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GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA
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The neighbouring country of India which has the

largest area is
(a) Bangladesh
(b) China
(c) Pakistan
(d) Nepal
Which one of the following countries has the
longest international boundary with India?
(a) China
(b) Pakistan
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Myanmar
Among the following Union Territories of India,
which one has the largest size?
(a) Andaman and Nicobar
(b) Puducherry
(c) Daman and Diu
(d) Chandigarh
Which foreign country is closest to Andaman
Island?
(a) Indonesia
(b) Myanmar
(c) Thailand
(d) Srilanka
Doddabetta Peak is located in the
(a) Anaimalai
(b) Mahendragiri
(c) Nilgiris
(d) Shevaroys
The Eastern Ghats and the Western Ghats meet at
the
(a) Cardamom Hills (b) Anaimalai Hills
(c) Nilgiri Hills
(d) Palani Hills
The Himalyas are approximately kilometer long
(a) 2000
(b) 2500
(c) 3000
(d) 1500

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The coast that belongs to Tamilnadu is known as

(a) Konkan coast
(b) Malabar coast
(c) Coromandel coast (d) Canara coast
Ten degree channel is between
(a) Little Andaman and Car Nicobar
(b) Middle Andaman and little Andaman
(c) Alaska and Russia
(d) North Korea and South Korea
Which of the following latitudes passes through
India?
(a) Arctic circle
(b) Tropic of Capricorn
(c) Tropic of Cancer (d) Equator
Nathula Pass is in
(a) Arunanchal Pradesh
(b) Nagaland
(c) Sikkim
(d) Manipur
Red cliff line demarcates the boundary between
(a) India and China
(b) India and Pakistan
(c) India and Afghanistan
(d) India and Bangladesh
Which of the following rivers flows from south to
north?
(a) Son
(b) Krishna
(c) Mahanadi
(d) Ganga
Which one of the following rivers in India has
been declared as the National River?

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(a) Ganga
(b) Yamuna
(c) Krishna
(d) Son
15. Which of the following rivers is not the tributary
of Yamuna?
(a) Chambal
(b) Betwa
(c) Ken
(d) Gandak
16. The largest delta of the world is

(a) Amazon basin (b) Congo basin
(c) Sundervan delta (d) Godavari basin
17. Which one of the following rivers of India does
not make a delta?
(a) Ganga
(b) Narmada
(c) Mahanadi
(d) Kaveri
18. The river also known as Tsangpo in Tibet is
(a) Brahmaputra (b) Indus
(c) Sutlej
(d) Teesta
19. An important river of the Indian desert is?
(a) Luni
(b) Narmada
(c) Tapi
(d) Jhelum
20. The term Regur is used for

(a) Alluvial soil
(b) Black soil

(c) Laterite soil
(d) Yellow soil
21. In the soil pH 10, the soil is
(a) Alkali
(b) Saline
(c) Acidic
(d) Neutral
22. Which one of the following soils is suitable for
cotton production?
(a) Regur
(b) Red
(c) Bhangar
(d) Khadar
23. Where in India is the Jim Corbet National Park
located?
(a) Uttarakhand

(b) Jammu & Kashmir

(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Bihar
24. Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary is in the state of
(a) Assam
(b) Tamilnadu

(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Kerala
25. The only sanctuary where Kashmir stag is found
is
(a) Kanha
(b) Dachigam

(c) Manas
(d) Nanda devi

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Kaziranga national park is famous for

(a) Rhinoceros
(b) Tiger
(c) Lion
(d) Crocodile
Tree cover is maximum in
(a) East Deccan
(b) Northern Plains
(c) West Coast
(d) East Coast
Project Tiger was launched in
(a) 1973
(b) 1980
(c) 1982
(d) 1984
Kal Baisakhi gives rainfall to
(a) Rajasthan
(b) West Bengal
(c) Punjab
(d) Goa
The retreating Monsoon gives rainfall to
(a) Gujarat
(b) Goa
(c) Tamilnadu
(d) Maharashtra
Which one of the following is the wettest place in
India?

