Geography Of India (Railway)

Total Questions: 50

21. The Indira Point, the southern point of India, is situated in the_______ tip of Great Nicobar Island. [RRB ALP & Technician Exam, 17.08.2018 Shift-III]

(1) eastern
(2) northern
(3) southern
(4) western

Correct Answer: (3) southern

Solution:Indira Point is a village in the Nicobar district at Great Nicobar Island of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is the location of the southernmost point of India's territory. The point was formerly known as Pygmalion Point and Par-sons Point.

22. Delhi is located on the banks of river_____? [RRB ALP & Technician Exam, 21.08.2018 Shift-I]

(1) Yamuna
(2) Kost
(3) Gangotri
(4) Yamunotri

Correct Answer: (1) Yamuna

Solution:Delhi, the capital of India, is situated in northern India and stands on the west bank of Yamuna River bounded in east by UttarPradesh and on the north, west and south by Haryana. A sacred river in Hinduism, the Yamuna is the only major river flowing through Delhi.

23. The group of crop plants that are vegetatively propagated is: [RRB ALP & Technician Exam. 21.08.2018 Shift-III]

(1) potato, papaya and banana
(2) sugarcane, potato and banana
(3) groundnut, drumstick and cashewnut
(4) onion, coriander and lime

Correct Answer: (2) sugarcane, potato and banana

Solution:Plants like potato, sugarcane, banana, ginger and dahlia are cultivated through vegetative propagation. This is because their stems are caраble of growing new stem through this method. Vegetative propagation is a form of asexual reproduction in plants, where only one parent is involved in producing offspring.

24. On which river's bank is Panaji located? [RRB ALP & Technician Exam. 30.08.2018 Shift-I]

(1) Mandovi
(2) Zuari
(3) Sal
(4) Terekhol

Correct Answer: (1) Mandovi

Solution:Panaji, the capital of Goa, lies on the banks of the Mandovi River estuary. Also known as Mahadayi or Mha-dei river, Mandovi is described as the lifeline of the state. It originates from a cluster of 30 springs at Bhimgad in the Western Ghats in the Belagavi district of Karnataka. The river's catchment area are in Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra.

25. The Dhola Sadiya Bridge, dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Is built across which river? [RRB ALP & Technician Exam. 31.08.2018 Shift-I]

(1) Ganga River
(2) Yamuna River
(3) Lohit River
(4) Narmada River

Correct Answer: (3) Lohit River

Solution:Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in May 2017, inaugurated Dhola Sadiya, the country's longest bridge over the Lohit river in Assam on the third anniversary of his government. The 9.15 km-long bridge is named after Dadasaheb Phalke awardee and legendary lyricist singer Bhupen Hazarika who hailed from Sadtya.

26. ________has naked seeds. [RRB ALP & Technician Exam. 31.08.2018 Shift-III]

(1) Pinus
(2) Lemon
(3) Carrot
(4) Wheat

Correct Answer: (1) Pinus

Solution:Gymnosperms are seed producing plants that have unenclosed (naked) seeds. called ovules, in their unfertilised state. By far the largest group of living gymnosperms are the conifers (pines, cypresses, and relatives), fol-lowed by cycads, gnetophytes (Gnetum. Ephedra and Welwitschia) and Ginkgo biloba (a single living species).

27. Which of these link connect to the Vindhya and Satpura ranges? [RRB RPF/RPSF SI Exam. 06.01.2019 Shift-II]

(1) Rajpipla Range
(2) Mahadev Ridge
(3) Mackle Ridge
(4) Kaimur Mountains

Correct Answer: (3) Mackle Ridge

Solution:Satpura Range stretches through Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh state. The mountain range spans for about a distance of 900 km. Vindhya Range and Satpura Range lie parallel to each other. Satpura mountain range separates the Deccan plateau in the south from the IndoGangetic plain in the north.

28. Who separates the Meghalaya plateau from Malda Division? [RRB RPF/RPSF SI Exam, 06.01.2019 Shift-II]

(1) Purvanchal
(2) Indian Peninsula Plateau
(3) Himalaya
(4) Ganga

Correct Answer: (2) Indian Peninsula Plateau

Solution:Meghalaya is situated in the northeastern region of India, between the Brahmaputra valley in the north and the Bangladesh in the south. Meghalaya consists of the Garo. Khasi and Jaintia hills along with their outliers formed by the Assam ranges. It is the detached north-eastern extension of the Peninsular India. Part of it lies buried under the alluvium deposited by the Ganga Brahmaputra system of rivers. This gap is known as Malda gap (between Raj Mahal hills/Chhota Nagpur and the Shillong Plateau).

29. In which state are the Garhjat hills located? [RRB RPF/RPSF SI Exam, 13.01.2019 Shift-II]

(1) Andhra Pradesh
(2) Orissa
(3) Karnataka
(4) Maharashtra

Correct Answer: (2) Orissa

Solution:The Garhjat Hills is a mountain range formed by a series low lying hills, plateaux, ridges and meadows that stretch into Odisha from the Utkal Plains in the Chotanagpur region of Jharkhand and the Chhattisgarh Plains. The range, also known as the Odisha Highlands, runs in a north east to south west direction for about 382 km along the Odisha coast.

30. The highest peak of Satpura is- [RRB RPF/RPSF SI Exam, 13.01.2019 Shift-II]

(1) Dhupgarh
(2) Guru Shikhar
(3) Parasnath
(4) Mahendragiri

Correct Answer: (1) Dhupgarh

Solution:The Satpura Range is a range of hills in central India. The range rises in eastern Gujarat state running east through the border of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh to the east till Chhattisgarh Mount Dhupgarh is the highest point in the Mahadeo Hills (Satpura Range), Madhya Pradesh.

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