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Contents
1 Physiology of India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2 Location and structure of India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

2.1 Evolution of India’s geological structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3 Physiographic division of India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

3.1 Himalayan Mountains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.2 The Himalayan Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
3.3 Physical features of India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
3.4 Northen Plalns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
3.5 Peninsular Plateau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
3.6 Great Indian desert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
3.7 Coastal Plains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
3.8 Indian islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
4 Drainage of India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

4.1 Indian Drainage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
4.2 The Indus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
4.3 The Ganga geography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
4.4 The Brahmaputra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
4.5 Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
5 Climate of India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

5.1 General Features of Indian Climate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
5.2 Indian Monsoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
5.3 Seasons in India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
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5.4 Rainfall india . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

5.5 El-Nino and Southern Oscillations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

6 Soils and Natural Vegetation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
6.1 Soils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
6.2 Natural Vegetation india . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
6.3 Forest Conservation In India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
7 Natural Resources of India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
8 Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
8.1 Agriculture and its types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
8.2 Cropping Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
8.3 Major crop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
8.4 Irrigation India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
9 Mineral and Energy Resources In India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

9.1 Minerals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
9.2 Mineral and Energy Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
9.3 Indian Minerals and Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
10 Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
11 Transport and Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

11.1 Railways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
11.2 Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
11.3 Transport and Communication in India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
11.4 Indian Transportation, Communication, National Parks and Sanctuaries
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
12 Oceans and Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
13 The earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

13.1 Internal structure of Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
13.2 Tectonic Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
13.3 Volcanoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
13.4 Physical Geography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
14 Indian Agriculture and Animal Husbandry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

1. Physiology of India
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1. Why has the Green Revolution benefitted 4. The most urbanised community in India is
only a small section of India? that of the:
A. Large dependence on manual labour A. Hindus
B. Poor storage facilities B. Muslims
C. Poor farm management and adminis- C. Christians
tration D. Zoroastrians
D. All of the above 5. Lakshadweep Islands are the product of:
[CDS 1999]
2. Which one of the following is most prone
to earthquakes? [CDS 2000] A. volcanic activity
A. Coastal plains B. wave action

C. sea-floor expansion
B. Old shields
D. reef formation
C. Plateaus
D. Young folded mountains 6. Which of the following cities lies to the
western-most longitude? [CPO SI 2002]
3. The States which have common borders A. Jaipur
with China are:
B. Nagpur
1. Jammu and Kashmir C. Bhopal
2. Sikkim
3. Arunachal Pradesh D. Hyderabad
4. Himachal Pradesh 7. Port Blair is situated in: [NDA 1993]
A. 1, 3 and 4 A. North Andaman
B. 1, 2 and 3 B. South Andaman
C. 1 and 3 C. Middle Andaman
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4 D. Little Andaman
1. D 2. D 3. D 4. D 5. D 6. A 7. B
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8. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass 12. Which of the following would have to be
through: crossed to reach Sri Lanka from Nager-
coil?

A. Madhya Pradesh
B. West Bengal A. Sunda Strait
C. Rajasthan B. Gulf of Mannar
D. Orissa C. Palk Strait
9. Among the Union Territories which has the D. Cook Strait
highest literacy rate?
A. Lakshadweep 13. The highest peak of the Himalayas in India
is in: [CDS 2004]
B. Pondicherry
C. Delhi A. Uttar Pradesh
D. Daman and Diu B. Kashmir
10. Match the following: [NDA 2004] C. Sikkim

D. Himachal Pradesh
Tourist Place State
A. Amber Fort 1. Uttar Pradesh 14. Duncan Passage is located between [CDS
B. Auroville 2. Pondicherry 2012]
C. Buland Darwaza 3. Karnataka
D. Gol Gumbaz 4. Rajasthan A. South and Little Andaman
5. Madhya Pradesh B. Little and Great Nicobar
6. Tamil Nadu
C. North and Middle Andaman
D. Middle and South Andaman
A. A − 4, B − 6,C − 1, D − 2
B. A − 1, B − 2,C − 5, D − 3 15. What do you understand by the term
C. A − 4, B − 2,C − 1, D − 3 ‘Doab’?
D. A − 1, B − 6,C − 5, D − 2 A. Where the delta of river begins
11. Consider the following statements: B. Where two or more rivers meet
1. Assam shares a border with Bhutan C. Land between two separate river sys-
and Bangladesh. tems
2. West Bengal shares a border with
Bhutan and Nepal. D. Land between two tributaries of a river
3. Mizoram shares a border with
Bangladesh and Myanmar. 16. Which one of the following longitudes de-
termines the Indian Standard Time? [CDS
Which of the statements given above are 2009]
correct? [IAS 2006]
A. 85.5◦ E
A. 1, 2 and 3
B. 1 and 2 only B. 86.5◦ E
C. 2 and 3 only C. 84.5◦ E

D. 1 and 3 only D. 82.5◦ E
8. D 9. A 10. C 11. A 12. B 13. C 14. A 15. D 16. D 17. C

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17. Why is that India has one of the lowest 21. Which of the following relates to the for-
agricultural yields in the world? mation of the Himalayas?
A. Summers are very hot A. Folding of the earth’s crust
B. Lack of fertile soil B. Accumulation of loess deposits
C. Farmers being poor and illiterate do C. Folding of the geosyncline
not use modern farming techniques D. Faulting of the earth’s crust
D. Occurrence of frost at night
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22. Consider the following statements:
18. The second highest peak in the world is: 1. Longitude of Jabalpur’s location is
A. Kanchenjunga between those of Indore and Bhopal
2. Latitude of Aurangabad’s location
B. K-2 (Godwin Austin) is between those of Vadodara and
C. Nandadevi Pune.
3. Bangalore is situated more south-
D. Lhotse
ward than Chennai.
19. Consider the following statements: Which of these statements is/are? [IAS
2003]
1. The equatorial forests are ever-
green. A. 1 and 3
2. The Mediterranean region has decid- B. Only 2
uous forests of broad-leaved trees.
3. Taiga forests are found in Kashmir. C. 2 and 3
Which of the statements given above are D. 1, 2 and 3

correct? [NDA 2005]
23. Match the following: [CDS 2005]
A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3 Tourism Place State
A. Munnar 1. Gujarat
C. 1 and 3 B. Lonavla 2. Kerala
D. 1, 2 and 3 C. Panehamarhi 3. Madhya Pradesh
D. Saputara 4. Maharashtra
20. Arrange the following religious groups in
increasing order of their population in In-
dia: A. A − 1, B − 3,C − 4, D − 2
I. Muslims B. A − 2, B − 4,C − 3, D − 1
II. Buddhists C. A − 1, B − 4,C − 3, D − 2
III. Sikhs
D. A − 2, B − 3,C − 4, D − 1
IV. Jains
V. Christians 24. The correct sequence of the different sec-
A. IV, II, III, V, I tions of the Himalayas in terms of their
stretch (in kilometre) in the descending or-
B. IV, II, I, III, V
der is: [IAS 2003]
C. II, IV, III, V, I
A. Punjab Him., Kumaon Him., Nepal Him.,
D. II, III, IV, I,V Assam Him.
18. B 19. D 20. A 21. C 22. C 23. C 24. B

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B. Nepal Him., Assam Him., Punjab Him., Select the correct answer using the code
Kumaon Him. given below: [Asstt Commdt 2011]

C. Kumaon, Hlm., Nepal Him., Assam A. 3-1-4-2
Him., Punjab Him. B. 4-3-1-2
D. Nepal Him., Assam Him., Kumaon Him., C. 1-3-4-2
Punjab Him.
D. 1-2-3-4
25. Nanda Devi peak forms a part of: [IAS 29. The northern part of the west coast is
2003] known as:
A. Assam Himalayas A. Konkan coast
B. Kumaon Himalayas B. Coromandal coast
C. Nepal Himalayas C. Malabar coast
D. Punjab Himalayas D. None of these
26. Which one of the following gives the cor- 30. Aravalli ranges are an example of: [Asstt
rect sequence of Himalayan peaks in the Grade 1993]
direction east to west? A. straight mountains
A. Dhaulagiri, Kanchenjunga, Makalu, Mt. B. block mountains
Everest
C. residual mountains
B. Kanchenjunga, Makalu, Dhaulagiri, Mt. D. volcanic mountains
Everest
C. Makalu, Dhaulagiri, Kumaun, Namcha 31. Which one of the following groups of In-
Barwa dian states has a common frontier with
Bhutan? [CDS 2001]
D. Namcha Barwa, Kanchenjunga, Mt.
A. Assam, Bihar, Sikkim and West Bengal
Everest, Nanda Devi
27. Among the following cities, which one is B. Bihar, Meghalaya, Sikkim and West
nearest to the Tropic of Cancer? [IAS Bengal
2003] C. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim
A. Delhi and West Bengal
B. Kolkata D. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim and
West Bengal
C. Jodhpur
D. Nagpur 32. Which one of the following is the correct
sequence of the age of formation-from the
28. Arrange the following hills of southern In- youngest to the oldest-of the given moun-
dia from north to south: tain ranges?
1. Nilgiri A. Himalayas, Vindhyas, Western Ghats,

2. Cardamom Deccan Traps
3. Nallamala B. Deccan Traps, Western Ghats, Vind-
4. Anaimalai hyas, Himalayas
25. B 26. D 27. B 28. A 29. A 30. C 31. C 32. A 33. A

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C. Himalayas, Western Ghats, Vindhayas, A. Dodabetta, Kailash, Dhaulagiri, Vind-

Deccan Traps hyachal
D. Vindhyas, Himalayas, Deccan Traps, B. Dodabetta, Vindhyachal, Dhaulagiri,
Western Ghats Kailash
C. Dhaulagiri, Kailash, Dodabetta, Vind-
33. longitude is geographically significant to
hyachal
India because: [CPO SI 2003]
D. Dhaulagiri, Vindhyachal, Dodabetta,
A. it determines the Indian standard time
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Kailash
B. it has a bearing on the tropical climate 38. Which foreign country is closest to An-
of India daman Islands? [CPO SI 2003]
C. it divides’ India into eastern and west- A. Sri Lanka
ern zones B. Myanmar
D. it enables determining local time in C. Indonesia
eastern India
D. Pakistan
34. Siwaliks are: [IFS 1989] 39. The Vindhyas belong to which class of
A. to the north of Himadri mountains?
B. foothills of Himalayan ranges A. Block mountains
C. in Meghalaya B. Fold mountains
D. the plateau between Pamirs and Myan- C. Volcanic mountains
mar D. Residual mountains
35. Which one of the following countries has 40. Match the following: [IAS 2003]
the longest international boundary with In-
dia? [CDS 2012] A. Ho 1. Chhattisgarh
A. Bangladesh B. Baiga 2. Sikkim
C. Kuki 3. Jharkhand
B. Bhutan
D. Bhutia 4. Nagaland
C. China
D. Pakistan A. A − 2, B − 3,C − 4, D − 1
36. Which of the following Indian states does B. A − 1, B − 4,C − 2, D − 3
not lie on In 1do-Banqla border? [Bank PO C. A − 3, B − 1,C − 4, D − 2
1993]
D. A − 4, B − 2,C − 3, D − 1
A. Assam
41. The States of India having common border
B. Mizoram
with Myanmar are: [CDS 1993]
C. Tripura
A. Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland,
D. Manipur Arunachal Pradesh
37. Considering the location of mountains in In- B. Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam
dia which one of the following is in right se- C. Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, Megha-
quence from south to north? [NDA 1992] laya
34. B 35. A 36. D 37. B 38. B 39. A 40. C 41. A

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D. Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Arunachal B. Little Andaman

Pradesh C. Middle Andaman

42. Consider the following sites/ monuments: D. South Andaman
1. Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeologi- 46. The Tropic of Cancer passes through the
cal Park States of:
2. Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Station,
1. Gujarat
Mumbai
2. Jharkhand
3. Mamallapuram
3. Assam
4. Sun Temple (Konark Temple)
4. Mizoram
Which of the above are included in the A. 1, 2 and 4
World-Heritage List of UNESCO? [IAS
2005] B. 1 and 2
A. 1, 2, 3 and 4 C. 1, 3 and 4
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
B. 1, 3 and 4
C. 2 and4 47. The highest Himalayan peak in India is:
D. 1, 2 and 3 A. Kanchenjunga
B. K-2
43. Consider the following mountain ranges:
[CDS 2002] C. Nandadevi
D. Nanga Parbat
1. Ladakh Range
2. Karakoram 48. Which one of the following Indian states
3. Greater Himalayas does not have a common international bor-
4. Zanskar Range der with Bangladesh? [CDS 2008]
What is the correct sequence of these from A. Manipur
south to north? B. West Bengal
A. 3, 4, 1, 2 C. Tripura
B. 3, 1, 4, 2 D. Assam
C. 4, 2, 3, 1
49. Kodaikanal, the famous hill-station of
D. 4, 3, 2, 1 South India, is situated on: [IAS 2003]
44. Indian sovereignity in sea extends upto.... A. Palni hills
nautical miles. B. Anaimalai mountain
A. 8 C. Nilgiri mountain
B. 10 D. Cardamon hills
C. 12 50. West Bengal shares boundaries with how
D. 14 many foreign countries? [NDA 2004]
A. One
45. Port Blair-the capital of Andaman and
Nicobar Islands, is located in which one of B. Two
the following islands? [NDA 2008] C. Three
A. North Andaman D. Four
42. D 43. A 44. C 45. D 46. A 47. A 48. A 49. A 50. C 51. A
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51. Which one of the following mountain. 55. Which one among the following major In-
peaks of Himalayas is NOT in India? [NDA dian cities is most eastward located? [IAS
2003] 2007]
A. Annapurna A. Hyderabad
B. Nanda Devi B. Bhopal
C. Mt. Kamet C. Lucknow
D. Kanchenjunga D. Benguluru (Bangalore)
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52. Match the following: [IAS 2007] 56. Which one of the following towns is situ-
ated easternmost? [CDS 2003]
Town River Nearer to it
A. Kohima
A. Betul 1.lndravati
B. Jagdalpur 2. Narmada B. Jorhat
C. Jabalpur 3. Shipra C. Itanagar
D. Ujjain 4. Tapti D. Dibrugarh
57. Which states of India have a common bor-

A. A − 1, B − 4,C − 2, D − 3
der with Pakistan?
B. A − 4, B − 1,C − 2, D − 3
I. Jammu and Kashmir
C. A − 4, B − 1,C − 3, D − 2 II. Himachal Pradesh
D. A − 1, B − 4,C − 3, D − 2 III. Punjab
IV. Gujarat
53. In which one of the following Islands of V. Rajasthan
India is an active volcano found? [CDS
A. I, II, III, V
2009]
B. I, II, III, IV
A. Car Nicobar Island
C. I, III, IV
B. Nancowry lsland
C. Barren Island D. I, III, IV, V
D. Maya Bunder Island 58. forms the western boundary of the

Indian sub-continent.
54. Which of the following are true regarding
Chhota Nagpur? [CDS 1994] A. Aravalli
1. It is one of the former princely B. Pirpanjal

states. C. Karakoram
2. It is a plateau area in Jharkhand in- D. Hindukush
habited mainly by the tribals.
3. It is a name given to the contiguous 59. Which one of the following gives the cor-
tribal areas in Bihar, West Bengal. rect sequence of places going from the east
Orissa and M.P. to the west of India?
A. 1 and 3 A. Sikhar, Tinsukhia, lndore, Vadodara
B. 2 and 3 B. Tinsukhia, Phulpur, Udaipur, Kota
C. 1 and 2 C. Jorhat, Bhopal, Ahmedabad, Rajkot
D. 1, 2 and 3 D. Guwahati, Silchar, Bhopal, Rajkot
52. B 53. C 54. C 55. C 56. D 57. D 58. D 59. C

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60. Which one among the following is nearest What is the correct sequence of the above
to the Tropic of Cancer? [CDS 2004] from the north of the south?
A. 1, 2, 3

A. Agra
B. Delhi B. 2, 1, 3
C. Gwalior C. 1, 3, 2
D. Jhansi D. 2, 3, 1
65. The oldest mountains in India according
61. If India adopts two time zones based to geographical history are: [Asstt Grade
on 75◦ E meridian for western India and 1991]
90◦ E meridian for eastern India, which one
among the following states of eastern In- A. Satpuras
dia will be benefitted most? [Asstt Com- B. Nilgiris
mdt 2011] C. Vindhyas
A. Manipur D. Aravallis
B. West Bengal 66. Which of the following is east of the An-
C. Assam daman and Nicobar Islands?
D. Bihar A. Thailand
B. Sri Lanka
62. Which one of the following groups com-
prises of States sharing borders with C. Indonesia
Chhattisgarh? [NDA 2002] D. All of them
A. Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maha- 67. Mount Everest, the highest peak in the
rashtra and Orissa world, is located in:
B. Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra A. Bhutan
and Uttar Pradesh B. China
C. Bihar, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and C. India
Orissa
D. Nepal
D. Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Uttar
Pradesh and West Bengal 68. Which state has smallest land area? [IAS
2003]
63. Which State has the largest coastline in In- A. Goa
dia? [Railway 2009]
B. Nagaland
A. Gujarat C. Sikkim
B. Tamil Nadu D. Tripura
C. Karnataka 69. Lakshadweep is a group of how many is-
D. Andhra Pradesh lands? [Teachers’ Exam 1994]
A. 22
64. Consider the following: [IAS 2004]
B. 25
1. Mahadeo Hills
2. Sahyadri Parvat C. 32
3. Satpura Range D. 35
60. D 61. C 62. A 63. A 64. C 65. D 66. C 67. D 68. A 69. B 70. A
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70. Which of the following gives the correct se- 74. India lies in the hemisphere: [SSC Gradu-
quence of hills in the east-west direction? ate 2003]
A. Naga, Mikir, Khasi, Garo A. Northern and eastern
B. Garo, Khasi, Mkir, Naga B. Southern and eastern
C. K’hasi,Garo, Naga, Mikir C. Northern and western
D. Mikir, Naga, Khasi, Garo D. Northern and southern
71. Jharkhand does not share boundary with: 75. Consider the following places of Kashmir
NARAYAN CHANGDER
[CPO AC 2003] region:
A. West Bengal 1. Srinagar
B. Orissa 2. Gilgit
3. Kargil
C. Chhattisgarh 4. Banihal
D. Madhya Pradesh Arrange the above places from north to
72. Which of the following statements regard- south using the code given below: [CDS
ing literacy in India are correct? 2010]
1. A person who can only read but can- A. 1-2-3-4

not write is not defined literate B. 4 - 3 - 2-1
2. Children below 7 years of age are C. 2-3-1 - 4
not taken into consideration even if
they are able to read and write D. 2-1 - 3 - 4
3. For the purpose of census, a per- 76. The Lakshadweep Islands are situated in:
son is deemed literate if he or she [Bank PO 2007]
can read and write with understand-
ing in any of the 22 languages men- A. Indian Ocean
tioned in the Eighth Schedule of the B. Arabian Sea
Constitution C. Bay of Bengal
4. The fact that a district has attained
hundred percent literacy does not D. none of these
mean that the entire population in 77. Match the following:
the district is literate
A. 1, 3 and 4 Place of Tourist In- Indian State
B. 2, 3, and 4 terest
A. Araku Valley 1. Andhra Pradesh
C. 1, 2 and 3 B. Dalhousie 2. Himachal
D. 1, 2, and 4 Pradesh
C. Kodaikkanal 3. Kerala
73. The highest mountain peak in India is: [LIC D. Munnar 4. Tamil Nadu
1994] 5. Uttaranchal
A. Kanchenjunga 6. Uttar Pradesh
B. Mount Everest
C. Mt.K 2 A. A − 6, B − 3,C − 1, D − 5
D. Nanda Devi B. A − 1, B − 2,C − 4, D − 3
71. D 72. B 73. C 74. A 75. C 76. B 77. B

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C. A − 1, B − 3,C − 4, D − 5 4. Jharkhand
D. A − 6, B − 2,C − 1, D − 3 5. Madhya Pradesh
6. Bihar

78. Which one of the following is the junction 7. Chhattisgarh
point of the Eastern Ghats and Western Select the correct answer using the code
Ghats? [IAS 2004] given below: [NDA 2011]
A. Javadi Hills
A. 2-5-7-4-1
B. Anaimalai Hills
B. 2-4-7-5-1
C. Nilgiri Hills
C. 3-2-6-7-5
D. Shevaroy Hills
D. 3-7-4-6-2
79. Which of the following passes and loca-
tions is/are wrongly matched? 82. Which of the following gives the correct
1. Zojila and Burzil-Jammu & Kashmir match of states and concentration of reli-
2. Bara Lapcha La and Shipki La-Uttar gious groups?
Pradesh 1. Maharashtra-Zaroastrians
3. Thaga La, Niti Pass and Lipu Lekh- 2. Maharashtra and Arunachal
Himachal Pradesh Pradesh-Buddhists
4. Nathu La and Jelep La-Sikkim 3. Rajasthan and Gujarat-Jains
A. 1 and 2 4. Sikkim-Christians
B. 2 and 3 A. 1, 2 and 4
C. 3 and 4 B. 2, 3 and 4
D. 1, 2 and 3 C. 1, 2 and 3
80. Which of the following is the correct D. 1 and 3
chronological order of the formation of the
following states in India? 83. Madhya Pradesh shares its border with
1. Sikkim how many States? [CDS 2009]
2. Mizoram A. 3
3. Goa
4. Arunachal Pradesh B. 4
A. 3, 1, 2, 4 C. 5
B. 1, 2, 3, 4 D. 6
C. 1, 2, 4, 3
84. The Himalayas are formed of parallel fold
D. 1, 4, 2, 3 ranges of which the oldest range is: [IAS
1994]
81. Identify from the following states of India
through which the Tropic of Cancer passes A. the Siwalik Range
and arrange them from east to west: B. the Lesser Himalayas
1. Gujarat
C. the Great Himalayan Range
2. West Bengal
3. Uttar Pradesh D. the Dhaula Dhar Range
78. C 79. B 80. C 81. B 82. C 83. C 84. C 85. C

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85. The hill station of Coonoor is located in 89. Which state amongst the following has the
which one of the following states? [CDS highest percentage of the Scheduled Caste
2008] population of State’s population? [IAS
2004]
A. Karnataka
B. Andhra Pradesh A. Jharkhand
C. Kerala B. Madhya Pradesh
D. Tamil Nadu C. Punjab
NARAYAN CHANGDER
D. Uttar Pradesh
86. The group of languages spoken by the
largest number of people in India is: 90. The correct order of the given hills from
A. Austro-Asiatic west to east is: [NDA 2001]
B. Indo-Aryan A. Garo-Jaintia-Naga-Khasi
C. Dravidian B. Khasi-Naga-Jaintia-Garo
D. none of these C. Khasi-Garo-Jaintia-Naga
D. Garo-Khasi-Jaintia-Naga
91. The transport route connecting the Kash-
A. Pir Panjal 1. Arunachal mir from Leh crosses the high mountain
Pradesh ranges at the: [IAS 2003]
B. Dhauladhar 2. Uttaranchal
C. Nag Tibba 3. Jammu and A. Pir Panjal pass
Kashmir B. Karakoram pass
D. Mishimi Hills 4. Himachal
C. Banihal pass
Pradesh
D. Zoji La pass
A. A − 4, B − 3,C − 1, D − 2 92. Which one of the following pairs is cor-

B. A − 3, B − 4,C − 2, D − 1 rectly matched? [CDS 1999]
C. A − 3, B − 4,C − 1, D − 2 A. Plimsoll Line:India and Afghanistan
D. A − 4, B − 3,C − 2, D − 1 B. Durand Line:India and Myanmar

C. Macmohan Line:India and Nepal
D. Radcliffe Line:India and Pakistan
1. Korba is west to Rourkela.
2. Rourkela is south to Ranehi. 93. Amongst the following Indian States
Which of the statements given above which one has the minimum total forest
is/are correct? [CDS 2005] cover? [IAS 2004]
A. 1 only A. Sikkim
B. 2 only B. Goa
C. Both 1 and 2 C. Haryana
D. Neither 1 nor 2 D. Kerala
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94. Duncan Passage is situated between: 98. Which one of the following is the southern-
[CDS 1999] most city? [CDS 2004]

A. Minicoy and Amindiv A. Bhopal
B. Minicoy and Maldives B. Kolkata
C. Little Andaman and Car Nicobar C. Raipur
D. Udaipur
D. South Andaman and Little Andaman
99. Which one of the following cities will never
95. Which of the following is the main dif- get the vertical rays of the sun? [CDS
ference between the Western and Eastern 2009]
Ghats?
A. Srinagar
A. Height
B. Mumbai
B. Continuity
C. Kolkata
C. Proximity to the coast D. Thiruvananthapuram
D. Vegetation
100. Arakan Yoma is the extension of the Hi-
96. Match the following: [NDA 2001] malayas located in:
A. Kashmir
Peaks Mountain range B. Nepal
A. Gurushikhar 1. Zanskar
C. Baluchistan
B. Dhupgarh 2. Satpura
C. Doda Betta 3. Nilgiri D. Myanmar
D. Nanga Parbat 4. Vindhya 101. Consider the following statements:
5. Aravalli
1. Cherrapunji is located on the south
side of Garo hills.
A. A − 4, B − 2,C − 5, D − 1 2. Cherrapunji is about 1700 m above
mean sea level.
B. A − 3, B − 4,C − 1, D − 5
Which of the statements given above
C. A − 4, B − 5,C − 2, D − 1 is/are correct? [IAS 2008]
D. A − 5, B − 2,C − 3, D − 1 A. 1 only
97. What is the correct order of occurrence of B. 2 only
the following places as one moves from C. Both 1 and 2
east to west? [CDS 2008] D. Neither 1 nor 2
1. Murshidabad
102. The present demographic transition of In-
2. Gorakhpur
dia is indicative of: [IAS 2004]
3. Bhopal
4. Bhavnagar A. High population growth potential but
low actual growth
A. 2-4-3-1
B. High population growth potential and
B. 1-3-4-2 high actual growth
C. 1-2-3-4 C. Partial industrialised economy
D. 4-3-2-1 D. Typically increasing urbanization

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103. The largest southernmost single island in D. Maharashtra

India is: [CBI 1994]
108. In which one of the following is the Hi-
A. Rameswaram Island
malayan pass Shipki La located? [IAS
B. Minicoy Island 2008]
C. Car Nicobar Island A. Chandra valley
D. Great Nicobar Island B. Hunza valley
NARAYAN CHANGDER
104. In which one of the following Union Terri- C. Nubra valley
tories, people of the Onge tribe live? [IAS
D. Sutlej valley
2004]
A. Andaman and Nicobar Islands 109. Palghat joins which of the following
B. Dadra and Nagar Haveli states? [Stenographers’ Exam 1994]
C. Daman and Diu A. Sikkim and West Bengal
D. Lakshadweep B. Maharashtra and Gujarat
105. Among the following States of India, C. Kerala and Tamil Nadu
which one has the oldest rock formations D. Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim
in the country? [IAS 2008]
110. Which one of the following States shares
A. Assam
boundaries with the maximum number of
B. Bihar other States of India? [CPO AC 2003]
C. Karnataka A. Madhya Pradesh
D. Uttar Pradesh
B. Maharashtra
106. Consider the following state- C. Assam
ments:Among the Indian States:
D. Bihar
1. Andhra Pradesh has the longest
coastline 111. ‘Indian Standard Meridian’ passes
2. Gujarat has the highest number of through the states of UP, MP: [CDS 2000]
airports
A. AP and Karnataka
is/are correct? [IAS 2004] B. AP and Tamil Nadu
A. only 1 C. Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

B. only 2 D. Orissa and AP
C. Both 1 and 2 112. 28.38 N. and 77.12 E are the respective
D. Neither 1 nor 2 latitude and longitude of which one of the
following places? [CDS 2008]
107. In which State is the Guru Shikhar Peak
located? [IAS 2007] A. Jaipur
A. Rajasthan B. Delhi
B. Gujarat C. Lucknow
C. Madhya Pradesh D. Allahabad

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113. Which among the following is the small- C. Nathu La

est state area wise? [IAS 2003] D. Shipki La

A. Nagaland
118. The southernmost point of India is located
B. Mizoram in:
C. Meghalaya A. Kerala
D. Manipur B. Tamil Nadu
114. Match the following: [IAS 2007] C. Little Andaman
D. Great Nicobar
Valley State
A. Dzukou Valley 1. Himachal 119. “This Union Territory possesses a coastal
Pradesh stretch of about 45 km with 28 marine
fishing villages. However 45% of the pop-
B. Yumthang Valley 2. Sikkim
ulation is engaged in agriculture and allied
C. Neora Valley 3. Nagaland
products”. Which among the Territories is
D. Sangla Valley 4. West Bengal
referred passage?
A. Lakshadweep
A. A − 1, B − 2,C − 4, D − 3
B. Pondicherry
B. A − 1, B − 4,C − 2, D − 3 C. Andaman and Nicobar
C. A − 3, B − 2,C − 4, D − 1 D. Daman
D. A − 3, B − 4,C − 2, D − 1
115. Kanchipuram is in which of the following
states? [Bank PO 1993] Pass State
A. Zoji La Pass 1. Sikkim
A. Kerala B. Bara Lacha Pass 2. Uttarakhand
B. Andhra Pradesh C. Jelep La Pass 3. Himachal
C. Tamil Nadu Pradesh
D. Niti Pass 4. Jammu and
D. Karnataka Kashmir
116. Where exactly is Aksai Chin?
A. Near Leh A. A − 4, B − 1,C − 3, D − 2
B. The north-east corner of Jammu and B. A − 2, B − 3,C − 1, D − 4
Kashmir C. A − 4, B − 3,C − 1, D − 2
C. Along the Zaskar mountains D. A − 2, B − 1,C − 3, D − 4
D. South of the Siachen Glacier 121. How many States and Union Territories
are there in India? [UP PCS 2002]
117. Which one of the following Himalayan
Passes was reopened around in the mid- A. 25 States and 7 Union territories
dle of the year 2006to facilitate trade be- B. 28 States and 7 Union territories (in-
tween India and China? [IAS 2007] cluding National capital territory-1)
A. Chang La C. 24 States and 6 Union territories.
B. JaraLa D. None of the above

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122. The State with the largest area under III. Zanskar
waste land is: IV. Ladakh
A. Gujarat A. II, IV, III, I
B. Madhya Pradesh B. II, III, IV, I
C. Jammu and Kashmir C. I, II, IV, III
D. Rajasthan D. III, II, IV, I
NARAYAN CHANGDER
123. Arrange the following hill ranges in order 127. In which of the following towns does the
from north to south: LMT (Local Meridian Time) show the great-
est deviation from the 1ST (Indian Stan-
I. Nallamala Hills
dard Time)? [NDA 1991]
II. Nilgiri
III. Anaimalai A. Delhi
IV. Cardamon Hills B. Cochin
A. I, IV, III, II C. Mumbai
B. I, II, III, IV D. Kohima
C. II, I, III, IV
128. The length of India’s coastline is about:
D. I, II, IV, III [SBI 2013]
124. Most Indians belong to the group: A. 5900 km
A. Caucasoid B. 6100 km
B. Mongoloid C. 7000 km
C. Australoid D. 7500 km
D. Negroid 129. The mountain range which stretches from
Gujarat in west to Delhi in the north is
125. Match the following:
the:
District State A. Aravallis
A. Anantapur 1. Punjab B. Vindhyas
B. Bijapur 2. Rajasthan
C. Satpuras
C. Bharatpur 3. Karnataka
D. Ferozepur 4. Andhra Pradesh D. Kaimur range
130. Where are Shevaroy Hills located? [IAS

A. A − 4, B − 3,C − 2, D − 1 2007]
B. A − 4, B − 3,C − 1, D − 2 A. Andhra Pradesh
C. A − 3, B − 4,C − 1, D − 2 B. Karnataka
D. A − 3, B − 4,C − 2, D − 1 C. Kerala
D. Tamil Nadu
126. Arrange the following ranges in order as
they occur from north to south: 131. Which of the following tribes is not found
I. Pir Panjal in Central India? [IAS 2003]
II. Karakoram A. Gonds

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B. Todas 136. The Himalayan mountain system belongs

to which one of the following? [Asstt
C. Bhils
Grade 1991]

D. Munda
A. Fold mountains
132. Which one of the following statements is B. Volcanic mountains
NOT correct? [IAS 2003] C. Block mountains
A. Black cotton soil of north-west India D. None of these
was formed by the weathering of basaltic
lava rocks 137. Which one of the following does NOT lie
in Maharashtra? [UP PCS 2011]
B. Sedimentary rocks are distinguished
from other types of rocks by the presence A. Balaghat Range
of distinct layers B. Harishchandra Range
C. Granite has large crystals of quartz, C. Mandav Hills
feldspar and mica in it D. Satmala Hills
D. A metamorphic rock is softer and less
138. If the usual rule of calculation of time
compact than its original type
were applied for the extremes of Gu-
133. Mac Mohan Line demarcates the bound- jrat and Arunachal Pradesh, then approxi-
ary between: mately time: [CPO AC 2003]
A. at Gujarat would be ahead of that at
A. India and Pakistan
Arunachal Pradesh by about 3 hours
B. India and China
B. at Gujarat would be ahead of that at
C. India and Nepal Arunachal Pradesh by about 2 hours
D. India and Bangladesh C. at Arunachal Pradesh would be ahead
of that at Gujarat by about 3 hours
134. The ‘Mahe region’ located on the west- D. at Arunachal Pradesh would be ahead
ern coast of India is politically a part of of that at Gujarat by about 2 hours
the Union Territory of: [NDA 2002]
A. Dadra and Nagar Haveli 139. The hill range that separates the state
of Manipur from the state of Nagaland is
B. Diu and Daman known as: [CDS 2009]
C. Lakshadweep A. Arakan hills
D. Pondicherry B. Patkai hills
C. Barail hills
135. Which one of the following States does
not form border with Bangladesh? [UP D. Manipu
PCS 2002]
140. Out of the four southern States:Andhra
A. Meghalaya Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil
Nadu, which shares boundaries with the
B. Tripura
maximum number of Indian States? [IAS
C. Manipur 2007]
D. Mizoram A. Andhra Pradesh only

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B. Karnataka only 3. It is the home of the Indian Wild Ass

C. Each of Andhra Pradesh and Kar- 4. It is a unique land formation support-
nataka ing several singular species of fauna
D. Each of Tamil Nadu and Kerala A. 1, 2 and 3

B. 2, 3 and 4
C. 1, 3 and 4
Tribes Area D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
NARAYAN CHANGDER
A. Angamis 1.Meghalaya
145. Nine Degree Channel separates: [CDS
B. Todas 2.Tamil Nadu
2001]
C. Moplahs 3. Kerala
D. Birhors 4. Nagaland A. Car Nicobar and Great Nicobar
E. Khasis 5. Madhya Pradesh B. Lakshadweep and Minicoy
C. Little Andaman and Car Nicobar
A. A − 4, B − 2,C − 3, D − 5, E − 1 D. North Andaman and South Andaman
B. A − 5, B − 4,C − 3, D − 2, E − 1 146. The capital of Lakshadweep is: [Stenog-
C. A − 4, B − 3,C − 5, D − 1, E − 2 raphers’ Exam 1990]
D. A − 2, B − 5,C − 4, D − 3, E − 1 A. Port Blair
142. Between which one of the following pairs B. Silvassa

of islands is Duncan Passage located? [IAS C. Aizawl
2008] D. Kavaratti
A. South Andaman and Little Andaman
147. Which of the following sets of cities is lo-
B. Little Andaman and Car Nicobar Island cated on the reference longitude for Indian
standard time?
C. Car Nicobar Island and Little Nicobar A. Bangalore-Varanasi
Island
B. Chennai-Varanasi
D. Little Nicobar Island and Great Nico-
C. Kakinanda-Pondicherry
bar Island
D. Pondicherry-Varanasi
143. The percentage of literates in India is:
148. Among the following States, which one
A. almost equal among males and fe-
has the largest forest area? [IAS 2008]
males
A. Gujarat
B. lower among males than females
B. Karnataka
C. higher among males than females
C. Orissa
D. lower in urban areas than in rural ar-
eas D. Tamil Nadu
144. Which of the following is/are correct 149. The largest population of Scheduled
about the Rann of Kachchh? Tribes is in:
1. It is a flat saline marsh land A. Himachal Pradesh

2. It is in Rajasthan B. Madhya Pradesh

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C. Arunachal Pradesh A. I, II and III

D. Sikkim B. I and II

C. I, II, III and IV
150. Ten Degree Channel is between: [CDS
2011] D. I, III and IV
A. Dover and Calais 154. The Konkan Coast stretches between:
B. Alaska and Russia A. Goa and Cochin
C. Little Andaman and Car Nicobar B. Goa and Mumbai
D. North Korea and South Korea C. Goa and Daman
D. Goa and Diu
151. Arrange the following Himalayan peaks
in order as they occur from west to east: 155. Why is it that the Himalayan region is
I. Kanchenjunga poor in mineral resources?
II. Mt. Everest A. Displacement of rock strata has dis-
III. Nanda Devi turbed the arrangement of rocks and
IV. Dhaulagiri made it complex
A. I, II, III, IV B. It is made up of crystalline rock
B. I, II, IV, III C. the terrain makes exploitation of min-
C. III, II, I, IV erals difficult
D. III, IV, II, I D. The climatic conditions are not suit-

able, for exploitation of minerals
152. With which of the following countries has
156. The two volcanic islands in the Indian ter-
India no boundary?
ritory are: [CDS 2002]
A. Nepal
A. Kavaratti and New Moor
B. Mongolia
B. Bitra and Kavaratti
C. Myanmar C. Pamban and Barren
D. Bhutan D. Narcondam and Barren
153. Which of the following are true with re- 157. A rift valley is formed mainly due to:
spect to the Indian Peninsular Plateau? [NDA 2003]
I. The southern plateau block is formed A. forces of tension in the earth’s crust
mainly of granites and gneiss
B. the subsidence of the floor of a river
II. The Deccan lava plateau is an ele-
valley
vated tableland consisting of hori-
zontally arranged lava sheets C. the valley formed after the formation
III. The Malwa plateau dominates the of fold mountains
Vindhyan scarps forming the north- D. the deepening of a valley by ice action
ern flank of the plateau
IV. The troughs of the Narmada and the 158. Which one of the following statements is
Tapti are interposed between the wrong regarding the “Vale of Kashmir”?
Vindhyan and the Satpura ranges. [CDS 2002]

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A. It is a synclinal valley 1. The continental shelves of Lakshad-

B. It is situated ‘between the Pir Panjal weep are originated due to coral
Range and the Lesser Himalayas reefs.
2. The continental shelves of western
C. It is drained by the river Jhelum coast are due to faulting and sub-
D. Previously it was a bed of a great lake, mergence.
subsequently uplifted. Which of the statement(s) given above
is/are correct? [IAS 2009]
NARAYAN CHANGDER
159. The Karakoram Highway connects which
of the following pairs of countries? [Bank A. 1 only
PO 1991] B. 2 only
A. India-Nepal C. Both 1 and 2
B. India-China D. Neither 1 nor 2
C. India-Pakistan 164. Which of the following latitudes passes
D. China-Pakistan through India? [RRB 1994]
A. Equator
160. Which one of the following pairs of states
and tribes is not correctly matched? [IAS B. Arctic Circle
1999] C. Tropic of Capricorn
A. Assam:Miri D. Tropic of Cancer
B. Nagaland:Konyak
165. The Himalayas are generally divided into
C. Arunachal Pradesh:Apatani three ranges which do not include:
D. Madhya Pradesh:Lambada A. Siwalik
161. Which of the following is the capital of B. Greater Himalayas

the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar C. Karakoram
Haveli? [UTI 1993]
D. Lesser Himalayas
A. Dadra
166. The new alluvial deposits found in the
B. Nagar Haveli Gangetic plain are known as: [CDS 2001]
C. Kavaratti A. bhabar
D. Silvassa B. bhangar
162. Which of the following States has the C. khadar
largest number of people belonging to D. terai
Scheduled Caste? [BPSC 2011]
167. To which group do the tribals of central
A. Bihar
and southern India belong?
B. West Bengal
A. Proto-Australoids
C. Uttar Pradesh
B. Negritos
D. Punjab
C. Mongoloids
163. Consider the following statements: D. Brachycephals

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168. Which of the following is not true with 172. The Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar
regard to the coastal plains of India? Haveli lies between which of the following
states of India? [UDC 1993]

A. The west coast has a narrow alluvial
margin interspersed by hilly terrain A. Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
B. The eastern coast has a wide plain B. Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh
with well-developed deltas of the major C. Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra
rivers
D. Gujarat and Maharashtra
C. The west coast has little indentation
except towards the south 173. Which one of the following sequences in
the ascending order of their geographical
D. The west and east coasts, have the
size is correct? [CDS 2003]
same alluvial features
A. Bihar-Chhattisgarh-Jharkhand-Orissa
169. Zozila Pass connects: [IFS 1989]
B. Jharkhand-West Bengal-Tamil Nadu-
A. Kashmir and Tibet Chattisgarh
B. Nepal and Tibet C. West Bengal-Bihar-Chhattisgarh-Tamil
C. Leh and Kargil Nadu
D. Leh and Snnagar D. Chhattisgrah-Jharkhand-Tamil Nadu -
Orissa
170. The Eastern Coast of India is known as:
[I.Tax & Central Excise 1992] 174. Which one of the following shows the
correct sequence of occurrence of the fol-
A. Eastern Plateau lowing towns/cities as one proceeds from
B. Bengal Coast west to east?
C. Coromandal Coast A. Ajmer, Darbhanga, Kohima, Sikhar
D. Cyclonic Coast B. Surat, Ward ha, Rourkela, Bharuch
C. Pandharpur, Gulbarga, Kottagudem,
Vishakhapatnam
Mountain passes in States D. Anand, Rajkot, Dhanbad, Aizawl
Himalayas
175. Maharashtrian Plateau is made up of:
A. Changla 1. Arunachal
[I.Tax & Central Excise 1992]
Pradesh
B. Shipkila 2. Himachal A. alluvial soil
Pradesh B. coral reef
C. Zozila 3. Jammu and
C. sandstone
Kashmir
D. Bomdila D. lava
176. The smallest Union Territory is:

A. A − 3, B − 2,C − 3, D − 1 A. Chandigarh
B. A − 3, B − 2,C − 4, D − 1 B. Pondicherry
C. A − 2, B − 3,C − 4, D − 1 C. Lakshadweep
D. A − 3, B − 1,C − 4, D − 2 D. Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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177. In India, how many States share the 182. What separates Daman and Diu? [RRB
coastline? [IAS 2008] 1993]
A. 7 A. Narmada River
B. 8 B. Gulf of Khambat
C. 9 C. Gir Hills
D. 10 D. Tapti River
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178. Which one of the following mountains 183. What is the name of the highest summit
is not the part of Eastern Ghats? [IAS of Nilgiri Hills? [Asstt Comm 2008]
2003] A. Coonoor-betta
A. Sheravoy hills B. Anaimudi
B. Javadi hills C. Doda-betta
C. Nallamala hills D. Vellangiri
D. Elamalai hills 184. The oldest inhabitants of India are consid-
ered to be:
179. Amritsar and Shimla are almost on the
same latitude, but their climate difference A. Mongoloids
is due to [BPSC 2011] B. Negritoes
A. the difference in their altitudes C. Indo-Aryans
B. their distance from sea D. Mediterraneans
C. snowfall in Shimla
185. The climate of India is mainly tropical be-
D. pollution in Amritsar cause: [CDS 2002]
180. Which one of the following statements is A. of the location of the Himalayas in its
not correct? [IAS 2005] North
A. The Western Ghats are relatively B. major part of India lies within the trop-
higher in their northern region ics
B. The Anal Mudi is the highest peak in C. of the overpowering influence of India
the Western Ghats Ocean
C. Tapi river lies to the south of Satpura D. of the seasonal influence of jet
streams
D. The Narmada and the Tapi river valleys
are said to be old rift valleys 186. Bhutan is surrounded by which of the fol-
lowing Indian States? [CDS 2004]
181. Which one of the following States in India
A. Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, West Ben-
has the broadest continental shelf? [IAS
gal, Sikkim
2008]
B. Assam, Mizoram, West Bengal, Bihar
A. Andhra Pradesh
C. Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, West
B. Gujarat
Bengal, Bihar
C. Karnataka D. Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Bihar,
D. Tamil Nadu Meghalaya

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187. The highest peak in South India is: 192. The latitudes that pass through Sikkim
A. Doda Betta also pass through [IAS 2010]

B. Makurti A. Rajasthan
C. Analmudi B. Punjab
D. None of these C. Himachal Pradesh

D. Jammu & Kashmir
188. India is the seventh largest country in the
world and it covers a total area of approx- 193. Consider the following statements re-
imately: [Railway 2012] garding Andaman and Nicobar Islands:
A. 2700000 sq.km 1. It enjoys equatorial climate
B. 3000000 sq.km 2. This is the only place in India where
a volcano is located
C. 3200000 sq.km 3. This is the only place in India where
D. 3600000 sq.km coral bed is found
189. Which one of the following is the correct
is/are correct? [NDA 2010]
sequence of the given hills starting from
the north and going towards the south? A. 1, 2 and 3
[IAS 2005] B. 1 and 2
A. Nallamalai Hills-Nilgiri Hills-Javadi C. 2 and 3
Hilis-Anaimalai Hills
D. 1 only
B. Anaimalai Hills-Javadi Hills-Nilgiri
Hills-Nallamalai Hills 194. Match the following:
C. Nallamalai Hills-Javadi Hills-Nilgiri
Hills-Anaimalai Hills A. Bhabar 1. Younger alluvium
B. Terai 2. It is very porous
D. Anaimalai Hills-Nilgiri Hills-Javadi C. Bhangar 3. Has thick forest
Hills-Nallamalai Hills and wild life
190. The Tropic of Cancer passes through: D. Khadar 4. Older alluvium
[NDA 2004]
A. Bihar A. A − 2, B − 3,C − 4, D − 1
B. Gujarat B. A − 1, B − 2,C − 3, D − 4
C. Uttar Pradesh C. A − 4, B − 3,C − 2, D − 1
D. Orissa D. A − 4, B − 3,C − 1, D − 2
191. Which of the following towns is located 195. Which of the following mountain passes
at easternmost? [IAS 2003] lies outside India?
A. Bokaro A. Khyber
B. Jamshedpur B. Bomdila
C. Patna C. Bara Lacha La
D. Ranchi D. Shipkila

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196. Among the following Union Territories C. Karnataka

of India, which one has the largest size? D. Tamil Nadu
[CDS 2002]
A. Pondicherry 198. The large States of India in the order of
area are [BPSC 2011]
B. Lakshadweep
A. Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maha-
C. Daman and Diu rashtra
D. Chandigarh B. Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maha-
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rashtra
197. Which one among the following States is
C. Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya
smallest in area? [IAS 2003]
Pradesh
A. Andhra Pradesh
D. Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Ra-
B. Gujarat jasthan

2. Location and structure of India
1. Through which state of India, the standard 5. a special feature of the malabar coast
meridian does not pass? A. delta
A. Uttar Pradesh B. lagoon
B. Chhatisgarh C. kayals
C. Madhya Pradesh D. coastal plain
D. Tamilnadu
6. My friend hails from a country which does
2. India Is a vast country with states not share land boundary with India. Iden-
tify the country.
A. 28
A. Bhutan
B. 26
B. Bangladesh
C. 29
C. Nepal
D. 30
D. Tajakistan
3. The landmass of India is million square
7. A landmass surrounded by water on three
kilometres
sides is called a
A. 7.68 A. Island
B. 8.54 B. Plateau
C. 3.28 C. Peninsula
D. 9.59 D. None of these
4. What is the name of the southernmost 8. The is the only ocean to be named after
point of India a country
A. kanyakumari A. Artic ocean
B. Indira point B. Indian ocean
C. Ghuar mota point C. Pacific ocean
D. none of these D. Antarctic ocean

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9. india contributes about of the area of 15. Uttarkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West
the world Bengal and Sikkim have common frontiers
A. 2.4% with-
B. 2.5% A. China
C. 3.4% B. Bhutan
D. 12% C. Nepal
D. Myanmar
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10. Thar desert is the largest desert in the
world 16. Himalayan rivers are
A. 18th A. Perennial
B. 17th B. Seasonal
C. 14th C. Normal
D. 11th D. none of above
11. Which channel separates India and Sri 17. From where does Standard Meridian of In-
Lanka dia pass through?
A. Gulf of mannar A. Varanasi
B. Palk straight B. Mathura
C. Panama C. Mirzapur
D. Jawahar channel D. Agra
12. Mawsynram is located in which of the fol- 18. Easternmost state of India
lowing hills? A. Assam
A. Garo hill B. Arruranchal Pradesh
B. Khasi hill C. Gujrat
C. Jaintia hill D. Tripura
D. Shillong hill
19. Which country has a longest coastline on
13. India has union territories . the Indian Ocean?
A. 5 A. Asia
B. 7 B. India
C. 6 C. Africa
D. 10 D. Pakistan
14. From which States does the Western 20. The south east in india is protected by
Coastal Plains Start and ends ?
A. Kerala to Maharashtra A. Arabian sea
B. Punjab To Sikkim B. Indian Ocean
C. Kerala To Gujarat C. Bay of Bengal
D. Tamil Nadu to West Bengal D. Ganga river

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21. Bay of Bengal:Andaman Nicobar Islands, 27. What is the length of the land boundary of
Arabian sea: India?

A. Lakshdweep islands A. 14, 800 km
B. Narkondam island B. 15, 200 km
C. Maldive islands C. 15, 580 km
D. Barreu islands D. 14, 200 km
22. Which parallel of latitude divides India into 28. The Maldives islands are situated in South
almost two equal parts? of island
A. Tropic of Cancer A. Andaman
B. Tropic of Ca[pricorn B. Nicobar
C. Equator C. Lakshadweep
D. None of these D. Sri Lanka
23. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through 29. Which is the largest island in the India?
A. Great Nicobar
A. Rajasthan
B. Andaman
B. Chhattisgarh
C. Lakshadweep
C. Odisha
D. none
D. Tripura
30. Which best describes the climate of much
24. longest river in the peninsular india
of Southwest Asia?
A. godavari
A. Hot and dry
B. kaveri
B. Windy and cold
C. krishna
C. Tropical and rainy
D. gomti
D. Moderate and cool
25. Due to longitudinal difference, there is a
difference of two hours in the local times- 31. Which is the western most longitude of In-
between extreme places, which can be dia?
those places? A. 68◦ 8’E
A. Ahmedabad to Itanagar B. 68◦ 7’E
B. Dwarka to Dibrugadh C. 68◦ 5’E
C. Leh to Kanniyakumari D. 68◦ 6’E
D. Porbandar to Silcher
32. Which longitude is taken as the Standard
26. Name the Southernmost point of India. Meridian of India?
A. Kanyakumari A. 82◦ 30’E
B. Thiruvanantapuram B. 8◦ 4’N
C. Kavarati C. 37◦ 6’N
D. Indira point D. 97◦ 25’E

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33. What is the total land Frontier of India? 39. Smallest state in India
A. 15, 210 km A. Kerala
B. 15, 200km B. Goa
C. 15, 450km C. Puducherry
D. 15, 300km D. none of above
40. Which Indian state shares its border with

34. When did the Suez Canal open for the In-
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Nepal, Bhutan and China?
ternational Trade?
A. Arunachal Pradesh
A. In 1869
B. West Bengal
B. In 1969
C. Assam
C. In 1769
D. Sikkim
D. In 2016
41. Which country shares land boundaries
35. The smallest state in India is . with India in the west?
A. Goa A. China
B. Uttarakhand B. Pakistan
C. Tripura C. Bhutan
D. Sikkim D. Nepal
42. Which of the following water bodies sepa-

36. narrow valleys in shiwalik are called rates Sri Lanka from India?
A. hill station A. Palk Strait and Gulf of Khambat
B. plain B. Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar
C. coastal area C. Gulf of Mannar and 10◦ Channel
D. duns D. 10◦ Channel and Gulf of Khambat
37. Number of states & Union Territories in In- 43. Which is the southern most point of the
dia at present? main landmass of India?
A. 28 & 7 A. Indra point
B. 27 & 8 B. Kavarati
C. 28 & 9 C. Kanniyakumari
D. Mahe
D. 26 & 9
44. What can be considered as a part of north-
38. which latitude passes through india? ern and eastern hemisphere?
A. equator A. Maldiv
B. tropic of cancer B. India
C. tropic of capricorn C. Afghanistan
D. prime meridian D. Shri lanka

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45. Canada and U.S. can be reached through C. 82 degree 30’ E

the waterway via strait of Malacca of
D. 82 degree 32’ W
andPacific ocean.

A. Sri Lanka 51. Name the gulf which separates India from
B. South Africa Sri Lanka.
C. Indonesia A. The Palk Strait

D. Alaska B. Gulf of Mammar
46. In which year did ‘Indira Point’ submerge C. Gulf of Kutchh

under water due to tsunami? D. Gulf of Khambat
A. 2003
52. The sun rays fall vertically on the tropic of
B. 2014 cancer on
C. 2004
A. 21 June
D. 2013
B. 22 December
47. the group of islands lying in the arabian C. 21 March
sea.
D. 22 July
A. andaman and nicobar
B. lakshadweep 53. Which one of the following is not a land
C. port blair locked country with India?
D. none of above A. Pakistan

B. Nepal
48. When was Indira point submerged under
water? C. Bhutan
A. In 2005 D. Sri Lanka
B. In 2007
54. What is the area of landmass of India?
C. In 2004
A. 2.38 Million Sq KM
D. In 2002
B. 3.28 Million Sq KM
49. Name island group of india lies to its south
east? C. 4.38 Million Sq KM
A. lakshadweep D. 2.28 Million Sq KM

B. maldives 55. What is the time difference between the
C. sri lanka Western most and Eastern most states of
India?
D. andaman & nicobar island
A. 1 hour
50. Standard Meridian of India is how much
km? B. 1:30min
A. 80 degree 30’ E C. 30 min
B. 82 dergee 30’ W D. 2 hours

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56. why can’t we see the indira point any- 62. Number of states in our country
more? A. 29
A. tsunami B. 28
B. earthquake C. 30
C. it is not open for tourists D. None
D. none of above
63. Where do you find Malabar coast?
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57. The countries larger than India in terms of A. Andhra Pradesh
area in which one is not included.
B. Odisha
A. Russia and Canada
C. Kerala
B. Brazil and Australia
D. Telangana
C. U.S. and China
D. Africa and Austria 64. india has trade conections with:
A. europe
58. What is highest point in India
B. africa
A. The Alphs
C. southeast and east asia
B. Namcha Barwa
D. all of these
C. Everest
D. Kanchunjunga 65. Which neighboring country of India was
last to be formed? (Newest neighboring
59. The Easternmost longitude of India is country)
A. 77degree 6’ E A. Afganistan
B. 82 degree 32’E B. Srilanka
C. 68 degree 7’E C. Bhutan
D. 97 degree 25’E D. Bangladesh
60. Which is the most abundant factor of pro- 66. What is the total length of India from
duction in India? Ladakh to Kanniyakumari?
A. Land A. 3214km
B. Capital B. 2933km
C. Labour C. 3124km
D. Tools and Machines D. 2399km
61. India’s neighbors across the sea 67. official name of india
A. Pakistan and Srilanka A. bharat
B. Maldives and Srilanka B. republic of india
C. Srilanka and Bangladesh C. india
D. none of above D. hindustan

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68. in which state is the great indian desert 74. Which one of the following is not situated
located on the Bay of Bengal?

A. rajasthan A. West Bengal
B. madhya pradesh B. Odisha
C. haryana C. Tamil Nadu
D. punjab D. Goa
69. Name the group islands lying in the Ara- 75. The Seuz Canal has reduced the distance
bian Sea. between India and Europe by
A. Andaman Nicobar A. 1500 km
B. Lakshadweep B. 6500 km
C. Port blair C. 7000 km
D. All of these D. 6900 km
70. Geographically passes through the cen- 76. Tick the countries larger than India.
tre of India that divides country into two
parts. A. Russia
A. Tropic of capricorn B. Canada
B. Equator C. USA
C. Tropic of cancer D. All of these
D. Equatorain line 77. Largest State of India is
71. The Northern Plains are known as the A. Mumbai
of India. B. Delhi
A. Food Bowl C. Rajasthan
B. Heart of India D. None of these
C. Great Desert
78. What is the distance between ehe north-
D. none of above ernmost part and the southernmost part
72. Highest peak in Karakorum range of India?
A. Godwin Austin A. 3, 214 KM
B. Kancenjunga B. 2, 933 KM
C. Nanda devi C. 3, 314 KM
D. none of above D. 2, 033 KM
73. Which mountain lies in the Northern Re- 79. North of India:China, to the North-West of
gion of India . India:
A. Mount Everest A. Bangladesh
B. Kangchenjunga B. Pakistan
C. Jebel Ali C. Sri Lanka
D. none of above D. Nepal

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80. India lies in which hemisphere? 86. India is situated in the part of Asia
A. Northern Hemisphere A. Northern
B. Southern Hemisphere B. Southern
C. Western Hemisphere C. Eastern
D. None of these D. Western
81. Which of these are one of the Physical Di- 87. On what basis it can be said that India has
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visions of India . become a ‘cultural confluence’?
A. The Coastal Plains A. Impartiality towards all religions, peo-
B. The Islands ple and races
C. all of these B. Partiality towards religion
D. The Indian Desert. C. Secularism
D. Similar interest
82. Which is the largest state of India in terms
of area? 88. What is the size of India among the coun-
A. Madhya Pradesh tries of the world?
B. Rajasthan A. 17th
C. Uttar Pradesh B. 7th
D. Maharastra C. 27th
83. The highest mountain ranges in the world D. 6th

is
89. What is the north-south extend of India?
A. Mount Kanchenjunga
A. 3241 km
B. Mount Everest
B. 2933 km
C. Mount Himalayas
C. 3214 km
D. none of above
D. 3213 km
84. Shipki La pass is in
90. Hills in Purvanchal ranges
A. Arunanchal Pradesh
A. Mizo and Naga hills
B. Himanchal Pradesh
B. Tivo and Ladang
C. Madhya Pradesh
C. Mizo and AnaiMudi
D. none of above
D. none of above
85. Name the states of india through which
tropic of cancer doesn’t pass? 91. The great Indian desert is also called .
A. madhya pradesh A. Thar desert
B. uttar pradesh B. Sahara desert
C. haryana C. Atacama desert
D. west bengal D. Gobi desert

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92. Second most populated country in the 98. The Gulfs located along Gujarat coast are
world is i)Gulf of Mannerii)Gulf of Kachch-
hiii)Gulf of Khambat

A. China
B. India A. (i) and (ii)
C. Russia B. (i) and (iii)
D. U.S.A C. (ii) and (iii)
D. (i), (ii) and (iii)
93. India has accepted all arriving from
outside; these have merged into Indianso- 99. Which ocean/sea does not touch India’s
ciety. boundries?
A. Antisocial elements A. Bay of bengal
B. Cultural elements B. Arabian sea
C. Constitutional elements C. Pasific ocean
D. Environmental elements D. Indian Ocean
94. India is protected by the in the north 100. The east-west extend of India is .
A. Armies A. 3000 km
B. Himalayas B. 2933 km
C. Bay of Bengal
C. 3098 km
D. Indian Ocean
D. 2910 km
95. About % of the Thar Desert is located
101. India is the largest country in the
in India
world
A. 85 %
A. 5
B. 96 %
B. 7
C. none of these
C. 6
D. none of above
D. 17
96. tropic of cancer divides the the country
into 102. Which among the following states is the
third largest state of India (in area)?
A. 1 half
A. Maharashtra
B. 2 halves
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. nothing, it passes over india
C. Karnataka
D. none of these
D. Madhya Pradesh
97. Uttarkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and
Sikkim have common frointer with 103. highest peak in the indian himalayas
A. China A. mt. Everest
B. Bhutan B. karakoram
C. Nepal C. kanchenjunga
D. Myanmar D. nanda devi

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104. From Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh the 110. the total land mass of india?
time lag is A. 3.20 million km2
A. 2 hrs 35 min B. 3.28 million km2
B. 2 hrs 10 min C. 3.38 million km2
C. 2 hrs D. 10 million km2
D. 2 hrs 15 min
111. sub-division of a district into smaller ad-
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105. Name the two states of India which are ministrative units is called
part of Indian Desert. A. state
A. Gujarat and Rajasthan B. district
B. Rajasthan and Jaisalmer C. tehsil
C. Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh D. city
D. Bihar and West Bengal 112. Which one of these is an important island
106. From which one of the following India of India
doesn’t share its land boundary? A. Andaman and Nicobar islands
A. Pakistan B. Bay of Bengal
B. China C. Arabian Sea
C. Brazil D. All of these
D. Bhutan 113. Architectural styles of dome and miner-
ate came from which part of Asia to india?
107. When was the Seuz Canal opened?
A. East
A. In 1869
B. West
B. In 1859
C. North
C. In 1868
D. South
D. In 1858
114. Which conditions have contributed im-
108. What is the longitudinal extent of India? mensely towards the development and
A. 68◦ 7’E to 97◦ 25’E progress ofIndian culture?
B. 7◦ 68’E to 25◦ 97’E A. Current condition
C. 8◦ 4’E and 37◦ 6’E B. Geographical condition
D. 8◦ 4’N and 37◦ 6’N C. Cultural condition
D. Immediate condition
109. Which of the following pairs, is incorrect
as a neighbour of India? 115. in tibet, brahmaputra river is known as
A. China-North A. gandak
B. Afghanistan-North-West B. kosi
C. Nepal-North-East C. gomti
D. Bangladesh-West D. tsangpo

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116. ranges found along the eastern side of in- 122. The latitudinal as well as longitudinal ex-
dia are called tents of India are almost equal, which is-
about

A. purvanchal ranges
A. 30◦
B. the himachal
B. 29◦
C. the himadri
C. 23◦ .30’
D. the shiwalik
D. 82◦ .30’
117. The standard meridian of India is .
123. India is located in hemisphere?
A. 82◦ 30’N
A. Southern
B. 82◦ 30’E
B. Northern
C. 82◦ 30’W
C. Western
D. 82◦ 30’S
D. None
118. This river is the key water source for Is-
rael, Lebanon, and Syria: 124. Which two Island countries are India’s
neighbours?
A. Tigris River
A. Sri Lanka and Maldives
B. Euphrates River
B. Arabian sea and Maldives
C. Jordan River
C. Both A and B
D. Suez Canal
D. None of these
119. India and Srilanka are seperated by
125. name the largest state in india
A. palk strait
A. madhya pradesh
B. MacMohan B. bihar
C. Bering strait C. rajasthan
D. none of above D. kerala
120. Southern most tip of mainland of India 126. In which water body is Lakshadweep is-
A. Indira point lands located?
B. Cape comorin A. Indian Ocean
C. Nilgiri B. Bay of Bengal
D. none of above C. Arabian Sea
D. Gulf of Mannar
121. Rajasthan receives very less rainfall be-
cause of 127. the northern plains are also called
A. The lack of monsoon winds A. the ganga basin
B. Location of Aravali hills B. indo-ganga brahmaputra plain
C. Because of Himalayas C. the rajasthan plain
D. None of the above D. the indus basin

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128. what is the shape of the peninsular 134. In which sea the Andaman and Nicobar
plateau in india island is located?
A. round A. Arabian Sea
B. triangle B. Pacific Ocean
C. square C. Indian Ocean
D. spherical D. Bay of Bengal
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129. degrees 30 minutes east is the 135. what is the capital of bihar?
A. greenwich meridian A. ranchi
B. standard meridian of india B. patna
C. standard meridian C. bhopal
D. just another latitude (or a longitude) D. raipur
130. What influences the duration of the day 136. A man-made structure that connects the
and night as one moves from south to Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea:
north?
A. Gaza Strip
A. longitudinal extent
B. Suez Canal
B. latitudinal extent
C. Persian Gulf
C. standard meridian
D. Panama Canal
D. none of these
137. What is the latitudinal extent of India?
131. Lakshadweep is located in
A. 8 degree 4’N and 37 degree 6’N
A. Arabian sea
B. Bay of Bengal B. 8 degree 6’ N & 36 degree 6’ N
C. Indian ocean C. 8 degree 4’ E & 37 degree. 6’ E
D. Atlantic ocean D. None of these
132. Tropic of cancer does not passes through 138. THE WINDS THAT BLOW FROM RA-
JASTHAN IN SUMMER ARE CALLED AS
A. Rajasthan A. DHUP
B. Haryana B. LOO
C. Tripura C. WHOOO
D. Madhya pradesh D. HOT
133. Which of the following countries is larger 139. Which is the southernmost latitude of In-
in area than India? dia?
A. Canada A. 8◦ 4’N
B. England B. 8◦ 4’S
C. Pakistan C. 6◦ 4’S
D. Thailand D. 6◦ 4’N

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140. the jammu-kashmir highway passes C. 37◦ 6’E

through D. 97◦ 25’E

A. shipki la pass
143. In 1869, due to starting of suez canal the
B. nathu la pass distance between India and Europe has re-
C. banihal pass duced by about kilometers.
D. bomdi la pass A. 7000
141. latitudinal and logitudinal extent of the B. 3214
mainland is about C. 2933
A. 30 degrees D. 3000
B. 40 degrees
144. Which States of India are largest and
C. 10 degrees smallest according to the area?
D. 20 degrees A. Rajasthan & Madhya Pradesh
142. Name the easternmost longitude of India. B. Madhya Pradesh & Sikkim
A. 68.7’E C. Goa & Rajasthan
B. 8◦ 4’E D. Rajasthan & Goa
2.1 Evolution of India’s geological structure

1. a plate boundary where two plates move D. North American plate
past each other in opposite directions
4. The distance that rock travels along a fault
A. transform boundary is called
B. seafloor spreading A. Dip
C. convergent boundary B. Slip
D. divergent boundary C. Joint
2. boundary between two tectonic plates D. All of the above

that are moving away from each other 5. Most earthquakes:
A. convergent boundary A. Result in rock formation
B. divergent boundary B. Result in the trahssob
C. transform boundary C. Occur at plate boundaries
D. Ring of Fire D. None of the above
3. tectonic plate that includes the continents 6. What type of stress pushes the rock in two
of Europe and Asia as well as several sub- opposite directions?
oceanic basins A. tension
A. African plate B. shearing
B. Eurasian plates C. compression
C. Indo-Australian plate D. uniform

7. As a rule, rocks are laid down horizon- C. Convergent boundary

tally.
D. Subduction boundary
A. Metamorphic
B. Sedimentary 13. Transform boundary
C. Both A and B A. Earthquake
D. None of the above B. Volcano

C. Mountain
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8. the formation of new ocean crust as a re-
sult of magma pushing upward and out- D. Ocean basin
ward from Earth’s mantle to the surface.
14. section of the lithosphere that slowly
A. seafloor spreading
moves over the asthenosphere, driven by
B. Ring of Fire convection currents in the mantle.
C. continental drift (Pangea) A. subduction
D. geological event B. fault
9. tectonic plate that includes the continental C. plate tectonics
crust of Africa and the surrounding oceanic D. boundary
crust .
A. boundary 15. What type of stress pulls on the crust,
stretching the rock?
B. African plate
A. tension
C. Eurasian plates
D. Indo-Australian plate B. shearing
C. compression
10. a tectonic plate boundary where two
plates collide, come together, or crash into D. uniform
each other
16. What type of stress squeezes the rock un-
A. divergent boundary til it folds or breaks?
B. transform boundary A. tension
C. convergent boundary
B. shearing
D. continental drift (Pangea)
C. compression
11. What type of stress creates folds? D. uniform
A. Tension
17. tectonic plate that includes the continental
B. Shearing
crust of Greenland, North America, Siberia,
C. Compression and the surrounding oceanic crust.
D. No stress A. North American plate
12. Ocean basin B. South American plate
A. Transform boundary C. Pacific plate
B. Divergent boundary D. Eurasian plates

18. tectonic plate that includes the continen- 23. The classic location to see “layer cake ge-
tal crust of South America and the oceanic ology” is:
crust extending to the Mid-Atlantic ridge.

A. The Himalayas
A. Pacific plate B. Hawaii
B. North American plate C. The Grand Canyon
C. South American plate D. The Central Valley
D. Indo-Australian plate 24. What is stress?
A. a force that acts on a rock to change
19. the hypothesis that states that the con-
its shape or volume
tinents once formed a single landmass,
broke up, and drifted to their present lo- B. a headache
cations C. a force that acts on food to change its
A. Ring of Fire shape or volume
D. pressure
B. geological event
C. continental drift (Pangea) 25. Mountain
A. Transform boundary
D. plate tectonics
B. Divergent boundary
20. A fracture with no movement on either C. Convergent boundary
side is a
D. Subduction boundary
A. Joint
26. tectonic plate that includes the continental
B. Fold crust of India and Australia and the sur-
C. Fault rounding oceanic crust.
D. Dip A. Eurasian plates
B. North American plate
21. tectonic plate that is composed entirely of
C. Indo-Australian plate
oceanic crust and lies beneath the Pacific
Ocean . D. South American plate
A. Pacific plate 27. The angle of a fault relative to horizontal

is called
B. South American plate
A. Dip
C. North American plate
B. Slip
D. Indo-Australian plate
C. Joint
22. a change to the structure of the earth by D. All of the above
tectonic activities
28. the place where two tectonic plates meet
A. geological event
A. fault
B. plate tectonics B. African plate
C. continental drift (Pangea) C. boundary
D. Ring of Fire D. Eurasian plates

29. The initial point in the crust where the B. Epicenter

rocks rupture in an earthquake is called the C. Seismic Zone
D. All of the above
A. Breaking point
B. Focus 31. Which of the following is NOT a type of
C. Epicenter geological stress?
D. Focal Point A. transform
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B. tension
30. What is the point on the land surface that
is directly above the focus? C. compression
A. Percicenter D. shearing

3. Physiographic division of India
3.1 Himalayan Mountains

1. Which part of himalaya is snow bound 5. What are lesser himalayas known as
A. Himadri A. Himadri
B. Shiwaliks B. Purvanchal
C. Himachal C. Shiwaliks
D. None of the above D. Himachal
2. The easternmost state of India. 6. Which range consists of the famous valley
A. Nagaland of Kashmir, the Kangra and Kullu Valley in
Himachal Pradesh?
B. Arunachal Pradesh
A. Mahabharat
C. Manipur
B. Dhauladhar
D. Tripure
C. Pir Panjal
3. I am the highest peak in the world. Who D. None of these
am I?
A. Mount K2 7. The Himalayan Mountains run in an di-
rection.
B. Mount Everest
A. East West
C. Mount Kanchenjunga
B. North South
D. none of above
C. None of the above
4. How many years ago did the Indian Plate D. none of above
and Eurasian Plate collide?
A. 50 Million 8. Which ranges are composed of unconsoli-
dated sediments brought down by rivers
B. 109 Million from the main Himalayan ranges located
C. 69 Million farther north?
D. 3 Million A. Himadri

3.1 Himalayan Mountains 42
B. Himanchal B. west-east
C. Shivalik C. south-north
D. Northern Plains D. east-west
9. Which range of Himalaya remain covered 15. Himadri is also known as

with snow throughout the year? A. Himachal
A. Shiwalik B. Sikkim
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B. Himadri C. Greater Himalayas
C. Himachal D. Shivalik
D. none of above
16. A valley in the Middle Himalayan range
10. Kashmir is famous for A. OOty
A. apples and saffron B. Nainital
B. apples and oranges C. Zoji
C. saffron and spices D. none of above
D. none of above
17. These valleys are covered with
11. The Himalayas run in west to east direc- A. Thick Gravel
tion from to
B. Alluvium
A. Dehra Dun and Patli Dun
C. Both of Them
B. Himalaya and Shiwaliks
D. none of above
C. Indus to Brahmaputra
D. Himadri and Himachal 18. The Purvachal comprises the
A. A;-The Patkai, Hills
12. The people of this state speak the Naga
language . B. B;-The Naga Hills
A. Mizoram C. C;-The Manipur Hills
B. Nagaland D. All
C. Assam 19. What is the average altitude of Himadris?

D. none of above A. 4000 m
13. Name the outer Himalayan range? B. 5000 m
A. Shiwalik C. 6000 m
B. Shivalic D. 8000 m
C. Hiamdri 20. What percent of Nepal do the Himalaya’s

D. Himadri cover?
A. 40%
14. Himalayan mountain ranges run in which
direction from the Indus to the Brahmapu- B. 75%
tra? C. 60%
A. north-south D. 90%

21. Which is the highest peak in the India? 27. The folds of are symmetrical in nature.
A. mount Everest A. Nepal Himalayas

B. Kanchenjunga mountain B. Assam Himalayas
C. mount Godwin Austen C. Kumaon Himalayas
D. mount Kilimanjaro D. Great Himalayas.
22. Slow moving rivers of ice are called 28. Meaning of the word HIMALAYA is
A. ice bergs A. abade of snow
B. glaciers B. abode of snow
C. blizzards C. Adobe of snow
D. none of above D. Abode of swon
23. Which of the following is not the part of 29. The Himalayas guard our borders .
Purvanchal hills?
A. northern
A. mizo Hills
B. eastern
B. Aravalli hills
C. western
C. Naga Hills
D. southern
D. Manipur Hills
30. The Pirpanjal ranges are there in
24. What are the guides for the Himalayan
A. Himachal range
Mountains called?
B. Himadri range
A. Vishnu
C. Shivalik range
B. Sherpa
D. Purvanchal range
C. Samantha’s
D. Brahmins 31. The folds of great Himalaya are what in
nature?
25. Which is the easternmost state of India?
A. asymmetrical
A. Assam
B. symmetrical
B. Meghalaya
C. parallel
C. Arunachal Pradesh
D. none of these
D. none of above
32. The altitudinal variations are greater in
26. Chose the correct spelling of the temple which portion of Himalayas?
A. Veashnu Deavi A. East
B. Vshnu B. West
C. Vaishno Devi Temple C. North
D. None D. South

33. Mountain ranges in the eastern part of In- 39. Mountain ranges in the eastern path of In-
dia forming its boundary with Myanmar dia forming boundary with Myanmar are
are collectively called as known as
A. Himachal A. Himachal
B. Uttarakhand B. Uttarakhand
C. Purvachal C. Purvanchal
D. None of the above D. None of these
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34. The Altitude varies 40. Nati dance
A. between 3, 700 and 4, 500 metres A. Assam

B. Nagaland
B. between 3, 500 and 4, 000 metres
C. Manipur
C. Both the options are wrong.
D. Himachal Pradesh
D. none of above
41. The longitudinal Divisions, the Himalayas
35. Himadri is another name of have been divided on the basis of regions
A. Indian from
B. Mt. Everest A. East to West
C. Greater Himalayas B. West to East
D. None of these C. North To West
D. West to North
36. The northern most range of the Himalayas
is known as 42. Assam is famous for tea garden & oil.
A. Himadri A. True
B. lesser Himalayas B. False
C. Shiwalik C. None of these
D. none of the above. D. none of above
37. The Brahmaputra river enters India 43. In which division of the Himalayas are the
through famous valleys of Kashmir, Kangra and
Kullu located?
A. Assam
A. The Himadri
B. Sikkim
B. The Himachal
C. Arunachal Pradesh C. The Shiwaliks
D. none of above D. The Duns
38. How do people go at top of Mount Everest 44. What all does Purvanchal comprise of
A. By Plane A. Patkai hills
B. By Car B. Naga and Manipur hills
C. By Tracking C. Nizo hills
D. By Dancing D. All of the above

45. How much do the Himalaya’s grow EACH 51. Glaciers originate from this mountain
YEAR? range.

A. 3 in A. The Greater Himalayas
B. 2.4 in B. The Shivalik/Shiwalik range
C. 6 in C. The Himachal range
D. 1.8 in D. none of above
46. Bamboo Dance is famous in 52. The most continuous range consisting of
A. Bhopla the loftiest peaks with an average height
of 6, 000 metres is known as the
B. Sikkim
A. Himadri
C. Gujrat
B. Shiwaliks
D. Mizoram
C. Himalayas
47. Beyond which of the following the Hi- D. none of above
malayas bend sharply to the south and
spread along the eastern boundary of In- 53. The main language of Tripura is
dia? A. Begali
A. Shivalik B. Kokborak
B. Dihang Gorge C. Both of these
C. Purvanchal Hills D. none of above
D. Mt. Everest
54. The hight of Karakoram Mountains are
48. What are Lesser Himalayas known as? A. 45, 674 m
A. Himadri B. 8, 611 Km
B. Himachal C. 23, 90, 455 Km
C. Shiwaliks D. 8 611 m
D. Shivaliks
55. What is a glacier
49. Who made this and deserves credit? A. bom
A. Madi B. Ice cube
B. Madi and Jocelyn C. Water
C. Jocelyn D. Big parts of snow that melts and be-
D. none of above comes water
50. The Northern plains are on the of Hi- 56. What is the capitals of mizoram, Megha-
malayas laya & Assam
A. North A. Dispur
B. South B. Shillong
C. East C. Aizawl
D. West D. All of these

57. Which of the following is the highest peak C. Edmund Hillary

in India?
D. none of above
A. Mt. Everest
B. Nanga Parbat 63. On what continent do we find the Hi-
malaya’s?
C. Kanchenjunga
A. Asia
D. Nandadevi
B. Europe
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58. Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath and Badri-
nath are the famous pilgrimage centres.ln C. North America
which state D. China
A. Assam
64. The Himalayas are
B. Sikkim
A. Dome mountains
C. Uttrakhand
B. Fault block mountains
D. none of above
C. Fold mountains
59. The famous hill stations like Shimla, Mus-
soorie, Darjeeling and Nainital lie in D. none of above
region.
65. Which of the following is not a physio-
A. Himadri graphic division of India?
B. Himachal
A. Coastal Plain
C. Shiwalik
B. Thar Desert
D. none of above
C. Himalayan Mountain
60. How big are the Himalaya’s?
D. Islands
A. 842, 913 mi2
B. 693, 123 mi2 66. The longitudinal valley lying between
lesser Himalaya and the Shiwaliks are
C. 226, 942 mi2 known as
D. 229, 731 mi2 A. Duns.
61. How many countries in total border the Hi- B. Dehra Dun
malaya’s?
C. Kotli Dun
A. 8 Countries
D. none of above
B. 7 Countries
C. 5 Countries 67. The height of the Mt. Everest is about
metres
D. 4 Countries
A. 8, 840 m
62. Name the first women that climb the
Mount Everest B. 8, 848 m
A. Bachendri Pal C. 8, 858 m
B. Kullu Pal D. 8, 872 m

3.2 The Himalayan Range 47
68. Nepal Himalayas lie between which of the 69. Which is the most continuous range con-
following river? sisting of the loftiest peaks with an aver-
age height of 6, 000 metres?

A. Satluj and Indus
A. Dehradun
B. Kali and Tista
B. Himadri or Greater Himalayas
C. Satluj and Kali C. Central Himalayas
D. Teesta and Dihang D. Outer Himalayas
3.2 The Himalayan Range

1. is a Himalayan River C. 2004
A. Nile D. none of above
B. Pamba
6. The Himalayas can be divided into par-
C. Ganga allel mountain ranges.
D. Kaveri A. Three
2. The is on the Northern borders of India B. Four
A. Himalayan Mountains C. Two

B. Northern Plains D. none of above
C. Island 7. Who is the Priminister of India?
D. Desert A. Narendra Modi
3. This chain of mountains separates India B. Manmohan
from the rest of Asia and created a con- C. Pinarayi
vergent plate boundary.
D. none of above
A. Deccan Plateau
B. Mount Everest 8. In which continent do we find the Hi-
malayas?
C. Himalayas
A. Europe
D. Eastern and Western Ghats
B. Africa
4. Which is the highest peak in India? C. Asia
A. Mt.Everest D. Australia
B. K2
9. The tallest single mountain peak in the
C. Kanchenjunga world.
D. none of above A. Mount Everest
5. When Did India got independence B. The Alps
A. 1947 C. The Urals
B. 1996 D. Mt. Kilimanjaro

3.3 Physical features of India 48
10. Which one of the following is the highest 13. The supercontinent in the continental drift
peak of the Himalayas? hypothesis was called
A. Purvachal A. Pantry
B. Kanchenjunga B. Pangaea
C. Mizo C. Wegenerland
D. Patkai D. Eurasia
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11. What is the most important thing that the 14. What is the full form of K2?
Himalayan mountains provides to the peo- A. Kanchenjunga
ple around?
B. None of these
A. Food
C. Mt. Everest
B. Shelter
D. Nanda Devi
C. Oxygen
D. Water 15. The Himalaya Mountains translates to
mean due to the snowfall the range
12. Who is the father of history? receives.
A. Herodotos A. “Home of Snow”
B. Aristotil B. “House of Rain”
C. Plato C. “Avalanche Abode”
D. none of above D. “Snowman Haven”
3.3 Physical features of India

1. Maldives is an example of what type of C. adobe of fire
physical feature?answer choices D. none of above
A. island
4. The part of Karakoram range that
B. peninsula stretches from Kashmir in India to Tibet
C. mountains is known as range.
D. river A. K2
2. Which Physiographic divisions have rising B. Annapurna
hills and wide valleys? C. Zaskar
A. The Himalayan Mountains D. Kailash
B. The Coastal Plains
5. Which of these is not a tributary of the In-
C. The Peninsular Plateaus dus?
D. The Northern Plains A. Chenab
3. What does Himalaya mean? B. Beas
A. adobe of snow C. Yamuna
B. adobe of rain D. Satlej

6. What is the capital of India? 12. Classify the Northern Plains on the basis
A. Mumbai of its location. What is the Second sen-
tence in the audio?

