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Olympiad (Class 6) India and the World — practice questions — page 2

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Why do Himalayan rivers keep flowing even in the dry season?Read the answer and worked solution →Silt has built up the bed of the Kosi river over time. What does this cause?Read the answer and worked solution →What happens when moist monsoon winds meet the Western Ghats?Read the answer and worked solution →India is called a megadiverse country. How many countries share this label?Read the answer and worked solution →Which critically endangered Indian animal is a crocodilian?Read the answer and worked solution →The white-rumped vulture nearly died out after eating cattle treated with which drug?Read the answer and worked solution →On which date in 1950 did the Constitution make India a republic?Read the answer and worked solution →Which British law was a model for the Indian Constitution?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Article of the Constitution makes untouchability illegal?Read the answer and worked solution →Members of which house of Parliament are chosen by state legislatures?Read the answer and worked solution →The Constitution recommends village committees. What are they called?Read the answer and worked solution →On what basis were Indian states reorganised in 1956?Read the answer and worked solution →Which language is not among the 22 scheduled languages of the Eighth Schedule?Read the answer and worked solution →Borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh were drawn in 1947. Which line was used?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the effective border between India and China called?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these states does not share a border with Bangladesh?Read the answer and worked solution →Which delta in eastern India is shared with Bangladesh?Read the answer and worked solution →The Vindhya and Satpura ranges end in which coal-rich plateau of Jharkhand?Read the answer and worked solution →The Indian plate was once part of which southern supercontinent?Read the answer and worked solution →Which barrier island lies in Andhra Pradesh?Read the answer and worked solution →Diu, an island off India's coast, was once a colony of which European country?Read the answer and worked solution →The Indus Valley Civilisation flourished in which millennium BCE?Read the answer and worked solution →Which religion emerged in the Punjab during medieval times?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Why do Himalayan rivers keep flowing even in the dry season?

  1. They are fed by snow
  2. They get only monsoon rain
  3. They are fed by canals
  4. They are fed by lakes
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Correct answer: A. They are fed by snow

Himalayan rivers are snow-fed and have a perennial supply, unlike monsoon-dependent peninsular rivers.

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Silt has built up the bed of the Kosi river over time. What does this cause?

  1. Clear water
  2. Severe floods
  3. Strong waterfalls
  4. Long droughts
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Correct answer: B. Severe floods

Silt deposition gives the Kosi an extremely low gradient, which leads to severe floods and course changes.

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What happens when moist monsoon winds meet the Western Ghats?

  1. They turn into snow
  2. They give orographic rain
  3. They stop blowing for ever
  4. They become dust storms
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Correct answer: B. They give orographic rain

The Western Ghats intercept the winds and force them to release moisture as orographic rain.

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