The Pochampad irrigation project lies on the
Answer: B
The Pochampad project lies on the Godavari.
Officially the Sri Ram Sagar project, it is in Nizamabad district of Telangana and irrigates a large part of the Telangana districts along the river.
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Sandstone, conglomerate, limestone, shale, potash, loess, geyserite, chalk, coal, chert and halite are examples of
Answer: C
These are all sedimentary rocks.
They form by the deposition and compaction of material: sandstone and shale from weathered fragments, limestone and chalk from organic remains, halite and potash from evaporation, coal from buried plant matter. Being laid down in layers, they are the only rocks that hold fossils.
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The second most important agro based industry of India after textiles is:
Answer: D
The sugar industry is India's second largest agro-based industry after textiles.
India is the world's largest consumer of sugar and vies with Brazil as the largest producer. The mills are concentrated in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, and being seasonal they run only during the crushing months.
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As per the 2011 Census of India, the state that registered the lowest sex ratio (females per thousand males) is
Answer: B
Haryana recorded the lowest sex ratio in 2011.
It had 879 females per thousand males, against a national figure of 943. Kerala was highest at 1,084. The imbalance in Haryana and neighbouring Punjab is attributed to sex-selective abortion and to a strong preference for sons.
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The industrial region of India which has the predominance of metal industries is:
Answer: B
The Chotanagpur region is dominated by metal industries.
The plateau holds iron ore, coal, manganese, bauxite and limestone within a short radius, which is why the steel plants at Jamshedpur, Bokaro, Rourkela and Durgapur all lie there. It is often called the Ruhr of India.
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The mean thickness of oceanic crust and continental crust is around:
Answer: C
The figures are about 5 km and 30 km.
Oceanic crust is thin and basaltic, formed continuously at mid-ocean ridges and destroyed at trenches, so none of it is older than about 200 million years. Continental crust is thick, granitic and much lighter, which is why it stands high and is not subducted - and why parts of it are 4,000 million years old.
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Titagarh, Amlai and Nepanagar are known for:
Answer: D
Titagarh, Amlai and Nepanagar are known for the paper industry.
Titagarh in West Bengal and Amlai in Madhya Pradesh make paper and board; Nepanagar, also in Madhya Pradesh, was set up specifically for newsprint and was for long India's only newsprint mill.
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The radiant energy received by the earth and its atmosphere from the sun is called:
Answer: A
This is insolation, short for incoming solar radiation.
The earth intercepts only about a two-billionth of the sun's output, and of that roughly half reaches the surface, the rest being reflected or absorbed by the atmosphere. Insolation varies with latitude, season and cloud, and is the ultimate driver of climate.
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The layer of ocean water between the depth zone of 300 m- 1000 m characterized by sharp change of temperature in the vertical section of sea water is called:
Answer: D
This layer is the thermocline.
Above it lies the warm, wind-mixed surface layer; below it the cold deep water. Temperature falls steeply through the thermocline, and the resulting density gradient makes it a barrier to vertical mixing, which is why nutrients from the deep reach the surface only where upwelling occurs.
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The modern iron and steel industry in India had its beginning in 1870 when Bengal Iron Works Company was established in:
Answer: A
It began at Kulti in Bengal.
The Bengal Iron Works Company set up its plant there in 1870, near the Raniganj coalfield. It was the first successful modern iron works in India, though large-scale steel had to wait for Tata's Jamshedpur plant in 1907.
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