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Question 1. Consider the following relief features.
  1. Zanskar Range
  2. Dhauladhar Range
  3. Ladakh Range
  4. Karakoram Range
The correct South to Northward sequence of the above relief features is
  1.    2, 3, 4, 1
  2.    4, 3, 2, 1
  3.    4, 2, 1, 3
  4.    2, 1, 3, 4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 2, 1, 3, 4
Answer: (d)
Question 2. Which one of the following States of India has international boundary on its three sides?
  1.    Nagaland
  2.    Tripura
  3.    West Bengal
  4.    Assam
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Tripura
Answer: (b)
Question 3. Match the following List-I & List-II;
List I
List II
(Pass)
(State)
A. Zoji La Pass
1. Sikkim
B. Bara Lacha Pass
2. Uttarakhand
C. Jelep La Pass
3. Himachal Pradesh
D. Niti Pass
4. Jammu and Kashmir
Codes: A B C D
  1.    2 3 1 4
  2.    4 3 1 2
  3.    2 1 3 4
  4.    4 1 3 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 4 3 1 2
Answer: (b)
Zoji La is a high mountain pass in Jammu and Kashmir, India, located on the Indian National Highway 1D between Srinagar and Leh in the western section of the Himalayan mountain range.
Bara-lacha la also known as Bara-lacha Pass, or Bara Lacha La, is a high mountain pass in the Zanskar range, connecting the Lahaul district in Himachal Pradesh to Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, situated along the Leh – Manali Highway.
Jelep La or Jelep Pass, elevation 4,267 m or 13,999 ft, is a high mountain pass between East Sikkim District, Sikkim, India and Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It is on a route that connects Lhasa to India. The pass is 46 metres in length.
Niti is a small village in the Niti valley of Joshimath. Niti is the last village and outpost in Indo – Tibetan border in Chamoli district.
Question 4. The important fishing harbour in India is
  1.    Cohin
  2.    Paradeep
  3.    Mumbai
  4.    Kolkata
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Cohin
Answer: (a)Apart from four main fishing harbours--Mangalore (Karnataka), Kochi (Kerala), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), and Roychowk in Kolkata (West Bengal)--twenty-three minor fishing harbors and ninety-five fish-landing centers are designated to provide landing and berthing facilities to fishing craft.
Question 5. The Himalayas are also known by the name
  1.    fold mountains
  2.    valley mountains
  3.    Indus mountains
  4.    ancient mountains
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> fold mountains
Answer: (a)
The Himalayas are examples of fold mountains that are created where two or more of Earth’s tectonic plates are pushed together. The Himalayan mountain ranges were formed as a result of a continental collision or orogeny along the convergent boundary between the Indo-Australian Plate and the Eurasian Plate.
The Arakan Yoma highlands in Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal were also formed as a result of this collision.
Question 6. Where is Panzseer valley situated ?
  1.    Afghanistan
  2.    Jammu and Kashmir, India
  3.    Syria
  4.    Lebanon
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Afghanistan
Answer: (a)
The Panjshir Valley is a valley in north-central Afghanistan, 150 km north of Kabul, near the Hindu Kush mountain range. Located in the Panjshir Province it is divided by the Panjshir River.
The valley is home to more than 140,000 people, including Afghanistan’s largest concentration of ethnic Tajiks. It literally means ‘Valley of the Five Lions.’
Question 7. Which of the following rock systems in India is the latest one?
  1.    Cuddapah
  2.    Dharwar
  3.    Gondwana
  4.    Vindhyan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Gondwana
Answer: (c)
Question 8. ‘Diego Garcia’ is an island in the Ocean—
  1.    Indian
  2.    Atlantic
  3.    Arctic
  4.    Pacific
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Indian
Answer: (a)
Diego Garcia is a tropical, footprint-shaped coral atoll located south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean. It is part of British Indian Ocean Territory.
It lies in the Chagos Archipelago at the southernmost tip of the Chagos-Laccadive Ridge – a vast submarine range in the Indian Ocean.
Question 9. The outermost range of Himalaya is called
  1.    Shiwalik
  2.    Dehradun
  3.    Kumaon
  4.    Kali
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Shiwalik
Answer: (a)
The Sivalik Hills is the outermost range of the Himalayas. Also known as Manak Parbat, it located in between the Great Plains and Lesser or Middle Himalayas.
This range is about 2,400 km long enclosing an area that starts almost from the Indus and ends close to the Brahmaputra, with a gap of about 90 kilometres between the Teesta and Raidak rivers in Assam.
Question 10. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists :
List I
List II
(City)
(Earthquake zone)
A. Kolkata
1. Zone V
B. Guwahati
2. Zone IV
C. Delhi
3. Zone III
D. Chennai
4. Zone II
Codes: A B C D
  1.    3 1 2 4
  2.    4 1 2 3
  3.    4 2 1 3
  4.    3 2 1 4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 3 1 2 4
Answer: (a)
City & Earthquake zone
Kolkata - Zone III
Guwahati - Zone V
Delhi - Zone IV
Chennai - Zone II

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