Uttar Pradesh P.C.S. (Mains) Exam., 2016
Held on 20-9-2016
General Studies-I
1. In which of the following Five Year Plans anti-poverty programmes based on the theme “Garibit Hatao’ was first introduced ?
(A) Third Five Year Plan
(B) Fourth Five Year Plan
(C) Fifth Five Year Plan
(D) Sixth Five Year Plan
2. India became the largest exporter of rice (2015) replacing –
(A) China
(B) Thailand
(C) Indonesia
(D) Vietnam
3. Which of the following is not correctly matched ?
Agricultural Produce (2015) State
(A) Largest producer of coffee Karnataka
(B) Largest producer of Potato Madhya Pradesh
(C) Largest producer of cotton Gujarat
(D) Largest producer of wheat Uttar Pradesh
4. Which of the following countries is said to have started withdrawal of its forces from Syria in March 2016 ?
(A) Iran
(B) Turkey
(C) Russia
(D) Britain
5. The Nuclear Security Summit 2016 was held at –
(A) Washington DC
(B) Seoul
(C) Hague
(D) Tokyo
6. Who among the following has been reappointed as Chairman of ICC Cricket Committee for a three year term ?
(A) Rahul Dravid
(B) Kumar Sangakara
(C) Mahela Jaywardene
(D) Anil Kumble
7. Who among the following has won the ‘Global Indian of the Year Award 2016’ ?
(A) Priyanaka Chopra
(B) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
(C) Satya Nadella
(D) Indra Nooyi
8. The epicentre of the Earthquake which hit Ecuador on 16th April, 2016 was nearest to –
(A) Muisne
(B) Quito
(C) Gyayaquil
(D) Manta
9. The author of recently published book ‘The Kiss of Life’ is –
(A) Jessica Johnston
(B) Anjali Sareen
(C) Emraan Hasmi
(D) Kartar Lalwani
10. The snow-covered Ghepan Lake is located in –
(A) Uttarakhand
(B) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Sikkim
(D) Jammu & Kashmir
11. In which country referendum was held in March 2016 for its national flag ?
(A) New Zealand
(B) Venezuela
(C) Australia
(D) Libya
12. Who won the ‘Indian Open Golf Championship’ in March 2016 ?
(A) Jyoti Chowrasia
(B) Shiv Chowrasia
(C) Anirban Lahiri
(D) Jeung-hun Wang
13. Who amongst the following recently appointed as Supreme Court judge was not earlier judge of a High Court ?
(A) D.Y. Chadrachud
(B) A.M. Khanwilkar
(C) L. Nageshwara Rao
(D) Ashok Bhushan
14. Who among the following was not one of the woman fighter plane pilots commissioned in June 2016 ?
(A) Bhawana Kanth
(B) Garima Singh
(C) Mohana Singh
(D) Avani Chaturvedi
15. Who among the following was appointed in April 2016 as the Director of the Film and Television Institute of India (F.T.I.I.) ?
(A) D. J. Narain
(B) Prashant Pathrabe
(C) Bhupendra Kainthola
(D) Gajendra Chauhan
16. According to National Crime Records Bureau data, which one of the following is the State with highest number of recorded foeticide cases in 2014 ?
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Punjab
(D) Haryana
17. Which of the following High Courts celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2016 ?
(A) Karnataka High Court
(B) Patna High Court
(C) Kolkata High Court
(D) Allahabad High Court
18. The President of Myanmar who assumed office in March 2016 is-
(A) Aung San Suu Kyi
(B) Htin Kyaw
(C) Henry Van Tio
(D) Thein Sen
19. According to the data released by the Minister of Statistics in 2015, the state with the lowest percentage of senior citizens (above 60 years) is –
(A) Goa
(B) Punjab
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Arunachal Pradesh
20. Who among the following was appointed as the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) in 2015 ?
(A) T. M. Bhasin
(B) K.V. Chowdary
(C) Pradeep Kumar
(D) None of the above
21. The 2016 Retreat of the Supreme Court Judges was held at –
(A) Allahabad
(B) Delhi
(C) Bhopal
(D) Mumbai
22. According to the Union Budget 2016-17 a surcharge of 15% is payable if the income is –
(A) Rs. 50 lakh
(B) Above Rs. 1 crore
(C) Rs. 75 lakh
(D) Rs. 1 crore
23. Who amongst the following had to resign as Prime Minister due to ‘Panama Papers’ scandal ?
(A) Olafur Ragnar Grimson
(B) Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson
(C) Katrin Jakobsdottir
(D) Stefan Lofven
24. As per Report of Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (2015), which among the following countries remained the top importer of Arms during 2011-15 ?
