Indian Geography Questions

Q:

Gujarat is noted for the cultivation of 

A) Cotton B) Sugarcane
C) Saffron D) Jute
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Cotton

Explanation:

Black soil coupled with favorable climatic conditions (Temperature of 21-320C and 30 -100 cm of rainfall) are responsible for cotton cultivation in Gujarat.

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Q:

A famous hill station in Uttar pradesh is...........

A) Darjeeling B) Dalhousie
C) Kulu D) Nainital
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Nainital

Explanation:

Darjeeling is in West Bengal and other two are in Himachal Pradesh.

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Q:

Jaduguda mines are famous for

A) mica deposits B) uranium deposits
C) gold deposits D) iron ore
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) uranium deposits

Explanation:

The Jaduguda Mine also known as Jadugoda or Jadugora is a Uranium mine in Jaduguda village in the Purbi Singhbhum district of the Indian state of Jharkhand.

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Q:

The Gandhi Sagar Dam is built on which river in Madhya Pradesh?

A) Tapti B) Chambal
C) Narmada D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Chambal

Explanation:

The Gandhi Sagar Dam is built on Chambal river and is located in the Mandsaur & Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh.

 

The dam’s reservoir area is the second-largest in India (after the Hirakud Reservoir), and attracts a large number of migratory and non-migratory birds throughout the year.

 

It is a masonry gravity dam, standing 62.17 metres (204.0 ft) high.

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Q:

Which of the following is tropical grassland?

A) Savannah B) Pampas
C) Prairies D) Taiga
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Savannah

Explanation:

Tropical grasslands, or savannas, are also the homes of primates in Africa and Asia; no savanna-living primates exist in South America. Tropical grasslands comprise a mixture of trees and grasses, the proportion of trees to grass varying directly with the rainfall.

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Q:

India's forest sponge iron plant is at

A) Kothagudam B) Kurnool
C) Kadapa D) Kavaratti
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Kothagudam

Explanation:

Kothagudam is in Andhra Pradesh. The sponge iron will act as a substitute for steel scrap and be used as feed stock of electric arc steel making.

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Q:

The Ghodazari Wildlife Sanctuary (GWS) will come up in which state?

A) Maharashtra B) Karnataka
C) Tamil Nadu D) Odisha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Maharashtra

Explanation:

The Maharashtra Government has recently approved Ghodazari Wildlife Sanctuary in Chandrapur district as a new wildlife sanctuary in the state.

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Q:

Contour bunding is a method of soil conservation used in

A) Scrublands, liable to spread of weed growth B) Hilly and Slopy or mountain areas
C) Low flat plains, close to stream courses, liable to flooding D) Desert margins, liable to strong wind action
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Hilly and Slopy or mountain areas

Explanation:

Contour bunding is a proven sustainable land management practice for mountainous areas, marginal, sloping, and hilly land where the soil productivity is very low.

 

It is widely adopted by the ethnic minorities of Nepal who practice the shifting cultivation system of farming.

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