______ refers to the area covering Egypt, Israel-Palestine and Iraq.

(a)

Great Rift Valley

(b)

Fertile Crescent

(c)

Solo river

(d)

Neander Valley

Evidence of Neolithic village is found at ______ in Vellore district

(a)

Gudiam

(b)

Athirampakkam

(c)

Payyampalli

(d)

Salem

The yellow river is known as the sorrow of _______ .

(a)

Egypt

(b)

Rome

(c)

China

(d)

Iraq

(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 ______ pressure belt extends from 5°N and 5°S latitudes.

(a)

Equatorial low

(b)

Subtropical high

(c)

sub-polar low

(d)

polar high

This is one of the most feared weather phenomenon.

(a)

Snow

(b)

Hailstones

(c)

Sleet

(d)

Hails

Which part of the constitution of India says about the election commission?

(a)

Part III

(b)

Part XV

(c)

Part XX

(d)

Part XXII

Which sector is not included in the occupational pattern?

(a)

Primary sector

(b)

Secondary sector

(c)

Tertiary sector

(d)

Private sector

Seljuq Turks came from_________

(a)

Central America

(b)

Central Asia

(c)

Central Australia

(d)

Central Europe

_______named the sea as Pacific Ocean as it was very calm.

(a)

Columbus

(b)

Amerigo Vespucci

(c)

Ferdinand Magellan

(d)

Vasco-da-gama

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain supported________

(a)

Amerigo Vespucci

(b)

Henry

(c)

Columbus

(d)

Ptolemy

The currency of Japan is ________.

(a)

Yen

(b)

Yuan

(c)

Bound

(d)

Rubiya

Flying shuttle helped

(a)

To remove seed from cotton

(b)

To spin hundreds of threads simultaneously

(c)

To increase the speed of weaving

(d)

To use water power in the place of man power

The Latin word 'Colonus' means_______

(a)

farmer

(b)

colony

(c)

taxes

(d)

slavery

The RoyaI Niger company was formed in _______

(a)

1880

(b)

1890

(c)

1886

(d)

1876

The statistical study of human population is ___________.

(a)

Demography

(b)

Morphology

(c)

Etymology

(d)

Seismography

A synoptic chart means ________

(a)

Weather map

(b)

Travelogue

(c)

Thematic map

(d)

General maps

It as during _________ government's term the 73rd and 74th constitutional Amendment Acts, 1992 became a reality.

(a)

Rajiv Gandhi

(b)

Janata

(c)

Narasimha Rav

(d)

Indira Gandhi

Manila (groundnut) is grown in ______________ percent if the cultivated land.

(a)

6

(b)

3

(c)

10

(d)

12