301. Which of the following fertilizer plants is not in the public
sector?
(a) Bhatinda
(b) Nangal
(c) Kota
(d) Gorakhpur
Ans: (c)
302. The deepest mine in Asia is
(a) Jaduguda mine
(b) Kolar Gold mine
(c) Suladesi mine
(d) West Irian mine
Ans: (b)
303. "The Dowlaiswaram Anicut" is an important canal system in
the
(a) Godavari Delta
(b) Krishna Delta
(c) Ganga Delta
(d) Cauvery Delta
Ans: (a)
304. One-tenth of the total salt produced in India comes from
(a) Tamil Nadu Coast
(b) Sambhar Lake
(c) Chilka Lake
(d) Wular Lake
Ans: (b)
305. In which part of India is Dogri spoken?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Assam
(c) Jammu and Kashmir
(d) Rajasthan
Ans: (c)
306. The Gobindsagar Reservoir is in
(a) Mettur Dam
(b) Bhakra Dam
(c) Ranjit Sagar Dam
(d) Rajasthan Canal
Ans: (b)
307. 'Sagar Samrat' is
(a) an oil drilling platform in Mumbai High
(b) an island in Indian Ocean
(c) a ship used for Antarctica expedition
(d) a space craft
Ans: (a)
308. Which one of the following types of erosion is responsible for
the formation of Chambal Ravines?
(a) Splash
(b) Sheet
(c) Rill
(d) Gully
Ans: (d)
309. The longest distance covered by one Broad Gauge train in
India is between
(a) Kanniyakumari and Jammu Tawi
(b) Guwahati and Tiruvananthpuram
(c) New Delhi and Chennai
(d) Gorakhpur and Cochin
Ans: (a)
310. The system or shifting cultivation in the north eastern region
of India is called
(a) Jhuming
(b) Bewar
(c) Taungya
(d) Ladang
Ans: (a)
311. Diamond mine are being worked at _____.
(a) Hazaribagh, Jharkhand
(b) Kolar, Karnataka
(c) Neyveli, Tamil Nadu
(d) Panna, Madhya Pradesh
Ans: (d)
312. The Portuguese possessions Goa, Daman and Diu were
liberated in _______.
(a) 1961
(b) 1971
(c) 1981
(d) 1951
Ans: (a)
313. Sriharikota, an important unit or the Indian Space Research
Organisation is located in State.
(a) Kerala
(b) Karnataka
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Tamil Nadu
Ans: (c)
314. Which among the following pairs of places have most marked
difference in total rainfall per annum even though located
approximately along the same latitude?
(a) Bengaluru and Chennai
(b) Mumbai and Visakhapatnam
(c) Ajmer and Shillong
(d) Nagpur and Kolkata
Ans: (c)
315. Loktak is a
(a) Valley
(b) Lake
(c) River
(d) Mountain Range
Ans: (b)
316. Periyar Wild Life Sanctuary is located in ______ State.
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Kerala
(d) Karnataka
Ans: (c)
317. The highest dam in India is the dam.
(a) Maithan
(b) Bhakra
(c) Hirakud
(d) Machkund
Ans: (b)
318. Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand has rich deposits of
(a) gold
(b) mica
(c) gypsum
(d) lead
Ans: (b)
319. The oldest nuclear power plant at Tarapur is located on the
border between
(a) Maharashtra and Karnataka
(b) Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
(c) Maharashtra and Gujarat
(d) Gujarat and Rajasthan
Ans: (c)
320. Nayveli Power Project is a _______ Power Project.
(a) Hydro-electric
(b) Nuclear
(c) Thermal
(d) Non-conventional
Ans: (c)
321. In Thanjavur delta _______ crop is cultivated three times in a
year.
(a) Wheat
(b) Rice
(c) Sugarcane
(d) Groundnut
Ans: (b)
322. The National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organisation
(NATMO) is located at
(a) Kolkata
(b) Lucknow
(c) Dehradun
(d) New Delhi
Ans: (a)
323. The great one horned Indian Rhino is round in
(a) Corbett National Park
(b) Kanha National Park
(c) Kaziranga Game Sanctuary
(d) Periyar Game Sanctuary
Ans: (c)
324. The 'Ruhr or India' is
(a) Mumbai-Pune region
(b) Damodar Valley region
(c) Chennai-Bengaluru region
(d) Delhi-Kanpur region
Ans: (b)
325. In India the yield per hectare is very low in
(a) intensive farming
(b) extensive farming
(c) commercial cultivation
(d) plantation agriculture
Ans: (b)
326. The Manchester or South India is
(a) Chennai
(b) Coimbatore
(c) Bengaluru
(d) Madurai
Ans: (c)
327. Rihand Valley Project is located in the state of
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Odisha
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Ans: (a)
328. ______ is a planned city in India.
