Description : The Indian States which have common borders with Pakistan are (a) Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir (b) Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab and Rajasthan, (c) Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana, Rajasthan and Punjab (d) Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan
Last Answer : Ans: (b)
Description : Laterite soil is found in which of the following States? (1) Haryana and Punjab (2) Gujarat and Rajasthan (3) Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh (4) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Last Answer : (4) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Explanation: Laterite soils are found on the highland areas of plateau Karnataka. Kerala, Tamil Nadu and hilly regions of Assam. Rajmahal hills and Chhotanagpur plateau. These ... rich in iron. So these are suitable for plantation of crops like tea, rubber, coffee etc.
Description : The latitudes that pass through Sikkim also pass through [IAS 2010] (a) Rajasthan (b) Punjab (c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Jammu & Kashmir
Last Answer : Ans: (a)
Description : Salal is the hydro power project in: (1) Haryana (2) Jammu and Kashmir (3) Himachal Pradesh (4) Punjab
Last Answer : (2) Jammu and Kashmir Explanation: Salal Hydroelectric Power Station is constructed on river Chenab in the state of Jammu & Kashmir. The project was conceived in 1920. The project is located near Reasi about 100 km from Jammu.
Description : The Bhakra Nangal Multipurpose Project is a joint venture of [IAS 2009] (a) Punjab and Haryana only (b) Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan only (c) Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh (d) Punjab and Himachal Pradesh only
Description : Which one of the following states is a Ieading producer of woollen textiles? [CDS 1999] (a) Jammu and Kashmir (b) Punjab (c) Rajasthan (d) Himachal Pradesh
Description : Which states of India have a common border with Pakistan? 1. Jammu and Kashmir 2. Himachal Pradesh 3. Punjab 4. Gujarat 5. Rajasthan (a) I, II, III, V (b) I, II, III, IV (c) I, III, IV (d) I, III, IV, V
Last Answer : Ans: (d)
Last Answer : Haryana
Description : Which of the following states as percensus, has the highest and lowest sex ratio respectively? (1) Kerala and Haryana (2) Himachal Pradesh and Punjab (3) Meghalaya and Bihar (4) Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh
Last Answer : (1) Kerala and Haryana Explanation: Like the 1991 Census, the highest sex ratio (1058) had been reported in Kerala. Haryana reported the lowest sex ratio of 861 among the major states. According to 2011 census, Highest sex ratio-Kerala (1084) Lowest sex-ratio-Haryana (879).
Description : In which of the following states are the Aravalli mountains located (a) Jammu and Kashmir (b) Rajasthan (c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Madhya Pradesh
Last Answer : Ans: (c)
Description : "Indira Gandhi Canal", which is around 450 km long, provides irrigation facility mainly to which of the following states? (a) Punjab (b) Haryana (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Gujarat (e) Rajasthan shop.ssbcrack.com
Last Answer : Ans: (e)
Description : Well irrigation is most prominent in A. Punjab, Haryana, UP, Bihar. B. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu. C. Rajasthan, Gujarat. MP and Orissa. D. Meghalaya, Sikkim, Nagaland and Jammu Kashmir.
Last Answer : A. Punjab, Haryana, UP, Bihar
Description : Tank irrigation is very prominent in A. Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. B. Bihar and Maharashtra. C. Rajasthan and Jharkhand. D. Haryana and Himachal Pradesh
Last Answer : A. Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
Description : Name the state in which Tehri Dam is built. a) Himachal Pradesh b) Jammu and Kashmir c) Punjab d) Uttarakhand
Last Answer : d) Uttarakhand
Description : Which two states have a common High Court? (1) Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh (2) Haryana and Punjab (3) Gujarat and Maharashtra (4) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
Last Answer : (2) Haryana and Punjab Explanation: Punjab and Haryana High Court is a common High Court for both the States of Punjab and Haryana and Union territory of Chandigarh, in India. It is situated at Chandigarh, the capital of the States of Punjab and Haryana.
Description : Which of the following state/Union territories have a common High Court? (1) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar (2) Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh (3) Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir (4) Assam and Bengal
Last Answer : (2) Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh Explanation: Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh share a high court under the High Court (Punjab) Order, 1947.
Description : Which Indian state is known as 'Land of Five Rivers' ? [Railways 1993] (a) U.P. (b) Punjab (c) Haryana (d) Jammu and Kashmir
Description : The state which produces the largest quantity of wheat is – (1) Haryana (2) Rajasthan (3) U. P (4) Punjab
Last Answer : (3) U. P Explanation: The major wheat producing states in India arc placed in the northern part of the country. About 86 per cent of the India's wheat production comes from 5 states of Uttar ... of Uttar Pradesh. Punjab and Haryana together supply about 72 per cent of the country's wheat output.
