Description : The National Institute of Oceanography is located at (a) Kandla (b) Mumbai (c) Cochin (d) Goa
Last Answer : Ans: (d)
Description : Match the following inland waterways and the areas served by them: List-I List-II A. Backwaters 1. Goa B. Buckingham Canal 2. Kerala C. Cumbarjua Canal 3. Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh Codes: A B C (a) 1 2 3 (b) 2 3 1 (c) 2 1 3 (d) 1 3 2
Last Answer : Ans: (b)
Description : Which of the following sets of three ports is on the east coast of India? (a) Cochin, Goa, Mumbai (b) Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai (c) Paradeep, Kakinada, Nagapattinam (d) Machilipatnam, Kandla, Aleppey
Last Answer : Ans: (c)
Description : The four important ports of the West Coast of India, from South to North, in that order, are (a) Kandla, Mumbai, Goa, Cochin (b) Goa, Mumbai, Cochin, Kandla (c) Mumbai, Kandla, Goa, Cochin (d) Cochin, Goa, Mumbai, Kandla
Description : The Konkan Railway connects : (1) Goa Mangalore (2) Roha - Mangalore (3) Kanyakumari - Mangalore (4) Kanyakumari - Mumbai
Last Answer : (2) Roha - Mangalore Explanation: Konkan Railway is a railway line which runs along the Konkan coast of India. It was constructed and is operated by the Konkan Railway Corporation. It runs from ... in Karnataka to Roha in Maharashtra through Goa, along the west coast of India and Western. Ghats.
Description : The Konkan Coast stretches between: (a) Goa and Cochin (b) Goa and Mumbai (c) Goa and Daman (d) Goa and Diu
Last Answer : Ans: (a)
Description : Which of the following represents the southernmost geographical unit of India? (a) Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari) (b) Rameshwaram (c) Lakshadweep (d) Great Nicobar Island
Description : If in the east it is Guhar Moti, in north it is Siachen Glacier, then in south it is: (1) Kuttanad (2) Kanyakumari (3) Rameshwaram (4) Indira point
Last Answer : (4) Indira point Explanation: Guhar Moti is the western-most inhabited village in India, in Kutch district in Gujarat. Siachen Glacier, located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalaya ... the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Island, marks the southernmost point of India's territory.
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 : The Rajasthan Canal Project coven (a) Punjab (b) Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan (c) Haryana (d) Rajasthan
Description : An active volcano was reported at _____ India in 1991. (a) Barren Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands (b) Aliabet Island, Gujarat (c) Rameshwaram Island, Tamil Nadu (d) Mumbai Island, Maharashtra
Description : Where is the headquarters of South-Central Railway located? (a) Itarsi (b) Mumbai (c) Secunderabad (d) Vijayawada
Last Answer : Indira point
Description : Which of the following is the largest irrigation plant in India? (1) Buckingham Canal (2) Indira Gandhi Canal (3) Upper Ganges Canal (4) Tajewala Canal
Last Answer : (2) Indira Gandhi Canal Explanation: The Indira Gandhi Canal is the longest canal in India and the largest irrigation project in the world. It starts from the Harike Barrage at Firozpur, a few ... the Thar Desert in the north west of Rajasthan. It was previously known as the Rajasthan Canal.
Description : The Buckingham Canal runs through (a) Tamil Nadu and Karnataka (b) Kerala and Andhra Pradesh (c) Tamil Nadu and Kerala (d) Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
Description : The deepest land locked and protected port in India is (a) Marmugoa (b) Visakhaptanam (c) Mumbai (d) Cochin
Description : The finest natural harbour in India is (a) Chennai (b) Mumbai (c) Kolkata (d) Cochin
Description : The largest dry dock in India is situated at - (1) Cochin (2) Marmagoa (3) Kolkata (4) Mumbai
Last Answer : (2) Marmagoa Explanation: Marmugao dock, located in Goa, was the largest dry dock of India till 2015.
Description : Which of the following High Courts has ruled that banks can recover bad loans from person‟s saving account if the agreement allows? A) Punjab and Haryana B) Madras C) Mumbai D) Assam E) Kerala
Last Answer : B) Madras Explanation: If a debtor failed to settle the loan dues despite reminders from the bank, then the money could be recovered from his savings bank account, ruled the Madras High Court bench
Description : Which two of the following are connected by the North South corridor? (1) Srinagar and Kanyakumari (2) Mumbai and Chennai (3) Amritsar and Kolkata (4) Hyderabad and Bhopal
Last Answer : (1) Srinagar and Kanyakumari Explanation: The North-South Corridor comprises NH 1A (Srinagar-Jalandhar), NH 1 (Jalandhar - Delhi), NH 2 (DelhiAgra), NH 3 (Agra-Gwalior), NH 75 ... 26 (Jhansi-Lakhnadon), NH 7 (LakhnadonNagpur-Hyderabad-BangaloreMadurai-Kanyakurnari), NH 47 (SalemCoimbatore-Kochi).
