| AA ws | A Comprehensive Guide for Cee] eal tda eel elas Assistant @ Concept with Detailed Approach & Examples Sere eer RB eimai) ® Basic to Advance Level Questions with Detailed Solutions @ 5 Full Length Mocks 2700+ 3 Questions with Detailed Solutions SS10. uu D 1B 4 15 INDIAN GEOGRAPHY | ‘The solar radiation coming to Earth is called (@) radiant energy () insolation (6) sunshine (4) terrestrial radiation How does the Sun get its energy? (a) From gravitational pressure (0) From nuclear fission (¢) From nuclear fusion (a) Due to attraction from earth Study of the Universe is known as? (a) Sociology (b) Cosmology (6) Universology (4) Petology Diameter of Sun is ? (a) 12 Lakh kms (6) 13 Lakh kms () 14 Lakh kms (4) 15 Lakh kms ‘The Coriolis force is maximum at _? (a) Mountain peaks —_(b) Tropics (¢) Equator (4) Poles The sea bed sloping gradually and bordering the continent is known as: (a) Coast (6) Continental Shelf (c) Continental Platform (4) Continental Slope ‘The term/epicentre' is associated with 16. Which one of the following is the highest gravity dam in the world? (2) Beas Dam. (&) Nangal Dam (6) Bhakra Dam, (@) Hirakud Dam 17. Flash floods’ are associated with (a) Thunderstorms (b) Cyclonic storms (6) Tsunami (@) Turnado 18. The longest river in Asia is (a) river Indus. (b) river Yangtze (6) river Hwang Ho (a) riverGanga 19, The busiest ocean trade route of the world is in (a) Atlantic ocean, (b) Arctic ocean, (6) Indian ocean (A) Pacific ocean 20. Atlas Mountain is in which continent? (a) Africa (b) Europe (6) Asia (4) Australi 21. Trade winds blow from the (a) equatorial low pressure (b) polar high pressure (0) subtropical high pressure (@) subpolar low pressure 22. Which of the following is the busiest navigable river of the world? (a) Earthquakes (©) Volcanoes * . {@) Cyclones (2) Landslides 3 ae” 8 olga What is the shape of the Earth’s orbit around the sun? . js (@) Circular (©) Hyperbolic Bi. The sland of Soot is apart of which ofthe following (©) Elliptical (4) Paral (aySandiaravia (Oman ‘Naga, Khasi and Garo hills are k [OUAE (a) Yemen {a) Purvanchal Ranges (6) Karal Pp "Titan is satellite of? (c) Zaskar Ranges (@) Himalaya Ranges (a)seturn (Venus An important river of the Indian desert is (©) Earth (@) Mercury (2) Luni (0) Narmada 25. Which one of the following is a major port on the East (©) Krishna (d) Beas ‘coast of India? "Saptarishi" isthe Indian name of which Constellation? (@) Kandla (&) Vishakhapatnam {a) Draco. (b) Orion (c) Karikal (a) Puducherry (6) Ursa Minor (2) Ursa Major 26. {sa fan shaped tract formed at the mouth Marble is the metamorphosed form of ofariver (a) shale (0) basalt (a) Estuary (b) Canyon (©) sandstone (@) limestone (¢) Delta (@) Gorge Where was the first iron and steel industry of India established? (a) Bhadravati (6) Bhilai (6) Jamshedpur (4) Burnpur ‘The highest grade and best quality coal is (a) lignite (b) peat (©) bituminous (@) anthracite Major iron and Steel industries are located in the 27. World’s maximum newsprint comes from- (a) Deciduous forest (b) Monsoon forest (6) Mangrove forest (A) Rainfed forest 2%. In which of the following regions i agriculture largely practiced? (a) Semi-arid (b) Subtropical (c) Tropical (a) Temperate 29. Majid Gyre is a feature of which of the following, plantation plateau of Oceans? (a) Deccan (6) Malwa (a) Arctic Ocean, (b) Atlantic Ocean (c) Telangana (4) Chhotangpur (6) Indian Ocean, (@) Pacific Ocean Adda?47 Publications For More Study Material Visit: adda247.com30, Which is correct order of Ocean sizes in decreasing? (a) Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Pacific ‘Ocean (b) Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic ‘Ocean (c) Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Atlantic ‘Ocean (a) Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Arctic ‘Ocean 31, The famous Lagoon lake of India is: (a) Dal Lake (6) Chilka Lake (c) Pulicat Lake (4) Mansarover 32, Which foreign country is closest to Andaman Islands? (a) Sei Lanka (6) Myanmar (c) Indonesia (4) Pakistan 33, Kakrapara Multipurpose project is constructed on which of the following rivers? (a) Tapti (b) Narmada (¢) Godavari (@) Krishna 34, ‘The largest brackish water lake of India isin the state of (a) Jammu and Kashmir (b) Maharashtra (c) Orissa (4) West Bengal 35. Huge deposits of uranium were recently found in (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Karnataka (6) Kerala (4) Tamil Nadu 36, The tropical grassland is called (a) Pampas (6) Llanos (c) Savanna (a) Vela 37. In which State have Indian Railways introduced “Palace on Wheels” to promote tourism? (a) Kerala (6) Maharashtra (c) Rajasthan (4) Puna 38, Which of the following cities in greenest? 