NCERT Quiz 09.01.2021

Consider the following statements.

1) The environment is something that surrounds an organism during its lifetime and comprises biotic and abiotic components.

2) Abiotic components comprise of Plants, Decomposers, Parasites, Animals and Man.

3) Biotic components comprise of Energy, Temperature & heat flow, Water, Atmospheric gases and wind, Fire and soil.

4) Hydrosphere, Lithosphere, Atmosphere and Biosphere are components of Environment.

Which of the following statement/s is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1) Polar winds tend to flow from eastern direction.

2) Doldrums are associated with thunderstorms.

3) Horse latitudes are associated with warm and dry climate and are primary cause for the existence of the world's major deserts such as the Sahara Desert in Africa.

About 97% of the water on earth is present in oceans. The rest of the water is present in ice-caps, rivers, moisture in the atmosphere, ground water and lakes, etc.

Choose the correct decreasing order of water quantity present in:

Choose the correct chronology of following medieval rulers:

Which of the following statements are correct regarding Sher Shah Suri:

1) He had issued the first Rupiya coin.

2) He was defeated by the Mughal emperor Humayun

3) Sher Shah’s administrative system was followed by the emperor Akbar

4) He extended the Grand Trunk Road from Chittagong in Bengal to Kabul in Afghanistan

Which of the statements given above are correct?