Description : The Rajasthan Canal Project coven (a) Punjab (b) Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan (c) Haryana (d) Rajasthan
Description : Which among the following is not a raw silk producing state? (a) Bihar (b) Himachal Pradesh (c) Karnataka (d) Jammu and Kashmir
Description : Match the following: [CDS 2009] Pass State A. Zoji La Pass 1. Sikkim B. Bara Lacha Pass 2. Uttarakhand C. Jelep La Pass 3. Himachal Pradesh D. Niti Pass 4. Jammu and Kashmir A B C D (a) 4 1 3 2 (b) 2 3 1 4 (c) 4 3 1 2 (d) 2 1 3 4
Description : Jawahar Tunnel, the largest in India is located in the State of– (1) Jammu & Kashmir (2) Maharashtra (3) Karnataka (4) Himachal Pradesh
Last Answer : (1) Jammu & Kashmir Explanation: Jawahar Tunnel or Banihal Tunnel, named after the first Prime Minister of India, was constructed for round-the-year surface transport by Mr. Alfred ... between Banihal and Qazigund, This tunnel facilitates round-the-year road connectivity to Srinagar From Jammu.
Description : In which State is Khetri the area known for copper ores, situated? (1) Himachal Pradesh (2) Assam (3) Rajasthan (4) Karnataka
Last Answer : (3) Rajasthan Explanation: Khetri Nagar is a town in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan in India. It is known for its Copper Project. The township of Khetri Nagar is built and is under control of the Hindustan Copper Limited, a public sector unit under Government of India.
Description : In which State is the Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary located? (1) Orissa (2) Haryana (3) Uttar Pradesh (4) Rajasthan
Last Answer : (2) Haryana Explanation: Sultanpur National Park is located at Sultanpur. Haryana in Gurgaon District, Haryana. As a bird sanctuary it was the finding of Peter Jackson, famous ornothologist, and Honorary ... the Sultanpur jheel near Delhi, a bird sanctuary, and she asked him to take her there.
Description : Which State of India is leading in solar energy generation? (1) Gujarat (2) Rajasthan (3) Haryana (4) Uttar Pradesh
Last Answer : (2) Rajasthan Explanation: According to data released by the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy on June 4, 2015, Rajasthan has become number one state in the country in terms of total installed capacity ... : 1000 MW; Madhya Pradesh : 563 MW; Maharashtra : 363 MW; Andhra Pradesh : 247 MW.
Description : Major producer of mulberry silk in India is (a) Jammu and Kashmir (b) Jharkhand (c) Karnataka (d) Assam (e) Himachal Pradesh
Description : Which of the following is a wrong combination of location and hydroelectric projects undertaken by the NHPC? (a) Baira Siul-Himachal Pradesh (b) Salal-Jammu and Kashmir (c) Loktak-Sikkim (d) Devi Ghat-Nepal
Description : Which one of the following places ranks second among the coldest places in the world? [CDS 2000] (a) Dras (Jammu and Kashmir) (b) Kullu (Himachal Pradesh) (c) Manali (Himachal Pradesh) (d) Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh)
Description : Match the following: [CDS 2001] Mountain passes in Himalayas States A. Changla 1. Arunachal Pradesh B. Shipkila 2. Himachal Pradesh C. Zozila 3. Jammu and Kashmir D. Bomdila A B C D (a) 3 2 3 1 (b) 3 2 4 1 (c) 2 3 4 1 (d) 3 1 4 2
Description : Which of the following passes and locations is/are wrongly matched? 1. Zojila and Burzil - Jammu & Kashmir 2. Bara Lapcha La and Shipki La - Uttar Pradesh 3. Thaga La, Niti Pass and Lipu Lekh - Himachal Pradesh 4. Nathu La and Jelep La - Sikkim (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 (c) 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2 and 3
Description : Match the following: [CDS 2000] A. Pir Panjal 1. Arunachal Pradesh B. Dhauladhar 2. Uttaranchal C. Nag Tibba 3. Jammu and Kashmir D. Mishimi Hills 4. Himachal Pradesh A B C D (a) 4 3 1 2 (b) 3 4 2 1 (c) 3 4 1 2 (d) 4 3 2 1
Description : The States which have common borders with China are: 1. Jammu and Kashmir 2. Sikkim 3. Arunachal Pradesh 4. Himachal Pradesh (a) 1, 3 and 4 (b) 1, 2 and 3 (c) 1 and 3 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 shop.ssbcrack.com
Description : Asia's first underground Hydel Project is located in which of the following States in India? (1) Jammu & Kashmir (2) Himachal Pradesh (3) Arunachal Pradesh (4) Uttar Pradesh
Last Answer : (2) Himachal Pradesh Explanation: The 1,500-MW Nathpa-Jhakri hydel project, one of Asia's first mega project having an underground power station commissioned in 2003, is an hydel project ... Corporation). The 1500 MW hydro electric power project is situated in Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh.
