Test Your Geography Knowledge

1. Which one of the following crops is the greatest beneficiary of the Green Revolution in both production and productivity?
(A) Jawar
(B) Maize
(C) Rice
(D) Wheat
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2. Which one of the following is an important tribe of the Dhauladhar Range?
(A) Abor
(B) Gaddi
(C) Lepcha
(D) Tharu
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3. Which of the following states is the largest producer of mica in India ?
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Karnataka
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Madhya Pradesh
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4. The industry for which Nepa Nagar is known is—
(A) Cement
(B) Fertilizer
(C) Handloom
(D) Newsprint paper
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5. Which one of the following cities is not connected by National Highway No. 3?
(A) Agra
(B) Bhopal
(C) Dhule
(D) Gwalior
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6. Which one of the following cities does not have the special economic zone ?
(A) Chennai
(B) Kandla
(C) Kochi
(D) Surat
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7. India leads the world in the export of—
(A) Coffee
(B) Cotton
(C) Manganese
(D) Mica
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8. Which one of the following factors is the main reason for the peninsular rivers to flow towards the East ?
(A) Western part is rainy
(B) Western Ghats act as major water divide
(C) Rivers follow riftvalleys
(D) Eastern Ghats are lower than the Western Ghats
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9. In India Dhariwal and Ludhiana towns are famous for—
(A) Silk textiles
(B) Woollen textiles
(C) Cotton textiles
(D) Synthetic textiles
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10. Fibre crops are—
(A) Jute, sugarcane, linseed and rice
(B) Cotton, maize, tobacco and banana
(C) Cotton, hemp, jute and mesta
(D) Hemp, cotton, maize and saffron
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11. Which one of the following ports is located on the Eastern coast of India ?
(A) Kandla
(B) Kochi
(C) Marmugao
(D) Paradeep
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12. Maithan in Jharkhand generates …… power.
(A) Atomic
(B) Solar
(C) Thermal
(D) Hydel
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13. Which one of the following pairs of cities has recently been connected by a six lane express way ?
(A) Ahmedabad and Vadodra
(B) Dhaka and Chittagong
(C) Islamabad and Lahore
(D) Mumbai and Pune
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14. Which one of the following statements is not true for laterite soils ?
(A) These are the soils of the humid tropical regions
(B) These are highly leached soils
(C) These are low fertility soils
(D) These are rich in lime
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15. Which one of the following states of India is the least densely populated ?
(A) Arunachal Pradesh
(B) Sikkim
(C) Jharkhand
(D) Chhattisgarh
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16. The population of Uttar Pradesh exceeds the total population of each country of one of the groups given below :
(A) Germany, France, Indonesia, Brazil
(B) Japan, Russia, Brazil, Nigeria
(C) U.K., Germany, Japan, Pakistan
(D) U.K., U.S.A., Japan, Bangladesh
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17. The total fertility rate in India is the highest in—
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Bihar
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Uttar Pradesh
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18. The Capital of Andaman and Nicobar islands is—
(A) Port Blair
(B) Diu
(C) Kolkata
(D) Tirupati
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19. Petroleum was first discovered in India at—
(A) Ankaleshwar
(B) Barauni
(C) Digboi
(D) Mumbai
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20. Hirakud dam has been built on the river—
(A) Mahanadi
(B) Krishna
(C) Cauvery
(D) Brahmaputra
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