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Question 431. Metamorphism changes rocks’
  1.    texture
  2.    both (1) and (2)
  3.    actual chemical composition
  4.    structure
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> both (1) and (2)
Answer: (b)
The word "Metamorphism" comes from the Greek: Meta = change, Morph = form, so metamorphism means to change form.
The process of metamorphism is one that changes or alters either the mineralogy (structure) or the texture, but typically both, of some pre-existing rock. Metamorphic rocks are consequently rocks that have undergone a change or "metamorphosis" from a previous state as a sedimentary, igneous or even another metamorphic rock.
Question 432. What is Radcliffe line?
  1.    Indo - Pakistan boundary line
  2.    Indo - China boundary line
  3.    Russia - Finland boundary line
  4.    America - Canada boundary line
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Indo - Pakistan boundary line
Answer: (a)
Question 433. The Westernmost point of India is
  1.    68º 7' W, Rajasthan
  2.    68º 7' E, Gujarat
  3.    68º 7' E, Rajasthan
  4.    68º 7' W, Gujarat
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 68º 7' E, Gujarat
Answer: (b)
Question 434. Match List -I with List -II and select the correct answer using its codes given below the Lists.
List I
List II
A. Pulicat Lake
1. Orissa
B. Chilka Lake
2. Rajasthan
C. Wular Lake
3. Tamil Nadu
D. Sambhar Lake
4. Kashmir
Codes: A B C D
  1.    3 4 2 1
  2.    4 1 3 2
  3.    1 2 4 3
  4.    3 1 4 2
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 3 1 4 2
Answer: (d)
Pulicat Lake: the second largest brackish–water lake or lagoon in India which straddles the border of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu states on the Coromandal Coast in South India;
Chilka Lake: a brackish water lagoon, spread over the Puri, Khurda and Ganjam districts of Odisha;
Wular Lake: India's largest freshwater lake and one of the largest in Asia, located in Bandipora district in Jammu and Kashmir; and
Sambhar Lake: India's largest inland salt lake, southwest of Jaipur and northeast of Ajmer along National Highway 8 in Rajasthan.
Question 435. The Indian Sub-continent was originally a part of
  1.    Angara-land
  2.    Arya-varta
  3.    Gondwana-land
  4.    Jurassic-land
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Gondwana-land
Answer: (c)
The Indian subcontinent is a southerly region of Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate and projecting southward into the Indian Ocean. In palaeogeography, Gondwana, originally Gondwanaland was the southernmost of two supercontinents that were part of the Pangaea supercontinent.
It existed from approximately 510 to 180 million years ago. Gondwana included most of the landmasses in today’s Southern Hemisphere, including Antarctica, South America, Africa, Madagascar and the Australian continent, as well as the Arabian Peninsula and the Indian subcontinent, which have now moved entirely into the Northern Hemisphere.
Question 436. Which of the following is a coral island?
  1.    Car Nicobar
  2.    Andaman
  3.    Lakshadweep
  4.    New Moore
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Lakshadweep
Answer: (c)
Question 437. Area of India is 2.4% of the total area of the world but its
  1.    Population is 17% of world population
  2.    Population is 18% of world population
  3.    Population is 28% of world population
  4.    Population is 16% of world population
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Population is 17% of world population
Answer: (a)
Question 438. The length of India’s coastline is about
  1.    5700 kms
  2.    7500 kms
  3.    8300 kms
  4.    4900 kms
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 7500 kms
Answer: (b)Length of coastline of India including the coastlines of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal and Lakshadweep Islands in the Arabian Sea is 7517 km. Length of Coastline of Indian mainland is 6100 km.
Question 439. Which of the following landforms occupy the North-Western parts of Bihar State?
  1.    Kaimur Plateau
  2.    Nawada Hilly Region
  3.    Rajgir Hilly Region
  4.    Someshwar Hilly Range
  5.    None of the above/More than one of the above
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Someshwar Hilly Range
Answer: (d)Someshwar Hilly Range occupy the North - Western part of Bihar State.
Question 440. ‘Saddle Peak’ the highest peak of Andaman and Nicobar Islands is located in
  1.    Middle Andaman
  2.    Little Andaman
  3.    North Andaman
  4.    Great Nicobar
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> North Andaman
Answer: (c)Saddle Peak is located on North Andaman Island in India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands. it is the highest point of the archipelago in the Gulf of Bengal.

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