Q1. The Arya Samaj is founded by –
(a) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Swami Vivekananda
(d) Madan Mohan Malaviya
Q2. Carals are skeletons of tiny marine animals called –
(a) Jelly fish
(b) Star fish
(c) Polyps
(d) None of these
Q3. What is the smallest continent in the world?
(a) Africa
(b) Australia
(c) Antarctica
(d) Europe
Q4. ………….. is the narrow zone where we find land, water and air together, which contains all forms of life.
(a) Lithosphere
(b) Hydrosphere
(c) Biosphere
(d) Atmosphere
Q5. More than ………….. percent of the Earth’s water is found in the ocean and is too salty for human use.
(a) 50
(b) 60
(c) 90
(d) 97
Q6. Which river(s) is/are responsible to form to world’s largest delta?
(a) The Ganga
(b) The Brahmaputra
(c) The Nile
(d) ‘a’ and ‘b’
Q7. The period when we find environmental changes, beginning about 12000 years ago till about 10000 years ago is called –
(a) Palaeolithic
(b) Mesolithic
(c) Neolithic
(d) None of these
Q8. Ostriches were found in India during the …………… period.
(a) Palaeolithic
(b) Neolithic
(c) Measolithic
(d) Medieval
Q9. The oldest, Veda, Rig-Veda was composed about ……………….. years ago.
(a) 2500
(b) 3500
(c) 3000
(d) 2000
Q10. ………….. stop us from looking at each person as a unique individual with his or her own special qualities and skills that are different from others.
(a) Stereotypes
(b) Lack of time
(c) Prejudices
(d) None of these
