Qeustion Trend ( Geo. Prelims Part 4)

Industry in India

2008

Consider the following statements:
1. Chikmagalur is well- known for sugar production.
2. Mandya is well-known as a coffee-producing region.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Q. Where are Tapovan and Vishnugarh Hydroelectric Projects located?
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Uttarakhand (d) Rajasthan

2007

Match List-I with List-Ii and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List-I (Aluminium Company) A. BALCO B. HINDALCO C. Indian Aluminium Company D. NALCO List-II (Location) 1.Hirakud 2. Korba 3.Koraput 4. Renukot
A B C D
(a) 3 1 4 2
(b) 2 4 1 3
(c) 3 4 1 2
Consider the following statements:
1. India is the only country in the world producing all the five known commercial varieties of silk.
2. India is the largest producer of sugar in the world.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

Which one of the following statements is not correct?
(a) Rourkela Steel Plant, the first integrated steel plant in the Public Sector of India was set up with
the Soviet Union collaboration.
(b) Salem Steel Plant is a premier producer of stainless steel in India.
(c) Maharashtra Elektrosmelt Ltd.
(d) Visakhapatnam Steel Plant is a unit of the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd.

Q. For which one of the following items, is Tirupur well-known as a huge exporter to many
parts of the world?
(a) Gems & Jewellery (b) Leather goods
(c) Knitted Garments (d) Handicrafts

2003

Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?

(a) India is the second largest producer of nitrogenous fertilizers in the world.

(b) India is the ninth largest steel producing country in the world.

(c) India is the second largest producer of silk in the world.

(d) India ranks third in the world in coal production

Consider the following statements:

1. Molasses is a by-product of sugar production process.

2. Bagasse obtained in the sugar mills is used as a fuel in the boilers to generate steam for the sugar

factories.

3. Sugar can only be produced from sugarcane as the raw material.

Which of these statements are correct?

(a) 1 and 2

(b) 2 and 3

(c) 1 and 3

(d) 1, 2 and 3

2002

HINDALCO, an aluminium factory located at Renukut owes its site basically to

(a) Proximity of raw materials

(b) Abundant supply of power

(c) Efficient transport network

(d) Proximity to the market

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

Lists I (Industries) List II (Industrial Centres)

A. Pearl fishing 1. Pune

B. Automobiles 2. Tuticorin

C. Ship building 3. Pinjore

D. Engineering goods 4. Marmagao

A B C D

(a) 2 1 4 3

(b) 2 1 3 4

(c) 1 2 4 3

(d) 1 2 3 4

1997

Which of the following places are known for paper manufacturing industry?

1. Yamunanagar

2. Guwahati

2. Shahabad

4. Ballarpur

Choose the correct answer using the codes given below:

(a) 1, 2 and 3

(b) 1, 2 and 4

(c) 1, 3 and 4

(d) 2, 3 and 4

1996

Local supply of coal is not available to

(a) TISCO, Jamshedpur

(b) VSL, Bhadravati

(c) HSL, Durgapur

(d) HSL, Bhilai

Qeustion Trend ( Geo. Prelims Part 3)

RIVERS IN INDIA ( Question : 1995-2010)

2010

With reference to the river Luni, which one of the following statements is correct?

(a) It flows into Gulf of Khambhat.

(b) It flows into Gulf of Kuchchh.

(c) It flows into Pakistan and merges with a tributary of Indus.

(d) It is lost in the marshy land of the Rann of Kuchchh.

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

Dam / Lake River

(a) Govind Sagar - Satluj

(b) Kolleru Lake - Krishna

(c) Ukai Reservoir - Tapi

(d) Wular Lake - Jhelum

Rivers that pass through Himachal Pradesh are :

(a) Beas and Chenab only

(b) Beas and Ravi only

(c) Chenab, Ravi and Satluj only

(d) Beas, Chenab, Ravi, Satluj and Yamuna

2009

Consider the following statements

1. There are no east flowing rivers in Kerala

2. There are no west flowing rivers in Madhya Pradesh

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

Which one of the following rivers does not originate in India?

(a) Beas (b) Chenab

(c) Ravi (d) Sutlej

At which of the following places do two important rivers of India originate; while one of

them flows towards north and merges with another important river flowing towards Bay of

Bengal, the other one flows towards Arabian Sea?

(a) Amarkantak (b) Badrinath

(c) Mahabaleshwar (d) Nasik

Consider the following pairs:

Tributary River Main River

1. Chambal : Narmada

2. Sone : Yamuna

3. Manas : Brahmaputra

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

(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2 only

(c) 2 and 3 only (d) 3 only

2008

With which one of the following rivers is the Omkareshwar Project associates?

