megeducation.gov.in National Talent Search State Level Examination Scholastic Aptitude Test Question Paper : Research & Training Meghalaya

Name of the Organisation : Directorate Of Educational Research & Training Meghalaya
Name of the Paper : National Talent Search (State Level) Examination – NTSE
Test : Scholastic Aptitude Test
Class : X
Subject : Social Science
Document Type : Question Paper
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Meghalaya Education NTSE Scholastic Aptitude Test Question Paper

Time : 90 minutes
Maximum Marks : 90

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Instructions To Candidates

Read the following instructions carefully before answering the questions. Answers are to be written in the supply Answer Sheet.
1. Please write your Centre Code no. and Serial No. very clearly (only one digit in one block) as given in your Admit Card.

2. Please note that no block is left unfilled and even zeroes appearing in the Centre Code no. and Serial no. Each digit are to be correctly transferred to the appropriate block on both Question Booklet and the Answer Sheet. For all subsequent purposes your Centre Code no. and Serial no. shall remain the same even when you are allowed a change of centre.

3. Avoid over writing the numbers/ digits for both Centre Code and Serial No.
4. The Question Booklet and Answer Sheet are consisting of Two Parts. Each Part consists 90 questions.

5. All Questions carry one mark each.
6. All Questions are Compulsory.
7. Begin with the first question and keep trying one question after another till you finish both the parts.

8. Since the time allotted to the two parts of these question booklets is very limited, you should make the best of it by not spending time on any one question.
9. Separate pages for Rough Work are provided at the last page of your question booklet.

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History

1. The People of France were force to protest and agitate because of:
a. French war with Britain
b. High price of bread
c. Lack of employment
d. Stark poverty

2. In 1897 the working day was officially established at:
a. 12 hours
b. 11 ½ hours
c. 9 hours
d. 8 ½ hours

3. The British during their rule of India perceived the forest as :
a. useful
b. productive
c. unproductive
d. destructive

4. The most severe event to strike the United states was :
a. Dust bowl drought
b. Agricultural Depression
c. Raids under captain swing
d. Hurricane

5. 30th December is declared a state holiday to mark the death anniversary of:
a. Tirot Singh
b. U Kiang Nongbah
c. Pa Togan Sangma
d. Soso Tham

6. Who hosted the congress of Vienna in 1815?
a. Cavour
b. Matternich
c. Charles Albert
d. Daniele Manin

7. The Non- Cooperation Movement was launched on:
a. 1st August 1919
b. 1st August 1920
c. 1st August 1922
d. 1st August 1932

8. Where did the Industrial Revolution Start?
a. USA
b. India
c. England
d. France

9. The Bombay Cotton Textile was established in :
a. 1844
b. 1854
c. 1864
d. 1874

10. Richard Johnson launched newspaper and journals known as:
a. The Bombay Harald
b. The Madras Courier
c. The Jesuits of Goa
d. The Bengal Gazette

Geography

1. The Wharton Trench is the deepest trench in the :
a. Atlantic Ocean
b. Indian Ocean
c. Pacific Ocean
d. Arctic Ocean

2. The narrow stretch of water connecting two big water bodies is:
a. Isthmus
b. Rift valley
c. Strait
d. Delta

3. Plant species identified in the mangrove forests in India is:
a. 1400
b. 1500
c. 1600
d. 1700

4. The Project Tiger in India was launched in the year:
a. 1973
b. 1974
c. 1975
d. 1976

5. In India the biggest sugarcane belt is in:
a. Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
b. Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka
c. Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand
d. Western Uttar Pradesh and Lower Uttarakhand

6. The roof top harvesting has become a common practice in:
a. Assam
b. West Bengal
c. Meghalaya
d. Arunachal Pradesh

7. The largest wind farm cluster in India is:
a. Kerela
b. Maharashtra
c. Karnataka
d. Tamil Nadu

8. The region which has the maximum concentration of iron and steel plants:
a. Chhota Nagpur Plateau
b. Malwa Plateau
c. Meghalaya Plateau
d. Deccan Plateau

9. The Myntdu-Leshka project is in :
a. West Khasi Hills
b. East Khasi Hills
c. Jaintia Hills
d. Bhoi

10. The percentage of food grain production in Meghalaya is:
a. 44.8%
b. 45.8%
c. 46.8%
d. 47.8%

Economics

1. Money forms the following functions:-
a. Measure of value
b. Medium of exchange
c. Transfer of value
d. All of the above.

2. Banking System in India is divided into :-
a. 2 categories
b. 3 categories
c. 4 categories
d. 5 categories

3. Multinational Corporations (MNCs) are:-
a. Organisations that owns and controls production in more than one country
b. Organisations that controls production is one country only.
c. Organisations that owns and controls production in a foreign country
d. organizations that only controls production in other countries

4. Agmark is a standard certification of:-
a. Gold
b. Oils
c. Agricultural products
d. Industrial Products

5. The main features of NREGA is:-
a. Provides employment for 1 whole year
b. Provides employment for 100 days a year
c. Provides Employment exclusively for men
d. Funded by the State Government only.

Mathematics

1. Every rational number is
1. a natural number
2. an integer
3. a real number
4. a whole number

2. If two positive integers a and b are written as a = x3 y2 and b = xy3, where x , y are prime numbers, then HCF (a, b) is
1. xy
2. xy2
3. x3y3
4. x2y2

3. The degree of the zero polynomial is
1. 0
2. 1
3. any natural number
4. not defined

4. If a pair of linear equations is consistent, then the lines will be
1. parallel
2. always coincident
3. intersecting or coincident
4. always intersecting

5. The sum of first 16 terms of the AP:10,6,2… is
1. -320
2. 352
3. -400
4. 640

Civics

(1) Under which article of the Indian Constitution safeguard the citizens to conserve distinct language, script or culture?
a. Art 28 (a)
b. Art 28(b)
c. Art 29 (a)
d. Art 30

(2) People belonging to the untouchable class are known as
a. Citizens
b. Scheduled Tribe
c. Scheduled Caste
d. Hanjans

(3) Santhals in Bengal, bihar and Orissa are categorized as
a. Scheduled Tribe
b. Scheduled Caste
c. Other Backward Classes
d. General

(4) The Mandal Commission was set up under the Prime Ministership of
a. Jawaharlal Nehru
b. Moranjan Desai
c. Indira Gandhi
d. Narendra Modi

5) Who wrote “Sare Jahan Se Acchha Hindustan Hamara”?
a. Rabindra Nath Tagore
b. M. K. Gandhi
c. Muhammed Iqbal
d. Bankim Chnadra

6) “Right to vote” is a
a. Political right
b. Economic Right
c. Civil Right
d. Legal Right

7) The Protection of Rights and Equal Protection Act was passed by the Government of India in the year
a. 1995
b. 1996
c. 1997
d. 1998

8) The World Trade Centre, New York and the Pentagon Building was bombed on
a. 14th September, 2001
b. 13th September, 2001
c. 10 September, 2001
d. None of the above

9) The Principles of Pancheel are
a. Fair, Firm and Friendly
b. Fair, Friendly and co-existence
c. Friendly, Co-existence and Honour
d. None of the above.

10) The Directing Principles of State Policy contains
a. Part III of the Indian Constitution
b. Part IV of the Indian Constitution
c. Part IV-A of the Indian Constitution
d. Part III-A of the Indian Constitution