HISTORY (63) Unit -1 Outbreak of World War I and Its Aftermath 1. What were the three major empires shattered by the end of First World War? a) Germany, Austria Hungary, and the Ottomans b) Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia ¢) Spain, Portugal and Italy d) Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy 2. Which country emer ged as the strongest in East Asia towards the close of nineteenth century? a)China b) Japan c) Korea —_) Mongolia 3. Who said “imperialism is the highest stage of capitalism"? a)Lenin b)Marx c) Sun Yat-sen _d) Mao Tsetung 4, What is the Battle of Marne remembered for? a) air warfare b) trench warfare c) submarine warfare _d) ship warfare 5. To which country did the first Secretary General of League of Nations belong? a) Britain b) France c) Dutch) USA 6. Which country was expelled from the League of Nations for attacking Finland? a) Germany b) Russia c) Italy d) France Unit — 2 The World between Two World Wars 7. With whom of the following was the Lateran Treaty signed by Italy? a) Germany b) Russia c) Pope d) Spain 8. With whose conquest did the Mexican civilization collapse? a) Hernan Cortes b) Francisco Pizarro _c) Toussaint Louverture _d) Pedro | 9. Who made Peru as part of their dominions? a) English b) Spaniards c) Russians d) French 10. Which President of the USA pursued “Good Neighbour” policy towards Latin America? a) Roosevelt b) Truman c) Woodrow Wilson d) Eisenhower 11. Which part of the world disliked dollar imperialism? a) Europe b) Latin America c) India” d) China Unit — 3 World War IT 12. When did the Japanese formally’sign of their surrender? a) 2 September, 1945 b) 2 October, 1945 c) 15 August, 1945 d) 12 October, 1945 13. Who initiated the formation of League of Nations? a) Roosevelt. b) Chamberlain c) Woodrow Wilson d) Baldwin 14, Where was the Japanese Navy defeated by the US Navy? a) Battle of Guadalcanal _b) Battle of Midwmay c) Battle of Leningrad) Battle of El Alamein 15. Where did the US drop its first atomic bomb? a) Kavashaki b) Innoshima c) Hiroshima _d) Nagasaki 16. Who were mainly persecuted by Hitler? a) Russians b) Arabs —c) Turks _—_d) Jews. 17. Which Prime Minister of England who signed the Munich Pact with Germany ? a) Chamberlain b) Winston Churchill c) Lloyd George __d) Stanley Baldwin 18. When was the Charter of the UN signed? a) June 26,1942 b) June 26,1945 c) January 1, 1942 d) January 1, 1945 Unit — 4 The World After World War IT 19. Which American President followed the policy of containment of Communism?. a) Woodrow Wilson b) Truman c) Theodore Roosevelt _d) Franklin Roosevelt 20. When was People’s Political Consultative Conference held in China? a) September 1959 _b) September 1948 _c) September 1954 _d) September 1949 21.The United States and European allies formed ------- to resist any Soviet aggression in Europe. a)SEATO b)NATO c)SENTO d) Warsaw Pact 1Prepared by SAI K THIRUKUMARAN-BT SOCIAL SCIENCE-GHSS MGR NAGAR-CHENNAI-78. 9865957299 22. Who became the Chairman of the PLO’s Executive Committee in 1969? a) Hafez al-Assad b) Yasser Arafat__c) Nasser —_d) Saddam Hussein 23. When was North and South Vietnam united? a)1975 b)1976—-c) 1973 _—d) 1974 24. When was the Warsaw Pact dissolved? a)1979 b) 1989 c) 1990 _—d) 1991 Unit — 5 Social and Religious Reform Movements in the 19th Century 25. In which year was Sati abolished? a) 1827 b) 1829 c) 1826 __d) 1927 26. What was the name of the Samaj founded by Dayanand Saraswati? a) Arya Samaj b) Brahmo Samaj) Prarthana Samaj d) Adi Brahmo Samaj 27. Whose campaign and work led to the enactment of Widow Remarriage Reform Act of 1856? a) Iswarchandra Vidyasagar b) Raja Rammohan Roy c) Annie Besant _d) Jyotiba Phule 28. Whose voice was Rast Goftar? a) Parsi Movement b) Aligarh Movement c) Ramakrishna Mission _d) Dravida