Indian Geography UPPSC 1994 GS-I
Question

Equinox, the two periods in the year when day and night are equal, occurs on:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option A: 21st march and 22nd September

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “21st march and 22nd September”.

21st March and 23rd September, direct rays of the sun fall on the equator. At this position, neither of the poles is tilted towards the sun; so, the whole earth experiences equal days and equal nights.

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Assertion (A): Only two major rivers of Peninsular India Narmada and Tapti flow in the Arabian Sea.
Reason (R): These rivers are fault-guided.

Select the correct answer from the code given below:
Code:
  1. Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. Both A and R are correct, But R is not the correct explanation of A
  3. A is correct but R is false
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A. Manas – 1. Madhya Pradesh
B. Sundarbans – 2. Uttar Pradesh
C. Nanda Devi – 3. Assam
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Code :
A B C D
  1. 2 1 3 4
  2. 4 3 2 1
  3. 1 2 3 4
  4. 3 4 2 1
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  1. New Delhi
  2. Bangalore
  3. Pune
  4. Hyderabad
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  1. Alluvial soil
  2. Black soil
  3. Red soil
  4. Laterite soil
Select the correct chronological order of the following from the code given below:

1) Rowlatt Act
2) Simon Commission
3) Home Rule Movement
4) Gandhi-Irwin Pact

Code:
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  2. being beaten to death
  3. being shot dead in encounter
  4. being run over by a military jeep
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1) Chennai
2) Tuticorin
3) Kochi
4) Vishakhapatnam

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
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  2. 1 and 3
  3. 2 and 3
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