The Paithan (Jayakwadi) Hydro-electric project, completed with the help of Japan, is on the river
Answer: D
The Jayakwadi project at Paithan is on the Godavari.
It lies in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra and impounds the Nathsagar reservoir, one of the largest earthen dams in the country. Japanese assistance funded much of the work.
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Which of the following types of soil are mostly confined to river basins and coastal plains of India?
Answer: A
Alluvial soils are confined to river basins and coastal plains.
They are transported soils, laid down by rivers rather than formed in place, and cover about 40 per cent of India's area - the whole Indo-Gangetic plain and the deltas. Rich in potash and lime but poor in nitrogen and humus, they are the most productive soils in the country.
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Masai Tribes are found in:
Answer: D
The Maasai are found in East Africa.
They live in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania, on and around the Serengeti and Masai Mara, and are semi-nomadic pastoralists whose life centres on cattle.
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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?
1. The expanses of water surrounding the peninsula
2. The Himalayan Mountains
3. The vastness of the country
4. 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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Which of the following groups of rivers have their source of origin in Tibet?
Answer: C
The Brahmaputra, Indus and Sutlej rise in Tibet.
All three originate near Lake Mansarovar and Mount Kailash and then cut through the Himalayas, so they are older than the mountains they cross - antecedent rivers that kept their courses as the range rose around them.
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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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Golden Quadrilateral Comprising National Highways connects:
Answer: B
It connects Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata.
The Golden Quadrilateral is a 5,846 km network of four- and six-lane highways joining the four metropolitan cities, and was the first phase of the National Highways Development Project, begun in 2001.
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The Vembanad Lake is located in
Answer: D
Vembanad is in Kerala.
It is the longest lake in India, about 96 km, and the largest in Kerala, forming the heart of the backwaters. The Thanneermukkom barrage keeps sea water out of its southern part so that paddy can be grown below sea level in Kuttanad.
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The Bhakra Nangal project supplies irrigation and power chiefly to which states?
Answer: D
Correct answer: Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan
The Bhakra Nangal project on the Sutlej serves Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, and it was the irrigation backbone of the Green Revolution in those states. The Bhakra Dam in Himachal Pradesh, at 226 metres, is among the highest gravity dams in the world and impounds the Gobind Sagar reservoir; the Nangal Dam a short distance downstream in Punjab regulates the release into the canal system. Nehru called such projects the temples of modern India, and Bhakra was the largest undertaken in the years after independence. The waters it uses are India’s share of the eastern rivers under the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960, which allotted the Ravi, Beas and Sutlej to India and the Indus, Jhelum and Chenab to Pakistan. The other major multipurpose projects are worth knowing alongside it: Damodar Valley in Jharkhand and West Bengal, Hirakud on the Mahanadi, Nagarjuna Sagar on the Krishna, and Sardar Sarovar on the Narmada.
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Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary is located in:
Answer: D
Vedanthangal is in Tamil Nadu.
It lies in Chengalpattu district, about 75 km from Chennai, and is among the oldest bird sanctuaries in the country - villagers have protected it since the eighteenth century. Migratory birds nest there from October to March.
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