The percentage of India's total population employed in agriculture is nearly
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Which of the following important rivers of India does not originate from the Western Ghats?
A. Cauvery
B. Godavari
C. Krishna
D. Mahanadi
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Which of the following areas or regions is most prone to earthquakes?
A. Ganga-Brahmaputra valley
B. Deccan plateau
C. Plains of northern India
D. Western ghats
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The proportion of forest to the total national geographical area of India as envisaged by National Forest Policy is
A. 30.3%
B. 33.3%
C. 38.3%
D. 42.3%
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Which of the following dams has generations of power more than irrigation as its main purpose?
A. Gandhi Sagar
B. Hirakud
C. Periyar
D. Tungabhadra
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Which of the following crops is regarded as a plantation crop?
A. Coconut
B. Cotton
C. Sugarcane
D. Rice
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Which of the following countries leads in the production of aluminium and its products in the world?
A. Australia
B. France
C. India
D. USA
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The natural region which holds the Indian subcontinent is
A. equatorial climate change region
B. hot deset
C. monsoon
D. mediterranean
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The most ideal region for the cultivation of cotton in India is
A. the Brahmaputra valley
B. the Indo-Gangetic valley
C. the Deccan plateau
D. the Rann of Kutch
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Which of the following are true with respect to the Indian Peninsular Plateau?
I.The southern plateau block is formed mainly of granite and gneiss
II.The Deccan lava plateau is an elevated tableland consisting of horizontally arranged lava sheets
III. The Malwa plateau dominates the Vindhyan scarps, forming the northern flank of the plateau
IV. The trough of the Narmada and Tapti are interposed between the Vindhyan and the Satpura ranges
A. I, II and III
B. I and II
C. I, II, III and IV
D. I, III and IV
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Which of the following types of soil are mostly confined to river basins and coastal plains of India?
A. Alluvial soils
B. Black soils
C. Laterite soils
D. Red soils
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The two states of India, most richly endowed with iron ore, are
A. Bihar and Orissa
B. Madhya Pradesh and Orissa
C. Bihar and West Bengal
D. Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal
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The most fertile region of India is
A. the Himalayas
B. the central Highlands
C. the Indo-Gangetic plain
D. peninsular plateau
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Which of the following groups accounts for over 90% of India's annual coal production?
A. Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal
B. Bihar, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh
C. Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
D. West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
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The significant shifts in Indian agriculture during green revolution include
A. non-food grains reported some spectacular progress and shift in the cropping pattern
B. major food grains, in the eastern regions productions decreased and in the northern states increased
C. both A and B
D. None of the above
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The number of major ports in India is
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Which of the following is a peninsular river of India?
A. Gandak
B. Kosi
C. Krishna
D. Sutlej
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Which of the following is the most important raw material for generation of power in India?
A. Coal
B. Mineral Oil
C. Natural Gas
D. Uranium
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When it is noon IST at Allahabad in India, the time at Greenwich, London, will be
A. midnight, GMT
B. 1730 hours
C. 0630 hours
D. None of the above
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Which country has the largest coastline?
A. USA
B. Australia
C. Canada
D. India
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