(A) China
(B) Pakistan
(C) India
(D) Saudi Arabia
25. Which of the following countries has the largest area under rice cultivation?
(A) China
(B) India
(C) Japan
(D) Philippines
26. What is the rank of India in the world as a fruit producer ?
(A) Third
(B) Fourth
(C) First
(D) Second
27. Which of the following is not correctly matched ?
Revolution Related to
(A) Golden Horticulture
(B) White Milk
(C) Blue Poultry
(D) Green Agriculture
28. Which of the following pulses was imported in the largest quantity in 2015-16 ?
(A) Moong
(B) Lentil
(C) Urad
(D) Pigeon Pea
29. ‘Pusa Sindhu Ganga’ is a variety of –
(A) Wheat
(B) Paddy
(C) Lentil
(D) Gram
30. India’s rank in rice production in the world is –
(A) First
(B) Second
(C) Third
(D) Fourth
31. Which one of the following is a plant hormone ?
(A) Insulin
(B) Thyroxin
(C) Cytokinin
(D) Estrogen
32. Which of the following green manure crops contains highest amount of nitrogen ?
(A) Dhaincha
(B) Sunhemp
(C) Cow Pea
(D) Guar
33. Golden rice is a rich source of –
(A) Vitamin A
(B) Vitamin B
(C) Vitamin K
(D) Vitamin C
34. The total number of Agro-ecological zones in India is-
(A) 5
(B) 17
(C) 19
(D) 20
35. Indian Institute of Vegetable Research is located at-
(A) Kanpur
(B) New Delhi
(C) Varanasi
(D) Allahabad
36. Which one of the following countries is not a member of WTO ?
(A) Slovenia
(B) Serbia
(C) Slovakia
(D) Columbia
37. Trade and Merchandise Marks Act was passed in-
(A) 1955
(B) 1956
(C) 1957
(D) 1958
38. Which of the following is included in Balance of Trade ?
(A) Goods
(B) Services
(C) Transfer of payment
(D) All of the above
39. The amount of onion exported from India in 2015-16 was about –
(A) 7 lakh tonnes
(B) 9 lakh tonnes
(C) 10 lakh tonnes
(D) 12 lakh tonnes
40. ‘Hariyali’ Yojana’ is related to-
(A) Crop Management
(B) Soil Management
(C) Water Management
(D) Forest Management
41. The first Land Development Bank was established in 1920. It was located at –
(A) Meerut
(B) Jhang
(C) Munger
(D) Thane
42. Which of the following is the main principle of agriculture finance ?
(A) Purpose
(B) Person
(C) Productivity planning
(D) All of the above
43. Which one of the following has a protected mangrove region ?
(A) Easter Ghats
(B) Western Ghats
(C) Goa
(D) Chandra Tal
44. Who among the following is the founder of Kashi Vidyapeeth ?
(A) Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya
(B) Acharya Narendra Dev
(C) Babu Shiv Prasad Gupta
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
45. Which of the following tribes of Uttar Pradesh practices polyandry system ?
(A) Jaunsari
(B) Bhoksa
(C) Raji
(D) Korwa
46. Which one of the following is not a folk dance of the Bundelkhand Region of U.P. ?
(A) Ravala dance
(B) Dandia dance
(C) Barhaiya dance
(D) Raai dance
47. Where is Guru Govind singh Sports College located ?
(A) Saifai
(B) Varanasi
(C) Lucknow
(D) Meerut
48. Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Yojana was started in –
(A) 2004
(B) 2010
(C) 2005
(D) 2012
49. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from code given below-
List-I
(Institute)
(a) V.V. Giri National Labour Institute
(b) Central Drug Research Institute
(c) National Jalma Institute for Leprosy
(d) Central Institute for Research on Cattle
List-II
(Location)
