Practice Test

Q1) Consider the following statements
1. Haryana is up on a ladder vis-a-vis Punjab in female literary.
2. Punjab is up on a ladder vis-a-vis Haryana in male literary.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? Show Answer

Q2) Among all regions minorities who has highest population growth? Show Answer

Q3) Consider the following statements
1. There is constant increase in population density of India since 1901
2. There is constant decline in sex ratio since 1901
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? Show Answer

Q4) Which of the following statements is correct?
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Q5) Among these Indian languages, which one is spoken maximum in the world after Hindi? Show Answer

Q6) Consider the following statements regarding census of India.
1. Census is held all places in India simultaneously.
2. Census 2011 shows decline in population for the first time in history of India.
Choose the correct statements Show Answer

Q7) Which of the following causes are major hurdle in tapping demographic dividend in India?
1. Un appropriate labour policy
2. Less female partice pation in workforce
3. Migration
4. Low inclusiveness and less employment generation.
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Q8) Consider the following statements
1. India has the 2nd largest reserves of Manganese.
2. The belt comprising Nagpur-Bhandara districts of Maharashtra and Balaghat-Chhindwara districts of Madhya Pradesh is important region for Manganese-ore production.
Which of the above statements is/are correct? Show Answer

Q9) consider the following statements regarding Indian Mineral regions
1. The Northern-Western belt extends along the Aravalis in Rajasthan and in adjoining parts of Gujarat.
2. Gujarat is producing gypsum, manganese, salt and Petroleum.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? Show Answer

Q10) Which of the following is not a problem of Indian coal sector?
1. Uneven distribution
2. Low ash content and low calorific value
3. Low output per man shift
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? Show Answer

Q11) Consider the following statements
1. Odisha is the largest producer of Chromite and accounts for 99% of the total production of India.
2. Malanjkhand belt of Balaghat and Khetri-Sinhhana belt of Jhunjhun are important mining centre of Copper.
3. The Bailadila mine is the largest mechanised mine in Asia and from it iron-ore is exported to Japan.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? Show Answer

Q12) The Dul Hasti Power Station is based on which one of the following rivers? Show Answer

Q13) Consider the following statements
1. India does not have any deposits of thorium.
2. Kerala monazite sands contains Uranium.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? Show Answer

Q14) With reference to the minerals resources of India, consider the following pairs
Minerals : 90% Natural sources in
1. Copper : Jharkhand
2. Nickel : Odisha
3. Tungsten : Kerala
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched? Show Answer

Q15) On which one of the following river is the Tehri Hydropower Complex located? Show Answer

Q16) Which of the following is the features of Oceanic Development Programme? Show Answer

Q17) Which of the following connections/agency assigns much of the world ocean to exclusive over-exploitation of resources? Show Answer

Q18) Which one of the following is not a part of the polymetallic nodules resources of the Ocean? Show Answer

Q19) which of the following agencies is the nodal agency for Oceanic Development Programmes in India? Show Answer

Q20) Consider the following stage of Demographic Transition
1. Low increase in National population (Total)
2. Low Birth and death rate.
3. High Birth rate and low death rate.
4. Falling Birth rate and low death rate
Arrange the above stages and select the correct answer from the codes given below? Show Answer

Q21) Consider the following statements
1. Russia has more population than Brazil and Japan.
2. Bangladesh has more population than Nigeria.
3. Nigeria is the most population country of Africa.
Select the answer from the codes given below. Show Answer

Q22) Consider the following specific stages of demographic transition associated with economic development
1. Low birth rate with low death rate.
2. High birth rate with high death rate.
3. High birth rate with low death rate.
select the correct order of the above stages using the codes given below Show Answer

Q23) Which of the following statements is correct?
According to the Malthusian model
1. Population tends to increase arthimatically.
2. Positive and preventive checks prevent excessive growth rate of population.
3. the basis of preventive checks is ' moral' restraint.
4. postponement of marriage is to be emphasized.
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Q24) Which of the following statement / statements is /are correct?
1. The cattle kept by the Masai are the 'Zebu' cattle with lumps and long horns.
2. The Masai is a tribe of settled cultivators who once wondered with their herds of cattle in the central highlands of East Africa. Show Answer

Q25) Why South - East has the largest concentration of peasant population at the global scale?
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Q26) Which of the following is a low density area?
1. Equatorial
2. Tropical desert
3. Eastern Asia
4. North - Eastern American Show Answer

Q27) Which of the following statement/ statements is / are correct?
1. The mesolithic people used the sledge as a means of transport over snow and ice.
2. During neolithic, ,man got the idea of making and baking pottery. Show Answer

Q28) The Northern limit of cotton belt in USA is defined by Show Answer

Q29) Which of the following activities is not a secondary sector activity? Show Answer

Q30) Identify the correct decreasing order in terms of population of world's first four most populous countries Show Answer

Q31) When the total population is divided by arable land, the density thus obtained is called Show Answer

Q32) Tertiary activities include
1. agriculture
2. constructon
3. banking
4 trade
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Q33) For what purpose the Government of India has promoted the concept of Meg Food Parks?
1.To provide good infrastructure facilities for the food processing industry
2. To increase the processing of perishable items and reduce wastage
3. To provide emerging and eco - friendly food processing technologies to entrepreneurs
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Q34) In which of the following districts have large reserves of diamonds bearing Kimberlite been discovered in the resent-past? Show Answer

Q35) Consider the following pairs
1. Produce Region
2. Coal : Donbas
3. Iron -ore : Mognit ogorsk
4. Mica : Kodarma
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched? Show Answer

Q36) Which of the following is correct ? Show Answer

Q37) Which of the following statement are correct regarding tribal groups in india ?

