Description : What type of farming is practised in the densely populated regions of the world? (a) Commercial farming (b) Extensive farming (c) Intensive farming (d) Plantation farming
Last Answer : Ans: (c)
Description : Mumbai High refers to the (a) Greater Mumbai area (b) Highest place in Mumbai (c) Slopes of Western Ghats (d) Oil field below seabed off Mumbai island
Last Answer : Ans: (d)
Description : A rain shadow zone is present in India (a) along western flanks of the Aravallis (b) along the eastern slopes of the Western Ghats (c) along the western slopes of the Eastern Ghats (d) along the northern flanks of the Vindhyas
Last Answer : Ans: (b)
Description : Consider the following pairs: Tree: Location of its natural habitat 1. Rosewood: Slopes of Western Ghats of Karnataka and Kerala 2. Spruce : Western Himalayas at elevations from 2100 m to 3600 'm 3. Walnut: Lower elevations on Eastern ... IAS 2009] (a) A only (b) A and B (c) Band C (d) A, B and C
Description : Which region of the world is most thickly populated?
Last Answer : East Asia
Description : 1. Retina of the eye is comparable to which part of a traditional camera? 2. Lotteries organised by the government of a State come under which list? 3. Which gas is used for refrigeration? 4. ... and other Judges of the High Court are appointed? 19. Which soil is most suited for tea plantation?
Last Answer : Answer : 1. Lens 2. State List 3. Ammonia 4. East Asia 5. 1917 6. High interest rates 7. 2001-2010 8. Fungi 9. Kirghiz 10. Kakori Conspiracy Case 11. Chandigarh 12. Work and torque 13. Youth 14. Rubber 15. Khizr Khan 16. Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru 17. Shark 18. President 19. Acidic 20. Muhammad Gori
Description : At the time of independence, predominantly India practised - (1) Subsistence agriculture (2) Mixed farming (3) Plantation agriculture (4) Shifting agriculture
Last Answer : (1) Subsistence agriculture Explanation: At the time of independence, Indian farmers practised subsistence agriculture, only producing enough to feed themselves. Since India's independence, food and cash crop supply has greatly improved with the initiation of the Green Revolution in the 1960s.
Description : The mangrove forests are present in (a) the Eastern Ghats (b) the Sunderbans (c) the Western Ghats (d) the Aravallis
Description : In India, rain forests are found in – (1) Central India (2) Eastern Ghat (3) N.E. Himalayas and Western Ghats (4) N.W. Himalayas and Eastern Ghats
Last Answer : (3) N.E. Himalayas and Western Ghats Explanation: The main areas of tropical forest are found in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands; the Western Ghats, which fringe the Arabian Sea coastline of peninsular ... 5° South latitude).This 3,000 mile (4800 kilometres) wide band is known as the 'tropics'.
Description : The Sundarbans or the 'Mangrove' forests are found in – (1) Kutch Peninsula (2) Western Ghats (3) Konkan Coast (4) Deltaic West Bengal
Last Answer : (4) Deltaic West Bengal Explanation: Sundarbans is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world. The Sunderbans is a UNESCO World Heritage Site covering parts of Bangladesh and ... forests of the world. Situated mostly in Bangladesh, a small portion of it lies in India.
Description : In India the yield per hectare is very low in (a) intensive farming (b) extensive farming (c) commercial cultivation (d) plantation agriculture
Description : Highly specialized form of agriculture in which crops like coffee, tea and rubber are cultivated refer to – (1) multiple cropping (2) plantation agriculture (3) terrace farming (4) extensive farming
Last Answer : (2) plantation agriculture Explanation: Plantation agriculture is a form of commercial farming where crops are grown for profit. Usually, only one type of crop is grown in a plantation. Common examples include rubber, coffee, tea, bananas, sugar cane, oil palm, cocoa and tobacco.
Description : ______ is the practice of growing crops and raising livestock sufficient only for one’s own use, without any surplus for trade a. Private Farming b. Extensive Farming c. Subsistence Farming d. Meagre Farming
Last Answer : c. Subsistence Farming
Description : Consider the following statements: 1. The equatorial forests are evergreen. 2. The Mediterranean region has deciduous forests of broad-leaved trees. 3. Taiga forests are found in Kashmir. Which of the statements given above are correct? [NDA 2005] (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 (c) 1 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3
Description : Vergreen type Forests are found in – (1) Mediterranean region (2) Monsoon climatic area (3) Desert region (4) Equatorial region
Last Answer : (4) Equatorial region Explanation: An evergreen forest is a forest consisting entirely or mainly of evergreen trees that retain green foliage all year round. Such forests reign in ... primarily as broadleaf evergreens, and in temperate and boreal latitudes primarily as coniferous evergreens.