1. Agra 2. Meerut
3. Lucknow 4. Noida
(A) (a) – 3; (b) – 4; (c) – 2; (d) – 1
(B) (a) – 1; (b) – 2; (c) – 3; (d) – 4
(C) (a) – 4; (b) – 3; (c) – 2; (d) – 1
(D) (a) – 4; (b) – 3; (c) – 1; (d) – 2
50. Uranium is found in Uttar Pradesh in district –
(A) Jhansi
(B) Mirzapur
(C) Lalitpur
(D) Hamirpur
51. Saffron is produced in U.P. in-
(A) Tarai Region
(B) Hilly Region
(C) Plain Area
(D) Plateau Area
52. The first ‘travel mart’ to promote tourism in Uttar Pradesh was organized in 2015 at-
(A) Lucknow
(B) Kanpur
(C) Agra
(D) Varanasi
53. ‘Lathmar Holi’ is celebrated in-
(A) Vrindavan
(B) Barsana
(C) Mathura
(D) Gokul
54. How many general Central Universities are located in U.P. ?
(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) Four
55. When was the National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education was launched ?
(A) 1995
(B) 2004
(C) 2007
(D) 2010
56. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below –
List-I
(Institutions)
(a) Indian Institute of Handloom Technology
(b) Bhatkhande Music Institute
(c) Nirala Art Gallery
(d) Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology
List-II
(Location)
1. Rae Bareli 2. Allahabad
3. Lucknow 4. Varanasi
(A) (a) – 1; (b) – 2; (c) – 3; (d) – 4
(B) (a) – 4; (b) – 3; (c) – 2; (d) – 1
(C) (a) – 2; (b) – 1; (c) – 4; (d) – 3
(D) (a) – 3; (b) – 4; (c) – 1; (d) – 2
57. As Per Census 2011, the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of India is-
(A) 3.2
(B) 2.9
(C) 2.6
(D) 2.4
58. Which of the following years is being currently used (2015 onwards) as the base year to estimate national income in India ?
(A) 2004-05
(B) 2001-02
(C) 2011-12
(D) 2007-08
59. Among the following vegetables, the maximum Vitamin C is found in-
(A) Chilli
(B) Pumpkin
(C) Pea
(D) Radish
60. ‘Yellow Vein Mosaic’ is a serious disease of-
(A) Brinjal
(B) Okra
(C) Pea
(D) Cabbage
61. Which of the following accounts for red colour of tomato ?
(A) Capsaicin
(B) Carotene
(C) Anthocyanin
(D) Lycopene
62. When was the Criminal Tribes Act enacted for the first time ?
(A) 1952
(B) 1924
(C) 1871
(D) 1911
63. Which one of the following is the State flower of UP ?
(A) Palash
(B) Rose
(C) Neel Kamal
(D) Champa
64. The traditional unit of land measurement in U.P. is-
(A) Kanal
(B) Marla
(C) Bigha
(D) Dhur
65. Which of the following mango varieties has been developed as a result of cross between Dasheri and Neelam ?
(A) Chausa
(B) Mallika
(C) Alphanso
(D) Amrapali
66. Which amongst the following has the highest production of pulses ?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Bihar
(D) Rajasthan
67. The correct sequence of the following coal producing States in terms of production (2014) in descending order is –
(A) Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Maharashtra
(B) Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra
(C) Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Odisha
(D) Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra
68. Who among the following rulers had defeated Harshvardhana ?
(A) Kirtivarman II
(B) Vikramaditya II
(C) Pulkeshin I
(D) Pulkeshin II
69. The famous Travelogue ‘Si-Yu-Ki’ as linked with-
(A) Fahien
(B) Al Baruni
(C) Megasthanese
(D) Hiuen-Tsang
70. Which of the following sites has yielded evidence of a double burial ?
(A) Kuntasi
(B) Dholavira
(C) Lothal
(D) Kalibangan
71. Parshvanatha, the Jain ‘Thirthankara’ was associated mainly with which of the following places ?
(A) Varanasi
(B) Kaushambi
(C) Giribraja
(D) Champa
72. In which of the following inscriptions of Ashoka, mention has been made of South Indian kingdoms ?
(A) Third major Rock Edict
(B) Second major Rock Edict
(C) Ninth major Rock Edict
(D) First Pillar Inscription
73. In which of the following inscriptions, Ashoka’s edicts are also found ?
(A) Junagarh Inscription of Mahashatrapa Rudradaman
(B) Nashik Prashasti regarding Gautamiputra Satakarni
(C) Hathigumpha Inscription of Kharavela
(D) None of the above
74. Who amongst the following had defeated Huna ruler Mihirakula ?
(A) Budhagupta
(B) Yashodharman
(C) Shashanka
(D) Prabhakaravardhana
75. Where was Shivaji formally crowned aas Chhatrapati ?
(A) Pune
(B) Kolhapur
(C) Raigarh
(D) Ahmednagar
76. Bahmani kingdom was founded in –
(A) 15th century A.D.