B. Calcutta
A. Punjab Plains:The Western part of the
C. Delhi (New Delhi) Northern Plain is referred to as the Punjab
D. Bang Plains. Formed by the Indus and its tribu-
taries, the larger part of this plain lies in
7. Greater Himalaya is also known as? Pakistan.
A. Lesser Himalaya B. The Ganga plain:The Ganga plain ex-
B. Shiwalik tends between Ghaggar and Teesta rivers.
It is spread over the states of North India,
C. Himadri
Haryana, Delhi, U.P., Bihar, partly Jhark-
D. All of the above hand and West Bengal to its East.
8. From west to east, the divisions of the Hi- C. Brahmaputra plain:Most of Brahmapu-
malayas are demarcated by river valleys. tra plain is located in Assam.
The part of the Himalayas lyingbetween D. none of above
the Satluj and Kali rivers is known as .
13. Which one of the following hills is not be-
A. Punjab Himalayas longs to the Purvanchal.
B. Kumaon Himalayas A. Naga
C. Nepal Himalayas B. Mizo
D. Assam Himalayas C. Satpura
9. Mussoorie, Nainital, Ranikhet are located D. Patkai
in
14. Which is the oldest fold mountain of India?
A. Himachal range & Uttarakhand
A. The Himalayas
B. Shiwalik range & Himachal Pradesh
B. The Aravallis
C. Himachal range & Uttarakhand
C. The Purvanchal
D. none of above D. The None
10. Peninsular Plateau has how many sub di- 15. Which of the following is the main river of
visions? the Indian desert?
A. 1 A. Ganga
B. 2 B. Narmada
C. 3 C. Krishna
D. 4 D. Luni
11. The Wildlife Protection was in 16. In which river is Majuli situated?
A. 1972 A. Indus
B. 1978 B. Brahmaputra
C. 1989 C. Ganga
D. 1971 D. Krishna

17. Doab is made up of 23. Which of the following are young-fold

A. five + water mountains?
B. water + soil A. The Aravalis
C. water + seven B. The Nilgiris
D. two + water C. The Himalayas

D. The Sahyadri
18. Shipkila, Bhor, Nathula and Pal are-
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A. Peaks 24. Which range of the Himalayas is known
for hill stations?
B. Passes
A. Shivalik
C. Ranges
B. Himachal
D. All of the above
C. Himadri
19. The core of Greater Himalayas is com- D. Purvanchal
posed of
A. Igneous rock 25. name the three ranges of hymalayas
B. Metamorphic rock A. himadri
C. Granite B. himachal
D. None C. shivalik
D. all of the above
20. Which of the following hill lie on the west-
ern and northwestern margins of Peninsu- 26. Which of the following is not a Physical
lar Plateau features of India
A. Satpura hills A. The Island
B. Satvik hills B. Oceans
C. Aravali hills C. Indian desert
D. Shiwalik hills D. Peninsular Plateau
21. Which area is an agriculturally productive 27. What are the two main factors that deter-
part of India? mine the climate of an area?
A. Indian Desert A. precipitation and humidity
B. Northern Plateau B. temperature and air pressure
C. Northern Plain C. wind conditions and humidity
D. Barren Island D. temperature and precipitation
22. Old alluvium is called 28. W hich is the outermost Himalayas?

A. Terai A. Punjab Himalayas
B. Bhangar B. Nepal Himalayas
C. Bhabhar C. Shiwaliks
D. Khadar D. Himachal or Lesser Himalayas

29. The Peninsular Plateau of India is part of 35. Chilika Lake lies in?
which of the following landmass? A. west bengal

A. Angaraland B. assam
B. Tethys C. andhra pradesh
C. Gondwanaland D. none
D. None of the Above
36. In which belt of the northern plain all the
30. The eastward extensions of the Central rivers disappear?
Highlands are called A. Bhangar
A. Bundelkhand and baghelkhand B. Khadar
B. Bhabar C. Terai
C. Narmada D. Bhabar
D. Karbi-Anglong Plateau
37. Give an account of the four divisions of Hi-
31. How much area is covered by Lakshad- malayas from west to east. What is the
weep? Second sentence in the audio?
A. 32 sq km A. The part of Himalayas lying between
B. 24 sq km Indus and Satluj has been traditionally
known as Punjab Himalaya but it is also
C. 39 sq km known regionally as Kashmir and Hi-
D. 36 sq km machal Himalaya from west to east re-
spectively.
32. Which is the Largely inhabited riverine Is-
land in the World B. The part of the Himalayas lying be-
tween Satluj and Kali rivers is known as
A. Marajo Island Kumaon Himalayas.
B. Bhavani Island C. The Kali and Tista rivers demarcate
C. Majuli Island the Nepal Himalayas.
D. Peacock Island D. The part lying between Tista and Di-
hang rivers is known as Assam Himalayas.
33. this river belt is parallel to shiwaliks and
contains rocks and pebbles 38. The part of Himalayas between lying be-
A. khader tween Satluj and Kali rivers is known as
B. bhanger A. Punjab Himalaya
C. bhabar B. Kumaon Himalaya
D. terai C. Nepal Himalaya
D. Assam Himalaya
34. Geologically, the constitutes one of the
ancient landmasses on the earth’s surface. 39. The northern-most latitude of India is
A. Peninsular Plateau A. 8◦ 4’N
B. Himalayas B. 37◦ 6’N
C. Northern Plain C. 68◦ 7’N
D. Coastal Plain D. 23◦ 30’N

40. The Lakshadweep islands covers a small 46. Classify the Northern Plains on the basis
area of . of its location. What is the First sentence
A. 31 sq. km in the audio?
B. 30 sq. km A. Punjab Plains:The Western part of the

Northern Plain is referred to as the Punjab
C. 32 sq. km Plains. Formed by the Indus and its tribu-
D. 34 sq. km taries, the larger part of this plain lies in
Pakistan.
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41. Mussoorie, Nainital and Ranikhet are situ-
ated in B. The Ganga plain:The Ganga plain ex-
tends between Ghaggar and Teesta rivers.
A. Himachal Himalayas It is spread over the states of North India,
B. Himadri Himalayas Haryana, Delhi, U.P., Bihar, partly Jhark-
C. Kunlun Himalayas hand and West Bengal to its East.
D. Shiwalik Himalayas C. Brahmaputra plain:Most of Brahmapu-

tra plain is located in Assam.
42. Name two major bodies of water that are D. none of above
located adjacent to India?
A. Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea 47. What does the Indian subcontinent consist
of
B. Bay of Bengal and Indian River
A. India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Kazakhstan
C. Bay of Bengal and Aegean Sea
B. Pakistan, India and Nepal
D. Indian Iotion and Bangladesh
C. Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh,
43. Karbi-Anglong Plateau is an extension of Sri Lanka and India
A. The Thar Desert D. Maldives, India, Bangladesh and Nepal
B. The Shivaliks
48. There are deserts in India
C. The peninsular Plateau
A. True
D. The Eastern Hills
B. False
44. Which continents of today were part of the C. No idea
Gondwanaland?
D. Definitely no
A. Asia and Africa
B. Europe and Asia 49. The comprises Patkai hills, Naga hills,
Manipur hills, Mizo hills
C. Europe and Africa
A. Purvachal
D. Australia and South America
B. Himachal
45. Which of the following is the highest peak
C. Assam Himalayas
of Himalayas in India?
D. Shivalik
A. Mt. Everest
B. Kanchenjunga 50. The is the world’s highest peak
C. Nanga Parbat A. Mount Abu
D. Nandadevi B. Himalayas

C. Kachenjunga 56. What is the northern-most range of the Hi-

malayas called?
D. Mount Everest

A. Himachal
51. Which of the following physiographic divi- B. Himadri
sions of India was formed out of accumu-
lations in the Tethys geosyncline? C. Shiwaliks
D. Lesser Himalaya
A. The Himalayas
B. The Peninsular Plateau 57. What is Bhangar?
A. New alluvial soil
C. The Northern Plains
B. Old alluvial soil
D. The Coastal Plains
C. Rock
52. Position of India depending upon size D. Black soil
A. 4 58. Himadri has a average height of
B. 8 A. 6, 000 meters
C. 5 B. 2, 500 meters
D. 7 C. 3, 200 meters
D. 5, 000 meters
53. Which of the following hills does not be-
long to Purvachal 59. Duns are the longitudnal valleys between?
A. Pankai hills A. Himachal-Shiwaliks
B. Mizo hills B. Himadri-Himachal
C. Aravali hills C. Himadri-Shiwaliks
D. none
D. Naga hills
60. Which of the following is a plausible
54. A landmass bounded by sea on three sides theory presented by Earth scientists to
is referred to as explain the formation of continents and
A. Coast oceans and the various land forms?
B. Island A. Theory of Motion
B. Theory of Plate Tectonics
C. Peninsula
C. Theory of Evolution
D. None of the above
D. Theory of Relativity
55. Which physical division of India is com-
61. What is Lake Manasarovar called it flows
posed of igneous and metamorphic rocks?
through Tibet
A. Peninsular plateau A. Dongting
B. Northern plains B. Namatso
C. Indian desert C. Tsangpo
D. Himalayas D. none of above

62. the himalayan mountain ranges run from C. 1947

west to east, from which rivers? D. 1869
A. indus to brahmaputra
68. Coromandal coast is located in
B. jhelum to brahmaputra
A. Kerala
C. brahmaputra to indus
B. Karnataka
D. satluj to indus
C. Tamil Nadu
NARAYAN CHANGDER
63. the himalayas consist of three parallel D. Odisha
ranges in its longitudinal extent. Which of
the following is the name of the northern- 69. What name is used for land between two
most range? rivers?
A. himadri A. Pass
B. Doab
B. himachal
C. Valley
C. shiwalik
D. Range
D. none of these
70. the part of plateau above the narmada
64. the highest peak of the karakoram range river is called
is
A. deccan plateau
A. Mt Everest
B. central highlands
B. Nanda Devi
C. satpura plateau
C. Godwin Austin
D. southern plateau
D. Annapurna
71. Land area of India
65. Which one of the following is not a hi- A. 3.28 million
malayan range
B. 2.4 million
A. Shiwaliks
C. 8.47 million
B. Himadri
D. 1.4 billion
C. Musoorie
72. is an active Volcano in India.
D. Himachal
A. Karavati
66. The most rugged range of Haimalayas. B. Barren Island
A. The Himachal C. Indira Point
B. The Himadri D. Anamudi
C. The Shivaliks
73. Which animal is called as the ship of the
D. None of these desert?
67. When was the Suez-Canal brought into A. Camel
use? B. Dog
A. 1917 C. Cheetah
B. 1848 D. Lion

74. The moving away of plates wth each other C. magma

form D. ingenious rocks

A. Parallel boundary
80. The deposition of alluvium in the vast
B. Convergent boundary basin lying at the over millions of year,
C. Transform boundary formed the Northern Plains.
D. Divergent boundary A. top of the mountains
B. foothill of the Himalayas
75. Peninsular Plateau was formed due to
C. Western Ghats
A. The Drifting of Pangea
D. Himachal
B. The Breaking and Drifting of Gond-
wana Land 81. Consider the following statements:Assertion
C. The Drifting of Angara landmass (A):In general, the flow of peninsular
rivers is from west to east.Reason (R):The
D. The Drifting of all the Seven Continents
general elevation of the peninsular plateau
76. The part of Himalayas lying between Tista is from the west to the east.
and Dihang rivers is A. Both A and R are true and R is the cor-
A. Assam Himalaya rect explanation of A.
B. Kumaon Himalaya B. Both A and R are true and R is not the
correct explanation of A.
C. Punjab Himalaya
C. A is true, but R is false.
D. Purvanchal
D. A is false, but R is true.
77. What kind of soil is Northern Plains
formed of? 82. According to the ‘Theory of Plate Tectonics,
‘ the earth’s crust is formed of how many
A. Black soil major plates?
B. Alkaline soil A. Three
C. Alluvial soil B. Five
D. none of above C. Seven
78. The Himalayas, geologically young and D. Ten
structurally fold mountains stretch over
83. which of the following does not come un-
the borders of India.
der the area of central highlands?
A. Eastern
A. aravali hills
B. Western
B. vindhya hills
C. Northern
C. mahadev hlls
D. Southern
D. chota nagpur plateau
79. the core of greater himalayas (himadri) is 84. Mountain ranges in the eastern part of In-
composed with? dia forming its boundary with Myanmar
A. metamorphic rocks are collectively called as
B. granite A. Himachal

B. Uttarakhand 90. Lake Chilika lies in the state of

C. Purvachal A. GUJARAT
D. none of the above B. Orissa
C. Bihar
85. Which one of the following is not the relief
feature of northern plains? D. Maharashtra
A. Bhabar 91. How broad is the Northern Plains?
NARAYAN CHANGDER
B. Khadar A. 340 km-360 km
C. Terai B. 120 km-230 km
D. Plateau C. 240 km-320 km

D. 80 km-100 km
86. One of the oldest Land forms in India:-
92. Which of the following divisions of India
A. Himalayas
has the oldest landmass?
B. Deccan Plateau A. The Indian Desert
C. Peninsular Plateau B. The Peninsular Plateau
D. Northern Plains C. The Himalayas
87. The Andaman Islands are in the . D. The Northern Plains
A. Bay of Bengal 93. The Himalayas cover a distance of kilo-

metres.
B. Indian Ocean
A. 2400
C. Arabian Sea
B. 1600
C. 3200
88. The Himalayas represent the loftiest and D. 4000
one of the most rugged mountain barriers
of the 94. which river is the eastern most boundary
of himalayas?
A. World
A. indus river
B. Asia
B. kosi river
C. India
C. brahmaputra river
D. None of these
D. none of the above
89. which plains in india are reffered to as the 95. Which of these is not a major river of the
granaries of the country . Northern Plains?
A. coastal plains A. Indus
B. eastern plains B. Narmada
C. northern plains C. Ganga
D. none of the above D. Brahmaputra

96. Name the huge ancient land mass which 101. The northern most part of Western
consisted of India, Australia, Africa, South Coastal Plains is known as
America and Antarctica as one single land

A. Konkan
mass
B. Kannad
A. Angara land
C. Malabar
B. Khatian land
D. Northern Circar
C. Gondwana land
102. The highest peak of Western Ghats.
D. Eurasian land
A. Doda Betta
97. which is the only large river in the indian
B. Mahendragiri
desert
C. Annaimudi
A. mahanadi
D. None of these
B. luni
C. ganga 103. Major rivers forming northern plains:
D. godavari A. Kaveri, Satluj, Ganga

B. Krishna, Kaveri, Brahmaputra
98. Name the largest country adjacent to India
C. Ganga, Brahmaputra, Indus
A. China
D. all of the above
B. Pakistan
104. What is the largest riverine island in the
C. Nepal
world?
D. Bhutan A. Kali
99. Which sentence best describes the relation- B. Ravi
ship between elevation and air tempera- C. Jhelum
tures?
D. Majuli
A. LOWER elevation = COLDER tempera-
tures 105. the belt in which rivers or stream disap-
B. HIGHER elevation = COLDER temper- pear?
atures A. khader
C. HIGHER elevations = WARMER tem- B. bhanger
peratures C. bhabar
D. none of above D. terai
100. the hills running form north eastern 106. In which continent our country is situ-
states are mostly composed of? ated?
A. granite A. Africa
B. gravel B. Asia
C. mud C. Australia
D. sandstone D. Antarctica

107. Which physical division of India lies to the 113. Name the outermost range of Hi-
North-West in Rajasthan? malayas.(Lower)
A. Himalayas A. Himadari
B. Peninsular plateau B. Himachal
C. Indian desert C. Shivalik
D. Northern plains
D. Purvanchal
NARAYAN CHANGDER
108. Which is the only large river in the Indian
Desert 114. Choose the correct option. Which plateau
lies between the Aravali and the Vindhyan
A. Luni ranges?
B. Mahanadi
A. peninsular Plateau
C. Narmada
B. Malwa Plateau
D. Teesta
C. Deccan Plateau
109. Which of the following ranges are not D. Chotanagpur Plateau.
part of the Lesser Himalayas or Himachal?
A. Pir Panjal 115. Features of Western Ghats:-
B. Dhaula Dhar A. Located parallel to the west coast,
C. Mahabharat rugged, and not that high
D. Kamet B. Located parallel to the west coast, con-
tinuous, high
110. What is the locally name of the wet and
swampy belt of the Northern plains? C. Located parallel to the East coast, high,
rugged
A. Bhangar
D. Located parallel to the East coast,
B. Doab rugged, not that high
C. Terai
D. Chaos 116. The earth surface has been divided into
tectonic plates.
111. Which is the largest inhabited riverine is- A. Three
land in the world
B. Five
A. Sunderban
C. Six
B. Majuli
C. Nongkhnum D. seven
D. I don’t know 117. The Marks the eastern most bound-

ary of the Himalayas
112. are the most recent landform.
A. Northern Plains A. Ganga
B. Peninsular Plateau B. Brahmaputra

C. Coastal Plains C. Kaveri
D. The Indian Desert D. Yamuna

118. The Longitudinal valley lying between C. Shivalik Range

lesser Himalayas & Shivalik known as D. Ladhak Range

A. Purvachal
124. The altitudinal variations are in the
B. Valley eastern half than those in the western
C. Duns half.
D. Satluj A. Smaller
B. Narrower
119. The wet and swampy belt of the North-
ern Region is known locally as: C. Wider
A. Bhabar D. Greater
B. Terai 125. it means an area watered by two rivers.
C. Doab A. punjab
D. Bhangar B. doab
120. The wet swampy and marshy region of C. delta

of Northern plain D. meanders
A. Bhabar 126. Which two hills are located in the south-
B. Bhangar east of Eastern Ghats?
C. Terai A. Javadi Hills and Shevroy Hills
D. Khadar B. Mizo Hills and Naga Hills
C. Patkoi Hills and Manipuri Hills
121. the greater himalayas are the highest
mountains averaging over meters D. none of above
A. 5000m 127. has a rich soil cover combined with
B. 6000m adequate water supply.
C. 2500m A. Chilika Lake
D. 1000m B. Chambal
C. Khadar
122. In which state is the Great Indian Desert
D. Northern Plains
located?
A. Rajasthan 128. The Himalayan uplift out of the sea.
B. Madhya Pradesh A. Arabian
C. Odisha B. Tethys
D. Karnataka C. Mediterranean
D. Red
123. Which of the following ranges of the Hi-
malayas are composed of unconsolidated 129. The only large river in the Indian desert
sediments brought down byrivers? is
A. Pir Panjal Range A. Luni
B. Karakoram Range B. Loo

C. Hooghly 136. Select the special feature of Himadri

D. Tapi A. the world’s highest peaks lie in this
range
130. Name the outermost range of Himalayas.
B. the world’s smallest peak lie in the
A. Himadari range
B. Himachal C. most population is found
C. Shivalik D. most fruit are found
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D. Purvanchal 137. Which physical feature of India is made
131. The Great Indian Desert is also known as up of Alluvial Deposits
A. Indian desert
A. Sahara Desert B. Coastal plain
B. Empty Quarter C. Northern plain
C. Thar Desert D. Deccan plateau
D. Gobi Desert 138. Why is India vast country in terms of
landforms?
132. There are physical divisions in India
A. Due to varied landforms
A. 7
B. Due to uniform landforms
B. 9
C. Due to undulating landforms
C. 4 D. Due to plant landforms
D. 6
139. What makes the edges of the Deccan
133. What causes winds to form on Earth? plateau?
A. solar energy A. plains
B. ocean currents B. deserts
C. elevation differences C. mountains
D. uneven heating of the Earth by the sun D. ghats
140. The Kangra and Kullu valley are located
134. The Indian desert lies in which part of the
in
Aravali Hills?
A. Himachal Pradesh
A. Northern margins
B. Uttarakhand
B. Eastern margins
C. Jammu and Kashmir
C. Southern margins
D. Karnataka
D. Western margins
141. Which one of the following is not the fea-
135. The northern plain is also known as ture of eastern coast?
A. Yamuna plain A. Wideland
B. Gangetic plain B. Level land
C. Krishna plain C. Narrow land
D. Coastal plain D. Delta

142. Which one of the following is odd in this 148. What ocean is nearest to India?
group? A. Pacific Ocean

A. The Konkan Coast B. Atlantic Ocean
B. The Kannad Plain C. Indian Ocean
C. The Northern Circar D. Southern Ocean
D. The Malabar Coast
149. river flows south towards Rann of
143. Kangra and Kullu valleys are located in Kutch.
which state? A. River Sind
A. Punjab B. River Chambal
B. Uttarkhand C. River Tapi
C. Arunachal Pradesh D. River Luni
D. Himachal Pradesh
150. The newer younger deposits of the flood
144. How many islands in the Lakshadweep? plains are called
A. 32 A. Bhabar
B. 24 B. Terai
C. 39 C. Bhangar
D. 36 D. Khadar
145. The calcareous deposits found in the 151. Dudhwa National Park is located in the
larger part of northern plains are locally state of
known as A. Madhya Pradesh
A. Khadar B. Rajasthan
B. Bhabar C. Uttar Pradesh
C. Kankar D. Assam
D. Bhangar
152. We find barkhans in
146. the valleys in shiwalik are covered with? A. Himalayas
A. gravel B. Northern plains
B. both(a) and (c) C. The Indian desert
C. alluvium D. The island
D. none of the above 153. Consider the following statements about
147. name the belt where the streams reap- Himalayas and identify the right ones.I.
pear or re-emerge? They act as a climate divide.II. They do not
play an important role in the phenomenon
A. bhabar of Monsoon rainfall in Indian Sub conti-
B. khader nent.
C. terai A. I only
D. none of these B. II only

C. Both C. 150 km
D. None D. 150 m
154. What are the features of the Eastern 159. Himalayas width varies from 400 Km in
coastal plains? What is the Second sen- to 150 Km in
tence in the audio? A. Kashmir; Arunachal Pradesh
A. The plains along the Bay of Bengal are B. Arunachal Pradesh; Kashmir
wide and level. C. Punjab; Assam
NARAYAN CHANGDER
B. In the northern part, it is referred to D. Assam; Punjab
as the Northern Circar, while the southern
part is known as the Coromandel Coast. 160. Where is Deccan Plateau situated?
C. Large rivers such as the Mahanadi, the A. North of Narmada river
Godavari, the Krishna and the Kaveri have B. Lie between Satluj and Kali
formed extensive delta on this coast.
C. South of Narmada river
D. Lake Chilika is an important feature
D. East of Indus river
along the eastern coast.
161. the part of himalayas lying between in-
155. What are the names of the three parallel dus and satluj is traditionally known as?
ranges of Himalyas?
A. punjab himalaya
A. SHIVALIK, HIMADRI, HIMACHAL
B. kumaon himalayas
B. i don’ t know
C. assam himalayas
C. None of theese
D. nepal himalayas
D. none of above
162. What is the other name of Middle Hi-
156. The largest reverine island in the world malaya?
is A. Middle Himalaya
A. Terai B. Greater Himalaya
B. Kenuri C. Shivalik
C. Majuli D. Himachal
D. None of these
163. Himalayas Ranges forms an arc, and cov-
157. Which one of the following is not a part ers a distance of aproximately km.
of Purvanchal? A. 2100
A. Patkai hills B. 2400
B. Malwa hills C. 2200
C. Mizo hills D. 2000
D. Naga hills 164. Standard meridian of India
158. In Kashmir, the width of the Himalayan A. 68◦ 7
mountains is long. B. 97◦ 25
A. 400 km C. 82◦ 30
B. 400 m D. 82◦ 50

165. The highest peak in the Karakoram range 171. Dhaula Dhar ranges and Mahabharat
is: ranges lie in which part of Himalaya.

A. K2 A. Greater Himalaya
B. Kanchenjunga B. Lesser Himalaya
C. Himalaya C. Outer Himalaya
D. Pamir Knot D. None of the above
166. Which of the following are the two tribu- 172. Brown color represent which physical fea-
tary of the river Indus tures on map.
A. Narmada and tapi A. Mountain
B. Satluj and Ganga B. River
C. Jhelum and Chenab C. Island
D. Ganga and yamuna D. Plains
167. Ranthambore Tiger Reserve is in 173. From the point of view of geology, which
A. Harayana of the following physiographic divisions of
India is considered to be anunstable zone?
B. Tamil Nadu
A. The Peninsular Plateau
C. Assam
B. The Indian Desert
D. Rajasthan
C. The Himalayan Mountains
168. The is composed of igneous and meta- D. The Islands
morphic rocks with gently rising hills and
wide valleys. 174. What are the middle himalayas called?
A. Peninsular plateau A. Himadri
B. Himalayas B. Shiwalik
C. Plains C. Purvanchal
D. Desert D. Himachal
169. the part of himalayas lying between 175. which of the following river does not
teesta and dihang rivers is called forms the northern plains
A. kumaon himalayas A. the indus
B. nepal himalayas B. the ganga
C. assam himalayas C. the brahmaputra
D. punjab himalayas D. the gandak
170. What are also known as Blue mountains 176. where is indias only active volcano found
A. Anantagiri A. lakshadweep island
B. Ajodhya B. andaman and nicobar island
C. Nilgiri C. kavaratti island
D. none of above D. none of the above

177. Barchans are found in C. himalayan range

A. hilly regions D. none of above
B. Islands 183. The older alluvial deposits have terrace-
C. plains like features is known as
D. desert regions A. Bhangar
B. Khadar
178. Number of countries which are largest
C. Bhabar
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than India in area?
D. Kankar
A. 6
B. 5 184. What is the Western part of the Northern
Plains called as?
C. 7
A. Punjab Plains
D. 8
B. bhabar
179. Nanda Devi mountain peak lies in which C. Brahmaputra Plains
of the following state? D. terai
A. Sikkim
185. The northward drift of the Indo-
B. Arunachal Pradesh Australian plate resulted in its collision
C. Himachal Pradesh with the much larger Eurasian plate.
Which of the following was the result of
D. Uttarakhand this collision?
180. I can be found in Japan where I stand 12, A. The Gondwanaland split into a number
389.2 feet high. While I’m an active vol- of plates.
cano I have been asleep since December B. The continents of Europe and Asia
16, 1707 when I last erupted. What fea- were formed.
ture am I?
C. Sedimentary rocks accumulated in the
A. Great Wall of China Tethys geosyncline were folded.
B. Lake Baikal D. India and Australia were formed.
C. Mt. Fuji 186. dudhwa national park is located in which
D. Yellow Sea belt?
A. terai
181. Which one the oldest landmass of India?
B. khader
A. Himalayas Mountain
C. bhanger
B. Peninsular Plateau
D. bhabher
C. Northern Plains
187. Which islands of India are called Coral Is-
D. The Islands lands?
182. to the south-east of the thar desert is the A. Andaman and Nicobar
range of hills B. Yanam
A. vindhya range C. Daman and Diu
B. aravali range D. Lakshadweep

188. The land mass of India has an area of C. Ganga to the Brahmaputra
A. 2.38 million sq.km D. Brahmaputra to the Ganga

B. 2.83 million sq.km
194. The Ganga Plain extends between the
C. 3.28 million sq.km rivers:
D. 3.82 million sq.km A. Sutlej and Kali
189. According to the ‘Theory of Plate Tecton- B. Ghaghara and Teesta
ics, ‘ the movement of the plates result in C. Teesta and Dihang
some geological activity. Which one of the
following is not such a geological activity? D. Dihang and Brahmaputra
A. Volcanic activity 195. What causes some areas of Earth to re-

B. Folding ceive less intense solar energy than oth-
ers?
C. Faulting
A. the mass of earth
D. Glaciation
B. the curve of earth
190. What are doabs?
C. the density of earth
A. Tributaries between two pieces of land
D. the elevation of earth
B. A piece of land covered with water by
three sides 196. India is divided into how many major
C. Land between two tributaries of river Physiographic Divisions?
D. none of above A. 2
B. 5
191. The velocity of the river decreases, which
result in the formation of C. 6
A. mountains D. 8
B. plains 197. When the plates collide with each other,
C. riverine islands it causes
D. volcanoes A. Faulting
192. The place where both natural vegetation B. Folding

and wildlife both are preserved C. Transform boundaries
A. Wildlife sanctuary D. Earthquakes
B. National Park
198. bhabhar, terai, bhangar and khader are
C. Biosphere reserve Park the division of northern plains on the ba-
D. Bird Sanctuary sis of
A. river system
193. Himalayan mountain ranges run in a
west-east direction from the B. weathering of rocks
A. Brahmaputra to the Indus C. physical relief
B. Indus to the Brahmaputra D. none of these

199. A landmass bound by sea on three sides C. Europe

is referred as D. South America
A. Coast
205. The part of the Himalayas lyingbetween
B. Island the Satluj and Kali rivers is known as .
C. Peninsula A. Punjab Himalayas
D. Ghat B. Kumaon Himalayas
C. Nepal Himalayas
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200. Which of the following is the store house
of minerals in Peninsular Plateau? D. Assam Himalayas
A. Chotanagpur Plateau 206. Lakshadweep is formed by ?
B. Karbi-Anglong Plateau A. Plants
C. Malwa Plateau B. Corals
D. Deccan plateau C. Volcano
201. Jaisalmer is in D. none of the above
A. Jharkhand 207. Which of the islands has a bird sanctu-
B. West Bengal ary?
A. Nicobar island
C. Uttar Pradesh
B. Pitti island
D. Rajasthan
C. Barren island
202. Barchans are
D. Diu island
A. Sand ridges
208. Which state has the highest population
B. Crescent-shaped sand dunes
A. Uttar pradesh
C. Sand dunes
B. Uttarakhand
D. Longitudinal dunes
C. Maharashtra
203. Settlement refers to D. Karnataka
A. a place where someone can live both 209. Black Soil is found over the
permanently or temporary
A. The Himalayas
B. A place where one decides to go on va-
cation. B. The Coastal Plains
C. An area that is known for its culture, C. The Northern Plains

economy and politics. D. The Peninsular Plateau
D. none of above 210. Rainfall received by by the Indian Desert
is
204. Which of the following countries or conti-
nents was not a part of the ancient land- A. above 200 mm/year
mass of Gondwanaland? B. below 100 mm/year
A. India C. near 175 mm/year
B. Australia D. below 150 mm/year

211. The younger deposits of the flood plains 217. name the belt which contains calcareous
are called deposits called kanker?

A. Kankar A. bhabhar
B. Bhabar B. khader
C. Khadar C. bhanger
D. Bhangar D. none of these
212. The Himalayan range stretch over of 218. The southern stretch of coastal plains are
Nepal referred as
A. 55% A. Konkan
B. 65% B. Malabar Coast
C. 45% C. Coromandel Coast
D. 75% D. Northern Circar
213. Deccan plateau has a landmass? 219. The outermost ranges of Himalayas are:-
A. conical A. Nepal Himalayas
B. triangular B. The Mahabharat ranges
C. curved C. Himadri
D. none D. The Shiwaliks
214. Which of the following is the oldest and 220. The is not very densely populated
most stable block in India? A. Thar Desert
A. Deccan plateau B. Northern plains
B. Northern Plains C. Coastal area
C. Himalayas D. Island
D. Islands
221. which floodplains can be used for inten-
215. lie parallel to the SW monsoon winds. sive farming?
A. The Himalayan Mountains A. northern plain
B. The Vindhyas B. peninsular plateau
C. The Aravallis C. khader
D. The Western Ghats D. terai
216. The two important glaciers of Karakoram 222. Name the largest salt water lake in In-
are dia?
A. Siachen and Baltoro A. Wular lake
B. Gangotri and Yamnotri B. Pulicat lake
C. Gangotri and Biafo C. Chilika lake
D. none of above D. None of these

223. The rivers coming from are involved 229. The Gondwana land included
in depositional work A. Europe, Africa, Asia, America as one
A. Peninsular Plateau single landmass.
B. Northern Mountains B. India, Australia, South Africa and
C. Coastal Plains South America as one single landmass
D. Western Mountains C. Asia, Europe, America, and Africa as
one single mass
NARAYAN CHANGDER
224. According to the ‘Theory of Plate Tecton-
D. Europe and Africa as one single land
ics, ‘ when some plates come towards each
other, which of the following is formed? 230. Rose’s friend, Lisa lives in a different
A. CONVERGENT BOUNDARY country. The time lag between the two
countries is about 5 hours and a half. Cal-
B. TRANSFORM BOUNDARY
culate the longitudinal extent between the
C. DIVERGENT BOUNDARY countries.
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE A. 30◦
225. Number of union territories in our coun- B. 61.5◦
try? C. 75◦
A. 7 D. 45◦
B. 9
231. Geologically, which of the following phys-
C. 8
iographic divisions of India is supposed to
D. 10 be one of the most stable land blocks?
226. What continent is India located on? A. The Himalayas
A. Europe B. The Coastal Plains
B. Asia C. The Northern Plains
C. Africa D. The Peninsular Plateau
D. Australia 232. In which group of islands is active vol-
227. Which plateau lies in the south of river cano found?
narmada? A. Lakshwadeep
A. Malwa plateau B. Daman & Diu
B. Deccan plateau C. Andaman & Nicobar
C. Chhota nagpur plateau D. Maldives
D. Central plateau
233. which northern plains extends between
228. On the south of Narmada river lies ghaggar and tessta rivers?
A. Central High Lands A. punjab plains
B. Deccan Plateau B. brahmaputra plains
C. Western Ghats C. ganga plains
D. Northern Plains D. satluj plains

234. Which Physiographic divisions have 240. Which one of the following is not the sec-
rounded hills and broad and shallow val- tion of Western coast?
leys?

A. Coromandel coast
A. The Himalayan Mountains
B. Konkan coast
B. The Coastal Plains
C. Kannad coast
C. The Peninsular Plateau
D. The Northern Plains D. Malabar coast
235. Himalayas Ranges covered a distance 241. of the world’s highest mountain peaks lie
from east to west is about km. within the Himalayas
A. 2100 A. Nepal Himalaya’s
B. 2400
B. Punjab Himalayas (Kashmir and Hi-
C. 2200 machal Himalayas)
D. 2000 C. Kumaon Himalayas
236. is a land of diversity D. Assam Himalayas
A. Pakistan
242. Consider the following statement(s)
B. U.S.A
is/are related to the Indo-Gangetic
C. Dubai plainsI.It run parallel to the Himalayas,
D. India from Jammu and Kashmir in the west
to Assam in the east, and drain most
237. Peninsular India is a part fo which ancient of northern and eastern IndiaII.The ma-
landmass? jor rivers in this region are the Ganges,
A. The Gondwana Land Indus, and Brahmaputra along with
their main tributaries-Yamuna, Chambal,
B. The Angara Land
Gomti, Ghaghara, Kosi, Sutlej, Ravi, Beas,
C. The Tythes Sea Chenab, and Tista.Which of the above
D. All of thesse statement(s) is/are correct?
238. Majuli is a riverine island located in the A. Only I

river B. Both I and II
A. Ganga C. Only II
B. Brahmaputra
D. Neither I nor II
C. Yamuna
D. Kaveri 243. What are the common features of hilly re-
gion?
239. The northern plains are formed of
A. Rugged terrain
A. Black soil
B. Alluvial soil B. Valleys
C. Mountain soil C. Both of these

D. Laterite soil D. None of these

244. The northern plain is about to km D. NONE OF THE ABOVE

broad.
250. The is a storehouse of minerals.
A. 240 to 320
A. Himalayas
B. 260 to 340
B. Northern Plains
C. 230 to 340
D. 240 to 360 C. Plateau
D. Coastal plains
245. What is the largest island of Laksh-
NARAYAN CHANGDER
wadeep called 251. A is a accumulation of ice, snow, wa-
A. Kavarati ter, rock
B. Agatti A. Valley
C. Kadmat B. River
D. Minicoy C. Himalayas
246. Peninsular Plateau has the following two D. Glaciers

west flowing rivers
252. Which group of island was known as Lac-
A. The Godavari and Mahanadi cadive, Minicoy and Amindive?
B. The Tungabadra and Godavari A. Lakshadweep
C. The Kaveri and Krishna B. Andaman and Nicobar
D. The Narmada and Tapi C. Maldives
247. what are less Himalayas known as? D. none of above
A. himadri
253. How many coastal plains are there?
B. purvanchal
A. Three
C. shivaliks
B. One
D. himachal
C. Two
248. The has difficult living condition D. Five
A. Thar Desert
254. is the second highest peak in india
B. Western coastal plain
A. himalayas
C. Southern Plateau
B. mt everest
D. Eastern coastal plain
C. kanchenjunga
249. HIMALAYAS ARE THE RESULT OF THE
COLLISON OF D. nanda devi
A. PENINSULAR PLATE WITH EURASIAN 255. What is barren island?
PLATE
A. An active volcano
B. AUSTRALIAN PLATE AND PACIFIC
B. An island in the Arabian Sea
PLATE
C. EURASIAN PLATE AND SOUTH AMERI- C. Island In the Indian ocean
CAN PLATE D. None of these

256. Himalayas form an arc, which covers a 262. The western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats
distance of about Km. meet at the hills.

A. 2100 A. Jaintia
B. 2200 B. Rajmahal
C. 2300 C. Mahadeo
D. 2, 400 D. Nilgiri
257. Mention the location of India 263. Give an account of the four divisions of
Himalayas from west to east. What is the
A. Northern hemisphere First sentence in the audio?
B. Eastern hemisphere A. The part of Himalayas lying between
C. None of the above Indus and Satluj has been traditionally
known as Punjab Himalaya but it is also
D. Both a and b known regionally as Kashmir and Hi-
machal Himalaya from west to east re-
258. Name the Himalayas which lie between
spectively.
Satluj and Kali river
B. The part of the Himalayas lying be-
A. Punjab Himalaya
tween Satluj and Kali rivers is known as
B. Kumaon Himalaya Kumaon Himalayas.
C. Nepal Himalaya C. The Kali and Tista rivers demarcate
the Nepal Himalayas.
D. Assam Himalaya
D. The part lying between Tista and Di-
259. What is Shiwalik range composed of hang rivers is known as Assam Himalayas.
A. Alluvial soil 264. Jaisalmer is in
B. Unconsolidated sediments A. Himachal Pradesh
C. Alluminium B. Rajasthan
D. Sand dunes C. Gujarat
260. what is the wet, swampy and marshy D. Uttar Pradesh
land called? 265. The soil containing calcareous deposits is
A. bhanger locally known as
B. bhabhar A. Bhangar
C. terai B. Khadar
D. none of these C. Bhabar
D. Kankar
261. Black soil area is known as?
266. Which of the following physiographic di-
A. deccan trap
visions of India is considered to be an un-
B. deccan plateau stable zone?
C. northern trap A. The Himalayan Mountains
D. none B. The Peninsular Plateaus

C. The Indian Desert 272. Plains on good for

D. The Islands A. Animals
B. Insects
267. Which of the following plateau is situ-
ated between the aravali and the Vindhya C. Crops
ranges? D. Reptiles
A. Bundelkhand 273. The Plain is about Km long
NARAYAN CHANGDER
B. Bhagelhand A. 2400
C. Malwa plateau B. 62900
D. Deccan plateau C. 5000
D. 2300
268. thar desert covers the major parts of
A. rajasthan 274. A large areas where vegetation, wildlife
and environment are conserved to pre-
B. punjab serve the biological diversity
C. gujarat A. Wildlife sanctuary
D. kashmir B. Biosphere Reserve
C. National Park
269. Which of the following rivers has the
largest inhabited riverine island in the D. All of the above
world?
275. The highest peak in the Eastern Ghats is
A. Ganga
A. Mahendragiri
B. Brahmaputra B. Doda Betta
C. Yamuna C. Ooty
D. Narmada D. none of above
270. India has a land boundary of total 276. From the view point of geology, form
an unstable zone.
A. 7516.6 KM
A. Peninsular Plateau
B. 15200 KM
B. Himalayas
C. 3.2 MILLION
C. Northern Plains
D. 7000 KM
D. Coastal Plains
271. How many physiographic division are 277. the arc made by himalayas covers how
there in india much distance?
A. 8 A. 2300 km
B. 9 B. 1200 km
C. 7 C. 2400 km
D. 6 D. 2400 metre

278. THE INDIAN DESERT RECEIVES C. Coral reef

A. 150mm D. Thick forest cover

B. 100mm
284. Deccan Plateau lies to the South of the
C. 200mm River
D. 180mm A. Chambal
279. What are the 3 major climate zones in or- B. Mahanadi
der from equator to the poles?
C. Narmada
A. polar, temperate, tropical
D. Krishna
B. tropical, temperate, polar
C. temperate, polar, tropical 285. By which river the northernmost bound-
ary of the Himalayas is formed?
D. none of above
A. The Ganga
280. According to the ‘Theory of Plate Tecton-
B. The Indus
ics, ‘ what have been the effects of the
movement of the plates? C. The Tista
A. Change in position and size of conti- D. The Brahmaputra
nents.
286. The five famous tributaries of Indus
B. Formation of ocean basins.
draining Punjab plains are Jhelum, Chenab,
C. Evolution of the present land forms Ravi and
and relief of India.
A. Sutlej and Beas
D. All of the above.
B. Son and Sutlej
281. Which plateau is drained by the river C. Sutlej and Nubra
damodar?
D. Zanskar and Beas
A. Malwa
B. Chotanagpur 287. The two edges of the Peninsular Plateau
are known as
C. Vindhya
D. Deccan A. Eastern Coastal Plains and Western
Coastal Plains
282. The peninsular plateau is composed of B. Eastern Ghats and Mahendragiri
rocks
C. Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats
A. Igneous
D. Western Ghats and Anaimudi
B. Metamorphic
C. Both a and b 288. In which state Garo, Khasi and Jaintia
D. Sedimentary hills are located?
A. Manipur
283. Which one of the following not the fea-
ture of Andaman and nicobar island B. Assam
A. Great diversity of flora and fauna C. Tripura
B. Equatorial climate D. Meghalaya

289. Which is the northernmost range of the 295. What is the largest peak in India?
Himalayas? A. Mt. Everest
A. Hamadri B. The Himalayas
B. Himachal C. The Kanchenjunga
C. Shiwalik D. Mt. Kilimanjaro
D. Purvanchal
296. Himalayan Mountain Ranges run in
NARAYAN CHANGDER
direction from Indus
290. Geography is the study of
A. North East
A. Animals
B. South East
B. Weather
C. West East
C. Earth
D. South West
D. The Environment
297. Name the mountain range that separates
291. Which island has a bird sanctuary? China from India
A. Kavaratti A. The Himalayas
B. Maldives B. The Rocky Mountains
C. Pitti C. The Ganges River
D. all of the above D. none of above
298. What are the features of the Eastern

292. Capital of Tamilnadu is
coastal plains? What is the First sentence
A. Mumbai in the audio?
B. Chennai A. The plains along the Bay of Bengal are
wide and level.
C. Patna
B. In the northern part, it is referred to
D. Kolkata
as the Northern Circar, while the southern
part is known as the Coromandel Coast.
293. The peninsular plateau is composed of?
C. Large rivers such as the Mahanadi, the
A. Igneous rocks
Godavari, the Krishna and the Kaveri have
B. sedimentary rocks formed extensive delta on this coast.
C. Metamorphic rocks D. Lake Chilika is an important feature
along the eastern coast.
D. Igneous and metamorphic rocks
299. The northern plains are divided into
294. In which river is Majuli island situated? sections.
A. Indus A. 1
B. Brahmaputra B. 2
C. Ganga C. 3
D. Krishna D. 4

300. Which is the river flowing in Deccan C. North-South

plateau? D. West-East

A. Godavari
306. The Northern Plain is formed of
B. Ganga
A. Sand
C. Yamuna
B. Alluvial Soil
D. Brahmaputra
C. Snow
301. Which of the following coastal plains lie D. Black Lava Soil
south of Goa
307. The Northern Plains spread over an area
A. Malabar
of lakh sq.cm
B. Konkan
A. 5
C. Kannad
B. 9
D. Northern Circar C. 7
302. which of the following is the administra- D. 3
tive headquarters of lakshadweep
308. The plain is about km to km broad
A. andaman and nicobar island
A. 240, 320
B. malabar coast
B. 500, 600
C. pitti island
C. 100, 200
D. kavaratti island
D. 300, 400
303. Which river flows through the Indian
309. Which of the following is not a Tributaries
desert?
of River Indus
A. Luni
A. Jhelum
B. Kaveri
B. Ravi
C. Mahanadi
C. Satluj
D. none
D. Chambal
304. Peninsular Plateau consists of
310. What are the features of the Western
A. old crystalline rock coastal plains? What is the Third sentence
B. old crystalline, igneous rock in the audio?
C. old crystalline, igneous and metamor- A. The western coast is sandwiched be-
phic rocks tween the Western Ghats and the Arabian
Sea.
D. old crystalline, igneous, metamorphic
and sedimentary rocks B. It is a narrow plain.
C. It consists of three sections.
305. The Himalayan Mountain Ranges run in a
direction from the Indus to Brahmapu- D. The northern part of the coast is called
tra. the Konkan (Mumbai-Goa), the central
stretch is called the Kannad Plain while
A. South-East the southern stretch is referred to as the
B. North-West Malabar coast.

3.4 Northen Plalns 76
311. Consider the following statements. Iden- B. -Ganga Plains, (b)-West, (c)-
tify the right ones.I. Western Ghats act as Brahmaputra Valley
a perfect water divide.II. Western Ghats C. -Brahmaputra Valley, (b)-Ganga Plains,
are comparatively higher in elevation and (c)-West
more continuous than the Eastern Ghats.
D. none of above
A. I only
315. The northern part of the western coast is
B. II only
called the
NARAYAN CHANGDER
C. Both
A. Konkan
D. None B. Kannad plain
312. Peninsular Plateau rivers have formed C. Malabar coast
the following features D. none of above
A. Estuaries by the East Flowing Rivers
316. which soil can be found in khader belt?
and Deltas by West Flowing Rivers
A. newer alluvial soil
B. Estuaries by Narmada and Tapi and
Deltas by Mahanadi and Kaveri B. old alluvial soil
C. Estuaries only C. kanker
D. Deltas only D. pebbles
317. What is the width of Himalayas in

313. The Palk Strait connects which two coun-
Arunachal Pradesh?
tries?
A. 250KM
A. North America, South AMerica
B. 300KM
B. India, Sri Lanka
C. 100KM
C. India, Malasia
D. 150KM
D. none of above
318. A part of Himalayas lying between &
314. FILL IN BLANKSThe Great Northern Rivers are known as Punjab Himalaya
Plains can be divided into (a) in A. Satluj & Kali
centre, Punjab Plains in (b) and
(c) in east B. Teesta & Dihang
A. -Brahmaputra Valley, (b)-West, (c)- C. Indus & Satluj

Ganga Plains D. Kali & Teesta
3.4 Northen Plalns

1. The younger deposits of floodplains are D. terai
called
A. kankar 2. Rice and fish are the staple food of the peo-
B. khadar ple of
C. bhabar A. West Bengal

B. Bihar C. Northern Mountains

C. Assam D. Northern Plains

D. Uttar Pradesh 9. Himalayas prevent the rain bearing
from leaving India.
3. Highest peak on Himadri
A. Winds
A. Mt. Annapurna
B. Snow
B. Mt. Alaska
C. Sand
C. Mt. Vindhya
D. none of above
D. none of above
10. Kankar soil is ideal for
4. is situated on the banks of river hugli
A. Slash and Burn Agriculture
A. kolkata
B. Intensive Agriculture
B. bihar
C. Partial Agriculture
C. assam
D. Mixed Cropping
D. none of above
11. Dhanbad, Bokaro and Jamshedpur are im-
5. The Northern Plains have been formed by portant towns of
the interplay of major rivers
A. Jharkhand
A. 4 B. Bihar
B. 3 C. Assam
C. 2 D. none of above
D. 5
12. golden temple located in
6. Kaziranga National Park, Kamakhya Tem- A. assam
ple are the main attractions in
B. punjab
A. Assam
C. haryana
B. Delhi
D. delhi
C. Haryana
13. Name the 3 largest rivers flowing through
D. none of above the Northern plains.
7. Dudhwa National Park is present in which A. Satluj, Yamuna, Kosi
region? B. Godavari, Son, Gandak
A. Terai Region C. Ganga, Indus, Brahmaputra
B. Bhabar Region D. Indus, Yamuna, Kaveri
C. Khadar Region
14. The joins the Indus river in Pakistan.
D. Kankar Region
A. Satluj
8. is known as the bread basket of India. B. Ganga
A. Western Desert C. Yamuna
B. Southern Plateau D. none of above

15. The main occupation of the people living in 21. Hissar is famous for
Northern Plains is
A. dairy
A. IT industry
B. industries
B. Textile Industry
C. cattle fair
C. Farming
D. none of above
D. Travel and Tourism
22. Western most state of the Northern Plains
NARAYAN CHANGDER
16. is the Southern most and the lowest
range of Himalayas. A. Punjab
A. Himadri B. Haryana
B. Himachal C. Kerala
C. Shiwalik D. Assam
D. none of above
23. cosmopolitan city of india
17. tspango is another name of the
A. Hyderabad
A. ganga
B. lukcnow
B. sone
C. Delhi
C. bhramaputra
D. none of above
D. yamuna
18. Which are three rivers that deposit most 24. A large mass of ice formed by snow on
sediment? mountain
A. Indus, Ganga, Tipu A. Glaciers
B. Ganga, Indus, Bhrahamaputra B. Tributaries

C. Rama, water, red sea C. Rivers
D. Red Sea, Black sea, Bay of Bengal D. none of above
19. Some parts of northern plain extend into 25. Gurugram is famous for
India’s neighbouring countries, in the
A. handloom
east and Pakistan in the west.
A. Bangladesh B. cycles
B. Nepal C. automobile industry

C. Bhutan D. woollen clothes
D. China 26. state is known as ‘ Milk pail of India’
20. Dam built on the Sutlej river .
A. Pandoh Dam A. HARYANA

B. Bhakra Nangal B. GUJARAT
C. Nathpa Jhakri Dam C. WEST BENGAL
D. none of above D. UTTRAKHAND

27. in Haryana is an important industrial 33. Where does the River Satluj originate
town. from?

A. Farukhabad A. Uttarakhand
B. Faridabad B. Jammu & Kashmir
C. Fatehbad C. Tibet
D. Farahbad D. Nepal
28. Which of the following is a tridutary of 34. Punjab shares its capital with
Ganga Haryana.
A. Tsangpo A. Chandigarh
B. Jamuna B. Jaipur
C. Gandak C. Chattisgarh
D. Chenab D. Bhopal
29. The famous dances of Punjab 35. Name the 3 parts the western coastal
plains are divided into.
A. Kathak
A. Malabar Coast, Coromandal coast,
B. Bhangra & Gidda Konkan cost
C. Garba B. Malabar Coast, Konkan coast, Gujarat
D. none of above coast
C. Northern Circars, Coromandal coast,
30. Bhangra and Giddha are popular folk
Gujarat Coast
dances of
D. None of these
A. PUNJAB
B. HARYANA 36. Fort William and Victoria memorial are the
tourist attractions of
C. HIMMACHAL PRADESH
A. Bihar
D. JAMMU AND KASHMIR
B. Uttar Pradesh
31. Ludhiana and Jalandhar are the big cities C. West Bengal
of
D. Assam
A. Punjab
37. Northern Plains are formed by the inter-
B. Haryana
play of
C. Delhi
A. Majuli, Chambal, Mahanadi
D. none of above
B. Tsangpo, Gandak, Kosi
32. How often is the Kumbh Mela held? C. Indus, Ganga, Brahmaputra
A. Every 2 years D. Narmad, Mahi, Chambal
B. Every 5 years 38. ganga splits into two branches after reach-
C. Every 15 years ing west bengal namely
D. Every 12 years A. gomti and gandak

B. hugli and padma C. yamuna

C. kosi and son D. none of above
D. none of above 45. Agra is a historical city and famous for the
monument
39. Rivers of The Northern plains are fed by
A. Golconda
A. Melting snow
B. Charminar
B. plants
C. Taj Mahal
NARAYAN CHANGDER
C. tributaries
D. none of above
D. oceans
46. has the biggest car factory in India
40. Name the glacier from which the river “THE MARUTI UDYOG” .
Ganga originates. A. Goregaaon
A. The sangam B. Ganganagar
B. The Siachen Glacier C. Gudgaon
C. The Ganga-Brahmaputra Delta D. Gurgaon
D. The Gangotri Glacier 47. The river Ganga starts from this glacier
41. The branch of River Ganga that flows A. Eqi Glacier
through West Bengal B. Glacier National Park
A. Padma C. Antarctica glacier
B. Tsangpo D. Gangotri Glacier
C. Hugli 48. Himalayan rivers carry the mountain soil
D. none of above with them which is called .
42. The largest delta in the world A. Basin

B. Mud
A. Nile delta
C. Alluvium
B. Ganga delta
D. none of above
C. Jamuna delta
D. Sunderban delta 49. The larger part of Punjab Plain lies in
A. Pakistan
43. The river is known as a sacred river to
B. China
the Hindus.
C. Afganistan
A. Ganga
D. Maldives
B. Yamuna
C. Indus 50. The Northern Plains not include the state
of
D. none of above
A. Assam
44. in tibet river is known as tsangpo B. Haryana
A. ganges C. Uttar Pradesh
B. brahmaputra D. Kerala

51. the project started by the government to 57. Rearrange the jumbled letters.R A G N Y
clean ganga is called AR
A. GARNARY

A. ganga plan action
B. ganga action plan B. GRANARY
C. GRARANY
C. action plan ganga
D. none of above
D. none of above
58. The three sections of of Northern Plain
52. is celebrated once in 12 years are:-
A. Kumbh Mela A. Indus Plains, Ganga Plains and
Brahmaputral Plains
B. Aadi festival
B. Punjab Plains, Ganga Plains and
C. Diwali Brahmaputra Plains
D. none of above C. Haryana Plains, Punjab Plains and
Delhi Plains
53. is the popular dance of Assam.
D. Bhangar, Kankar, Bhabar
A. Bhangra
59. Which is the most populous state of India?
B. Bihu
A. Uttarakhand
C. Gidda
B. Assam
D. Kathak C. Rajasthan
54. is one of the oldest Centres of learn- D. Uttar Pradesh
ing. 60. are flat level land
A. Nalanda A. Northern plains
B. Karnool B. Northern mountains
C. Nagpur C. Southern hills
D. Nagaland D. none of above
61. The split of rivers in their lower course into
55. Area at the foothills of Shiwalik Range is
numerous channels due to the deposition
A. Teran Region of silt are called as
B. Terai Region A. Tributaries
C. hilly B. Distributaries
D. deserty C. Canals
D. Mini Rivers
56. northern plains lie between the
62. river joins ganga near patna
A. himalayas and the southern plateaues
A. gandak
B. desert B. kosi
C. punjab C. sone
D. mountains D. none of above

63. Badhkal Lake, Dumdama Lake, Yadavindra C. Six

Gardens and Panchkula are popular tourist D. Nine
destinations of which state?
69. What is Brahmaputra called in Tibet?
A. Delhi
A. Padma
B. Haryana
B. Tsangpo
C. Punjab
C. Sunderbans
D. none of above
NARAYAN CHANGDER
D. Tapi
64. The Northern Plains of India is covered by 70. Sand deposited by rivers and floods is
A. Red Soil called-
B. Black Soil A. Timber
C. Alluvial Soil B. Delta
D. Laterite Soil C. Basin
D. Alluvium
65. The hills of the N-E are collectively called
the ? 71. An area watered by a river and its tribu-
taries
A. The Govind
A. Basin
B. Akneehow
B. Land
C. Deccan Plateau
C. Ocean
D. Puruvanchal Ranges
D. none of above
66. The second highest peak in the world lies
72. The great northern plains can be divided
in the Shivalik range.
into plains in the centre, plains in
A. Kanchenjunga the west and valley in the east
B. Mt. Everest A. Punjab ; Ganga ; Bramhaputra
C. Mt. Godwin Austin (K2) B. Bramhaputra ; Punjab ; Ganga
D. none of above C. Ganga ; Punjab ; Bramhaputra
D. Punjab ; Bramhaputra; Ganga
67. The northern plains has been formed by
the interplay of the three major river sys- 73. River enters Bangladesh
tems. They are: A. Hoogly
A. Yamuna, Mahanadi and Krishna B. Ganga
B. Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra C. Padma
C. Sutlej, Kaveri and Indus D. Yamuna
D. Godavari, Sabarmati and Ganga 74. the most popular state in india
68. How many tributaries does the Indus river A. uttarpradesh
have? B. madhya pradhesh
A. Four C. rajasthan
B. Five D. delhi

75. Identify the river which is not a tributary 81. Where does River Brahmaputra enter In-
of River Indus. dia?

A. Ravi A. Arunachal Pradesh
B. Chenab B. Himachal Pradesh
C. Yamuna C. Assam
D. none of above D. none of above
76. punjab and haryana lies in basin. 82. The largest branch of river Brahmaputra is
A. ganga river
A. Jamuna
B. indus river
B. Hoogly
C. bhramaputhra river
C. Padma
D. satluj river
D. Indus
77. The highest mountain range in the world
83. A larger part of the Punjab plains lie in
A. Karakoram Range
A. Pakistan
B. Himalayan Range
B. Punjab
C. The North Eastern Mountain Range
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. none of above
D. Hariyana
78. What is the capital city of Bihar?
84. What does Himalayas literallly mean?
A. Lucknow
A. Home of snow
B. Patna
B. Abode of snow
C. Dispur
C. Home of Everest
D. none of above
D. Home to highest peak in the world
79. Dam built on the Satluj River
85. basin gets the highest rainfall
A. Pandoh Dam
A. Indus
B. Bhakra Nangal
B. Ganga
C. Nathpa Jhakri Dam
C. Brahmaputra
D. none of above
D. none of above
80. Earthen pot with burning coal carried by
people in Kashmir in winter is called 86. Which river is known as Tsangpo in Tibet?
A. phiran A. Brahmaputra
B. baku B. Satluj
C. kangri C. Ganga
D. shikara D. Beas

87. A home to the Royal Bengal Tiger is 93. is called the land of 5 rivers.
A. Rashtrpathi bhavan A. JAMMU AND KASHMIR
B. Bhakra Nangal B. HIMMACHAL PRADESH
C. Sundarban delta C. HARYANA
D. none of above D. PUNJAB
88. is the official language of Andhra
94. Rapid Fire!The Northern plains spread over
NARAYAN CHANGDER
Pradesh and Telengana.
an area of lakh sq. km.
A. Telugu
A. 8
B. Tamil
B. 5
C. Bengali
C. 6
D. Malayalam
D. 7
89. The Western part of the Northern Plain is
referred to as the Plains. 95. Rivers of the Northern Plains are fed by
A. Kashmir A. Melting Snow
B. Himachal B. Plants
C. Punjab C. forests
D. none of above D. Oceans
90. The calcareous deposits found in soil is lo-
cally known as 96. ganga enters the northern plains near
A. Bhangar A. haridwar
B. Khadar B. allahabad
C. Bhavar C. rishikesh
D. Kankar D. none of above
91. The slopes of Northern hills are used for 97. Dal and Wular lake is located in
A. Himachal Pradesh
A. Terrace farming
B. Uttarakhand
B. Sliding
C. Boating
D. Sikkim
D. none of above
92. The river Brahmaputra is called in Ti- 98. The main branch of the Ganga in West Ben-
bet. gal.
A. Tsang Po A. Hugli
B. Mekong B. Padma
C. Xi C. Mahanadi
D. Huang D. Kosi

99. The longest of the three rivers in north In- 105. The Sutlej basin waters the states of
dia A. Punjab, Haryana

A. Ganga
B. Bihar, Jharkhand
B. Yamuna
C. Arunachal Pradesh, andhra pradesh
C. Brahmaputra
D. none of above
D. none of above
106. The is the Northern most mountain
100. is known as middle or lessor Hi- range.
malayas.
A. Himadri
A. Himadri
B. Himachal
B. Himachal
C. Shiwalik
C. Shiwalik
101. Tea is very important crop of this region 107. “The Granary of India”
A. The Northern Mountains
A. Ganga B. The Peninsular Plateau
B. Sutlej C. The Northern Plains
C. Brahmaputra D. none of above
D. none of above
108. Which industries are famous in Haryana?
102. What do rivers of northern plains carry
A. Automobile
with them?
B. Handicraft
A. rocks
C. Chemical
B. silt
C. sand D. none of above
D. all of these 109. By which name the Mount Everest is

known in Nepal?
103. The Yamuna joins river Ganga at .
A. Shivalik
A. Allahabad
B. Sagarmata
B. Sangam
C. Varanasi C. pirpanjal
D. Patna D. Banihal
104. is the most important crop that 110. The for regions of Relief in Northern
grows in the Northern Plains. Plains are
A. wheat A. Bhabhar, Terai, Kankar, Khadar
B. rice B. Bhabhar, Terai, Bhangar, Khadar
C. millet C. Bhabhar, Majuli, Kankar, Khadar
D. none of above D. Bhabhar, Terai, Kankar, Majuli

111. bhakra dam is built on river 117. The backwaters in Kerala are fed by al-
A. indus most rivers.
B. ganga A. 20
C. satluj B. 50
D. none of above C. 40
D. 30
112. Brahmaputra enters India from
NARAYAN CHANGDER
A. Assam 118. the main tributary of the river ganga is
B. Ladakh A. Yamuna
C. Tripura B. Gandak
D. Arunanchal pradesh C. Son

D. Ghagra
113. Northern Plain spreads over an area of
A. 70 lakh sq. kms 119. Rearrange the jumbled letters.N S L A I P
B. 17 lakh sq. kms

A. PLAINS
C. 7 lakh kms
B. PLANIS
D. 7 lakh sq. kms
C. PIALNS
114. The soil in ‘Bhangar’ region which con- D. none of above
tains calcareous deposits is locally known
as 120. Beautiful hill station in Himalayas
A. Khadar A. Shimla
B. Kankar B. Nepal
C. Bhangar C. Ooty
D. Bhabar D. none of above
115. durga pooja is the most important festi- 121. The main tributary of river Satluj is-
val in A. Ravi
A. delhi B. Chenab
B. assam C. Beas
C. tripura D. Jhelum
D. westbengal
122. India is divided into major physical di-
116. Assam lies in visions.
A. Ganga Basin A. 4
B. Sutlej Basin B. 5
C. Brahmaputra Basin C. 6
D. none of above D. 7

123. Western most state of the Northern 129. ganga and brahmaputra make the largest
plains is delta called

A. Punjab A. the sunderbans
B. Maharashtra B. the sunderibans
C. Kerala C. sandalbans
D. Assam D. none of above
124. in the Brahmaputa river is the largest 130. The type of farming practiced in the Shi-
inhabited riverine island in the world. walik region is
A. Dihang A. Terrace farming

B. Agriculture
B. Jhelum
C. Kosi
D. none of above
D. Majuli
131. is regarded as the holiest of rivers of
125. The highest peak in Himalayas is India.
A. K2 A. River Ganga
B. Mt. Everest B. River Yamuna
C. Kanchanjunga C. River Son
D. None of the above D. none of above
126. The world famous monuments the 132. Which of the following is not a tributary
is in Agra. of river Indus
A. TAJ MAHAL A. Beas
B. RED FORT B. Ravi
C. AYODHYA MAHAL C. Satluj
D. MEHTAB BAGH AGRA D. Som
127. Lower range of Himalayas 133. is an important crop grown in Uttar

Pradesh.
A. Shiwalik
A. Sugar Cane
B. Himachal
B. Oilseed
C. Himadri C. Wheat
D. none of above D. Potatoes
128. Northern plains are composed of 134. A river that flows into a larger river
A. Black soil A. Tributaries
B. Kankar B. Ocean
C. Alluvium C. Lake
D. Igneous rock D. none of above

135. the river indus flows into 141. the ganga basin is also known as the
A. bay of bengal A. food bowl of India
B. arabian sea B. forest area
C. indian ocean C. green basin of India
D. none of above D. animal area
136. In some places of the Northern mountains 142. Terai is/are
NARAYAN CHANGDER
are found. A. a narrow belt of about 8 to 16 km in
width lying parallel to the slopes of the Shi-
A. Glaciers
waliks
B. Rocks
B. the part above the floodplains of the
C. Sand rivers and presents a terracelike feature
D. none of above C. a wet, swampy and marshy region cre-
ated by the rearrangement of streams
137. The Northern Plains stretch from to and rivers
D. the newer, younger deposits of the
A. Ladakh tor Rajasthan floodplains
B. Punjab to Assam 143. The important festival of Bihar
C. Haryana to Bihar A. Diwali
D. none of above B. Chhath Puja
138. The Sangam of Yamuna and Ganga is at C. Durga Puja
D. none of above
A. Allahabad 144. is a river known as Sacred river for
B. Patna Hindus
C. Sikkim A. Ganga
D. none of above B. Yamuna
C. Vaigai
139. What is found in Assam?
D. none of above
A. Guava
145. Northern Plains spread over an area of
B. Petroleum
C. Litti Chokha
A. 7 lakh sq.km.
D. Brassware B. 8 lakh sq.km.
140. punjab and haryana lies in C. 9 lakh sq.km.
A. ganga river D. 10 lakh sq.km.
B. indus river 146. which dam is built across the river Satluj
C. bhramaputhra river A. Satluj basin
D. satluj river B. Beas dams

C. Bhakra Nangal Dam 152. Tributary of ganga

D. none of these A. Ghagra

B. Kosi
147. Ganga Plain is spread over the states of
C. Yamuna
A. North India, Haryana, Delhi, U.P
D. All of the above
B. Bihar, partly Jharkhand and West Ben-
gal to its East, particularly in Assam 153. What are the main ranges of Himalayas.
C. North India, Jharkhand and West Ben- A. Himachal
gal B. Himadri
D. Jharkhand and West Bengal C. Shiwalik/Shivalain
148. What is the name of the farming prac- D. All Of the above
ticed on the Middle Himalayas?
154. The rivers and flow across the
A. Mountain farming northern part of the western coastal plain
B. Snow farming and empty into the
A. Tapti, Godavari, Arabian Sea
C. Terrace farming
B. Narmada, Kaveri, Arabian sea
D. Dun farming
C. Krishna, Kaveri, Arabian Sea
149. Name the monuments of Delhi. D. Narmada, Tapti, Arabian Sea
A. Red Fort
155. Farming, cattle rearing and dairy farming
B. Lotus Temple are the main occupations of
C. Jama Masjid A. Bihar
D. All of these B. West Bengal
C. Haryana
150. Coconut, mangrove and trees grow in
abundance on the Eastern Coastal plain D. none of above
A. Palm 156. The main festival celebrated in Punjab.
B. Gulmohar A. Teej
C. Casuarina B. Gangaur
D. None of these C. Holi
D. Id
151. The largest part of Northern Plains of In-
dia is formed of 157. River flows through Delhi .
A. Old Alluvium Soil A. Ganga
B. New Alluvium Soil B. Brahmaputra
C. None of the above C. Gomti
D. Black Soil D. Yamuna

158. Sonepath is famous for 164. The topmost range of the Northern moun-
A. bicycles tains is called The Greater Himalayas or
.
B. automobile industry
A. Himadri
C. handloom
B. Shiwaliks
D. none of above
C. Lesser Himalayas
159. Main crops grown in Brahmaputra basin D. None of the above
NARAYAN CHANGDER
A. rice, jute
165. The river Indus rises in
B. cotton, wheat
A. Tibet
C. maize, oilseeds B. Karachi
D. jowar, maize C. Kashmir
160. Patna is located on the banks of the D. Punjab
river.
166. Agriculture and fishing are the main occu-
A. Satluj pations of
B. Ganga A. Bihar
C. Yamuna B. West Bengal
D. Son C. Delhi
161. Ganga and Yamuna join at D. none of above
A. Allahabad 167. brahmaputra enters india through
B. Kashmir A. assam
C. Gujarat B. arunachal pradesh
D. none of above C. tripura
162. is also known as the “land of tea gar- D. none of above

dens”. 168. The Northern Mountains are divided into
A. Assam parallel mountain ranges.
B. Manipur A. 2
C. West Bengal B. 3
D. Uttar Pradesh C. 4
D. 5
163. is a narrow belt of pebbles which runs
in the west-east direction along the foot of 169. The National Dairy Research Institute is
the Shiwaliks. located in
A. Bhabar A. Karnool
B. Khadar B. Bhilaai
C. Terai C. Karnal
D. Bhangar D. Kangar

170. padma flows in 176. How many Union Territories does India
A. pakistan have?

B. tibet A. 6
B. 7
C. bangladesh
C. 8
D. none of above
D. 9
171. is the mountain pass located in
Jammu and Kashmir. 177. the gamga river flows at a high speed
from the??
A. Zoji la pass
A. coastal areas
B. Annapurana
B. mountain
C. Kumbh mela
C. mountain slopes
D. none of above
D. satluj river
172. In Punjab, is the main occupation of
many people. 178. sangam is in
A. Fishing A. allahabad
B. Manufacturing B. kanpur
C. varanasi
C. Farming
D. none of above
D. Cooking
179. Eastern most state of the Northern plains
173. Baisakhi, Lohri and are important fes-
tivals of Punjab A. Assam
A. Gurupurab B. Arunanchal Pradesh
B. Muharram C. Punjab
C. Navrathri D. West Bengal
D. Mahavir Jayanti 180. Khadar means
174. An area watered by a river and it’s trib- A. The newer alluvial soil in the Northern
utaries is called a Plains
A. Basin B. The older alluvial soil in the Northern

Plains
B. Coast
C. Alluvial soil in Peninsular Plateau
C. Branch
D. All are correct
D. none of above
181. The Ghaggar river flows through which
175. is known as food bowl of India state?
A. Northern mountains A. Haryana
B. Western desert B. Punjab
C. Northern plains C. Delhi
D. Southern plateau D. none of above

3.5 Peninsular Plateau 92
3.5 Peninsular Plateau

1. In which state of India Kanha National C. the oldest landmass and in inverted tri-
Park to protect tigers is located? angle shape
A. Madhya Pradesh D. None of the above
B. Uttar Pradesh 7. The Western Ghats are , unlike the
C. Punjab Eastern Ghats which are and
NARAYAN CHANGDER
D. Rajasthan A. discontinuous, continuous, symmetri-
cal
2. What is a Plateau
B. continuous, discontinuous, irregular
A. A large area which does not have trees
C. symmetrical, discontinuous, irregular
B. A large extensive area which is raised
D. none of above
above the other area
C. A small piece of land 8. A is a highland which is flat at the top.
D. A small flat tableland A. hill
B. mountain
3. The largest of the southern plateaus is
C. plateau
A. Deccan plateau
D. slope
B. Malwa plateau
C. Chhotanagpur plateau 9. What is the most popular drama of Maha-
rashtra?
D. none of above
A. Tamasha
4. The Peninsular Plateau is located between B. Lavani
two mountain rages, the Ghats and the
Ghats. C. Bharatanatyam
A. Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats D. Other
B. Western Ghats and Southern Ghats 10. Which out of these given states is rich in
Tribal culture?
C. Eastern Ghats and Southern Ghats
A. Jharkhand
D. none of above
B. Madhya Pradesh
5. The Deccan Plateaus lie between the
C. Punjab
D. Rajasthan
A. Satpura Mountains
B. Dakshin Ganga 11. Where is the North Indian Plateau situated
C. Silicon Valley A. on The Northern part of India
D. Western Ghats B. None of these
C. Lies between the Satpura range and
6. Peninsular Plateau is Ghats
A. the oldest landmass in India D. Lies between Aravali and the vindhyas
B. the youngest landmass in India region .

12. What is the Southern Plateau also known 17. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is on the river
as? A. Kaveri

A. Hilly plateau B. Krishna
B. The Huge Plateau C. Mahanadi
C. The Peninsular Plateau D. none of above
D. none of above 18. The Jog water fall is in the state

A. karnataka
13. A Peninsula is a
B. uttar pradesh
A. Group of islands C. Kerala
B. Piece of land surrounded by water in D. none of above
two sides
19. Where is the Southern Indian Plateau situ-
C. Piece of land surrounded by water in ated?
three sides
A. Lakshadweep region
D. A piece of land surrounded by water in
B. Lies between Satpura and Eastern
one side
ghat region
14. Cotton is mainly grown in the southern C. Lies in Rajasthan
plateau region. Which type of soil is good D. Lies in Himalayas region
to grow cotton.
20. How many kilometers of Indian terrain
A. Clay soil does the southern plateau cover?
B. Black soil A. 20 lakh km
C. Sandy soil B. 16 lakh km
D. Alluvial soil C. 18 lakh km
D. 10 lakh km
15. Which of the following festival is cele-
brated in Maharashtra with very much of 21. What is the other name of South Indian
fun and joy? Plateau?
A. It does not have another name
A. Diwali
B. Aravali Plateau
B. Holi
C. African Plateau
C. Pongal
D. Deccan plateau
D. Ganesh Chaturthi
22. What is a peninsula?
16. The Chotanagpur and the Deccan Plateau A. it is a piece of land which is good for
consist of which soil? agriculture.
A. Black Soil B. is a large piece of land surrounded by
water on all sides
B. Red Soil
C. is a piece of land surrounded by water
C. Sandy Soil on only three sides.
D. Clay Soil D. None of these

23. What are the some of the examples of 29. What are some of the main rivers of the
North Indian Plateau? Northen Plateau
A. Maharashtra, Karnataka A. Chambal, Betwa
B. Dragonland and Dreamtopia B. Mississippi river and Nile river
C. Socotra and Palmerston C. Congo river and Ganga river
D. Marwar and Malwa D. It doesn’t have rivers
30. Which of the following rivers flows in the
NARAYAN CHANGDER
24. Who is Hyderabad’s twin city?
southern plateau?
A. Secunderabad
A. Krishna
B. Chennai
B. Satluj
C. Bhopal C. Ravi
D. Bengaluru D. Padma
25. The Deccan Plateau is in shape. 31. Tamil Nadu lies to the of Karnataka
A. square A. East
B. traingular B. West
C. rectangle C. North
D. none of above D. South
26. Which of the following is true about 32. Peninsular Plateau has an average height
plateau of
A. Flat level plain land A. 600 to 900 meters
B. Hill top topography B. 600 to 900 meters above mean sea

level
C. Tabular land
C. 600 to 1000 meters above mean sea
D. Rough land level
27. This state has extensive teak and sandal- D. 600 to 1200 meters above mean sea
wood forests. level
A. Tamil Nadu 33. which is the large plateau in western and

southern India
B. Karnataka
A. Meghalaya plateau
C. Andhra Pradesh
B. the central highland
D. none of above
C. deccan plateau
28. What is the highest waterfall in India? D. malwa plateau
A. Jog falls
B. Dudhsagar Falls world according to area.
C. Kunchikal Falls A. Fifth
D. Hogenakkal Falls B. Second

C. Seventh C. Anaimudi
D. none of above D. Nilgiri

35. Which one of the following is a plateau in 41. Which river divides the southern plateau
the Central Highlands: into Central highlands and Deccan Plateau
A. Deccan Plateau regions?Options:Narmada Godavari Kr-
B. Bagelkhand Plateau ishna Mahanadi
C. Deosai Plateau A. Narmada

D. Marwar Plateau B. Godavari
C. Krishna
36. What are the name of the South Indian
Plateaus rivers? D. Mahanadi
A. Yamuna
42. Deccan Plateau lies to the south of
B. Ganga
A. River Ganga
C. Mahanadi and Kaveri
B. River Godavari
D. It doesnt have any rivers
C. River Brahmaputra
37. “And by in the north east”
D. River Narmada
A. Aravalli Hills
B. Rajmahal Hills 43. Which of the following is the largest part
of Central Highlands?
C. Eastern Ghats
D. Western Ghats A. Deccan Plateau
B. Bundelkhand
38. What is a plateau?
C. Baghelkhand
A. A large land
B. A large high land that has a flat upper D. Malwa Plateau
part.
44. Which city is known as IT industry city?
C. A low land which is deep.
A. Bengaluru
D. none of above
B. Hyderabad
39. Which is the most sacred river?
C. Mumbai
A. Godavari
D. none of above
B. Krishna
C. Kaveri 45. The oldest Indian landmass of is apart of
D. Narmada
A. Rajasthan
40. Which is the highest mountain peak of
Western Ghat? B. Jammu and Kashmir
A. Doda beta C. Gondwana Land
B. Mahendra Giri D. none of above

3.6 Great Indian desert 96
46. What are the mountains and plateaus of C. Mahanadi

Central Highlands? D. Ganga
A. Aravalli Hills
50. Which of the following is a major range in
B. Malwa Plateau
The Central Highlands?
C. Chota Nagpur Plateau
A. Maikal Range
D. All of These
B. Himalayan Range
47. which is not a river of southern plateau?
NARAYAN CHANGDER
C. Vindhya Range
A. Ganga
D. Purvanchal Range
B. Krishna
C. Godavari 51. If a river falls off a plateau what does it
form
D. none of above
A. River
48. The Jog fall is in the state of
B. Waterfall
A. Karnataka
C. Energy
B. Uttar Pradesh
D. Rain
C. Kerala
D. Andhra Pradesh 52. Hills in the north of peninsular plateau
A. Rajmahal, vindhya, satpura
49. Which of the following rivers does not
flow in the southern plateau? B. Kaimur, nilgiri, satpura
A. Krishna C. Satpura, cardamom, kaimur
B. Godavari D. none of above
3.6 Great Indian desert

1. What is the other name of the Thar 3. The Desert Festival is held in
Desert? A. Bikaner
A. The Great Indian Desert B. Jodhpur
B. The Great Desert C. Jaiselmer
C. The Great Asian Desert D. none of above
D. It has only one name. 4. Which among these is an important salt
lake of the Thar desert region?
2. The Great Indian Desert covers a large A. Pangong Lake
part of:
B. Dal Lake
A. Haryana
C. Chilka Lake
B. Rajasthan D. Sambhar Lake
C. Uttar Pradesh
5. On which side of India Pakistan and
D. Meghalaya Afghanistan lie?

A. West 11. The Thar Desert is in part of Rajasthan.

B. East A. north-east

C. South B. north-west
D. North C. south-east
D. south-west
6. The languages spoken by the people in Ra-
jasthan are and 12. The nomads of Rajasthan are called
A. Hindi and English A. Benjjis
B. Rajasthani and Hindi B. Begums
C. Urdu and Hindi C. Banjaras
D. Rajasthani and English D. Pathans
7. Rivers that flow through Thar desert 13. Rainfall is scanty in a desert. It is less than
A. River Indus cm per annum.
B. River Ganga A. 55
C. River Luni B. 45
D. 25
8. What are the main occupations of the peo-
ple of the desert? 14. The capital of Rajasthan is
A. Agriculture and Cattle Rearing A. Raipur
B. Agriculture and Dairy B. Nagpur
C. Only dairy C. Jaipur
D. None of the above D. none of above
9. What is the the most famous mineral in the 15. The Thar Desert is bounded on the south
desert? by the
A. limestone A. River Satluj
B. phosphorite B. Aravalli Range
C. gypsum C. Pakistan
D. none of above D. Rann of Kachchh
10. What mimosa and cassia are equipped 16. Thar desert is a natural boundary across
with to prevent moisture loss? which countries?
A. Tough bark A. India and Pakisthan
B. Fleshy Bodies B. India and China
C. Green leaves C. India and Bangladesh

17. People of Rajasthan speak language. 23. For whom is the camel’s milk good for?
A. gujarati A. People who don’t like milk
B. rajasthani B. Lactose intolerant
C. punjabi C. People who like sour flavour
18. Where does the desert lie? 24. The Thar Desert is mainly found in the
state of
NARAYAN CHANGDER
A. The Indian desert lies towards the
western margins of the Aravali Hills. A. Rajasthan
B. The Indian desert lies towards the B. Jaipur
eastern margins of the Vindhya Hills. C. Goa
C. The Indian desert lies towards the D. Kerla
northern margins of the Aravali Hills.
25. Which of these is NOT TRUE about sand
D. The Indian desert lies towards the dunes?
southern margins of the Aravali Hills.
A. sand dunes are temporary hills of sand
19. The government has set up India’s largest B. sand dunes are formed around a bar-
wheat farm at rier
A. Jaipur C. sand dunes permanently remain at
B. Udaipur one place
C. Suratgarh D. sand dunes cannot be used as land-
mark in the desert
D. none of above
26. Which of the following minerals is found
20. is known as “ the ship of the desert”.
abundantly in Rajasthan?
A. Tiger
A. Iron
B. Lion B. Marble and sandstone
C. Camel C. Silver
21. the nomads of the thar desert are known 27. Which is the largest desert in India?
as
A. The White Desert of Kutch
A. banjaras
B. The Thar Desert
B. camels
C. Jaisalmer Desert of Rajasthan
C. firefighters
D. none of above
D. none of above
28. Some areas in the Thar Desert has become
22. Small hill of sand green due to
A. Sand dune A. the underground water available
B. Sand storm B. rainfall
C. Dust storm C. Indira Gandhi Canal
D. none of above D. None of the above

29. is a form of tie and dye that is special 35. The sandy hills in desert are known as
to Rajasthannd Gujarat.
A. mountains

A. Handloom
B. sand dunes
B. Sequins work
C. plateau
C. Chickankari
D. none of above
D. Bandhani
36. some of the features that make camel ide-
30. In which of the states does the Thar desert ally suited to living in a desert are:
doesn’t extend
A. A camel cannot bear the extreme tem-
A. Gujarat peratures in the desert .
B. Rajasthan B. it can survive without food or water for
C. Madhya Pradesh several days.
D. none of above C. A camel’s hump is not used to store
food
31. The Rajasthan Canal draws water from
which river? D. none of these
A. Beas 37. The Great Indian Desert is situated at

B. Chenab side of Northern Plains of India.
C. Satluj A. east
D. none of above B. west
C. north
32. Which is the only hill station in Rajasthan
A. Chittor D. none of above
B. Mount Abu 38. Where is the Great Indian Desert Located?

