WORLD GEOGRAPHY GK QUESTION WITH COMPETITIVE EXAM

1. Which is claimed to be the coldest place in Asia?

Answer: Dras

2.Where is Asia’s longest and highest ropeway?

Answer: Auli, Garhwal, Himalayas 

3.What is the river Ganga called in Bangladesh?

Answer: Padma

4.Pakistan has borders with two countries of Asia. Which are they?

Answer:Afghanistan and India

5.In which important city is Jeddah the port?

Answer:Mecca 

6.Which is the legendary Pass which links pakistan with Afganistan?

Answer:Khyber Pass 

7. which country is Nagev Desert located

Answer:Israel

8.The mesopotamia is now called

Answer:Iraq

9.Which Mediterranean island is considered an independent Asian country?

Answer:Cyprus

10.The famous island in the Arabian Sea is a part of yemen. Which island?

Answer: Sacotra

11.The UAE separates two parts of a country. Which country?

Answer: Oman

12.Mongolia’s great desert is called

Answer: Gopi Desert

13.Which is the longest river in Asia

Answer: yangtze

14.Who published the Theory of continental Drift?

Answer: German meterologist Alfred Wegener in 1915

15.What divides Asia from North America?

Answer: Berring Strait

16.Which country is the third largest producer of electric energy?

Answer: Japan

17.Where is the world’s largest Sea port?

Answer: Shanghai, China

18.Most of which country is occupied by the Anatolian plateau

Answer:Turkey

19.Which is the second largest country in terms of population?

Answer:India

20.World’s most destructive earthquake occurred in which country?

Answer:Japan in 1923 

INDIAN ECONOMIC GK QUESTIONS FOR COMPETITIVE EXAM

1. Who is the current CEO of the NITI Aayog?

(a) Rajeev Kumar

(b) Arvind Subramanyam

(c) Amitabh Kant

(d) Narendra Modi

Answer:Amitabh Kant

2.Interim budget is also known as....

(a) Mini budget

(b) Vote on Account

(c) Both a and b

(d) None of these

Answer:Both a and b

3.Which of the following statement is correct about the NITI Aayog?

(a) NITI Aayog was Formed 25 January 2016

(b) NITI Aayog comes under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

(c) The full form of NITI Aayog is National institute for Transforming India

(d) The NITI Aayog is a policy think tank of the Government of India

Answer:The NITI Aayog is a policy think tank of the Government of India

4.Which article of the Constitution envisages Budget?

(a) Article 280

(b) Article 110

(c) Article 360

(d) Article 112

Answer: Article 112

5.When was NITI Aayog established?

(a) 1 January 2015

(b) 25 January 2016

(c) 14 May 2014

(d) 1 July 2015

Answer:1 January 2015

6.In budget 2019-20, the government set the target to distribute....... LPG connections under the Ujjawala Yojna.

(a) 6 cr

(b) 10 cr

(c) 5 cr

(d) 8 cr

Answer:8 cr

7.What is the target (in terms of GDP) of Fiscal Deficit for FY 2019-20?

(a) 3.1%

(b) 3.5%

(c) 3.4%

(d) 4.4%

Answer:3.4%

8.Who of the following is the part of Governing Council of NITI Aayog?

(a) All Chief Ministers of the states

(b) Chief Ministers of Delhi and Puducherry

(c) Lieutenant Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Island

(d) All of the above

Answer:All of the above

9.What is the biggest item of government expenditure in budget 2019-20?

(a) Loan repayment

(b) Defense expenditure

(c) Expenditure on Central Plans

(d) Share of the states in taxes and fees

Answer:Share of the states in taxes and fees

10.Which of the following is not the function of the NITI Aayog?

(a) To evolve a shared vision of national development priorities sectors and strategies

(b) To foster cooperative federalism

(c) To give final approval to the Five Year Plans of India

(d) To create a knowledge, innovation and entrepreneurial support system

Answer:To give final approval to the Five Year Plans of India

11.What is the biggest item of income of the central government in 2019-20 budget?

