Indian Panorama (UPSC) Part-I

Total Questions: 50

21. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [1999]

List I (Rivers)	List II (Dams)
A. Cauvery	1. Alamatti
B. Krishna	2. Mettur
C. Narmada	3. Gandhi Sagar
D. Chambal	4. Sardar Sarovar

Option	A	B	C	D
(a)	1	4	2	3
(b)	2	1	4	3
(c)	2	1	3	4
(d)	1	3	4	2

Correct Answer: (b)

Solution:

Mettur Dam is located across the river Cauvery. It is present at Salem district of Tamil Nadu.
Almatti Dam is a dam project on the river Krishna in north of Karnataka.
Sardar Sarovar Dam is a dam project on the river Narmada, it is situated in Gujarat.
Gandhi Sagar Dam is the first dam on the river Chambal. It is located in Madhya Pradesh.

22. Match the cities labelled as 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 in the given map with the names of the institutes located in these and select the correct answer using the codes given below the names of the institutes. [2000]

Names of institutes:

A. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute

B. Central Sheep Breeding Farm

C. National Dairy Research Institute

D. National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management

Option	A	B	C	D
(a)	5	1	3	2
(b)	5	2	1	4
(c)	4	2	1	3
(d)	1	2	3	4

Correct Answer: (b)

Solution:Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute is located in Cochin of Kerala, which is marked as "5" in the given map. Central sheep breeding farm is located in Hissar of Haryana, which is marked as '2'. National Dairy Research Institute is situated in Karnal of Haryana is marked by '1' in the map. National Institute of Agricultural Extension is situated at Hyderabad of Andhra Pradesh and is marked by '4' in the given map.

23. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [2000]

List-I (Oceanic Trench)	List-II (Location)
A. Aleutian	1. Indian Ocean
B. Kermadec	2. North Pacific
C. Sunda	3. South Pacific
D. S. Sandwich	4. South Atlantic Ocean

Option	A	B	C	D
(a)	2	4	1	3
(b)	2	3	1	4
(c)	1	3	2	4
(d)	1	4	2	3

Correct Answer: (b)

Solution:

Aleutian trench is an oceanic trench present in north pacific ocean. It is measured 7,679 metre depth.
Kermadec trench is present in South Pacific Ocean. It is 10,047 metre depth.
Sunda trench is present in Indian ocean, It is also called Java trench and maximum depth is 7,725 metre
Sandwich trench is present in South atlantic ocean and the maximum depth is 8,428 metre.

24. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [2000]

List-I (Institute)	List-II (Location)
A. Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies	1. Hyderabad
B. Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research	2. Mumbai
C. National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-sciences	3. Bangalore
D. Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages	4. Dharamshala
	5. Varanasi

Option	A	B	C	D
(a)	5	3	4	1
(b)	5	2	3	1
(c)	3	2	4	5
(d)	4	5	1	2

Correct Answer: (b)

Solution:

Central institute of Higher Tibetan studies is present at Varanasi of Uttarpradesh.
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research is located in Mumbai of Maharastra.
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences is located in Banglore and
Central institute of English and foreign languages is located in Hyderabad of Telengana.

25. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [2000]

List-I (Minerals)	List-II (Major Producer)
A. Minerals Oil	1. Zambia
B. Copper	2. Guyana
C. Manganese	3. Venezuela
D. Bauxite	4. Gabon

Option	A	B	C	D
(a)	3	1	4	2
(b)	3	1	2	4
(c)	1	3	2	4
(d)	1	3	4	2

Correct Answer: (a)

Solution:Major producer of mineral oil is Venezuela of South America. Coal reserve in Venezuela is 10.2 billion. Major producer of copper is Zambia and Zambia is ranked as world's seventh largest producer of copper. Gabon is ranked as five global producers of manganese.
Guyana is the major producer of bauxite, the production of bauxite is 1.5 million tons per year.

26. Match List-I (Power generation plant) with List-II (Feed material) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [2000]

List-I (Company)	List-II (Waste Type)
A. M/s Gowthami Solvents Oil Limited, Andhra Pradesh	1. Rice husk
B. M/s K.M. Sugar Mills, Uttar Pradesh	2. Slaughter house waste
C. M/s Satia Paper Mills, Wash	3. Distillery spent Punjab
D. M/s Al Kabeer Exports Limited, Andhra Pradesh	4. Black liquor

Option	A	B	C	D
(a)	3	1	2	4
(b)	3	1	4	2
(c)	1	3	4	2
(d)	1	3	2	4

Correct Answer: (c)

Solution:M/s Gowthami solvents oil Limited is a power generation plant, which uses Rice husk. M/s K.M. sugar mills uses Distillery spent wash in power generation plant as feed material. M/s Satia paper mills of Punjab uses black liquid as feed material in power plant. M/s Al Kabeer Exports limited uses slaughter house waste as feed material in power plant.

27. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [2000]

List-I (Artist)	List-II (Medium of Music Delivery)
A. Balamurali Krishna	1. Hindustani vocal
B. Mita Pandit	2. Ghatam
C. Kanyakumari	3. Sitar
D. Nikhil Bannerjee	4. Violin
	5. Carnatic Vocal

Option	A	B	C	D
(a)	5	1	2	3
(b)	4	3	1	5
(c)	3	1	5	2
(d)	5	4	1	3

Correct Answer: (a)

Solution:Balamurali Krishna is famous carnatic vocalist, Mita Pandit is famous Hindustani vocalist, Kanyakumari is famous for Ghatam from of singing and Nikhil Banerjee is famous sitar player.

28. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [2000]

(a) Baki Itihas : Badal Sarkar
(b) Sita Swayamvar : Vishnu Das Bhave
(c) Yayati : Girish Karnad
(d) Giddha : Jabbar Patel

Correct Answer: (c) Yayati : Girish Karnad

Solution:Yayati, a Marathi novel by V. S. Khandekar, won him the Sahitya Akademi Award (1960), and a Jnanpith Award (1974).

29. The Raga which is sung early in the morning is: [2000]

(a) Todi
(b) Darbari
(c) Bhopali
(d) Bhimpalasi

Correct Answer: (a) Todi

Solution:Raga Todi which was invented by Mian Tansen is sung early in the morning.

30. Match List I (Books) with List II (Authors) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [2000]

List-I (Books)	List-II (Authors)
A. My Music My Life	1. Laxman Gaikwad
B. Adha Gaon	2. Rahi Masoom Raza
C. Radha	3. Ramakanta Rath
D. The Pilferer	4. Ravi Shankar

Option	A	B	C	D
(a)	3	2	4	1
(b)	4	2	3	1
(c)	4	1	3	2
(d)	3	1	4	2

Correct Answer: (b)

Solution:"My Music my Life" is written by famous sitar player Pandit Ravi Shankar "Adha Gaon" is written by Rahi Masoom Raza. "Radha" is a novel of Ramakanta Rath and "The Pilferer" is written by Laxman Gaikwad.

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Indian Panorama (UPSC) Part-I

21. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [1999]

22. Match the cities labelled as 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 in the given map with the names of the institutes located in these and select the correct answer using the codes given below the names of the institutes. [2000]

23. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [2000]

24. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [2000]

25. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [2000]

26. Match List-I (Power generation plant) with List-II (Feed material) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [2000]

27. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [2000]

28. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [2000]

29. The Raga which is sung early in the morning is: [2000]

30. Match List I (Books) with List II (Authors) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [2000]

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