(i) Coins as a medium of exchange were introduced for the first time in the Mesolithic Age.
(ii) Prakrit was the language used by the common people in Northern India during the Mauryan period.
(iii) Vienna Papyrus, a Roman document, mentions trade related to Muziri.
(iv) The concept of Thinai is presented in the Tamil grammar work of Pathupaattu.

(a)

(i) is correct

(b)

(ii) is correct

(c)

(ii) & (iii) is correct

(d)

(iv) incorrect

The First general elections after independence in India were held in

(a)

1948-1949

(b)

1951-1952

(c)

1957-1958

(d)

1947-1948

Assertion (A): Parties shape public opinion.
Reason (R): They raise and highlight issues of importance.
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) explains (A)
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) does not explain (A)
(c) (A) is correct and (R) is false
(d) (A) is false and (R) is true

(a)

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) explains (A)

(b)

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) does not explain (A)

(c)

(A) is correct and (R) is false

(d)

(A) is false and (R) is true

_______is the Greek city-state which resisted the Persians to the end.

(a)

Acropolis

(b)

Sparta

(c)

Athens

(d)

Rome

Hideyoshi was a_________

(a)

Noble

(b)

Trader

(c)

Peasant

(d)

Warrior

The Deccan Sultanates were conquered by_________

(a)

Ala-ud-din Khilji

(b)

Ala-ud-din Bahman- shah

(c)

Aurangzeb

(d)

Malik Kafur

Manuel Chrysoloras was a________scholar.

(a)

Roman

(b)

Italian

(c)

Greek

(d)

British

Which one of the following rights has increased the inouence of the people over bureaucracy?

(a)

Right to equality

(b)

Right to information

(c)

Right to education

(d)

Right to freedom

NFC was introduced in Britain in the year__________

(a)

2016

(b)

2008

The extraction of valuable minerals and other geological minerals from the mines, is ___________.

(a)

Fishing

(b)

Lumbering

(c)

Mining

(d)

Agriculture

In India local self government was introduced in 1882 by Lord_________.

(a)

Ripon

(b)

Richard

(c)

William

(d)

Cornwallis

Irrigated land surface out of cultivable land is

(a)

27%

(b)

57%

(c)

28%

(d)

49%

In Tamil Nadu, migrants account for ___________ percent in rural areas.

(a)

38

(b)

41

(c)

28

(d)

50

Who proposed the idea of the Three Age system?

Write a note on the Great Wall of China.

What do you know about Muvendbar?

What do the internal processes generate?

Underground water is more common in limestone areas than surface run off. Why?

What does the term ‘biodiversity’ mean?

What is spice route? Why was it called so?

Highlight any two important results of Industrial Revolution.

Explain the Quinary Activities.

Unitary form of government

Which are the voluntary functions of the local governments?

Mention the major rea one of Road accidents

Write a note river Cauvery.

List the four destinations and the percentage of migrants from Tamil Nadu

Domestication of Animals and plants. A milestone in Human History. Explain

What is your opinion about democracy in India?

Give an account of Mobilisation and Democratic Participation.

Who were called Saracens?

Discuss how Renaissance, Reformation and Geographical discoveries heralded the modern age?

What are educational loans?

Enumerate the causes for the Second Industrialization in the USA.

Explain the term density of population.

Suppose you are in a room of a strong building without any furniture when and earthquake occurs. What would you do to protect yourself from the earthquake?

Write about the merits of unitary form of government.

Write in details about the salient features of the 73^rd & 74^th Constitutional Amendment Act (1992).

How different factors contribute to road accidents?

What are Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs)?

Discuss the patterns of migration

1. What do you mean by the ocean salinity?

2. What are the Federal features of Indian Constitution?

1. What were the factors which facilitated urbanization?

2. What do you do if you are indoors during an earthquake?