GEOGRAPHY - INDIA MCQS SET 79

GEOGRAPHY - INDIA MCQS SET 79

781. The highest percentage of decadal growth of population during the period 2001-2011 was registered by:
A. West Bengal
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Bihar
D. Meghalaya

782. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
A. Kanyakumari — Tamil Nadu
B. Ooty — Karnataka
C. Manas — Assam
D. Simlipal — Orissa

783. Western Ghats are:
A. Mountains
B. Plateaus
C. Escarpment of the Plateaus
D. Hills

784. Which of the following factors is more important for the location of the steel plants at Bokaro?
1. Nearness to iron ore deposits
2. Nearness to coal deposits
3. Nearness to both coal and iron ore deposits
4. Nearness to the port city of Kolkata
A. 1 and 2
B. 1 and 3
C. 2 and 4
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

785. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List I List II
(a) Bengaluru 1. Fertilizer
(b) Chittranjan 2. Electric Rail Engine
(c) Kapurthala 3. Air Craft
(d)Sindri 4. Railway Coaches
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
A. 3 1 2 4
B. 4 2 3 1
C. 3 2 4 1
D. 1 3 4 2

786. India recorded the highest growth rate of population in the decades:
A. 1951-61
B. 1961-71
C. 1971-81
D. 1981-91

787. Which one of the following is the youngest mountain chain?
A. Annamalai
B. Aravalli
C. Siwalik
D. Vindhayan

788. Which of the following favours the onset of West Monsoon?
A. El-Nino
B. Subtropical Westerly jet
C. Polar front jet
D. Tropical easterly jet

789. Which of the following names is given to the oldest sedimentary rocks found in India?
A. Cuddapah
B. Dharwar
C. Gondwana
D. Vindhyan

790. Higher literacy in Kerala state is accounted by:
A. Sound economy
B. Absence of backward communities
C. Well-developed social infrastructure
D. Highly urbanised society
 
ANSWER: 
781    D
782    B
783    A
784    D
785    C
786    B
787    C
788    D
789    A
790    C