Geography of India (Part -I) (UPSC)

Total Questions: 50

1. The alpine vegetation in the Western Himalayas is found only up to a height of 3000 metres while in the Eastern Himalayas it is found up to a height of 4000 metres. The reason for this variation in the same mountain range is that: [1995]

(a) Eastern Himalayas are higher than Western Himalayas
(b) Eastern Himalayas as are nearer to the equator and sea coast than the Western Himalayas
(c) Eastern Himalayas get more monsoon rainfall than the Western Himalayas
(d) Eastern Himalayan rocks are more fertile than the Western Himalayan rocks

Correct Answer: (c) Eastern Himalayas get more monsoon rainfall than the Western Himalayas

Solution:The alpine vegetation in eastern himalayas is found upto 4000 meters because in eastern himalayas the monsoon rainfall is higher than western Himalayas.

2. Consider the map given below: [1995]

The division along India's coastal region indicate:

(a) coastal pollution zones
(b) salinity density isopleths
(c) the areas upto which Indian sovereignty extends
(d) underwater relief contours

Correct Answer: (d) underwater relief contours

Solution:The given map indicates the coastal region underwater relief contours of India. In this region some islands like Andaman, Nicobar and Lakshyadeep are present.

Oman basin
Arabian basin
Chagos ridge

3. In the map given below, three out of the four places marked indicate places where a thermal power station is located: [1995]

The place where there is no thermal power station is marked:

(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

Correct Answer: (d) 4

Solution:In the given map the marked places indicates :-
'1' indicates Ukai in Gujarat
'2' indicates of Dondapadu in A.P.
'3' indicates Korba of Chhattisgarh
'4' indicates Vidyanagar

4. "Monoculture of commercially viable trees is destroying the unique natural profile. Thoughtless exploitation of timber, deforesting vast tracts for palm cultivation, destruction of mangroves, illegal logging by tribals and poaching only compounds the problem. Fresh water pockets are fast drying up due to deforestation and destruction of mangroves". The place referred to this quotation is : [1995]

(a) Sundarban
(b) Kerala coast
(c) Orissa coast
(d) Andaman and Nicobar Island

Correct Answer: (a) Sundarban

Solution:The quotation referred to Sundarban of West Bengal. Sundarban is famous for mangrove forest and tiger population. It is present at the delta region of Ganga. Sundarban is world's largest delta.

5. The palacomagnetic results obtained from India indicate that in the past, the Indian land mass has moved: [1995]

(a) northward
(b) southward
(c) eastward
(d) westward

Correct Answer: (a) northward

Solution:The palaeomagnetic results indicates that, the Indian land mass has moved to the north breaking from Africa.

6. Of the four places marked 1, 2, 3 and 4 on the map, the one indicating a tidal port is: [1995]

(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

Correct Answer: (d) 4

Solution:From the given figure
'1' indicates Calcutta port which is a Riverine port, situated at river Hoogly.
'2' indicates Paradeep port of Orissa.
'3' indicates Kochi of Kerala
'4' indicates Kandla port of Gujarat is tidal port.
Paradeep, Kochi and Kandla are natural ports on the sea coast.

7. The Indian subcontinent was originally a part of a huge mass called: [1995]

(a) Jurassic land mass
(b) Aryavarta
(c) Indiana
(d) Gondwana continent

Correct Answer: (d) Gondwana continent

Solution:Geologists believes that the Indian peninsula was a part of the Gondwanaland (continent) which drifted northwards and India, Africa and other parts separated from each other.

8. Which one of the following mountain ranges is spread over only one state in India? [1995]

(a) Aravalli
(b) Satpur
(c) Ajanta
(d) Sahyadri

Correct Answer: (c) Ajanta

Solution:Ajanta mountain range a short range, which spreads within Maharashtra.

Aravali ranges covers Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi
Satpura ranges are found in Gujrat and Madhya Pradesh.
Sahyadris ranges starts from Gujrat, Maharastra border and crossing Goa, Karnataka it reaches Kerala tip upto Cape Comrin.
Ajanta is found in the Aurangabad district of Maharastra.

9. The National Highway from Amritsar to Calcutta via Delhi is numbered: [1995]

(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 8

Correct Answer: (b) 2

Solution:National Highway from Amritsar to Calcutta via Delhi is called National highway No. 2. It was called Grand Trunk road and was constructed by Sher Shah.
This highway is not NH 2 any more after the renumbering if highways.

After the renumbering of the National highways done in 2010, this route is comprises of parts of NH3 (Amritsar to Jalandhar), NH 44 (Jalandhar to Agra via New Delhi) and NH 19 (Agra to Kolkata ).
The new NH 2 runs from Dibrugarh in Assam to Tuipang in Mizoram.

10. Examine the map of Jammu and Kashmir given below: [1995]

The mountains ranges marked 1, 2, 3 and 4 are respectively:

(a) Ladakh, Zanskar, Karakoram and Pir Panjal
(b) Karakoram, Ladakh, Zanskar and Pir Panjal
(c) Karakoram, Zanskar, Pir Panjal and Ladakh
(d) Ladakh, Pir Panjal, Karakoram and Zanskar

Correct Answer: (b) Karakoram, Ladakh, Zanskar and Pir Panjal

Solution:According to the physiography map of India the mountains ranges found in Jammu and Kashmir is Karakoram which is marked as '1' in figure. Ladakh range which is marked as '2', Zanskar range which is marked as '3', and Pir Panjal which is marked as '4'.

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