7 (a) Bengaluru (b) Mysore (c) Chandigarh (4) Thiruvananthapuram 46. 97. 49, 3 Watermelons grow best in (@) Alluvial soil (b) Sandy soil (¢) Black soil (A) Laterite soil The first biosphere reserve that was set up in India in. 1986 is. (a) Nanda Devi (b) Nilgiris| (c) Nokrek (2) Manas . Green Revolution was started in (a) 1960 1970 () 1980 (a) 1990 India is the largest producer and consumer of (a) Paddy (b) Tea (c) Pulses (4) Sugar Black Forests are found in (a) France (b) Germany (©) Czechoslovakia () Rumania The oldest oil field in India isin (a) Haldia (©) Bombay High (c) Neyveli (a) Dighoi In which State is Hutti gold mine situated? (@) Maharashtra (©) West Bengal (6) Orissa (4) Karnataka Jadugoda mines are famous for (a) iron ore (6) mica deposits (0) gold deposits (d) uranium deposits 52. Kharif crops are sown (a) a the beginning of the South-West monsoon (b) at the end of the South West monsoon (c)at the beginning of the North-East monsoon (d)at the end of North-East monsoon . Marble is the metamorphosed form of (a) Shale (b) Basalt (6) Sandstone (@) Limestone What is the International Date Line? (@)Itis the equator (b) [tis the 0° longitude (c) It is the 90° east longitude (4) It is the 180° longitude 39, The deepest ocean of the world is 535. Which from the following is a landlocked sea? {@) Atlantic Ocean ——_(b) Arctic Ocean (a) Timor Sea (©) Arafura Sea (©) Indian Ocean (a) Pacific Ocean (Greenland Sea (4) Aral'Sea 40, Which of the following is an organic rock? 56. The world’s largest island is (a) Marble (©) Coal (a) New Guinea (e) Madassca Grant (€) Greenlat clan 41, ln geography ‘Gal Suean eles to 97. The largest freshwater lake inthe worlds x (@) Lake Vietoria (©) Lake Michigan (a) a warm ocean current strong air current (6) Lake Balkhash (@) Lake Superior (¢) Streams joining a gulf 58. Which are the main gases present in Sun? (d) the name of a stream (a) Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide 42. River Indus originates from = (0) Argon and Helium (a) Hindukush range (b) Himalayan range Sr Hydrogen and ‘Argon iydrogen m 45, Thepintvervaly ventures Indiana Nepalis | 5% The eelone that brought devastation in Bangladesh (a) Gomati (b) Chambal Ose as sir (c) Damodar (@) Kosi oe, Sir ‘Adda247 Publications For More Study Material Visit: adda247.com6 62, 63 66 68, 69, 70. 74, Which is the most stable ecosystem? (a) Desert (b) Ocean (c) Mountain, (d) Forest All vital atmospheric processes leading to various climatic and weather conditions take place in the (a) Stratosphere (b) Troposphere (¢) lonosphere (@) Exosphere Which planet takes the longest time to go around the sun? (a) Earth (b) jupiter (©) Uranus () Neptune Neap tides are (a) Strong (b) Weak (c) Medium (4) Very strong, About how much of the world’s land ar rainforest? (a) 2percent is tropical (6) 7 percent (6) 10 percent (2) 15 percent Which is the hottest planet in the Solar System? (2) Jupiter (@) Saturn {e) Venus (@) Uranus ‘The largest producer of coconut in the world is (@)Brazil (6) India (©) Indonesia (4) Philippi ‘The light from the Sun reaches the Earth in abouts (a) 8seconds (6) 8 minutes (¢)10 seconds (4) 10 minutes ‘The capital of Manipur? (a) Imphal (6) Aizawl (c) Dispur (4) None of these Kanchenjunga is situated in (a) Nepal () Sikkirf (c) West Bengal (4) Himaghal Pradesh Which one of the following planets Rano HOON” (a) Mars (6) Neptune (c) Mercury (4) Pluto Which one of the following, ports is located on the Eastern coast of India? (a) Kandla (6) Kochi (c) Marmugao (4) Paradeep In India, Dhariwal and Ludhiana towns are famous for (a) Silk textiles (b) Woolen textiles (c) Cotton textiles (@) Synthetic textiles Which one of the following is a Sedimentary Rock? (a) Granite (©) Charnockite (c) Basalt (@) Arkose ‘The longest river of peninsular India is (a) Krishna (6) Kaveri (c) Narmada (@) Godavari In ‘annular’ pattern, rivers flow (a) from West to East (b) from North to South (6) likea ring (@) in transverse direction 76. 