1) Bhile are the people of dravidian stock now living in M.P and Rajasthan.

2) The gonds constitute the largest tribal group of India.

3) Onges, Shonpens and sentirelese are the inhabitants of Andaman and nicobar Islands. Show Answer

Q38) Consider the following statements according to census 2011.

1)The rate of urbanisation in india is maximum in kerala.

2) There has been more increase in sex ratio of rural area than of urban areas. Show Answer

Q39) Which of the following states (along with Uttar pradesh) has the largest number of million plus cities ? Show Answer

Q40) Which of the following statement is incorrect ? Show Answer

Q41) Which of the following is not a criteria for defining census town ? Show Answer

Q42) With reference to India transport system, consider the following statement.

1) Indian railway system is the largest in the world.

2) National highways cater to 45% of the total road transport demand.

3) Among the states, kerala has the highest density of surface road.

4)NH - 7 is the longest in the country. Show Answer

Q43) Consider the following statements.

1) Andhra Pradesh has the longest coastline.

2) Gujrat has the highest number of airports. Show Answer

Q44) Which one of the following statements is not true of the konkan railway ? Show Answer

Q45) Which among the following National highway routes is the longest ? Show Answer

Q46) Which one of the following National Highways passes through Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Odisha ? Show Answer

Q47) Consider the following statements.

1) Indian exports only superior quality cotton textiles to countries like USA, Russia, Australia.

2) Indian imports rough daimonds but exports cut precious stones. Show Answer

Q48) Which of the following statements regarding Indian trade is correct ? Show Answer

Q49) Consider the following statements.

1) India's largest trading partner is china.

2) India receives maximum of its FDI resources from Mauritius. Show Answer

Q50) Consider the following statements.

1) The first telegraph line in india was laid between kolkata (formerly Calcutta and Daimond Harbour)

2) The first Export Processing Zone in India was set up in kandla. Show Answer

Q51) The Indira Gandhi canal draws its water from the river. Show Answer

Q52) Which of the following statements is incorrect about the current sex ratio situation in India ? Show Answer

Q53) Consider the following statement and find the correct statements related to transportation in India. Show Answer

Q54) Which of the following statement are correct ?

1) Petroleum is referred to as liquid gold because of its scarcity and diversified use.

2) Crude petroleum occures in sedimentary rocks of the teritary period.

3) In recent years, new oil deposits have been found only at the extreme Western and Eastern parts of the country.

4) Digboi is an example of field based refineries and Barauni is an example of market based refineries.
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Q55) Thorium is mainly obtained from monazite and ilmenites. India has world's richest monazite deposits in some of its regions. Find out the correct regions appropriate to above description.
1) Palakkad and Kollam district of kerala.
2) Vishakhapatnam district in Andhra Pradesh.
3) Mahanadi river delta in Odisha. Show Answer

Q56) Consider the following statements and find out correct statements

1) Most of the iron and steel industries are located in Chhotanagpur plateau.

2) Damodar river flows through some major coal fields in India.

3) Rajasthan leads in copper production.

4) Karnataka is the leading producer of gold and producing about 50% of the total production in India. Show Answer

Q57) Also known as Maharana Pratap Sagar, this lake or reservoir was created in 1975 during the building of an Earthfill dam on the Beas river in the wetland zone of the Shiwalik hills in Himachal Pradesh. One of the finest man-made wetlands in North India, it has rich biodiversity and is also a water sports centre.
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Q58) Which one of the following States of India has the lowest density of Population ?


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Q59) With reference to the mineral resources of india, consider the following pairs.

Mineral 90% Natural sources in
1) Copper -Jharkhand
2) Nickel - Odisha
3) Tungsten- Kerala
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched ? Show Answer

Q60) In which one of the following Union Territories, do the people of the Onge tribe lives ? Show Answer

Q61) Which of the following factors are responsible for deciding the location of Alluminium industries in India ?

1) Availability of bauxite resources.

2) Cost of transport

3) Availability of electricity in sufficiency.

4) Availabilty of cheap labour

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Q62) Consider the following statements as per Census 2011

1) The two states with the lowest sex ratio are Haryana and Punjab.

2) The two states with the lowest population per sq km of area are Meghalaya and Mizoram.

3) Kerala has both the highest literacy rate sex ratio among indian states.

Which of these statements given above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q63) According to census 2011, which one of the following Indian States has the maximum population in India after Uttar Pradesh ? Show Answer

Q64) Where do the Sahariya tribals live ? Show Answer

Q65) For which one of the following, is Satara well-known ? Show Answer

Q66) Consider the following statements

1) India does not have any deposits of the Anthracite coal.