Mahajana Sabha 29. Who was the founder of Namdhari Movement? a) Baba Dayal Das b) Baba Ramsingh c) Gurunanak _d) Jyotiba Phule 30. Who was the founder of Widow Remarriage Association? a)M.G. Ranade b) Devendranath Tagore) Jyotiba Phule dd) Ayyankali 31. Who was the author of the book Satyarthaprakash ? a) Dayananda Saraswathi b) lyothee Thassar c) Annie Besant —_ d) Swami Shradanatha Unit — 6 Early Revolts against British Rule in Tamil Nadu 32, Who was the first Palayakkarars to resist the East India Company's policy of territorial aggrandizement? a) Marudhu brothers ) Puli Thevar c) Velunachiyar _d) Veerapandya Kattabomman 33. Who had established close relationship with the three agents of Chanda Sahib? a) Velunachiyar b) Kattabomman™ c) Puli Thevar —_ d) Oomai thurai 34, Where was Sivasubramanianar executed? a) Kayathar b) Nagalapuram.—c) Virupachi dd) Panchalamkurichi 35. Who issued the Tiruchirappalli proclamation of Independence? a) Marudhu brothers b) Puli Thevar c) Veerapandya Kattabomman _ d) Gopala Nayak 36. When did the Vellore Revolt breakout? a) 24May 1805 b) 10 July 1805) 10 July 1806) 10 September 1806 37. Who was the Commander-in-Chief responsible for the new military regulations in Vellore fort? a) Col. Fancourt b) Major Armstrong _c) Sir John Cradock — d) Colonel Agnew 38. Where were the sons of Tipu Sultan sent after the Vellore Revolt? a)Calcutta b) Mumbai c) Delhi d) Mysore Unit — 7 Anti-Colonial Movements and the BirthofNationalism 39. Which one of the following was launched by Haji Shariatullah in 1818 in East Bengal? a)Wahhabi Rebellion b) Farazi Movement) Tribal uprising) Kol Revolt 40.Who declared that “Land belongs to God" and collecting rent or tax on it was against divine law? a)Titu Mir b) Sidhu c) Dudu Mian —_d) Shariatullah 41. Who were driven out of their homeland during the process of creation of Zamins under Permanent Settlement? a) Santhals b)Titu Mir c) Munda __d) Kol 42. Find out the militant nationalist from the following. a) Dadabhai Naoroji_b) Justice Govind Ranade _) Bi 43. When did the Partition of Bengal come into effect? a) 19 June 1905 —b) 18 July 1906 c) 19 August 1907 _—_d) 16 October 1905 Chandra pal_ d) Romesh ChandraPrepared by SAI K THIRUKUMARAN-BT SOCIAL SCIENCE-GHSS MGR NAGAR-CHENNAI-78. 9865957299 44. What was the context in which the Chotanagpur Tenancy Act was passed? a) Kol Revolt —b) Indigo Revolt _c) Munda Rebellion —_d) Deccan Riots 45. Who set up the first Home Rule League in April 1916? a) Annie Basant b) Bipin Chandra Pal c) Lala Lajpat Raid) Tilak 46. Who drew the attention of the British to the suffering of Indigo cultivation through his play Nil darpan? a) Dina Bandhu Mitra —_b) Romesh Chandra Dutt —_c) Dadabhai Naoroji_ d) Birsa Munda Unit — 8 Nationalism: Gandhian Phase 47. Who was arrested during the anti-Rowlatt protests in Amritsar? a) Motilal Nehru b) Saifuddin Kitchlew c) Mohamed Ali d) Raj Kumar Shukla 48. In which session of the Indian National Congress was Non-Cooperation approved? )Bombay b)Madras c) Calcutta’) Nagpur. 49. Which among the following was declared as ‘Independence Day’? a) 26th January 1930 —_b) 26th December 1929 c) 16th June 1946) 15th January 1947 50. When was the first Forest Act enacted? a)1858 b)1911 c) 1865 _—d) 1936. 