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1. Which of the following are not Kharif crops?
a) Bajra and Maize
b) Rice and Jowar
c) Suger-cane and Groundnut
d) Barley and Mustard
2. The world’s longest masonry dam is?
a) Hirakud
b) Bhakra Nangal
c) Nagarjuna Sagar
d) Aswan
3. Which is India’s largest multipurpose river valley project?
a) Bhakra Nangal
b) Damodar Valley
c) Nagarjuna Sagar
d) Thungabhadra
4. Which region in India is known as the “Rice Bowl of India”?
a) Indo-Gangetic Plain
b) Krishna-Godavari Delta region
c) North-East region
d) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
5. Which of the following states is the largest producer of mica in India?
a) Rajasthan
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Bihar/Jharkhand
d) All of these
6. In India, diamonds are found at?
a) Panna (MP)
b) Golkonda (AP)
c) Khetri (Rajasthan)
d) None of these
7. The first cotton mill was set up at Fort Gloster in Kolkata in?
a) 1919
b) 1926
c) 1818
d) 1854
8. Penicillin is produced at?
a) Bangaluru
b) Alwaye
c) Poona
d) Pimpri
9. The major thermal power station fed on natural gas is at?
a) Lunej
b) Trombay
c) Naharkatiya
d) Digboi
10. HMT industries are set up at?
a) Kalamassery
b) Hyderabad & Bengaluru
c) Pinjore and Ajmer
d) All the above
Answers:
d) Barley and Mustard
a) Hirakud
a) Bhakra Nangal
b) Krishna-Godavari Delta region
c) Bihar/Jharkhand
a) Panna (MP)
c) 1818
d) Pimpri
c) Naharkatiya
d) All the above