Previous year MCQs

Indian Geography UPPSC 2016 GS-I
Question

Which of the following rock systems in India is the latest one?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: Gondwana

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Gondwana”.
Gondwana is a geological system that dates back to the Mesozoic era, making it the youngest of the major rock systems found in the country.

Similar Questions:

Along which one of the following meridians did India experience the first light of the sunrise of the new millennium?
  1. A) 2° 30' West
  2. B) 82° 30' East
  3. C) 92° 30' West
  4. D) 92° 30' East
Which of the following crops are grown mostly under subsistence farming ?
  1. A) Millets and Rice
  2. B) Cotton and Tobacco
  3. C) Tea and Coffee
  4. D) Vegetables and Fruits
During last 25 years, the development of tubewell irrigation has been most spectacular in:
  1. A) Ganga-Ghaghra Doab
  2. B) Ganga-Yamuna Doab
  3. C) Saryupar Plain
  4. D) Bundelkhand
Statement A: India is a significant exporter country of tea.
Reason R: The domestic consumption of tea in India is very less.

Choose the correct answer from the code given below:
  1. A) Both A and R are correct and R is an explanation of A
  2. B) Both A and R are correct but R is not the explanation of A
  3. C) A is true but R is false
  4. D) A is false but R is true
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
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:
List-I - List-II

A) Ukai - 1) Jharkhand
B) Patratu - 2) Gujarat
C) Pench - 3) Maharashtra
D) Dabhol - 4) Madhya Pradesh
  1. A) A-4 B-2 C-3 D-1
  2. B) A-2 B-1 C-4 D-3
  3. C) A-3 B-2 C-1 D-4
  4. D) A-1 B-3 C-4 D-2
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute is situated at
  1. A) Nagpur
  2. B) Pune
  3. C) Lucknow
  4. D) New Delhi
At the winter solstice the noon altitude of the sun at the Tropic of Cancer is:
  1. A) 23.5°
  2. B) 43.0°
  3. C) 47.0°
  4. D) 66.5°
Which of the following planet takes the least time to orbit the Sun:
  1. A) Pluto
  2. B) Mercury
  3. C) Earth
  4. D) Saturn
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the List:
List-I - List-II

A. Manganese - l. Orissa
B. Asbestos - 2. Madhya Pradesh
C. Nickel - 3. Rajasthan
D. Zinc - 4. Andhra Pradesh


Codes:
A B C D
  1. A) 1 2 3 4
  2. B) 4 3 2 1
  3. C) 3 4 1 2
  4. D) 2 4 1 3
What caused wind to deflect towards left in Southern Hemisphere?
  1. A) Temperature
  2. B) Magnetic Field
  3. C) Coriolis force
  4. D) Pressure
Which city was founded by Krishna Deva Rajya?
  1. A) Warangal
  2. B) Nagalapura
  3. C) Udayagiri
  4. D) Chandragiri