Previous year MCQs

Indian Geography UPPSC 2006 GS-I
Question

In which State of India, the maximum area is irrigated by Tube-wells?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: Uttar Pradesh

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Uttar Pradesh”.
Uttar Pradesh has the highest tube-well irrigation area in India.

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Which one of the following is not a department in the Ministry of Human Resource Development?
  1. A) Department of Elementary Education and Literacy
  2. B) Department of Secondary Education and Higher Education
  3. C) Department of Technical Education
  4. D) Department of Woman and Child Development
Given below are two statements:

Assertion (A): Powers for conducting elections to the Parliament and State Legislatures in a free and fair manner have been given to an independent body i.e. the Election Commission.

Reason (R): Powers of removal of Election Commissioners is with the executive.

In the context of above, which one of the following is correct?
Code:
  1. A) Both A and R are true and R is the true explanation of A
  2. B) Both A and R are true but R is not the true 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 is the correct sequence of the Islands of Indonesia from West to East?
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  2. B) Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok
  3. C) Sumatra, Java, Lombok, Bali
  4. D) Bali, Sumatra, Java, Lombok
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  2. B) Nicobar
  3. C) Rameshwaram
  4. D) Salsette
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  2. B) Malabar
  3. C) Konkan
  4. D) Coromandal
Which of the following rock systems provides over 90% of the coal in India?
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  2. B) Dharwar system
  3. C) Tertiary system
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  2. B) Bombay
  3. C) Aligarh
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2. The, density of population is 690 per square km.
3. The most populous district is Kanpur Nagar.
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Code: (1) (2) (3) (4) all the four
  1. A) 1 and 2 only
  2. B) 2 Only
  3. C) 4 Only
  4. D) 2 and 3 only
Assertion (A) : The rivers of West Coast of India do not form delta.
Reason (R) : They flow through short courses on relatively harder rocks.


Choose the correct answer using the codes given below:
Codes:
  1. A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
  2. B) Both (A) and (R) are correct but, (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
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  4. D) (A) is false, but (R) is correct.
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  1. A) Bhavnagar
  2. B) Jamnagar
  3. C) Mumbai
  4. D) Puducherry
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  2. B) Andman and Nicobar Islands
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  2. B) Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government o India
  3. C) Indian Companies Act, 1956
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