Previous year MCQs

Indian Geography UPPSC 2006 GS-I
Question

In which state the Monsoons arrive first?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: Kerala

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Kerala”.
Rain hits first the state of Kerala and along with the coastal areas of Karnataka/Maharastra ( Konken coastal area).

Similar Questions:

A memorandum of understanding for India's first river linking project has been signed between two states linking two rivers. The states and the rivers concerned are:
States - Rivers
  1. A) Punjab and Rajasthan - Beas and Banas
  2. B) Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh - Ken and Betwa
  3. C) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu - Krishna and Kaveri
  4. D) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar Rivers - Gomti and Sharda
The milky way is classified as:
  1. A) Spiral Galaxy
  2. B) Electrical Galaxy
  3. C) Irregular Galaxy
  4. D) Round Galaxy
The Adam's Bridge begins from
  1. A) Dhanuskodi
  2. B) Mandapam
  3. C) Pamban
  4. D) Rameswaram
Vembanad Lake is in:
  1. A) Andhra Pradesh
  2. B) Kerala
  3. C) Orissa
  4. D) Tamil Nadu
The ancient site where the full text of the Mahabharata was delivered orally to a congregation of 60,000 sages is
  1. A) Ahichatra
  2. B) Hastinapur
  3. C) Kampilya
  4. D) Naimisharanya
In which rock system, out of the following, is iron-ore found in India?
  1. A) Vindhyan
  2. B) Cuddapah
  3. C) Dharwar
  4. D) Gondwana
Which one of the following is an important tribe of the Dhauladhar Range?
  1. A) Abor
  2. B) Gaddi
  3. C) Lepcha
  4. D) Tharu
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
  1. A) Haldia:Orissa
  2. B) Jamnagar:Maharashtra
  3. C) Numaligarh:Gujarat
  4. D) Panagudi:Tamil Nadu
Select the correct order of copper, gold, iron and coal in the following:
  1. A) Khetri-Kolar-Kudremukh-Jharia
  2. B) Kolar-Khetri-Kudremukh-Jharia
  3. C) Jharia-Kolar-Kudremukh-Khetri
  4. D) Khetri-Kudremukh-Kolar-Jharia
Tatipaka Oil Refinery is located in the State of
  1. A) Assam
  2. B) Uttar Pradesh
  3. C) Karnataka
  4. D) Andhra Pradesh
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): The highest concentration of Seismic zones lies in Himalayan region in India.
Reason (R): There are may logitudinal thrust zones in Himalayas.

Codes:
  1. A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  2. B) Both (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 of the following rivers have almost the same point of beginning?
  1. A) Brahmaputra and Ganga
  2. B) Tapi and Beas
  3. C) Brahmaputra and Indus
  4. D) Indus and Ganga