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Total questions: 50
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What is the primary factor that classifies economic activities into sectors?
Monetary value
Similar characteristics
Number of employees
Size of the organization
Which of the following is a primary sector activity?
Manufacturing
Banking
Mining
Transportation
Secondary sector activities depend on:
Tertiary sector
Consumers
Primary sector
Government policies
Processing of grains into flour is an example of:
Primary activity
Secondary activity
Tertiary activity
Quaternary activity
Which sector provides support to both primary and secondary sectors?
Primary sector
Secondary sector
Tertiary sector
Quaternary sector
Transportation of grains from farms to factories is an example of:
Primary activity
Secondary activity
Tertiary activity
Quaternary activity
What is another name for the tertiary sector?
Primary sector
Secondary sector
Service sector
Manufacturing sector
The process of converting natural raw materials into finished products involves:
Only primary and secondary sectors
Only secondary and tertiary sectors
Primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors
Only primary and tertiary sectors
AMUL is an example of a:
Private company
Milk cooperative
Government organization
Multinational corporation
What did Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel advise the farmers of Anand to form?
Private company
Government organization
Cooperative
Trade union
Which of the following is a primary sector activity in the AMUL cooperative?
Processing of milk
Transportation of milk
Milking cows
Selling milk products
Conversion of milk into milk powder and cheese is an example of:
Primary activity
Secondary activity
Tertiary activity
Quaternary activity
Which activity involves transportation, trading, and retail of milk products?
Primary activity
Secondary activity
Tertiary activity
Quaternary activity
Which of the following is NOT a milk cooperative brand mentioned in the text?
Nandini
Mother Dairy
Aavin
Verka
What is used paper recycled to make?
Plastic
Glass
New paper
Fabric
Recycling one tonne of paper saves:
5 trees
10 trees
17 trees
20 trees
How much less energy does it take to recycle paper compared to making new paper from wood pulp?
20%
40%
50%
70%
The earliest civilization of the Indian Subcontinent is known as:
Mesopotamian Civilization
Egyptian Civilization
Harappan Civilization
Roman Civilization
The Harappan civilization is also known as:
Indus Civilization
Indus-Sarasvati Civilization
Sindhu-Sarasvati Civilization
All of the above
A key feature of a civilization is:
Simple society
Absence of trade
Some form of government
Lack of cultural ideas
The term 'urbanism' in the context of civilization refers to:
Rural development
Agricultural practices
Town-planning and city management
Forest management
Internal and external exchange of goods is referred to as:
Production
Consumption
Trade
Manufacturing
Which of the following is essential for keeping records and communication in a civilization?
Art
Architecture
Oral traditions
Some form of writing
The civilization in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq and Syria) began about:
5,000 years ago
6,000 years ago
7,000 years ago
8,000 years ago
The Indus-Sarasvati civilization existed approximately between:
3000 to 2500 BCE
2600 to 1900 BCE
2000 to 1500 BCE
1500 to 1000 BCE
The first city of the Indus-Sarasvati civilization to be excavated was:
Mohenjo-daro
Dholavira
Harappa
Kalibangan
The Indus River and its tributaries water the plains of:
Haryana and Rajasthan
Gujarat and Rajasthan
Punjab and Sindh
Haryana and Gujarat
Another river that flowed through the region of the Indus-Sarasvati civilization was:
Ganga
Yamuna
Brahmaputra
Sarasvati
The city of Harappa is located in present-day:
India
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Nepal
The term 'First Urbanisation of India' is associated with:
Vedic Period
Mauryan Period
Gupta Period
Indus-Sarasvati Civilization
The Sarasvati River is known as 'Ghaggar' in:
Pakistan
India
Afghanistan
Nepal
In the Rig Veda, Sarasvati is worshipped as:
A goddess of wealth
A god of war
Both a goddess and a river
A god of rain
The discovery of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro goes back to approximately:
200 years ago
150 years ago
100 years ago
50 years ago
Which of the following cities of the Indus-Sarasvati civilization had three distinct zones?
Harappa
Mohenjo-daro
Dholavira
Rakhigarhi
The 'Great Bath' is located in:
Harappa
Mohenjo-daro
Dholavira
Kalibangan
The Harappans gave great importance to:
Trade
Agriculture
Water management and cleanliness
Construction
The largest reservoir in Dholavira measured about:
53 meters
63 meters
73 meters
83 meters
The Harappans were the first in Eurasia to grow:
Wheat
Barley
Millets
Cotton
The most favoured ornaments for Harappans were beads of:
Copper
Bronze
Carnelian
Iron
Harappan seals were generally made of:
Copper
Bronze
Iron
Steatite
Around which year did the Indus-Sarasvati civilization begin to decline?
2000 BCE
1900 BCE
1800 BCE
1700 BCE
A possible reason for the decline of the Indus-Sarasvati civilization is:
Warfare
Invasion
Climatic change
Earthquake
The Earth is made up of:
Only land
Only water
Land and air
Water, earth, fire, and air
Most of the Earth's surface is covered with:
Land
Water
Forests
Mountains
The largest water bodies on Earth are called:
Seas
Rivers
Oceans
Lakes
A large continuous expanse of land is called:
Island
Continent
Peninsula
Delta
The motto of the Indian Navy is:
Jai Hind
Vande Mataram
Satyameva Jayate
Sam no Varunah
Which hemisphere holds more water?
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Eastern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
The largest ocean is the:
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
A natural disaster that originates in the ocean is:
Earthquake
Landslide
Tsunami
Volcanic eruption