(a) Udhagamandalam (b) Mahabaleshwar
(c) Cherrapunji
(d) Mawsynram
32. South-West monsoon reaches Kerala in

(a) End of May
(b) Mid-June

(c) Last June
(d) First weak of July
33. South-West monsoon contributes to Indias total
rainfall up to the extent of
(a) 80-90%
(b) 50-55%
(c) 100%
(d) 75%
34. India is the largest world producer of
(a) Cotton
(b) Milk
(c) Wheat
(d) Rice
35. The ore of Aluminium is
(a) Bauxite
(b) Chromium
(c) Mica
(d) Manganese
36. The mineral oil was first discovered in India in
(a) Naharkotiya
(b) Mumbai
(c) Ankleshwar
(d) Digboi
37. Which type of rocks in India produces
manganese?
(a) Gondwana
(b) Dharwar
(c) Vindhya
(d) Tertiary
38. Which one of the following is known as the Pearl
city?
(a) Kandla
(b) Tuticorin
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Kochi

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What is Khetri in Rajasthan famous for?

(a) Copper
(b) Mica
(c) Bauxite
(d) Limestone
The alluvial soil found along the banks of the
rivers in the Ganga plain is called
(a) Khadar
(b) Bhangar
(c) Bhur
(d) Loess
The state of India having almost monopoly in the
production of chromite is
(a) Bihar
(b) Orissa
(c) Karnataka
(d) Maharashtra
Kalpsar project for the supply of sweet water is
located in
(a) Haryana
(b) Karnataka
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Gujarat
The Ganga action plan was initiated in
(a) 1984
(b) 1985
(c) 1986
(d) 1990
In India more than half of the production of
soyabean comes from
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Rajasthan
The Deccan trap was formed by the
(a) Dharwar Vulcanicity
(b) Mesozoic Vulcanicity
(c) Cretaceous Vulcanicity
(d) Paleozoic Vulcanicity
The biggest island of the Indian Ocean is
(a) Maldives
(b) Madagascar
(c) Lakshadweep (d) Sumatra
The largest reserve of crude oil in India is found
in
(a) Assam
(b) Gujarat
(c) Eastern offshore (d) Western offshore
The leading coffee producing state in India is
(a) Tamilnadu
(b) Kerala
(c) Karnataka
(d) Andhra Pradesh
The term operation flood refers to
(a) Flood control
(b) Milk production
(c) Population control
(d) Foodgrain production

50. Jhum is

(a) A tribe in the North-East of India

(b) The type of cultivation

(c) A Folk dance
(d) The name of a river
51. Yellow Revolution is associated with the
production of

(a) Poultry
(b) Oil seeds

(c) Sunflower
(d) Gold
52. Which of the following is a biodiesel plant?
(a) Jatropha
(b) Maize

(c) Pongamia
(d) Sunflower
53. With which crop has green revolution been
associated?
(a) Rice
(b) Wheat
(c) Pulses
(d) Sugarcane
54. Which one of the Indians state/union Territories
is having lowest sex ratio in 2011?
(a) Haryana

(b) Daman and Diu
(c) Punjab

(d) Dadar and Nagar Haveli
55. Which one of the following National Highway is
the longest in India?

(a) NH 2
(b) NH 6

(c) NH 7
(d) NH 8
56. Which one of the following is not an ancient city
of India?
(a) Varanasi
(b) Ujjain
(c) Kanchipuram (d) Hyderabad
57. The highest coconut producing state in India is

(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Kerala

(c) Karnataka
(d) Tamil Nadu
58. Which one of the following states has higher
potentials for solar energy?

(a) Kerala
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Odisha
59. Which one of the major source of irrigation in
India?
(a) Canals
(b) Tanks

(c) Wells and Tubewells
(d) Other sources

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Bhakhara dam is situated on which river?