(a) Goods and Service Tax

(b) Corporation tax

(c) Borrowings and other liabilities

(d) a and b both are equal

Answer:a and b both are equal

12.Which of the following district topped the rank of Aspirational district for the period of June 1, 2018, and October 31, 2018.

(a) Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu)

(b) Mewat (Haryana)

(c) Pakur (Jharkhand

(d) Hailakandi (Assam)

Answer:Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu)

13.The rate which the income tax is imposed in India is called....

(a) Digressive rate

(b) Progressive rate

(c) Regressive rate

(d) Proportionate rate

Answer:Digressive rate

14.Which of the following is not matched correctly about NITI Aayog?

(a) NITI Aayog head office: Delhi

(b) Narendra Modi: Chairman

(c) Parent Agency: Government of India

(d) NITI Aayog replaced: National Development Council

Answer:NITI Aayog replaced: National Development Council

15.How much cess is imposed currently by the Central Government?

(a) 4%

(b) 3.5%

(c) 3%

(d) 0.5%

Answer:4%

IMPORTANT DAYS IN SEPTEMBER 2019 FOR COMPETITIVE EXAM

1.1st September is celebrated as:

A. World Coconut Day
B. National Nutrition Week
C. V-J Day
D. None of the above

Answer:National Nutrition Week

2.3rd September is celebrated as

A. Skyscraper Day
B. Vistory over Japan Day
C. World First Aid Day
D. National Fried Clam Day

Answer:Skyscraper Day

3.On which date Teacher's Day is celebrated?

A. 2 September
B. 3 September
C. 4 September
D. 5 September

Answer: 5 September

4.Why Teachers Day is celebrated on 5 September?

A. Abdul Kalam birthday
B. Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan birthday
C. Swami Vivekananda birthday
D. None of the above

Answer: Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan birthday

5.International Literacy Day is observed on

A. 6 September
B. 7 September
C. 8 September
D. 9 September

Answer: 8 September

6.8 September is also celebrated as

A. Brazilian Independence Day
B. International Day of Charity
C. World Suicide Prevention Day
D. World Physical Therapy Day

Answer: World Physical Therapy Day

7.Name the harvesting festival that falls in the month of September?

A. Onam
B. Pongal
C. Makar Sankranti
D. Bhogali Bihu

Answer: Onam

8.14 September is celebrated as

A. World First Aid Day
B. World Suicide Prevention Day
C. Hindi Divas
D. International Day of Charity

Answer:Hindi Divas

9.International Day of Democracy is observed on

A. 13 September
B. 14 September
C. 15 September
D. 16 September

Answer: 15 September

10.Malaysia Day is celebrated on

A. 15 September
B. 16 September
C. 17 September
D. 18 September

Answer: 16 September

11.16 September is celebrated as

A. Engineer's Day
B. International Day of Peace and Non-Violence
C. International Talk Like a Pirate Day
D. World Ozone Day

Answer:World Ozone Day

12.What is the theme of World Maritime Day 2019?

A. Empowering women
B. To promote women in maritime
C. Empowering women in the maritime community
D. Increase women in maritime community

Answer:Empowering women in the maritime community

13.26 September is observed as

A. Day of Deaf
B. World Contraception Day
C. European Day of Languages
D. Rose Day

Answer:World Contraception Day

14.International Translation day is celebrated on

A. 27 September
B. 28 September
C. 29 September
D. 30 September

Answer: 30 September

15.World Heart day is celebrated on

A. 25 September
B. 27 September
C. 28 September
D. 29 September

Answer: 29 September

GENERAL AWARENESS QUESTIONS FOR COMPETITIVE EXAM

1.Who was the founder of the Theosophical Society in India and started the Home Rule League?

Answer: Annie Besant

2.Who among the following known as Pocket Hercules?

Answer: Manohar Aich

3.Who was the first president of Uzbekistan?

