1.
Which is
the mountain range that is starting from the Tapti river in the north to
Kanyakumari in south
a.
Deccan
Plateau
b.
Eastern
Ghat
c.
Western
Ghat
d.
Aravalli
mountain ranges
o The relief feature that lies on the east of Kerala - Western Ghat
o The total length of Western Ghat -1600 km
o The total number of states through which the Western Ghat runs – 6 (Gujarat,
Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Kerala)
o The committees which studied about the environmental impact of Western
Ghats - Madhav Gadgil committee and K Kasturirangan committee
o The second Indian who got Tyler price International award in the field
of environment - Dr Madhav Gadgil (2015) (First Indian - Dr MS Swaminathan)
o Kasturirangan committee reviewed the Gadgil Committee report and
disagreed with the Recommendation of Gadgil committee
o The expert committee appointed by the Kerala government to review the
Kasturirangan report - Unman V Omman
o Western Ghat was declared as UNESCO’s World Heritage site -1st July 2012
o The number of points in Western Ghat that included in the World Heritage
site - 39 (out of this 20 are in Kerala)
2.
Which among
the following is a salt lake in Rajasthan
a.
Sambhar
Lake
b.
Redhill Lake
c.
Kalyan Lake
d.
Chilka lake
Ans: Sambhar Lake
o Largest inland Salt Lake - Sambhar Lake
o The sacred lake in the Ajmer district of Rajasthan - Pushkar lake
o The largest lake in India - Chilika Lake (Odisha)
o The largest salt lake in India - Chilka lake
o Chilka lake is the mouth of river - Mahanadi
o The Marsh land at the northern edge of chilka which is declared as an
the International bird area - Magalajodi
o The largest freshwater lake in India - Wular Lake (Jammu Kashmir)
o The lake which is known as mahapadma Saras - Wular
o Largest freshwater lake in South India - Kolleru
o The largest freshwater lake of North East India and - loktak lake
o Second largest freshwater lake in India - Kolleru Lake Andhra Pradesh
o Highest lake in India - cholamo lake
o The lake which is known as Jewel in the Crown of Kashmir - Dal Lake
o Venadu island is on - Pulicat
Lake
3.
Bhilai
Steel Plant was established with the collaboration of
a.
Japan
b.
Russia
c.
America
d.
Germany
Ans: Russia
o The Steel plant constructed with the support of Germany - Rourkela Steel
Plant (Odisha)
o The Steel plants constructed with the Russian support - Bhilai and
Bokaro
o The Steel Plant constructed with the support of Britain - (Durgapur Steel Plant West Bengal)
o First public sector steel plant in India - Rourkela
o The three Steel Plant Durgapur Bhilai Rourkela were built during - Second five year plan
o The first iron and steel industry of India started at - Porto Novo (1830)
o The first large scale Iron and Steel company was started in - kulti (West Bengal 1870)
o The largest steel plant in private sector - Tata Iron and Steel Company
(TISCO)
o The Steel Plant is situated on the banks of the river Suvarna Rekha -
TISCO
o First iron and steel plant in South India - Vishweshvaraiah Iron and
Steel Plant (Bhadravati, Karnataka)
o The authority controls on Steel plants under public sector in India - Steel
Authority of India
o The largest steel plant in India - Bokaro
o Most profitable Steel price in India – Bhilai
Iron
and Steel plants in India
o TISCO - Jharkhand
o IISCO - West Bengal
o Viswesvaraya - Karnataka
o Vijayanagar - Karnataka
o Tata Steel Plant – kalinga Nagar (Orissa)
o Salem steel plant - Tamilnadu
o Visakhapatnam Steel Plant - Andhra Pradesh
o Dolvi Steel Plant - Maharashtra
4.
The longest
national highway in India is
a.
NH 5
b.
NH 6
c.
NH 8
d.
NH 7
Ans: NH7
o New name of NH 7 is - NH 44 (Srinagar - Kanyakumari)
o The shortest NH in India - NH 966 b (kundannoor - willingdon)
o Grand Trunk Road, the first national highway in India connects Kolkata
to Amritsar built by - Sher Shah
o North South Corridor and east west corridor are the two super highways
in India
o Golden Quadrilateral is a project link the 4 metro cities in India with
six lane highways
o The largest road network in the world - USA
o The second largest road network in the world in - India
o The state having largest road network in India - Maharashtra
o The state through which most number of national highways pass - Uttar
Pradesh
o State that has least number of national highways in India - Sikkim
o The union territory of India which have least National Highway System - Chandigarh (24 km)
o The union territory that has longest national highway network - Andaman
and Nicobar Island (300 km)
o Mumbai Delhi Kolkata and Chennai are the four major metro cities in the
list of Golden Quadrilateral
o The Golden Quadrilateral was inaugurated by - AB Vajpayee (6th January
1999)
o National Highway Authority of India was established in 1995
o The largest Highway project in India is national highway development
project
5.
Which of
the following rivers does not form any Delta at its mouth
a.
Tapti
b.
Kaveri
c.
Mahanadi
d.
Godavari
Ans: Tapti
o The second largest West flowing Peninsular river - Tapti (first Narmada)
o India’s second largest river that flows through rift Valley - Tapti
o River known as the Twin of the river Narmada and the handmade of the
Narmada - Tapti
o The river that flows between the Godavari and the Narmada river - Tapti
river
o Kakrapara and Ukai hydroelectric projects are situated in the river -
Tapti
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