Previous year MCQs

Indian Geography UPPSC 2005 GS-I
Question

The highest peak in South India is:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option A: Anaimudi

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Anaimudi”.
The highest peak in South India is Anaimudi, which is located in the Western Ghats of Kerala.

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Which of the following is not a cold ocean current?
  1. A) Canaries
  2. B) Humboldt
  3. C) Oyashio
  4. D) Agulhas
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
The beneficiary states of Sardar Sarovar Project are:
  1. A) Gujarat, Maharashtra, MP and Rajasthan
  2. B) AP, MP, Gujarat and Maharashtra
  3. C) Orissa, MP, Gujarat and Maharashtra
  4. D) MP, Gujarat, Karnataka and Maharashtra
Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List - I - List - II

A. Growth in Food Production - 1. Green Revolution
B. Milk Production - 2. Blue Revolution
C. Fisheries - 3. White Revolution
D. Fertilizers - 4. Grey Revolution

Codes:
A B C D
  1. A) 1 3 2 4
  2. B) 3 1 4 2
  3. C) 2 4 3 1
  4. D) 3 2 4 1
Who among the following presided over the Karachi Session of the Indian National Congress?
  1. A) Jawahar Lai Nehru
  2. B) J.M. Sengupta
  3. C) S.C. Bose
  4. D) Vallabhbhai Patel
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List – I [Institute] List – II

(A) Forest Research Institute - (a) Jodhpur Institute
(B) Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Fodder Research - (b) New Delhi
(C) Central Arid Zone Research Institute - (c) Dehradun
(D) Indian Agricultural Research Institute - (d) Jhansi
  1. A) A-b, B-d, C-a, D-c
  2. B) A-c, B-d, C-a, D-b
  3. C) A-c, B-d, C-a, D-b
  4. D) A-d, B-b, C-c, D-a
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  2. B) Vindhyan system
  3. C) Cuddapah system
  4. D) Gondwana system
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  1. A) Barak river
  2. B) Luni river
  3. C) Ghaggar river
  4. D) None of the above
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Mining Areas) - List-II (Minerals)

A. Gurumahisam - 1. Lead
B. Talchar - 2. Uranium
C. Jaduguda - 3. Iron ore
D. Zavar - 4. Coal

A B C D
  1. A) 3 4 2 1
  2. B) 3 2 1 4
  3. C) 2 4 3 1
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Amount of rain depends on:
  1. A) Air pressure
  2. B) Humidity in atmosphere
  3. C) Water cycle
  4. D) Temperature
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  1. A) Jharkhand
  2. B) Karnataka
  3. C) Rajasthan
  4. D) Madhya Pradesh
Consider the following statements-

Assertion (A) : West Bengal is the leading producer of fish in India.
Reason (R) : West Bengal has well developed fishing industry along the sea coast.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below-
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