Answer: Islam Karimov

4.Who became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, and the first woman to ascend all Seven Summits by climbing the highest peak on every continent?

Answer: Junko Tabei

5.Which among the following region was most affected by the Revolution of 1857 ?

Answer: Awadh

6. Who was the Viceroy of India during Swadeshi Movement?

Answer: Lord Curzon

7.Who among the following opened cooperative stores and headed the Swadeshi Wastu Pracharini Sabha during Swadeshi Movement?

Answer: Lokmanya Tilak 

8.Which of the following extremist leader murdered Kennedy on April 30, 1908?

Answer: Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki

9.Who supported the Swadeshi Movement during the Banaras session of the Indian National Congress?

Answer: G K Gokhale

10.Which among the following events was a major set back to Khilafat Movement?

Answer: Revolution in Turkey

11. In 1953, under whose chairmanship was the first OBC Commission formed ?

Answer: Kaka Kalelkar

12.Which among the following books was authored by Mahatma Gandhi?

Answer: Hind Swaraj

13. In which year, first census was conducted in India ?

Answer: 1872

14.“Springing Tiger: A Study of a Revolutionary” is a biographical work on __?

Answer: Subhas Chandra Bose

15. The drain theory of Dadabhai Naoroji was formally accepted in which among the sessions of the Indian National Congress?

Answer: Calcutta Session ,1896

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS

1. From which source India got concept of Single order of court?

Answer: Government of India Act, 1935

2.Who can remove the Judge of the Supreme Court?

Answer: President

3.What is the current salary of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?

Answer: 1 lakh Rupees

4.Which of the following Article talks about the establishment of the Supreme Court?

Answer: Article 124

5.Which of the following word have not been written in the preamble of the Indian Constitution?

Answer: Indians

6.Which year is related to Berubari Case?

Answer: 1960

7.What is the true meaning of "Secular"?

Answer: All religions are equal in the eyes of the government

8.Who among the following said that the preamble of the Indian Constitution is "The Key note of the Constitution"?

Answer: Ernest Barker

9."The language of Preamble" of Indian constitution is taken from the constitution of

Answer: Australia

10.Which one of the following article deals with the appointment of the Prime Minister and other ministers?

Answer: Article 75

11.Who among the following shall communicate to the president all the decisions of the council of ministers under article 78?

Answer: Prime minister

12.The Supreme Court of India at present contains the following number of Judges?

Answer: 31 judges

13.Who among the following appoints the Chief Justice and other Judges of the Supreme Court?

Answer: President

14.Which article of the constitution of India provides the composition and jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of India?

Answer: Article 124

15.Mr. T.S. Thakur is the ...................Chief Justice of India.

Answer: 43rd

16.Which of the following amendment act amended the Preamble of the Indian constitution?

Answer: 42nd Amendment act

17.“The independence of Judiciary”  in Indian constitution is taken from.

Answer: Britain

18.When was the first Parliamentary Forum on Children constituted?

Answer: 2006

19. When was the first Parliamentary Forum on Youth constituted?

Answer: 2006

20.When was the first Parliamentary Forum on Water Conservation and Management constituted?

Answer: 2005

IMPORTANT WORLD GEOGRAPHY QUESTION FOR COMPETITVE EXAM

1. The “Ninety East Ridge” is a submarine volcanic ridge located in __?

[A] Pacific Ocean
[B] Atlantic Ocean
[C] Indian Ocean
[D] Arctic Ocean

Answer: Indian Ocean 

2. The “Helmand Province” of Afghanistan is famous for cultivation of __:

[A] Tobacco
[B] Opium
[C] wheat
[D] Cotton

Answer: Opium 

3.The cities of ‘Hiroshima’ and ‘Nagasaki’ are located on which among the following Islands of Japanese Archipelago?

[A] Honshu and Kyushu respectively
[B] Honshu and Shikoku respectively
[C] Hokkaido and Kyushu respectively
[D] Kyushu and Shikoku respectively

Answer: Honshu and Kyushu respectively

4.Which of the following countries are separated by the Strait of Gibraltar?