C. Udaipur A. To the South-west of the Northern
D. Jaipur Plains
B. To the North-east of the Northern
33. People of deserts like to settle around: Plains
A. sand dunes
C. To the North-west of the Northern
B. reservoirs Plains
C. oasis D. To the South-west of the Northern
D. none of above Plains
34. Which famous salt lake is there in Thar 39. The Thar Desert lies on the of the Ar-
Desert? avalli Range.
A. Dal lake A. North
B. Both B. East
C. Sambhar C. South
D. none of above D. West

40. Where are Barchans commonly found? B. Both assertion and reason are true but
A. Rajasthan reason is not the correct explanation of as-
sertion.
B. Kerala
C. Assertion is true but reason is false.
C. Assam
D. Both Assertion and Reason are false.
D. Jaisalmer
46. The Thar Desert is bounded on the south
41. How much percentage of Rajasthani peo- by the
NARAYAN CHANGDER
ple live in the Thar desert? A. Aravalli Range
A. 35% B. Rann of Kachchh
B. 86% C. Pakistan
C. 45% D. River Satluj
D. 40%
47. A community that moves with its animals
42. The Thar Desert spreads into Pakistan as from place to place
Desert. A. men
A. Arabian B. nomads
B. Great Indian C. caravan
C. Sind D. none of above
D. Sahara 48. How much percentage of the Thar desert
lies in India?
43. Where are Barchan mostly found in?
A. 15%
A. Jaisalmer
B. 75%
B. Kutch
C. 85%
D. 90%
D. none of above
49. Which is correct?
44. What is the average temperature in the
Thar desert during day A. Mesapotomia-egypt-harrapa-Minoan
Crete
A. 100 degrees
B. Mesapotomia-aztecs-roman-harrapa
B. Below 50 degrees
C. Egypt-roman-harrapa-Minoan Crete
C. 150 degrees
D. Roman-harrapa-mesapotamia-Minoan
D. 75 degrees Crete
45. Assertion:Streams appear during the rainy 50. Rajasthanis have great passion for and
season and soon after, they disappear.
Reason:They have enough water to reach A. music and art
the sea.
B. music and dance
A. Both assertion and reason are true
and reason is the correct explanation of C. music and craft
assertion. D. music and painting

51. Indian desert lies towards the Aravali 57. The world’s longest canal is
range
A. Yamuna canal

A. Eastern margins
B. Agar canal
B. Southern margins
C. Indira Gandhi Canal
C. Western margins
D. none of above
D. Northern margins
58. Guess the state bird of Rajasthan.
52. Which is the only hill station of Rajasthan?
A. Great Indian Bustard
A. Chittor
B. Siberian Crane
B. Mount Adu
C. Peacock
C. Udaipur
D. none of above
D. none of above
59. This desert receives below per
53. When does the streams appear? year
A. During Summer season A. High rainfall, 140 mm
B. During Winter season B. Low rainfall, 150 mm
C. During Spring season C. High rainfall, 150 mm
D. During Rainy season D. Low rainfall, 140 mm
54. A popular hill station in Rajasthan is 60. The is known as the ship of the desert
A. Mount Abu A. Camel
B. Denali B. Dog
C. Chu Oyo C. Cat
D. none of above D. Rabbit
55. Which of the following is not the feature 61. which river is there in the right part of Ar-
of a desert avalli hills
A. Mango tree A. Indira Gandhi canal
B. Sand Dunes B. Chambal river
C. Oasis C. Beas river
D. Barchans D. Indus river
56. How is the climate in the Indian desert? 62. Which is the important city in Rajasthan?
A. Arid Climate A. Jodhpur
B. Cool Climate whole day B. Hyderabad
C. None of the above C. Patna
D. none of above D. Pune

63. From which river does Rajasthan gets wa- 69. Which is the largest Desert in the world?
ter. A. Sahara Desert
A. Ganga river
B. Antarctic Desert
B. Satluj river
C. Arctic Desert
C. Yamuna river
D. I don’t know?
D. Chambal river
70. Thar desert is also known as
NARAYAN CHANGDER
64. What type of climate and vegetation does
The Indian Desert have? A. The Desert
A. Moderate climate, High vegetation B. Geographical Destination
B. Humid climate, Low vegetation C. The Great Indian Desert
C. Arid climate, Low vegetation D. All of the above
D. None of the above 71. Why is the Thar desert called the most
65. Agriculture has developed in Rajasthan wealthiest desert?
due to the A. its produces the most wool in India
A. Indira Gandhi Canal B. because it has minerals
B. rains C. both of the above
C. wells D. none of above
D. rivers
72. During summers, hot winds which blow in
66. World’s longest canal Indra Gandhi canal a desert are called
found in Rajasthan supply water to-
A. sand storms
A. Ganganagar and Bikaner
B. caravans
B. Ganganagar and Suratgarh
C. caravans
C. Bikaner and Suratgarh
D. loo
D. none of above
73. The desert is an undulating sandy plain
67. small hills of sand is called covered with
A. Himalayas
A. Mountains
B. Hills
B. Rivers
C. Sand dunes
C. Sand dunes
D. none of above
D. Cactus
68. Which of the following is not wild life sanc-
tuaries in Rajasthan? 74. is the only river in Thar desert.
A. Ranthambore A. Luni
B. Bharatpur B. Ganga
C. Kanha C. Yamuna
D. none of above D. Indus

75. the climate of Rajasthan is: C. Northern

A. Wet D. none of above

B. Harsh
81. The Thar Desert is present in the part
C. Pleasant
of Rajasthan and of Aravalli Hills.
D. None of these
A. north-west, west
76. What will a traditional Rajasthani man B. south-west, west
wear?
C. north-east, east
A. Jeans and T-shirt
B. Pant and Shirt D. south-east, west
C. Dhoti, Kurta and Turban 82. Areas in a desert where water is found
D. none of above and agriculture is carried out are called
77. Which of the following is not a national A. banjaras

park of Rajasthan? B. oases
A. Ranthambore C. caravans
B. Sariska
D. forts
C. reo ladeo
D. Corbett 83. What is the most prominent feature of the
Indian desert?
78. Which of the following is true for the Thar
A. Gold
Desert?
A. All of it lies in India B. Mountain Range
B. Most of it lies in Pakistan. C. Desert
C. Most of it lies in India. D. Barchan
D. none of above
84. What is an important salt water lake in
79. Which of the below statements describe the Great Indian Desert.
the climate of the Thar Desert A. Pangong Lake
A. hot days and nights during summer
B. Sambha Lake
and winter
B. hot days, cold nights during summer C. Lonar Lake
and winter D. Panchbhadra Lake
C. hot days, cool nights in summer and
cool days and cold nights in winter 85. Which is the only largest river in this
desert?
D. hot days and nights during summer
and cold days and nights during winter A. Sutlej river
80. Thar Desert lies in in Rajasthan? B. Indira Gandhi Canel

A. Eastern C. Luni river
B. Western D. None of the above

86. Villages in the desert come up 92. What Is Luni?

A. in places where there are camels. A. The luni is the largest river in the Thar
Desert of northwest India.
B. where there is water.
B. Luni Is the Main Crop of this desert
C. where the sand dunes are formed.
C. Luni is The biggest cactus
D. All of the above
D. Luni is a song
87. What has a property of losing and gaining
93. People who lead a nomadic life in desert
NARAYAN CHANGDER
heat quickly?
are called
A. water
A. oases
B. soil
B. caravans
C. sand
C. banjaras
D. cactus D. Ranas
88. Identify a famous festival of Rajasthan. 94. Which of the follwing is not a crop of Ra-
A. Teej jasthan state?
B. Kalbelia A. maize
C. Fire B. rice
D. Ghoomar C. barley
D. none of above
89. Which hills do not allow moisture laden
winds to enter the Thar Desert? 95. This is an unproductive land.
A. Satpura Hills A. Mountain
B. Vindhya range B. Desert
C. No hills are there. C. Plain
D. Aravalli Hills D. Plateau
90. WHICH OF THE FOLLOING IS TRUE THAR 96. The only seasonal river that crosses the
DESERT? sandy desert is
A. Luni
A. All it lies in Pakistan .
B. Ganga
B. All it lies in India.
C. Tapti
C. Most of it lies in India.
D. Kaveri
D. Most of it lies in Pakitan.
97. a)what is the the amount of rainfall? (in
91. Approximately how many mammals are normal)b)what type of climate does Thar
found in the Thar desert? desert have?
A. Over 20 A. 100-150mmb)arid and dry
B. Over 30 B. 100-500mmb)semi-arid and dry
C. Over 40 C. 50-100mmb)arid and moist

98. National park of Rajasthan is 104. Rainfall in a desert is very

A. Kahna National Park A. extreme

B. Manas National Park B. scanty
C. Bharatpur National Park C. moderate
99. The northern part of the western coastal 105. The ship of the desert is the
plain is called A. goat
A. konkan coast B. snake
B. malabar coast C. camel
C. co0romondel coast D. dog
D. northern circara 106. Assertion:The Indian desert lies to-
100. Indian Desert lies in the Aravali wards the Eastern margins of Aravali
Range hills.Reason:This region receives very high
rainfall, above 150mm per year.
A. Nothern Margins
A. Both assertion and reason are true
B. Western Margins and reason is the correct explanation of
C. Eastern Margins assertion.
D. Northen Margins B. Both assertion and reason are true but
reason is not the correct explanation of as-
101. What does a camel store inside its hump? sertion.
A. Milk C. Assertion is true but reason is false.
B. Water D. Both Assertion and Reason are false.
C. Leaves 107. Name the hill that surround the Thar
D. Bananas desert.
102. The hot winds in the desert carry lot of A. satpura

sand with them and causes B. aravalli
A. sand dunes C. himalayas
B. oasis D. none of above
C. sandstorms 108. The people over there speak
D. none of above A. Hindi rajasthani
103. At what rank is the Thar desert compared B. English
to other deserts in the world(in size)? C. Tamil
A. 7th largest D. Kannada
B. 18th largest 109. People travel on camels across the desert
C. Largest desert in the world. in groups called
D. 27th largest A. oases

B. Urs 115. How many years before was Thar desert

related to Egypt what was the year
C. banjaras
A. 5500 yrs-3500 bc
D. caravans
B. 5000 yrs-3000 bc
110. Which cover the largest area? C. 2500 yrs-500 bc
A. Rivers D. 2000 yrs-1 ad
B. Cactus 116. What are the characterized of the
NARAYAN CHANGDER
desert?
C. Barchans
A. Scanty vegetation
D. All of the above
B. Heavy precipitation/rainfall
111. What are camels known as(in Ra- C. Moderate climate
jasthan)? D. Low evaporation
A. Legendary Animals 117. Deine Plateau:
B. Ship of the desert A. to raise
C. Useless animals B. elevated, or raised, area of land that is
flatter than a mountain
D. A mammal
C. a large landmass that is smaller than
112. Why are evergreen and broadleaved a continent
trees found in the Thar desert? D. able to grow crops well
A. Cannot withstand high temperature 118. The hot winds in the desert carry a lot of
B. It does not like camels sand with them and cause
C. They don’t like to look at sand dunes A. sand dunes
B. oasis
D. none of above
C. sandstorms
113. The name of the largest river in this re- D. none of above
gion?
119. Longitudinal dunes became more promi-
A. Tapi River nent near the
B. Luni A. Rajasthan boundary
C. Indus River B. Pakistan boundary
D. Sutlej River C. Indo-Pakistan boundary
D. Pakistan-Indo boundary
114. Identify the main occupations of people
living in the Thar Desert. 120. The great indian desert is also known
as???
A. Agriculture and quarrying
A. Gobi desert
B. Animal rearing and quarrying B. Sahara desert
C. Animal rearing and fishing C. Thar desert
D. Agriculture and teaching D. none of above

121. Which minerals are exported to other 127. Which river flows in the eastern part of
countries from Rajasthan? Rajasthan.

A. Gold and silver A. Chambal river
B. Coal and petroleum B. Satluj River
C. Marble and sandstone C. Ganga river
D. Copper and limestone D. Yamuna river
122. The river that irrigates some parts of the 128. How many deserts are there in India?
Thar region is: A. 28
A. Satluj B. 14
B. Chambal C. 17
C. Ganga D. 19
D. Narmada
129. By which river the Southern plateau is di-
123. Malwa Plateau is lying is which mountain vided into two parts?
range? A. Tapi
A. Vindhya range B. Ganga
B. Satpura range C. Yamuna
C. None of these D. Narmada
D. none of above
130. Which rivers flows from west to east?
124. Who are the people that live in deserts? A. Both of these
A. American B. Kaveri
B. Aliens C. Krishna
C. Camels D. none of above
D. Bedouin
131. During summer, hot winds called
125. Which is the Largest Hot Desert in the blow from the desert region.
World? A. shoo
A. Thar Desert B. boo
B. Sahara Desert C. loo
C. Antarctic Desert D. sandstorms
D. I don’t Know?
132. The Great Indian Desert’ lies in the
126. The Thar Desert is a desert. part of the Indian subcontinent
A. cold and wet A. North-eastern
B. cold and dry B. North-western
C. hot and dry C. South-eastern
D. hot and wet D. South-western

133. Which among these is known as the ‘Pink 139. Sahara desert is located in
City’? A. Africa
A. Bikaner B. Asia
B. Jodhpur C. Europe
C. Jaipur D. Australia
D. Jaisalmer
140. Name the canal which starts from the
Satluj River and waters parts of the Thar
NARAYAN CHANGDER
134. The Thar desert is called?
Desert.
A. Hot desert
A. The Indira Gandhi Canal
B. Cold desert
B. The Rajiv Gandhi Canal
C. None of them
C. The Maharaja Canal
D. none of above
D. The Kaveri Canal
135. Which animal is called the ship of the
desert??? 141. Some areas in the Thar Desert has be-
come green due to
A. Lion
A. the underground water available
B. Mouse
B. rainfall
C. Camel
C. Indira Gandhi Canal
D. Snake
D. none of above
136. The Great Indian Desert covers an area
142. Villages in the desert come up in places
of how much?
A. in places where there are camels
A. 200, 000 km
B. where there is water
B. 175, 000 km
C. where the sand dunes are formed
C. 100, 000 km
D. none of above
D. 300, 000 km
143. The eastern coastal plain and western
137. The Indian desert lies towards the west- plain meet at the southern most tip of the
ern margins of the Indian peninsula at
A. Ajodhya Hills A. Mumbai
B. Aravali Hills B. Chennai
C. Pothigai C. Kanyakumari
D. Anantagiri Hills D. none of above
138. how many percent wool production 144. Which among these are the major reli-
comes from Rajasthan gions followed by Rajasthanis?
A. 30-40% A. Christianity and Buddhism
B. 50-60% B. Jainism and Islam
C. 40-50% C. Jainism and Hinduism
D. none of above D. Buddhism and Christianity

145. Assertion:The Indian Desert has a low C. wet and cold

vegetation cover.Reason:It has an arid cli- D. hot and cold
mate.

A. Both assertion and reason are true 151. The river that drains the Thar desert.
and reason is the correct explanation of A. Ganga river
assertion.
B. Krishna river
B. Both assertion and reason are true but
reason is not the correct explanation of as- C. Luni river
sertion. D. none of above
C. Assertion is true but reason is false.
152. Small hills of sand formed in a desert are
D. Both Assertion and Reason are false. called
146. Strong winds called shift sand from A. oases
one place to another. B. loo
A. caravans C. sand dunes
B. oases D. banjaras
C. sand dunes
153. Which tree or a plant is not grown in Ra-
D. sand storms
jasthan
147. Small hills of sands are called A. Cactus
A. sandstorms B. acacia
B. sand dunes C. Mango tree
C. sand pits D. none of above
D. sand marsh
154. Which of the following group of
148. Which is the driest desert in the world? trees/plants you would find in a desert?
A. Sahara Desert A. Cacti, banana, watermelon and thorny
B. Thar Desert bushes
C. Atacama Desert B. Cacti, apple, litchi and thorny bushes

D. Kalahari Desert C. Cacti, mango, grapes and thorny
bushes
149. The desert festival is held in
D. Cacti, date palm, babul and thorny
A. Jaiselmer bushes
B. Jodhpur
155. About a tenth of the Eco-region are sand
C. Jaipur dunes, they are also known as
D. Bikaner A. Hills
150. Cold deserts are and B. Barchans
A. hot and sandy C. Branches
B. cold and icy D. none of above

3.7 Coastal Plains 110
156. Festivals of Rajasthan are 158. What is the only large river in the Thar
desert known as?
A. Teej and Gangaur
A. Muni
B. Teej and Chaath pooja
B. Luni
C. Pongal and onam
C. Duni
D. none of above
D. none of above
157. Maximum area of Thar Desert is covered
NARAYAN CHANGDER
159. Which one of the following is not true
in the state of: about a Camel’s hump?
A. Punjab A. It stores water
B. Gujarat B. It can shrink and expand
C. Rajasthan C. A camel can have two humps
3.7 Coastal Plains

1. What is the name of the capital of Gu- B. framed wood covered in mats of dried
jarat? grass
A. Mumbai C. wood and bricks
B. Port Blair D. mud and animal skins
C. Gandhinagar 5. The Karankawa people
D. None of these A. were among the first American Indi-
ans to meet Europeans.
2. The famous port of malabar coast. B. joined with the Coushatta people.
A. Vishakhapatnam C. were descendants of the Mound
B. Kochi Builders.
C. Mumbai D. ate alligator meat.
D. Marmagao 6. ships are loaded and unloaded unloaded at
3. Which is not one of the sections of the A. ports

Western coast?
B. airports
A. Malabar
C. beach
B. Konkan D. none of above
C. Coromandal
7. are found along the Malabar Coast.
D. none of above A. Lagoons
4. Caddo used natural resources to make B. Bamboos
shelter out of C. Lakes
A. teepees made of animal skin D. Oasis

8. Important occupations in coastal plains is 14. The northern most part of the Western
A. fishing Coastal Plain is

B. agriculture A. Gujarat Coast
C. pottery B. Konkan Coast

D. all the above C. Malabar Coast
D. Coromandel Coast
9. What is the Southern Part of Eastern
Coastal Plains known as? 15. Mumbai is known as city of because of
A. Coromandel Coast Bollywood.
B. Malabar Coast A. Dreams
C. Konkan Coast B. Joy
D. Northern Circars C. Festivals
D. none of above
10. Which port you will NOT encounter when
travelling from Gujarat to Karnataka? 16. Which physiographic division of India is
A. Marmagao source of perennial rivers
B. Kandla A. Northern plains
C. Navha Sheva B. Himalayas
D. Kochi C. Coastal plains
11. The coastline of India is divided into D. Deccan plateau

parts. 17. is an important seaport of Kerala
A. Three A. Kochi
B. Five
B. kannur
C. Two
C. Thiruvananthapuram
D. Four
D. none of above
12. The southern part of eastern coastal plains
18. The shallow saltwater lakes separated
is called the coast.
from the sea by an area of rock or sand
A. Northern Cicars are called
B. Coromandel A. Gulf
C. Gulf of Kutch B. Coast
D. none of above C. Bay
13. Which is the only large river in the Thar D. lagoons
Region?
19. The Western Coastal plains are divided
A. Tapti into
B. Narmada A. Northern Circars and Coromandel
C. Luni Coast
D. none of above B. Coromandel Coast and Malabar Coast

C. Gujarat Coast, Konkan Coast and Mal- C. 300

abar Coast D. none of above
D. Northern Circars and Konkan Coast
26. Name the capital of Andaman and Nicobar
20. Which of these states lie in the Eastern group of Islands?
Coastal Plains? A. Kavaratti
A. Uttar Pradesh B. Thiruvananthapuram
B. Kerala
NARAYAN CHANGDER
C. Port Blair
C. Odisha D. Panaji
D. Gujarat
27. The southern most point of India is
21. port blair is in where A. The Indira Coal
A. andaman and nicobar islands B. The Palk Strait
B. laksheewdeep islands C. Gulf of mannar
C. daman and diu D. The Indira Point
D. puducheery 28. River flow through the Western
Coastal plain.
22. The famous Amul milk products come from
in Gujarat A. Mahanadi
A. Anand B. Godavari
B. Amol C. Krishna
C. Gandhinagar D. Tapi
D. none of above 29. A is a boat made by hollowing out long
logs.
23. The Caddo were farmers that planted:
A. confederacy
A. corn, rice, squash
B. reservation
B. beans, squash, potatoes
C. nomad
C. corn, beans, squash
D. dugout canoe
D. corn, pumpkin, wheat
30. Which among the following is incorrect
24. capital of lakshadweep about Lakshadweep Island
A. kavaratti A. It has tropical climate
B. port blair B. It is far from the main land of India
C. panaji C. It has rich diversity of flora and fauna
D. surat D. none of above
25. How many islands are there in the An- 31. The Delta of this river is known as GRA-
daman and Nicobar Islands? NARY OF SOUTH INDIA
A. 250 A. Kaveri
B. 150 B. Ganga

C. Krishna 38. Anand is called the of India.

D. Mahanadi A. Festival capital

32. is the practice of farming and animal B. Bowl capital
rearing. C. Milk capital
A. Fishing D. none of above
B. Agriculture 39. Common occupation of people living in
C. Sericulture coastal areas are and
D. none of above A. fishing, farming
B. fishing, mining
33. This Arabian sea lies to the of India.
C. mining and export-import
A. South
D. none of above
B. West
C. East 40. The Karankawa lived along the coast of:
D. none of above A. Atlantic Ocean

B. Gulf of Mexico
34. what is gods own country
C. Pacific Ocean
A. kerala
D. Indian Ocean
B. goa
41. What are the states that come under west-
C. odisha
ern coastline?
D. gujarat
A. Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Goa and
35. ships are loaded and unloaded at West Bengal .
A. ports B. Andhra Pradesh and Goa
B. airports C. Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka
and Kerala.
C. beach
D. None of these
D. none of above
42. Western Coastal Plains lies between Gu-
36. Which is not an example of millets? jarat to
A. Ragi A. Kerala
B. Jowar B. West Bengal
C. Mustard C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Bajra D. none of above
37. is a well-known city of the Eastern 43. Where is the famous Aurobindo Ashram
Coastal plains. and Matri Mandir is located?
A. Vishakhapatnam A. Gujarat
B. Nayagaon B. Puducherry
C. Chouldari C. Ludhiana
D. Tusnabad D. Patiala

44. The western Coastal Plain is divided into 50. The Western Desert is a large, dry region
parts in the part of India.
A. 8 A. North-Eastern
B. 3 B. Eastern
C. 2 C. North
D. none of above D. North-Western
51. is called the Commercial Capital of In-
NARAYAN CHANGDER
45. Sabarmati Ashram lies in this city
dia.
A. Ahmedabad
A. Delhi
B. Amritsar
B. Mumbai
C. Patna
C. China
D. none of above
D. none of above
46. India’s coastline starts from the Gulf of
Kutchh in the west and stretches right up 52. The on the Nicobar Islands is the south-
to the state of in the East. ernmost point of India.
A. Andhra Pradesh A. Southern Point
B. West Bengal B. India Point

C. South Point
C. Odisha
D. Indira Point
53. Into how many parts is the western
47. Chariot Festival is celebrated in
coastal plains divided?
A. Tamil Nadu
A. 4
B. Odisha B. 7
C. Kerala C. 3
D. Uttar Pradesh D. 8
48. Makke ki roti and sarson ka Saag is fa- 54. Coastal areas experience winters.
mous in
A. cold
A. Punjab
B. mild
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. extremely cold
C. Bihar
D. none of above
D. none of above
55. The Chilika Lake is the largest salt water
49. Which of the following coastal plains is lo- lake in India. It lies in the state of Odisha,
cated between Mumbai and Goa to the south of the delta.
A. Kannad coast A. Kaveri
B. Konkan coast B. Godavri
C. Kandala coast C. Krishna
D. none of above D. Mahanadi

56. The western coastal strip, south of Goa is 62. Conjeevaram silk sarees are a speciality of
referred to as

A. Konkan coast A. Kerala
B. Coromandel coast B. Tamil Nadu
C. Kannad coast C. Anadhra Pradesh
D. Malabar coast D. Goa
57. Which island consists a bird sanctuary 63. A town or a city by the sea, where ships
arrive and leave is known as a
A. Laccadiv
A. Port
B. Minicoy
B. Coast
C. Pitti
C. Lighthouse
D. Lacca
D. Lagoon
58. Which of these rivers does NOT drain in
the “Rice bowl of India”- 64. The plain along the western coast is called
the
A. Vaigai
A. Eastern Coastal Plain
B. Kaveri
B. Western Coastal Plain
C. Godavari
C. Southern Coastal Plain
D. Mahanadi
D. none of above
59. The capital of the Lakswadeep islands is
65. Tea and coffee are beverage crops. They
A. Kavaratti are grown in large farms called
B. Port Blair A. Farming
C. Delhi B. Rearing
D. none of above C. Plantations
60. The Coromandel Coast lies towards the D. none of above
of The Northern Circars. 66. island is the administrative headquar-
A. East ters of Lakshadweep.
B. North A. Port Blair
C. South B. Kanyakumari
D. West C. Kavaratti
D. none of above
61. A landform which is well protected and has
water deep enough for ships to dock is 67. There are over islands in Andaman and
called a Nicobar islands
A. Port A. 700
B. Coast B. 100
C. Natural Harbour C. 300
D. Delta D. 500

68. The Malabar Coast covers the coastline of 74. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is built on
A. Sutlej
A. Karnataka
B. Krishna
B. Kerala
C. Narmada
C. Maharashtra
D. none of above
D. none of above
75. The names of the states lie in the Coastal
69. Which is an active volcano of India
NARAYAN CHANGDER
Plains are
A. Boring island A. Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Srina-
B. Baltic island gar
C. Barren island B. Hyderabad, Haryana, Punjab
D. Santalin island C. Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala
70. Mumbai is located on the D. None of these
A. Coromandel coast 76. Important ports of Karnataka
B. Malabar coast
A. Chennai
C. Gujarat coast
B. Manglore
D. Konkan coast
C. Kochi
71. If you visit , you may go to see a group D. none of above
of barchans.
A. Jaipur 77. How is climate in Eastern coastal plains?
B. Jaisalmer A. Hot and Humid
C. Gandhinagar B. Very Cold
D. none of above C. Rainy
72. A is a union of people or groups who D. none of above

work together for a common goal. 78. The Malabar coast covers the entire state
A. reservation of
B. confederacy A. Gujarat
C. nomad B. Karnataka
D. dugout canoe C. Kerala
73. The Caddo people D. Tamil Nadu
A. first arrived in East Texas in the 1800s.
79. Which is the capital of Andaman and Nico-
B. roamed the bayous near modern-day bar Islands?
Houston.
A. Chennai
C. were nomads without permanent
B. Port Blair
homes.
D. lived in large villages along the Red C. Kavaratti
River. D. Patna

80. The Western Coastal Plain lies between 86. The Andaman and Nicobar islands are a
Western Ghats and the group of islands, islets and rocks .

A. Bay of Bengal A. 582
B. Indian Ocean B. 572
C. Lakshadweep Islands C. 652
D. Arabian Sea D. 672
81. what are dams 87. The western coastal plains faces the
A. they help controlling floods A. Arabian sea
B. they help in developement of fishing B. Bay of Bengal
nad navigation
C. Indian ocean
C. produce hydroelectricity
D. none of above
D. all of the above
88. The Western Coastal Plains are sub-
82. Capital of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana divided into how much parts
A. Bhubaneshwar A. 4 parts
B. Hyderabad B. 2 parts
C. Chennai
C. 5 parts
D. Kolkata
83. What was the region like in which the
89. Which is the most popular dance in Goa??
Karankawa lived?
A. Lavani Dance
A. A coastal area with wildlife and inland
resources B. Mando Dance
B. A river valley with woods cleared for C. Garba Dance
farming D. none of above
C. A wide plain with herds of buffalo
90. The Eastern Coastal Plains are km
D. A swampy area with alligators wide .
84. India’s only active volcano is found on A. 60 km
island in Andaman and Nicobar B. 80 km
A. Swaraj
C. 120 km
B. Barren
D. 160 km
C. Shaheed
91. Cashew nuts, mangoes, coconuts, rice and
D. none of above
spices are the main crops of which state of
85. Aravallis is the part of coastal plains?
A. The Northern Plains A. Gujarat
B. Desert B. Kerala
C. Deccan Plateau C. Goa
D. Central Highlands D. None of these

92. western coastal plains consist how many C. Haryana

states
D. none of above
A. 5
B. 4 98. What are states that come under the coast-
line of India in the Eastern coast?
C. 3
A. Maharashtra
D. 2
B. Daman & Diu, Puducherry, Lakshwad-
NARAYAN CHANGDER
93. India’s Coastline is about km long . weep Islands and the Andaman & Nicobar
A. 7, 400 C. Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa
B. 7, 300 and West Bengal.
C. 7, 600 D. None of these
D. none of above
99. Panaji is the capital of state
94. The eastern coastal pains begin from A. Goa
and and pass through Odisha, Andhra
Pradesh and Tamil Nadu B. Karnataka
A. Karnataka C. Andhra Pradesh
B. west Bengal D. none of above
C. America
100. A is someone who travels from place
D. Africa to place at different seasons.
95. The climate along the Malabar coast is A. reservation
A. Hot and humid B. confederacy
B. Hot and snow C. nomad
C. Hot and windy D. dugout canoe
D. none of above
101. Goa is rich in ore
96. The Caddo community was arranged as a
union of people or groups who work to- A. Iron
gether for a common goal. This is known B. mica
as:
C. steel
A. family
D. none of above
B. union
C. tribe 102. The northern part of the Eastern Coastal
Plains is called the
D. conferacy
A. Northern Circars
97. Which state is a part of the northern
plains? B. Gujarat Coast
A. Goa C. Coromandel Coast
B. Kerala D. None of the above

103. Rajasthan is also known as . 109. is a major port on Saurashtra coast.

A. Desert Place of India A. Kandla

B. Desert State of India B. Goa
C. Desert Region of India C. Kochi
D. Desert of India D. none of above
104. Peninsular Plateau is composed of black 110. The Eastern Coastal Plains are sub di-
soil because, vided into
A. People living their like Black color A. 2 parts
B. Hot Sun B. 4 parts
C. Volcanic Eruptions in earlier times C. 3 parts
D. None of the above D. None of the above
105. Each Karankawa village was led by its 111. Which of the following is NOT a harvest
own: festival?
A. king A. Pongal
B. president B. Onam
C. shawman
C. Sankranti
D. chief
D. Ugadi
106. onam is the festival of
112. There are over islands in Lakshad-
A. kerala weep islands
B. karnataka A. 30
C. goa B. 70
D. daman and diu C. 40
107. Our country has a very long coastline, D. 50
stretching from in the west to in
the east. Name those two states. 113. Which island in Lakshwadeep has a bird
Sanctuary?
A. Gujarat, West Bengal
A. Kavaratti
B. Rajasthan, Odisha
B. Pitti
C. Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand
C. Minicoy
D. none of above
D. Amindive
108. This is land set aside as a place for Amer-
ican Indians to live 114. River Ganga’s tributary is
A. reservation A. River Yamuna
B. farm B. River Satluj
C. East Texas C. River Brahmaputra
D. nomad D. none of above

115. Mahanadi, Godavari and Krishna rivers 121. Where do the Western and the Eastern
form delta in which coast Coastal Plains meet?
A. Coromandel A. Kanyakumari
B. Malabar B. Chennai
C. Northern Circars C. Ludhiana
D. none of above D. Maharashtra
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116. Which landform is surrounded by water 122. Goa is famous for it’s
from three sides? A. Beaches
A. The Northern Plains B. Monuments
B. Deserts C. Guavas
C. The Peninsular Plateau D. none of above
D. Coastal Plains 123. The the mid-1800’s the Karankawa had
117. Goa was under the rule till 1961 died out from:
A. French A. war with the Caddo
B. Portuguese B. European diseases and battles

C. famine
C. British
D. drought
D. none of above
124. Someone who travels from place to place
118. Kochhi Port is located in which coast
at different seasons. This is called
A. Coromandel
A. season follower
B. Kannad B. hunter
C. Konkan C. traveler
D. Malabar D. nomad
119. The southern most part of the islands is 125. point on the Nicobar islands is the
called southmost point of India
A. Indira Point A. Lagoon
B. Kanyakumari B. Indira
C. Cape C. Port
120. lake is the largest salt water lake in 126. What type of climate does the coastal
Asia. plains experience
A. Gobind Sagar A. Continental
B. Chilika B. Extreme
C. Panchbhadra C. Moderate

127. is the luxurious train of Rajasthan. 133. In which water body the Andaman and
A. Palace on Train Nicobar Islands situated?
A. Bay Of Bengal

B. Palace on Move
B. Arabian Sea
C. Palace of Rajasthan
C. Indian Ocean
D. Palace on Wheels
D. None of these
128. is the capital of Lakshadweep Is- 134. Western Coastal Plain & Eastern Coastal
lands. Plain meet at
A. Port Blair A. Kerala
B. Kavaratti B. Tamil Nadu
C. Vasco da Gama C. Kanniyakumari
D. Tusnabad D. Andhra Pradesh
129. What is Kerala famous for? 135. Mangalore is an important seaport of

which state?
A. Museums
A. Kerala
B. islands B. Haryana
C. lagoons C. Andhra Pradesh
D. none of these D. Karnataka
130. Which state is known as the IT capital of 136. There are islands in the Lakshadweep
India? Islands.
A. Kerala A. 36
B. Punjab B. 50
C. 5
C. Puducherry
D. 7
D. Karnataka
137. The maze-like waterways running al-
131. What is the smallest union territory in In- most across the state of Kerala are called
dia? the
A. Chennai A. Backwaters
B. Mumbai B. Lagoons
C. Lakshadweep C. Kayals
D. Karnataka D. None of the above
138. The lighthouses are built along th
132. The coast of Tamil Nadu is called
coast.
A. Southern Circars A. Malabar
B. Northern Circars B. Gujarat
C. Malabar C. Konkan
D. Coromandel D. Coromandel

139. Eastern Coastal Plains receive heavy rain- 145. What is the capital of Lakshadweep Is-
fall during the months of land
A. June, July and August A. Sarasvati
B. April, May and June B. Karavati
C. October, November December C. Kavarati
D. January, February and March D. Karnavati
140. The place where the sea water touches
NARAYAN CHANGDER
146. The capital of Andaman Nicobar Islands
the land is called a is
A. Port A. Patna
B. Harbour B. Nyaygaon
C. Delta C. Port Blair
D. Coast D. Kavaratti
141. The eastern coastal plains lie between 147. The Western Coastal Plains are divided
the and the into coastal regions.
A. Malabar coast, Konkan coast A. 5
B. Bay of Bengal, eastern Ghats B. 3
C. Andaman and Nicobar islands and
C. 2
western Ghats
D. none of above
D. none of above
148. The important city located in Western
142. Kerala is located on the coast
Coastal Plains is
A. Konkan
A. Mumbai
B. Malabar
B. Delhi
C. Coromandal
C. Chennai
D. none of above
D. Kolkata
143. The coromandal coast covers the coast of
149. The dance form of kerala is
A. Kerala A. Bharatnatyam
B. Andhra Pradesh B. Khatakali
C. Tamil Nadu C. oddisi
D. none of above D. Mando
144. in Puducherry attracts a large number 150. The Coastal plain is a strip of plain land
of foreigners. near the .
A. Bombay High A. Land
B. Cellular Jail B. Indian Sea
C. Aurobindho Ashram C. Ocean
D. none of above D. Sea

151. The Eastern coastal plain and Western C. nomad

coastal plain meet at the southern most tip D. dugout canoe
of the Indian peninsula at

157. India is the largest peninsula in the
A. Mumbai
world.
B. Chennai
A. Second
C. Kanyakumari
B. Third
D. none of above
C. Fifth
152. The Western Coastal plains are km D. Seventh
wide.
158. is the commercial capital of Kerala
A. 40-70 KM
A. Mumbai
B. 60-80 KM
B. Delhi
C. 90-120 KM
C. Kochi
D. 120-180 KM
D. none of above
153. The Atakapa people 159. What is the Northern part of the Eastern
A. built houses shaped like cones. Coastal Plains called?
B. used alligator oil as an insect repel- A. Coromandel Coast
lant. B. Northern Circars
C. have the oldest reservation in Texas. C. Konkan
D. fished from dugout canoes. D. None of these
154. are the small hills of sand formed by 160. What is completely surrounded by wa-
wind in the desert. ter?
A. Sand dunes A. Plateau
B. Sand hills B. Island
C. Sand mountains C. Ocean
D. small hills D. none of above
155. Mumbai in Maharashtra is a natural har- 161. One of the famous beach in Kerala
bour found on which coast? A. Kovalam
A. Western Coast B. Marina
B. Eastern Coast C. Bekal
C. Andaman Islands D. none of above
D. Nicobar Islands 162. West Bengal’s port is
156. A is land set aside as a place for A. Diamond Harbour
American Indians to live. B. Diamond Sootra
A. reservation C. Vizag
B. confederacy D. none of above

163. Andaman and Nicobar islands are sepa- 169. The Laskhadweep Island lies in the
rated by the A. Indian Ocean
A. Coral deposits B. Arabian Sea
B. Coconut trees C. Bay of Bengal
C. 10 degree channel D. none of above
D. All of the above
170. India has a beautiful stretching
NARAYAN CHANGDER
164. Statue of unity located in state around the peninsula.
A. Gujarat A. gulf
B. Karnataka B. coastline
C. Madhya Pradesh C. bay
D. none of above D. islands
165. is the capital of Andaman and Nicobar 171. Where is the famous Sabarmati Ashram
islands. located?
A. Kavaratti A. Gujarat
B. Nayagaon B. Mumbai
C. Port Blair C. Goa
D. Thiruvananthapuram D. none of these
166. The two parts into which the eastern 172. A type of landform that every continent
coast can be divided are the Northern Cir- has
cars and the A. Coastal Plains
A. Malabar Coast B. Peninsular Plateau
B. Coromandel Coast C. Desert
C. Gujarat Coast D. none of above
D. Konkan Coast
173. nagarjuna sagar dam is in the river
167. is the traditional dance form of Ker- A. ganga
ala
B. krishna
A. Kathakali
C. mahanadi
B. Bharathanatyam
D. satluj
C. Kuchupudi
D. none of above 174. The Eastern Coastal Plains is known
as the between Krishna and Kaveri
168. is also called ‘Garden City’ rivers.
A. Mysore A. Malabar Coast
B. Mangalore B. Northern Circars
C. Bengaluru C. Coromandel Coast
D. Mumbai D. Konkan Coast

175. , is the third largest port of India. 181. There are in the Lakshadweep Is-
A. Andra Pradesh lands.

B. Chennai A. 36
C. Odisha B. 50
D. 7
176. There is a big yard at Vishakhapat-
nam 182. coast is rich in oil deposits.
A. Cycling A. Konkan coast
B. shipbuilding B. Malabar coast
C. boating C. East coast
177. The southern part of the Eastern Coastal 183. Important ports of Kerala
Plains are known as- A. Chennai
A. Malabar Coast B. Manglore
B. Northern Circars C. Kochi
C. Konkan Coast D. none of above
D. Coromandel Coast
184. is the main festival in the Goa
178. is a ring shaped coral island with a A. Christmas
lake of sea water in the middle
B. Onam
A. Basin
C. Bihu
B. Islets
D. none of above
C. Delta
D. Atolls 185. Which of these is NOT a part of the north-
ern plains?
179. Auroville is in A. Arunachal pradesh
A. Puducherry B. Uttar pradesh
B. Kanniyakumari C. Punjab
C. Perambur D. none of above
D. none of above
186. Which American Indian people in Texas
180. The eastern and western coastal plains were direct descendants of the early
meet at the southernmost point of Indian Mount Builders and built houses shaped
peninsula which is like cones?
A. Thiruvananthapuram A. The Atakapa
B. Kanyakumari B. The Caddo
C. Indira Point C. The Coahuiltecan
D. Lakshadweep Islands D. The Tonkawa

187. The Karankawa were hunters that 193. The major southern rivers like Mahanadi,
hunted Krishna, Godavari etc. form along the
A. deer, corn, squash eastern coastline.
B. small animals, birds, buffalo A. Deltas

B. Ports
C. deer, small animals and birds
C. Lagoons
D. deer, buffalo and birds
D. Backwaters
NARAYAN CHANGDER
188. Kerala is also known as
194. The Western and Eastern coastal plains
A. Coconut state of India meet at
B. God’s own country A. New Delhi
C. Land of backwaters B. Himalayas
D. Pepper bowl of India C. Tamil Nadu
189. Andhra Pradesh was divided into and D. Kanyakumari
in the year 2014.
195. Kerala produces large quantities of
A. Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
A. spices
B. Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand
B. coconut
C. Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand C. cashew
D. Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu D. all the above
190. Jaipur is also known as 196. Why did people such as the Caddo and
A. Old City the Alabama-Coushatta modify or change
their environment in Texas?
B. Colourful City
A. To settle in clusters
C. Pink City
B. To travel long distances to hunt
D. Palace City
C. To weave houses from grasses and
191. forests grow along deltas. skins
A. Evergreen D. To meet basic needs, such as food and
B. Sal shelter
C. Deciduous 197. The Length of the Indian coastline is

about
D. Mangrove
A. 8000 Km
192. The Western Coastal plains lie between
B. 7000 Km
and the
C. 5000 Km
A. Arabian sea, Western Ghats
D. 70000 Km
B. Malabar coast, Konkan coast
C. Gujrat, Kerala 198. The official language of Goa is
D. Karnataka, Andaman and Nicobar is- A. Goan

lands B. Konkani

C. Marathi 204. is the smallest Union Territory of In-

D. Kannada dia.

A. Lakshadweep
199. The main crop grown in Goa is
B. Andaman and Nicobar
A. coconut
C. Daman and Diu
B. cashew nut
D. Delhi
C. paddy
D. none of above 205. Andaman and Nicobar Islands are divided
by
200. Which of the following is a difference
A. 4 degree channel
between the way the Caddo and the
Karankawa governed themselves? B. 8 degree channel
A. The Caddo had a confederacy.The C. 10 degree channel
Karankawa had a small bands with a D. 12 degree channel
leader for each band.
B. The Caddo had small bands with lead- 206. What is the capital of Lakshadweep is-
ers.The Karankawa had war chiefs. lands??
C. The Caddo had war chiefs. The A. Port Blair

Karankawa had a confederacy. B. Kavaratti
D. none of above C. Kochi
201. Diamond cutting industries located in D. Bhubaneshwar
state
207. The Western Coastal Plains lie between
A. Gujarat the Western Ghats and
B. Madhya Pradesh A. Eastern Ghats
C. Kerala B. Bay of Bengal
D. none of above C. Arabian Sea
202. Which of these is the smallest union ter- D. Indian Ocean
ritory of India?
208. The largest port of India is
A. Puducherry
A. Kochi
B. Chandigarh
B. Kandla
C. Dman and Diu
C. Chennai
D. Lakshadweep Islands
D. Mumbai
203. An is piece of land surrounded by wa-
ter on all sides 209. An important seaport of Karnataka
A. State A. Mangalore
B. Island B. Bangalore
C. Country C. Belgav
D. Planet D. none of above

210. Lakshadweep Islands are close to the C. Malabar coast

coast. D. None of the above
A. Malabar
216. Which landform is a flat area located near
B. North Ciracas Coast a sea or an ocean?
C. Konkan A. The Northern Plains
D. none of above B. Deserts
211. Kerala is also called as C. The Peninsular Plateau
NARAYAN CHANGDER
A. God’s own state D. Coastal Plains
B. God’s own country 217. I am also known as the White Salt Desert
C. God’s own land of India.
A. Sahara Desert
D. God’s own place
B. Gobi Desert
212. An area of sea water that is separated
C. Thar Desert
from the sea is known as
D. Rann Of Kutch
A. coral
B. port 218. Andaman and Nicobar Islands are a group
of
C. lagoon
A. 300
B. 38
213. Which of the following is a difference be- C. 572
tween the Caddo and the Karankawa?
D. none of above
A. The Caddo were hunters, and the
Karankawa were ranchers. 219. Capital of Gujarat
B. The Caddo were farmers, and the A. Gandhinagar
Karankawa were nomads. B. Surat
C. The Caddo were nomads, and the C. Delhi
Karankawa were farmers. D. none of above
D. The Caddo were ranchers, and the
220. The canal is used for irrigating some
Karankawa were villagers.
parts of Rajasthan.
214. Vishakhapatnam is an important A. Rajiv Gandhi Canal
A. railway station B. Gandhi Canal
B. airport C. Indira Gandhi Canal
C. bus station D. Rajasthan Canal
D. seaport 221. is the capital of Lakshadweep.
215. These coastal plains are the extreme part A. Patna
of western coastal plains B. Nyaygaon
A. Gujrat coast C. Kavaratti
B. Konkan coast D. Port Blair

3.8 Indian islands 129
222. Boats made by hollowing out long logs C. dugout canoes

A. wood canoes

B. sail boat D. row boat
3.8 Indian islands

1. The Western Coastal Plain lies between 6. What was the earlier name of Lakshad-
the Western Ghats and the weep Islands?
A. Arabian Sea A. Minicoy
B. Bay of Bengal B. Amindive
C. Indian Ocean C. Laccadive
D. none of above D. All of these
2. The refer to the large flat region at the 7. The three main basins of the Northern
foothills of the Himalayas Plains are
A. Northern Mountains A. Sutlaj, Ganga and Brahmaputra Basin
B. Northern Plains B. Ganga, Yamuna and Narmada Basin
C. The Thar Desert C. Brahmaputra, Godavari and Krishna

Basin
D. none of above
D. none of above
3. Near which coast the Lakshadweep Is-
8. The skeletons of small sea creatures
lands lie?
A. oases
A. Coromandel coast
B. corals
B. Konkan coast
C. plains
C. Malabar coast
D. none of above
D. none of above
9. The capital of Andaman and Nicobar Is-
4. What is the name of the canal built in 1958 lands
to bring water to the Thar desert?
A. Kavaratti
A. Mississippi canal
B. Port Blair
B. Hindustan canal
C. Chennai
C. Indira Gandhi canal
D. none of above
D. none of above
10. A hill of sand that is formed by the wind
5. Low flat lands near a sea or an ocean in a desert or near a beach
A. Islands A. peninsula
B. Plains B. sand dune
C. Coastal plains C. plateau

11. How much area is covered by the Lakshad- C. Agatti

weep Islands? D. none of above
A. 78 sq km
17. Which island has a bird sanctuary in Lak-
B. 67 sq km shadweep islands?
C. 32 sq km A. Kavaratti island
D. 45 sq km B. Agatti island
C. Pitti island
NARAYAN CHANGDER
12. Which is the largest island of India?
D. Kadmat island
A. Great Andaman
B. Great Nicobar 18. What is the capital of Andaman and Nico-
bar Islands?
C. Lakshadweep
A. Rutland Island
D. None of these
B. Port Blair
13. What is the best way to define the charac- C. Ross Island
teristics of desert soils? D. none of above
A. nutrient rich, large leaf litter
19. In which year the name ‘ Lakshadweep ‘
B. nutrient rich, sandy was named for Lakshadweep Islands?
C. infertile, little organic matter, drains A. 1987
quickly
B. 1965
14. In which island India’s only active volcano D. 1981
is found in Andaman and Nicobar group of
20. Which two countries contains Thar Desert?
Islands?
A. India and Afghanistan
A. Barren Island
B. India and China
B. Guitar Island
C. India and Pakistan
C. Red Skin Island
D. none of above
D. Rutland Island
21. An artificial river
15. The coastal plains of India are divided into A. dam
parts
B. lake
A. three
C. canal
B. two
D. none of above
C. four
22. The Lakshadweep Islands are located in
D. none of above the
16. Which island is the administrative head- A. Bay of Bengal
quarters of Lakshadweep? B. Arabian sea
A. Kavaratti C. Indian Ocean
B. Pitti D. none of above

23. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are close B. 1964

to which latitude? C. 1973

A. Tropic of Cancer D. 1996
B. Tropic of Capricon
27. Lakshadweep Islands are located in-:
C. Equator
A. Indian Ocean
D. none of above
B. Arabian Sea
24. A building where grain is stored C. Bay of Bengal
A. Granary D. River Ganga
B. farms
28. The Eastern Coastal Plains lies between
C. crops
A. Aravalli Hills and Bay of Bengal
D. none of above
B. Arabian Sea and Aravalli
25. The Natural Bridge is located in C. Eastern Ghats and Bay of Bengal
A. Ross Islands D. none of above
B. Neil Islands
29. In order to make life better for the people
C. Lakshadweep islands of the Thar Desert the government of India
D. none of above has built the
A. Bhakra Nangal
26. In which year did the name ‘Laccadive,
Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands’ change to B. Indira Gandhi canal
‘Lakshadweep Islands’? C. Sirhind canal
A. 1957 D. none of above

4. Drainage of India
NARAYAN CHANGDER
4.1 Indian Drainage
1. The river which rises in the Betul district C. 23*30‘N
of MP and flows westwards
D. 82*30‘W
A. Narmada
B. Tapi 5. Koyna, Malaprabha, Ghattaprabha and
Musi are the tributries of which peninsu-
C. Chambal lar river?
D. Son A. Krishna
2. Which river is known as lifeline of Madhya B. Kaveri
Pradesh
C. Godavari
A. Chambal
D. Mahanadi
B. Betwa
C. Narmada 6. NagarjunaSagar Dam is on which River
D. Tapi A. Krishna
B. Kaveri
3. River which flows through Ladakh, gilgit
and Pakistan C. Godavari
A. Indus D. Mahanadi
B. Jhelum
7. is the popularly known as “Roof of the
C. Chenab World”.
D. Satluj A. Ladakh
4. India central meridian is longitude. B. Karakoram
A. 23*30‘E C. Indira Col
B. 82*30‘E D. Pamir Knot

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8. What strait seperates India from Sri 14. Fresh water lake in the Godavari Deltaic
Lanka? region

A. Magellan Strait A. Kolleru Lake
B. Palk strait B. Wular Lake
C. Hormuz Strait C. Dal Lake
D. Malacca Strait D. none of above
9. Which Pass connects with Pakistan and
15. Shimla, Darjeeling are located in
Afhanistan?
A. Khyber Pass A. Himachal
B. Polan Pass B. Himadri

C. Zojila pass C. Siwalik
D. Nathula Pass D. Purvancal
10. Howlong is the coast line of India? 16. India is largest country in Asia.
A. 6100 km A. 2nd
B. 6000km B. 3rd
C. 6500km C. 5th
D. 6200km D. 7th
11. The IST is ahead of Greenwich Mean
Time [GST] 17. India is a
A. 5.00 hours A. Peninsula
B. 5.30 hours B. Democracy

C. 6.00 hours C. Land Of Many Religions
D. 6.30 hours D. Land of Cultures
12. Pong dam of Himachal Pradesh has been 18. India shortest border is with
constructed on
A. Pakistan
A. Gola river
B. Bangladesh
B. Beas river
C. Afghanistan
C. Tapi river
D. Tibet
D. none of above
13. Name of the latitude that passes through 19. The another name of Eastern Himalayas
the middle of the India?
A. Tropic of capricorn A. Siwalik hills
B. Equator B. Himachal
C. north pole C. Purvanchal Hills
D. Tropic of cancer D. Himadri

20. The Northern Mountains are divided into 26. The Uplift of Himalayas began in
how many groups? A. Jurassic Age
A. 5 B. Cretaceous Age
B. 4 C. Eocene Age
C. 3 D. Holocene Age
D. 2
27. Which is longest river of India
NARAYAN CHANGDER
21. Mullaperiyar Dam is in & operated by A. Indus
B. Ganga
A. Kerala & Tamil Nadu
C. Brahmaputra
B. Kerala & Karnataka
D. Godavari
C. Karnataka & Tamil Nadu
D. Haryana & Punjab 28. Indian Standard Time hours ahead of
Greenwich Mean Time.
22. How many countries does India share its A. 2.30 hrs
land with?
B. 3.30 hrs
A. 5
C. 5.30 hrs
B. 4
D. 4.30 hrs
C. 7
D. 6 29. A river of South India, which receives rain
water both in summer and winter
23. The East-West extends of India is A. Godavari
A. 3214 km B. Mahanadi
B. 2500 km C. Krishna
C. 2933 km D. Kaveri
D. 2814 km
30. Which of the following river rises at
24. Which is longest river of Peninsular India Mt.kailash
A. Mahanadi A. GANGA
B. Godavari B. BRAHMA PUTHRA
C. Krishna C. INDUS
D. Kaveri D. YAMUNA
25. Ganga action plan (GAP) started in 31. river is known as “Sorrow of Bihar”
A. 1980 A. Narmada
B. 1985 B. Godavari
C. 1990 C. Kosi
D. 1995 D. Damodar

32. The river Narmada has its source at 38. Himalayas hold out of 14 highest
peaks in the world.
A. Satpuda

A. 9
B. Amarkantak
B. 5
C. Brahmagiri
C. 10
D. Mahendra Giri
D. 2
33. The Himalayas were formed due to
39. Baglihar power Project on which river?
A. Faulting of the earths crust
A. Chenab
B. Accumulation of Loess Deposits
B. Jhelum
C. Folding of Geosyncline name Tethys
C. Indus
D. Folding of earths crust
D. Ravi
34. Which of these is the tributary of Yamuna
40. The Jog Waterfalls are on the river
A. Son
A. Thungabadra
B. Betwa
B. Sharavathi
C. Bheema
C. Koyna
D. Penganga
D. Tapti
35. What is the southern most pointof main
41. Himalayas means
land of India?
A. The Abode of snow
A. Cape Comorin
B. snow rain
B. Indira point
C. Glaciers
C. Indira Col
D. gorge
D. Pygmalion Point
42. Pulicat Lake is located between the states
36. What is the southern most point of India? of
A. Kanniyakumari A. West Bengal and Odisha
B. Indira point B. Karnataka and Kerala
C. Indira Col C. Orissa and Andhra Pradesh
D. Rann of kutch D. Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh
37. Godavari doesn’t flow in which of the fol- 43. Which of the following is the highest peak
lowing states of Satpura Range?
A. Telangana A. Gurushikhar
B. Chattisgarh B. Panchmarhi
C. Andhrapradesh C. Mahindragiri
D. Orissa D. Dhupgarh

44. Which Article of Indian constitution gives 50. Which river is called as the sorrow of
power to the center to make regulations Orissa?
on inter state river disputes? A. Thungabadra
A. Article 262 B. Periyar
B. Article 265 C. Yamuna
C. Article 280 D. Mahanadi
D. Article 285
NARAYAN CHANGDER
51. Where is Mt . Everest located?
45. Which river is known as Vridh Ganga A. Tibet
A. Godavari B. India
B. Krishna C. Pakistan
C. Kaveri D. Nepal
D. Gandak 52. Which river passes through namcha barwa
46. iIndia is largest country in the world. and takes ‘U’ turn an enters in India
A. 6th A. Indus
B. 7th B. Teesta
C. Brahmaputra
C. 2nd
D. Ganga
D. 4th
53. Which two rivers are known as Twin
47. Which river is known as ‘sorrow of Bihar’
Rivers?
A. Teesta
A. Ganga & Yamuna
B. Kosi B. Krishna & Kaveri
C. Damodar C. Narmada & Tapi
D. Mahanadi D. Kosi & Gandak
48. Sugauli treaty was signed in 1816 be- 54. plains are formed by the older alluvi-
tween East India Company & Nepal per- ums.
tains to river
A. Bhabar
A. Mahakali
B. Tarai
B. Gandak
C. Bhangar
C. Kosi
D. Khadar
D. Ramganga
55. What plain is located mainly in the state
49. Indus water treaty signed in of Assam?
A. 1960 A. Rajastan Plain
B. 1965 B. Punjab-Haryana Plain
C. 1970 C. Gangetic Plain
D. 1975 D. Brahmaputra Plain

56. The North-South extent of India is 62. Teesta river dispute is the bone of con-
A. 2500 km tention between & Bangladesh

A. West Bengal
B. 2933 km
B. Manipur
C. 3214 km
C. Mizoram
D. 2814 km
D. Tripura
57. Kalasa Bhanduri project is to drive the ex-
cess water of Mahadayi river to river 63. Which of the following is correctly
matched
A. Ghattaprabha
A. Sorrow of Bihar-Kosi
B. Malaprabha
B. Sorrow of West Bengal-Damodar
C. Wardha
C. Sorrow of Odisha-Mahanadi
D. Wainganga D. All of the above
58. Which is world’s largest drainage basin 64. The river that forms International bound-
A. Amazon ary between India and Nepal
B. Nile A. Kali
C. Mississippi B. Kosi
D. Indus C. Teesta
D. Gandak
59. Which is a salt water lake
65. What divides the country into two halves?
A. Chilika
A. Equator
B. Wular
B. Tropic of Cancer
C. Dal
C. Tropic of Capricorn
D. Gobind sagar
D. Prime Meridian
60. The Palk Strait and gulf of Mannar sepa-
rate India from 66. Minimata Bango dam of chhattishgarh is
buit on
A. Goa
A. periyar river
B. West Bengal
B. hasdeo river
C. Sri Lanka C. peena river
D. Maldives D. none of above
61. India signed Ganga Water treaty with 67. Deccan plateau covers and area of about
bangladesh in sq.km
A. 1994 A. 8 lakh
B. 1995 B. 6 lakh
C. 1996 C. 5 lakh
D. 1997 D. 7lakh

68. The extent of Himalayas in the east west 74. [The soil is dark in colour and rich in humus
is about content] . What is the name of the plain?
A. 2500 km A. Bhabar Plain
B. 2400 km B. Tarai Tract
C. 800 km C. Bhangar Plains
D. 2200 km D. Khadar Plains
69. Ganga and Brahmaputra river creates
NARAYAN CHANGDER
75. Supa dam in Karnataka is built on
.
A. Godavari Delta A. Bhagirathi river
B. Indus River Delta B. Kali river

C. Sundarbans Delta C. Beas river
70. The Longest Peninsular River is . 76. The Marshy Areas of a Delta is called
A. Tapti .
B. Godavari A. Bils
C. Krishna B. Chars
D. Mahanadi C. Khadar
71. Polavaram Dam is linked to the interlink- D. Bet
ing of Godavari and Krishna. Polavaram
Dam is the bone of contention between 77. PenGanga is a tributary of
which of the following states? A. Godavari
A. Andhrapradesh & Telengana B. Krishna
B. Andhrapradesh & Karnataka C. Kaveri
C. Karnatka & Kerela D. Mahanadi
D. Telengana & Kerela
78. The term ‘Himalayas’ derived from
72. Nagarjuna Sagar dam is in language.
A. Godavari A. Pali
B. Krishna B. Sanskrit
C. Kaveri C. Roman
D. Mahanadi
D. Greek
world and the largest in Asia . 79. Wular lake is located in
A. Fifth, First A. Uttarakhand

B. Seventh, Second B. Himachal Pradesh
C. Seventh, Third C. Jammu and Kashmir
D. Tenth, Fourth D. Arunachal Pradesh

80. Which river flows through a rift valley 86. THE GANGES RIVER START IN
A. Mahanadi A. THE MONT BLANC

B. Krishna B. THE PIRINIS
C. Tungabhadra C. THE HIMALAYA
D. Tapi D. ANDES
81. Which river is known as ‘sorrow of West 87. Largest lake in India is .
Bengal’ A. Pulicat Lake
A. Teesta B. Lake Chilka
B. Kosi C. Kolleru Lake
C. Damodar D. none of above
D. Mahanadi
88. An important river of Indian desert
82. Indus water treaty was signed in 1960 be- A. Satluj
tween India and Pakistan with help of B. Indus
A. World Bank C. Luni
B. IMF D. Chambal
C. NAM
89. India‘s largest border is with
D. None
A. Pakistan
83. kulamavu dam of kerala is built across B. Bangladesh
A. periyar river C. Myanmmar
B. krishna river D. Nepal
C. kali river
90. Arrange the following in chronological or-
D. none of above der from oldest to youngest 1 Aravali 2
Eastern Ghats 3 Shillong Shelf 4 Deccan
84. The Western Ghats run parallel to the trap
.
A. 2, 3, 1, 4
A. Bay of Bengal
B. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. Indian Ocean
C. 3, 2, 1, 4
C. Arabian Sea
D. 4, 3, 2, 1
D. Others
91. The palk strait and Gulf Mannar separates
85. Gandhi Sagar dam is in India from
A. Chambal A. Goa
B. Betwa B. West Bengal
C. Narmada C. Maldives
D. Ganga D. Srilanka

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92. The Third Highest Mountain that is located 94. Which is the longest river of India
between Nepal and Sikkim . A. Indus
A. Mt . Kachenjunga
B. Ganga
B. Mt K2
C. Brahmaputra
C. Mt Makulu
D. Godavari
D. Mt Lhotse
93. The north-south extent of India is 95. The largest river system in India is .
NARAYAN CHANGDER
A. 2500 km A. Indus River system
B. 2933 km B. Ganga River System
C. 3214 km C. Brahmaputra River System
D. 2814 km D. none of above
4.2 The Indus

1. What physical feature gave the Indus val- C. Occupation
ley natural protection? D. Location
A. Red Sea
5. Why were the seasonal monsoons favor-
B. Mediterranean Sea able to the development of the Indus Val-
C. Fertile Crescent ley civilization?
D. Himalayan Mountains A. Brought rain, and flooding but also wa-
tered crops
2. What is the name of the seasonal winds
that cause the wet and dry seasons in In- B. Deposited fertilizer to grow crops
dia? C. People did not want to live in the terri-
A. hurrican ble climate
B. tsunami D. none of above
C. Monsoon 6. What kind of food did they GROW?
D. tornado A. Tomatoes
3. What was the first ancient city archeolo- B. Bananas
gists discovered in the Indus River Valley? C. Bread
A. Harrappa D. Wheat/Barley
B. Pakistan
7. What does the water in the Indus River
C. Medina mainly come from?
D. none of above A. Melting glaciers
4. One’s caste was determined by B. The sink
A. Gender C. The pacific ocean
B. Wealth D. none of above

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8. Why was fertile soil so favorable to the 13. What were the capital cities of ancient In-
development of the Indus Valley civiliza- dus Valley?
tion? A. Ur and Sumer

A. It prevented attacks from enemies B. Babylon and Thebes
B. Brought rain and flooding to water C. Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
crops D. Harappa and Memphis
C. It allowed settlers to plant and harvest
14. Mohenjo-daro designed and built one of
crops in one location
the first
D. none of above A. building complex
9. What happened to end the Indus Valley civ- B. park system
ilization? C. drainage and sewage system
A. A destructive earthquake happened. D. none of above
B. No one is sure what happened. 15. Building and streets in Indus Valley cities
C. They ran out of food. were arranged in a
A. Hill
D. The river changed course.
B. Grid System
10. Which word best describes a large land C. Circle
mass that is smaller than a continent?
D. Cul-de-sac
A. country
16. What is one name that Ancient India was
B. subcontineent often called?
C. state A. Harappan
D. region B. India
C. Ancient India
11. India’s agriculture is largely regulated by:
D. none of above
A. Unpredictable snow stroms that melt
in the mountains. 17. What are the two major cities of the
Harappan civilization?
B. Predictable droughts in the “Great In-
dian Desert”. A. Harappa and Ganges
C. Predictable thunderstorms through- B. Alexandria and Mohenjo-Daro
out the coastline. C. Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
D. Unpredictable Monsoon that flooded D. Ganges and Mohenjo-Daro
the Indus-Ganges plains. 18. The people of India depend on the summer
monsoon to
12. The two major rivers in India are
A. carry melting snow to the dry lands
A. Nile and Ganges
B. create natural passages in the Hi-
B. Nile and Tigris malaya Mountains
C. Ganges and Indus C. bring cold air to the subcontinent
D. Euphrates and Indus D. provide seasonal rain.

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19. Why don’t we know much about the Indus B. 7 stories high
civilization? C. 1 story high
A. We can’t speak their language D. 2 stories high
B. We can’t read the writing
25. Why was the Indus River so favorable to
C. Their are no artifacts left from the civ-
the development of the Indus Valley civi-
ilization
lization?
D. We don’t know where it is?
A. It brought rain to the area
NARAYAN CHANGDER
20. What geological features keep it isolated B. It was hard to cross
from the rest of the continent of Asia?
C. It deposited silt in the valley making it
A. The Himalayan Mountains fertile for farming
B. The Missouri River D. none of above
C. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
26. Where was the Indus Valley Civilization lo-
D. Ural Mountains cated?
21. What is monsoon? A. South Asia
A. An annual change of wind direction B. South America
B. The full moon C. South India
C. The half moon D. none of above
D. none of above 27. Buildings and streets in Harappa and
22. Both Harappa and Mohenjo Daro were Mohenjo-daro were arranged in a
well planned cities. What inference can A. mountain
you make about the people who lived in B. grid
the Indus Valley?
C. circle
A. They all wanted the cities to be identi-
cal D. none of above
B. They had difficulity completing task 28. Which Country was the Indus River Valley
C. They were intelligent and talented from?
D. They knew how to deal with monsoons. A. Germany
B. France
23. What is a kiln?
C. Indonesia
A. A hot oven or furnace to bake clay pot-
tery D. Pakistan
B. A stove 29. Who created the first indoor plumbing sys-
C. A blanket tem
D. none of above A. Harappa
24. How many stories high were the houses B. Bob’s Porta-potties
usually? C. Inca
A. 3 stories high D. Mohenjo Daro

4.2 The Indus 143
30. What were two things that these ancient 35. Why were the surrounding landforms fa-
people developed in the Indus River Val- vorable to the development of the Indus
ley? Valley civilization?

A. sewer system, grid-like streets A. The physical features provided natural
barriers for protection
B. written language, temples
B. Fertile soil allowed settlers to plant
C. roads, irrigation and harvest crops
D. none of above C. It gave the people timber to build
homes
31. The Indus River Valley Civilization was lo-
cated in which two present day countries? D. none of above
A. China and Japan 36. Ancient India and Egypt were similar be-
cause they both
B. United States and Canada
A. had the Nile River and river deltas.
C. India and Pakistan
B. were a part of the Fertile Crescent.
D. India and Iran
C. had rivers and natural boundaries.
32. Why is India called a subcontinent? D. shared the written language of hiero-
glyphics.
A. Because it’s called a subcontinent.
B. Because India is not a continent, it is 37. What formed when India smashed into
a country. Asia?
A. The Himalaya and Hindu Kush Moun-
C. Because of the mountain ranges that
tains
separate India from Asia.
B. Texas
D. Because India is an island on the sea,
and all islands are considered subconti- C. England
nents. D. Korea
33. What prevented ancient India from being 38. This mountain range separates India from
in contact with other civilizations? the rest of Asia.
A. religion A. Alps
B. Himalayas B. Carpathian
C. Himalayas
C. no language
D. Indialius
D. none of above
39. Which of the following statements does
34. What river did people in ancient India set- NOT explain why the Himalayas are im-
tle along? portant to India?
A. Tigris River A. Almost all the great rivers of In-
dia have their sources in the Himalayan
B. Nile River
ranges.
C. Indus River
B. The Himalayas have been protecting
D. Amazon River India from outside invaders since the

4.2 The Indus 144
early times thus serving as a defense bar- 44. What was a “seal”?
rier.
A. A way to mark an object made by some-
C. Mount Everest at 29, 029 ft (8, 848 m) one
is the highest peak in the Himalayas.
B. A way to hold an envelope together
D. The Himalayas play a very significant
role in influencing the climate of India. By C. A barking animal
intercepting the summer monsoons, The D. An ancient ritual of religion
Himalayas cause precipitation in the form
NARAYAN CHANGDER
of rain or snow. 45. Archaeologists know that Mohenjo-Daro
was carefully planned because
40. The earliest civilizations in India developed
along which river? A. the fertile soil eventually turned into
desert.
A. Indus
B. the city was built on a flat plain
B. Ganges
C. streets sparated regular blocks of
C. Brahmaputra
homes and buildings
D. Krishna
D. the city was used for farming instead
41. The Vedas are of trade
A. a mountain range in northern India 46. When did farming develop in South Asia?
B. Aryan Religious books
A. 5000 BCE
C. Nomadic herders who moved into the
B. 2020
Indus River Valley
C. 2010
D. early inhabitants of the Indus River val-
ley D. 2000
42. The Indus River Valley Civilizations’ cities 47. About how many years ago did India
were structured: smash into Asia?
A. in ovals, with small square buildings A. 50 or 60 million years ago
B. in grids, with separate areas for resi- B. 5 or 6 million years ago
dential and governmental buildings
C. 5 or 6 years ago
C. in triangles, centered around the pyra-
mids D. 50 or 60 years ago
D. in squares, separated by social
48. What are monsoons?
classes
A. A large landmass that is smaller than
43. Both Harappa and Mohenjo Daro were lo- a continent.
cated near the:
B. A flat area of land that is elevated, or
A. City of Bodh Gaya raised, above the land around it.
B. Arabian Sea C. A place to store grain.
C. The Desert D. A strong wind that brings heavy rain to
D. Indus River southern Asia in the summer.

4.3 The Ganga geography 145
49. What is a subcontinent? B. We have not discovered the location of

A. a small landmass in India the civilization.

B. a large landmass smaller than a conti- C. We can’t interpret their writing.
nent D. We do not have anyone who has sur-
C. a continent that takes the place of an- vived from the civilization to ask.
other
53. What is a seal?
D. the study of the stars and planets
A. Stamp to mark an object made by
50. What is a strong, seasonal wind that someone.
brings heavy rain to southern Asia? B. A way to hold an envelope together.
A. hurricane C. A barking animal.
B. tsunami D. A color-coded stones.
C. monsoon
54. India is a , meaning it is a part of Asia.
D. none of above
A. subcontinent
51. What were the two major cities of the In- B. continent
dus River Valley Civilization?
C. region
A. Mohenjodaro and India
D. landform
B. Israel and India
C. Poplar Bluff and Missouri 55. What river ran through the Indus Valley
civilization?
D. Mohenjodaro and Harappa
A. Tigris River
52. Why do we know less about the Indus Val-
ley than other civilizations? B. Euphrates River
A. We haven’t found ancient artifacts and C. Huang Ho River

ruins. D. Indus River
4.3 The Ganga geography

1. What is the average rainfall in brahmapu- D. Kosi
tra?
3. Ganga brahmaputra join together in which
A. 100 cm
place:
B. 50 cm
A. Uttar Pradesh
C. 400 cm
B. Bangladesh
D. 200 cm
C. West Bengal
2. Which is the western most and the longest D. Haryana
tributary of the Ganga?
A. Yamuna 4. What is the Delta area covered with?
B. Ghagara A. Rainforests
C. Mahananda B. Tropical Deciduous forests

C. Bamboo tree forests C. Agriculture

D. Mangrove forests D. Viticulture
5. Kolkata is located on the river 11. What is the climate in summer and winter
respectively?
A. Orange
A. Dry and humid, Cool
B. Hooghly
B. Hot, cool
C. Bhagirathi
C. Hot and dry, heavy rainfall
NARAYAN CHANGDER
D. Yamuna
D. Heavy rainfall, cool
6. Which is not a tributary of Ganga? 12. How much Sewage does Ganga Basin gen-
A. Yamuna erated daily?
B. Kosi A. 10, 000 million litre
C. Betwa B. 12, 000 million litre
D. Hooghly C. 1, 900 million litre
D. 12, 300 million litre
7. What is the main crop in this region?
13. What are the main ways to transport in
A. Paddy
THE GANGA-BRAHMAPUTRA BASIN
B. Sorghum
A. Road and air
C. Millets B. Water and air
D. Maize C. Road and water
8. Type of farming in mountains and hills, D. none of above
where slopes are gentle
14. Which is not a cash crop?
A. Terrace farming A. Gram
B. Mixed Farming B. Tea
C. Pastoral Farming C. Sugarcane
D. none of above D. Jute
9. What is the main crop that people grow 15. Where is the ganga-brahmaputra basin lo-
in the plain area of Ganga-Brahmaputra cated?
Basin? A. Arunachal pradhesh
A. paddy B. Indian sub continent
B. wheat C. River Ganga
C. maize D. Bangladesh
D. sorghum 16. The delta area is covered with the
10. What is the main occupation of people of A. THICK BAMBOO
Northern Plains? B. MANGROOVES
A. Fishing C. TEA PLANTATIONS
B. Mining D. DEODAR

17. Ganga brahmaputra river carries what 23. Which city is located on the confluence of
with them: the river Ganga and Yamuna

A. Sediments A. Kanpur
B. Sulphates B. Allahabad
C. Carbonates C. Varanasi
D. Phosphates D. Lucknow
18. What is the location of Ganga Brahmapu- 24. Name the animal found in Sunder ban delta
tra basin? A. Asiatic Lion
A. 10 N TO 10 S B. Royal Bengal Tiger
B. 10 N TO 30 S C. One horn Rhino
C. 10 N TO 30 N D. Monkey
D. 10 S TO 30 N
25. What is the MAIN crop grown in the
19. Name the largest delta of world Ganga-Brahmaputra Basin
A. Godavari Delta A. Paddy
B. Ganga Delta B. Potato
C. Sunderban Delta C. Tomatoes
D. Missi-sipi Delta D. Oranges
20. Which Industrial City is also called “the 26. The lowest part of the ganga delta is cov-
Manchester of the East”? ered with:
A. West Bengal A. Tropical rainforests
B. Bihar B. Tropical evergreen forests
C. Kanpur C. Mangrove forests
D. Guwahati D. Subtropical forests
21. Which City discharges 50% untreated 27. What is the main occupation of people liv-
Waste Water? ing in the Ganga-Brahmaputra Basin
A. West Bengal A. Fishing
B. Kanpur B. Trading
C. Patna C. Agriculture
D. Prayagraj D. Hunting
22. Where is Ganga Brahmaputra Basin lo- 28. The mangrove forests are dominated by
cated? the plant species locally known as:
A. Bhutan A. Sundarban
B. Myanmar B. Canopy
C. Pakistan C. Sundari
D. India D. none of above

29. Which city do not lies on the bank of river 35. When Ganga enters in Bangladesh and
Ganga Joins Brahmaputra it is known as
A. Kanpur A. Padma
B. Patna B. Meghna
C. Varanasi C. Hoogli
D. Agra D. Bhagirathi
36. Which climate is warm and wet, and which
NARAYAN CHANGDER
30. Deodar and firs are a type of
is cold and dry?
A. Deciduous trees
A. winter and summer, respectively
B. Coniferous trees
B. summer and winter, respectively
C. Shrubs
C. Autumn and spring, respectively
D. Evergreen trees
D. spring and autumn, respectively
31. Near Which River is the city of Bareilly Sit-
uated? 37. Which Award does the “Ministry of water
project “got?
A. Kosi River
A. Safai Giri Award
B. Gandak River
B. Saaf Bharat Award
C. Ram Ganga River
C. Clean India Award
D. Son River
D. Namami Gange Award
32. What is the main crop grown in Ganga
38. Since the land is flat, a good network of
Brahmaputra basin?
roads and railways exits, which help in
A. Wheat
B. Maize A. Dancing and playing
C. Paddy B. Shooting and climbing
D. Millet C. Communicating and transporting
33. What is the most important wildlife sanc- D. none of above
tuary in The ganga brahmaputra basin: 39. Rearing of silk worm
A. Amazon A. Floriculture
B. sundarban wild sanctuary B. Viticulture
C. Nagarhole wildlife sanctuary C. Sericulture
D. Corbett wildlife sanctuary D. Apiculture
34. To conserve the river Ganga which pro- 40. What is the climate of Ganga Brahmaputra
gramme has been initiated? basin?
A. Namashkar Ganga A. Hot and wet
B. Namami Ganga B. Hot and Dry
C. Hamari Ganga C. Monsoon type
D. Save Ganga D. Very cold

4.4 The Brahmaputra 149
4.4 The Brahmaputra

1. Which river has the largest river basin in 7. Capital of Jharkhand
the world? A. Patna
A. Ganga B. Kolkata
B. Indus C. Ranchi
C. Amazon D. Chandigarh
D. Nile
8. What is the average depth of the river?
2. In which way does the river flow? A. 56 (89 ft)
A. North B. 30 (98 ft)
B. East C. 90 (30 ft)
C. South D. none of above
D. West 9. Which variety of dolphin is found in the
3. Which one is a perennial river? River Ganga & River Brahmaputra?
A. Brahmaputra A. Bottlenose dolphins
B. Ganga B. Rough-toothed dolphin

C. Orca
C. Indus
D. Susu
D. All of these
10. Which one of the following does not origi-
4. At which place the Bhagirathi joins the
nate for the Himalayas?
Alaknanda?
A. Indus
A. Haridwar
B. Chambal
B. Rishikesh
C. Brahmaputra
C. Shimla
D. Ganga
D. Devaprayag
11. Durga Puja is the important festival of the
5. Where does the Brahmaputra River end? following state
A. The Bay of Bengal A. West Bengal
B. The Bay of Bagel B. Assam
C. Ganges C. Bihar
D. none of above D. Punjab
6. Which one is not a part of Indus river sys- 12. What is the Sanskrit meaning of “ Brahma-
tem? putra “?
A. Satluj A. nephew of brahma
B. Jhelum B. son of brahma
C. Yamuna C. daughter of brahma
D. Chenab D. none of them

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13. The basin faces heavy rainfall between 19. By which name the river Brahmaputra is
A. September-mid October known in Tibet?
B. Mid June-mid September A. Tsang Po
C. August-November B. Tsang Lo
D. Mid June-mid July C. Tsang Mo
14. Kailash ranges at an elevation of m. D. Tsang Ko
NARAYAN CHANGDER
A. 5300
20. What type of climate Brahmaputra valley
B. 6300 varies?
C. 2300 A. hot, harsh and windy climate
D. 8900
B. normal climate
15. Which is an important Port on the River C. cold, harsh and dry climate
Hooghly?
D. all of them
A. Patna
B. Lucknow 21. is an another important activity of the
C. Kolkata Ganga-Brahmaputra basin
D. Varanasi A. Tourism
16. people also settle in the Bengal Plain B. Trading

of the river C. Transporting
A. Punjabi D. none of above
B. Gujarati
22. Sericulture industry is an important indus-
C. Bengali
try in the following state
D. Assamese
A. Assam
17. Staple diet of people living in the area of
B. Uttar Pradesh
Ganga-Brahmaputra basin is
A. Egg and rice C. Bihar
B. Fish and rice D. Punjab
C. Prawn and rice 23. What is the main occupation of the peo-
D. Squid and rice ple living in or near Ganga-Brahmaputra
basin?
18. How long is the Brahmaputra river?
A. 139 miles A. Trading
B. 9849 miles B. Crafting

C. 18, 063 miles C. Agriculture
D. 1, 802 miles D. none of above
4.5 Lakes

4.5 Lakes 151
1. Umiam lake is located in which state? 7. Damdama lake is located in which state?
A. Manipur A. Rajasthan

B. Meghalaya B. Haryana
C. Mizoram C. Bihar
D. Madhya Pradesh D. Gujrat
2. Which Lake is located in Andhra Pradesh? 8. Where is Chilika Lake?

A. Chilika Lake A. Chattisgarh
B. Pulicat Lake B. West Bengal
C. Wullar Lake C. Odisha
D. Badkhal Lake D. Andhra Pradesh
3. The fresh water lakes in Himalayan Region 9. Sursagar lake is located in which state?
are mainly due to A. Gujrat
A. Wind B. Haryana
B. Monsoon rainfall C. Uttarakhand
C. Melting of Glaciers and filling up the D. Uttar Pradesh
lakes
10. Maharana Pratap lake is located in which
D. None of the above state?
4. What are the types of lakes? A. Himachal Pradesh
A. Fresh Water Lakes B. Rajasthan
B. Salt Water Lakes C. Uttarakhand
C. Natural Lakes and Man-made Lakes D. Madhya Pradesh
D. All the above 11. Hussain Sagar lake is located in which
state?
5. Where is Loktak Lake?
A. Andhra Pradesh
A. Nagaland
B. Karnataka
B. Mizoram
C. Telangana
C. Sikkim
D. Tamil Nadu
D. Manipur
12. What are the benefits of lakes?
6. Wular lake in Jammu and Kashmir was
A. During heavy rainfall the excess water
formed due to
is stored in lakes and so flooding is con-
A. Human efforts to create artificially trolled
B. Wind B. During dry season lakes provide water
C. Plate Tectonic Activity C. Lakes control the flow of water
D. None of the above D. All the above

4.5 Lakes 152
13. Most of the fresh water lakes are in which 17. Where is DAL lake?
region of India? A. Rajasthan
A. Peninsular Plateau
B. Haryana
B. Coastal Plains
C. Maharashtra
C. Islands
D. Jammu and Kashmir
D. Himalayas
18. Kolleru lake is located in which state?
14. GURUDONGMAR lake is located in which
NARAYAN CHANGDER
state? A. Andhra Pradesh
A. Arunachal Pradesh B. Arunachal Pradesh
B. Sikkim C. Odisha
C. Himachal Pradesh D. Tamil Nadu
D. Uttarakhand
19. Tso Moriri lake is located in which state?
15. Which lake is located in Maharashtra?
A. Rajasthan
A. Dul Lake
B. Nagaland
B. Budkhal
C. Sikkim
C. Tso Moriri
D. Lonar Lake
16. Where is Vembanad Lake? 20. Lake Puchola is located in which state?
A. Madhya Pradesh A. Rajasthan

B. Rajasthan B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Karnataka C. Himachal Pradesh
D. Kerala D. Sikkim

5. Climate of India
5.1 General Features of Indian Climate

1. Two factors to determine climate are B. Severe drought that causes famine in
A. precipitation and temperature southern Asia in the summer
C. Large lake that causes a cool wind to
B. hurricanes and tornadoes
drift over southern Asia in summer
C. humidity and pressure
D. Strong wind that brings heavy rain to
D. none of above southern Asia in the summer
2. Large bodies of water affect climate of the 5. This feature had snakes and discouraged
land next to them because people to travel
A. water heats up and cools more slowly A. Deccan Plateau
than land B. Thar Dessert
B. water heats up and cools faster than C. Indus River
land
D. Ganges River
C. water and land cool at the same time
6. The local storms in the north eastern part
D. water and land heat at the same rate of India during hot weather season are
called
3. Which describes the geography of India?
A. Monsoon
A. “Gift of the Nile”
B. Loo
B. “Land Between Two Rivers”
C. Norwesters
C. Fertile Crescent
D. Mango showers
D. Peninsula
7. What natural barrier prevented the Indus
4. Define monsooon people from traveling and trading with
A. Large river that overflows its banks in people from China?
southern Asia in winter A. The Himalayas

5.1 General Features of Indian Climate 154
B. The Hindu Kush Mountains 13. What made Mohenjo-daro superior to

C. The Western Ghats other ancient Indus cities?
D. The Deccan Plateau A. They lived in a better city

B. They had better houses than most
8. What is a mango shower?
other people
A. Pre monsoon rainfall in Karnataka and
Kerala C. They had money to buy whatever they
wanted
NARAYAN CHANGDER
B. Rainfall in June to September
D. They had a drainage & water storage
C. Rainfall in winter days system
D. Rainfall caused by western distur-
bances 14. the north-east monsoon picks moisture
from
9. The Himalaya Mountains form India’s
northern border. What is one possible ben- A. non of these
efit of the mountains being there? B. Mediterranean sea
A. protection from enemies C. Indian ocean
B. roads for trade routes
D. Bay of Bengal
C. constant supply of goat skins
D. infertile farmland for crops 15. The state of normal rainfall increasing sud-
denly and continuing constantly for sev-
10. Which option best describes the location of eral days is named as
the Thar Desert?
A. break
A. north of the Himalayas.
B. burst
B. in northwest India.
C. mango shower
C. south of the Himalayas.
D. kaal baishakhi
D. in southern India.
11. The winter monsoon is than the sum- 16. As altitude temperature
mer monsoon. A. decreases, decreases
A. wetter B. increases, increases
B. drier
C. increases, decreases
C. more dangerous
D. decreases, increases
D. deadlier
17. What river starts in the Himalayas and
12. What are called bushes?Small plants are
then joins the Ganges on the plain?
called bushes.
A. Small plants are called bushes. A. Indus River
B. big plants are called bushes. B. Nile River

C. creepers C. Brahmaputra River
D. money plant D. Mississippi River

18. Which statement is true about ancient In- D. Winds blow down from the mountains
dia? which forces moisture out of India and
creates warm, dry winters.