(a) Varanasi
(b) Srinagar
(c) Pune
(d) Chandigarh
Ans: (d)
329. ICF (Integral Coach Factory) is at
(a) Alwaye
(b) Coimbatore
(c) Chennai
(d) Bhadravati
Ans: (c)
330. The Grand Trunk road between Mumbai and Chennai passes
through _______ and ______.
(a) Pune and Bengaluru
(b) Sholapur and Hubli
(c) Ahmednagar and Hyderabad
(d) Barsi and Guntur
Ans: (a)
331. The main drawback of the railway network in India is
(a) lack of rolling stock
(b) existence of single track in many areas
(c) lack of coal
(d) the presence of three types of gauges
Ans: (d)
332. Air travel has become very important for the north eastern
part of India mainly because,
(a) the region is mountainous
(b) population density is low
(c) surface transport routes have to go around Bangladesh
(d) air transport is cheaper
Ans: (c)
333. Soil of Western Rajasthan have a high content or
(a) Aluminium
(b) Calcium
(c) Nitrogen
(d) Phosphorus
Ans: (b)
334. The National Highway - 1 connects Delhi to
(a) Chennai
(b) Kolkata
(c) Mumbai
(d) Amritsar
Ans: (d)
335. A rainy day as defined by the Indian Meteorological
department is a day when the rainfall at a point received is
(a) 0.5 mm to 1 mm in 24 hours
(b) 1.1 mm to 1.5 mm in 24 hours
(c) 1.6 mm to 2 mm in 24 hours
(d) above 2.5 mm in 24 hours
Ans: (d)
336. The deepest land locked and protected port in India is
(a) Marmugoa
(b) Visakhaptanam
(c) Mumbai
(d) Cochin
Ans: (b)
337. The width or the broad gauge track in Indian railway is
(a) 1.676 m
(b) 1.114 m
(c) 1.98 m
(d) 2.55 m
Ans: (a)
338. The Damodar-Tribeni Canal which serves as an irrigation-
cum-navigation canal is _____ long.
(a) 137km
(b) 147km
(c) 157km
(d) 167km
Ans: (a)
339. The roadways linking Mumbai and Agra passes through
(a) Nasik and Gwalior
(b) Pune and Bhopal
(c) Badodara and Jhansi
(d) Jaipur and Kanpur
Ans: (a)
340. The Buckingham Canal runs through
(a) Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
(b) Kerala and Andhra Pradesh
(c) Tamil Nadu and Kerala
(d) Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
Ans: (d)
341. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is in
(a) Mumbai
(b) Kolkata
(c) Bengaluru
(d) Chennai
Ans: (c)
342. Prince, Victoria and Alexandria are the three important and
busy docks at
(a) Cochin
(b) Visakhapatnam
(c) Chennai
(d) Mumbai
Ans: (d)
343. Railways are more in North Indian plains because
(a) the area is more productive
(b) it is densely populated
(c) the region offers least physical resistance
(d) All the above
Ans: (d)
344. Tin Bigha Corridor is an issue, between India and
(a) Pakistan
(b) Nepal
(c) Myanmar
(d) Bangladesh
Ans: (d)
345. Which one among the following states is smallest in area?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Gujarat
(c) Karnataka
(d) Tamil Nadu
Ans: (d)
346. Which of the following sets of three ports is on the east coast
of India?
(a) Cochin, Goa, Mumbai
(b) Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai
(c) Paradeep, Kakinada, Nagapattinam
(d) Machilipatnam, Kandla, Aleppey
Ans: (c)
347. The National Institute of Oceanography is located at
(a) Kandla
(b) Mumbai
(c) Cochin
(d) Goa
Ans: (d)
348. Plants are associated with the social forestry programmes in
India?