[A] Portugal and Morocco
[B] Algeria and Spain
[C] Morroco and Spain
[D] Algeria and Portugal

Answer: Morroco and Spain

5.Which of the following places of the world is known for ‘Guano’, a uniquely-produced natural fertilizer which has a high concentration of nitrates?

[A] Tierra del Feugo
[B] Atacama desert
[C] Minas Gerais of Brazil
[D] Coastal headlands and Islands of Peru

Answer: Coastal headlands and Islands of Peru

6.Laterite soils’ are formed due which of the following actions?

[A] Leaching
[B] Erosion
[C] Deposition of fertile riverine silt
[D] Mechanical Weather

Answer: Leaching 

7.Pemba’ and ‘Zanzibar’ Islands of Africa are famous for the cultivation and export of:

[A] Cloves
[B] Sugarcane
[C] Tobacco
[D] Coffee

Answer: Cloves 

8.Which of the following mountain ranges form the longest mountain chain in the world?

[A] The Rockies of North America
B] The Andes of South America
[C] The Transantarctic Range
[D] The Great Dividing Range of Australia

Answer: The Andes of South America

9.‘Samarqand’ was invaded and destroyed by Alexander in 329 B.C. and Chengiz Khan in 1221 A.D. It is one of the important cultural and industrial city of Central Asia which is located in :

[A] Afghanistan
[B] Turkmenistan
[C] Uzbekistan
[D] Iran

Answer: Uzbekistan

10.‘Oxus’ is the ancient name of which of the following rivers?

[A] Tigris
[B] Euphrates
[C] Amu Darya
[D] Syr Darya

Answer: Amu Darya

GENERAL AWARENESS QUESTIONS FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAM

1.Oxygen and Ozone are:

A. Allotropes
B. Isotopes
C. Isomers
D. Isobars

Answer:Allotropes

2. What is the correct definition of Fiat Money?

A. Money on the order of apex bank
B. Money on the order of Parliament
C. Money on the order of the government
D. None of the above

Answer:Money on the order of the government

3.Which of the following movement was for the restoration of Sikh sovereignty after the annexation of Punjab by the British?

A. Movement of Pagal Panthis
B. Satara Distrubances
C. Kuka Movement
D. Kittur Rising

Answer:Kuka Movement

4.Which of the following island is famous for boat racing in India?

A. Wellingdon Island
B. Pumban Island
C. Sriharikota Island
D. None of the above

Answer:Wellingdon Island

5.Which is the primary and major source of irrigation in India?

A. Tanks
B. Wells & Tube wells
C. Canals
D. Rain fed

Answer:Wells & Tube wells

6.Which of the following type of farming is done with slush and burn method on the jungles of north-eastern part of India?

A. Intensive Farming
B. Plantation Farming
C. Mixed Farming
D. Shifting Farming

Answer:Shifting Farming

7.Which of the following gas is directly respondent for the depletion of ozone layer?

A. Carbon dioxide
B. Carbon monoxide
C. Nitrous oxide
D. Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)

Answer:Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)

8.Which gases employed for the respiratory activities of sailors (divers)?

A. Oxygen and Nitrogen
B. Oxygen and Helium
C. Oxygen and Argon
D. Oxygen and Neon

Answer:Oxygen and Helium

9.Who said that ‘National Calamity’ on the failure of Non-Cooperation Movement to prevent the public mass from demoralisation?

A. Subash Chandra Bose
B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C. C R Das
D.  Vitthal Patel

Answer:Subash Chandra Bose

10.Kidneys remove which of the following waste product from body?

A. Uric Acid
B. Urea
C. Ammonia
D. All of the above

Answer:All of the above

11.Which of the following gland regulates the sugar level in blood in the range 70-160mg/100 cubic cm of blood either by the process of glycogenesis or by glycogenolysis?

