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1. The term ‘Regur’ refers to

(a) deltaic alluvial soils

(b) laterite soils

(c) black cotton soils

(d) red and yellow soils

2. Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?

(a) Laterit-Uttar Pradesh

(b) Sunday Soil-South Punjab

(c) Red Soil- Tamil Nadu

(d) Black Soil-Madhya Pradesh

3. The forest found in parts of Punjab, U.P. Rajasthan, North Gujarat and extend in the south to

Berar in Maharashtra, Bellary in Karnataka and Cuddapha and Kurnool district of Andhra

Pradesh is

(a) tropical dry deciduous forest

(b) tropical thorn forest

(c) tropical dry evergreen forest

(d) Littoral and swamp forest

4. Which answer response given the correct descending order of the following states by area?

I. Mizoram II. Sikkim III. Nagaland IV Tripura

(a) I,III,IV,II (b) I, IV,III,II (c) II,IV,III,I (d) I,II,III,IV

5. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.

List I List II

A. Anaimudi 1. Highest point of Annamalai hills


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B. C. D. E.

Dodabeta Gurushikhar Amarkantak Dhoopgarh

2. 3. 4. 5.

located south to Nilgiri Highest peak of Nilgiri hills Highest peak of Aravali in Mount Abu Highest point in Maikala range Highest point of Satpura in Mahadeo hills near Panchamarhi

Codes

A B C D

(a) 1 2 3 4

(b) 3 2 4 1

(c) 3 1 4 2

(d) 4 2 1 3

6. In india ,which one of the following, states has the largest inland saline wetland?

(a) Gujarat (b) Haryana

(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) rajastan

7. Which one of the following rivers does not originate in india ?

(a) beas (b)Chenab

(c) ravi (d)Sutlej

8. At which one of the following places do two important rivers of indiaoriginate; while one of

them flows toward north and merges with another important rivers flowing towards bay of

Bengal thwe other one flows towards bay of Bengal ,the other one flows towards Arabian sea?

(a) amarkantak (b) badrinath

(c) mahabaleshwar (d) nasik

9. Consider the following statements


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1. there are no east flowing river in kerala.

2. there are no west flowing rivers in Madhya Pradesh.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only

(b) Both 1 and 2 (d) neither 1 nor 2

10. Which one of the following is not essentially a species of the himalayan vegetation?

(a)juniper (b) mahogany

(c) silver fir (d) spruce

11. Which one of the following hills are found where the eastern ghats and the western ghats

meet?

(a) anaimalai hills (b) cardamom hills

(c) nilgiri hills (d) shevoroy hills

12 . Match List 1with List 2 and select the correct answer using the codes given below.

List 1 List 2

A. Sirhind canal 1. U.P.

B. East Yamuna canal 2. M.P

C. Indira Gandhi canal 3. Punjab

D. Wainganga canal 4. Rajasthan

Codes

A B C D E

(a) 1 2 3 4 5

(b) 5 4 3 2 1

(c) 1 5 4 3 2

(d) 2 3 4 4 1

13. Which one of the following problems is not encountered in indiragandhi


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Canal command area ?

(a) Increase in soil salinity

(b) Progressive water logging

(c) Aeolian silting of the canel

(d) Decline in water supply

14. the zonal soil type of peninsular india belongs to

(a) Red soils (b) yellow soils

(c) black soils (d) older alluvium

15. ‘Sal’ trees are concentrated in

(a) Tamil nadu (b) Assam

(c) Bihar (d) madhya Pradesh

16. Which one of the following mountain chains has two dissimilar types of vegetation

(evergreen forests and deciduous forests) on its two slopes?

(a) aravallis (b) vindhyas

(c) Eastern ghats (d) western ghats

17. The largest portion of india’s wasteland occurs in

(a) upland without scrub

(b) water- logged and marshy lands

(c) degraded pastures and grazing land

(d) wastelands created by shifting cultivation

18. Kerewas are terraces of glacial origin found in

(a) Teesta valley

(b) Ravi valley

(c) Jhelum valley (sri nagar)


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(d) Alaknanda valley

19. Which one of the following is not a causative factor with respect to poor coverage of forest

area in jammu & Kashmir ?

