Previous year MCQs

Indian Geography UPPSC 2024 GS-I
Question

Which one of the following pairs (Crop - Peculiarity) is not correctly matched?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: Bihar's contribution to rice producion — 15.7%

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Bihar's contribution to rice producion — 15.7%”.

Bihar's contribution to rice production, according to the 2014-15 data, is around 6.0%, not 15.7%.

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Which of the following reasons caused catastrophic coral bleaching and mass coral deaths in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
  1. A) Increased industrial activities in the coastal regions
  2. B) Increase of 2° C temperature in the Indian Ocean
  3. C) Heavy marine pollution
  4. D) Decrease of temperature by 4° C in the Indian Ocean
Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
  1. A) Nangal Dam – Satluj River
  2. B) Sardar Sarovar - Godavari River
  3. C) Nagarjun Sagar – Krishna River
  4. D) Hirakund Dam - Mahanadi
The Apex Body to finance agriculture in India is
  1. A) Reserve Bank of India
  2. B) NABARD
  3. C) Cooperative Societies
  4. D) Government of India
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1. Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana
2. Rural Employment Generation Programme
3. Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana
4. Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
  1. A) 2,3,4,1
  2. B) 4,2,1,3
  3. C) 1,2,3,4
  4. D) 3,2,1,4
Mahatma Gandhi bridge is located in
  1. A) Bihar
  2. B) Uttar Pradesh
  3. C) Madhya Pradesh
  4. D) Andhra Pradesh
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
Match List - I with List - IT and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
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A. Birhor - 1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
B. Bhutiya - 2. Tamil Nadu
C. Toda - 3. Sikkim
D. Sentinelese - 4. Jharkhand

Codes:
A B C D
  1. A) 4 3 2 1
  2. B) 2 4 1 3
  3. C) 3 2 4 1
  4. D) 4 1 3 2
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1) The amount of cereal crops produced per unit area of harvested land.
2. The total production of cereal crops in a given country.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
  1. A) Both 1 and 2
  2. B) Neither 1 nor 2
  3. C) Only 1
  4. D) Only 2
Which of the following planets may be suitable for existence of life?
  1. A) Mars
  2. B) Mercury
  3. C) Venus
  4. D) Jupitor
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  1. A) East Deccan
  2. B) Northern Plains
  3. C) West Coast
  4. D) East Coast
Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
  1. A) Angamis-Nagaland
  2. B) Birhors-Jharkhand
  3. C) Khasis-Arunachal Pradesh
  4. D) Todas-Tamil Nadu
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  2. B) 82° 30' East
  3. C) 92° 30' West
  4. D) 92° 30' East