1. India’s population as per the 2011 census is :
(a) 1028 million
(c) 3287 million
(b) 3182 million
(d) 1210 million
2. Which one of the following states has the highest density of population in India?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Kerala
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Punjab
3. Which one of the following states has the highest proportion of the urban population in India according to the 2011 Census?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Kerala
(d) Goa
4. Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India?
(a) Sino – Tibetan
(b) Indo – Aryan
(c) Austria
(d) Dravidian
5. Which one of the following is the main reason for male migration in India?
(a) Education
(c) Work and employment
(b) Business
(d) Marriage
6. Which one of the following states receives the maximum number of immigrants?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Delhi
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Bihar
7. Which one of the following streams is the main reason for female migration in India?
(a) Education
(b) Business
(c) Work & Employment
(d) Marriage
8. Which one of the following is India’s rank in terms of the Human Development Index among the countries of the world in 2016?
(a) 126
(b) 134
(c) 128
(d) 131
9. Which one of the following states of India has the highest rank in the Human Development Index?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Punjab
(c) Kerala
(d) Haryana
10. Which one of the following states of India has the lowest female literacy?
(a) Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Bihar
11. Which one of the following states of India has the lowest female child sex ratio of 0-6 years?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Haryana
(c) Punjab
(d) Himachal Pradesh
12. Which one of the following Union Territories of India has the highest literacy rate?
(a) Lakshadweep
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Daman and Diu
(d) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
13. Which one of the following towns is NOT located on a riverbank?
(a) Agra
(b) Bhopal
(c) Patna
(d) Kolkata
14. Which one of the following is NOT part of the definition of a town as per the census of India?
(a) Population density of 400 persons per sq km.
(b) Presence of municipality, corporation, etc.
(c) More than 75% of the population is engaged in the primary sector.
(d) Population size of more than 5,000 persons.
15. In which one of the following environments does one expect the presence of dispersed rural settlements?
(a) Alluvial plains of Ganga
(b) Arid and semi-arid regions of Rajasthan
(c) Lower valleys of Himalayas
(d) Forests and hills in the north-east
16. Which one of the following groups of cities has been arranged in the sequence of their ranks i.e. 1, 2, 3, and 4 in size?
(a) Greater Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Chennai
(b) Delhi, Greater Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata
(c) Kolkata, Greater Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata
(d) Greater Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai
17. Which one of the following is NOT a land-use category?
(a) Fallow land
(b) Marginal land
(c) Net Area Sown
(d) Culturable Wasteland
18. What one of the following is the main reason due to which share of the forest has shown an increase in the last forty years?
(a) Extensive and efficient efforts of afforestation
(b) Increase in community forest land
(c) Increase in the notified area allocated for forest growth
(d) Better peoples’ participation in managing forest areas.
19. Which one of the following is the main form of degradation in irrigated areas?
(a) Gully erosion
(b) Wind erosion
(c) Salinisation of soils
(d) Siltation of land
20. Which one of the following crops is not cultivated under dryland farming?
(a) Ragi
(b) Jowar
(c) Groundnut
(d) Sugarcane
21. In which of the following group of countries of the world, HYVs of wheat and rice were developed?
(a) Japan and Australia
(b) The U.S.A. and Japan
(c) Mexico and the Philippines
(d) Mexico and Singapore
22. Which one of the following types describes water as a resource?
(a) Abiotic resource
(b) Non-renewable Resources
(c) Biotic Resource
(d) Non-cyclic Resource
23. Which one of the following south Indian states has the highest groundwater utilization (in percent) of its total groundwater potential?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Karnataka
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Kerala
24. The highest proportion of the total water used in the country is in which one of the following sectors?
(a) Irrigation
(b) Industries
c) Domestic use
(d) None of the above
25. In which one of the following states are the major oil fields located?
(a) Assam
(b) Bihar
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Tamil Nadu
26. At which one of the following places was the first atomic power station started?
(a) Kalpakkam
(b) Narora
(c) Rana Pratap Sagar
(d) Tarapur
27. Which one of the following minerals is known as a brown diamond?
(a) Iron
(b) Lignite
(c) Manganese
(d) Mica
28. Which one of the following is a non-renewable source of energy?
(a) Hydel
(b) Solar
(c) Thermal
(d) Wind power
30. Which is not a factor of industrial location?
(a) Market
(b) Capital
(c) Population Density
(d) Power
31. The earliest Iron and Steel Company to be established in India was:
(a) IISCO
(b) TISCO
(c) Visvesvaraiya Iron and Steel Works
(d) Mysore Iron and Steel Works.
32. The first modern cotton mill was established in Mumbai because:
(a) Mumbai is a port
(b) It is located near a cotton-growing area
(c) Mumbai was the financial center
(d) All of the above.
33. The nucleus of the Hugli Industrial Region is:
(a) Kolkata-Haora
(b) Kolkata-Rishra
(c) Kolkata-Medinipur
(d) Kolkata-Konnagar
34. Which one of the following is the second-largest producer of sugar:
(a) Maharashtra
(c) Punjab
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Tamil Nadu
35. Regional planning relates to :
(a) Development of various sectors of the economy.
(b) Area-specific approach of development.
(c) Area differences in the transportation network.
(d) Development of rural areas.
36. ITDP refers to which one of the following?
(a) Integrated Tourism Development Programme
(b) Integrated Travel Development Programme
(c) Integrated Tribal Development Programme
(d) Integrated Transport Development Programme
37. Which one of the following is the most crucial factor for sustainable development in the Indira Gandhi Canal Command Area?
(a) Agricultural development
(b) Eco-development
(c) Transport development
(d) Colonisation of land
38. In how many zones has the Indian Railways system been divided?
(a) 9
(c) 16
(b) 12
(d) 14
39. On which river and between which two places does the National Water Way No. 1 lie?
(a) The Brahmaputra, Sadiya-Dhubri
(b) The Ganga, Haldia-Allahabad
(c) West Coast Canal, Kottapuram to Kollam
40. In which of the following year, the first radio program was broadcast?
(a) 1911
(c) 1927
(b) 1936
(d) 1923
41. Trade between two countries is termed as
(a) Internal trade
(b) External trade
(c) International trade
(d) Local trade
42. Which one of the following is a land-locked harbor?
(a) Vishakhapatnam
(b) Mumbai
(c) Ennor
(d) Haldia
43. Most of India’s foreign trade is carried through
(a) Land and sea
(b) Land and air
(c) Sea and air
(d) Sea
44. Which one of the following rivers is highly polluted?
(a) the Brahmaputra
(b) Satluj
(c) the Yamuna
(d) Godavari
45. Which one of the following diseases is caused by water pollution?
(a) Conjunctivitis
(b) Diarrhea
(c) Respiratory infections
(d) Bronchitis
46. Which one of the following is the cause of acid rain?
(a) Water pollution
(b) Land pollution
(c) Noise pollution
(d) Air pollution
47. Push and pull factors are responsible for–
(a) Migration
(b) Land degradation
(c) Slums
(d) Air pollution
Answer:
1-D; 2-A; 3-D; 4-B; 5-C;
6-C; 7-D; 8-D; 9-C; 10-A;
11-B; 12-A; 13-B; 14-C; 15-D;
16-D; 17-B; 18-C; 19-C; 20-D;
21-C; 22-A; 23-A; 24-A; 25-A;
26-D; 27-B; 28-C; 30-C; 31-B;
32-D; 33-A; 34-B; 35-B;
36-C; 37-B; 38-C; 39-B; 40-D;
41-C; 42-A; 43-D; 44-C; 45-B; 46-D; 47-A;
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