2) Jharkhand has the richest coal deposits in the country.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q67) Which one of the following is the appropriate reason for considering the Gondwana rocks as most important of rock systems of India ? Show Answer

Q68) Which one of the following statements is not correct ? Show Answer

Q69) Gandhi Sagar Dam is a part of which one of the following? Show Answer

Q70) Consider the following statements
1) Area-wise, Chhattisgarh is larger than Paschim Bangal.
2) According to the population Census, 2011 population of Paschim Bangal is larger than that of chhattisgarh.
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Q71) Which one of the following are the correct statements on the basis of census 2011 ? Show Answer

Q72) Consider the following statements
1) Sikkim has the minimum area among the 28 Indian States (Delhi and Puducherry not included.)
2) Chandigarh has the highest literacy rate among Puducherry, NCT of Delhi and other Union Territories.
3) Maharashtra has the highest population after Uttar Pradesh among the 28 Indian Stares (Delhi and Puducherry not included)
Which of the statements given below is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q73) In which one of the following states has India's largest private sector sea port commissioned ?
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Q74) Which of the following statements is incorrect about the tea production in India ? Show Answer

Q75) In India, the ports are categorised as major and non-major ports. Which one of the following is a non major port ?
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Q76) Consider the following statements

1) According to the census 2011, Kerala has the smallest gap in male and female literacy rates among the 28 states of India (Delhi and Puducherry not included)

2) According to the Census 2011, Rajasthan has literacy rate above the national average literacy rate.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q77) Which one of the following statements is not correct ? Show Answer

Q78) Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh Governments signed a Memorandum of understanding for the linking of two rivers as link project in 2005-06 Which are these two rivers ? Show Answer

Q79) Which of the following substances are found in the beach sands of many parts of Kerala ?
1) lleminite
2) Zircon
3) Sillimanite
4) Tungsten
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Q80) Which of the following is/are minor ports ?
1) Ennore
2) Tuticorin
3) Kalinga Patnam
4) Kochi
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Q81) In which one of the following districts, have reserves of diamond-bearing kimberlite been discovered in the recent past.
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Q82) Which of the following statements are true regarding Census 2011 ?

1) Kerala has maximum number of million plus cities according to census 2011.

2) Goa is the only state, excluding UTs, having more population living in urban areas than in rural areas.

3) For the first time since independence, the absolute increase in population is more in urban areas that in rural areas.

4) Child sex ratio is highest in some states in North-East region.

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Q83) In Shahgarh area in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan, which one of the following was discovered recently ?
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Q84) In which one of the following states are Namchik- Namphuk Coalfields located? Show Answer

Q85) Among the following states, which one has the most suitable climatic condition for the cultivation of a large variety of orchid with minimum cost of production, and can develop an export oriented industry in this field ? Show Answer

Q86) Among the following, which one has the minimum population on the basis of Censes of India, 2011 ? Show Answer

Q87) Which of the following minerals are found in a natural way in the state of Chhattisgarh ?
1) Bauxite
2) Dolomite
3) Iron-ore
4) Tin

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Q88) On which one of the following rivers is the Tehri Hydropower Complex located ? Show Answer

Q89) Amongst the following States, Which one has the highest percentage of rural population (on the basis of the Census 2011) ? Show Answer

Q90) Which of the following are among the million-plus cities in India on the basis of data of the census 2011 ?

1) Ludhiana

2) Kochi

3) Surat

4) Nagpur

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Q91) What is the approximate percentage of persons above 65 years of age in India's current population ? Show Answer

Q92) Which one of the following has been included in the UNESCO's World Heritage list ? Show Answer

Q93) The Dul Hasti Power Station is based on which one of the following rivers ? Show Answer

Q94) Consider the following statements

1) India leads the world in milk production.

2) India has largest population of buffaloes in the world.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
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Q95) Consider the following statements

1) India does not not have any deposits of Thorium
2) Kerala's monazite sands contain Uranium.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q96) Which one among the following south asian countries has the highest population density ? Show Answer

Q97) In India, which one of the following states has the largest inland saline wetland ? Show Answer

Q98) Consider the following statements and find the incorrect one

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Q99) In which of the following states is the marine production of fish less than the inland production ? Show Answer

Q100) The largest number of Buddhists is found in Show Answer

Q101) Identify the correct sequence of the population of states (2011 Census) in descending order Show Answer

Q102) Which one of the following inland waterways in India is shortest length? Show Answer

Q103) A particular state in India has the following characteristics
1) It has the population density of more than 150 person per sq km.
2) It has child sex ratio of less than 900.
3) Its male literacy rate higher than the normal average, whereas female literacy rate is lower than the national average.
Which one among the following states has all the above characteristics ? Show Answer

Q104) Consider the following statements

1) National Highway-7 is the longest among India's National Highways.

2) Nagpur, Hyderabad, Vijaywada, Chennai and Kanayakumari fall on the National Highway-7

3) Gwalior falls on the national highway-2 and 3

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q105) For the purpose of identification of backward areas in India, which one of the following is not a measure of identification ? Show Answer

Q106) Consider the following statements

1) Native of andaman-nicobar islands belongs to negrito races

2) Tribals libing in central indian belongs to mongoloid races.

3) Tribals living in the North-East india belong to the negroid races.

4) Indo-Aryans to the Nordic races.

