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D. Chauri-Chaura incident

(d) Guru Gobind Singh

The Mughal ruler, Bahadur Shah II had been exiled by the British and sent to Rangoon.

(c) Downs – grassy plains called downs are located in New Zealand’s South Island and southeast Australia. Pampas – South America’s largest grassland, called pampas, which means plain, covers most eastcentral areas of Argentina.

(c) 2, 3, 1, 4 – Australia – Europe – Antarctica – South America.

(c) 1, 2 and 3

(d) Thailand, Laos and Bangladesh are countries bordering Myanmar.

(b) The WTO established in 1995. It aims to promote free trade, but it does not manage the global economy impartially. The organization deals with regulation of trade between participating countries; it provides a framework for negotiating and formalizing trade agreements, and a dispute resolution process aimed at enforcing participant’s adherence to WTO agreements, which are signed by representatives of member governments and ratified by their parliaments.

A person of mixed European and Indian blood in Latin America is called a Mestizo.

A person of mixed European and Indian blood in Latin America is called a Mestizo.

(a) Magnetite__Hematite__Limonite__Siderite 

(c) North Korea – Pyong-Yong (It is the capital of North Korea.)

(b) Coal and petroleum are the fund resource minerals. Because they are of the highest value in the foreign world market due to demand and also for scarcity.

(c) Guru Tegh Bahadur

Calicos fabrics manufactured in India with an imaginary in the form of “palampors”

(c) 1 and 3 are correct

(a) Australia has the world’s largest uranium reserves. Approximately 24% of the planet’s uranium is present in Australia now 31%.

(c) 1 and 3 are correct 

(c) Marine fish

(a) Petroleum

(a) The satellite launched by Canada has helped in the preparation of a detailed and complete map of Antarctica.

(a) Canada is the largest importer of bauxite from India.

 The Right option is (c) Zambia 

(b) Mestizo is a type of person with mixed racial ancestry, especially of mixed European and Indian ancestry.

(b) Indonesia 

(d) Guru Tegh Bahadur

(d) Tegh Bahadur

(a) motor car industry

(b) Canada is the largest producer of Uranium, accounting for about 22% of world output. Production of uranium in Canada is mainly from the Mc Arthur River mines in northern Saskatchewan province, which is the largest mine in the world.

(b) China is the largest producer of wheat. Roughly two-thirds of the total wheat production came from the north China plain and nearly another third from the central provinces. Winter wheat accounts for about 94% of China’s total wheat output. U.S.A. is the largest producer of cotton. In its January report, USDA estimated a ‘13-14 US crop of 13.19 million bales. Upland production was estimated at 12.55 million bales and extra-long staple production at 636,000 bales. Brazil is the largest producer of sugarcane. Brazil’s sugarcane industry association UNICA estimates Brazil’s sugar cane production in 2012/13 at 531.4 million ton which is 8% up from the 493.2 million ton produced in 2011/12. India is the largest producer of tea. Tea Board of India shows that during January to August, tea production has risen by 6.2% to 705 million kg in 2013.

(a) Iron and steel industry belongs to Cleveland. Ship building industry belongs to Yakohama. Automobile industry belongs to Atlanta. Woollen textile industry belongs to Bradford.

(c) Malaysia

The Right option is : (a) Brazil

(b) Colombia, Kenya & Indoneisa are countries through which the equator passes.

The correct answer is 1 and 3 only.

•  A large quantity of pottery excavated from the sites, enable us to understand the gradual evolution of various design motifs as employed in different shapes, and styles.
• The Harappans used diverse varieties of pottery for daily use. They used well-fired pottery.
• The Indus Valley pottery consists chiefly of very fine wheel-made wares, very few being hand-made. Hence, statement 1 is correct.
• Polychrome pottery is rare and mainly comprises small vases decorated with geometric patterns in red, black, and green, rarely white and yellow. Hence, statement 3 is correct.
• Incised ware is also rare and the incised decoration was confined to the bases of the pans, always inside and to the dishes of offering stands.
• Perforated pottery includes a large hole at the bottom and small holes all over the wall, and was probably used for straining liquor.
• Pottery for household purposes is found in as many shapes and sizes as could be conceived of for daily practical use.
• Miniature vessels, mostly less than half an inch in height are, particularly, so marvellously crafted as to evoke admiration.

