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  1. The deepest land locked and protected port in India is

  2. A.

     Marmugoa

    B.

     Visakhaptanam

    C.

     Mumbai

    D.

     Cochin


  3. India has one land-locked and protected port which is at

  4. A.

     Paradeep

    B.

     Chennai

    C.

     Kolkata

    D.

     Visakhapatnam


  5. The airport of Mumbai is called

  6. A.

     Dum Dum

    B.

     Sahar

    C.

     Palam

    D.

     Meenambakkam


  7. The territorial waters of India extends up to

  8. A.

     5 nautical miles

    B.

     12 nautical miles

    C.

     15 nautical miles

    D.

     2 nautical miles


  9. Mudumalai Sanctuary famous for elephants and deer is situated in

  10. A.

     Assam

    B.

     Gujarat

    C.

     Tamil Nadu

    D.

     Karnataka


  11. India's latitudinal and longitudinal extent measured in degrees are almost the same, but its north-south extent measured in km is greater than its east-west extent. This is due to the fact that

  12. A.

     Longitudes are not parallel lines

    B.

     The distance between latitudes remains the same but the distance between longitudes is greatest at the Equator and nil at the poles where all longitudes join

    C.

     All longitudes with their opposites form great circles

    D.

     The earth is not a perfect sphere


  13. Rihand Valley Project is located in the state of

  14. A.

     Uttar Pradesh

    B.

     Jharkhand

    C.

     Odisha

    D.

     Madhya Pradesh


  15. Which State in India is known as the 'Granary of India'?

  16. A.

     Haryana

    B.

     Andhra Pradesh

    C.

     Punjab

    D.

     Kerala


  17. 'Sagar Samrat' is

  18. A.

     An oil drilling platform in Mumbai High

    B.

     An island in Indian Ocean

    C.

     A ship used for Antarctica expedition

    D.

     A space craft


  19. Where would you find Oraon, Munda, Santhal, Gonds and Asurs?

  20. A.

     Chhattishgarh

    B.

     Andhra Pradesh

    C.

     Mahrashtra

    D.

     Jharkhand