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UPSC CDS Indian Geography — practice questions — page 26

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Catch the passesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the subcontinentRead the answer and worked solution →Run the numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the riversRead the answer and worked solution →Land or seaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the measuresRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →India location bingoRead the answer and worked solution →On 1 January 2015 the Planning Commission was replaced by which body?Read the answer and worked solution →Planning that draws schemes for agriculture, power or transport as separate sectors is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Planning that reduces imbalance in development between areas is termed:Read the answer and worked solution →Special area programmes for hill, north-eastern, tribal and backward areas were designed in which Five Year Plan?Read the answer and worked solution →The Hill Area Development Programme began in which Five Year Plan?Read the answer and worked solution →The 1981 National Committee on Development of Backward Areas defined backward hill areas as those above what height?Read the answer and worked solution →The Drought Prone Area Programme was initiated during which Five Year Plan?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1967 the Planning Commission identified how many drought-prone districts?Read the answer and worked solution →The Irrigation Commission of 1972 used what criterion to demarcate drought-prone areas?Read the answer and worked solution →The Bharmaur tribal area lies in which district of Himachal Pradesh?Read the answer and worked solution →Which tribal community, speaking the Gaddiali dialect, inhabits Bharmaur?Read the answer and worked solution →The tribal sub-plan under which Bharmaur became an Integrated Tribal Development Project was introduced in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Female literacy in Bharmaur rose from 1.88 per cent in 1971 to what level in 2011?Read the answer and worked solution →Which 1968 book by Ehrlich raised fears about environmental limits?Read the answer and worked solution →The World Commission on Environment and Development was headed by which Norwegian Prime Minister?Read the answer and worked solution →The Brundtland Report, titled Our Common Future, was published in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The Indira Gandhi Canal was earlier known by which name?Read the answer and worked solution →The Indira Gandhi Canal originates at which barrage in Punjab?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the total planned length of the Indira Gandhi Canal system?Read the answer and worked solution →Intensive canal irrigation in the Indira Gandhi command area has caused which twin environmental problems?Read the answer and worked solution →Warabandi, part of Command Area Development, means what?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the area programmesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Catch the passes

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Items
  1. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Khyber
  2. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Bolan
  3. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Shipkila
  4. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Nathula
  5. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Bomdila
  6. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Mahanadi
  7. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Godavari
  8. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Kaveri
Category
Himalayan pass
Instructions
Catch the mountain passes. Let the rivers fall.
_Source: syllabus India Physical Environment, Chapter 1, India Location._

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Pop the subcontinent

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Other terms
  1. China
  2. Myanmar
  3. Iran
  4. Thailand
Matching terms
  1. India
  2. Pakistan
  3. Nepal
  4. Bhutan
  5. Bangladesh
Instructions
Pop the countries of the Indian subcontinent.
_Source: syllabus India Physical Environment, Chapter 1, India Location._

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Run the numbers

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Questions
  1. Correct
    12
    Choices
    1. 12
    2. 21.9
    3. 30
  2. Correct
    21.9
    Choices
    1. 12
    2. 21.9
    3. 30
  3. Correct
    30
    Choices
    1. 12
    2. 21.9
    3. 30
  4. Correct
    3214
    Choices
    1. 3214
    2. 2933
    3. 6100
  5. Correct
    2933
    Choices
    1. 3214
    2. 2933
    3. 6100
  6. Correct
    6100
    Choices
    1. 3214
    2. 2933
    3. 6100
Instructions
Pick the lane with the right figure for each fact.
_Source: syllabus India Physical Environment, Chapter 1, India Location._

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