(a) Teak
(b) Neem
(c) Eucalyptus
(d) Banyan
Ans: (c)
349. Which of the following rivers of India carries the most water
(a) Ganga
(b) Brahmaputra
(c) Yamuna
(d) Godavari
Ans: (b)
350. Which of the following south Indian rivers has the largest
basin?
(a) Godavari
(b) Krishna
(c) Cauvery
(d) Mahanadi
Ans: (a)
351. Through which of the following States the Ganga does not
pass?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Bihar
(c) West Bengal
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Ans: (a)
352. Through which of the following sets of states does Krishna
river flow?
(a) Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh
(c) Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh
(d) Maharashtra, Karnataka
Ans: (d)
353. Which of the following rivers flows between Vindhya and
Satpura ranges?
(a) Mahanadi
(b) Tapi
(c) Narmada
(d) Chambal
Ans: (c)
354. The Ganga plain widens from
(a) south to north
(b) west to east
(c) north to south
(d) east to west
Ans: (d)
355. Which of the following is a distributary of the Ganga?
(a) Yamuna
(b) Sone
(c) Chambal
(d) Hugli
Ans: (d)
356. Which of the following States does not share the drainage
basin of the Krishna?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Karnataka
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Tamil Nadu
Ans: (d)
357. Which of the following states does not share the drainage
basin of the Cauvery?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Karnataka
(c) Kerala
(d) Tamil Nadu
Ans: (a)
358. Which of the following clties/towns does not lie on the banks
of the Ganga?
(a) Kanpur
(b) Fatehpur
(c) Ghazipur
(d) Farrukhabad
Ans: (b)
359. Which of the following places does not lie on the banks of
Godavari?
(a) Nanded
(b) Bhadrachalam
(c) Rajhamundry
(d) Kakinada
Ans: (d)
360. By what name is India's eastern coast known?
(a) Coromandel Coast
(b) Bay of Bengal
(c) Eastern Ghat Coast
(d) Kolkata Chennai Coast
Ans: (a)
361. Which of the following represents the southernmost
geographical unit of India?
(a) Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari)
(b) Rameshwaram
(c) Lakshadweep
(d) Great Nicobar Island
Ans: (d)
362. Who demarcated the boundary line between India and
Pakistan?
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Cyril Radcliffe
(d) Stafford Cripps
Ans: (c)
363. In which of the following States is Sambhar lake located?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Gujarat
(d) Rajasthan
Ans: (d)
364. The boundary between India and China is known as
(a) Radcliffe Line
(b) Durand Line
(c) McMahan Line
(d) Maginot Line
Ans: (c)
365. The Duncan Pass is located between
(a) Afghanistan and India
(b) Pakistan and Afghanistan
(c) South Andaman and Little Andaman
(d) Shivalik and Karakoram
Ans: (c)
366. The Valleys of Peninsular India are generally
(a) U-Shaped
(b) V-Shaped
(c) Deep
(d) Not so deep
Ans: (a)
367. The river system which depends more on melting of snow for
its water supply is the
(a) Ganga
(b) Indus
(c) Godavari
(d) Brahmaputra
Ans: (b)
368. Which of the following is not one of the traditional Indian
seasons (ritus)?
(a) Vasant
(b) Grishma
(c) Margsheersha
(d) Sharad
Ans: (c)
369. Who introduced the term 'monsoon'?
(a) The British
(b) The Mughals
(c) The Arabs
(d) The Chinese
Ans: (c)
370. Monsoon is caused by
(a) Temperature changes
(b) Seasonal reversal of winds
(c) Humidity difference
(d) Pressure differences
Ans: (d)
371. To which kind of rock does marble belong?
(a) Metamorphic rock
(b) Sedimentary rock
(c) Igneous rock
(d) Volcanic rock
Ans: (a)
372. Which of the following types of soils is found throughout
India in all climatic zones?
