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UPSC CDS Indian Geography — practice questions — page 35

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Pop the agro-based industriesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the industry factsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the industrial raw materialsRead the answer and worked solution →Agro or mineralRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the industriesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Manufacturing bingoRead the answer and worked solution →An upland such as a mountain that separates two drainage basins is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →The Indus rises in Tibet near:Read the answer and worked solution →The Indus emerges from the mountains at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Satluj, Beas, Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum join together to enter the Indus near:Read the answer and worked solution →Under the Indus Water Treaty of 1960, India can use what share of the water carried by the Indus system?Read the answer and worked solution →The Bhagirathi is joined by the Alaknanda at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Ghaghara, Gandak and Kosi, which flood the northern plains yearly, rise in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Namami Gange was approved as a flagship programme in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Ganga bifurcates at the northernmost point of its delta at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Brahmaputra takes a U turn into Arunachal Pradesh on reaching:Read the answer and worked solution →In Arunachal Pradesh the Brahmaputra is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which two long peninsular rivers flow west and make estuaries?Read the answer and worked solution →The Narmada rises in the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Narmada flows west through a rift valley formed by:Read the answer and worked solution →The largest peninsular river, also called the Dakshin Ganga, is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Godavari rises in which district of Maharashtra?Read the answer and worked solution →The Krishna rises from a spring near:Read the answer and worked solution →The Kaveri reaches the Bay of Bengal south of:Read the answer and worked solution →The second biggest waterfall in India, made by the Kaveri, is:Read the answer and worked solution →The largest freshwater lake in India, formed by tectonic activity, is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Sambhar lake in Rajasthan is a seasonal lake whose water is used for producing:Read the answer and worked solution →The Ganga Action Plan, India's first river cleaning programme, was launched in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the east-flowing riversRead the answer and worked solution →

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Pop the agro-based industries

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Other terms
  1. Cement
  2. Steel
  3. Aluminium
  4. Petrochem
Matching terms
  1. Cotton
  2. Jute
  3. Sugar
  4. Silk
  5. Woollen
  6. Tea
Instructions
Pop the industries based on farm produce. Leave the mineral-based ones.
_Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 6, Manufacturing Industries._

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Run the industry facts

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Questions
  1. Correct
    1854
    Choices
    1. 1854
    2. 1855
    3. 1904
  2. Correct
    1855
    Choices
    1. 1854
    2. 1855
    3. 1904
  3. Correct
    1904
    Choices
    1. 1854
    2. 1855
    3. 1904
  4. Correct
    Public
    Choices
    1. Public
    2. Private
    3. Joint
  5. Correct
    Private
    Choices
    1. Public
    2. Private
    3. Joint
  6. Correct
    Joint
    Choices
    1. Public
    2. Private
    3. Joint
Instructions
Years of Mumbai mill, Rishra jute mill, Chennai cement; then sector of SAIL, TISCO, Oil India.
_Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 6, Manufacturing Industries._

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Slice the industrial raw materials

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Does not match the category
  1. Sonnet
  2. Fresco
  3. Sitar
  4. Ballad
Matches the category
  1. Bauxite
  2. Limestone
  3. Gypsum
  4. Coke
  5. Iron ore
Instructions
Slice only the raw materials of heavy industry. Spare the art words.
_Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 6, Manufacturing Industries._

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