UPSC Indian Geography 8 (Old Year Questions)

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River Lengths (km) River Length (km) Godavari 2465 Narmada 1312 Mahanadi 828 Tapi 724.

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Along with 19 Major ports, 185 major ports are there in India, in which Maharashtra has 53, Gujarat has 40 airports. Gujarat has the longest coast line (not Andhra Pradesh).

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There are 5 primitive tribal groups in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Tribes Race Islands Onges Negroid Little Nicobar Sentinelese Negroid Sentinel Island Jarawa Negroid Middle and South Andaman Andamanese Negroid Strait Island Shompen Mongoloid Great Nicobar Nicobarese Mongoloid Great Nicobar.

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Starting Station Terminal Station N.H. No. Length in km. Kolkata Hajira 6 1949 Chennai Thane 4 1235 Agra Mumba 3 1161 Pune Machilipatnam 9 841.

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Cotton, Groundnut, Maize are Kharif crops. Whereas Mustard Bengalgram, wheat are Rabi crops.

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Cotton, Groundnut, Maize are Kharif crops. Whereas Mustard Bengalgram, wheat are Rabi crops.

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A. Kanger Ghati National Park – Chhattisgarh B. Nagerhole National Park – Karnataka C. Kugti Wildlife Sanctuary – Himachal Pradesh D. Sultanput Bird Sanctuary – Haryana.

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Coal – Jharia (largest), Bokaro, Giridih of Jharkhand. Copper – Jhunjhunu and Alwar district of Rajasthan. Manganese – is associated with Dharwar rocks in Kanataka Lignite – Jayamkondam, Neyweli (Tamil Nadu).

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Satpura is a series of Seven mountains commensing from Rajpipla hills in west, through Mahadeo hills, it extends Maikala range in the east. Sahyadris are Western Ghats running from Tapi valley to north of Kanyakumari in North-South direction.

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Haryana has the total forest cover among the above given states. On the basis of percentage of the actual forest cover, the above states are in the order of : Sikkim (40.80%) > Goa (33.79%) > Kerala > Haryana.

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Bangalore receives rainfall (312 cm) than Mangalore (946 cm) because Mangalore is located west side of the western ghats. This rainfall receives very high rainfall than the regions located eastern side of the western ghats.

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Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is the first multi-purpose river valley project constituted in independent India, in 1948, on the river of Sorrow v.z., Damodar. The DVC’s main projects include four dams at Maithon, Panchet and Konar, with connected hydro-electric power stations (except at Konar), Thermal Power Station at Bokaro ‘A’, Bokaro ‘B’, Chandrapura, Durgapura, Mejia and also one gas turbine station at Maithon.

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The amount of moisture in the atmosphere is related to latitude. Because, according to the change in latitudes, temperature also varies on the earth. Temperature directly influences the moisture holding capacity of the atmosphere.

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Coal based thermal power stations emit the oxides of Carbon (like CO, CO2 etc.) Sulphur (SO2), Nitrogen (NO2, N2O) etc. with the combustion of coal. When coal burns. After reacting with the atmospheric moisture these oxides produce acids and contribute to acid rains. So, both statements are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

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Kochi (Cochin) Shipyard Limited is designed to construct ships of size upto 1,10,000 DWT and repair ships up to 1,25,000 DWT. It is the only shipyard with ISO-9001 accreditation for ship building, ship-repair and marine engineering training in India.

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A. National Sugar Institute – Kanpur B. Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd. – Hyderabad C. Institute of Military Law – Kamptee D. Institute of National Integration – Pune.

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Both statements are correct. Among the four cultivated cotton species, Gossypium arboreum is supposed to be native of India. India is the first country in the world to develop hybrid cotton named H-4 in Gujarat Agricultural University.