Previous year MCQs

Indian Geography UPPSC 1999 GS-I
Question

Consider the following statements:

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:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option A: Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A”.
The fact that the Narmada and Tapti rivers are fault-guided is the primary reason they flow westward into the Arabian Sea, rather than eastward like most other Indian rivers.

Similar Questions:

Assertion (A): Two per cent of the worlds people live outside their country of birth.
Reason (R): Oceania has the highest percentage of migrants.

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
With reference to the "EL-NINO", which of the following statement/s is/are correct?

(1) El-Nino involves appearance of warm current of the coast of Peru in eastern pacific.
(2) This warm current increase the temperature of water on the Peruvian coast by 10°C there by increasing the amount of Plankton in the sea.

Select the correct answer using the code given below-
Code -
  1. A) Only 1
  2. B) Both 1 and 2
  3. C) Only 2
  4. D) Neither 1 nor 2
Match List-I with List-II and choose the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I - List-II

A. Planting Hearth - 1. Hungary
B. Cryophyte Steppe - 2. Adolf Engler
C. World Floral Regions - 3. C.O.Sauer
D. Puszta Grassland - 4. Arctic Tundra

Codes:
ABCD
  1. A) 4,3,2,1
  2. B) 3,4,2,1
  3. C) 3,4,1,2
  4. D) 1,2,3,4
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
In the Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh States, the joint "Rajghat River Valley Project" is launched on
  1. A) Ken river
  2. B) Son river
  3. C) Chambal river
  4. D) Betwa river
Which of the following crops are grown mostly under subsistence farming ?
  1. A) Millets and Rice
  2. B) Cotton and Tobacco
  3. C) Tea and Coffee
  4. D) Vegetables and Fruits
Which one of the following sets of states of India has a common boundary with Pakistan:
  1. A) Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan
  2. B) Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan and Gujarat
  3. C) Punjab, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir and Rajasthan
  4. D) Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat
Ajanta and Ellora caves are in?
  1. A) Andhra Pradesh
  2. B) Madhya Pradesh
  3. C) Maharashtra
  4. D) Rajasthan
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 are not correctly matched ?

1. Copper - Chitradurga
2. Iron Ore - Ballari
3. Manganese - Bhilwara
4. Bauxite - Katni

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
  1. A) 1 and 2
  2. B) 2 and 3
  3. C) 1 and 3
  4. D) 2 and 4
Geneco Technology is:
  1. A) Defence system for prevention from AIDS
  2. B) A method for the development of species for food crops
  3. C) Technique for pre-information regarding genetic diseases
  4. D) Technique for prevention of cataract
The proposed East-West and North-South Express Highways cross at:
  1. A) Gwalior
  2. B) Jhansi
  3. C) Bhopal
  4. D) Sagar