Question: Biodiversity is richer in –
1. tropical regions
2. polar regions
3. temperate regions
4. oceans
Answer: 1
Question: Which among the following areas is conducive for well irrigation?
1. Rocky and uneven surface of Peninsular India
2. Dry tracks of Rajasthan and Gujarat.
3. Brackish groundwater region of Uttar Pradesh
4. Deltaic regions of Mahanadi, Godavari and Krishna
Answer: 4
Question: Humid climate,ready market and availability of cheap and skilled labour are the conditions conductive for the production of cotton cloth. Which of the following States of India will have the highest cotton cloth production?
1. Gujarat
2. Karnataka
3. Maharashtra
4. Punjab
Answer: 1
Question: The greatest seasonal contrast of insolation on the earth is in which of the following latitudinal zones?
1. Equatorial
2. Tropical
3. Temperate
4. Polar
Answer: 2
Question: When the winds blow from all sides to the central low in an anticlockwise direction, then this phenomenon is known as
1. anti-tropical cyclones of southern hemisphere
2. temperate cyclone of northern hemisphere
3. tropical cyclones of northern hemisphere
4. tropical cyclones of southern hemisphere
Answer: 3
Question: The Keibul Lamjao, the only floating National Park in the World, is in –
1. Assam
2. Meghalaya
3. Manipur
4. Mizoram
Answer: 3
Question: The mass of a body at the center of earth is –
1. Less than at the surface
2. Remains constant
3. More than at the surface
4. Zero
Answer: 2
Question: The highest producing State of Cardamom in India is –
1. Sikkim
2. Assam
3. Meghalaya
4. Kerala
Answer: 4
Question: India is its largest producer and it is found in the black sand on the beaches near Cape Comorin, the southernmost part at India –
1. Beryllium
2. Kyanite
3. Lignite
4. Ilmenite
Answer: 2
Question: The Gulf Stream is an ocean current which begins –
1. Off the coast of Florida
2. From the Bay of Bengal
3. Gulf Countries Coastline
4. In the Philippines
Answer: 1
Question: The tide produced in an ocean when the pull on the Earth by the Sun and Moon is unidirectional is called –
1. High tide
2. Spring tide
3. Neap tide
4. Low tide
Answer: 2
Question: For which of the following crops does India have the largest cultivated area in the world –
1. Wheat
2. Rice
3. Pulses
4. Cotton
Answer: 1
Question: This state contributes 70% of India’s coffee and silk. Name the state –
1. Karnataka
2. Assam
3. Rajasthan
4. Punjab
Answer: 1
Question: Which one of the following is a landlocked country –
1. Bulgaria
2. Hungary
3. Romania
4. Ukraine
Answer: 2
Question: The power plant at Manikaran based on geothermal energy is in the State –
1. Arunachal Pradesh
2. Jammu and Kashmir
3. Himachal Pradesh
4. Uttrakhand
Answer: 3
Question: The two leading consumers of chemical fertilizers in India are –
1. Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra
2. Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
3. Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh
4. Uttar Pradesh and Punjab
Answer: 4
Question: The bio-fuel generation plant in Uttar Pradesh is located at –
1. Bijnor
2. Faizabad
3. Lucknow
4. Saharanpur
Answer: 1
Question: National Highway No. 8 connects –
1. Mumbai and Kolkata
2. Varanasi and Kanniya Kumari
3. Delhi and Mumbai
4. Kolkata and Chennai
Answer: 3
Question: Which one of the following coal field is not located in Damodar Valley?
1. Chandrapura
2. Karanpura
3. Ramgarh
4. Singrauli
Answer: 4