G.K. Practice Test: Question Set - 07
1. Which of the following is a peninsular river of India?
- (A) Gandak
- (B) Kosi
- (C) Krishna
- (D) Sutlej
2. The Yarlung Zangbo River, in India, is known as
- (A) Ganga
- (B) Indus
- (C) Brahmaputra
- (D) Mahanadi
3. The typical area of sal forest in the Indian peninsular upland occurs
- (A) On
the western ghats
- (B) Between
the Tapti and the Narmada
- (C) To
the north-east of the Godavari
- (D) On the Malwa
plateau
4. The south-west monsoon contributes _________ of the total rain in India.
- (A) 86 %
- (B) 50 %
- (C) 22 %
- (D) 100 %
5. The watershed between India and Myanmar is formed by
- (A) The Naga
hills
- (B) The Garo
hills
- (C) Khasi hills
- (D) The Jaintia
hills
6. The percentage of irrigated land in India is about
- (A) 45 %
- (B) 65 %
- (C) 35 %
- (D) 25 %
7. The northern boundary of the peninsular plateau of Indian runs parallel to the Ganga and the Yamuna from Rajmahal hills to a point near
- (A) Allahabad
- (B) Delhi
- (C) Gwalior
- (D) Jaipur
8. Which of the following dams has generations of power more than irrigation as its main purpose?
- (A) Gandhi Sagar
- (B) Hirakud
- (C) Periyar
- (D) Tungabhadra
9. The significant shifts in Indian agriculture during green revolution include
- (A) Non-food
grains reported some spectacular progress and shift in the cropping pattern
- (B) Major food
grains, in the eastern regions productions decreased and in the northern states
increased
- (C) Both (a) and
(b)
- (D) None
of the above
10. Which of the following factors are responsible for present crisis in the jute industry in India?
I. The decline
in overseas market
II.
Inadequately supply of raw jute
III. Stiff
competition from synthetic packing materials
Select the
correct answer from the codes given below
- (A) I and II
- (B) I, II and
III
- (C) I and III
- (D) II and III