81 85. 7. 89. 90. Which of the following is called “brown paper”? (a) Jute (©) Cotton (6) Rubber (@)Tea The largest island in the world is Greenland. It is an integeal part of (a) Norway (©) North America (c) Denmark (@)Canada ‘The “Grand Canyon’ is on the river (a) Colorado: (b) Columbia (c) Ohio (a) Mississippi The Nagarjunasagar dam is constructed on the river? (@) Krishna (6) Chambal (6) Kosi (2) Sutlej Nathu La, a place where India-China border trade has been resumed after 4 years, is located on the Indian border in (a) Sikkim (©) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Himachal Pradesh (@ Jammu and Kashmir The latitude passing through the northern most part of India is (a) 35°N ()37N (©) 36° (@)38°N . Which hill station’s name means ‘place of the thunderbolt’? (a) Gangtok (¢) Oottacamand, (©) Shillong, (@) Darjeeling. . The Vietoria Falls are on the river (a) Niger (c) Zambezi Sunda Trene# ig in (@) Indian Ocean, (6) Atlantic Ocean The wild ass is found in (a) Kutch (b) Assam (6) Jammu and Kashmir (d) Tamil Nadu Project tiger programme was launched in: (a) 1975 (1973 (c) 1994 @r The Bhilai Stee! Plant has been established with the assistance of| @UK. USA (6) Russia (4) Germany Mariana Trench is found in (@) Atlantic Ocean —_—_(b) Pacifie Ocean (¢) Inclian Ocean (@) Attic Ocean Hanging valleys are associated with (a) winds action (b) glacial action (6) wave action (@) riveraction In terms of area, India is the ....... largest country of the world (a) second, (6) sixth (&) Congo (a) Orange (©) Pacific Ocean (d) Gulf of Mexico (©) fourth (a) seventh ‘Adda247 Publications For More Study Material Visit: adda247.com91. 92, 95, 3 4. 5 India exports iron ore mainly to (@) Japan (b) Bhutan. (6) Indonesia (@) Russia Sea breeze is formed during (a) Day time (6) Night time (¢) Both (4) Seasonal ‘The ‘Pacific Ring of Fire’ is associated with (a) oil well fires (b) thermal power station (6) volcanoes and earthquakes (a) forest fires Dolomite is a/an (a) Sedimentary rock (6) Igneous rock Taiga means (a) Decidious forests (b) Plutonic rock (4) Metamorphic rock (b) Coniferous forests 96. Natural sources of air pollution are (a) Smoke from vehicles (b) Volcanic eruptions (6) Dust storm (a) Smoke from burning dry leaves 97. Which one of the following is the largest river in the world? (a) Amazon (b) Yangtze-Kiang, (6) Nile (@) Mississipi-Missouri 98, The Civilian Airport of highest altitude is in (a) Tibet (b) Nepal (c) Inclia (@) China 99, Sahara is located in which part of Africa? (a) Fastern (b) Western (c) Northern (a) Southern 100.Which is the largest metals trading centre? (a) Johannesburg (b) London (¢) Grass lands (2) Deserts (c) New York (a) Singapore g Solutions » (b); Insolation is the solar radiation that reaches the earth's surface. It is measured by the amount of solar energy received per square centimetre per inute.Insolation affects temperature, The more the insolation, the higher the temperature, (0); The Nuclear Fusion Reaction is the basis on which sun releases light and heat. Inside the Sun, this process begins with protons which is simply a I hydrogen nucleus and throu steps, these proton fase eters 6 helium. This fusion process of the Sun, (b);cosmology is the branch of physics and astrophysics that deals with the study of the physical origins and evolution of the Universe. It also includes the study of the nature of the Universe ona large scale. (0); The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma, with internal convective motion that generates a magnetic field via a dynamo process. It’s diameter is around 14lakh kms. (@; The Coriolis effect influences the paths of moving objects on Farth and is caused by Earth s rotation. Earth surface rotates at different velocities at different latitudes, objects in motion tend to move right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southem Hemisphere. The Coriolis effect is nonexistent at the equator but inereases with latitude, reaching a maximum at the poles. (b); The term "continental shel” is used by geologists