Thursday, July 23, 2015

General facts about India

1. What bounds India on its northern frontiers?

a) Ladakh
b) Great Himalayas
c) Karakoram
d) Pangong

ANSWER: b) Great Himalayas

India is the seventh largest and the second most populous nation of the world. The Great Himalayas bounds India on its northern frontiers. It stretches southwards and beyond the Tropic of Cancer, it narrows down to form the Great Indian Peninsula which ends up in the Indian Ocean with Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari) as its southernmost tip. 


2. The Indo-Gangetic Plains are formed by the basins of three distinct river systems. Which are they?

a) the Indus, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra.
b) the Indus, the Ganges and the Yamuna.
c) the Indus, the Ganges and the Narmada.
d) the Indus, the Ganges and the Krishna.

ANSWER: a) the Indus, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra.

The Indo-Gangetic Plains, about 2,400 km long and 240 to 320 km broad, are formed by the basins of three distinct river systems: the Indus, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra. They are one of the most densely populated areas on earth.


3. What forms the southern point of the Peninsular plateau?

a) Nilgiri Hills
b) Cardamom Hills
c) Aravalli Hills
d) Kanchenjunga

ANSWER: a) Nilgiri Hills

The Nilgiri Hills forms the southern point of the plateau where Eastern and Western Ghats meet.



4. Which among the following is regarded as a continuation of the Western Ghats?

a) Nilgiri Hills
b) Cardamom Hills
c) Aravalli Hills
d) Kanchenjunga

ANSWER: b) Cardamom Hills

The Cardomom Hills that lie beyond the southern point of the Peninsular plateau is regarded as a continuation of the Western Ghats.



5. Which is the largest river basin in India?

a) Ganga
b) Godavari
c) Indus
d) Krishna

ANSWER: a) Ganga

The largest river basin in India is Ganga basin, which receives waters from an area of about one-quarter of the total area of India. The Himalayas in the north and the Vindhya mountains in the south define its boundaries.



6. Where does Bhagirathi rise from?

a) Gangotri glacier
b) Nanda Devi Glacier
c) Lateral Glacier
d) Bandar Panch Glacier

ANSWER: a) Gangotri glacier

The Ganga has the Bhagirathi and the Alakananda as the two main headwaters in the Himalayas. The former rises from the Gangotri glacier at Gaumukh and the latter from a glacial spout of the Alkapur glacier.


7. Which is the westernmost river of the Ganga system?

a) Yamuna
b) Kosi 
c) Ghagara
d) Gandak

ANSWER: a) Yamuna

A number of Himalayan rivers including the Yamuna, Ghagra, Gomti, Gandak and Kosi join Ganga. Yamuna is the westernmost river of the Ganga system which rises in the Yamunotri glacier and joins the Ganga at Allahabad.


8. Which is the second largest river basin in India?

a) Ganga
b) Godavari
c) Indus
d) Krishna

ANSWER: b) Godavari

The Godavari basin is the second largest in India which covers an area of about 10 percent of the area of India.


9. Who unveiled the Foreign Trade Policy (2009-2014)?

a) Dayanidhi Maran
b) Kapil Sibal
c) Anand Sharma
d) C.P.Joshi

ANSWER: c) Anand Sharma

Mr. Anand Sharma, Union Minister for Commerce & Industry unveiled the Foreign Trade Policy (2009-2014), on August 27, 2009 which incorporates provisions relating to export and import of goods and services .


10. Which is the largest zoo in India?

a) National Zoological Park Delhi
b) Mysore Zoo
c) Arignar Anna Zoological Park
d) Alipore Zoological Gardens

ANSWER: d) Alipore Zoological Gardens

Alipore Kolkata zoological garden is national zoo of India. The zoo is located next to river Ganges and very near to race course and Police Training School and opposite to the famous hotel Taj. Alipore zoo occupies a large area (about 45 arcs) to be looked. Kolkata zoo is famous for its huge animal resource and especially for the Aldabra Giant Tortoise Adwaita (donated by Lord Clive) which expired in 2006 at its 250th age.

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