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- Total number of questions : 20.
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Bharachukki Falls are in which state of India? |
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Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option A Explanation: The Bharachukki Falls is situated at a distance of about 130 km from Bangalore. This waterfall is actually a part of the Shivanasamudram Falls. |
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Almatti Dam is on which of the following rivers? |
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Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option A Explanation: The Almatti Dam is a dam project on the Krishna River in North Karnataka, India which was completed in 2005. |
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Which of the following is India’s largest salt producing state? |
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Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option B Explanation: With around 160 Lakh tons of production, India is the third largest salt producing country in the world. Gujarat, Rajasthan , Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu are 4 largest salt producing states in India. In Orissa too, salt is produced in coastal districts of Ganjam, Puri and Balasore and around 30 thousand tons of Salt is produced here. |
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The north-east trade winds cause which of the following in India? |
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Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option B Explanation: Winter rains in Chennai are caused by north-east trade winds. |
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The Dampier-Hodges line is related to which of the following? |
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Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option D Explanation: Dampier-Hodges line is an imaginary line drawn in 1829-1830 to mark the northern boundary of Sundarbans delta. It passes through 24 Parganas South and North districts of West Bengal. |
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Which of the following is not a term used for different kinds of Glacial deposits? |
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Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option D Explanation: A skerry is a small rocky island, usually defined to be too small for human habitation; it may simply be a rocky reef. A skerry can also be called a low sea stack. |
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Which of the following is the correct word describing loss of snow from a glacier by means of sublimation, melting, evaporation or avalanches? |
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Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option A Explanation: Ablation refers to loss of snow from glaciers by means of vaporization, melting, wind or other processes. |
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What fraction of Rajasthan’s total area is covered by Thar Dese |
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Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option C Explanation: Thar Desert is World’s 10th largest desert and covers 61% of Geographical area of Rajasthan. |
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Which of the following is / are correct statement(s) with respect to plains of India: |
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Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option A Explanation: The Indo-Gangetic belt is the world’s most extensive expanse of uninterrupted alluvium formed by the deposition of silt by the numerous rivers. The Bangar belt consists of older alluvium and forms the alluvial terrace of the flood plains. In the Gangetic plains, it has a low upland covered by laterite deposits. The Khadar belt lies in lowland areas after the Bangar belt. It is made up of fresh newer alluvium which is deposited by the rivers flowing down the plain. |
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Consider the following statements with respect to India’s geographical span: |
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Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option C Explanation: Lying entirely in the northern hemisphere, the mainland extends between latitudes 8°4’ and 37°6’ north, longitudes 68°7’ and 97°25’ east and measures about 3,214 km from north to south between the extreme latitudes and about 2,933 km from east to west between the extreme longitudes. It has a land frontier of about 15,200 km. The total length of the coastline of the mainland, Lakshadweep Islands and Andaman and Nicobar Islands is 7,516.6 km. [India Year Book-2017] |
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Lake Titicaca, a large deep lake in South America, is located on the border of which two countries? |
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Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option B Explanation: Lake Titicaca is a large, deep lake in the Andes on the border of Bolivia and Peru. By volume of water and by surface area, it is the largest lake in South America. |
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Which of the following is not a land locked country of Europe? |
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Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option D Explanation: Spain is a sovereign state located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. The country’s mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar. Hungary, Kosovo and Czech Republic are land locked countries in Central Europe. |
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Lake Winnipeg is located in which of the following countries? |
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Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option B Explanation: Lake Winnipeg is a very large, but relatively shallow lake located in province of Manitoba in Canada. The lake is elongated and is 416 km (258 mi) from north to south, with remote sandy beaches, large limestone cliffs, and many bat caves in some areas. |
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Dasht-e Margo, also known as “Desert of Death‿, is located in which country? |
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Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option C Explanation: Dasht-e Margo is a desert region in the southern provinces of Helmand and Nimruz in Afghanistan. It is the world’s 20th largest desert, and consists mainly of sand masses and rocky-clayish plains with solonchaks, takirs, and rarely oases. |
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The Puna grassland ecoregion is found in which of the following continents? |
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Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option D Explanation: Puna grassland ecoregion is found in the central Andes Mountains of South America. The term Puna encompasses diverse ecosystems of the high Central Andes above 3200–3400 m. It is found above the tree line at 3200–3500 m elevation, and below the permanent snow line above 4500–5000 m elevation. |
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The Buran wind blows across: |
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Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option A Explanation: The buran wind blows across eastern Asia, specifically Xinjiang, Siberia, and Kazakhstan. The buran takes two forms: in summer, it is a hot, dry wind, whipping up sandstorms; in winter, it is bitterly cold and often accompanied by blizzards. |
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Which of the following straits is located on the extreme southern tip of South America partly in Chile and partly in Argentina? |
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Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option B Explanation: Beagle strait is located in Tierra del Fuego Archipelago on the extreme southern tip of South America partly in Chile and partly in Argentina. The channel’s eastern area forms part of the border between Chile and Argentina and the western area is entirely within Chile. |
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The planned Bedabahal Ultra Mega Power Project is in which of the following states? |
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Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option B Explanation: Bedabahal is located in Sundargarh district of Odisha. There is a planned UMPP there which has so far not seen the light of the day due to various problems including those of land, coal etc. |
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Apart from efforts towards economic integration across the region, which of the following African organizations has also served as a peacekeeping force sending joint military forces in the times of political unrest? |
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Your Answer: Option (Not Answered) Correct Answer: Option B Explanation: ECOWAS was recently making news for sending peacekeeping troops to Gambia in January 2017. It is a 15 member community of western African countries that makes efforts towards not only economic integration but also peace keeping during times of political unrest. |