(a) Ravi
(b) Chenab
(c) Jhelum
(d) Sutlej
Which state has per hectare highest consumption
of fertilizers in India?
(a) Punjab
(b) Gujarat
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Goa
The cotton textile industry is located in western
India, what is the main reason for it?
(a) Cotton belt
(b) Skilled labour
(c) Power
(d) All of these
In which state Kandla Port is situated?
(a) Kerala
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Orissa
(d) Gujarat
The dormant volcano of India is
(a) Sandwich
(b) Keating point
(c) Barrendwip
(d) Ellice
The second highest peak of the world located in
Himalayas is
(a) Nandadevi
(b) Dhoulagiri
(c) Karnet
(d) K2
Which state of India shares its boundaries with
six other states?
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Jharkhand
(c) Chhattisgarh (d) Karnataka
The Kishenganj Power project is in
(a) Orissa
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Gujarat
(d) Jammu and Kashmir
As per 2011 census data, the child sex ratio has
come down from 927 to
(a) 904
(b) 919
(c) 922
(d) 925
As per 2011 census data, the sex ratio is
(a) 943
(b) 940
(c) 925
(d) 920
Which state of India tops in literacy?
(a) Kerala
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Delhi
(d) Uttar Pradesh

71. Name the state where density of population is the

lowest
(a) Meghalaya
(b) Mizoram

(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Sikkim
72. What is the percentage of literacy in India, as per
2011 census data:
(a) 73%
(b) 78%
(c) 70%
(d) 68%
73. The Konkan-Railways connects
(a) Goa-Mangalore
(b) Roha-Mangalore
(c) Kanyakumari-Mangalore
(d) Kanyakumari-Mumbai
74. Which one of the following states of India is
surrounded by Bangladesh in three sides?
(a) Mizoram
(b) Meghalaya

(c) Tripura
(d) West Bengal
75. Which is not food crop from the following?
(a) Rice
(b) Tea
(c) Maize
(d) Barley
76. Indian Forest Research Institute is situated in
(a) Shimla
(b) Nainital
(c) Jammu
(d) Dehradun
77. Tehri Dam Project is situated on the confluence
of which of the two following rivers?

(a) Alaknanda Mandakini

(b) Bhagirathi Bhilangha

(c) Yamuna Tons

(d) None of these
78. Which river is not in existence at present?
(a) Tons
(b) Saraswati
(c) Ganga
(d) Yamuna
79. Jadugoda is famous for which of the following?
(a) Iron-ore
(b) Manganese
(c) Gold
(d) Uranium
80. Which of the following is a part of Eastern coast?

(a) Coromandel coast

(b) Konkan coast

(c) Malabar coast
(d) None of these

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Which state of India has the largest area ?

(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Jammu and Kashmir
(d) Rajasthan
Which of the following cities has an astronomical
observatory ?
(a) Simla
(b) Jaipur
(c) Amritsar
(d) Hyderabad
What is the other name of the highest range in the
Western Ghats ?
(a) Pir Panjal
(b) Siwalik range
(c) Sahyadris
(d) Namcha Barwa
The longest beach of India is situated at
(a) Mumbai
(b) Chennai
(c) Mangalore
(d) Tuticorin
What is the name given to the foothills zone of
Himalayas?
(a) Inner Himalayas
(b) Central Himalayas
(c) Middle Himalayas
(d) Siwalik
In which part of India is Dandakaranaya situated ?
(a) Northern
(b) Eastern
(c) Central
(d) Western
With which country does MacMahon Line form
Indias boundary ?
(a) Pakistan
(b) Afganistan
(c) China
(d) Bangladesh
In which state does most part of Vidarbha region
lie ?
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Maharashtra
The highest range of the Himalayan system is the
(a) Central Himalayas (b) Outer Himalayas
(c) Middle Himalayas (d) Trans Himalayas
The Mt. Everest is situated in the region of
(a) Assam Himalayas (b) Kumaon Himalayas
(c) Nepal Himalayas (d) Punjab Himalayas

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91. The southernmost point in Indian territory is

(a) Indira point
(b) Gandhi Point

(c) Nehru Point
(d) Mountbatom Point
92. Which of the major rivers of India does not form
a delta?
(a) Cauvery
(b) Godavari
(c) Krishna
(d) Narmada
93. The term khadar means

(a) New alluvial soils (b) Dry sandy soils

(c) Old alluvial soils (d) Semi black soils
94. The Raman Peak is situated in

(a) Andaman and Nicobar

(b) Arabian Sea
(c) Siwaliks

(d) Zaskar Range
95. The famous Sambhar Lake is situated in
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Gujarat

(c) West Bengal
(d) Orissa
96. The highest peak of south India is
(a) Dodabeta
(b) Annaimudi
(c) Mahendragiri (d) Yercaud
97. In which range is the Nathu La Pass situated ?
(a) Himalayas
(b) Sahyadris
(c) Vindhyas
(d) Karakoram
98. Lakhimpur is famous for

(a) Heavy rainfall (b) Petroleum reserves

(c) Monazite reserves (d) Project Tiger
99. The Badrinaths situated on the banks of river
(a) Ganga
(b) Bhagirathi
(c) Alakananda
(d) Gandak
100. Ganga is a result of the confluence of rivers .