(a) Low amount of rainfall

(b) Large area under cultivation

(c) Steep barren slopes

(d) Snow convered peaks

20. Arrange the following rivers in descending order of their length.

1. Ravi 2. Cauveri

3. Satluj 4. Yamuna

(a) 1,2,4,3 (b) 3,4,1,2

(c) 4,3,2,1 (d) 1,2,3,4

21. Which of the following gives the correct sequence of hills in the east-west directions?

(a) Naga, Mikir, Khasi, Garo

(b) Garo, Khasi ,Mikir, Naga,

(c)Khasi ,Garo,Naga,Mikir,

(d) Mikir,Naga,Khasi ,Garo,

22.Which one of the following statementsis not correct ?

(a) Mahandi River rises in Chattisgarh

(b) Godavari River rises in Maharashtra

(c) Cauvery River rises in Andhra Pradesh

(d)Tapti River rises in Andhra Pradesh


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23. Indentify the islands marked 1,2,3 and4 in the given map and select the correct answer by

using the codes given below.

(a)Car Nicobar (b)Little Andman

(c)Great Nocobar (d)Little Nicobar

Codes

A B C d

(a) 3 4 1 2

(b) 4 3 2 1

(c) 4 3 2 1

(d) 3 4 2 1

24. the Amarkantak hill is the source of two rivers following in two different directions (west &

East). They are

(a) Narmada and Tapti

(b) Narmada and Mahanadi

(c) Tapti and Betwa

(d) Tapti and sone

25. Badland topography is the characteristic of the

(a) GULF OF KUTCH (b) Sunderban Delta

(c) Knonkan Coast (d) Chambal valley

26. Which of the following pairs of dams and the rivers on which they are built is incorrect ?

(a) Bhakra – satluj

(b) Kurobegawa – vajont

(c) Hoover- Colorado


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(d) Oroville – Feather

27. Where are Shevaory hill located?

(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Karnataka

(c) Kerala (d) Tamil Nadu

28. in which state is the Guru Shikhar Peak Located ?

(a) Rajasthan (b) Gujarat

(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Maharashtra

29. Nanda Devi peak forms a part of

(a) Assam Himalayas

(b) Kumaon Himalayas

(c)Nepal Himalayas

(d)Punjab Himalayas

30. Shillong Plateau is also known as ‘Meghalaya’ meaning ‘abode’of clouds’. It was so named

by

(a) O.H.K Spate (b) S.P. Chatterjee

(c) D.N. Wadia (d) R.L. Singh

31. Which one of the following is at the lowest height above the mean sea level?

(a) Delhi (b) Jodhpur

(c) Kota (d) Nagpur

32. Which one of the following rivers does not represent antecedent drainage ?

(a)Chenab (b) Sutlej

(c) Ravi (d) Subannsiri

33. which one of the following states has the longest coastline ?


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(a) Maharashtra (b) Tamil Nadu

(C) Andhra Pradesh (d) Karnataka

34. India’s Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats meet at the

(a)Cardmoon hills (b)Annamalai hills

(c)Nilgiri hills (d)Palani hills

35. Which one of the following characteristics is not relevant to Ganga river?

(a)It is a braided river with numerous channels.

(b)It has multiple inter-twined sand-bars

(c)It has extensive gully erosion

(d)Diposite enormous sediments annually into the Bay of Bengal

36.During winter, north-western part of India gets rainfall from

(a)thunderstorms

(b)retreating monsoon

(c)western disturbances

(d)tropical cyclones

37.Mangrove vegetation, in India is most extensively found in

(a)Malabar Coast

(b)The sunderbans

(c)The Runn of Kachchh

(d)Costal of Orissa

38. In India, how many states share the costline?

(a) 7 (b)8

(c)9 (d)10


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39. Kathiawar Peninsula is an example of

(a) emerged shoreline

(b)submerged shoreline

(c)ria shoreline

(d)Dalmation shorelilne

40. The upper course of damodar river occupies a

(a) rift valley (b)synclinal valley

(c) eroded valley (d)depositional valley

41. Which one of following is not a tributary of the Barak River?

(a)Jiri (b)Rukni

(c)Dhaleswari (d)Pagladiya

42. Xerophytic vegetation is a characteristic future of

(a)Chhotanagpur platau

(b)Khasi hills

(c)Eastern hills

(d)Kutch

43. Ganga is navegable between

(a)Haridwar and Kanpur

(b)Allahabad and Varanasi

(c)Patna and Calcutta

(d)Allahabad and Haldia

44. Earthquakes along the Himalayas and the foothills are best explained in turm of

(a)plate tectonics


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(b)young arc to the Himalayas

(c)fragile and largelyl unconsolidated rocks

(d)divergence of plates

45. Bhabar belt is found in the

(a)Chota Nagpur plateau

(b)Himalayan Pidemount zone (foothills of siwaliks)

