G.K. Practice Test: Question Set - 01
1. Which of the following hills connect Eastern and Western Ghats?
- (A) Satpura
- (B) Vindhya
- (C) Aravali
- (D) Nilgiri
2. India has largest deposits of ________ in the world.
- (A) Gold
- (B) Copper
- (C) Mica
- (D) None of the
above
3. Which of the following lakes in Rajasthan is saline?
- (A) Ana Sagar
- (B) Pichola
- (C) Sambhar
- (D) Jaisamand
4. India is the ________ grower of pulses.
- (A) Largest
- (B) Smallest
- (C) Appropriate
for national need
- (D) None
of the above
5. The southernmost point of peninsular India, that is Kanyakumari, is
- (A) North
of Tropic of Cancer
- (B) South
of the Equator
- (C) South
of the Capricorn
- (D) North
of the Equator
6. Which of the following are true regarding Jhum cultivation in India?
I. It is
largely practiced in Assam
II. It is
referred to as 'slash and burn' technique
III. In it,
the fertility is exhausted in a few years
- (A) I, II and
III
- (B) II and III
- (C) I and II
- (D) I and III
7. The India's highest annual rainfall is reported at
- (A) Namchi,
Sikkim
- (B) Churu,
Rajasthan
- (C) Mawsynram,
Meghalaya
- (D) Chamba,
Himachal Pradesh
8. The Paithan (Jayakwadi) Hydro-electric project, completed with the help of Japan, is on the river
- (A) Ganga
- (B) Cauvery
- (C) Narmada
- (D) Godavari
9. The outer Himalayas lie between
- (A) The
lease Himalayas and the Indo Gangetic plain
- (B) The foot
hills and the Indo Gangetic plain
- (C) The
greater Himalayas and the lesser Himalayas
- (D) Indo-Gangetic
plains and the peninsula
10. 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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