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11. Alfalfa is
Answer: c) a kind of grass. Alfalfa is a forage crop, extensively grown in Western
countries.
12. Which one of the following countries in Europe is the major producer of
perfumes, toilette and fashion goods?
Answer: c) French. French is famous for its expensive perfumes, eau de toilettee and
its fashion world.
13. Which of the following regions of China produces about 90 percent of coal of the
country?
Answer: Not sure. In China Major coal reserves are in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia
14. The largest fish-exporting region of the world is
Answer: a) North-East Atlantic coastal region
15. Which of the following is the principal reason for very high density of population
in North-West Europe and North-East America?
Answer: a) Growth of manufacturing industries
16. Which of the following approximately is the percentage of the world population
concentrated in Asia?
Answer: d) 59%. Asia is home to more than 4.4 billion people. It is nearly 60% of
current world population of 7.1 billion.
17. Which one of the following climatic characteristic is associated with tropical
deserts?
Answer: c) Very high daily range of temperature. In tropical deserts are found in areas
with high pressure. No or little rainfall occurs there. Temperature can change from 38
degree in day to 5 degree at night. That means daily temperature range is high.
18. Pastoral activities mean
Answer: c) rearing of animals for meat, milk, wool and skin.
19. The area of our globe that lies between the Tropic of Cancer and the tropic of
Capricorn is called
Answer: d) Torrid zone
20. Africa is rich in resources but the countries within the continent are very poor.
This is because
Answer: a) it is impossible to develop their resources. This is not a easy question.
Various theories suggest different things. As other options sound odd, we picked a).
21. Which of the following is one of the major forest regions, called taiga?
Answer: a) Northern China including Manchuria. Taiga is a cold, coniferous forest of
northern hemisphere.
22. Which of the following makes Gujarat the largest producer of salt in India?
Answer: c) Gujarat has large area of shallow sea. Climate of Gujarat is sunny and dry.
On top of that it has 1600 km long coastline and large areas of shallow sea.
23. Which of the following parts of the equatorial region has well-developed rubber
plantation?
Answer: b) Malaysia. Malaysia is the largest grower of Rubber in world.
24. The Ruhr basin, rich in coalfields is in
Answer: c) Germany.
NOT OFFICIAL Answer Key Prepared by Assams.info
25. Which of the following countries leads in the production of copper?
Answer: b) Chile. Top five Copper producing countries include Chile, USA, Peru,
China and Australia.
26. Most of the raw cotton, produced in India, is cultivated on a soil, called
Answer: d) Regur soil. Cotton is grown in regur or black cotton soil found in Central
and Western India.
27. Which one of the following continents has the largest area under plain?
Answer: a) Asia
28. Which of the following groups of states forms the leading steel manufacturing and
steel fabricating region of India?
Answer: c) Jharkhand and Chattishgarh
29. Which of the following is a rift valley?
Answer: b) Narmada valley
30. Which one of the following states of India has the highest groundwater utilization
(in percentage) of its total groundwater potential?
Answer: a) Tamilnadu (80%)
31. The earliest iron and steel company established in India was
Answer: a) IISCO. The Indian Iron and Steel Company (IISCO) was setup in 1918 at
Burnpur in Asansol, West Bengal.
54. Indias rank in terms of Human Development index as on 31st March, 2013,
among the countries of the world is
Answer: No correct option Current HDI rank of India is 136.
55. Which one of the following is not an inland drainage?
Answer: c) Mahi. Mahi falls into Gulf of Khambhat. Luni gets lost in marshy lands of
Kuchh. Saraswati is lost in Thar desert. Betwa merges into Yamuna.
56. Mothonguri is located on the proximity of which of the following drainage?
Answer: d) Manas. Mothonguri or Mathanguri is within the range of Manas National
Park, near which Manas river forms its tributary Beki.
57. Besides Nilachal Kamakhya, there is another Kamakhya in Assam nearby which
there lies the burial ground of Mir Jumlah. The temple is located
Answer: c) That Kamakhya temple is located near Mankachar in Dhubri.
58. The Khandong Dam is located on the upstream of
Answer:b b) Kapili. Khandong dam is located on the upstream of river Kapili.
Khandong Hydro-electric Generating Station is a part of Kapili Hydro-electric power
project.
59. Which of the following refineries does not procure crude oil from Upper
Brahmaputra valley?
Answer: c) Mathura. The Mathura refinery processes crude from Bombay High and
imported crude from Nigeria & Middle East.
60. Koliabhumura bridge connects
Answer: d) Silghat with Bhomoraguri
61. Dibru Saikhowa Sanctuary is famous for
Answer: d) All of the above. Dibru Saikhow is known for Wild horse and elephant.
But winged wood duck, and various aquatic avifauna are also found in the national
park.
62. Which of the following India cities produces maximum cotton fabrics?
Answer: c) Surat
63. McMohan line stretches between
Answer: d) Nathu la and Tawang la
64. The settlement that has developed along the foothills of Assam and Meghalaya is
called
76. Zaid cropping season in Assam generally occurs between the months of
Answer: b) March and June
77. Which one of the following groups of towns is correctly stated in respect of
descending order of population size?
Answer: b) Guwahati Silchar Dibrugarh Jorhat. Population data Guwahati
(9.68 lakh), Silchar (2.28 lakh), Dibrugarh (1.54 lakh), Jorhat (1.53 lakh), Nagaon
(1.47 lakh), Tinsukia (1.25 lakh), Tezpur (1.00 lakh) and Diphu (63 thousand)
78. Which one of the following places of Assam is located at the highest altitude?
Answer: c) Simhasan
79. Which of the following statements is correct?
Answer: a) Ai river falls into Manas river.
Answers are provided by Assams.info, not official.
80. Proved coal reserve of Assam stands at
Answer: Data provided not matching actual data. Official data is just 259 or 240
million tonnes.
81. In which of the following places super phosphate fertilizer plant is located?
Answer: a) Namrup
82. In which of the following tea estates organic tea has been recently produced?
Answer: b) Hatikhuli tea estate
83. The LGB International Airport at present operates to
Answer: d) None of the above
84. Deopani and Koilajan are famous for
Answer: a) Limestone
85. Which of the following thermal power projects is based only on natural gas?
Answer: b) Namrup Kathalguri Amguri. Gas-based : Kathalguri, Namrup,
Amguri. Coal-based: Chandrapur, Bongaigaon. Hydro-electric: Umrangsu, Khandong
86. The part of Brahmaputra between Pasighat and Parasuram Kund (Sadiya) is
known as
Answer: a) Brahmaputra is called Dihang after it enters Pasighat.
98. Which one of the following drainages does not originate in Meghalaya?
Answer: d) Kakadonga. Dudhnoi, Kulsi, Singra river originates from Meghalaya.
Kakadonga from Nagaland.
99. Which one of the following is the smallest in area?
Answer: c) Karbi Plateau. Karbi Plateau ( 32,821 sq km), Barak Plain (6962 sq km),
Tripura Piedmont Plain (4500 sq. km), Manipur Plain (1843 sq km)
100. The average altitude (BM) of Guwahati from mean sea level as per GPS record is
Answer: c) 55 meters above mean sea level.