(c)Western Ghats

(d)Coastal Orissa

46. Consider the following relief features

1. Zaskar Range

2. Dhaluadhar Range

3.Laddakha Range

4.Karakoram Range

The correct niorthward sequence of these relief features is

(a)2,1,3,4 (b)2,3,4,1

(c)4,3,2,1 (d)4,2,1,3

47. Which of the following coast generally means dry during the months of July and August?

(a)Coromandal Coast

(b)Konkan Coast

(c)Malabar Coast

(d)Northern Circars

48. Which the following correctly states the locations of ‘Cold desert’ Of India?


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(a)To the North-east of Karakoram Range

(b)To the west of Peer Panjal Range

(c)To the South of Siwalvik Range

(d)To the west of Arawali Range

49. The Western Syntaxial bend of the Himalayas is near

(a)Zaskar Range (b)Pir Panjal Range

(c)Nanda Parbat (d)Siwalk hills

50. The Meghalaya Plateaus are largely formed of

(a)Cretaceous lava

(b)Gondawana rocks

(c)Dharwarian Quartzites

(d)Tertiary sendimentary rocks

51. Which of the following three rivers of Penisular India have the Amarkantak region as their

source?

(a)Chambal, Betwa, Luni

(b)Godavari, Krishana, Cauvery

(c)Son, Mahanandi, Narmada

(d)Narmada, Krishna, Wainganga

52. The Himalayan front fault is located between

(a)Siwaliks and Lesser Himalaya

(b)Great and Trans Himalaya

(c)Lesser and Great Himalaya

(d)Siwaliks and Pidmont zone


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53. The boundary of the Siwalik Belt with the Indo-Gangetic trough is known as

(a)main boundry thrust

(b)main boundry fault

(c)Great bounry falut

(d)Scarp falut

54. The area between Chhotanagpur pleateau and shilong pleateau is

(a)A Garben

(b)formed by erosion of Ganga

(c)a down faulted region

(d)a down wraped region in which the Ganga has deposited sediments

55.Open stunted forest with bushes and having long roots and sharp thorns or spines are

commonly found in

(a)Eastern Orissa

(b)North-eastern Tamilnadu

(c) Sowaliks and Tarai regions

(d)Western Andhrapradesh

56. Which one on of the following is not a logoon?

(a)Ashtamudi lake

(b)Pariyar lake

(d)Pulicat lake

Social Geography

57. According to the census-2001, which one of the following Indian States has the maximium

population in India after Uttar Pradesh?


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(a)West Bengal (b)Maharashtra

(c)Bihar (d)Tamilnadu

58. In Which one of the following Union Territories, do the people of the Onge tribe live?

(a)Andman and Nicobar Island

(b)Dadra and Nagar haveli

(c)Daman and Diu

(d)Lakshadweep

59. Which Amongst the following States has the bighest population density as per Cencus-2001

(a)Kerala (b)Madhya Pradesh

(c)Uttar Pradesh (d)West Bengal

60. The largest number Buddhists is found in

(a)Bihar (b)Karnataka

(c)Maharashtra (d)Uttar Pradesh

Polity Section- B

61.Who among the following can join the National Pension system (NPS)?

(a)Resident Indian Citizens only

(b)Persons of age from 21 to 55 only

(c)All State government employees joining the services after the date notification by the

respective State governments

(d)All central government employees including those of Armed Forces joining the services on or

after 1st April, 2004

62.Which one of the following objectives is not embodied in the Preamble to the Constitution

of India?


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(a)Liberty of thought

(b)Economic Liberty

(c)Liberty of expression

(d)Liberty of belief

63. Democracy’s superior virtue lies in the fact that i calls into activity

(a)the intelligence and character of ordinary men and women

(b)The methods for strengthening excutive leadership.

(c)a superior individual with dynamism and vision

(d)a band of dedicated parry works

64. The main advantages of the parliamentary form of government is the

(a)the executive and legislature work independently.

(b) It provides continuity of policy and is more efficient.

(c)the executive remains responsible to the legislature.

(d)the head of the government cannot be” changed without election

65.In the context of India, which one of the following is the correct relationship between Rights

and Duties?

(a)Rights are correlative with Duties.

(b)Rights are personal and hence Independent of society and Duties.

(c)Rights, not Duties, are important for the advancement of the personality of the citizen.

