Choose the correct answer:
Question 1.
To which caste does Sameer Ek belong?
(a) Muslim
(b) Hindu
(c) Sikh
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (b) Hindu
Question 2.
Which language does Sameer Do speak?
(a) English
(b) Hindi
(c) Sanskrit
(d) Tamil
Answer
Answer: (b) Hindi
Question 3.
What does Sameer Ek do?
(a) Goes to school
(b) Sells the newspapers
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (b) Sells the newspapers
Question 4.
Which caste does Sameer Do belong to?
(a) Hindu
(b) Muslim
(c) Sikh
(d) Christian
Answer
Answer: (b) Muslim
Question 5.
On which source do the people of Ladakh depend for drinking water?
(a) Rivers
(b) Sea
(c) Melting of snow
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (c) Melting of snow
Question 6.
Which region/state produces the Pushmina wool?
(a) Ladakh
(b) Jamshedpur
(c) Kolkata
(d) Delhi
Answer
Answer: (a) Ladakh
Question 7.
Where are the Pushmina shawls woven?
(a) In Kashmir
(b) In Tamil Nadu
(c) In Mumbai
(d) In Haryana
Answer
Answer: (a) In Kashmir
Question 8.
What is dzos?
(a) A type of yak-cow
(b) A type of dog
(c) A type of goat
(d) A type of cat
Answer
Answer: (a) A type of yak-cow
Question 9.
Name the religion which reached Tibet via Ladakh?
(a) Jainism
(b) Buddhism
(c) Islam
(d) Sikhs
Answer
Answer: (b) Buddhism
Question 10.
Name the state located in Southwest corner of India,
(a) Kashmir
(b) Haryana
(c) Kerala
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (c) Kerala
Question 11.
Who wrote the travelogue in which the writer described the lives of Muslims’?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Lai Bahadur Shastri
(c) Ibn. Battuta
(d) Indira Gandhi
Answer
Answer: (c) Ibn. Battuta
Question 12.
The utensils used for frying cheenavala are called
(a) fry-pan
(b) cheenachatti
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of these
Answer
Answer: (b) cheenachatti
Question 13.
In what manner are Kerala and Ladakh quite different?
(a) Geographical features
(b) Biological features
(c) Historical features
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Geographical features
Question 14.
Which is the major product grown in Kerala?
(a) Wool
(b) Spices like clove
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (b) Spices like clove
Question 15.
Which is the product of Ladakh?
(a) Spices
(b) Wool
(c) Cotton
(d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (b) Wool
Question 16.
While the British ruled India, women and men from different regions, cultural faith came together for
(a) helping them
(b) opposing them
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of these
Answer
Answer: (b) opposing them
Question 17.
In which city of India is Jallianwalla Bagh situated?
(a) Amritsar
(b) Kurukshetra
(c) Panipat
(d) Mumbai
Answer
Answer: (a) Amritsar
Question 18.
Who wrote the Discovery of India?
(a) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(d) Lal bahadur shastri
Answer
Answer: (a) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
Question 19.
Who coined the phrase ‘Unity in diversity’ to describe the country?
(a) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Indira Gandhi
(d) Rajeev Gandhi
Answer
Answer: (a) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
Question 20.
Who composed our National Anthem?
(a) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Lai Bahadur Shastri
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Answer
Answer: (c) Rabindranath Tagore