1. Gap between the irrigation potential and its utilization in India is mainly due to:

delay in construction of field channels

availability of water falling short of the projected estimates

corruption and mismanagement

lack of coordination between Centre and States

2. What is tornado?

A very high pressure centre

A very low pressure centre

A very high ocean wave

A planetary wind

3. Green revolution has lead to marked increase in

productivity of wheat

productivity of pulses

regional disparities

interpersonal inequalities

1 and 2

3 and 4

1,3 and 4

3 and 4

4. The national income of a nation is the

Government's annual

revenue

Surplus of public sector

d)undertakings

5. What is measured by Richter's scale?

Wind velocity

Earthquakes

Floods

Depth of ocean

6. What is meant by fallowing?

shifting cultivation

leaving land uncultivated

intensive farming

commercial gardening

7. Rank the following according to density of population:
1. Bangladesh 2. Philippines 3. Japan 4. South Korea

and 4

and 2

and 4

and 3

8. According to 2001 Census, rural population in India constitutes about

70.4%

75.0%

72.2%

76.5%

9. One of the following statements is not true of Indian villages

are predominantly agricultural

caste system is quite strong

are economically and sociologically independent

high Illiteracy

10. Marriages within the gotra are not permitted under the rule of

endogamy

exogamy

isogamy

hypogamy

11. Membership in a caste dictates ones

occupation

customs

status

all the above

12. Social stratification implies division of society into

rural and urban

different types of rural areas

different types of urban areas

none of the above

13. Kinship is

found among all human societies

found partly among rural societies

not found in urban societies

specific to tribal societies

14. One of the following is not an aspect of Indian joint family?

co-residentiality

commensality

individuality

kinship relation

15. Caste system is

an egalitarian system

an equalitarian system

a hierarchal system

a democratic system

16. The women reservation bill will reserve seats in the Parliament and state legislatures

33%

23%

43%

53%

17. Three indicators used by the Mandal commission for identifying a specific caste/class as backward are

Religion, Education and Economy

Culture, Education and Economy

Social ,Educational and Economy

None of the Above

18. when the members of a family and a group receive the family name through the mother, the community is called

patrilineal

Matrilinineal

Neolocal

None of the above

19. one of the following states does not have tribal population

Andhra Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Punjab

Jammu Kashmir

20. Blood is red in colour due to the presence of

Serum

Haemoglobin

Erythrocytes

Platelets

21. The longest and strongest bone in the human skeleton is

Radius

Humerus

Tibia

Femur

22. 'Myopia'is a term associated with

Ear

Nerve

Carbon

Uranium

23.which radioactive element is used in nuclear reactors for the
production of nuclear energy

Carbon

lodine

Uranium

Xenon

24. Name the instrument which is used for measuring atmospheric
pressure

Sphygmomanometer

Barometer

Manometer

Pyrometer

25. Kalibangan, an Indus Valley Civilization site is located in the state of

Gujarat

Haryana

Punjab

Rajasthan