(a) Bhagirathi and Alakananda at Dev Prayag
(b) Bhagirathi and Alakananda at Karan Prayag

(c) Bhagirathi and Alakananda at Gangotri
(d) Bhagirathi and Alakananda at Rudra Prayag

ANSWER KEY
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(b)

11. (c)

21. (a)

31. (d)

41. (b)

51. (b)

61. (a)

71. (c)

81. (d)

91.

(a)

2.

(c)

12. (b)

22. (a)

32. (a)

42. (d)

52. (a)

62. (d)

72. (a)

82. (b)

92.

(d)

3.

(a)

13. (a)

23. (a)

33. (a)

43. (c)

53. (b)

63. (d)

73. (a)

83. (c)

93.

(a)

4.

(a)

14. (a)

24. (a)

34. (b)

44. (b)

54. (b)

64. (c)

74. (c)

84. (b)

94.

(b)

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(c)

15. (d)

25. (b)

35. (a)

45. (c)

55. (c)

65. (d)

75. (b)

85. (d)

95.

(a)

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(c)

16. (c)

26. (a)

36. (d)

46. (b)

56. (d)

66. (c)

76. (b)

86. (b)

96.

(b)

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(b)

17. (b)

27. (c)

37. (b)

47. (d)

57. (d)

67. (d)

77. (b)

87. (c)

97.

(a)

8.

(c)

18. (a)

28. (a)

38. (b)

48. (c)

58. (c)

68. (b)

78. (b)

88. (d)

98.

(b)

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(a)

19. (a)

29. (b)

39. (a)

49. (b)

59. (c)

69. (a)

79. (d)

89. (a)

99.

(c)

10. (c)

20. (b)

30. (c)

40. (a)

50. (b)

60. (d)

70. (a)

80. (a)

90. (c)

100. (a)

Hints & Solutions

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(b) Area: 9,706,961 km. With an area of about 9.6

million km, the Peoples Republic of China is the
3rd largest country in total area behind Russia and
Canada, and very similar to the United States.
2. (c) Bangladesh and India share a border of
2,429 miles. The Bangladeshi Divisions of Dhaka,
Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Sylhet and Chittagong,
along with the Indian states of West Bengal, Assam,
Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram are situated along
the border. A number of pillars mark the border
between the two states.
3. (a) The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are a group
of islands at the juncture of the Bay of Bengal and
Andaman Sea, and are a Union Territory of India. It
has a total area of 8,073 km.
4. (a) Distance from Andaman and Nicobar Islands
to Indonesia is 1,696 miles.
5. (c) Nilgiri Hills are a range of mountains with
at least 24 peaks above 2,000 metres (6,600 ft), in
the Westernmost part of Tamil Nadu state at the
junction of Karnataka and Kerala states in Southern
India. They are part of the larger Western Ghats
mountain chain making up the southwestern edge
of the Deccan Plateau.
6. (c) The hills are separated from the Karnataka
plateau to the north by the Moyar River and from

the Anaimalai Hills and Palni Hills to the south

by the Palghat Gap. The Nilgiris District of Tamil
Nadu lies within these mountains. Its latitudinal
and longitudinal dimensions are 130 km (Latitude:
11 08 to 11 37 N) by 185 km (Longitude: 76
27 E to 77 4 E). Central location is: 112230N
764530E. It has an area of 2,479 square kilometres
(957 sq mi).
7. (b) The Himalayas are approximately 2400 km in
length with an average width of about 320 to 400
km. The Himalayas are the enormous mountain
system of Asia. They are the highest mountain range
found in the world.
8. (c) The Coromandel Coast is the southeastern
coast of the Indian Subcontinent between
Kanyakumari and False Divi Point. It may also
include the southeastern coast of the island of Sri
Lanka.
9. (a) The Ten Degree Channel is a channel that
separates the Andaman Islands from the Nicobar
Islands in the Bay of Bengal. The two sets of
islands together form the Indian Union Territory of
Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
10. (c) The Tropic of Cancer, also referred to as the
Northern tropic, is the circle of latitude on the Earth
that marks the most northerly position at which the
Sun may appear directly overhead at its zenith.

