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Harappan/Indus Civilization (2500 BC-1750 BC), 1.The Harappan Civilization was, discovered, (a) 1901, , 2, , Lothalis a, , in the year:, (d) 1942, SSC Grad. 2004], of which of the, following, , (b) 1921, , site, , (c) 1935, , where, , dockyard, civilization were found, ?, (a) Indus Valley, (b) Mesopotamian, , (c) Egyptian, 3., , (d) Persian, , The people of the Indus, their houses of--, , (a) pucca bricks, , [SSC Sec. Of (Aud.) 2006], , Valley Civilization usually built, , (o, , (c) wood, 4., , 5., , (b) stone, (d) all of these, [SSC Sec. Off (Aud.) 2008), traded with the-, , The Indus Valley people, (a) Chinese, (b) Mesopotamians, (c) Parthians, (d) Romans, SCRA 2000], The Indus Valley Civilization was, (a), (b), (c), (d), , Non-Aryan because, , it was urban, it has a pictographic script, it had an agricultural economy, it extended up to the Narmada Valley, , All the following statements regarding the Indus Valley, Civilization are correct except, (a) The Indus Valley Civilization was an advanced, urban civilization, (b) Iron was not known to the people o, (c) It is difficult to say to which race the people belonged, (d) The people knew nothing about agriculture, , [RRB Supervisor/TESM 2006], 7., , The local name of Mohenjodaro is, (a) Mound of the Living, (c) Mound of the Dead, , h, , 8., , 9., , is, , (b) Mound of the Great, (d) Mound of the Survivor, , e RRB Supervisor/IESM 2006], , The Indus Valley Civilization specialised i n sino, (a) town planning, , (b) architecture, , (c) craftsmanship, , (d) All ot these, [RRB Supervisor/TESM 2006, SSC 2014], , The famous figure of a dancing girl found in the, excavation of Mohenjodaro was made up o f, (b) steatite, (a) terracotta s, (d) red limestone, (c) bronze, [RRB TC 2006], , 10. Which of the following animals was not known to the, Indus Valley Civilization ?, , (a) Bull, , (b) Horse, , (c) Elephant (d), , Giraffe, Delhi Univ. B.Ed. 2009J, , 11. Out of the following remains excavated in Indus Valley,, which one indicates the commercial and economic, , development ?, (a) Pottery (b) Seals, , (c), , Boats, , (a) Harappa, (c) Mohenjodaro, 13., , Which, , (d) Houses, CPO SI 2002], , (b) Rangpur, (d) Sindh, , CPO SI20031, , of the following Indus Civilization site, evidence of a dockyard ?, (b) Lothal, (a) Harappa, one, , (c) Mohenjodaro, , gives, , (d) Rakhigarhi, CDS 2007, 2008], , 14. Which one of the following statements regarding, Harappan Civilization is çorrect ?, (a) The standard Harappan seals were made of clay, (b) The inhabitants of Harappa had neither knowledge, of copper nor bronze, (c) The Harappan Civilization was rural-based, (d) The inhabitants of Harappa grew and used cotton, , [CDS 2010, 15. An advanced water, , management system of, times has been unearthed at, (a) Dholavira, (b) Lothal, , (c) Kalibangan, , [RRB Supervisor/TESM 20067, 6., , 12. The earliest city discovered in India was, , Harappan, , (d) Alamgirpur, , [46th BPSC 2004, 16. From which one of the following places, remains of wells, have been found in houses belonging to the developed, stage of the Indus Valley Civilization ?, , (a) Harappa, (c) Lothal, , (b) Kalibangan, (d) Mohenjodaro, , [UP PCSP) 2004], 17. The archaeological finds from Alamgirpur in Ghaziabad, district reflected t h e, (a) Harappa Culture, (b) Vedic Culture, (c) Mauryan Culture, (d) Gupta Period Culture, [UP PCSM) 2005], 18. Cotton for textile was first cultivated i