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UPSC CDS Indian Geography — practice questions — page 38

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Pop the primary activitiesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the population factsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the population wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Dense or sparseRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the age groupsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Population bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Climate refers to weather conditions averaged over a long period, taken as more than:Read the answer and worked solution →The word monsoon comes from the Arabic word mausim, meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →On a winter night the temperature at Drass in Jammu and Kashmir may fall to:Read the answer and worked solution →Annual precipitation in Meghalaya exceeds:Read the answer and worked solution →Which coast receives much of its rain in October and November?Read the answer and worked solution →How many major controls of climate are there?Read the answer and worked solution →The Tropic of Cancer passes through India from the Rann of Kuchchh to:Read the answer and worked solution →The Himalayas to India's north have an average height of about:Read the answer and worked solution →The subtropical easterly jet stream blows over peninsular India in summer at about:Read the answer and worked solution →Western cyclonic disturbances of winter are brought in by the westerly flow from the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which traders named the seasonal reversal of winds monsoon?Read the answer and worked solution →The Inter Tropical Convergence Zone over the Ganga plain in summer is also called the:Read the answer and worked solution →The high-pressure area east of Madagascar that affects the Indian monsoon lies at about:Read the answer and worked solution →In summer the intensely heated Tibetan plateau forms low pressure at about what height above sea level?Read the answer and worked solution →El Nino is a warm current that replaces the cold current off the coast of:Read the answer and worked solution →El Nino appears every:Read the answer and worked solution →The monsoon lasts about how many days, from early June to mid-September?Read the answer and worked solution →The Arabian Sea branch of the monsoon reaches Mumbai around:Read the answer and worked solution →Delhi usually receives monsoon showers from the Bay of Bengal branch by about:Read the answer and worked solution →The monsoon withdraws from northwestern India by early:Read the answer and worked solution →Summer thunderstorms in West Bengal are known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Pre-monsoon showers in Kerala and Karnataka that help ripen mangoes are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the climate controlsRead the answer and worked solution →

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Pop the primary activities

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Other terms
  1. Transport
  2. Commerce
  3. Building
  4. Manufacture
Matching terms
  1. Agriculture
  2. Forestry
  3. Fishing
  4. Mining
  5. Quarrying
  6. Husbandry
Instructions
Pop the primary sector occupations. Leave the secondary and tertiary ones.
_Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 6, Population._

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Run the population facts

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Questions
  1. Correct
    1881
    Choices
    1. 1881
    2. 1952
    3. 2000
  2. Correct
    1952
    Choices
    1. 1881
    2. 1952
    3. 2000
  3. Correct
    2000
    Choices
    1. 1881
    2. 1952
    3. 2000
  4. Correct
    382
    Choices
    1. 382
    2. 1102
    3. 17
  5. Correct
    1102
    Choices
    1. 382
    2. 1102
    3. 17
  6. Correct
    17
    Choices
    1. 382
    2. 1102
    3. 17
Instructions
Years of first complete census, Family Planning start, NPP; then density of India, Bihar, Arunachal.
_Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 6, Population._

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Slice the population words

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Does not match the category
  1. Isobar
  2. Sonnet
  3. Fresco
  4. Nebula
Matches the category
  1. Census
  2. Sex ratio
  3. Migration
  4. Literacy
  5. Density
Instructions
Slice only the words of population study. Spare the other words.
_Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 6, Population._

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