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11. (c) Nathu La is a mountain pass in the Himalayas.
It connects the Indian state of Sikkim with Chinas
Tibet Autonomous Region. The pass, at 4,310 m
above mean sea level, forms a part of an offshoot of
the ancient Silk Road.
12. (b) The Radcliffe Line was published on 17 August
1947 as a boundary demarcation line between India
and Pakistan upon the partition of India.
13. (a) The Son originates near Amarkantak in
Madhya Pradesh, just east of the headwater of the
Narmada River, and flows north-northwest through
Madhya Pradesh state before turning sharply
eastward where it encounters the southwestnortheast-running Kaimur Range. The Son river at
784 kilometres (487 mi) long, is one of the largest
rivers of India. Its chief tributaries are the Rihand
and the North Koel.
14. (a) The Ganges is a trans-boundary river of India
and Bangladesh. The 2,525 km (1,569 mi) river
rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state
of Uttarakhand, and flows south and east through
the Gangetic Plain of North India into Bangladesh,
where it empties into the Bay of Bengal. It is the
third largest river in the World by discharge.
15. (d) The Kali Gandaki or Gandaki River is one of
the major rivers of Nepal and a left bank tributary
of the Ganges in India. It is also called Krishna
Gandaki in Nepal.
16. (c) The Sunderban forest lies in the vast delta on
the Bay of Bengal formed by the super confluence
of the Padma, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers
across southern Bangladesh. The seasonally flooded
Sundarbans freshwater swamp forests lie inland
from the mangrove forests on the coastal fringe. The
forest covers 10,000 km2. of which about 6,000 are
in Bangladesh. It became inscribed as a UNESCO
world heritage site in 1997.
17. (b) The Narmada, also called the Rewa, is a river
in central India and the fifth longest river in the
Indian subcontinent. It is the third longest river that
flows entirely within India, after the Godavari and
the Krishna.
18. (a) About 1,800 miles (2,900 km) long, the
Brahmaputra is an important river for irrigation and

transportation. The average depth of the river is 124

feet (38 m) and maximum depth is 380 feet (120 m).
The river is prone to catastrophic flooding in spring
when the Himalayan snows melt.
19. (a) The Luni is a river of western Rajasthan state,
India. It originates in the Pushkar valley of the
Aravalli Range, near Ajmer and ends in the marshy
lands of Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, after travelling a
distance of 495 km.
20. (b) Black soil is a rich soil that is good for crops
like cotton. It is found in various places around
the world. It is most abundantly found in western
central India.
21. (a) Alkali, or alkaline, soils are clay soils with high
pH (> 8.5), a poor soil structure and a low infiltration
capacity. Often they have a hard calcareous layer
at 0.5 to 1 metre depth. Alkali soils owe their
unfavorable physico-chemical properties mainly to
the dominating presence of sodium carbonate which
causes the soil to swell and difficult to clarify/settle.
22. (a) Among the in situ soils are the red-to-yellow
(including laterite) and black soils known locally as
regur. After these the alluvial soil is the third most
common type.
23. (a) Uttarakhand or formerly Uttaranchal, is a state
in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as
the Land of the Gods due to the many holy Hindu
temples and pilgrimage centres found throughout
the state.
24. (a) Assam is a northeastern state of India. Its
capital is Dispur, located within the municipal area
of Guwahati city. It has an area of 78550 km2.
25. (b) Dachigam National Park is located 22
kilometers from Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. It
covers an area of 141 square kilometers.
26. (a) Rhinoceros often abbreviated as rhino, is a
group of five extant species of odd-toed ungulates
in the family Rhinocerotidae. Two of these species
are native to Africa and three to Southern Asia.
27. (c) The Western Ghats or the Sahyadri constitute
a mountain range along the western side of India. It
is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is one of the
eight hottest hotspots of biological diversity in the
world.

