SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Geography - 3 - SSC CGL MCQ

Green revolution refers to the introduction of High yielding variety (HYV) of seeds and increased use of fertilizer and irrigation methods. It is related to horticulture.

Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is situated in Koodankulam in the Tirunelveli district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Top 5 Proven oil reservesin millions of barrelsin the world areVenezuela (315,878), Saudi Arabia (266,455), Canada (169,709),  Iran (158,400), Iraq (142,503).

The instance heat that prevails in the Indian Sub continent causes a low pressure region over the northern plains. It is intense enough to attract the moisture bearing winds from the Indian Ocean .Thus the south east trade winds from the southern hemisphere are attracted towards India.

A river profile is a curve which shows the slop of a river from source to mouth.A stream flowing over irregular terrain may have waterfalls, rapids and lakes along its course.Though the stream will wear away the irregularities to leave a smoothly curving profile called a graded profile.

Karst is a landscape formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks including limestone, dolomite and gypsum. It is characterized by sinkholes, caves, and underground drainage systems.

Kerala is famous for the cultivation of coconut, tea, coffee, cashew and spices.

The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway line in the world. It has a length of 9,289 km which connects Moscow to Vladivostok.

India is the largest jute producing (87.78 Lakh Bales of 180kg each in 2013-14) country in the world.

The highest peak in eastern ghats is Jinjhagada peak with a height of 1690m. Next Is ArmaKoda (1680m),then Deomali (1672m), then GaliKonda (1643 meters),and thenShevaroy hill (1628 meters). Height of Mahendragiri peak is 1501 meters.

The method of age determination called radioactive uranium dating cannot be used to determined the age of fossils and plant bodies.

Altocumulus clouds are part of the Middle Cloud group (2000-7000m up). They are small mid-level layers or patches of clouds, called cloudlets, which most commonly exist in the shape of rounded clumps. They are white and/or gray in colour with generally shadowed parts or undersites and often show a waved aspect.

Major irrigation schemes have a Culturable Command Areas (CCA) of More than 10,000 hectares.
The Medium Irrigation Schemes have a CCA of 2,000-10,000 hectares.

Tuvalu is a Polynesian island country located in the Pacific Ocean, situated in Oceania, about midway between Hawaii and Australia. This Island is under direct threat of rising sea levels due to climate change has appealed for help from European leaders.

Red soil is found in Indian state such that Tamil Nadu, southern Karnataka, north-eastern Andhra and some parts of M.P., Chhattisgarh and Odisha. It is the combination of the rock material and the ignitions part of the rocks and the mountain. Red soil in India lacks of nitrogenous material, phosphoric acid, organic matter but rich in iron.

Mount Abu is a popular hill station in the Aravalli Range in Sirohi district of Rajasthan state in western India, near the border with Gujarat.

Kaveri is the only perennial river in pen insular India.
Though not snow-fed like the rivers of north India, Kaveri receives rainwater almost all through the year, mainly due to the occurrence of reverse Monsoon in Tamil Nadu.

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth.

Approximately 9 miles (14 km) wide at its narrowest point, the Strait of Gibraltar is the entry point into the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by the continents of Africa and Europe, and the countries of Morocco, Spain, the British colony of Gibraltar, and the Spanish exclave of Ceuta.

As per question Madhapur is corr ect answer but, at the end of November, the country turned on the world's largest solar power plant spanning 10 km sq in Kamuthi in the state of Tamil Nadu. It packs 648 megawatts of power-nearly 100 more than California's Topaz Solar Farm, which was previously the largest solar plant at a single location.

Tehri Dam  is a multi-pur pose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River near Tehri in Uttarakhand, India.

India has 15,106.7 km of land border and a coastline of 7,516.6 km including island territories. The length of our land borders with neighbouring countries is as follows : Bangladesh : 4,096.7 China : 3,488 Pakistan : 3,323 Nepal : 1,751 Myanmar : 1,643 Bhutan : 699 Afghanistan : 106.

Gujarat is strategically located with lar gest share in India’s coastline, followed by Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

Jog Fall located at southern state of Karnataka is India’s highest waterfall. Its height is 830 feet and is located on Sharavati River.

Tropical Evergreen forests of India are found in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Western Ghats, which fringe the Arabian Sea, the coastline of peninsular India, and the greater Assam region in the north-east.

Tripura is a hilly state in northeast India. It is surrounded by Bangladesh from three sides on its north, south and west. The length of its international border is 856 km (84 per cent of its total border). The capital of Tripura is AGARTALA.

The Sun is directly overhead at "high -noon " on the equator twice per year, at the two equinoxes. Spring (or Vernal) Equinox is usually March 20, and Fall (or Autumnal) equinox is usually September 22.

The largest shelf - the Siberian Shelf in the Arctic Ocean - stretches to 1,500 kilometers (930 mi) in width. The South China Sea lies over another extensive area of continental shelf, the Sunda Shelf, which joins Borneo, Sumatra, and Java to the Asian mainland.

In terms of length, catchment area and discharge, the Godavari river is the largest in peninsular India and had been dubbed as the 'Dakshina Ganga' - the South Ganges river.

In general, the river's bed from source to its mouth makes a smooth curve known as graded profile. A river has a maximum gradient in its upper course, less in the middle and least in lower courses.