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UPSC CDS Indian Geography — practice questions — page 12

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Cities with more than five million people are:Read the answer and worked solution →More than 60 percent of India's urban population lives in:Read the answer and worked solution →How many of India's cities are metropolitan cities or urban agglomerations?Read the answer and worked solution →The largest urban agglomeration, with 18.4 million people, is:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the mega citiesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the village typesRead the answer and worked solution →Find the real termRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the settlement wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Rural or urbanRead the answer and worked solution →Which age of townRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Settlements bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A fisherman in Kochi sees the first monsoon rain on 1 June. Which coast does the southwest monsoon reach first?Read the answer and worked solution →A student in Mumbai waits for the monsoon after it hits Kerala on 1 June. When does it usually reach Mumbai and Kolkata?Read the answer and worked solution →On a December night the temperature at Drass falls to minus 45 degrees. Drass lies in which region?Read the answer and worked solution →A tour guide says one Rajasthan town rarely gets more than 9 cm of rain in a year. Which town?Read the answer and worked solution →Agra and Darjiling lie on the same latitude, yet January is 16 degrees in Agra and only 4 in Darjiling. Why?Read the answer and worked solution →A pilot at 12 km finds the westerly jet stream split into two branches over Asia. What splits it?Read the answer and worked solution →In February the southern branch of the westerly jet sits near 25 degrees north. At what pressure level?Read the answer and worked solution →Light rain falls on Punjab in January from a shallow depression. Over which sea did it originate?Read the answer and worked solution →In June the easterly jet stream races over the southern Peninsula. What is its maximum speed?Read the answer and worked solution →Moist wind climbs the Western Ghats and drenches the windward slope. What kind of rainfall is this?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1990-91 a wild El Nino delayed the monsoon onset over most of India. By how many days?Read the answer and worked solution →A forecaster compares air pressure at Tahiti with an Australian port to measure the southern oscillation. Which port?Read the answer and worked solution →Thiruvananthapuram has 31 degrees in January and 29.5 in June. Why so little seasonal change?Read the answer and worked solution →A farmer in Delhi gets light winter rain that helps wheat. Which crops does this rain benefit?Read the answer and worked solution →In July the monsoon trough stretches from the Thar desert to Patna and which plateau?Read the answer and worked solution →Pre-monsoon showers in Kerala help fruit ripen early. What are they called?Read the answer and worked solution →A tea planter dreads the evening thunderstorm called Kalbaisakhi. Where does it strike?Read the answer and worked solution →A hot dry afternoon wind called Loo blows across the northern plains from Punjab to which state?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Cities with more than five million people are:

  1. Mega cities
  2. Metro cities
  3. Class I towns
  4. Port cities
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Correct answer: A. Mega cities

1. One to five million makes a metropolitan city. 2. Above five million is a higher class. 3. Those are mega cities. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 4, Human Settlements._

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More than 60 percent of India's urban population lives in:

  1. Hill stations
  2. Class I towns
  3. Small villages
  4. Mega cities only
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Correct answer: B. Class I towns

1. Big cities hold most urban Indians. 2. The threshold is one lakh people. 3. Class I towns hold over 60 percent. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 4, Human Settlements._

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How many of India's cities are metropolitan cities or urban agglomerations?

  1. 60
  2. 100
  3. 53
  4. 468
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Correct answer: C. 53

1. There are 468 cities in all. 2. Six are mega cities. 3. 53 are metropolitan. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 4, Human Settlements._

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