generally to mean that part of the continental margin which is between the shoreline and the shelf break or, where there is no noticeable slope, between the shoreline and the point where the depth of the superjacent water is approximately ‘between 100 and 200 metres % (a); The epicenter is the point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the hypocenter or focus, the point where an earthquake or underground explosion originates: (c); Earth's orbit is not a perfect circle. Its elliptical, oF slightly oval-shaped. This means there is one point in the orbit where Earth is closest to the Sun, and another where Earthis farthest from the Sun. 9. (a); Naga, Khasi and Garo hills are located in purvanchal range of North eastern states of India, 10. (a); The river Luni is the only natural water source that drains inside a lake in the desert. It originates in the Pushkar valley of the Aravalli Range, near Ajmer and ends in the marshy lands of Rann of Kutch in Gujarat. 11. (d); The Saptarishi are the seven rishis who are extolled at many places in the Vedas and Hindu literature. ‘The names of the current Saptarshis are: Kashyapa, Atri, Vasistha, Vishvamitra, Gautama Maharishi, Jamadagni and Bharadvaja. It is Indian name of Ursa Major. 12. (d); Marble is a metamorphic rock that developed from limestone. Most of the material is calcite (a crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO3) and dolomite. It is often used for sculpture, as a building material, and for many other purposes. ‘Adda247 Publications For More Study Material Visit: adda247.com1“. 15, 16, 1. 18, 19. (0); The iron and steel industry is one of the most important industries in India. Jamshedpur was the first city where iron and steel industry of India established by Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata (@;The ranks of coal quality are as. follows anthrecitebituminous coal, subbituminous coal, and lignite. Anthracite is a hard, black, shiny form of coal that contains virtually no moisture and very low volatile content. Because of this, it burns with little or no smoke and is sold asa “smokeless fuel”. (@;Chota Nagpur, plateau in eastern India, in northwestern Chhattisgarh and central Jharkhand states. The Chota Nagpur area has the most valuable concentration of mineral resources. in India. It is famous for coal reserve and iron and steel industries. (0); Bhakra Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Sutlej River in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh in northern India, The dam forms the Gobind Sagar reservoir.The dam, located at a gorge near the (now submerged) upstream Bhakra village in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh . The dam, at 741 ft (226 m), is one of the highest gravity dams in the world (a); A flash flood is a rapid flooding of geomorphiclow-= lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and basins. It may be caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm, hurricane, tropical storm, or ‘melt water from ice or snow flowing over ice sheets or snowfields. 22. (by; The Rhine, which flows in Switzerland, Licchtenstein, Austria, Germany, France and Netherlands, is the most important and busiest waterway in Europe. Other busy waterways include Seine and Loire rivers of France, Danube river of eastern Europe and Volga river of Russia. 23. (d); socotra, is an archipelago of four islands located in the Arabian Sea, the largest island of which is also known as Socotra. The territory is part of Yemen. 24. (a); Titan is the largest moon of Saturn. It is the only ‘moon known to have a dense atmosphere, and the only object in space other than Earth where clear evidence of stable bodies of surface liquid has been. found 25. (b);Visakhapatnam Port is one of 12 major ports in India and the only major port of Andhra Pradesh. Its India's second largest port by volume of eargo handled.tt is one of the major port of eastern india. 26. (c); A delta is a body of sediment deposited at the ‘mouth of a river or stream where it enters an ocean. or lake. 2, (a); The term deciduous means "falling off at maturity" in this type of forest trees shed their leaves at maturity. These forests are found in many areas worldwide and have distinctive ecosystems, understory growth. and soil dynamics. World's ‘maximum newsprint comes from Deciduous forest. 