Q. What is the most important geographic use of the Himalayas to India?

Correct Answer

They prevent the monsoons from crossing to the north and also serve as a reservoir of water from which our perennial rivers flow

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    A)NH 6
    B)NH 4
    C)NH 5
    D)NH 8
    Answer: NH 5
  • Q. Which is the greatest archipelago on the globe?
    A)Indonesia
    B)Japan
    C)West Indies
    D)Philippines
    Answer: Indonesia
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    A)2 and 3
    B)1, 2 and 4
    C)1 only
    D)3 and 4
    Answer: 1, 2 and 4
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    A)Gujarat
    B)Madhya Pradesh
    C)Maharashtra
    D)Rajasthan
    Answer: Rajasthan
  • Q. The formation of laterite soil is mainly due to ________
    A)Leaching
    B)Weathering
    C)Erosion
    D)Deposition
    Answer: Leaching
  • Q. During the early period of Industrial Revolution industries were located primarily
    A)Near coal fields
    B)Near major ports
    C)On the banks of navigable rivers
    D)Near nodal centres
    Answer: Near coal fields
  • Q. A pass in Himachal Pradesh is
    A)Nathula
    B)Shipkila
    C)Zoji la
    D)Jelep la
    Answer: Shipkila
  • Q. Who demarcated the boundary line between India and Pakistan?
    A)Cyril Radcliffe
    B)Lord Curzon
    C)Lord Canning
    D)Stafford Cripps
    Answer: Cyril Radcliffe
  • Q. Which of the following important rivers of India does not originate from the Western Ghats?
    A)Krishna
    B)Cauvery
    C)Godavari
    D)Mahanadi
    Answer: Mahanadi
  • Q. There is no Scheduled Tribe population in
    A)Punjab
    B)Kerala
    C)Tamil Nadu
    D)Rajasthan
    Answer: Punjab
  • Q. The radiant energy received by the Earth from the sun is
    A)Reflection
    B)Radiation
    C)Insolation
    D)Refraction
    Answer: Insolation
  • Q. Rivers in “Annular” pattern flow in which direction?
    A)Like a ring
    B)West to East
    C)North to South
    D)Transverse direction
    Answer: Like a ring
  • Q. Which of the following mountain passes lies outside India ?
    A)Bara Lacha La
    B)Khyber
    C)Bomdila
    D)Shipkila
    Answer: Khyber
  • Q. In which of the following grouping of states of India is rubber grown on a commercial scale?
    A)Sikkim-Arunachal Pradesh-Nagaland
    B)Maharashtra-Gujarat-Madhya Pradesh
    C)Kerala-Tamil Nadu-Karnataka
    D)Odisha-Madhya Pradesh-Maharashtra
    Answer: Kerala-Tamil Nadu-Karnataka
  • Q. Which of the following is taken into consideration while deciding a shipping route?
    A)Climate of the region
    B)Depth of the sea
    C)Availability of ports and harbours
    D)All the above
    Answer: All the above
  • Q. Which of the following geographical features have played a great unifying role in strengthening the forces of homogeneity of the Indian people? I. The expanses of water surrounding the peninsula II. The Himalayan Mountains III. The vastness of the country IV. The presence of the Indian ocean
    A)I and II
    B)I
    C)II
    D)I, II, III and IV
    Answer: I, II, III and IV
  • Q. The longest distance covered by one Broad Gauge train in India is between
    A)New Delhi and Chennai
    B)Kanniyakumari and Jammu Tawi
    C)Guwahati and Tiruvananthpuram
    D)Gorakhpur and Cochin
    Answer: Kanniyakumari and Jammu Tawi
  • Q. The number of satellite of mercury is/are
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    B)0
    C)1
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    Answer: 0
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    A)Tapti
    B)Mahanadi
    C)Godavari
    D)Cauvery
    Answer: Tapti
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    A)Sirhand canal
    B)Yamuna canal
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    D)Upper Bari Doab canal
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