A. Serous Gland
B. Kidneys
C. Liver
D. Pancreas

Answer:Liver

12.Find out substance that causes permanent hardness of water:

A. Carbonates of calcium and magnesium
B. Bicarbonates of calcium and magnesium
C. Chloride and sulphate of the calcium and magnesium
D. None of these

Answer:Chloride and sulphate of the calcium and magnesium

13.India’s highest waterfalls Jog (Gershoppa) is situated on which river?

A. Sabarmati
B. Pumba
C. Sharavati River
D. Periyar

Answer:Shravati River

14.Which of the following ancient text deals with the ploughing rituals?

A. Shatapatha Brahmana
B. Upanishads
C. Aranyakas
D. Brahamanas

Answer:Shatapatha Brahmana

15.Who among the following was the founder of the Chola dyanasty?

A. Rajaraja I
B. Vijalaya Chola
C. Krishna I
D. Krishnadev Rai

Answer:Vijalaya Chola

GK QUESTION ON IMPORTANT DAYS IN AUGUST 2019

1.First Sunday of August is celebrated as:

A. Friendship Day
B. National Mountain Climbing Day
C. Yorkshire Day
D. None of the above

Answer: Friendship Day

2.4th August is celebrated as:

A. Yorkshire Day
B. National Fried Clam Day
C. U.S. Coast Guard Day
D. World UFO Day

Answer: U.S. Coast Guard Day

3.Hiroshima Day is observed on:

A. 3 August
B. 4 August
C. 5 August
D. 6 August

Answer: 6 August

4.12 August is celebrated as:

A. Nagasaki Day
B. International Youth Day
C. World Zoonoses Day
D. Canada Day

Answer: International Youth Day

5.Quit India Movement is observed on:

A. 6 August
B. 8 August
C. 9 August
D. 11 August

Answer:  8 August

6.International Day of World's Indigenous Peoples is celebrated on:

A. 3 August
B. 5 August
C. 7 August
D. 9 August

Answer: 9 August

7. On which date U.S dropped a bomb named 'Fat Man' on Japan?

A. 7 August, 1940
B. 8 August, 1942
C. 9 August, 1943
D. 9 August, 1945

Answer: 9 August, 1945

8.International Lefthanders Day is celebrated on:

A. 11 August
B. 12 August
C. 13 August
D. 14 August

Answer: 13 August

9.15 August is celebrated as:

A. Independence Day in India
B. Victory over Japan day
C. National Day of mourning (Bangladesh)
D. All the above

Answer: All the above

10.World Photography Day is observed on:

A. 16 August
B. 17 August
C. 18 August
D. 19 August

Answer: 19 August

11.To commemorate the memory of late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on which day Sadbhavna Diwas is observed?

A. 19 August
B. 20 August
C. 22 August
D. 23 August

Answer: 20 August

12. World Mosquito Day is observed on:

A. 20 August
B. 22 August
C. 23 August
D. None of the above

Answer: 20 August

13.National Sports Day is celebrated in honour of:

A. Dhyan Chand
B. Kapil Dev
C. Dhanraj Pillay
D. Kothajit Singh

Answer: Dhyan Chand

14.Malaysia National Day is celebrated on:

A. 26 August
B. 27 August
C. 19 August
D.31 August

Answer: 31 August

15.26 August is celebrated as:

A. Small Industry Day
B. Women's Equality Day
C. Indian Akshay Urja Day
D. World Humanitarian Day

Answer:  Women's Equality Day

IMPORTANT PREVIOUS YEARS QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER FOR TNPSC EXAM

1.Which one is not nitrogen fertilizer?

a) Ammonium sulphate
b)CAN
c)Urea
d)Gypsum

Answer: Gypsum

2.Plants which grow in saline swamps develop numerous upright aerial roots from normal roots that are called

a)Respiratory roots
b)Prop roots
c)Parasitic roots
d)Epiphytic roots

Answer: Respiratory roots 

3.Parotid gland is affected by

a)A(H1N i) virus
b)Hepatitis B-virus
c)Polio virus
d)Mumps virus

Answer: Mumps virus

4.The founder of Nalanda University

a)Chandra Gupta I
b)kumara Gupta
c)Skanda Gupta
d)Samudra Gupta

Answer: kumara Gupta

5.Which party in Tamil Nadu first introduced "Free Noon-Meal" scheme?

