01. Where was India’s rocket launching station set up?
(a) Sriharikota
(b) Arvi
(c) Thumba
(d) Port Blair
Ans: (c)
02. The first nuclear reactor of India is named_____ Indian Navy?
(a) Urvashi
(b) Apsara
(c) Kamini
(d) Rohini
Ans: (b)
03. Which of the shipyards makes warships for the Indian Navy?
(a) Cochin Shipyard, Cochin
(b) Hindustan Shipyard, Visakhapatnam
(c) Mazagaon Dock, Mumbai
(d) Garden Reach Workshop, Kolkata
Ans: (c)
04. India provides ideal conditions for air travel because?
(a) it is a vast country
(b) it has a huge population
(c)its climatic conditions are favourable
(d) it has extensive mountain tracks
Ans: (c)
05. Which one of the following towns is not situated along the Grand Trunk Road?
(a) Allahabad
(b) Lucknow
(c) Agra
(d) Kanpur
Ans: (b)
06. The commodity which accounts for the maximum volume of goods transported by the railways in India is?
(a) iron and steel
(b) coal
(c) mineral oil
(d) metallic ores (other than iron ore)
Ans: (b)
07. Wheels and exles for railways are produced?
(a) Bangaluru
(b) at Chennai
(c) at Varanasi
(d) Nowhere in India
Ans: (a)
08. Which of the following is not a navigable river in India?
(a) Brahmaputra
(b) Godavari
(c) Narmada
(d) Chenab
Ans: (d)
09. Match the following inland waterways and the areas served by them?
List-I List-II
- Backwaters 1. Goa
- Buckingham Canal 2. Kerala
- Cumbarjua Canal Pradesh 3. Tamil Nadu and Andhra
Codes:
A B C
(a) 1 2 3
(b) 2 3 1
(c) 2 1 3
(d) 1 3 2
Ans: (b)
10. The National highways system is the responsibility of?
(a) State Government
(b) Central Government
(c) A special Roads Authority
(d) State and Central Government
Ans: (b)
11. How many major ports are there on the east coast of India?
(a) 6
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 5
Ans: (a)
12. Which is the croup of languages spoken by the largest number of people in India?
(a) lndo-Aryan
(b) Dravidian
(c) Austro-Asiatic
(d) Sino-Tibetan
Ans: (a)
13. To which group do belong?
(a) Negritoes
(b) Proto-Australoids
(c) Mongoloids
(d) Western Brachycephals
Ans: (b)
14. The Periyar Game Sanctuary in Kerala is renowned for?
(a) tiger
(b) lion
(c) wild elephant
(d) monkey
Ans: (c)
15. Which sanctuary has been selected as an alternative home for the Indian lion?
(a) Bandipur Sanctuary (Karnataka)
(b) Ghana Sanctuary (Bihar)
(d) spoatted Deer
(c) Periyar Sanctuary (Kerala)
(d) Chandra Prabha Sanctuary (UP)
Ans: (d)
16. In which of the following areas is Konkani spoken as the local language?
(a) Kerala and Karnataka
(b) Maharashtra and Goa
(c) Odisha and West Bengal
(d) Andhra Pradesh
Ans: (b)
17. Where do Birhors live?
(a) Chhattisgarh
(b) Assam
(c) Nagaland
(d) Tamil Nadu
Ans: (a)
18. In general it la observed that the rate of population growth has been in the___ densely populated areas compared to sparsely populated areas.
(a) Low
(b) High
(c) Negligible
(d) About the same
Ans: (a)
19. After which one of the following tribes of India has a supercontinent of ancient geological history of the world been named?
(a) Santhals
(b) Khonds
(c) Bhils
(d) Gonds
Ans: (d)
20. Where is the Black Pogoda?
(a) Konark
(b) Khajuraho
(c) Madurai
(d) Egypt
Ans: (a)