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28. (a) Project Tiger was launched by Kailash
Sankhala in India in 1973. The project aims at
ensuring a viable population of Bengal Tigers in
their natural habitats and also to protect them from
extinction.
29. (b) During the hot weather period i.e from March
to May the eastern and North-eastern states of
the subcontinent like West Bengal, Bihar, Assam,
Odisha (parts) and Bangladesh experience dramatic
appearance of a special type of violent thunderstorm
known as Norwester. In Bengal it is known as Kal
Baisakhi or calamity of the month of Baisakh
(April,15-May,15). Apart from its destructive effects
like sudden rise in wind speed, lightning, thunder
and hail the rainfall associated with the storm
although small in amount, is extremely helpful for
the pre-Kharif crops like jute, Aus paddy, summer
till and a large number of vegetables and fruits and
the sudden drop in temperature gives relief after
unbearable mid-day heat.
30. (c) Around September, with the sun fast retreating
south, the northern land mass of the Indian
subcontinent begins to cool off rapidly. With this
air pressure begins to build over northern India,
the Indian Ocean and its surrounding atmosphere
still holds its heat. This causes cold wind to sweep
down from the Himalayas and Indo-Gangetic Plain
towards the vast spans of the Indian Ocean south
of the Deccan peninsula. This is known as the
Northeast Monsoon or Retreating Monsoon.
31. (d) Mawsynram is a village in the East Khasi Hills
district of Meghalaya state in north-eastern India, 65
kilometers from Shillong.
32. (a) The southwestern summer monsoons occur
from June through September. The Thar Desert and
adjoining areas of the northern and central Indian
subcontinent heats up considerably during the hot
summers. This causes a low pressure area over the
northern and central Indian subcontinent. To fill
this void, the moisture-laden winds from the Indian
Ocean rush in to the subcontinent. These winds, rich
in moisture, are drawn towards the Himalayas. The
Himalayas act like a high wall, blocking the winds
from passing into Central Asia, and forcing them to
rise. As the clouds rise their temperature drops and

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precipitation occurs. Some areas of the subcontinent

receive up to 10,000 mm (390 in) of rain annually.
(b) With total milk production in India in 2011-12
reaching 127.9 million tonnes, India is the largest
milk producing country in the world.
(a) Bauxite, an aluminium ore, is the worlds
main source of aluminium. It consists mostly of the
minerals gibbsite Al(OH)3, boehmite -AlO(OH)
and diaspore.
(d) Digboi is a town and a town area committee in
Tinsukia district in the north-eastern part of the state
of Assam, India. Crude oil was discovered here in
late 19th century.
(b) The rocks of the Dharwar system are mainly
sedimentary in origin, and occur in narrow elongated
synclines resting on the gneisses found in Bellary
district, Mysore and the Aravalis of Rajputana.
These rocks are enriched in manganese and iron
ore which represents a significant resource of these
metals.
(b) Tuticorin is known as Pearl City due to
the pearl fishing carried out in the town. It is a
commercial seaport which serves the inland cities
of Southern India and is one of the sea gateways of
Tamil Nadu.
(a) Khetri Nagar is a town in Jhunjhunu district of
Rajasthan in India. It is part of Shekhawati region.
Khetri is actually two towns, the first Khetri Town
was founded by Raja Khet Singhji Nirwan.
(a) Khadir or Khadar plains are those that are
low-lying next to a river. Khadir areas are prone to
flooding and sometimes include portions of former
river beds that became available for agriculture
when a river changed course. Khadir soil consists of
new alluvial deposits and is often very fertile.
(b) The production of chrome ore and chrome
concentrate has been fairly consistent in the last
5 years. South Kaliapani is the main Chrome ore,
Bangur Chrome ore Mine is the first and only
underground mine of Odisha.
(d) The Kalpasar Project envisages building a
dam across the Gulf of Khambat for generating
tidal power and for establishing a huge reservoir for
fresh water for irrigation, drinking and industrial
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43. (c) The Ganga action plan was, launched by Shri
Rajeev Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India on
14 Jan. 1986 with the main objective of pollution
abatement, to improve the water quality by
Interception, Diversion and treatment of domestic
sewage and present toxic and industrial chemical
wastes from identified grossly polluting units
entering in to the river.
44. (b) Madhya Pradesh contributes more than 70%
of the total soyabean production in the country.
During the last two years soyabean has been grown
in Madhya Pradesh in an area of about 4.4 million
hectare producing around 3.9 million tones.
45. (c) Deccan traps are formed by vast outpouring
of basic lava from many linear fissures developed
in the earths crust. This outpouring was of quiet
type and hence did not create any volcanic domes.
It just spread across the surface. This outpouring
was in many active stages followed by periods of
quiescence. This outpouring took place around 65
million years ago when India was near present placed
Madagascar and during its movement towards
north, it passed over Reunion Hotspot. Presently
this hotspot is dormant in nature. This outpouring
lasted for 5million years approx according to latest
study.
46. (b) Madagascar, officially the Republic of
Madagascar and previously known as the Malagasy
Republic, is an island country in the Indian Ocean,
off the coast of Southeast Africa. The nation
comprises the island of Madagascar (the fourthlargest island in the world), as well as numerous
smaller peripheral islands.
47. (d) India had about 125 Million metric tonne of
proven oil reserves as April 2010 or 5.62 billion
barrels as per EIA estimate for 2009, which is the
second-largest amount in the Asia-Pacific region
behind China. Most of Indias crude oil reserves
are located in the western coast (Mumbai High) and
in the northeastern parts of the country, although
considerable undeveloped reserves are also located
in the offshore Bay of Bengal and in the state of
Rajasthan.

