Direct ancestor of modern man was ______.

(a)

Homo habilis

(b)

Homo erectus

(c)

Homo sapiens

(d)

Neanderthal man

_______ were the contemporaries of the people of Indus and Egyptian civilisation.

(a)

The Egyptians

(b)

The Sumerians

(c)

The Romans

(d)

The Indus people

Inscription that mentions the Cheras

(a)

Pugalur

(b)

Girnar

(c)

Pulimankombai

(d)

Madurai

The presence of large quantities of ________________in the core is responsible for the Earth's Gravitational force.

(a)

Aluminium

(b)

Magnesium

(c)

Iron

(d)

Silica

This generally originate from mountains

(a)

lake

(b)

sea

(c)

river

(d)

ocean

The process of change of state of water from gaseous to liquid state is called__________.

(a)

Precipitation

(b)

evaporation

(c)

transpiration

(d)

condensation.

The Election Commission of India is a / an

(a)

Independent body

(b)

Statutory body

(c)

Private body

(d)

Public corporation

Tertiary Sector include/s

(a)

Transport

(b)

Insurance

(c)

Banking

(d)

All of these

Odes was contributed by___________

(a)

Pliny the Elder

(b)

Livy

(c)

Horace

(d)

Tacitus

The theory of sacraments increased the power of the___________

(a)

Commoners

(b)

Emperor

(c)

Nobler

(d)

Clergy

Who wrote the book Institutes of Christian Religion?

(a)

Martin Luther

(b)

Zwingli

(c)

John Calvin

(d)

Cervantes

Zwingli worked from_______

(a)

Zurich

(b)

Genoa

(c)

Rome

(d)

Spain

Consider the following statements.
1. Dragon Hole is the deepest known underwater sink hole in the world.
2. Epicentre of the great earthquakes are found in Abyssal plains.
3. Fathom means an imaginary line joining the points of equal salinity.
4. Salinity is maximum at the poles.

(a)

1 is correct

(b)

1 and 2 are correct

(c)

4 is correct

(d)

2 and 3 correct

The Head Quarters of the RBI is at _________.

(a)

Chennai

(b)

Mumbai

(c)

Delhi

(d)

Kolkatta

In educational loans the________is the main borrower.

(a)

parent

(b)

Student

Who produced the first batch of automobiles in France?

(a)

Louis Renault

(b)

Armand Peugeot

(c)

Thomas Alva Edison

(d)

McAdam

Samuel Slater was a citizen of ________

(a)

U.S.A

(b)

England

(c)

Sweden

(d)

Germany

GPS consists of a constellation of ___________ satellites.

(a)

7

(b)

24

(c)

32

(d)

64

Cholam cultivation takes place in TamilNadu is.

(a)

7% land area

(b)

1% land area

(c)

12% land area

(d)

9% land area