(d)Duties, not Rights, are important for the stability to the State

66. The mind of the markers of the Constitution of India is reflected in which of the following?

(a)The Premable

(b)The Fundamental Rights


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(c)The Directive Principles of State policy

(d)The Fundamental of Duties.

67. Which principles among the following was added to the directive principles of state policy

by the 42nd Amendment to the constitution?

(a)Equal pay for equal work for both men and women

(b)Participation of workers in the management of industries.

(c) Right to work education and public assistance

(d)Securing living wage and human condition of work to workers

68. Which one of following statements is correct?

(a)Rights are claims of the State against the citizens

(b)Right are privileges which are incorporated in the constitution of a state.

(c)Right are claims of the citizens against the State.

(d)Rights are privileges of a few citizens against the many.

69. Local self-government can be best explained as an exercise in

(a)Federalism

(b)Democratic decentralization

(c)Administrative delegation

(d)Direct democracy

70.Right to vote and to be elected in India is a

(a)Fundamental Right

(b)Natural Right

(c)Constitutional Right

(d)Legal Right


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71.In India judicial Review implies

(a)The power of the Judiciary to pronounce upon the constitutionality of laws and executive

orders.

(b)The power of the judiciary to question the wisdom of the laws enacted by the legislatures.

(c)The power of the Judiciary to review to all the legisiative enactments before they are

assented to by the President.

(d)The power of the Judiciary to review its own judgements given earlier in similar or different

cases.

72. Out of the following statements, choose the one that brings out the principle underlying the

cabinet form of government:

(a)An arrangement for minimising the criticism against the government whose responsibilities

are complex and hard to carry out to satisfaction of all.

(b)A mechanism for speeding up the activities of the government whose responsibilities are

increasing day by day.

(c)A mechanism of parliamentary democracy for ensuring collective responsibility of the

government to the people.

(d)A Device for strengthening the hands of the head of the government whose hold over the

people is in a state of decline.

73. Which one of the following is not a feature of Indian federalism?

(a)There are an independent judiciary in India.

(b)Power have been clearly divided between the Center and the States.

(c)The federating units have been given unequal representation In the RajyaSabha.

(d)It is the result of an agreement among the federating units.

74. For election to the LokSabha, a nomination paper can be filed by

(a)Anyone residing in India.

(b)a resident of the constituency from which the election is to be contested.


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(c)any citizen of India whose name appears In the electoral roll of a constituency.

(d)any citizen of India.

75. The Parliament of India acquires the power to legislate on any item in the State List in the

national intrest if a resolution that effect is passed by the

(a)LokSabh by a simple majority of Its total membership.

(b)LokSabha by a majority of not less than two-third of its total membership.

(c)RajyaSabha by a simple majority of its total membership.

(d)RajyaSabha by majority of not less than two-third of its members present and voting.

76.Which of the following are associated with ‘Planning’ in India?

1. The Finance Commission

2. The National Development Council

3. The Union Ministry of Rural Development

4. The The Union Ministry Urban Devlopment

5. The Parliament

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

(a)1, 2 and 5 (b)1, 3 and 4

(c)2 and 5 (d)All of these

77.What will follow, if a using Money Bill is substantially amended by the RajyaSabha?

(a)The LokSabha may still proceed with the bill, accepting or not accepting the

recommendations of the RajyaSabha

(b)The LokSabha cannot consider the bill further

(c)The LokSabha may send the bill to the RajyaSabha may send the bill to the RajyaSabha for

reconsideration

(d)The President may call a joint call a joint sitting for passing the bill


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78.Which one of the following statements is correct?

(a)In India, the same person cannot be appointed as Government for two or more states at the

same time

(b)The Judges of the High Court of the States in India are appointed by the Governor of the

State just as the Judges of the Supreme court are appointed by the Present

(c)No procedure has been laid down in the Constitution of India for the removal of a Governer

from hil/her post

(d)In the case of Union Territory having a legislative set-up, the Chief Minister is appointed by

the Lt Governer on the basis of majority support

79. With reference to Indian History, the members of the Constituent Assembly from the

Provinces were

(a)directly elected by the people of those Provinces

(b)Nominated by the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League

(c)elected by the Provincial Legislative Assemblies

(d)selected by the government for their expertise in constitutional matters

80.The Parliament can make any law for whole or any part of India for implementing

international treaties

(a)with the consent of all the states

(b)with the consent of the majority of states

(c)with the consent of the state concerned

(d)without the consent of any state

81.According to the Constitution of India, which of the following are fundamental for the

governance of the country?