Which of the statements given above are correct ? Show Answer

Q107) Which one of the following problems is not encountered in Indira Gandhi canal command area ? Show Answer

Q108) Assertion (A) Sugar industry has a high concentration in Uttar Pardesh state of India.
Reason (R) The sugarcane produced in Uttar Pradesh is of low quality Show Answer

Q109) Consider the following relief features
1) Zanskar range
2) Dhauladhar range
3) Laddakh range
4) Karakoram range
The correct northward sequence of these relief features is Show Answer

Q110) Consider the following states
1) Andhra Pradesh

2) Gujarat

3) Maharashtra

4) Tamil Nadu

The correct sequence of these states, in decending order in terms of percentage of urban population is Show Answer

Q111) The transhumance is still and important component of the socio-economic life of the people in region at Show Answer

Q112) Canal irrigation is most important in the Northern Plains of India because Show Answer

Q113) Consider the following statements

1) The granite and gneisses give rise to red soil through weathering.

2) The laterite soil contains the hydrated oxidex or iron and aluminium

3) Both the red and laterite soils are poor in nitrogen but rich in potash and phosphours

Which of the statments given above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q114) Consider the following statments
1) Udaipur is known as the lake city of India.
2) Idduki hydroelectric project is located in Andhra Pradesh
3) Bodhghat project has been built on Indravati river, which is a tributary of Godavari.
Which of the following statements given above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q115) Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1) Contribution of fesheries is less 2% of India GDP.

2) It is the 3rd largest producer of fish in the world and second largest producer of inland fish Show Answer

Q116) National Environment Policy is a Flagship Programme of Ministry of Environment and Forest is intended to mainstream environmental concerns in all development activities. Find out the correct principle objectives of the policy
1) Conservation of critical environmental resources.
2) Intra-generational equity i.e, livelihood security for the poor.
3) Integration of environmental concerns in economic and social development.
4) To provide requisite data for set up of new protected areas.
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Q117) The government has declared 2012 as the year of Show Answer

Q118) With reference to india, consider the following central Acts

1) Import and Export Control Act, 1947

2) Mining and Mineral Development (regulation) Act 1957

3) Customs Act, 1962

4) Indian Forest Act 1927

Which of the acts have relevance to bearing on the biodiversity conservation into the country ? Show Answer

Q119) Consider the following

1) Carbon dioxide

2) Oxides of Nitrogen

3) Oxides of sulphur

Which of the above is/are the emission(s) from coal combustion zone at thermal power stations ? Show Answer

Q120) Microbial fuel cells are considered a source of sustainable energy. Why ?

1) They use living organism as catalysts to generate electricity from certain substrates.
2) They use a variety of inorganic materials as substrates.
3) They can be installed in waste water treatment plants to cleanse water and produce electricity
Whcih of the statements given above is/are correct Show Answer

Q121) What are the possible limitations of India in mitigating the global warming at present and in the immediate future ?

1) Appropriate alternate technologies are not sufficiently available

2) India cannot invest huge funds in research and development.

3) Many developed countries have already set up their polluting industries in India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct Show Answer

Q122) Consider the following statements

1) Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in respect of carbon credits is one of the kyoto Protocol mechanisms.

2) Under the CDM, the projects handled pertain only to the Annex-1 countries.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q123) Which one of the following Union Ministries is implementing the biodiesel mission (as nodal ministry)? Show Answer

Q124) Recently the Pesticide Endosulphan is in news for its environment concern. Consider the following statements and find out the correct ones.

1) In 2011, at Geneva, CoPs agreed to include Endosulfan in the Stockholm convention's list of banned substances.

2) The year 2012 was fixed for ending its use but india has wrested an 11-year alternative is developed

3) Endosulfan is concerned for its persistence, bioaccumulation and mobility it travels on wind and water to places where it contaminates the environment.

4) The Kasargod district of kerala was badly affected by its use in cashew plantations

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Q125) Other than resistance to pests, which are the prospectus for which genetically engineered plants have been created ?

1) To enable them to with stand drought.

2) To increase the nutritive value of the produce.

3) To enable them to grow do photosynthesis in space ships and space stations.

4) To increase their shelf life.

Which of the the statements given above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q126) National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 was enacted in consonance with which of following provisions of constitution of India ?

1) Right to healthy environment construed as a part of life under Act 21.

2) Provision of grants for raising the level of administration in the scheduled areas for the welfare of scheduled tribes under Act 275C.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q127) The iron ore mined at Bailadila is mostly Show Answer

Q128) A centre of mica mining in India is located at Show Answer

Q129) Which one of the following is Important besides coal for iron industry? Show Answer

Q130) ' Balck Twins' is a name given to Show Answer

Q131) Gold id extracted in India by the method of Show Answer

Q132) Which of the following is false? Show Answer

Q133) Which of the following statements is false ? Show Answer

Q134) Which of the following was India's first mibile offshore drilling platform? Show Answer

Q135) Ankaleshwar and Navagaon are two oil fields in Show Answer

Q136) Which of the following pairs of town and industry is correctly matched ? Show Answer

Q137) Why is Gujarat, the largest producer of salt in India? Show Answer

Q138) The kargest industry in India is Show Answer

Q139) Among sources of power, India has largest reserves of Show Answer

Q140) Rangap in Sikkim is famous for Show Answer

Q141) The correct sequence in decreasing order in terms of total production of the given non-ferrous metals in India is Show Answer

Q142) The refining capacity of crude oil is higest in the Show Answer

Q143) Contact metamorphism is Show Answer

Q144) Which one of the following countries has replaced Italy as the major importer of Bauxite from India? Show Answer

Q145) In the Indian context the term 'De-notified tribes' refers to : Show Answer

Q146) Which of the folloing states witnessed the highest growth of urban population? Show Answer

Q147) Which of the following states has the highest proportion of Scheduled Caste population? Show Answer

