How many National waterways are there in India ?
The oldest oil refinery in India is at ?
The most plausible explanation for the location of the Thar desert in western India is ?
Which of the following groups of states has the largest deposits of iron ore ?
The pointer or arrow of the magnetized needle of a compass indicates which among the following ?
Which of the following groups accounts for over 90 per cent of India’s annual coal production ?
Which city is known as ‘Blue City’ ?
The northern boundary of the peninsular plateau of Indian runs parallel to the Ganga and the Yamuna from Rajmahal hills to a point near Allahabad ?
What is the name of the tallest mountain in India ?
What’s the only continent in all four hemispheres -– north, east, south and west ?
1 The pointer or arrow of the magnetized needle of a compass indicates which among the following ?
[A] Geographic North Pole
[B] Magnetic North Pole
[C] Geomagnetic North Pole
[D] Magnetic South Pole
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2 What is the name of the tallest mountain in India?
[A] Kanchenjunga
[B] Everest
[C] Elbrus
[D] Damavand
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3 The northern boundary of the peninsular plateau of Indian runs parallel to the Ganga and the Yamuna from Rajmahal hills to a point near
[A] Allahabad
[B] Delhi
[C] Gwalior
[D] Jaipur
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4 Which city is known as ‘Blue City’?
[A] Dehradun
[B] Jodhpur
[C] Jaipur
[D] Kanpur
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5 Which of the following groups accounts for over 90 per cent of India’s annual coal production?
[A] Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal
[B] Bihar, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh
[C] Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
[D] West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
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6 What’s the only continent in all four hemispheres -– north, east, south and west?
[A] South America
[B] North America
[C] Africa
[D] Australia
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7 The oldest oil refinery in India is at
[A] Digboi, Assam
[B] Haldia, near Kolkata
[C] Koyali, near Baroda
[D] Noonmati, Assam
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8 The most plausible explanation for the location of the Thar desert in western India is
[A] the obstruction caused by the Aravalis to the rain-bearing wind that proceeds to the Ganga Valley
[B] the evaporation of moisture by heat
[C] the absence of mountains to the north of Rajasthan to cause orographic rainfall in it
[D] that the moisture carried by the South-west monsoon is driven away by the dry upper air current
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9 Which of the following groups of states has 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
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10 How many National waterways are there in India ?
[A] 3
[B] 5
[C] 9
[D] 10
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