Previous year MCQs

Indian Geography UPPSC 2006 GS-I
Question

Which of the following Indian island lies between India and Sri Lanka?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: Rameshwaram

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Rameshwaram”.
Rameshwaram Indian islands lies between India and Sri Lanka.

Similar Questions:

Arrange the following Indian Meteorological Headquarters in Chronological order of their establishment and select your correct answer from the codes given below:

A. New Delhi
B. Kolkata
C. Shimla
D. Pune
  1. A) C D A B
  2. B) B A D C
  3. C) D B C A
  4. D) B C D A
"Doodh-Ganga" river is located in:
  1. A) Jammu and Kashmir
  2. B) Himachal Pradesh
  3. C) Uttarakhand
  4. D) West Bengal
Diesel Locomotive engines are manufactured in India at-
  1. A) Chitranjan
  2. B) Jamshedpur
  3. C) Varanasi
  4. D) Chennai
Which of these west flowing rivers flow between two mountain ranges?
  1. A) Sharavati
  2. B) Narmada
  3. C) Mahi
  4. D) Sabarmati
The Kullu Valley is situated between the mountain ranges of:
  1. A) Dhauladhar and Pir Panjal
  2. B) Ranjoti and Nagtibba
  3. C) Ladakh and Pir Panjal
  4. D) Middle Himalayas and Siwalik
Which among the following are India's permanent and operational research stations in Antarctica?
  1. A) Bharati and Arya
  2. B) Bharati and Dakshin Gangotri
  3. C) Bharati and Maitri
  4. D) Dakshin Gangotri and Maitri
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. A) 1, 2, 3, 4
  2. B) 2, 1, 3, 4
  3. C) 1, 3, 2, 4
  4. D) 1, 4, 2, 3
Entisols are:
  1. A) Alluvial soils
  2. B) Black cotton soils
  3. C) Laterite soils
  4. D) Red soils
The largest Union Territory of India is:
  1. A) Daman and Diu
  2. B) Puducherry
  3. C) Delhi
  4. D) Chandigarh
Consider the following statements:

Assertion (A): Muhammad Tughlaq’s scheme of token currency was a failure
Reason (R): Muhammad Tughlaq had no proper control over the issuance of coins.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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
In which of the following rivers, the upper course contains fresh water but saline water flowing at the lower part?
  1. A) Barak river
  2. B) Luni river
  3. C) Ghaggar river
  4. D) None of the above
Obra Thermal Power Plant was established with the help of-
  1. A) Soviet Russia
  2. B) Japan
  3. C) Germany
  4. D) America