______ inscriptions datable to third century BCE refer to the Cheras, Cholas and Pandyas in ancient Tamilagam.

(a)

Pulekesin

(b)

Ashoka

(c)

Chandragupta

(d)

Dhanananda

________is an ornament made in precious stone where images are carved on the surface.  

(a)

Cameo

(b)

Intagliol

(c)

Chronicle

(d)

Papyrus

(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 account which throws light on Mauryan polity and society

(a)

Marco Polo

(b)

Fahien

(c)

Megasthanes

(d)

Seleucus

Many million years ago, India was a part of the super continent ________ 

(a)

Gondwana

(b)

Laurasia

(c)

Panthalasa

(d)

Pangea

Stacks are formed by ___________.

(a)

Wave erosion

(b)

River erosion

(c)

Glacial erosion

(d)

Wind deposion

This is one of the most feared weather phenomenon.

(a)

Snow

(b)

Hailstones

(c)

Sleet

(d)

Hails

The President of India can nominate

(a)

12 members to Lok Sabha

(b)

2 members of Rajya Sabha

(c)

12 members to Rajya Sabha

(d)

14 members of Rajya Sabha

Find the odd one

(a)

Solar energy

(b)

Wind energy

(c)

Paper

(d)

Natural gas

The enrolment for higher education in the highest in _______ in India.

(a)

Kerala

(b)

Tamil Nadu

(c)

West Bengal

(d)

Maharashtra

Which one of the following is not in the Secondary Sector?

(a)

Construction

(b)

Manufacturing

(c)

Small Scale Industry

(d)

Forestry

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

(a)

Columbus

(b)

Amerigo Vespucci

(c)

Ferdinand Magellan

(d)

Vasco-da-gama

The doctrine "justification by faith" was put forward by__________

(a)

Thomas More

(b)

Frederick

(c)

Johann Tetzel

(d)

Martin Luther

Who called Slater, the father of American Industrial Revolution?

(a)

F.D. Roosevelt

(b)

Andrew Jackson

(c)

Winston Churchill

(d)

Woodrow Wilson

Henry Bessemer discovered a faster and cheaper method of product steel in the year

(a)

1802

(b)

1767

(c)

1856

(d)

1900

At the Confluence of river this pattern is developed _____________

(a)

Star like

(b)

Triangular

(c)

Nebular

(d)

Circular

__________was the first state adopted Balwan Rai Mehta Committee's recommendations.

(a)

Andhra Pradesh

(b)

Rajasthan

(c)

Bihar

(d)

Maharashtra

James Munroe was the Governor of _________ Presidency.

(a)

Calcutta

(b)

Bombay

(c)

Madras

(d)

None of the above