GEOGRAPHY - INDIA MCQS SET 52

GEOGRAPHY - INDIA MCQS SET 52

511. Why is Gujrat, the largest producer of salt in India?
A. Gujrat possesses the largest dry coastal area
B. The sea water here is more saline
C. Gujrat farmers are highly skilled in making salt
D. Gujrat has large areas of shallow sea

512. The Himalayas are formed of parallel fold ranges of which the oldest range is:
A. The Siwalik range
B. The Lesser Himalayas
C. The great Himalayan range
D. The Dhauladhar range

513. Which one of the following does not belong to biosphere reserves set up so far?
A. Great Nicobar
B. Sunderbans
C. Nanda Devi
D. Gulf of Kachchh

514. Which one of the following mountain ranges is spread over only one state in India?
A. Aravalli
B. Satpura
C. Ajanta
D. Sahyadri

515. The Indian subcontinent was originally part of a huge landlass called:
A. Jurassic landmass
B. Arya varta
C. Indiana
D. Gondwana continent

516. Alpine vegetation in the western Himalayas is found only upto a height of 3000 metre while in the eastern Himalayas it is found up to a height of 4000 metre. The reason for this variation in the same mountain range is that:
A. Eastern Himalayas are higher than western Himalayas
B. Eastern Himalayas are nearer to the equator and sea-coast than western Himalayas.
C. Eastern Himalayas get more monsoon rainfall than the western Himalayas
D. Eastern Himalayas rocks are more fertile than the western Himalayan rocks.
 

ANSWER: 

511    D
512   C
513    D
514    C
515    D
516    C