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1.
What is the direction of the winds in the Ganga plains during the southwest monsoon season?
Northerly
Easterly
Southerly
Westerly
2.
Permanent and regular workers in companies enjoy various benefits such as:
Holidays
Saving for old age
Medical benefits
all of these
3.
Who is the revenue officer working under the district collector
Tehsildar
Patwari
Pradhan
Sewak
4.
Cultivation on a small piece of land to produce a variety of crops is called:
Subsistence agriculture
Marginal farming
Intensive subsistence agriculture
None of these
5.
In which state of India is the village Kalpattu located?
Tamil Nadu
Mumbai
Delhi
Kamal
6.
What is the main occupation of people living in the rural areas?
Working on farms
Working in banks
Working at shops
None of these
7.
Panchayati Raj system is at which level of democratic government?
First
Second
Third
Fourth
8.
Who is considered as the leader of Dalits?
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Bhim Rao Ambedkar
Guru Govind Singh
9.
Which ocean is named after a country?
Indian Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
10.
Canberra is the capital of :
Canada
Australia
U.S.A.
Russia
11.
Who takes decisions that affect the entire city?
A group of Councillors
A group of teachers
A group of doctors
None of these
12.
Who was given the credit of bringing Christianity to India?
St. Columbus
St. Thomas
Lord Macaulay
Lord Wellesley
13.
What is common between Kerala and Ladakh in terms of cultural influences?
Both have similar climatic conditions
Both have similar trading influences
Both have similar products
Both have similar land area
14.
Pole Star tells the
Western direction
Eastern direction
Southern direction
Northern direction
15.
All persons are equal before :
Police
law
Lawyers
judge
16.
The Puranas were written in :
Hindi
Telugu
Prakrit
Sanskrit
17.
One of the techniques employed to make stone tools was:
Stone to stone
Break the stone
Stone on stone
Pressure on stone
18.
'Which cities had five attars?
Kalibangan
Lothal
Both (i) and (ii)
None of these
19.
Which metals were used to make ornaments?
Gold
Silver
Both (a) and (b)
None of these
20.
In earlier cities, the part to the west was smaller but higher and was called:
Citadel
Lower town
Upper town
Non of these
21.
Hastinapur and Atranjikhera are situated in
Bihar
Maharashtra
Rajasthan
Uttar Pradesh
22.
What did people provide to Mauryan officials?
Elephants
Timber
Honey and wax
All of these
23.
Ashvaghosha was a:
Piet
King
Soldier
Pilgrim
24.
Archaeologists discovered houses built by the people in Burzahom were generally made of :
marble
glass
in the ground in pits
hay
25.
If you had to describe the place you live in, which of the terms would you choose?
Habitation
Factory
Habitation-cum-factory
Any other
26.
Which was the capital of Kosala?
Ayodhya
Kashi
Hastinapur
Magadha
27.
Where was the image of the chief deity placed?
Bhitargaon
Garbhagriha
Shikhara
None of these
28.
Where do Thulasi and Sekar work?
At their own land.
At their relative's land.
At Ramalingam's land.
They do not do farm activities.
29.
Who was the friend of Yasmin Khala?
Gangabai
Rehana
Rehana's mother
Shankar
30.
Who hit the ball so hard and so high that the street light broke?
Jahangir
Rehana
Shankar
Mala
31.
Which of following agencies replaces the broken street lights, collects the garbage, provides water supply, keeps the market clean?
Municipal Corporation
Hospital
Police
Panchayat
32.
What is the profession of Vandana?
A garment expert
A dress designer
An engineer
A doctor
33.
What is Sudha's employment status?
She is self-employed
She works in a company
She is a labourer
She is a salesperson
34.
How much salary does Sudha get?
Rs 10,000 PM
Rs. 20,000 PM
Rs 15,000 PM
Rs 30,000 PM
35.
Who got married in the neighbouring village?
Sudha
Anjali
Priya
Kavita
36.
Who measures land and keeps land records?
Tehsildar
District Collector
Lekhpal
Farmer
37.
Raghu's uncle was
a postman
SHO
a Sarpanch
a constable
38.
The permanently frozen rivers of ice in mountains are known as
Horsts
Ice sheets
Frost rivers
Glaciers
39.
Mt. Fujiyama is in
Asia
Africa
Europe
Australia
40.
The river Yangtze flows in
South America
Australia
China
41.
Which of the following are key ideas of a democratic government?
(i) Commitment to equality
(ii) Commitment to justice
(iii) Commitment towards governance
(iv) Commitment towards discrimination
(i) and (ii)
(i) and (iii)
(i), (ii) and (iii)
All of the above
42.
Who among the following elect(s) the Panchayat President?
