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1 STD : X 1 TRINITY ACADEMY MAT.HR.SEC.SCHOOL, NAMAKKAL. GEOGRAPHY ONE MARK I Fill in the blanks 1. The other name of 23 ½ o N is 2. The central meridian of India passes through 3. is otherwise known as Mt.K 2 4. Mt.Everest has the height of metres above the sea level. 5. range in India is one of the oldest mountain ranges of the world. 6. is the highest plateau of India. 7. Older alluvium is called 8. Newer alluvium is called 9. Luni is an important river of plains. 10. river is known as sorrow of Bihar 11. is river otherwise known as Tsangpo in Tibet. 12. The highest point in the Nilgris is 13. Tamilnadu has the link with Kerala through gap for railways. 14. The biggest Lake in India is the 15. delta is called the Granary of South India 16. Andaman and Nicobar island groups are separated by Channel. 17. Delhi enjoys Climate 18. Mausim is an word meaning season 19. is a complex weather phenomena bringing drought, flood once in every five to ten years. 20. Norwesters, the thunder storms are called in Punjab. 21. Frequent cyclones are formed in Sea. 22. Presence of gives the red colour to the Red soil. 23. part of Rajasthan remains to be a desert. 24. forests are found in areas having the average annual rainfall between 70 to 200 cm. 25. The tropical forests in the Nilgris are locally called 26. Minerals having more content are called Ferrous Minerals 27. Manganese di oxide is used for the manufacture of dry 28. The ore of Aluminium is 29. Aluminium is also called metal. 30. is a good conductor used in Electrical Industry. 31. is known as Black Gold 32. Mostly, the crude oil is found between the Layers of rocks. 33. is separated from the monazite the coastal sands of Kerala. 34. The Largest solar energy conservation centre in India is located at, near Bhang in Gujarat. 35. Primitive agriculture is known as in Assam. 36. In Dual cropping, wheat is always cultivated with 37. Sugandh 5, Sukaradhara 1 are the hybrid variety seeds of crop.

2 38. In Rainbow of colours revolution is related to oil seeds. 39. revolution is related to Hort culture. 40. revolution is related to Marine products. 41. revolution is related to Agricultural crops. 42. revolution is related to Milk products. 43. revolution is related to Poultry. 44. crop is called the King of Fibre 45. crop is called the Golden Fibre 46. Tobacco was brought to India by the 47., and are important plantation crops. 48. Manchester of India is 49. Sugarbowl of India is 50. TISCO was set up in the year 51. Gas tragedy took place in December 1984 in in Madyapradesh 52. SAPTA Stands for = 53. APEC Stands for = 54. NHAI Stands for = 55. ASEAN Stands for = 56. BOT Stands for = 57. BRO Stands for = 58. Indian Railways is the largest network in the world. 59. NACIL Stands for = 60. AAI Stands for = 61. ONGC Stands for = 62. STD stands for = 63. ISD stands for = 64. AIR stands for = 65. WWW stands for = 66. EMR stands for = 67. DOD stands for = 68. GPS stands for = 69. GIS stands for = 70. PCO stands for = HISTORY 71. Imperium is a language word. 72. Mandate system was suggested by of South Africa. 73. The English East India Company was established in (year) 74. The French East India Company was established in (year) 75. Subsidiary Alliance system was introduced by (Governor General) 76. Doctrine of Lapse was Introduced by (Governor General) 77. Battle of Plessey took place in the year 78. was known as Old Buddha 79. The Headquarters of the league of Nations was found in 80. Japan captured in

