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UPSC CDS Indian Geography — practice questions — page 17

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Why must sugarcane be crushed within 24 hours of harvest?Read the answer and worked solution →Which State produces more than one-third of India's sugar?Read the answer and worked solution →Modern sugar industry in India dates to 1903, when a mill started in which State?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the steel plantsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the cotton centresRead the answer and worked solution →Run the collaboratorsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the agro industriesRead the answer and worked solution →Near ore or near coalRead the answer and worked solution →What decides locationRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Industry bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A trucker says most of India's freight moves by road. What share of freight traffic do roads carry?Read the answer and worked solution →Sher Shah Suri built a royal road from the Indus to Bengal. What did the British rename it?Read the answer and worked solution →The first serious road plan for India was drawn in 1943. What was it called?Read the answer and worked solution →National Highways are only 2 per cent of road length. What share of road traffic do they carry?Read the answer and worked solution →Which autonomous body, operational since 1995, builds and maintains National Highways?Read the answer and worked solution →The Golden Quadrilateral links four metro cities with a 5,846 km corridor. Which cities?Read the answer and worked solution →The North-South Corridor connects Srinagar with which southern tip?Read the answer and worked solution →The East-West Corridor joins Silchar in Assam with which port town?Read the answer and worked solution →What share of India's road length is classed as rural roads?Read the answer and worked solution →India's first railway line ran 34 km in 1853 between which two places?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the distance between rails in broad gauge?Read the answer and worked solution →The Konkan Railway, completed in 1998, links Roha in Maharashtra with which city?Read the answer and worked solution →Asia's largest railway tunnel, about 6.5 km long, lies on which route?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was the Inland Waterways Authority set up?Read the answer and worked solution →National Waterway 1 runs on the Ganga between which two points?Read the answer and worked solution →The Nehru Trophy Boat Race, Vallamkali, is held on the backwaters of which State?Read the answer and worked solution →How many major ports serve India's 7,517 km coastline?Read the answer and worked solution →What share of India's foreign trade by volume moves by sea?Read the answer and worked solution →Air transport in India began in 1911 with an airmail run of 10 km between which two places?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Why must sugarcane be crushed within 24 hours of harvest?

  1. Mills shut down at night
  2. Its sucrose starts to dry
  3. Cane becomes poisonous
  4. Cane gains extra weight
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Correct answer: B. Its sucrose starts to dry

1. Sugarcane is weight-losing. 2. Its sucrose dries during haulage. 3. Crushing within 24 hours gives better recovery. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 8, Manufacturing Industries._

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Which State produces more than one-third of India's sugar?

  1. Bihar state
  2. Punjab state
  3. Maharashtra
  4. Uttar Pradesh
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Correct answer: C. Maharashtra

1. Maharashtra leads sugar production. 2. It makes over one-third of the total. 3. Uttar Pradesh is second. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 8, Manufacturing Industries._

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Modern sugar industry in India dates to 1903, when a mill started in which State?

  1. Odisha
  2. Kerala
  3. Assam
  4. Bihar
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Correct answer: D. Bihar

1. The first modern sugar mill came in 1903. 2. It was in Bihar. 3. Mills then spread to Uttar Pradesh. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 8, Manufacturing Industries._

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