1. Why South-East Asia has the largest concentration of peasant population at the global scale?
a. The area is dominated by shifting cultivation due to favourable terrain character
b. Intensive subsistence farming is practised in the region
c. The region has favourable and healthier climate
d. The regions has a large forested area ,which is cleared for cultivation of various crops
2. Which racial group has the largest number of members?
a. Negroid
b. Mongoloid
c. Australoid
d. Caucasoid
3. The high density of population in Nile valley and islands of java is primarily due to
a. Intensive agriculture
b. Industrialisation
c. Urbanisation
d. Topographic constrains
4. In India, the effective literacy rate’ are calculated from
a. Total population
b. Child population
c. Adult population
d. Population above 7 years of age
5. With which one of the following mountain tribes did the British first come into contact, after the grant of Diwani in the year 1765?
a. Garos
b. Khasis
c. Kukis
d. Tipperahs
6. Bushmen tribes are found in
a. Atacama desert
b. Gobi desert
c. Patagonian desert
d. Kalahari desert
7. Consider the following countries
a. Brazil
b. Indonesia
c. Japan
d. Russia
What is the descending order of the size of the following countries population-wise?
a) 1,2,4,3
b) 2,3,1,4
c) 2,1,4,3
d) 1,2,3,4
8. Consider the following statements
1. The Islamic calendar is 12 days shorter than the Gregorian calendar
2. The Islamic calendar began in AD 632
3. The Gregorian calendar is a solar calendar
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) Only 1
b) 1 and 2
c) 1 and 3
d) Only 3
9. consider the following international languages
a) Arabic
b) French
c) Spanish
The correct sequence of the language given above in the decreasing order of the number of their speakers is
a) 3,1,2
b) 1,3,2
c) 3,2,1
d) 1,2,3
10. In which one of the following countries, is Tamil a major language?
a. Myanmar
b. Indonesia
c. Mauritius
d. Singapore
ANSWERS:
1.b 2.b 3.d 4.d 5. b 6.d 7.c 8.d 9.a 10.d