A. There were no cities since people only
lived on farms. 23. Summer season rainfall in west Bangal
B. Cities were well planned with narrow A. Kal Baisakhi
streets.
B. Andhis
C. Homes were built on stilts because of
flooding. C. Coffee blossom
D. Homes had running water and electric- D. Mango shower
ity.
24. The Deccan Plateau geographic feature
19. Name the climate of India. covers ABOUT of India’s landmass.
A. Monsoon A. 80%
B. Tropical Monsoon B. 10%
C. Torrid C. 100%
D. Temperate D. 50%
20. Flooding of the Indus provided good 25. Karma refers to

A. times A. the good and evil a person does
B. friends B. one’s religious beliefs
C. soil C. one’s prayer life
D. swimming conditions D. the cycle of birth, death and re-birth
21. Why is the Thar Desert a wonderful geo- 26. One reason India is referred to as a sub-
graphical feature for the Indian people? continent is because it sits on its own
A. It provides protection from enemies A. climate
B. It provides land for goats to roam B. volcano
C. It provides a rich source of oil C. waterfall
D. It is a source of valuable glass for trad- D. plate
ing
27. animals found in the wildlife of india are
22. What occurs during the wet season of mon-
A. dogs, cats, lion
soons?
B. deer, porcupines, fox
A. Winds blow into India from the Indian
Ocean bringing heavy rains that can cause C. only lion
terrible flooding. D. none of these
B. Winds blow into India from the Indian
Ocean which forces moisture out of India 28. Which of the following places are located
and creates warm, dry winters. on the windward side of the western
ghats?
C. Winds blow into India from the moun-
tains bringing heavy rains that can cause A. Pune
terrible flooding. B. Aurangabad

C. Shillong C. Typhoons
D. Panaji D. Earthquakes
29. is hot and dry winds that blow in the 35. Which of the following places would ex-
Northern Plains. perience maximum rainfall in the summer
monsoon?
A. Breeze
A. Mumbai, Trivandrum, Goa
B. Loo
B. Agra, Delhi, Jaipur
NARAYAN CHANGDER
C. Storm
C. Cherrapunji, Mawsynram
D. Luu
D. Kolkata, Patna, Bhuvaneshwar
30. INDIA IS SAID TO HAVE CLIMATE
36. Who are the people who perform jobs
A. TROPICAL MONSOON like sweeping the streets and collecting
B. TEMPERATE garbage in the caste system?
C. EQUATORIAL A. Sudras
D. none of above B. Kshatriyas
C. Brahmins
31. protected the people of ancient Indus.
D. Vaishyas
A. sewer systems
37. Which of the following is the best example
B. citadels
for experiencing equable climate?
C. subcontinents
A. Lucknow
D. monsoons
B. Mangalore
32. Because of its large size and its position in C. Darjeeling
relation to large masses of land and water, D. Delhi
India is called
38. In what way did Chandragupta’s rule dif-
A. a plateau
fer from Ashoka’s rule?
B. an isthmus
A. Chandragupta used force to be sure no
C. an ecosystem one threatened his power.
D. a subcontinent B. Chandragupta used Buddhism to be
sure his people were happy.
33. India is located on which continent?
C. The empire was larger under Chan-
A. Africa dragupta than it was under Ashoka.
B. Asia D. The empire was fairer under Chan-
C. North America dragupta than it was under Ashoka.
D. Europe 39. What is the temperature range of Malabar
Coast in India?
34. What are the seasonal winds that blow
cold, dry air in the winter and warm, wet A. 4◦ C
air and pouring rains in the summer? B. 6◦ C
A. Monsoons C. 3◦ C
B. Tornadoes D. 5◦ C

40. In India, the Caste system determined a 45. Which of the following conditions repre-
person’s occupation, social circle and mar- sent NE monsoons in India?
riage partner. This situation shows that

A. Mostly cloudy with high humidity
the Caste system:
B. Clear skies with low humidity
A. has helped eliminate ethnic and reli-
gious fighting C. Dry & hot with low humidity
D. Most parts of India receive rainfall
B. has promoted freedom and change
within Indian society 46. Why did people settle in the Indus River
C. was followed more in the cities than in Valley?
the towns A. to escape the Aryans
D. has been a way of life as well as part B. farming, transportation, trade
of their religion
C. to see beautiful mountains
41. The sun’s rays are least direct D. the Brahman told them to
A. near the poles. 47. Dharma refers to
B. in July. A. one’s responsibilities
C. near the equator. B. one’s positive choices
D. far from the ocean. C. the cycle of birth, death and re-birth
42. Which of the following will heat the D. one’s prayer life
fastest?
48. Why is the Deccan Plateau such an impor-
A. water tant geographic feature in India?
B. land A. it is very rough and ridged which helps
C. both heat at equal rates protect India from Invaders
B. the land is shaped like a bowl and they
D. none of above
use it to gather water for farming
43. Which river does this list describe:begins C. the plateau is flat and fertile making it
in the Himalayasis considered a holy river- very suitable place for farming
carries rich soil to the peopleempties into
D. none of the above
the Bay of Bengal
A. Ganges River 49. The Indus River flows primarily what
present-day country?
B. Indus River
A. Bangladesh
C. Saraswati River
B. Pakistan
D. Brahmaputra River
C. Nepal
44. The borders India on its east coast. D. India
A. Arabian Sea
50. Mount Everest is in the Mountain
B. Indian Ocean range.
C. Bay of Bengal A. Hindu Kush
D. Pacific Ocean B. Himalaya

C. Karakoram 56. Name the factors that affect the climate of

D. none of above a place.
A. refers to the climate neither very cold
51. Where are thorny bushes found? nor very hot.
A. Punjab B. The climate of a place is affected by its
location, altitude, distance from the sea
B. Rajasthan
and relief.
C. haryana
C. The climate of a place is affected by
NARAYAN CHANGDER
D. All of these its cloud cover, wind, speed, altitude, pol-
lution
52. Coast of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh,
D. physical features
Odisha get rain due to
A. Summer rainfall 57. When the snow melts in the Himalayas
B. High temperature
A. the rivers flood, making the people
C. Tropical cyclone happy for the silt
D. Low pressure B. the rivers flood causing widespread
death and sorrow
53. Western Kutch, Thar Desert, Rajasthan,
Punjab recieve C. the land becomes dry and the people
are happy to begin farming
A. Low rainfall
D. the land is covered by a monsoon and
B. Medium rainfall the people are happy for the rain
C. High rainfall 58. The earliest known settlements in India
D. Very high rainfall were found around
A. The Indus River
54. The extreme of Temperature between
Summer and Winter is quite low in south- B. The Deccan Plateau
ern part of Peninsular India mainly be- C. Western Ghats
cause D. Sri Lanka
A. The adjoining oceans moderate the
59. Most places in India experience type
temperature
of rainfall.
B. The sky is generally cloudy
A. Orographic
C. The sun’s rays are almost vertical B. Cyclonic
throughout the year
C. Frontal
D. Strong winds flow throughout the year
D. Convectional
55. The coastal areas enjoy climate. 60. the average rainfall in our country is about
A. Equable A. 120
B. Hot B. 170
C. Humid C. 201
D. Continental D. 50

61. In Indian sub continent monsoon is mainly C. December

caused by
D. March

A. Impact of summer temperatures on
the seas 67. Mawsynram in gets the maximum rain-
B. Movement of clouds fall in the world.
C. Seasonal reversal of winds A. Assam

D. Rise in temperature B. Meghalaya
62. Which part of India receives rainfall from C. Tripura

both the South-West and North-West mon- D. Arunachal Pradesh
soons?
A. Tamil nadu 68. Which feature of Mohenjodaro was differ-
ent from other civilizations of the time?
B. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
A. It was established along a river
C. Odisha
B. They made homes out of bricks
D. Lakshadweep Islands
C. They had a sewer system
63. Deserts, forests, rainforests, plains,
grasslands are D. The had multi-story homes
A. places for animals to live 69. Mohenjo Daro was discovered when
B. natural vegetation
A. Satellites viewed the ruins from space
C. both
B. Archaeologists discovered its ruins
D. none while building a railway
64. The nature of the Winter rainfall in the C. Geographers found some old maps
north western India is
D. They deciphered the written language
A. Convectional
B. Orographic 70. What two physical features lie on either
side of the Deccan Plateau?
C. Cyclonic
A. Thar Desert
D. Monsoonal
B. Eastern & Western Ghats
65. The place that gets rain from Western dis-
turbance is C. Ganges River Valley
A. Allahabad D. Himalayan Mountains

B. Chennai 71. What are the two major rivers of Ancient
C. Mumbai India?
D. Punjab A. Tigris & Euphrates
66. The coldest month B. Nile & Blue Nile

A. February C. Indus & Ganges
B. January D. Huang He & Yangtze

72. Much of the water from the Ganges, & Bra- 78. Which season is the best fit for rainfall ex-
hamautra River comes from perienced by Chennai?
A. melting ice in the Himalayas A. Hot & dry summer season
B. rain-fed streams in the plateau B. Rainy season or South west monsoon
C. the Arabian Ocean
C. Retreating Monsoon
D. underground springs from the desert
D. Cold/Winter season
NARAYAN CHANGDER
73. India’s climate is called
79. WHICH IS NOT A FEATURE OF EXTREME
A. Polar
CLIMATE?
B. Monsoon
A. SUMMERS ARE VERY HOT AND WIN-
C. Tropical TERS ARE VERY COLD.
D. Torrid
B. ANNUAL RANGE OF TEMPERATURE IS
74. Which is a natural barrier at the northern VERY HIGH.
part of India? C. IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS MARITIME CLI-
A. mountain ranges MATE.
B. Bay of Bengal D. IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS CONTINENTAL
C. desert land CLIMATE.
D. swamps and marshlands 80. The main types of natural vegetation
75. season starts from December and con- found the world over are
tinues till February. A. forests and grasslands
A. Winter B. tundra and scrubs
B. Summer
C. both
C. Monsoon
D. none of these
D. Spring
81. What natural barrier makes India a sub-
76. The first state to receive monsoon rainfall
continent of Asia?
is
A. Assam A. Indus River
B. Andhra Pradesh B. Ganges River
C. Tamil Nadu C. Himalayan Mountains
D. Kerala D. Gobi Desert
77. Which of these locations would be ideal for
82. the hot weather season starts from
Indians to settle down and live in?
A. middle of march
A. Thar Desert
B. Ganges River B. November
C. Himalaya Mountains C. October
D. Arabian Sea D. non of these

83. Another name for the Indus Valley River 89. Another word for a fort could be?
civilization was/is? A. City

A. Harappan civilization B. Citadel
B. Mayan civilization C. Enemy excluder
C. Incan civilization D. Pillow/blanket privacy area
D. Sumerian civilization
90. Convectional rainfall takes place in some
84. What is the name of India’s desert? parts of India during
A. Sahara A. Winter
B. Thar B. Summer
C. Ganges C. Rainy season
D. Khyber D. Retreating Monsoon
85. the cold weather season decreases from 91. Which of the following refers to calamity?
A. south to north A. Loo
B. north to south B. Mango showers
C. west to east C. Kalbaisakhi
D. east to west D. none of above
86. How were the mountains formed? 92. Part of Mohenjodaro was surrounded by
A. earthquakes in North India a wall. What does this suggest about the
city
B. India colliding with Asia
A. Enemies may attack
C. buildup of snow at high altitudes
B. They liked to climb walls
D. tsunami flooded the lower lands
C. It’s citizens were very tall
87. Mumbai receives more rainfall than Pune D. It had lots of rich people who wanted
because their privacy
A. Pune is at greater elevation
93. The Cold Weather Season begins and ends
B. Mumbai is a Coastal city at
C. Mumbai is on the Windward side A. December to February
D. Pune has greater vegetation than B. March to May
Mumbai
C. September to January
88. One of two rivers that gets its source D. June to August
high up in the Himalayas from glaciers and
snow. 94. Define a plateau.
A. Indus River A. Land that is mountainous and swampy
B. Narmada River B. Land that is raised and flat
C. Godavari River C. Land that is low and DRY
D. Saraswati River D. Land that is low and WET

95. Which weather season comes during 100. Continental type of climate refers to
March, April and May? A. Climate of a continent
A. Cold weather season B. A country in the continent
B. Hot weather season C. An area which is landlocked
C. South-West monsoon season D. An ares close to the sea
D. Retreating monsoon season
101. Which of the following months refer to
NARAYAN CHANGDER
96. bring a great deal of rainfall and de- retreating monsoon
struction to India. A. March, April, May
A. Summer Monsoons B. June, July, August, September
B. Winter Monsoons C. October, November
C. Annual Floods D. December, January
D. Heat Waves
102. During the southwest monsoon period,
97. As you go to the top of a mountain, what moist warm winds blow from the
happens to temperature? A. Sea to land
A. Nothing B. Land to sea
B. It increases C. Plateau to plains
C. It decreases D. River to valley
D. It goes up and down
103. LATITUDE DIVIDES THE INDIA INTO
98. Temperature is high in India during summer ALMOST TWO EQUAL PARTS
because A. TROPIC OF CAPRICORN
A. Sun rays fall oblique over north hemi- B. STANDARD MERIDIAN
sphere
C. EQUATOR
B. Sun rays slant over north hemisphere
D. TROPIC OF CANCER.
C. Sun rays fall vertically over the north
hemisphere 104. Some of the hottest places in India during
D. Sun rays fall vertically over south hemi- summers are and in Rajasthan.
sphere A. Churu and Bikaner
99. Where does the world’s highest rainfall oc- B. Churu and Jaipur
cur? C. Jaipur and Jodhpur
A. The world’s highest rainfall occurs in D. Ajmer and Bikaner
Mawsynram.
105. Which place below experience maritime
B. The world’s highest rainfall occurs in climate
forests
A. New Delhi
C. The world’s highest rainfall occurs in
Himalayan region. B. Agra
D. The world’s highest rainfall occurs in C. Bhuvaneshwar

west medinipur. D. Shimla

106. What is weather over a long period of 112. What occurs during the dry season of
time? monsoons?

A. A tropical vacation A. Winds blow into India from the Indian
B. Weather Ocean bringing heavy rains that can cause
terrible flooding.
C. Climate
B. Winds blow into India from the Indian
D. Science Ocean which forces moisture out of India
and creates warm, dry winters.
107. This feature contains rich soil that is ben-
eficial for growing cotton. C. Winds blow into India from the moun-
tains bringing heavy rains that can cause
A. Deccan Plateau
terrible flooding.
B. Thar Desert
D. Winds blow down from the mountains
C. Hindu Kush Mountains which forces moisture out of India and
D. Himalaya Mountains creates warm, dry winters.
108. national animal and bird is 113. The mountains which lie parallel to the di-
rection of the South West monsoon wind is
A. peacok and lon
B. peacock and tiger A. Maikala Range
C. lion and giraffe B. Satpura
D. none C. Aravali
109. India experiences what type of climatic D. Vindhya
condition?
114. Which place in India experience cool cli-
A. Tropical Monsoon climate mate throughout the year?
B. Tropical climate A. Mumbai
C. Cold climate B. Manali
D. Temperate climate C. Agra
110. Harappa and Mohenjodaro were part of D. Jaipur
what civilization? 115. is a piece of land surrounded by wa-
A. Ancient Sumer ter on three sides.
B. Indus River Valley A. Subcontinent
C. Ancient Egypt B. Peninsula
D. Ancient Kush C. Mount Everest
D. Summer Monsoon
111. The direction to which wind blows is
known as 116. The Eastern and Western Ghats are
A. Windward A. plateaus
B. Leeward B. rivers
C. Eleaving side C. mountain ranges
D. None of these D. glaciers

117. What is located between the Eastern and 123. The plays a major role in regulating
Western Ghats? the weather and climate of the planet.
A. the Deccan Plateau A. weather
B. the Indus River B. climate
C. the Himalaya Mountains C. ocean
D. the Hindu Kush mountains D. movement
118. The world’s tallest mountain is 124. Which of the following state receives the
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highest rainfall during winter months?
A. Mount Crumpet
A. Tamil nadu
B. Mount McKinley
B. Kerala
C. Mount Everest
C. Assam
D. Mount Tetanus
D. Kashmir
119. A-from which month cold weather season
start B-and continues till 125. The hot weather season is also called
A. A-middle of November B-March A. non of these
B. A-March B-November B. pre-monsoon season

C. summer
C. A-middle of November B-middle of
March D. humid
D. none of above 126. What mountain range is to the North-
west?
120. A large landmass that is smaller than a
continent. A. Hindu Kush
A. region B. Himalaya
B. small continent C. Mount Everest
C. subcontinent D. Zagros Mountains
D. none of above 127. I spend my day learning how to use
weapons and planning battle strategies
121. The first known civilizations of Ancient with my comrades. What caste am I a part
India were of?
A. Harappa and Mohenjo Daro A. Kashatriya
B. Sumer and Kush B. untouchable
C. Kush and Gupta C. Sudras
D. Sumer and Mesopotamia D. MJ Fan Club
122. Winds that blow from the west are called 128. which are the coldest months in many
parts of India
A. Easterlies A. January to February
B. Polars B. March to April
C. Westerlies C. May to June
D. Temperates D. July to August

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129. The Khyber Pass cuts through what B. We don’t know where they settled
mountain range C. We have not learned about their

A. Eastern Ghats homes
B. Himalayas D. We don’t know what games they
played
C. Western Ghats
D. Hindu kush 131. Harappa & Mohenjo-daro were built in
what kind of pattern?
130. Why don’t modern day archaeologists A. grid pattern
know very much about the people of Mo-
henjodaro? B. paisley pattern
A. We can’t decipher their written lan- C. chevron pattern

guage D. triangular pattern
5.2 Indian Monsoon

1. THE TWO BRANCHES OF THE SOUTH- D. 40 degree N to 40 degree S
WEST MONSOON WINDS ARE-
3. Which is related to southern oscillations?
A. ARABIAN SEA AND INDIAN OCEAN
BRANCH A. EL Nina
B. ARABIAN SEA AND BAY OF BENGAL B. EL Nino

BRANCH C. Jet Stream
C. ARABIAN SEA AND ATLANTIC OCEAN D. Ocean Currents
BRANCH
4. WHEN SOUTH WEST MONSOON ENTERS
D. none of above INDIA THEY ARE DIVIDED INTO HOW
2. THE MONSOON WINDS ARE FORMED BE- MANY BRANCHES
TWEEN THESE LATITUDES A. 1
A. 30 degree N to 30 degree S B. 3
B. 20 degree N to 20 degree S C. 4
C. 50 degree N to 50 degree S D. 2
5.3 Seasons in India

1. Which season is give them blossoms, 2. How many seasons are the India?
white, yellow, red?
A. 4 seasons
A. Spring B. 10 seasons
B. Summer C. 7 seasons
C. Fall D. 6 seasons
D. Autumn 3. During Moonsoon, what starts increasing

5.3 Seasons in India 166
in the air 9. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN SUMMER

A. Warm air CAN BE-
A. 30◦ C
B. Pleasant air
B. 45◦ C
C. Humidity
C. 50◦ C
D. none of above
D. none of above
4. Whenever leaves down. 10. In winter season, the western distur-
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A. Up bances which bring rain and snow are fol-
lowed by
B. Fall
A. Loo
C. Author
B. Fog
D. spring
C. Dust
5. Thunderstorms are locally called in As- D. Smoke
sam.
11. OCTOBER HEAT MAKES THE WEATHER
A. Kalbaisakhi
A. PLEASANT
B. Kali Andhi B. UNCOMFORTABLE
C. Bardoichila C. HOT
6. We go for in winter season. 12. Who wrote the poet?

A. Camping A. Alice may Douglas
B. Swimming pool B. RL.stevenson
C. Nisha Dyrene
C. Beach
D. Madhumitha Gupta
D. none of above
13. WHICH COAST OF INDIA RECEIVES WIN-
7. Dust storms and droughts are common in TER RAINFALL?
which season?
A. SOUTH EAST COAST
A. Winter season B. WESTERN COAST
B. Rainy season C. NORTH EAST COAST
C. Summer season D. none of above
D. Autumn season 14. Which season are mentioned poem?
8. Cropping season form June to September A. Summerseason, Rainyseason,
is called (rainy season) Springseason, Autumnseason
A. Rabi B. Autumnseason, winterseasons
C. Fallseason, winterseason, Autumnsea-
B. kharif
son, Fallseason
C. zaid D. Fallseason, Winterseason, Rainysea-
D. none of above son, Summerseason

15. THE MONSOON WINDS REACH INDIA IN 21. Cropping season form November to April
THIS DIRECTION is called(winter season)

A. NORTH EASTERLY A. kharif
B. SOUTH EASTERLY B. rabi
C. SOUTH WESTERLY C. zaid
D. none of above
D. none of above
16. We fly kites on a
22. Atmospheric pressure is a measure of
A. Summer season which of the following?
B. Rainy season
A. the total solar energy received by
C. Fall season earth
D. Autumn B. the weight of air pushing down on
Earth
17. Autumn season is from October to
month. C. the speed of prevailing winds circling
Earth
A. January
B. November D. the amount of water vapor in the air
around Earth
C. December
D. February 23. Season come after rainy Season
18. Hot and dry winds which blow during sum- A. Spring
mer in India is called B. Summer
A. Loo C. Autumn
B. Breeze D. none of above
C. Both of these
D. none of above 24. MONSOON WINDS RETREAT FROM INDIA
IN THESE TWO MONTHS
19. In which season their leaves are so beau- A. OCTOBER, NOVEMBER
tiful?
B. SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER
A. Summer
C. NOVEMBER, DECEMBER
B. Winter
C. Spring D. none of above
D. Fall 25. THE LOCAL STORMS IN EASTERN INDIA IN

SUMMER IS CALLED THIS
20. Which season comes after spring?
A. Summer A. LOO
B. Winter B. MANGO SHOWERS

C. Autumn C. KALBAISHAKHI
D. Spring D. none of above

26. Which month are belongs to winter sea- C. June to September

sons D. March to May
A. November, December, January, Febru-
ary 32. In which season, does it rain in UAE?
B. March, April, May, June A. Summer
C. July, August, September, October B. Winter
D. April, July, MayMarch C. Spring
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D. Autumn
27. Allitration of the sentences? summer
comes in a blaze of heat with sunny smiles 33. During which season Flowers bloom
of dusty feet?
A. Spring
A. Mango, sunny
B. Winter
B. Sunny, smiles
C. Summer
C. Sunny, morning
D. none of above
D. Smile, mangoes
34. Tamil Nadu recives rainfall between the
28. The genaral weather of months
A. Summer A. November and January
B. Spring B. December and March
C. Rainy C. June and Agust
D. Autumn D. none of above
29. Months of October-november form a pe- 35. We feels thirsty on a
riod of transition from hot rainy season to
A. Summer season
condition
B. Rainy season
A. Hot summer
C. Fall season
B. Dry winter
D. Winter season
C. Dry summer
D. none of above 36. We use an umbrella on a
A. Autumn season
30. The highest temperature recorded in Ra-
jasthan in May B. Rainy season
A. 42◦ C C. Summer
B. 50◦ C D. Winter season
C. 48◦ C 37. Season of advancing monsoon is the other
D. 54◦ C name of which season?
31. The months in which India experience win- A. Winter

ter season are: B. Summer
A. December to february C. Monsoon
B. November to February D. Autumn

38. The hot weather season is from 44. Because Pune, India, lies in a rain shadow,
A. Mid-April to July its people have learned to live with:

B. June to November A. frequent droughts
B. tropical cyclones
C. Mid-March to May
C. water salinization
D. none of above
D. widespread flooding
39. The thickly populated deltas of , the kr-
ishna and Kaveri are frequently struck by 45. Parts of western coast and northeastern
cyclones which cause great damage to life india recieve over about cm of rainfall
and property annually
A. Ganga A. 40
B. Godavari B. 450
C. Yamuna C. 400
40. Blossom meaning? 46. THIS PLACE RECORDS THE HIGHEST RAIN-
FALL IN THE WORLD
A. Flower
A. CHERRAPUNJI
B. Colour
B. SHILLONG
C. Nice in smell and taste
C. MAWSYNRAM
D. Rude
D. none of above
41. Hot, dry and Dusty laden winds
47. Which crop is called the white gold?
A. Loo
A. wheat
B. Foehn B. cotton
C. Mistral C. maize
D. Chinook D. none of above
42. We sail paper boats on a 48. The term monsoon means:
A. Fall season A. extreme weather
B. Rainy season B. prolonged drought
C. Summer season C. seasonal winds
D. Spring seasons D. storm surge
43. winds carry moisture with them which 49. These are experienced in Assam and West
bring rain. Bengal during pre-monsoon season
A. Hot A. Thunderstorms
B. Monsoon B. Blizzards
C. Loo C. Ice storms
D. Breeze D. Hail

50. Winter season in India occurs in the 56. WESTERN DISTURBANCES ORIGINATE
months of HERE:
A. May to July A. CASPIAN SEA
B. December to February B. ARABIAN SEA
C. None of these C. MEDITERRANEAN SEA
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51. Summer means. 57. Leaves will wither because of me
A. A blaze of heat A. Autumn
B. Snow
B. Spring
C. Rain
C. Rainy
D. Leaves fall down
D. Summer
52. In the second half of October the mercury
begins to fall rapidly in india 58. Rhyming word for sweet?
A. Southern A. pretty
B. Northern B. boat
C. Western C. fan
D. Eastern D. seat
53. What is the meaning of leap? 59. The season when trees shed their leaves
A. To jump High is called
B. Frog A. Winter
C. Bright flame or fire B. Summer
D. A small brown animal similar to a frog C. Autumn
D. none of above
54. What give luscious fruits bright tints to
all? 60. Rhyming word for heat’?
A. Sring
A. sunny
B. Winter
B. feat
C. Autumn
C. comes
D. Fall
D. boat
55. Hot and dry winds blowing during the day
in the northern India are called 61. Luscious meaning?
A. Monsoon winds A. Colour
B. Rainy B. Nice in smell and taste
C. Dust storms C. Rude
D. Loo D. Flowers

62. Which of the following is a Rabi crop? 68. Choose the state which receives rainfall
A. wheat during autumn season?

A. Tamil Nadu
B. maize
B. Rajasthan
C. cotton
C. Himachal pradesh
D. none of above
D. Gujarat
63. In which season do the leaves change
69. In hot weather season the temperature
colour?
generally is extremely:
A. Winter A. Low
B. Autumn B. High
C. Summer C. Moderate
D. Spring D. None of these
64. Season of retreating monsoon is the other 70. The low pressure conditions over north-
name of which season? western india get transferred to the bay
of Bengal by early
A. Winter
A. December
B. Summer
B. October
C. Monsoon
C. September
D. Autumn
D. November
65. Summer comes in a heat. 71. Which of these best explains why cities on
A. Blaze opposite sides of a mountain receive differ-
B. Lays ent amounts of rain?
A. cloud seeding
C. Ray
B. the water cycle
D. Boat
C. altitudinal zonation
66. THE FIRST STATE TO RECEIVE MONSOONS D. the orographic effect
IS
72. WHICH THE COLDEST MONTH IN INDIA
A. MAHARASTRA
A. DECEMBER
B. WEST BENGAL
B. JANUARY
C. KERALA
C. FEBRUARY
D. none of above
D. none of above
67. IN THE WINTERS SOUTH INDIA HAS: 73. When does Winter season begin
A. HIGH PRESSURE A. Mid November
B. MODERATE PRESSURE B. December
C. LOW PRESSURE C. Mid-December
D. none of above D. July

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74. How does the sun rays fall in cold weather B. High
season?
C. Moderate
A. directly
D. None of these
B. overhead
C. not directly 77. We play in during summer season.
D. none of these A. Paddling pools
75. THE BAY OF BENGAL BRANCH OF MON- B. Ice skating
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SOON WINDS MOVES IN THIS DIRECTION C. Barbeque
ALONG THE GANGA PLAIN
D. Kite flying
A. NORTHWARD
B. EASTWARD 78. Cropping season form April to june is called
(Summer season)
C. WESTWARD
D. none of above A. zaid
B. kharif
76. In the cold season the temperature in the
coastal regions is generally: C. rabi
A. Low D. none of above
5.4 Rainfall india

1. Which region in the southern ranges re- D. i am not sure
ceive the highest average rainfall in the
world? 4. Most of the cyclones that form during Oc-
tober and November in India originate
A. Nilgiri Hills
A. Southern Hemisphere Ocean
B. Khasi hills
B. Arabian sea
C. Palani Hills
C. Southeast of Bay of Bengal
D. Shivalik Hills
D. Southwest of Bay of Bengal
2. Which place in India receives maximum
rainfall in India 5. India receives rain during
A. Mawsynram A. Southwest monsoon
B. Vizag B. South-West monsoon and North-East
C. Ooty monsoon period
D. Wayanad C. North-East period
D. Summer and Winter period
3. is convectional rainfall possible to occur in
southern India 6. Which state is associated with Kal
A. Yes Baishaki
B. no A. West Bengal
C. i do not know B. Tamil Nadu

5.5 El-Nino and Southern Oscillations 173
C. Andhra Pradesh 11. Mango showers occur predominantly in

D. Punjab A. West Bengal and Assam

7. which stage is the third in stages of con- B. Deccan Plateau
vectional rainfall C. Gujarat and Maharashtra
A. The sun heats the ground and warm air D. Karnataka and Kerala
rises.
12. Which one of the following states in India
B. Heavy rain storms occur. These usu-
receive a major part of its annual rainfall
ally include thunder and lightening due to
in winter.
the electrical charge created by unstable
conditions. A. Orissa
C. When the condensation point is B. Madhya Pradesh
reached large cumulonimbus clouds are C. Telangana
formed.
D. Tamil Nadu
D. none of above
13. The rainfall in India is mainly of
8. The maximum rainfall of this season is re-
ceived in which part of the country? A. Orographic
A. north-eastern B. Convectional
B. north-western C. Cyclonic
C. south-eastern D. Anticyclonic
D. south-western 14. Which among the following are the cause
9. Which of the following is a rain shadow of Winter rains in Northern India
area in India A. western disturbances
A. Eastern side of Western Ghats B. trade winds
B. Malabar coast C. receding monsoon
C. Siwalik hills D. normal monsoon
D. Khasi hills
15. The rainfall in India is received during
10. The purest form of water can be obtained which four months of the rainy season?
from the A. June, July, August and September
A. hot spring B. January, February, March and April
B. tube well C. October, November, December and
C. open well May
D. shower of rain D. none of above
5.5 El-Nino and Southern Oscillations

1. Which best describes El Nino? warmer than normal and causes fewer
hurricanes to form.
A. The water in the Pacific Ocean gets

B. The water in the Pacific Ocean gets Which of the pairs given above is/are cor-
colder than normal and causes more hur- rectly matched?
ricanes to form.
A. 1, 2 and 3
C. The water in the Pacific Ocean gets
B. 1 and 2 only
colder than normal, and the flow of the jet
stream is disrupted. C. 2 and 3 only
D. The water in the Pacific Ocean gets D. 3 only
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warmer than normal, and the flow of the
jet stream is disrupted. 6. Match the following: [CPO AC 2003]
2. Which one of the following pairs is not cor- Major Port State
rectly matched? River City A. Jawaharlal 1. Tamil Nadu
A. Gomti Lucknow Nehru
B. Paradwip Port 2. Maharashtra
B. Saryu Ayodhya C. Kandla Port 3. Orissa
C. Alaknanda Badrinath D. Ennore Port 4. Gujarat
D. Narmada Satna
A. A − 4, B − 1,C − 2, D − 3
3. How could La Nina affect weather during
the summer in Georgia? B. A − 4, B − 3,C − 4, D − 1
A. It could decrease wind. C. A − 2, B − 3,C − 4, D − 1
B. It could increase rainfall. D. A − 2, B − 1,C − 4, D − 3
C. It could decrease rainfall.
7. The river Cauvery flows from: [UPCS
D. It could increase temperatures. 1994]
4. El Nino is caused by A. Andhra Pradesh to Tamil Nadu
A. cold water off the Atlantic coast of B. Karnataka to Maharashtra

South America C. Karnataka to Tamil Nadu
B. warm water in the Pacific off the coast D. Kerala to Tamil Nadu
of South America
C. warm water in the Pacific off the coast 8. The change in normal patterns over the Pa-
of Mexico cific that start the El Nino event involve
D. cold water in the Pacific off the coast A. stronger than normal trade winds from
of Mexico East to West.
B. weakened trade winds push less warm
5. Consider the following pairs: surface water to the West.
C. strengthened trade winds push more
Tributary River : Main River cold water Westward.
1. Chambal Narmada. D. volcanic activity under water cause
2. Sone Yamuna. changes in the flow of cold water on the
3. Manas Brahmaputra. coast of South America.

9. Which causes the subtropical jet stream 13. How many oceans are there?
to bring cold, wet winter weather to the A. 8
southeastern United States?

B. 5
A. El Nino
C. 7
B. La Nina
D. none of above
C. Coriolis effect
D. Santa Anna Winds 14. Which of the following rivers flows
through a rift valley?
10. Which of the following lakes were formed A. Cauvery
by volcanic activities? [IAS 2003]
B. Narmada
1. Lonar lake
2. Bhim Tal of Kumaun C. Kosi
3. Toba lake D. Godavari
4. Keloed lake
15. The wind over the equator blows stronger
A. 1 and 3 than usual during
B. 1 and 4 A. Neutral year
C. 1, 3 and 4 B. El Nino
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4 C. La Nina
11. Match the following: D. none of above
16. Sirkulasi angin yang ada di Samudera Pasi-

Rivers Origin
fik di sebut sirkulasi
A. Indus 1. Uttarakhand
B. Ganga 2. Tibet A. La Nina
C. Godavari 3. Madhya Pradesh B. Walker
D. Narmada 4. Maharashtra
C. Netral
5. Karnataka
D. El Nino
A. A − 2, B − 1,C − 4, D − 3 17. Both El Nino and La Nina have this in com-

mon
B. A − 4, B − 3,C − 2, D − 1
A. Influence birds that migrate over the
C. A − 1, B − 2,C − 3, D − 4
ocean
D. A − 3, B − 4,C − 1, D − 2
B. Influence rainy / dry weather world
12. In an El Nino event in Australia the SOI is wide
strongly and the air pressure in Dar- C. The weather at the polar regions
win is that in Tahiti
D. The directions that ships travel in the
A. Positive, Higher oceans
B. Negative, Higher
18. An SST anomaly is
C. Positive, Lower A. a departure from average conditions in
D. Negative, Lower sea surface pressure.

B. a departure from average conditions in C. Mahanadi and Godavari

sea surface temperature.
D. Krishna and Cauvery
C. the average of a decade of sea surface
temperatures. 24. Which is an effect of La Nina on North Car-
D. the average of sea surface tempera- olina’s summer weather?
tures during an El Nino year. A. decreased winds
19. What kind of weather will the Western Pa- B. decreased rainfall
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cific have during a La Nina year? C. increased humidity
A. Cooler ocean water and drought D. increased temperature
B. Warmer ocean water and increased
rain 25. The main river flowing in the state of
Jammu and Kashmir is:
C. Cooler ocean water and increased rain
A. Jhelum
D. Warmer ocean water and drought
B. Indus
20. Which Indian state is known as ‘Land of
Five Rivers’? [Railways 1993] C. Chenab
A. U.P. D. Nubra
B. Punjab 26. Which lists some effects of El Nino?
C. Haryana
A. warmer temperatures and more rain
B. warmer temperatures and less rain
21. Trade winds in the Pacific normally push C. cooler temperatures and less rain
A. East to West. D. none of above
B. West to East.
27. The Bhakra Nangal Multipurpose Project is
C. North to South.
a joint venture of [IAS 2009]
D. South to North.
A. Punjab and Haryana only
22. When La Nina and hurricanes pull cold wa- B. Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan only
ter to the surface and bring nutrient rich
sediments from the seafloor, this is called C. Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Hi-
machal Pradesh
A. upwelling D. Punjab and Himachal Pradesh only
B. downwelling 28. The El Nino will cause what kind of winter
C. El zapato weather in the southern US?
D. La Gloria A. colder and drier than normal
23. The ‘Chilka lake region’ lies in between B. colder and wetter than normal
the deltas of: [NDA 2003] C. warmer and wetter than normal
A. Ganga and Mahanadi D. no difference, because it happens in
B. Godavari and Krishna the Pacific ocean

29. Which of the following port caters to the 34. In a(n) condition, the thermocline is
export of Kudremukh iron ore? upwelled towards the surface more than
usual.

A. Cochin
A. El Nino
B. New Mangalore
B. La Nina
C. Mumbai
C. Normal
D. Vishakhapatnam
D. Partly sunny
30. Which of the following rivers flows be-
tween the Vindhya and Satpura ranges? 35. Near the lake Mansarovar in Tibet, the
river which has its source is/are: [Teach-
A. Narmada ers’ Exam 1994]
B. Tapti A. Indus
C. Gandak B. Sutlej
D. Godavari C. Brahmaputra
31. Consider the followingI. El Nino during D. All of these

winter causes warm conditions over the 36. Consider the following ports:
Indian subcontinent and during summer, it
leads to dry conditions and deficient mon- 1. Karaikal
soon.II. It causes better than normal mon- 2. Machilipatnam
soon in India.Which of the above state- 3. Paradeep
ment is/are correct about the impact of El 4. Visakhapatnam
Nino on the Indian Weather? What is the correct sequence of the above
ports from north to south? [NDA 2005]
A. Only I
A. 1-2-4-3
B. Only II
B. 1-4-2-3
C. Both I and II
C. 3-2-4-1
D. Neither I nor II
D. 3-4-2-1
32. La Nina will cause the weather in Texas to
be 37. Wular lake of Kashmir is a: [IAS 2003]
A. Ox-bow lake
A. warm and wet
B. Lake formed by blocking of ice
B. cold and wet
C. Lake formed by terminal morainic dam
C. cold and dry
D. warm and dry D. Lake formed by deposition of silt
33. The sea surface temperatures in the Pacific 38. In Georgia, La Nina impacts our weather
which causes an El Nino event. by:
A. are higher than average A. drier and warmer
B. are lower than average B. warmer and wetter
C. shift further North C. wetter and colder
D. move South D. more rain and crows flying around

39. Which one among the following rivers has 44. ‘Hinterland’ refers to:
the largest catchment area? [IAS 2008] A. continental shelf in the sea from which
A. Cauvery oil can be extracted
B. Krishna B. natural harbour used for international
C. Mahanadi trade
D. Narmada C. land region extending from a sea port
D. abandoned sea port where trade was
40. Consider the following rivers:
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carried out initially
1. Betwa
2. Kosi 45. In the morning, Carlos noticed that the air
3. Gandak pressure reading on the barometer was be-
ginning to drop. What kind of weather can
Which of the above joint(s) Yamuna river?
he most likely expect in the evening?
[NDA 2008]
A. The weather will be cloudy with a
A. 1 only
chance of rain.
B. 1 and 2
B. The weather will be warmer with clear
C. 1 and 3 skies.
D. 2 and 3 C. The weather will be clear and windy.
41. Where does the term El Nino come from D. The weather will be sunny and cool.
and what does it mean?
46. The thermocline of the Eastern Pacific is
A. “The Child, “ due to its appearance down-welled during a(n)
around the Christmas season
A. normal conditions
B. “The Chile, “ due to its appearance
around Thanksgiving B. La Nina
C. “The Kid”, due to its appearance C. El Nino
around Easter D. none of above
D. “The Family”, due to its appearance
47. By which name does the Brahmaputra en-
around 4th of July
ter into India?
42. During a(n) event, trade winds are A. Manas
much stronger than usual.
B. Dhansiri
A. El Nino
C. Dlhang
B. La Nina
D. Tsangpo
C. Normal
48. Angin yang secara konstan melewati
D. Partly sunny
samudera pasifik dari timur ke barat dise-
43. The biggest lake in India is: but angin
A. Dal Lake A. Passat
B. Chilka Lake B. Muson Barat
C. Wular Lake C. Muson timur laut
D. Sambhar Lake D. Passat timur laut

49. How often do El Nino events typically oc- 54. What do you call winds that blow in the
cur? same direction all over the Earth?

A. 2-5 years A. Trade winds
B. 2-7 years B. Coriolis effect
C. 7-10 years C. Greenhouse effect
D. 10-20 years D. Sea breezes
50. During an El Nino year, in North Carolina 55. How often to El Nino events occur and how
we will likely have what kind of winter? long do they generally last?
A. cold and snowy A. Occur every 3-5 weeks/ Usually last
B. hot and dry for 9-12 days.
C. cold and dry B. Occur every 3-5 years/ Usually last for
D. no change in weather 9-12 months.
C. Occur every 9-12 years/ Usually last
51. What does ENSO stand for? for 3-5 months.
A. El Nino Surface Oscillation D. Occur every hour/ Usually last for 15
B. El Nino Southern Oscillation min.
C. El Nino Southern Ocean
56. Which one among the following has the,
D. El Nino Surfing Organization largest shipyard in India? [IAS 2003]
52. Which of the following is true with regard A. Kolkata
to the, characteristics of the Himalayan B. Kochi
rivers?
C. Mumbai
I. Many of them have their sources in
the Inner Himalayas D. Vishakhapatnam
II. They have a perennial flow
57. The river Cauvery originates from which
III. They have a great capacity for ero-
of the following states? [Bank PO 1994]
sion
IV. They do not form gorges A. Andhra Pradesh
A. I and II B. Tamil Nadu
B. I, II and III C. Karnataka
C. III and IV D. Madhya Pradesh
D. II and IV
58. Which one of the following rivers flow
53. What climate zone do we live in, here in between Vindhyan and Satpura ranges?
VA? [NDA 2008]
A. Polar zone A. Narmada
B. Temperate zone B. Son
C. Tropical zone C. Mahe
D. End zone D. Netravati

59. Lembaga yang memiliki data pengamatan B. Assam

cuaca dan iklim di Indonesia adalah C. Manipur
A. BMKG D. Nagaland
B. LAPAN
65. Arrange the following rivers from South to
C. Meteorologi dan Geofisika North: [CPO SI 2002]
D. Penerbangan Nusantara 1. Cauvery
2. Krishna
NARAYAN CHANGDER
60. Ohio often has the weather that Indi- 3. Godavari
ana recently had because weather in the 4. Mahanadi
United States tends to move from
A. 1, 3, 2, 4
A. south to north.
B. 3, 4, 1, 2
B. north to south.
C. 2, 4, 3, 1
C. west to east.
D. 1, 2, 3, 4
D. east to west.
66. The river basin which is called ‘Ruhr of In-
61. La Nina causes rainfall in Australia dia’ is:
A. higher than average A. Damodar
B. lower than average B. Hooghly
C. average C. Godavari
D. none of above D. Swarnarekha
62. El Nino the trade winds causing the 67. Which of the following are the features of
warm pool to move the Himalayan rivers?
A. weakens or reverses; west I. They are of youthful nature, forming
deep gorges and performing intense
B. intensifies; east
erosional activity
C. weakens or reverses; east II. They are free to form their courses
D. intensifies; east and follow a dendritic pattern
III. They have very large basins
63. Which one of the following statements is A. I and II
correct? [NDA 2003]
B. I and III
A. India ranks 9th in the world’s shipping
tonnage C. II and III
D. I, II and III
B. Mumbai port handles half of the coun-
try’s foreign trade 68. Which of the following statement (s)
C. Kandla and Kolkata are tidal ports is/are correct about El Nino?
D. India has 14 major ports and 129 mi- A. The term El Nino translates from Span-
nor ports ish as ‘the boy-child’
B. Peruvian fishermen originally used the
64. The Tibetan river ‘Tsangpo’ enters India term to describe the appearance, around
through the State of: [NDA 2004] Christmas, of a warm ocean current off
A. Arunachal Pradesh the South American coast.

C. It is now the commonly accepted term B. warm water in the Pacific off the coast
to describe the warming of the central and of South America
eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.

C. warm water in the Pacific off the coast
D. . All of the above of Mexico
69. What is the correct sequence of the rivers- D. cold water in the Pacific off the coast
Godavari, Mahanadi, Narmada and Tapi of Mexico
in the descending order of their lengths?
[IAS 2003] 74. From north towards South, which one of
A. Godavari-Mahanadi-Narrnada-Tapi the following is the correct sequence of the
B. Godavari-Narmada-Mahanadi-Tapi given rivers in India? [IAS 2006]
C. Narmada-Godavart-Tapi-Mahanadi A. Shyok-Spiti-Zaskar-Sutlej
D. Narmada-Tapi-Godavari - Mahanadi B. Shyok-Zaskar-Spiti-Sutlej
70. What is the windward side of a mountain? C. Zaskar-Shyok-Sutlej-Spiti
A. The wet side that is hit by the moist D. Zaskar-Sutlej-Shyok - Spiti
damp air.
B. The dry side that is downwind of the 75. Amravati, Bhavani, Hemavati and Kabini
mountain. are tributaries of which one of the follow-
C. The side of the mountain with the most ing rivers? [NDA 2008]
people. A. Mahanadi
D. The side of the mountain with the rain
B. Godavari
shadow.
C. Cauvery
71. During an El Nino, trade winds are typi-
cally D. Krishna
A. about average
76. Match the following: [Asstt Comm PF
B. stronger
2002]
C. weaker
D. none of above City River passing through the city
A. Nasik 1. Krishna
72. River Damodar is called ‘Sorrow of Bengal’ B. Surat 2. Cauvery
because it: [CPO SI 2003] C. Ujjain 3. Godawari
A. gets flooded often causing havoc D. Vijayawada 4. Shipra
B. causes maximum soil erosion 5. Tapti
C. forms number of dangerous waterfalls
A. A − 3, B − 5,C − 4, D − 1
D. is not a perennial river
B. A − 4, B − 1,C − 3, D − 2
73. The El Nino is caused by
C. A − 3, B − 1,C − 4, D − 2
A. cold water off the Atlantic coast of
South America D. A − 4, B − 5,C − 3, D − 1

77. Match the following: [IAS 2004] 81. During an El Nino, it rains
A. in the central Pacific
Beaches In India States
A. Gopinath Beach 1. Andhra Pradesh B. in the Eastern Pacific
B. Lawsons Bay 2. Kerala C. in the Western Pacific
Beach
D. in all of the Pacific
C. Devbagh Beach 3. Gujarat
D. Sinquerim Beach 4.Goa 82. Which one of the following states does not
NARAYAN CHANGDER
5. Karnataka form part of the Narmada basin? [NDA
1993]
A. A − 5, B − 4,C − 3, D − 1 A. Gujarat
B. A − 3, B − 1,C − 5, D − 4 B. Maharashtra
C. A − 5, B − 1,C − 2, D − 4 C. Rajasthan
D. A − 3, B − 4,C − 5, D − 1 D. Madhya Pradesh
83. Which of the following rivers existed be-

78. of the earth is covered with water.
fore the uplift of the Himalaya? [IAS
A. 70% 2003]
B. 71% 1. Brahamaputra
C. 77% 2. Sutlej
3. Indus
D. none of above 4. Bhagirathi
79. Which of the following is not a tributary A. 1 and 3

of the Ganga? B. 2 and 3
A. Yamuna C. 1, 2 and 3
B. Son D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
C. Gomti 84. Match the following: [IAS 2007]
D. Sutlej
Name of Conflu- River merging with
80. Which of the following rivers meet Ganga ence Alaknanda
in Bihar? [PCS 1995] A. Vishnu Prayag 1. Bhagirathi
1. Ghaghra B. Karna Prayag 2. Mandakini
2. Gandak C. Rudra Prayag 3. Pindar
3. Son D. Deva Prayag 4. Dhauli Ganga
4. Punpun
A. 1, 2 and 4 A. A − 1, B − 2,C − 3, D − 4
B. 1, 3 and 4 B. A − 1, B − 3,C − 2, D − 4
C. 2 and 4 C. A − 4, B − 2,C − 3, D − 1
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4 D. A − 4, B − 3,C − 2, D − 1

85. El Nino and La Nina are two peri- 88. In a La Nina event, the SOI is strongly
odic changes in ocean circulation patterns. and the air pressure in Darwin is than
which of these statements best describes in Tahiti

their effect on global climate? A. Positive, Lower
A. El Nino and La Nina tend to peak during B. Positive, Higher
winter months, so by the summer months
the climate patterns return to normal con- C. Negative, Lower
ditions. D. Negative, Higher
B. El Nino carries warm water, increasing
89. Consider the following seaports:
rainfall along the coast of Chile, while La
Nina brings cold water upwellings to west- 1. Chennai
ern South America. 2. Machilipattinam
3. Nagapattinam
C. El Nino and La Nina are recent distur-
4. Tuticorin
bances in ocean currents oscillating be-
tween warm and cold conditions caused The correct sequence of these ports as one
by the greenhouse effect. moves from north to south is: [CDS 2000]
D. El Nino and La Nina exclusively affect A. 1, 2, 3, 4
the climate of the southern Pacific Ocean B. 2, 1, 3, 4
including South America, Australia and In-
donesia. C. 1, 3, 2, 4
D. 2, 1, 4, 3
86. What IS NOT one of the effects of La Nina
during winter in America? 90. La Nina is characterized by of the
A. large portions of central North Amer- Western Pacific Ocean.
ica experience cold, dry weather A. a warming
B. increased frequency of significant B. a cooling
cold-air outbreaks
C. average temperatures
C. southern states experience less
D. none of above
storminess and precipitation
D. northern states experience heat 91. How could La Nina affect weather during
waves throughout the summer in North Carolina?
A. It could decrease wind.
87. Which of the following pairs are correctly
matched? [IAS 2008] B. It could increase rainfall.
C. It could decrease rainfall.
Waterfall:River
D. none of above
1. Kapildhara Falls:Godavari
2. Jog Falls:Sharavati 92. By what name is the Ganga known in
3. Sivasamudram Falls:Cauvery Bangladesh?
A. 1 and 2 only A. Padma
B. 2 and 3 only B. Bhagirathi
C. 1 and 3 only C. Rupnarayan
D. 1, 2 and 3 D. Nubra

93. Which of the following peninsular rivers is 98. During normal conditions, the thermocline
westward flowing? is closest to the ocean’s surface in the
A. Mahanadi A. Eastern Pacific
B. Godavari B. Western Pacific
C. Tapti
C. Central Pacific
D. Cauvery
D. Northern Pacific
94. Which one of the following east flowing
NARAYAN CHANGDER
rivers of India forms rift valley due to 99. Which causes the subtropical jet stream to
down warping? [IAS 1998] bring warm, wet weather to the south-
A. Damodar eastern United States?
B. Mahanadi A. El Nino
C. Son B. La Nina
D. Yamuna C. Coriolis effect
95. Which of the following states has the D. Santa Anna Winds
largest number of salt lakes in India?
A. West Bengal 100. Which one of the following cities is not lo-
cated on the bank of river Ganga? [BPSC
B. Rajasthan
2011]
C. Gujarat
A. Fatehpur
D. Maharashtra
B. Bhagalpur
96. The correct sequence of the eastward flow-
ing rivers of the peninsular India from C. Uttarkashi
north to south is: [IAS 2002] D. Kanpur
A. Subarnarekha, Mahanadi, Godavari,
Krishna, Pennar, Cauvery and Vagai 101. What causes El Nino and La Nina?
B. Subarnarekha, Mahanadi, Krishna, Go- Changes in
davari, Cauvery, Vagai and Pennar A. the strength of trade winds
C. Mahanadi, Subarnarekha, Godavari, B. Earth’s tilt
Krishna, Cauvery, Pennar and Vagai
C. ocean currents
D. Mahanadi, Subarnarekha, Krishna, Go-
davari, Cauvery, Vagai and Pennar D. the seasons
97. The largest area of change for both events 102. El Nino and La Nina are:
is located
A. natural weather events
A. In the northern US, Canada, and
Alaska B. caused by human activity
B. in the southern US, and Mexico C. lead to changes in weather patterns
C. in the eastern US and Canada around the globe
D. it changes all geographic areas about D. natural weather events but can also be
evenly caused by human activity

103. High Pressure Systems are characterized C. Mansarovar lake

by; D. Rann of Kutch

A. Warm / Dry air that drops
109. What two factors are primarily used to
B. Cold / Dry air that drops describe climate?
C. Warm / Moist air that drops A. temperature and density
D. Cold / moist air that drops B. temperature and precipitation
104. The Himalayan rivers are: C. precipitation and density
A. monsoon fed D. winds and humidity
B. snow fed
110. Which factor does NOT influence temper-
C. ephemeral ature of an area
D. seasonal A. altitude
105. Pada fase La Nina suhu permukaan air B. latitude
laut di pasifik berlawanan dengan suhu C. seasonal winds
permukaan laut di Indonesia. Suhu di In-
D. distance to water
donesia lebih
A. hangat 111. Which one of the following gives the cor-
rect sequence of ports down the western
B. sendang
coast of India?
C. dingin
A. Kandla, Mumbai, Kochi, Mangalore
D. kecil
B. Porbandar, Marmagao, Mangalore,
106. causes more rainfall in the North- Kochi
west United States and poor fishing off the C. Veraval, Okha, Marmagao, Mangalore
coast of South America (Peru).
A. La Nina D. Mangalore, Marmagao, Kochi,
B. El NIno Negercoil
C. El Baby Yoda 112. Perionde El Nino dan La Nina terjadi se-
D. La Chancla tiap
A. 6 bulan sekali
107. Teesta forms a part of which major river
system? B. 3 sampai 5 tahun sekali
A. Ganga C. 10 tahun sekali
B. Krishna D. 4-6 tahun sekali
C. Cauvery 113. Which of the following is an east follow-
D. Brahmaputra ing river of Indian Peninsula?
108. Which of the following is an inland A. Tapti

drainage area? [CDS 1994] B. Narmada
A. Sambhar area C. Mahanadi
B. Chilka region D. Periyar

114. Without question, ENSO events: 119. In the Australia, El Nino conditions impact
A. Are preventable weather by increasing likelihood of these
weather conditions on the east coast:
B. Eliminate sources of rain
A. a. low rainfall and high temperatures
C. Are really scary
D. Impact everyone on the planet some- B. b. fewer cyclones
how C. c. increased fire danger
115. Which is an effect of La Nina on Georgia’s D. a, b & c
NARAYAN CHANGDER
summer weather?
120. Canal irrigation is most important in the
A. decreased winds
Northern Plains of India because:
B. decreased rainfall
A. the soil is porous
C. increased humidity
B. the level of underground water is high
D. increased temperature
116. Which will most likely result from a low- C. the sources of canals are perennial
pressure weather system? rivers
A. warm temperatures D. the region is densely populated
B. cloudy conditions
C. clear conditions 121. The second largest basin in Peninsular In-
dia is:
D. warm temperatures
A. Cauvery Basin
117. Given here are four places situated on the
B. Godavari Basin
banks of the Narmada:
1. Jabalpur C. Narmada Basin
2. Mandla D. Krishna Basin
3. Amarkantak
4. Bharuch 122. One consequence of El Nino is in
In which order do these places occur from Southeast Asia and Australia.
the source of the river to its mouth? A. stronger Trade Winds
A. 3, 2, 1,4 B. flooding
B. 4, 3, 2, 1 C. strong winter storms
C. 2, 1, 4, 3
D. drought
D. 1, 4, 3, 2
123. Lake Sambhar is nearest to which one of
118. Most of the rivers flowing westward
the following cities of Rajasthan? [IAS
from the Western Ghats do not form
2004]
deltas because:
A. of the high gradient A. Bharatpur
B. they are too slow B. Jaipur

C. they are not perennial C. Jodhpur
D. there is no vegetation D. Udaipur

124. Which best explains why El Nino could C. Brahmaputra-Narmada-Godavari-

cause an increase in precipitation in Cali- Ganga
fornia?

D. Ganga-Brahmaputra-Godavari - Nar-
A. Warmer ocean waters allows for mada
warm air to be blown toward the United
States and cause droughts. 129. On a cold, cloudy day, the local weather
forecaster predicts that a high-pressure
B. Cooler ocean water causes the air to system will be moving into the area in the
cool, and brings high air pressure to the next 24 hours. Which weather conditions
United States. will this system most likely bring to the
C. Warmer ocean water allows for area?
warmer, wet air to travel east toward the A. stormy
United States.
B. sunny
D. none of above
C. snowy
125. Shyok is a tributary of: D. rainy
A. Brahmaputra
130. Which of the following tributaries of the
B. Indus Ganga System flows northwards? [CDS
C. Chenab 2008]
D. Sutlej A. Kosi
126. Fase terjadinya La Nina akan menye- B. Ghaghara

babkan terjadinya di Indonesia C. Gandak
A. kekeringan D. Sone
B. curah hujan tinggi hingga banjir 131. Which of the following is the longest
C. kemarau yang berkepanjangan river in India? [LIC 1994]
D. meluapnya sungai A. Ganga
127. In Georgia, El Nino impacts our weather B. Narmada

by: C. Brahmaputra
A. creating larger waves at the beach D. Godavari
B. more thunderstorms and crows flying 132. The second largest river basin in India is
around of the river: [CBI 1994]
C. dry and hot A. Brahmaputra
D. wetter and more flood-prone B. Narmada
128. In the decreasing order of the length of C. Krishna
the rivers, the correct sequence is: [CPO D. Godavari
AC 2003]
A. Brahmaputra-Ganga-Godavari- 133. El Nino occurs when the tropical ocean
Narmada waters are warmer in which ocean?
B. Ganga-Godavari-Brahmaputra- A. Atlantic
Narmada B. Indian

C. Pacific C. Mahi
D. Arctic D. Tapti
134. Which of the following is an INCORRECT 139. The Brahmaputra, Irrawady and Mekong
statement about El Nino and La Nina? rivers originate in Tibet and flow through
narrow and parallel mountain ranges
A. Both occur at least once per decade
in their upper reaches:Of these rivers,
B. Both occur in the Atlantic Ocean Brahmaputra makes a “U” turn in its
NARAYAN CHANGDER
C. El Nino is a warming and La Nina is a course to flow into India. This “U” turn
cooling of the Pacific Ocean is due to [CSAT 2011]
D. Neither are considered “storms” A. Uplift of folded Himalayan series
B. Syntaxial bending of geologically
135. Which one the following is a correct se-
young Himalayas
quence of rivers in terms of their total
basin area, in the descending order? [IAS C. Geo-tectonic disturbance in the ter-
2003] tiary folded mountain chains
A. Ganga, Indus, Brahmaputra, Godavari D. Both A and B above
140. The longest river of peninsular India is:

B. Indus, Ganga, Brahmaputra, Godavari A. Narmada
B. Godavari
C. Brahmaputra, Indus, Ganga, Godavari
C. Mahanadi
D. Indus, Ganga Godavari, Brahmaputra D. Cauveri
136. An El Nino in Australia causes rainfall 141. Which of the following rivers is known
as ‘Vridha Ganga’?
A. above average
A. Godavari
B. below average
B. Krishna
C. average
C. Mahanadi
D. none of above
D. Cauvery
137. If your latitude is close to 90 degrees
142. What is the cause of rising surface tem-
North, you live in which zone?
peratures of the Pacific Ocean, drought in
A. Polar Zone the western United States, and flooding on
B. Temperate zone the Pacific coast of South America?
C. Tropical zone A. the Gulf Stream
D. End zone B. the jet stream
C. La Nina
138. Which of the following rivers flows
through Maharashtra and Gujarat? [CDS D. El Nino
1993] 143. Which of the following river is known as
A. Sabarmati India’s River of Sorrow? [UDC 1993]
B. Godavari A. Hooghly

B. Damodar 4. Paradeep
C. Ghaghara A. 1, 2 and 3

D. Kosi B. 1 and 3
144. A cold air mass is moving toward a warm C. 2, 3 and 4
air mass, and nimbostratus clouds are ob- D. 2 and 3
served in the sky. Which weather condi-
tions are most likely? 149. One consequence of El Nino is on the
US West Coast
A. a cool, rainy day
A. stronger Trade Winds
B. a cool, sunny day
B. flooding
C. a warm, rainy day
C. strong winter storms
D. a cool, sunny day
D. drought
145. River Godavari flows through: [NDA
1994] 150. Which correctly compares low-and high-
A. Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh pressure weather systems?
B. Maharashtra, Orissa and Andhra A. A low-pressure system usually brings

Pradesh cool dry air and clear skies, while a high-
pressure system brings clouds and precip-
C. Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra itation.
Pradesh
B. A low-pressure system usually brings
D. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Orissa and clouds and precipitation, while a high-
Andhra Pradesh pressure system brings cool dry air and
146. Which of the following rivers joins Ganga clear skies.
at Allahabad? [RRB 1991] C. A low-pressure system usually brings
A. Gandak warm dry air and clear skies, while a high-
pressure system usually brings warm
B. Ghaghra moist air and precipitation.
C. Kosi D. none of above
D. Yamuna
151. Which describes a wind that moves from
147. Low Pressure Systems are characterized the land to the sea overnight?
by;
A. land breeze
A. Dry / Cold air that rises
B. sea breeze
B. Moist / Cold air that rises
C. trade winds
C. Dry / Warm air that rises
D. none of above
D. Moist / Warm air that rises
152. Which of the following is false?
148. Which of the following ports are on the
west coast? A. Krishna serves Maharashtra and
Andhra Pradesh
1. Marmugao
2. Cochin B. Godavari serves Madhya Pradesh
3. New Mangalore C. Mahanadi serves Bihar and Orissa

D. Narmada serves Maharashtra and Which of these rivers build a common

Madhya Pradesh delta? [CDS 2001]
A. 1 and 4
153. Which one of the following is a north
flowing river? B. 1 and 3
A. Cauvery C. 1 and 2
B. Narmada D. 3 and 4
NARAYAN CHANGDER
C. Chambal 158. Which of the following gives the correct
D. Brahmaputra descending order by length of the rivers of
India?
154. What causes the upwelling of cold wa- A. Brahmaputra, Ganga, Godavari, Kosi
ter forming the La Nina weather phe-
nomenon? B. Ganga, Brahmaputra, Krishna, Go-
davari
A. Weak Trade winds
C. Ganga, Godavari, Krishna, Yamuna
B. Strong Ocean currents
D. Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari, Mahanadi
C. Strong Trade winds
159. Among the following rivers, which one is
D. Weak Ocean currents the longest? [Asstt Comm 2008]
155. During an El Nino, the shift in trade winds A. Godavari
cause sea levels to B. Krishna
A. Decrease near both Australia and C. Mahanadi
Peru.
D. Narmada
B. Increase near both Australia and Peru.
160. Which weather conditions are associated
C. Decrease near Australia and increase
with El Nino?
near Peru.
A. increased temperature, increased pre-
D. Increase near Australia and decrease
cipitation
near Peru.
B. decreased temperature, increased
156. Among the following areas, the widest precipitation
continental shelf of India is found: [IAS C. increased temperature, decreased
1991] precipitation
A. around the Gulf of Cambay D. decreased temperature, decreased
B. around the Konkan coast precipitation
C. off the Krishna and Godavari deltas 161. Which one of the following is the first
D. around the Palk strait company-managed major port in India?
[CDS 2001, CDS 2003]
157. Consider the following rivers: A. Cochin
1. Ganga B. Ennore
2. Brahmaputra
3. Godavari C. Tuticorin
4. Krishna D. Vishakhapatnam

162. Consider the following: 167. Pada saat Peru mengalami Banyak hujan,
1. Chilika Lake Indonesia-Australia dan India mengalami

2. Pulicat Lake
3. Vembanad Lake A. kondisi yang sama, banyak hujan
Which of the above is/are lagoon(s)? B. kondisi yang berlawanan yaitu kek-
[CDS 2005] eringan
A. 1 and 2 C. tidak beda jauh karena sama di pen-
B. 2 only garuhi oleh samudera pasifik
C. 1 and 3 D. tidak menentu tergantung kandungan

uap air di udara
D. 1, 2 and 3
168. The term El Nino now refers to both a cou-
163. The Sivasamudram Falls is on: [Teachers’ pled oceanic and atmospheric phenomenon
Exam 1994] that is characterized by all but 1 of the
A. Cauvery items below.
B. Subernarekha A. Changes in rainfall distribution around
the world.
C. Indravati
B. Changes in sea level pressure be-
D. None of these
tween Darwin and Tahiti
164. What does the term ENSO refer to? C. Abnormally warm sea water near
A. El Nine/ Nothern Oscillation South America
B. Enchiladas Not Sweetened Horita D. Atmospheric stagnation
C. La Nina/ Southern Oscillation 169. Which of the following is the deepest
D. El Nino/ Southern Oscillation landlocked protected port?
A. Kandla
165. What causes La Nina?
B. Vishakhapatnam
A. cooling of water in the Atlantic Ocean
off the coast of South America C. Haldia
B. cooling water off the Atlantic coast of D. Tuticorin
the US
170. What is the warming of Earth’s atmo-
C. cooling water in the Pacific Ocean off sphere by gases like carbon dioxide and
the coast of South America water vapor trapping the Sun’s energy
D. warm water in the Pacific Ocean off called?
the coast of South America A. the Greenhouse effect
166. Which causes North Carolina to experi- B. the Coriolis effect

ence an increase in winter precipitation? C. prevailing westerlies
A. El Nino D. Gulf Stream
B. La Nina 171. The highest waterfall in India is: [PCS
C. trade winds 1994]
D. prevailing westerlies A. Sivasundaram

B. Jog A. A − 2, B − 1,C − 4, D − 3
C. Courtallam B. A − 1, B − 5,C − 3, D − 4
D. Hogenakal C. A − 4, B − 3,C − 2, D − 1
172. The wind over the equator blows weaker D. A − 5, B − 1,C − 3, D − 2

than usual during 177. Meteorologists forecast the high temper-
A. El Nino ature for the day to be 90◦ F. At which time
would the temperature be the closest to
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B. La Nina
90◦ F?
C. Neutral year
A. 9.00am
D. none of above
B. 10.00pm
173. During an El Nino year, in VA we will C. 2.00pm
likely have what kind of winter?
D. 7.00pm
A. cold and snowy
B. hot and dry 178. Data cuaca iklim di manfaatkan di bidang
pertanian untuk
C. cold and dry
A. menentukan jenis tanaman yang cocok
D. no change in weather
B. untuk mengetahui luas lahan perta-
174. In which state is Jog Falls located? nian
A. Maharashtra C. untuk mengetahui jenis komoditi perta-
B. Karnataka nian
C. Tamil Nadu D. untuk mengetahui jumlah air yang
dibutuhkan tanaman
D. Kerala
179. Match the following: [Asstt Commdt
175. Which are the west-flowing rivers of 2011]
southern Indian which flow into Arabian
Sea? [Teachers’ Exam 1991] River Tributary
A. Chambal and Betwa A. Godavari 1. Son
B. Damodar and Mahanadi B. Krishna 2. Chambal
C. Yamuna 3. Bhima
C. Narmada and Tapti D. Ganga 4. Manjira
D. Krishna and Cauveri
176. Match the following: A. A − 4, B − 3,C − 2, D − 1

B. A − 4, B − 2,C − 3, D − 1
A. Flows between the Satpuras 1. Mahanadi
and the Vindhyas C. A − 1, B − 2,C − 3, D − 4
B. Formsa delta in Orissa 2. Narmada D. A − 1, B − 3,C − 2, D − 4
C. Hemavati, Herangi and Amra- 3. Brahma-
vati are tributaries putra 180. ENSO yang merupakan pengendali iklim
D. Riveralso known as Tsangpo 4. Cauvery di Indonesia berada di samudera
5. Krishna A. Atlantik
B. Hindia

C. Pasifik A. because La Nina brings drought to

D. Artik these farming areas

B. because La Nina brings needed rain to
181. Which ocean is the largest ocean? these farming areas
A. Pacific C. because it brings rain and floods and
B. Indian there are many people in these areas
C. Atlantic D. La Nina does not really impact these
areas like El Nino does
D. none of above
187. What oceanic and atmospheric conditions
182. Normally, atmospheric upwelling and DOES NOT occur during a La Nina?
rain occurs in the:
A. changes in the intensity and distribu-
A. FAR Western Pacific tion of rainfall in the Tropics
B. Central Pacific B. changes in the patterns of sea level
C. Western Pacific pressure
D. none of above C. atmospheric circulation that affect
many areas worldwide.
183. In India, they have seasonal winds that D. cold oceanic patterns that occur near
affect the Equator
A. temperature
188. Without the trade winds, the warm wa-
B. precipitation ter has nothing to hold it back so it flows
C. density across the Pacific
D. happiness A. Normal conditions
B. El Nino
184. Narmada river originates from Amarkan-
tak in: C. La Nina
A. Gujarat D. none of above
B. Maharashtra 189. If you are a farmer in south Texas, when
C. Madhya Pradesh might you want to plant extra crops to
make extra profits.
D. Chhattisgarh
A. during El Nino years
185. What climate zone do we live in, here in B. during La Nina years
Mildura?
C. in between these events because one
A. Polar zone is to dry and the other is too wet
B. Temperate zone D. during both events because both bring
C. Tropical zone more rain to grow additional crops
D. End zone 190. Which instrument is used to record aver-
age precipitation?
186. Why are La Nina conditions especially im-
portant to areas such as Texas and Califor- A. rain guage
nia? B. barometer

C. anemometer 196. Which one of the following lakes in In-

dia has the highest Water salinity? [NDA
D. none of above
1994]
191. The El Nino will cause what kind of A. Dal
weather in the southern US? B. Chilka
A. cold and dry C. Wular
B. cold and wet D. Sambhar
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C. warm and wet 197. Match the following: [CDS 2009]
D. warm and dry
River Tributary
192. Which of the following is not affected by A. Brahmaputra 1. Musi
the Phenomena of El Nino? B. Krishna 2. Tawa
A. Paddy C. Narmada 3. Bhavani
D. Cauvery 4. Dikhow
B. Maize
C. Castor A. A − 4, B − 2,C − 1, D − 3
D. Tea Plantation B. A − 4, B − 1,C − 2, D − 4
193. Which of the following groups of rivers C. A − 3, B − 2,C − 1, D − 4
fall in the Bay of Bengal? D. A − 3, B − 1,C − 2, D − 4
A. Ganga, Brahmaputra, Hooghly 198. If you live near the ocean, in a marine
B. Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari climate, what kind of winters would you
expect?
C. Ganga, Yamuna, Brahmaputra
A. Harsh, extreme winters
D. Ganga, Yamuna, Gandak
B. Mild winters
194. One consequence of El Nino is in C. No winters at the beach.
Southeast Asia. D. none of above
A. stronger Trade Winds
199. Which one of the following pairs of sea
B. flooding ports and states is not correctly matched?
C. strong winter storms A. Kandla:Gujarat
D. drought B. Paradip:Orissa
C. Quilon:Kerala
195. An El Nino event occurs when the tropical
ocean surface waters are warmer in which D. Kakinada:Maharashtra
ocean?
200. How often do El Nino events occur?
A. Atlantic A. 2-5 years
B. Indian B. 2-7 years
C. Pacific C. 7-10 years
D. Arctic D. none of above

201. What causes warm air to rise? A. 1, 2, 4, 3

A. the fact that it’s less dense than cold B. 3, 4, 1, 2

air
C. 4, 3, 2, 1
B. The fact that it weighs more than cold
D. 1, 2, 3, 4
air
C. The fact that it has higher pressure 206. Which one of the following rivers is not
than cold the tributary of Ganga? [I. Tax & Central
Excise 1993]
D. the fact that its more dense than cold
air A. Indrawati
B. Son
202. Why do the fisherman of Peru and South
America not welcome a strong El Nino? C. Gomati
A. El Nino poisons the fish D. Yamuna
B. El Nino causes strong winds and cur-
207. Normally, upwelling of cold nutrient cur-
rents which move fish westward
rents occur in the:
C. El Nino bring cold water to the surface
A. Eastern Pacific
which kills the base of the food chain
B. Central Pacific
D. El Nino shuts off upwelling and nutri-
ents needed for the marine food chain do C. Western Pacific
not rise to the surface D. none of above
203. ENSO stands for
208. The port especially developed for export-
A. ENd So Officially ing iron ore to Japan is: [CDS 2002]
B. El Nino Southern Oscillation A. Haldia
C. El Nino Salinity Observation B. New Tuticorin
D. El Nino Southern Oean C. Paradeep
204. El Nino causes rainfall in Eastern Aus- D. Vishakhapatnam

tralia
209. Match the following: [IAS 2003]
A. higher than average
B. lower than average A. Tapi 1. Brahmagir
B. Narmada 2. Mahabaleshwar
C. average
C. Krishna 3. Amarkantak
D. none of above D. Cauvery 4. Betul
205. Arrange the following rivers in descend-

ing order of their length: A. A − 2, B − 4,C − 1, D − 3
1. Ravi B. A − 4, B − 2,C − 3, D − 1
2. Cauvery
C. A − 1, B − 3,C − 2, D − 4
3. Sutlej
4. Yamuna D. A − 4, B − 3,C − 2, D − 1

210. The process that brings nutrients to the D. none of above

surface of the ocean is called
A. La Nina.
matched?
B. The Coriolis Effect.
1. Narmada:Jabalpur
C. Continental deflection. 2. Godavari:Nasik
D. Upwelling. 3. Mahanadi:Cuttack
211. The Naga hills form the watershed be- Select the correct answer using the codes
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tween India and: [IES 1994] given below:
A. China A. 2 and 3
B. Myanmar B. 1 and 3
C. Bhutan C. 1 and 2
D. Bangladesh D. 1, 2 and 3
212. Wet weather on U.S. Gulf Coast during 214. What time of year do these two events
winter, which is usually the dry season- occur?
Fewer hurricanes in the North Atlantic-
Strong winds storms on west coast- A. during the summer when the ocean
Heavy Rains in South America-Droughts water is warming up
in Australia, Africa, and Southern In- B. in the summer for El Nino and winter
dia, Indonesia-Reduced tropical upwelling, for La Nina
causing lower fish catches and coral death
C. during the winter around December
A. El Nino and January
B. La Nina D. during the when global temperatures
C. Normal Conditions are changing

6. Soils and Natural Vegetation
6.1 Soils
1. Black cotton soil of the Deccan region of 5. Trees in thorn forest are
India is associated with A. Tall
A. Volcanic rocks B. Dense
B. Sedimentary rock C. Scattered
C. Plutonic rocks D. All of the above
6. Desert soil found here.
2. This soil can be seen in North Karnataka. A. Western Ghats
A. Alluvial soil B. Middle of India
B. Black soil C. Himalayas
C. Red soil D. North west of India
D. Laterite soil
7. Which of these is not a cause of soil ero-
3. Most widespread vegetation in India is sion?
A. Thorn forest A. Drainage
B. Rain forest B. Deforestation
C. Tropical Deciduous Forest C. Weathering
D. Mangrove Forest D. Grazing
4. is a process by which the nutrients in 8. is formed by the breaking down of
the soil are washed away by heavy rains. rocks.
A. Weathering A. rocks
B. Leaching B. soil
C. Erosion C. food
D. None of the above. D. humus

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9. Which of the following types of soil has 15. A mixture of pieces of rock, decomposing
the largest particles? plants and animals is called
A. sand A. Decomposing
B. silt B. Soil
C. humus C. Rock
D. clay D. Mound
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10. The process of digging minerals from un- 16. The soil which is a mixture of sand, clay
derneath the soil called . and silt is known as:
A. Husbandry A. Desert soil

B. Sandy soil
B. farming
C. Clayey soil
C. Mining
D. Loamy soil
D. none of above
17. The metal is produced from from the
11. Both red and laterite soils are poor in mineral ore bauxite
A. Durability A. iron
B. Tea B. copper
C. Humus C. Bauxite
D. None. D. Aluminium
12. Which soil has the smallest particles? 18. Which of the following crops is/are suit-
able for growing on laterite soil?
A. clay
A. Cashew nut
B. loam
B. Wheat
C. sand
C. Groundnut
D. silt
D. Potato
13. In Kerala, we can find soil.
19. The process of soil formation is called
A. Red soil
A. Pedosoil
B. black soil
B. Pedosenesis
C. laterite soil C. Pedogenesis
D. mountain soil D. None.
14. Which mineral is used to make electrical 20. HOW MANY TYPES OF SOIL ARE FOUND
wires? IN INDIA
A. Copper A. 1
B. Iron B. 4
C. Wheat C. 6
D. Coal D. 7

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21. is a process in which the topsoil is 27. Which soil is called as Regur soil?
washed off by water or blown away by A. Black soil
strong winds.

B. Alluvial soil
A. Soil Conservation
C. Forest soul
B. Soil erosion
D. Mountain soil
C. overgrazing
D. none of above 28. What is humus?
22. Red soil appears red due to the presence A. Humus is a dish
of B. Humus is the dead leaves or decayed
A. Copper parts of a plant
B. Iron C. Humus is a type of soil
C. clay D. Humus is a bedrock
D. gold 29. The rivers of North India are
23. Desert soil is found in A. seasonal
A. Rajasthan B. dry
B. Jharkhand C. rainfed
C. Uttar Pradesh D. Perennial
D. Madhya Pradesh
30. Why is the red soil red in colour?
24. Which type of soil is best for growing
A. It is rich in humus .
plants?
B. It is rich in iron compounds .
A. sand
C. It is derived from volcanic region .
B. clay
C. gravel D. It is rich in potash .
D. humus 31. Which soil is formed by sediments brought

down by the rivers?
25. This state is dominated by black soil
A. Black soil
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Alluvial soil
B. Karnataka
C. Maharashtra C. Laterite soil
D. Gujarat D. None of these
26. Chemical properties of Alluvial soil con- 32. The soil which is carried by rivers and de-
sists of posited at a place is known as
A. potash A. alluvial soil
B. phosphoric acid B. black soil
C. lime and carbon compounds C. red soil
D. All of the above D. laterite soil

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33. are important source of fresh water. 39. Black soil is formed by
A. sea and ocean A. leaching
B. well and river B. deposits of sediments
C. ocean and salt lake C. lava
34. In Rajasthan soil is mainly found. 40. WHERE IS IRON FOUND
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A. Alluvial A. TAMIL NADU
B. ASSAM
B. Black
C. CHHATISGARH
C. Desert
D. Laterite
41. What is the meaning of secularism?
35. The main crop of Mountain soil.
A. relating to or supporting democracy or
A. Cotton its principles.
B. Ragi, millets B. the principle of separation of the state
C. Tea, Coffee from religious institutions.
D. Paddy C. just behavior or treatment.

D. a form of government with a monarch
36. soil is rich in humus at the head.
A. Alluvial soil
42. The Ganga river dolphin lives in the
B. Mountain soil
A. kodavari
C. Black soil B. kaveri
D. Red soil C. Ganga
37. Tropical rain forests grow well in area re- D. none of above
ceiving rainfall
43. Deccan Plateau is rich in this soil.
A. 200 cm
A. Red soil
B. 150 cm
B. Black soil
C. 100 cm C. alluvial soil
D. 70 cm D. laterite soil
38. This soil is also known as regur and black 44. This soil is mostly found on the mountain
cotton soil. tops that experience heavy rainfall.
A. Alluvial soil A. Laterite soil
B. Black soil B. Red soil
C. Red soil C. Alluvial
D. Laterite soil D. none of above

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45. Gir National park is famous for its 51. The soil which is formed due to decompo-
A. Tigers sition of organic matter

A. Mountain soil
B. Elephants
B. Desert soil
C. Asiatic lions
C. Laterite soil
D. none of above
D. Alluvial soil
46. Black soil is also known as:
52. Which type of soil is most suitable to
A. Khadar soil grow fruits like apples, pears, peaches and
B. Bhangar soil plums?
C. Regur soil A. Mountain soil
D. All of these B. Red soil
C. Black soil
47. What is the layer under the Humus that
provides support and nutrients to plants? D. Laterite soil
A. humus 53. capital of india?