48. (c) Coffee production in India is dominated in the

hill tracts of South Indian states, with the state of
Karnataka accounting 53% followed by Kerala 28%
and Tamil Nadu 11% of production of 8,200 tonnes.
49. (b) Operation Flood in India, a project of the
National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) was
the worlds biggest dairy development program
which made India, a milk-deficient nation, the
largest milk producer in the world, surpassing the
USA in 1998, with about 17 percent of global output
in 201011, which in 30 years doubled the milk
available per person, and which made dairy farming
Indias largest self-sustainable rural employment
generator.
50. (b) Jhum or Jhoom cultivation is a local name
for slash and burn agriculture practised by the
tribal groups in the northeastern states of India
like Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram and
Nagaland and also in the districts of Bangladesh
like Khagrachari and Sylhet. This system involves
clearing a piece of land by setting fire or clear felling
and using the area for growing crops of agricultural
importance such as upland rice, vegetables or fruits.
51. (b) The growth, development and adoption of
new varieties of oil seeds and complementary
technologies nearly doubled oil seeds production
from 12.6 mt in 1987-88 to 24.4 mt in 1996-97,
catalyzed by the Technology Mission on Oil seeds,
brought about the Yellow Revolution.
52. (a) Jatropha is a genus of flowering plants in the
spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. The name is derived
from the Greek words meaning physician, and
nutrition, hence the common name physic nut.
53. (b) Green Revolution refers to a series of research,
development, and technology transfer initiatives,
occurring between the 1940s and the late 1960s,
which increased agriculture production worldwide,
particularly in the developing world, beginning
most markedly in the late 1960s.
54. (b) Total Population of Daman and Diu is 2.43
Lakhs as per census 2011. Literacy rate in Daman
and Diu is 87.10 percent while sex ratio is 618
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55. (c) National Highway 44 or NH 44 (Old NH
7), is major North-South National Highway in
India that runs through the states of Uttar Pradesh,
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh,
Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu. NH-44 was laid and
is maintained by Central Public Works Department
(CPWD). This highway starts from the area
Hyderabad Gate in Varanasi. The highway connects
several important Indian cities such as Varanasi,
Rewa, Jabalpur, Nagpur, Hyderabad, Kurnool,
Anantapur, Chikkaballapur, Bangalore, Krishnagiri,
Dharmapuri, Salem, Namakkal, Velur, Karur,
Dindigul, Madurai, Virudhunagar, Tirunelveli.
A major part of NH 44 covers the North-South
Corridor of NHDP and it is officially listed as
running over 2,369 km (1,472 mi) from Varanasi to
Kanyakumari. It is the longest national highway in
India. As per the recent rationalization of Highway
numbers this is renamed as NH 44.
56. (d) Established in 1591 by Muhammad Quli
Qutab Shah, Hyderabad remained under the rule of
the Qutab Shahi dynasty for nearly a century before
the Mughals captured the region. In 1724, Mughal
viceroy Asif Jah I declared his sovereignty and
created his own dynasty, also known as the Nizams
of Hyderabad. The Hyderabad State ultimately
became a princely state during British rule, and
remained so for 150 years, with the city serving as
its capital.
58. (c) Rajasthan is blessed with two critical resources
that are essential to solar power production: high
level of solar radiation per square inch and large
amounts of contiguous, relatively flat, undeveloped
land.
59. (c) Wells are the principal source of irrigation
in Tamilnadu. During the year under review, open
wells and tube-wells/bore-wells continued to be the
principal source of irrigation. The net area irrigated
by open wells and tube-wells / bore-wells together
accounted for 1593968 ha (about 55.7 % of the total
net area irrigated) in 09-10 as against 1614082 ha
in 08-09 showing a decrease of 20114 ha i.e. 1.2%.
The net area irrigated by wells during the year 09-10
was the highest in Villupuram district with 11.3%

