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UPSC CDS Indian Geography — practice questions — page 36

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Pop the Himalayan riversRead the answer and worked solution →Run to the river sourcesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the river featuresRead the answer and worked solution →Himalayan or peninsularRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the tributariesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Drainage bingoRead the answer and worked solution →India is one of how many mega bio-diversity countries of the world?Read the answer and worked solution →With about 47,000 plant species, India ranks which in the world in plant diversity?Read the answer and worked solution →India's roughly 15,000 flowering plants form what share of the world's flowering plants?Read the answer and worked solution →According to the India State of Forest Report 2011, India's forest cover is:Read the answer and worked solution →Tropical evergreen forests are at their best where annual rainfall exceeds:Read the answer and worked solution →Ebony, mahogany, rosewood, rubber and cinchona belong to which forest type?Read the answer and worked solution →The most widespread forests of India, also called monsoon forests, are the:Read the answer and worked solution →Trees of the tropical deciduous forests shed their leaves in dry summer for about:Read the answer and worked solution →The most dominant species of the moist deciduous forests is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Thorn forests and scrubs are the natural vegetation where rainfall is less than:Read the answer and worked solution →Wet temperate forests of oaks and chestnuts are found between heights of:Read the answer and worked solution →Coniferous trees like pine, deodar, silver fir and spruce are found between:Read the answer and worked solution →Alpine vegetation in the mountains generally begins above:Read the answer and worked solution →Alpine grasslands are grazed extensively by which nomadic tribes?Read the answer and worked solution →Sundari trees, which give durable hard timber, grow in which delta?Read the answer and worked solution →India's roughly 2,000 bird species make up what share of the world's total?Read the answer and worked solution →The Wildlife Protection Act was implemented in India in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Gir forest in Gujarat is the last natural habitat of the:Read the answer and worked solution →The wild ass is found in the arid:Read the answer and worked solution →How many biosphere reserves have been set up in India?Read the answer and worked solution →How many of India's biosphere reserves are in the world network of biosphere reserves?Read the answer and worked solution →The only surviving representative of its variety of crocodile in the world today is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the biosphere reservesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Pop the Himalayan rivers

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Other terms
  1. Narmada
  2. Tapi
  3. Kaveri
  4. Krishna
Matching terms
  1. Indus
  2. Ganga
  3. Brahmaputra
  4. Yamuna
  5. Kosi
  6. Gandak
Instructions
Pop the Himalayan rivers and their tributaries. Leave the peninsular rivers.
_Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 3, Drainage._

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Run to the river sources

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Questions
  1. Correct
    Amarkantak
    Choices
    1. Amarkantak
    2. Satpura
    3. Nasik
  2. Correct
    Satpura
    Choices
    1. Amarkantak
    2. Satpura
    3. Nasik
  3. Correct
    Nasik
    Choices
    1. Amarkantak
    2. Satpura
    3. Nasik
  4. Correct
    Mahabaleshwar
    Choices
    1. Mahabaleshwar
    2. Brahmagri
    3. Chhattisgarh
  5. Correct
    Brahmagri
    Choices
    1. Mahabaleshwar
    2. Brahmagri
    3. Chhattisgarh
  6. Correct
    Chhattisgarh
    Choices
    1. Mahabaleshwar
    2. Brahmagri
    3. Chhattisgarh
Instructions
Source of the Narmada, Tapi, Godavari; then of the Krishna, Kaveri, Mahanadi.
_Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 3, Drainage._

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Slice the river features

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Does not match the category
  1. Sonnet
  2. Fresco
  3. Sitar
  4. Ballad
Matches the category
  1. Gorge
  2. Meander
  3. Ox-bow
  4. Delta
  5. Estuary
Instructions
Slice only the landforms made by rivers. Spare the art words.
_Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 3, Drainage._

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