a)Congress
b)Justice party
c)Swaraj party
d)Dravidian party

Answer: Justice party

6. Krishnadevaraya wrote Amuktamalyada in the language of

a)Tamil
b)Kannada
c)Urdu
d)Telugu

Answer: Telugu

7.Who has received the award of 'Ezhisai Mannar' through Dr. S. Dharmambal?

a)T.K Bagavathy
b)M.K Radha
c)M.K Thiyagaraja Bagavathar
d)N.S. Krishnan

Answer: M.K Thiyagaraja Bagavathar

8.Which is known as "Whispering gallery"

a)Golgumbaz
b)Jumma Mosque
c)Golconda
d)Madarasa

Answer: Golgumbaz 

9.The sub division Patta transfer order is issued by

a)Tahsildar
b)Deputy Tahsildar
c)Revenue Inspector
d)Firka Surveyor

Answer: Tahsildar

10.The Treaty of Purandhar was signed in the year

a)1656 AD
b)1665 AD
c)1660 AD
d)1670 AD

Answer: 1665 AD 

11.Most of the Mangrove (Sundari) trees are found in the deltas of

a)Narmadha
b)Mahanadhi
c)Hoogly
d)Cauvery

Answer: Hoogly

12.A major user of wind energy in the world is

a)Asia
b)Europe
c)South America
d)North America

Answer: Europe 

13."Operation calm down" is associated with which state?

a)Tamilnadu
b)Andhra Pradesh
c)Jammu Kashmir
d)Bihar

Answer: Jammu Kashmir 

14.Primary Sector consists of

a)Trade
b)Construction
c)Tele Communication
d)Agriculture

Answer: Agriculture

15.The first demographer was

a)T.R. Malthus
b)Adam Smith
c)J.S. Mill
d)Karl Marx

Answer: T.R. Malthus

16.The Election Commission of India is an

a) Independent body
b)Statutory body
c)Private body
d)Public corporation

Answer:  Independent body 

17.The term of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly is

a)4 years
b)5 years
c)6 years
d)7 years

Answer: 6years 

18.The Government of India introduced the Right to Education on

a)15th August 1947
b)26th January 1950
c)1st April 2010
d)10th December 1789

Answer: 1st April 2010

19.Lok Adalat was introduced in

a)1950
b)1987
c)1984
d)2000

Answer: 1987

20.The Indian Constitution consists of fundamental rights under Part

a)Part IV
b)Part III
c)Part II
d)Part I

Answer: Part III

21.Which country is set to become the first ever cashless country in the world?

a)Sweden
b)Netherlands
c)Japan
d)China

Answer: Sweden

22.Which Indian cricketer has become the first batsman to cross the 10,000 run mark in Ranji Trophy Tournaments?

a)Abishek Nayar
b)Parthiv Patel
c)Wasirn Jaffer
d)Baba Aparajith

Answer: Wasirn Jaffer

23.The New Science 'ECONOMETRICS' is a combination of

a)Economics, History, Physics
b)Economics, Maths, Statistics
c)Economics, Maths, Computer Science
d)Economics, History, Ethics

Answer: Economics, Maths, Statistics

24.Central Government's Indra dhanush Programme is related to

a)Rivers Link Programme
b)Immunization Programme
c)Rivers Cleaning Project
d)Clean India Project

Answer:  Immunization Programme

25.India's First Dolphin Reserve Community is established in

a)Kerala
b)Maharastra
c)Tamil Nadu
d)West Bengal

Answer: West Bengal

INDIAN GEOGRAPHY QUESTION ANSWER FOR COMPETITIVE EXAM

1.The percentage of irrigated land in India is about.