3 81. A socialist paper Avanti was edited by 82. was associated with Beer Hall Revolution. 83. Russians followed the policy during the world war. 84. Atlantic Charter of 1941 was signed by & 85. book written by Hitler became the Bible of Nazis. 86. The present secretary General of UNO Mr.Bankimoon is from country. 87. Nanasaheb was an adopted son of 88. was called as Herald of New Age in India. 89. Suddhi movement was started by 90. was renamed as Brahmo Samaj. 91. Social Reformer Sree Narayana Guru is from state. 92. Outcastes Welfare Association was found by 93. The Marathi news paper started by Tilak was 94. Tilak revived the celebration of and festival. 95. was called the Lion of Punjab, who died in a Lathi Charge at Lahore. 96. chosen followers and Gandhi started Dandi March. 97. party was started by Netaji. 98. Bismarck of India was 99. Subramaniya Siva was born in Vathalagundu in district Kula Kalvi Thittam was introduced by 101. was called as Vaikam Hero 102. The Cancer institute at Adayar was started due to the great efforts of 103. was conferred the title Veera Tamilannai 104. was conferred the title Ealisai Mannar 105. started Elavu Varam 106. The Swarajya Party was founded in 1923 by and Movement / Party Founders 107. Fascism 108. Nazism 109. Brahmo Samaj 110. Prarthana Samaj 111. Arya Samaj 112. Theosophical Society 113. Ramakrishna Mission 114. Samarasa Suddha Sanmarga Sangam 115. Aligarh movement 116. Satya Shodhak Samaj 117. Outcastes welfare Association 118. Self Respect movement 119. Home Rule movement 120. Non co operation movement 121. Swarajya Party 122. Quit India movement 123. Civil Disobedience movement 3

4 124. Forward Block party 125. Justice party 126. Dravidar Kazhagam 127. Dravidar Munnetra Kazhagam 128. Anna Dravidar Munnetra Kazhagam IMPORTANT EVENTS FOR TIME LINE Gandhi Irwin Pact Poona pact (Gandhi & Dr.B.R.Ambedkar) Partition of Bengal Formation of Muslim League Surat split Minto Morley Reforms Cancellation of Partition of Bengal / Murder of Ashe by Vanchinathan Beginning of First World War Lucknow pact, Home Rule movement End of First World War Jallian Wallbagh Massacre, Montague Chelmsford Non co Operation movement Chauri Chaura incident Formation of Swarajya Party Vaikam Sathya Graham Appointment of Simon Commission Lahore congress / Poorna Swaraj Civil Disobedience movement / Dandi March Gandhi Irwin Pact Poona pact Govt of India Act. (Provincial Autonomy) Beginning of Second World War August offer Quit India movement Formation of UNO Indian Independence Act Assassination of Mahatma (Jan 30) India became Republic Bangladesh became Independent. Titles 160. Iron man of India = 161. Bismarck of India = 162. Frontier Gandhi = 163. Old Buddha = 164. Duce = 165. Fuhrer = 166. Herald of New Age = 167. Martin Luther of Hinduism = 4

5 168. Vallalar = 169. Lokmanya = 170. Lion of Punjab = 171. Veera Tamilannai = 172. Vaikam Hero = CIVICS I Fill in the blanks 1. African National congress was started by Dr. 2. Srilanka is a (religion) country 3. Emperor Ashoka sent his son to Srilanka 4. Bangladesh got freedom from Pakisthan in 5. The capital of Bangladesh is 6. China is an example for party system. 7. USA has the Republican party and party. 8. Visually, the Vice President will be the chairman of house of the Parliament 9. The other name for the Election commission of India is 10. Christianity was brought to India first by in the first century A.D. 11. Hindi in script has been chosen as the national language of India. 12. and are the two great epics of India. 13. Umaruppulavar s tells the life history of prophet Mohammed. 14. Thembavani was written by 15. The National song of India is 16. The National Anthem of India is 17. The National Bird of India is 18. Right to Information Act was passed on 19. was considered the Father of consumer movement. 20. BIS stands for ECONOMICS 21. Father of Economics is 22. Dr. of India got noble Price in Economics. 23. GNP = GNP = NNP NNP = 26. GDP = GNP 27. NDP = Dep 28. PCI = 29. Factors of production are,, & 30. Generally in India, we use method to calculate the National income. 31. An unaccounted money is called 32. Quarrying comes under sector in India. 33. Real estate comes under sector of economy in India. 34. means non intervention by the Government. 35. of India is the chairman of the planning commission of India. 5

6 36. ICAR stands for 37. Green Revolution in India was introduced in (year) 38. ICF stands for 39. The power produced by burning coal is called 40. ISRO stands for 41. The first Atomic power station was started in 1956 at 42. An Indian mission to moon chandrayan 1 was launched in the year. 43. DOT stands for 44. SSA stands for 45. RMSA stands for 46. Atomic power station is coming up to Tirunelveli Dt. 47. Biomas energy is produced in Dharmapuri and Districts. 48. MRTS stands for 49. IIT stands for 50. IIM stands for 6

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