1. “Each day is more or less the same, the morning is clear and bright with a sea breeze; as the Sun climbs high in the sky, heat mounts up, dark clouds form, then rain comes with thunder and lightning. But the rain is soon over.” ( UPSC 2015)
Which of the following regions is described in the above passage?
a) Savannah
b) Equatorial
c) Monsoon
d) Mediterranean
Answer. b) Equatorial
2. In India, the steel production industry requires the import of: ( UPSC 2015)
a) Saltpetre
b) Rock phosphate
c) Coking coal
d) All of the above
Answer. c) Coking coal.
India imports about 85% of the coking coal requirement as the reserve of good quality coal ( anthracite) is not much in India.
3. The Himalayan serow was recently spotted in the Nameri Tiger Reserve. Where is the Nameri Tiger Reserve?
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Assam
c) Tripura
d) Karnataka
Answer. b) Assam
4. Which sports is Manu Bhaker associated with?
a) Shooting
b) Badminton
c) Hockey
d) Cricket
Answer. a) Shooting.
Manu Bhaker is associated with a piston shooter. She won two bronze medals ( women's 10 m air piston and mixed team 10 m air piston) in Paris Olympics 2024.
5. In India, in which one of the following types of forests is teak a dominant tree species? ( UPSC 2015)
a) Tropical moist deciduous forest
b) Tropical rainforest
c) Tropical thorn scrub forest
d) Temperate forest with Grasslands
Answer. a) Tropical moist deciduous forest
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