1)The Nuclear Power Station Rawatbhata is in which State?
a) Maharashtra
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Rajasthan
d) Tamil Nadu
2) To Port Blair, one of the following cities is geographically nearest?
a) Kolkata
b) Kuala Lumpur
c) Singapore
d) Yangon
3) Which of the following towns is located Eastern most?
a) Bokaro
b) Jamshedpur
c) Patna
d) Ranchi
4) Which of the following crops would be preferred for sowing in order to enrich the soil with nitrogen?
a) Wheat
b) Mustard
c) Sunflower
d) Gram
5) In which one of the following places is the headquarters of North-Eastern Railway located?
a) Guwahati
b) Gorakhpur
c) Kolkata
d) Bhubaneshwar
6) The highest mountain peak in India is :
(a) Kanchenjunga
(b) Mount Everest
(c) Mt. K2
(d) Nanda Devi
7) Arrange the following ranges in order as they occur from north to south:
1. Pir Panjal
2. Karakoram
3. Zanskar
4. Ladakh
(a) II, IV, III, I
(b) II, III, IV, I
(c) I, II, IV, III
(d) III, II, IV, I
8) Which one of the following shows the correct sequence of occurrence of the following towns/cities as one proceeds from west to east?
(a) Ajmer, Darbhanga, Kohima, Sikhar
(b) Surat, Ward ha, Rourkela, Bharuch
(c) Pandharpur, Gulbarga, Kottagudem, Vishakhapatnam
(d) Anand, Rajkot, Dhanbad, Aizawl
9) River Damodar is called ‘Sorrow of Bengal’ because it :
(a) gets flooded often causing havoc
(b) causes maximum soil erosion
(c) forms number of dangerous waterfalls
(d) is not a perennial river
10) The second largest basin in Peninsular India is:
(a) Cauvery Basin
(b) Godavari Basin
(c) Narmada Basin
(d) Krishna Basin
11) The state which has attained the dubious distinction of being topper in the list with the highest encroachment of forest land:
(a) Bihar
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Haryana
(d) Punjab
12) The place which experiences minimum and maximum temperature of – 28.3°C and 15°C respectively is:
(a) Srinagar
(b) Shimla
(c) Kullu
(d) Leh
13) Murrah is a breed of:
(a) pig
(b) buffalo
(c) sheep
(d) goat
14) The approximate representation of land use classification in India is
(a) net area sown 25%; forests 33%; other areas 42%
(b) net area sown 58%; forests 17%; other areas 25%
(c) net area sown 43%; forests 29%; other areas 28%
(d) net area sown 47%; forests 23%; other areas 30%
15) Match the following:
Dam River
A. Gandhi Sagar 1. Bhagirathi
B. Jayakawadi 2. Krishna
C. Nagarjuna 3. Godavari
D. Tehri 4. Chambal
A B C D
(a) 4 3 2 1
(b) 3 1 4 2
(c) 2 4 3 1
(d) 4 2 1 3