Writing and Script

Q.

What are the characteristics of black soil?

Q. Which property of black soil makes it fertile?

1. Black soil gets sticky with rain and retains moisture for long time.
2. Black soil is deposited by the river.
3. Black soil has high water-holding capacity.
4. Black soil is heavy and rich in nutrients.

Q. What is 'nalla regadi bhumi'?

1. Fine clayey black soil
2. Coarse red soil
3. Fine red soil
4. Laterite soil

Q. Which of the following type(s) of Soil is/are deposited by the rivers?

1. Isuka Bhumi
2. Alluvial
3. Clay
4. Ondru bhumi

Q. People of a ward can solve their problems by approaching a _____.

1. police officer
2. ward councillor
3. clerk
4. chairperson

Q. Why did people in North India use Bhoja trees for writing?

1. The bark of Bhoja trees could be cut to required shapes easliy
2. The leaves of Bhoja trees could be cut to required shapes easily
3. The leaves of Bhoja trees peeled off just like paper and one could easily write on them using ink
4. The bark of Bhoja trees peeled off just like paper and one could easily write on them using ink

Q. People in South India wrote on ____ leaves.

1. coconut
2. mango
3. palm
4. banana

Q. What is 'ondru bhumi'?

1. A type of ploughing method
2. A type fo fish
3. A type of business exchange
4. A type of soil

Q. Choose the correct statement.

Assertion A] People developed different languages such as English, Sanskrit, Persian and Chinese.

Reason R] A group of people living together may develop their own language.

1. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
   
2. A is false but R is true.
3. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
4. A is true but R is false.

Q. In a municipal area, if people are facing problem for water supply, then which of the following authority should they approach first?

1. Municipal committee
2. Chairman
3. Ward councillor
4. Mayor

Q. In Penamakuru, the soil is mostly fertile _____.

1. alluvial black soil
2. red soil
3. loamy black soil
4. laterite soil

Q. What are the uses of language?

1. For planning
2. For organising
3. For communication
4. To create new sentences

Q. Match the following.

A] रघु	1] Hindi
B] రఘు	2] Urdu
C] رگھو	3] Telugu
D] Raghu	4] English

1. A->1, B->4, C->2, D->3
2. A->4, B->3, C->2, D->1
3. A->1, B->2, C->3, D->4
4. A->1, B->3, C->2, D->4

Q. Which of the following can be considered as best practices of waste management?

1. No littering on streets.
2. Plantation of more trees.
3. Food chain management.
4. Segregation of waste before disposal.

Q. What help us in reading and writing languages?

1. Sounds
2. Paper
3. Syllables
4. Scripts

Q. The earliest writing of a long text that survived to our time was written during the rule of ____.

1. Krishnadevaraya
2. Ashoka
3. Harshavardhana
4. Rajendra Chola

Q. Initially, what did humans use in order to make scripts?

1. Words
2. Syllables
3. Pictures
4. Alphabets

Q. Which type of soil is found in Penamukuru?

1. Desert soil
2. Laterite soil
3. Alluvial soil
4. Red soil

Q. What was the language spoken by the Mayans?

1. Nahua
2. Latin
3. Yucutec
4. Greek

Q. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
Bill : "Have you seen any interesting comedy lately. Nancy?"
Bill asked Nancy ________. [Intermediate]

1. if he will see an interesting film
2. if he saw an interesting comedy lately
3. what comedy Nancy saw lately
4. if she had seen any interesting comedy lately
5. if she would see an interesting comedy

Q. Simplify each of the following:

Q. Explain how different languages developed.

Q. Choose the correct statement(s).

1. Alluvial soil is known as ondru bhumi.
2. Sandy soil is known as isuka bhumi.
3. Black soil is known as nalla regadi bhumi.
4. Black soil is known as ondru bhumi.

Q. In the beginning, people wrote on material(s) like ____.

1. cloth
2. paper
3. leaves
4. bark

Q. Choose the correct indirect form of speech from the options given below:
My father said, "It may rain today."
My father said that ___ that day.

1. it may rain
2. it might rain
3. that might rain
4. it may be rain

Q. Most of the scripts we have today developed from the ____.

1. Gupta Script
2. Brahmi Script
3. Kutila Script
4. Nagari Script

Q. Rulers of Achimed's dynasty of Iran occupied the parts of North-Western India in 600 B.C. Which of the following features was/were not introduced by them?

1. Inscriptions on the pillars.
   
2. The Kharoshti script.
   
3. The Udru script.
   
4. New style of coinage.
   

Q. Choose the incorrect statement.

1. Alluvial soil gets sticky with rain and retains moisture.
2. Alluvial soil has high water-holding capacity.
3. Alluvial soil is heavy and rich in nutrients.
4. Alluvial soil is also known as ondru bhumi.

Q. Orchards in Penamakaru are mostly seen in which type of soil?

1. Clay
2. Sandy
3. Alluvial
4. Loam

Q. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
Looking carefully, we made __________ a tall figure in the darkness.

1. out
2. over
3. off
4. up