The headquarters of North Eastern Railway is:
Answer: D
North Eastern Railway is headquartered at Gorakhpur.
It covers eastern Uttar Pradesh and northern Bihar, with divisions at Lucknow, Varanasi and Izzatnagar. Gorakhpur station has one of the longest railway platforms in the world.
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The largest state of India (area wise ) is:
Answer: D
Rajasthan is the largest state by area.
It covers 342,239 sq km, about 10.4 per cent of India, and includes the Thar desert. Madhya Pradesh is second at 308,245 sq km; Uttar Pradesh, though only fourth by area, is the most populous.
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The Tropic of Cancer passes through how many Indian states?
Answer: A
Correct answer: Eight
The Tropic of Cancer crosses eight Indian states: Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram - running west to east. A useful mnemonic takes the initials in order: Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura, Mizoram. It matters more than as a cartographic curiosity. Lying at about 23.5°N, it divides India roughly in half, with the tropical zone to its south and the subtropical to its north, which is part of why the country ranges from equatorial conditions in Kerala to alpine ones in Ladakh. Its position is fixed by the tilt of the Earth’s axis, and it marks the northernmost latitude at which the Sun can stand directly overhead - which it does there at the June solstice. India lies wholly north of the equator, so the Tropic of Capricorn does not touch it.
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The highest peak of peninsular India is:
Answer: B
Anaimudi is the highest peak of peninsular India, at 2,695 m.
It stands in the Anaimalai hills of Kerala, at the junction of the Western Ghats with the Anaimalai and Palani ranges. Doddabetta in the Nilgiris, at 2,637 m, is the second highest.
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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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Which of these is the correct order of the Himalayan ranges from south to north?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Shiwaliks, Lesser Himalaya, Greater Himalaya
The Himalaya run in three roughly parallel ranges, and from south to north they are the Shiwaliks, the Lesser Himalaya and the Greater Himalaya. The Shiwaliks, or Outer Himalaya, are the lowest at 900 to 1,100 metres, made of unconsolidated sediment eroded from the ranges behind and therefore prone to landslides. Between them and the range above lie the flat-floored valleys called duns, of which Dehradun is the best known. The Lesser or Middle Himalaya rise to 3,700 to 4,500 metres and contain the hill stations - Shimla, Mussoorie, Nainital, Darjeeling - along with the Pir Panjal, Dhauladhar and Mahabharat ranges and the Kashmir and Kangra valleys. The Greater Himalaya, or Himadri, is the highest and most continuous, averaging 6,000 metres and carrying Everest, Kangchenjunga and Nanda Devi, with perpetual snow and the sources of the great rivers. Beyond them lies the Trans-Himalaya, including the Karakoram and Ladakh ranges.
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The Wular, Dal and Anchar lakes are located in which region?
Answer: A
Correct answer: The Kashmir valley
All three lie in the Kashmir valley. Wular is the largest freshwater lake in India, fed by the Jhelum and acting as a natural flood basin for the valley. Dal at Srinagar is the best known, famous for its houseboats and floating gardens. Anchar lies north of Srinagar and is connected to the Jhelum by a channel. The valley itself was once a lake, the Karewa deposits along its margins being the lacustrine sediments left behind - which is why it is so flat-floored and so fertile, and why saffron grows on the Karewas at Pampore. All three lakes have shrunk considerably through siltation, weed growth and encroachment, and Wular and Dal are the subject of long-running restoration programmes. Wular is a Ramsar site. The Jhelum links them, rising at Verinag and flowing through Srinagar and Wular before entering Pakistan - one of the western rivers allotted to Pakistan under the Indus Waters Treaty.
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The Western Ghats are also known as:
Answer: A
The Western Ghats are also called the Sahyadris.
They run about 1,600 km from the Tapti valley to Kanyakumari, parallel to the Arabian Sea coast, and intercept the south-west monsoon - which is why their windward slopes are among the wettest places in India and the Deccan behind them lies in rain shadow.
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The zone of low atmospheric pressure and ascending air located at or near the equator is called:
Answer: A
It is the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone.
The trade winds of the two hemispheres meet there, the air is forced to rise, and the result is a belt of low pressure, towering cloud and heavy rain. Sailors called it the doldrums, for its lack of steady wind. The zone shifts north and south with the sun, and its movement drives the monsoon.
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Which of the following food grain crops occupies the largest part of the cropped area in India?
Answer: C
Rice occupies the largest share of the cropped area.
It is grown on about 44 million hectares, chiefly in the eastern and southern states where rainfall exceeds 100 cm, followed by wheat at about 30 million hectares in the north-west. India is the second largest producer of both.
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