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Q1. Sargasso sea is located in?
(a) Atlantic Ocean.
(b) Pacific Ocean.
(c) Indian Ocean.
(d) None of these.
S1. (a)
Sol.
- The sargasso sea, located entirely within the Atlantic Ocean , is the only sea without a land boundary. Mats of free – floating sargassum a common seaweed foud in the sargasso sea.
Q2. Find the odd one?
(a) Tarapur.
(b) Trambe.
(c) kalpakkam.
(d) Narora.
S2. (b)
Sol.
- India’s first nuclear research facility was setup at the trombay namely BARC.
- Bhabha atomic research centre , whereas Tarapur , Narora , kalpakkam are the nuclear power stations.
Q3. In which of the following wildlife sanctuary of India , where project of conservation of rhinos is underway?
(a) Bandipur.
(b) Periyar.
(c) Kaziranga.
(d) Gir.
S3. (C)
Sol.
- Kaziranga National park has about 2/3rd of world’s great one horned rhinoceroses.
- It is situated in Assam as a renowned world heritage site.
Q4. Which river flows between Satpura and vindhyas?
(a) Godavari.
(b) Gandak.
(c) Tapti.
(d) Narmada.
S4. (d)
Sol.
- Narmada river after originating from amarkantak plateau flows through a Rift valley bounded by vindhyas in north and Satpura in South.
Q5. Which of the following area of Indian subcontinent becomes the area of low pressure in summer?
(a) Rann of Kutch.
(b) Rajasthan.
(c) North Western India.
(d) Meghalaya.
S5. (C)
Sol.
- In summer season due to highly heated earth surface, air rises and north western india in particular becomes an area of low pressure of around 970mb.
Q6. Which crop is cultivated in zaid season?
(a) Watermelon.
(b) soyabean,
(c) Maize.
(d) jute.
S6.(a)
Sol.
- Zaid is short duration cropping season between rabi and Kharif mainly from March to June.
- Examples:—– of zaid crops are Watermelon, sugarcane, cucumber, and , sunflower etc.
Q7. What is the name of the India’s permanent research station in southern hemisphere Antarctica?
(a) Dakshin Bharat.
(b) Dakshin niwas.
(c) Dakshin Chitra.
(d) Dakshin Gangotri.
S7.(d)
Sol.
- Dakshin Gangotri is the name of India’s permanent research station in southern hemisphere Antarctica.
Q8. Kugti wildlife sanctuary is located in which of the following state?
(a) Maharashtra.
(b) Jammu and Kashmir.
(c) Himachal Pradesh.
(d) uttarakhand.
S8. (C)
Sol.
- In chamba city of himachal pradesh kugti wildlife sanctuary is located at altitude of about 2195m to 5040m.
Q9. Melghat tiger reserve is in which state?
(a) Maharashtra.
(b) Rajasthan.
(c) Arunachal Pradesh.
(d) uttarakhand.
S9. (a)
Sol.
- Melghat tiger reserve which is located in the amravati district of Maharashtra was among the nine tiger reserves.
Q10. What is the name of the soil , rich in the calcium?
(a) pedocal.
(b) pedalfer.
(c) podzol.
(d) gray soil.
S10. (a)
Sol.
- Pedocal is made up of the two words pedo+cal here pedo means soil and the cal means the calcium. I.e soils which are rich in the calcium are termed as the pedocals.
Q11. Which of the following pair is correct in context of the thermal Power projects?
(a) korba- uttar pradesh.
(b) Ramagundam-tamilnadu.
(c) Talchar- Andhra Pradesh.
(d) kawas- Gujarat.
S11. (d)
Sol.
- Thermal Power station in kawas, Gujarat is gas based power plant.
- It’s total installed capacity is 645 MW.
- It is one out of the 7 gas based power station of NTPC.
Q12. First national park of the India that was established in 1936 was named as?
(a) kanha National park.
(b) bharatpur national park.
(c) hailey national park.
(d) rajaji national park.
S12. (C)
Sol.
- Hailey national park which is also called as the Jim Corbett National park is in nainital in uttarakhand.
- It was established in 1936.
- It has the tigers , elephant’s , and the hundreds of the bird species.
Q13. The Indira Gandhi canal gets water from which river?
(a) satluj and bead.
(b) ravi and beas.
(c) ravi and Chenab.
(d) beas only.
S13. (a)
Sol.
- Indira Gandhi canal starts from the harike barrage south of confluence zone of the satluj and beas.
- It is the biggest irrigation canal in India which passes through the state’s of the Punjab, Haryana into the Rajasthan.
Q14. The construction of the Tehri dam is done across the which river?
(a) Ganga.
(b) Brahmaputra.
(c) Bhagirathi.
(d) Yamuna.
S14. (C)
Sol.
- Tehri dam built across the river Bhagirathi in the Tehri , uttrakhand is a 1000 megawatt power project.
- It also holds a water reservoir for irrigation and the municipal water supply.
Q15. Which is the largest producer of the lignite in india?
(a) Kerala.
(b) rajasthan.
(c) tamilnadu.
(d) gujarat.
S15. (C)
Sol.
- Lignite coal is obtained from gujarat and the tamilnadu in india.
- Neyveli which is located in the south arcol district of the Tamil Nadu is the largest mine of the lignite coal.
- It supplies fuel to the thermal power stations in the tamilnadu.
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