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  1. Ankleshwar Basin (offshore) oil-fields is located in:

  2. A.

     Gujarat

    B.

     Assam

    C.

     Madhya Pradesh

    D.

     Maharashtra


  3. India is divided into:

  4. A.

     Six Postal Zones.

    B.

     Seven Postal Zones.

    C.

     Eight Postal Zones.

    D.

     Nine Postal Zones.


  5. Rail coach factory is located in:

  6. A.

     Durgapur

    B.

     Vizag

    C.

     Varanasi

    D.

     Kapurthala (Punjab)


  7. India's first Atomic power plant is:

  8. A.

     Kalpakkam

    B.

     Tarapur

    C.

     Narora

    D.

     Cossipore


  9. Where is the volcanic Mt. St. Helens situated?

  10. A.

     United States of America

    B.

     UK

    C.

     Canada

    D.

     Australia


  11. Temperate grasslands of Eurasia are called:

  12. A.

     Grasswood

    B.

     Getepp

    C.

     Steppe

    D.

     Greenwood


  13. The circulation and movement of soluble inorganic matter (nutrients) derived from sedimentary and atmospheric phases and reservoirs through organic phase of various biotic components and finally their return to inorganic phase is collectively called:

  14. A.

     Chemical Cycles

    B.

     Biogeochemical Cycles

    C.

     Physical Cycles

    D.

     Biological Cycles


  15. The middle zone of the earth with a thickness of 2780 km having an average density of 5.6 is known as:

  16. A.

     Rosphere

    B.

     Osophere

    C.

     Pyrosphere

    D.

     Cyrosphere


  17. The instrument which records the seismic waves generated by the occurrence of earth-quakes is called:

  18. A.

     Barometer

    B.

     Gyrometer

    C.

     Wavograph

    D.

     Seismograph


  19. Wild Ass Sanctuary is situated in

  20. A.

     Assam

    B.

     Gujarat

    C.

     Madhya Pradesh

    D.

     Maharashtra