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“I
am known as the golden fibre. I need high temperature during my growth”.
Who am I?
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Jute
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______ is a branch of zoology that deals with
the study of amphibians and reptiles.
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Herpetology
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______
is a famous dance form of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Dumhal
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______
is an integrated approach to study soils as a collection of natural bodies.
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Pedology
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______
is defined as number of females per thousand males.
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Sex-ratio
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______
is designed to measure relative humidity.
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Hygrometer
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______ is the art of rearing silk worms under
artificial or domesticated conditions and extraction of the silk fibre from
their cocoon.
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Sericulture
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______
is the process by which water-soluble salts accumulate in the soil.
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Salinization
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1
September marks the beginning of the meteorological _____ in the Southern
Hemisphere.
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spring
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According to Census 2011, which of the
following Union Territories has the top population growth rate?
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Dadra and Nagar Haveli
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According to the Census of 2011, which of the
following has the second highest literacy rate in India?
|
Lakshadweep
|
After West Bengal, with which of the following
Indian states does Bangladesh have the common longest border?
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Tripura
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Any land which is left fallow (uncultivated)
for more than ______ years is under the category of Culturable Wasteland.
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five
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As per India Census 2011, which of the
following states has the least growth of population in percentage terms
between 2001 to 2011?
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Himachal
Pradesh
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Asia’s largest rail-cum-road bridge linking
Kovvur and Rajahmundry is on which of the following rivers?
|
Godavari
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At
which of the following places did Lord Buddha attain Mahaparinirvana?
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Kushinagar
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Bhagoriya is a well-known dance of the Bhils,
a large tribe of the Jhabua district in ______.
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Madhya
Pradesh
|
Chenab
river of north India originates from the confluence of which of the following
two rivers?
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Chandra and Bhaga
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Deomali
mountain peak is in
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Odisha
|
For which of the following decades did the
percentage decadal growth of population in India register the sharpest
decline since independence?
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2001
– 2011
|
For which of the following rivers does the
longitude reading decrease, as it moves along its course?
|
Narmada
|
Gurudongmar
Lake is located in which of the following states?
|
Sikkim
|
Identify the crop based on the following
information.It is known as the golden fibre. It grows well on well-drained
fertile soils in the flood plains where soils are renewed every year.
|
Jute
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In
which of the following countries is the Sri Pada mountain located?
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Sri Lanka
|
In
which of the following festivals of Tamil Nadu is the bull-taming sport
played?
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Pongal
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In which of the following Indian states were
the remains of the ancient Vikramshila University discovered?
|
Bihar
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In
which of the following states is the ‘Unakoti’ festival celebrated?
|
Tripura
|
In
which of the following states is the head office of Bank of Baroda located?
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Gujarat
|
In
which of the following states is the Mamallapuram Dance Festival organised?
|
Tamil Nadu
|
In
which of the following states is the Sirohi National Park located?
|
Manipur
|
In which of the following states is the
Telaiya dam located?
|
Jharkhand
|
In
which of the following UT/states is Hemkund Sahib located?
|
Uttarakhand
|
Inland streams which do NOT drain out into sea
are generally found in which state of India?
|
Rajasthan
|
Krishna river meets the sea in the Bay of Bengal
in which of the following states?
|
Andhra
Pradesh
|
Mahendragiri
Hills are located in ______.
|
Odisha
|
Mountaineer
Edmund Hillary was of ______ nationality.
|
New Zealand
|
National Committee on Environmental Planning
and Coordination (NCEPC), that gradually evolved and became a full-fledged
Ministry of Environment and Forests in 1985, formed?
|
1972
|
Natural
earthquakes mostly take place in the _________.
|
Lithosphere
|
On
which of the following rivers would you find the Massanjore Dam?
|
Mayurakshi
|
Ozone layer in the atmosphere shields the surface of the Earth from
which radiation from the Sun?
|
Ultraviolet
(UV) light
|
Pattadakal,
a UNESCO world heritage site, is located on the banks of River ______.
|
Malaprabha
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Plant and animal communities living together
in similar climatic conditions are called ______.
|
biome
|
Red laterite soils in Tamil Nadu, Andhra
Pradesh and Kerala are more suitable for crops like
|
cashew-nut
|
Sex
ratio is defined as the number of females per ______ males in the population.
|
1000
|
Subarnarekha
River basin is located in which of the following states?
|
Jharkhand
|
The
______ Hills are part of the Patkai mountain range in Mizoram.
|
Lushai
|
The ______ is the primary layer of the
rainforest and forms a roof over the two remaining layers.
|
canopy
layer
|
The Indus river that originates in the
northern slopes of the Kailash range in Tibet, enters Indian territory in
which of the following states or union territories?
|
Ladakh
|
The natural aging of a lake by nutrient enrichment
of its water is called ______.
|
eutrophication
|
The
Palar River Basin is one of the major river basins in
|
Tamil Nadu
|
The practice of planting different crops
sequentially on the same plot of land to improve soil health is called
|
crop rotation
|
The
Rigvedic name of river Chenab was
|
Askini
|
The
state of Malwa was situated on the high plateau between the rivers
|
Narmada and Tapti
|
The UNESCO World Heritage site Ellora Caves
are located in which of the following hills?
