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- Q. Botswana was formerly known as
A)Barbados
B)Bachuanaland
C)Bahamas
D)Cameroon
Answer: Bachuanaland
- Q. The region which is a water divide between the Ganga and Indus river systems is
A)Alakananda
B)Haridwar
C)Namchobarva
D)Ambala
Answer: Ambala
- Q. Which are the west-flowing rivers of southern India which flow into Arabian Sea?
A)Narmada and Tapti
B)Chambal and Betwa
C)Damodar and Mahanadi
D)Krishna and Cauveri
Answer: Narmada and Tapti
- Q. The multipurpose project irrigating maximum area in India is
A)Damodar Valley
B)Beas
C)Bhakra Nangal
D)Hirakud
Answer: Hirakud
- Q. What is the reason of degradation of climate of Maldives?
A)Industrial pollution of air and water
B)Continuous soil erosion
C)High population density
D)All of these
Answer: All of these
- Q. Duncan Passage is situated between ________
A)Little Andaman and Car Nicobar
B)Minicoy and Amindiv
C)Minicoy and Maldives
D)South Andaman and Little Andaman
Answer: South Andaman and Little Andaman
- Q. The South African River draining into Atlantic Ocean is
A)Limpopo
B)Orange
C)Zambezi
D)Nile
Answer: Orange
- Q. What are Sun spots?
A)Dark patches on the surface of the sun which are cooler areas
B)Regions on earth without winter climate
C)Desert areas on the sun
D)Dark patches on the surface of the Sun resulting from a localised fall in the temperature to about 4000 K
Answer: Dark patches on the surface of the Sun resulting from a localised fall in the temperature to about 4000 K
- Q. Among the following States, which one has the highest amount of Nickel Ore resources?
A)Karnataka
B)Chhattisgarh
C)Jharkhand
D)Orissa
Answer: Orissa
- Q. The largest of the planets is
A)Uranus
B)Jupiter
C)Saturn
D)Neptune
Answer: Jupiter
- Q. Where is the biggest reserve of mica?
A)In USA
B)In South Africa
C)In India
D)In Australia
Answer: In India
- Q. The shipping canal that connects the North Sea and the Baltic Sea is called the ________.
A)Kiel Canal
B)Panama Canal
C)Suez Canal
D)Buckingham Canal
Answer: Kiel Canal
- Q. How many time zones has the world been divided into?
A)90
B)15
C)24
D)180
Answer: 24
- Q. The National Highway-1D connects Leh to Kashmir Valley through the ________ pass.
A)Nathula
B)Khyber
C)Zoji la
D)Karakoram
Answer: Zoji la
- Q. Which mountain is not the part of Himalayan range?
A)Karakoram
B)Aravalli
C)Kunlun
D)Hindukush
Answer: Aravalli
- Q. Which among the following National Highways of India is the longest?
A)NH 3
B)NH 1
C)NH 2
D)NH 44
Answer: NH 44
- Q. Tochi, Gilgit and Hunza are tributaries of
A)Brahmaputra
B)Ganga
C)Indus
D)Yamuna
Answer: Indus
- Q. Why does Russia have many local time differences?
A)Because of its long east-west stretches
B)Because it keeps trade relations with many countries of the world
C)Because it experiences a wide range of climatic conditions
D)Because it is divided into a number of states on political grounds
Answer: Because of its long east-west stretches
- Q. What will be the difference in time of two cities situated on the same longitude but one in northern and the other in southern hemisphere?
A)Four minutes difference
B)No difference
C)Four hours difference
D)There are no such cities
Answer: No difference
- Q. Singhbhum is famous for ________
A)Copper
B)Coal
C)Iron
D)Both B and C
Answer: Both B and C
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