UPPSC 2011 GS-1 Indian Geography
Question

The most popular sport goods come from-

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: Jalandhar

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Jalandhar”.

The most popular sports goods in India are primarily manufactured in Jalandhar. Jalandhar is well-known for producing a wide range of sports equipment, including cricket bats, hockey sticks, and other athletic gear.

Similar Questions:

The place of origin of red gram is-
  1. America
  2. India
  3. South Africa
  4. Egypt
Consider the following statements:

Assertion (A) : River Damodar was known as "River of Sorrow" in west Bengal prior to the development of the Damodar Valley Corporation.
Reason (R) : Damodar in its upper reaches flows rapidly and in its lower reaches it runs too sluggishly.

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.
Damodar is a tributary of river
  1. Ganga
  2. Hugli
  3. Padma
  4. Suvarn Rekha
Which one of the following (Passes - States/U.T.) is correctly matched?
  1. Aghil — Arunachal Pradesh
  2. Diphu — Ladakh
  3. Niti — Uttarakhand
  4. Mana — Himachal Pradesh
Teak and Sal are the products of-
  1. Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests
  2. Tropical Evergreen Forests
  3. Tropical Thorn Forests
  4. Alpine Forests
Winter rain fall in the Northern plains of India is because of:
  1. Westerly disturbance
  2. The Bay of Bengal's Monsoon
  3. Arabian Sea monsoon
  4. From Refracting monsoon
Given below are two statements, one is labeled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A) : Agra and Darjeeling are located on the same latitude but temperature of January in Agra is 16° Centigrade whereas it is only 4° Centigrade in Darjeeling.
Reason (R) : Temperature decreases with height and due to thin air, places in the mountains are cooler than places in the plains.

Select the correct answer from the code given below:

Code:
  1. (A) is false but (R) is true
  2. (A) is true but (R) is false
  3. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
  4. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List I - List II
(Lake) - (Location)

A) Sala Lake - 1) Arunachal Pradesh
B) Badkhal Lake - 2) Haryana
C) Loktak Lake - 3) Manipur
D) Kaliveli Lake - 4) Tamil Nadu
  1. 1, 2, 3, 4
  2. 2, 1, 3, 4
  3. 1, 3, 2, 4
  4. 1, 4, 2, 3
Which one of the following states has the largest KM of National Highways in India?
  1. Andhra Pradesh
  2. Madhya Pradesh
  3. Rajasthan
  4. Uttar Pradesh
Which one of the following is correctly matched ?
  1. Gujarat – Tea
  2. Uttar Pradesh – Jute
  3. Kerala – Rubber
  4. Assam – Wheat
Centre for DNA finger-printing is located at
  1. New Delhi
  2. Bangalore
  3. Pune
  4. Hyderabad
In relation to the total atomic energy production in the world, the production in India comes to only
  1. 1%
  2. 4%
  3. 2%
  4. 3%