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Indian Geography UPPSC 2003 GS-I
Question

Which one of the following sets of states of India has a common boundary with Pakistan:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan and Gujarat

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan and Gujarat”.
The state of India that shares a common boundary with Pakistan is: (2) Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, and Gujarat

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Which of the following mountain ranges are in the Himalayan mountains ?

1. Cho Oyu
2. Lhotse
3. Annamalai
4. Sirumali

Select the correct answer from the code given below:
Code:
  1. A) Only 2, 3 and 4
  2. B) Only 1, 2 and 3
  3. C) Only 3 and 4
  4. D) Only 1 and 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
Mixed economy means:
  1. A) Where agriculture and industry are given equal importance
  2. B) Where public sector exists along with heavy doses of swadeshi in national economy.
  3. C) Where globalization is transferred with heavy dose of swadeshi in national economy.
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Match lists-I and List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List-I - List-II

1. Ahmadnagar - A. AdilShahi
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Code:
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  2. B) 2 3 4 1
  3. C) 3 1 2 4
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  2. B) Hyderabad
  3. C) Ghaziabad
  4. D) Ahmedabad
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  3. C) Mahanadi mouth
  4. D) Pulicat lake
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  2. B) Mars and Jupiter
  3. C) Jupiter and Saturn
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  2. B) Malabar
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  4. D) Coromandal
Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer using the code given below:
List-I (Forest) - List-II (Region)

A. Tropical moist deciduous - 1. Arunachal Pradesh
B. Tropical dry deciduous - 3. Middle Ganga Plain
C. Alpine - 2. Sahyadris
D. Tropical wet evergreen - 4. Tarai

Code:
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  1. A) 4 3 1 2
  2. B) 4 2 1 3
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  2. B) Second Stage
  3. C) Third Stage
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