Q. The first shore-based steel plant in India is:

Correct Answer

Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP)

More Questions on Geography

  • Q. Which of the following cities is not located on a river bank?
    A)Cuttack
    B)Surat
    C)Agra
    D)Mysore
    Answer: Mysore
  • Q. The instrument, used for recording earthquake waves is ________
    A)Pantograph
    B)Barograph
    C)Hydrograph
    D)Seismograph
    Answer: Seismograph
  • Q. The Pacific terminal of Trans-Siberian Railway is
    A)Leningrad
    B)Okhotsk
    C)Vladivostok
    D)Moscow
    Answer: Vladivostok
  • Q. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
    A)Pretoria : South Africa
    B)Abuja : Nigeria
    C)Ashkhabad : Turkmenistan
    D)Rabat : Yemen
    Answer: Pretoria : South Africa
  • Q. The leading states in the production of cotton in India are ________
    A)Maharashtra and Punjab
    B)Maharashtra and Gujarat
    C)Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh
    D)Gujarat and Punjab
    Answer: Maharashtra and Gujarat
  • Q. Which one of the following Indian rivers does not have a delta at its egress?
    A)Cauvery
    B)Tapi
    C)Godavari
    D)Mahanadi
    Answer: Tapi
  • Q. Burkina Faso is the new name of ________ Republic.
    A)Kenya
    B)Chad
    C)Cameroon
    D)Upper Volta
    Answer: Upper Volta
  • Q. Which of the following cannot be called a rubber-producing state?
    A)Tamil Nadu
    B)Kerala
    C)Uttar Pradesh
    D)Karnataka
    Answer: Uttar Pradesh
  • Q. Beaufort Scale is used to measure ________
    A)Wind direction
    B)Air pressure
    C)Wind velocity
    D)Humidity
    Answer: Wind velocity
  • Q. Cloudy nights are warmer compared to clear cloudless nights, because clouds
    A)Produce heat and radiate it towards earth
    B)Prevent cold waves from the sky from descending on earth
    C)Reflect back the heat given off by earth
    D)Absorb heat from the atmosphere and send it towards earth
    Answer: Reflect back the heat given off by earth
  • Q. Climate change resulting in the rise of temperature may benefit which of the countries/regions?
    A)The western coasts of South America
    B)South Africa
    C)East Indies islands comprising of Java, Sumatra and Borneo
    D)Russia and Northern Europe
    Answer: Russia and Northern Europe
  • Q. Isolines are lines Joining places having
    A)Equal salinity
    B)Equal temperature
    C)Equal diurnal range of temperature
    D)Equal cloud cover
    Answer: Equal salinity
  • Q. In which of the following places, power is generated through hydro power?
    A)Tuticorin
    B)Neyveli
    C)Annore
    D)Mettur
    Answer: Mettur
  • Q. Uranium found in Ladakh is an example of which type of resource?
    A)Potential resources
    B)Unnatural resources
    C)Actual resources
    D)Biotic resources
    Answer: Potential resources
  • Q. Among the following States of India, which one has the oldest rock formations in the country?
    A)Karnataka
    B)Assam
    C)Bihar
    D)Uttar Pradesh
    Answer: Karnataka
  • Q. Which one of the following is present in the largest amount in terms of per cent by man In the earth’s crust?
    A)Carbon
    B)Silicon
    C)Oxygen
    D)Calcium
    Answer: Oxygen
  • Q. Which of the following river is known as India’s River of Sorrow?
    A)Ghaghara
    B)Hooghly
    C)Damodar
    D)Kosi
    Answer: Kosi
  • Q. The capacity of the Atmosphere to hold water vapour
    A)Increases as the temperature decreases
    B)Increases as the temperature increases
    C)Decreases as the temperature increases
    D)Decreases as the temperature decreases
    Answer: Increases as the temperature increases
  • Q. The term ‘syzygy’ is referred to when the ________
    A)Moon and sun are at right angles with reference to the earth
    B)Earth is at perihelion and moon at perigee
    C)Earth is at apehelion and moon at apogee
    D)Moon, sun and earth lie along a straight line
    Answer: Moon, sun and earth lie along a straight line
  • Q. Wainganga river is a tributary of:
    A)Mahanadi
    B)Kaveri
    C)Godavari
    D)Gomati
    Answer: Godavari

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