Description : Which of the following areas or regions is most prone to earth-quakes? (1) Deccan Plateau (2) Ganga-Brahmaputra Valley (3) Plains of northern India (4) Western Ghats
Last Answer : (2) Ganga-Brahmaputra Valley Explanation: The Ganga-Brahmaputra basin is a high earth-quake risk zone. It comes under Zone 5 covers the areas with the highest risks zone that suffers earth- ... enough over past centuries to release the energy accumulated by the upward movement of the Indian plate.
Description : Which one of the following areas of India is covered by tropical evergreen forest? (1) Semiarid areas of Gujarat (2) Eastern Ghats (3) Western Ghats (4) Madhya Pradesh
Last Answer : (3) Western Ghats Explanation: In India, evergreen forests are found in the western slopes of the Western Ghats in slates such as Kerala and Karnataka. Tropical evergreen forests (or tropical rain ... the coldest months. The Western Ghats is one of the world's ten "Hottest biodiversity hotspots."
Description : Name the natural vegetation found in the following regions: 1. The western slopes of the Western Ghats. -Geography
Last Answer : 1. Tropical Evergreen Forests. 2. Tropical Evergreen Forests and Tropical Desert. 3. Tropical Desert.
Description : Extensive deserts occur in the western tropical regions of continents because : (1) of easterly trade winds. (2) cold ocean currents flow along the western coasts. (3) of the effect of both the ... winds and cold ocean currents. (4) the rate of evaporation is greater along the western margin areas.
Last Answer : (3) of the effect of both the off-shore easterly trade winds and cold ocean currents. Explanation: Extensive deserts occur in the western tropical regions of continents because of the effect of ... is found near the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, usually toward the western side of the continents
Description : Which region gets first monsoon in summer? (a) Himalayas (b) Western Ghats (c) Eastern Ghats (d) Gangatic Plain
Description : There is heavy rainfall on the western coast of India but very little in the Deccan because (a) the Deccan plateau is situated in the rain shadow of the Western Ghats (b) the region is bypassed by the south-west monsoons (c) lack of high mountains in the Deccan (d) of some unknown reason
Last Answer : Ans: (a)
Description : Riparian forest is found: (a) along the banks of rivers and other wetland (b) the tarai region, on the foot hills of Himalayas (c) on the foot hills of Eastern slope of Western Ghats (d) on the foot hills of Eastern slope of Eastern Ghats
Description : Which one of the following statements is not correct? [IAS 2005] (a) The Western Ghats are relatively higher in their northern region (b) The Anal Mudi is the highest peak in the Western Ghats (c) ... the south of Satpura (d) The Narmada and the Tapi river valleys are said to be old rift valleys
Description : Which of the following region in India is now regarded as an "Eco-logical Hot Spot"? (1) Western Himalayas (2) Eastern Himalayas (3) Western Ghats (4) Eastern Ghats
Last Answer : (3) Western Ghats Explanation: Western Ghats Is regarded as one of the world's ten "Hottest biodiversity hotspots". It has over 7,402 species of flowering plants, 1,814 species of non- ... species and 290 freshwater fish species. Al least 325 globally threatened species occur in the Western Ghats.
Description : Which is the most thinly populated province of Pakistan? A. Sindh B. Punjab C. Balochistan D. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Last Answer : ANSWER: C
Description : The farming in which farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and other family members is called - a. Organic farming b. Industrial farming c. Ley farming d. Subsistence agriculture
Last Answer : d. Subsistence agriculture
Description : true about plantation agriculture? I. Generally plantation agriculture is considered as an example of subsistence farming. II. Generally single crop is grown on a large area in plantation agriculture. III. It has an interface of agriculture ... IV (2) III and IV (3) I, II and III (4) II, III and IV
Last Answer : (4) II, III and IV
Description : Monoculture is a typical characteristic of (1) shifting cultivation (2) subsistence farming (3) specialized horticulture (4) commercial grain farming
Last Answer : (4) commercial grain farming Explanation: Monoculture is the agricultural practice of producing or growing a single crop or plant species over a wide area and for a large number of consecutive ... producing chemicals and machinery are taken into account, the ratio of labor to output is higher.
Description : (i) Name the forests which grow on the wind ward slope of the Western Ghats. -Geography
Last Answer : (i) Tropical evergreen rainforests grow on the wind ward slope of the western ghats. (ii) These forests grow in this region because the temperature here ranges between 24°C to 27°C and rainfall is above 200 cm.
