GEOGRAPHY - INDIA MCQS SET 60

GEOGRAPHY - INDIA MCQS SET 60

591. Irrigation through canals, tube-wells tanks, etc is resorted to in India because:
A. The country has a large number of rivers, big and small.
B. The failure of rains or inadequate rain can prove highly detrimental to crop production.
C. It is easy to regulate water supply to plants according to their needs.
D. It is too much expensive to store rain water.

592. Which of the following states has the literacy rate lower than the national average?
A. Karnataka
B. West Bengal
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Maharashtra

593. The distance between New Delhi and which of the following Stations by rail is the shortest?
A. New Delhi – Thiruvananthapuram
B. New Delhi – Bengaluru
C. New Delhi – Chennai
D. New Delhi – Guwahati

594. Pong Dam is a venture undertaken jointly by which of the following groups of states?
A. Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan
B. Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa
C. Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan
D. Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa

595. Which of the following parts of India produces nearly two-thirds of the total quantity of tea?
A. North East–India
B. Northern India
C. Southern India
D. North West India

596. To which of the following eras does the Aravalli system belong?
A. Palaeozoic
B. Mesozoic
C. Cainozoic
D. Precambrian

597. Which part of India receives rain when the summer monsoon recedes?
A. North east India
B. Malabar Coast
C. Tamilnadu Coast
D. Orissa

598. Mangrove vegetation in India is most extensive in:
A. Rann of Kutch
B. Malabar
C. Sunderbans
D. None of these

599. The rivers included in which of the following groups flow into the Bay of Bengal?
A. Narmada, Ganges and Brahmaputra.
B. Brahmaputra, Ganges and Godavari
C. Cauveri, Krishna and Narmada
D. Krishna, Godavari and Tapti

600. To which of the following types does the natural vegetation of the western ghats belong?
A. Evergreen
B. Mangrove
C. Deciduous
D. Alpine
 

ANSWER: 

591    B
592    C
593    C
594    A
595    A
596    D
597    C
598    C
599    B
600    A