Previous year MCQs

Indian Geography UPPSC 2003 GS-I
Question

Korba in Madhya Pradesh is known for:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option A: Aluminium industry

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Aluminium industry”.
Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO) has its manufacturing facility in Korba, Chhattisgarh, India.

Similar Questions:

Which one of the following Congress leaders was fully in favour of Cabinet Mission Plan:
  1. A) Jawahar Lai Nehru
  2. B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
  3. C) Mahatma Gandhi
  4. D) Sardar Patel
Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the code given here under:

Assertion (A): In the wake of Quit India Movement, the British and Muslims in their common hatred for the Congress came closer to each other.

Reason (R): Jinnah acted as a staunch ally of the British government and told Muslims to keep away from the Congress movement of 1942.

Code:
  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 one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?
  1. A) Simlipal - Assam
  2. B) Nokrek - Meghalaya
  3. C) Dehong Debang - Sikkim
  4. D) Agasthyamalai - Karnataka
A has secured more marks than B but less marks than C. D has got less marks than E. Marks of B are more than those of E. Maximum marks were obtained by:
  1. A) A
  2. B) B
  3. C) C
  4. D) E
Which of the following city of Uttar Pradesh is not joined by National Highway 2 ?
  1. A) Agra
  2. B) Allahabad
  3. C) Lucknow
  4. D) Varanasi
Which of the following is not correctly matched ?
Ports - Country
  1. A) Ratterdam - The Netherland
  2. B) Igarka - China
  3. C) Montevideo - Uruguay
  4. D) Jakarta - Indonesia
Which one of the following is not correctly matched:
  1. A) Isobar - atmospheric pressure
  2. B) Isohyet - Rainfall
  3. C) Isoheline - snowfall
  4. D) Isobath - depth
Hydro power plant is located at one of the following queen place that place is:
  1. A) Koyna
  2. B) Nevilli
  3. C) Kathgodam
  4. D) Trambe
The essential element in all organic compounds is:
  1. A) Nitrogen
  2. B) Oxygen
  3. C) Carbon
  4. D) Sulphur
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Industry) - List-II (Place)

A) Paper - 1) Ambalamugal
B) Cement - 2) Bhilai
C) Iron steel - 3) Titagarh
D) Mineral Oil Refinery - 4) Lakeri
  1. A) A-2 B-4 C-3 D-1
  2. B) A-3 B-4 C-2 D-1
  3. C) A-4 B-2 C-1 D-3
  4. D) A-2 B-3 C-1 D-4
Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List-I - List-II

A. Bhilai - 1. Chhatisgarh
B. Bokaro - 2. Jharkhand
C. Durgapur - 3. Orissa
D. Rourkela - 4. West Bengal

Code:
A B C D
  1. A) 1 2 3 4
  2. B) 1 2 4 3
  3. C) 1 3 2 4
  4. D) 2 3 1 4
Which one of the following pair is not correctly matched?
  1. A) Kota–Chambal
  2. B) Bhubaneshwar–Mahanadi
  3. C) Jabalpur–Narmada
  4. D) Surat–Tapti