(Paper) Model Tests for IAS-Prelims Geography Test Part - 1

Model Tests for IAS-Prelims Geography Test Part - 1

Questions : 

1. Which one of the following mountain ranges is spread over only one State in India?
Aravalli
Satpura
Ajanta
Sahyadri


2. The Palk Bay lies between.
Gulf of Kachchh and Gulf of Khambhat.
Gulf fo Mannar and Bay of Bengal.
Lakshadweep and Maldive Islands.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands.


3. Which one of the following areas of India produces largest amount of cotton?
North western India and Gangetic West Bengal
North western and western India
Western and southern India
Plains of northern India


4. Local supply of coal is not available to
TISCO, Jamshedpur
VSL, Bhadravat
HSL, Durgapur
HSL, Bhila


5. "From Aceh in the far north west to Torres Strait in the east is 5000 miles, almost as far as from London to Baghdad. The archipelago has 14,000 islands, some mere equatorial rocks, others some of the largest in the world." This description best fits
West Indies
Japan
Philippines
Indonesia


6. Which one of the following is cultivated by transplanting seedlings?
Maize
Sorghum
Onion
Soyabean


7. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
Teak : Jammu and Kashmir
Deodar : Madhya Pradesh
Sandalwood : Kerala
Sundari : West Bengal


8. The canal-carrying capacity of Farrakka is
75,000 Cusecs
70,000 Cusecs
40,000 Cusecs
35,000 Cusecs


9. Which one of the following factors is reponsible for the change in the regular direction of the ocean currents in the Indian Ocean?
Indian Ocean is 'half an ocean
Indian Ocean has Monsoon drift
Indian Ocean is a land-locked ocean
Indian Ocean has greater variation in salinity


10. Consider the following natural phenimena : 1. Terrestrial heating 2. Reflection of light 3. Refraction of light 4. Diffraction of light Due to which of these phenomena is mirage formed?
1 and 2
2, 3 and 4
1 and 3
4 only