. Which of the Europeans were the first to establish trading
settlements in India?
(1) French
(2) Spanish
(3) English
(4) Portuguese
The New York based Australian novelist, Peter Carey won the Booker Prize for the second time this year on 18th October, 2001 for his novel. (1) Amsterdam (2) Atonement (3) True History of the Kelly Gang (4) Hotel World
. Who wrote ‘The Forgotton Empire of Vijayanagara’ (1) Ferista (2) Robert Sewell (3) Nicolo Konti (4) Barboasa
Which of the following types of soils have more moisture retaining capacity? (a) Red Soils (b) Alluvival Soils (c) Black Cotton Soils (d) Laterite Soils
Which of the following pairs is wrongly matched? (1) Wadhwa Commission - Burning of Australian Missionary Graham Staines (2) Arjun Singh - Restructuring the Commission Ministry of Defence (3) Verma Commission - Intelligence failure in Kargil (4) Sri Krishna Commission - Bombay bomb blasts
. The first factory established by the French in India in 1668 was at (1) Bombay (2) Ahmedabad (3) Surat (4) Calcutta
The play “Varavikrayam” was written by: (a) Chilakamarthi (b) Garimella Satyanarayana (c) Kallakuri Narayana Rao (d) Guruzada
The Wahabi movement was : (a) Pro-Muslim (b) Anti-Muslim (c) Pro-British (d) Anti-British
. The Indus Valley people worshipped (1) Indra (2) Sun (3) Moon (4) Pashupati
. The ‘Jog’ falls are situated on the (1) Tapti River (2) Bhima River (3) Cauvery River (4) Sharavati River
The most important port of the Kakatiya period was (a) Krishnapatnam (b) Motupalli (c) Vikramasimhapuri (d) Ghantasala
Who of the following was the last ruler of the Nanda dynasty? (1) Mahapadma Nanda (2) Dhana Nanda (3) Sisu Nanda (4) Aghora Nanda
. The most important Rabi crop is (1) Rice (2) Bareley (3) Jute (4) Wheat