1. The famous Lagoon lake of India is:
1) Dal Lake
2) Chilka Lake
3) Pulicat Lake
4) Mansarover
Ans: 2) Chilka Lake
2. Where is “Raisina Hills”?
1) Where Rashtrapati Bhawan is situated.
2) The hill feature in Srinagar otherwise known as ‘Shankaracharya Hills’.
3) The place where the Dogra Rulers of J&K built their fort in Jammu.
4) The rock feature in Kanyakumari where Swami Vivekananda’s statue was erected.
Ans: 1) Where Rashtrapati Bhawan is situated.
3. Which of the following passes lies in the Sutlej valley?
1) Nathu La
2) Jelep La
3) Shipki La
4) Sherabathanga
Ans: 3) Shipki La
4. Where is Khyber Pass situated?
1) Bhutan
2) &
nbsp; Bangladesh
3) India
4) Pakistan
Ans: 4) Pakistan
5. Where is Panzseer valley situated?
1) Lebanon
2) Afghanistan
3) Jammu & Kashmir
4) Syria
Ans: 2) Afghanistan
6. The pilgrims of Kailash Mansarover have to pass through which pass to enter into Tibet?
1) Khardungla
2) Rohtang
3) Lipu Likh
4) Nathu La
Ans: 4) Nathu La
7. Which of the following cities lies to the western most longitude?
1) Jaipur
2) Nagpur
3) Bhopal
4) Hyderabad
Ans: 1) Jaipur
8. Which one of the following river flows through a Rift valley?
1) Godavari
2) Narmada
3) Krishna
4) Mahanadi
Ans: 2) Narmada
9. Duncan Passage is located between
1) South and Little Andaman
2) North and South Andaman
3) North and Middle Andaman
4) Andaman and Nicobar
Ans: 1) South and Little Andaman
10. India lies in the
1) Northern and eastern
2) Southern and eastern
3) Northern and western
4) Northern and southern
Ans: 1) Northern and eastern
11. Which of the following mountain ranges in India are the oldest?
1) The great Himalayas
2) The Vindhyas range
3) The Aravalli range
4) Sahyadris
Ans: 3) The Aravalli range
12. Which foreign country is closest to the Andaman Islands?
1) Sri Lanka
2) Myanmar
3) Indonesia
4) Pakistan
Ans: 2) Myanmar
13. 82.5°E longitude is geographically significant to India because
1) It determines the Indian standard time.
2) It has a bearing on the tropical climate of India.
3) It divides into eastern and western zones.
4) It enables determining local time in eastern India.
Ans: 1) It determines the Indian standard time.
14. Which one of the following uplands is not a part of the Telangana Plateau?
1) Aravalli
2) Western Ghats
3) Eastern Ghats
4) Satpura
Ans: 1) Aravalli
15. Which of the following processes is responsible for the formation of sand dunes in western Rajasthan?
1) Wind erosion
2) Erosion by water
3) Wind deposition
4) Mechanical Weathering
Ans: 3) Wind deposition
16.Which part of the Himalayas has the maximum stretch from east to west?
