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INDIAN GEOGRAPHY


Q1. Source of energy in ecosystem is 
A Sun
B Green plants
C Sugar produced in photosynthesis
D ATP.

ANS A 

Q2. ‘Supernova’ is

A A Comet
B An asteroid
C An exploding star
D A black hole

ANS C 


Q3.The solar radiation coming to Earth is called 

A Radiant energy
B Insolation
C Sunshine
D Terrestrial radiation

ANS D.

Q4. Study of origin, evolution, and eventual fate of the Universe is known as?

A Sociology
B Cosmology
C Astronomy
D Petology

ANS B .

Q5.The four largest planets of the Solar System in decreasing size are 

A Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn and Uranus
B Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune
C Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
D Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn and Neptune.

ANS C

Q6.Which of the following device is used to measure humidity?

A Hydrometer
B Hygrometer
C Odometer
D Anemometer

ANS B 

Q7.Land and sea-breezes occur due to 

A Conduction
B Convection
C Radiation
D Tides

ANS B 

Q8. What is the average density of the earth?

A  0.49 g/cm3
B 3.3 g/cm3
C 1/1 g/cm3
D 5.513 g/cm3

AND D

Sol.The density of the Earth is 5.513 g/cm3

Q9. Which of the following is present in the largest amount in terms of percent by mass in the earth’s crust ?

A Silicon
B Oxygen 
C Carbon 
D Calcium 

ANS B 

Sol.The most common chemical elements in the crust are oxygen (46.6%), silicon (27.7), aluminum (8.1), iron (5.0), calcium (3.6), potassium (2.8), sodium (2.6), and magnesium (2.1).

Q10. Quartz composed of which two elements

A Iron and magnesium
B Iron and oxygen 
C Oxygen and silicon 
D Silicon and iron

ANS C 

Sol.Quartz is a mineral composed of silicon and oxygen atoms


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Q12. The most abundant metal in the earth’s crust is:

A Calcium 
B Aluminium 
C Iron 
D Magnesium 

ANS B 
Sol.Most abundant element is Oxygen followed by Silicon. Both of these are non-metals. Silicon is followed by Aluminium which is most abundant metal

Q13.The latitude of a place expresses its angular position relative to the place of

A Axis of the earth 
B Equator
C North pole
D South pole 

ANS B 
Sol.latitude:The measurement, in degrees, of a place’s distance north or south of the equator.

Q14.The sun rays fall vertically on the Tropic of Cancer on

A 20 March
B 19 July
C 21 March
D 21 June

ANS D 


                             
Q15.Which of the following best describes longitude?

A  A imaginary line joining north and south poles.
B The distance between a place east or west of the Greenwich Meridian
C The angular distance east or west of the Greenwich Meridian
D The position of a place on earth’s surface with reference to the Prime meridian

ANS A 
Sol. Longitude is the distance of a place east or west of an imaginary line between the North Pole and the South Pole.

Q16. The largest Lagoon lake of India is:

A Dal Lake
B Chilka Lake
C Pulicat Lake
D Mansarover

ANS B 
Sol.A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by barrier islands or reefs.Chilka lake is the largest coastal lagoon in india and the second largest lagoon in  the world,situated on east coast of Odisha separated marginally by thin strip of land from Bay of Bengal.It is the largest wintering ground for migratory birds on the Indian sub-continent.

Q17. Where is Khyber Pass situated?

A Bhutan 
B Bangladesh
C India
D Pakistan

ANS D
Sol.The Khyber Pass is wholly situated in Pakistan.The pass connects Kābul with Peshāwar.

Q18. The western-most longitude of India lies in the state?

A Rajasthan
B Gujarat 
C Maharashtra 
D  Madhya Pradesh

ANS B 
Sol. As far as the Indian mainland is concerned, the Eastern most longitude of our country is 97° 25′( 97 degree 25 minute) East and the Western most longitude of our country is 68° 7′ East. The Eastern most longitude lies in the state of Arunachal Pradesh and the Western most longitude lies in the state of Gujarat.


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Q19. India lies in the  . . . . . . . . . . . .  hemisphere.

