Indian Geography (GENERAL STUDIES) Part-3

Total Questions: 40

21. Which of the following rivers flows through a rift valley?

Correct Answer: (b) Narmada

22. Which of the following are believed to be older than the Himalayas ?

(i) Indus
(ii) Ganga
(iii) Brahmaputra
(iv) Sutlej

Correct Answer: (d) i, iii and iv

23. Which area in India gets the summer monsoon first?

Correct Answer: (c) The Western Ghats

24. Which hill station’s name means place of the thunderbolt’?

Correct Answer: (c) Darjeeling

25. The total value of mineral production (excluding atomic & fuel minerals) during 2017-18 has been estimated at

Correct Answer: (b) ₹1,13,541 crore

26. During 2017- 18, estimated value for metallic minerals is

Correct Answer: (a) ₹53,029 crore

27. In 2017-18 the number of mines which reported mineral production (excluding atomic, fuel and minor minerals) in India was

Correct Answer: (d) 1531

28. Which is the Indian state with the highest number of mines, as per 2017-18?

Correct Answer: (b) Tamil Nadu

29. In terms of estimated value of mineral production (2017- 18) in the country, which Indian state is in leading position?

Correct Answer: (a) Rajasthan

30. The states which have indicated major increase in the value of mineral production in 2017-18 is

Correct Answer: (a) Karnataka