61) Census data released on July 15, 2011 reflects that 13.48 percent urban population lives in
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Bihar
c) Maharashtra
d) Rajasthan
c) Maharashtra
62) Environment includes-
a) Abiotic component
b) Biotic component
c) Oxygen and Nitrogen
d) Abiotic and Biotic component
d) Abiotic and Biotic component
63) Most of the Food Crops of Africa are _?
a) Cereal Crops
b) Root Crops
c) Cash Crops
d) Oil Crops
b) Root Crops
64) A wide Inlet of the sea usually concave in shape, is termed as a:
a) Strait
b) Sound
c) Bay
d) Fjord
c) Bay
65) Puerto Rico Trench is located in which of the following oceans?
a) Arctic
b) Atlantic
c) Pacific
d) Indian
b) Atlantic
66) Extensive deserts occur in the western tropical regions of continents because:
a) of easterly trade winds
b) Cold ocean currents flow along the western coasts
c) Of the effect of both the offshore easterly
d) The rate of evaporation is greater along the western margin areas
c) Of the effect of both the offshore easterly
67) The term ‘epicentre’ is associated with –
a) Earthquakes
b) Volcanoes
c) Cyclones
d) Landslides
a) Earthquakes
68) The centre of the Hurricane is known a
a) Rainbands
b) Eye
c) Eye wall
d) Diameter
b) Eye
69) Which of the following state is the largest wheat producing state in India?
a) Punjab
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Haryana
b) Uttar Pradesh
70) Which of the following Indian state is not a producer of tea?
a) Assam
b) Kerala
c) West Bengal
d) Chhattisgarh
d) Chhattisgarh
71) Which of the following is called “brown paper”?
a) Jute
b) Cotton
c) Rubber
d) Tea
a) Jute
72) According to the census 2001, which was the largest state of India demographically?
a) Maharashtra
b) Bihar
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) West Bengal
c) Uttar Pradesh
73) Which of the following areas or regions is most prone to earthquakes?
a) Deccan Plateau
b) Ganga-Brahmaputra Valley
c) Plains of northern India
d) Western Ghats
b) Ganga-Brahmaputra Valley
74) The most literate union territory in India is-
a) Delhi
b) Lakshadweep
c) Chandigarh
d) Puducherry
b) Lakshadweep
75) Which of the following is not produced in the season of kharif?
a) Millet and Rice
b) Maize and Jowar
c) Jau(barley seeds) and Mustard
d) Jowar and Rice
c) Jau (barley seeds) and Mustard
76) Which of the following is the main spice producer?
a) Deccan Trap
b) Malabar coast
c) Coromandal coast
d) Sunder delta
b) Malabar coast
77) Sun Eclipse occurs at which of the following phases of Moon?
a) Full Moon
b) Half moon
c) New Moon
d) Either Full Moon or New Moon
c) New Moon
78) The nuclear reactor, where the leak of radioactive substance was detected in Japan following the tsunami of March 11, 2011 are in-
a) Fukushima
b) Osaka
c) Sapporo
d) kyoto
a) Fukushima
79) The world’s largest bio-fuel plant has been established with a production capacity of 100 million liters per year, is located in
a) China
b) India
c) Brazil
d) USA
c) Brazil
80) Which of the following set of country is known as “golden crescent”, world’s largest opium Industry?
a) Myanmar, Laos and Thailand
b) Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq
c) Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran
d) Myanmar, Malaysia and Thailand
c) Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran
81) Which of the following district of Tamil Nadu is not suitable for farming due to rising salinity in soil?
a) Tiruchirappalli
b) Nagapattinam
c) Ramnathpuram
d) Coimbatore
a) Tiruchirappalli
82) Which of the following geomorphic pairs is not correct?
a) Cirque-Glacier
b) Coral-Ocean
c) Delta-River
d) Pores-Air
d) Pores-Air
83) Which soil is the best for the production of cotton?
a) Black Soil
b) Loam Soil
c) Alluvial Soil
d) Peary Soil
a) Black Soil
84) The winds which never change their direction are called?
a) Permanent Winds
b) Trade winds
c) Planetary Winds
d) Local winds
c) Planetary Winds
85) What process takes place during the youthful stage of a river?
a) Valley widening
b) River rejuvenating
c) Valley deepening
d) Meandering
c) Valley deepening
86) Low tides are
a) Strong
b) Weak
c) Moderate
d) Very Weak
b) Weak
87) Which of the following groups of states produce rubber on commercial scale?
a) Maharashtra-Gujarat-Madhya Pradesh
b) Kerala-Tamil Nadu-Karnataka
c) Sikkim-Madhya Pradesh-Nagaland
d) Orissa-Madhya Pradesh-Maharashtra
b) Kerala-Tamil Nadu-Karnataka
88) Kampala is the capital of which of the following African countries?
a) Uganda
b) Zambia
c) Kenya
d) Angola
a) Uganda
89) When total Land is divided by total population, we get?
a) Population Density
b) Nutritional Density
c) Agriculture Density
d) Industrial Density
a) Population Density
90) Which of the following is least likely to be an effect of global warming?
a) Increased frequency of hurricanes
b) Loss of fertile delta region as for agriculture
c) Decreased rate of photosynthesis I vegetation
d) Shrinking of the polar ice regions
c) Decreased rate of photosynthesis I vegetation