31) The chief competitor of India in the field of lac is
(a) Thailand
(b) The United States of America
(c) Japan
(d) China
32) Which of the following projects is administered by more than one State?
(a) Nagarjunasagar
(b) Kosi
(c) Hirakud
(d) Tungabhadra
33) Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Railway Zone Headquarters
(a) North Eastern Railway : Gorakhpur
(b) South Eastern Railway : Bhubhaneswar
(c) Eastern Railway : Kolkata
(d) South East Central Railway : Bilaspur
34) The Rourkela steel plant obtains:
1. hydel power from the Hirakud dam
2. coking coal from Jharia coalfields
3. iron ore from Baba Budan hills
(a) I, II and III
(b) I and II
(c) I and III
(d) II and III
35) Critical criteria for the location of an aluminium plant in India are the availability of bauxite and:
(a) coal
(b) electricity
(c) labour
(d) ready market
36) Which of the following are true with regard to coal in India?
1. Coal is found in sedimentary rocks
2. The best quality of coal is lignite
3. The largest and oldest coalfied in india is known as the ruhr of india
4. The Damodar river valley is popularly known as the ‘Ruhr of India’
(a) I and IV
(b) I, II and III
(c) I, II and IV
(d) II, III and IV
37) Consider the following crops:
1. Cotton
2. Groundnut
3. Maize
4. Mustard
Which of the above are the Kharif crops?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2, 3, and 4
38) The rains along the western coast of India are:
(a) cyclonic
(b) convectional
(c) orographic
(d) monsoonal
39) At which place will you find maximum sunlight in December?
(a) Pune
(b) Leh
(c) Kolkata
(d) Kanyakumari
40) Amravati, Bhavani, Hemavati and Kabini are tributaries of which one of the following rivers?
(a) Mahanadi
(b) Godavari
(c) Cauvery
(d) Krishna
41)Which one of the following layers of the atmosphere contains water vapour and dust particles?
a) Ionosphere
b) Mesosphere
c) Stratosphere
d) Troposphere
42) The Nokrek Biosphere Research Reserve is located in
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Asom
c) Sikkim
d) Meghalaya
43) Which one of the following ores is abundant in the region of Balaghat-Bhandara-Nagpur?
a) Iron
b) Manganese
c) Mica
d) Bauxite
44) Which one of the following types of coal contains a higher percentage of carbon than then rest?
a) Bituminous coal
b) Lignite
c) Peat
d) Anthracite
45) Where do the Sahariya tribals, who were recently in the news,live?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Asom
c) Rajasthan
d) Orissa