What was the most important cause of the invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni?

(a)

To destroy idolatry

(b)

To plunder the wealth of India

(c)

To spread Islam in India

(d)

To establish a Muslim state in India

___________ presently in Kanchipuram district was as Brahmadeya village.

(a)

Darasuram

(b)

Thoothukudi

(c)

Tiruchirapalli

(d)

Uttiramerur

_______laid the foundation of the city Tughluqabad near Delhi.

(a)

Muhammad-bin -Tughluq

(b)

Firoz shah Tughluq

(c)

Jalal –ud-din

(d)

Ghiyas –ud-din

Volcanoes made of cinder and ash and which have sleep slopes are ____________ volcanoes.

(a)

Shield

(b)

Cinder-cone

(c)

Composite

(d)

Dormant

The landform created by glacial deposition is ______.

(a)

Cirque

(b)

Arete

(c)

Moraine

(d)

Tarn lake

_______ promotes the transmission of ideas and the functioning of political, social and religious system.

(a)

Language

(b)

Caste

(c)

Nationality

(d)

Race

In India, right to vote is given to all the citizens at the age of ________.

(a)

21

(b)

18

(c)

25

(d)

31

______ in equalities can never be rectified.

(a)

Social

(b)

Civil

(c)

Natural

(d)

Political

In earlier time, the ___________ was the supreme head of the Legislative, Executive and Judiciary branches.

(a)

Governor

(b)

Viceroy

(c)

King

(d)

Minister

_______is carried out by extractive industries.

(a)

secondary production

(b)

primary production

(c)

tertiary production

(d)

service production

______________ is known as 'Father of Economics'.

(a)

Alfred Marshall

(b)

Adam Smith

(c)

Karl Mark

(d)

Amartya Sen

Whose palace in Delhi was destroyed by Sher Shah?

(a)

Babur

(b)

Humayun

(c)

Ibrahim Lodi

(d)

Alam Khan

Which is one of the first metals known and used by man?

(a)

Iron

(b)

copper

(c)

Gold

(d)

Silver

The word State government refers to ______.

(a)

Government departments in the states

(b)

Legislative Assembly

(c)

both a and b

(d)

none of the above

Who of the following composed songs on Krishna putting himself in the place of mother Yashoda?

(a)

Poigaiazhwar

(b)

Periyazhwar

(c)

Nammazhwar

(d)

Andal

Where was the first Jain Council held to codify the Jaina canon?

(a)

Pataliputra

(b)

Vallabhi

(c)

Mathura

(d)

Kanchipuram

The science of map making is called ________.

(a)

Geography

(b)

Cartography

(c)

Physiography

(d)

Physical Geography

Which of the following strategies will help women become more socially and economically empowered?

(a)

Women working together to challenge discrimination

(b)

More income sources for women

(c)

Improved access to education

(d)

All of the above

Raksha safe drive is a device useful for _______.

(a)

pedestrians

(b)

motorists

(c)

car drivers

(d)

passengers

This taxation is a very opposite of progressive taxation______.

(a)

degressive

(b)

proportional

(c)

regressive

(d)

none