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World Geography Questions and Answers

711.

"Gol Gumbaz" is in ?

Answer: B

The Gol Gumbaz is at Bijapur (Vijayapura) in Karnataka. Completed in 1656, it is the tomb of Mohammed Adil Shah.

Its dome, about 44 m across, is one of the largest masonry domes in the world, and the whispering gallery round its base carries the faintest sound clear across it.

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712.

The central water Tribunal was established in India in ?

Answer: A

The Central Water Tribunal was set up in 1887, under British administration, to hear disputes over the sharing of river waters.

Its modern successor is the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act of 1956, under which tribunals such as the Krishna and Cauvery tribunals have been constituted.

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713.

Which national highway joins Agra to Mumbai ?

Answer: C

NH 3 joins Agra - Gwaliar - Indore - Nasik - Mumbai.
It is 1161 Km long.
NH 1 joins Delhi - Ambala - Amritsar - Indo-pak-border.
It is 546 Km long.
NH 2 joins Delhi - Agra - Kanpur - Varanasi - Kolkata.
It is 1490 Km long

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714.

Which is the largest port of India ?

Answer: C

The Jawaharlal Nehru Port (Nhava Sheva) near Mumbai is India's largest port by container traffic, handling roughly half the country's containerised cargo.

Kandla and Paradip handle larger tonnages of bulk cargo, but JNPT leads in the container trade that the ranking usually refers to.

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715.

Which state has maximum lengths of Roads ?

Answer: D

Maharashtra has the greatest total road length of any Indian state, over 300,000 km.

Its size, its dense industrial and urban development around Mumbai and Pune, and its long-standing road-building programme together account for the lead.

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716.

"Marina Beach" is in ?

Answer: B

Marina Beach runs along the Bay of Bengal at Chennai in Tamil Nadu. At about 13 km it is one of the longest urban beaches in the world.

Its shore shelves steeply and the undertow is dangerous, so it is a promenade rather than a bathing beach.

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717.

"Ranganthitoo Bird Sanctuary" is in which state of India ?

Answer: B

The Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary is in the Mandya district of Karnataka, on a group of islets in the Kaveri near Srirangapatna.

Salim Ali persuaded the Mysore state to protect it in 1940. Painted storks, spoonbills, open-billed storks and river terns nest there in thousands.

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719.

Papanasam Project is on which river ?

Answer: B

The Papanasam project is built on the Tambiraparani in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu.

The dam, completed in 1944, supplies irrigation and hydroelectric power, and the Papanasam falls above it are a place of pilgrimage.

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720.

"Nagarjuna Sagar Multipurpose Project" is on which river ?

Answer: D

The Nagarjuna Sagar multipurpose project is on the Krishna, on the border of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

Completed in 1967, its masonry dam is among the largest in the world, and it supplies irrigation to over 400,000 hectares along with 815 MW of power.

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