B. bedrock A. Goa
C. topsoil B. Chennai
D. subsoil C. Delhi
D. Mumbai
48. Which one of the following trees is found
in tropical rainforests? 54. Soil conservation includes all of the follow-
ing EXCEPT
A. Mahogany
A. Desertification
B. Teak
B. Contour plowing
C. Sal
C. Terracing
D. Peepal
D. Crop rotation
49. What type of erosion is slowed down by
contour plowing and terracing? 55. Xerophytic vegetation is a characteristic
feature of
A. wind
A. Chottanagpur
B. water
B. Khasi hill
C. air C. Kutch
D. none of above D. Eastern hills
50. The timber of which one of the following 56. Black cotton of the deccan region of India
trees is used for making cricket bats? is associated with rocks
A. Deodar A. Volcanic rocks
B. Sal B. Plutonic rocks
C. Teak C. Sedimentary rocks
D. Willow D. Igneous rocks

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57. Soil is made out of which of the following? 63. When plants, animals, and other organ-
A. Animal remains isms die, they break down and become
part of the soil. What is this part of the
B. Plant remains soil called?
C. Tiny rocks A. sand
D. All of the above B. silt
58. Which is best soil for growing crops C. clay
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D. humus
A. Clay soil
B. Sand soil 64. What is a synonym for soil conservation?
C. Alluvial soil A. neglect
D. All of these B. protection

C. destruction
59. Which of the following is/are suitable for
D. waste
growing on black soil?
A. Cotton 65. Alluvial soil is later divided into how many
parts?
B. Wheat
A. 3
C. Gram
B. 4
D. All of these
C. 2
60. Preventing soil from getting eroded is D. 1
called
66. non renewable resources are
A. Soil Conservation
A. water and air
B. Soil erosion
B. soil and air
C. Soil weathering
C. coal and petroleum
D. none of above
D. none of above
61. Which soil is formed from chemical decom- 67. The soils formed due to deposition of
position of rocks? rivers is called as
A. Laterite soil A. Black soil
B. Marine Deposits B. Alluvial soil
C. Black soil C. Red soil
D. Alluvial soil D. Mountain soil
62. soil is used for making bricks. 68. The team loamy means
A. Clay A. a mixture of soil that contains red and
porous soil deposited by rivers in the re-
B. Laterite
gions of Deccan plateau
C. Red B. a mixture of soil that contains black
D. none of above and red soil in the Deccan plateau

6.1 Soils 203
C. a mixture of soil that contains sand, silt C. Ores

and clay D. Diamonds

D. none of above
75. Which is a way to prevent soil from erod-
69. soil that is called as regur soil. ing?
A. Alluvial A. planting more trees
B. Laterite B. By not cutting trees
C. Black C. not let animals overgraze
D. none of above D. all of the above
70. is an example of non-renewable re- 76. Which layer of soil is most important for
sources. plant growth?
A. topsoil
A. sunlight
B. subsoil
B. air
C. bedrock
C. Petroleum
D. none of above
D. none of above
77. The process by which the top layer of soil
71. Ranthambore National Park is in the state is removed is known as
of
A. soil conservation
A. Gujarat
B. deforestation
B. Rajasthan
C. afforestation
C. Assam
D. soil erosion
D. none of above
78. Very extensive soil in India.
72. soil is friable in its characteristic. A. Alluvial soil
A. Black soil B. Black soil
B. Red soil C. Red soil
C. Laterite soil D. Laterite soil
D. none of above
79. The most percent of soil found in India is
73. When soil is being formed, the first step A. Red soil
is: B. Black soil
A. weathering of rock C. Alluvial soil
B. mixing with humus D. Desert soil
C. mixing with air and water
80. What term describes the management of
D. none of above soil to prevent its destruction?
74. The minerals from which we get are A. soil exhaustion
called metallic minerals. B. soil decomposition
A. Metals C. soil conservation
B. Non-Metals D. soil fertility

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81. Petroleum is used for making . 87. The soil which has high content of soluble
A. Rubber salt
B. run vehicles A. Mountain soil

B. Desert soil
C. Plastic and cosmetics
C. Red soil
D. none of above
D. Black soil
82. Which layer of soil do plants usually grow
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in? 88. Alluvial soil is not found in which of the
following state?
A. topsoil
A. Punjab
B. subsoil
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. bedrock
C. Haryana
D. none of above
D. Maharashtra
83. Hard rock solid materials that form the up-
per layer of the Earth 89. The soil which is formed in the north-
western part of India is
A. Soil
A. Mountain soil
B. Earth
B. Black soil
C. Rocks
C. Desert soil
D. Roots
D. Laterite soil
84. Which type of soil holds water the best?
90. What is Humus made up of?
A. sand
A. decompose
B. silt B. decayed animal and plant parts
C. clay C. decayed soil
D. bedrock D. none of above
85. is the top layer of the Earth’s surface 91. Black soil is suitable for dry farming as it.
.
A. is formed in heavy rainfall region
A. Soil
B. has less moisture retention capacity
B. Minerals
C. has high moisture retention capacity
C. crops
D. is formed from weathering of crys-
D. none of above talline rocks
86. Which of the following is not a cause of 92. Which part of Himalayas covered with
soil erosion? dense forest?
A. Drainage A. Northern
B. Deforestation B. Eastern
C. Weathering C. Western
D. Grazing D. Southern

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93. What causes soil erosion? 99. Choose the correct statement/s:
A. strong wind A. In Odisha, deforestation due to mining
has caused severe land degradation

B. cooking food
B. In western Uttar pradesh, over-
C. growing crops irrigation is responsible for land degra-
D. none of above dation due to water-logging leading to an
increase in the salinity
94. Which of the following is not important for
C. In Madhya pradesh, overgrazing is re-
soil formation?
sponsible for land degradation
A. Relief D. All of these
B. Parent rock
100. The soil from deposition of rivers.
C. Climate A. Alluvial soil
D. Duration of day B. Black soil
95. Planting of trees and grass to cover and C. Red soil
bind the soil with their roots to prevent D. Laterite soil
erosion is called
101. What are the names of the four types of
A. terracing Soil constituents?
B. contour farming A. humus, sand, silt, clay
C. tree planting B. humus, sand silt, bark
D. Afforestation C. sand, silt, clay
D. none of above
96. This is not suitable for agriculture
102. Which soil has higher iron content and
A. Alluvial soil
found in Manipur and Mizoram?
B. Black soil A. Laterite
C. Red soil B. Red
D. Laterite soil C. Black
97. WHAT IS GROWN IN BLACK SOIL D. Alluvial
A. COTTON 103. This soil is mostly found in India.

B. WHEAT A. Black soil
B. Laterite soil
C. MAIZE
C. Mountain soil
D. BARLEY
D. Alluvial soil
98. Which soil has the largest particles?
104. is known as the forest man of India
A. clay A. Rajendra Singh
B. sand B. Kailash
C. loam C. Jadav Molai Payeng
D. silt D. none of above

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105. The minerals from which we get metals 111. For growing Ragi and oil seeds, soil
are called . is suitable.
A. metallic minerals A. Alluvial
B. Non metallic B. Black
C. copper C. Red
D. none of above D. Laterite
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106. Soil formation is considered a change 112. This layer of soil that is not very fertile
to Earth’s surface. A. Subsoil
A. fast B. Humus
B. slow C. Top soil
C. no D. none of above
D. none of above 113. soil is found in the Northern Plains,
coastal plains
107. Which state coal is found?
A. Alluvial
A. Jharkhand
B. Black
B. Karnataka
C. Red
C. Gujarat
D. none of above
D. New Delhi
114. The elimination of the top soil is known
108. Black soil another name is as what type of soil erosion?
A. Regur A. Gully erosion
B. Blackberry B. sheet erosion
C. Ruegur C. Rill erosion
D. Black cop D. None of the above
109. Khaddar soils are found in 115. Which of the following type of soil needs
little irrigation as it retains soil moisture?
A. Low areas of valley bottom.
A. Laterite
B. 30 m above flood level
B. Alluvial
C. In river. C. Black soil
D. I don’t know it. D. Red soil
110. found in milk help us build strong and 116. What is a soil made up of very small bro-
healthy bones. ken pieces of rock?
A. Iron A. soil
B. calcium B. loam
C. copper C. silt
D. none of above D. bedrock

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117. Which one of the following term is used B. 37%

to identify the old and new alluvial respec- C. 27%
tively?

D. 21%
A. Khadas & Tarai
123. Laterite soil is suitable for the growth of
B. Tarai & Bangar
A. tea
C. Bangar & Khadar
B. coconut
D. Tarai & Dvars
C. rubber
118. WHERE IS COPPER FOUND D. all the above
A. WEST BENGAL
124. Hirakud reservoir is formed by
B. ANDRA PRADESH
A. Mettur Dam
C. JHARKHAND
B. Hirakud Dam
D. TAMIL NADU
C. Bhakra Nangal dam
119. Under the conditions of high temperature D. none of above
and rainfall soil are formed in tropical
areas. 125. Soil takes thousands of to form.
A. Alluvial A. days
B. Black B. months
C. Red C. years
D. Laterite D. none of above

126. Black soil:
120. What soil is a mixture of sand, silt, and
clay? A. Has less water retention capacity
A. soil B. Is not suitable for growing cotton
B. silt C. Gets very sticky in the rainy season
C. clay D. Has high percentage of phosphate and
nitrogen
D. loam
127. The process of digging minerals is called
121. What is a material found on the surface
of the earth consisting of rock, sand, clay,
dead plants, and animal remains? A. Mining
A. silt B. Digging
C. Eating
B. soil
D. Drawing
C. bedrock
D. loam 128. The breaking down of rocks is called
A. Texture
122. How much percentage of forest area in
the country according to the National For- B. Decomposing
est Policy? C. Weathering
A. 33% D. Rock and Minerals

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129. Which type of soil is most suitable to 135. dead and decaying leaves and plants
grow cotton? .
A. Red soil A. cotton
B. Alluvial soil B. rice
C. Black soil C. Humus
D. Laterite soil D. none of above
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130. The causes of desertification is/are: 136. What is soil?
A. Over grazing A. A tree growing in the dirt.
B. Over cultivation B. Water in the ocean.
C. Deforestation C. A top layer of the earth.
D. All of these D. An electric current that travels
through a circuit.
131. Which soil requires lots of water for cul-
tivation of crops? 137. What conservation method refers to
A. Alluvial soil growing crops perpendicular to the slope
of a hill?
B. Desert soil
A. windbreaks
C. Mountain soil
B. contour plowing
D. Black soil
C. terrace farming
132. The entire Northern plains are made up D. strip cropping
of
A. Black soil 138. The Maithon Dam is on the river
B. Alluvial soil A. Krishna River
C. Laterite soil B. Satluj River
D. Arid soil C. Barakar

D. Krishna river
133. A is a large enclosed body of water.
A. river 139. India is a
B. ocean A. Democratic country
C. lake B. secular country
D. none of above C. autocratic country

D. monarchy country
134. Which of the following soils has self-
aeration capacity? 140. soil is dark in colour .
A. Alluvial A. Black
B. Red soil B. Mountain
C. Black soil C. Desert
D. Mountain soil D. none of above

6.2 Natural Vegetation india 209
6.2 Natural Vegetation india

1. North East monsoon winds blows in B. one-fourth
A. June to September C. one-fifth
B. October to December D. half
C. January to March 7. The extreme of temperature between sum-
D. none of above mer and winter is quite low in southern
part of Peninsular India mainly because:
2. Tall trees with thin pointed leaves and
A. the adjoining oceans moderate the
cone shaped canopies on mountain slopes
temperature
are called
B. the sky is generally cloudy
A. rhododendrons trees
C. The sun’s rays are almost vertical
B. coniferoustrees
throughout the year
C. mahoganytrees D. strong winds flow throughout the year
D. Ebonytrees
3. The state which has attained the dubious
distinction of being topper in the list with A. Alluvial soil 1. high land of soil
the highest encroachment of forest land: of plateaus
B. Black soils 2. on the periphery
A. Bihar
of plateaus
B. Andhra Pradesh C. Red soil 3. river basin sand
C. Haryana coastal plains
D. Laterite soils 4. deccan lava tract
D. Punjab
4. What climatic conditions favour desert A. A − 3, B − 4,C − 2, D − 1

scrub vegetation?
B. A − 1, B − 3,C − 4, D − 2
A. Rainfall less than 80cms
C. A − 3, B − 4,C − 1, D − 2
B. Rainfall between 80-100cm
D. A − 2, B − 1,C − 3, D − 4
C. Rainfall between 100-200cm
D. none of above 9. The retreating monsoon blows from
A. north-east to south-west
5. at which time of year does winter start
B. north to south
A. November-February
C. east to west
B. December-January
D. north to west
C. December-February
10. Natural vegetation
D. November-January
A. Grow naturally without any human in-
6. How much land should be covered with for- terference
est? B. Grow naturally with the help of human
A. one-third interference

C. Both of the above Which of these statements is/are correct?

[CDS 2003]
A. 1 only
11. The forests are found in wet marshy B. 2 only
areas, river deltas.
C. Both 1 and 2
A. Tropical Desert Forests
D. Neither 1 nor 2
B. Tidal Forests
16. THE WORLD’S HIGHEST RAINFALL OC-
NARAYAN CHANGDER
C. Mountain Forests CURS IN
D. Tropical Deciduous Forests A. MUMBAI
B. ASANSOL
12. Name any four commercially important
trees of the evergreen forests. C. MAWSHYNRAM
A. Bamboo, sandalwood, shisham and D. none of above
teak 17. What proportion of geographical land area
B. Ebony, mahogany, rosewood and rub- is under actual forest cover in India? [IAS
ber 1992]
C. Deodar, pine, cidar and silver fir A. 1/5
B. 1/4
D. Babul, kikar, date palms and acacia
C. 1/7
13. Which of the following has Tropical Rain D. 1/10
Forest?
18. How many species of birds and reptiles are
A. Bikaner there in India?
B. Jaisalmer A. 1, 200
C. Sahara desert B. 2, 000
D. Western ghats forest C. 40, 000
D. 35, 000
14. Which of the following is a famous bird
sanctuary? 19. WHAT IS TROPICAL CLIMATE OF COASTAL
REGIONS IN INDIA?
A. Kaziranga National park
A. very cold
B. Gir forest
B. very hot
C. Mudumalai
C. neither cold nor hot
D. Bharatpur Sanctuary
D. none of above
15. Consider the following statements: 20. Consider the following statements:
1. The south-west monsoon causes 1. Biodiversity hots pots are located
heavy rainfall in the Shillong only in tropical regions.
plateau. 2. India has four biodiversity hots pots,
2. The north-east monsoon causes the i.e., Eastern Himalayas, Western Hi-
rainfall over Orissa coast during malayas, Western Ghats and An-
winter. daman and Nicobar Islands.

Which of the statements given above C. Red, colour sticky soil, found in the
is/are correct? [IAS 2010] Amazon area

A. 1 only D. Black soil found in northern Argentina
B. 2 only
26. Rainfall in India is not associated with:
C. Both 1 and 2
A. orography
D. Neither 1 nor 2
B. convection
21. Among the following places, the average C. cyclones
annual rainfall is highest at: [CDS 2004]
D. anticyclones
A. Chennai
B. Kolkata 27. Match the following:
C. Shillong
Forest Type Regions
D. Thiruvananthapuram A. Tropical ever- 1. Chhotanagpur
green plateau, Siwaliks
22. in which part of year do The delta region B. Monsoon 2. Shillong plateau,
of Ganga and the coastal area of Odisha Sahyadris
recives heavy rainfall C. Temperate 3. West Bengal,
A. JUNE-JULY Terai
B. MAY-JUNE D. Mangrove 4. Eastern and
Western Himalayas,
C. JULY-AUGUST Nilgiris
D. AUGUST-SEPTEMBER
23. Moist tropical evergreen forests are found A. A − 2, B − 4,C − 1, D − 3

in:
B. A − 3, B − 1,C − 4, D − 2
A. the Shillong plateau
C. A − 2, B − 1,C − 4, D − 3
B. the Siwaliks
D. A − 3, B − 4,C − 1, D − 2
C. the Deccan plateau
D. southern India 28. How many tigers are there in India?
A. 30
24. Hot and dry winds known as blow dur-
ing the day in the summers. B. 45
A. Chinook C. 27
B. Monsoon D. none of above
C. Loo 29. Due to which condition India has a wide
D. None of the above range of natural vegetation?
A. Rainy condition
25. What do you understand by the word re-
gur? B. Summer condition
A. Black soil found in the Deccan C. Climatic condition
B. Grey-brown soil found in Russia D. Winter condition

30. Some popular trees of desert forests are 36. Consider the following statements:
A. ebony and bamboo 1. Alluvial soil is rich in chemical prop-
B. chir and fir erties and is capable of yielding Rabi
and Kharif crops.
C. Teak and sal 2. Black soil is suitable for cotton,
D. Keekar and Babool groundnut.
3. Rabi crops are reaped in autumn af-
31. Mountain forests are also called ter sowing in June.
NARAYAN CHANGDER
forests.
Which of these statements are correct?
A. Mangrove [Asstt Comm PF 2002]
B. thorny forests A. 1, 2 and 3
C. Evergreen B. 1 and 2
D. Montane C. 2 and 3
32. Among the following states, in which one D. 1 and 3
is the percentage of forest area to total ge-
ographical area the highest? [IAS 2009] 37. Coastal forest are known as
A. Arunachal Pradesh A. Mangrove forest
B. Himachal Pradesh B. Littoral forest
C. Sikkim C. Tropical forest
D. Uttarakhand D. none of above
33. Which type of natural vegetation is also 38. The reason for Rajasthan being deficient in
known as monsoon forest? rainfall is:
A. Tropical rainforest A. the monsoon fail to reach this area
B. Tidal forest B. it is too hot
C. Tropical deciduous forest C. there is no water available and thus

the winds remain dry
D. Lamborghini
D. the winds do not come across any bar-
34. Mausim means rier to cause necessary uplift to be cooled
A. India 39. WHAT IS THE NATIONAL ANIMAL OF IN-
B. exam time DIA
C. seasons A. LION
D. climate B. TIGER
35. Mangrove Vegetation is found on the C. ELEPHANT

edges of deltas of rivers:- D. HORSE
A. Ganga 40. Tropical Deciduous Forests shed their
B. Mahanadi leaves for-
C. Kaveri A. 9-10 weeks
D. All of the above B. 7-8 weeks

C. 6-8 weeks 46. Winter rains in North and North-West In-

dia are generally associated with the phe-
D. 2-4 weeks
nomenon of: [NDA 2003]

41. At which place will you find maximum sun- A. retreating monsoon
light in December? B. temperate cyclones
A. Pune C. local thunderstorms
B. Leh D. shift in jet stream movement
C. Kolkata 47. What do you mean by ‘reserved forest’?
D. Kanyakumari A. Reserved for local use
42. where is the forest research Institute situ- B. Reserved for commercial exploitation
ated? C. Reserved for hunting
A. Dehradun, Uttarakhand D. Reserved for growing medicinal herbs
B. Noida, Uttar Pradesh 48. are the monsoon forests
C. New delhi A. Tropical evergreen forests
D. Periyar, Kerala B. Tropical deciduous forests
C. Temperate evergreen forests
43. Thorn forests receive less than of an-
nual rainfall. D. Temperate deciduous forests
A. 50 cm 49. Which one among the following types

of forests exhibits highest bio-diversity?
B. 100 cm
[Asstt Comm 2001]
C. 200 cm A. Dry deciduous forest
D. 150 cm B. Tropical rain forest
44. In Tropical Rainforests Forests which are C. Moist deciduous forest
the most important trees? D. Mangrove forest
A. Ebony, Rosewood and Mahogany 50. Jim Corbett National park famous for Ben-
B. Sandalwood, Mahua and semul gal tiger is situated in which state?
C. Shisham, Rosewood and Bamboo A. Karnataka
D. none of above B. Rajasthan

C. Gujarat
45. is the part of the world network bio-
D. Uttarakhand
sphere reseves of UNESCO
A. Nilgiri 51. ‘Natural Vegetation’ refers to:
A. a plant community that has been left
B. Agasthyamalai
undisturbed over a long time
C. Kutch
B. plant species which live and grow to-
D. none of above gether

C. a protected area created by using con- 55. What is the climate of Tropical Evergreen
tour bunding Forest?
D. all of the above A. Hot and Humid
52. The mean monthly temperature and rain- B. Cool and Dry
fall of a station are given below: C. Cool and Wet
Month Temperature ◦ C Rainfall mm D. Cool
NARAYAN CHANGDER
January 24 2
February 25 1 56. An animal that can be found in a coniferous
March 27 0 forest
April 29 3 A. Lion
May 30 16
June 29 520 B. Cheetah
July 28 709 C. Skunk
August 27 419
September 27 297 D. Polar bear
October 28 88
57. Among the following places, which one re-
November 28 21
ceives comparatively lowest average mon-
December 26 2
soon rainfall from June to September?
Yearly 27 2078
[Asstt Comm 2008]
A. Eastern Uttar Pradesh
The above said data relate to which of fol-
lowing cities? [CDS 2004] B. Southern West Bengal
A. Ahmedabad C. Punjab
B. Bangalore D. Western Uttar Pradesh
C. Mumbai
58. The western coast of India receive very
D. Vadodara high rainfall in summer mainly due to [NDA
53. helps in quick ripening of of mangoes 2011]
along the coast of Kerala and Karnataka. A. Tropical location
A. Loo B. Nearness to sea
B. Norwester C. Western Ghats
C. Mango showers
D. Himalayas
D. none of above
59. Which tree is not found in a Deciduous
54. What are the lower delta of the ganga and
Forests?
the brahmaputra rivers called?
A. Tropical rainforests A. Ebony
B. Dessert vegetation B. Sal

C. Sundarbans C. Bamboo
D. none of above D. Shisham

60. Of the following statements about the ma- 65. Most of India’s rainfall is: [NDA 1993]
jor soil types, the incorrect one is:
A. cyclonic

A. alluvial soils are easy to plough
B. convectional
B. red soils are rich in phosphorus, nitro-
gen and lime content C. elusive
C. laterite is typically a soil of tropical re- D. orographic

gions which receive heavy seasonal rain-
fall 66. Forest policy of govt. aims to bring what
percentage of total area, under forest?
D. black soil is highly retentive of mois-
ture and very productive A. 33%
B. 25%
61. Put in descending order of area with the
following soils in India: C. 22%
I. Red soils D. 27%
II. Black soils
III. Laterite soils 67. Tropical Moonsoon forests receive rainfall
IV. Alluvial soils from to cms
A. I, IV, II, III A. 100 to 200 cms
B. IV, II, I, III B. below 100 cms
C. IV, I, III, II C. above 500 cms
D. I, III, IV, II
D. none of above
62. One important variety of coniferous forest
is 68. Arrange the following cities in decreasing
order of the rainfall they receive from the
A. rosewood south-west monsoons in summer months:
B. pine
1. Allahabad
C. teak 2. Kolkata
D. lakes 3. Delhi
4. Patna
63. The cold dessert biosphere reserve is in
A. 2, 4, 1, 3
A. West bengal
B. 3, 1, 4, 2
B. Odisha
C. 1, 4, 3, 2
C. Himachal pradesh
D. 2, 4, 3, 1
D. Madhya pradesh
64. MONSOON OCCURS DURING 69. the average rainfall in Thar Desert
A. JUNE TO JULY A. less than 12.5
B. JUNE TO AUGUST B. 12.5

C. JUNE TO SEPTEMBER C. 13.5
D. JUNE TO DECEMBER D. none of these

70. Which animal is found in the desert? 75. which forest is known for the growth of
A. Yak bamboo and sandalwood .
B. Camel A. Mediterranean
C. Lion B. Temperate forest
D. Elephant C. Temperate Forest

D. monsoon Forest
71. Which of the following is the most impor-
NARAYAN CHANGDER
tant factor in soil formation? 76. Process through which trees and soil regu-
A. Relief late atmospheric temperature-
B. Climate A. Transpiration
C. Natural vegetation B. Evaporation
D. Rock cover C. Temperature Regulaters

D. Evapotranspiration
72. Which one of the following cities never ex-
periences vertical rays of the sun during 77. Forests must be
noon? [NDA 2002]
A. Protected
A. Chennai
B. Destroyed
B. Mangalore
C. Watered
C. Mumbai
D. Given o2
D. New Delhi
78. Kalbaisaki occurs commonly in
73. Trees give us
A. Punjab
A. Oxygen
B. Uttar Pradesh
B. Carbon dioxide
C. West Bengal
C. Chlorine
D. Maharastra
D. none of above
79. Tropical deciduous forest is also known as
74. Which of the following is/are not the char-
acteristics of red soils?
A. coniferous
I. They are derived from weathering
B. Evergreen forest
of old crystalline and metamorphic
rocks C. temperate
II. They contain iron oxides D. monsoon forest
III. They have high water retention ca-
pacity 80. Which place in India receives world’s high-
IV. They have high nitrogen content est rainfall?
A. II and III A. Jaisalmer
B. Only III B. Asansol
C. Only IV C. Mumbai
D. III and IV D. Mawsynram

81. tropical Deciduous forests are also known C. Moisture

as:
D. sunlight

A. Tropical Rain forests
87. Which one of the following states has the
B. Mountain Vegetation
largest forest area to its total land area?
C. Monsoon forests [CDS 2001]
D. none of above A. Mizoram
82. Which of the following is not found in Trop- B. Arunachal Pradesh
ical Deciduous Forests? C. Sikkim
A. Tiger
B. Elephant
88. The temperature of Thiruvananthapuram
C. Silver Fox
is lower than that of Mumbai in May and
D. Monkeys higher than that of Mumbai in January, be-
cause: [IAS 2004]
83. The most important commercial forests of
India are: A. Thiruvananthapuram has cold current
and Mumbai is faced with warm current
A. tropical evergreen
B. tropical deciduous B. Thiruvananthapuram has higher rain-
fall in summer and it is nearer to the equa-
C. coniferous tor
D. mangrove C. Thiruvananthapuram is on the wind-
ward side and Mumbai is on the leeward
84. The north-western India receives substan-
side
tial rainfall during winter months because
of: D. Thiruvananthapuram is Vegetated
A. south-west monsoons while Mumbai is not
B. retreating monsoons 89. What is a reserved area meant for pre-

C. north-east monsoons serving natural vegetation, wildlife and
natural beauty known as?
D. westerly disturbances
A. Biosphere reserves
85. The term includes animals of any habi-
B. Sanctuary
tat in nature
C. National Park
A. Mammals
B. Forests D. none of above
C. Insects 90. Which type of vegetation is found in the

D. Wildlife northeastern states in India.
A. Tropical Deciduous
86. With the change in the climate changes
and that changes natural vegetation B. Tropical Evergreen
A. Water profile C. Mountain
B. Height D. none of above

91. Taking into account the amount of rainfall 96. Among the following, which State has
occurring from June to September, which highest level of literacy? [NDA 2001]
one of the following is the correct order of A. Mizoram
cities in terms of rainfall? [IAS 2007]
B. West Bengal
A. Kolkata > Ahmedabad > Allahabad
C. Gujarat
B. Kolkata > Allahabad > Ahmedabad
D. Punjab
C. Allahabad > Kolkata > Ahmedabad
97. Which of the following is not a tropical
NARAYAN CHANGDER
D. Ahmedabad > Kolkata > Allahabad
type of soil?
92. In which of the following states, retreat- A. Red soil
ing monsoon has more effect? [Asstt
B. Desert soil
Grade 1991]
C. Black soil
A. Orissa
D. Brown soil
B. West Bengal
C. Punjab 98. TROPICAL DECIDUOUS FORESTS ARE
ALSO KNOWN AS
D. Tamil Nadu
A. EVERGREEN FORESTS
93. Select the correct sequence in the decreas- B. MONSOON FOREST
ing order of contribution to the forest
C. MANGROVE FORESTS
cover on India: [CPO AC 2003]
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
A. Dense forest-Open forest-Mangrove
forest 99. How many types of forests are their?
B. Open forest - Dense forest - Mangrove A. 8
forest
B. 5
C. Dense forest-Mangrove forest-Open C. 2
forest
D. 4
D. Open forest-Mangrove forest-Dense
forest 100. The monsoon forest otherwise called as
94. How many wildlife sancturies are there in

India? A. Tropical evergreen forest
A. 447 B. Deciduous forest

C. Mangrove forest
B. 441
D. none of above
C. 80
D. 41 101. In India the State with the largest area
under very dense forests is [UP PCS
95. Ebony and Mahogany are found in 2011]
A. Tropical Dry Deciduous forest A. Arunachal Pradesh
B. Tropical Evergreen forest B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Tropical Deciduous forest C. Maharashtra
D. none of above D. Orissa

102. there are almost species of Trees in 108. In the year United Nations conven-
India in which nearly half are Trees. tion on Biological Diversity recognises the
sovereign rights of the states to use their

A. 500, Mango
own biological resources
B. 5000, Banana
A. 1992
C. 1500, Banyan
D. 5000, Timber B. 1982
C. 1979
103. The is the average weather condition
measured over many years. D. 1929
A. Weather
109. The Red soils develop a reddish colour
B. Temperature due to:
C. Climate A. deforestation and over-grazing
D. Season
B. the presence of potash and magnesia
104. which of the following is not an example C. tropical monsoonal climate
of trees found in evergreen forest
D. a wide diffusion of iron in ancient crys-
A. ebony
talline and metamorphic Jacks
B. rosewood
C. wild rubber 110. Tropical Evergreen Forests are found in
areas with-
D. sal
A. 100 cm of rainfall
105. Which one of the following is a global bio-
diversity hotspot in India? [CDS 2001] B. more than 500 cm of rainfall
A. Western Ghats C. more than 200 cm of rainfall
B. Western Himalayas D. None of the above
C. Eastern Ghats
111. In which year the Corbett National Park
D. Northern Himalayas was established as the Hailey national
106. at which height are himalayan forest sit- park?
uated? A. 1936
A. 3, 400m B. 1957
B. 3300m C. 1857
C. 4000m
D. 1936
D. 4500m
112. Tropical Desert Forests have an average
107. CORBETT NATIONAL PARK WAS ESTAB-
temperature of
LISHED IN
A. 30 degree C
A. 1936
B. 1934 B. 25-27 degree C
C. 1919 C. 20-25 degree C
D. 1990 D. Above 45 degree C

113. Indian Forests are home to species of 119. How many species of animals are there
animals and about species of birds. in India?
A. 80, 000 and 5, 000 A. 5, 000
B. 80, 000 and 12, 000 B. 80, 000
C. 75, 000 and 1, 200
C. 2, 000
D. 80, 000 and 1, 200
D. none of above
NARAYAN CHANGDER
114. of the total world population resides in
of the land area. 120. Dessert Vegetation is found in the areas
A. 10% of?
B. 20% A. Panjab, Madhya, Parts of Gujarat, Mad-
hya Pradesh and in Parts of Deccan
C. 30%
plateau.
D. 40%
B. Panjab
115. Babul, Kikar and wildpalm grow in this
type of forests C. Madhya Pradesh
A. The Tidal vegetation D. Parts of Deccan Plateau

B. The Thorny forests
121. The marshy forest of Assam and north-
C. The tropical evergreen forests ern west Bengal are the natural habitats
D. none of above of
116. Lac is used to make A. Asiatic lion
A. Bangles, electrical instruments and B. one-horned Rhinoceros

seals C. Blackbuck
B. Toothbrush, toothpaste
D. Indian Bison
C. Blankets, pillows
D. none of above 122. Which vegetation is found almost all
along the Eastern Coast?
117. which is longer?
A. evergreen Forest
A. Weather
B. Mangrove Forest
B. CLIMATE
C. NONE OF THESE C. Deciduous Forest
D. none of above D. Desert Vegetation.
118. Kaziranga National park situated in As- 123. what is a national bird?
sam is famous for
A. Tiger
A. birds
B. One-horned rhino B. Peacock
C. tiger C. Lion
D. Asiatic lions D. none of above

124. Which one of the following places ranks 130. What is moving air called
second among the coldest places in the
A. Sun
world? [CDS 2000]

A. Dras (Jammu and Kashmir) B. Oxygen
B. Kullu (Himachal Pradesh) C. Wind

C. Manali (Himachal Pradesh) D. Moving wind
D. Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh)
131. Which tree can produce gum and is used
125. What is the name of the trees in Tropical by the paint & resin industry?
Rainforests? A. Rosewood
A. Evergreen or Semi-Evergreen
B. Date palm
B. Dessert Vegetation
C. Kikar
C. Mountain Vegetation
D. none of above
D. Mangrove Forests
126. Sundarbans is in in 132. A hot, dry and dusty wind called
A. West Bengal A. Stond wind
B. Andhra Pradesh B. Lump
C. Tamil Nadu C. Loo
D. none of above D. Hot wind
127. In which year the Corbett National
133. Where are the elephants found in India?
Park was renamed as Ramganga National
Park? A. Assam, West Bengal, Madhya pradesh,
A. 1971 Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu
B. 1890 B. Western coast of India

C. 1789 C. Eastern coast of India
D. 1952 D. none of above
128. ‘Sal’ is a very important tree of: [NDA 134. Which one of the following is the charac-
2003] teristic vegetation of regions between the
A. Tropical dry deciduous forest snow line and about 3000 meters above
B. Tropical rain forest mean sea level of the Himalayan region?
[CDS 2000]
C. Thorn forest
A. Thick forests of birch, fir, spruce and
D. Alpine forest
other trees
129. Meteorology is the science of B. Forests of oak, deodar, chestnut and
A. Weather maple trees
B. Social C. A few dwarf shrubs
C. Political D. Forests of khair, sandalwood, palas
D. Human and other trees

135. is the oldest National Park in India 141. What is Forests?

A. Corbett A. Wildlife House
B. Periyar B. Natural Vegetation
C. None of these C. Island
136. Which one of the following states re- 142. WHICH IS ARABIC WORD FOR MON-
NARAYAN CHANGDER
ceives the highest rainfall during winter SOON
months? [NDA 1994]
A. MAUSIM
A. Punjab
B. MAUSAM
B. Kerala
C. MASUIM
C. Meghalaya
D. Tamil Nadu D. none of above
137. In Which year the Chipko movement took 143. The trees in the forests can survive
place . in both salty and fresh water.
A. 1947 A. tidal
B. 1975 B. mangrove
C. 1973 C. mountain
D. 1982 D. Deciduous
138. The forest are found along the rivers on 144. When did the Chipko movement start?
Khadar areas
A. 1987
A. Coastal
B. 1967
B. Evergreen
C. 1973
C. Riverine
D. 1953
D. Deciduous
145. are also called tropical rain forests
139. Name the animal found in tropical grass-
lands. A. Tropical evergreen forests
A. Camel B. Tropical deciduous forests
B. Monkey C. Temperate Evergreen forests
C. Giraffe D. Temperate deciduous forests
D. Cow
146. HIOW MANY TYPES OF SEASONS ARE
140. Who is the great mathematician? THERE IN INDAI?
A. Sushruta A. 2
B. Arabhatta B. 4
C. Charaka C. 8

147. In Tropical Rainforest/Evergreen Forests, and its longevity, this tree is considered
which are the most important trees? immortal and is an integral part of the
myths and. legends of India. [CDS 2009]

A. Ebony, Rosewood and Mahogany
B. Sandalwood, Mahua and Semul A. Banyan
C. Shisham, Bamboo and Rosewood B. Neem
D. none of above C. Tamarind (lmli)

D. Peepal
148. Mangrove Forest are found in
153. Which of the following characteristics is
A. West Bengal
not true of alluvial soils?
B. Mumbau
A. These vary from sandy loam to clay in
C. Delhi texture
D. All of the above B. These are generally rich in phosphorus
but poor in potash
149. Which season falls between the months
March-May? C. These are usually fine grained
A. Northeast monsoon season D. These are by far the most fertile
B. Southwest monsoon season 154. AGRICULTURE IN INDIA IS DEPENDENT
C. Pre Monsoon season ON
D. Winter season A. RAINS
B. DROUGHT
150. Under which climatic conditions do the la-
terite soils develop? C. WINDS
A. Wet tropical Climate D. ALL OF THESE
B. Hot and dry Climate 155. The average rainfall of India is about
C. Cold temperature Climate A. 118 cm
D. Mediterranean type of Climate B. 300 cm
151. Tropical evergreen forest is also known C. 100 cm
as D. 400 cm
A. coniferous 156. Natural Vegetation can also be referred
B. equatorial forest as?
C. temperate A. Monsoon forests
D. monsoon forest B. Green life
152. Consider the following statement and C. Tropical Rainforests

identify with the help of the code the tree D. none of above
with which the statement is related to?
The branches of this tree root themselves 157. Which of the following are the compo-
like new trees over a large area. The nents of loamy soils?
roots then give rise to more trunks and I. Red soil
branches. Because of this characteristic II. Clay soil

III. Alluvial soil 163. Which plant is grown in Tropical decidu-

IV. Silt soil ous Forest?
V. Sandy soil
A. mahagony
A. I and II
B. oak
B. I, III and IV
C. Sundari Trees
C. II and V
D. II, III and V D. semul
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158. Some popular trees of thorn forests are 164. The natural vegetation, which have come
from outside India are known as
A. ebony and bamboo
species.
B. chir and fir
A. Endemic
C. Teak and sal
B. Exotic
D. Keekar and Babool
C. Indigenous
159. Which of the following soils is best suited
for cotton? D. none of above
A. Regur
165. Which of the following soils is most suit-
B. Alluvial able for cultivation of cereals? [CRPF
C. Red 1990]
D. Clayey A. Alluvial soils
160. AT PRESENT THERE ARE TIGER RE- B. Red soils

SERVES IN OUR COUNTRY C. Laterite soils
A. 5 D. None of these
B. 25
C. 50 166. Match the following:

Area Forest Type
161. At what altitude are shrubs and grasses A. Himalayas 1. Tropical Ever-
of alpine variety found? green
B. Aravallis 2. Temperate
A. 4, 200
Alpine
B. 3, 500 C. Sunderbans 3. Dry Tropical De-
C. 2, 000 ciduous
D. Western Ghats 4. Mangrove
D. none of above
162. We wear cotton during

A. A − 1, B − 2,C − 4, D − 3
A. Summer
B. Winter B. A − 4, B − 3,C − 1, D − 2
C. Rainy C. A − 2, B − 3,C − 4, D − 1
D. Northeast monsoon D. A − 2, B − 4,C − 3, D − 1

167. plants can survive without water for B. the air of different densities and tem-
long durations. perature tends to converge towards Cher-
apunjl from different direction during the

A. Mangrove
rainy season
B. Deciduous
C. Cherapunji is located on the windward
C. Montane side
D. Thorny D. convective precipitation brings more
rain at Cherapunji
168. Trees in these shed their leaves in a
particular season in order to conserve loss 173. WINTER OCCURS DURING
of moisture through transpiration:(select A. NOVEMBER TO MAY
the incorrect one)
B. DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY
A. Evergreen Forests C. SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER
B. Tundra D. MAY TO AUGUST
C. Deforestation
174. The rains along the western coast of In-
D. Deciduous forest dia are:
169. Paper is made from A. cyclonic

B. convectional
A. Wood pulp
C. orographic
B. Animal skin
D. monsoonal
C. Vegetables
D. none of above 175. Mumbai receives more rainfall than Pune
because: [CPO SI 2003]
170. Which of the following soils is very hard A. Mumbai is on the windward side
to cultivate? [Railways 1994]
B. Pune is at a-greater elevation
A. Alluvial C. Mumbai is a coastal city
B. Black D. Pune has greater vegtetation than
C. Red Mumbai
D. Sandy 176. Which of the following characteristics are
associated with the dry monsoon forest of
171. The highest rainfall region in India is lo- India?
cated in this state
1. Annual rainfall is below 50 cm
A. Assam 2. The trees are short rooted
B. Bihar 3. Thorny shrubs and grassland
4. Mango, Mahua, Sisam and Keeker
C. Meghalaya are the prominent trees.
D. Manipur A. 1 and 2
172. Cherapunji receives more rainfall than B. 2 and 4
Shillong because: C. 3 and 4
A. the former is nearer to the sea D. 1, 2 and 3

177. In which of the following ways can soil 182. Factors that determine the vegetation in
be conserved? a particular area are:
I. Contour ploughing A. Temperature and moisture
II. Terracing
III. Shifting cultivation B. Trees and animals
IV. Crop rotation
C. Location
A. I, II and IV
D. Lakes and ponds
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B. II, III and IV
C. II and IV 183. Why are thorny trees and shrubs found
D. I and III in Gujarat and Rajasthan?
178. Which of the following are true in respect A. Rainfall is less than 50cm.
of alluvial soil?
B. Rainfall is less than 200cm.
I. Generally confined to river basins
II. It has been deposited by rivers C. Rainfall is between 70-200cm.
III. It is rich in phosphorus and poor in D. None of the above
potash
IV. It is the most fertile soil
184. Sunderbans are found in
A. I and II
A. West Bengal
B. III and IV
C. I, II and IV B. Andhra Pradesh
D. I, II and III C. Odisha
179. List any one Tropical Evergreen Forests D. All the above
A. Rose Wood
185. In which week of October we observe
B. Kikar
Wildlife week?
C. Babul
A. 3rd week
D. Sal
B. 1st week
180. A change in height changes the
A. Climate C. 4rth week
B. Natural Vegetation D. 2nd week
C. Both a and b
186. Which of the following is recognised as a
season by the meteorological department
181. which type of climate is present in conif- of India?
erous forests
A. Cold weather
A. cold and dry
B. Hot weather
B. cold and chilly
C. hot and humid C. Retreating monsoon
D. none of above D. North-eastern monsoon

187. During the monsoon season rainfall de- 192. In which season is the frequency of trop-
creases from the Ganga delta to the Pun- ical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal maxi-
jab plains. It is because: mum? [I. Tax & Central Excise 1991]

A. monsoon current moves westward A. During monsoon
along the Ganga plain and becomes drier
B. After summer
B. western regions are warmer than the
C. During winter
eastern region
D. During autumn
C. hills do not form barriers for winds
D. the area is far away from the sea 193. Peaty soil is found in:
A. Kerala
188. Soil can best be conserved on the hills by
which of the cultivating methods? B. Kashmir
A. Strip cropping C. Assam
B. Crop rotation D. Gujarat
C. Contour ploughing 194. some birds migrate to India in the
D. Terracing A. winter
189. The forests are found in the region B. autumn
where the rainfall is 200 cm and above C. summer
A. Tropical Evergreen D. rainy
B. Tidal
195. For short-term climatic predictions, which
C. Tropical deciduous
one of the following events, detected in
D. Alpine the last decade, is associated with occa-
sional weak monsoon rains in the Indian
190. Which one of the following statements sub-continent? [IAS 2002]
is wrong regarding the “Norwesters” of
Bengal? [IAS 2003] A. La Nina
A. It is caused due to strong surface heat- B. Movement of jet streams

ing C. El Nino and southern oscillations
B. It originates in the Chhotanagpur D. Green-house effect on global level
plateau region
C. It is a kind of thunderstorm
1. Tamil Nadu is the only area which re-
ceives about half of its rainfall from
191. The driest place in India is: [NDA 2003] north-east monsoon winds.
2. Kerala is the only state receiving
A. Leh very heavy rainfall from the south-
B. Barmer west monsoon winds.
3. In India, the south-west monsoon is
C. Jaisalmer
stronger than the north-east mon-
D. Bikaner soon.

Which of these are correct statements? 201. Which of the following factors does not
[NDA 2001] have influence on the Indian climate?
A. 1, 2 and 3 A. Presence of Indian Ocean
B. 1 and 2 B. Nearness to equator
C. 1 and 3 C. Monsoons
D. 2 and 3 D. Ocean currents

202. The premonsoon mango showers occur
NARAYAN CHANGDER
197. With reference to India, which one of the
predominantly in
following statements is not correct? [IAS
2002] A. West Bengal and Assam
A. About one-third of the area of the coun- B. Deccan Plateau
try records more than 750 millimetres of C. Gujarat and Maharashtra
annual rainfall. D. Kerala and Karnataka
B. The dominant source of irrigation in
203. With reference to Indian forests, consider
the country is wells
the following pairs:
C. Alluvial soil is the predominant type of 1. Tropical Moist Deciduous Forests
soil in the northern plains of the country Sandalwood (Santalum album)
D. The mountain areas account for about 2. Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests:(Shorea
thirty percent of the surface area of the robusta)
country 3. Tropical Thorn Forests:Shisham (Dal-
beigia sissoo)
198. In which direction does the wind blow
Which of the pairs given above is/are cor-
during south west monsoon season?
rectly matched? [IAS 2001]
A. Land to sea A. 1 only
B. Sea to Land B. 1 and 2 only
C. Both A and B C. 2 and 3 only
D. None of these D. 1, 2 and 3
199. The climate of India is: [UP PCS 1994] 204. which forest is Known as ‘ Monsoon For-
est’?
A. tropical climate
A. Tropical Evergreen Forest
B. sub-tropical climate
B. Tropical Deciduous Forest
C. savanna type of climate
C. Desert Vegetation
D. subtropical monsoon
D. Mountain Vegetation
200. What can be found in the higher latitudes 205. trees are the most prominent of the
of the northern hemisphere Alpine forest
A. Mahogany trees A. Mangrove
B. Ebony trees B. coniferous
C. Coniferous trees C. coconut
D. Rosewood trees D. teak

206. What is the % of rainfall received by In- 211. Kikar and date are found in Forests
dia from Southwest monsoon A. Tidal Forests

A. 85% B. Montane Forests
B. 90% C. Thorn Forests
C. 75% D. none of above
D. 70% 212. The average annual temperature of a me-
teorological station is 26◦ C, its average
207. Which one of the following is not a site annual rainfall is 63 cm and the annual
for ‘in-situ’ method of conservation of range of temperature is 9◦ C. The station
flora? [CSAT 2011] in question is: [IAS 2002]
A. Biosphere Reserve A. Allahabad
B. Botanical Garden B. Chennai
C. National Park C. Cherapunji
D. Wildlife Sanctuary D. Kolkata
213. In which of the following cities of India

208. On the basis of the process of their forma-
the diurnal range of temperature is maxi-
tion, which of the following soils is formed
mum?
differently from the other three? [NDA
2003] A. New Delhi
A. Khadar B. Mumbai
B. Bhangar C. Chennai
D. Kolkata
C. Bhabar
D. Regur 214. Forests provide us with products such as-
A. phone
209. The significance of forest lies in the fact
B. utensils
that they modify the local and control
the erosion. C. plastics
A. Climate and soil D. Medicine
B. Fauna and wind 215. Which region in India receives substantial

rain during the winter month of January?
C. Flora and wind
A. Kerala coast
D. none of above
B. Central India
210. Trees in these shed their leaves for C. Punjab
6-8 weeks during the dry season
D. Rajasthan
A. Evergreen Forests
216. List 2 products that are obtained from the
B. Tundra forests.
C. Deforestation A. Plastic and metal
D. Deciduous forest B. Both 1 and 4

C. None of the above 220. The pulp and wood of Mountain forests
D. Rubber and timber trees are used to make-
A. paper
217. Which one of the following shows the cor-
rect sequence of places in descending or- B. Fabrics
der of the average summer rainfall? [CDS C. furniture
1993] D. spices
A. Jaisalmer, Pune, Allahabad, Chera-
221. Which one of the following types of veg-
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punji
etation is referred as Monsoon forest?
B. Cherapunji, Jaisalmer, Pune, Alla-
habad A. Tropical Dry-evergreen forests
C. Allahabad, Pune, Jaisalmer, Chera- B. Tropical Moist-deciduous forests

punji C. Tropical Semi-evergreen forests
D. Cherapunji, Allahabad, Pune, D. Tropical Dry-deciduous forests
Jaisalmer
222. What are the 5 types of natural vegeta-
218. Match the following: [IAS 1997] tion?
A. Tropical evergreen forest Tropical de-
Climatic Conditions Reasons ciduous forest Thorny bushes Mountain
A. Madras is 1. North-East Mon- vegetation Mangrove forests.
warmer than soon
Calcutta B. Tropical evergreen forest Tropical de-
B. Snowfall in Hi- 2. Altitude ciduous forest
malayas C. Both(a) and (b)
C. Rainfall de- 3. Western depres- D. none of above
creases from West sions
Bengal to Punjab 223. western disturbances causerainfall in
D. Sutlej-Ganga 4. Distance from A. Tamil Nadu
Plain gets some sea
rain in winter B. Kerala
5. Latitude C. Punjab
D. none of above
A. A − 1, B − 2,C − 4, D − 5 224. The nature of the winter rainfall in north
B. A − 4, B − 5,C − 1, D − 3 western India is:
C. A − 5, B − 2,C − 4, D − 3 A. convectional
D. A − 5, B − 1,C − 3, D − 4 B. orographic
219. Tropical Deciduous Forests are also C. monsoonal

known as D. cyclonic
A. Sunderbans 225. In which year it was renamed as the Cor-
B. Monsoon Forests bett National park?
C. Evergreen Forests A. 1890
D. none of above B. 1980

C. 1957 230. Which type of vegetation grows in the

D. none of above sandy soil of the desert?

A. Coniferous trees
226. What do moisture laden winds strike to
cause rainfall? B. Grasslands
A. Mountain C. Cactus and thorny bushes
B. Sea D. None of these
C. River
231. Which of the following is not a species of
D. All of these tropical moist deciduous forests?
227. Which of the following are the main rea- A. Mahagony
sons for the origin of the south-west mon- B. Sal
soon in India?
C. Shisham
I. Development of a low pressure in
north-west India D. Teak
II. Deflection of trade winds
III. Arrival of cyclonic stream from the 232. What are natural habitat of wildlife?
Pacific Ocean A. Forests
IV. Heating of the Arabian Sea and the
Bay of Bengal B. Rivers
A. I, II and III C. Plains
B. I and II D. All of these
C. II and III
233. What important programmes can we
D. III and IV have to improve greenery of our earth?
228. Which one of the following is not essen- A. Annual day of a school
tially a species of the Himalaya vegeta- B. Sport day of a school
tion? [IAS 2008]
C. Van Mahotsava
A. Juniper
D. All of these
B. Mahogany
C. Silver fir 234. Consider the following statements about
D. Spruce the soils of India: [IAS 2004]
1. High temperature during most of the
229. Amritsar and Shimla have the same lati-
year retards formation of humus
tude yet Shimla is cooler than Amritsar be-
2. Soils which have humus require reg-
cause it:
ular application of chemical fertiliz-
A. lies north of Amritsar ers to remove nitrogen deficiency
B. comes under the influence of cold 3. Titanium salts in basalt impart black,
winds colour to the soils of the Indian
plateau
C. is at a higher elevation 4. Red soils are confined to the periph-
D. receives a lot of snow eral areas of the Indian plateau

Which of the statements given above are C. forests lower the temperature of the
correct? environment
A. 1 and 2 D. forests prevent soil erosion
B. 1, 3 and 4
240. Climate of India is labelled as
C. 2 and 3
A. Tropical humid
D. 2 and 4
B. Equatorial climate
NARAYAN CHANGDER
235. Choose any 2 trees famous for their soft
& white wood- C. Temperate climate
A. Chir pine, Silver Fir D. none of above

B. Semal, Myrobalan 241. Consider the following statements:
C. Semal, Silver Fir 1. In the wet temperate forests at
D. Semal, Sisam above 1500 m on the Nilgiris
and Anaimalais, the Magnolias
236. The most dominant factor which affects and Rhododendrons are commonly
the climate of India is found.
A. Jet Streams 2. Tropical dry evergreen forests are
B. Monsoon winds mostly found in Andhra Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh and Orissa.
C. Temperature
D. Atmospheric pressure is/are correct? [IAS 2007]
237. The retreating monsoon withdraws from A. 1 only
the:
B. 2 only
A. west coast to the east coast
C. Both 1 and 2
B. north to the south
D. Neither 1 nor 2
C. north-east India to the west coast
D. north-west India to Bengal 242. Which type of vegetation has emergent
layer in the forest?
238. The formation of laterite soil is mainly
due to: A. Mangrove forest
A. weathering B. Tropical monsoon deciduous forest

B. erosion C. Tropical evergreen forest
C. leaching D. none of above
D. deposition
243. Littoral forests are:-
239. Which of the following functions per- A. Dense
formed by a forest help most in controlling
drought? B. Impenetrable
A. forests act as water sheds C. Thin
B. forests bring rainfall in monsoon D. Dense and Impenetrable

244. The Sunderbans are forests. A. Cold weather 1. June to Septem-

ber
A. Mountain
B. Hot weather 2. October to

B. Evergreen November
C. Scrub C. South-West mon- 3. December to
soon February
D. Tidal D. Retreating Mon- 4. March to May
soon
245. Which of the given options is the rainfall
regime of the Tropical moist deciduous for-
est? A. A − 3, B − 4,C − 1, D − 2
A. 70 cm to 100cm B. A − 4, B − 3,C − 2, D − 1
B. More than 200 cm C. A − 1, B − 2,C − 3, D − 4

D. A − 3, B − 2,C − 4, D − 1
C. 100 cm to 200 cm
D. Less than 100 cm 249. Match the following:
246. Among the following regions of India, Regions Soil Types

which one receives comparatively least A. Malwa Plateau 1. Alluvial
amount of annual rainfall? [IAS 2009] B. Dharwar Plateau 2. Lateritic
C. Punjab Plains 3. Red
A. An 80 km wide coastal belt from Nel- D. Western Ghats 4. Regur
lore to Point Calimere
B. The middle and lower Asom valley
A. A − 4, B − 3,C − 1, D − 2
C. North-eastern Rajasthan B. A − 4, B − 2,C − 1, D − 3
D. The coastal plains of Gujarat south of C. A − 3, B − 1,C − 4, D − 2
Narmada
D. A − 2, B − 3,C − 4, D − 1
247. Which of the following statements is true 250. Which one of the following pairs of cities
with regard to the erratic behaviour of In- have the largest annual average rain dif-
dian monsoons? ference as compared to the other three
A. Uniform duration but varying amounts pairs? [IAS 2008]
of rain from one year to another, as well A. Jabalpur and Nagpur
as at different places
B. Mumbai and Pune
B. Uncertain date of onset and with-
C. Kolkata and Bhubaneshwar
drawal, as well as unequal distribution of
rain D. Guwahati and Shillong
C. Uncertain date of onset and with- 251. The forests are found in the areas
drawal as well as varying amounts of rain- which receive rainfall less than 50cm.
fall during different years A. Tropical Desert Forests
D. Uniform duration but varying amounts B. Tropical Evergreen Forests
of rain from place to place
C. Tidal Forests
248. Match the following: D. none of above

252. Which is the most important tree in 258. In the coastal and dry regions, rows of
Mountain vegetation? trees are planted to check the wind move-
A. Sandalwood ment to protect soil cover, this process is
known as
B. Sal
A. Contour Barriers
C. Mahogany
B. Terrace Cultivation
D. Rosewood
C. shelter belts
NARAYAN CHANGDER
253. What kind of forests are found in An- D. mulching
daman and Nicobar Islands?
259. is the most common tree in the tidal
A. deciduous forests forests.
B. thorny forests A. Coniferous trees
C. tidal forests B. Sundari
D. tropical rain forests C. Sandalwood
254. Tropical evergreen forests are found in ar- D. none of these
eas with more than cm rainfall. 260. Match the following:
A. 250
A. Alluvial Soil 1. Cotton
B. 300 B. Black Soil 2. Rice
C. 175 C. Brown Soil 3. Tea
D. 200 D. Red Soil 4. Wheat
255. The soil formed by the deposition of silt A. A − 2, B − 3,C − 1, D − 4

brought by rivers is:
B. A − 2, B − 1,C − 3, D − 4
A. alluvial soil
C. A − 3, B − 1,C − 2, D − 4
B. red soil
D. A − 4, B − 1,C − 3, D − 2
C. black soil
261. Riparian forest is found:
D. pod soil
A. along the banks of rivers and other
256. What would happen if the monsoons are wetland
weak in a year? B. the tarai region, on the foot hills of Hi-
A. Water level will go-down malayas
B. Summer will be longer C. on the foot hills of Eastern slope of
Western Ghats
C. Crops will be affected
D. on the foot hills of Eastern slope of
D. All of these Eastern Ghats
257. ALPINE VEGETATION IS FOUND IN 262. who is the bird Man of India?
A. PLAINS A. Dr Salim Ali
B. MOUNTAINOUS REGION B. Jawarhalal Nehru
C. DESERT C. Narendra Modi
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE D. none of above

263. A watershed is- 268. Tidal forests are found in and around
A. tank to collect water A. Desert

B. high piece of land that catches rain- B. The delta of Godavari
fall and other precipitates and divides the C. The delta of of Ganga and Brahmapu-
flow of water tra
C. a place where only water is collected D. none of above
D. a place where precipitate is removed
269. Rainfall from the south-west monsoon
from water
reaches:
264. Long winter sleep in animals is known as A. Lahauland Spiti
A. Migration B. Ladakh
B. Hibernation C. Tamil Nadu
C. caribou D. Delta region of Mahanadi
D. none of above
270. Teak is found in:-)
265. Which of the following types of soils A. Madhya Pradesh
have a marked capacity to retain water? B. Assam
[Stenographers’ Exam 1994]
C. Bihar
A. Desert soil
D. All of the above
B. Laterite soil
C. Red soil 271. Day to day changes in the atmosphere
are known as?
D. Regur soil
A. Weather
266. Arrange the following States on the ba- B. Vegetation
sis of ascending dates of the onset of mon-
soon: [NDA 2010] C. Mausium
1. Uttar Pradesh
2. Kerala 272. One-horned rhinoceroses are found in
3. West Bengal forests.
4. Rajasthan
A. Tropical
A. 2-3-1-4
B. Thorn and Scrub
B. 3-2-1-4
C. Mountain
C. 3-1-2-4
D. None of these
D. 1-2-3-4
273. Which tree is used for extraction of resin
267. The forests in Mangrove forests can sur- and turpentine & used for making tea
vive both on? chests?
A. Saltwater and Freshwater A. Deodar
B. Saltwater B. Chir pine
C. Freshwater C. Myrobalan
D. none of above D. Silver Fir

274. Western disturbances cause snowfall in 279. Which city has the longest day in the
month of June?
A. Jammu and Kashmir A. Delhi
B. Punjab B. Kolkata
C. Assam C. Chennai
D. Bangalore
D. Kerala
NARAYAN CHANGDER
280. Xerophytic vegetation is characteristic
275. Thorny shrubs and scrubs grow in area of feature of: [IAS 2004]
A. Heavy rainfall A. Chhotanagpur plateau
B. Low rainfall B. Khasi hills
C. Moderate rainfall C. Eastern Ghats
D. None of the above D. Kuchchh
281. is the most widespread forests of In-

276. Which one of the following types of for-
dia.
est covers the maximum area in India?
[NDA 2001] A. Tropical Evergreen
A. Tropical rain forest B. Thorn and Scrub

C. Tropical Deciduous
B. Tropical moist deciduous forest
D. none of above
C. Tropical dry deciduous forest
D. Tropical dry evergreen forest 282. At which one of the following places is
the monkey called Lion-tailed macaque nat-
277. Winter season in India is from to urally found? [Asstt Comm 2008]
A. Shivaliks
A. December to February
B. Pachmarhi
B. November to January
C. Nallamalai hills
C. October to January
D. Nilgiris
D. October to November
283. Alpine shrubs are found in:
278. Which of the following is/are methods of A. Deserted vegetation
checking soil erosion?
B. Tropical evergreen forest
1. Strip cropping
C. Montane forests
2. Contour ploughing
3. Use of irrigation and fertilisers D. Tropical deciduous forest
4. Terrace farming
284. Name the Animals found in desert region.
A. 1 and 2 A. elephant, goat and lion
B. 3 and 4 B. leopard, cheetahs and deer
C. 2, 3 and 4 C. camel, reptiles and lizards
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4 D. polar bear, silver fox and mink

285. Agriculture in India is dependent on? C. elephants are found in Tamil Nadu and
A. rains Kerala

B. drought D. due to cutting down of forests and
hunting several species of wildlife of india
C. winds are declining rapidly.
D. all of these
291. what is natural vegetation?
286. Western disturbances cause rainfall in A. Area Covered with animals and hu-
A. Tamilnadu mans is called Natural Vegetation.
B. Punjab B. Area covered with Plants And animals
C. Kerala is called Natural Vegetation
D. Madhya Pradesh C. Area Covered with Plants and Forests
without any establishment by Human Be-
287. Where are temperate evergreen forests ings.
found?
D. Area Covered with Forest and Plants
A. South east USA With Human Establishment.
B. South China
292. Which of the following statements re-
C. South east Brazil garding red soils of India is/are correct?
D. All of these 1. The colour of the soil is-red due to
ferric oxide content.
288. Plants which require minimum moisture
2. Red soils are rich in lime, humous
A. Tropophytes and potash.
B. Xerophytes 3. They are porous and have friable
structure.
C. Mesophytes
Select the correct answer using the code
D. none of above
given below: [(OS2011]
289. A is made of the uppermost branches A. 1 only
of tall trees.
B. 1 and 3 only
A. manopy
C. 2 and 3 only
B. tanopy
D. 1, 2 and 3
C. sanopy
293. Thorny and scrubs grow in dry region
D. canopy
A. Trees
290. From the following statements choose
B. Herbs
any 1 statement that u think is not true.
A. There are 5 types of nattural C. Palm trees
vegetation:-tropical every green forest, D. shrubs
throny Bushes, Mountain vegetation, man
grove forestand tropical deciduous forest. 294. is a line joining the places of equal
rainfall
B. The location of a place depends by its
location.altitude, distance from the sea A. Isohyets
and relief. B. Isobar

C. Latitude 300. What does Flora means?

D. none of above A. Wildlife
B. Monsoon forests
295. During the winter season the sun rays
C. Natural vegetation
A. (a) fall directly
D. none of above
B. b) don’t fall directly
301. Indian monsoon is marked by seasonal
C. c) both (a) and (b) shift caused by: [Teachers’ Exam 1994]
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D. (d) none of these A. differential heating of land and sea
B. cold winds of Central Asia
296. Find out the name of our National tree.
C. great uniformity of temperature
A. Ashoka
D. None of these
B. Neem
302. vegetation Found at height of 1, 500 to
C. Peepal 2, 500 Metres
D. Banyan A. Grasslands
B. Meadows
297. M6nsoon retreat is marked by: [UP PCS
1995] C. Coniferous Forests
1. clear sky D. none of above
2. high pressure conditions at the Bay 303. Choose the correct options:Our country
of Bengal India is one of the (a) mega bio-
3. rise in temperature on land diversity countries of the world with
A. 1 only about (b) plant species and (c) an-
imal species.
B. 1 and 2
A. 10, (b) 47, 000, (c) 50, 000
C. 2 and 3
B. 12, (b) 57, 000, (c) 90, 000
D. 1, 2 and 3
C. 12, (b) 47, 000, (c) 90, 000
298. Which tree is fine grained and is termite D. none of above
resistant?
304. large eco system is called
A. Khair A. biomes
B. Eucalyptus B. desert
C. Ebony C. forest
D. Khair D. grassland
305. BABUL AND KIKAR ARE MAIN TREES
299. Cactus is a plant
FOUND IN THE FOREST
A. Xerophyte
A. DESERT
B. hygrophytes B. MOUNTAIN
C. mesophyte C. MANGROVE
D. tropophyte D. MONSOON

306. In which state are the cactus, khair, Ba- A. A − 3, B − 2,C − 4, D − 1

bool, Keekar etc. found?
B. A − 2, B − 4,C − 1, D − 3

A. a) Rajasthan
C. A − 4, B − 1,C − 3, D − 2
B. Bihar
D. A − 1, B − 3,C − 2, D − 4
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. None of these 311. Where are Mangrove forests found?
A. They are found in areas of coast which
307. Which type of climate(s) prevail(s) in the
are influenced by tides.
long corridor (Leeward side) of the West-
ern Ghats and the Nilgiri Hills? [IAS B. They are found in areas of coast which
2007] are influenced by heavy snow.
A. Tropical wet and dry climate C. Both 1 and 2
B. Tropical wet and dry with winter rain D. None of the above
C. Tropical semi-arid steppe
312. 1. The Shivaliks have tropical moist
D. Subtropical monsoon rainforest deciduous flora.
2. The Bundelkhand plateau has thorn
308. Wildlife Week is observed every year in
and scrub forest type of vegetation.
the
A. 2nd week of May
is/are correct? [Asstt Comm 2008]
B. Last week of November
A. 1 only
C. First week of October
B. 2 only
D. 3rd Week of January
C. Both 1 and 2
309. Which states receive rainfall during Re-
D. Neither 1 nor 2
treating Monsoon?
A. Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh 313. Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Orissa of-
B. Goa and Maharashtra ten face natural disasters due to: [CPO SI
2003]
C. West Bengal and Odissa
A. cyclones
D. Kerala and Karnataka
B. earthquakes
310. Match the following types of climate
C. landslides
with respective regions: [IAS 2003]
D. tornadoes
A. Monsoon type 1. Interior Penin- 314. In May-June each year, the monsoon
with dry summer sula winds approach the southern tip of India
B. Monsoon type 2. Indian Plain from: [IFS 1990]
with dry winter A. northly direction
C. Monsoon type 3. S. E. Coast
B. north-easterly direction
with short dry
season C. north-westerly direction
D. Semi-Arid Steppe 4. Western Coast D. south-westerly direction

315. IN OUR COUNTRY WILDLIFE WEEK IS B. Three-Four weeks

CELEBRATED IN THE FIRST WEEK OF C. Six-Eight weeks
EVERY YEAR
D. none of above
A. SEPTEMBER
B. JUNE 321. what is the National Bird of kerala?
C. MAY A. Crow
D. OCTOBER B. pigeon
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316. Of the floating iceberg in the sea, the por- C. Eagle
tion remaining above the sea level is: D. Indian Hornbill
A. 1/10th
322. Most of the floods in the lowlands of N.
B. 1/9th India, the Bihar plateau and Orissa are as-
C. 1/6th sociated with:
D. 1/5 th A. easterly depression
317. Cold weather season occurs in the month B. orographic rainfall

of to C. South-West Monsoon
A. March to May D. Thunderstorm
B. Octobar to Novemeber
323. Sundari trees are found in
C. December to February
A. Tidal forests
D. none of above
B. Montane forests
318. The wet hill forest are found in the: [CDS
C. Thorn forests
1999]
D. Deciduous forests
A. Aravallis
B. Mahadev Hills 324. The Himalayan Range is very rich in
C. Nilgiris species diversity. Which one among the
following is the most appropriate reason-
D. Satpura Hills for this phenomenon? [CSAT 2011]
319. What are fast moving winds blowing in A. It has a high rainfall that supports lux-
a narrow zone in the upper atmosphere uriant vegetative growth
called? B. It is a confluence of different bio-
A. Seasonal Reversal winds geographical zones
B. Jet Streams C. Exotic and invasive species have not
C. Freezing cold winds been introduced in this region
D. Southeast trade winds D. It has less human interference
320. In tropical Deciduous Forests For how 325. Deforestation results in:
much weeks does the trees shed their 1. flora destruction
leaves? 2. fauna destruction
A. Seven-Eight weeks 3. ecological disbalance

A. 2 and 3 331. The process of evaportation from the sur-

face of the leaves is called
B. 1, 2 and 3

A. Transpiration
C. 1 only
B. Condensation
D. 1 and 3
C. Plants Evaportation
326. The trees of forest shed their leaves
D. None of these
once a year.
A. Thorn 332. The place which experiences minimum
and maximum temperature of-28.3◦ C and
B. Deciduous 15◦ C respectively is: [Railways 1995]
C. mountain A. Srinagar
D. Tidal B. Shimla
327. SUNDARBANS IS AN EXAMPLE OF C. Kullu
A. MANGROVE FOREST D. Leh
B. MOUNTAIN FOREST 333. Match the following:
C. DESERT FOREST
A. Chernozems 1. Rich in calcium
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE carbonate
328. Which is the smallest migratory bird from B. Black soil 2. Contains alu-
Arctic region that travel over 8000 km to minium compound
reach India? C. Laterite 3. Richest soils in
the world
A. Pelican D. Terra Rosa 4. Formed in lime-
B. Little Stint stone
E. Alluvial soil 5. It is a mixture of
C. Hummingbird
clay, sand and silt
D. Siberian crane
329. The tree found in the Mangrove forest is A. A − 1, B − 2,C − 3, D − 4, E − 5

A. Mango B. A − 3, B − 1,C − 2, D − 4, E − 5
B. Sundari C. A − 4, B − 5,C − 3, D − 1, E − 2
C. Rosewood D. A − 3, B − 4,C − 5, D − 2, E − 1
D. Bamboo 334. How many species of trees are there in
India?
330. Tropical Evergreen Forest Receive heavy
Rainfall( than cm annual Rainfall.) A. 80, 000
A. Less, 100 B. 5, 000
B. More, 200 C. 4, 000
C. More, 150 D. 1, 000
D. Less, 199 335. Consider the following statements:

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1. In India, Red Panda is naturally 2. Spruce:Western Himalayas at eleva-

found in the Western Himalayas tions from 2100 m to 3600 m
only. 3. Walnut:Lower elevations on Eastern
2. In India, Slow Loris lives in the Himalayas
dense forests of the North East. Which of the pair(s) given above is/are
Which of the statements given above correctly matched? [IAS 2009]
is/are correct? [IAS 2007] A. 1 only
A. 1 only
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B. 1 and 2
B. 2 only C. 2 and 3
C. Both 1 and 2 D. 1, 2 and 3
D. Neither 1 nor 2 337. ALPINE VEGETATION IS FOUND IN
336. Consider the following pairs: FOREST
A. MOUNTAIN
Tree:Location of its natural habitat B. DESERT
1. Rosewood:Slopes of Western Ghats C. MONSOON

of Karnataka and Kerala D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
6.3 Forest Conservation In India

1. Resin extracted from trees is used to make 4. roots of trees prevent erosion
A. Paper A. water
B. Furniture B. soil
C. Paint and Varnish C. air
D. none of above D. rain
2. Types of Forests in India 5. Where are the Evergreen forests found in
A. Evergreen Forest India?
B. Thorny Forests A. Western Ghats
C. Both B. Hilly areas of North-east
D. none of above C. Both of these
3. Given below are some of the animals that D. none of above
were announced by the central govern-
ment as gravely threatened. Choose the 6. What are the conservation projects now
animal that was not part of the list. focusing on?
A. Tiger A. Biodiversity
B. Asiatic Lion B. Humans
C. Snow Leopard C. Bacteria
D. Gorilla D. All of the Above

7. Deciduous Forest are also called as 13. Forests are

A. Evergreen Forests A. large land covered with water

B. Monsoon Forests B. large land covered with soil
C. Mountain Forests C. large land covered with trees
D. Coniferous Forest D. none of these
8. Ebony, Mahogany and Rosewood 14. What is Gir forest famous for?
A. Evergreen Forest A. Tiger
B. Deciduous Forest B. Deer
C. Thorny Forest C. Asiatic Lion
9. Name a forest conservation Movement. 15. Where is Dachingam National Park?

A. Chipko Movement A. Jammu and Kashmir
B. Van Mahotsav B. Assam
C. Gaura Devi C. Goa
10. Where is Jim Corbett National Park? 16. Degrading of wildlife is due to
A. Rajasthan A. Loss of tiger, plants and micro organ-
ism
B. Uttarkhand
B. Loss of forest, Illegal hunting and Cli-
C. Assam
matic change
D. none of above
C. Loss of Ice cover region
11. Forests are grown naturally, hence they D. None of the above
are also called
17. Where is Kanha National Park?
A. Factory outlet
A. Assam
B. natural vegetation
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. artificial resource
C. Kerala
D. none of these
D. none of above
12. Forests that receive very heavy rainfall
are called 18. A forest is a large area covered with
A. Deciduous Forest A. ice
B. Evergreen Forest B. trees
C. Coniferous Forest C. water
D. Mountain Forest D. none of above

19. These Forests have trees that have cones C. Social Forestry
and needle-shaped leaves D. All of the above
A. Thorny Forests
25. These forests are found in the area that
B. Evergreen Forest receives scanty rainfall
C. Coniferous A. Rain Forests
D. Deciduous Forest B. Mountain Forest
C. Thorny Forest
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20. The Rhino Project has been implemented in
which place? D. None of these
A. Kaziranga 26. Deciduous Forests trees
B. Jim Corbett A. shed their leaves to prevent loss of wa-
C. Kanha ter during warm weather
B. do not shed their leaves
D. none of above
C. grow more leaves to prevent loss of
21. Chir, Deodar, Fir and Spruce are important water
trees of which forest? D. None of these
A. Coniferous
27. Which of the following is not a forest prod-
B. Tidal uct?
C. Evergreen A. Honey
D. none of above B. Gum
22. Which is the concept taken up for conserva- C. Rubber

tion of forests and afforestation in forest D. Plastic
land?
28. forest have vegetation
A. Social forestry
A. scattered
B. Tribal forestry B. man made
C. Village forestry C. natural
D. none of above D. none of the above
23. Sal, teak and sheesham are the important 29. Which tribes lives in Nallamala forest?
trees in Which type of forest? A. Gond
A. Evergreen B. Chenchus
B. Deciduous C. Yerukula
C. Coniferous D. Banjarad
D. none of above 30. Name a tree found in the Ganga Delta.
24. Various awareness programs for conser- A. Sundari
vation of Natural Vegetation B. Teak
A. Van Mahotsav C. Keekar
B. Wild life week D. none of above

31. Is the conservation of forest and wildlife 33. The Sunderbans in West Bengal are home
an integral part in today’s developing to
world?

A. Asiatic Lion
A. Yes B. Bengal Tiger
B. No C. Hornbill
C. It’s not very important D. none of above
D. Conservation is useless
34. Which are prominent trees of the tidal for-
32. Sundarbans is an example of forests est?
A. Evergreen A. Sal
B. Deciduous B. Sheesham
C. Marshy C. Mangrove
D. Thorny D. none of above

7. Natural Resources of India
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1. What is the rank of india in aquaculture? 5. Where is manganese mainly found?
A. 1 A. Madhya pradesh
B. 2 B. Tamil Nadu
C. 3 C. Jammu &kashimir
2. Why is burning fossil fuels harmful? 6. Which one of the following type of re-
source is iron ore?
A. then we won’t have any fossil fuels if
A. Renewable
we burn them all
B. Biotic
B. They can get extremely hot
C. Flow
C. Increases the amount of greenhouse
gases in the air D. Non-renewable
D. this would destroy fossils 7. Resources are generally classified into?
3. Full form of LPG A. Renewable and non-renewable re-

sources
A. Light petroleum gas
B. Utility, value and quantity
B. Liquified petroleum gas
C. Natural resources, human made re-
C. Long pipe of gas sources, human resources
D. Long petroleum gas D. Human resource and human resource
development
4. Which state produces oil
8. Which of the following is not a character-
A. Tamil Nadu
istic of minerals?
B. Assam
A. They are created by natural processes
C. West Bengal B. They have a definite chemical composi-
D. none of above tion

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C. They are inexhaustible 15. For what things is mica used

D. Their distribution is uneven A. Utensils

9. In how many ways minerals are classified B. vessels
on the basis of composition? C. aeroplane parts
A. Two D. Paints
B. Three
16. Availability of which of the following min-
C. Four
erals are associated with Kerala?
D. Five
A. Thorium
10. The type of energy that cattle create is B. Gypsum
?
C. Bauxite clay and Gypsum
A. biomass
D. Granite and gypsum
B. solar
C. natural gas 17. A rock that contains mineral
D. nuclear A. Ore
11. Process through minerals are extracted B. Fuel
A. Mininning C. Industry
B. Metalic D. Reservoir
C. Non-Metalic
18. One problem with energy is that it pro-
D. Aluminium duces radioactive waste.
12. What are the 3 main fossil fuels? A. nuclear
A. Coal, Oil, and Gasoline B. solar
B. Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas C. tidal
C. Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum D. wind
D. Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources
19. What refers to a goal or a principle in its
13. Which group includes ALL renewable re- most excellent or perfect form?
sources?
A. Arbitrary
A. Coal, trees, water, oil
B. Ideal
B. Water, wind, sun, plants
C. Polity
C. Minerals, sun, natural gas, water
D. None of these
D. none of above
14. Bauxite is relatively high in content. 20. Find the odd one out
A. Aluminium A. Iron
B. Steel B. Aluminium
C. Copper C. Petroleum
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21. The careful use of a resource is 27. Resources which are replaced continuously
A. recycling are
A. Renewable resources
B. pollution
B. New resources
C. depositing
C. Non renewable resources
D. conservation
D. Wild life
22. A gas which is found along with petroleum
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28. Which one of these are natural resource
A. Carbon dioxide
A. Oil
B. Water gas
B. Sharpener
C. Natural gas
C. Pencil
D. Producer gas D. Eraser
23. Which one of these are water resource 29. Which is a Natural Resource
A. Rain A. Sunlight
B. Wind B. Computers
C. Air C. Cars
D. Breeze D. Roofs
24. What does “clean” mean for energy 30. What refers to independent people in a
sources? democratic form of government?
A. not dirty A. Sovereign
B. does not create pollution B. Ideal
C. creates pollution C. Polity
D. smells good D. Trafficking
25. Resources that take long geological time 31. Which state is the largest producer of man-
for their formation are called: ganese?
A. Karnataka
A. Renewable resources
B. Jharkhand
B. Reserve
C. Madhya Pradesh
C. Community resources
D. Orissa
D. Non-renewable resources
32. Which of the following geological structure
26. State governments have authority to of India is devoid of minerals of economic
make rules on subjects of use?
A. Asian concern A. Vast alluvial plain
B. National concern B. Chhota Nagpur plateau region
C. Both of these C. Peninsular plateau
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33. Which one of these are man made resource C. National Mineral Development Corpo-
A. Trees ration (NMDC)

B. Bag D. National Highway Authority of India
(NHAI)
C. Soil
D. Rocks 39. Trees which shed their leaves are in which
forest?
34. India is endowed with a rich variety of
mineral resources due to its varied geolog- A. Evergreen Forests
ical structure, mainly associated to the B. Deciduous forests
part of our country.
C. Tidal forest
A. Himalayan
D. Thorn forests
B. Peninsular
C. North-Eastern 40. Sometimes, natural substances become re-
sources only when their which form has
D. North-Western been changed.
35. What gives a resource its value. A. Duplicate
A. difficulty in finding that resource B. Original
B. Use or utility C. Unwanted
C. Time and technology D. Extra
D. its stock
41. Constitution of a nation contains:
36. Which of the following is the largest coal
A. Rules
field in India?
A. Jharia B. Laws
B. Raniganj C. Both (a) and (b)

C. Bokaro D. None of these
D. Singrauli 42. Who has a role to play in formation of gov-
ernment under Universal Adult Suffrage?
37. Mountain soil is good for growing
A. Fruits A. All adult Indians
B. Rice B. Only males

C. Jowar C. All children
D. Bajra D. None of these
38. In India, systematic surveying, prospect- 43. The impure form of minerals is known as
ing, and exploration for minerals is not
undertaken by which of the following
A. Metallic
agency?
B. Mining
A. Geological Survey of India (GSI)
B. Oil and Natural Gas Commission C. Ore
(ONGC) D. Copper

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44. We find mineral in Gujarat 50. Which one of the following is not a metallic
A. Mica mineral?
A. Iron ore
B. Petroleum
B. Plastic
C. Gold
C. Manganese
D. Copper
D. Bauxite
45. Which things are natural resources
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51. Most of the water we use come from
A. Plants
A. Sea
B. Sun
B. Ocean
C. Minerals
C. Rain
D. All of the above
D. Hills
46. We get Kerosene From
52. What is biomass?
A. Coal
A. energy from the sun
B. Natural Gas
B. energy from water
C. Petroleum
C. energy from wind
D. Sunlight
D. energy from plant and animal waste
47. Which one of the following state has major
53. The south-west plateau region is rich in
oilfields?
which of the following minerals?
A. Bihar
A. Silver
B. Rajasthan B. Mica and Graphite
C. Assam C. Ferrous metals and bauxite
D. Haryana D. Anthracite coal
48. Alternative energy is 54. Which is the richest state in India in terms
A. Generated by natural resources and is of mineral wealth
renewable A. Goa
B. man made B. Maharashtra
C. nonrenewable C. Karnataka
D. gross D. Rajasthan
49. Which soil is formed by the break down of 55. When did the King of Nepal finally take
rocks rich in iron? over as the head of government?
A. Black A. February, 2002
B. Red B. February, 2005
C. Alluvial C. February, 2007
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56. Which of the following regions is not asso- 62. Country’s electricity is based on
ciated with the availability of petroleum? A. coal

A. Assam B. fish
B. Gujarat C. oil
C. Mumbai High
D. none of above
D. Madhya Pradesh
63. Which of the following types of energy is
57. Which of the following natural resources not a renewable resource?
are nonrenewable?
A. wind energy
A. Water
B. nuclear energy
B. Animals
C. solar energy
C. Natural gas
D. geothermal energy
D. Wind
64. A barrier built across the river to save wa-
58. Why are coal, oil, and natural gas classi- ter
fied as nonrenewable resources?
A. Dam
A. They are limitless
B. River
B. They exist in many places on Earth.
C. Soil
C. They are originally from once-living
things. D. Reservoir
D. They take millions of years to form. 65. What kind of role citizens of India play in
electing representatives?
59. Which of the following is not an example
of conventional source of energy? A. Indirect
A. Coal B. No Role
B. Petroleum C. Direct
C. Geo thermal energy D. Submissive
D. Natural gas 66. Which of the following is a disadvantage
60. Minerals are substance of fossil fuels?
A. Gold A. Not easily available
B. Natural B. causes pollution when burned
C. limestone C. only available at certain times
D. none of above D. creates long lasting waste
61. Which of the following fuels leaves a 67. refers to all kinds of birds and animals
residue on burning that are found in the wild
A. LPG A. Forest
B. CNG B. Wildlife
C. Coal C. Natural Resources
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68. Coal often forms where once there was C. they can be found underground
swamps. What characteristic of swamps D. none of above
is important to the formation of coal?
A. High Temperature 74. India is the largest producer of in the
world
B. Abundant Plant Life
A. Coal
C. Frequent Rains
B. Gold
D. Reptile Predators
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C. Petroleum
69. Choose the types of soil D. Mica
A. Black
75. By which time had the nationalist move-
B. Red ment gained momentum?
C. Alluvial A. Beginning of 20th century
D. All of the above B. Middle of 20th century
70. Wind power is an energy source that C. End of 20th century

causes very little pollution. Large modern D. (d) None of these
wind turbines are turned by the wind to
produce electricity. What type of resource 76. Types of forest
is wind power? A. Water forest
A. nonrenewable B. Soil forest
B. recyclable C. Evergreen forest
C. renewable D. Animal forest
D. reusable 77. Geothermal energy uses heat from to
produce electricity.
71. Which of the following is an example of
ferrous minerals? A. the earth
A. Copper B. coal
B. Manganese C. oil
C. Bauxite D. natural gas
D. Gold 78. Rivers which carry water through out the

year
72. In which place do you find Iron
A. Seasonal
A. Odisha
B. Perennial
B. Gujarat
C. Groundwater
C. Himachal Pradesh
D. All the river
D. Kerala
79. The most important Gondwana coal fields
73. Fossil fuels are nonrenewable because of India are located in
A. they are used to produce heat A. Cauvery Valley
B. they take a long time to form B. Damodar Valley

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C. Mahanadi Valley B. Coal

D. Narmada Valley C. Natural Gas

80. uses of forest? D. Sunlight
A. For playing
83. Which mineral is known as black diamond
B. For bathing
A. Gold
C. Provides shelter for wild animals
B. Coal
D. Non of the above
C. Iron Ore
81. How much time it takes for minerals to
form D. Mica
A. Millions of years 84. Coniferous trees are found in which type

B. One year of forest?
C. Thousand years A. Tidal forest
D. Twenty years B. Deciduous forest
82. A fossil Fuel used for producing Electricity C. Evergreen Forests
A. Petroleum D. Mountain forests

8. Agriculture
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8.1 Agriculture and its types
1. Which one of the following is a coarse 5. Which are the two main beverage crops
grain? produced in India?
A. Wheat A. Sugarcane and oil seeds
B. Rice B. Tea and coffee
C. Pulses C. Jowar and Bajra
D. Millets D. none of above
2. almost per cent of our working popu- 6. what is the king of fruits
lation is engaged in agriculture . A. mango
A. 23 B. apple
B. 57 C. banna
C. 75 D. pineapple
D. 30
7. The largest producer and consumer fo the
3. The 1st Green Revolution took place in pulses in the world is
A. 1960s A. Russia
B. 1970s B. India
C. 1980s C. China
D. 1990s D. Japan
4. Spices are grown in Karnataka. 8. Mizoram mainly grows
A. True A. wheat
B. False B. sugarcane
C. May be C. sweet potato

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9. In 2010-11 what percent of the total C. service

work force was employed in agriculture? D. goods

A. 45
15. What type of fishing is done in rivers,
B. 50 ponds and lakes?
C. 52 A. Marine fishing
D. 48 B. Inland Fishing
10. Which is the most popular beverage in in- C. Fresh water fishing
dia D. Bay Fishing
A. Tea
16. In these, which are all raw materials
B. Cofee
A. milk, cotton, tea
C. Cocoa
B. meat, clothes, eggs
D. Clove
C. jute, bags, coffee
11. All of the following are benefits of agricul-
D. none of these
ture EXCEPT:
A. It contributes to the country’s GDP 17. What are Non food crops
B. It provides a country with adequate A. Cotton
food B. Fibre crops
C. It provides employment opportunities C. Rubber
D. It creates pension for farmers D. All
12. Yes or no?Do television and radio provide 18. Meghalay and Nagaland grow fruit
information only for seeds
A. oranges
A. Yes
B. banana
B. No
C. apples
C. Can’t Answer
D. none of above
D. none of above
19. We get tea from .
13. What are the 2 groups of crops grown in
A. Seeds
India?
A. Cash Crops & Food Crops B. Leaves
B. Rabi & Kharif Crops C. Flowers
C. none D. none of above
D. none of above 20. The crops grown with the onset of mon-
soon are crops.
14. People who work in banks, post offices,
telephone offices, restaurants and hospi- A. Kharif
tals provide us with B. Zaid
A. Food C. Rabi
B. Livelihood D. none of above

21. Cropping season form November to May 27. kerala is known as the land of
is called A. tea
A. Kharif B. cocoa
B. Rabi C. jute
C. Zaid D. spices
D. None of those 28. what is raw metirial?
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22. agriculture does not consists: A. any material that satisfy our needs.
A. Fishing B. something that gets spoiled quickly.
C. The basic material from which some-
B. Buissness
thing is made;for example sugarcane is a
C. Forestry raw material and sugar is the product
D. horticulture D. none of above
23. India ranks in the world for fruit pro- 29. In which farming, a single crop grown on
duction large area
A. first A. Intensive subsistence
B. second B. Simple substistence
C. third C. Commercial
D. none of above D. All

30. Which country is the largest exporter of
24. What are millets sugar in the world?
A. Jowar, bajra, ragi A. Jamaica
B. Jowar, bajra, wheat B. Guyana
C. Bajra, jowar, peas C. Brazil
D. none of above D. Canada
25. is mainly obtained from Punjab and 31. Which of the following methods of farming
Haryana enables farmers to grow different crops on
the same land, from time to time?
A. Jute
A. Crop rotation
B. wheat
B. Drip irrigation
C. pulses
C. Crop cultivation
D. none of above
D. Ploughing
26. Fill in the blank:When the crops are ripe, 32. How much of the Indian population depend
the farmer them. on agriculture?
A. Irrigate A. 80%
B. Sow B. 70%
C. Harvest C. 75%
D. Grow D. 60%

33. Agriculture is one of the most important 39. Cotton is grown in

in the world. A. Bihar

A. Common activity B. Karnataka
B. Favorable activity C. Maharashtra
C. Economic activity
D. none of above
D. General activity
40. In which century the Green revolution was
34. Which state is the chief producer of spices made?
in India?
A. Mid 40th century
A. Karnataka
B. Mid 26th century
B. Kerala
C. Mid 20th century
C. Bihar
D. Mid 30th century
D. none of above
41. Fill in the Blank:Famers used or
35. Land Preparation → Seed Sowing →? to help plant grow.
Harvesting ← Fertilizing ← Crop Growth
What will replace the? mark A. Animal Manure or Compost
A. Ploughing B. Animal Compost or Seeds
B. Green Revolution C. Animal Seeds or Manure
C. Irrigation D. Animal Livestock or Compost
D. Manure 42. Which of the following is a technical re-
form under the new agriculture strategy
36. Name the fruits in India that have a de-
in agriculture in India?
mand world over.
A. Regulation of rent
A. Chickoo
B. Banana B. Consolidation of holdings
C. Grapes C. Ceiling on land holdings
D. Jack fruit D. Use of chemical fertilizers
37. the other name of jaggery 43. The first completely organic state of India.
A. gur A. Maharashtra
B. arci B. Sikkim
C. thali C. Karnataka
D. sapadu D. none of above
38. Second most important cereal crop of India 44. Which of the following is the main source
of cooking oil?
A. Wheat A. spices
B. Rice B. millets
C. Maize C. pulses
D. Bajra D. Oilseeds

45. Millets are seeds. 51. People in the factory turn raw materials
into
A. Dry
A. Processed items
B. Editable
B. Usable goods
C. Harmful
C. Manufactured goods
D. Healthy
D. none of these
46. What is the staple food crop of sothern in-
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52. From where rubber is produced?
dia?
A. Leaves
A. sugar cane
B. Roots
B. rice
C. Trunks
C. wheat
D. fruits
D. maize
53. This is a winter crop
47. revolution helped the farmers. A. millet
A. Red B. wheat
B. Yellow C. maize
C. Blue D. mustard
D. Green 54. Who announced the introduction of
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Youjana?
48. Pulses are rich in
A. Narendra Modi
A. carbohydrates
B. Dr. Manmohan Singh
B. vitamins
C. Atal Bihari Vajapayee
C. proteins
D. I. K. Gujral
D. none of above
55. By doing this work, people earn a living.
49. Which country is the 2nd largest producer These works are are called
of tea in the world? A. Agriculture
A. India B. Occupation
B. Malaysia C. Service jobs
C. China D. none of these
D. Japan 56. what is pesticide?
50. is called the ‘king of fibres.’ A. a substance sprayed on crops to keep
the insects away.
A. coffee
B. to keep people away.
B. millets
C. a natural fertilizer
C. cotton
D. a substance sprayed on crops to keep
D. jute animals and insects away.