Q148) Tuticorin, an impoprtant fishing harbour of India, is situated along the Show Answer

Q149) Which one of the following major sea ports of India does not have a natural harbour? Show Answer

Q150) The correct sequence in the asending order of the given cities in terms of altitude above mean sea level is: Show Answer

Q151) The distance between New Delhi and which of the following stations by rail is the shortest ? Show Answer

Q152) Which of the following is wrongly matched? Show Answer

Q153) Which of the following is not associated with oilfields in India? Show Answer

Q154) In terms of the mineral resources/deposits, the leading state in India is: Show Answer

Q155) The central Building Research Institute is located at : Show Answer

Q156) Which one of the following is a 'foot loose' industry? Show Answer

Q157) Which of the following minerals is normally used in calcilating the age of the EARTH ? Show Answer

Q158) Which one of the following countries is the largest producer of lignite in the world ? Show Answer

Q159) Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched ? (Project - State) Show Answer

Q160) Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? (Important Location - State) Show Answer

Q161) Which one of the following cities is NOT connected by NH-3? Show Answer

Q162) Among the following Union Territories, which one has the highest density of population ? Show Answer

Q163) Which one of the following statements is correct ? Show Answer

Q164) The leading states in the production of cotton in India are: Show Answer

Q165) Which one of the following Indian States is the largest producer of natural rubber ? Show Answer

Q166) Till Independence, the only area in India in which mineral oil was drilled and refined is now Known as Which of the following States ? Show Answer

Q167) Which one of the following towns is well-known for its aluminum Industry ? Show Answer

Q168) At which one of the following towns do National Highways Nos. 6 and 7 cross each other? Show Answer

Q169) Which of the following National Highway kinks Jabalpur, Nagpur, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Madurai ? Show Answer

Q170) Which one among the following states has more population than the other three? Show Answer

Q171) which of the National Highway connects Delhi and Mumbai ? Show Answer

Q172) Haridwar is well-known for which one of the following industries ? Show Answer

Q173) India is comparatively not rich in which one of the following minerals compared to the other three ? Show Answer

Q174) The Nuclear Power Station Rawatbhata is in Which State ? Show Answer

Q175) Mahatma Gandhi Hydroelectric project is on which river ? Show Answer

Q176) For which one of the following is Lamba in Gujarat, Famous? Show Answer

Q177) The National Highway No. 7 connect which of the following ? Show Answer

Q178) Among the following, which state has highest level of Literacy ? Show Answer

Q179) Which among the following is the major item of export from Paradeep Port ? Show Answer

Q180) Which one of the following types of coal has highest amount of carbon and burns without smoke ? Show Answer

Q181) Starting from the best quality of iron ore, Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the iron ore based on the contents of pure iron ? Show Answer

Q182) Which one among the following is a correct sequence of the Indian ports from north to south ? Show Answer

Q183) Which one among the following is a correct sequence of production of coal in the India States in descending order ? Show Answer

Q184) Which of the following statements are true with respect to iron ore?
1. Limestone and coal are important for smelting iron ore.
2. More than 20 per cent ore deposits of the world are in India.
3. Odisha and Bihar top in the production of iron ore.
4. Iran is the largest buyer of Indian iron ore.
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Q185) Consider the following statements
1. Balaghat is Known for its diamond mines.
2. Majhgawan is Known for its manganese deposits.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q186) Consider the following coal producing states:
1. Jharkhand
2. Chhattishgarh
3. West Begal
The correct desending order in terms of the amount of coal produced in these states is Show Answer

Q187) Which of the following are true with regard to coal in India ?
1. Coal is found in sedimentary rocks.
2. The best quality of coal is lignite.
3. The largest and oldest coalfield in India is Raniganji.
4. The Damodar river valley is popularly known as the 'Ruhr of India'
Which of the statements are correct? Show Answer

Q188) Which among the following are in the Private Sector?
1. Bongaigaon Refinery
2. Manglore Refinery
3. Haldia Refinery
4. ESSAR Oil ltd.
Which of the statements are correct? Show Answer

Q189) Which of the following statements are wrong?
1. Bhadravati steel plant-not located near coal deposits.
2. First modern steel plant in India-Burnpur.
3. Bokaro and Bhilai steel plants-German collaboration.
4. Durgapur steel plant- British help.
Which of the staements are wrong? Show Answer

Q190) Which of the following statement(s) is are correct?
1. Broad gauge railway engines-Varanasi.
2. Electric locomotives-Bhopal.
3. Integral Coach Factory -Calcutta.
Which of the statement(s) is/are correct? Show Answer