Description : Which of the following regions of the globe exhibits highest species diversity? (a) Western Ghats of India (b) Madagascar (c) Himalayas (d) Amazon forests
Last Answer : (d) Amazon forests
Description : Which one of the following statements correctly defines the term transhumance ? [NDA 1991] (a) Economy that solely depends upon animals (b) Farming in which' only one crop is cultivated by ... and foothills in winter (d) Seasonal migration of people with their animals up and down the mountains
Description : Highly specialized form of agriculture in which crops like coffee, tea and rubber are cultivated refer to (1) multiple cropping (2) plantation agriculture (3) terrace farming (4) extensive farming
Last Answer : plantation agriculture
Description : Selvas are - (1) Huge Canadian forests (2) Equatorial rain forests of Brazil (3) Coniferous forests of Siberia (4) Evergreen monsoon forests
Last Answer : (2) Equatorial rain forests of Brazil Explanation: Selvas are equatorial rain forests. The name was used earlier in Brazil for the forests. Today this name is used as a term for rain forests throughout the world.
Description : The Equatorial Forests of the Amazon Basin in South America are known as - (1) Selva (2) Taiga (3) Tundra (4) Pampas
Last Answer : (1) Selva Explanation: The Amazon Rainforest is located in the upper section of Brazil south of the Equator. It is known as Selva. It is a Tropical Rainforest because of the climate and its location near the equator.
Description : To which natural vegetation belt do Sal and Teak trees belong? (1) Temperate forests (2) Equatorial forests (3) Tropical deciduous forests (4) Mixed forests
Last Answer : (3) Tropical deciduous forests Explanation: The tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest biome, also known as tropical dry forest, is located at tropical and subtropical latitudes. Deciduous trees ... rosewood, belong to the moist deciduous forests which shed their leaves in the dry season.
Description : Rubber plantations are found in – (1) Temperate forests (2) Mountain regions (3) Polar regions (4) Equatorial regions
Last Answer : (4) Equatorial regions Explanation: The rubber plant grows wild in the equatorial regions of the world which are marked by rainfall of around 250 cm evenly distributed without any marked dry ... , Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, together account for around 72% of all natural rubber production.
Description : Vergreen type Forests are found in : (1) Mediterranean region (2) Monsoon climatic area (3) Desert region (4) Equatorial region
Last Answer : Equatorial region
Description : Select the correct statement about biodiversity. (a) The desert areas of Rajasthan and Gujarat have a very high level of desert animal species as well as numerous rare animals. (b) Large scale ... and endemism. (d) Conservation of biodiversity is just a fad pursued by the developed countries.
Last Answer : (c) Western ghats have a very high degree of species richness and endemism.
Description : Which one of the following areas in India, is a hotspot of biodiversity? (a) Eastern Ghats (b) Gangetic Plain (c) Sunderbans (d) Western Ghats
Last Answer : (d) Western Ghats
Description : 93. Which one of the following areas in India, is a hotspot of biodiversity ? (1) Western Ghats (2) Eastern Ghats (3) Gangetic Plain (4) Sunderbans
Last Answer : Western Ghats
Description : The capital of Lakshadweep is : [Stenographers' Exam 1990] (a) Port Blair (b) Silvassa (c) Aizawl (d) Kavaratti
Description : In general it la observed that the rate of population growth has been ______ in the densely populated areas compared to sparsely populated areas. (a) Low (b) High (c) Negligible (d) Almost the same
Description : Match the following: List-I List-II A. Deccan Traps 1. Late cenozoic B. Western Ghats 2. Pre-cambrian C. Aravalli 3. Cretaceous Eocene D. Namada-Tapi Alluvial deposits 4. Cambrian 5. Plestocene Codes: A B C D (a) 3 5 1 4 (b) 3 1 2 5 (c) 2 1 3 4 (d) 1 4 2 5
Description : Which one of the following regions of India is now regarded as an 'ecological hot spot'? (a) Western Himalayas (b) Eastern Himalayas (c) Western Ghats (d) Eastern Ghats
Description : The driest part of India is (a) Rann of Kutch (b) Rajasthan (c) Leh (d) Hinterland of Western Ghats
Description : "Himadri" is the term by which the _____ are known. (a) Western Ghats (b) Siwalik Ranges (c) Middle Himalayas (d) Greater Himalayas
Description : Most rivers flowing west from the Western Ghats do not Corm deltas because of (a) lack of eroded material (b) the high gradient (c) lack of vegetation free area (d) low velocity
Description : The youngest rivers in India originate from (a) Eastern Ghats (b) Western Ghats (c) Himalayas (d) Deccan Plateau