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UPSC CDS Indian Geography — practice questions — page 43

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Pop the sea wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the India numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the location wordsRead the answer and worked solution →North or south neighbourRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the coordinatesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →India size and location bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The term geography was first coined by the Greek scholar:Read the answer and worked solution →Eratosthenes lived during:Read the answer and worked solution →Geography comes from Greek roots geo and graphos, meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →Early scholars defined geography as the description of the earth as the:Read the answer and worked solution →Because phenomena vary over space, geography was perceived as the study of:Read the answer and worked solution →Geography attempts spatial synthesis, while history attempts:Read the answer and worked solution →The questions what and where inventoried features. Geography became scientific with the question:Read the answer and worked solution →In geography, time is treated as the:Read the answer and worked solution →The shape of the earth is:Read the answer and worked solution →Converting the geoid into a two-dimensional map is tackled by:Read the answer and worked solution →Population geography is closely linked with the discipline of:Read the answer and worked solution →The systematic approach to geography was introduced by:Read the answer and worked solution →The regional approach to geography was developed by the German geographer:Read the answer and worked solution →Humboldt lived during:Read the answer and worked solution →The branch of physical geography devoted to landforms and their evolution is:Read the answer and worked solution →Which branch studies the realm of water over the earth's surface?Read the answer and worked solution →Geo-informatics comprises techniques such as GIS, GPS and:Read the answer and worked solution →Regional studies comprise macro, meso and:Read the answer and worked solution →Soils are formed through the process of:Read the answer and worked solution →India has developed technology to collect which mineral nodules from the ocean bed?Read the answer and worked solution →Who defined geography as the description and explanation of the areal differentiation of the earth's surface?Read the answer and worked solution →Plant geography, zoo geography and ecology together form:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch physical geographyRead the answer and worked solution →

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Pop the sea words

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Other terms
  1. Nepal
  2. Bhutan
  3. Mirzapur
  4. Suez
Matching terms
  1. Sri Lanka
  2. Maldives
  3. Palk Strait
  4. Mannar
  5. Arabian Sea
  6. Bay of Bengal
Instructions
Pop the seas, straits and island neighbours. Leave the land words.
_Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 1, India Size and Location._

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Run the India numbers

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Questions
  1. Correct
    3.28
    Choices
    1. 3.28
    2. 2.4
    3. 7
  2. Correct
    2.4
    Choices
    1. 3.28
    2. 2.4
    3. 7
  3. Correct
    7
    Choices
    1. 3.28
    2. 2.4
    3. 7
  4. Correct
    15,200 km
    Choices
    1. 15,200 km
    2. 7,516.6 km
    3. 82°30'E
  5. Correct
    7,516.6 km
    Choices
    1. 15,200 km
    2. 7,516.6 km
    3. 82°30'E
  6. Correct
    82°30'E
    Choices
    1. 15,200 km
    2. 7,516.6 km
    3. 82°30'E
Instructions
Pick: area in million sq km, world share per cent, size rank; then land boundary, coastline, meridian.
_Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 1, India Size and Location._

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Slice the location words

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Does not match the category
  1. Isobar
  2. Ledger
  3. Piston
  4. Sonnet
Matches the category
  1. Mirzapur
  2. Palk
  3. Suez
  4. Tropic
  5. Deccan
Instructions
Slice only the words about India's location. Spare the others.
_Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 1, India Size and Location._

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