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  1. The percentage of India's total population employed in agriculture is nearly

  2. A.

     40%

    B.

     50%

    C.

     60%

    D.

     70%


  3. Which of the following important rivers of India does not originate from the Western Ghats?

  4. A.

     Cauvery

    B.

     Godavari

    C.

     Krishna

    D.

     Mahanadi


  5. Which of the following areas or regions is most prone to earthquakes?

  6. A.

     Ganga-Brahmaputra valley

    B.

     Deccan plateau

    C.

     Plains of northern India

    D.

     Western ghats


  7. The proportion of forest to the total national geographical area of India as envisaged by National Forest Policy is

  8. A.

     30.3%

    B.

     33.3%

    C.

     38.3%

    D.

     42.3%


  9. Which of the following dams has generations of power more than irrigation as its main purpose?

  10. A.

     Gandhi Sagar

    B.

     Hirakud

    C.

     Periyar

    D.

     Tungabhadra


  11. Which of the following crops is regarded as a plantation crop?

  12. A.

     Coconut

    B.

     Cotton

    C.

     Sugarcane

    D.

     Rice


  13. Which of the following countries leads in the production of aluminium and its products in the world?

  14. A.

     Australia

    B.

     France

    C.

     India

    D.

     USA


  15. The natural region which holds the Indian subcontinent is

  16. A.

     equatorial climate change region

    B.

     hot deset

    C.

     monsoon

    D.

     mediterranean


  17. The most ideal region for the cultivation of cotton in India is

  18. A.

     the Brahmaputra valley

    B.

     the Indo-Gangetic valley

    C.

     the Deccan plateau

    D.

     the Rann of Kutch


  19. Which of the following are true with respect to the Indian Peninsular Plateau?

    1. I.The southern plateau block is formed mainly of granite and gneiss
    2. II.The Deccan lava plateau is an elevated tableland consisting of horizontally arranged lava sheets
    3. III.The Malwa plateau dominates the Vindhyam scraps, forming the northern flank of the plateau
    4. IV.The trough of the Narmada and Tapti are interposed between the Vindhyan and the Satpura ranges
  20. A.

     I, II and III

    B.

     I and II

    C.

     I, II, III and IV

    D.

     I, III and IV