(B) 14th century A.D.
(C) 13th century A.D.
(D) 16th century A.D.
77. Who among the following Sultanate rulers were of Afghan origin ?
(A) Khalji
(B) Tughlaq
(C) Sayyid
(D) Lodi
78. Who among the following Chola rulers is credited to have built a huge artificial lake known as Chola Gangam ?
(A) Rajaraja I
(B) Rajendra
(C) Rajadhiraja
(D) Rajaraja II
79. Who amongst the following got ‘Purana Quila’ of Delhi built in the present form ?
(A) Sher Shah Suri
(B) Akbar
(C) Babur
(D) Shahjahan
80. Who amongst the following Sultans of the Sultanate was the first to shift his capital to Delhi ?
(A) Aram Shah
(B) Balban
(C) Iltutmish
(D) Qutb-ud-din Aibak
81. Who introduced Subsidiary Alliance System in administration to establish the British power over Indian States ?
(A) Warren Hastings
(B) Lord Wellesley
(C) Lord Cornwallis
(D) Lord Dalhousie
82. Who was the Nawab of Bengal when the Battle of Buxar was fought ?
(A) Sirajuddaula
(B) Mir Jafar
(C) Mir Qasim
(D) Najmuddaula
83. By which of the following Acts, the British for the first time introduced the system of indirect election of India ?
(A) 1909
(B) 1861
(C) 1867
(D) 1892
84. Which of the following is one of the reasons for considering Charter Act of 1813 important for India ?
(A) It banned propaganda by Christian Missionaries in India
(B) It emphasized industrialization in India
(C) It made financial allocation for education of Indian people
(D) It approved development of a railway system in India
85. Who amongst the following is the only woman to win Nobel Prize in Economics ?
(A) Joan Robinson
(B) Elinor Ostrom
(C) Carmarn Rogoff
(D) Esther Duflo
86. Who among the following is the author of ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’ ?
(A) R.C. Dutt
(B) Henry Cotton
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Dadabhai Naoroji
87. Out of the following the most decisive battle fought by the English East India Company was-
(A) Battle of Buxer
(B) Battle of Plassey
(C) First Anglo-Sikh War
(D) First Anglo-Mysore War
88. Arrange the following in their chronological order and select the correct answer with the help of code given below –
1. Dramatic performances
2. Vernacular Press Act
3. North-Western Provinces and Oudh Act
4. Bengal Tenancy Act
(A) 1 2 4 3
(B) 4 2 1 3
(C) 1 2 3 4
(D) 2 3 4 1
89. Who amongst the following invited Mahatma Gandhi to Champaran in connection with indigo cultivation ?
(A) J.B. Kriplani
(B) Rajendra Prasad
(C) Raj Kumar Shukla
(D) Motilal Nehru
90. Who among the following was not an extremist nationalist leader ?
(A) Bipin Chandra Pal
(B) B.G. Tilak
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) G.K. Gokhale
91. In August 1947, who of the following leaders did not participate anywhere iin Independence Day celebrations ?
(A) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Vallabh Bhai Patel
(D) Rajendra Prasad
92. The ‘Mopalah Revolt’ of 1921 took place in-
(A) Telangana
(B) Vidarbha
(C) Malabar
(D) Marathwada
93. C. Bose had founded ‘Forward Bloc’ in the year –
(A) 1936
(B) 1937
(C) 1938
(D) 1939
94. When was an interim government formed under Jawaharlal Nehru ?
(A) July 1946
(B) August 1946
(C) September 1946
(D) October 1946
95. The first Hindi Newspaper ‘Udant Martand’ (30th May, 1826) was published from –
(A) Kolkata
(B) Patna
(C) Allahabad
(D) Lucknow
96. Who among the following was the President of Indian National Congress continuously for six years ?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Abul Kalam Azad