n, , (a) Egypt, , (b) Mesopotamia, , (c) Central America, , (d) India, [UP PCSP) 2006], 19. Rock cut architecture in Harappan culture context has, been found a t, (b) Dholavira, (a) Kalibangan, (d) Amri [UP PCS (P) 2006], (c) Kotdiji, 20. Consider the following statements and select the correct, answer from the codes given below, 1. Mohernjodaro, Harappa, Ropar and Kalibangan are, important places of Indus Valley Civilization., 2., Harappan people developed planned ities with, network of streets and drainage system., 3., Harappan people did not know use of metals., Codes, (a) 1 and 2 are correct, , (b) 1 and 3 are correct, (c) 2 and 3 are correct, (d) 1,2 and 3 are correct, , [MP PSCP) 2008]

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2, 21., , 22., , Objective General Knowledge, , Which one of the following was not known to the, Hrappans ?, (a) Construction of Wells (b) Construction of Pillars, (c) Construction of Drains (d) Construction of Arches, , MP PSC (P) 2009), A copper chariot of, Harappa times was discovered at, (a) Kuntal, (b) Rakhigarhi, (c) Daimabad, (d) banawali, , IMP PSC (P) 2009), 23. One of the following sites from where the famous Bul1seal of Indus Valley Civilization was, found, (a) Harappa, (b) Chanhudaro, (c) Lothal, (d) Mohenjodaro, , RAS/RT'S 2008], , 24., , Who discovered the Indus Valley Civilization ?, (a) Sir Leonard Wooley, (b) V.S. Agrawal, (c) Dayaram Sahni, (d) A.L. Basham, , /WB PCS (P) 2008, 25. Which one of the following animals was not, represented, on the seals and terracotta art of the, Harappan culture ?, , (a) Cow, , (b) Elephant, , (d) Tiger, , (c) Rhinoceros, , UPSC, , 26., , 01; 55C Grad. 20051, , Match List- with List-II and select, , using, , the, , codes given, , List-II, , A., , List-I, Lothal, , 1., , B., C., , Kalibangan, Dholavíra, , 3., , Ploughed field, , 2. Dockyard, , Terracotta, , 27. In, , Harappan script, D, , 1, , 2, 1, 2, , 3, , 4, 4, , fUPSC 2002), , 3, , the Mesopotamian records, which one of the following, , terms was, , (a), , of a, , An inscription comprising, ten large sízed sign of the, , Codes: A, , (d), , replica, , plough, , 4, , D. Banawali, , (a), (b), (c), , the correct answer, , below the Lists, , used for the Indus, , Dilmun, , (b) Meluha, , Valley (Harappans)?, , (c) Magan, , Failaka, (d), INDA II 2017

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14. The Advent of the Europeans, , LWhachone ofthe following, , was, , NOTa French settlement, , traders first came to India 2, , (d) Chandranagar, , Goa, , SSCSec O#(And) 2006), , (d) Danish, (c) Dutch, NDA 2003, 11. Who granted the permission to establish the French, , Where are the traces of Portuguese culture found in, nda?, a) Coa, 6)Calicut (c) Cannanore (d) Cochin, , factory at Masulipattam ?, (a) Abdulla Kutub Shah, (c) Muzaffar Jung, , SSC TaxAssit. 2009), , 3, , Who a s the Erst Covemor General of Bengal ?, a) Robert Cve, b)Warnen Hastings, , WEEan, 4, , Benid, , (d)Comwallis, b) Briish, , 12. Vasco da Gama discovered the sea-route to India in, which one of the following years?, (a) 1498, 13., , Bihar SSCLDC 2005, , 5TheFrendh East India Commpany was formed in, a ) 150, (d) 1668, )1660, (c)1664, , a)1611, , )16133, , 1621, , a, , a) 1857, , 8, , )1858, , The battle of Wandiwash (1760) was fought between, (a) Marathas and the Portuguese, , b)TheEnglish and the Fench, (c) The English and the Portuguese, , (d) Marathas and the English, , b) 1612, , CPF Assit. Cmmt. 2008), , (c) 