UPSC Indian Geography 9 (Old Year Questions)

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India ranks second in the world in fruit production after China.

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Statements 2, 3 are correct. Longitude of Jabalpur’s location is eastwards of those of Indore and Bhopal; but not in between them.

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Kolkata is the nearest city to the Tropic of Cancer (23½° North latitude). Kolkata is located just below the Tropic of Cancer.

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Nanda devi peak (7817 mts) forms part of Kumaon Himalayas which extends from the river Sutlej to the Kali to a distance of 320 km.

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Statement A is correct. West Bengal, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Assam states are producing more than 75% of the Rice in river delta regions. Statement R is wrong. Because the 1000 mm isohyet runs southwards from the Gujarat coast, roughly parallel to the crest of Western Ghats upto Kanyakumari. The rainfall over the peninsular regions lying to the east of this line drops abruptly to below 600 mm, as it lies in the rain-shadow region. So, west coast receives more rainfall than east coast.

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Bokaro is situated at a point between Jamshedpur and Jharia coal fields and near to Raniganj Coal fields in Jharkhand. Its establishment integrates the entire steel-coal belt into one closely Knit industrial region.

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Bangalore is located on the Bangalore plateau, whereas remaining cities (Jodhpur, Nagpur, Delhi) are located on the plains. So, Bangalore is at the highest altitude above man sea level.

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The tropical semi-desert type merges into the tropical thorn forests when natural vegetation consists of open stunted forest with widely scattered trees and bushes and having long roots and sharp thorns. Eastern Rajasthan, South-west Punjab and Haryana, Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh, Southern Karnataka and adjoining Andhra Pradesh have this type of vegetation.

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Lagoon means a part of sea partially cut off from it by deposits of sand or coral reefs. In the given optionals, Ashtamudi, Chilka and Pulicat are lagoons whereas Periyar lake is not a lagoon.

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Lagoon means a part of sea partially cut off from it by deposits of sand or coral reefs. In the given optionals, Ashtamudi, Chilka and Pulicat are lagoons whereas Periyar lake is not a lagoon.

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Subarnarekha in Jharkhand and West Bengal, Mahanadi in Chhattisgarh and Orissa, Godavari in Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, Krishna and Pennar in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, Kaveri and Vaigai in Tamil Nadu are the east flowing rivers.

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Orissa coast is famous as a nesting place for the giant olive Ridley turtles from South America.

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Both statements are correct. But R is not correct reason for A. It is due to the rotational movement of the earth that these low and high pressure belts are formed.

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Among the states Goa has the high density (153.8 km) of surfaced roads. National Highways are only 1.94% of the total length of roads, carries 40-45% of the total traffic across the length and breadth of the country. Indian Railway network is the largest in Asia and fourth largest in the world.

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Arjun and Sonalika are High Yielding Varieties (HYV) of wheat whereas Jaya and Padma are HYV of Rice.

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Allahabad Station has average annual temperature of 260C, average annual rainfall of 63 cm and the annual range of temperature of 90C. Remaining three stations are located in high rainfall regions of more than 200 cm.

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The world’s highest ground based telescopic observatory is located in Ladakh of Jammu and Kashmir in India.

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HINDALCO owed its site basically to abundant supply of power. It obtains power from Rihand power house, which is nearer to this aluminium factory. Its bauxite mines are situated at Lohardaga in Bihar, and Amarkantak region of Madhya Pradesh. HINDALCO was set up in 1958 at Renukut (about 160 km from Mirzapur) in Uttar Pradesh.

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The largest number of Buddhists is found in Maharashtra. These are Neo-Buddhists who embraced this religion after large scale conversion under the influence of the movement launched by Baba Saheb Ambedkar.

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Lingaraja temple located at Bhubaneshwar. It was dedicated to Shiva (Mukteshwara temple) built by ‘Chodaganga’.