28. (0); The specialized commercial cultivation of cash oe et the thd longest wort rope on eats of plantations avery deainctve eae thee nwes in the ae i type of topes! agriculture and is found in many 6300 km. The other long ¥ parts of Asia, Africa and tropical and sub-tropical ‘Yellow River of 5,464 km, Ris America. km and Brahmaputra and Indus Rivers with a ). (CF "The Indian Ocean consists of one gyre, the Indian. length of 2,900 km. (a); The Atlantic Ocean is the busiest ocean of alll ‘Oceans. It connects the South Amica to North America(Panama Canal) , Africa to Europe and Europe to Asia (through Gibraltar Strait connecting Mediterranean Sea). It is the trade route between the continents and is always full of cargo ships being carried around continent (a); Atlas Mountains, series of mountain ranges in northwestern Africa, running generally southwest to northeast to form the geologic backbone of the countries of the Maghrib (the western region of the Arab world) Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. (6); The surface air that flows from these subtropical high-pressure belts toward the Equator is deflected toward the west in both hemispheres by the Coriolis effect. These winds blow predominantly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere. Ocean (Majid) Gyre, which exists mostly in the Southern Hemisphere. Itis named after Ahmad Bin. Majid, the 15th-century Arab mariner. 30. (b); The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions and the second largest is, Atlantic Ocean. 31, (b); Chilika lake is a brackish water lagoon, spread over the Puri, Khurda and Ganjam districts of Odisha state on the east coast of India, at the mouth of the Daya River, flowing into the Bay of Bengal, covering an area of over 1,100 km? 32. (b); Andaman & Nicobar is a group of islands, so for each island in the group, there will be a country which is close to it. Myanmar is the most nearest country to Andaman & Nicobar following with India, Bangladesh, Thailand and Malaysia. 33. (a); Kakrapara Project is situated on the Tapti near Kakrapara, 80 km upstream of Surat. The project is financed by the Gujarat Government. Adda247 Publications For More Study Material Visit: adda247.com37. a (0); The brackish water lagoon or Chilika Lake of Odisha is largest coastal lagoon in India which is, home to a number of threatened species of plants and animals, Chilika Lake is the second largest lagoon in the world and largest wintering ground for migratory birds, it also supports a unique life of ‘marine, brackish and freshwater species. (a); Huge deposits of natural uranium, which promise to be one of the top 20 of the world's reserves, have been found in the Tummalapalle belt in the southern part of the Kadapa basin in Andhra Pradesh. (0); Tropical Grasslands are located near the equator, between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. Most of the Tropical Grasslands are found in the interior part of continents between the Tropical Rain Forests and Tropical Deserts. Tropical Grasslands are also known as Savannas'. (© With a noble motive to promote tourism in Rajasthan, the Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation along with Indian Railway launched the first Indian luxury train Palace on Wheels on. 26th January’ 1982, 3. (b}; India's Ist and most green & clean city, Swach Bharat Urban congratulated Mysore and regarded as the greenest city of India, Mysore is the 2nd largest city of Karnataka and owning to its cultural heritage and strategic location easily makes it the best planned city. (@); Pacific Ocean ranks number one when it comes to Pacific Ocean which is about 10,911 meters deep in the Blue Sea. (b); Organic sedimentary rocks form from the action of organisms, Examples include _fossiliferous limestone and coal, Fossiliferous limestone and coal are two examples of organically-formed sedimentary rocks. (@); The Gulf Stream is a warm and swift Atlantic ‘Ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and stretches to the tip of Florida, and follows the eastern coastlines of the United States and Newfoundland before crossing the Atlantic