Description : Nathu La, a place where India-China border trade has been resumed after 44 years, is located on the Indian border in – (1) Silddm (2) Arunachal Pradesh (3) Himachal Pradesh (4) Jammu and Kashmir
Last Answer : (1) Silddm Explanation: Nathu La is a mountain pass in the Himalayas. It connects the Indian state of Sikkim with China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The pass, at 4,310 m above mean sea ... China and India: the other two are Shipkila in Himachal Pradesh and Lipulekh (or Lipulekh) in Uttarakhand
Description : Which one of the following states does not have a railway station? (1) Sikkim (2) Himachal Pradesh (3) Jammu & Kashmir (4) Nagaland
Last Answer : (1) Sikkim Explanation: Sikkim lacks significant railway infrastructure. The closest major railway stations are Siliguri and New Jalpaiguri in neighboring West Bengal. However, the New Sikkim Railway Project has ... of Rangpo in Sikkim with Seyoke. The project is expected to be complete by 2015.
Description : Which State in India is known as the 'Granary of India'? (a) Haryana (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Punjab (d) Kerala
Description : Which State has the largest number of sugar mills? (a) Punjab (b) Haryana (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Uttar Pradesh
Description : The state which has attained the dubious distinction of being topper in the list with the highest encroachment of forest land: (a) Bihar (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Haryana (d) Punjab
Description : Maximum wheat producing State in India is – (1) Punjab (2) Uttar Pradesh (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Haryana
Last Answer : (2) Uttar Pradesh Explanation: Operation Flood in India, a project of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) was the world's biggest dairy development programme which made India, a milk-deficient nation ... world, surpassing the USA in 1998, with about 17 percent of global output in 2010-11.
Description : Sambhar Salt Lake is situated in: (1) Himachal Pradesh (2) Karnataka (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Rajasthan
Last Answer : (4) Rajasthan Explanation: The Sambhar Salt Lake, India's largest inland salt lake, sits 96 km south west of the city of Jaipur and 64 km north east of Ajmer along National Highway 8 in ... is a key wintering area for tens of thousands of flamingos and other birds that migrate from northern Asia.
Description : The famous Amarnath and Vaishnodevi shrines are located in the State of (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Rajasthan (d) Jammu and Kashmir
Description : The State with the largest area under waste land is: (a) Gujarat (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Jammu and Kashmir (d) Rajasthan
Description : Where is Sanchi Stupa located? (1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Haryana (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Rajasthan
Last Answer : (3) Madhya Pradesh Explanation: The Great Stupa at Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh is one of the oldest stone structure in India and was originally commissioned by the emperor Ashoka (Maurya Dynasty) in the 3rd century BCE.
Description : Where is the Indian National Rail Museum situated? (1) Delhi (2) Uttar Pradesh (3) Punjab (4) Himachal Pradesh
Last Answer : (1) Delhi Explanation: The National Rail Museum is a museum in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi which focuses on the rail heritage of India. It opened on 1 February 1977. The rail museum is an ... that are displayed along with some static and working models of a wide variety of trains in India.
Description : In which of the following states is Rosa Power Plant located? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Odisha (d) Haryana (e) Punjab
Description : The Damodar Valley Project concerns two states (a) Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh (b) West Bengal and Bihar (c) Maharashtra and Karnataka (d) Haryana and Punjab
Description : Which of the following two States are prone to cyclones during retreating Monsoon season? (1) Karnataka and Kerala (2) Punjab and Haryana (3) Bihar and Assam (4) Andhra Pradesh and Orissa
Last Answer : (4) Andhra Pradesh and Orissa Explanation: The retreat of the Monsoon which generally occurs between September and November brings with it another peak in cyclone origination, noted for its ... Tamil Nadu receives heavy rainfall from these winds as the retreating monsoon winds are moisture laden.
Description : Western disturbances cause rainfall in the following Indian states during winter – (1) Punjab and Haryana (2) Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh (3) Kerala and Karnataka (4) Bihar and West Bengal
Last Answer : (1) Punjab and Haryana Explanation: The term 'Western Disturbance' is used to describe an extra tropical storm, which brings winter rain and sometimes snow to the northwestern parts of the In- ... it passes across north India, it helps to increase monsoon activity over Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.
Description : In which of the following States, is Child Sex Ratio as per the provisional results of the 2011 Census, the lowest? (1) Haryana (2) Punjab (3) Bihar (4) Uttar Pradesh
Last Answer : (1) Haryana Explanation: Notably, Punjab and Haryana, which have traditionally seen low sex ratio, have recorded an increasing trend but still remained at the bottom of the list. Haryana has 834 ... . Haryana's Jhajjar (774 females) and Mahendragarh (778 females) districts have the lowest sex ratio