(a) Chambal (b) Narmada

(c) Tapi (d) Bhima

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

Waterfalls : River

1. Kapildhara Falls : Godavari

2. Jog Falls : Sharavati

3. Sivasamudram Falls : Cauvery

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3

2007

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

List-I (Town) List-II (River never to it)

A. Betul 1. Indravati

B. Jagdalpur 2. Narmada

C. Jabalpur 3. Shipra

D. Ujjain 4. Tapti

A B C D

(a) 1 4 2 3

(b) 4 1 2 3

(c) 4 1 3 2

(d) 1 4 3 2

Which one of the following rivers originates at Amarkantak?

(a) Damodar (b) Mahanadi

(c) Narmada (d) Tapti

Which one among the following major Indian cities is most eastward located?

(a) Hyderabad (b) Bhopal

(c) Lucknow

Assertion (A): River Kalinadi is an east-flowing river in the southern part of India.

Reason (R): The Deccan Plateau is higher along its western edge and gently towards

The Bay of Bengal in the East.

2006

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

(a) Mahanadi River rises in Chhattisgarh (b) Godavari River rises in Maharashtra

(c) Cauvery River rises in Andhra Pradesh (d) Tapti River rises in Madhya Pradesh

Between which of the following was the ancient tewn of Takshasila located?

(a) Indus and Jhelum (b) Jhelum and Chenab

(c) Chenab and Ravi (d) Ravi and Beas

From north towards south, which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given

rivers in India?

(a) Shyok – Spiti – Zaskar – Satluj (b) Shyok – Zaskar – Spiti – Satluj

(c) Zaskar – Shyok – Satluj – Spiti (d) Zaskar – Satluj – Shyok – Spiti

2005

Gandhi Sagar Dam is a part of which of the following?

(a) Chambal Project (b) Kosi Project

(c) Damodar Valley Project (d) Bhakra Nangal Project

2004

Lake Sambhar is nearest to which one of the following cities of Rajasthan?

(a) Bharatpur (b) Jaipur

(c) Jodhpur (d) Udaipur

Assertion (A): West-flowing rivers of Peninsular India have no deltas.

Reason (R): There rivers do not carry any alluvial sediments.

2003

What is the correct sequence of the rivers - Godavari, Mahanadi, Narmada and Tapi in the

descending order of their lengths?

(a) Godavari – Mahanadi – Narmada – Tapi

(b) Godavari – Narmada – Mahanadi – Tapi

(c) Narmada – Godavari – Tapi – Mahanadi

(d) Narmada – Tapi – Godavari – Mahanadi

2002

Which one of the following is not a lagoon?

(a) Ashtamudi lake (b) Chilka lake

(c) Periyar lake (d) Pulicat lake

The correct sequence of the eastward flowing rivers of the peninsular India from north to

south is

(a) Subarnarekha, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Pennar, Cauvery and Vaigai

(b) Subarnarekha, Mahanadi, Krishna, Godavari, Cauvery, Vaigai and Pennar

(c) Mahanadi, Subarnarekha, Godavari, Krishna, Cauvery, Pennar and Vaigai

(d) Mahanadi, Subarnarekha, Krishna, Godavari, Cauvery, Vaigai and Pennar

2000

Which one of the following statements in not true?

(a) Ghaggar’s water is utilised in the Indira Gandhi Canal

(b) Narmada rises from Amarkantak region

(c) Nizam Sagar is situated on the Manjira river

(d) Penganga is a tributary of the Godavari

1999

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List I (Rivers) List II (Dams)

A. Cauvery 1. Alamatti

B. Krishna 2. Mettur

C. Narmada 3. Gandhi Nagar

D. Chambal 4. Sardar Sarovar

A B C D

(a) 1 4 2 3

(b) 2 1 4 3

(c) 2 1 3 4

(d) 1 3 4 2

1998

The water pollution is river is measured by the dissolved amount of

(a) Chlorine (b) Ozone

(c) Nitrogen (d) Oxygen

Which one of the following east flowing rivers of India has rift valley due to down warping?

(a) Damodar (b) Mahanadi

(c) Son (d) Yamuna

1997

The Alamatti is on the river

(a) Godavari (b) Cauvery

(c) Krishna (d) Mahanadi

The canal-carrying capacity of Farrakka is

(a) 75,000 Cusecs ( b) 70,000 Cusecs

(c) 40,000 Cusecs (d) 35,000 Cusecs

1996

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

1. Idukki : Thermal power station

2. Sabarigiri : Hydro-electric project

3. Ghatprabha : Irrigation project

4. Ramganga : Multipurpose project

(a) 2, 3 and 4 (b) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(c) 3 and 4 (d) 1 and 2

Consider the following rivers:

1. Kishenganga 2. Ganga

3. Waingaga 4. Penganga

The correct sequence of these rivers when arranged in the north-south direction is

(a) 1, 2, 3, 4 (b) 2, 1, 3, 4

(c) 2, 1, 4, 3 (d) 1, 2, 3, 4

1995

Which one of the following rivers thrice forks into two streams and reunites a few miles

farther on, thus forming the islands of Srirangapattanam, Sivasamudram and Srirangam?

(a) Cauvery (b) Tungabhadra

(c) Krishna (d) Godavari