(C) G.K. Gokhale
(D) Dadabhai Naoroji
97. In which of the following movements women’s participation is considered to be the highest ?
(A) Non-Cooperation Movement
(B) Salt Satyagarh
(C) Bardoli March
(D) Quit India Movement
98. Who was the founder of the servants of India society ?
(A) M.G. Ranade
(B) Ananat Patwardhan
(C) G.K. Gokhale
(D) B.G. Tilak
99. Who amongst the following was one of the founders of the Bombay Presidency Association in 1885 ?
(A) Phiroz Shah Mehta
(B) P. Anand Charlu
(C) M.V. Raghav Cheriyar
(D) S.N. Benerjee
100. Which death anniversary of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar was celebrated in 2016
(A) 58th
(B) 59th
(C) 60th
(D) 61st
101. Which of the following session of the Indian National Congress was presided over by C. Vijay Raghav Chariar ?
(A) Lucknow Session (1916)
(B) Nagpur Session (1920)
(C) Gaya Session (1922)
(D) None of the above
102. Who of the following continuously from 1904 onwards emphasized on the grant of ‘self-rule’ to India ?
(A) S.N. Benerjee
(B) Autorbindo Ghosh
(C) Phiroz Shah Mehta
(D) Dadabhai Naoroji
103. An inscription of 14th century B.C. which describes the Vedic Gods, has been found in –
(A) Ecbatana
(B) Boghaz-Koi
(C) Babylon
(D) Bisotun
104. The English introduced Ryotwari System for the first time in-
(A) Bengal Presidency
(B) Agra
(C) Bombay Presidency
(D) Madras Presidency
105. Which of the following Accts for the first time created a functioning Legislature Council in India ?
(A) Charter Act of 1793
(B) Charter Act 1813
(C) Charter Act of 1853
(D) Charter Act of 1833
106. Who among the following was not a member of the Cabinet Mission ?
(A) Pethic-Lawrence
(B) John Simon
(C) Stafford Cripps
(D) A.V. Alexander
107. Who is the author of ‘Annihilation of Caste’ ?
(A) Jyotirao Phule
(B) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(C) Kanshi Ram
(D) Ram Mohan Roy
108. In Indian context, the attitude of ‘Paternalism in Governance’ is generally associated with –
(A) Thomas Munro
(B) Charles Grant
(C) Holt Machkenzie
(D) Macaulay
109. Barindra Ghosh was associated with which of the following ?
(A) Sadhana Samaj
(B) Anushilan Samiti
(C) Abhinava Bharat
(D) Swadesh Bandhav Samiti
110. The Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment is located at-
(A) New Delhi
(B) Mumbai
(C) Kolkata
(D) Thiruvananthapuram
111. Which of the following scales is used to measure the damage by a hurricane ?
(A) Safir-Simpson Scale
(B) Mercalli Scale
(C) Fujita Scale
(D) Richter scale
112. Which one of the following is not responsible for global warming ?
(A) Methane
(B) Water vapour
(C) Argon
(D) Carbon dioxide
113. The Earth Summit + 5 was held in –
(A) 2005
(B) 2000
(C) 1999
(D) 1997
114. Which one of the following is not included in Eight Missions under India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change ?
(A) Solar Power
(B) Afforestation
(C) Nuclear power
(D) Waste to energy conversion
115. Which of the following countries has a constitutional provision for maintaining 70% of its geographical area under forest ?
(A) Maldives
(B) Nepal
(C) Bhutan
(D) Afghanistan
116. Which one of the following States was declared in January 2016 to be the first organic State of India ?
(A) Arunachal Pradesh
(B) Kerala
(C) Odisha
(D) Sikkim
117. Which one of the following shows density gradient in a body of water ?
(A) Ecocline
(B) Halocline
(C) Pycnocline
(D) Thermocline
118. Which one of the following is not a ‘biodiversity hotspot’ of India ?
(A) Himalayas
(B) Vindhyas
(C) North-east-India
(D) Western Ghats
119. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the phases of biotic succession ?
(A) Nudation, migration, ecesis, reaction, stabilization
(B) Migration, nudation, ecesis, reaction, stabilization
(C) Ecesis, migration, nudation, reaction, stabilization
(D) Stabilization, reaction, nudation, migration, ecesis
120. The Yamuna Action Plan was formally launched in –
(A) 1991
(B) 1992
(C) 1993
(D) 1994
121. Which of the following is not correctly matched ?
National Park State
(A) Bandipur Karnataka
(B) Rajaji Uttarakhand
(C) Simlipal Odisha
(D) Pin Valley Jammu & Kashmir
122. Which amongst the following States has the smallest gap in percentage rates between male and female literacy as per 2011 Census ?