(a) Saline and Alkaline soils
(b) Red soils
(c) Laterite soils
(d) Alluvial soils
Ans: (a)
373. Which of the following is the most fertile soil in India?
(a) Black soil
(b) Alluvial soil
(c) Red soil
(d) Laterite soil
Ans: (b)
374. For the cultivation of which crop is black soil moat suitable?
(a) Cotton
(b) Rice
(c) Jute
(d) Wheat
Ans: (a)
375. Which of the following can be used to correct acidic soil?
(a) Gypsum
(b) Lime
(c) Vegetable compost
(d) Calcium superphosphate
Ans: (b)
376. Which type of soil retains maximum water?
(a) Sandy soil
(b) Clayey soil
(c) Loamy soil
(d) Rocky soil
Ans: (b)
377. Which of the following is an ore of iron?
(a) Bauxite
(b) Haematite
(c) Dolomite
(d) Alunite
Ans: (b)
378. Bauxite is the ore of
(a) Aluminium
(b) Copper
(c) Zinc
(d) Mica
Ans: (a)
379. Mekong Ganga Co-operation Project is
(a) an irrigation project involving India and Myanmar
(b) a joint tourism initiative of some Asian countries
(c) a hydroelectric power project involving India, Bangladesh and
Myanmar
(d) a defence and security agreement of India with its eastern
neighbours
Ans: (b)
380. Some people in Manipur live in houses bunt on floating
islands of weeds and decaying vegetation held together by
suspended slit. These islands are called
(a) Tipis
(b) Barkhans
(c) Phoomdis
(d) Izba
Ans: (c)
381. The national highway from Amritsar to Kolkata via Delhi is
numbered
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 8
Ans: (a)
382. What is the main attraction of Kaziranga Sanctuary located
in Assam?
(a) Tiger
(b) Spotted deer
(c) Nilgai
(d) One horned Rhinoceros
Ans: (d)
383. What is Bandipur Sanctuary situated in Karnataka
particularly noted for
(a) Wild Elephant
(b) Indian Bison
(c) Rhinoceros
(d) Spotted Deer
Ans: (d)
384. In ancient times the name Ratnakar denote
(a) Arabian Sea
(b) Bay of Bengal
(c) Indian Ocean
(d) Confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati
Ans: (a)
385. According to historical geography Bharata Varaha is a part
of
(a) Pushkharadweepa
(b) Jambudweep
(c) Kraunchidweepa
(d) Kushadweepa
Ans: (b)
386. Which of the following is not primarily a kharif crop in
India?
(a) Wheat
(b) Rice
(c) Maize
(d) Cotton
Ans: (a)
387. Gujarat is noted for the cultivation of
(a) Cotton
(b) Sugarcane
(c) Saffron
(d) Jute
Ans: (a)
388. Black soil derived from volcanic rocks with humus is suitable
for growing
(a) rice
(b) wheat
(c) cotton
(d) grapes
Ans: (c)
389. Which of the following is a rabi crop?
(a) Cotton
(b) Mustard
(c) Maize
(d) Rice
Ans: (b)
390. The Nagarjunasagar Project is an important multipurpose
project on the river ______ in the ______ district of Andhra
Pradesh.
(a) Godavari, West Godavari
(b) Mahanadi, Krishna
(c) Krishna, Nalgonda
(d) Tungabhadra, East Godavari
Ans: (c)
391. The Satpura Thermal Power Station is in
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Jammu and Kashmir
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Maharashtra
Ans: (c)
392. Tobacco was introduced into India by the
(a) Chinese
(b) Portuguese
(c) English
(d) French
Ans: (b)
393. In which of the following areas of India is there an
overlapping plantation of tea and coffee?
(a) North-east
(b) North-west
(c) South-west
(d) South-east
Ans: (c)
394. The Hirakud Project harnesses the water of the _____ river.
(a) Ganga
(b) Sutlej
(c) Mahanadi
(d) Tapi
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395. The Talcher Thermal Power Station is in
(a) Odisha
(b) Maharashtra
(c) West Bengal
(d) Meghalaya
Ans: (a)
396. The Damodar Valley Project concerns two states
(a) Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
(b) West Bengal and Bihar
(c) Maharashtra and Karnataka
(d) Haryana and Punjab
Ans: (b)
397. Mayurakshi Project is an undertaking of the Government of
(a) Maharashtra
(b) West Bengal
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Ans: (b)
398. Rabi crop is sown in
(a) October - November
(b) April - May
(c) January - February
(d) August – September
Ans: (a)
399. The 'Todas' are one of the major tribes found in
(a) Sikkim
(b) Assam
(c) Nilgiris
(d) The Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Ans: (c)
400. The Matatilla Project is
(a) executed by Uttar Pradesh
(b) executed by Madhya Pradesh
(c) a joint venture by Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
(d) a joint venture by Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
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