Q191) Which of the following is/are matched correctly?
1. Garnet gem - Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu)
2. Corundum - Tonk (Rajasthan)
3. Gold- Chittor (Andhra Pradesh)
4. Magnesite - Salem (Tamil Nadu)
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Q192) Which of the following is true with regard to Petroleum?
1. It is found in the anticlines
2. It is found over underground water
3. It is found in wide, horizontal rocks
4. It is found over impermeable rocks
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Q193) Consider the following sites/mounuments:
1. Champaner- Pavagadh Archaeological Park
2. Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Station, Mumbai
3. Mahallapuram
4. Sun Temple (Konark Temple)
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Q194) Between India East Asia, the navigation -time and distance can be greatly reduced by which of the following?
1. Deepening the Malacca straits between Malaysia and Indonesia.
2. Opening a new canal across the Kra isthmus between the Gulf of Siam and Andaman Sea.
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Q195) Consider the following statements :
1. Rajasthan is the second largest state in India after Madhya Pradesh in terms of area.
2. Bihar is the second most populated state in India after Uttar Pradesh.
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Q196) Arrange the following states of north-east in descending order in accordance with the population density
1. Nagaland
2. Manipur
3. Tripura
4. Meghalaya
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Q197) Consider the following statements:
1. Nagaland has no Scheduled Cast population.
2. Literacy among Scheduled Cast is better than that among the Scheduled Tribes.
3. Haryana has no Scheduled Tribes population.
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Q198) Which of the following cities fall on the National Highways No-3?
1. Vadodara
2. Gwalior
3. Shivpuri
4. Jhansi
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Q199) What is the correct descending order of the following states area-wise?
1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Bihar
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. UP
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Q200) Which of the following factors are responsible for the rapid growth of suger production in South India as compared to North India ?
1. Higher per acre yield of sugarcane
2. Higher sucrose cintent of sugarcane
3. Lower labour cost
4. Longer crushing period
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Q201) Consider the following seaports :
1. Chennai
2. Machilipatnam
3. Nagapattinam
4. Tuticorin
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Q202) Consider the following areas:
1. Himalayas
2. Chhota Nagpur
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Sone Vally
Which is the correct sequence of these areas in desending order of their coal reserves? Show Answer

Q203) Considerthe following statemets :
1. The first newsprint plant set up in India was in Nepanagar
2. The first modern steel plant in India was set up at Bhadrawati
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Q204) Which of the following has/have been declared as national waterways in India ?
1. The Allahabad-Haldia stretch of river Ganga
2. The Sadiya-Dhubri stretch of river Brahmaputra
3. The Cherla-Rajamundry sretch of river Godavari
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Q205) Consider the following statememts
1. In India, the largest concentration of roads is found in the northern plains
2. The ratio of surfaced road to the total road lenth is lower in the northern plains.
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Q206) Consider the following statements:
1. Kandla port is situated at the head of Gulf of khambhat.
2. Paradeep Port is situated in the Mahanadi Delta.
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Q207) Assertion : Madhya Pradesh is the leading producer of limestone in India.
Reason : The entire output of limestone in Madhya Pradesh is obtain from the Barakar series. Show Answer

Q208) Assertion: Coastal Gujarat has been called and an industrial workshop.
Reason: It is dotted with manufacturing units of textiles and garments, pharmaceutical and petrochemicals. Show Answer

Q209) Assertion: The Cotton Industry in India suffered a major recissions soon after the Independence.
Reason: Most of the cotton mills had gone West Pakistan, India retaining the cotton growing areas. Show Answer

Q210) There has been significant fall in the infant mortality rate in India since independence due to:
1. improvement in medical
2. health services
3. improvement in literacy rates
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Q211) Consider the following:
1. Low per capita income
2. Scarcity of capital
3. Predominance of agriculture
4. Low growth rate of population
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Q212) The scientific view is that the increase in global temperature should not exceed 2°C above pre-industrial level. If the global temperature increases beyond 3°C above the pre-industrial level, what can be its possible impact/impacts on the world?
1. Terrestrial biosphere tends toward a net carbon source
2. Widespread coral mortality will occur
3. All the global wetlands will permanently disappear.
4. Cultivation of cereals will not be possible anywhere in the world
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Q213) With reference to two nonconventional energy sources called ‘coalbed methane’ and ‘shale gas’, consider the following statements :
1. Coalbed methane is the pure methane gas extracted from coal seams, while shale gas is a mixture of propane and butane only that can be extracted from fine-grained sedimentary rocks.
2. In India, abundant coalbed methane sources exist, but so far no shale gas sources have been found.`
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Q214) With reference to ‘Changpa’ community of India, consider the following statements :
1. They live mainly in the State of Uttarakhand.
2. They rear the Pashmina goats that yield a fine wool.
3. They are kept in the category of Scheduled Tribes.
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Q215) In addition to fingerprint scanning, which of the following can be used in the biometric identification of a person ?
1. Iris scanning
2. Retinal scanning
3. Voice recognition
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Q216) Consider the following pairs : Programme/Project Ministry
1. Drought-Prone : Minsitry of Area Programme Agriculture
2. Desert Development : Minsitry of Programme Environment and Forests
3. National Watershed : Minsitry of Development Project Rural for Rainfed Areas Development
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Q217) With reference to technologies for solar power production, consider the following statements :
1. ‘Photovoltaics’ is a technology that generates electricity by direct conservation of light into electricity, while ‘Solar Thermal’ is a technology that utilizes the Suns’s rays to generate heat which is further used in electricity generation process.
2. Photovoltaics generates Alternating Current (AC), while Solar Thermal generates Direct Current (DC).
3. India has manufacturing base for Solar Thermal technology, but not for Photovoltaics.
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Q218) With reference to a conservation organization called ‘Wetlands International’, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. It is an intergovernmental organization formed by the countries which are signatories to Ramsar Convention.
2. It works at the field level to develop and mobilize knowledge, and use the practical experience to advocate for better policies.
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Q219) Consider the following pairs :
Terms sometimes seen in the news - Their origin
1. Annex — I Countries : Cartagena Protocol
2. Certified Emissions Reductions : Nagoya Protocol
3. Clean Development Mechanism : Kyoto Protocol
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Q220) Which of the following best describes/ describe the aim of 'Green India Mission' of the Government of India?
1. Incorporating environment al benefits and costs into the Union and State Budgets thereby implementing the `green accounting'
2. Launching the second green revolution to enhance agricultural output so as to ensure food security to one and all in the future
3. Restoring and enhancing forest cover and responding to climate change by a combination of adaptation and mitigation measures
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Q221) With reference to pre-packaged items in India, it is mandatoy to the manufacturer to put which of the following information on the main label, as per the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Regulations, 2011?
1. List of ingredients including additives
2. Nutrition information
3. Recommendations, if any, made by the medical profession about the possibility of any allergic reactions
4. Vegetarian/non-vegetarian
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Q222) Project Loon', sometimes seen in the news, is related to Show Answer