57. Full form of HYV seeds is 63. Where does cotton grows and in which cli-
A. Heavy yeild variety mate?

B. Higher yield variety A. Green soil
C. High yielding variety B. Black soil
D. High yield value C. Brown soil
D. none of above
58. Simple substistence farming means
A. Cultivation on small patches 64. Jagraj Singh is a farmer living in Bikaner,
B. Podu cultivation Rajasthan .
C. Shifting cultivation A. millets, pulses and wheat

D. All the above B. rice
C. fruits
59. is the staple diet of people in the north
and north-west of India D. coffee
A. rice 65. Life stocks are brought up on farms for
B. wheat
A. Domastic purpose
C. maize
B. Eating purpose
D. barley
C. Commercial purpose
60. Plants grown for decorative purpose are D. none of above
known as
A. Flowering Plants 66. The Government of India announced a Na-
tional Agriculture Policy on
B. Ornamental Plants
A. January 28, 2000
C. Cultivating Plants
B. June 10, 2010
D. none of above
C. July 28, 2000
61. Which is the chief and most popular bever-
age in India? D. July 28, 2020
A. Coffee 67. The full form of HYV seeds is

B. Tea A. Hygh yelding varity seeds
C. Cocoa B. High yeilding variety seeds
D. none of above C. High yielding variety seeds
62. Consolidation of holdings refers to: D. Hyigh yielding variety seeds
A. conservation of scattered into a uni-
68. Where is Indian agriculture today?
fied holding
A. successful
B. take over of small holdings by the gov-
ernment B. profitable
C. provision of inputs for higher output C. cross roads
D. all of these D. none of these

69. Which of the following describes a funda- C. ‘Personal Security’

mental characteristic of the Green Revolu- D. ‘Overall Security’
tion?
A. The application of higher levels of or- 74. What is agriculture?
ganic fertilizers. A. to eat crops
B. The addition of calorie, fat, and fiber B. means the cultivation of land to pro-
content to food labels. duce crops
C. to cut trees and plants
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C. The development of new strains of
crops with higher yields. D. none of above
D. Deforestation to provide crops with ad-
75. Monsoon crops is also known as
ditional sunlight.
A. Rabi crops
70. The Kharif crop is grown in the month of
B. Kharif crops
C. None of these
A. March and harvested in July.
D. none of above
B. July and harvested in September or Oc-
tober . 76. Which of the following is NOT a key com-
C. October and harvested in December. ponent of organic agriculture?
D. None of these A. Using genetically modified seeds.
B. Applying manure as fertilizer.
71. cotton is used to make:
C. Integrated Pest Management
A. clothes
D. Crop Rotation
B. cloth
C. both of these 77. Millets are grown in soil of quality.
D. none of these A. Good

B. Bad
72. True or False:Organic Farming used bad
C. Poor
fertilizers and chemicals.
D. none of above
A. False
B. True 78. Which agriculture is employment generat-
ing agriculture?
C. Neither True or False
A. Commercial
D. none of above
B. Plantation
73. According to a currently accepted defini-
C. Intensive Subsistence
tion (FAO 2000), is achieved when it is
ensured that “all people, at all times, have D. Primitive Subsistence
physical, social and economic access to 79. Millets are also called .
sufficient, safe and nutritious food which
meets their dietary needs and food prefer- A. Dry crops
ences for an active and healthy life”. B. Green crops
A. ‘National Security’ C. All of the above
B. ‘Food Security’ D. None of the above

80. Cash crops in India 86. Which of the folloiwng types of agriculture
is done in densely populated areas
A. cotton

A. Intensive subsistence farming
B. jute
B. Primitive Subsistence Farming
C. sugarcane
C. Plantation Agriculture
D. all of the above
D. Commercial Agriculture
81. Pulses are a major source of
87. which state is the land of spices
A. Vitamins
A. kerla
B. Minerals
B. tamil nadu
C. Proteins
C. assam
D. Iron
D. goa
82. india largerst producer of what
88. Which type of crop jute is?
A. jute
A. food crops
B. cotton
B. cash crops
C. apples
C. both (1) and (2)
D. potato
D. none these
83. Which of the following country is a second
largest producer of rice? 89. Which is called the golden fibre?
A. USA A. Cotton
B. China B. Jute
C. Russia C. Silk
D. India D. none of above
84. The root cause of food insecurity is 90. How many types of farming
A. poverty A. 1
B. climate change B. 2
C. corruption C. 5
D. salinization of soil D. 3
85. are the main crops in Peninsular India 91. Which of the following is a fibre crop?
A. maize A. Rice
B. millets B. Wheat
C. barley C. Jute
D. rice D. Sugarcane

92. Coffee is a beverage grown in 98. Cultivating of flowering plants is known

as
A. Maharashtra
A. Agriculture
B. Karnataka
B. Horticulture
C. Gujarat
C. Floriculture
93. What are Aus, Aman and Boro 99. this country is the 2nd largest producer of
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A. Crops of rice rice
A. china
B. Crops of wheat
B. japan
C. Crops of maize
C. india
D. Crops of millet
D. morocco
94. Which type of crop is sown in winters and 100. India is ranked as the largest ex-
harvested in summers? porter of agricultural products.
A. Rabi Crops A. 3rd
B. Kharif Crops B. 1st
C. Both C. 5th
D. None D. none of above
101. In which of the following crop production
95. is called the Golden Fiber. India rank first in the world?
A. Cotton A. Oil Seeds
B. Jute B. Wheat
C. Silk C. Rice
D. none of above D. All of these
102. The crops grown for sale are
96. Which of the following crop is rich in pro-
tein? A. Cash Crops
A. Millets B. Food Crops

C. Life Crops
B. Pulses
D. none of above
C. Jowar
103. Since farming addresses soil health,
D. Seasmum
human health and environmental health
97. is the most popular beverage in India. and is eco-friendly, it appears to be one
of the options for sustainability.
A. Coffee
A. multiple cropping
B. Tea B. organic
C. Cocoa C. intensive
D. none of above D. extensive

104. almost how many percent of our working B. False

population qis engaged in agriculture coun- C. Can’t Answer
try

D. none of above
A. 20%
109. What are the to types of crops?
B. 75%
A. Food crops and Industrial Crops
C. 34%
B. Food Crops and Sale Crops
D. 60%
C. Cash Crops and Food Crops
105. Identify the correct statement D. Cold Crops and Food Corps
A. Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat are the 110. Delicacy of India
leading producer of cotton in India as they
have Red Soil which is good for growth of A. Apple
cotton crops. B. Banana
B. Gujarat and Maharashtra are leading C. Mango
producer of cotton in India as they have D. none of above
Black Soil which is good for growth of cot-
ton crops. 111. Which of these is not a Rabi crop?
C. Gujarat and Kerala are the leading pro- A. Wheat
ducer of cotton in India as they have Li- B. Barley
terite Soil which is good for growth of cot- C. maize
ton crops.
D. none of above
D. none of above
112. Which of the following is the largest pro-
106. Agriculture is the primary source of liveli- ducer of Groundnut?
hood for about per cent of India’s pop- A. Karnataka
ulation.
B. Gujarat
A. 48-50
C. Assam
B. 58-60
D. Andhra Pradesh
C. 50
113. What is Cultivation of land called?
D. 70
A. Raining
107. Where is sugar cane grown? B. Agriculture
A. Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala C. Horticulture
B. Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil D. Growing
Nadu
114. Which agricultural season in India be-
C. Punjab, Maharashtra, Madhya gins in June/July and ends in Octo-
Pradesh ber/November?
D. Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar A. Kharif
108. True or False:Manure or Compost are nat- B. Rabi
ural chemicals. C. None of these
A. True D. none of above

115. Which crop is called the ‘GOLDEN FIBRE’? 121. True or False:Many people feel that or-
ganic farming is worse for health.
A. Jute
A. True
B. Coffee
B. False
C. Cotton
C. Can’t Answer
D. Rubber
D. Neither True or False
116. is called the King of Fiber.
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122. The full form of MSP is
A. Jute
A. Maximum support price
B. Silk
B. Minimum support price
C. Cotton
C. Multiple support price
D. none of above
D. Maximum special price
117. between 1960 and 1983 india food pro-
duction increased how many times 123. Which state is the chief producer of
spices?
A. 2 times
A. Karnataka
B. 5 times
B. Kerala
C. 3 times
C. Bihar
D. 6 times
D. Thamilnadu
118. Goa is mainly known for
124. which crop is most important to india
A. cashewnuts
A. rice
B. spices B. wheat
C. rice C. barley
D. none of above D. maizw
119. Agrarian reforms refer to 125. Which of these is not a measure to im-
A. technical reforms in agriculture prove the conditions of farmers?
B. land reforms in agriculture A. decreasing subsidy
C. both (a) and (b) B. providing MSP
D. neither (a) nor (b) C. PIAS
D. weather forecast
120. Crops that are grown for sale are called
126. Apples and saffron are mainly grown in
A. food crops A. punjab
B. cotton B. Hrayana
C. cash crops C. Jammu and kashmir

127. Jute is also called the . 133. How many types of crops found in India?
A. Golden Fiber A. 3

B. Yellow Fiber B. 2
C. Black Fiber C. 4
128. What is sugar cane processed to make? 134. are also known as coarse grains.
A. Sugar A. Millets
B. Paper B. Wheat
C. Jaggery C. rice
D. Bamboo D. none of above
129. What do farmers in villages do?1. Grow 135. Which is not an example of Kharif Crops?
crops2. Help the family members3. Do- A. Rice
mesticate animals4. Trade goods
B. Jute
A. 1 & 2
C. Wheat
B. only 3
D. Maze
C. 1 & 3
D. All of these 136. is the staple food of most Indians
A. rice
130. Cotton is mainly grown in soil
B. wheat
A. red
C. barley
B. laterite
D. maize
C. black
D. none of above 137. The Government of India announced a Na-
tional National Agriculture Policy aims for
131. is a method used to control the growth rate in excess of per annum in
wastage of water while farming. the agriculture sector with required struc-
A. Crop rotation tural changes and reforms.
B. Drip rotation A. 1%
C. Drip irrigation B. 2%
D. Crop irrigation C. 3%
D. 4%
132. Which state was the harbinger of the
Green Revolution in India? 138. What are cropping seasons
A. Punjab A. Rabi
B. Uttar Pradesh B. Kharif
C. Madhya Pradesh C. Zaid
D. Himachal Pradesh D. All the above

139. Important food, crops grown in India 145. Is cotton a Rabi crop?
are? A. Yes
A. Rice B. No
B. Cotton C. May be
C. Suger cane D. none of above
D. Oil seeds
146. This crop needs 210 frost-free days.
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140. Which type of crop is sown in summers A. jute
and harvested in winters?
B. cotton
A. Rabi Crops
C. hemp
B. Kharif Crops
D. rubber
C. Both the above
D. None of the above 147. is known as the Father Of India’s
Green Revolution.
141. Land reforms was the main focus of A. Lal Bahadur Shastri
A. First Five year plan B. Gandhi ji
B. Second Five year plan C. MS Swaminathan
C. Third Five year plan D. none of above
D. Fourth Five year plan
148. Which type of agriculture is suitable for
142. Tea is grown in India and the UAE?
A. Kerala A. Nomadic Herding
B. Assam B. Shifting Cultivation.
C. Gujarat C. Mediterranean Agriculture.
D. none of above D. Plantation Agriculture
143. The Green Revolution took place in 149. The green revolution was launched in In-
A. 1960s dia in
B. 1970s A. 1960
C. 1980s B. 1947
D. 1990s C. 1950
D. none of above
144. What name is given to the soil conserva-
tion technique used on steep slopes? 150. which of these in not a rabi crop
A. Terrain Cultivation A. wheat
B. Crop Rotation/ Shifting B. barley
C. Terracing C. maize
D. Soil Creep D. oilseed

151. Kerala is the chief producer of C. Weedicides

A. Pulses D. Artificial Manure

B. Millets
157. The Objective/s of India’s Food Security
C. Spices System is, are:
D. none of above A. Provision of minimum nutritional sup-
port to the poor through subsidized food-
152. Answer the following:Which Revolution
grains.
was invented in the mid 20th century?
A. The revolution that could produce less B. Ensuring price stability in different
food per crop States.
B. The revolution that could produce C. Both of these

more food but not per crop. D. None of these
C. The revolution that could produce no
crop only. 158. Which country is the leading producer of
rice?
D. The revolution that could produce
more food per crop. A. Japan
B. India
153. Assam is known mainly for growing
C. Sri Lanka
A. coffee
B. tea D. China
C. rice 159. Jowar, bajra and ragi are called

D. none of above A. millets
154. jute is called what B. cereals
A. golden fibre C. pulses
B. diamond fibre D. none of above
C. crystal fibre
160. Horticulture is a practice of growing
D. none of above
A. Flowers and Rice
155. wheat is a crop. B. Fruits and grains
A. food crop
C. Flowers, Fruits and Vegetables
B. cash crop
D. Cereals and Fruits
C. agriculture
D. raw metirials 161. True or False:Organic Farming was a tra-
ditional method.
156. Which of the following chemicals is used A. True
by farmers to protect their crops from
pests? B. False
A. Pesticides C. Neither True or False
B. Fertilisers D. none of above

162. Wheat and barley are examples of . 168. Tinu’s father had used the help of a buf-
A. Kharif falo to plough. What is this process called
B. Rabi
A. Helping
C. Zaid
D. none of above B. Ploughing
C. Agriculture
163. We get coffee from .
D. Domestication.
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A. Seeds
B. Leaves 169. Which of the following is an institutional
C. Flowers reform under the new agriculture strategy
in agriculture in India
D. none of above
A. Expansion of irrigation facilities
164. Rice is a crop.
B. Ceiling on land holdings
A. Food Crop
B. Cash crop C. Use of HYV seeds
C. None of these D. Mechanised means of cultivation
D. none of above 170. While per capita net availability of food-
165. Ramu’s house is in Haryana. He invited grains including that of has increased,
his friends to his house to have food, while that of has declined which may have
they came to play. His friends were very adversely affected the protein intake.
delighted to see all the different types of A. cereals; milk
foods made of because their state pro-
duces a lot of B. pulses; cereals
A. Grains C. cereals; pulses
B. Rice D. milk; cereals
C. Wheat
171. How much land did Shri Ram Chandra
D. Maize Reddy offer to the land-less villagers?
166. sugarcane is grow in . A. 100 acres
A. Arunachal pradesh B. 88 acres
B. West bengal C. 80 acres
C. Rajasthan
D. 90 acres
D. Maharashtra
172. What is the ideal climate for growing sug-
167. Which country is believed to be the origi-
arcane?
nal home of the cotton plant?
A. Dry
A. India
B. China B. Hot and dry
C. Bhutan C. Wet and cold
D. Japan D. Hot and moist

8.2 Cropping Seasons 269
173. Which is an example of Cash crops 178. is the word’s largest producer of tea.
A. Wheat A. India

B. Jute B. china
C. Millet C. sri lanka
D. Rice D. iran
174. is known as the milk man of India.
179. Name the crop confined to the three
A. Subhash Chandra Bose states of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil
B. MS Swaminathan Nadu.
C. Verghese Kurien A. Tea
D. none of above B. Coffee
175. Name the crop that grows well in both C. Rubber

tropical and sub-tropical climate. D. Horticulture crops
A. wheat
180. What are food crops
B. pulses
A. Sugarcane
C. sugarcane
B. Rubber
D. maize
C. Cotton
176. of indians are engaged in farming.
D. none of above
A. 1/3
B. 1/4 181. Agriculture is the main occupation for
C. 2/3 A. Forest people

D. 3/4 B. Farmers
C. Villages
177. The Government had constituted Na-
tional Commission on Farmers in un- D. Towns
der the chairmanship of Dr. M.S. Swami-
nathan. 182. Coffee and cocoa are grown in .
A. 2000 A. Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu
B. 2004 B. Kerala and Uttarakhand
C. 2006 C. Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh
8.2 Cropping Seasons

1. Which of the following is not a rice- C. Gujarat
producing state? D. Maharashtra
A. Assam
2. The crops that are grown in the winter sea-
B. Uttat Pradesh son and harvested in the spring are called

8.3 Major crop 270
6. The Rabi crops are sown in which months?

A. Kharif Crops A. January-March
B. Zaid crops B. October-April
C. Food Crops C. November-April
D. None of these D. December-May
3. The Rabi Crops are grown in the sea- 7. The Kharif Crops are grown in the sea-
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son and harvested in the season. son?
A. Summer, Winter A. Winter
B. Autumn, Summer B. Summer
C. Spring, Summer C. Monsoon

D. Spring
D. Winter, Spring
8. The Kharif Crops are sown in which
4. The Zaid Crops are sown in which months?
months?
A. March-June A. October-November
B. April-July B. September-October
C. March-July C. September-November
D. February-June D. August-November
5. The crops which are grown in the monsoon 9. The Zaid Crops are grown between the
season are known as and crops
A. Rabi Crops A. Cash, Food
B. Zaid Crops B. Food, Rabi
C. Kharif Crops C. Kharif, Cash
D. None of these D. Rabi, Kharif
8.3 Major crop

1. Which is the main food crop of the north C. Pulses
and north eastern? D. Oilseeds
A. Rice
3. The crops that are are grown primarily to
B. Wheat
provide food to people.
C. Maize
A. cash crops
D. Sugarcane
B. food crops
2. Which of the following crops is a major
C. pulses
source of protein in a vegetarian diet?
D. millets
A. Wheat
B. Rice 4. The main food crop of Rabi season is:

8.3 Major crop 271
A. Wheat B. 21 degrees-40 degrees, Sandy

B. Rice C. 35 degrees-45 degrees, Loamy

C. Maize D. None of these
D. none of above
10. What is rank of India in Rice Production?
5. What are the examples of millets? A. 1
A. Bajra B. 2
B. Ragi C. 3
C. Jawar D. None of these
D. All of these
11. Important non-food crops of our country
6. Rabi crops are: are:
A. sown in winter and harvested in sum- A. Tea and coffee
mer
B. Millets and pulses
B. sown during rainy season and har-
C. Cotton and jute
vested in winter
C. sown in summer and harvested in win-
ter 12. Millets are also known as
D. None of the above A. leguminous crops
7. Which one of the following is not true for B. Zaid crops
pulses?
C. Coarse grains
A. Pulses are grown in both rabi and
D. Regur crops
kharif season
B. Pulses are leguminous crops 13. Which is the right condition for the growth
C. They are grown in rotation with other of maize?
crops A. Temperature between 21 ◦ C to 27◦ C
D. Pulses require intensive irrigation fa- and old alluvial soil
cilities B. Temperature below 17◦ C and shallow
black soil
8. The two main wheat growing regions are:
C. Temperature of 25◦ C and 200 cm of
A. North-eastern part and eastern- rainfall
coastal plains
B. Deccan plateau and Konkan coast
C. The Ganga-Sutlej plains and the black 14. The three major cropping seasons of India
soil region of Deccan are:
D. None of the above. A. Aus, Aman and Boro
B. Rabi, Kharif and Zaid
9. Maize needs temperature and soil?
A. 21 degrees-27 degrees, old alluvial C. Baisakh, Paus and Chait
soil D. None of the above

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15. Which State is the largest producer of ba- 17. Agriculture is best defined as
jra? A. the hunting and gathering
A. Rajasthan B. the altering genetic material of plants
B. Maharashtra C. the cultivation of plants/domesticating
C. Gujarat animals
D. Haryana D. using technology to increase produc-

tion
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16. The main food crop of Kharif season is: 18. Wheat requires annual rainfall between:
A. Mustard A. about 200 cm
B. Pulses B. 50 and 75 cm
C. Rice C. less than 20 cm
D. Wheat D. 200 and 300 cm
8.4 Irrigation India

1. river basin has the highest ground wa- field capacity is 30% and permanent wilt-
ter potential ing point is 10%?
A. Ganga A. 300 mm
B. Godavari B. 150 mm
C. Narmada C. 250 mm
D. Brahmaputra D. 30mm
2. Water demand is high where? 5. During what age the falaj system was
found?
A. Crops is more
A. during the incense age
B. land availability is more
B. during the iron age
C. Both 1&2
C. during the money century
D. none of these
D. none of above
3. Irrigation means
6. The irrigation system was controlled so
A. growing new plants in the desert. that water was used for people first then?
B. using the date palm trees to build A. cattle raring
houses.
B. farming
C. putting water on to dry land so that
crops will grow well. C. villagers
D. none of above D. president
4. What is the moisture depth available for 7. In india rainfall is limited to how many
evapotranspiration in root zone of 1m months of a year?
depth soil, if dry weight of soil is 1.5 g/cc, A. 4

B. 3 13. Agriculture and sheep rearing are also

practised on the
C. 2

A. southwestern
D. 5
B. eastern
8. The most common method among surface C. northern
methods of irrigation
D. none of above
A. Flooding
14. Plants nearly contain % water?
B. Check basin
A. 90
C. Basin
B. 70
D. All
C. 99
9. The farmer digs trenches, or furrows, D. 66.6
along the crop rows and fills them with
water, which seeps into the ground and 15. In which part of India there is insufficient
provides moisture to plant roots. amount of rainfall production & drought?
A. flood irrigation A. South western India
B. spray irrigation B. North western India & Deccan plateau
C. drip irrigation C. only northern part of India

D. only eastern part of India
D. furrow irrigation
16. Approximately one third of freshwater is
10. Droughts occur due to the scarcity of used for agriculture in
A. Seasonal rainfall A. United States
B. Continues rainfall B. China
C. Irregular distribution of rain C. India
D. Scanty rainfall D. Pakistan
11. Traditional irrigation systems are-? 17. The temperature varies from 5*C in sum-
mers to
A. Cheap and efficient
A. 21*
B. Expensive and efficient
B. 23*
C. Cheap but less efficient
C. 100*
D. Expensive and less efficient
D. 20*
12. Watering of plants through artificial 18. River lift system depends upon
means
A. Natural flow of water, like river and
A. Soil conservation pond.
B. Irrigation B. Dams
C. Soil erosion C. Pumps
D. none of above D. All of the above

19. and are the important cities C. 66.67%

A. ssisat and illisut D. 50%
B. india and dubai
25. Which of the following is not a traditional
C. ohio and gujrat irrigation system?
D. nothing
A. Persian wheel
20. Corrugation is a type of irrigation B. Chain pump
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A. Surface C. Sprinkler system
B. Sub surface D. Dhekli
C. Furrow
D. None 26. The most expensive but most efficient
method of irrigation is
21. How much amount of water is consumed A. Sprinkler
for irrigation in Tamil Nadu?
B. surface
A. 86.6
C. Drip
B. 66.5
C. 58.21 D. Basin
D. 54.7 27. How much percentage of irrigated areas

depend upon canals?
22. Flooding water underground and allowing
it to come up by capillarity to crop roots. A. 50 %
A. Sprinkler B. 20 %
B. Surface C. 40 %
C. Drip D. 90 %
D. Sub-Surface
28. Which of the following is not a source of
23. Just flooding water-90% of the irrigated irrigation?
areas in the world are be this method.
A. Pond
A. Sprinkler
B. Dams
B. Surface
C. Rivers
C. Drip
D. Sub-Surface D. Ocean
24. m3 /s of water is diverted to a 32 hectare 29. Plants are watered in individual pots
field for 4 hours. Soil probing after irriga- through
tion showed that 0.3 m of water had been A. spray stakes
stored in the root zone. Water application
efficiency in this case would be B. surface irrgation
A. 33.37% C. side-roll systems
B. 100% D. tube watering system

30. Which of the following is not a disadvan- 36. is a manmade waterway that allows
tage of pulley system? water to flow

A. It is very expensive A. POND
B. It is time consuming B. CANAL
C. It is less efficient C. SPRING
D. All of the above D. WELL
31. The southwestern coast of Greenland is 37. sprinkler irrigation is used in soils
A. warmer than the rest of it A. Sandy soils
B. colder than the rest of it B. Red soils
C. hotter than the rest of it C. Black soils
D. pleasent than the rest of it D. Clayey soils
32. Which is the most sustainable irrigation 38. What does NPK stand for?
system till date?
A. Nutrients, Pancakes, Kittens
A. Sprinkler system
B. Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium
B. Drip irrigation system
C. Nitrogen, Potassium, Phosphorus
C. Moat
D. none of above
D. Dhekli
39. What is the most accurate description of
33. Greenland is situated towards the north-
Rahat?
east in?
A. pulley system
A. Denmark
B. Baffin bay B. drop by drop
C. Davis strait C. lever system
D. canada D. rain effect
34. What has made irrigation possible in high 40. The irrigation system that adds water by
level areas? flooding furrows is
A. canals A. surface
B. sprinkler system B. subirrigation
C. river lift system C. sprinkler
D. drip system D. trickle
35. One of the advantages for irrigation is: 41. The loss of water from a plant through the
leaves is called
A. crops grow quickly
A. turgidity
B. water evaporates quickly
C. a layer of salt may form on the surface B. transpiration
of the soil can be toxic to plants C. percolation
D. none of above D. irrigation

42. Fishing is the major industry of? 48. The process of water entry into the soil
A. denkmark through soil surface and vertically down-
ward is called
B. grasslands
A. Infilteration
C. geenland B. Percolation
D. greenland C. Seepage
43. Sub irrigation is used in areas with D. hydraulic conductivity
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A. High water table 49. What is the other name for Flood Irriga-
tion?
B. Flat terrain
A. Flow Irrigation
C. Low water able
B. Lift irrigation
D. Sloping terrain
C. Surface irrigation
44. The movement of water through the soil is D. Uncontrolled irrigation
called
50. Applying water under pressure.
A. percolation
A. Sprinkler
B. soil tension B. Surface
C. footprinting C. Drip
D. transpiration D. Sub-Surface
45. Tanks use up large areas of 51. Which the most efficient traditional irriga-
tion method to irrigate the uneven land for
A. water
agriculture?
B. air A. Drip irrigation system
C. land B. Sprinkler system
D. none of these C. Chain pump
46. Which body of water does the early Egyp- D. Dhekli

tian used to water their plants? 52. Which type of irrigation avoids the
A. Red Sea wastage of water?
B. Nile River A. Sprinkler or Spray irrigation
B. Drip irrigation
C. Mediterranean Sea
C. Flood or Furrow irrigation
D. Caspian Sea
D. none of above
47. Almost percent of Greenland remains cov-
53. Which type of irrigation sends water to
ered with
the root zone of plants?
A. snow A. drip
B. ice B. pop-up heads
C. cold wind C. side-roll watering
D. mountains D. transpiration

54. Flooding an entire field with water and let- 59. The irrigation system that transports most
ting the water soak in evenly. water is

A. drip irrigation A. the Tractor-powered system.
B. flood irrigation B. the shaduf
C. furrow irrigation C. the Archimedes screw

D. none of above
D. spray irrigation
60. Where is sprinkler irrigation popular?
55. Cheap and popular irrigation in India
A. deserts
A. Well
B. vegetable gardens, crops, lawns, golf
B. Tank courses
C. Canal C. organic hydroponics
D. none of above D. blueberry farms
56. Water is pumped from a well into an appa- 61. What happens in drip irrigation
ratus that contains a series of spray noz- A. Water falls drop by drop on roots
zles that spray water across the field, like B. Water is sprinkled on Crops
giant lawn sprinklers.
C. Water is drawn from lakes
A. flood irrigation
D. All of the above
B. spray irrigation
62. What is the best definition for irrigation?
C. drip irrigation
A. Growing high-yield crops
D. furrow irrigation
B. All of the water used by a consumer
57. The average rainfall of India has been es- C. Diverting water from a natural source
timated to be to farm in a place that typically doesn’t
A. 1394 mm have enough water.
D. Modern farming
B. 1094 mm
C. 1194 mm 63. The summers are short and cool, while the
winters are long and?
D. 1294 mm
A. severly hot
58. If discharge required for different crops is B. severly cold
0.4 cumec in the field and capacity factor C. Severly warm
and time factors are 0.8 and 0.5 respec-
tively, then what is the design discharge D. severly pleasent
of distributary at its head?
64. Waterlogging means
A. 0.5 cumec A. contains less water
B. 1 cumec B. contains too much water
C. 0.8 cumec C. taking water away from an area
D. 0.1 cumec D. adding water to the fields

65. In a canal irrigation project, 76% of CCA 70. Water tank is a container used for
remained without water during Kharif sea- A. Distributing water
son and 58% of CCA remained without
water during rabi season in a particular B. Storing water
year. Rest of the areas got irrigated in C. Accumilating water
each crop respectively. What is the inten- D. Disposing water
sity of irrigation for project in the year?
71. Uses a slowly dripping hose that is either
A. 22 %
laid on the ground or buried beneath the
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B. 42% soil.
C. 66% A. furrow irrigation
D. 134% B. spray irrigation
C. drip irrigation
66. Peak use is the maximum amount of water
D. flood irrigation
needed for
A. one day 72. What’s the largest use of water world-
wide?
B. the season
A. Toilets
C. the year B. Consuming
D. none of these C. Agriculture
67. A chain pump contains of wheels? D. Washing Dishes
A. 4 73. Sprinkler system is the best for which type

of soil?
B. 2
A. Peat soil
C. 3
B. Sandy soil
D. 1 C. Loam soil
68. Which of these systems gives the effect of D. Chalk soil
rain 74. In drip irrigation system, water falls just
A. Drip irrigation system at the position of
B. Sprinkler system A. Stem
C. Rahat B. leaves
C. Flowers
D. Chain pump
D. root
69. Very cold and strong wind blows, and pre-
75. The amount of water that plant roots can
cipitation is usually in the form of?
absorb is called
A. wind
A. field moisture capacity
B. air B. irrigation
C. snow C. available water
D. ice D. unavailable water

76. A canal was designed to supply irrigation 78. The frequency of watering is higher in
needs of 1000 hectare of land drawing which season?
rice of 140 days base period and having

A. Winter
a delta of 130 cm. If canal water is used
to irrigate wheat of base period 119 days B. Autumn
and having a delta of 50cm, the area that C. Summer
can be irrigated is D. Rainy season
A. 1200 ha
79. Hydroponic agriculture is
B. 2210 ha
A. the cultivation of crop plants under
C. 3220 ha greenhouse conditions with soil.
D. 2500 ha B. the cultivation of crop plants in fields
with their root immersed in a nutrient-rich
77. Water bearing strata are used in Dug wells solution, but no soil.
A. for collecting water from well C. growing plants in space.
B. for making holes in the wells D. the cultivation of crop plants under
greenhouse conditions with their root im-
C. Both a and b
mersed in a nutrient-rich solution, but no
D. none of these soil.

9. Mineral and Energy Resources In
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India
9.1 Minerals
1. tea, coffee and rubber grow well In this C. Malachite Ore
soil D. Sphalerite Ore
A. Laterite soil
5. Lignite coal is mined from in Tamil
B. Mountain soil Nadu.
C. Black soil A. Kalpakam
D. Alluvial soil B. Tuticorin
2. Hazaribagh in Jharkhand is important for C. Neyvali
which of the following Minerals? D. Kaiga
A. Copper
6. is the ore of Aluminium.
B. Bauxite
A. Iron
C. Mica
B. Mineral oil
D. Manganese
C. Bauxite
3. Largest Uranium deposits in India D. Coal
A. Monazite sand
7. Extraction of minerals is carried out by the
B. The manesture mines process of
C. The Bherak deposits A. Weathering
D. Zawar mines B. Clearing forests
4. What is the main source of aluminium ex- C. Clearing land

tracted globally? D. Mining
A. Galena Ore 8. Minerals found near earth’s surface are
B. Bauxite Ore taken out by the process of

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A. quarrying 14. Assertion(A):Minerals are a non renew-

able resourceReason(R):It is necessary to
B. drilling
reduce wastage in the process of mining.

C. digging
A. Both A and R are true and R is the cor-
D. weathering rect explanation of A
B. Both A and R are true but R is not the
9. Arguably the most useful mineral:
correct explanation of A
A. Silver C. A is true but R is false
B. Bauxite D. A is false but R is true
C. Cobalt
15. Which place has the least amount of min-
D. Copper erals
A. Bihar
10. haematite is the name for
B. Russia
A. Zinc Oxide
C. Odisha
B. Iron ore
C. Calcium carbonate
16. WHERE IS PETROLEUM SEND TO OBTAIN
D. silver ore
DIESEL?
11. Which of the following is a ferrous min- A. HOUSES
eral? B. REFINERIES
A. Manganese C. SHOPS
B. Copper D. MALLS
C. Bauxite 17. Which state is the leading producer of
D. Mica Manganese in India
A. Madhya Pradesh
12. Shale is often used to make kitchen coun-
ters and bathroom tiles B. Maharashtra
C. Odisha
A. True
D. Andhra Pradesh
B. a little
C. Obviously 18. Identify the mineral which is mixed with
gold to provide strength to jewellery.
D. False
A. Copper
13. The only coal reserve of south India is B. Bauxite
found in C. Mica
A. Bhadravati D. Manganese
B. Shimoga
19. India has the largest reserves of man-
C. Mysore ganese in he word.
D. Neyveli A. second

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B. third 25. Which type of coal is the highest quality

C. fourth hard coal?
D. none of above A. Lignite

B. Bituminous
20. Natural, non-living substances that make
up rocks. C. Metallurgical
A. minerals D. Anthracite
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B. luster 26. Lignite coal is found in:
C. hardness
A. Jharia
D. ore
B. Neyveli
21. Sandur-Hospet, Baba-Budan Hills, Ku- C. Bokaro
dremukh are regions of iron ore concentra-
tion found in which of the following States D. Raniganj
of India
27. The two type of minerals are and
A. MP
A. Free minerals and to minerals
B. Karnataka
B. petroleum and coal
C. Andhra Pradesh
C. metallic and non-metallic
D. Chhattisgarh.
D. none of above
22. A naturally occurring substance that has a
definite chemical composition is known as 28. is used to make pottery?
a A. sand stone
A. ORE B. tale
B. MINERAL
C. china
C. ROCK
D. none of above
D. SOIL
29. Madhya Pradesh is known for which
23. is the largest producer of diamond power plant?
among all continents.
A. nuclear
A. Asia
B. thermal
B. South America
C. atomic
C. Africa
D. Australia D. all the above
24. is the disadvantage of using hydel 30. Limonite is a coloured iron ore contain-
power. ing about 60% iron
A. easy access A. Reddish
B. cause pollution. B. Orange
C. cevacuation of people C. Yellowish
D. cheap for usage D. Brown

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31. can be found in the Appalachian region 37. Is wood a

of Canada. A. Mineral

A. Silver B. Ore
B. Coal C. Both
C. Diesel D. None
D. Chromium 38. Which of the following statements are
NOT true.(i) The decreasing rate of fos-
32. Maharashtra produces which fibre? sil fuels is leading to its shortage.(ii) The
A. Jute reserves of these fuels will not get ex-
hausted.(iii) The use of these fuels causes
B. Cotton
pollution.
C. Silk A. Both i and iii
D. Coir B. Both ii and iii
33. Ores of contain iron. C. Both i and ii
A. chromite D. none of above
B. gypsum 39. Coal has been categorised in varieties.

C. sandstone A. 4
B. 5
D. marble
C. 2
34. Minerals are obtained by a process called D. none of above
40. Minerals found in are not accessible.
A. Hiking
A. Greenland
B. digging
B. Serbia
C. mining
C. Antarctica
D. none D. Japan
35. One among the following in NOT a non- 41. Which of the following minerals is con-
conventional sources of energy: tained in the Monazite sand?
A. Solar energy A. Oil
B. Wind energy B. Uranium
C. Nuclear power C. Thorium
D. Natural gas D. Coal
42. For which mineral, is Hazaribagh Plateau
36. Mineral fuel is found in:
famous?
A. Sedimentary rocks A. Iron ore
B. Metamorphic rocks B. Copper
C. Igneous rocks C. Mica
D. All of these D. Coal

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43. Electricity from coal is called 49. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS ECO-
FREINDLY?
A. Geothermal Power
A. LPG
B. Natural Gas
B. DIESEL
C. Thermal Power
C. PETROL
D. Wind Energy
D. CNG
44. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre is situated
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in? 50. Largest iron-ore deposits in Asia
A. Mathura A. India
B. China
B. Bengaluru
C. Indonesia
C. Tarapur
D. China and India
D. Kota
51. is the largest producer of bauxite in
45. What is a non renewable energy source. the world.
A. Solar Power A. Africa
B. Wind B. Australia
C. Natural Gas C. North America
D. Tidal D. South America
46. I am a clacium carbonate-non metallic min- 52. Which is one of the deepest gold mine of
eral and I am found in China. Who am I??? the world?
A. mica A. Kolar
B. chinese B. Jharia
C. bauxite C. Raniganj
D. limestone D. Bikaner
47. Largest coal field of India is 53. The mineral iron is primarily used to make
A. Bokaro A. jewelry
B. tools
B. Jharia
C. cement
C. Singhbhumi
D. glass
D. Bailadila
54. Assertion(A):The reserves of fossil fuels
48. Rajasthan is rich in building ? are limited.Reason(R):Fossil Fuels such as
A. Ferrous metals coal, petroleum and natural gas are the
main sources of conventional sources of en-
B. Stones
ergy.
C. Iron ore
D. Bauxite rect explanation of A

9.1 Minerals 285
B. Both A and R are true but R is not the C. Gold

correct explanation of A D. Manganese

C. A is true but R is false
61. Largest producer of Copper in the World
D. A is false but R is true
A. Chile
55. is the largest reserves of oil. B. China
A. Saudi Arabia C. U.S.A.
B. India D. Peru
C. Russia 62. :Which one of the following minerals is
D. none of above formed by decomposition of rocks, leaving
a residual mass of weathered material?
56. Where is the largest solar plant located?
A. coal
A. Nasik
B. bauxite
B. Madhopur
C. gold
C. Kaiga
D. zinc
D. Chandrapur
63. What is a renewable energy source.
57. What can coal be used for?
A. Coal
A. construction B. Solar Power
B. heat and electricity C. Nuclear Power
C. countertops D. Natural Gas
D. making glass
64. Large machinery is used along with a huge
58. One of the following places in India is fa- number of workers .
mous for geo-thermal power plant: A. Cottage Industry
A. Manikaran in Himachal Pradesh B. Small Scale Industry
B. Aravalli Hills in the west C. Large Scale Industry
C. Rourkela in Orissa D. none of above
D. Kalpakam in Tamil Nadu 65. Is gold a mineral
59. The colour of copper rock is A. Mineral
A. Brown B. Ore
B. Grey C. Both
C. Purple D. none of above
D. Blue 66. Where is natural gas mostly found
60. is used in glass making, battries, insec- A. Maharashtra
ticides etc B. Rajasthan
A. Coal C. Assam
B. Uranium D. Kerala

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67. Which country is the major producer of iron 73. Choose one example for ferrous metals
ore? A. carbon
A. Canada B. iron
B. China C. coal
C. India D. diamond
D. South America
74. IS FOUND WITH PETROLEUM DE-
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68. In which place was the first atomic power POSITS.
station started? A. PLANTS
A. Kalpakkam B. NATURAL GAS
B. Tarapur C. BIOGAS
C. Narora D. BURIED SUNSHINE
D. Rana Pratap Sagar
75. Which one of the following mineral is used
69. India Fort is made up of in manufacturing of Aluminum?
A. sandstone A. Iron-ore
B. limestone B. Copper
C. Shale C. Bauxite
D. marble D. Manganese.
70. Laterite soil is mainly found in areas of 76. Where is uranium found the most
Karnataka, Kerala and A. Madhya Pradesh
A. himachal pradesh B. Jharkand
B. Tamil Nadu C. Andhra Pradesh
C. Rajasthan D. Tamil Nadu
D. Deccan plateau
77. Which mineral is used in the manufacturing
71. :Limestone is associated with of aluminium?
A. Sedimentary rock A. Gold
B. Igneous rock B. Silver
C. Metamorphic rock C. Manganese
D. Tertiary rock D. Bauxite
72. On which station out of the following, the 78. Natural gas is used as industrial raw ma-
first atomic station was set up? terial in the industry?
A. Kalpakkam A. Synthetic Textile
B. Narora B. fertilizer
C. RanaPartapSagar C. Fibre
D. Tarapur. D. Petrochemical Industry

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79. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS TRANS- 85. Which power plant is closest to Kakra-
PORTED THROUGH PIPLELINES? para?

A. DIESEL A. Naraura
B. COAL B. Kalpakkam
C. NATURAL GAS C. Tarapur
D. none of above D. Singrauli
80. What are the cells present in solar panels? 86. has ideal condition for producing tidal en-
ergy.
A. Photons
A. Neyveli
B. Protons
B. Tarapur
C. Electrons
C. Gulf of Kuchchh
D. none of above
D. kakkrapar
81. Which of the following is not the classifi-
cation based on Ownership. 87. Which one of the following minerals is NOT
obtained from the veins and lodes?
A. Private sector
A. Tin
B. Public sector
B. Zinc
C. Joint sector
C. Lead
D. Co-orporation sector
D. Gypsum
82. which energy is alternate source of energy
88. Petroleum is referred to as ‘black gold’ be-
for electricity
cause
A. Solar
A. it’is black in colour
B. Wind B. it is yellow in colour
C. Air C. it is valuable
D. Water D. it is used in making jewellery
83. World’s largest tin producer 89. In which state is Kalpakkazn located?
A. China A. Kerala
B. Malaysia B. Karnataka
C. Indonesia C. Tamil Nadu
D. All D. Andhra Pradesh
84. is used to make leads of pencil 90. Rat-hole mining is found in
A. diamond A. Jharkhand
B. granite B. Orissa
C. chalk C. Madhya Pradesh
D. graphite D. Meghalaya

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91. Which is correct about Magnetite iron C. Biotechnology

core? D. Biometerics
A. Magnetite is the most important indus-
trial iron ore in terms of quantity used. 97. Largest Silver producer state in India.
Write its producing percentage also
B. Magnetite has the inferior magnetic
qualities which is not valuable in the elec- A. Karnataka, 70%
tric industry. B. Jharkhand, 80%
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C. It is the finest iron ore with very high C. Rajasthan, 90%
content of iron upto 70%. D. Uttarakhand, 60%
D. It has a slightly lower iron content than
hematite (50-60%) 98. is the largest producer of manganese
ores in India.
92. is obtained from quartz.
A. Jharkhand
A. Silicon
B. Odisha
B. Uranium
C. Madhya Pradesh
C. Bauxite
D. West Bengal
D. Gold
99. Khetri mines are famous for
93. Sand, gravel, and granite are examples of
A. coal
A. metallic minerals
B. gold
B. metallic elements
C. copper
C. nonmetallic minerals
D. iron
D. aluminum
100. Assertion(A):Coal is referred to as buried
94. Which is NOT a natural resource? sunshine.Reason(R):Coal was formed mil-
A. water. lions of years ago when giant ferns and
swamps got buried under the earth’s sur-
B. oil.
face.
C. air.
D. plastic chairs. rect explanation of A
95. In which place Nuclear power plant is not B. Both A and R are true but R is not the
located? correct explanation of A
A. Kaiga C. A is true but R is false
B. Narora D. A is false but R is true
C. Kakarapara 101. Which of the following is an example of
D. Koraput metallic minerals?
96. Organic wastes are converted into a A. Coal

gaseous form known as B. Gold
A. Bioreserve C. Lead
B. Biogas D. Mica

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102. Singareni mines belong to which mineral? 108. Mayurbhanj in Orissa is important for
A. Iron which of the following minerals?

A. Iron ore
B. Petrol
B. Bauxite
C. Copper
C. Manganese
D. Coal
D. Mica
103. Out of the following, which mineral is
called ‘Brown diamond’? 109. Power generated from falling water is
called:
A. Iron ore
A. Tidal energy
B. Lignite
B. Hydel energy
C. Manganese
C. Nuclear energy
D. Mica D. Biogas
104. Where is limestone found the most 110. Limestone is mostly found in which type
A. Rajasthan of rocks
B. Karnataka A. Igneous rocks
C. Maharashtra B. Metamorphic rocks
D. Jharkand C. Sedimentary rocks
D. Deformed Conglomerate
105. Which of the following minerals is known
as brown diamond? 111. is the most important fuel in the
world
A. Mica
A. Petroleum
B. Iron
B. natural gas
C. Manganese
C. gas
D. Lignite
D. none of above
106. Which one of these is not a renewable
energy resource? 112. farmers use natural fertilizer such as
A. Minerals
A. Wind energy
B. Cow dung and compost
B. Geothermal Energy
C. humus
C. Solar Energy
D. Manure
D. Natural Gas
113. The particles are carried down and de-
107. The example of ferrous mineral is posited elsewhere.
A. manganese A. slate particles
B. limestone B. stones
C. coal C. rock
D. petroleum D. shale and conglomerate

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114. is an ore of aluminium 120. It is the basis of modern civilization and

A. Bauxite is a metal of universal use. Who am I???
A. iron
B. Igneous
B. steel
C. Natural gas
C. iron ore
D. Coal
D. mica
115. is a clay like substance.
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121. Which one of the following types of ore
A. Manganese found in India?
B. Iron Ore A. Magnetite and Titanomagnetite
C. Russia B. Titanomagnetite and Haematite
D. Bauxite C. Haematite and Magnetite
116. This is used as a fuel D. Titanomagnetite and Pisolitic
A. Iron 122. The process of taking out minerals from

rocks buried under the surface of the earth
B. Copper
is named as
C. Gold
A. mining
D. Coal B. pumping
117. Who was the largest producer of Gold in C. extracting
the World up to 2006 D. none of these
A. China
123. which is a hard rock
B. India
A. slate
C. South Africa
B. chalk
D. United States of America C. sandstone
118. Which mineral belt has richest reserve of D. coal
minerals in India
124. The mineral deposits in North America
A. Chhota Nagpur Plateau are NOT located inone of these zones
B. Mumbai-Pune A. Canadian region
C. Dharwar Region B. North of the GreatLakes
D. Malwa Plateau C. The Ural mountains
D. Appalachian region
119. The extraction of Minerals from the Earth
is called 125. Crude oil can be found in
A. Rilling A. Qatar
B. Mining B. Thailand
C. Digging C. Malaysia
D. Shafting D. Zambia

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126. Uttar Pradesh is the largest producer of 132. Which of the following is the rarest dia-
which crop? mond in the world?

A. Rice A. Kohinoor Diamond
B. Wheat B. Orange Diamond
C. Pulses C. Red Diamond
D. Sugarcane D. Green Diamond
127. what is talc used for?
133. is a mineral fuel.
A. talc is used for making pottery
A. Gold
B. talec is used for crayons
B. Silicon
C. talec is used for makking talcum pow-
der C. Petroleum
D. none of above D. Iron
128. State which is the largest producer of 134. More than different types of minerals
Manganese is- have been identified until now.
A. Karnataka A. 3000
B. Jharkhand B. 2800
C. Madhya Pradesh C. 2500
D. Orissa D. 2900
129. Industrial revolution took place in the 135. Cosmetics and plastics are used in making
century this
A. 16th A. Coal
B. 18th
B. Jelly
C. 17th
C. Petroleum
D. none of above
D. Copper
130. Which of the following is NOT a non-
metallic mineral? 136. Assertion(A):The sharp increase in
the consumption of fossil fuels has
A. Gypsum
led to their depletion at an alarming
B. Manganese rate.Reason(R):The toxic pollutants re-
C. Mica leased from burning these fuels are also a
cause for concern.
D. Limestone
131. Which is the hardest mineral? rect explanation of A
A. Diamond B. Both A and R are true and R is not the
B. Granite correct explanation of A
C. Basalt C. A is true but R is false
D. Gabbro D. A is false but R is true

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137. is the world’s largest producer of di- 143. Mineral deposits in North America are lo-
amonds, gold and platinum. cated in 3 zones. Identify the correct zone.
A. Antarctica A. the Canadian region north of the Great
Lakes
B. Australia
B. the Appalachian region
C. India
C. *the mountain ranges of the west
D. Africa
D. All
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138. Ferrous minerals constitute percent
144. Which one of the following countries in
of the total production of minerals in India.
Europe has the largest deposits of iron?
A. 20 A. Portugal
B. 45 B. Russia
C. 75 C. Germany
D. 25 D. Hungary
139. largest producers of coal in India 145. An example of mineral fuel is

A. Odisha A. Coal
B. West Bengal B. bauxite
C. Gujarat C. iron
D. Madhya Pradesh D. gold

146. Most common energy resources in rural
140. France has deposits. India are?
A. copper A. Coal
B. Limestone B. Natural gas
C. Gypsum C. Petroleum
D. Petroleum D. Firewood and cattle dung cake
141. In which year ONGC was set up? 147. World’s largest reserves of petroleum
and natural gas
A. 1965
A. Middle-East Countries
B. 1956
B. North America
C. 1958
C. Argentina
D. 1975
D. Chile
142. Who owns a third of the minerals in in- 148. One of the following is NOT a physical
dia? property of minerals
A. Andrew shava A. colour
B. Your mum B. size
C. The ppl of India C. density
D. Federal government D. hardness

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149. Assertion(A):Environmental Aspects C. 40-50%

must be looked before building a D. 60-70%
dam.Reason(R):Large amount of Land is

going to get submerged and we need to 155. Leading producers of copper
keep a check on these things. A. Chile
A. Both A and R are True and R is the cor- B. Peru
rect explanation of A C. Brazil
B. Both A and R are True but R is not the D. Chile and Peru
C. A is true and R is false. 156. Which of the following statements about
minerals is FALSE?
D. A is false and R is true
A. Minerals have a crystalline structure.
150. rocks are always formed in layers. B. Humans can create minerals to suit
A. Sedimentary specific needs.
B. Igneous C. Minerals are inorganic materials.
C. metamorphic D. Minerals cannot be liquids or gases.
D. none of above 157. This is used in making electrical wires?
151. The South American country which boasts A. Copper

of mineral oil is B. Manganese
A. Uruguay C. Gold
B. Bolivia D. Pertroleum
C. Brazil 158. Gypsum is an example of mineral.
D. Venezuela A. metallic
152. IN WHICH STATE IS NARAURA LOCATED B. ferrous

IN? C. non-metallic
A. HARYANA D. non-ferrous
B. PUNJAB 159. Heat energy obtained from earth is called
C. UTTAR PRADESH
D. GUJARAT A. Tidal Energy
B. Geothermal Energy
153. Minerals can be extracted by
C. Nuclear Energy
A. Mining
D. Wind Energy
B. Quarrying
160. When petroleum first comes out of the
C. Drilling
ground it is known as
D. All of the above
A. Natural gas
154. The iron content in Hematite is: B. Ethanol
A. 20-30% C. Crude oil
B. 30-40% D. Nomads

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161. From which mineral is silicon obtained? 167. Petroleum is also known as oil
A. Coal A. mineral
B. Bauxite B. crude
C. Thorium C. both
D. Quartz D. none of above
162. Black soil is in color 168. The larger occurrences of minerals of ig-
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A. Brown neous and metamorphic rocks are called:
B. Black A. Veins
C. Red B. Lodes
D. Dark C. Beds
163. If a rock contains iron, then its color is D. Layers
169. Why has quarrying become a major envi-

A. Black ronmental concern?
B. Blue A. Because minerals are pollutants
C. Red B. Due to dust raised from the quarrying
D. Purple activities
C. Because it is done by displacing people
164. Which one of the following practises will
conserve energy? D. None of these
A. Keeping the vegetables chopped be- 170. Leading producer of iron ore in the world
fore cooking
A. Asia
B. Heating a pan at low flame for a long
period of time B. Europe
C. Not turning of lights or fans C. North America
D. none of above D. South America
165. Aluminum is made from which mineral ore 171. Which mineral is used for releasing
atomic or nuclear energy?
A. Gold
A. A. Bauxite
B. Silver
B. B. Thorium
C. Bauxite
C. C. Petroleum
D. Mica
D. D Iron ore
166. Which mineral belongs to the category of
non-ferrous metals? 172. Largest Uranium producer in the World
A. Iron core A. China
B. Manganese B. India
C. Cobalt C. Kazakhstan
D. Copper D. United States of America

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173. Energy obtained from earth 178. Process of digging minerals is

A. geothermal energy A. Mines

B. wind energy B. Mining
C. thermal energy C. Soil erosion
D. none of above D. holes
179. Resources that are not able to be re-

174. Which of the following states are the
produced as quickly as they are used are
leading producer of manganese and baux-
called
ite?
A. Renewable Resources
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Replaceable Resources
B. Jharkhand
C. Non-Renewable Resources
C. Odisha
D. Non-Replaceable Resources
D. West Bengal
180. One of the following is NOT a process to
175. Minerals are comprised of one or more extract minerals
A. Mining
A. colors B. Drilling
B. structures C. Fencing
C. elements D. Quarrying
D. rocks
181. Bauxite is to aluminum as hematite is to
176. Which of the following minerals are pro-
vided as raw materials for the cement in- A. aluminum
dustry? B. iron
A. Gypsum and lead C. titanium
B. Cobalt and limestone D. copper
C. Dolomite and limestone
182. Rocks from which minerals are mined are
D. Zinc and bronze known as
A. COAL
177. Which of the following is not matched cor-
rectly? B. GYPSUM
A. The north eastern plateau region- C. ORE
Chhota Nagpur D. CHEMICAL
B. The south-western plateau region-
183. Minerals are of
Karnataka
A. Metal and non metal
C. The South-Eastern region-Maharashtra
B. Renewable and non renewable
D. The north-western region-Rajasthan C. only non metallic

(Aravalli) D. Only metallic

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184. is found in China. C. Tidal energy

A. Gold D. All of these
B. bauxite 190. is the largest producer of Bauxite
C. Antimony across the globe.
D. Copper A. USA
B. Australia
185. Which of the following is a private sector
C. Canada
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industry?
A. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited D. India
B. Tata Iron and Steel Industry 191. Energy generated from tides are called:
C. Steel Authority of India A. Tidal Energy
D. National Thermal Power Corporation B. Hydel power
C. Thermal Energy
186. Which is the largest producer of
monozite? D. Geothermal Energy
A. Gujarat 192. Which of the following are not the im-
B. Maharashtra pacts of mining
A. no noise pollution
C. Kerala
B. air pollution
D. Tamil Nadu
C. subscidence of land
187. is a sedimentry rock formed from de-
D. surface watewr pollution
cayed remains fo Plants and trees and an-
imals 193. Most of the metallic minerals in India oc-
A. Coal curs in ?
B. Copper A. Peninsular plateau
C. Iron B. Deccan plateau

C. Eastern ghats
D. none of above
D. Western ghats
188. To reach mineral deposits at great depths,
deep bores have to be made. This process 194. salt is a
is called A. Metallic
A. shaft mining B. Non metallic
B. drilling C. Both metal and non metallic
C. quarrying D. Minerals
D. Open cast mining 195. High grade iron ore can be found in
189. Which of the following are non- A. Australia
conventional resources? B. Brazil
A. Wind energy C. Mexico
B. Solar energy D. Chile

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196. Open pits called are used to mine 202. Which one of the following mineral is
stone and gravel used in the electrical and electronic indus-
try?

A. overburdens
B. solar evaporation ponds A. Ferrous
B. Coal
C. cyanide heaps
C. Mica
D. quarries
D. Manganese
197. Coal is referred to as
203. is found with petroleum deposits and
A. Buried Sunshine is released when Crude Oil is bought to the
B. Black gold surface.
C. Green Mineral A. Natural Gas
D. Green gold B. Crude Oil
C. Hydel Energy
198. Which one of the following is a famous
Copper mine? D. Biogas
A. Bastar 204. where is gold found in India?
B. Khetri A. Rajasthan
C. Nellore B. Chattisgarh
D. Jharia C. Chandigarh
D. Karnataka
199. What is the material used to make the
lead of the pencil called? 205. A rock which contains a useful mineral is
A. Graphite call a/an
A. gem
B. Carbon
B. quarry
C. Allotrope
C. ore
D. Metal
D. alloy
200. Which is not a major mineral of North-
western region? 206. We mine bauxite for this mineral which
is very useful, but is not found native on
A. Bauxite our planet.
B. Mica A. iron
C. Copper B. aluminum
D. Manganese C. steel
201. ore is the most important industrial D. gold
iron ore 207. examples of gemstones?
A. Magnetite A. ruby
B. Hematite B. granite
C. Bauxite C. sandstone
D. none of above D. marble

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208. Coal is an example of energy re- 214. Which is the oldest oil producing state in
source. India:
A. renewable A. Gujarat
B. non-renewable B. Maharashtra
C. human-made C. Assam
D. non-ferrous D. none of this
215. India now ranks as a super power in the
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209. Koderma, in Jharkhand is the leading pro-
ducer of which one of the following miner- world, that is:
als? A. Wind Super Power
A. bauxite B. Solar Super Power
B. mica C. Hydel superpower
C. iron ore D. Tidal Super Power
D. copper 216. A mineral is occuring substance of or-
ganic or inorganic origin, with a definite
210. WHICH IS THE FIRST COUNTRY TO DE- physical and chemical properties found in
VELOP HYDROELECTRICITY? the Earth’s crust.
A. INDIA A. Fake
B. BRAZIL B. Artificially
C. NORWAY C. naturally
D. COLUMBIA D. Real
211. First country to develop hydroelectricity 217. Fish is a product of the

A. Norway A. mineral-based industries
B. Switzerland B. agro-based industries
C. India C. marine-based industries
D. China D. forest-based industry
212. is used in Neuclear power 218. One of the following is generated from
organic waste:
A. Gold
A. Natural gas
B. Silver
B. Wind energy
C. Copper C. Bio-gas
D. Uranium D. Solar energy
213. This is an expensive metal 219. Graphite is an example of
A. Gold A. Metallic mineral
B. Iron B. Ferrous mineral
C. Manganese C. Non-metallic mineral
D. Aluminium D. Non-Ferrous mineral

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220. The largest producer of high-grade iron 226. Which state in india has panitine
ore in the World A. Odisha

A. India B. Kerala
B. Chile C. Jharkand
C. Brazil D. None of the above
D. Peru
227. Which of the following is in the northern-
221. Manganese is an example of most part of India?
A. Non-Ferrous A. Kakrapara
B. Naraura
B. Ferrous
C. Namrup
C. Fossil Fuels
D. Tarapur
D. Precious stone
228. A mineral which is largely used in com-
222. The radioactive elements used in the Nu- puter industry
clear power station are
A. Aluminium
A. Uranium and thorium
B. Iron
B. silicon and graphite
C. Silicon
C. carbon and helium
D. Copper
D. hydrogen and oxygen
229. Windfarms are found in
223. What are Non-Ferrous Minerals? A. Germany
A. Have silver content. B. Australia
B. Have no diamond content. C. New Zealand
C. Have no iron content. D. Greenland
D. Have copper content.
230. We cannot conserve minerals with one of
224. Which is the best quality of iron ore? the following
A. Reduce
A. Hematite
B. Reuse
B. Siderite
C. Recognize
C. Magnetite
D. Recycle
D. Limonite
231. What are the 3 MAIN types of fossil fu-
225. The gas made from organic wastes els?
A. bio gas A. Coal-Oil-Nuclear
B. coal gas B. Coal-Oil-Solar
C. natural gas C. Oil-Coal-Gas

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232. Which one of the following is a non- 238. Resources that we obtain from nature
metallic mineral? are known as:
A. Iron A. Man-made resources
B. Limestone B. Natural resources
C. Manganese C. God gift
D. Copper D. Forest resources
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233. Which mineral is known as Liquid Gold 239. The two types of metallic minerals are
A. Gold A. Ferrous and not Ferrous
B. Petroleum B. Ferrous and non Ferrous
C. Natural Gas C. Ferrous and un Ferrous
D. Iron Slurry D. none of above
234. Where is the best quality of Mica pro- 240. is the best way to conserve metals.
duced?
A. Throwing away
A. Mysore, Karnataka
B. Recycling
B. Nellore, Andhra Pradesh
C. Decomposing
C. Bhilwada, Rajasthan
D. Discarding its usage
D. Coimbatore, TN
241. What is the energy produced by moving
235. Oil is used to make
water?
A. gasoline & other types of fuel
A. hydroelectric power
B. plastics, DVDs, and tires
B. streams
C. Energy
C. hydrowater power
D. All of the above
D. rivers
236. The oldest rocks in the world are in .
They date from 4, 300 million years ago. 242. is the important producer of coal in
India.
A. Southern India
A. Odisha
B. Northern Africa
B. Jharkhand
C. Western Australia
C. West Bengal
D. Eastern Mexico
D. none of above
237. Tyre and tube industry will get its raw
material from which state? 243. Full form of CNG is
A. Karnataka A. Compressed Natural Gas
B. West Bengal B. Compact Natural Gas
C. Kerala C. Conventional Natural Gas
D. Assam D. Carbonated Natural Gas

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244. Which of the following mining methods 250. The process of simply digging through the
would most likely be used to mine salt? minerals that lie near the surface is called

A. room-and-pillar mining A. Mining
B. quarrying B. Drilling
C. solar evaporation C. Loading
D. open-pit mining D. Quarrying
245. Rocks are composed of different kinds of 251. Petroleum and natural gas are taken out
A. soils by
B. sands A. drilling
C. minerals B. quarrying
D. water crystals C. open cast mining

D. shaft mining
246. Which one of these is a non-metallic min-
eral? 252. Nearly of Manganese is required to
A. Iron Ore manufacture one tonne of steel
B. Bauxite A. 10kg
C. Limestone B. 20kg
D. Manganese C. 30kg
D. 50kg
247. is an example of conventional energy
sources. 253. is known as Buried Sunshine.
A. Firewood A. Natural Gas
B. Tidal energy B. Coal
C. Wind energy C. Firewood
D. Geo thermal energy D. Iron
248. Which one of the mineral is a major con- 254. Largest producer of Silver in the world
stituent of electrical industry A. China
A. Copper B. India
B. Iron Ore C. Mexico
C. Manganese D. United States of America
D. Mica
255. Which belt is rich in ferrous metals and
249. The minerals having metals in them are bauxite?
A. metallic A. North-eastern plateau
B. non metallic B. North-western plateau
C. none of the above C. South-western plateau
D. none of above D. None of the above

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256. The first tidal energy station was built in 262. Thermal power is electricity generated
A. Germany from
A. Coal
B. Russia
B. Hydel power
C. USA
C. firewood
D. France
D. iron
257. One-fourth of the electricity produced in
263. Which north eastern state has a thermal
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the world is from power.
power plant?
A. Solar A. Assam
B. Hydel B. Arunachal
C. Thermal C. Sikkim
D. Nuclear D. Meghalaya
258. what is black board made of 264. Which of the following is a NONRENEW-
ABLE resource?
A. coal
A. fossil fuels
B. chalk
B. wind
C. graphite
C. solar
D. slate
D. geothermal
259. Metals are usually substances 265. Small occurrences of minerals in rocks are
A. dull known as:
B. brown A. Lodes
C. shiny B. Veins
D. none of above C. Ores
D. Crevices
260. WHICH OF THESE IS AN EXAMPLE OF
CONVENTIONAL SOURCES? 266. Which one of the following is non renew-
able sources of energy?
A. PETROLEUM
A. Hydel
B. SOALR ENERGY
B. Thermal
C. NUCLEAR POWER
C. Solar
D. none of above
D. Wind power
261. Which is the non-renewable source of en- 267. Which of the following is aluminum used
ergy? for?
A. Hydel A. enamel and paints
B. Solar B. automobiles and refrigerators
C. Thermal C. glass and ceramics
D. Wind D. nails and faucets

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268. How is brass made 274. Which out of the following states has ma-
A. Mixing Copper with Zinc jor oil fields?

A. Assam
B. Mixing Lead with Gold
B. Bihar
C. Mixing Limestone with Mica
C. Rajasthan
D. Mixing Silver with Uranium
D. Tamil Nadu
269. beds can be found in Algeria.
275. Which property is not commonly used to
A. Chromite identify minerals?
B. Nickel A. luster
C. Phosphate B. texture
D. Limestone C. hardness
270. Iron ore is an example of which of the D. crystal form
following minerals? 276. Which is the southern most nuclear
A. Ferrous minerals power plant in India?
B. Non-ferrous A. Ramagundam
C. Organic B. Kalpakkam
D. Inorganic C. Tarapur
D. Singrauli
271. Savita and her friends started a new buis-
ness of making pickels.They made 100 277. China, Malaysia and Indonesia are among
pickels each day. Tell the type of industry the world’s leading producers.
according to the factor ‘size’. A. Tin
A. Cottage industry B. Gold
B. Large scale industry C. Silver
C. Joint sector industry D. Diamond
D. Small scale industry 278. The country in South America which is the
272. Famous Industrial Region in Europe largest producer of high grade iron-ore in
the world.
A. The Ruhr Valley
A. Argentina
B. The Great Lake
B. Canada
C. The Shayadri C. Brazil
D. None D. USA
273. Industry owned by one individual is 279. Limestone is a mineral.
A. private sector industry A. ferrous
B. co-operative industry B. metallic
C. public sector industry C. non-metallic
D. joint sector industry D. non-ferrous

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280. What is gold used for 286. How is bronze made

A. food we eat A. Mixing Lead with Gold
B. to dance B. Mixing Copper with Tin
C. jewellery C. Mixing Limestone with Mica
D. for singing D. Mixing Silver with Uranium
281. Which one of the following is the only off- 287. What is the process in which minerals ly-
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shore petroleum producing region in India ing near the surface are dug?
A. Ankleshwar A. Drilling
B. Digboi B. Off-shore drilling
C. Mumbai-high C. Quarrying
D. Mumbai D. Extraction
282. How many years does it take a sedimen- 288. We must save electricity To save
tary rock to form? A. Salt
A. 10, 000 years B. petrol
B. 100 years C. Coal
C. 1000 years D. iRon
D. 100, 000 years
289. often form at bends in a river where
283. Iron ore and are two important fer- the water flows more slowly and heavier
rous minerals mined in India. materials are likely to settle out.
A. Aluminium A. Dredges
B. Manganese B. Placer deposits
C. Copper C. Seams
D. Silver D. Fans
284. Where is the largest coalfield of India? 290. Ferrous Minerals are?
A. Jharia A. Minerals that contain Iron
B. Raniganj B. Minerals that do not contain Iron
C. Neyveli C. Minerals that have high Heat conduc-
D. Singareni tion
D. none of above
285. Over 97 per cent of coal reserves occur
in the valleys of? 291. Sandstone and Mica are examples of
A. Damodar A. Non-metallic minerals
B. Sone B. Energy minerals
C. Godavari C. Non-ferrous minerals
D. All of the above D. Ferrous minerals

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292. Petroleum refineries act as a “ “ for 298. How stainless steel is made?
synthetic textile, fertiliser and numerous
A. Mixing Copper with Iron and Nickel
chemical industries.

A. Key Industry B. Mixing steel with Aluminium and Ura-
nium
B. Main Industry
C. Nodal Industry C. Mixing Limestone with Mica and Man-
ganese
D. Focal
D. Mixing Lead with Copper Silver
293. There are ways to extract minerals.
A. 2 299. WHICH OF THESE MINERAL IS FOUND
B. 3 MAINLY IN UAE, SAUDI ARABIA, IRAQ
AND QATAR?
C. 4
A. COAL
D. no
B. GOLD
294. Name the process in which deep wells are
bored to take out petroleum and natural C. PETROLEUM
gas.
D. none of above
A. Quarrying
B. Drilling 300. Identify the agencies not involved in the
exploration of minerals in India.
C. Shaft mining
D. Open cast mining A. GSI
295. Which continent is the largest producer of B. ONGC

iron? C. Bharat Gold Mines Ltd
A. Asia
D. NOCIL
B. Europe
C. North America 301. What is full form of HVJ?
D. Australia A. Hajira-Virganj-Jagdishpur
296. Petroleum is also know as B. Hajira-Vijaypur-Jagdishpur
A. Black Gold C. Hajira-Vijaypur-Jamnagar
B. White Gold D. Haldia-Vishakhapatnam-Jodhpur
C. Rose Gold
D. none of above 302. They study minerals as part of earth’s
crust for a better understanding of land-
297. airplanes, cans, foil, cooking pots, and forms. They are called:
motors can all be made from
A. Scientists
A. copper
B. Geographers
B. lead
C. aluminum C. Geologists
D. gold D. Ecologists

9.1 Minerals 306
303. Assertion(A):Quarrying can become a C. Switzerland

major environmental concern.Reason(R):It D. USA
does not cause air pollution and it does not
affect people who are doing the job. 309. Khetri mine in Rajasthan is known for
A. Both A and R are true and R is the cor- A. Iron Ore
rect explanation of A B. Lime stone
B. Both A and R are true but R is not the C. Coal
NARAYAN CHANGDER
D. Copper
C. A is true but R is false
310. Largest producer of Limestone in the
D. A is false and R is true world
304. In Shaft Mining, what is the machine used A. China
for extracting minerals? B. India
A. Shafts C. United States of America
B. JCB D. Mexico
C. Truck 311. Petrolem and its derivatives are called
D. Plough
305. India is the largest producer of A. Black Gold

B. Blue Gold
A. Gold
C. Super Gold
B. Silver
D. Brown Gold
C. mica
D. aluminium 312. WHERE DO WE FIND NATURAL GAS IN
INDIA?
306. produces more than half of the A. MUMBAI
world’s tin.
B. KERALA
A. Africa
C. TELENGANA
B. Asia
C. Antarctica
313. Impure form of mineral is called as
D. Europe
A. Ore
307. What are minerals? B. Core
A. Minerals are the substances that are C. Tore
formed by earth
D. More
B. Minerals are the layers of earth
314. Neyveli coal reserves are found in which
C. Minerals are some food type
of the following region?
D. Minerals are the layers of atmosphere
A. North-eastern states
308. is a leading producer of tin. B. North-east plateau region
A. China C. South-west plateau region
B. Pakistan D. North-western region

9.2 Mineral and Energy Resources 307
315. Identify a mineral from the following 316. If you are in Tamil Nadu which power
plant will you be close to?
A. Iron ore

A. Ramagundam
B. Biscuit
B. Namrup
C. wood C. Kakrapara
D. food D. Kalpakkam
9.2 Mineral and Energy Resources

1. inexhaustible energy resource that is used 4. Method of natural gas extraction also
to power the Hubble Space Telescope known as “fracking.”
A. solar energy A. Geothermal Energy
B. biomass energy B. Hazardous Waste
C. hydroelectric energy C. Hydraulic Fracturing
D. none of above D. Hydroelectric Power
2. what is biodegradable? 5. Created from turbines that are spun by the

mechanical energy of flowing water.
A. ants
A. Geothermal Energy
B. plastic rain
B. Hazardous Waste
C. acid rain C. Hydraulic Fracturing
D. something capable of decomposition D. Hydroelectric Power
3. Economically Depleted 6. Any discarded substance that poses a po-
A. Removing chunks of overburden ter- tential risk to the health of humans or
races or strips are cut into the side of a other organisms.
hill or mountain in order to lessen the like- A. Geothermal Energy
lihood of erosion or sudden mass wasting
B. Hazardous Waste
events.
C. Hydraulic Fracturing
B. Structure built on a river that restricts
the flow of water up until that point. Used D. Hydroelectric Power
for forming reservoirs for irrigation, drink-
7. Mountaintop Removal
ing, manufacturing, creation of electrical
energy, etc. A. Composed primarily of methane (CH4).
Formed from plants and animals that were
C. A reserve that is being depleted to the buried deep within the ocean floor.
point where it could be more expensive to
extract and refine it than it can be sold for. B. Resources that cannot be replaced.
D. Hydrocarbons that have been formed C. An inorganic compound or element

from the organic remains of prehistoric that has a regular crystalline structure.
plants and animals and can be used as a D. Mining where explosives or heavy ma-
source of energy. chinery are used to literally remove the

top of a mountain in order to obtain valu- C. mineral resource

able mineral resources within that moun- D. petroleum
tain.
14. what is landfill trash
8. Stored in the earth’s mantle that can be
A. school lunch
used to produce electricity as well as to
heat and cool homes. B. disposal of waste by burial
A. Geothermal Energy C. car
NARAYAN CHANGDER
B. Hazardous Waste D. none of above
C. Hydraulic Fracturing 15. how can reclamation affect land?
D. Hydroelectric Power A. boat
9. reclamation B. eggs
A. windmill C. cultivation of waste under water
B. carbon dioxide D. carbon monoxide
C. hazardous waste 16. Which has the highest content of carbon?

D. cultivation of claiming something back A. peat
B. lignite
10. Manikaran (Himachal Pradesh) is popular
for production of C. bituminous coal
A. Solar Energy D. anthracite coal
B. Wind Energy 17. In which of the following places establish-
C. Geothermal Energy ment of the Atomic Energy Institute took
place in 1954
D. Tidal Energy
A. Kalpakkam
11. Which is the first step in coal formation? B. Trombay
A. peat C. Narora
B. lignite D. Tarapur
C. bituminous coal
18. energy resource that is based on fission
D. anthracite coal
A. nuclear energy
12. nuclear energy is released during? B. geothermal energy
A. prom C. biomass energy
B. nuclear fission D. none of above
C. chemical solvents
19. method of conservation in which items are
D. none of above processed to be used again
13. What is the waste material that must be A. recycling
separated from an ore? B. reserve
A. smelter C. biomass energy
B. gangue D. none of above

20. By what other name organic fuel is ref- 26. Natural Gas
fered A. Composed primarily of methane (CH4).

A. Metallic Formed from plants and animals that were
B. Non-metallic buried deep within the ocean floor.
C. Non-ferrous B. Resources that cannot be replaced.
D. Mineral fuel C. An inorganic compound or element
that has a regular crystalline structure.
21. What is an important use of petroleum?
D. Mining where explosives or heavy ma-
A. making plaster
chinery are used to literally remove the
B. making glass top of a mountain in order to obtain valu-
C. as abrasives able mineral resources within that moun-
tain.
D. making gasoline
22. Which non-metallic minerals are of inor- 27. Refers primarily to plant materials and an-
ganic origin imal wastes that can be burned for the pur-
pose of providing heat or electricity
A. Asbestos
A. Anthracite
B. Granite
C. Limestone B. Biofuel
D. All of the above C. Biomass

D. Coal
23. Chemical containing liquid that is formed
when water or other fluids soak through 28. what is hydro energy?
layers of solid waste.
A. a generator
A. Hydrothermal Solution
B. energy stored in atoms
B. Incinerate
C. Landfills C. a boat
D. Leachate D. none of above
24. Which vast alluvial plain tract of is de- 29. Dam

void of minerals of economic use. A. Removing chunks of overburden ter-
A. East India races or strips are cut into the side of a
B. South India hill or mountain in order to lessen the like-
lihood of erosion or sudden mass wasting
C. West-India events.
D. North India
B. Structure built on a river that restricts
25. Which mineral is also known as ‘liquid the flow of water up until that point. Used
gold’? for forming reservoirs for irrigation, drink-
A. Water
energy, etc.
B. Petroleum
C. A reserve that is being depleted to the
C. Coal point where it could be more expensive to
D. Mercury extract and refine it than it can be sold for.

D. Hydrocarbons that have been formed 34. alternative energy is?

from the organic remains of prehistoric A. solar panel
plants and animals and can be used as a
source of energy. B. cactus
C. fossil fuels
30. A solid fossil fuel made mostly of carbon
with small amounts of sulfur and mercury D. none of above
A. Anthracite 35. Which are non-ferrous metallic minerals
NARAYAN CHANGDER
B. Biofuel which do not contain iron content
C. Biomass A. Copper
D. Coal B. iron
C. All Of These
31. fuel that is composed mainly of the re-
mains of dead plants D. Manganese
A. coal 36. electric generator converts what?
B. geothermal energy A. food
C. hydroelectric energy B. purses
D. none of above C. power
32. Fossil Fuels D. energy
A. Removing chunks of overburden ter- 37. Which metals are placed in the category of
races or strips are cut into the side of a metallic minerals
hill or mountain in order to lessen the like-
lihood of erosion or sudden mass wasting A. Iron ore
events. B. gold
B. Structure built on a river that restricts C. Copper
the flow of water up until that point. Used
D. All of the above
ing, manufacturing, creation of electrical 38. Which of the following is a deposit of
energy, etc. hematite that can be mined for profit?
C. A reserve that is being depleted to the A. ore
point where it could be more expensive to
B. anthracite
extract and refine it than it can be sold for.
C. gangue
D. Hydrocarbons that have been formed
from the organic remains of prehistoric D. energy resource
39. On the basis of chemical and physical prop-
source of energy.
erties, mineral resources can be classified
33. Also known as hard coal into how many types
A. Anthracite A. 3
B. Biofuel B. 2
C. Biomass C. 4
D. Coal D. 5

40. What is a region where many windmills 46. recycling

are located in order to generate electricity A. process of converting waste
from wind called?

