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UPSC CDS Indian Geography — practice questions — page 27

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Pop the canal districtsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the plan yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the new cropsRead the answer and worked solution →Which Five Year PlanRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Planning bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The radius of the earth is about:Read the answer and worked solution →Gold mines in South Africa, the deepest mines, reach a depth of about:Read the answer and worked solution →The deepest drill, at Kola, has reached a depth of:Read the answer and worked solution →Gravity on the earth's surface is greater near the:Read the answer and worked solution →The point inside the earth where earthquake energy is released is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The point on the surface nearest to the focus is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which earthquake body waves arrive first at the surface?Read the answer and worked solution →S-waves can travel only through which kind of material?Read the answer and worked solution →P-waves vibrate in which direction relative to the wave's travel?Read the answer and worked solution →Which type of earthquake wave is the most destructive?Read the answer and worked solution →The shadow zone where neither P nor S-waves are recorded lies between which angles from the epicentre?Read the answer and worked solution →The S-wave shadow zone covers a little over what share of the earth's surface?Read the answer and worked solution →The most common earthquakes, caused by rocks sliding along a fault, are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Earthquakes in the areas of large dams are called:Read the answer and worked solution →The earthquake magnitude scale, expressed in numbers 0 to 10, is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The intensity scale of earthquakes is named after which Italian seismologist?Read the answer and worked solution →The mean thickness of oceanic crust is about:Read the answer and worked solution →The mantle extends from Moho's discontinuity to a depth of about:Read the answer and worked solution →The upper mantle layer whose name means weak is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The core of the earth is mostly made of nickel and iron and is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Hawaiian volcanoes are the most famous examples of which type?Read the answer and worked solution →The Deccan Traps of Maharashtra are an example of:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the earthquake typesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Pop the canal districts

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Other terms
  1. Chamba
  2. Kangra
  3. Nilgiri
  4. Darjeeling
Matching terms
  1. Ganganagar
  2. Hanumangarh
  3. Bikaner
  4. Jaisalmer
  5. Barmer
Instructions
Pop the districts in the Indira Gandhi Canal command area.
_Source: syllabus India People and Economy, Chapter 9, Planning and Sustainable Development in Indian Context._

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Run the plan years

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Questions
  1. Correct
    1948
    Choices
    1. 1948
    2. 1958
    3. 1967
  2. Correct
    1958
    Choices
    1. 1948
    2. 1958
    3. 1967
  3. Correct
    1967
    Choices
    1. 1948
    2. 1958
    3. 1967
  4. Correct
    1974
    Choices
    1. 1974
    2. 1987
    3. 2015
  5. Correct
    1987
    Choices
    1. 1974
    2. 1987
    3. 2015
  6. Correct
    2015
    Choices
    1. 1974
    2. 1987
    3. 2015
Instructions
Pick the lane with the right year for each event.
_Source: syllabus India People and Economy, Chapter 9, Planning and Sustainable Development in Indian Context._

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Slice the new crops

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Does not match the category
  1. Gram
  2. Bajra
  3. Jowar
  4. Millet
Matches the category
  1. Wheat
  2. Cotton
  3. Groundnut
  4. Rice
Instructions
Slice only the crops that replaced traditional ones after canal irrigation.
_Source: syllabus India People and Economy, Chapter 9, Planning and Sustainable Development in Indian Context._

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