NARAYANA

HUMANITIES ACADEMY
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SEC:11 HUMANITIES DATE:12/07/2021
TIME:01:00Hrs Max Marks:30

HISTORY

1. From which word Cuneiform is derived?

1) Latin
2) Greek
3) Chinese
4) Mayan
2. Which language replaced the Sumerian language after 2400 BCE?
1) Mesopotamian language
2) Akkadian language
3) Chinese language
4) Middle Eastern language
3. With which person, the first event of Sumerian trade is associated?
1) The ancient ruler of Uruk City, Enmerkar
2) The ancient ruler of Lebanon City, Enmerkar
3) The ancient ruler of Nile City, Enmerkar
4) The ancient ruler of Aral City, Enmerkar
4. The earliest temples in Southern Mesopotamia were built-in
1) c.4000 BCE
2) c.5000 BCE
3) c.6000 BCE
4) c.7000 BCE
5. Mesopotamian weapons were prominently made of
1) bronze
2) copper
3) stone
4) iron
6. The technological landmark witnessed by the urban economy of the city of
Uruk was
1) bronze tools
2) construction of brick columns
3) potter’s wheel
4) oil pressing technique

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7. War captives and local people who were put to work for the temple or for the
ruler were paid
1) bronze tools
2) cattle
3) coins
4) rations
8. In _____ part of southern Iran, the first cities and writing emerged.
1) plain
2) deserted
3) mountainous
4) hilly
9. What marks the city life of Mesopotamia?
1) agricultural activities
2) division of labour
3) warfare
4) flood control
10. Which river had provide a way of communication?
1) Ganga
2) Rhine
3) Tigris
4) Ob
GEOGRAPHY

11. What is the distance between the Earth and the Sun?
1) 149.6 million kms
2) 15.98 million kms
3) 169.34 million kms
4) 179.67 million kms
12. In 1950, who revised the ‘nebular hypothesis?
1) Immanuel Kant
2) Laplace
3) Chamberlain
4) Otto Schimdt and Karl Weizascar
13. The expanse of universe means increase in space between the ____.
1) Planets
2) Asteroids
3) Stars
4) Galaxies
14. One light year is equal to_______.
1) 9.461 1012 km
2) 9.561 1012 km
3) 9.431 1012 km
4) 9.231 1012 km

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15. Why are the terrestrial planets rocky?
1) These planets are smaller
2) They could not hold the escaping gases
3) Both 1 and 2
4) None of these
16. Which one of the following has the longest duration?
1) Eons
2) Period
3) Era
4) Epoch
17. The process through which the gases were outpoured from the interior is called
_____.
1) Differentiation
2) Degassing
3) Big Bang
4) Giant impact
18. Life on the Earth appeared around how many years before the present?
1) 13.7 billion
2) 3.8 million
3) 4.6 billion
4) 4.6 billion
19. Which one of the following is not an outer planet?
1) Jupiter
2) Saturn
3) Uranus
4) Mars
20. The Earth was mostly in a _____ state in its primordial stage.
1) Solid
2) Liquid
3) Volatile
4) Ice
POLITICAL SCIENCE

21. A constitution is a body of

1) Basic laws
2) Rules
3) Principles
4) Moral values
22. Who decides how the government will be constituted?
1) Parliament
2) Constitution
3) Judiciary
4) None of the above

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23. Who made the constitution of India?
1) A British Parliament
2) The King of England
3) The Indian Parliament
4) The Constituent Assembly
24. Which of the following provisions of the Indian Constitution was passed
without virtually any debate?
1) Introduction of universal suffrage
2) Fundamental Rights
3) Directive principles of state policies
4) Parliamentary Democracy
25. A body of fundamental principles, according to which a state is constituted is
known as___
1) Convention
2) Constitution
3) Law
4) Tradition
26. The idea of our preamble is borrowed from the
1) Canada constitution
2) U.K. constitution
3) U.S. constitution
4) French constitution
27. Parliament gets to decide about _____
1) Law and Judiciary
2) Laws and policies
3) Judiciary and application
4) None of the above
28. The members of the Constituent Assembly were ___
1) Directly elected
2) Nominated by congress and Muslim League
3) Indirectly elected
4) Appointed by the Governor – General and Governors
29. Which of these is not function of the constitution?
1) It gives a guarantee of the rights of the citizen
2) It marks out different spheres of power for different branches of government
3) It ensures that good people come to power
4) It gives expression to some shared values
30. The word that does not appear in the Indian constitution is
1) Sovereign
2) Federal
3) fraternity
4) Republic