GEOGRAPHY - INDIA MCQS SET 51

GEOGRAPHY - INDIA MCQS SET 51

501. The highest milk producing breed of goat in India is:
A. Barbari
B. Jamnapari
C. Block Bengal
D. Beetal

502. Assertion (A): The monsoon rainfall decreases as one goes north west in the Ganga plain.
Reason (R): The moisture bearing monsoonal winds go higher up as one moves up in the Ganga Plain.
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true

503. Which of the following types of erosion is responsible for the formation of Chambal Ravines?
A. Splash
B. Sheet
C. Rill
D. Gully

504. Self sufficiency in food, in the true sense of freedom from hunger, has not been achieved in India inspite of a more than three fold rise in food grains production over 1950-2010. Which of the following are the reasons for it.
1. The green revolution has been restricted to small pockets of the country.
2. The cost of food is too high compared to the earnings of the poor.
3. Too much emphasis is laid on wheat and paddy compared to the coarse grains.
4. The grains of the green revolution have largely accrued to the cash crop rather than food crops.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
A. 1, 2 and 3
B. 1, 2 and 4
C. 1, 3 and 4
D. 2, 3 and 4

505. Surti is a breed of ...........
A. Cattle
B. Buffalo
C. Sheep
D. Goat

506. Which of the following periodical winds blowing the sea to land cause summer Monsoon in India?
A. East West
B. South West
C. South East
D. North East

507. Which of the following soil types of India is rendered in fertile by the presence of excess iron?
A. Desert sand
B. Alluvial
C. Podzolic
D. Leteric

508. Which of the following fish are bred exclusively in the cold region of India?
1. Catla
2. Tinca
3. Bhetki
4. Trout
Codes:
A. 1 and 2
B. 1 and 4
C. 2 and 4
D. 3 and 4

509. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List I List II
(Project) (River)
(a) Almatti 1. Tapi
(b) Idukki 2. Ravi
(c) Ranjit Sagar 3. Krishna
(d)Ukai 4. Periyar
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
A. 3 4 2 1
B. 4 3 2 1
C. 1 2 3 4
D. 2 1 4 3

510. Though the railways are the most pervasive mode of transport in India. It is the road transport which received the maximum impetus in most of the post independence period. Which one of the following are the reasons for this?
1. Railways are cheap to operate but the associated capital costs are very high.
2. Given the geographic spread of the human settlements. It is unrealistic that the railways alone can serve the needs of transport.
3. The per unit (tonne/km) cost of transport is cheaper in road compared to rail transport.
4. Given to indivisible nature of the railways it is not always convenient for the population to avail of it with the same ease as private car, buses or two wheelers.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
A. 1, 2 and 3
B. 1, 2 and 4
C. 1, 3 and 4
D. 2, 3 and 4
 

ANSWER: 

501    B
502    C
503    D
504    A
505    B
506    B
507    D
508    C
509    A
510    B