Indian Geography UPPSC 2010 GS-I
Question

In which one of the following States is Suil river project located?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: Himachal Pradesh

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Himachal Pradesh”.

The Suil-I Small Hydroelectric Project (SSHEP) is located in the Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh, India.

Similar Questions:

Assertion (A): Urbanisation follows industrialisation.
Reason (R): In developing countries, urbanisation is a movement in itself.

Codes:
  1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
  3. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
  4. A is false but R is true
A geographical unit that collects, stores and release water is called -
  1. Watershed
  2. Wet land
  3. Waste land
  4. Water reserve
Which of the following wet lands are designated as Ramsar sites

1) Chilka Lake
2) Loktak
3) Keoladeo
4) Wuller Lake

Select the correct answer from the code given below:
  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 1, 2 and 3
  4. All
Consider the following statements:

Assertion (A): If Ice collects on the freeze the cooling in the refrigerator is affected adversely.
Reason (R) : Ice is a poor conductor.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Codes:
  1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
  2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
  3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
  4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Along which one of the following meridians did India experience the first light of the sunrise of the new millennium?
  1. 2° 30' West
  2. 82° 30' East
  3. 92° 30' West
  4. 92° 30' East
Which of the following is the largest lagoon lake situated on the east coast of India ?
  1. Pulicat
  2. Chilka
  3. kulleru
  4. Kilivali
Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List – I List – II
(Lakes) (Location)

A. Ashtamudi 1. Haryana
B. Pulicat 2. Kerala
C. Roopkund 3. Tamil Nadu
D. Surajkund 4. Uttarakhand
Codes:
A B C D
  1. 3 2 1 4
  2. 2 3 4 1
  3. 4 2 3 1
  4. 1 4 2 3
Kara Kum desert is situated in which of the following countries?
  1. Turkmenistan
  2. Tajikistan
  3. Kirgistan
  4. Kazakhstan
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. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
  3. (A) is true, but (R) is false
  4. (A) is false, but (R) is true
Which one of the following places gets the least rainfall?
  1. Bikaner
  2. Leh
  3. Jodhpur
  4. Jaisalmer
Which of the following is not correctly matched?
Hot-springs - Location
  1. Manikaran – Himachal Pradesh
  2. Jwalamukhi – Jammu & Kashmir
  3. Anhoni – Madhya Pradesh
  4. Tapta Pani – Odisha
Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
  1. Bomdi la–Arunachal Pradesh
  2. Nathula–Sikkim
  3. Bhorghat–H.P.
  4. Palghat–Kerala