HPAS 2011 Geography Topic-Wise Solutions
Question 43
Which city in India is called the garden city?
- (a) Chandigarh
- (b) Bengaluru
- (c) Srinagar
- (d) Thiruvananthapuram
Correct Answer: (b) Bengaluru
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Question 44
The Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats meet at:
- (a) Anaimalai Hills
- (b) Anaimudi Hills
- (c) Nilgiri Hills
- (d) Palni Hills
Correct Answer: (c) Nilgiri Hills
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Question 45
Three important rivers of the Indian Subcontinent have their sources near the Mansarovar Lake in the Great Himalayas. These rivers are:
- (a) Indus, Jhelum and Satluj
- (b) Brahmaputra, Satluj and Yamuna
- (c) Brahmaputra, Indus and Satluj
- (d) Jhelum, Satluj and Yamuna
Correct Answer: (c) Brahmaputra, Indus and Satluj
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Question 46
Match list I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List I (Nuclear Power Stations)
(a) Kakrapur
(b) Raiga (Kaiga)
(c) Rawatbhata
(d) Narora
List II (States)
(i) Karnataka
(ii) Gujarat
(iii) Rajasthan
(iv) Uttar Pradesh
Codes (a) (b) (c) (d):
- (a) (ii) (i) (iv) (d)
- (b) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
- (c) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
- (d) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
Correct Answer: (d) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
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Question 47
Koyali is:
- (a) Hydroelectric plant in Assam
- (b) Thermal Electric plant in Maharashtra
- (c) Oil Refinery in Gujarat
- (d) Biogas plant in Andhra Pradesh
Correct Answer: (c) Oil Refinery in Gujarat
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Question 48
Zawar Mines are important for:
- (a) Bauxite
- (b) Tungsten
- (c) Zinc
- (d) Lead
Correct Answer: (c) Zinc OR (d) Lead
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Question 49
Which of the following groups of rivers originates from the Himachal mountains?
- (a) Beas, Ravi and Chenab
- (b) Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum
- (c) Satluj, Beas and Ravi
- (d) Satluj, Ravi and Jhelum
Correct Answer: (a) Beas, Ravi and Chenab
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Question 50
The Pennines (Europe), Appalachians (America) and the Aravallis (India) are examples of:
- (a) Old mountains
- (b) Young mountains
- (c) Fold mountains
- (d) Block mountains
Correct Answer: (a) Old mountains OR (c) Fold mountains
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Question 51
Almost 90% of the world’s fish supply comes from:
- (a) Inland waters
- (b) The coast of Peru
- (c) The continental shelf
- (d) The open seas
Correct Answer: (c) The continental shelf
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Question 52
The production of most metallic minerals is affected by each of the following, except:
- (a) Distance to market
- (b) Quantity available
- (c) Richness of the ore
- (d) Weight of the ore
Correct Answer: (d) Weight of the ore
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Question 53
Intensive subsistence agriculture is concentrated in:
- (a) Areas with a Mediterranean climate
- (b) Major river valleys and deltas such as the Ganges
- (c) The plains of the Midwestern United States
- (d) The Lapland areas of Scandinavia
Correct Answer: (b) Major river valleys and deltas such as the Ganges
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Question 54
Mediterranean agriculture is:
- (a) Dependent upon large quantities of summer rainfall
- (b) Known for grapes, olives, oranges and figs
- (c) One of the least productive of the agricultural regions
- (d) Found only in Southern Europe and Northern Africa
Correct Answer: (b) Known for grapes, olives, oranges and figs
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