51. On 8 January 1933 which day was observed —~ ‘a) Temple Entry Day b) Day of Deliverance ¢) Direct Action Day d) Independence Day 52. Which Act introduced Provincial Autonomy? a) 1858 Act b) Indian Councils Act, 1909 c) Government of India Act, 1919 d) Government of India Act, 1935 Unit — 9 Freedom Struggle in Tamil 53. Who was the first President of the Madras Mahajana’Sabha? a)T.M. Nair b)P.Rangaiah c)G. Subramaniam ——_d) G.A. Natesan 54, Where was the third session of the Indian National Congress held? a) Marina —b) Mylapore) Fort St.George _d) Thousand Lights 55. Who said “Better bullock carts and freedom than a train de luxe with subjection"? a) Annie Besant b) M. Veeraraghavachari_c) B.P. Wadia d) G.S. Arundale 56. Who among the following were Swarajists? a) S. Satyamurti b) Kasturirangar c) P. Subbarayan _d) Periyar EVR 57. Who set up the satyagraha camp in Udyavanam near Madras? a)K.Kamaraj b)C. Rajaji.c) K.Santhanam _d) T. Prakasam 58. Where was the anti-Hindi Conference held? a)Erode b)Madras_—_c) Salem d) Madurai Unit — 10 Social Transformation in Tamil Nadu 59. established a full-fledged printing press in 17089, at Tranquebar. a) Caldwell —b) F.W. Ellis c) Ziegenbalg —_d) Meenakshisundaram founded Adi Dravida Mahajana Sabha in 1893. a) Rettaimalai Srinivasan b)B. R. Ambedkar c) Rajaji_~—d) M. C, Rajah 61. India’s first organised trade union, the Madras Labour Union was formed in a)1918 b) 1917 c)1916 dd) 1914 - was established by the Justice Party Government for the selection of Government officials. a) Staff Selection Board b) Public Service Commission c) Provincial Staff Recruitment Board __d) Staff Selection Commission 63. --------- was the first elected Legislative Council Member from the depressed class in Madras Province. a) M.C. Rajah b) Rettaimalai Srinivasan c)T.M. Nair _d) P. Varadarajulu 60. 62.Prepared by SAI K THIRUKUMARAN-BT SOCIAL SCIENCE-GHSS MGR NAGAR-CHENNAI-78. 9865957299 GEOGRAPHY (48) Unit - 1 India — Location, Relief and Drainage 1. The north-south extent of India is a.2,500km b.2,933km =. 3,214 km d. 2,814 km 2. River is known as ‘Sorrow of Bihar’. a. Narmada b. Godavari cc. Kosi d. Damodar 3. A landmass bounded by sea on three sides is referred to as : a. Coast b, Island c, Peninsula d, Strait 4, The Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar separates India from a.Goa _b. West Bengal c. Srilanka —_d. Maldives 5. The highest peak in South India is a. Ooty b. Kodaikanal, Anaimudi_—_d. Jindhagada 6. Plains are formed by the older alluviums. a. Bhabar b. Tarai —_c, Bhangar d. Khadar 7. Pulicat Lake is located between the states of a. West Bengal and Odisha b. Karnataka and Kerala c, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh d. Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh Unit —2 Climate and Natural Vegetation of India 8. Wester disturbances cause rainfall in a) Tamilnadu —b) Kerala) Punjab d) Madhya Pradesh 9. helps in quick ripening of mangoes along the coast of Kerala and Karnataka. a)Loo _b) Norwester_c) Mango showers.” d) Jet stream 10.______is a line joining the places of equal rainfall. a)Isohyets b) Isobar_—_c) Isotherm —_d) Latitudes 11. Climate of India is labelled as a) Tropical humid —_b) Equatorial Climate c) Tropical Monsoon Climate d) Temperate Climate 12. The monsoon forests are otherwise called as : a) Tropical evergreen forest b) Deciduous forest _c) Mangrove forest) Mountain forest 13. Sesahachalam hills, a Biosphere reserve is situated in . a) Tamil Nadu b) Andhra Pradesh ¢) Madhya Pradesh _d) Karnataka 14, is a part of the world network biosphere reserves of UNESCO. a) Nilgiri_ b) Agasthiyamalai c) Great Nicobar d) Kachch Unit — 3 India - Agriculture 15. The soil which is rich in iron oxides is a) Alluvial b) Black c)Red — ) Alkaline 16. Which of the following organization has divided the Indian soils into 8 major groups? a) Indian Council of Agricultural Research _b) Indian Meteorological Department c) Soil Survey of India d) Indian Institute of Soil Science 17. The soils formed by the rivers are: a)Red soils b) Black soils) Desert soils __d) Alluvial soils 18. is the highest gravity dam in India. a) Hirakud dam —_b) Bhakra Nangal dam —_c) Mettur dam d) Nagarjuna Sagar dam 19.