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The Konkan Railway, a major engineering feat under Indian Railways, links Mumbai with which southern Indian city?Read the answer and worked solution →Resources can be classified on the basis of EXHAUSTIBILITY as:Read the answer and worked solution →Solar energy is an example of a:Read the answer and worked solution →The First International Earth Summit was held in 1992 at:Read the answer and worked solution →The colour-coded land-use category 'forest' on a topographical map is shown by:Read the answer and worked solution →Alluvial soil is found in:Read the answer and worked solution →Black soil (regur), ideal for COTTON cultivation, is found mainly in:Read the answer and worked solution →Red soil is reddish because it contains:Read the answer and worked solution →Laterite soil forms primarily under conditions of:Read the answer and worked solution →GULLY EROSION causes the formation of:Read the answer and worked solution →Terrace farming on hill slopes is practised mainly to:Read the answer and worked solution →Aluminium ore (bauxite) is an example of a:Read the answer and worked solution →'Khadar' and 'bhangar' are two types of:Read the answer and worked solution →Wind erosion is a major form of soil degradation in:Read the answer and worked solution →Sustainable development means meeting:Read the answer and worked solution →The TERM 'resource planning' refers to:Read the answer and worked solution →The percentage of FRESHWATER (out of total water on Earth) is approximately:Read the answer and worked solution →MULTI-PURPOSE river projects in India serve all of the following except:Read the answer and worked solution →The Bhakra-Nangal Project is on the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Hirakud Project is on the river:Read the answer and worked solution →'Narmada Bachao Andolan' is a movement related to:Read the answer and worked solution →Rainwater harvesting in the Western Himalayas was traditionally done through:Read the answer and worked solution →Rooftop rainwater harvesting using underground TANKAS is traditional in:Read the answer and worked solution →Wastewater from sources OTHER THAN toilets (kitchen, bath, washing) is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The Sardar Sarovar Dam is on the river:Read the answer and worked solution →Among the following, the LARGEST source of freshwater in India is:Read the answer and worked solution →Multi-purpose projects are sometimes opposed because they may cause:Read the answer and worked solution →Tehri Dam, India's tallest dam, is on the river:Read the answer and worked solution →Pondage of an irrigation tank in TAMIL NADU is traditionally called:Read the answer and worked solution →Inter-state water disputes in India are decided primarily by:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The Konkan Railway, a major engineering feat under Indian Railways, links Mumbai with which southern Indian city?

  1. Kanyakumari
  2. Bengaluru
  3. Mysuru
  4. Mangaluru
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Correct answer: D. Mangaluru

1. Your syllabus highlights Konkan Railway as an engineering achievement. 2. The Konkan Railway connects Roha (Maharashtra) to Mangaluru (Karnataka) along the western coast. 3. It was completed in 1998 and traverses 760 km through hilly terrain with 92 tunnels. _Source: syllabus Geography Contemporary India - II, Ch 7 "Lifelines of National Economy", §Railways ¶2_

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Resources can be classified on the basis of EXHAUSTIBILITY as:

  1. Renewable and non-renewable
  2. Biotic and abiotic
  3. Public and private
  4. Individual and community
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Correct answer: A. Renewable and non-renewable

1. By exhaustibility: RENEWABLE (solar, wind, water — can be replenished) vs NON-RENEWABLE (coal, oil, minerals — finite). 2. Biotic/abiotic is by ORIGIN. 3. Public/private/community is by OWNERSHIP. _Source: syllabus SST Geography Ch 1 §1.2 Types of Resources_

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Solar energy is an example of a:

  1. Non-renewable resource
  2. Biotic resource
  3. Renewable resource
  4. Stock resource
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Correct answer: C. Renewable resource

1. Solar radiation is RENEWABLE — replenished naturally and inexhaustible on human timescales. 2. Also tidal, wind and hydropower fall in this group. 3. Fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas) are NON-RENEWABLE. _Source: syllabus SST Geography Ch 1 §1.2 Renewable Resources_

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