B. trash can
A. wind farm
C. saving bottles
B. hydroelectric dam
D. re using plastic
C. oil well
D. steam-driven turbine 47. Which pair of minerals are obtained from
creatures buried in the earth and plants
41. Consists of hot water under the surface of
A. Coal and Petroleum
the earth that contains dissolved minerals.
A. Hydrothermal Solution B. Petroleum and Natural Gas
B. Incinerate C. Natural Gas and Iron Ore
C. Landfills D. Copper and silver
D. Leachate 48. Ankleshwar oilfield is situated in?

42. Gold is an example of minerals. A. Gujarat
A. ferrous B. Assam
B. non-ferrous C. Coastal Andhra
C. both (a) and (b) D. Maharashtra
D. none of these 49. liquid from remains of marine organisms
43. Suggest ways to conserve minerals. A. oil
A. Reducing waste in the process of min- B. ore
ing C. nuclear energy
B. Recycling of minerals D. none of above
C. Both (a) and (b)
50. Which of the following is an example of a
D. None of these
fossil fuel?
44. Which type of coal is found in India A. wind
A. 1-Bituminous B. water
B. 2-Tertiary C. natural gas
C. Both 1 and 2 D. uranium-235
D. No one
51. subsidence?
45. fossil fuel issues A. tic tac toe
A. carbon B. air pollution
B. tune up motor vehicles C. sudden sinking or gradual settling of
C. periodic table water
D. environmental D. none of above

52. how can you explain surface mining? C. An inorganic compound or element
A. a mine that requires no roof support that has a regular crystalline structure.
B. a house D. Mining where explosives or heavy ma-

chinery are used to literally remove the
C. rocks
top of a mountain in order to obtain valu-
D. water able mineral resources within that moun-
tain.
53. Bhilai steel plant was established in col-
laboration with which of the following na-
NARAYAN CHANGDER
tions? 58. Contour Strip Mining
A. Russia (USSR) A. Removing chunks of overburden ter-
races or strips are cut into the side of a
B. Germany
hill or mountain in order to lessen the like-
C. United Kingdom lihood of erosion or sudden mass wasting
D. USA events.
54. In which of thefollowing states are the ma- B. Structure built on a river that restricts
jor oil fields located the flow of water up until that point. Used
A. Assam
B. Rajasthan energy, etc.
C. Bihar C. A reserve that is being depleted to the
D. Tamil Nadu point where it could be more expensive to
extract and refine it than it can be sold for.
55. Waste management that involves burning
wastes. D. Hydrocarbons that have been formed
A. Hydrothermal Solution from the organic remains of prehistoric
B. Incinerate source of energy.
C. Landfills
D. Leachate 59. Metallic minerals are divided into which
categories
56. A hole in the ground in which wastes are
dumped and covered over regularly with A. 1-Ferrous
layers of soil, plastic, or both. B. 2-Non-ferrous
A. Hydrothermal Solution C. 3-Fuel
B. Incinerate
D. Both 1 and 2
C. Landfills
D. Leachate 60. what is subsurface mining?
57. Minerals A. my new glasses
A. Composed primarily of methane (CH4). B. vertical mining shafts
buried deep within the ocean floor. C. ground level
B. Resources that cannot be replaced. D. soil

9.3 Indian Minerals and Industries 313
61. Produced by growing crops such as corn, D. permeable rock

sugarcane, or switchgrass and converting
them into ethanol. 65. Nonrenewable Resources

A. Anthracite A. Composed primarily of methane (CH4).
B. Biofuel buried deep within the ocean floor.
C. Biomass B. Resources that cannot be replaced.
D. Coal C. An inorganic compound or element
62. Which of the following is a nonrenewable that has a regular crystalline structure.
energy resource? D. Mining where explosives or heavy ma-
A. water chinery are used to literally remove the
top of a mountain in order to obtain valu-
B. wind able mineral resources within that moun-
C. geothermal tain.
D. petroleum 66. what type of threat is hazardous waste?
63. Which of the following is a non-renewable A. public
source of energy B. environmental
A. Hydel C. substantial
B. Thermal D. none of above
C. Solar
67. The mineral resources of any country pro-
D. wind power vide the necessary foundation for the de-
64. What common rock structure can trap oil velopment of
and natural gas under it? A. Industrial development
A. folded rock B. Social development
B. sandstone rock C. Agricultural development
C. porous rock D. Human development
9.3 Indian Minerals and Industries

1. Critical criteria for the location of an alu- B. Perambur
minium plant in India are the availability
of bauxite and: [CDS 1999]
C. Varanasi
A. coal
B. electricity
C. labour D. Jamshedpur
D. ready market
2. Diesel locomotives are manufactured at:

A. Kapurthala 3. Match the following:

Industrial Activity Industrial Centre River valley project State

A. Textile 1. Ludhiana A. Purna Project 1. Gujarat
B. Iron and Steel 2. Sindri B. Bhima Project 2. Maharashtra
C. Fertilizer 3. Rourkela C. Kakrapara 3. Punjab
D. Chemical 4. Baroda Project
5. Pune D. Tehri Dam 4. Uttaranchal
Project
5. Uttar Pradesh
NARAYAN CHANGDER
A. A − 4, B − 5,C − 2, D − 1 6. Karnataka
B. A − 1, B − 3,C − 2, D − 4
C. A − 5, B − 3,C − 2, D − 1 A. A − 1, B − 6,C − 5, D − 3
B. A − 2, B − 3,C − 1, D − 4
D. A − 3, B − 2,C − 4, D − 5
C. A − 1, B − 3,C − 5, D − 4
4. Rana Pratap Sagar Plant (Rajasthan) is as- D. A − 2, B − 6,C − 1, D − 3
sociated with: [CDS 1999]
8. Put in chronological order the origin of the
A. nuclear power
following industries in India:
B. solar energy I. Jute
C. hydroelectricity II. Cotton Textile
III. Steel
D. irrigation IV. Cement
5. Among the following States, which one A. I, II, IV, III

has the highest amount of Nickel Ore re- B. II, I, III, IV
sources? [Asstt Comm 2008] C. II, I, IV, III
A. Chhattisgarh D. I, II, III, IV
B. Jharkhand
9. Which of the following is/are wrong?
C. Karnataka
1. Bhadravati steel plant-not located
D. Orissa near coal deposits
2. First modern steel plant in India-
6. In which one of the following places elec- Burnpur
tricity generated from hydel power? [CPO 3. Bokaro and Bhilai steel plants-
SI 2010] German collaboration
4. Durgapur steel plant-British help
A. Neyveli
A. 1 and 2
B. Ennore
B. 2, 3 and 4
C. Tuticorin C. 1, 2 and 3
D. Mettur D. 2 and 3
7. Match the following: [Asstt Comm PF 10. Which of the following are true with re-
2002] spect to Indian Railways?

I. It is the larqest public sector under- 15. Match the following:

taking
II. Indian Railway network is the Public Sector Location

fourth largest in the world Undertaking
III. Factories at Kapurthala and Perarn- A. Fertilizer Corpo- 1. Pimpri
bur manufacture passenger coaches ration of India
IV. The narrow guage lines are confined B. Hindustan Antibi- 2. Sindri
to the hilly areas only otics LtD.
A. I, II and III C. Indian Rare 3. Nepanagar
B. I and II Earth’s LtD.
D. National 4. Alwaye
C. II, III and IV
Newsprint LtD.
D. I, II, III and IV
11. In which one of the following districts,
have large reserves of diamond-bearing A. 2 1 4 3
kimberlite been discovered in the recent B. 1 2 3 4
past? [IAS 2007]
C. 4 3 2 1
A. Hoshangabad
B. Raipur D. 3 1 2 4
C. Sambalpur
16. Which one of the following barrages sup-
D. Warangal plies water to the Indira Gandhi Canal?
[CDS 2002]
12. The largest coal reserves of India are
found in: [UP PCS 2002] A. Bhakra
A. Chhattisgarh B. Harika
B. Jharkhand
C. Narora
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Pandoh
D. Orissa
13. Where are Tapovan and Vishnugarh Hydro- 17. Arrange the following oil refineries of In-
electric Projects located? [IAS 2008] dia from west to east:
A. Madhya Pradesh 1. Koyali
B. Uttar Pradesh 2. Bongaigaon
3. Mathura
C. Uttarakhand
4. Haldia
D. Rajasthan
14. Mahatma Gandhi Hydroelectric Project is given below: [CDS 2011]
on which river? [NDA 2008]
A. 1, 2, 3, 4
A. Godavari
B. 1, 3, 4, 2
B. Sharavati
C. Cauvery C. 3, 1, 2, 4
D. Krishna D. 2, 4, 3, 1

18. Match the following: [IAS 1999] A. A − 3, B − 4,C − 1, D − 2

B. A − 3, B − 5,C − 2, D − 4
A. Pearl fishing 1. Pune C. A − 5, B − 3,C − 1, D − 2
B. Automobiles 2. Tuticorin
D. A − 1, B − 4,C − 2, D − 5
C. Ship building 3. Pinjore
D. Engineering 4. Marmagao 22. Match the following: [IAS 1998]
goods
NARAYAN CHANGDER
Minerals Mining area
A. 2 1 4 3 A Graphite 1. Bellary
B. 2 1 3 4 B. Lead 2. Didwana
C. Salt 3. Rampa
C. 1 2 4 3
D. Silver 4. Zawar
D. 1 2 3 4
19. Which of the following substances are
A. A − 3, B − 4,C − 1, D − 2
found in the beach sands of many parts of
Kerala? B. A − 1, B − 4,C − 2, D − 3
1. Ilmenite C. A − 3, B − 1,C − 4, D − 2
2. Zircon
D. A − 2, B − 3,C − 1, D − 4
3. Silimanite
4. Tungsten 23. Match the following: [NDA 2008]
given below: [IAS 2006] Coal fields of India State
A. 1, 2, 3 and 4 A. Jharia 1. Tamil Nadu
B. 1, 2 and 3 B. Raniganj 2. Orissa
C. Talcher 3. Jharkhand
C. 3 and 4 only D. Korba 4. West Bengal
D. 1 and 2 only 5. Chhattisgarh
20. Which one of the following oil fields of In-
dia is the oldest and still producing oil? A. A − 3, B − 4,C − 2, D − 5
[CDS 2009]
B. A − 2, B − 5,C − 1, D − 4
A. Bombay High
B. Digboi C. A − 3, B − 5,C − 2, D − 4
C. Ankleshwar D. A − 2, B − 4,C − 1, D − 5
D. Naharkatiya 24. Consider the following statements:
21. Match the following: [CDS 2001] 1. In India, the maximum part of elec-
tric energy is generated by the hy-
City Industry
droelectric plants.
A. Bangalkot 1. Paper
2. In India, the maximum part of elec-
B. Sindri 2. Chemical tric energy is generated by the ther-
C. Dandeli 3. Cement mal power plants.
D. Vadodara 4. Fertilisers 3. Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd. is
5. Machine tools located in Tamil Nadu.

Which of these statements is/are correct? 29. Match the following: [CPO SI 2002]
[CPO AC 2003]
Hydel Power Located in

A. 2 and 3
Project
B. 1 and 3 A. Koyna 1. Jammu and
C. 2 only Kashmir
D. 3 only B. Kundah 2. Karnataka
C. Salal 3. Maharashtra
25. Which of the following is the oldest atomic D. Sharavathy 4. Tamil Nadu
power station?
A. Kalpakkam
A. 2 1 4 3
B. Tarapur
B. 3 1 4 2
C. Narora
C. 2 4 1 3
D. Kota
D. 3 4 1 2
26. Which of the following statement (s) re-
garding India’s coal reserves is/are true? 30. Match the following: [SSC Graduate
2003]
I. Over 90 percent of total reserves
are located in the valleys of Son, Dam River
Damodar, Mahanadi and Godavari A. Farakka 1. Krishna
II. Indian coal reserves are charac- B. Tehri 2. Ravi
terised by low ash content and high
C. Thein 3. Ganga
calorific value
D. Nagarjuna 4. Bhagirathi
III. India has limited prime coking re-
serves
A. I only A. A − 1, B − 2,C − 3, D − 4
B. I and III B. A − 2, B − 3,C − 1, D − 4
C. II and III C. A − 3, B − 4,C − 2, D − 1
D. I, II and III D. A − 4, B − 1,C − 2, D − 3
27. The reservoir Gobind Sagar is on which 31. Consider the following statements:
river in Punjab? [CDS 2002]
1. Gondwana coal is a laminated, bitu-
A. Sutlej minous coal..
B. Son 2. Gondwana coal is completely free
from moisture, sulphur and phospho-
C. Rihand
rus.
D. Narmada
28. The first oil well in India was dug at: is/are correct? [IAS 2008]
A. Bombay High A. 1 only
B. Moran B. 2 only
C. Digboi C. Both 1 and 2
D. Naharkatiya D. Neither 1 nor 2

32. Match the following: [CDS 1999] A. A − 3, B − 1,C − 2

B. A − 3, B − 2,C − 1
Atomic Power Sta- States
tions C. A − 2, B − 1,C − 3
A. Kakrapara 1. Rajasthan D. A − 1, B − 3,C − 2
B. Narora 2. Gujarat
C. Kalpakkam 3. Tamil Nadu 36. Consider the following cities:
D. Tarapur 4. Maharashtra 1. Bhatinda
NARAYAN CHANGDER
E. Kota 5. Uttar Pradesh 2. Jamnagar
3. Mangalore
A. 1 2 3 4 5 Which of the above has/have oil refiner-

ies? [Asstt Comm 2008]
B. 5 4 3 2 1
A. 1 and 2
C. 2 5 3 4 1
B. 3 only
D. 1 4 2 3 5
C. 2 and 3
33. The primary purpose of constructing the D. 1, 2 and 3
Farakka barrage is to: [CDS 1999]
37. In the realm of coal production in the
A. preserve and maintain navigation
world, India ranks: [NDA 2002]
B. supply drinking water
A. first
C. meet the chronic power shortage
B. second
D. bring additional areas into irrigation
C. third
34. Match the following: [NDA 2011] D. fourth
Mineral State 38. Match the following:

A. Bauxite 1. Andhra Pradesh
B. Mica 2. Orissa Places Industries
C. Copper 3. Madhya Pradesh A. Nepanagar 1. HMT factory
D. Zinc 4. Rajasthan B. Rishikesh 2. Oil Refinery
C. Barauni 3. Newsprint
D. Pinjore 4. Antibiotic factory
A. A − 4, B − 1,C − 3, D − 2
B. A − 2, B − 1,C − 3, D − 4 A. A − 1, B − 2,C − 3, D − 4
C. A − 4, B − 3,C − 1, D − 2 B. A − 3, B − 4,C − 2, D − 1
D. A − 2, B − 3,C − 1, D − 4 C. A − 2, B − 3,C − 1, D − 4
35. Match the following: [IAS 2007] D. A − 4, B − 1,C − 2, D − 3
District Rich source of 39. Which one of the following pairs is not cor-
A. Almora 1. Gypsum rectly matched? [NDA 2005] Important
B. Bikaner 2. Kyanite Location (Industry / Mining) State
C. Singhbhum 3. Maqnesite A. Himgir:Uttar Pradesh
B. Koraput:Orissa

C. Palana:Rajasthan 43. Match the following:

D. Nellore:Andhra Pradesh

40. Match the following: A. Jharia 1. Iron Ore
B. Neyveli 2. Sulphur
Minerals States C. Singhbhum 3.Gold
A. Uranium 1. Rajasthan D. Hutti 4. Coal
B. Copper 2. Bihar 5. Lignite
C. Zinc 3. Karnataka
D. Lignite 4. Tamil Nadu
E. Gold 5. Odisha A. 4 5 2 1
B. 4 5 1 3
A. 1 2 2 4 5 C. 3 4 1 2
B. 2 1 1 4 3 D. 5 1 2 3
C. 4 5 2 1 3 44. Match the following:
D. 5 1 3 1 2
41. Match the following: A. BHEL 1. Atomic
B. HAL 2. Electronic
Minerals Location C. SAIL 3. Aeronautics
A. Coal 1. Giridih D. BPCL 4. Chemicals
B. Copper 2. Jayamkondam E. NPTC 5. Iron and steel
C. Manganese 3. Alwar
D. Lignite 4. Dharwar
A. A − 2, B − 3,C − 5, D − 4, E − 1
B. A − 5, B − 4,C − 3, D − 2, E − 1
A. 1 4 3 2
C. A − 1, B − 2,C − 3, D − 4, E − 5
B. 2 3 4 1
D. A − 4, B − 2,C − 3, D − 1, E − 5
C. 1 3 4 2
D. 2 4 3 1 45. Match the following: [CDS 2009]
42. Match the following: [SSC Graduate Multipurpose River Hydel Power
2003] Project Station
A. Rihand 1. Hirakud
Dam River B. Gandak 2. Balmikinagar
A. Gandhi Sagar 1. Bhagirathi C. Chambal 3. Pipri
B. Jayakawadi 2. Krishna D. Mahanadi 4. Kota
C. Nagarjuna 3. Godavari
D. Tehri 4. Chambal
A. A − 3, B − 4,C − 2, D − 1
A. A − 4, B − 3,C − 2, D − 1 B. A − 1, B − 2,C − 4, D − 3
B. A − 3, B − 1,C − 4, D − 2 C. A − 3, B − 2,C − 4, D − 1
C. A − 2, B − 4,C − 3, D − 1 D. A − 1, B − 4,C − 2, D − 3
D. A − 4, B − 2,C − 1, D − 3 46. Which of the following is/are correct?

1. Broad guage railway engines- A. Kerala

Varanasi B. Karnataka
2. Electric locomotives-Bhopal
3. Integral Coach Factory-Kolkata C. Gujarat
A. 1 D. Maharashtra
B. 2 51. Match the following: [NDA 2005]

C. 3
City Industry
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D. 1, 2 and 3 A. Tirupur 1. Railway Engines
47. Consider the following problems being B. Udaipur 2. Textiles
faced by the Indian Coal Industry: C. Rishikesh 3. Cement
D. Varanasi 4. Pharmaceuticals
I. Poor quality of coal and bottlenecks
in the coal movement
II. Low utilisation capacity of wash- A. A − 2, B − 1,C − 4, D − 3
eries B. A − 4, B − 3,C − 2, D − 1
III. Growing dependence on the import
C. A − 2, B − 3,C − 4, D − 1
of coking coal
IV. Administered prices Which of the D. A − 4, B − 1,C − 2, D − 3
above are correct?
[BPSC 2011]
A. II, III and IV Thermal Project
A. Dhuvaran 1. Uttaranchal
B. I, II, III and IV
B. Kathagudam 2. Andhra Pradesh
C. I, III and IV C. Neyveli 3. Tamil Nadu
D. I, II and III D. Obra 4. Gujarat
48. Apart from Tamil Nadu, lignite is found in:

[IAS 2003] A. A − 4, B − 3,C − 2, D − 1
A. Gujarat B. A − 3, B − 2,C − 4, D − 1
B. U.P. C. A − 1, B − 2,C − 3, D − 4
C. West Bengal D. A − 4, B − 2,C − 3, D − 1
D. Orissa 53. Match the following: [CDS 2004]
49. Singhbhum is famous for: [SSC Graduate Power Plant State
2003] A. Koradi 1. Manipur
A. coal B. Kalinadi 2. Karnataka
B. iron C. Loktak 3. Maharashtra
C. copper
D. both (b) and (c) A. 1 2 3
B. 2 3 1
50. Which State of India has the largest re-
serves of monazite, with a high thorium C. 3 2 1
content? [CPO SI 2002] D. 3 1 2

54. Which one of the following states is a Iead- 58. Which of the following minerals are found
ing producer of woollen textiles? [CDS in a natural way in the State of Chhattis-
1999] garh?

A. Jammu and Kashmir 1. Bauxite
B. Punjab 2. Dolomite
C. Rajasthan 3. Iron ore
4. Tin
D. Himachal Pradesh
given below: [IAS 2008]
matched?
A. 1, 2 and 3 only
Irrigation Project : State
B. 1 and 3 only
1. Damanganga:Gujarat
2. Girna:Maharashtra C. 2 and 4 only
3. Pamba:Kerala
Select the correct answer: D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
A. 1 and 2 only
59. Consider the following areas:
B. 2 and 3 only
C. 1 and 3 only 1. Himalayas
2. Chhotta Nagpur
D. 1, 2 and 3 3. Chhattisgarh
56. Which of the following statements are 4. Son Valley
true with respect to iron ore?
What is the correct sequence of these ar-
I. Limestone and coal are important eas in descending order of their coal re-
for smelting iron ore serves? [NDA 2003]
II. More than 20% of the world iron
ore deposits are in India A. 1, 4, 3, 2
III. Odisha and Jharkhand top in the pro-
B. 2, 4, 3, 1
duction of iron ore
IV. Iran is the largest buyer of Indian C. 1, 3, 4, 2
iron ore
D. 2, 3, 4, 1
A. I, II and III
B. II and III
60. Coal mines in Jharkhand are located at
C. III and IV [BPSC 2011]
D. II, III and IV
A. Jharia
57. Which one of the following does not have a
B. Jamshedpur
unit of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)?
A. Nasik C. Ranchi
B. Koraput D. Lohardaga
C. Kolkata
D. Bangalore 61. Match the following:

64. Which one among the following is a cor-

A. Central Building 1. Chennai rect sequence of production of coal in the
Research Institute Indian States in descending order? [NDA
B. Central Road Re- 2. Roorkee 2011]
search Institute A. Jharkhand-Madhya Pradesh-West
C. Central drug Re- 3. Lucknow Bengal-Meghalaya
search Institute
D. Central Leather 4. New Delhi B. West Bengal-Madhya Pradesh-
Jharkhand-Meghalaya
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Research Institute
5. Dhanbad C. Jharkhand-West Bengal-Meghalaya-
Madhya Pradesh
D. Madhya Pradesh-Jharkhand-West
A. 1 2 3 5
Bengal - Meghalaya
B. 2 4 3 1
65. The Vindhyan system of rocks is important
C. 4 3 2 1 for the production of [CDS 2011]
D. 5 4 1 3 A. precious stones and building materials
62. The Himalayan region is poor in mineral re-

sources because: [IAS 2004] B. iron ore and manganese
C. bauxite and mica
A. it is made of crystalline rocks
D. copper and uranium
B. the displacement of rock strata has
disturbed the arrangement of rock and 66. Match the following: [IAS 2004]
made it complex
C. the climatic conditions are not suitable Sources of Energy Place
for exploitation of minerals A. Geothermal 1. Khambhat
B. Wind 2. Manikaran
D. the terrain makes exploitation of min- C. Wave 3. Bhavnagar
erals difficult and very costly due to trans- D. Tidal 4. Vijinjham
port difficulties
63. Which one among the following state- A. 3 4 1 2

ments regarding India’s coal is not correct? B. 2 1 4 3
[CDS 2012]
C. 3 1 4 2
A. 98 percent of reserves of coal in India
belongs to Gondwana period D. 2 4 1 3
B. Unknown amount of coal lies buried un- 67. Consider the following statements:
der the Ganga alluvium and the Deccan 1. Balaghat is known for its diamond
Trap mines.
C. Bituminous coal is found in both lower 2. Majhgawan is known for its man-
Gondwana rocks and in Tertiary rocks ganese deposits.
D. Gondwana coal is mainly found in the Which of the statements given above
river valleys of Damodar, Mahanadi and is/are correct? [IAS 2007]
Godavari A. 1 only

B. 2 only C. A − 1, B − 2,C − 3, D − 4
C. Both 1 and 2 D. A − 2, B − 4,C − 3, D − 1

D. Neither 1 nor 2
71. Ankaleshwar in India is known for the pro-
68. Which of the following are true with re- duction of: [NDA 2002]
gard to coal in India? A. bauxite
I. Coal is found in sedimentary rocks B. coal
II. The best quality of coal is lignite
III. The largest and oldest coalfield in In- C. iron ore
dia is known as the ‘Ruhr of India’. D. petroleum
IV. The Damodar river valley is popu-
larly known as the Ruhr of India. 72. In which of the following products has
A. I and IV Bangladesh emerged as the main competi-
tor of India in the world market? [IAS
B. I, II and III 1991]
C. I, III and IV A. Cement
D. II, III and IV
B. Cotton garments
69. With which one of the following rivers C. Jute
is the Omkareshwar Project associated?
D. Pharmaceuticals
[IAS 2008]
A. Chambal 73. Which one of the following States of In-
B. Narmada dia is the largest producer of lignite coal?
[CDS 2009]
C. Tapi
A. Maharashtra
D. Bhima
B. Gujarat
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Tamil Nadu
A. Industries 1. Public Sector
owned by individu- 74. Match the following: [CDS 2001]
als
B. Industries 2. Cooperative Sec- Urban Centre Product
owned by the state tor A. Ahmedabad 1. Handloom
C. Industries 3. Joint Sector B. Gwalior 2. Woollen Textiles
owned jointly by C. Bangalore 3. Cotton Textiles
individuals and D. Coimbatore 4. Silk Textiles
state
D. Industries run by 4. Private sector
a group of people A. A − 3, B − 1,C − 4, D − 2
B. A − 4, B − 2,C − 3, D − 1
A. A − 4, B − 1,C − 3, D − 2 C. A − 4, B − 1,C − 3, D − 2
B. A − 3, B − 2,C − 1, D − 4 D. A − 3, B − 2,C − 4, D − 1

75. Match the following: Place Industry

A. Muzaffarnagar 1. Cotton textiles
B. Adoni 2. Sugar
A. Salem 1. Antibiotics C. Ranchi 3. Sports goods
B. Pimpri 2. Petroleum refin- D. Jalandhar 4. Engineering
ing goods
C. Perambur 3. Alloy steel
D. Bongaigaon 4. Railway coaches
A. A − 2, B − 1,C − 4, D − 3
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B. A − 1, B − 3,C − 4, D − 2
A. 3 1 4 2 C. A − 2, B − 3,C − 4, D − 1
B. 4 1 3 2 D. A − 1, B − 4,C − 3, D − 2
C. 3 2 1 4
80. Ankaleshwar and Navagaon are two oil
D. 1 2 4 3 fields in:
76. Which of the following was India’s first A. Gujarat

mobile offshore drillng platform? B. Bihar
A. Sagar Kanya C. West Bengal
B. Sagar Mata D. Assam
C. Sagar Samrat 81. Match the following: [NDA 2002]
Industries Locations
77. Which one of the following sequences of A. Cement 1. Sindri
the oil refineries of India as they occur B. Paper 2. Ootacamund
from south to north is correct? [CDS C. Fertilizer 3. Nepanagar
2009] D. Photo film 4. Katini
A. Kochi-Mangalore-Mumbai-Koyali
B. Koyali-Mumbai-Mangalore-Kochi A. 4 3 1 2
C. Kochi-Mumbai-Mangalore-Koyali B. 1 2 4 3
D. Mangalore-Kochi-Mumbai - Koyali C. 4 2 1 3
D. 1 3 4 2
78. Which State has the largest number of
sugar mills? 82. In which one of the following States
A. Punjab are Namchik-Namphuk Coalfields located?
[IAS 2008]
B. Haryana
A. Arunachal Pradesh
C. Tamil Nadu
B. Meghalaya
D. Uttar Pradesh
C. Manipur
79. Match the following: D. Mizoram

83. Which one of the following States enjoys A. 2 4 1 3

ideal conditions for the development of B. 1 2 3 4
petrochemical industries?

C. 4 3 2 1
A. Gujarat
D. 3 4 1 2
B. Maharashtra
C. Tamil Nadu 88. Which shipyard is known for the manufac-
D. Uttar Pradesh ture of bargets, coasters arid dredgers?
A. Hindustan Shipyard
84. Chhota Nagpur plateau is called the heart
of industrial India because it is: B. Mazgaon Shipyard
A. near to major iron and steel centres C. Garden Reach Shipyard
B. a big link of roads and railways D. Cochin Shipyard
C. rich in minerals and power fuels 89. The Rourkela steel plant obtains:
D. very fertile for industrial crops 1. hydel power from the Hirakud dam
85. Match the following: [IAS 2007] 2. coking coal from Jharia coalfields
3. iron ore from Baba Budan hills
Mineral Place A. I, II and III
A. Mica 1. Chindwara
B. Diamond 2. Bellary B. I and II
C. Manganese 3. Panna C. I and III
D. Copper 4. Hazaribagh D. II and III
A. A − 1, B − 2,C − 3, D − 4 90. Farakka Barrage was commissioned to:

[CPO SI 2002]
B. A − 1, B − 3,C − 2, D − 4
A. save Kolkata port
C. A − 4, B − 3,C − 2, D − 1
B. link North and South Bengal
D. A − 4, B − 2,C − 3, D − 1
C. supply drinking water to Kolkata
86. Which one of the following lists four type
D. divert water to Bangladesh
of coal, arranged in the increasing order of
their carbon content? 91. Match the following:
A. Peat, Lignite, Bituminous, Anthracite
B. Peat, Bituminous, Lignite, Anthracite Place Power Project
A. Kalpakkam 1. Thermal power
C. Lignite, Peat, Bituminous, Anthracite project
D. Peat, Anthracite, Lignite, Bituminous B. Kolkata 2. Nuclear power
project
C. Koyna 3. Tidal power
Minerals Areas project
A. Gold 1. Khetri D. Bhavnagar 4. Hydro power
B. Coal 2. Kolar project
C. Copper 3. Kudremukh
D. Iron 4. Jharia A. A − 1, B − 3,C − 4, D − 2

B. A − 2, B − 3,C − 1, D − 4 D. A − 2, B − 3,C − 4, D − 1
C. A − 2, B − 1,C − 4, D − 3
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10. Industries
1. Which city is called as “Silicon Valley of B. Development of manufacturing indus-

India”. tries is a precondition for eradication of
unemployment and poverty.
A. Chikkaballapura
C. Export of manufactured goods ex-
B. Bangalore
pands trade and commerce and brings in
C. Mysore much needed foreign exchange.
D. Mandya D. Manufacturing puts the country into a
debt trap.
2. Which one of the following factors plays
the most important role in the location of 5. Embroidery is a type of industry.
an industry in a particular region? A. Small scale
A. Raw Material B. Cottage
B. Market C. Large scale
C. Least production cost D. none of above
D. Transportation 6. India has about mobile phone users
3. Bauxite is of which following ore A. 10 Million
A. Iron B. 100 Million
B. Steel C. 1 Bn
D. 10 Bn
C. Aluminium
D. Stainless steel 7. India has about internet users
A. 10 Million
4. Which of the following statements regard-
ing manufacturing is not true? B. 50 Million
A. Manufacturing helps in modernising C. 0.5 Bn

agriculture. D. 1 Bn

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8. Durgapur steel plant is at 14. The Oldest Industry Of India is

A. jharkand A. Textile Industry
B. Odisha B. Sugar Industry
C. Tamilnadu C. Iron and steel Industry
D. West bengal D. none of above
9. Is famous for its woolen handicrafts. 15. Market is one of the factors for setting
up of industries.
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A. West Bengal
A. locational
B. Kerala
B. sizeable
C. Kashmir
C. natural systematic
D. none of above
D. none of above
10. Indian Software Product Industry is esti-
mated to reach approximately in rev- 16. Govt. of India has provided Tax Holidays
enues in 2025 for STPI. What does STPI stand for?
A. 500 Billion USD A. Systems and Technology Parks of India
B. 10 Billion USD B. Systems and Technical Projects of In-

dia
C. 100 Billion USD
C. Systems and Technology Policies of In-
D. 100 Million USD dia
11. Which of these is not a product of a cot- D. Software Technology Parks of India
tage industry?
17. Which one of the following public sector
A. Lapad plants is located in Chhattisgarh?
B. Pickles A. Bokaro Steel Plant
C. Hosiery B. Bhilai Steel Plant
D. Candles C. Durgapur Steel Plant
12. What were the previous names of Ben- D. Rourkela Steel Plant
galuru 18. Which is the top most fish producing coun-
A. Silicon Valley Of India, The Cyber City try
B. The Garden City, The Market of South A. USA
India B. Peru
C. None of These C. India
D. All of these D. China
13. is one of the richest and vibrant aspect 19. Industry are the base for many Other
of Indian culture heritage. industries in every country.
A. Automobile A. iron and steel industry
B. Handloom weaving B. Automobiles industry
C. Marble inlay C. cotton textile industry

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20. The Bhopal Gas Disaster occurred in 26. is known for its Marble inlay work.
A. 1980 A. Visakhapatnam

B. 2003 B. Kolkata
C. 1984 C. Agra
21. Which of these is not a large industries 27. Rubber Industry is the example of in-
dustries
A. Iron
A. Large scale
B. Steel
B. Small scale
C. Sports Goods
C. Cottage
D. Textiles D. none of above
22. The industry is a large-scale, mineral- 28. Who is known as father of the Indian in-
based industry. dustry.
A. Automobile A. Mukesh Ambani
B. Cotton B. jamshedji Tata
C. iron and steel C. Lakshmi Mittal
23. By what name is Ahmedabad is called as 29. Govt. of India has provided Tax Holidays
for SEZ. What does SEZ stand for?
A. The Cyber City
A. Special Economic Zones
B. The Garden City
B. Special Exports Zones
C. The Silicon Valley of India
C. Software Economic Zones
D. None of these
D. Spend Economic Zones
24. Who is the World’s Largest Ship Builder
30. Where was the first cotton textile mill
A. China was set up in India.
B. South Korea A. Mumbai
C. Japan B. Ahmadabad
D. None of these C. Bengaluru
D. None of these
25. In which of the following countries the
world’s major Iron & Steel Industries are 31. Indian IT Sector contibutes % to In-
located? dia’s GDP
A. Germany A. 15%
B. China B. 5%
C. Russia C. 7.7%
D. All of the above D. 10%

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32. Which city is called the ‘Manchester of In- 38. Where was the First Jute Mill set up in In-
dia’ dia?
A. Kanpur A. Madras
B. Ahmedabad B. Bombay
C. Bengaluru C. Calcutta
D. All of the above D. Delhi
39. Why is steel called as the backbone of mod-
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33. Which one of the following is not way to
prevent industrial pollution ern industries?
A. Use clean Energy A. Steel is cheaper.
B. Stop Polluting Water B. Steel is available everywhere in the
world.
C. Plant trees
C. Everything we use is related with
D. None of these
steel.
34. Which one of the following agencies, mar- D. None of these
kets steel for the public sector plants?
40. In which of the following countries textile
A. GAIL
industry is concentrated?
B. SAIL
A. India
C. TATA STEEL
B. Hong Kong
D. MNCC
C. Japan
35. choose one correct option where the iron D. All of the above
and steel industry located
41. Bhadravati is an important steel centre lo-
A. Durgapur
cated at
B. Lucknow
A. Jharkhand
C. Jaipur
B. Karnataka
D. none of above
C. Odisha
36. Where was the First Cement Plant dey up D. Bihar
in India?
42. The goods are packaged and sent to the
A. Madras
B. Bombay A. Warehouses
C. Calcutta B. Factory
D. Delhi C. Customer
37. Coimbatore is famous for D. none of above
A. Iron and steel industry 43. In India modern iron and steel industry
B. Cotton textile industry was started in the year
C. Automobile industries A. 1855
D. none of above B. 1874

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C. 1906 B. Cement
D. 1907 C. Steel

44. is a steel city in USA. D. Jute
A. New York City 48. which are the examples of small scale in-
B. Detroit dustry?
C. Pittsburg A. pickle, sports goods
D. Ohio B. radio, jams
45. The processing of raw material into more C. radio, sports goods
valuable products falls under the category D. jams, pickle
of
A. Primary Industry 49. is converted into finished products by
different kinds of industries.
B. Secondary Industry
A. Finery
C. Tertiary Industry
D. None of these B. Raw Material
C. oilery Material
46. Which of the following industries are set
up by individuals at home D. none of above
A. Small Scale Industries 50. Recently Indian Govt has made special pro-
B. Cottage Industries visions for development of which technolo-
C. Large Scale Industries gies in the Finance Budget
D. none of above A. Oracle and SAP

B. AI and Quantum Computing
47. Which one of the following industries uses
limestone as a raw material? C. Search Engine and Robots
A. Aluminium D. C/C++ and Java

11. Transport and Communication
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11.1 Railways
1. The monorail was first started in India at 5. Present High Speed Train in India
what place? A. Rajdhani Express
A. Mumbai
B. Vande Bharat Express
B. Delhi
C. Gatimaan Express
C. Kolkata
D. none of above
D. Pune
6. Which is the longest railway station in In-
2. Which zone is the largest in Indian Rail-
dia?
ways?
A. Gorakhpur Railway Station
A. Eastern Railway
B. Northen Railways B. Bilaspur Railway Station
C. Central Railways C. Trivandrum Central, Kerala

D. None of these D. None of these
3. Which is the longest track in India 7. What is the length of the Vembanad
A. Delhi to Bombay Bridge? (longest railway bridge of India)
B. Kashmir to Assam A. 5000 metres
C. Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari B. 3309 metres
D. Kerla to Punjab C. 2556 metres
4. How many trains run in India? D. 4620 metres

A. 19, 584 8. Which is the fastest train in Indian Rail-
B. 13, 523 way?
C. 15, 900 A. Gatimaan Express
D. 11, 115 B. Mumbai-Rajdhani Express

11.1 Railways 333
C. Shatabdi Express 14. In which year the first proposal for Rail-
way was introduced in India?
D. None of these

A. 1845
9. When did the first electric train ever run in
B. 1832
India?
C. 1815
A. January 4, 1928
D. 1852
B. February 3, 1925
C. March 2, 1926 15. What is your sister
A. 2
D. December 1, 1924
B. 4
10. Who among the following is a first female C. 6
locopilot (train driver) of the Indian Rail-
ways in India? D. 8
A. Rajashree Sachdev 16. This is India’s first sea bridge

B. Bhavani Kumari A. London bridge
C. Ritu Chauhan B. Indira Gandhi bridge
D. Surekha Shankar Yadav (Surekha Ya- C. Pamban bridge
dav D. none of above
11. Indian Railways was found by 17. Which of the following is the longest Rail-
A. Lord Hardinge way tunnel in the world?
A. Gotthard Base Tunnel
B. Goverment of India
B. Seikan Tunnel
C. Vinod Kumar Yadav
C. Yulhyeon Tunnel
D. Suneet Sharma
D. Channel Tunnel
12. When was the first local train made in In-
dia 18. First Railway to introduce electric lighting
as standard fixtures?
A. 16 April 1853
A. Jodhpur Railway
B. 16 April 1852
B. Vande Bharat Express Train 18
C. 16 April 1851
C. Kanyakumari Vivek Express
D. 16 April 1850 D. None of the above
13. How many zones are there in Indian Rail- 19. Konark temple is considered as the of
ways Sun God.
A. 12 A. Chariot
B. 17 B. Mace
C. 25 C. Gada
D. 18 D. Chakra

11.1 Railways 334
20. which is The only train which runs between C. Vadodara

India and Pakistan?
D. Mumbai
A. Vidharbha express
B. Shatabdi express 26. Who is the First Railway Minister of India
C. Samjhauta Express A. Nirmala Sitaram

D. Deccan Queen B. Lord Dalhousie
C. John Mathai
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21. In which city, railway coaches are manu-
factured? D. Piyush Goyal
A. Ludhiana
27. Meaning restless in Bengali it is non stop
B. Patiala long distance train
C. Kapurthala
A. Duronto
D. None of these
B. Vivek express
22. When was the first train steamed off in C. Jamalpur express
India?
D. none of above
A. 1848
B. 1853 28. also known as India’s wonder woman she
C. 1875 is Indian first commando trainer is an ex-
pert in close quarters battle and is in-
D. 1880 volved in training various Indian forces
who is she?
23. How many passengers travel in trains ev-
eryday? A. Seema Rao
A. 700 million B. Nirupama Rao
B. 900 million C. Kiran Bedi
C. 13 million D. none of above
D. 7 million
29. Which train is the fastest train in India?
24. Which State has the highest number of sta-
tions identified for development under the A. Gatimaan Express
Adarsh Station Scheme? B. Rajdhani Express
A. Uttar Pradesh C. Tejas Express
B. West Bengal D. Andhra Pradesh Express
30. Which country has the fastest train?
D. Karnataka
A. China
25. Where is the Railway Staff College lo-
cated? B. Japan
A. Pune C. Spain
B. Delhi D. Germany

11.1 Railways 335
31. Which is the longest railway bridge in In- 37. In which month was the first Indian Train
dia? ran?

A. Vembanad Bridge A. October
B. Nehru Setu or Upper Son Bridge B. July
C. Bogibeel Rail Road Bridge C. April
D. None of these D. May
32. India’s Non AC Double Decker Train is? 38. Which place is the headquarters of Eastern
Railways
A. Uday Express
A. Howrah
B. Flying Ranee Express
B. Kolkata
C. Mumbai-Ahmedabad IRCTC Double
C. Bhubaneshwar
Decker Express
D. Patna
D. none of above
39. Which Railway station, one of the busiest
33. Which is the longest bridge in India? railway stations in India, has got Gold Rat-
A. PAMBAN BRIDGE ing by the Indian Green Building Council?
B. VEMBANAND BRIDGE A. Vijayawada railway station
C. PULASKI BRIDGE B. Tirupati railway station
D. BROOKLYN BRIDGE C. Howrah Junction railway station
D. None of these
34. Who is the Metro Man of India?
40. First international train in India?
A. T.N. Seshan
A. Maitree Express
B. Mangu singh
B. Avantika Express
C. Elattuvalapil Sreedharan
C. Sampark Kranti Express
D. None of these
D. Rajdhani Express
35. What is the name of Mumbai CSMT before
30-40 years 41. Which of the following is the world’s bus-
iest metro system?
A. Victoria Terminus
A. Tokyo Subway, Japan
B. Victoria Station
B. Beijing Subway, China
C. Bombay CSMT C. Seoul Subway, South Korea
D. none of above D. Shanghai Metro, China
36. Is wiley celebrated on full moon night in 42. Who presented the first railway budget of
Visakha Independent India?
A. Onam A. John Mathai
B. Buddha jayanti B. Shanmukham Chetty
C. Ugadi C. Lalu Prasad Yadav
D. none of above D. None of these

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43. which was the First Passenger Train in In- 49. who is talking in the video?
dia? A. a teenager
A. Siddhi, Babar, and Sultan
B. a young couple
B. Sahib, Sindh, and Sultan
C. a blogger woman
C. None of these.
D. a reporter
D. none of above
50. Which Indian state has no Railway Sta-
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44. How fast is the fastest train in India tion?
A. 100mph A. Sikkim
B. 200mph
B. Assam
C. 99mph
C. Odisha
D. 50mph
45. Where was the first metro rail started in
India? 51. Which fuel does trains use?
A. New Delhi A. LPG
B. Kolkata B. CNG
C. Mumbai C. Petrol
D. Telangana D. Diesel
46. Which city houses the headquarters of Cen- 52. How many stations are there in Mumbai?
tral Railway?
A. 112
A. New Delhi
B. 100
B. Kharagpur
C. 130
C. Mumbai
D. 115
D. None of these
53. Which of the following is the largest rail-
47. Which is the world’s largest platform? way junction in India?
A. Gorakhpur railway station
A. Delhi
B. Kollam junction
B. Bhatinda
C. CSMT
C. Mathura
D. Kharagpur railway station
D. Allahabad
48. Which of the following Railways line runs
parallel to the Arabian Sea, offering views 54. India’s first railway proposals was made
along the coast? in
A. Central Railway A. Mumbai
B. Konkan Railway B. Madras
C. Southern Railway C. Kerala
D. Western Railway D. Cochin

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55. How many times was the Maharanjas Ex- 61. How many people Indian Railways em-
press Train voted to be “The Worlds Lead- ploys?
ing Luxury?

A. 10 people
A. 7
B. 354 people
B. 9
C. 1, 55 millions of people
C. 3
D. 2, 55 millions of people
D. 5
62. The Vande Bharat rail runs at a speed of
56. The Oldest Running Train in the history of kilometres per hour.
Indian Railways?
A. 200 km/h
A. Kalka Mail (1866)
B. 180 km/h
B. Tejas Express (1854)
C. 130 km/h
C. Grand Trunk Express (1964)
D. Fairy Queen (1943) D. 100 km/h
57. Over which of the following rivers is the 63. Which is the worlds first restaurant inside
world’s highest railway bridge in Kashmir a renovate broad gauge railway coach?
being constructed? A. Shaan-E-Bhopal
A. Chenab B. Royal Rajasthan on wheels
B. Jhelum C. Dibrugarh-Kanyakumari Vivek Express
C. Sutlej D. Maharaja Express
D. Indus
64. Which is the longest train tunnel in India?
58. What is the symbol of Indian Railways?
A. Western Jamshedpur railway tunnel
A. Tiger
B. Panajil railway tunnel
B. Horse
C. Chandigarh toy train railway tunnel
C. Elephant
D. Shatabdi express tunnel
D. Lion
65. Who founded Indian Railways?
59. When did Indian Railway Act Passed?
A. Zhan Tianyou
A. 1888
B. John Stevens
B. 1865
C. 1890 C. Lord Hardinge
D. 1989 D. Edmund Morel
60. Which of the following railway tunnel in 66. This building serves as headquarters of
India is the longest? Central railways
A. Pir Panjal Tunnel A. IRCTC
B. Parsik tunnel B. Darjeeling Himalayan railway
C. Chenani Nashri Tunnel C. Chhatrapati Shivaji terminus
D. None of these D. Shatabdi

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67. WHICH IS THE RAILWAY BRIDGE WHICH C. Rio Mulatos-Potosi Line, Bolivia
CONNECTS THE TOWN OF MANDAPAM IN
D. PeruRail, Peru
MAINLAND?
A. Golden Gate Bridge 73. Which Railways line runs parallel to the
B. Brooklyn Bridge Arabian Sea?
C. Sydney Harbour Bridge A. Central Railway
D. PAMBAN BRIDGE B. Konkan Railway
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68. Who is a first female locopilot (train C. Western Railway
driver) of the Indian Railways in India? D. None of these
A. Bhumi Khurana
B. Fathima Beevi 74. India’s longest railway tunnel is located in
which city?
C. Surekha Shankar Yadav
A. Karnataka
D. None of these
B. Goa
69. In which city is the Wheel and Axle Plant
of the Indian Railways located? C. Maharashtra
A. New Delhi D. Jammu & Kashmir

B. Bangalore
75. Which Company is building the Chenab
C. Mumbai Bridge?
D. None of these A. Tata
70. Where is the Headquarter of the Indian B. Afcons
railway?
C. Motul
A. New Delhi
D. Den
B. Mumbai
C. Uttar Pradesh 76. The largest railroad passenger coach fac-
D. Karnataka tory in India is located at
A. Mumbai
71. How many horses are carved in the Konark
temple and mounted on the gigantic char- B. Chennai
iot? C. Bhopal
A. 12
D. None of these
B. 24
C. 36 77. Railway staff college is located in which
state?
D. 40
A. Madhya Pradesh
72. Which of the following is the highest Rail-
way system in the world? B. Gujarat
A. Qingzang Railway, China C. New Delhi
B. Ferrocarril Central Andino, Peru D. None of these

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78. The Bandhan Express is an international C. Kalpana Chawla

passenger train which runs between the D. none of above
India and which country?

84. what is your fathet
A. Nepal
A. 2
B. Bangladesh
B. 6
C. Pakistan
C. 8
D. None of these
D. 1
79. was the first female railway minister
of India. 85. Which is the first Railway Station of In-
dia?
A. Mayawati
A. Lokmanya Tilak Terminus
B. Mamata Banerjee
B. Victoria Terminus
C. Sonia Gandhi
C. Agra Junction
D. Priyanka Gandhi
D. None of these
80. Indian Railways is a government agency 86. What was India’s longest sea bridge until
under the ownership of the opening of Bandra-Worli Sea link
A. League of Railways A. Arch of the Chenab Bridge
B. Management of Railways B. Bogibeel bridge
C. Ministry of Railways C. Pamban Bridge
D. Group of Railways D. Rameshwaram bridge
81. What is the slogan of Indian railways? 87. Which of the following is the busiest sub-
A. India’s national railway system urban railway network in India?
B. Railways & Peasants A. Chennai Suburban Railway
C. Lifeline of the Nation B. Lucknow-Kanpur Suburban Railway

C. Kolkata Suburban Railway
D. None of these
D. Mumbai Suburban Railway
82. Initially these trains are served only two
link between the 88. Where is the highest altitude railway sta-
tion in India?
A. houses and market
A. Ghum Railway Station Darjeeling
B. hill stations and the foothills
B. Siliguri Railway Station
C. transportation and hospitals
C. Dehradun Railway Station
D. none of above
D. Ooty Railway Station
83. while her reportage of the Kargil war
89. find world heritage railway line
brought her a lot of criticism it surely took
superhuman courage on her part to be mid- A. The Darjeeling Himalayan railway
dle of a war who is she? B. The dhamodhar mountain railway
A. Barkha Dutt C. jammu and Shimla railway
B. Nirupama Rao D. none of above

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90. Who is the present Chairman (as of July 96. Where is the longest railway platform in
2020) of Railway Board? India
A. Arunendra Kumar A. Jhansi
B. Ashwani Lohani B. Khargapur
C. V K Yadav C. Mumbai
D. None of these D. Kolkata
91. Which of the following railway station has
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97. Who manufactured the Indian Railway?
the world’s longest railway platform in In-
dia? A. Donald Trump
A. Gorakhpur Railway Station B. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Kollam Junction, Kharagpur C. William Avery
C. Bilaspur Railway Station D. Indira Gandhi
D. None of the above 98. When was the first electric train started in
92. Vembanad is the longest lake in and India?
the largest lake in A. 1925
A. India ; Kerala B. 1950
B. Asia ; Madhya Pradesh C. 1965
C. The World ; Chennai D. 1936
D. none of above
99. Which is the fastest train in India?
93. Who among the following is a first female
A. Rajdhani Express
locopilot of the Indian Railways in India?
B. Shatabdi Express
A. Rajshree Sachdev
C. Duronto Express
B. Bhavani Kumari
C. Ritu Chauhan D. Vande Bharata Express
D. Surekha Shankar Yadav 100. Where is the World’s longest Railway

platform in India?
94. Who is called the ‘Metro Man’ in India
A. Mumbai
A. Elattuvalapil Sreedharan
B. Delhi
B. Dharmadhrt Ramila
C. Ramchand Chalia C. Gorakhpur
D. Dharamdas Shah D. Kerala
95. In which year Indian Railways Board es- 101. In which year the Mumbai got its first
tablished? Train?
A. 1905 A. 1847
B. 1999 B. 1832
C. 1901 C. 1853
D. 1995 D. 1852

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102. What is the full form of ICF C. 3

A. Indian Coach Factory D. 2

B. Indian Coach Fair
108. Who created the first train?
C. Intergal Coach Factory
A. James Sharp
D. None
B. Humphry Davy
103. What is your Mother
C. Richard Trevithick
A. 3
D. Charles Francis Jenkins
B. 4
C. 5 109. What is the full form of IRCTC?
D. 7 A. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism
Corporation
104. Which train in India has the longest route
length? B. Indian Railway for Catering and Trans-
port Corporation
A. Howrah-Jammu Tawi Himgiri Express
C. International Railway of County Trans-
B. Kanyakumari-Jammu Tawi Himsagar
port Corporated
Express
C. Kanyakumari-Dibrugarh Vivek Express D. Indian Railway for Country Transport
Controls
D. Guwahati-Thiruvananthapuram Ex-
press 110. Which train is fastest in India?
105. The nine different forms of goddess of A. The Duronto Express
power in Hinduism are worshipped dur-
B. The Tejas Express
ing?
A. Dhanteras C. The Rajdhani Express
B. Durga Puja D. The Vande Bharat Express
C. Halloween 111. What is the most luxurious train in India?

D. none of above A. Golden Chariot
106. Who is the present railway minister of B. The Deccan Odyssey
India?
C. Maharaja Express
A. Piyush Goyal
D. Palace-On-Wheels
B. Narendra Modi
C. Mallikarjun Kharge 112. What does Indian Railway own at sev-
eral locations in India?
D. Suresh Prabhu
A. Locomotive and coach facilities
107. How many luxury trains does Indian Rail-
ways have? B. Bathroom and sink facilities
A. 5 C. Food and water facilities
B. 7 D. Air conditioner and sleeping facilities

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113. Which is not a type of seat in a train? 119. Which Indian railway station has the
A. AC 3-Tier largest number of platforms?
B. First Class A. Howrah Junction
C. Sleeper B. Sealdah Railway Station
D. Business class C. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus

D. None of these
114. Which Country invented the railway?
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A. India 120. Which was the first Indian Metro?
B. Japan A. Delhi Metro
C. South Korea B. Rapid Metro
D. Germany C. Namma Metro

D. Kolkata Metro
115. Name the present Railway Minister of In-
dia [2019-2024] 121. Which is the longest railway platform in
A. Piyush Goyal India?
B. Suresh Prabhu A. Gorakhpur Railway Station
C. Narendra Modi B. Kollam Junction, Kharagpur
D. John Mathai C. Bilaspur Railway Station

D. Howrah Station
116. Which is the biggest railway station in
India? 122. how many kilometers was the first train
A. Gorakhpur Railway Station track in India
B. Bilaspur Railway Station A. 36km
C. Trivandrum Central, Kerala B. 44km
D. None of these C. 29km

D. 34km
117. Which is the first Railway station in In-
dia? 123. Which is the oldest railway zone in India?
A. Chennai Central railway station A. South East Central Railway
B. Victoria Terminus B. East Central Railway
C. Royapuram railway station C. Southern Railway
118. What is the longest running train route in 124. What is the rank of India in the world in
India terms of length of railroad network?
A. Ajanta-Kanyakumari Express A. Third
B. Ahilyanagari Express B. Fourth
C. Ananthapuri Express C. Fifth
D. Dibrugarh-Kanyakumari Vivek Express D. None of these

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125. Which of the following is the longest 131. Name the God who is worshiped in
train route in the Indian Subcontinent? Konark temple?

A. Vivek Express A. Moon God
B. Thiruvananthapuram Express B. Wind God
C. Himsagar Express C. Sun God
D. Ten Jammu Express D. Earth God
126. WHICH IS THE WORLDS HIGHEST 132. I am the fastest railway in India, I have
BRIDGE?? been speeding since 1 April 2018, Who am
I?
A. CHENNAB
A. Vande Bharat express
B. RAMESWARM
B. Gatimaan Express
C. PAMBAN
C. None of these.
D. GODAWARI D. none of above
127. Which is the fastest express in India? 133. Which is the slowest train in India?
A. Tejas Express A. The Nilgiri Express
B. Gatimaan Express B. Delhi Shatabdi railways
C. Sealdah Duronto Express C. Madhuri express
D. Mumbai Rajdhani Express D. Dalhousie railway
128. Which place is the headquarters of South- 134. What is the position of the Indian Rail-
ern Railway way in the world according to the length
of rail lines?
A. Bengaluru
A. First
B. Chennai
B. Third
C. Thiruvananthapuram
C. Fourth
D. Secundrabad/Hydrebad
D. Second
129. The Indian railway was found on
135. Which state of India has no railway line?
A. May 1 1845
A. Sikkim
B. May 3 1845
B. Assam
C. May 8 1845 C. Meghalaya
D. May 11 1845 D. None of these
130. Read the Following Railway Headquar- 136. What is the lifespan of the arch of Chenab
ters and Identify which is False. Bridge?
A. South-Central Railway-Secunderabad A. 100 years
B. Central Railway-Bhopal B. 120 years
C. South Railway-Chennai C. 34 years
D. North Railway-New Delhi D. 56 years

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137. When was the Darjeeling Himalayan Rail- 143. On which of the following is the longest
way declared as a World Heritage Site by railway bridge in India located?
UNESCO? A. River Ganges
A. October 2000 B. Vembanad Lake
B. December 1999 C. River Brahmaputra
C. May 1997 D. Chilka Lake
D. July 2000
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144. What is the name of present (as of
138. In which state is Konark Temple located? July2020) railway minister of India?
A. Andhra Pradesh A. Suresh Prabhu
B. Odisha B. Piyush Goyal
C. West Bengal C. Ravi Shankar Prasad
D. Rajasthan D. None of these
139. Who proposed the first Indian railways 145. What was the size of the Indian Railway
A. Queen Victoria A. 67, 956 KM
B. Lord Dalhouisie B. 60, 313 KM
C. Heythen Hardwall C. 65, 456 KM
D. Greg Mathew D. 69, 388 KM
140. Name the king who built the Konark tem- 146. When did the first electric train in India
ple. run?
A. Krishnadevaraya A. 7th March 1977
B. Ramadevaraya B. 4th May 1942
C. Narasimhadeva C. 9th September 1964
D. None D. 3rd February 1925
141. The headquarters of North-Eastern rail- 147. World’s most luxurious train runs in In-
way is situated at dia.Which train is that?
A. Kolkata A. Palace On Wheels
B. New Delhi B. Maharajas Express
C. Gorakhpur C. Deccan Odyssey
D. None of these D. Golden Chariot
142. Which is the cleanest railway station in 148. Which is the India’s first double Decker
India? train?
A. Rajkot A. Delhi-Jaipur
B. Bilaspur B. Howrah-Dhanbad
C. Jaipur C. Ahmedabad-Mumbai

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149. The First train on Indian soil ran between 155. Which is the Oldest train in India
Bombay and Thane on
A. Rajdhani Express

A. 14 April 1853
B. Tejas Express
B. 13 April 1853
C. Kalka Mall
C. 16 April 1853
D. Sheshnaag
D. 17 April 1853
156. Railway was founded in which country?
150. Zone is the largest in Indian Railways
A. The United Kingdom
A. Central Railway
B. Asia
B. Northern Railway
C. Europe
C. Eastern Railway
D. Western Railway D. Japan
151. Where is the India’s Longest Railway 157. When did the country’s first train run?
bridge and what its name? A. 1852
A. Indira Gandhi Bridge B. 1871
B. Vembanad Bridge-Kerala C. 1864
C. Chenab Bridge-Jammu and Kashmir D. 1832
D. none of above
158. Indian railways serve approximately
152. what city the train ran between? how many passengers everyday?
A. Calcutta-New-Delhi A. 72 million
B. Bombay-Agra B. 54 million
C. Bombay-Thane C. 23 million
D. New-Dehli-Bombay D. 10 million
153. Which Luxury tourist Train voted “The 159. Where is the highest railway bridge in
World Leading Luxury” 7 times in a row? the world?
A. Rajdhani Express
A. Mahatma Gandhi Setu
B. Shatabdi Express
B. Pamban Bridge
C. The Darjeeling Himalayan Express
C. Chenab Bridge
D. The Maharajas’ Express
D. None of these
154. Who is known as the father of Indian
Railways? 160. How old is Indian Railways?
A. Lord Dalhousie A. 158 yrs
B. Mahatma Gandhi B. 168 yrs
C. George Stephenson C. 178 yrs
D. Zhan Tianyou D. 180 yrs

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161. Which is the longest rail route in India? 167. A platform surrounded by rail lines from
A. Mangalore to Jammu all the four sides, is called
A. dock platform
B. Tirunelveli to Jammu
B. passenger platform
C. Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari
C. goods platform
D. None of these
D. island platform
162. What is the other name of Vande Bharat
168. What is the width of broad gauge rail-
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Express
way line in India?
A. Train 15
A. 3 ft 6 in
B. Rail 4
B. 5 ft 6 in
C. Train 18
C. 4 ft 8 1/2 in
D. None of the above D. None of these
163. How many years has the Indian Railways 169. How long is the Karbude tunnel?
been operating?
A. 700 m
A. 98
B. 10, 2 km
B. 100
C. 90, 9 km
C. 167
D. 6, 5 km
D. 153
170. Between which destinations was the first
164. The country’s first train was named as Indian train started?
A. Mumbai Suburban Railway A. From Calcutta to Delhi
B. Red Hill B. From Mumbai to Thane
C. Bori Bunder C. From Mumbai to Surat
D. New Delhi-Bhopal Shatabdi D. From Mumbai to Madras
165. what city was the first ever Indian train 171. Who is called the father of Indian Rail-
made in? ways?
A. M. Visweswariah
A. Delhi
B. Lord Ripon
B. Pune
C. Lord Dalhousie
C. Mumbai
D. None of these
D. Madras
172. Which film includes a scene covering the
166. Who was the first female railway minis- famous Kakoritrain robbery undertaken
ter of India? by the revolutionaryactivists in 1925.
A. Mayawati A. Rang De Basanti
B. Mamata Banerjee B. Roohi
C. Sonia Gandhi C. Airlift
D. None of these D. The Burning Train

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173. When and where was the first proposal 177. Who was the first railway minister of In-
for railway made? dia?

A. Delhi, 1828 A. George Fernandes
B. Madras, 1832 B. N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
C. Kolkata, 1835 C. John Mathai
D. Thiruvananthapuram, 1850 D. None of these
178. Who among the following is known as

174. AN ELECTRIC TRAIN IS POWRED BY?
the father of Indian Railways?
A. CHARGER A. Lord Dalhousie
B. ELECTRICITY B. Lord Ripon
C. WATER C. Lord Ripon
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE D. M.Visweswariah
175. Which is the luxurious tourist train run in 179. Which is the Longest train in India
Rajasthan A. Tejas Express
A. Rajdhani express B. Sheshnaag
B. Palace on wheels C. Rajdhani Express
C. Maharaja express D. none of above
D. Golden chariot 180. India’s first indigenously designed
locomotive-less (engine less) train known
176. What is the capacity of an electric train? as-
A. 20 M A. Train 28
B. 30 M B. Train 20
C. 25 M C. Train 18
D. 10 M D. None of these
11.2 Ports
1. Which sea ports is situated on the back of C. Railways
dolphin nose hill D. Waterways
A. Ennore
3. In India the First rail line was laid between
B. Visakhapatnam
C. Chennai A. Bombay and Thane
D. None of these B. Pune and Thane

C. Goa and Mangalore
2. What is the cheapest means of transport
D. Bombay and Satara
A. Airways
B. Roadways 4. Expand GPS

11.2 Ports 348
A. Global positioning system 10. Port Trust of India was founded in the
year?
B. Geographical positioning system
A. 1980
C. Remote positioning system
B. 1981
D. Google posting system
C. 1982
5. Which port did we lose to Pakistan after D. 1984
partition of India?
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11. was declared as the 9th major port on
A. Afghanistan 4th May 1974.
B. Karachi A. Port of Jebal Ali
C. Kandla B. New Mangalore Port
D. None of the above C. Kochi Port
D. Vishakhapatnam port
6. How many modes of transport are there?
A. 2 12. Doordarshan (DD) at delhi established in
B. 4 A. 1960
B. 1959
C. 3
C. 1961
D. 5
D. 1962
7. Which port is located in Goa?
13. Which two of the following extreme loca-
A. Kandla Port tions are connected by the east-west cor-
B. Chennai Port ridor?
C. Mormugao Port A. Mumbai and Nagpur

B. Silchar and Porbandar
D. Haldia Port
C. Mumbai and Kolkata
8. is the most expensive mode of trans- D. Nagpur and Siliguri
port.
14. Kandla port is located in
A. Airways
A. Haryana
B. Waterways
C. Roadways
C. Gujarat
D. Railways
D. Kerala
9. Find the odd one out:Hot air balloon, Ship, 15. Port has long been the principal gate-
Aeroplane, Helicopter way of India
A. Hot air balloon A. Mumbai
B. Ship B. Chennai
C. Aeroplane C. Kochi
D. Helicopter D. Vizag

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16. The oldest newspaper is 22. The major sea ports operated by
A. Bombay samaachar A. State government

B. Mangalore samaachar B. Central government
C. Vijayavani C. Local bodies
D. Rajasthan patrika D. None of these
17. Where is Vizag port located? 23. It is an inland riverine port. This port
A. Tamil Nadu serves a very large and rich hinterland
of Ganga-Brahmaputra basin. Name this
B. Andhra Pradesh port.
C. Telangana A. KOLKATA PORT
D. Maharashtra B. HOOGHLY PORT
18. Which port handles a large variety of car- C. HALDIA PORT
goes to our neighbouring countries like Sri D. BENGAL PORT
Lanka, Maldives, etc. and the coastal re-
gions of India? It also has a flourishing 24. The golden quadrilateral established in
trade. A. 1999
A. TUTICORIN PORT B. 2000
B. TRIVANDRAM PORT C. 1947
C. MADRAS PORT D. 1956
D. HUGHLI PORT
25. The technology that indicate the location
19. The Queen of Arabian sea and moving object point of latitude and lon-
A. Kandla gitude.
B. Mumbai A. GIS
C. Mangalore B. GPS
D. Kochi C. Remote sensing technology
D. AGIS
20. is the oldest and most important port
of India. 26. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International
A. Chennai Port Airport is at
B. Port of Jebal Ali A. Delhi
C. Mumbai Port B. Mumbai
D. Singapore Port C. Chennai
D. Kolkata
21. Meeting points between land and sea
routes ships is called 27. This is a new mode of land transport.
A. Airports A. pipelines
B. Shipports B. railway
C. Ports C. water
D. Islands D. railway

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28. Which is the biggest port with a spacious 34. What type of roads do we have in India?
natural and well-sheltered harbour? A. Kachcha roads
A. Kochi Port B. Metalled roads
B. Deendayal Port C. Both a and b
C. Chennai Port D. None of the above
D. Mumbai Port
35. Where is Panambur Port located?
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29. Which is the oldest modern port in India? A. Andaman Nicobar Islands
A. Chennai Port B. Kerala
B. Jawaharlal Nehru Port C. Karnataka
C. Mumbai Port D. Kolkata
D. Vishakhapatnam Port 36. Which port was developed to ease the vol-
ume of trade on the Mumbai port?
30. Where is Tuticorin Port located?
A. HALDIA
A. Kerala
B. KANDLA
B. Tamil Nadu
C. KOCHI
C. Karnataka
D. CHENNAI
D. Maharashtra
37. Which is the biggest sea port of the coun-
31. Which port in India was renamed as Deen- try
dayal Port? A. Marmagao
A. Vizag Port B. Mumbai
B. Tuticorin Port C. Haldia
C. Mumbai Port D. Paradwip
D. Kandla Port 38. Which 4 metropolitan cities do the Golden
32. Visakhapatnam Port Trust Is located be- Quadrilateral join?
tween A. Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal
Pradesh and Meghalaya
A. Goa and Chennai
B. Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata
B. Mumbai and Goa
C. Haryana, Mumbai, Kerala, Mizoram
C. Kolkata and Mumbai
D. Kolkata and Chennai
39. The roads that connects all the metro cities
33. Diamond harbour is located on in India is known as-
A. River Hooghly A. Golden Quadrilateral
B. River Bhagirathi B. Super Highways
C. River Surma C. National Highways
D. None of these D. State Highways

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40. There are major and minor ports in C. Waterways

India D. none of above

A. 13 and 187
46. First railway line between
B. 15 and 45
A. Kolkotta-raniganj
C. 12 and 790
B. Chennai-vishakapatanam
D. 13 and 60 C. Bombay-thane
41. The second biggest port is D. Hospet-ballari
A. Kolkotta 47. Wadinar offshore terminal has been devel-
B. Chennai oped to reduce the pressure of the port
C. Mangalore A. Karachi
D. Mumbai B. Porbandar
C. Mumbai
42. The maintanence of golden quadrilateral
and super highways by D. Kandla
A. Cpwd 48. Which one of the following is a natural sea
B. Swpd port
C. Pfwd A. Mumbai
B. Chennai
D. Awd
C. Both
43. Kandla port is also known as
D. None of these
A. DEENDAYAL PORT
49. India has major ports.
B. KANDLA KARACHI PORT
A. 12
C. DEVENDRAN PORT
B. 10
D. GUJARAT PORT
C. 20
44. WHAT DOES THE DEENDAYAL PORT CATER D. 16
TO?
50. A sea port situated near the estuary of
A. Convenient handling of exports and im-
zuari river
ports
A. Mumbai
B. Handles highly productive granary and
industrial belt B. New Mangalore
C. Trade of the states of Jammu and C. Marmagao
Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, D. Ennore
Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
51. The importance of communication
D. All of the above
A. It encourages export and import
45. Which is the best means to transport to B. Back bone of agriculture
reach inaccessible areas? C. Create awareness about Govt policies
A. Airways D. It gives employment opportunity to ru-
B. Railways ral women

11.2 Ports 352
52. THE HIGHWAYS ACT AS THE MAIN B. Sand bar

ROAD NETWORK IN THE COUNTRY BY
C. Port
LINKING ALL STATES OF INDIA.
D. Waterway
A. STATE
B. LOCAL 58. Waterways are the means of trans-
C. NATIONAL port.
D. OTHERS A. principal
NARAYAN CHANGDER
B. cheapest
53. The port Tuticorin is in
C. prestigious
A. Andrapradesh
B. Tamilnadu D. easy
C. Karnataka 59. Which of the following airlines is the na-

D. Goa tionalised airline of India?
A. Air India
54. are very useful during the time of
floods, droughts, wars and other calami- B. Jet Airways
ties.
C. Kingfisher Airline
A. Airways
D. Indigo
B. Railways
C. Waterways 60. In India, the first train ran between Mum-
bai and Thane in
D. Roadways
A. 1853
55. Waterways play a limited role nowadays
B. 1967
because
C. 1912
A. Due to science and technology
B. Due to development of modernity D. none of above
C. Due to development of road and rail 61. Sea port situated near the vembanad
D. Due to technical factors Kayal
A. New Mangalore
56. Which is the deepest landlocked and well-
protected port? This port was, originally, B. Mumbai
conceived as an outlet for iron ore exports.
C. Kochi
A. NEW MANGALORE PORT
D. Haldia
B. MARMAGAO PORT
C. TUTICORIN PORT 62. Golden Quadrilateral super highways con-
structed in the year
D. VISHAKAPATNAM PORT
A. 1990
57. The meeting points between land and sea
B. 2000
routes where ships are docked for loading
and unloading is C. 1999
A. Beach D. 1998

11.2 Ports 353
63. In which year Port Blair was declared as 69. The British used Indian sea ports as
youngest major port in India?
A. Point of development

A. 2009
B. Point of suction of resources
B. 2007
C. Both
C. 2008
D. None of these
D. 2010
70. are known as the ‘Lifeline of the Coun-
64. Which port is called gateway of India? try’.
A. Mumbai A. Airways
B. Goa B. Roadways
C. Murmagoa C. Railways
D. Kochi D. Waterways
65. Which is the cheapest mode of transport 71. How many means of transport are there?
A. Road A. 1
B. Airway B. 2
C. Ports C. 3
D. Railway D. 4
66. How many big sea ports are there in India 72. Ennore port built because
A. 12 A. To provide employment
B. 11 B. To avoid traffic
C. 10 C. To avoid accident
D. 15 D. To avoid pollution
67. is used in metalled roads 73. All Indian radio was started in the year
A. Tar A. 1930
B. Iron B. 1932
C. Copper C. 1940
D. Rod D. 1960
68. The total major ports in India 74. Queen of arabian sea
A. 12 A. Kochi
B. 10 B. Ennore
C. 14 C. Ooty
D. 16 D. Blair

11.2 Ports 354
75. Provides navigation facility by means of C. Haryana and Rajasthan in 1853

ships and boats
D. Haryana and Rajasthan in 1893
A. Waterway
B. Roadways 81. The cheapest means of transport to cover
long distances is-
C. Airways
A. Airways
D. Border roads
B. Railways
NARAYAN CHANGDER
76. The sea route distance between Cape town
and Mumbai C. Waterways
A. 4800 nautical miles D. Metro trains

B. 3000 nautical miles 82. Which of the following is a mass media?
C. 50000 nautical miles
A. Internet
D. None of these
B. Radio
77. Two important sea ports where snatched C. Post
away due to partition of the country are
D. E-Mail
A. Karachi and Dhaka
B. Karachi and Chittagong 83. Which port was planned with a view to
C. Karachi and columbo decongest the Mumbai port and serve as
a hub port for this region?
D. None of these
A. RAJIV GANDHI PORT
78. GPS helps in
B. RAJASANSI PORT
A. Location of object
C. JAWAHARLAL NEHRU PORT
B. Location of latitude and longitude
C. Height of sea level
D. All of these 84. The highway projects in India are being im-
plemented by which organisation?
79. Expressways are safer than other types of
roads because A. GAIL
A. There is less traffic. B. NTPC

B. There is no barrier between opposing C. NHAI
traffic lanes. D. NDDB
C. There are no intersections or cross
traffic 85. Name the Port that is located in Kar-
nataka?
D. Because average speeds are higher
A. MARMAGAO PORT
80. The first train ran between and in
B. MANDAVI PORT
A. Mumbai and Thane in 1853 C. NEW MANGALORE PORT
B. Mumbai and Thane in 1893 D. KOCHI PORT

11.2 Ports 355
86. Gateway of karnataka 92. Which Port is one of the oldest artificial
A. Mangaluru ports of the country?

B. New mangalore A. MUMBAI PORT
C. Chennai B. KOLKATTA PORT

D. Mumbai C. CHENNAI PORT
D. KOCHI PORT
87. The name of the international airport of
Bengaluru. 93. Which south-eastern port has a natural
A. Indira Gandhi International Airport harbour and rich hinterland?
B. Subhash Chandra Bose International A. Tuticorin Port
Airport B. Thiruvananthapuram Port
C. Kempegowda International Airport C. Madras Port
D. Anna International Airport D. Kochi Port
88. The port Which built on the confluence of 94. Which was the first port developed soon
river Hugly after Independence?
A. Haldia A. HALDIA
B. Paradip B. KANDLA
C. Goa
C. MUMBAI
D. Pondicherry
D. CHENNAI
89. Which two extreme locations are con-
95. is the government owned airlines of
nected by the North-South Corridor?
our country.
A. Amritsar and Tuticorin
A. Spice Jet
B. Srinagar and Tiruvananthapuram
B. Indigo
C. Srinagar and Tuticorin
C. Air India
D. Srinagar and Kanyakumari
D. Jet
90. Which Indian sea coast has more number
of sea ports 96. Zilla panchayat is incharge of which roads
A. North coast A. Village
B. East coast B. District
C. West coast C. Taluk
D. South coast D. National
91. Subhash Chandra Bose airport is in 97. Which is the fastest means of transport?
A. Delhi A. Roadways
B. Mumbai B. Railways
C. Kolkata C. Waterways
D. Bangalore D. Airways

11.2 Ports 356
98. Duronto is a type of 104. An oldest artificial port was built in 1859
A. Tram on the east coast of the India
B. Train A. Mumbai
C. Bus B. Chennai
D. Ship C. Ennore
D. Visakhapatnam
99. Which Port is the premier iron ore export-
ing port of the country? This port accounts 105. A sea port situated near the Mahanadi
NARAYAN CHANGDER
for about how many per cent of India’s delta
iron ore export? A. Paradip
A. MUMBAI PORT, 100% B. Haldia
B. MANGALORE PORT, 70% C. Ennore
C. MARMAGAO PORT, 50% D. None of these
D. MANDAVI PORT, 40%
106. Indian railways is one of the largest rail-
100. Doordarshan established in way system in world Every day trains
A. 1959 run through the country covering almost
kilometers.
B. 1930
A. 11000 and 18 lakh
C. 1932
B. 3000 and 15
D. 1960
C. 20000 and 12
101. It is the oldest and still exist newspaper D. 9000 and 14
which was established in 1822
A. Mangalore samachar 107. National waterway one is on the
river.
B. Bombay samachar
A. Ganga
C. Bengal gezet
B. Brahmaputra
D. None
C. Godavari
102. Kolkata Port is known for its which sys- D. Hugli
tem?
A. Single Dock System 108. Port blair is located at
B. Multi Dock System A. Andaman and nicobar
C. Twin Dock System B. Lakshadweep
D. All of the Above C. Greenland
D. Island
103. Prime minister Gram sadak Yojana is im-
plemented for this reason 109. Transport and communications are like.
A. To convert Mud road into metal road A. brine
B. For business purpose B. bones
C. To connect with cities C. nerves
D. To provide housing development D. body

11.3 Transport and Communication in India 357
110. Which is the cheapest means of transport 113. The port which is called Gateway of India
for carrying heavy and bulky goods over is:
long distances?

A. Mumbai
A. Airways
B. Kolkata
B. Railways
C. Kandla
C. Waterways
D. Kochi
D. none of above
114. Waterways are mostly suitable for car-
111. Which is the extreme south-western rying and goods.
port, located at the entrance of a lagoon
with a natural harbour? A. few persons and less amount of
A. KERALA PORT B. services and industrial
B. KOCHI PORT C. heavy and bulky
C. MUMBAI PORT D. light weight and consumer
D. MARMAGAO PORT 115. Roads for Defence purpose found along
112. Anna international airport is in Indian borders maintained by
A. Kolkotta A. NHAI
B. Varanasi B. AHAI
C. Shillong C. BRDA
D. Chennai D. BRDO
11.3 Transport and Communication in India

1. Which of the following is not true about 3. In India, the first train ran between Mum-
telecommunication? bai and Thane in .
A. It is the fastest means of communica- A. 1854
tion used in India today. B. 1873
B. Wifi has now made access to the inter- C. 1853
net difficult and slower in cities.
D. 1874
C. People use mobile phones to talk and
send message each other. 4. Select the odd one out.
D. E-mail requires an internet connec- A. Inland letters
tion. B. Radio
2. trains run within the city on elevated C. Newspaper
and underground tracks. D. Films
A. Super-fast 5. What is common between Palace on
B. Express Wheels and Maharaja Express?
C. Local A. They are cargo trains.
D. Metro B. They are luxury planes.

11.3 Transport and Communication in India 358
C. They are luxury trains. 11. In which state and year did the first train
D. They are metro trains. in India run?
A. Rajasthan, 1856
6. Which of the following is not true about
roadways? B. Maharashtra, 1853
A. Roads connect people and places. C. Uttar Pradesh, 1852
B. Passengers travel on roads from one D. West Bengal, 1851
NARAYAN CHANGDER
place to another.
12. During emergency situations, which mode
C. Roads carry raw materials to indus- of transport is used to carry out rescue
tries and finished products to markets. work and provide relief to people?
D. Roads are only of one type. A. Airways
7. are used to carry oil and other B. Waterways
petroleum products from one place to an- C. Roadways
other.
D. Railways
A. Huge ships
B. Tanker ships 13. Annadurai International Airport is at
C. Cargo ships A. Chennai
D. Passenger ships B. Kolkata
8. Which country has the second largest road C. Delhi

network in the world? D. Mumbai
A. Japan
14. Why is television the most important
B. India means of entertainment?
C. Germany A. People watch news channels and live
D. Russia programmes on it.
B. It is a major medium of marketing and
9. Which word matches the given mean-
advertisement.
ing:something that will decay easily?
C. Films, serials are broadcasted on tele-
A. Remote
vision.
B. Perishable
D. All of the options.
C. Broadcast
D. Non perishable 15. Which of the following cities is not con-
nected by the Golden Quadrilateral net-
10. Rajdhani is a type of work of highways?
A. Plane A. Mumbai
B. Ship B. Chennai
C. Train C. Bengaluru
D. Bus D. Kolkata

11.4 Indian Transportation, Communication, National Parks and Sanctuaries 359
16. what medium do we use to communicate B. Television

something to a large number of people?
C. Magazine

A. newspaper
D. Telephone
B. films
C. television 19. Which one is an example for print media?
D. all of these A. computers
17. Which country has the largest postal net- B. magazine

work in the world? C. Fax
A. America D. Telephone
B. UAE
20. what does WWW stands for?
C. India
D. Australia A. World White Web
B. World Wide Web
18. A medium of communication through which
we can both see and hear C. World With Web
A. Radio D. World Wish Web
11.4 Indian Transportation, Communication, National Parks

and Sanctuaries
1. Which one of the following National High- A. 2 3 4 1
ways passes through Maharashtra, Chhat-
B. 5 1 2 3
tisgarh and Orissa? [IAS 2007]
A. NH 4 C. 2 1 4 3
B. NH 5 D. 5 3 2 1
C. NH 6
3. Consider the following railway zones:
D. NH 7
1. North-Eastern Railway
2. Match the following: 2. Central Railway
3. North-Western Railway
National State 4. South-Eastern Railway
Park/Sanctuary
Which one of the following is the correct
A. Nandadevi 1. Rajasthan
order of locations of the headquarters of
National Park
the above railway zones from west to
B. Keoladeo 2. Assam east? [Asstt Commt 2010]
National Park
C. Manas Wildlife 3. Gujarat A. 1-2-3-4
Sanctuary B. 2-3-1-4
D. Gir National Park 4. Mizoram
5. Uttarakhand C. 3-2-4-1
D. 3-4-2-1

4. What is the correct sequence of hill sta- 1. Maharashtra

tions according to height above mean sea 2. Karnataka
level in descending order? 3. Tamil Nadu
A. Kodaikanal, Darjeeling, Shimla and Ma- 4. Uttar Pradesh
habaleshwar A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. Shimla, Darjeeling, Kodaikanal and Ma-
B. 4, 1, 3, 2
habaleshwar
C. Kodaikanal, Shimla, Mahabaleshwar C. 1, 3, 4, 2
NARAYAN CHANGDER
and Darjeeling D. 1, 3, 2, 4
D. Mahabaleshwar, Shimla, Darjeeling
and Kodaikanal 9. Consider the following places:
5. Which one of the following is also known 1. Shimla
as Top Slip? [IAS2007] 2. Gangtok
A. Simlipal National Park 3. Mumbai
4. Delhi
B. Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary
C. Manjira Wildlife Sanctuary Arrange these places in decreasing order of
their atmospheric pressure on their ground
D. Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and
surface using the codes given below: [CDS
National Park
2002]
6. In which one of the following places is the
A. 3, 4, 1, 2
headquarters of the North-Eastern Rail-
way located? [CDS 2008] B. 4, 3, 2, 1
A. Guwahati C. 3, 1, 4, 2
B. Gorakhpur
D. 2, 4, 1, 3
C. Kolkata
D. Bhubaneswar 10. Consider the following statements:
7. Which one of the following is the most pos- 1. The boundaries of a National Park
sible solution for planning improvement of are defined by legislation.
a metropolitan city in India? [IAS 2003] 2. A Biosphere Reserve is declared to
A. Constructing high rise building and sky conserve a few specific species of
scrapers flora and fauna.
3. In a Wildlife Sanctuary, limited bi-
B. Dispersing the factories & industries otic interference is permitted.
to the neighbouring but independent loca-
tion. Which of the statements given above
C. Building up suburbs and satellite is/are correct? [IAS 2010]
towns around the main city A. 1 only
D. Preventing immigration of people into
B. 2 and 3 only
the metropolitan city
C. 1 and 3 only
8. Put the following states in the decreasing
order by length of surfaced roads: D. 1, 2 and 3

11. Match the following: National Park/Sanctuary State A. Kanger

Ghati National Park 1. Chhattisgarh B.
Nagerhole National Park 2. Haryana C.

