Indian Geography QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

General Knowledge : Indian Geography QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: part2 : 16 to 20

Following General Knowledge Multiple choice objective type questions and answers will help you in TRB, SSC and UPSC 2014 examinations :

16.Which one of the following is the most important reason for the establishment of the Vikram Sarabhai space centre at Thumba:

The sea is near to the place in the East, West and South directions

It is a place near to a city in India, which is nearest to the Geographic Equator

It is situated on the Geomagnetic Equator

Outer space near Thumba exhibits queer atmospheric phenomena

17.Which one of the following trees, which was once popular in social forestry has now turned out to be an `ecological terrorist�?

Babool

Amaltash

Eucalyptus

Neem

18.`Self-sufficiency� in food, in the true sense of freedom from hunger, has not been achieved in India in spite of a more than three fold rise in foodgrains production over 1950-1990. Which of the following are the reasons for it? 1. The green revolution has been restricted to small pockets of the country 2. The cost of food is too high compared to the earnings of the poor 3. Too much emphasis is laid on wheat and paddy compared to the coarse grains 4. The grains of the green revolution have largely accrued to the cash crop rather than food crops Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes:

1, 2 and 3

1, 2 and 4

1, 3 and 4

2, 3 and 4

19.At the present State of our knowledge and resource position, India will remain self sufficient for the next three decades in:

Tin

Coking Coal

Copper

Petroleum

20.Tulbul project is associated with the river:

Beas

Ravi