____isacash crop. a) Cotton b) Wheat = c) Rice d) Maize 20. Black soils are also called as: a) Arid soils —_b) Saline soils) Regur soils d) Mountain soils 21. The longest dam in the world is : a) Metturdam = _b) Kosidam —c) Hirakud dam d) Bhakra-Nangal dam 4Prepared by SAI K THIRUKUMARAN-BT SOCIAL SCIENCE-GHSS MGR NAGAR-CHENNAI-78. 9865957299 22. Which crop is called as “Golden Fibre” in India? a)Cotton b)Wheat —c) Jute_—_d) Tobacco Unit — 4 India - Resources and Industries 23. Manganese is used in. a) Storage batteries _b) Steel Making c) Copper smelting _d) Petroleum Refining 24. The Anthracite coal has . a) 80 to. 95% Carbon b) Above 70% Carbon c) 60 to 70% Carbon) Below 50% Carbon 25. The most important constituents of petroleum are hydrogen and a) Oxygen b) Water c) Carbon —_d) Nitrogen 26. The city which is called as the Manchester of South India is a) Chennai b) Salem c) Madurai d) Coimbatore 27. The first Nuclear Power station was commissioned in a) Gujarat b) Rajasthan —_c) Maharashtra d) Tamil nadu 28. The most abundant source of energy is a)Biomass b)Sun c)Coal__d) Oil 29. The nucleus for the development of the chotanagpur plateau region is a) Transport b) Mineral Deposits) Large demand ~_—_d) Power Availability Unit — 5 India - Population, Transport, Communication & Trade 30. The scientific study of different aspects of population is called a) Cartography b) Demography c) Anthropology _.d) Epigraphy - transport provides door to door services. a) Railways b) Roadways c) Airways _d) Waterways. 32. The length of Golden Quadrilateral superhighways ifvIndia is a) 5846 km —b) 5942km c) 5630 km —_d).5800 km 33. The National Remote sensing Centre(NRSC) is.located at -- a) Bengaluru b) Chennai) Delhi _ d) Hyderabad 34. The transport useful in the inaccessible areas is a) Roadways b) Railways —c) Airways d) Waterways 35. Which of the following is associated with helicopter service? a) AirIndia —_b) Indian Airlines.) Vayudoot_—_d) Pavan Hans 36. The major import item of India is a) Cement —_b) Jewels». c) Tea __d) Petroleum Unit — 6 Physical Geography of Tamil Nadu 37. The latitudinal extent of Tamil Nadu is a) 8°S'Nto 13°35'N _b) 8°S'S to 13°35'S_—c) BON to 13°5'N__d) 8°0'S to 13°05'S 38. The longitudinal extent of Tamil Nadu is. a) 76°18’ E to 80°20'E b) 76°18’ W to 80°20W c) 86°18’ E to 10°20'E d) 86°18’ W to 10°20W 39. The highest peak in Tamil Nadu is a) Anaimudi b) Doddabetta _c) Mahendragiri__d) Servarayan 40. Which of the following passes is not located in the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu? a) Palghat b) Shencottah —_c) Bhorghat_ —_d) Achankoil 41. Which one of the following rivers is flow into the Arabian Sea? a) Periyar b)Cauvery —c) Chittar. ~—d) Bhavani 42. Retreating monsoon wind picks up moisture from a) Arabian sea _b) Bay of Bengal) IndianOcean _d) Timor sea 43. Which of the following district is affected by sand dunes to a large extent? a)Theni b) Madurai) Thanjavur d) Ramanathapuram 44. The district which has the largest forest cover in Tamil Nadu is a)Dharmapuri —b) Vellore. —_c) Dindigul d) Erode 31Prepared by SAI K THIRUKUMARAN-BT SOCIAL SCIENCE-GHSS MGR NAGAR-CHENNAI-78. 9865957299 Unit — 7 Human Geography of Tamil Nadu 45. The delta which is known as Granary of South India is a) Cauvery delta b) Mahanadi delta __c) Godavari delta d) Krishna delta 46. Second staple food of the people of Tamil Nadu is a) Pulses b) Millets c) Oilseeds _ d) Rice 47. A major hydro-electric power project of Tamil Nadu is a)Mettur b)Papansam —c) Sathanur_—_d) Thungabahdra 48. Number of major and minor ports in Tamil Nadu are a)3and15 b)4and15—c) 3and16 d) 4 and15 CIVICS (44) Unit —1 Indian Constitution 1. Which of the following sequences in right regarding the Preamble? (a) Republic, democratic, secular, socialist, sovereign (b) Sovereign, socialist, secular, republic, democratic (c) Sovereign, republic, secular, socialist, democratic (d) Sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic, republic 2. How many times has the Preamble to the Constitution of India amended? (a) Once (b) Twice (c) Thrice — (d) Never 3. A foreigner can acquire Indian citizenship through {a) Descent (b) Registration —_(c) Naturalisation.