(A) 45

(B) 65

(C) 35

(D) 25

Answer: 35

2.The pass located at the southern end of the Nilgiri Hills in south India is called

(A) the Palghat gap

(B) the Bhorghat pass

(C) the Thalgat pass

(D) the Bolan pass

Answer: the Palghat gap

3.The principal copper deposits of India lie in which of the following places?

(A) Hazaribag and Singbhum of Bihar

(B) Khetri and Daribo areas of Rajasthan

(C) Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh

(D) Siwaliks in Uttar Pradesh and in Karnataka

Answer: Hazaribag and Singbhum of Bihar

4.The Yarlung Zangbo River, in India, is known as

(A) Ganga

(B) Indus

(C) Brahmaputra

(D) Mahanadi

Answer: Brahmaputra

5.The Salal Project is on the river

(A) Chenab

(B) Jhelum

(C) Ravi

(D) Sutlej

Answer: Chenab

6.The only zone in the country that produces gold is also rich in iron is

(A) North-eastern zone

(B) North-western zone

(C) Southern zone

(D) None of the above

Answer: Southern zone

7.The India's highest annual rainfall is reported at

(A) Namchi, Sikkim

(B) Churu, Rajasthan

(C) Mawsynram, Meghalaya

(D) Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Answer: Mawsynram, Meghalaya

8.What is the predominant type of Indian agriculture?

(A) Commercial agriculture

(B) Extensive agriculture

(C) plantation agriculture

(D) subsistence agriculture

Answer: subsistence agriculture

9.The Radcliffe line is a boundary between

(A) India and Pakistan

(B) India and China

(C) India and Myanmar

(D) India and Afghanistan

Answer: India and Pakistan

10.The typical area of sal forest in the Indian peninsular upland occurs

(A) on the western ghats

(B) between the Tapti and the Narmada

(C) to the north-east of the Godavari

(D) on the Malwa plateau

Answer: on the Malwa plateau

11.The year ____ is called a Great Divide in the demographic history of India.

A.1901

B.1921

C.1941

D.1951

Answer: 1921

12.The only state in India that produces saffron is

A.Assam

B.Himachal Pradesh

C.Jammu and Kashmir

D.Meghalaya

Answer: Jammu and Kashmir

13.Which of the following food grain crops occupies the largest part of the cropped area in India?

A.Barley and maize

B.Jowar and bajra

C.Rice

D.Wheat

Answer: Rice

14.The oldest rocks in India are reported from

A.Dharwar region, Karnataka

B.Aravalli range, Rajasthan

C.Vindhyan range, Madhya Pradesh

D.Siwalik range, Punjab

Answer: Dharwar region, Karnataka

15.Which of the following groups of rivers originate from the Himachal mountains?

A.Beas, Ravi, and Chenab

B.Ravi, Chenab, and Jhelum

C.Sutlej, Beas, and Ravi

D.Sutlej, Ravi, and Jhelum

Answer: Beas, Ravi, and Chenab

16.Which of the following groups of states have the largest deposits of iron ore?

A.Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka

B.Bihar and Orissa

C.Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

D.West Bengal and Assam

Answer: Bihar and Orissa

17.The Shimla Convention is an agreement that sets

A.Shimla as a tourist spot

B.Shimla as the capital of Himachal Pradesh

C.boundary between India and Tibet

D.None of the above

Answer: boundary between India and Tibet

18.The oldest oil field in India is the ____ field, in ____

A.Anleshwar, Gujarat

B.Bombay High, Maharashtra

C.Nawagam, Gujarat

D.Digboi, Assam

Answer: Digboi, Assam

19.The south-west monsoon contributes ____ of the total rain in India.

A.86%

B.50%

C.22%

D.100%

Answer: 86%

20.The mountain building in the Himalayas began

A.about 45 million years ago

B.when the continental plates of India and Eurasia converged on each other

C.both (a) and (b)

D.None of the above

Answer: both (a) and (b)