How many states lie within the Indian Deccan Plateau?
Answer: C
Eight states lie within the Deccan plateau.
They are Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The plateau is a triangular block bounded by the Satpuras in the north and the two Ghats on either side, tilting gently east.
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In India, the highest rainfall occurs along:
Answer: A
The highest rainfall is along the west coast, the north-east and the Meghalaya hills.
The Western Ghats force the Arabian Sea branch of the monsoon to rise, and the Khasi and Garo hills funnel and lift the Bay of Bengal branch. Both are cases of orographic rainfall, and the Deccan behind the Ghats lies in rain shadow.
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The only South American nation through which both the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn pass through?
Answer: A
Brazil is crossed by both.
The Equator passes through the north near Macapá and the Tropic of Capricorn through the south near São Paulo, so Brazil spans the whole tropical zone. Ecuador and Peru lie on or near the Equator only.
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Which among the following is/are the major factor/factors responsible for the monsoon type of climate in India?
1. Location
2. Thermal contrast
3. Upper air circulation
4. Inter-tropical convergence zone
Answer: D
All four factors are responsible.
India's location astride the Tropic of Cancer between a great landmass and a great ocean, the differential heating of land and sea that reverses the pressure gradient with the seasons, the upper-air jet stream whose seasonal shift triggers the burst of the monsoon, and the movement of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone all combine to produce the monsoon regime.
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Scunthorpe and Frodingham are:
Answer: A
They are mining centres of Britain.
Scunthorpe and Frodingham in Lincolnshire lie on the Jurassic ironstone belt, and the local ore drew iron and steel making there in the nineteenth century.
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Which of the following geographical features have played a great unifying role in strengthening the forces of homogeneity of the Indian people?
I.The expanses of water surrounding the peninsula
II.The Himalayan Mountains
III.The vastness of the country
IV.The presence of the Indian ocean
Answer: D
All four have played that unifying role.
The Himalayas in the north and the seas on the other three sides give the subcontinent a natural frame, marking it off as a distinct geographical unit. Within that frame, the very vastness of the country has drawn together peoples of many languages and traditions into a single civilisational sphere.
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The most important breed of wool producing sheep in the world is:
Answer: B
The Merino is the most important wool sheep.
Bred in Spain and now raised chiefly in Australia, it yields a fine, soft, densely crimped fleece with a very small fibre diameter, which makes it the standard for fine apparel wool.
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The study of universe is called:
Answer: C
The study of the universe as a whole is cosmology.
It concerns the origin, structure and eventual fate of the universe - the Big Bang, expansion, dark matter and dark energy. Astronomy studies individual celestial objects; astrology is not a science at all.
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The highest glacial lake of India located at the height of 17,745 feet in Garhwal Himalaya is:
Answer: A
Devtal is the highest, at 17,745 feet.
It lies in the Garhwal Himalaya of Uttarakhand. Roopkund, in the same region, is better known - it is the lake where hundreds of ancient human skeletons emerge as the ice melts.
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Biospheric ecosystem consist of two major components e.g.
Answer: A
The two components are the biome and the habitat.
The habitat supplies the physical setting - land, air, water, soil and climate - while the biome is the community of living things adapted to it. Together they make an ecosystem, and the biosphere is the sum of all of them.
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