(A) Mizoram
(B) Kerala
(C) Meghalaya
(D) Nagaland
123. The most populous island of India is-
(A) Majuli
(B) Andaman
(C) Lakshadweep
(D) Salsette
124. The old page dependency ratio (2011) in India is –
(A) 14.0%
(B) 14.1%
(C) 14.2%
(D) 14.3%
125. What is the percentage of rural household which is engaged in agriculture, as estimated by National Sample Survey Office in 2014 ?
(A) 52.5%
(B) 55.6%
(C) 57.8%
(D) 59.2%
126. Which of the following States does not form its boundary with Bangladesh ?
(A) Assam
(B) Nagaland
(C) Meghalaya
(D) Mizoram
127. In which of the following States, the highest number of tribal people was recorded in Census of India 2011 ?
(A) Odisha
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Madhya Pradesh
128. According to Census of India, 2011, the last rank amongst the million cities of the number is of –
(A) Surat
(B) Kota
(C) Manglore
(D) Allahabad
129. Which of the following States recorded the highest growth rate in literacy between 2001 to 2011 ?
(A) Bihar
(B) Gujarat
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Uttar Pradesh
130. The percentage of the population in the age group 20 years and above out of the total population of India as per 2011 Census is-
(A) 59.29%
(B) 60.81%
(C) 61.05%
(D) 62.17%
131. In the first list (announced in January 2016) of 20 cities to be developed as Smart Cities, which one of the following was on the top ?
(A) Bhopal
(B) Bhubaneswar
(C) Jaipur
(D) Pune
132. The largest river of Asia is-
(A) Indus
(B) Brahmputra
(C) Yangtze
(D) Hwang Ho
133. Which one of the following continents was not a part of Gondwana Land ?
(A) North America
(B) South America
(C) Africa
(D) Australia
134. Which one of the following countries is the second largest producer of sugarcane in the word ?
(A) Brazil
(B) Cuba
(C) India
(D) China
135. Which of the following is not correctly matched ?
Desert Country
(A) Sonoran United States of America
(B) Taklamakan China
(C) Karakum Turkmenistan
(D) Gibson Brazil
136. Which one of the following continents has all types of climatic zones ?
(A) South America
(B) North America
(C) Australia
(D) Asia
137. Which one of the following countries is the second largest exporter of coffee in the world ?
(A) Indonesia
(B) Columbia
(C) Vietnam
(D) Brazil
138. Taiga forests are characteristics of-
(A) Equatorial region
(B) Tropical region
(C) Sub-tropical region
(D) Temperate region
139. River Ganga, after entering Bangladesh is known by which of the following names ?
(A) Lohit
(B) Padma
(C) Kaliganga
(D) Nabaganga
140. Suklaphanta Wildlife reserve is located in-
(A) Nepal
(B) Myanmar
(C) Bhutan
(D) Sri Lanka
141. The headquarters of the International Maritime Organization is located at –
(A) London
(B) Geneva
(C) Paris
(D) Rome
142. On the earth, originally, there was only the huge landmass which is known is-
(A) Panthalassa
(B) Pangaea
(C) Laurasia
(D) Gondwanaland
143. Which one of the following is the longest mountain range ?
(A) The Rocky
(B) The Alps
(C) The Himalayas
(D) The Andes
144. Which of the following seas does not have a coast line ?
(A) Black Sea
(B) Sargasso Sea
(C) Sea of Azov
(D) Caspian Sea
145. Which one of the following is a ‘Rabi’ crop ?
(A) Cotton
(B) Maize
(C) Arhar
(D) Mustard
146. Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers meet at-
(A) Dev Prayag
(B) Karna Prayag
(C) Vishnu Prayag
(D) Rudra Prayag
147. In which of the following States, ‘Neeru-Meeru’ water-harvesting programme was launched in the year 2000 ?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Madhya Pradesh
148. In which of the following areas of India geo-thermal energy sources have not been found ?
(A) Godvari Delta
(B) Ganga Delta
(C) Himalayas
(D) West Coast
149. Which amongst the following States gets the highest average annual rainfall ?
(A) Arunachal Pradesh
(B) Sikkim
(C) Kerala
(D) Jammu & Kashmir
150. The Marine National Park is located in –
(A) Gulf of Kutch
(B) Sunderbans
(C) Chilka Lake
(D) None of the above
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