1600, , French, , B., , English, , 1. Calicut, 2 Masulipattam, , 3. Pondicherry, , Portuguese, , 4, , 14., , (d) 1595, , (NDA 2001), , Hoogly, D, , (a), (b), (c), , (d), ICDS 2000, Assertion (A): The French were, defeated by the British, in the Third Carnatic War at the battle ot, , Wandiwash, , Reason (R), , The Indian, , French., , 9. in, Bombaywas, acquired bytheEnglishfrom the Portuguese, the year, (a) 1661, , A., , Codes: A, , (d) 1626, , (c) 1862, (d) 1892, ICPF Asit. Commt 2008), , Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer, using the codes given below the Lists, List-I (Company), List-Il (Factory), , D., , permanent, , UCC NET/JRF (History) 20071, 7 The administration of the English East India Company, in India came to an end of, , (d) 1453B, , (c) 1494, , C. Dutch, , SCRA 2000, , The Engh East India Company founded, faciory at Surat in the year-, , (b) 1492, , NDA 2004, , (d) French, , Dus, , b) Nasir Jung, (d) Salabat Jung, , NDA 2004, , SSC Tax Assit 2009], , Who wene the irst Europeans to reach India for trade ?, , a) Porguese, , (b) English, , (a) Portuguese, , b)Mahe, , a)Pondicherry, 2, , 10. During the Mughal period which one of the following, , rulers did, , not, , support, , the, , (a) Both A and R is true and R is the, correct explanation, of A, (b) Both A and Ris true but Ris not a correct, of A, (c) A is true but Ris, , false, (d) Ais false but R is true, , explanation, [CDS 20001

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4E, , With reference, , to the, , Indian History, , colonial, , monopoly of the East lndia period of India, the trade, Company was ended by(a) The Regulating Act of 1773, , (b) Pitt's India Act of 1784, (c) The Charter Act of 1813, (d) The Charter Act of 1833, ICDS 2002, 2006], 16. In 1717, who among the, the, issued royal edict to allow theMughal emperors had, business privilege to, Britain's East India, , following, , (a) Shah Alam II, , (d) Farrukhsiyar, , CDS 2004), maintain its, , (c) Dutch indulged in forcible, the people and thus were religious conversion of, expelled by local kings, (d) The English forces made them, to leave India, [CDS 2005], 18. Who granted the, permission to, factory at Hoogli in Bengal ? establish the first British, (a) Shah Shuja, , (b) Murshid Quli Khan, , (c) Shujauddin, The first definite step, , East India, , 28., , WB PSC, , Company, w a s, , (b) Shah Alam I, (d) Shujauddaula, , Among, , [UP PCS P) 2004], , the, , following factories in, established by the Portuguese w a s Bengal,, (a) Kasim Bazar, , 29. Who were the first, in India ?, , rbl, , (d) The Charter Act of 1813, [CDS 2005], Consider the following, statements, (a) Dutch opened a factory at Pulicat in 1609., (b) English builta factory at Masulipattam in 1611., , Europeans to set up sea trade centres, , (a) Akbar, (c) Shahjahan, , Who was Francisco de, Almeida?a, (a) Portuguese Viceroy in India, , ite, , ebip, , (0, , (6) English Viceroy in India, (c) Dutch Viceroy in India, (d) French Viceroy in India, ICDS 20071, Which of the British Officials defeated Portuguese at, , Sowlley?, , (a) William Hawkins, (c) Thomas Roe, , (b) Thomas Best, (d) Josiah child, 44th BPsC 2001], , Which one of the following was the immediate, , cause, , of, , the First Carnatic War ?, , fUt. PSC P) 2005], , Which English Governor of East India, Company in India, was, expelled by Aurangzeb?, (a) Aungier, (b) Sir John Child, (c) Sir John ayer, (d) Sir Nicholas Waite, , NOT, , (c), (d), , factory, at