Q223) 'Net metering' is sometimes seen in the news in the context of promoting the Show Answer

Q224) India's ranking in the 'Ease of Doing Business Index' is sometimes seen in the news. Which of the following has declared that ranking? Show Answer

Q225) Which of the following is true about Population Density? Show Answer

Q226) The average age a person can expect to live to in a particular area is Show Answer

Q227) Consider the following statements-
1. A non-renewable resource (also known as a finite resource) is a resource that does not renew itself at a sufficient rate for sustainable economic extraction in meaningful human timeframes.
2. The original organic material, with the aid of heat and pressure, becomes a fuel such as oil or gas.
3. Fossil fuels (such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas), and certain aquifers are all non-renewable resources.
4. The metals themselves are present in vast amounts in the earth's crust, and are continually concentrated and replenished over millions of years.
5. the extraction of non-renewable resources by humans only occurs where they are concentrated by natural processes (such as heat, pressure, organic activity, weathering and other processes) enough to become economically viable to extract.
6. These processes generally take from tens of thousands to millions of years.
7. As such, localized deposits of metal ores near the surface which can be extracted economically by humans are non-renewable in human time frames, but on a world scale, metal ores as a whole are inexhaustible, because the amount vastly exceeds human demand, on all time frames.
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Q228) Consider the following statements:
1. National Thermal Power Corporation has diversified into hydropower sector
2. Power Grid Corporation of India has diversified into telecom sector
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Q229) Consider the following statements-
1. Natural resources such as coal, petroleum (crude oil) and natural gas take thousands of years to form naturally and cannot be replaced as fast as they are being consumed.
2. Eventually it is considered that fossil-based resources will become too costly to harvest and humanity will need to shift its reliance to other sources of energy. These resources are yet to be named.
3. An alternative hypothesis is that carbon based fuel is virtually inexhaustible in human terms, if one includes all sources of carbon-based energy such as methane hydrates on the sea floor, which are vastly greater than all other carbon based fossil fuel resources combined.
4. These sources of carbon are also considered non-renewable, although their rate of formation/replenishment on the sea floor is not known.
5. However their extraction at economically viable costs and rates has yet to be determined.
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Q230) Consider the following statements-
1. Nuclear power provides about 6% of the world's energy and 13–14% of the world's electricity.
2. The expense of the nuclear industry remains predominantly reliant on subsidies and indirect insurance subsidies to continue
3. Nuclear energy production is associated with potentially dangerous radioactive contamination as it relies upon unstable elements.
4. In particular, nuclear power facilities produce about 200,000 metric tons of low and intermediate level waste (LILW) and 10,000 metric tons of high level waste (HLW) (including spent fuel designated as waste) each year worldwide.
5. The use of nuclear fuel and the high-level radioactive waste the nuclear industry generates is highly hazardous to people and wildlife.
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Q231) Consider the following statements-
1. Annual release of uranium and thorium radioisotopes from coal combustion, predicted by ORNL to cumulatively amount to 2.9 million tons over the 1937-2040 period, from the combustion of an estimated 637 billion tons of coal worldwide.
2. The use of nuclear technology requires a radioactive fuel.
3. Uranium ore is present in the ground at relatively low concentrations and mined in 19 countries.
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Q232) Consider the following statements:
1. Damodar, Valley Corporation is the first multi-purpose river valley project of independent India
2. Damodar Valley Corporation includes thermal and gas power stations
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Q233) Consider the following statements-
1. Natural resources, called renewable resources, are replaced by natural processes and forces persistent in the natural environment.
2. There are intermittent and reoccurring renewables, and recyclable materials, which are utilized during a cycle across a certain amount of time, and can be harnessed for any number of cycles.
3. The production of goods and services by manufacturing products in economic systems creates many types of waste during production and after the consumer has made use of it.
4. The natural environment, with soil, water, forests, plants and animals are all renewable resources, as long as they are adequately monitored, protected and conserved.
5. Sustainable agriculture is the cultivation of plant materials in a manner that preserves plant and animal ecosystems over the long term.
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Q234) Consider the following statements-
1. Hydroelectric power can supply 1/3 of our total energy global needs. Geothermal energy can provide 1.5 more times the energy we need.
2. There is enough wind to power the planet 30 times over, wind power could power all of humanity's needs alone.
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Q235) Consider the following statements with reference to stages as mentioned in the Demographic Transition Model-
1. Stage 1 -Birth rate and death rate are high - low natural increase - low total population
2. Stage 2 - Birth rate is high - death rate is falling - high natural increase (population growth)
3. Stage 3 -Falling birth rate - low death rate - high natural increase (population growth)
4. Stage 4 -Birth rate and death rate is low - low natural increase - high total population
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Q236) Consider the following statements-
1. The world’s current growth rate is about 1.3 per cent, representing a doubling time of 54 years.
2. We can expect the world’s population of approximately 6 billion to become 12 billion by 2054 if the current rate of growth continues. The world’s growth rate peaked in the 1960s at 2% and a doubling time of 35 years.
