakam?
A) Thiruvalluvar
B) Manikkavacakar
C) Sundarar
D) Appar
Answer: B) Manikkavacakar
978. Who is called “Pioneer of Modern Tamil Poetry”?
A) Bharathidasan
B) Subramania Bharathi
C) Maraimalai Adigal
D) Kambar
Answer: B) Subramania Bharathi
979. Who is called “Father of Tamil Renaissance”?
A) Subramania Bharathi
B) Maraimalai Adigal
C) Bharathidasan
D) Avvaiyar
Answer: B) Maraimalai Adigal
980. Who is called “Mahakavi of Tamil”?
A) Kambar
B) Subramania Bharathi
C) Bharathidasan
D) Ilango Adigal
Answer: B) Subramania Bharathi
981. Which CM introduced free television scheme?
A) Karunanidhi
B) Jayalalithaa
C) MGR
D) Annadurai
Answer: A) Karunanidhi
982. Who introduced free bicycles scheme?
A) Karunanidhi
B) Jayalalithaa
C) MGR
D
) Kamaraj
Answer: B) Jayalalithaa
983. Who is called “Amma”?
A) Jayalalithaa
B) Janaki
C) Periyar
D) Annadurai
Answer: A) Jayalalithaa
984. Who is called “Thanthai Periyar”?
A) Periyar
B) Karunanidhi
C) Annadurai
D) MGR
Answer: A) Periyar
985. Which leader opposed Hindi imposition?
A) Periyar
B) Kamaraj
C) Jayalalithaa
D) Annadurai
Answer: A) Periyar
986. Tamil was declared classical language in?
A) 2002
B) 2004
C) 2006
D) 2008
Answer: B) 2004
987. Kamaraj introduced?
A) Mid-Day Meal Scheme
B) Free laptops
C) Amma Canteen
D) Free bicycles
Answer: A) Mid-Day Meal Scheme
988. MGR expanded?
A) Mid-Day Meal Scheme
B) Free laptops
C) Amma Cante
989. MGR expanded which scheme?
A) Mid-Day Meal Scheme
B) Free laptops
C) Amma Canteens
D) Free bicycles
Answer: A) Mid-Day Meal Scheme
990. Who launched free laptops scheme?
A) Jayalalithaa
B) Karunanidhi
C) MGR
D) Kamaraj
Answer: A) Jayalalithaa
991. Who launched Amma Canteens?
A) Jayalalithaa
B) Karunanidhi
C) MGR
D) Annadurai
Answer: A) Jayalalithaa
992. Who launched Amma Pharmacy?
A) Jayalalithaa
B) Karunanidhi
C) MGR
D) Kamaraj
Answer: A) Jayalalithaa
993. Who launched Amma Water?
A) Jayalalithaa
B) Karunanidhi
C) MGR
D) Annadurai
Answer: A) Jayalalithaa
994. Which leader opposed Hindi imposition?
A) Periyar
B) Kamaraj
C) Jayalalithaa
D) Annadurai
Answer: A) Periyar
995. Who is called “Tamil Thaai”?
A) Avvaiyar
B) Maraimalai Adigal
C) Subramania Bharathi
D) Ilango Adigal
Answer: A) Avvaiyar
996. Silappathikaram narrates the story of?
A) Kannagi
B) Meenakshi
C) Andal
D) Manimekalai
Answer: A) Kannagi
997. Manimekalai narrates the story of?
A) Manimekalai
B) Kannagi
C) Meenakshi
D) Andal
Answer: A) Manimekalai
998. Thiruvalluvar wrote?
A) Silappathikaram
B) Thirukkural
C) Kamba Ramayanam
D) Manimekalai
Answer: B) Thirukkural
999. How many couplets are there in Thirukkural?
A) 1200
B) 1250
C) 1330
D) 1350
Answer: C) 1330
1000. How many chapters are in Thirukkural?
A) 108
B) 130
C) 133
D) 135
Answer: C) 133
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