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UPSC CDS Indian Geography — practice questions — page 4

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Tochi, Gilgit anet Hunza are tributaries ofRead the answer and worked solution →The right Ganga tributaries of the plain do not includeRead the answer and worked solution →Most rivers flowing west from the Western Ghats do not Corm deltas because ofRead the answer and worked solution →Which time of the day is generally the hottest period all over India?Read the answer and worked solution →How do dust storms in summer affect the temperature?Read the answer and worked solution →The place in India receiving the lowest rainfall isRead the answer and worked solution →The western disturbances which cause winter rain in India originate inRead the answer and worked solution →The amount and Intensity of monsoon rainfall is determined by the frequency ofRead the answer and worked solution →Which of the weathering agents is almost peculiar to the Indian Himalayas?Read the answer and worked solution →Match each superlative to the correct Indian geography factRead the answer and worked solution →Tap the item that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →Fill in the Indian geography superlativesRead the answer and worked solution →What share of India's population is engaged in agricultural activities?Read the answer and worked solution →A family clears a patch, farms it with a hoe and dao, and moves on when fertility falls. This is:Read the answer and worked solution →Slash and burn farming in Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Winter rain from western temperate cyclones helps which crops?Read the answer and worked solution →Growing a single crop like tea over a large area with migrant labour is:Read the answer and worked solution →Rabi crops are sown from October to December and harvested in:Read the answer and worked solution →Wheat, barley, peas, gram and mustard are:Read the answer and worked solution →Paddy, maize, jowar, cotton and jute are sown with the onset of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which pulse does NOT help fix nitrogen in the soil?Read the answer and worked solution →Only one country grows more rice than India. Which one?Read the answer and worked solution →Wheat needs a cool growing season and bright sunshine at the time of:Read the answer and worked solution →Which millet is very rich in iron and calcium?Read the answer and worked solution →A vegetarian family gets most of its protein from a crop India grows and eats more of than any other country. That crop group is:Read the answer and worked solution →A jaggery maker buys cane in the second largest sugarcane producing country. Which country grows the most?Read the answer and worked solution →Groundnut is a kharif crop; its largest producer in 2016-17 was:Read the answer and worked solution →Tea was introduced in India initially by the:Read the answer and worked solution →Rubber is an equatorial crop mainly grown in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and the Garo hills of:Read the answer and worked solution →Cotton grows best in the black cotton soil of the:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Tochi, Gilgit anet Hunza are tributaries of

  1. Ganga
  2. Brahmaputra
  3. Yamuna
  4. Indus
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Correct answer: D. Indus

This Indian Geography item tests a core Indian Geography fact. Correct answer: Indus. _Source: SSBCrack 1250+ Indian Geography MCQs (PYQ bank)_

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The right Ganga tributaries of the plain do not include

  1. Alakananda
  2. Yamuna
  3. Son
  4. Tons
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Correct answer: A. Alakananda

This Indian Geography item tests a core Indian Geography fact. Correct answer: Alakananda. _Source: SSBCrack 1250+ Indian Geography MCQs (PYQ bank)_

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Most rivers flowing west from the Western Ghats do not Corm deltas because of

  1. lack of eroded material
  2. the high gradient
  3. lack of vegetation free area
  4. low velocity
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Correct answer: B. the high gradient

This Indian Geography item tests a core Indian Geography fact. Correct answer: the high gradient. _Source: SSBCrack 1250+ Indian Geography MCQs (PYQ bank)_

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