3. The world’s average annual growth of population now is about 1.3 per cent.
4. Even though it appears small, in real terms this increases the population numbers rapidly.
5. This growth rate is again uneven the world over.
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Q237) Pradesh: 6.8 million hectares
1. Chhattisgarh: 5.6 million hectares
2. Orissa: 4.83 million hectares
3. Maharashtra: 4.68 million hectares
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Q238) Consider the following statements
1. India's wood-based processing industries consumed about 30 million cubic metres of industrial wood in 2002.
2. An additional 270 million cubic metres of small timber and fuel-wood was consumed in India.
3. An important cause for suboptimal wood use is its relatively low price because of subsidies on wood raw materials and free fuel-wood supply.
4. India is the world's largest consumer of fuel-wood.
5. India's consumption of fuel-wood is about five times higher than what can be sustainably removed from forests.
6. Fuel-wood meets about 40?% of the energy needs of the country.
7. Around 80?% of rural people and 48?% of urban people use fuel-wood.
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Q239) Consider the following industrial sectors-
1. Cottage and household industries
2. Tiny sector
3. heavy industries
4. Small-scale industries
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Q240) Consider the following statements about important difference between a public company and a private company -
1. A public company is intended as a vehicle not only for a business but also for public investment in that business, whereas a private company is the private concern of the persons engaged in the business incorporated in it.
2. A private limited company is one that is owned privately by a group of private individuals whereas a limited company is a public limited company that is owned by the general public.
3. The limited company can also invite the public to subscribe to its shares, whereas it is not possible with a private limited company.
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Q241) Consider these statements:
Small-scale industries are in most cases, not as efficient and competitive as the large-scale ones. Yet the Government provides preferential treatment and reservations in a range of products to the small firms because small-scale industries
1. provide higher employment on a per unit capital deployment basis.
2. promote a regional dispersion of industries and economic activities.
3. perform better than the large scale ones.
4. provide jobs to low-skill workers, who otherwise may not find employment avenues elsewhere.
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Q242) The moderation in industrial growth particularly in the manufacturing sector, is mostly attributed to:
1. sluggish growth of investment
2. squeezed margins of the corporate sector.
3. deceleration in the rate of growth of credit flows
4. fragile global economic recovery
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Q243) The capital goods sector in an economy may be adversely infected by:
1. deceleration in investment
2. import substitution
3. decline in the number of new projects
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Q244) There has been significant fall in the infant mortality rate in India since independence due to:
1. improvement in medical
2. health services
3. improvement in literacy rates
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Q245) Consider the following:
1. Low per capita income
2. Scarcity of capital
3. Predominance of agriculture
4. Low growth rate of population
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Q246) In India, rural incomes are generally lower than the urban incomes, which of the following reasons account for this?
1. Prices of primary products are lower than those of manufactured products
2. Investment in agriculture has been low when compared to investment in industry
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Q247) Which of the following statements is/are true about energy scenario ?
1. India has set targets of achieving 40 percent cumulative electric capacity from non-fossil fuel-based energy resources by 2030.
2. Development of Solar cities Program under which 56 solar cities projects is ambitious project.
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Q248) Startup India is a flagship initiative of the Government of India
1. to build a strong ecosystem for nurturing innovation,
2. driving sustainable economic growth and
3. generating large-scale employment opportunities.
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Q249) Assertion-Skill India Mission seeks to capitalize our demographic advantage.
Reason-Since its launch, the National Skill Development Mission has created an elaborate skilling eco-system and imparted training to 76 lakh youth.
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Q250) Which of the following is used as the key parameter in the Holding Company Act to determine holding company status and holding company / subsidiary company relationship? Show Answer

Q251) Birth rates fall but population continues to grow because there are a large number of people in the reproductive age group due to the high fertility of the previous generations.The statement mentions which stage in the demographic transition model? Show Answer

Q252) Damodar Valley Project comprises multipurpose dams at
1. hydel power stations at Tilaiya,
2. Konar, Maithon and Panchet
3. barrage at Durgapur;
4. thermal power houses at Bokaro,
5. Chandrapura and Durgapur.
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Q253) The envisioned Interlinking of river Scheme is divided in
1. Interlinking of Mahanadi-Godavari-Krishna-Pennar-Cauvery,
2. Interlinking of West Flowing Rivers, North of Bombay and South of Tapi,
3. Inter-linking of Ken with Chambal
4. Diversion of some water from West Flowing Rivers
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Q254) Which is the leading state in the country in terms of solar installed capacity? Show Answer

Q255) In which state was India’s first eco-friendly police station commissioned? Show Answer

Q256) Which organizations’ scientists developed a tool to predict destructive solar storms in June’15? Show Answer

Q257) In which city, Minister of State for Power and Coal Piyush Goyal inaugurated the New Solar Passive Building of the National Institute of Solar Energy? Show Answer