Masulipattam, In Eastern India, the, English, its, first factory in Orissa in 1633 Company opened, Under the leadership of, Dupleix, the French, , India, among the following locations, the Dutch, established their earliest factory a t, (a) Masulipattanam, (b) Pulicat, , () Chochin, , (d) Kasim Bazar, [UPSC 2003], 33. In the year 1611, where was, the English East India, , Company given permission, , post) ?, , 34., , (d Capture of French ships by the British, , 144th BPSC 2001], , to set up a, , tactory (lrading, , (a) Bangalore, (b) Madras, (c) Masulipattam, (d) Surat, [UPSC 2006], Which one of the following was the first fort constructed, , by the British in India ?, (a) Fort St. George, , (b) Fort St. David, , (c) Fort St. William, , (d), , come to, , (6) Austrian War of Succession, (C) Issues of Carnatic Succession, , [UPSC 2003], , 32. In, , 35. Who among the, , (a) Anglo - French Rivalry, , occupied, , Madras in 1746., , (b) Jahangir, (d) Aurangzeb [CDS 2006], , (b) The French, (d) The Dutch, , correct?, (a) The Portuguese captured Goa in 1499, (b) The English opened their first, in South India, , (b) 2 only, , privilege?, , one, , MP PSC P)2008], 31. With reference to the, entry of European powers into India,, which one of the, following statements is, , given above is/are correct ?, , (d) Neither 1 nor 2, [CDS 2006, During whose reign did Sir Thomas Roe have regular, attendance at the Mughal court to secure commercial, , the, , (b) Chinsura, (d) Srirampur, TUP PCS P) 2004], , (c) Hoogly, , 30., , (d) Bahadur Shah II, , Kolkata Police Exam, 2007, Who was the first, in India ?, Portuguese, Viceroy, (a) Diaz, (b) Vasco da Gama, (c) Francisco de Almeida, (d) Albuquerque, 145th BPSC 2002, SSC Sec. Off., (Aud.) 2008], One of the, following rulers, who had granted Diwani to, the, , [CDS 2005], , provide parliamentary control, over East India, was taken, Company, by, (a) The Regulating Act of 1773, , (c) Both 1 and 2, , 43., , [45th BPSC 2002,, , (b) Farrukhsiyar, , (a) The English, (c) The Portuguese, , to, , Which of the statements, (a) 1 only, , 22., , following Mughal Emperors gave an, important Farmanto the English, fo, in India ?, facilitating their trade, , (a) Farrukhsiyar, (c) Shah Alam II, , (d) Alivardi Khan, , (b) The Pitt's India Act of 1784, (c) The Charter Act of 1793, , 21., , 33, , of the, , one, , of Dutch, , internal affairs, , 20., , 27., , Company fail to, influence in India ?, (a) Portuguese did not allow, them to trade in, India, (b) There was a, growing interference, Government in the Company's, , 19., , 26., , (b) Bahadur Shah, , Why did Dutch East India, , Which, , (a) Bahadur ShahhI, (c) Shah Alam II, , Company, , (c) Jahandar Shah, 17., , 25., , pre, (a) Dutch, (c) French, , -, , Fort St., , Angelo, , [UPSC 2007], , following Europeans,, , independence lndia, , as, , were, , the last to, , traders?, , (b) English, (d) Portuguese, [UPSC 2007]

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8., 1., 1., , Physical, Manipur, , Geography o f, , has, , common, , States of:, , of, boundaries with the group, , Body', , and Nicobar, separates Andaman, , Islands?, , (a), , (, , 3., , Ten Degree, Andaman Sea, , Eleventh Degree Channel, , The approximate, , length of the coast-line of India, , mountain range is a n example of(b) Fold mountain, , The Himalayan, (a) Block mountain, (c) Volcanic mountain, , boundaries, , (d) Residual mountain, , [SSC (LDC) 2013], , States shares