A northern and eastern
B southern and eastern
C northern and western
D northern and southern

ANS A 
Sol.India is located in Northern Hemisphere and eastern hemisphere.The country is situated north of the equator between 8°4′ to 37°6′ north latitude and 68°7′ to 97°25′ east longitude.

Q20. Which of the following uplands is not a part of the Telangana Plateau?

A Aravalli 
B  Western Ghat 
C Eastern Ghat
D Satpura 

ANS A 
Sol.Telengana Plateau, Telengana also spelled Telangana, plateau in western Andhra Pradesh state, southeastern India. Comprising the northeastern part of the Deccan plateau.The Aravalli Range is a range of mountains running approximately in a southwest direction, starting in North India from Delhi and passing through southern Haryana,through to Western India across the states of Rajasthan and ending in Gujarat.

Q21. The largest irrigation canal in India is called the

A Yamuna canal
B Sir hand canal
C Indira Gandhi canal
D Upper Bari Doab canal 

ANS C 
Sol.The Indira Gandhi Canal is one of the largest canal projects in India. It starts from the Harike Barrage at Harike, a few kilometers below the confluence of the Satluj and Beas rivers in the Indian state of Punjab and terminates in irrigation facilities in the Thar Desert in the north west of Rajasthan state.The canal is one of the project of Green revolution in India and also runs through The Great Thar Desert. 

Q22. Which of the following is a river flowing from Central India and joining Yamuna/Ganga?

A Ghagra 
B Gomti 
C Kosi 
D Betwa

ANS D 
Sol.The Betwa or Betravati is a river in Northern India, and a tributary of the Yamuna. It rises in the Vindhya Range just north of Hoshangabad in Madhya Pradesh and flows north-east through Madhya Pradesh and Orchha to Uttar Pradesh.The confluence of the Betwa and the Yamuna rivers is Hamirpur town in Uttar Pradesh, in the vicinity of Orchha. 

Q23. Which city is known as the ‘Manchester of South India’?

A Chennai 
B Coimbatore
C Bangalore 
D Madurai 

ANS B 

Sol.It houses more than 25,000 small, medium and large industries with the primary industries being engineering and textiles. Coimbatore is called the “Manchester of South India” due to its extensive textile industry, fed by the surrounding cotton fields. 

Q24.What is the time difference (in hours) between GMT and IST (Indian Standard Time)?

A FIVE
B Six 
C Six and a half 
D Five and a half

ANS  D

Sol.GMT stands for Greenwich Mean/Meridian Time and IST stands for Indian Standard Time. India Standard Time ( IST ) is 5:30 hours (5 hours 30 minutes) ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+5.5).

Q25.Name the strait dividing India and Sri Lanka.

A Magellan Strait
B Palk Strait
C Bass Strait
D Bering Strait


ANS B 
Sol.The Palk Strait is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Mannar district of the Northern Province of the island nation of Sri Lanka. It connects the Bay of Bengal in the northeast with Palk Bay in the southwest.

Q26.Which State in India is called the ‘Land of Five Rivers’?

A Uttar Pradesh
B Punjab
C Haryana 
D Bihar

ANS B 
Sol.It is named so because of the five rivers flowing through this land and these five rivers of Punjab are Sutlej, Beas, Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum.


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Q27.On which river is the Bhakra Nangal Dam of India built?

A Yamuna 
B Ganga 
C Sutlej
D Brahmaputra 

ANS C 
Sol.Bhakra Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Sutlej River in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh in northern India. The dam forms the Gobind Sagar reservoir.

Q28.Which city in India is called the ‘Lake City’?

A Udaipur
B Jaipur
C Raipur 
D Jodhpur

ANS A

Sol.Udaipur City, formally known as the city of lakes and Venice of East. Udaipur, the capital of the former princely state of Mewar is a beautiful city in Rajasthan, India. Udaipur is also referred to as the “Venice of the East”, the “Most Romantic City of India” and the “Kashmir of Rajasthan”.

Q29.Which one among the following is not an important factor of climate of an area?

