Indian Geography Quiz: Day 44

December 20, 2022

Which country among the following has the largest cultivated area of cotton in the world?

(A) Egypt
(B) India
(C) Pakistan
(D) USA

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Answer : B

The reservoir GB Pant Sagar is located on which river?

(A) Betwa
(B) Ghaghara
(C) Kosi
(D) Rihand

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Answer : D

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the
List-I - List-II
(Cloud) - (Characteristic)
A. Cirrus - 1. Rain-giving
B. Stratus - 2. Feathery appearance
C. Nimbus - 3. Vertically growing
D. Cumulus - 4. Horizontally spreading
Code :

(A) A- 3 B- 1 C- 4 D- 2
(B) A- 2 B- 1 C- 4 D- 3
(C) A- 2 B- 4 C- 1 D- 3
(D) A- 3 B- 4 C- 1 D- 2

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Answer : C

Which of the following lakes is/are situated in Ladakh?
1. Tso kar
2. Pangong Tso
3. Tsomgo
4. Tso Morir
Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(A) 1 only
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 1, 2 and 4
(D) 2 and 4 only

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Answer : C

Tso Kar is placed in the southern Ladakh.

Pangong Tso is the most popular lake of Ladakh that is around 160 km from Leh.

Tso Moriri is a lake in the Changthang area, and is positioned amid Ladakh to the North, Zanskar to the West and Tibet to the East.

Tsomgo Lake, also known as Tsongmo Lake or Changu Lake, is a glacial lake in the East Sikkim district of the Indian state of Sikkim, some 40 kilometres from the capital Gangtok.

Xeriscaping’ is a concept related to

(A) Landscaping related to save water
(B) Landscaping related to save soil
(C) Weathering of rock surface
(D) All of the above

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Answer : A

Which one of the following tribal groups is dominantly found in the ‘Blue Mountains’?

(A) Lambadas
(B) Gonds
(C) Jarawas
(D) Todas

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Answer : D

Who among the following geographers is related to ‘primate city’ concept?

(A) August Losch
(B) Mark Jefferson
(C) Griffith Taylor
(D) W. Christaller

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Answer : B

Which one of the following pairs of lakes is connected by ‘soo canal’?

(A) Superior and Michigan
(B) Superior and Huron
(C) Huron and Ontario
(D) Huron and Erie

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Answer : B

With reference to earthquakes, which of the following statements are correct?
1. Earthquakes largely occur along the converging plate boundaries.
2. Point of origin of earthquake in lithosphere is known as focus/hypocentre.
3. Magnitude of earthquake decreases with distance from the epicentre.
4. Epicentre of earthquake always remains over continents only.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(A) 1 and 2 only
(B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 2 and 3 only
(D) 1 and 4

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Answer : B

Which of the following pairs of Indian State and tribal population are correct?
1 Madhya Pradesh : Largest tribal population
2. Mizoram : Highest percentage of tribal population out of the total population of the State
3. Chhattisgarh : Second largest tribal population after Madhya Pradesh
4. Arunachal Pradesh : Second highest percentage of tribal population out of the total population of the State after Mizoram
Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(A) 1 and 2 only
(B) 2 and 4 only
(C) 1, 2 and 3
(D) 2, 3 and 4

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Answer : A

Madhya Pradesh has the largest Tribal population. It has more than 1.6 crore Schedule Tribe population whom are 21% of state population according to 2011 census. As per the 2011 census, Madhya Pradesh has the highest ST population.

The population of Mizoram in 2001 Census has been 888,573. Of them, 839,310 are

Scheduled Tribes (STs) constituting 94.5 per cent of the total population of the state.

Maharashtra has the second largest tribal population after Madhya Pradesh .

States and union territories having maximum ratio of scheduled tribes, as per Census-2011 (in descending order)- Lakshadweep (94.8%) > Mizoram (94.4%) > Nagaland (86.5%)

> Meghalaya (86.1%) > Arunachal Pradesh (68.8%).

With regard to water transportation in India, which of the following statements are correct?
1. Headquarters of Central Inland Water Transport Corporation is located at Delhi.
2. Headquarters of Inland Waterways Authority of India is located at Noida.
3. National Inland Navigation Institute is located at Kolkata.
4 First National Inland Waterway was between Haldia and Allahabad.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(A) 1 and 2 only
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 2 and 4 only
(D) 1, 2 and 4

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Answer : C

The Water transport provides the cheapest source of transportation to any country. At present, there are about 14,500 km long navigable waterways in India.

Central Inland Water Corporation Limited (CIWTC LTD) was incorporated in May 1967 as a Govt. of India undertaking. Its head office is at Kolkata.

The National Inland Navigation Institute (NINI) has been set up by Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) at Patna, Bihar in February 2004.

Arrange the following popular hill stations of India in terms of their height (from highest to the lowest) from the mean sea level :
1 Mussoorie
2. Shimla
3. Ooty
4 Darjeeling
Select the correct answer using the code given below :

(A) 3 - 2 - 4 - 1
(B) 3 - 1- 4 - 2
(C) 2 - 3 - 4 - 1
(D) 2 - 4 - 1 – 3

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Answer : A

Ooty – 2,240 m
Shimla – 2205 m
Darjeeling – 2042 m
Mussoorie – 2006 m

Which one of the following minerals contains mostly silica?

(A) Mica
(B) Quartz
(C) Olivine
(D) Pyroxene

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Answer : B

Quartz is a compound made up of Silicon (Si) and Oxygen (O) showing chemical formula SiO2 .

It is a macromolecular structure.

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the
List-I - List-II
(Farming area) - (State)
A. Doab - 1. Assam
B. Char - 2. Karnataka
C. Maidan - 3. Punjab
D. Terai - 4. Uttar Pradesh

(A) A- 3 B- 2 C- 1 D- 4
(B) A- 3 B- 1 C- 2 D- 4
(C) A- 4 B- 1 C- 2 D- 3
(D) A- 4 B- 2 C- 1 D- 3

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Answer : B