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UPSC CDS Indian Geography — practice questions — page 11

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Marriage migration of females is reversed in which state?Read the answer and worked solution →A major benefit for the source region of migrants is:Read the answer and worked solution →In 2002 India received how much in remittances from international migrants?Read the answer and worked solution →A negative consequence of unregulated migration to industrial states is the growth of:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the pull factorsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the migration streamsRead the answer and worked solution →Find the real termRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the migration wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Sends or receivesRead the answer and worked solution →Which waveRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Migration bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A cluster of dwellings where people live and command a territory as economic base is a:Read the answer and worked solution →Small, sparsely spaced settlements specialising in agriculture are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Urban settlements specialise in:Read the answer and worked solution →A compact, closely built village with farms outside it, common in the northern plains, is:Read the answer and worked solution →In Rajasthan, compact settlements are necessitated by scarcity of:Read the answer and worked solution →In Bundelkhand and Nagaland, people live in compact villages mainly for:Read the answer and worked solution →Semi-clustered settlements, where dominant groups hold the centre and others the flanks, are widespread in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Isolated huts on remote hills in Meghalaya, Uttarakhand and Kerala form which settlement type?Read the answer and worked solution →Varanasi, Prayag, Pataliputra and Madurai are examples of:Read the answer and worked solution →Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow and Agra grew as fort towns in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Europeans first developed trading ports such as Surat, Daman, Goa and:Read the answer and worked solution →The British consolidated their hold around three principal nodes: Mumbai, Chennai and:Read the answer and worked solution →Which town is cited as a modern industrial town that evolved after 1850?Read the answer and worked solution →Chandigarh, Bhubaneswar and Gandhinagar were developed after independence as:Read the answer and worked solution →Ghaziabad, Rohtak and Gurugram around Delhi are examples of:Read the answer and worked solution →The level of urbanisation in India in 2011 was:Read the answer and worked solution →The Census classifies urban centres into how many classes?Read the answer and worked solution →An urban centre with more than one lakh people is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Marriage migration of females is reversed in which state?

  1. Meghalaya
  2. Punjab state
  3. Bihar state
  4. Gujarat state
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Correct answer: A. Meghalaya

1. In most of rural India the bride moves. 2. One state has the opposite custom. 3. That is Meghalaya. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 2, Migration: Types, Causes and Consequences._

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A major benefit for the source region of migrants is:

  1. River floods
  2. Remittances
  3. Slum growth
  4. Overcrowding
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Correct answer: B. Remittances

1. Migrants send money home. 2. It pays for food, debts and education. 3. These are remittances. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 2, Migration: Types, Causes and Consequences._

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In 2002 India received how much in remittances from international migrants?

  1. US$ 110 billion
  2. US$ 11 million
  3. US$ 11 billion
  4. US$ 1 billion
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Correct answer: C. US$ 11 billion

1. Remittances are a major source of foreign exchange. 2. Punjab, Kerala and Tamil Nadu receive a lot. 3. The 2002 figure was 11 billion dollars. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 2, Migration: Types, Causes and Consequences._

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