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Correct answer: (C) Lala Lajpat Rai
Lala Lajpat Rai strongly opposed the principle of boycotting the legislative councils, holding that vacating them would hand them to the government's supporters.
Correct answer: (A) Bhagat Singh
The remark is Bhagat Singh's, who made clear that the revolutionaries' aim was not to spread fear but to establish a national government.
Correct answer: (A) Kellogg-Briand Pact
In the Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928) the signatory countries declared that war would not be made an instrument of national policy.
Correct answer: (B) The process by which cotton or wool is spun
Carding is the process in which the fibres of cotton or wool are disentangled and made fit for spinning.
Correct answer: (A) David Hardiman
‘Gandhi in His Time and Ours’ was written by David Hardiman.
Correct answer: (B) 111 Articles and 19 Chapters
The United Nations Charter has 111 Articles and 19 Chapters.
Correct answer: (A) Economic stability and full employment in industrial world
The main objective of the Bretton Woods Conference (1944) was economic stability and full employment in the industrial world—the World Bank and the IMF came out of it.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
The People's Republic of China was established on 1 October 1949, which is not among the options.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
The Agricultural Revolution, capital with new technology, and the removal of trade restrictions all played a supporting part in the Industrial Revolution, so more than one option is correct.
Correct answer: (B) B. N. Rao
The first Indian judge of the International Court of Justice was B. N. Rao. Dr Nagendra Singh later became its President.
Correct answer: (B) 97°25′E and 8°4′N
India's easternmost longitude is 97°25′E (Arunachal Pradesh) and its southernmost latitude 8°4′N (Kanyakumari).
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
India's land area is 3.28 million sq km and its land boundary about 15,200 km—both statements are right. The standard meridian is 82°30′E, not 82°45′E, so the third is wrong. Two being correct, the answer is ‘more than one’.
Correct answer: (A) 3214 km and 2933 km
India measures 3214 km from north to south and 2933 km from east to west.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
The Malabar Coast is the part of the western coastal strip lying south of Goa, and most of it falls in Kerala—both statements are right. The first goes wrong by speaking of the eastern coast, so the answer is ‘more than one’.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
The Narmada runs through the rift valley between the Vindhya and the Satpura, and the Tapi south of the Satpura—both statements are right, so the answer is ‘more than one’. The first goes wrong by placing the Narmada south of the Satpura.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
The Himalaya between the Indus and the Satluj is called the Punjab Himalaya, and the same stretch also goes by the names Kashmir and Himachal Himalaya—so more than one option is correct.
Correct answer: (A) Majuli
Majuli on the Brahmaputra, in Assam, is the largest inhabited river island in the world.
Correct answer: (C) Chilika
Chilika is India's largest saltwater lake, a lagoon spread along the coast of Odisha.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
The Sundarbans is the largest delta in the world, takes its name from the sundari tree and is home to the Royal Bengal Tiger—all three statements being right, the answer is ‘more than one’.
Correct answer: (A) The Kaveri River
The Shivanasamudram falls are on the Kaveri in Karnataka; one of India's earliest hydroelectric stations was built there.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
The Coriolis force arises from the rotation of the earth and deflects winds to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern—both statements are right, so the answer is ‘more than one’. Changes of temperature and pressure are not its cause.
Correct answer: (B) Meghalaya
Mawsynram, the place of highest rainfall in the world, is in Meghalaya, where the Khasi hills block the monsoon winds.
Correct answer: (B) Tropical thorn and scrub
Areas with less than 70 cm of annual rainfall carry tropical thorn forest and scrub—the dry tracts of Rajasthan and Gujarat, for instance.
Correct answer: (A) Tropical deciduous forest
Sandalwood grows in tropical deciduous forest, particularly in the dry deciduous tracts of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
Evergreen forests occur where rainfall exceeds 200 cm and temperatures are high, and their trees are dense, tall and layered—both statements are right. Shedding leaves together is a mark of deciduous forest, so the answer is ‘more than one’.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
Nilgiri, Sundarbans and the Gulf of Mannar are all on the UNESCO list of biosphere reserves, so the answer is ‘None of the above’.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
The Rio Summit of 1992 took up both the urgent problems of environmental protection and global socio-economic development, so more than one option is correct.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
Soil, wind and agriculture are all counted as renewable resources, so none of the options is non-renewable.
Correct answer: (C) Chipko Movement
In the Chipko Movement people clung to trees to stop them being felled; that is the movement tied to forest protection and community afforestation.
Correct answer: (E) None of the above
Flood control and the diversion of water, an integrated plan for canal irrigation and hydroelectricity, and reservoirs for aquaculture—all three fit a multipurpose project, so no statement is incorrect.
Correct answer: (C) Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu was the first State in India to make rooftop rainwater harvesting compulsory for every house.
Correct answer: (B) Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan
The Sardar Sarovar project benefits four States—Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
Primitive cultivation goes by different regional names in India, Bewar and Pama Dabi among them, so more than one option is correct. ‘Milpa’ is a Central American name.
Correct answer: (A) Milpa—Central America
‘Milpa’ is the name for shifting cultivation in Central America. ‘Conuco’ belongs to Venezuela and ‘Ladang’ to South-East Asia, so the other matches are wrong.
Correct answer: (B) Baba Budan Hill
Arabica coffee was first cultivated in India on the Baba Budan hills of Karnataka.
Correct answer: (B) Mica, limestone, marble
Mica, limestone and marble are all non-metallic minerals. The other groups contain metallic ores.
Correct answer: (B) Bihar
Bihar is India's largest producer of pyrite—the Amjhore area of Rohtas district is known for it.
Correct answer: (B) Puga Valley in Ladakh
India's geothermal energy centre is in the Puga valley of Ladakh, where hot springs come to the surface.
Correct answer: (B) It is called a light industry.
The iron and steel industry is a heavy industry, not a light one, so the second statement is wrong. Calling it a basic industry and placing it near its raw materials are both right.
Correct answer: (B) Silchar (Assam) and Porbandar (Gujarat)
The East-West Corridor runs from Silchar in Assam to Porbandar in Gujarat.
Correct answer: (A) Hills
Mishmi, Barail and Lushai are all hills of north-east India.
Correct answer: (C) Vindhyan System
The Dharwar and Cuddapah systems are counted among India's oldest rocks, but the Vindhyan system is later than these.
Correct answer: (C) 4500 m
The snowline in the Assam Himalaya lies at about 4500 m—heavier rain and humidity to the east keep it higher than in the western Himalaya.
Correct answer: (C) Nandi Hill (Karnataka)
The Penna rises in the Nandi hills of Karnataka, flows east and falls into the Bay of Bengal.
Correct answer: (A) Parallel to the Tropic of Cancer but to the south
In January the 20°C isotherm runs roughly parallel to the Tropic of Cancer but to its south, because northern India is colder then.
Correct answer: (C) 1524 m MSL
In the western Himalaya subtropical vegetation reaches about 1524 m (5000 feet) above mean sea level; above that the temperate forests begin.
Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
Monsoon deciduous forests thrive on 100 to 200 cm of rain, so both ‘150–200 cm’ and ‘100–150 cm’ fall inside that range and the answer is ‘more than one’.
Correct answer: (A) West Bengal and Gujarat
The largest stretches of tidal, that is mangrove, forest are in West Bengal (the Sundarbans) and Gujarat (the Gulf of Kutch).
Correct answer: (B) Nepal
The Mahabharat Lekh range is in Nepal—the middle range lying north of the Shivaliks.
Correct answer: (B) Physiographic structure
R. L. Singh took the physiographic structure, that is the form of the land surface, as the basis for dividing India into regions.