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1. In Solar System, which planet rotates the fastest on its axis?
A) Venus
B) Saturn
C) Mercury
D) Jupiter
2. Which of the following soils is very hard to cultivate?
A) Alluvial
B) Black
C) Red
D) Sandy
3. Canal irrigation is most important in the Northern Plains of India because:
A) the soil is porous
B) the level of underground water is high
C) the sources of canals are perennial rivers
D) the region is densely populated
4. Siwaliks are:
A) to the North of Himadri
B) foothills of Himalayan ranges
C) in Meghalaya
D) the plateau between Pamirs and Myanmar
5. The smallest country in South America is?
A) Uruguay
B) Guiana
C) Ecuador
D) Suriname
6. Mettur dam is built on the river?
A) Narmada river
B) Tapti river
C) Cauvery river
D) Godavari river
7. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the age of formation- from the youngest to the oldest- of the given mountain ranges?
A) Himalayas, Vindhyas, Western Ghats, Deccan Traps
B) Deccan Traps, Western Ghats, Vindhyas, Himalayas
C) Himalayas, Western Ghats, Vindhyas, Deccan Traps
D) Vindhyas, Himalayas, Deccan Traps, Western Ghats
8. Soil factors are otherwise known as:
A) Climatic factors
B) Edaphic factors
C) Biotic factors
D) Physiographic factors
9. Among the following States, which one has the largest forest area?
A) Gujarat
B) Karnataka
C) Odisha
D) Tamil Nadu
10. The Tibetan river 'Tsangpo' enters India through the State of:
A) Arunachal Pradesh
B) Assam
C) Manipur
D) Nagaland
Answers:
D) Jupiter
D) Sandy
C) the sources of canals are perennial rivers
C) in Meghalaya
D) Suriname
C) Cauvery river
B) Deccan Traps, Western Ghats, Vindhyas, Himalayas
B) Edaphic factors
A) Gujarat
A) Arunachal Pradesh