(a)Fundamental Rights

(b)Fundamental Duties


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(c)Directive Principles of State Policy

(d)Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Duties

82. The government enacted the panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act in 1996.

Which one of the following is not identified as its objective?

(a) To provide self-governance

(b)To recognise traditional rights

(c)To create autonomous regions

(d)To free tribal people from exploitation

83. Under the Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest

Rights) Act, 2006 who shall be the authority to intitate the process for determining the nature

and extent of individual or community forest rights or both?

(a)State Forest Department

(b)District Collector/Deputy Commissoner

(c)Tahsildar/Block Development officer /Mandal Revenue Officer

(d)Gram Sabha

84. The people of India agitated against the arrival of Simon commission because

(a)Indians never wanted the review of the working of the Act of 1919

(b)Simon Commission recommended the abolition of Dyarchy (Diarchy) in the provinces

(c)There was no Indian member in the Simon Commission

(d)The Simon Commition suggested the partition of the country

85. ‘Economic Justice’ as one of the objectives of the Indian constitution has been provided in

(a)the Preamble and the Fundamental Rights

(b)The Preamble and the Directive Principles of State Policy

(c)The Fundamental Rights and the Directive Principles of StatesPolilcy


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(d)None of the avobe

86. Under the Constitution of India, which one of the following is not a fundamental duty?

(a)To vote in public elections

(b)To devlop the scientific temper

(c)To safeguard public property

(d)To abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals

87. All revenues received by the Union Government by way of taxes and other receipts for the

conduct of government business are created to the

(a)Contingency Fund of India

(b)Public Account

(c)Consolidated Fund of India

(d)Deposite and Advances Fund

88. India is regarded as a country with ‘Demographic Dividend’. This is due to

(a)Its high Population in the age group below 15 years

(b)its high population in the age group below 15-64 years

(c)its high population in the age group below 65 years

(d)its high total population

89. The Provisions in the Fifth Schedule and Sixth Schedule in the constitution of India ?

(a)protect the interests of Sheduled Tribes

(b)determine the boundries between states

(c)determine the powers , authorities, and responsibilities of Panchayat

(d)protect the intersts of all the border States


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90. “To uphold and protect the sovereignty Unity and Integrity of India” is a provision made in

the

(a)Premable of the Constitution

(b)Directive Prienciples of State Policy

(c)Fundamental Right

(d)Fundamental Duties

91. There is a parliamentary System of Government in India because the

(a)LokSabha is elected directly by the people

(b)Parliament can amend the constitution

(c)Rajyasabha cannot be dissolved

(d)Council of Ministers is responsible to the LokSabha

92. When a bill is referred to a joint sitting both the houses of the Parliament, has to be passed

by

(a)a simple majority of member present and voting

(b)three-fourths majority of member present

(c)two-thirds majority of the House

(d)absolute majority of the House

93. Recently supereme Court Decleared 99th constitution amendment Unconstitutional, It was

releted to

(a)GST (b)Land Acquisition

(b)NJAC (d)ChildLabour

94. Which among the following is not present in the constitution of India with respect to tribal

rights?

(a)Tribal minister in states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh


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(b)Seats are reserve for tribal population legislative assembly as well as parliament.

(c)Reservation and first preference in case of promotion in govt jobs.

(d)National commission for Scheduled caste.

95.The cabinet Mission Plan envisaged for India a

(a)Fedration (b)Confederation

(c)Qiasi-Federation (d)Union of States

96.Indian National Congress began to work as a Political Party Since

(a)1885

(b)1907

(c)Calcutta Congress(September,1920)

(d)Nagpur Congress (December,1920)

97. Who among the following was the Chairman of the States Committee of the constituent

Assembly?

(a)Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (b)Jawaharlal Nehru

(c)Dr. Rajendra Prasad (d)Sardarpatel

98.Which one of the following was the first countrywide pressure group of the organized India

working class?

(a)All India Trade Union Congress

(b)Indian National Trade Union Congress

(c)Indian Mining Federation

(d)Hind MazdoorSabha

99. The member of the Constituent Assembly

(a)Nominated by the British Parliament


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(b)Nominated by the Governer General

(c)Elected by the Legislative Assemblies of various provinces

(d)Elected by the Indian National Congress and Muslim league

100.The most Short-lived of all of Britain’s constitutional experiments in India was the

(a)Indian Counsils Act of 1861

(b)Indian Counsils Act of 1892

(c)Indian Counsils Act of 1909

(d)Government of India Act 1919

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