A. Bandipur Sanctu- 1. Kashmir Kugti Wildlife Sanctuary 3. Himachal D.
ary Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary 4. Karnataka A
B. Dachigam Sanc- 2. Assam BCD
tuary
A. 3 2 1 4
C. Manas Sanctuary 3. Karnataka
D. Periyar Sanctu- 4. Rajasthan B. 1 4 3 2
ary C. 3 4 1 2
5. Kerala D. 1 2 3 4
14. Which one of the following statements on
A. 1 2 3 5 biosphere reserves is not correct? [CDS
B. 3 1 2 5 2010]
C. 5 4 3 2 A. In 1973, UNESCO launched a world-
D. 3 2 1 4 wide programme on man and biosphere
B. Biosphere reserves promote research
12. Consider the following statements
on ecological conservation
I. Jim Corbett National Park is the old-
C. Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve is lo-
est National Park of India.
cated in Madhya Pradesh
II. It was one of the nine Tiger Re-
serves created at the launch of the D. Biosphere reserves are multipurpose
Project Tiger in 1973. protected areas to preserve the genetic
III. Initially it was named as ‘Haile Na- diversity in ecosystems
tional Park’. 15. Match the following: [CDS 2001]
Which of the statements given above are
correct? [CDS 2009] National Highway Cities
A. NH 1 1. Delhi-Kolkata
A. I and II
B. NH 2 2. Mumbai-Agra
B. I, II and III C. NH 3 3. Chennai-Thane
C. II and III D. NH 4 4. Delhi-Amritsar
D. I and III
A. 3 1 2 4
B. 4 2 1 3
National State C. 3 2 1 4
Park/Sanctuary
A. Kanger Ghati Na- 1. Chhattisgarh D. 4 1 2 3
tional Park 16. The first month of the ‘Saka era’ is: [IAS
B. Nagerhole 2. Haryana 2003]
National Park
A. Vaishakha
C. Kugti Wildlife 3. Himachal
Sanctuary B. Phalguna
D. Sultanpur Bird 4. Karnataka C. Chaitra
Sanctuary D. Bhadon

17. Which is the largest tiger reserve in India? C. Porbandar

[SSC Graduate 2003] D. Verval
A. Nagarjuna
B. Manas
C. Pench
A. Corbett National 1. Madhya Pradesh
D. Corbett
Park
B. Hazaribagh Na- 2. Uttaranchal
NARAYAN CHANGDER
tional Park
Tiger Reserve State C. Kanha National 3. Maharashtra
A. Indravati 1. Karnataka Park
B. Periyar 2. Orissa D. Shivpuri National 4. Bihar
C. Simlipal 3. Kerala Park
D. Bandipur 4. Chhattisgarh
A. 1 2 3 4
A. 1 2 3 4 B. 2 4 1 1
B. 1 3 2 4 C. 3 2 3 4
C. 4 3 2 1 D. 1 3 2 4
D. 4 2 3 1 23. Match the following: [IAS 2004]
19. Which one of the following pairs is not cor- Biosphere Re- States
rectly matched? [IAS 2006] Railway Zone serves
Headquarters A. Simplipal 1. Sikkim
A. North Eastern Railway:Gorakhpur B. Dehong Debang 2. Uttaranchal
B. South Eastern Railway:Bhubhaneswar C. Nokrek 3. Arunachal
Pradesh
D. Kanchenjunga 4. Odisha
C. Eastern Railway:Kolkata
5. Meghalaya
D. South East Central Railway:Bilaspur
20. Among the following cities, which one is at A. 1 3 5 4

the highest altitude above mean sea level? B. 4 5 2 1
[IAS 2003]
C. 1 5 2 4
A. Bangalore
D. 4 3 5 1
B. Delhi
24. Which among the following is the major
C. Jodhpur
item of export from Paradeep Port? [NDA
D. Nagpur 2008]
21. Which one of the following is NOT the port A. Rice
town of Gujarat? [UP PCS 2011] B. Tea
A. Jamnagar C. Fish
B. Okha D. Iron Ore

25. Two important rivers-one with its source the roads infrastructure of the country?
in Jharkhand (and known by a different [SSC Graduate 2003]
name in Odisha), and another, with its

A. Chennai
source in Odisha-merge at a place only a
short distance from the coast of Bay of B. Hyderabad
Bengal before flowing into the sea. This is C. Vishakhapatnam
an important site of wildlife and biodiver-
D. Bhubhaneshwar
sity and a protected area. Which one of
the following could be this? [CSAT 2011] 29. The ‘Grand Trunk Road’ connects: [Asstt
A. Bhitarkanika Comm PF 2002]
B. Chandipur-on-sea A. Kolkata and Mumbai
C. Gopalpur-on-sea B. Delhi and Chennai
D. Simlipal C. Kolkata and Amritsar
26. Match the following: [NDA 2011] D. Tirupati and Ludhiana
30. Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary is located in:

Name of the Ship- Location [CDS 2004]
yard
A. Hindustan Ship- 1. Kolkata A. Gujarat
yard Limited B. Himachal Pradesh
B. Garden Reach 2. Vasco-da-Gama C. Madhya Pradesh
Shipbuilders &
Engineers Limited D. Maharashtra
C. Goa Shipyard 3. Mumbai
Limited
D. Mazgaon Dock 4. Visakhapatnam
National Parks Location
Limited
A. Dudhwa National 1. Kullu
Park
A. 4 2 1 3 B. Dachigam 2. Lakhimpur Kheri
National Park
B. 3 1 2 4
C. Great Himalayan 3. Chamoli
C. 4 1 2 3 Park
D. 3 2 1 4 D. Nandadevi 4. Srinagar
National Park
27. Which one among the following is a correct
sequence of the Indian ports from north to
south? [NDA 2011) A. 2 4 1 3
A. Haldia-Kandla-Paradeep-Kochi B. 4 3 2 1
B. Kandla-Haldia-Paradeep-Kochi C. 2 1 4 3
C. Kandla-Haldia-Kochi-Paradeep D. 2 3 4 1
D. Kochi-Kandla-Haldia - Paradeep 32. Which among the following National High-
28. Which of the following towns is not on the ways of India is the longest? [CDS 2005]
“Golden Quadrilateral” being created for A. NH 1

B. NH 2 36. Match the following: [IAS 1999]

C. NH 3
D. NH 4 Resorts States
A. Chakrata 1. Assam
33. Which National Highway connects Chennai B. Hafiong 2. West Bengal
and Visakhapatnam? [Asstt Comm 2008] C. Kalimpong 3. Uttaranchal
A. NH 4 D. Kufri 4. Himachal
Pradesh
NARAYAN CHANGDER
B. NH 5
C. NH 6
D. NH 8 A. 1 3 2 4
34. With reference to National Highways De- B. 3 1 4 2

velopment Project (NHDP), consider the C. 3 1 2 4
following statements:
D. 1 3 4 2
1. Belgaum and Nellore lie on the
Golden Quadrilateral.
37. Which of the following was not one of the
2. Vadodara and Jhansi lie on the East-
consequences of the policy of exporting
West Corridor.
raw materials and food grains from India
3. Ambala and Kanpur lie on the North-
to Britain? [IAS 2003]
South Corridor.
Which of these statements is/are correct? A. It raised the prices of raw materials
[CDS 2003] B. It brought enormous profits to un-
A. 1, 2 and 3 scrupulous businessman
B. 2 and 3 C. It led to agricultural shortage and
C. 1 and 2 famines
D. 1 only D. It denuded the country of her agricul-
tural surplus
A. Blue Revolution 1. Dairy develop-
ment
B. Green Revolution 2. Fisheries devel- A. Hangul 1. Kaziranga
opment B. Tiger 2. Dachigam
C. White Revolution 3. Food production C. Indian lion 3. Sundarbans
D. Yellow Revolu- 4. Silk Production D. Rhinoceros 4. Gir Forest
tion
A. 1 2 3 4
A. 4 3 1 2
B. 2 3 1 4 B. 2 3 4 1
C. 1 3 2 4 C. 2 3 1 4
D. 3 2 1 4 D. 3 1 4 2

39. Which one of the following pairs is not C. Assam

correctly matched? [CDS 2009] National D. Meghalaya
Park State

A. KanhaNational Park:Madhya Pradesh 44. Which of the following States is least de-
veloped in rail routes? [NDA 2002]
B. Sultanpur National Park:Haryana
A. Chhattisgarh
C. Ranthambore National Park:Gujarat
B. Jharkhand
D. Bandipur National Park:Karnataka
C. Manipur
D. Uttaranchal
Tiger Reserves States 45. A person wants to visit the national parks
A. Bandipur 1. Maharashtra in Ranthambhor. Gir and Bandipur located
B. Balpakram 2. Tamil Nadu in three different states of India. To which
C. Melghat 3. Meghalaya one of the following states does he need
D. Simplipal 4. Odisha not go in this connection?
5. Karnataka
A. Rajasthan
B. Karnataka
A. 3 2 1 4
C. Kerala
B. 5 3 1 4
D. Gujarat
C. 5 1 4 3
D. 2 3 4 5
41. The position of Indian Railways network Wildlife Animal protected

in the world is [SSC Grad 2011] park/sanctuary
A. Kaziranga 1. Elephant
A. second
B. Ranthambhore 2. Lion
B. third C. Gir 3. Rhinoceros
C. fourth D. Periyar 4. Tiger
D. fifth
A. 3 2 1 4
42. Which one is not located on National
Highway-2 (NH-2)? [BPSC 2011] B. 4 2 1 3
A. Aurangabad C. 1 4 2 3
B. Sasaram D. 3 4 2 1
C. Mohania 47. Which one of the following is the correct
D. Patna sequence of the given tiger reserves of In-
dia from north of south? [CDS 2010]
43. Which one among the following has the
maximum number of National Parks? [IAS A. Dudwa-Kanha-Indravati-Bandipur
2008] B. Kanha-Bandipur-Dudwa-Indravati
A. Andaman and Nicobar Islands C. Indravati-Kanha-Dudwa-Bandipur
B. Arunachal Pradesh D. Dudwa-Kanha-Bandipur - Indravati

48. The last three digits of a PIN code repre- A. 2 3 5 1

sent:
B. 5 2 3 4
A. zone
C. 1 2 3 4
B. sub-zone
D. 2 1 5 3
C. sorting district
D. mailing route 53. Match the following: [Asstt Comm PF
2003]
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49. Which one of the following is located in the
Bastar region? [IAS 2007]
Park/Sanctuary State
A. Bandhavgarh National Park A. Keoladeo 1. Assam
B. Dandeli Sanctuary National Park
C. Rajaji National Park B. Corbett National 2. Kerala
Park
D. Indravati National Park C. Kaziranga Sanc- 3. Uttar Pradesh
50. The Indian Wild Ass (Ghor-Khur) is found tuary
in: D. Periyar Game 4. Rajasthan
Sanctuary
A. Sunderbans 5. Uttarakhand
B. Assam forests
C. the Rann of Kachch
A. 2 5 4 1
D. Cauvery delta
B. 4 3 1 2
51. India is divided into how many pin code
zones? C. 2 3 4 1
A. Six D. 4 5 1 2
B. Seven
54. Which is the first National Park estab-
C. Eight lished in India? [Asstt Comm PF 2003]
D. Ten
A. Velvadna National Park
52. Match the following: B. Periyar National Park
PIN code zone Jurisdiction C. Bandipur National Park

A. 2 1. Bihar D. Corbett National Park
B. 4 2. Uttar Pradesh
C. 6 3. Maharasthra, 55. Kanha National Park belongs to which one
Goa, Madhya among the following biogeographical ar-
Pradesh eas in the world? [CDS 2011]
D. 8 4. Jammu & Kash-
mir A. Tropical Sub-humid Forests
5. Tamil Nadu, B. Tropical Humid Forests
Kerala and Lak-
shadweep C. Tropical Dry Forests
D. Tropical Moist Forests

56. Match the following: B. Krishna delta

C. Palk straits

A. Gir Forest 1. Siberian cranes D. Malabar coast
B. Kaziranga Sanc- 2. Lions 58. Match the following:
tuary
C. Dachigam Sanc- 3. Indian stag
tuary A. Kaziranga 1. Wild Elephant
D. Ghana Sanctuary 4. Rhinoceros National Park
B. Ghana Game 2. Chinkara (Indian
sanctuary Gazelle)
A. 1 2 3 4
C. Shivpuri National 3. Migratory
B. 3 1 2 4 Park Siberian
C. 2 4 3 1 4. One-horned
Rhinoceros
D. 3 2 1 4
57. Where is the old and over 2 km-long A. 4 1 2

‘Pamban Railway Bridge’, which attracts
tourists from all over the country? [Asstt B. 2 4 3
Comm 2008] C. 4 3 2
A. Nilgiris D. 2 3 1

12. Oceans and Countries
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1. Which country is known as the ‘sugar 5. The “Ring of Fire” is found along the mar-
bowl of the world? gins of the:
A. China A. Pacific Ocean
B. Cuba B. Atlantic Ocean
C. India C. Indian Ocean
D. Australia D. Mediterranean Sea
2. The greatest mass of ice on the earth is 6. The geometric form of the earth is approx-
found in imately that of:
A. Siberia A. A sphere
B. Antarctica B. An oblate spheroid
C. Greenland C. A prolate spheriod
D. Canada
D. Tetrahedron
3. Which of the countries have common na-
7. The country having the largest area under
tional frontiers with India
tea cultivation is
A. China, Burma and Afghanistan
A. Sri Lanka
B. China, Russia and Bangladesh
B. India
C. China, Burma, and Nepak
C. Burma
D. Afghanistan, Nepal and Burma
D. China
4. Pakistan nuclear power plant is situated
at 8. Which is the highest country in the world?
A. Karachi A. Tibet
B. Lahore B. Nepal
C. Islamabad C. Bolivia
D. Kahuta D. Finland

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9. Which of the following fruits is not grown 15. The capital of Australia is
in the Mediterranean region? A. Ottawa

A. Grapes
B. Sydney
B. Almonds
C. Canberra
C. Oranges
D. Perth
16. Diego Garcia is
10. Which one of the following is known as
the “Coffee Port” of the world? A. A character in one of Shakespeare’s
dramas
A. Sao Paulo
B. A river in S. America
B. Santos
C. An aero plane jet fighter
C. Rio de Janeiro
D. Buenos Aires D. A British Island in the India Ocean
11. Oranges lemons and grapes are abun- 17. Which of the following is not a capital
dantly grown in the city?
A. Mediterranean regions A. Ulan Bator
B. Cool temperate areas B. Mecca
C. Equatorial regions C. Berlin
D. Monsoonal regions D. Ankara
12. Which among the following is the beggest 18. Damascus is the capital of
island in the world?
A. Iran
A. Borneo
B. Libya
B. Madagascar
C. Algeria
C. Greenland
D. Syria
D. Sir Lanka
19. The Hormuz Strait is situated at the en-
13. What is the capital of Kenya? trance of the
A. Sicily
A. China Sea
B. Nairobi
B. Red Sea
C. Lusaka
C. Mediterranean Sea
D. Addis Ababa
D. Persian Gulf
14. Which of the following is tropical grass-
land? 20. The world’s busiest inland waterway is:
A. Prairies A. St. Lawrence
B. Savanna B. Suez
C. Steppes C. Rhine
D. None of the above D. Danube

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21. Guernica is 27. Cotopaxi, the highest volcano in the world

A. An island in the Pacific Ocean is situated in
A. Alaska
B. The title of a painting
B. Russia
C. An infectious disease
C. Hawaii
D. The name of a Basque town in north-
ern Spain D. Ecuador Andes
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22. Baghdad is the capital of 28. The capital of Germany is
A. Iran A. Vienna
B. Iraq B. Berne
C. Burma C. Berlin
D. Philippines D. None of the above
23. An Igloo is a 29. The largest jute producing country in the

world is
A. Dwelling house of an Eskimo
A. Bangladesh
B. Weapon used by Australian aborigines
B. Brazil
C. Congo
C. Fish found in warm water
D. India
D. Boat used by Malay fishermen
30. The Niagara Falls is in
24. Rome is the capital of
A. North America
A. Sweden
B. South America
B. Italy
C. Africa
C. Canada
D. Europe
D. Austria
31. The largest mica producing country in the
25. Nicosia is the capital of world is
A. Tunis A. U.S.A.
B. South Africa B. Inida
C. Canada C. Japan
D. Cyprus D. Germany
26. The top ranking country in the production 32. Pastoral nomadism is the typical occupa-
of rubber is tion of the people of
A. India A. Nigeria
B. Brazil B. South east Australiia
C. Malaysia C. Northern Siberia
D. Sri Lanka D. Outer Mongolia

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33. Which one of the following is the main cul- 39. The largest wool producing country in the
prit in the thinning of Ozone layer in the world is
earth’s stratosphere?

A. USA
A. Carbon dioxide
B. Australia
B. Chlorofluorocarbons
C. India
C. Nitrogen oxide
D. Greenland
D. Methane
40. Which country is known as the ‘Pearl of
34. The World’s largest producer of lac is the East?
A. Japan A. Bhutan
B. Bangladesh
B. Bangladesh
C. India
C. Sri Lanka
D. China
D. Nepal
35. The largest Tea producer in the world is
41. The Aswan Dam is located in
A. Russia
A. Egypt
B. China
B. Iran
C. India
C. Libya
D. Burma
D. Pakistan
36. Lichen is the typical vegetation of
the region 42. Into which sea does the Volga river flow?
A. Tundra A. Mediterranean Sea
B. Savanna B. Caspian Sea
C. Taiga C. Black Sea
D. Steppe D. Dead Sea
37. Mount Everest is locted in 43. Chad is in which part of Africa?
A. Nepal
A. Central
B. China
B. Eastern
C. India
C. Northern
D. Bhutan
D. Western
38. The largest man-made canal in the world
is the 44. Zebras inhabit the
A. Panama Canal A. Hot deserts
B. Suez Canal B. Temperate grasslands
C. Rhine Canal C. Selva forests
D. None of these D. Savana lands

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45. Paris is situated on the banks of the river 51. Jaffna is in the part of Sri Lanka
A. Rhine A. Northern
B. Seine B. Central
C. Thames C. Southern
D. Eastern
D. Saint Lawrence
52. Zaire is the new name of:
46. Saikan, the longest railway tunnel, is lo-
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A. Rhodesia
cated in
B. Congo
A. Egypt
C. Gold Coast
B. Switzerland
D. Basutoland
C. Japan
53. Where is the Torrid Zone located on the
D. Namibia earth’s surface?
47. Which of the following countries is associ- A. Between the Tropic of Cancer and the
ated with Magyars? Tropic of Capricorn
A. Belgium B. Between the Tropic of Canter and the
Arctic Circle
B. Hungary
C. Between the Equator and the Tropic of
C. Denmark Capricorn
D. Czech D. Between the Equator and the Tropic of
Cancer
48. The Veld is the name given for the grazing
grounds of 54. Fiji is a country in the
A. South Africa A. South Pacific
B. New Zealand B. East Pacific
C. North Pacific
C. Australia
D. West Pacific
D. Scotland
55. Which of the following is the smallest
49. Karachi is situated on the banks of the country?
A. Indus A. Japan
B. Chenab B. Nicaragua
C. Ravi C. Switzerland
D. Jhelum D. Belgium
56. The Panama Canal connects
50. The Karakoram Highway connects
A. The Arabian Sea and the Red Sea
A. Pakistan and China
B. The Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans
B. Srinagar and Jammu
C. The Black Sea and the Caspian Sea
C. Assai Chin-Srinagar D. The Mediterranean Sea and the Red
D. Aksai Chin-Pakistan Sea

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57. Myanmar is the new name of 63. Which of the following pairs is correct?
A. Thailand A. Rossis-South America

B. Malaysia B. Alps-Europe
C. Burma C. Andes-Australia
D. Bhutan D. Atlas-Africa
58. Zurich is a city in 64. The largest producer of rubber is

A. Canada A. Thailand
B. Switzerland B. Indonesia
C. U.S.A. C. Malaysia
D. None of these D. None of the above
59. Which one of the following explorers dis- 65. The Congo Basin of Africa experiences
covered a new country while he wanted to which of the following types of climate?
reach another one? A. Equatorial
A. Bartholomeu Diaz B. Mediterranean
B. Vasco da Game C. Subtropical
C. Magellan D. Tropical
D. Columbus
66. Lapland is a group of countries located in
60. The capital of Malaysia is A. Australia
A. Singapore B. America
B. Kuala Lumpur C. Europe
C. Manila D. Asia
D. Mala
67. The largest coffee, producing country in
61. Budapest is situated on the bank of the the world is
river A. China
A. Tigris B. Columbia
B. St Lawrence C. Brazil
C. La Plata D. India
D. Danube
68. Which country is called the “Land of Morn-
62. Atacama is a ing Calm”?
A. Sea A. Sweden
B. Desert B. Norway
C. River C. Netherlands
D. Mountain D. Korea

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69. Prairies are 75. What is the capital of Belgium?

A. Place of prayer for Negro A. Budapest
B. Birds of Indonesia B. Prague
C. Temperate grasslands of North Amer- C. Brussels
ica D. Belgrade
D. Hot winds blowing in America
76. Vasco da Gama, who discovered the sea
route to India, first reached
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70. Kampuchea is the new name of
A. Thailand A. Surat
B. Vietnam B. Kalicut
C. Logos C. Bombay
D. Cambodia D. Cochin
71. Which South Asian country is known as the 77. Which Pass connects Malakand with Mar-
Land of Canals? dan
A. Burma A. Gomal
B. Pakistan B. Dargai
C. Bangladesh C. Khyber
D. Bhutan D. None of these
72. The largest producer of manganese in the 78. If the earth’s rotation is reversed what
world is would be the PST when it is noon at Green-
wich?
A. China
A. 6.3
B. India
B. 17.3
C. U.S.S.R.
C. 5
D. U.S.A.
D. 18:30
73. The largest sugarcane producing country in
the world is 79. Grenada is situated in the
A. Philippines A. Pacific Ocean
B. China B. Indian Ocean
C. India C. Caribbean Sea
D. Cuba D. Mediterranean Sea
74. Which one of the following is known as 80. Distances on earth are measured in
hunter’s paradise? ‘statute miles’ whereas in the sea they are
measured in ‘nautical miles’ because
A. Monsoon region
A. The nautical mile is longer than the
B. Equatorial region statute mile
C. Savanna B. Of difference in land and sea distances
D. Temperate region

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C. There are no milestones in the sea B. It connects two industrially developed

D. None of the above parts of the world

C. Trade winds will help the shipping
81. The river ‘Nile’ is in
D. There are lesser numer of sea storms
A. USA in this waterway
B. Egypt
86. Which is the longest river in the world?
C. Mongolia
A. Amazon
D. India
B. Mississippi
82. The term “the land of midnight sun” is nor- C. Nile
mally applied to
D. Ganges
A. Norway
87. The South Alps ranges are found in
B. Japan
A. North America
C. Alaska
B. Canada
D. Finland
C. South Africa
83. The two water bodies connected by the
D. Australia
Suez Canal are
A. The Mediterranean Sea and the Black 88. The largest reserve of fresh water on the
Sea earth’s surface is in
B. The Persian Gulf and the Mediter- A. Russia
ranean Sea B. Africa
C. The Mediterranean Sea and the Red C. South America
Sea
D. Australia
D. The Adriatic Sea and the Persian Gulf
89. The use of the harpoon is associated with
84. Which of the following countries enjoys a A. Eskimos of cold deserts
warm to hot and dry summer and a mild
but moderate winter? B. Nagas of dense forests
A. Venezuela C. Khirghiz of temperate grasslands
B. U.K. D. Bushmen of Africa
C. Italy 90. The second largest continent of the world
D. Sri Lanka is
A. North America
85. The North Atlantic Sea route is regarded
as an important internationsl trade route B. Asia
because C. South America
A. It is the oldest sea route D. Africa

13. The earth
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13.1 Internal structure of Earth
1. The fourth layer of earth described by Van- C. 47.70%
der Gracht is D. 57.70%
A. Nucleolus
5. Temperature:
B. Centrospheres
A. Decreases towards the interior of the
C. Core earth
D. None of these B. Remains constant with increasing
depth
2. Earth flows normally take place:
C. Increases towards the interior of the
A. In humid regions
earth
B. In cool regions
D. None of these
C. Both (a) & (b)
6. Mohorovic Discontinuity is the difference
D. None of these of density from:
3. The interior layer of the earth which is sub- A. Core to crust
jected to great heat and pressure is known B. Mental to core
technically as the barysphere. Which part
C. Crust to mental
of the earth does it refer to:
D. Core to mental
A. Upper Mantle
B. Asthenosphere 7. The Layer circumscribes the en-
tire planet but is exposed only in ocean
C. Hydrosphere
basins.
D. The Core
A. Lithosphere
4. Oxygen in earth crust is . B. Mesosphere
A. 27.70% C. Sial
B. 37.70% D. Sina

13.1 Internal structure of Earth 377
8. Temperature of core could be: 14. Radius of solid inner core is miles.
A. 4000 A. 740

B. 5000 B. 750
C. 6000 C. 760
D. None of these D. 770
9. Monsoon winds are largely caused by the 15. Earthquake waves in velocity upon
differences in between the land and entering the mentle.
the sea: A. Change
A. Temperature B. Increase
B. Pressure C. Decrease
C. Both (a) & (b) D. None of these
D. None of these 16. When earth and moon are farthest:
10. Silicon found in earth crust A. Perigee
A. 17.70% B. Quadrature
B. 27.70% C. Apogee
C. 37.70% D. None of these
D. 47.70% 17. has divided the entire earth into
two broad divisions.
11. The fourth layer of ultra basic rocks is
known as layer. A. R.A. Dally
A. Sedimentary B. Arthur Holmes
B. Core C. Suess
C. Mohorovic D. Jeffrey
D. Gutenberg 18. The most rigid and crystallize part of earth
is
12. of outer layer prevents the core
from becoming a liquid or gas. A. Asthenosphere
A. Density B. Lithosphere
C. Mesosphere
B. Molten form
D. Centrospheres
C. Great weight & pressure
D. Heat & Weight 19. If an earthquake occurs at 0 degree P and S
waves are recorded everywhere to
13. Inner core of the earth contains: degrees from its source.
A. Iron and Magnesium A. 103
B. Iron and Nickel B. 104
C. Silicon and Iron C. 105
D. None of these D. 106

20. Temperature of ranges from 3000 26. Waves move material in their path
parallel to the direction of movement.
A. Core
A. P waves
B. Lava
B. S waves
C. Magma
C. L waves
D. Mantle D. None of these
21. Thickness of core is: 27. Liquid outer core is thick.
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A. 3470 Km A. 2240 km
B. 3480 Km B. 2250 km
C. 3490 Km C. 2260 km
D. None of these
D. None of these
28. has oxides of iron, magnesium and
22. Mesosphere extends up to km: silicon.
A. 1400 A. P waves
B. 2400 B. Lower mental
C. 3400 C. L waves
D. 4400 D. None of these

29. When earth and moon are nearest that po-
23. is the densest of all layers sition is called:
A. The core A. Perigee
B. Mesosphere B. Apogee
C. Centrospheres C. Both (a) & (b)
D. Basaltic D. None of these
30. of mental material produces convec-
24. When three heavenly bodies are in same
tion currents beneath the surface of the
line, that situation is:
earth.
A. Quadrature A. Heat
B. Perigee B. Density
C. Sizigy C. Circular motion
D. None of these D. Horizontal movement
25. rocks are there in oceanic crust. 31. Continental crust accounts only about
of the earth’s global surface.
A. Hard
A. 1/2
B. Soft B. 1/3
C. Granite C. 1/4
D. Basaltic D. 2/3

32. Most widespread rocks in the world are: 38. Two parts of the crust are:
A. Metamorphic rocks A. Mountainous crust and oceanic crust

B. Sedimentary rocks B. Mountainous crust and continental
crust
C. Igneous rocks
C. Continental crust and oceanic crust
D. None of these
D. None of these
33. Seismic waves are the result of:
39. 95% of the lithosphere is composed of:
A. Wind force
A. Sedimentary rocks
B. Land slides
B. Igneous Rocks
C. Seismic activity
C. Metamorphic rocks
D. None of these
D. None of these
34. When material breaks away due to earth
flow it normally leaves: 40. is the least rigid sometimes de-
scribed as plastic in nature.
A. Cliff
A. Lithosphere
B. Scar or hill top
B. Mesosphere
C. Canyon
C. Asthenosphere
D. None of these
D. None of these
35. An average depth of Sial varies from
41. Core has a pressure of times
km.
greater than the atmospheric pressure
A. 30-300 billion.
B. 40-30 A. 1
C. 50-300 B. 2
D. 60-300 C. 3
36. The crust accounts for of earth’s D. None of these

mass. 42. Continental crust consists of rocks.
A. 1.01% A. Granite
B. 0.02% B. Basaltic
C. 0.03% C. Acidic
D. 0.04% D. Basic
37. waves move objects at right angles 43. According to Jaffery’s division the 3rd
to their direction of motion. layer is made up of
A. S A. Dunite & Predolite
B. L B. Dioite & Predolite
C. P C. Dunite & Dionte
D. None of these D. Diorite & Thicklite

13.2 Tectonic Plates 380
44. The proportion of rocks decreases 46. Hanging valleys are formed by the action
with depth. of:
A. Silicon A. Moving ice
B. Iron B. Wind
C. Lead C. Running water
D. Aluminum D. None of these
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45. For every 108 feet descent bellow the sur- 47. Just beneath the rigid lithosphere a soft
face of earth temperature rises for layer of upper mental is called:
A. 1.8 A. Berysphere
B. 1.9 B. Mesosphere
C. 1.10 C. Asthenosphere
D. 1.20 D. None of these
13.2 Tectonic Plates

1. A major system of rift valleys occurs in 4. The theory of continental drift’ ws pre-
. sented by Alfred Wagener in .
A. Eastern Africa A. 1715
B. Australia B. 1815
C. North America C. 1915
D. Eastern Europe D. None of these
2. is wedged between South Pacific 5. North American plate meets along

plate to the east and pacific plate to the California’s San Andreas fault
west plate. plate.
A. Scotia A. Nazca
B. Gorda B. Caribbean
C. Caribbean C. Pacific
D. Nazca D. None of these
3. The movement of denser plate inwards to- 6. in 1939 proposed that movement
wards the enterior of earth during collision of land mass is due to heat-sustained con-
is called . vection cells.
A. Subduction A. Arthur Homes
B. Lateral displacement B. Taylor
C. Cocos plate C. A-Ortelius
D. None of these D. Benjamin Franklin

13.2 Tectonic Plates 381
7. The African plate extends eastward from 13. Sea floor spreading results from .
the mid-Antarctic ridge between A. Convergence

A. 25 B. Lateral displacement
B. 35 C. Divergence
C. 45 D. None of these
D. None of these
14. The word ‘lithospheric plates’ denotes
8. Australian Indian plate meets the Eurasian their .
plate of . A. Mobile character
A. Himalayas B. Activity
B. Tirich Mir C. Rigidity
C. Koh-e-Suleman D. None of these
D. None of these 15. proposed that the moon was torn
9. The tiny plate will eventually dis- from the earth in the pacific basin.
appear by subduction beneath American A. F.B. Tylor
plate. B. Wegner
A. Nazca C. Franklin
B. Scotia D. None of these
C. Juan de Fuca
16. When due to tensional forces simatic crust
D. None of these below and sialic crust above are pulled
apart is formed
10. Cocos and Rivera, both are
A. Volcano
A. Continental crust
B. Mountain
B. Oceanic crust plates
C. Ridge
C. Mountain ranges
D. Rift Valley
D. None of these
17. The number of major and minor plates is
11. The Australian Indian plate meets the pa- respectively.
cific plate in .
A. 7,14
A. New Guinea
B. 8,14
B. New Zealand
C. 9,14
C. East Timore
D. None of these
D. None of these
18. Eurasia and North America are the rem-
12. The largest of all plates is plate. nants of
A. Eurasian A. Pangaea
B. North American B. Laurasia
C. Pacific C. Gondwana

13.3 Volcanoes 382
19. The process of subduction produces a B. Intense

in sea. C. Sight
A. Fold D. None of these
B. Valley
23. Pangaea was divided into Gondwana and
C. Trench
Laurasia in
D. None of these
A. Mesozoic Era
20. are also known as destructive
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B. Laurasia
boundaries.
C. Gondwana
A. Lateral movement zones
D. None of these
B. Convergent plate
C. Divergent 24. Scotia plate is present at the end
of South America.
D. None of these
A. Eastern
21. An extension of Juan de Fuca plate in the B. Western
South is .
C. Northern
A. Gorda
D. Southern
B. Scotia
C. Cocos plate 25. Tectonic process takes place of .
D. None of these A. Plate boundaries
22. The subduction zone is a place of B. Mountain ranges

tectonic activity. C. Lithosphere
A. Less D. None of these
13.3 Volcanoes
1. Volcanoes are usually located on: 3. A place where two plates usually an
A. Divergent plate boundaries oceanic plate and a continental plate col-
lides is called:
B. Convergent plate boundaries
A. Continental zone
C. Hotspots B. Volcanic zone
D. All of them C. Subdiction zone
2. Volcanic erupted material when inside the D. None of these
hill/earth/mountain it is called and 4. Hotspot volcano is also found else where
after it coming out it is called is the solar system especially on:
A. Lava, magma A. Sun and moons
B. Magma, lava B. Rocky planets and moons
C. Both (a) and (b) C. Both (a) and (b)

13.3 Volcanoes 383
5. Particularly the type of volcano on some C. Both (a) and (b)

man of Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune is D. None of these
known as:

A. Shields 11. Composite volcanoes are also known as:
B. Cinder cone A. Stratovolcanoes

B. Shields
C. Cryovolcano (ice volcano)
C. Compound volcanoes
D. None of these
D. None of these
6. Volcanoes can also be caused by so
called ‘hot spots’. 12. The erupted material of volcano consists
of:
A. Mantle plumes
A. Lava texture
B. Ash
B. Lava composition
C. Gases
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. None of these
D. None of these
7. When the lava is horn by expending gases
into fluid hot clots ranging in size from 1 13. Volcanoes are generally found where
cm to 50 cm across is called: pull apart or are coming together:
A. Spatter A. Intraplates
B. Cones B. Tectonic plates
C. Shield C. Earth’s crust
8. Cinder cones are chiefly formed by: 14. Other features of volcanoes are:
A. Explosion A. Submarine volcano

B. Subglacial volcano
B. Strombolian Euroption
C. Super volcano
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. All of them
D. None of these
15. Cinder cones’ example is:
9. Hotspot volcanoes can be found on the is-
lands like: A. Mount Hood
A. Malaysian B. Hekla on Iceland
B. Indonesian C. Paricufin in Mexico
C. Hawaiian D. None of these
D. None of these 16. Cinder cones are built from lava fragments
called:
10. Which ridge has examples of volcanoes
caused by “divergent tectonic plates” A. Mantle plumes
pulling a part? B. Ash
A. Pacific ring of fire C. Cinders
B. Mid Atlantic Ridge D. None of these

13.3 Volcanoes 384
17. Example of shield volcanoes is: B. Spatter cones

A. Kilavea C. Compostite volcanoes
B. Mauna Loa D. Shields
C. Both (a) and (b) 23. Shield volcanoes are built by many layers
D. None of these of lava which spills out of a central vent or
group of vents, so gently formed a slop-
18. Volcano forms by the stretching earth’s ing cones and this is caused by the fluid
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crust and the crust goes this this phe- called:
nomenon is called:
A. Runny Lava
A. Interaplate volcanism
B. Basaltic Lava
B. Non-hot interpolate
C. Gases
C. Hot spot intraplate
D. None of these
D. None of these
24. Shield volcanoes are in size:
19. The smaller cones formed through vents,
on the hanks of Hawaii’s kilavea are A. Small
known as: B. Medium
A. O C. Long
B. P D. Huge
C. PU
25. Magma contains the contents of:
D. All of them
A. Silica
20. Volcanoes can also form where there is B. Aluminum
stretching of the earth’s and where
C. Magnesium
the goes thin.
D. None of these
A. Surface, crust
B. Plate, surface 26. Which one has examples of volcanoes
C. Crust, crust caused by ‘convergent tectonic plate, com-
ing together?
D. Plate, crust
A. Mid Atlantic ridge
21. Divergent plate boundaries after volcanic B. Pacific ring of fire
activity from:
C. Both (a) and (b)
A. Volcanic islands
D. None of these
B. New Sea floor
C. Both (a) and (b) 27. Composite volcanoes usually erupt in ex-
plosive way as, when the viscuss magma
D. None of these rise to a surface it usually cbqs the
22. The volcanoes formed by the alternating so in the result will increase result-
layers of lava and rock fragments are ing in an explosive eruption:
called: A. Pressure, crater pipe
A. Cinder cones B. Mantle plume, gas

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C. Crater pipe, pressure in volume:

D. None of these A. 2500 m, 1000 sq. km. 400 km8

B. 1900 m, 800 sq. km, 200 km8
28. Stratovolcano forms impressive, snow-
capped peak which is often exceeding C. 2000 m, 800 sq. km, 200 km
in height, in area and D. None of these
13.4 Physical Geography

1. The star-like objects at the edge of the uni- 5. The word now used to describe the shape
verse are of the earth is
A. Comets A. Flat
B. Black holes B. Oblate spheriod
C. Galaxies C. Circle
D. Quasars
D. Sphere
2. A comet is a strange heavenly body which
has a long tail of 6. What is meant by the term Equinox?
A. Light A. The days on which the sun shines ver-
B. Shadow tically over the tropics
C. White edge B. The phenomenon which occurs in a

Leap Year
C. The period when the sun shines verti-
3. In which one among the following is the cally over the Equator at noon
best definition of the tropics?
D. The dates on which days and nights
A. Tropics are useful for fixing the bound-
are exactly equal
aries of the world’s climatic zones
B. Tropics are useful for fixing the length 7. The asteroids are between
of day in a year
A. Saturn and Uranus
C. Tropics represent the pole ward limits
of the world’s densely populated zones B. Jupiter and Saturn
D. Tropics represent the pole ward limits C. Mars and Jupiter

of the migration of the sun’s verticle rays D. Mars and Earth
4. An Atoll is:
8. The capacity of the atmospheric air to re-
A. A group of islands having sea water all tain water as vapour depends fundamen-
around. tally upon
B. Coral island or reef, usually an incom- A. Its temperature
plete ring enclosing a lagoon
B. The velocity of the winds
C. Lines connecting parts of the same al-
titude above the sea level C. Its pressure
D. A chain of rocks lying at the sea D. Its density

9. Which of the following is a great circle? 15. What is the estimated surface area of the
A. Tropic of cancer Earth?
B. Equator A. 510,065,800 sq km
B. 356,400 sq km
C. Arctic circle
C. 620,705,408 sq km
D. Tropic of Capricorn
10. In which country is the White Island situ-
16. The mountain climates are more suitable
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ated?
as sanitaria for tubercular patients be-
A. Australia cause of
B. The United States A. Lower humidity of the air
C. New Zealand B. The higher percentage of ultraviolet
D. United Kingdom rays in the atmosphere
C. Freedom from air pollution
11. A planet whose mass and radius is twice
the Earth’s will accelerate due to gravity D. Lower temperature of the atmosphere
A. 32 m/sec2 17. The four nearest planets to the earth in or-
B. 19.6 m/sec2 der to distance are
A. Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Mercury
C. 4.9 m/sec2
B. Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury
D. 9.8 m/sec2
C. Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter
12. The portion of the atmosphere which ex- D. Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter
tends from the earth’s surface tip to 6-8
miles and experiences decrese in tempera- 18. Which is the hottest place in the world?
ture at a constant rate is the A. Death Valley (California)
A. Troposphere B. Tirat Tsvi (Israel
B. Ionosphere C. Al’ Azizyah (Libya)
C. Stratosphere D. Sevile (Spain)
D. Tropopause 19. Which of the following statements about
13. Which is the wettest place on earth the solar eclipse is correct?
A. It occurs on a full moon day
A. Debundscha (Africa)
B. It does not occur on a new moon day
B. Cherapunji (India)
C. It occurs on a new moon day
C. Tully (Queensland)
D. Henderson Lake (Columbia)
20. Conventionalized rainfall mostly occurs in
14. Earthquakes occur frequently in the
A. The Western coast of America A. Equatorial region
B. The Eastern coast of Asia B. Tundra region
C. Islands of Southeast Pacific C. Monsoon region
D. All of the above D. Mediterranean region.

21. Only one side of the moon is ever seen 27. Which one of the following is not the result
from the earth because of mechanical weathering of rocks?

A. The moon is at perigee A. Peeling of the surface layers
B. Only one side reflects light B. Splitting into grains and gravels
C. The moon does not rotate C. Breaking into boulders
D. The periods of rotation and revolution D. Falling into a powdery mass
are equal.
28. A trip of land connecting an island to the
22. Tides occur twice in every
mainland is called
A. 22 hours
A. Tom bola
B. 25 hours
B. Sand spit
C. 24 hours, 52 seconds
C. Island-arc
D. 30 hours
D. Sandbar
23. Who explored Mongolia?
29. The phenomena of the wearing away of
A. Ferdinand Richthofen
the part of earth’s surface by the action of
B. Nikolai M. Przhevalsky the wind, water etc., is known as
C. Peter A Samuel A. Abrasion
D. None of the above B. Erosion
24. The International Dateline passes C. Denudation
through,
D. Weathering
A. Red Sea
B. Bering Strait 30. When GMT is 3 AM., the local time of a
place is 6 AM. The longitude of that place
C. Palk Strait is
D. Caspian Sea A. 120?W
25. What is the estimated land surface of the B. 120?E
Earth?
C. 45?W
A. 150,325,600 sq km
D. 45?E
B. 220,305,388 sq km
C. 150,325,300 sq km 31. A light year is
D. 220,305,200 sq km A. A unit of time which the earth takes to
go round the sun
26. Podzel soils are developed in the
B. The distance travelled by the light in
A. Taiga region one year
B. Monsoon region C. It is a year in which the gravitational
C. Equatorial region pull is less than the normal value of ‘G’
D. Mediterranean region D. none of above

32. A sextant is a scientific instrument for 37. A piece of land surrounded by water from
measuring all sides in an ocean, sea, lake or river, is
A. Rainfall called
B. Altitude of the sun and other inacces- A. Estuary

sible heavenly bodies B. An island
C. Curvature of earth’s surface
C. Peninsula
D. None of these
D. None of these
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33. If J stands for Jupiter, N for Neptune, P for
Pluto, S for Saturn, and V for Uranus, the 38. The hydrometer is an instrument used to
order of the outer-planets from the earth measure
is A. Rainfall
A. J, 5, V, N, P
B. Relative humidity
B. J, 5, N. V, P
C. Temperature
C. J, V, S, N, P
D. Altitude
D. J, N, 5, V, P
34. On 21st June, the sun 39. The Plannetary winds variously known as
roaring forties, furious fifties and stormy
A. Does not sink below the horizon at the syxties are
Antarctic circle
A. Cyclones
B. Does not sink below the horizon at the
Arctic circle B. Plar winds
C. Shines vertically overhead on the C. Westerlies
tropic of Cancer
D. Trade winds
D. Shines vertically overhead on the
equator 40. At local noon on board a ship, the
chronometer reads 3.30 p.m. The longi-
35. Sediments are carried by various water
tude of the ship is
bodies. You will find maximum sediments
in a/ an A. 52’30’ west
A. Ocean B. 37’30’ west
B. River C. 60 west
C. Pond
D. 45 west
D. Lake
41. Which is the highest mountain peak in the
36. The number of earthquakes that occur each
world?
year is about
A. Mount Godwin Austen (Karakoram)
A. 14
B. 1000 B. Mount Kanchanjunga (Himalayas)
C. 2 C. Mt. Everest, Sagarmatha
D. 100 D. Mount Cho Oyn (Himalayas)

42. Which one of the following is the proper or- 47. An extensive inlet penetrating far into the
der of seismic wave as they are received land (a large, deep bay), is known as
at the seismograph station?

A. A Gulf
A. L-wave, S-wave, P-wave B. An Island
B. S-wave, P-wave, L-wave C. A Peninsula
C. P-wave, S-wave, L-wave D. None of these
D. P-wave, L-wave, S-wave 48. The rotation of the earth on its own axis
43. What is the right combination of the fol- gives rise to all of the following except
lowing in the order of increasing distance A. Day and night
from the outermost planet? B. The deflection of planetary winds
A. Earth, Mars, Venus, Mercury C. Daily changes in the level of tides
B. Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury D. The four seasons-spring, summer, au-
C. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars tumn: and winter
D. Venus, Earth, Mercury, Mars 49. An atoll is

A. A small mountain
44. The spinning of the earth on its imaginary
axis is called B. A steep valley
A. Revolution C. A coral reef in the shape of a horse
shoe
B. Rotation
C. Orbit
50. How much time does light take to reach
D. Aphelion
the earth from the sun
45. The Equator, the Tropics of Cancer and A. 8 seconds
Capricorn run through the continent of
B. 30 seconds
A. Africa C. 8 minutes
B. Australia D. 100 seconds
C. South America
51. The number of standard time zones in the
D. Nor America entire world is
46. Which is the highest point on earth and A. 36
how much? B. 24
A. Mount Everest - 8840 meters above C. 360
sea level D. 12
B. Mount Everest - 8848 meters above
52. Moraines are debris deposited by
sea level.
A. Rivers
C. Mount Everest - 8849 meters above
sea level B. Sea-waves
D. Mount Everent - 8850 meters above C. Winds
sea level. D. Glaciers

53. Comets revolve around 59. The Roaring Forties of the Southern
A. The Earth Oceans are associated with
B. The Sun A. Frequent tornadoes
C. The Venus B. Seasonal monsoons
D. No single heavenly body C. Uninterrupted Westerlies

D. Hurricanes
54. At what speed does the earth rotate
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around its axis? 60. Neptune’s day is approximately
A. 1760 km per hour A. 12 hours
B. 1670 km per hour B. 18 hours
C. 1750 km per hour C. 23 hours
D. 1671 km per hour D. 24 hours
55. What is estimated water surface of the 61. What is the approximate gross product of
earth? the whole world at percent
A. 361,740,000 sq km A. $ 30.5 trillion
B. 381,000,000 sq km B. $ 37.5 trillion
C. 361,740,200 sq km C. $ 35 trillion
D. 381,000,300 sq km D. $ 40 trillion
56. A place with shallow water in it near a sea 62. Growing a leguminous crop in rotation
is known as A. Improves the fertility of the soil
A. Bay B. Makes the next crop disease resistant
B. Isthmus
C. Lagoon C. Reduces the fertility of the soil
D. None of the above D. None of the above
57. Which is the smallest continent of the 63. Hurricanes are

world? A. Tropical cyclones of the West Indies
A. Antarctica 5,300,000 sq km B. Tropical cyclones of China
B. Asia C. Depressions in the North Sea
C. Europe D. Tropical depressions in the Mediter-
D. Africa ranean Sea
58. Which type of rock weathers most rapidly 64. What is the diameter of the erth at the
in a hot, moint climate? poles?
A. Slate A. 12700 km
B. Quartzite B. 12714 km
C. Granite C. 12800 km
D. Limestone D. 12715 km

65. Who discovered and colonized Greenland, C. Moon

North Cape, and Iceland? D. Jupiter

A. Eric, the Red, the Norwegian discov-
ered Greenland. 70. The “Horse Latitudes” refer to the belt of
B. Attar, the Norwegian discovered North A. Sub-tropical high pressure belt
Caps. B. Equatorial doldrums
C. Both of the above C. The zone of alteration of trade winds
D. None of the above and doldrums
66. A meridian is D. Temperate low pressure belt
A. The circle of the earth passing through 71. What is an archipelago?

the poles and a point on the Earth’s sur-
A. A deep spring
face
B. A group
B. The distance between the Earth and
the Moon C. A group of islands
C. The axis around circle of the earth D. A high mountain cliff
away from the equator towards the poles
72. Who was the first to reach the South
Pole?
D. The latitudinal circle of the earth away
from the equator towards the poles A. Amundsen
B. Magellan
67. Which among the following is a metamor-
phic rock? C. Robert Peary
A. Coal D. None of these
B. Limestone 73. What does ‘Roaring forties’ refer to?
C. Slate
A. The tract of stormy westerly winds be-
D. Shale tween latitudes 20-30? S
68. Soils of volcanic origin, where weathering B. Whirl winds caused in Atlantic Ocean
is actively breaking down lavas and liber- C. The region between latitudes 40 and
ating the essential plant foods, are most 50? S where the prevailing westerly
favoured for the cultivation of winds blow over the open oceans with
A. Coffee great regularity and strength
B. Tea D. None of these
C. Sugar beet 74. Distance between moon and earth is ap-
D. Sugarcane proximately
A. 4,06,700 km
69. The heaviest mass revolving round the sun
is B. 1,00,000 km
A. Neptune C. 12,00,000 km
B. Plueo D. 2,50,000 km

75. A ‘Contour’ is a line drawn on a map link- 81. Westerlies are

ing places A. Cold winds
A. Of equal rainfall B. Warm wind-streams
B. Having same atmospheric pressure C. Hot winds blowing
C. Of same height above mean sea level D. Rain-bearing winds from the west
D. Of maximum temperature
82. A narrow strip of land, connecting two
large areas of land is called
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76. Who discovered the South Pole in 1911?
A. Charles Wilkes A. A Peninsula
B. Robert Peary B. An Isthmus
C. Ronald Amundsen C. A Strait
D. Nils Nordenskjold D. An Archipelago
77. The smallest planet is 83. The moon does not fall onto the earth de-
spite the attraction between the earth and
A. Earth the sun because of
B. Mars A. The usn’s opposing attraction
C. Mercury B. The centrifugal reaction
D. Pluto C. A gravitational repulsion
78. A Seismograph is an instrument used to de- D. The fixed orbit in which the moon ro-
tect tates
A. Volcanoes 84. At what speed does the earth revolve
B. Earthquakes round the sun?
C. Cyclones A. 110,000 km per hour
D. Landladies B. 107,220 km per hour
C. 110,100 km per hour
79. The scientific instrument Seismograph is
used for recording D. 107,300 km per hour
A. Humidity 85. The phase of the moon during an eclipse of

B. Atmospheric pressure the sun is
A. Half
C. Earthquake shocks
B. New
D. Speed at which a vehicle is moving
C. Full
80. The average time interval between one
D. In any phase
high tide and the next high tide is approx-
imately 86. Planetary winds are not:
A. 6 hours A. Trade winds
B. 24 hours B. Monsoon
C. 12 hours C. Water lies
D. 3 hours D. Polar winds

87. Arrange the following three atmospheric C. Movement of the sun

layers starting from the surface of the D. Shape of the earth
earth

A. Stratosphere 93. A cyclone is a system of wind blowing
B. Ionosphere A. From the Bay of Bengal towards
Bangladesh annually
C. Troposphere
B. Spirally outwards a low pressure re-
D. none of above
gion
88. What is diameter of the earth at the equa- C. Spirally outwards from a high pres-
tor? sure region
A. 12,000 km D. In a straight line from a high to low
B. 12,756 km pressure region
C. 12,600 km 94. The transitional zone between the tropo-
D. 12,770 km sphere and the stratosphere is called
A. Stratopause
89. Which city of Thailand is called the ‘Venice
of the East’. B. Tropopause
A. Pattaya C. Either Tropopause or Stratopause
B. Bangkod D. None of these
C. Khon-kaen 95. What is the distance of the earth from the
D. None of the above sun?
A. 149,567,900 km
90. The time deeded for the moon to go
through a complete cycle of phases is B. 150,000,000 km
A. 30 days C. 149,567,800 km
B. 27? D. 150,000,200 km
C. 31 days 96. Days and nights - are always equal at the
D. 29 A. Poles
91. Horse Latitude is a belt between the B. Equator
A. 30? - 35? N and S Lat C. Prime Meridian
B. 10? - 25? N Lat D. Antarctica
C. Around 0? Lat 97. The star which collapses of its own grav-
D. 40? - 60? S Lat ity and even light cannot come out of its
sphere is called
92. The sun rises in the east and sets in the
west, which is due to A. A Planet
A. Movement of the earth round the sun B. A Black hole
B. Movement of the earth on its own axis C. A Comet

D. A Galaxy

98. The difference between sun and shade tem- 103. How many times is the diameter of the
peratures is largest in which of the follow- sun greater than that of the Earth?
ing types of elimates? A. 50
A. Amazon B. 49
B. Tibetan C. 109
C. Iran D. 115
D. Sahara 104. As seen from the earth, which planet
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99. The phenomena of change of seasons and passes through phases similar to those of
their formation is caused by the earth’s the moon?
A. Jupiter
A. Rotation
B. Mars
B. Revolution
C. Pluto
C. Gravity
D. Venus
D. Inclination of the axis of the earth to
the plane of the orbit 105. Tides in the ocean are caused by
A. Gravitational attraction of the sun
100. The main cause of the origin of an earth-
quake is B. Gravitational pull of earth
A. Sliding of rocks C. Due to spherical surface of earth
B. Launching of rockets D. Attraction of the moon
C. Storms 106. Reasons change due to
D. Volcanic eruptions A. Revolution of the earth around the sun
101. High tides occur when

B. Change of distances during regolution
A. The earth, the sun and the moon are in round the sun
a straight line, (the sun being in the mid- C. Inclination of the earth’s axis by 66
dle) 1/2?
B. The position of the sun and moon form D. All of the above
a right angle with the earth’s centre
107. Seasons occur due to
C. The sun, the earth and the moon are in
a straight line (the earth being in the mid- A. Earth’s revolution around the sun
dle) B. Earth is round
D. The earth, the moon and the sun are C. Earth’s Axis (imaginary) is inclined by
in a straight line (the moon being in the 66112?
middle) D. Combined effect of (a) and (b)
102. GMT differs from PST. The latter is 108. When do spring tides occur?
A. 2 hours plus GMT A. Twice a month
B. 3 hours minus GMT B. At full moon or new moon
C. 5 hours plus GMT C. During the summer
D. 5 D. During the spring season

109. Which chemical weathering process af- C. Grazing area in temperate regions
fects limestone the most? D. A warm ocean current

A. Sulphonation
115. The length of a shadow at noon would be
B. Hydration the same all the year round at
C. Oxidation A. The Equator
D. None of the above B. The South Pole
110. Anticyclones are so-called because C. The North Pole
A. They are systems of divergence and D. The Tropic of Cancer
outflow of air
116. Which is the world’s largest peninsula?
B. They have no pressure gradient
A. Labrador
C. They move in a direction opposite to B. Southern (India)
that of cyclones
C. Arabia
D. They destroy the cyclonic conditions.
D. Scandinavia
111. Spring tides occur when
117. A vast area covered with deep ice and
A. When the gravitational pull of the sun snow for a long time is known as a/an
is at right angles to that of the moon
A. Glacier
B. The moon casts its shadow on the sun
B. Ice-berg
C. Ice-Valley
C. Sun, moon and earth are in a straight
line D. Ice-cap
D. None of the above 118. The earth’s circumference is approxi-
mately
112. The chief source of water is
A. 8,000 metres
A. Well water
B. 5,000 km
B. River water
C. 20,000 miles
C. Sea water
D. 25,000 miles
D. Rain water
119. The earth’s axis as inclined to the plane
113. The atmospheric pressure near the sea of its orbit is
level is
A. 66.1/3?
A. 7.60 kg/cm2
B. 33.1/2?
B. 10.0 kg/cm2
C. 99.1/2?
C. 76.0 kg/cm2
D. 30.1/2?
D. 0.10 kg/cm2
120. The idea that the earth was the centre of
114. Geyser refers to the universe was maintained by
A. A bright star A. Copernicus
B. A hot spring B. Galileo

C. Aristachus 127. Gravitic rocks belong to which of the fol-

D. Aristotle lowing rock types?
A. Sedimentary
121. The occurrence of Neap Tides is
B. Basaltic
A. Once a fortnight
C. Igneous
B. During the night
D. Metamorphic
C. Thrice a week
128. Bad Lands develop as a result of
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D. During the day
A. Weathering of rocks
122. The moon is a
B. Sheet erosion
A. Satellite C. Gully erosion
B. Meteorite D. None of the above
C. Planet
129. What is the number of major planes of
D. Star the solar system?
123. Who first held the view that the earth is A. 7
a sphere? B. 8
A. Pythagoras C. 9
B. Newton D. 12
C. Galileo
130. Isotherms are lines on a map which join
D. Aristotle the places having the same
124. The lowest layer of the earth’s atmo- A. Hunidity
sphere is called B. Pressure
A. Stratosphere C. Mean temperature
B. Ionosphere D. None of these
C. Mesosphere 131. Flora is:
D. Troposphere A. Animals of a region
125. The Black Sea and the Mediterranean are B. The remains of animals deposited in
connected by the rocks of earth crust
A. Shaff-al-Arab C. Plants of a region
B. Dardanelles D. Plants deposited in the rocks of earth
crust
C. Strait of Gibraltar
D. Bay of Bengal 132. When and where did the worst explosion
of a volcano take place:
126. Which is the driest place in the world? A. Mont Pelee in Martinique in 1902
A. Asia (Aden, Yemen) B. Usu Mountain in Japan near the
B. Africa (Chile) northern-most island.
C. Wadi Haifa (Sudan) C. Mont Pelee in Martinique in 1906
D. South Pole Station, (Antarctica) D. None of the above

133. Which of the following conditions causes C. Difference in the density of sea water
the formation of spring tides? D. All of the above

A. When the sun, moon and earth make
139. The main constituent of soil is
an acute angle in space
A. Weathering rocks
B. When the earth is in between the sun
and the moon B. Mineral salt
C. When the sun, moon and earth are ap- C. Wind
proximately in a straight line D. Rain
D. When the sun is overhead and the 140. A cape is
moon is facing the earth
A. Piece of land abutting into the sea
134. The temperature of the sun is maintained B. A cap worn by a fool
by
C. Name given to large species of
A. Coal burning crocodile
B. Volcanoes D. None of the above
C. Thermonuclear heat 141. Who explored Australia’s first of all?
D. Gravitational attraction A. Abel Janzoon tasman
135. Approximately what is the percentage of B. John M. Stuart
total world output spent by all the coun- C. Robert Burke and William Wills
tries of the world combined on defence and (British)
defence activities?
A. 2
142. What is the volume of the moon com-
136. Artesian wells are pared to that of the Earth?
A. Wells dug by artisans A. Three-fifth
B. Wells bored to reach underground wa- B. One-half
ter which is lifted by any device C. One-fourth
C. They are not wells at all but craters D. None of the above
formed on the moon
143. The shape of the earth is
A. Circular disc
137. Who was the explorer of Amazon B. A sphere
River?
C. An oblate
A. Fransisco Orellana (Spanish)
D. A tetrahedron
B. Willem S Schouten
144. The diameter of the earth, on the aver-
C. William S. Qunts
age, is approximately
A. 8000 metres
138. Ocean currents originate due to B. 8000 miles
A. Winds C. 10,000 miles
B. Temperature difference D. 25,000 miles

145. Which part of the earth’s mass is 151. Which is the place of the highest eleva-
water? tion in Africa?
A. About 1 A. Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) 5895 meters
146. Dry summers great sunshine and rainy B. Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) 5869 meters
winters are characteristics of which of the C. Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) 5812 meters
following types of climates? D. None of the above
A. Mediterranean
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152. High mean temperature, high relative hu-
B. Tropical midity and heavy rainfall (well distributed
C. Tundra all over the year) are the characteristic fea-
D. Equatorial tures of the
A. Equatorial region
147. The first European scientist, who refuted
the belief that the earth was the centre of B. Savanna region
the universe was C. Monsoon region
A. Newton D. Mediterranean region.
B. Copernicus
153. Name the tunnel which links Britain and
C. Galileo France
D. Kepler A. Channel Tunnel
148. Lines joining places of equal rainfall are B. Simplon Tunnel

known as C. Mont Blanc
A. Isotherms D. None of these
B. Isobars
154. A Light year is the
C. Isohots
A. Mean distance between sun and the
D. Isohyets nearest star
149. Lap lace suggested that the material that B. Mean distance between the earth and
later formed the solar system was origi- sun
nally a disc-shaped rotating C. Mean distance travelled by light in one
A. Pulsar year
B. Supernova D. Distance travelled by light in one year

C. Star 155. Name the highest volcano in the world,
D. Nebulae giving its height, country of its location
A. Cotopaxi, Andes, Ecuador
150. The Ozone Layer protects the earth from
B. Ojos del Salado, Andes, Argentina,
A. Ultra-violet rays 6885.
B. Cosmic rays C. Ojos del Salado, Andes, Argentina,
C. Infrared rays 6890.
D. X-rays D. None of the above

156. Extrusive igneous rocks have 162. Atoll refers to

A. Few grains A. A narrow strip of land separating two

B. No grains seas
C. Grains of big size B. A hill top

C. A strait joining two-seas
D. Grains which are not visible
D. A horse-shoe or ring-shaped coral reef
157. Rich mineral area in the sea is
163. Soft wood tree grow mostly in
A. Enclosed sea - an area of inland
drainage A. Dry deciduous forests
B. Deep Sea B. Coniferous forests
C. Slopes C. Wet evergreen forests
D. Shelves D. Wet deciduous forests
158. The minor planets revolving between the 164. Approximately what percentage of total
orbits of Mars and Jupiter are called land available in the world is suitable for
cultivation?
A. Comets
A. 8 percent
B. Asteroids
B. 9 percent
C. Novals
C. 10 percent
D. Mekors
D. 11 percent
159. Which is the coldest place on earth?
165. The earliest rocks formed on the earth’s
A. Charlotte Pass, New South Wales, Aus- surface are
tralia
A. Plutonic
B. Vostok Station, Antarctica. B. Sedimentary
C. Ommyakon (Russia) C. Igneous
D. None of the above D. Metamorphic
160. Which is the innermost planet of the solar 166. The sun is vertically overhead at the
system? equator on
A. Earth A. 22-Dec
B. Mercury B. 21-Mar
C. Jupiter C. 21-Jun
D. Saturn D. None of the above
161. What is the equatorial circumference of 167. A planet on which some kind of liife is
the earth? present is:
A. 40,000 km A. Mercury
B. 40,075 km B. Venus
C. 41,000 km C. Mars
D. 42,000 km D. Pluto

168. The nearest star to the sun is 174. What is closest distance of the moon from
A. Alpha Centuari the Earth?
B. Sirius A. 384,400 km
C. Polaris B. 356,400 km
D. Mercury C. 406,700 km
169. How is moon related to the earth?
175. What will be the maximum altitude of the
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A. As one of the planets
pole star at a place 28?N and 78?E?
B. As a satellite
A. 78?
C. Both of them
B. 12?
D. None of them
C. 28?
170. What is the diameter of the moon at the D. 62?
Equator?
176. The International Date Line refers to
A. 2244 km
A. The world calendar
B. 3476 km
B. The international boundary between
C. 3000 km
North and South
D. 4000 km
C. Headquarters 6f the International
171. How are rivers useful to humanity? Court of Justice
A. They provide fish D. Line of international affairs
B. They provide drinking water to people 177. Isohyets refer to
C. They are useful as means of transport A. Water sprouts
B. Sun spots
D. All the above
C. Lines drawn on a map to join places
172. On which day of the year does the sun having equal rainfall
appear to move from the southern to the D. Sea living creatures
northern hemisphere?
178. What is an Axis?
A. 21-Jun
A. Plural number of Axe
B. 21-Dec
B. It is a kind of saw for felling trees
C. 21-Sep
C. An imaginary or real line joining pole-
D. 21-Mar to-pole of a sphere
173. Excluding the moon, the celestial object D. None of the above
that generally appears bright in the sky is
179. The Monsoon type of climate is character-
A. Jupiter ized by
B. Polestar A. Heavy rains in summer
C. Sirius B. Uniformly heavy rains around the year
D. Venus

C. Moderate rains in autumn C. North America

D. Heavy rains in winter D. Australia

180. Shachal Sarmast tomb is located in
186. The characteristic of the Mediterranean
climate is
A. Punjab
A. Rain all the year round
B. Sindh
B. Rainy summer and dry winter
C. Sarhad
C. Rainy winter and dry summer
D. Boluchistan
D. Dry summer and dry winter
181. At which of the following places is the
demographic distribution not uneven? 187. Days and nights are caused due to the
A. Plains phenomena of the earth’s
B. Plateau A. Gravitational pull
C. Mountains B. Rotation
D. Desert C. Revolution
182. A coastal current, parallel to the shores D. Proximity of the sun
produced by wave refraction is called
A. Tidal current 188. Pakistan longest border with
B. Gulf stream A. Afghanistan
C. Tidal wave B. Russia
D. None of the above C. Iran
183. When it is noon in India what would be D. None of these
the time in England?
A. 6.30 P.M. 189. A narrow strip of land connecting two
larger land masses is called
B. 2.30 P.M.
A. Promontory
C. 2.30 AM.
B. Headland
D. 6.30 AM.
C. Isthmus
184. The largest city in East Africa is
D. Land bridge
A. Nairobi
B. Kampala 190. When the moon is one the side of the
C. Jinja earth directly opposite the sun, the moon
is in the phase known as:
A. New
185. Which is the largest continent of the
world? B. First quarter
A. 43,999 sq km Asia C. Last quarter
B. Africa D. Full

191. At what height from the earth’s surface B. Mesosphere

is the stratosphere found? C. Troposphere
A. 0-3 kms D. Stratosphere
B. 78-103 kms
193. The most common element by weight in
C. 8-18 km the earth’s crust is
D. Above 3200 km A. Iron
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192. The atmospheric layer nearest to the B. Oxygen
earth is known as C. Silicon
A. Ionosphere D. Aluminum

14. Indian Agriculture and Animal
Husbandry
1. Which one among the following pairs of 4. Where is pearl fishing well developed in
States is the leading producer of tobacco India?
in India? [IAS 2007] A. Off the Bengal coast
A. Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat B. Off Kerala coast
B. Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh C. Off the coast at Rameshwaram
C. Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh D. Nowhere
D. Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan
5. Which one of the following States is the
2. Fertility of soil can be improved by: [IAS largest producer of black pepper in India?
1989] [CDS 2009]
A. adding living earthworms A. Tamil Nadu
B. adding dead earthworms B. Kerala
C. removing dead earthworms C. Karnataka
D. removing living earthworms and D. Andhra Pradesh
adding dead earthworms
A. Central Building 1. Chennai
Crops Annual Rainfall
Research Institute
A. Rice 1. 100 to 150 cm
B. Central Road Re- 2. Roorkee
B. Wheat 2. 50 to 75 cm
search Institute
C. Ragi 3. 40 to 50 cm
C. Central Drug Re- 3. Lucknow
D. Bajra 4. 50 to 100 cm search Institute
D. Central Leather 4. New Delhi
A. A − 1, B − 2,C − 4, D − 3 Research Institute
B. A − 4, B − 3,C − 2, D − 1
C. A − 3, B − 2,C − 1, D − 4 A. A − 1, B − 2,C − 3, D − 5
D. A − 2, B − 1,C − 3, D − 4 B. A − 2, B − 4,C − 3, D − 1

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C. A − 4, B − 3,C − 2, D − 1 11. The important feature of shifting cultiva-

tion is: [Excise & I. Tax 1993]
D. A − 5, B − 4,C − 1, D − 3
A. cultivation by transplantation
7. The approximate representation of land B. cultivation of Leguminous crops
use classification in India is [IAS 2010]
C. change of cultivation site
A. net area sown 25%; forests 33%;
other areas 42% D. rotating of crops
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B. net area sown 58%; forests 17%; 12. The leading states in the production of cot-
other areas 25% ton in India are: [NDA 2003]
C. net area sown 43%; forests 29%; A. Maharashtra and Gujarat
other areas 28% B. Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh
D. net area sown 47%; forests 23%; C. Maharashtra and Punjab
other areas 30% D. Gujarat and Punjab
8. What type of farming is practised in the 13. Sucrose content in sugarcane decreases:
densely populated regions of the world? [IAS 1993]
A. Commercial farming A. if frost occurs during the process of
ripening
B. Extensive farming
B. if high rainfall occurs during the period
C. Intensive farming
of growth of the plant
D. Plantation farming C. if there is high temperature during the
time of ripening
9. Which of the following is/are correct
about shifting cultivation? D. if there is fluctuation in temperature
during the period of growth of the plant
I. It involves no ploughing
II. It is slash and burn agriculture 14. Which of the following is not a rabi crop?
III. It involves crop rotation A. Wheat
IV. It is combined with transhumance
B. Maize
A. I, II, III and IV
C. Mustard
B. II, III and IV
D. Grain
C. II and III
D. I and II
1. India is the original home of the cot-
10. Which one of the following Indian States ton plant.
is the largest producer of natural rubber? 2. India is the first country in the world
[NDA 2004] to develop hybrid cotton variety
leading to increased production.
A. Tamil Nadu
Which of these statements is/are correct?
B. Assam [IAS 2003]
C. Kerala A. Only 1
D. Andhra Pradesh B. Only 2

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C. Both 1 and 2 B. lobsters

D. Neither 1 nor 2 C. shrimp

D. none of these
16. In India, during the last decade, the total
cultivated land for which one of the follow- 21. Match the following: [CDS 2004]
ing crops has remained more or less stag-
nant? [IAS 2010] A. Koradi 1. Manipur
B. Kalinadi 2. Karnataka
A. Rice
C. Loktak 3. Maharashtra
B. Oilseeds
C. Pulses A. A − 1, B − 2,C − 3
D. Sugarcane B. A − 2, B − 3,C − 1
17. Which is the home of “AIphonso” mango? C. A − 3, B − 2,C − 1
[SSC Graduate 2003] D. A − 3, B − 1,C − 2
A. Ratnagiri 22. Match the following:
B. Banaras
Crops Chief Producer
C. Malda A. Barley 1. Karnataka
D. Vijayawada B. Groundnut 2. Uttar Pradesh
C. Ragi 3. Gujarat
18. Which of the following is the major silk
D. Rice 4. West Bengal
producing state in India?
A. Karnataka
A. A − 1, B − 2,C − 3, D − 4
B. Andhra Pradesh B. A − 2, B − 3,C − 1, D − 4
C. Assam C. A − 4, B − 3,C − 2, D − 1
D. Bihar D. A − 3, B − 4,C − 2, D − 1
19. Consider the following statements: 23. Match the following:
1. Chikmagalur is well-known for
Animal Largest number
sugar production.
2. Mandya is well-known as a coffee- A. Cattle 1. Punjab
producing region. B. Goats 2. Uttar Pradesh
C. Sheep 3. Andhra Pradesh
Which of the statements given above D. Buffaloes 4. Rajasthan
is/are correct? [IAS 2008]
A. 1 only A. A − 2, B − 3,C − 4, D − 1
B. 2 only B. A − 1, B − 2,C − 3, D − 4
C. Both 1and 2 C. A − 2, B − 4,C − 4, D − 1
D. Neither 1 nor 2 D. A − 4, B − 3,C − 2, D − 1
20. The most important item of export among 24. Consider the following crops:
marine products from India is: 1. Cotton
A. crabs 2. Groundnut

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3. Maize A. A − 2, B − 4,C − 1, D − 3
4. Mustard
B. A − 3, B − 4,C − 1, D − 2
Which of the above are the Kharif crops?
[IAS 2004] C. A − 2, B − 1,C − 4, D − 3
A. 1 and 2 D. A − 3, B − 2,C − 4, D − 1
B. 1, 2 and 3 28. Which of the following crops is grown in
C. 3 and 4 India mainly by dry farming?
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D. 1, 2, 3, and 4 A. Millet
25. In the coastal lowland of Kerala two crops B. Tobacco
of rice is grown per year because of: [IAS
2003] C. Maize
1. high temperature in winter D. Groundnut

2. adequate rain throughout the year
3. adequate irrigation facility 29. Which one of the following statements
4. presence of water retentive clayey correctly defines the term transhumance?
loam soil [NDA 1991]
A. Only 1 A. Economy that solely depends upon an-
imals
B. 2 and 3
C. 1 and 2 B. Farming in which’ only one crop is cul-
tivated by clearing hill slopes
D. 1, 3, and 4
C. Practice of growing crops on higher
26. Annual range of temperature 15 degree C hill slopes in summer and foothills in win-
to 30 degree C Which one among the fol- ter
lowing crops are you most likely to find in
the area described above? D. Seasonal migration of people with
their animals up and down the mountains
A. Mustard
B. Cotton 30. Extensive subsistence agriculture is ;
C. Pepper [Stenograpers’ Exam 1990]
D. Virginia tobacco A. farming on the slopes of Western
Ghats
27. Match the following [IAS 1997]
B. farming in the thickly populated areas
Crops Geographical condi-
tions C. farming in the thinly populated areas
A. Barley 1. Hot and dry cli- D. farming in the forests of equatorial re-
mate with poor soil gion
B. Rice 2. Cool climate with
poorer soil 31. The following are the major oilseeds pro-
C. Millets 3. Warm and Moist duced in India: [IAS 1997]
climate with high al- 1. Sesamum
titude 2. Mustard
D. Tea 4. Hot and Moist cli- 3. Groundnut
mate with rich soil 4. Soyabean

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Which one of the following is the correct C. Wheat

sequence of the descending order of the D. Rubber
quantity of their production?

A. 1, 2, 3, 4 36. In which month are the kharif crops
sown?
B. 3, 2, 4, 1
C. 2, 4, 3, 1 A. April
D. 3, 4, 2, 1 B. June
C. September
32. Which one of the following statements in
not correct? [CDS 2003] D. November
A. India is the highest oil-seeds and veg- 37. Which amidst the following States does
etable oil producing country in the world not cultivate wheat? [SSC Graduate
2003]
B. India is the second largest exporter of
A. Karnataka
jute goods in the world
B. Maharashtra
C. India is the largest producer of silk in
world C. West Bengal
D. India is the second largest producer of D. Tamil Nadu
three-wheeler motor vehicles in the world
38. Which one of the following regions experi-
33. The odd product out of the following is ences three cropping season for rice in In-
[RAS 2010] dia (Rice bowl of India)? [IAS 2003]
A. Sesame A. Krishna-Godavari delta
B. Groundnut B. Brahmaputra valley
C. Caster seed C. Coastal Kerala
D. Mustard
D. Littoral Tamil Nadu
34. Among the following States, which one
39. Which of the following items and leading
has the most suitable climatic conditions
producer is not correctly matched?
for the cultivation of a large variety of
orchids with minimum cost of production, A. Red chillies-Andhra Pradesh
and can develop an export oriented indus- B. Saffron-Jammu & Kashmir
try in this field? [CSAT 2011]
C. Ginger-Sikkim
A. Andhra Pradesh
D. Natural rubber-Kerala
C. Madhya Pradesh 40. The three major cereals in India under high
D. Uttar Pradesh yielding varieties in declining order are:
A. wheat, paddy and coarse cereals
35. Which one among the following is not a
plantation crop? [Asstt Commdt 2011] B. barley, wheat and coarse cereals
A. Coffee C. paddy, wheat and coarse cereals
B. Sugarcane D. coarse cereals, paddy and wheat

408
41. Match the following: 45. Murrah is a breed of:
Area States A. pig

A. Largest irrigated 1. Tamil Nadu
B. Largest tank irri- 2. Punjab B. buffalo
gated
C. Largest well irri- 3. Gujarat C. sheep
gation
D. goat
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D. Largest net canal 4. Jammu & Kash-
irrigated mir
46. Which of the following soil is most suited

A. A − 2, B − 1,C − 3, D − 4 for tea plantation? [UP PCS 2002]
B. A − 1, B − 2,C − 3, D − 4
A. acidic
C. A − 4, B − 3,C − 2, D − 1
D. A − 3, B − 2,C − 1, D − 4 B. alkaline
42. In which of the following crops Uttar C. alluvial
Pradesh is not the largest producer in In-
dia? [UP PCS 2011] D. regur
A. Potato
B. Rice
47. Which one of the following is the correct
C. Sugarcane sequence of crop rotation with a view to
D. Wheat increasing soil fertility?
43. Match the following: [IAS 2003] A. Wheat, Potato, Barley, Pea
A. Coffee 1. Anaimalai Hills B. Potato, Wheat, Pea, Barley

B. Alphanso Mango 2. Kozhikode
C. Tea 3. Nilgiri Hills C. Barley, Pea, Wheat, Potato
D. Cinchona 4. Ratnagiri
D. Pea, Barley, Wheat, Potato
A. A − 2, B − 3,C − 4, D − 1
B. A − 1, B − 2,C − 3, D − 4 48. Mixed farming means: [IAS 2003]
C. A − 4, B − 1,C − 2, D − 3
A. growing two crops at the same time
D. A − 2, B − 4,C − 3, D − 1
B. growing different crops in succession
44. Which of the following is not a plantation
crop?
C. producing crops
A. Coffee
B. Rubber D. using mixture of manures and fertilizer
C. Sugarcane
D. Tea 49. Match the following: [IAS 1999]

409
A. Cotton 1. Rainfall 1000- 52. The lower Gangetic plain is characterized

1500 mm; Tempera- by humid climate with high temperature
ture 40◦ -60◦ C throughout the year. Which one among

B. Flax 2. Rainfall 1500- the following pairs of crops is most suit-
2000 mm; Tempera- able for this region? [CSAT 2011]
ture 25◦ -35◦ C
A. Paddy and Cottort
C. Sugarbeet 3. Rainfall 600-S00
mm; Temperature B. Wheat and Jute
5◦ -18◦ C C. Paddy and Jute
D. Jute 4. Rainfall 500-
1000 mm; Tempera- D. Wheat and Cotton
ture 18◦ -22◦ C
5. Rainfall 500-600 53. Salinization occurs when the irrigation wa-
mm; Temperature ter accumulated in the soil evaporates,
18◦ -22◦ C leaving behind salts and minerals. What
are the effects of salinization on the irri-
gated land? [CSAT 2011]
A. A − 1, B − 3,C − 4, D − 2 A. It greatly increases the crop produc-
B. A − 2, B − 3,C − 5, D − 4 tion
C. A − 4, B − 5,C − 2, D − 1 B. It makes some soils impermeable
D. A − 4, B − 3,C − 5, D − 2 C. It raises the water table

D. It fills the air spaces in the soil with
50. Which one of the following groups of crops water
is grown in India during the Rabi season?
[CPO AC 2003] 54. What is multiple cropping?
A. Wheat, barley, gram. A. When seeds are sown on a piece of
B. Rice, maize, wheat land and then seedings are transplanted
in different fields
C. Barley, maize, rice
B. Dividing a field in two or more parts
D. Millet, gram, rice and then sowing different crops in each
part
C. Raising in succession only one type of
1. India ranks first in the world in fruit crop in the same piece of land
production.
2. India ranks second in the world in D. Raising two or more crops in succes-
the export of tobacco. sion in a year on the same land
Which of these statements is/are correct? 55. Among the following crops which one occu-
[IAS 2003] pies the largest area in India? [CDS 2002]
A. Only 1 A. Groundnut
B. Only 2 B. Mustard
C. Both 1 and 2 C. Rapeseed
D. Neither 1 nor 2 D. Sugarcane

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56. Which of the following is a cash crop? 60. Golden Fibre refers to [CDS 2009]
[CPO AC 2003]
A. Hemp
A. Wheat
B. Cotton
B. Millets
C. Jute
C. Rice
D. Nylon
D. Rubber
57. Crop rotation refers to: 61. Which of the following are true with re-
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gard to coal in India?
A. method of farming without irrigation in
an area of limited rainfall I. Coal is found in sedimentary rocks
B. farming done on the same land by dif- II. The best quality of coal is lignite
ferent people turn-wise III. The largest and oldest coalfied in in-
dia is known as the ruhr of india
C. growing same crop in alternate years IV. The Damodar river valley is popu-
D. growing different crops in succession larly known as the ‘Ruhr of India’
58. Match the following: [IAS 2004] A. I and IV
Shifting Cultivation State B. I, II and III

A. Jhum 1. Kerala C. I, II and IV
B. Podu 2. Madhya Pradesh
D. II, III and IV
C. Beera 3. Andhra Pradesh
D. Ponam 4. Assam 62. Which of the following crops are grown
mainly in the irrigated areas during Zaid?
A. A − 4, B − 3,C − 2, D − 1 [UP PCS 2011]
B. A − 2, B − 1,C − 4, D − 3 A. Arhar and Gram
C. A − 4, B − 1,C − 2, D − 3 B. Moong and Urad
D. A − 2, B − 3,C − 4, D − 1 C. Riceand Millets
59. Consider the following statements: D. Maize and Groundnut
1. In India, groundnut crop is raised
mostly during the Khartf season un- 63. Which one among the following is not a
der rainfed conditions. reason for practising tank irrigation in the
2. In India, tobacco is cultivated only in Peninsular India? [NDA 2011]
black cotton soils. A. The undulating relief and hard rocks
Which of the statements given above B. little percolation of rain water due to
is/are correct? [IAS 2007] impervious rock structure
A. 1 only
C. Most of the rivers of Peninsular India
B. 2 only are perennial
C. Both 1 and 2 D. There are many streams which be-
D. Neither 1 nor 2 come torrential during rainy season

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