1) Coffee is
largely produced in
a) Assam
b) Kerala
c) Karnataka
d) Tamil Nadu
2) Which state of
India is the largest state in India?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Maharashtra
Rajasthan
3) Which of the
following types of soil are found in India?
a) Block Soil
b) Red Soil
c) Alluvial Soil
d) All of the above
4) Which one of the
following countries has the longest international boundary with India?
a) Pakistan
b) Bhutan
c) China
d) Bangladesh
5) Where is the
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport located at?
a) New Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Kolkata
d) Guwahati
6) Who is the first
Indian woman to feature in a postal stomp?
a) Indira Gandhi
b) Sarojini Naidu
c) Meera Bai
d) Rani Laxmi Bai
7) Which of the
following is the 28 state of India?
a) Uttarakhand
b) Jharkhand
c) Chhattisgarh
d) Gorkhaland
8) The capital of
Mizoram is:
a) Imphal
b) Shilling
c) Kohima
d) Aizawl
9) The famous Salar
Jung Museum is situated in
a) Assam
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Telangana
d) Uttar Pradesh
10) Which of the
following is the largest employer in India?
a) Food Corporation
of India
b) Posts and
Telegraph Department
c) Indian Railway
d) Steel Authority
of India
11) Where is the
Zonal Headquarters of West Central Railway located?
a) Bhopal
b) Jabalpur
c) Bilaspur
d) Hubli
12) From when was
the production of steam locomotives discontinued in India?
a) 1970 A.D
b) 1972 A.D
c) 1975 A.D
d) 1980 A.D
13) From land mass
point of view, India’s position in the world is:
a) Second
b) Fourth
c) Seventh
d) Sixth
14) Chittaranjan
(West Bengal) is famous for
a) Ship
Manufacturing
b) Locomotive
Industry
c) Oil Field
d) Steel Plant
15) Durand line is
the border common to which two countries?
a) India and China
b) China and
Afghanistan
c) India and Tibet
d) Pakistan and Afghanistan
16) One of the most
daunting engineering tasks undertaken by the Indian railways, across wilderness
of the Eastern Ghats. This description fits the
a) Konkan railway
connecting Trivandrum with Mumbai
b) Koraput –
Ryagada rail line
c) Guwahathi –
Silchar rail line
d) Didrugarh –
Gorakhpur rail line
17) Which of the
following is the brightest planet?
a) Mercury
b) Venus
c) Mars
d) Jupiter
18) Where is the
Zonal Headquarters of North Westerns Railway located?
a) Bilaspur
b) Jaipur
c) Udaipur
d) Ajmer
19) Kaziranga
National Park is located at:
a) West Bengal
b) Assam
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Manipur
20) Which of the
following river is the east flowing river of peninsular India?
a) Tapti
b) Mahanadi
c) Narmada
d) None of these
21) India is the
largest producer and consumer of
a) Paddy
b) Tea
c) Coffee
d) Sugar
22) Which of the
following soils in India is most fertile?
a) Regur
b) Alluvial soil
c) Laterite Soil
d) Red Soil
23) In which of the
following states is the site of Nhava Sheve Port located?
a) Kerala
b) Karnataka
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Maharashtra
Note: Jawaharlal
Nehru Port also known as Nhava Sheva, is the largest container port in India
located south of Mumbai
24) Which of the
following is the driest region in India?
a) Telangana
b) Marwar
c) Vidarbha
d) Marathwada
25) Which is a
tropical food crop requiring a temperature of 27oc and a rainfall
more than 100cm?
a) Wheat
b) Maize
c) Rice
d) Barley
26) After which one
of the following tribes of India: has a largest continent of ancient geological
history of the world been named?
a) Santhals
b) Bhils
c) Marias
d) Gonds
27) Which of the
following is largely used in textile industries in India?
a) Wool
b) Cotton
c) Synthetic fibres
d) Jute
28) Coffee is a:
a) Sub tropical
shrub
b) Warm temperate
shrub
c) Tropical shrub
d) Cool temperate
shrub
29) How much land
area in India is under forests?
a) About 17%
b) About 24%
c) About 18%
d) About 20%
30) Which one of
the following statement is not true for laterite soils?
a) They are the
soils of the humid tropical regions
b) They are highly
leached soils
c) Their fertility
is low
d) They are rich in
lime
31) Which of the
following states is the largest producer of mica in India?
a) Rajastan
b) Karnataka
c) Jharkhand
d) Madya Pradesh
32) The Industry for
which Nepa Nagar is known as:
a) Cement
b) Fertilizer
c) Handlooms
d) Newsprint paper
33) The Nagarjuna
sagar project is constructed on the river:
a) Kaveri
b) Kristna
c) Godavari
d) Indus
34) The largest
estuary in India is at the month of river:
a) Bhagirathi
b) Hooghly
c) Godavari
d) Krishna
35) India is the
largest producer of :
a) Cotton
b) Rice
c) Mica
d) Tea
36) Which food crop
in India is sown in October – November and reaped in April?
a) Coconut
b) Coffee
c) Rice
d) Wheat
37) The Alamatti
Dam is constructed on the river:
a) Kaveri
b) Seeleru
c) Krishna
d) Tungabhadra
38) Which of the
following States is most famous for its beautiful sea beaches?
a) Gujarat
b) Goa
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Orissa
39) Which one of
the following is not practices is adopted for restoring the fertility of soil?
