01. The Indo-Gangetic Plains of India are fertile due to?
(a) the heavy and timely rains and forests
(b) alluvial soils brought by the rivers from the mountains
(c) the hard labor of the farmers over the generations
(d) better irrigation facilities
Ans: (b)
02. Khaddar soils are found?
(a) in piedmont plains
(b) in flood plains
Ans: (b)
03. “Reserved Forests” are forests?
(a) reserved for hunting
(b) reserved for commercial exploitation and prohibited for grazing
(c) reserved for local use
(d) reserved for growing medicinal herbs
Ans: (b)
04. Black soils are ideal for the cultivation of cotton as?
(a) their color is black
(b) they can retain moisture
(c) they are made of lava
(d) they are found on plateau regions
Ans: (b)
05. A person of mixed European and Indian blood in Latin?
America is called a
(a) Mulatto
(b) Mestizo
(c) Meiji
(d) Mau Mau
Ans: (b)
06. Where will you expect to find bamboo growing?
(a) At a great height from sea level
(b) At a medium height from sea level
(c) At a very low height from sea level
(d) There is no such condition; it can grow anywhere
Ans: (c)
07. The soils which have supported agriculture for centuries without much manuring or fallowing are?
(a) alluvial and laterite soils
(b) red and laterite soils
(c) black and alluvial soils
(d) laterite and black soils
Ans: (c)
08. The minimum fore at cover necessary to maintain ecological balance is?
(a) 50% of the total land area
(b) 40% of the total land area
(c) 33% of the total land area
(d) 25% of the total land area
Ans: (c)
09. Which of the following is not a part of the Great Plains?
(a)Indo-Gangetic Divide
(b) Ganga Delta
(c) Assam Valley
(d) Kerala Coastal Plain
Ans: (d)
10. The Cudappah Ranges lie between?
(a) Godavari and Palkonda Range
(b) the Godavari and Jamshedpur
(c) Palar and Cauvery
(d) Satpura and Mohadeo-Maikal range
Ans: (a)
11. In our country, the Tropic of Cancer passes through the?
(a) Center part
(b) Northern part
(c) Southern part
(d) Western part
Ans: (a)
12. The tribal population in Andaman and Nicobar Islands belongs to the?
(a) Asteroids
(b) Caucasoids
(c) Mongoloids
(d) Negroids
Ans: (d)
13. The bridge of sand and Sri Lanka is?
(a) Palk Isthmus
(b) Sri Lanka Bridge
(c) Adam’s Bridge
(d) Pamban Bridge
Ans: (c)
14. Littoral forests occur?
(a) on hills
(b) along the sea coasts and tidal creeks
(c) where the rainfall is heavy
(d) at elevated places
Ans: (b)
15. Is not situated on the banks of the Ganga.?
(a) Agra
(b) Kanpur
(c) Allahabad
(d) Varanasi
Ans: (a)
16. The largest and the most important soil group of India contributing to the country’s major agricultural production is?
(a) Laterite
(b) Alluvial
(c) Red
(d) Peaty
Ans: (b)
17. Bhim Tal is a?
(a) river in West Bengal
(b) lake around Nainital
(c) strike valley
(d) pass in Kashmir
Ans: (c)
18. Chandra and Bhaga the two streams join to form?
(a) Jhelum
(b) Indus
(c) Ravi
(d) Chenab
Ans: (d)
19. The Yamuna and the Sone are the tributaries of the river?
(a) Jhelum
(b) Beas
(c) Ravi
(d) Ganga
Ans: (d)
20. The river is called ‘The Sorrow of the Bengal’. ?
(a) Sone
(b) Damodar
(c) Hooghly
(d) Kosi
Ans: (b)