Secretary
Members of Legislative Assembly
Villagers
All members of Gram Sabha
43.
Which of the following is an important problem of Hardas village?
Water shortage
BPL list
Road
Population
44.
Who is a member of the Gram Sabha?
Every citizen
Villagers
Every villager who has the right to vote
President of India
45.
Which of the following dams is a downstream dam?
Mettur darn
Hirakud dam
Krishnasagar dam
None of the above
46.
Who sounded angry while speaking about life under apartheid?
Maya
Maya's mother
Hector
Nelson Mandela
47.
What does Samir Do do?
sells the newspapers
goes to school
plays cricket
Both (a) and (c)
48.
Which is the domain of the earth consisting of gaseous portion?
Biosphere
Lithosphere
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
49.
The priests divided people into four groups called
priest
varnas
kshatriya
shudra
50.
Who was the central figure in Ashvamedha rituals?
Men
Women
Raja
Brahmin
51.
Yellow colour is used for showing
mountains
water
plains
plateau
52.
Green colour is used for showing
mountains
rivers
plants
plains
53.
Zero is a special symbol which was invented by
India
Arabs
Japan
Europe
54.
Iron pillar is located in which of the following cities?
New Delhi
Sarnath
Ajmer
Bulandshahar
55.
The final decisions remain in the hands of the king/queen. This is related with
representative government
democratic government
monarchical government
All of the above
56.
Hyderabad is the capital city of
Andhra Pradesh
Telangana
Karnataka
Both 'a' and 'b'
57.
A state level government would cover
state administration
state affairs
panchayati systems
Both 'a' and 'b'
58.
Every country needs a government to
make decisions and get things done
understand the people
build hotels and residential quarters
All of the above
59.
A scale is necessary for
a map
a sketch
symbols
60.
The blue colour is used for showing
water bodies
mountains
plains
61.
Wildlife week is observed every year in the first week of _____________
November
August
September
October
62.
During the South-West monsoon period, the moisture laden winds blow from
land to sea
sea to land
plateau to plains
63.
Who was the chief judicial officer in the reign of Samudragupta?
Harishena
Ravikirti
FaXian himself
Samudragupta
64.
Only one portion of the Earth gets sunlight at a time because of Earth's
spherical shape
round shape
wrinkled shape
circular shape
65.
How much time the Earth takes about to complete one rotation around its axis.
24 hours
25 hours
365 days
21 days
66.
What is the local time of longitude that has been taken as the Indian Standard Time?
82°30'E
23°30'N
68°7'E
97°25'E
67.
India is situated in which hemisphere?
Northern
Southern
Western
Eastern
68.
Cycle of the seasons is caused due to
rotation
revolution
gravitation
69.
The people of lower caste were not allowed to
enter the temples
sit with upper caste people
take water from the village well
All of the above
70.
When do both boys and girls cry?
When they are weak
When they are strong
When they are angry
When they are happy
71.
Which of the following means to judge other people negatively or see them as inferior?
Stereotypes
Discrimination
Dalits
Prejudice
72.
The oldest mountain range in India is the
Aravali mountains
Western Ghats
Himalayas
73.
The Palk Strait lies between the countries
Sri Lanka and Maldives
India and Sri Lanka
India and Maldives
74.
What divides the Earth into Eastern and Western part?
Prime Meridian
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
Axis of the Earth
75.
The time of India is ahead of Prime Meridian by
5 hours
6 hours
2 hours
5 hours and 30 mintues
76.
What is called a needle fixed through the globe in a tilted manner?
Equator
Poles
Axis
Latitude
77.
Technique of making silk was first invented in
China
South India
Sri Lanka
None of these
78.
Dakshinapatha literally refers to route leading to
North
South
East
West
79.
The word __ means big stone.
chalcolith
neolith
microlith
megalith
80.
One of the dialogues in the Rigveda is between rivers Beas, Sutlej, and
Vaish
Vashist
Vyas
Vishvamitra
81.
What were used for entering the burial places?
Surface-holes
Burial-holes
Port-holes
Stone-holes
82.
When were the Sangam literature composed?
Around 2500 years ago
Around 3000 years ago
Around 2000 years ago
Around 2300 years ago
83.
Which of the following cities became the second capital of the Kushanas?
Mathura
Kashi
Magadha
Pataliputra
84.
Shrenis were associations of
rulers
crafts persons
farmers
herders
85.
Full moon night occurs once in
15 days
20 days
10 days
30 days
86.
At what speed does light travel?
300,000 km/sec
400,000 km/sec
200,000 km/sec
100,000 km/sec
87.
Which one of the following is the smallest and the nearest planet to the sun in solar system?
Venus
Mercury
Mars
Jupiter
88.
Who was the grandfather of Ashoka?