Weeding
a) Levelling
b) Fallowing
c) Harrowing
40) The Eastern
Coast of India is known as:
a) Eastern Plateau
b) Bengal Coast
c) Coromandel Coast
d) Cyclonic Coast
41) Which of the
following dams is the largest?
a) Mython Dam
b) Bhakra Nangal
Dam
c) Hirakud dam
d) Nagarjuna Sagar
Dam
42) Which of the
following states is the largest producer of lignite?
a) Orissa
b) Bihar
c) West Bengal
d) Tamil Nadu
43) The ideal
monsoon system is developed in:
a) Mexico
b) India
c) Thailand
d) China
44) The state which
occupies the first place in India in the production of Tobacco is:
a) Tamil Nadu
b) West Bengal
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Maharashtra
45) The largest
brackish water lake of India is in the state of:
a) Jammu and
Kashmir
b) Maharashtra
c) Orissa
d) West Bengal
Note: India’s
largest brakish water lake: Chilika
46) Which gets
first monsoon in summer?
a) Western Ghats
b) Himalayas
c) Eastern Ghats
d) Gangetic Plains
47) Block Pagoda is
found at:
a) Khajuraho
b) Konark
c) Madurai
d) Egypt
48) The period by
which the entire country in India comes under southwest monsoon is:
a) 1st
to 10th June
b) 10th
to 20th June
c) 20th
to 30th June
d) 1st
to 15 July
49) The most
extensive soil cover of India comprises:
a) Laterite soils
b) Black soils
c) Alluvial soils
d) Marshy soils
50) Evergreen rain
forest is mainly found in regions having well distributed annual rainfall
a) Below 50 cm
b) 50 – 100 cm
c) 100 – 200 cm
d) More than 200 cm
51) Which one of
the following organizations is responsible for publishing topographical sheets?
a) Geological
Survey of India
b) National Atlas
& Thematic Mapping Organisation
c) Indian
Meteorological Department
d) Survey of India
52) The state
having the largest density of population per square kilometer in India is:
a) Kerala
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) West Bengal
d) Bihar
53) Access to raw
material is the main basis for the location of:
a) Sugarcane
industry
b) Aluminum
industry
c) Electronic
industry
d) Hi tech industry
54) Which of the following
Himalayan peaks is situated in Assam?
a) Nanda Devi
b) Namche Barwa
c) Dhaulagiri
d) Kedarnath
55) Mozambique
current forms part of currents of:
a) North Pacific
b) South Pacific
c) Indian Ocean
d) Pacific Ocean
56) High
temperature and low pressure over the Indian subcontinent during the summer
season, draws air from the Indian ocean leading to the in blowing of the :
a) South east
monsoon
b) South west
monsoon
c) Trade winds
d) Westerlies
57) The oldest
Mountains in India are:
a) Vindhyas
b) Satpura
c) Himalayas
d) Aravallis
58) The Tropic of
Cancer passes through ___
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Maharashtra
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Madhya Pradesh
59) Lines drawn
parallel to the equator are called:
a) Meridians
b) Longitudes
c) Latitudes
d) None of these
60) The equatorial
radius of the Earth is approximately:
a) 12,700 km
b) 6,900 km
c) 6,400 km
d) 11,600 km
61) The equator,
the Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn run through the continents of:
a) Australia
b) North America
c) South America
d) Africa
62) The Earth is at
the largest distance from the Sun (Aphelion) on :
a) June 21st
b) January 3rd
c) July 4th
d) September 23rd
63) The Richter Scale
is used for measuring the:
a) Humidity
b) Intensity of
Earthquake
c) Electric
Conductivity of water
d) Speed of wind
64) Planetary winds
are those which?
a) Change their
direction with the change of season
b) Change their
direction with day and night
c) Never change
their direction
d) Blow up mountain
slopes
65) The Ocean
covers approximately _____ of the Earth’s Surface.
a) 50%
b) 60%
c) 70%
d) 80%
66) Density of
Earth’s atmosphere is highest in the:
a) Stratosphere
b) Troposphere
c) Mesosphere
d) Ionosphere
67) The Equatorial
forests of the Amazon Basin in South America are known as:
a) Taiga
b) Selva
c) Tundra
d) Pampas
68) Which one of
the following characteristics is associated with the ‘Bread Basket’ area of the
USA?
a) Moderate
rainfall in winter
b) Heavy rainfall
throughout the year
c) Low rainfall in
summer
d) Long winter with
snow
69) Sun Belt of USA
is important for which one of the following industries?
a) Cotton textile
b) Petrochemical
c) HI-tech
electronics
d) Food processing
70) The best
variety of world’s cotton is known as:
a) Sea Island
b) Upland American
c) Egyptian
d) Short staple
Indian
71) Which of the
following is known as the morning star?
