301. Which of the following fertilizer plants is not in the public sector?
(a) Bhatinda
(b) Nangal
(c) Kota
(d) Gorakhpur
Ans: (c)
302. The deepest mine in Asia is
(a) Jaduguda mine
(b) Kolar Gold mine
(c) Suladesi mine
(d) West Irian mine
Ans: (b)
303. "The Dowlaiswaram Anicut" is an important canal system in the
(a) Godavari Delta
(b) Krishna Delta
(c) Ganga Delta
(d) Cauvery Delta
Ans: (a)
304. One-tenth of the total salt produced in India comes from
(a) Tamil Nadu Coast
(b) Sambhar Lake
(c) Chilka Lake
(d) Wular Lake
Ans: (b)
305. In which part of India is Dogri spoken?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Assam
(c) Jammu and Kashmir
(d) Rajasthan
Ans: (c)
306. The Gobindsagar Reservoir is in
(a) Mettur Dam
(b) Bhakra Dam
(c) Ranjit Sagar Dam
(d) Rajasthan Canal
Ans: (b)
307. 'Sagar Samrat' is
(a) an oil drilling platform in Mumbai High
(b) an island in Indian Ocean
(c) a ship used for Antarctica expedition
(d) a space craft
Ans: (a)
308. Which one of the following types of erosion is responsible for the formation of Chambal Ravines?
(a) Splash
(b) Sheet
(c) Rill
(d) Gully
Ans: (d)
309. The longest distance covered by one Broad Gauge train in India is between
(a) Kanniyakumari and Jammu Tawi
(b) Guwahati and Tiruvananthpuram
(c) New Delhi and Chennai
(d) Gorakhpur and Cochin
Ans: (a)
310. The system or shifting cultivation in the north eastern region of India is called
(a) Jhuming
(b) Bewar
(c) Taungya
(d) Ladang
Ans: (a)
311. Diamond mine are being worked at _____.
(a) Hazaribagh, Jharkhand
(b) Kolar, Karnataka
(c) Neyveli, Tamil Nadu
(d) Panna, Madhya Pradesh
Ans: (d)
312. The Portuguese possessions Goa, Daman and Diu were liberated in _______.
(a) 1961
(b) 1971
(c) 1981
(d) 1951
Ans: (a)
313. Sriharikota, an important unit or the Indian Space Research Organisation is located in State.
(a) Kerala
(b) Karnataka
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Tamil Nadu
Ans: (c)
314. Which among the following pairs of places have most marked difference in total rainfall per annum even though located approximately along the same latitude?
(a) Bengaluru and Chennai
(b) Mumbai and Visakhapatnam
(c) Ajmer and Shillong
(d) Nagpur and Kolkata
Ans: (c)
315. Loktak is a
(a) Valley
(b) Lake
(c) River
(d) Mountain Range
Ans: (b)
316. Periyar Wild Life Sanctuary is located in ______ State.
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Kerala
(d) Karnataka
Ans: (c)
317. The highest dam in India is the dam.
(a) Maithan
(b) Bhakra
(c) Hirakud
(d) Machkund
Ans: (b)
318. Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand has rich deposits of
(a) gold
(b) mica
(c) gypsum
(d) lead
Ans: (b)
319. The oldest nuclear power plant at Tarapur is located on the border between
(a) Maharashtra and Karnataka
(b) Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
(c) Maharashtra and Gujarat
(d) Gujarat and Rajasthan
Ans: (c)
320. Nayveli Power Project is a _______ Power Project.
(a) Hydro-electric
(b) Nuclear
(c) Thermal
(d) Non-conventional
Ans: (c)
321. In Thanjavur delta _______ crop is cultivated three times in a year.
(a) Wheat
(b) Rice
(c) Sugarcane
(d) Groundnut
Ans: (b)
322. The National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organisation (NATMO) is located at
(a) Kolkata
(b) Lucknow
(c) Dehradun
(d) New Delhi
Ans: (a)
323. The great one horned Indian Rhino is round in
(a) Corbett National Park
(b) Kanha National Park
(c) Kaziranga Game Sanctuary
(d) Periyar Game Sanctuary
Ans: (c)
324. The 'Ruhr or India' is
(a) Mumbai-Pune region
(b) Damodar Valley region
(c) Chennai-Bengaluru region
(d) Delhi-Kanpur region
Ans: (b)
325. In India the yield per hectare is very low in
(a) intensive farming
(b) extensive farming
(c) commercial cultivation
(d) plantation agriculture
Ans: (b)