Chandragupta
Ashoka
Balwan
Samudragupta
89.
Who was the son of Bindusara?
Chandragupta
Ashoka
Balwan
Samudragupta
90.
Which of the following sites was known for fertile land?
Burzahom
Koldihwa
Mehrgarh
Mahagara
91.
Which of the following is not a way of storing food grains in the past?
Large boxes
Woven baskets
Pits in the ground
Clay pots
92.
What did the term bhikkhus mean?
Gainer
Achiever
Beggar
Loser
93.
Where did the word Jaina come from?
Tina
Jina
Vika
Dika
94.
When did Mahavira spread his message of Jainism?
About 3000 years ago
About 2500 years ago
About 1500 years ago
About 1000 years ago
95.
From which Vedic group, Buddha belonged to?
Brahman
Kshatriya
Shudra
Vaishya
96.
What was the early name of Buddha?
Ramananda
Mahavira
Rahul
Siddhartha
97.
The evidences of hunter-gatherers have been collected from which of the following sites?
Kurnool caves
Hunsgi
Both 'a' and 'b'
None of these
98.
The hand written books a long ago were called
inscriptions
epics
manuscripts
holy books
99.
Which one is the tributary of the Ganga river?
Son
Gandak
Tapti
Narmada
100.
The earliest people lived along the bank of Narmada river are called
farmers
merchants
hunters
skilled gatherers
1.
(d)
Westerly
2.
(d)
all of these
3.
(a)
Tehsildar
4.
(b)
Marginal farming
5.
(a)
Tamil Nadu
6.
(a)
Working on farms
7.
(a)
First
8.
(c)
Bhim Rao Ambedkar
9.
(a)
Indian Ocean
10.
(b)
Australia
11.
(a)
A group of Councillors
12.
(b)
St. Thomas
13.
(b)
Both have similar trading influences
14.
(d)
Northern direction
15.
(b)
law
16.
(d)
Sanskrit
17.
(c)
Stone on stone
18.
(c)
Both (i) and (ii)
19.
(c)
Both (a) and (b)
20.
(a)
Citadel
21.
(d)
Uttar Pradesh
22.
(d)
All of these
23.
(a)
Piet
24.
(c)
in the ground in pits
25.
(c)
Habitation-cum-factory
26.
(a)
Ayodhya
27.
(b)
Garbhagriha
28.
(c)
At Ramalingam's land.
29.
(c)
Rehana's mother
30.
(d)
Mala
31.
(a)
Municipal Corporation
32.
(b)
A dress designer
33.
(b)
She works in a company
34.
(d)
Rs 30,000 PM
35.
(a)
Sudha
36.
(c)
Lekhpal
37.
(c)
a Sarpanch
38.
(d)
Glaciers
39.
(a)
Asia
40.
(c)
China
41.
(a)
(i) and (ii)
42.
(b)
Members of Legislative Assembly
43.
(a)
Water shortage
44.
(c)
Every villager who has the right to vote
45.
(a)
Mettur darn
46.
(b)
Maya's mother
47.
(a)
sells the newspapers
48.
(c)
Atmosphere
49.
(b)
varnas
50.
(c)
Raja
51.
(d)
plateau
52.
(d)
plains
53.
(a)
India
54.
(a)
New Delhi
55.
(c)
monarchical government
56.
(d)
Both 'a' and 'b'
57.
(d)
Both 'a' and 'b'
58.
(a)
make decisions and get things done
59.
(a)
a map
60.
(a)
water bodies
61.
(d)
October
62.
(b)
sea to land
63.
(a)
Harishena
64.
(a)
spherical shape
65.
(a)
24 hours
66.
67.
68.
(b)
revolution
69.
(a)
enter the temples
70.
(c)
When they are angry
71.
(d)
Prejudice
72.
(a)
Aravali mountains
73.
(b)
India and Sri Lanka
74.
(a)
Prime Meridian
75.
(d)
5 hours and 30 mintues
76.
(c)
Axis
77.
(a)
China
78.
(b)
South
79.
(d)
megalith
80.
(d)
Vishvamitra
81.
(c)
Port-holes
82.
(d)
Around 2300 years ago
83.
(a)
Mathura
84.
(b)
crafts persons
85.
(d)
30 days
86.
(a)
300,000 km/sec
87.
(b)
Mercury
88.
(a)
Chandragupta
89.
(b)
Ashoka
90.
(c)
Mehrgarh
91.
(a)
Large boxes
92.
(c)
Beggar
93.
(b)
Jina
94.
(b)
About 2500 years ago
95.
(b)
Kshatriya
96.
(d)
Siddhartha
97.
(c)
Both 'a' and 'b'
98.
(c)
manuscripts
99.
100.
(d)
skilled gatherers
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