~ (d) All of the above 4, Find the odd one out. (a) Right to Equality —_—_(b) Right against Exploitation (c) Right to Property (4) Cultural and Educational Rights 5. One of the following is not an instance of an exercise of a fundamental right? (a) Workers from Kamataka go to Kerala to work on the farms (b) Christian missions set up a chain.of missionary schools (c) Men and Women government employees got the same salary. (d) Parents property is inherited by their children 6. Which one of the following rights was described by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar as the heart and soul of the Constitution? (a) Right to freedom of religion (b) Right to equality (c) Right to Constitutional remedies (d) Right to property 7. How can the Fundamental Rights be suspended? (a) If the Supreme Court so desires —_(b) If the Prime Minister orders to this effect (0) If the President orders it during the national emergency (d) All of the above 8. We borrowed the Fundamental Duties from the (a) American Constitution (b) Canadian Constitution (c) Russian Constitution (d) Irish Constitution 9. Under which Article financial emergency can be proclaimed? (a) Article 352 (b) Article 356 (c) Article 360 (d) Article 368 10. Which of the following committees/ commissions made recommendations about the Centre-State Relations? 1. Sarkaria Commission 2, Rajamannar Committee 3. M.N,Venkatachaliah Commission Select the correct answer from the codes given below (a)1,2&3 (b)182 (0) 1&3 =) 283Prepared by SAI K THIRUKUMARAN-BT SOCIAL SCIENCE-GHSS MGR NAGAR-CHENNAI-78. 9865957299 Unit — 2 Central Government 11. The Constitutional Head of the Union is a) The President —_b) The Chief Justice _c) The Prime Minister d) Council of Ministers 12. Who among the following decides whether a Bill is a Money Bill or not? a) The President b) Attorney General c) Parliamentary Affairs Minister —_d) Speaker of Lok Sabha 13, The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the: a) The President b) Lok Sabha c) The Prime Minister) Rajya Sabha 14. What is minimum age laid down for a candidate to seek election to the Lok Sabha? a) 18 years —-b) 21 years.) 25 years d) 30 years 15. The authority to alter the boundaries of state in India rest with? a) The President —_b) The Prime Minister c) State Government __d) Parliament 16. Under which Article the President is vested with the power to proclaim Financial Emergency a) Article 352 b) Article 360 —c) Article 356d) Article 365 17. The Chief Justice and other Judges of the Supreme court are appointed by: a) The President b) The Attorney General c) The Governor __d) The Prime Minister Unit — 3 State Government 18. The Governor of the State is appointed by the (a) Prime Minister (b) Chief Minister —_(c) President (d) Chief Justice 19. The Speaker of a State is a (a) Head of State (b) Head of government (c) President's agent —_(d) None of these 20. Which among the following is not one of the powers ofthe Governor? (a) Legislative (b) Executive —(c) Judicial (d) Diplomatic 21. Who can nominate one representative of the Anglo-Indian Community to the State Legislative Assembly? (a) The President (b) The Governor (c) The Chief Minister (d) The Speaker of State legislature 22. The Governor does not appoint (a) Chief Minister (b) Chairman of the State Public Service Commission (c) Advocate General of the State — (d) Judges of the High Court 23, The State Council of Ministers is headed by (a) The Chief Minster (b)The Governor (c) The Speaker _(d) The Prime Minister 24, The minimum age