Description : Amongst the following Indian States which one has the minimum total forest cover? [IAS 2004] (a) Sikkim (b) Goa (c) Haryana (d) Kerala
Description : Which one of the following Indian towns has the longest sea beach? (a) Kolkata (b) Mumbai (c) Chennai (d) Cochin
Description : Prince, Victoria and Alexandria are the three important and busy docks at (a) Cochin (b) Visakhapatnam (c) Chennai (d) Mumbai
Description : Coir, Copra, Coconut, Cashew are mainly exported from (a) Mumbai (b) Cochin (c) Tuticorin (d) Chennai
Description : Which one of the following shipyards makes warships for the Indian Navy? (a) Cochin Shipyard, Cochin (b) Hindustan Shipyard, Visakhapatnam (c) Mazagaon Dock, Mumbai (d) Garden Reach Workshop, Kolkata
Description : ____ is known as the Queen of the Arabian Sea. (a) Cochin (b) Mumbai (c) Mangalore (d) Surat
Description : Which of the following port caters to the export of Kudremukh iron ore? (a) Cochin (b) New Mangalore (c) Mumbai (d) Vishakhapatnam
Description : In which of the following towns does the LMT (Local Meridian Time) show the greatest deviation from the 1ST (Indian Standard Time) ? [NDA 1991] (a) Delhi (b) Cochin (c) Mumbai (d) Kohima
Description : Which of these harbours is not a natural harbour? (1) Chennai (2) Mumbai (3) Cochin (4) Paradip
Last Answer : (1) Chennai Explanation: A natural harbor is a landform where a part of a body of water is protected and deep enough to furnish anchorage. Many such harbors are rias. Bombay port and Kandla port have ... way back in 1639 on the sea shore. It is an artificial and all-weather port with wet docks.
Description : The Jawaharlal Nehru Port is located at – (1) Paradip (2) Cochin (3) Mumbai (4) Kolkata
Last Answer : (3) Mumbai Explanation: Jawaharlal Nehru Port is south of Mumbai in Maharashtra. Also known as Nava Sheva, it is the largest container port in India. The port was created to relieve pressure on Mumbai Port, then the pre-eminent port of India.
Description : The railway station situated in the extreme south is (a) Chennai (b) Cochin (c) Kanyakumari (d) Trivandrum
Last Answer : (c) Kanyakumari
Description : __________is the largest state of canal irrigation. A. Uttar Pradesh. 2. Punjab. C. Haryana. D. Kerala
Last Answer : A. Uttar Pradesh.
Description : India is the largest tea producing country in the world. It is grown in which of the following states mainly? (a) Punjab (b) Haryana (c) Bihar (d) Odisha (e) Assam
Description : Anjuna, Baga, Colva, Majorda, and Miramar are beaches in (a) Chennai (b) Goa (c) Mumbai (d) Visakhapatnam
Description : Match the following: [NDA 2011] Name of the Shipyard Location A. Hindustan Shipyard Limited 1. Kolkata B. Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited 2. Vasco-da- Gama C. Goa Shipyard Limited 3. Mumbai D. Mazgaon Dock Limited 4. Visakhapatnam A B C D (a) 4 2 1 3 (b) 3 1 2 4 (c) 4 1 2 3 (d) 3 2 1 4
Description : Match the following: [IAS 2003] A. Coffee 1. Anaimalai Hills B. Alphanso Mango 2. Kozhikode C. Tea 3. Nilgiri Hills D. Cinchona 4. Ratnagiri A B C D (a) 2 3 4 1 (b) 1 2 3 4 (c) 4 1 2 3 (d) 2 4 3 1
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 : Which State in India is known as the 'Granary of India'? (a) Haryana (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Punjab (d) Kerala
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 : Which state of India has made rain water harvesting compulsory for all houses? (1) Haryana (2) Maharashtra (3) Tamil Nadu (4) Punjab
Last Answer : (3) Tamil Nadu Explanation: Rainwater harvesting has been made compulsory for every building in Tamil Nadu to avoid ground water depletion. Since its implementation, Chennai saw a 50 percent rise in ... accumulation and deposition of rainwater for reuse on-site, rather than allowing it to run off.
Description : The principal cause of soil damage in Punjab and Haryana is (a) Deforestation (b) Soil erosion (c) Excessive cultivation (d) Salinity and water logging
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 : 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
Description : Beas flows through the State of (a) Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan (b) Punjab, Haryana, and Jammu (c) Punjab and Himachal Pradesh (d) Punjab and Haryana
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 : 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 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 : 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.