A Longitude
B Latitude
C Altitude
D Distance from the sea

ANS A 

Sol.longitude is distance east or west of the prime meridian (an imaginary line running from north to south through Greenwich, England). Longitude is measured in degrees east or west of the prime meridian. This means one half of the world is measured in degrees of east longitude up to 180°, and the other half in degrees of west longitude up to 180°.

Q30.’EI Nino’ associated with the formation of the South West Monsoon of India is

A a periodic low pressure centre
B an abnormally warm ocean current
C a periodic warm air-mass
D a periodic warm wind

ANS B 

Sol.Collectively, El Niño and La Niña are parts of an oscillation in the ocean-atmosphere system called the El Niño-Southern Oscillation.El Niño Southern Oscillation refers to the cycle of warm and cold temperatures, as measured by sea surface temperature, SST, of the tropical central and eastern Pacific Ocean.


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Q31.Which of the following is not a characteristic of continental shelves? 


A Oil and gas reserves
B Sites of productive fishing grounds 
C Large stores of sand and gravel
D Sites of well-developed submarine canyons

ANS D

Sol.Land that extends from a continent under the ocean is called a continental shelf. A shelf is not very deep, when compared to ocean depths beyond. A continental shelf is usually less than 500 feet below the ocean’s surface

Q32. Which one among the following has the maximum no. of National Parks?

A Madhya Pradesh
B Punjab
C Arunachal Pradesh
D Meghalaya

ANS A
Sol.Total number of National Parks in Madhya Pradesh is Nine (9).

Q33. The boundary of Malwa plateau on the south is 

A Kanyakumari 
B Palakondas 
C Vindhyas
D Rajmahal hills

ANS C

Sol.The Malwa region occupies a plateau in western Madhya Pradesh and south-eastern Rajasthan with Gujarat in the west.Malwa is bounded in the north-east by the Hadoti region, in the north-west by the Mewar region, in the west by the Vagad region and Gujarat. To the south and east is the Vindhya Range and to the north is the Bundelkhand upland.

Q34. Which of the following is escarpment along the son valley? 

A  Sahyadri range
B Kaimur range
C  Kailas range
D Siwalik range

ANS  B
Sol.Son River, Son also spelled Sone, principal southern tributary of the Ganges (Ganga) River, rising in Madhya Pradesh state, central India.The Son valley is geologically almost a continuation of that of the Narmada River to the southwest. It is largely forested and sparsely populated. The valley is bordered by the Kaimur Range to the north and the Chota Nagpur plateau to the south.

Q35. Which of the following river flows between Vindhya and satpura ranges? 

A Tapati 
B Godavari 
C Narmada
D Krishna 

ANS C
Sol.The Narmada originates in eastern Madhya Pradesh ( India) and flows west across the state, through a narrow valley between the Vindhya Range and spurs of the Satpura Range. It flows into the Gulf of Khambhat.

Q36. What is the highest peak in the Aravalli range? 

A Mahendragiri 
B Kanchanjunga 
C Annaimudi 
D Guru shikhar

ANS D
Sol.The highest point in the Aravalli Range is called as Guru Shikhar, which is located in Mount Abu.


Q37.The largest delta of the world is?


Sunderbans
Amazon basin
Greenland
Congo basin

ANS A 

Sol.The Sunderban Delta also known as Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta is a river delta in the Bengal region of the South Asia, consisting of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the world’s largest delta, and empties into the Bay of Bengal.


Q38.Which countries are separated by the 49th parallel? 

USA and Canada
USA and Mexico
France and Germany
Russia and China

ANS A 
Sol. 49th parallel separate USA and Canada

Q39.The ‘Dark Continent’ is?

 Africa
South America
Australia
Asia

ANS A
Sol.The ‘Dark Continent’ is Africa.

Q40.‘Manchester’ of South India is ?

Coimbatore
Madurai
Bengaluru
Chennai

ANS A 

Sol.The tag “Manchester of India” is specifically related to textile industry and is given to Coimbatore. Coimbatore has recently emerged as the textile backbone of Southern India, with the South Indian Headquarters of National Textile Corporation ( NTC ).

Q41. Raniganj in West Bengal is known for?

