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Subject: General Knowledge
Topic: World Geography
Exercise: World Geography - Section 2
Questions: 80

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Question 21

The main watershed of most of the peninsular river lies in the

A Aravalli hills

B Raj Mahal hills

C Siwalik hills

D Western Ghats

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Question 22

The longest day (shortest night) in the southern hemisphere is

A June 21

B December 22

C July 21

D November 22

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Question 23

The most obvious effect of pressure on rocks is

A foliation

B lineation

C lithification

D the reorientation of mineral crystals

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Question 24

The longest era of the classification of the history of earth is

A Cainozoic era

B Pre-Cambrian era

C Palaeozoic era

D Mesozoic era

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Question 25

The main objective of centrally sponsored Command Area Development programme is

A improving the utilisation of irrigation potential

B optimizing agricultural productivity and production from the irrigated area

C both (a) and (b)

D None of the above

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Question 26

The minimum values of annual receipts of solar radiation occur at

A the equator

B the tropics

C the arctic

D None of the above

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Question 27

The mean distance of the earth from the sun is approximately

A 149,502,000 km

B 150,503,000 km

C 148,000,000 km

D 150,000,000 km

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Question 28

The major control over the form of the developing slope is exerted by

A inputs to the hill slope

B outputs from the hill slope

C balance between inputs and outputs from the hill slope system

D None of the above

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Question 29

The middle latitude extends between

A 23(1/2)? North to 32(1/2)? South

B 23(1/2)? and 66? in both the hemispheres

C 66? North to 66? South

D North pole and South pole

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Question 30

The middle latitude extends between

A 23(1/2)? North to 32(1/2)? South

B 23(1/2)? and 66? in both the hemispheres

C 66? North to 66? South

D North pole and South pole

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