• Plain pottery is more common than painted ware. Hence, statement 2 is NOT correct.
  • Plain pottery is generally of red clay, with or without a fine red or grey slip. It includes knobbed ware, ornamented with rows of knobs.
  • The black painted ware has a fine coating of red slip-on which geometric and animal designs are executed in glossy black paint.
• Straight and angular shapes are an exception, while graceful curves are the rule. Hence, statement 4 is NOT correct.

• The pottery is shaped like dish-on-stands, storage jars, perforated jars, goblets, S-shaped jars, plates, dishes, bowls and pots.
• The painted motifs, generally noticed on the pottery, are pipal leaves, fish-scale design, intersecting circles, zigzag lines, horizontal bands and geometrical motifs with floral and faunal patterns. 

(d) Lake Superior region

(d) East and South Asia

(c) The Ural Mountain range forms the natural boundary between Europe and Asia. The Ural Mountains extend about 2,500 km from the Kara Sea to the Kazakh Steppe along the northern border of Kazakhstan. This range marks the northern part of the border between the continents of Europe and Asia.

(b) Largest producer of wheat in the world is China. Largest producer of milk in the world is India. Largest producer of sugarcane in the world is Brazil. Largest producer of maize in the world is U.S.A.

(c) Malaysia

The correct answer is Brihadratha.

• He was the last ruler of the Mauryan empire who ruled from 187 to 180 BCE.
• Brihadratha was assassinated by his own general, Pushyamitra Shunga, who went on to establish the Shunga Empire.
• Brihadratha was the successor of Shatadhanvan who ruled between 195 to 187 BCE.

• The Maurya dynasty was established by Chandragupta Maurya and this dynasty dominated the Indian subcontinent between 322 and 185 BCE.
• The Mauryan empire was extended over more than 5 million square kilometres which made it the largest political entity that has existed in the Indian subcontinent.

• The national emblem of the modern Republic of India was also taken from the Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath.

(d) Europe and Oceania

The Right option is (a) Mexico 

(d) Port Said and Suez

The correct answer is Razia Sultan.

• Razia Sultana was the first woman Sultanate of India and ruled the court of Delhi from the end of 1236 to 1240.
• The only ever woman to do so, she defied all odds to occupy the throne, including overcoming conflicts over her gender and her slave ancestry.
• During her reign, she proved her mettle as a just and capable ruler and was renowned for her subversive actions, which varied from sporting men’s attire to printing coins in her own name and image.
• Malik Altunia, the governor of Bhatinda grew to fall in love with Razia’s charm and wit, and took her as his wife. 
• Hence, option 2 is correct.

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• Mumtaz Mahal
  • Mumtaz Mahal was the Empress consort of the Mughal Empire from 19 January 1628 to 17 June 1631 as the chief consort of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.
  • The Taj Mahal in Agra often cited as one of the Wonders of the World, was commissioned by her husband to act as her tomb.
• Noor Jahan​
  • Noor Jahan was the twentieth wife of the Mughal emperor Jahangir.
  • Noor Jahan was born Mehr-un-Nissa, the daughter of a Grand Vizier who served under Akbar.
  • Noor Jahan, meaning 'Light of the World', was married at age 17 to a Persian soldier Sher Afgan, governor of Bihar, an important Mughal province.
• Chand Bibi 
  • Sultana Chand Bibi was an Indian Muslim ruler and warrior.
  • She acted as the Regent of Bijapur Sultanate and Ahmednagar Sultanate in current day Maharashtra.
  • Chand Bibi is best known for defending Ahmednagar against the Mughal forces of Emperor Akbar in 1595. 

The correct answer is Government of India Act of 1935.

• The principle of constitutional autocracy was introduced by the Government of India Act, 1935.
• It vested the executive authority of provinces in the Governors.
• Similarly, of the center, in the Governor-General on the behalf of the British Crown.

• Salient Features of the Government of India Act 1935 were as follows:
  • Abolition of provincial dyarchy.
  • Introduction of dyarchy at the center.
  • Abolition of Indian Council and introduction of an advisory body in its place.
  • Provision for an All India Federation with British India territories and princely states.

(d) Mauritius

The Right option is (b) China 

The Right option is : (b) China 

The correct answer is Vajji.

• Vaishali was the capital of Vajji Mahajanapada.
• The kingdom was situated in Bihar to the north of the river Ganga.
• It covered the districts of Vaishali and Muzaffarpur in Bihar.