Previous year MCQs

Indian Geography UPPSC 2008 GS-I
Question

"The Himalayan Mountaineering Institute" is located at:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: Darjeeling

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Darjeeling”.
The Himalayan Mountaineering Institute is located in: Darjeeling, West Bengal

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  2. B) its publication
  3. C) its documentation
  4. D) its sale
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  2. B) commodity market
  3. C) money market
  4. D) all the above
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  2. B) use of nitrogen inhibitors
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Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other as Reason (R):

Assertion (A) : Teesta river was earlier a tributary of Ganga now it is a tributary of Brahmaputra.
Reason (R) : River capturing is a major feature of Himalayan rivers.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
Codes :
  1. A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A)
  2. B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not correct explanation of (A)
  3. C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
  4. D) (A) is false, but (R) is true