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1
________ is a planned city in India.
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Answer: Option D
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Chandigarh is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is India's first planned city and is known for its layout, which was 'designed for the people'. Chandigarh was created just for this. The project of creating a brand new city took on great significance because of the then Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's personal interest in it.
2
Coir, Copra, Coconut, Cashew are mainly exported from
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Answer: Option B
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Coir, Copra, Coconut, Cashew are mainly exported from Cochin because Kerala is the major producer of these products.
3
Which of the following is the name of very violent and serious type of winds which bring a lot of disaster?
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Answer: Option B
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Hurricane is the name of very violent and serious type of winds which bring a lot of disaster. A hurricane is a storm with violent winds, which forms over tropical or subtropical waters. When a storm’s maximum sustained winds reach 74 mph, it’s called a hurricane. The hurricane wind scale has a 1 to 5 rating, based on the sustained winds.
4
The Govt. of India has decided to increase the export of cashewnut. Which of the following is not a major cashewnut growing State?
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Answer: Option B
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Uttar Pradesh is not major cashewnut growing State. The major cashew nut producing states in India are Maharastra, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Goa and West Bengal.
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Which of the following is grown in the cold climate of Kashmir?
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Answer: Option C
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Saffron is grown in the cold climate of Kashmir. Saffron needs extreme heat and dryness in summer and extreme cold during winter. Maximum vegetative growth takes place during winter.
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The States involved In the Dandakaranya Project are
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Answer: Option C
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The States involved In the Dandakaranya Project are Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh. Extending over an area of about 35,600 square miles (92,300 square km), it includes the Abujhmar Hills in the west and borders the Eastern Ghats in the east. The Dandakaranya includes parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh states.
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The first shore based integrated steel project in India is coming up at
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Answer: Option C
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The first shore based integrated steel project in India is coming up at Visakhapatnam. Vizag Steel Plant is the only Indian shore-based, modern and integrated steel plant and is situated on 33,000 acres and is poised to expand to produce up to 20 MT in a single campus.
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What is Gomia in Jharkhand famous for?
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Answer: Option D
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Gomia in Jharkhand famous for Explosives factory. Gomia took shape around the year 1956, when the Imperial Chemical Industries, a Britsh company, set up Indian Explosive Limited (IEL) factory here.
9
India's land border with the neighboring countries is, in length, approximately
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Answer: Option B
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India's land border with the neighboring countries is, in length, approximately 15 thousand km.
10
The Indo-Gangetic Plains of India are fertile due to
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Answer: Option B
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The Indo-Gangetic Plains of India are fertile due to Alluvial soils brought by the rivers from the mountains. It is bound on the north by the abruptly rising Himalayas, which feed its numerous rivers and are the source of the fertile alluvium deposited across the region by the two river systems.