Ocean. (a); Indus River originates in Tibet in northern slopes of Mount Kailash near lake Mansarovar, Running via Ladakh, it enters into Pakistan through Gilgit- Baltistan and ends in Arabian Sea near Karachi. (@; Kosi River, river in Nepal and northern India. With its tributaries, the Kosi drains the eastern third of the deepest oceans in the world. It has afjaver depth of 3,939 meters with a division area of 169.2 millior ‘The Mariana Trench is the d€&pes e great plain of northern India in Bihar state on its way to the Ganges River, which it enters south of Purnea after a course of about 450 miles (724 km), 44, (b}; Watermelon grows best in fer sandy loam soils. Most incorporating a few inches of organic compost before planting, and perhaps some fertilizer as well 45. (b); The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve is an International Biosphere Reserve in the Western Ghats and Nilgiti Hills ranges of South India A fascinating, ecosystem of the hill ranges of Nilgiris and its surrounding environments covering a tract of over 5000 square kilometers was constituted as Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in September 1986 ‘under Man and Biosphere Programme. 46. (a); Groen Revolution Intensive plan of the 1960s to increase crop yields in developing countries by introducing higher-yielding strains of plant and new fertilizers. The scheme began in Mexico in the 1940s, and was successfully introduced in parts of India, se Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. 47. (c); India is the world's largest producer as well as consumer of pulses, In case of tea, largest producer is China. 48. (b); The Black Forest is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Wiirttemberg in southwestern Germany. It is bounced by the Rhine valley to the ‘west and south, 49. (d); Digboi has the distinction of being India's oldest continuously producing oilfield. Digboi refinery, now a division of Indian Oil Corporation, had a ‘capatity of about 0.65 MMTPA as of 2003. Digboi is now Headquarter of Assam Oil Division of Indian. ‘Oil Corporation Limited 50. (d); Hutti Gold Mines Limited (HGML) is a company located in the state of Karnataka, India and engaged in the mining and production of gold 51. (d); The Jaduguda Mine is a uranium mine in Jaduguda village in the Purbi Singhbhum district of the Indian state of Jharkhand. It commenced operation in 1967 and was the first uranium mine in India. ‘The deposits at this mine were discovered in 1951. 52. (a); The kharif cropping season is from July -October during the south-west monsoon. 53. (d); Marble is metamorphosed limestone, composed of fairly pure calcite (a crystalline form of calcium. carbonate, CaCO3). It is extensively used for sculpture, as an building material, and in many other applications 54. (d); The IDL is roughly based on the meridian of 180° longitude, roughly down the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and halfway around the world from the Nepal and part of Tibet, including the country Greenwich meridian. around Mount Everest. The river emerges on the ‘Adda247 Publications For More Study Material Visit: adda247.com58. 57, (a); The incredible, shrinking Aral Sea is a landlocked sea-really a lake-in Central Asia, lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in the middle of a semi-arid and desert region. It is/was generally a very shallow lake with a maximum depth of only 180 fet. (0); Greenland is the world's largest island covering 2,175,597 square kilometers. (@;Lake Superior is considered to be the world’s largest freshwater lake by area, the 3rd largest such body by volume, and the 2nd largest lake of any kind by overall area in the world. It is also the largest amongst all of the North American Great Lakes, with a total surface area of 82.414 square kilometers. (a); The Sun is.a big ball of gas and plasma. Most of the gas is hydrogen or helium, but there are also small amounts of other elements such as oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, magnesium and iron. (b); Cyclone Sidr was a tropical cyclone that resulted in ‘one of the worst natural disasters in Bangladesh. (by; A stable ecosystem is the ecosystem in which the structure and function remain unaltered