c o m m o n, among the following, nunmber of other States?, , with maximum, , (a) Madhya Pradesh, , (c) Chhattisgarh, 7., , (b) West Bengal, (d) Andhra Pradesh, , [UPSC (A.C.) 2013], , The State of Sikkim is surrounded by, West Bengal, (a) China, Nepal, Bhutan and, , (b) Bhutan, Nepal, West Bengal, arnd Assam, (c) China, Nepal, West Bengal, and Assam fUPSC 2013], (d) China, Bhutan, West Bengal, hills marks the origin, Amarkantak plateau in the Maikal, of the river, , 9., , (a), , Gandak, , (c), , Narmada, , (d) Chaggar /CDS-II 2013], statements are correct?, , System, , were, , deposited, , under marine condition., , 2., , Which, , following, , among the, , NDA- 2014, ut, , statements is, , correct?, , Plateau is a n outlier of Peninsular Platean, of India, Aravalli Mountain is the oldest mountain chaind, India, Vindhyans are examples of fold mountain, are composed of lava deposits, , (a) Shillong, (b), , (c), (d) Rajmahal Highlands, 13. Which, , one, , among the, , [UPSC (AC, , following systems, , contains, , t, , oldest rock formation of India ?, (b) Archean System, o(a) Aravalli System, (d) Vindhyan System, (c) Cuddapah System, 14. Which of the following statements with regaru, , Rocks of Gondwana System are fossiliferous., , o the, , western coastal plain of India are correct, , 1., , It is a narrow belt., , 2., , It is an example of submerged coastal plaioment, lt provides natural conditions for develop, , 3., , (b) Chambal, , Which of the following, 1. Sediments of Gondwana, , 12., , one, , (UPSC(ACa, , and Assam, , 8., , Dhaulagiri, Vindhyachal, Kailash, (b) Doddabetta, Vindhyachal, Dhaulagiri,, Doddabetta,, Vindhyachal, (c) Dhaularigi, Kailash,, Doddabetta, Kailash, (d) Dhaulagiri, Vindhyachal,, , is-, , km. (d) 7,000 km., (a) 5,500 km.(b) 6,000 km. (c) 6,500, , one, , (b) Nagaland (c) Sikkim, (d), (d) Tim, Tripura, (a) Goa, mountains, of, in, locations, India, Considering the, which, 1S in right sequence from s, o n e among the following, Outh, to north ?, (a) Doddabetta, Kailash,, , (b) Nepal, (d) Bangladesh [SSC 2012, ISSC (Sub Inspector) 2009], , 6., , 11., , which has the smallest, The neighouring country of India, , Which, , givenhel, , 10. Which state has, , (d) Bay of Bengal, [SSC (Stenographer) 2012], , (a) Bhutan, () Sri Lanka, , 5., , code, , ., , (b), , Channel, , area is, , 4, , downfaulte, , answer using the, , (b) 1,2 and 4 below, (d) 1 and 3 only [UPSC, 4 only, 2013, smallest land area ?, , Select the correct, (a) 1,2 and 3, , (c) 2 and, , inera, , deposition took place in down, , trough., , Tripura, Meghalaya, , (a) Meghalaya,, (b) Nagaland, Mizoram and, and Mizoram, (c) Nagaland, Assam, and Tripura [SSC (Steno.) 2012], (d) Nagaland, Meghalaya, 2, , deposits., Gondwana, , 4., , Mizoram and, , Which Water, , Rocks of Gondwana System contain metalli, , 3., , Features of India, , India, , ports., , 4. It has well developed deltas., Select the correct answer using the code give, , (a) 1,2 and 3 only, (c) 1, 2, 3 and 4, , 2 only, (b) 1 and, 3 and 4, d), , below, , only NDA