|
The
Charanandri Hills
|
Through
which of the following does life NOT manifest?
|
A rolling stone
|
Through which of the following mountains
does the Konkan Railway pass?
|
Western Ghats
|
Through
which of the following states does the river Brahmaputra NOT flow?
|
Odisha
|
To plan sustainable tourism and healthy
coastal management, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has
conceived an integrated coastal management scheme called BEAMS. What is the
full form of BEAMS?
|
Beach
Environment and Aesthetics Management Services
|
Towns
and cities specialising in trade and commerce are called ______ towns.
|
commercial
|
When is
the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer observed
globally every year?
|
16 September
|
Where
are the Kanheri caves located?
|
Mumbai
|
Which of the following African nations does
NOT have a coastline along the Indian Ocean?
|
Ethiopia
|
Which
of the following causes slow erosion of soil ?
|
Geological weathering
|
Which
of the following cities lies on the bank of the river Gomti?
|
Lucknow
|
Which
of the following crops can be grown primarily in low rainfall areas of
Western India?
|
Millet
|
Which
of the following crops is NOT suitable to be grown in laterite soils?
|
Jute
|
Which
of the following does NOT fall under the category of Public Goods?
|
Cars
|
Which
of the following forms metallic bonds?
|
Bismuth
|
Which
of the following has the same dimension as that of torque?
|
Energy
|
Which of the following Indian states is home
to the largest population of the greater one-horned rhinoceros?
|
Assam
|
Which of the following is a wildlife
sanctuary in north-east India?
|
Manas
|
Which
of the following is a Zaid crop?
|
Muskmelon
|
Which of the following is dimensionless?
|
Longitudinal strain
|
Which
of the following is NOT a rabi crop?
|
Cotton
|
Which of the following is one of the largest
freshwater lakes in Assam and the State’s only Ramsar site besides being an
Important Bird Area?
|
Deepor
Beel or Dipor Bil
|
Which
of the following is the highest mountain in Myanmar?
|
Hkakabo Razi
|
Which
of the following is the highest mountain of Bhutan?
|
Gangkhar Puensum
|
Which
of the following is the largest river basin in Sri Lanka?
|
Mahaweli Ganga
|
Which
of the following is the longest and biggest river in Nagaland?
|
Doyang
|
Which
of the following is/are the part(s) of the hydrosphere of earth?
(a)
Water
(b)
Ice
(c)
Vapour
|
(a), (b) and (c)
|
Which
of the following national parks is NOT located in Madhya Pradesh?
|
Manas National Park
|
Which
of the following places in India has the widest difference between day and
night temperatures?
|
Thar
|
Which
of the following rivers discharges its water into the Arabian Sea?
|
Tapi
|
Which of the following rivers has its source
in the Sumeru glacier above the Kedarnath temple?
|
Mandakini
|
Which
of the following rivers has its source near Trimbakeshwar?
|
Godavari
|
Which of the following rivers originates
from Sihawa Mountain?
|
Mahanadi
|
Which
of the following rivers originates from the Lahaul Valley of Himachal
Pradesh?
|
Chenab
river
|
Which of the following rivers originates from
the Naag Pahadi Ajmer district of Rajasthan?
|
Luni
river
|
Which of the following rivers originates in
Maharashtra?
|
Godavari
|
Which of the following seas was present in
place of the Himalayas before the tectonic shift?
|
Tethys
Sea
|
Which
of the following soils is rich in lime, iron, alumina and magnesia?
|
Black soil
|
Which
of the following statements is/are INCORRECT?
A:
Kuttanad is in the
state of Karnataka.
B:
Kuttanad
Agriculture System favours rice cultivation below sea level.
C:
Kuttanad is a
Ramsar site and a reputed destination for water tourism.
|
Only A
|
Which of the following States / Union
Territories has the best sex ratio according to Census 2011?
|
Kerala
|
Which of the following States / Union
Territories has the highest literacy rate according to Census 2011?
|
Lakshadweep
|
Which
of the following states does NOT share its border with Bangladesh?
|
Nagaland
|
Which
of the following states does NOT share its border with Myanmar?
|
Assam
|
Which of the following states has the Disaster
Management Agency and UNICEF jointly developed an online Flood Reporting
System and Information Management System?
|
Assam
|
Which
of the following states/union territories is NOT touched by the Aravalli
Range?
|
Punjab
|
Which of the following terms refers to the
amount of dissolved salts that are present in water?
|
Salinity
|
Which
river is known as the ‘Sorrow of Bihar’?
|
Kosi
|
Which
river of north India is also known as the Chandrabhaga in Himachal Pradesh?
|
Chenab
|
Who
among the following is an exponent of the tabla?
|
Alla Rakha Khan
|
Who was the first Mauryan ruler who inscribed
his messages to his subjects and officials on stone surfaces – natural rocks
as well as polished pillars?
|
Ashoka
|
With which of the following states is
Jallikattu, the traditional bull-taming sport, associated?
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
Yarlung
Tsangpo river which rises in Tibet, popularly known as ______in India.
|
Brahmaputra
|