a) Saturn
b) Jupiter
c) Mars
d) Venus
72) The innermost
layer of the earth is known as:
a) Lithosphere
b) Mesosphere
c) Asthenosphere
d) Barysphere
73) Which one of
the following is not a cold ocean current?
a) California
b) Oyashio
c) Kuroshio
d) Canaries
74) The highest
tropic level in an ecosystem is obtained by :
a) Herbivores
b) Carnivores
c) Decomposers
d) Omnivores
75) Which of the
following absorbs part of the insolation and preserves earth’s radiated heat?
a) Oxygen
b) Nitrogen
c) Water vapour
d) Carbon dioxide
76) Arakan yoma is
the extension of the Himalayas located in:
a) Baluchistan
b) Myanmar
c) Nepal
d) Kashmir (India)
77) When it is noon
at IST meridian, what would be the local time at 120 degrees East Longitude?
a) 09.30
b) 14.30
c) 17.30
d) 20.00
78) Which one of
the following is correctly matched?
a) Oran – Japan
b) Eskimo - Canada
c) Lapps – India
d) Gonds - Africa
79) The coniferous
forests are not found in:
a) Scandinavia
b) Amazonian
c) Canada
d) Finland
80) Which one of
the following is the longest river in the world?
a) Amazon
b) Yangtze-Kiang
c) Nile
d) Mississippi Missouri
81) Grassland is
called ‘Pampas’ in:
a) Africa
b) South America
c) United Kingdom
d) The USA
82) The coastal
part of water bodies of the oceans which is structurally part of the mainland
of the continents is called the:
a) Isthmus
b) Oceanic Ridge
c) Continental
Shelf
d) Continental
Slope
83) Which one of
the following is not the result of underground water action?
a) Stalactites
b) Stalagmites
c) Sink holes
d) Fiords
84) The International
Date Line passes through:
a) Gibraltar Strait
b) Bering Strait
c) Florida Strait
d) Malacca Strait
85) The direction
of ocean currents is reversed with seasons:
a) In the Pacific
Ocean
b) In the Indian Ocean
c) In the Atlantic Ocean
d) In the
Mediterranean Sea
86) The importance
of ozone layer is that it shields:
a) Plants from
radiation
b) Life on earth
from cosmic bombardment
c) Earth from
meteorites
d) Life on earth
from the ultraviolet rays of the sun
87) Why is rent
earned by land even in the long run?
a) Land is a man
made factor
b) Land has
original and indestructible powers
c) Its supply is
inelastic in the short run
d) Its supply is
inelastic in the long run
88) Which of the
following represents the zone between Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn?
a) Frigid Zone
b) Torrid Zone
c) Temperate Zone
d) Sub tropical
Zone
89) Maharastrian
Plateau is made up of:
a) Alluvial soil
b) Coral reef
c) Sandstone
d) Lava
90) Which country
is called the Sugar Bowl of the world?
a) India
b) Cuba
c) Argentina
d) Brazil
91) What is the
maximum known depth of an ocean?
a) 11 km
b) 8 km
c) 10 km
d) 22 km
92) A line drawn on
a weather map connecting places that receive equal amounts of sunshine is
called:
a) Isohyets
b) Isotherm
c) Isobar
d) Isohel
93) Palk Strain
connects:
a) North Korea and
South Korea
b) India and Sri
Lanka
c) Saudi Arabia and
Burma
d) Britain and
France
94) Earthquakes
occur owing to:
a) Changes in earth
crust
b) Movements in the
interior layers of the earth
c) Volcanic
eruptions
d) None of the
above
95) What is the
International Date Line?
a) A line
connecting places of the same longitude as Greenwich
b) The line near
180 degree longitude, while crossing which date changes
c) The line of the
Globe which will have daytime throughout the year
d) None of the
above
96) In which region
do we find belt of doldrum?
a) Polar region
b) Sub tropical
region
c) Temperate region
d) Equatorial
region
97) The grasslands
of Argentina are called:
a) Steppes
b) Pampas
c) Campos
d) Prairies
98) On which one of
the following longitudes is the Indian Standard time determined?
a) 68 ½ E
b) 68 ½ W
c) 82 ½ E
d) 82 ½ W
99) The origin of
the Earth dates back to approximately:
a) 3.6 billion
years
b) 4.6 billion
years
c) 5.6 billion
years
d) 6.6 billion
years
100) Humidity is
measured by:
a) Lactometer
b) Polarimeter
c) Thermometer
d) Hygrometer
101) Among the
world oceans, the widest continental shelves are observed around the:
a) Atlantic ocean
b) Arctic ocean
c) Indian ocean
d) Pacific ocean
102) The average
time interval between successive high and low tides is:
a) 3 hours and 13
minutes
b) 6 hours and 26
minutes
c) 12 hours and 36
minutes
d) 24 hours and 52
minutes
103) Which of the
following shipping canals joins the North sea and the Baltic sea?
a) Suez
b) Keil
c) Soo
d) Manchester
104) Through which
of the following countries does the river Tigris flow?
a) Egypt
b) Iran
c) Italy
d) Iraq
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