over a Jong period of time, Oceans are considered to be the most stable ecosystem in nature. They are stable in. their chemical composition due to being saline and other features like, dissolved oxygen, light temperature also remain more or less constant. They are deep, continuous and large therefore there are less chances of any prominent change which alter their structure and function. They are well capable of resisting any of the small chat (b); The troposphere is the lowes atmosphere, and is also w! takes place. (; Neptune takes the longest time to go around the sun. Neptune orbits the Sun at an average distance of 4 billion km. Like all the planets in the Solar System, Neptune follows an elliptical path around the Sun, varying its distance to the Sun at different points along its orbit. (b); During the moon's quarter phases the sun and moon work at right angles, causing the bulges to cancel each other. The result is a smaller difference between high and low tides and is known as aneap tide. Neap tides are especially weak tides. They occur when the gravitational forces of the Moon and the Sun are perpendicular to one another (with respect to the Earth). Neap tides occur during uarter moons, {b); Tropical forests comprise approximately 7 percent of the earth's dry land surface (2% of total surface) and sustain over 50 percent of all species. The ‘Amazon River basin contains 20% of the world's fresh water. 65. (¢); Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 2247 Earth days. It has the longest rotation period (243 days) of any planet in the Solar System. and rotates in the opposite direction to most other planets. It has no natural satellites. Venus is by far the hottest planet in the Solar System, with a mean surface temperature of 735 K (462 °C; 863 °F), even. though Mercury is closer to the Sun. (0); Indonesia is largest producer of coconut in the world, 67. (b);Sunlight travels at the speed of light. Photons emitted from the surface of the Sun need to travel across the vacuum of space to reach our eyes. The short answer is that it takes sunlight an average of 8 minutes and 20 seconds to travel from the Sun to the Earth, 68. (a); Manipur is a state in northeastern India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. 69. (b); Kanchenjunga is world's third highest mountain, with an elevation of 28,169 feet (8,586 metres). It is situated in the eastern Himalayas on the border between Sikkim state, northeastern India, and eastern Nepal, 46 miles (74 km) north-northwest of Dayjling, Sikkim 70. (6); Mercury and Venus have no moons. 71, (d); Paradip Portis an artificial, deep-water port on the Bast coast of India in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha. Its situated at confluence of the Mahanadi river and the Bay of Bengal 72. (b); Dhariwal is a 5th largest town and a municipal council in Gurdaspur district in the state of Punjab, India, Dhariwal is most famous for its woolen mill, and Ludhiana is famous all over India for its ‘woollen sweaters and cotton T-shirts 73. (d); Arkose is a detrital sedimentary rock, specifically a type of sandstone containing at least 25% feldspar. 74. (d); Godavari, also known as ‘Dakshin Ganga’ ~ the South Ganges, the second longest river of India after the Ganges, is the longest river of peninsular India 75. (e); In an annular drainage pattern streams follow a roughly circular or concentric path along. belt of ‘weak rock, resembling in plan a ring like pattern, 76. (a); Jute isa long, soft, shiny vegetable fiber that can be spun into coarse, strong threads. Jute is in great demand due to its cheapness, softness, length lustre and uniformity of its fiber. It is called the ‘brown paper bag’ as it is also used to store rice, ‘wheat, grains, etc It is also called the ‘golden fiber! due to its versatile nature, 77. (¢); Greenland is an autonomous constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. 66. ‘Adda247 Publications For More Study Material Visit: adda247.com78. 