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of the total net area irrigated by the wells in the state

followed by 7.7% in Thiruvannamalai district and
6.4% in Salem district.
(d) The Sutlej River is the longest of the five rivers
that flow through the historic crossroad region of
Punjab in northern India and Pakistan
(a) Punjab, also spelt Panjab, is a state in the
northwest of forming part of the larger Punjab
region.
(d) Kandla, also Kandla Port or New Kandla is a
seaport in Kutch District of Gujarat state in western
India, near the city of Gandhidham. Located on the
Gulf of Kutch, it is one of major ports on west coast.
Kandla was constructed in the 1950s as the chief
seaport serving western India, after the partition
of India from Pakistan left the port of Karachi in
Pakistan.
(c) Barren Island is located in the Andaman Sea,
one of the most easterly of the Andaman Islands. It
is the only confirmed active volcano in South Asia.
(d) Mount Everest is the highest peak of the
Himalaya and is the worlds highest peak with an
elevation of 29,035 feet (8,850 meters). K2 is the
second highest peak of the Himalayan mountain
range and also the second highest peak on earth with
an elevation of 28,251 feet (8,611 meters). Other
famous peaks include Kailash, Kanchenjunga,
Nanga Parbat, Annapurna, and Manasklu. The
Himalayas includes more than 110 peaks rising to
elevations of 24,000 feet (7,300 meters) or more
above sea level.
(c) Chhattisgarh is the 10th largest state in India,
with an area of 135,190 km. With a population
of 25.5 million, Chhattisgarh is the 16th mostpopulated state of the nation.
(a) The Konkan Railway (Railway Symbol:KR) is
a railway line which runs along the Konkan coast
of India. It was constructed and is operated by the
Konkan Railway Corporation. It runs from Thokur,
near Mangalore in Karnataka to Roha railway station
in Maharashtra through Goa for a total distance of
741 km, along the west coast of India and Western
Ghats.

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77. (b) The Tehri Dam is the highest dam in India
and one of the tallest in the world. It is a multipurpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the
Bhagirathi River near Tehri in Uttarakhand, India.
78. (b) Saraswati River refers to a river, that was a
distributary of the Bhagirathi and is now no more
there but was active till around the 16th century
AD. The course and condition of the Saraswati has
played an important role in the development and
decline of river port towns in Bengal. Initially, the
major port town was Tamralipta, after the decline
of which Saptagram rose and declined, and finally
Kolkata came up.
79. (d) The Jaduguda Mine (also spelt as Jadugoda or
Jadugora) is a uranium mine in Jaduguda village in

the Purbi Singhbhum district of the Indian state of

Jharkhand.
80. (a) The Coromandel Coast, is the southeastern
coast of the Indian Subcontinent between
Kanyakumari and False Divi Point. It may also
include the southeastern coast of the island of Sri
Lanka.
86. (b) Dandakarnya is the region where a
rehabilitation plan for the people displaced from
Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) was drawn up after
the independence. The project, however, did not
attract many of the displaced persons. The region
lies in the tribal belt of Orissa and Chattisgarh.
94. (b) Raman Peak is the name given to a submarine
mountain peak situated in the Arabian Sea.