Petroleum
Coal
Aluminium
Uranium

ANS B 
Sol.Raniganj Coalfield is primarily located in the Asansol and Durgapur in the Indian state of West Bengal.It is famous for coal production. Coal mining in India first started in the Raniganj Coalfield.

Q42. In which state is Hutti Gold Mine situated?

Maharashtra
West Bengal
Orissa
Karnataka

ANS D 
Sol.Hutti Gold mines is a company located in the state of Karnataka, India and engaged in the mining and production of gold. This was first established as Hyderabad Gold Mines in 1947.

Q43.Black Forests are found in?

France
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Rumania

ANS B

Sol.The Black Forest is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Wurttemberg in southwestern Germany. It is bounded by the Rhine valley to the west and south.

Q44.Which one of the following is a warm ocean current?

Canary
Labrador
Kurushio
Kurile

ANS C

Sol.Ocean current is the general movement of a mass of oceanic water in a definite direction, which is more or less similar to water streams flowing on the land surface of the 


Q45. The largest herbarium of India is located at 

Kolkata
Lucknow
Mumbai
Coimbatore

ANS A
Sol. The largest herbarium in India is Indian Botanical Garden, Kolkata. It consists of 1000000 number of specimens.


Q46. The transfer of minerals from top soil to subsoil through soil-water is called?

Percolation
Conduction
Leaching
Transpiration

ANS C
Sol. The transfer of minerals from top soil to subsoil through soil-water is called leaching.

Q47. Sariska and Ranthambore are the reserves for which of the following ?

Lion
Deer
Tiger
Bear

ANS C 
Sol. Sariska National Park and Ranthambore National Park are situated in Rajasthan. Both of them are tiger reserves

Q48. The longest sea beach in India is –

 Chapora beach
Diu beach
C  Aksa beach
Marina beach

ANS D 

Sol. Marina Beach in Chennai is the longest natural beach in India

Q 49 Rainfall caused by intense evaporation in equatorial areas is called ____

Orographic rainfall
Cyclonic rainfall
Frontal rainfall
D  Convectional rainfall

ANS  D 

Sol. Rainfall caused by intense evaporation in equatorial areas is called Conventional rainfall

Q50. The Andaman is separated from Nicobar by which water body?

11° channel
10° Channel
Palk Strait 
Gulf of Mannar

ANS B 
Sol. The Ten Degree Channel is a channel that separates the Andaman and Nicobar in the Bay of Bengal.

Q51. The Ghatampur thermal power plant recently approved by Cabinet is to be setup in –

Rajasthan
Uttar Pradesh
Karnataka
Madhya Pradesh

ANS B 
Sol. Ghatampur Thermal Power Station is an upcoming coal-based thermal power plant located in Ghatampur in Kanpur district, Uttar Pradesh.

Q52. Source of energy in ecosystem is

Sun
Green plants
Sugar produced in photosynthesis
ATP

ANS A 

Q53. The surface temperature of the Sun is estimated as

5500° C
12000° C
18000° C
24000° C

ANS A

Q54. A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land masses is called

peninsula
cape
isthmus
strait

ANS C

Q55. Typhoons are common in the

A  Arctic ocean
B  Seas of China and Japan
 Mexican Gulf
 Indian Ocean

ANS B

Q56. Sea water is saltier than rain water because

A   rivers wash away salts from Earth and pour them into the sea
B  sea beds have salt producing mines
C  sea animals are salt producing
D  the air around the sea is saltish

ANS A

Q57. The ‘Dark Continent’ is

A  Africa
B  South America
C  Australia
 Asia

ANS A

Q58. The largest delta of the world is

Sunderbans
 Amazon basin
Greenland
Congo basin

ANS A

Q59. Volcanic activity is more common in

A  Hawai
B  Japan
C  Colombia
New Zealand

ANS A

Q60. Grassland is called ‘Pampas’ in

The Africa
The South America
The United Kingdom
The USA

ANS B

Q61. Which one of the following is the highest gravity dam in the world?

Beas Dam
Nangal Dam
Bhakra Dam
Hirakud Dam

ANS C

Q62. The best variety of world’s cotton known is

A  Sea island
B  Upland American
C  Egyptian
Short staple Indian

ANS C
























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