_______ is genetically closest to humans

(a)

Gorilla

(b)

Chimpanzee

(c)

Orang-utan

(d)

Great Apes

(i) Egypt was called as the Gift of Nile
(ii) Egyptians practiced polytheism
(iii) Thoth is the·God of death
(iv) Cuneiform is Egyptian way of writing

(a)

(i) & (ii) are incorrect

(b)

(iii) & (iv) are correct

(c)

(iii) is correct

(d)

(i) & (ii) are correct

The northern India extended from the Kabul Valley in the north to the Godavari in the south witnessed the rise of Sixteen States

(a)

Mahajanapadas

(b)

Gana-sanghas

(c)

Dravida

(d)

Dakshinapatha

The movement of tectonic plates is due to __________________ energy from the mantle

(a)

Atomic energy

(b)

Hydro energy

(c)

Wind energy

(d)

Thermal energy

Stacks are formed by ___________.

(a)

Wave erosion

(b)

River erosion

(c)

Glacial erosion

(d)

Wind deposion

The vertical movement of air is called

(a)

Wind

(b)

storm

(c)

Air current

(d)

drift

Democracy began ________ years ago.

(a)

2000

(b)

2500

(c)

3000

(d)

3200

__________ continues to be the largest employer in Tamil Nadu

(a)

Agriculture

(b)

Manufacturing

(c)

Banking

(d)

Small Scale Industry

Greeks defeated the Persians at_______

(a)

Athens

(b)

Sparta

(c)

Marathon

(d)

Alexandria

Decline of_________ helped to move towards urbanisation.

(a)

Trade

(b)

Feudalism

(c)

Freedom

(d)

Population

The coldest biome on Earth is

(a)

Tundra

(b)

Taiga

(c)

Desert

(d)

Oceans

The defeat of British at _________ paved the way for the friendship between France and America.

(a)

Trenton

(b)

Saratoga

(c)

Pennsylvania

(d)

New York

Which of the following Acts required the colonies to pay for the cost of keeping British troops in America?

(a)

Stamp Act

(b)

Townshed Act

(c)

Sugar Act

(d)

Quartering Act

Java and Sumatra were occupied by the______

(a)

Spanish

(b)

British

(c)

French

(d)

Dutch

The 'World Population Day' is observed on _____________ every year.

(a)

August 11^th

(b)

September 11^th

(c)

July 11^th

(d)

January 11^th

James Munroe was the Governor of _________ Presidency.

(a)

Calcutta

(b)

Bombay

(c)

Madras

(d)

None of the above

The Communlty Development Programme was introduced in the year_________.

(a)

1950

(b)

1952

(c)

1953

(d)

1954

The Village Councils functioned very well under the __________.

(a)

Mauriyan

(b)

Pallavas

(c)

Cheras

(d)

Cholas

Both agricultural productivity and food productivity has

(a)

decreased

(b)

not stable

(c)

remained stable

(d)

increased