SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Geography - 5 - SSC CGL MCQ

Mangrove trees act as a natural barrier against cyclones and storms.

Biotic resources are resources derived from the biosphere such as living things and from forest and the materials derived from them. This mainly include fossil fuels like petroleum, coal gas, etc.

The correct answer is option 3 i.e Biotic resources

• The resources which are obtained from the biosphere and have life are Biotic resources.
• The resources which are composed of non-living things are called Abiotic resources.
• Renewable resources are elements that can be replenished over time through natural processes.
• Example of biotic resources are:
  • Plants
  • Animals
  • Human beings.
• Examples of abiotic resources are:
  • Land
  • Water
  • Air
  • Minerals such as gold, iron, copper.

Amphibians are animals that live part of their lives in water and part on land. They are vertebrates and are also ectothermic. All amphibians are cold-blooded animals and most metamorphose from a juvenile to an adult form. They cannot generate their own body heat, instead relying on the temperature of their environment to help them keep warm or cool enough to survive.
There are three main groups of amphibians: frogs and toads, salamanders and newts, and the wormlike caecilians.

There are eight planets in the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. According to the International Astronomical Union's definition, a planet is "a celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the Sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (c) has cleared the neighborhood around its orbit.

Chile is the world's largest copper producer, producing 1.79 million tons in 2013.

The taiga is a forest of the cold, subarctic region. The subarctic is an area of the Northern Hemisphere that lies just south of the Arctic Circle. Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia, and Siberia have taigas. Taiga forest of Siberia is the largest forest which covers 25 percent of the world's forest land.

The Mahadeo Hills are a range of hills in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. The hills form the central part of the Satpura Range. It is in the west of Maikala hills.

Dekke Toba fish is found in Indonesia. Lake Toba (Indonesian: Danau Toba) is a lake and supervolcano.

Timber means wood that we obtain from plants are called renewable in the sense that after cutting a tree if we plant another tree then it will grow up and again give us wood and timber whereas all other things given are non-renewable, once the stock is finished we cannot get more of it.

Afforestation is tree plantation which is undertaken in areas where plants trees are already cut.

A dust storm or sandstorm is a meteor olog ical phenomenon common in arid and semi-arid regions.
Dust storms arise when a gust front or other strong wind blows loose sand and dirt from a dry surface.

India is the largest producer and exporter of tea. The Indian tea industry has grown to own many global tea brands and has evolved into one of the most technologically equipped tea industries in the world.
Tea production, certification, exportation, and all other facts of the tea trade in India is controlled by the Tea Board of India.

Pedocal is a subdivision of the zonal soil or der. It is a class of soil which forms in semiarid and arid regions.
It is rich in calcium carbonate and has low soil organic matter.

Land able to be used for farming is called "cultivable land". It includes total fallow land and net sown area.

Gulf of Mannar with a area of 10500 sq.km. is the largest biosphere reserve of India.

In physical geography, a steppe is an ecoregion , characterized by grassland plains without trees apart from those near rivers and lakes.

Covering around 2 percent of the Earth's total surface area, the world's tropical rainforests are home to 50 percent of the Earth's plants and animals. Rainforests can be found all over the world from as far north as Alaska and Canada to Latin America, Asia and Africa.

The world's growing appetite for beef is a leading cause of tropical deforestation.

The Ravva oil and gas field in the Krishna- Godavari Basin was developed in partnership with Cairn India, ONGC, Videocon and Ravva Oil, under a production sharing contract (PSC) that runs until 2019.

Starting from north, Machallipatnam is located in Andhra Pradesh. Chennai, Nagapatnam and Tuticorin are present in Tamil Nadu.

Santa Cruz is a domestic airport in Mumbai.

The Almatti Dam is a dam project on the Krishna River in North Karnataka, India which was completed in July 2005. The Almatti Dam is the main reservoir of the Upper Krishna Irrigation Project.

Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) is the first shore based integrated steel plant Public sector in the country located at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. The plant was commissioned in August 1992 with a capacity to produce 3 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of liquid steel. The plant has been built to match international standards with state-of-the-art technology, incorporating extensive energy saving and pollution control measures. VSP has an excellent layout capable of expanding up to 16 MTPA.

The development of plants into distinctive forms is mainly due to Climatic conditions.

Dr. M S Swaminanthan said the given lin es.
Swaminathan is known as "Indian Father of Green Revolution" for his leadership and success in introducing and further developing high-yielding varieties of wheat in India.

The lines joining places of equal values of horizontal component of Earth's magnetic field are called isodynamic lines.

According to options, Tamil Nadu state is smallest in area.
Karnataka - 191,791 km²
Gujarat - 196,024 km²
Andhra Pradesh - 160,205 km²
Tamil Nadu - 130,060 km²

Coffee is mainly produced in Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. Among all coffee producing states, Karnataka stands on top with a share of more than 70% of the total coffee produced in India.

The plant which has no root is Bryophytes leaves or stems. Moss and liverworts belong to this group. They are flowerless plants that grow in clumps. Some examples of rootless plats are: Wolffia arrhiza, Lemna, Cuscuta etc.