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Arrange the following Indian Meteorological Headquarters in Chronological order of their establishment and select your correct answer from the codes given below:

A. New Delhi
B. Kolkata
C. Shimla
D. Pune

  1. C D A B
  2. B A D C
  3. D B C A
  4. B C D A
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Which of the following is NOT correctly matched?

  1. International Centre for Research on Agro-Forestry - Nairobi
  2. Indian Institute of forest Management - Bhopal
  3. Central Agro-forestry Research Institute - Banda
  4. Tata Energy Research Institute - New Delhi
Indian Geography

Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

  1. Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES)- Bengaluru
  2. Wildlife Institute of India – Dehradun
  3. Indian Institute of Forest Management – Kolkata
  4. GB Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development – Almora
Indian Geography

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List – I List – II

(A) Tropical forest - (a) Sunderbans
(B) Conifer forest - (b) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Mangroves - (c) Rajasthan
(D) Deciduous forest - (d) Silent Valley

Codes:

  1. A-a, B-b, C-d, D-c
  2. A-b, B-a, C-d, D-c
  3. A-a, B-d, C-b, D-c
  4. A-d, B-b, C-a, D-c
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India export maximum leather to:

  1. U.S.A.
  2. U.S.S.R.
  3. England
  4. Germany
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India's deepest port is:

  1. Cochin
  2. Kandla
  3. Paradip
  4. Krishnapatnam
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Laterite soils are predominant in:

  1. Malabar Coastal Region
  2. Coromandel Coastal Region
  3. Bundelkhand
  4. Baghelkhand
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Equinox, the two periods in the year when day and night are equal, occurs on:

  1. 21st march and 22nd September
  2. 22nd February and 23rd August
  3. 15th October and 23rd April
  4. 22nd July and 22nd December
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Sankosh river forms boundary between-

  1. Bihar and West Bengal
  2. Assam and Arunachal Pradesh
  3. Assam and West Bengal
  4. Bihar and Jharkhand
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Which of the following rivers of India does NOT originate from the Western Ghats?

  1. Godavari
  2. Tapti/Tapi
  3. Kaveri
  4. Kabam
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Which of the following statements are true about the Rajasthan Desert? Use the codes given below to select the correct answer:

1. It is the most densely populated desert of the world.
2. It is about 10,000 years old mainly caused by excessive human interference.
3. Here only 40 to 60 percent of the area is suitable for farming.
4. The increase in net sown area has adversely affected the coverage of grazing lands.

Codes:

  1. 1,2 and 3
  2. 2, 3 and 4
  3. 1,2 and 4
  4. 1,2, 3 and 4
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Which one of the following is correct sequence of hills of central India located from West to East.

  1. Maikal, Satpura, Mahadeo, Chhotanagpur
  2. Satpura, Mahadeo, Maikal, Chhotanagpur
  3. Maikal, Mahadeo, Satpura, Chhotanagpur
  4. Satpura, Mahadeo, Chhotanagpur, Maikal
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According to the geological time sequence, the correct order of the following is:

1. Aravalli
2. Eastern Ghats
3. Deccan Trap
4. Himalayas

Code:

  1. 4, 2, 3, 1
  2. 1, 2, 3, 4
  3. 2, 1, 3, 4
  4. 3, 1, 2, 4
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Which one of the following States is the largest producer of tea in India?

  1. Assam
  2. Tamil Nadu
  3. Arunachal Pradesh
  4. West Bengal
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When it is noon at 1st Meridian, what would be the focal time at 120° East longitude?

  1. 09.30
  2. 14.30
  3. 17.30
  4. 20.00
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The main crops grown under plantation agriculture in India are:

  1. Tea, Rubber, Coconut, Coffee
  2. Tea, Rubber, Sunflower, Soyabean
  3. Tea, Banana, Grapes, Coconut
  4. Tea, Rubber, Coconut, Soyabean
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Which one of the following statements is not correct about the fertilizer industry of India:

  1. It is one of the fastest growing industry of the country in recent years
  2. India is the third largest producer of nitrogenous fertilisers in the world
  3. India is self-sufficient in respect of chemical fertilisers
  4. It is the second most important industry of the country in terms of investment add value of manufactured products
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In the development of hydroelectric power the pioneering state in India was:

  1. H.P.
  2. Karnataka
  3. Tamil Nadu
  4. Uttar Pradesh
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The National Environment Engineering Institute is located in:

  1. Cuttack
  2. Jamshedpur
  3. Nagpur
  4. Ranchi
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Internal Security Academy is located at:

  1. Pune
  2. Mount Abu
  3. Nasik
  4. Hyderabad
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Shivanasamudra and Kalpakkam are respectively important for -

  1. Hydel Power and Nuclear Energy
  2. Thermal Power and Nuclear Energy
  3. Nuclear Energy and Hydel Power
  4. Solar Power and Nuclear Energy
Indian Geography

Teak and Sal are the products of-

  1. Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests
  2. Tropical Evergreen Forests
  3. Tropical Thorn Forests
  4. Alpine Forests
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What are the date/dates on which days and nights are equal in both the hemispheres?

  1. June 21
  2. December 22
  3. March 21 and September 23
  4. June 21 and December 22
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Rajasthan desert or Thar desert is the expanse of which of the following?

  1. Pliocene
  2. Paleocene
  3. Pleistocene and recent deposits
  4. Oligocene
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