1) Kumaun Himalayas
2) Assam Himalayas
3) Punjab Himalayas
4) Nepal Himalayas
Ans: 4) Nepal Himalayas
17. The standard time of a country differs from the GMT in multiples of
1) Two hours
2) One hour
3) Half hour
4) Four minutes
Ans: 3) Half hours
18. The standard time of India is:
1) 5 and half hours ahead of GMT
2) 4 and half hours ahead of GMT
3) 4 hours ahead of GMT
4) 5 and half hours behind of GMT
Ans: 1) 5 and half hours ahead of GMT
19. The Indian sub- continent was originally a part of
1) Jurassic land
2) Angara Land
3) Arya-varta
4) Gondwana Land
Ans: 4) Gondwana Land
20. Naga, Khasi and Garo Hills are located in
1) Purvanchal ranges
2) Karakoram range
3) Zaskar Ranges
4) Himalaya Ranges
Ans: 1) Purvanchal ranges
21. Which of the following mountain ranges lies in India?
1) Arakan Yoma
2) Sulainian
3) Salt range
4) Pir Panjal
Ans: 4) Pir Panjal
22. Which one among the following is the highest peak?
1) Kamet
2) Kun Lun
3) Nanga
4) Nanda Devi
Ans: 4) Nanda Devi
23. The only ape of India found in hill forest of Assam and Nagaland is
1) Orangutan
2) Gibbon
3) Chimpanzee
4) Gorilla
Ans: 2) Gibbon
24. The approximate length of the coastline of India is
1) 5500 km
2) 6000 km
3) 6500 km
4) 7000 km
Ans: 4) 7000 km
25. Baltora glacier is located in
1) Karakoram ranges
2) Pamir plateau
3) Shivalik
4) Alps
Ans: 1) Karakoram ranges
26. Which of the following will never get the vertical rays of the Sun
1) Mumbai
2) Chennai
3) Thiruvananthapuram
4) Srinagar
Ans: 4) Srinagar
27. The southern tip of India is
1) Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari)
2) Point Calimere
3) Indira point in Nicobar Islands
4) Kovalam in Thiruvananthapuram
Ans: 3) Indira point in Nicobar Islands
28. The latitude passing through the Northernmost part of India is
1) 35°N
2) 36°N
3) 37°N
4) 38°N
Ans: 1) 35°N
29. The coastal tract of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu is called
1) Konkan
2) Coromandel
3) East Coast
4) Malabar Coast
Ans: 2) Coromandel
30. Which Indian state has the largest coastline?
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Maharashtra
3) Orissa
4) Tamil Nadu
Ans: 1) Andhra Pradesh
31. Indian Standard Time relates to
1) 75.5°E longitude
2) 82.5°E longitude
3) 90.5°E longitude
4) 0° longitude
Ans: 2) 82.5°E longitude
32. Which one of the following is the second highest peak of the world?
1) Dhaulagiri
2) Kanchenjunga
3) K2
4) Nanda Devi
Ans: 3) K2
33. Badland topography is characteristic
1) Chambal Valley
2) Coastal area
3) Sundarban delta
4) Gulf of Kachchh
Ans:1) Chambal Valley
34. ‘Loktak’ is a
1) Valley
2) Lake
3) River
4) Mountain range
Ans: 2) Lake
35. The pass located in Himachal Pradesh is
1) Shipkila
2) Zojila
3) Nathula
4) Jelepla
Ans: 1) Shipkila
36. The Thar Express goes to
1) Afghanistan
2) Bangladesh
3) Pakistan
4) Myanmar
Ans: 3) Pakistan
37. Which one of the following is the coastal district in Kerala
1) Palghat
2) Wayanad
3) Kovalam
4) Idukki
Ans: 3) Kovalam
38. In the North East of the Deccan Plateau is the –
1) Chhota Nagpur Plateau
2) Malwa Plateau
3) Deccan Plateau
4) Vindhyan Range
Ans: 1) Chhota Nagpur Plateau
39. Where did a major earthquake take place in India in 1999?
1) Latur
2) Jabalpur
3) Chamoli
4) Uttar Kashi
Ans: 3) Chamoli
40. The largest brackish water lake of India is in the state of
1) Jammu and Kashmir
2) Maharashtra
3) Orissa
4) West bengal
Ans: 3) Orissa
41. The valley of kashmir is located on a
1) Nappe
2) Fault trough
3) Plateau
4) Plane
Ans: 1) Nappe
42. Palk strait separates
1) India and Pakistan
2) India and Burma
3) India and Sri Lanka
4) India and Afghanistan
Ans: 3) India and Sri Lanka
43. Mansarovar lake is situated in
1) Nepal
2) India
3) Tibet
4) Bhutan
Ans: 3) Tibet
44. ‘Kulu Valley’ in India is famous for the cultivation of
1) Grapes
2) Potatoes
3) Apples
4) Strawberry
Ans: 3) Apples
45. An example of ‘horseshoe’ shaped coral islands in the neighbourhood of India is
1) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
2) Maldives
3) Lakshadweep
4) Sri Lanka
Ans: 3) Lakshadweep
46. In which of the following states, wheat is not produced?
1) Maharashtra
2) Karnataka
3) Tamil Nadu
4) West Bengal
Ans: 3) Tamil Nadu
47. Pruning is an essential part in cultivation of:
1) Rubber
2) Tobacco
3) Coffee
4) Tea
Ans: 4) Tea
48. The maximum area under crops in India:
1) Wheat
2) Rice
3) Sugarcane
4) Cotton
Ans: 2) Rice
49. The variety of coffee largely grown in India is:
1) Old chicks
2) Coorgs
3) Arabica
4) Kents
Ans: 3) Arabica
50. Under which plan did the Government introduce an agricultural strategy which gave rise to the Green Revolution?
1) Sixth Five year plan
2) Second Five year plan
3) Fourth Five year plan
4) Third Five year plan
Ans: 4) Third Five year plan
51.The production of onion is highest in the:
