Previous year MCQs

Indian Geography UPPSC 1994 GS-I
Question

Central Mining Research Institute is situated at:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: Dhanbad

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Dhanbad”.
The Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CIMFR) is located in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India.

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Assertion (A): The size of population and its composition are responsible for the social change.

Reason (R): The fertility of occupational groups in which the wives engage more generally in gainful occupations, is lower than that of other groups in the same economic category.

Codes:
  1. A) Both A and R are is the correct explanation of A
  2. B) Booth A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
  3. C) A is true but R is false
  4. D) A is false but R is true
Which is the highest peak in Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
  1. A) Saddle Peak
  2. B) Mount Thuiller
  3. C) Mount Diavolo
  4. D) Mount Koyale
Granite slabs and slates are made at:
  1. A) Lalitpur
  2. B) Jhansi
  3. C) Chunar
  4. D) Churk
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below:
List I [Waterfall] List II [River]

(A) Dudhsagar - (a) Ghatprabha
(B) Duduma - (b) Machhkund
(C) Gokak -(c) Sharavati
(D) Jog - (d) Mandavi
  1. A) A-d, B-b, C-a, D-c
  2. B) A-d, B-b, C-c, D-a
  3. C) A-b, B-d, C-a, D-c
  4. D) A-b, B-c, C-d, D-a
The Apex Body to finance agriculture in India is
  1. A) Reserve Bank of India
  2. B) NABARD
  3. C) Cooperative Societies
  4. D) Government of India
The most flood-prone state of India is:
  1. A) Assam
  2. B) Andhra Pradesh
  3. C) Bihar
  4. D) Uttar Pradesh
The strategy adopted under I.R.D.P. in the Seventh Plan was:
  1. A) Adoption of total household approach
  2. B) Adoption of village approach
  3. C) Adoption of block approach
  4. D) Adoption of district approach
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  1. A) 09.30
  2. B) 14.30
  3. C) 17.30
  4. D) 20.00
The first sunrise of the miIlennium-2000 was observed in India at:
  1. A) Kohima
  2. B) Koteswar
  3. C) Katchal
  4. D) Kavaratti
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
  1. A) Ellora Caves - Saka
  2. B) Mahabalipuram - Rashtrakutas
  3. C) Minakshi Temple - Pallavas
  4. D) Khajuraho – Chandela
Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

(1) Idukki: Thermal Power Station
(2) Sabarigiri: Hydroelectric project
(3) Ghatprabha: Irrigation project
(4) Ramganga: Multipurpose project
  1. A) 2, 3 and 4
  2. B) 1, 2, 3 and 4
  3. C) 3 and 4
  4. D) 1 and 2
Kalpakkam is famous for:
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  2. B) Defence laboratory
  3. C) Rocket launching station
  4. D) Space centre