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Question 471. Which place is closest to ToraBora?
  1.    Aurangabad
  2.    Amarnath (Kashmir)
  3.    Jalalabad
  4.    Mumbai
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Jalalabad
Answer: (c)
Tora Bora is a cave complex situated in the White Mountains of eastern Afghanistan, in the Pachir Wa Agam District of Nangarhar province, west of the Khyber Pass and 10 km (north of the border of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in Pakistan.
It is close to Jalalabad. It was known to be an important area for the Taliban and insurgency against the Soviet Union in the 1980s.
Question 472. Consider the following statements

  1. In the month of July, the Inter-Tropical ConvergenceZone is located in the Indo Gangetic plain.

  2. Northern Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone is the zone of clouds and heavy rainfall.


Which of the statement given above is/are correct?
  1.    Only 2
  2.    Both 1 and 2
  3.    Neither 1 nor 2
  4.    Only 1
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Both 1 and 2
Answer: (b)
The southeast trade winds in the southern hemisphere and the northeast trade winds in the northern hemisphere meet each other near the equator. The meeting place of these winds is known as the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ).
In the month of July, the ITCZ shifts to 20°- 25° N latitude and is located in the Indo-Gangetic Plain and the South-West monsoons blow from the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. NITCZ is the zone of clouds and heavy rainfall.
Question 473. Cardamom hills lie along the border of
  1.    Karnataka and Kerala
  2.    Kerala and Tamil Nadu
  3.    Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh
  4.    Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Kerala and Tamil Nadu
Answer: (b)Cardamom hills are the most southern hills of India. It is situated at the border of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Question 474. Where is ‘Raisina Hills’?
  1.    The Hill feature in Srinagar, otherwise known as ‘Shankara-charya Hill’
  2.    The place where the Dogra rulers of J & K built their fort in Jammu.
  3.    The rock feature at Kanyakumari where Swami Vivekananda’s statue was erected.
  4.    Where Rashtrapati Bhavan is situated
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Where Rashtrapati Bhavan is situated
Answer: (d)
Raisina Hill is an area of Lutyens’ Delhi, New Delhi, housing India’s most important government buildings, including Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official residence of the President of India and the Secretariat building housing the Prime Minister’s Office and several other important ministries.
It is surrounded by other important buildings and structures, including the Parliament of India, Rajpath, Vijay Chowk and India Gate.28) The term "Raisina Hill" was coined following the acquisition of land from 300 families from X and Malcha villages.
About 0.001 acres of land was acquired under the "1894 Land Acquisition Act" to begin the construction of the Viceroy’s House.
Question 475. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List I
List II
A. Deccan Traps
1. Late Cenozoic
B. Western Ghats
2. Precambrian
C. Aravalli
3. Cretaceous Eocene
D. Narmada - Tapti alluvial deposits
4. Cambrian
 
5. Pleistocene
Codes: A B C D
  1.    3 1 2 5
  2.    2 1 3 4
  3.    1 4 2 5
  4.    3 5 1 4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 3 1 2 5
Answer: (a)
Question 476. Which of the following will never get the vertical rays of the sun ?
  1.    Chennai
  2.    Thiruvanthapuram
  3.    Srinagar
  4.    Mumbai
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Srinagar
Answer: (c)
All latitudes from 22.5 degrees North to 22.5 degrees South of the equator receive vertical or direct rays twice every year as the tilted earth circles the sun.
Tropic of Cancer is the determining line for finding out whether a city in India will get vertical rays of the Sun or not.
Since Srinagar lies to the north of the Tropic of Cancer, it never gets the vertical rays of the Sun.
Question 477. The paleomagnetic results obtained from India indicate that in the past, the Indian land mass has moved
  1.    Southward
  2.    Eastward
  3.    Westward
  4.    Northward
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Northward
Answer: (d)
Question 478. Which of the following is the correct order of the Himalayan Ranges from South to North in the Western section?
  1.    Shivalik - Lesser Himalaya - Great Himalaya
  2.    Lesser Himalaya - Great Himalaya - Shivalik
  3.    Shivalik - Great Himalaya - Lesser Himalaya
  4.    Great Himalaya - Lesser Himalaya - Shivalik
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Shivalik - Lesser Himalaya - Great Himalaya
Answer: (a)
Question 479. The mountains which are not a part of the Himalayan chain:
  1.    Kunlun
  2.    Karakoram
  3.    Hindukush
  4.    Aravalli
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Aravalli
Answer: (d)
The Aravalli Range, literally meaning 'line of peaks', is a range of mountains in western India and eastern Pakistan running approximately 800 km from northwest to southwest across Indian states of Rajasthan, Haryana, and Gujarat and Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh.
It is one of the world's oldest mountain ranges. It dates back to the pre-Indian subcontinental collision with the mainland Eurasian Plate.
Question 480. Statement I: The Kullu Valley in Himachal Pradesh receives copious snowfall during winter.
Statement II: The Kullu Valley receives moisture-bearing wind of the Western Disturbances during winter.
  1.    Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
  2.    Statement I is true but Statement II is false
  3.    Statement I is false but Statement II is true
  4.    Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
Answer: (d)
Option (d) is correct and statement II is the correct explanation of statement I.

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