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1and boundary, bo., , has, , a, , land, , (b), , 10200, , of, , Geography, , about........ km,, , (c) 15200, , (d) 20200, 1SsC (CGL) 2017], to, Lualls belong which mountain, ?, (b) Purvanchal ranges, (d) Hindu Kush, SSC (CGL) 20171, u n i o n territorie, does India have as of, June, , fndia, (a) 5200, , have a s f, 29. How many states does India, (c) 28, (b), 27, (a) 26, , The, P a t k a ih i l l s, (a) Himachal, , (c), , 30. The part of the Himalayas, , 9C (CL) 2017, 1ying between 9atuj and Kali, , r i v e r s i s k n o w n a s nvonson, , (a) Punjab Himalaya, , Himgiri, , (c) Kumaon Himalayas, , (b) Nepal Himalayas, (d) Amam Hirnalayas, , (55C(C) 2017, , H o wm a n y, , (b) 6, , 2017, , ), , (c) 5, , (d) 4, , 7, , [SSC (CGL) 2017], , northenm plain of India is formed of....., (a), , (b) Igneous rocks, (d) Old crystalline rocks, , etamorphic soil, , c) alluvial soil, , (), ne of the following pairs of States of India, Whis, the easternmost and westernmost State?, indicates the, (a), , Assam, , (c), , Assam, , and, , to Kochi, it has to gp, 31. If a ship has to go from Chennai, than, croing through the Palk, around Sri Lanka rather, Strait, Why ?, Lanikan, (a) ThePalk Straithas disputed islands andtheSri, allow the ships to crosthrou, not, does, Navy, (b) It is too shallow for ships to c r o m, the Strait due to, ()Shipping is prohibited through, connected with the epic, , Rajasthan, , P'radesh, A) Arunachal, and Gujarat, , and, , Rajasthan, , (d), , desh and Gujarat, , ICs (Prelim) 2015], largest country in the world., (b) 5th, (c) 7th, (a) 3rd, (d) 9th, [ssC (CGL) 2017], Revond the., the Himalayas bend sharply to the south, (d) A r u n a c h a l, , 32., , India is the..., , (b) Dihang gorge, (d) Nepal Border, , (c), , Bhutan border, , [SSC (CGL) 2017], , (b) Arunachal Pradesh, , (c) Himachal Pradesh, , (d) Sikkim [SSC (CGL) 2017], , The part of the Himalayas between tista and Dihang, riversis known as.., , (a) Nepal, , Himalayas., , (b) Kashmir (c) Assam, , Chhatisgarh, , Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhatisgarh and Odisha, c) Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and, , Chhatisgarh, Pradesh,, , Odisha,, , Chhatisgarh, , Andhra, , Whi, , Pradesh, , and, , INDA/NA 2015], , (c)Saddle Peak boteool, , which, , (b) Mount Diavolo, , (d) Mount Thuiller /SSC 20171, of the following neighbouring country of India 1s, , not a landlocked country, a) Nepal, (c) Bhutan, 28, In, the, , (b) Myanmar, (d) Afghanistan, , (b) Maldives, , (c) Bhutan, , (d) Afghanistan, , is located in which, , (c) Sri Lanka, (d) Nepal ISSC(CGL)2017], 38. In which of the following categories of rocks does Deccan, Plateau of India, made up of basalt rocks, fall ?, , (a) Sedimentary rocks, (b) Extrusive igneous rocks, (c) Intrusive igneous rocks (d) Metamorphic rocks, , ICTET (Mains) 2016], 39. India has longest international border with, (a) Bhutan, (b) Nepal, (c) Bangladesh, (d) Pakistan [SSC (CGL) 2017, 40. With which of the following country, India has a land, dispute near Tawang?, (a) Pakistan, (b) China, , (c) Afghanistan, SSC 2017], , [sSC 2017, , neighbouring country of India ?, (a) Pakistan, (b) Bangladesh, , (d) Bangladesh, , [SSC 2017, , 41. Which of the following areas or regions is most prone to, earthquakes ?, (a) Deccan Plateau, , which country ?, c) Bangladesh, , (a) Myanmar, , 37. The Gurudwara Panja Sahib, , orth-wes, est, India shares its land boundaries with, , a) Sri Lanka, , SSC(CGL) 2017, , (a) Block Mountain, (b) Residual Mountain, (c) Accumulated Mountain (d) Fold Mountain (SSC 2017, , (b) Andhra Pradesh, , (d) Rajasthan /SSC(CGL)2017, , is the highest peak in Andaman and Nicobar, , islands?, (a) Mount Koya, , (d) 5, , (c) 8, , 36. Himalayan Mountain range falls under which type of, mountains ?, , in India ?, , 6., , 4, , Druk Yul?, , S. Which Indian state has