1.Which line divides India into approximately two equal parts?

(a) Equator
(b) Tropic of Cancer
(c) Tropic of Capricorn
(d) None of these

2.What are Lesser Himalayas known as?

(a) Himadri
(b) Himachal
(c) Shivaliks
(d) Purvanchal

3.Which prevents the southwest monsoon winds from escaping from India?
(a) The Indian deserts
(b) The Himalayas
(c) Low pressure over Central Asia
(d) None of these

4.Which type of vegetation zone is found in the higher reaches of the Himalayas?
(a) Tropical
(b) Alpine
(c) Temperate
(d) None of these

5.French women demanded the right:

(a) to vote
(b) to be elected to the assembly
(c) to hold political office
(d) all of the above

6.Working capital stands for :

(a) Tools, machines and buildings
(b) raw materials and money in hand
(c) total share capital
(d) fixed deposits in financial institutions
7.Some of the drawbacks of democracy is
(a) Instability and delays
(b) corruption and hypocrisy
(c) Politicians fighting among themselves
(d) all the above

8.The most common form that democracy takes in our time is that of
(a) Limited democracy
(b) representative democracy
(c) Maximum democracy
(d) none of the above

9.The Green Revolution introduced the farmers to

(a) cultivation of wheat and rice
(b) cultivation of green vegetables
(c) cultivation of sugar cane
(d) cultivation of forests

10.What is the full form of ITCZ

(a) International Tropical Convergence Zone
(b) Interstate Tropical Convergence Zone
(c) International Tropical Convergent Zone
(d) Inter Tropical Convergence Zone

11.Which of the crop is associated with the winter rainfall?

(a) Zaid
(b) Rabi
(c) Kharif
(d) None of these

12.Which one of the following warm ocean currents replaces the Peruvian cold currents?
(a) Kuroshio
(b) El Nino
(c) South Pacific Currents
(d) Gulf Stream

13.Tsarina Alexandra was of the

(a) German origin
(b) French origin
(c) Russian origin
(d) Dutch origin

14.Jadidists were ………………… within the Russian empire.

(a) Muslim reformers
(b) Muslim educationists
(c) Parsi reformers
(d) German refugees

15.Which of the following factors made autocracy unpopular in Russia?

(a) The German origin of the Tsarina Alexandra
(b) Poor advisors like the Monk Rasputin
(c) The huge cost of fighting in the World War I
(d) Both (a) and (b)

16. Which one of the following causes rainfall during winters in north-western part of India?
(a) Cyclonic depression
(b) Retreating monsoon
(c) Western disturbances
(d) Southwest monsoon

17.In the World War I, which started in 1914, Russia fought against
(a) Britain and France
(b) Germany and Austria
(c) America
(d) All the above

18.Who led the Bolshevik group in Russia during Russian Revolution?

(a) Karl Marx
(b) Friedrich Engels
(c) Vladimir Lenin
(d) Trotsky
19.Socialists took over the government in Russia through the?
(a) October Revolution in 1917
(b) November Revolution in 1918
(c) December Revolution in 1919
(d) February Revolution in 1920

20.Which group of people did not join the Jacobin club?

(a) Artisans
(b) Shopkeepers
(c) Daily-wage workers
(d) Men with property

21.A triangular slave trade took place between Europe, the Americas and:
(a) Africa
(b) Asia
(c) Australia
(d) none of the above

22.Who were not considered ‘passive citizens’?

(a) Women
(b) children
(c) Non-propertied men
(d) wealthy people

23.The Third Estate comprised

(a) Poor servants and small peasants, landless labourers
(b) Peasants and artisan
(c) Big businessmen, merchants, lawyers etc.
(d) All the above
24.Which of the following statements is untrue about the Third Estate
(a) The Third Estate was made of the poor only
(b) Within the Third Estate some were rich and some were poor
(c) Richer members of the Third Estate owned lands
(d) Peasants were obliged to serve in the army, or build roads

25.What was the ‘Subsistence Crisis’ which occurred frequently in France?

(a) An extreme situation endangering the basic means of livelihood
(b) Subsidy in food grains
(c) Large-scale production of food grains
(d) None of the above

26.Which of these books was written by John Locke?

(a) The Spirit of the Laws
(b) Two Treatises on Government
(c) The Social Contract
(d) All the above

27.Which of these rights were not established as ‘natural and inalienable’ rights by the
constitution of 1791?
(a) Right to life
(b) Freedom of speech and opinion
(c) Equality before the law
(d) All the above

28.Which term is used to denote animal species of a particular region or period?

(a) Fauna
(b) Ferns
(c) Flora
(d) None of these
29.Ebony, mahogany and rosewood trees are grown in which type of the forests?
(a) Coniferous forest
(b) Tropical rainforest
(c) Tropical thorn forest
(d) None of these

30. Where do most of the small farmers borrow money to arrange for the capital in Palampur?
(a) Banks
(b) Co-operative Societies
(c) Village money lenders
(d) Friends and relatives

31.Which of the following is a modern farming method?

(a) Multiple cropping
(b) Use of HYV seeds
(c) Use of chemical fertilisers
(d) Both (b) and (c)

32. Which of the following is fixed capital?

(a) Tools and machines
(b) Fertilisers and pesticides
(c) Soil
(d) Seeds

33. Which meridian is fixed as a Standard Meridian of India?

(a) 82½° E
(b) 84½° E
(c) 86° E
(d) 81° E

34. The latitudinal extent of India lies between

(a) 7° 5′ N and 26° 5′ N
(b) 8° 4′ N and 37° 6′ N
(c) 12° 5′ N and 27° 5′ N
(d) 12° 5′ N and 37° 6′ N

35. If the local time at Dwarka (69°01′E) in Gujarat to the west of India is 6 am, what will be the
local time at Dibrugarh (94°58′E approximately 95°), in Assam, in the east?
(a) 4.16 am
(b) 6 am
(c) 7.44 am
(d) 7.44 pm

36. The soil containing calcareous deposits is locally known as

(a) Bhangar
(b) Khadar
(c) Bhabar
(d) Kankar

37. Mountain ranges in the eastern part of India forming its boundary with Myanmar are
collectively called as
(a) Himachal
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Purvachal
(d) none of the above

38. Who is a person who puts together land, labour and capital?
(a) Moneylender
(b) Entrepreneur
(c) Zamindar
(d) Manager
39. The tax devised by the church comprising one-tenth of agricultural produce:
(i) Taille (ii) Livine (iii) Chauth (iv) Tithe

40. A democratic government is better than a non-democratic government because

(a) It may or may not be accountable (b) It always responds to the needs of the people

(c) It is a more accountable form of government (d) None of the above

41. Which one of the following bio-reserves of India is not included in the world network bio-
reserve?
(a) Manas
(b) Sunderbans
(c) Gulf of Mannar
(d) Nanda Devi