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Maharashtra
4) Andhra Pradesh
Ans: 3) Maharashtra
52. Which of the following is not a Kharif crop?
1) Rice
2) Wheat
3) Sugarcane
4) Cotton
Ans: 2) Wheat
53. Which of the following States has the largest concentration of tea plantation in India?
1) Assam
2) Bihar
3) Meghalaya
4) Arunachal Pradesh
Ans: 1) Assam
54. The Indian Rice Research Institute is located at
1) Kolkata
2) Vardhman
3) Trivandrum
4) Cuttack
Ans: 4) Cuttack
55. Which is the home of “ Alphonso mango”?
1) Ratnagiri
2) Benaras
3) Malda
4) Vijaywada
Ans: 1) Ratnagiri
56. Where is India’s most priced tea grown?
1) Jorhat
2) Darjeeling
3) Nilgiris
4) Munnar
Ans: 2) Darjeeling
57. Cultivation of wheat requires
1) Moderate temperature and heavy rains
2) Humid temperatures and heavy rains
3) Humid temperatures and moderate rains
4) Moderate temperature and moderate rains
Ans: 4) Moderate temperature and moderate rains
58. Kharif crops are sown
1) In the beginning of the South West monsoon
2) At the end of South West monsoon
3) At the beginning of North East Monsoon
4) At the end of North East monsoon
Ans: 1) In the beginning of the South West monsoon
59. The crops grown after the summer monsoon are called
1) Kharif
2) Rabi
3) Annual
4) Seasonal
Ans: 2) Rabi
60. The ‘Green Revolution’ was mainly directed to increase the production of
1) Cash crops
2) Pulses
3) foodgrains
4) Minor millets
Ans: 3) foodgrains
61. Which of the following is the main spice producer?
1) Deccan Trap
2) Malabar Coast
3) Coromandel Coast
4) Sunderbans delta
Ans: 2) Malabar Coast
62. ‘Operation Flood’ is related to
1) Flood Control
2) Arrangement of drinking water
3) Milk production
4) None of these
Ans: 3) Milk production
63. Monoculture is a typical characteristic of
1) Shifting cultivation
2) Subsistence farming
3) Specialised horticulture
4) Commercial grain farming
Ans: 4) Commercial grain farming
64. Green Revolution was most successful in the states of
1) Punjab & Tamil Nadu
2) Punjab, Haryana and UP
3) Haryana
4) UP and Haryana
Ans: 2) Punjab, Haryana and UP
65. Blue Revolution is related to:
1) Fish Production
2) Milk Production
3) Oil Production
4) Food Production
Ans: 1) Fish Production
66. Green Revolution in India has been most successful incase of
1) Sugarcane
2) Coarse grains
3) Wheat
4) Rice
Ans: 3) Wheat
67. The largest irrigated area in India is occupied by
1) Sugarcane
2) Rice
3) Cotton
4) Wheat
Ans: 2) Rice
68. In India, “Yellow Revolution” is associated with
1) Production of paddy
2) Production of oil seeds
3) Production of Tea
4) Production of Flower
Ans: 2) Production of oil seeds
69. Which of the following is considered as a cash crop in India?
1) Maize
2) Gram
3) Onion
4) Wheat
Ans: 2) Gram
70. “Slash and Burn agriculture” is the name given to
1) Method of potato cultivation
2) Process of deforestation
3) Mixed farming
4) Shifting Cultivation
Ans: 4) Shifting Cultivation
71. Rotation of crops mean
1) Growing of different crops in succession to maintain soil fertility
2) Some crops are grown again and again
3) Two or more crops are grown simultaneously to increase productivity
4) None of the above
Ans: 1) Growing of different crops in succession to maintain soil fertility
72. Which one of the following is not a plantation crop?
1) Tea
2) Coffee
3) Rubber
4) Sugarcane
Ans: 4) Sugarcane
73. ‘Jhum Cultivation’ is a method of cultivation which is used to be practised in
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Central Highlands
3) Coastal Tamil Nadu
4) Nagaland
Ans: 2) Central Highlands
74. In Indian Agriculture, the period from July to Oct-November is called
1) Rabi Season
2) Kharif season
3) Pre-Kharif season
4) Slack Session
Ans: 2) Kharif season
75. Find out the mismatched pair in the following:
1) Tea-Assam
2) Groundnut-Bihar
3) Coconut-Kerala
4) Sugarcane-Uttar Pradesh
Ans: 2) Groundnut-Bihar
76. “Brown Revolution” is
1) Growth of fodder industry
2) Growth of sea products
3) Growth of food products
4) Growth of food processing and soft drinks industries in India
Ans: 4) Growth of food processing and soft drinks industries in India
77. “Golden Revolution” refers to-
1) Sericulture
2) Horticulture
3) Apiculture
4) Viticulture
Ans: 2) Horticulture
78. Green Revolution was started in:
1) 1960
2) 1970
3) 1980
4) 1990
Ans: 1) 1960
79.Which of the following is called “brown paper”?
1) Jute
2) Cotton
3) Rubber
4) Tea
Ans: 1) Jute
80. The culture of silkworms is called:
1) Apiculture
2) Horticulture
3) Pisciculture
4) Sericulture
Ans: 4) Sericulture
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