the largest share of the Wastelands, , (a) Gujarat, c) Madhya Pradesh, , (b), , (b) Chandigarh, (c) Puducherry, (d) Dadra and Nagar Haveli, (S5C (CGL-2013], 34. What is the other name of Sahyadrí Range?, (a) Lesser Himalayas, (b) Shivaliks, (d) Eastern Ghats (sSC 201, (c) Western Ghats, 35. Which neighbouring country of India is also reffered as, , and, , (6), , (a) Uttar, , many, , of its districts has a common boundary with its other, , (d) Jammu, , States in India. Which one of the following sets of States, is correct in this respect ?, , Pradesh,, , How, , 33. Which Uníon Territory in India has four districts butnone, , SSC (CGL) 2017], 4. The IST meridian 82°E passes through a number of, , (a) Uttarakhand, Uttar, Andhra Pradesh, , is actually shorter than, ICDS- 2015, Strait, Palk, the, crossing through, ndian states share their boundaries with, , districts?, (a) Andaman and Nicobar Islands, , , China does not share its border with which Indian state ?, (a) Bihar, , its religious signíficance, Ramayana, The around Sri Lanka rout, , Nepal ?, (a) 3, , and spread along the eastern boundary of Îndia., La Pass, (a) Zoli, , Jure 2017?, (d) 29, , (b) Plains of northern India, , (c) Ganga Brahmaputra Valley, , (b) Myanmar, , (d) Western Ghats, , (d) Pakistan [SSC (CGL) 2017], , 307, , (SSC (CGL) 2016]

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308, 42., , Objective General Knowledge, , Which of the following border is known as Radcliffe line?, (a) India and China, (c) India and Pakistan, , (b) India and Bangladeshn, , (d) India and Afghanistan, /SSC (CGL) 2016], 43. How many states are there in the Indian Union ?, (a) 28, (b) 30, (d) 29, (c) 27, /SSC 2015], 44. Sunrise in eastern Arunachal Pradesh would be about, howmany hours before the sunrise in western Gujarat ?, , (a) One hour, , (b) Two hours, (c) Three hours, (d) Four hours [NDA II 2017], 45. Which one of the following States in India has the longest, , 59. What is the name of Research Station estab:., Indian Govt. for conducting research at Antarhed, (b) None ot the, (a) Dakshin Gangotri, option, (c) Yamunotri, (d) Uttari Gangotri, , arctic?, , SSC (LDO) 2015; SSC, , 46. The, , Himalayas, , (d) West Bengal/NDA II 20171, , Uttarakhand, , 62., , 5. Tamil Nadu, , Which among, the States given above are the largest and, , area) ?, smallest, respectively, (in terms(c)of1geographical, (a) 3 and 4, (b) 3 and 2, and 4, (d) 2 and 5, 48., , CDS-I1 2015], , Gulf of Kachchh, , 3., , Lakshadweep, , 4., , Andaman and Nicobar Islands, , of, , areas, , Mannar, , correct answer using, the code given, (b) 2 and 4 only below, , (a) 1 and 3 only, , SSC (CGL) 2016], , 4., , 2., , Gulf, , 1., , Select the, , (b) Block mountains, (d) Residual mountains, , 47. Consider the following Indian States:, 1. Chhattisgarh, 2. Telangana 3. Andhra Pradesh, , j[PsCca, , India ?, , is the example of..., , (c) Ancient mountains, , (d) Indira Point, , 61. Which of the following are the major coral reef, , (b) Tamil Nadu, , (a) Fold mountains, , Arbians, , (b) Rameshwaram, , (a) Kanyakumari, (c) Nagarkoel, , Coastline?, , (a) Odisha, (c) Karmataka, , (CGL), , 60. Name the place in India where Bay of Bangal,Aand Indian Ocean meet., , (c) 1,2 and 3 only, (d) 1,2,3 and 4 fNDA I2, of the following are the neighbouring, stats, Jammu & Kashmir?, (a) Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, (b) Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, , Which, , (c) Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, (d) Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, , CTET (Mains) 2, , Whichcountry, India has the longest international boundary?, , 63. Hundru Falls' is fournd in which one of the, , (c) China, , (a) East African Plateau, (b) Plateau of Australia, (c) Tibet Plateau, (d) Chhotanagpur Plateau of India, CTETI, 64. The Sahyadris are popularly known as, , (a) Nepal, , (b) Bangladesh, , (d) Pakistan /SSC(CGL) 2016], , 49. Silent Valley' is i n, (a) Tamil Nadu, (c) Jammu & Kashmir, 50. Consider the following, 1., Garo hills, 2, Javadi hills, 3. Maikal hills, , (b) Goa, (d) Kerala, , [BSSC 2015, , pairs:, , plateaus?, , (a) Eastern Ghats, (c) The Aravalis, , Northeast India, , Central India, South India, , 65., , Which of the above pairs is /are correctly matched?, (a) 1 only, , (b) 2 and 3 only, , (c) 1 and 3 only, (d) 1,2 and 3, ESE 2015], 51. Which one of the following is the driest station?, , (a, , (b), , Mumbai, , D, , i, , (c) Leh, (d) Bengaluru [BPSC 2015], 52. The Lakshadweep Islands are situated in the, (a) None of these, , (b) Arabian Sea, , (c) Bay of Bengal, (d) Indian Ocean /SSC 2015, 53. Which of the following is not a Union Territory ?, , (b) Western Ghats, , (d) Himalayas CTET I, following, Whichone, ofthe, state, has the longestcoastine, (a) Maharashtra, (b) Tamil Nadu, (c) Gujarat, (d) Goa SSC(UDC2, , 66. How many island of India are located in the Bay of Bengal, (a) 190, (b) 204, (, 300, (d) 210, 67. Shivasamudram Falls is found in the course ot ver, , (a) Krishna, , (b) Godavari, , (c) Cauvery, 68., , (d) Mahanadi, , The 5newly, formed, States, (a), , (b), , state of, , 4 States, , Telengana is surroundedby, (c) 6, , States, , (a) Dadra and Nagar Haveli (b) Lakshadweep, , (c) Puducherry, , (d) Nagaland, , [SSC 2015], , 69. Which one, , 54. Arrange the following Indian cities according to their, , vertical rays, , t, , following cities neve, of the Sun all through the year, Srinaga, (S, , Bilaspur, , 2. Jodhpur, ejl, 3. Bhopal, 4. Ranchi, Select the correct answer using the code given below, , (a) 3,2, 1,4 (6), , 2,3,1, 4 (c), , 4,1,2,3, , 70. In a, in India, the local, roots ofliving trees into robust bridges across the stuh, , particular region, , (c) Malabar coast, , (d) Godavari coast, /SSC (CGL) 2016], , 56. India rank in area among the countries of the world, (a) Fifth, (b) Sixth, (c) Seventh (d) Eighth, DPSC 2016], 57. Which is the best planned city in India ?, Coimbatoree, , Asthetime passes, these bridges becomestronger, unique living root bridge are found in, (6) Himachal Pradest, (a) Meghalaya, (c) Jharkhand, (d) Tamil Nadu /CDS, 71., , Mount Abu is a, (a) Vindhya, , hill station located in..., , (b) Satpuda, , (c) Aravalli, 2., , (b) New Delhi, , (d) Salem /SSC (LDC) 2015), (c) Chandigarh, 58. The largest Union Territory of India i s, (b) Puducherry, (a) Chandigarh, Islands, N, (d) Lakshadweep (SsC 2011, &, A, (c), , peopletrs, Ines, , (d)INDA, 2, 1,II3,4, 2017], , 55. The Northern part of the west coast in India is known as, (a) Konkan coast, (b) Coromandel coast, , (a), , (d3a, ADA 23, , among the, , (a) Chenrnai (b) Mumbai (c) Kolkata, , locations from west to e a s t, , 1., , follow, , (d), , India accounts, surface area ?, (a) 1.8%, , for which, , (b) 2.4%, , range, , S a h y a d r i(SSC(CCL, , percent of the, , (c) 2.8%, , ' sland, , wot, (d, nanar, , 78., , Howmany Indian states share their border witr(d) Six, (a) Three, , (b) Four, , (c) Five