01. Where was India’s rocket launching station set up?

(a) Sriharikota

(b) Arvi

(c) Thumba

(d) Port Blair

Ans: (c)

02. The first nuclear reactor of India is named_____ Indian Navy?

(a) Urvashi

(b) Apsara

(c) Kamini

(d) Rohini

Ans: (b)

03. Which of the shipyards makes warships for the Indian Navy?

(a) Cochin Shipyard, Cochin

(b) Hindustan Shipyard, Visakhapatnam

(c) Mazagaon Dock, Mumbai

(d) Garden Reach Workshop, Kolkata

Ans: (c)

04. India provides ideal conditions for air travel because?

(a) it is a vast country

(b) it has a huge population

(c)its climatic conditions are favourable

(d) it has extensive mountain tracks

Ans: (c)

05. Which one of the following towns is not situated along the Grand Trunk Road?

(a) Allahabad

(b) Lucknow

(c) Agra

(d) Kanpur

Ans: (b)

06. The commodity  which  accounts  for the maximum volume of goods transported by the railways in India is?

(a) iron and steel

(b) coal

(c) mineral oil

(d) metallic ores (other than iron ore)

Ans: (b)

07. Wheels and exles for railways are produced?

(a) Bangaluru

(b) at Chennai

(c) at Varanasi

(d) Nowhere in India

Ans: (a)

08. Which of the following is not a navigable river in India?

(a) Brahmaputra

(b) Godavari

(c) Narmada

(d) Chenab

Ans: (d)

09. Match the following inland waterways and the areas served by them?

List-I                                                               List-II

1. Backwaters                                        1. Goa
2. Buckingham Canal                          2. Kerala
3. Cumbarjua Canal Pradesh             3. Tamil Nadu and Andhra

Codes:

A               B             C

(a)          1              2              3

(b)          2              3              1

(c)           2              1              3

(d)          1              3              2

Ans: (b)

10. The National highways system is the responsibility of?

(a) State Government

(b) Central Government

(c) A special Roads Authority

(d) State and Central Government

Ans: (b)

11. How many major ports are there on the east coast of India?

(a) 6

(b) 4

(c) 3

(d) 5

Ans: (a)

12. Which is the croup         of languages spoken by       the largest number of people in India?

(a) lndo-Aryan

(b) Dravidian

(c) Austro-Asiatic

(d) Sino-Tibetan

Ans: (a)

13. To which group do belong?

(a) Negritoes

(b) Proto-Australoids

(c) Mongoloids

(d) Western Brachycephals

Ans: (b)

14. The Periyar Game Sanctuary in Kerala is renowned for?

(a) tiger

(b) lion

(c) wild elephant

(d) monkey

Ans: (c)

15. Which sanctuary has been selected as an alternative home for the Indian lion?

(a) Bandipur Sanctuary (Karnataka)

(b) Ghana Sanctuary (Bihar)

(d) spoatted Deer

(c) Periyar Sanctuary (Kerala)

(d) Chandra Prabha Sanctuary (UP)

Ans: (d)

16. In which of the following areas is Konkani spoken as the local language?

(a) Kerala and Karnataka

(b) Maharashtra and Goa

(c) Odisha and West Bengal

(d) Andhra Pradesh

Ans: (b)

17. Where do Birhors live?

(a) Chhattisgarh

(b) Assam

(c) Nagaland

(d) Tamil Nadu

Ans: (a)

18. In general it la observed that the rate of population growth has been in the___ densely populated areas compared to sparsely populated areas.

(a) Low

(b) High

(c) Negligible

(d) About the same

Ans: (a)

19. After which one of the following tribes of India has a supercontinent of ancient geological history of the world been named?

(a) Santhals

(b) Khonds

(c) Bhils

(d) Gonds

Ans: (d)

20. Where is the Black Pogoda?

(a) Konark

(b) Khajuraho

(c) Madurai

(d) Egypt

Ans: (a)