Geography: practice set 6

Consider the following statements:

1. Statement I: In the context of effect of water on rocks, chalk is known as a very permeable rock whereas clay is known as quite an impermeable or least permeable rock.
2. Statement II: Chalk is porous and hence can absorb water.
3. Statement III: Clay is not at all porous.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

Consider the following substances:

1. I.Ethanol
2. II.Nitroglycerine
3. III.Urea

Coal gasification technology can be used in the production of how many of them?

Consider the following countries:

1. I.United Kingdom
2. II.Denmark
3. III.New Zealand
4. IV.Australia
5. V.Brazil

How many of the above countries have more than four time zones?

Consider the following statements:

1. Statement-I: Thickness of the troposphere at the equator is much greater as compared to poles.
2. Statement-II: At the equator, heat is transported to great heights by strong convectional currents.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

With reference to the Himalayan rivers joining the Ganga downstream of Prayagraj from West to East, which one of the following sequences is correct?

Consider the following pairs:

How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

Ilmenite and rutile, abundantly available in certain coastal tracts of India, are rich sources of which one of the following?

Which one of the following is a part of the Congo Basin?

With reference to the role of biofilters in Recirculating Aquaculture System, consider the following statements:

1. 1.Biofilters provide waste treatment by removing uneaten fish feed.
2. 2.Biofilters convert ammonia present in fish waste to nitrate.
3. 3.Biofilters increase phosphorus as nutrient for fish in water.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Statement-I: The soil in tropical rain forests is rich in nutrients.
2. Statement-II: The high temperature and moisture of tropical rain forests cause dead organic matter in the soil to decompose quickly.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

Consider the following statements:

1. Statement-I: The temperature contrast between continents and oceans is greater during summer than in winter.
2. Statement-II: The specific heat of water is more than that of land surface.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

Consider the following pairs:

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

Consider the following countries:

1. 1.Azerbaijan
2. 2.Kyrgyzstan
3. 3.Tajikistan
4. 4.Turkmenistan
5. 5.Uzbekistan

Which of the above have borders with Afghanistan?

With reference to India, consider the following statements:

1. 1.Monazite is a source of rare earths.
2. 2.Monazite contains thorium.
3. 3.Monazite occurs naturally in the entire Indian coastal sands in India.
4. 4.In India, Government bodies only can process or export monazite.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Among the following, which one is the least water-efficient crop?

With reference to the water on the planet Earth, consider the following statements:

1. 1.The amount of water in the rivers and lakes is more than the amount of groundwater.
2. 2.The amount of water in polar ice caps and glaciers is more than the amount of groundwater.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following pairs:

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

With reference to the current trends in the cultivation of sugarcane in India, consider the following statements:

1. 1.A substantial saving in seed material is made when ‘bud chip settlings’ are raised in a nursery and transplanted in the main field.
2. 2.When direct planting of setts is done, the germination percentage is better with single-budded setts as compared to setts with many buds.
3. 3.If bad weather conditions prevail when setts are directly planted, single-budded setts have better survival as compared to large setts.
4. 4.Sugarcane can be cultivated using settlings prepared from tissue culture.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following pairs:

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Consider the following States:

1. 1.Chhattisgarh
2. 2.Madhya Pradesh
3. 3.Maharashtra
4. 4.Odisha

With reference to the States mentioned above, in terms of percentage of forest cover to the total area of State, which one of the following is the correct ascending order?

Consider the following statements:

1. 1.Coal sector was nationalized by the Government of India under Indira Gandhi.
2. 2.Now, coal blocks are allocated on lottery basis.
3. 3.Till recently, India imported coal to meet the shortages of domestic supply, but now India is self-sufficient in coal production.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the cultivation of Kharif crops in India in the last five years, consider the following statements:

1. 1.Area under rice cultivation is the highest.
2. 2.Area under the cultivation of jowar is more than that of oilseeds.
3. 3.Area of cotton cultivation is more than that of sugarcane.
4. 4.Area under sugarcane cultivation has steadily decreased.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

At one of the places in India, if you stand on the seashore and watch the sea, you will find that the sea water recedes from the shore line a few kilometres and comes back to the shore, twice a day, and you can actually walk on the sea floor when the water recedes. This unique phenomenon is seen at

Mediterranean Sea is a border of which of the following countries?

1. 1.Jordan
2. 2.Iraq
3. 3.Lebanon
4. 4.Syria

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Which of the following is/are the advantage/advantages of practising drip irrigation?

1. 1.Reduction in weed
2. 2.Reduction in soil salinity
3. 3.Reduction in soil erosion

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Consider the following pairs:

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Recently, which of the following States has explored the possibility of constructing an artificial inland port to be connected to sea by a long navigational channel?