for the membership of the Legislative Council is (a)25 years (b) 21 years (c) 30 years (d) 35 years 25. Which one of the following States does not possess a bicameral legislature? (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Telangana (c) Tamil Nadu —_(d) Uttar Pradesh 26. The High Courts in India were first started at (a) Calcutta, Bombay, Madras (b) Delhi and Calcutta (c) Delhi, Calcutta, Madras (d) Calcutta, Madras, Delhi 27. Which of the following States have a common High Court? (a) Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh —_(b) Kerala and Telangana (c) Punjab and Haryana (d) Maharashtra and Gujarat Unit — 4 India’s Foreign Policy 28. The Panchaseel treaty has been signed between a) India and Nepal —_b) Indiaaand Pakistan) Indiaand China __d) India and Sri Lanka 29. Which article of Indian constitution directs to adopt foreign policy? a) Article 50 —_b) Article 51 ¢) Article 52 d) Article 53 30. The Agreement signed by India and China in 1954 related to a) Trade and Commerce b) Restoration of normal relations c) Cultural exchange programmes d) The Five Principles of Co existencePrepared by SAI K THIRUKUMARAN-BT SOCIAL SCIENCE-GHSS MGR NAGAR-CHENNAI-78. 9865957299 31. Which is not related to our foreign policy a) World co operation —_b) World peace) Racial equality __d) Colonialism 32. Which of the following country is not the founder member of NAM? a) Yugoslavia. b) Indonesia c) Egypt ~—d) Pakistan 33. Non-Alliance means a) being neutral b) freedom to decide on issues independently c) demilitarisation d) none of the above 34, Non — military issues are a) Energy security b) Water security c)Pandemics _d) Alll the above. Unit — 5 India’s International Relations 35. Mc Mahon Line is a border between a) Burma and India _b) India and Nepal c) India and China _—_d) India and Bhutan 36. India is not a member of which of the following 1)G20 2)ASEAN 3) SAARC_— 4) BRICS a) 2 only b)2and4 —c)2,4and1 —d) 1, 2and3. 37. OPEC is a) An international insurance Co. b) An international sports club c) An Organisation of Oil Exporting Countries _d) An international company 38. With which country does India share its longest land border? a)Bangladesh —b) Myanmar —_c) Afghanistan, ~ d) China 39. Match the following and choose the correct answer form the codes given below. i) Salma Dam - 1. Bangladesh ii) Farakka accord - 2. Nepal iii) Chukha hydroelectric project - 3. Afghanistan iv) Sharda River project - 4. Bhutan a)3142 b)3124 c)3412 d)43214 40. How many countries share its border with, India? a)5 b)6 °)7 d)8 41. Which two island countries are India’s neighbours? a) Sri Lanka and Andaman island b) Maldieves and Lakshadweep island c) Maldieves and Nicobar island d) Sri Lanka and Maldieves 42. Which Indian state is surrounded by three countries? a) Arunachal Pradesh ~b) Meghalaya c) Mizoram —_d) Sikkim 43. How many Indian states have their boundary with Nepal? a)Five b)Four —c) Three_—d) Two 44, Who drew up the borders for independent Pakistan? a) Lord Mountbatten —b) Sir Cyril Radcliffe c) Clement Atlee —_d) None of the above. Unit — 1 Gross Domestic Product and its Growth: an Introduction 1. GNP equals a) NNP adjusted for inflation b) GDP adjusted for inflation c) GDP plus net property income from abroad _d) NNP plus net property income or abroad 2. National Income is a measure of a) Total value of money b) Total value of producer goods c) Total value of consumption goods —_d) Total value of goods and services 3. Primary sector consist of a) Agriculture —b) Automobiles c) Trade —_d) Banking 4. approach is the value added by each intermediate good is summed to estimate the value of the final good. a) Expenditure approach b) Value added approach c) income approach d) National Income 8Prepared by SAI K THIRUKUMARAN-BT SOCIAL SCIENCE-GHSS MGR NAGAR-CHENNAI-78. 