83. (a); The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the US. state of Arizona in North America (a); Nagarjuna Sagar Dam was built across the Krishna river at Nagarjuna Sagar where the river forms the boundary between Nalgonda District in Telangana and Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh states in India (a); Nathu La is a mountain pass in the Himalayas. It connects the Indian state of Sikkim with China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (6); The mainland stretches from Latitude 804 North to 3706' North and from Longitude 6807 East to 97025 East. (@;The name Darjeeling comes from the Tibetan words, Dorje (thunderbolt) and Ling (place or Jand), meaning the land of the thunderbolt. (6); Victoria Falls, or Mosi-oa-Tunya is a waterfall in southern Africa on the Zambezi River at the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. |. (a); Sunda Trench is the second deepest trench in the Indian Ocean and is located several hundred kilometers off of the southern and western shores. of Indonesia. (a); The wild ass is locally known as ghudkhar and found only in the Little Rann of Kutch in Gujarat in India (b); Project Tiger is a tiger conservation programme launched in 1973 by the Government of India during Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's tenure. (©); Bhilai Steel Plant was set up with the hélp of USSR in 1955. The Soviet Unio® as the Union of Soviet Social « also known unofficially as Ri e winner of the Prime Minister's Trophy for best integrated steel plant in the country, Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), has been India's sole producer of rails and heavy steel plates and major producer of structural steel, (b);The Mariana Trench or Marianas Trench is the deepest part of the world’s oceans, It is located in the western Pacific Ocean, an average of 200 kilometres (124 mi) to the east of the Mariana Islands, in the Western Pacific East of Philippines (b); A hanging valley can be formed when the lower valley has a greater rate of erosion. This can be by 2 glacier flows, one feeding, the other (2); India is the seventh largest country on the basis of land area oF 32,87,263 sq.km. EOCRIOCR. 91. (a); India is the fifth largest exporter of iron ore in the ‘world. Weexport about 50 to 60 per centof our total iron ore production to countries like Japan, Korea, European countries and lately to Gulf countries. Japan is the biggest buyer of Indian iron ore accounting for about three-fourths of our total exports 92. (a); During the day, the land surface heats up faster than the water surface, Therefore, the air above the land is warmer than the air above the ocean. Now, recall that warmer air is lighter than cooler air, AS a result, warm air rises, Therefore, the warmer air over the land surface rising, As the warm air over the land is rising, the cooler air over the ocean is, flowing over the land surface to replace the rising, ‘warm air. This is the sea breeze. 93. (c); The Ring of Fire is a major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and voleanic eruptions occur. It is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and voleanic belts and/or plate ‘movements 9, (a); Dotomite, also known as "dolostone” and “dolomite rock," isa sedimentary rock composed primarily of the mineral dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2. Dolomite is found in sedimentary basins worldwide. 95. (b); Taiga also known as boreal forest or snow forest is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces and larches. 96. (b);One of the most important natural causes of air pollution is voleanic eruption. Volcanic eruptions ‘can generaie so much polluting gases and ash into the air that the sun’s rays could be blocked, and Jand temperature in the affected area lowered. The ash can cause respiratory problems for young, children, the elderly or those already’ with respiratory ailments. 97. (a); Amazonis the first largest river and second longest river in the world, 98. (A); Daocheng Yading Airport (China), which opened in September 2013, is the highest altitude airport in the world. tis located at an elevation of 441m. 99. (c); The Sahara desert is located in the northern of Africa 100.(b);'The bulk of global trading in gold and silver is, conducted on the over-the-counter (OTC) market. London is by far the largest global centre for OTC transactions followed by New York, Zurich, and Tokyo. mn ‘Adda247 Publications For More Study Material Visit: adda247.com