9865957299 5. Gross value added at current prices for services sector is estimated at ___ lakh crore in2018-19. a)91.06 b)92.26 —c) 80,07 d) 98.29 6. India is larger producer in agricultural product. a)1® bc) 4h d) 2 7. India’s life expectancy at birth is years. a)65 b)60 c)70 ~~ «od 55 8. Which one is a trade policy?. a) irrigation policy —_b) import and export policy _¢) land-reform policy _d) wage policy Unit—2 Globalization and Trade 9. Who is the head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) a) Ministerial conference b) Director General _c) Deputy Director General) None of these 10. Colonial advent in India a) Portuguese, Dutch, English, Danish, French —_ b) Dutch, English, Danish , French ¢) Portuguese , Danish, Dutch, French, English d) Danish, Portuguese, French, English, Dutch 11. GATT's first round held in a)Tokyo b) Uruguay —c) Torquay _—d) Geneva 12. India signed the Dunket proposal in a) 1984 b) 1976 c)1950 —d) 1994 13. who granted the English “golden Fireman” in 1632 a) Jahangir —_b) Sultan of Golconda_—c) Akbar __-d)/Aurangzeb 14, Foreign Investment policy (FIP) announced in a) June 1991 b) July 1991) July: Aug-1991~d) Aug 1991 Unit — 3 Food Security and Nutrition 15. Buffer stock is the stock of food grains, namely wheat and rice, procured by the government through the a)FCI —_b) Consumer Cooperatives _c) ICICI d) IFCI 16. Which is correct? i) HYV-High Yielding Varieties ii) MSP—Minimum Support Price iii) PDS—Public Distribution System iv) FCl-Food Corporation of India a)iandiiare correct —_b) iiiandivare correct) ii and iii are correct) alll are correct extended assistance through its Public Law 480, a) United States of America b) India c) Singapore d) UK revolution was born in India paving way for self sufficiency in food grain production a) Blue Revolution b) White Revolution c) Green Revolution d) Grey Revolution is the only state in India to adopt universal PDS. a) Kerala b) Andhra Pradesh c) Tamil Nadu__—_d) Karnataka is the process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth. a)Health b) Nutrition) Sanitation) Security Unit—4 Government and Taxes 21. The three levels of governments in India are a) Union, state and local b) Central, state and village c) Union, municipality and panchayat d) None of the above 22. In India, taxes are including a) Direct taxes _b) Indirect taxes.) Both (a) and (b) __d) None of these 23. Which is the role of government and development policies? a) Defence _b) Foreign policy _ c) Regulate the economy _ d) alll of above. 24. The most common and important tax levied on an individual in India is a) Service tax b) Excise duty. c) Income tax _d) Central sales tax 25. Under which tax one nation, one uniform tax is ensured a) Value added tax (VAT) b) Income tax _c) Goods and service tax _d) Sales tax 9 17, 18, 19, 20.Prepared by SAI K THIRUKUMARAN-BT SOCIAL SCIENCE-GHSS MGR NAGAR-CHENNAI-78. 9865957299 26. Income tax was introduced in india for the first time in the year a) 1860 b) 1870) 1880) 1850 27. tax is charged on the benefits derived from property ownership. a)Incometax _b) Wealth tax c) Corporate tax) Excise duty 28. What are identified as causes of black money? a) Shortage of goods b) High tax rate) Smuggling _d) All of above Unit — 5 Industrial Clusters in Tamil Nadu 29. ‘The Detroit of Asia’ is : a) Tuticorin b) Coimbatore c)Chennai__—_d) Madurai 30. Pumpsets and motors are produced mostly in a)Salem b) Coimbatore —c) Chennai_—_d) Dharampuri 31 are an essential aspect of a nation’s development. ‘@) agriculture b) industry) railway —_d) none of these 32. Tiruppur is known for a) Leather tanning b) Lock making) Knitwear_—_d) Agro-processing 33. A successful industrial cluster entirely created by the Tamil Nadu is a)Hosur b) Dindigul_ —c) Kovilpatti_d) Tirunelveli 10