Ans : (b)

213.Metallurgical coal used in the smelting of iron ore is 1

(a) Anthracite (b) Bituminous
(c) Lignite (d) Peat

Ans : (b)

214.Which one of the following states is the leading producer of Iron ore? 1
(a) Chhattisgarh (b) Jharkhand
(c) Karnataka (d) Madhya Pradesh

Ans : (c)

215.Kakrapara nuclear power station is located in the state of 1

(a) Maharashtra (b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Karnataka (d) Gujarat

Ans : (d)

216.Nearly 10 kg of ___________ is required to manufacture one tonne of steel. 1

Ans : manganese

217.___________ in India has ideal conditions for utilising tidal energy. 1

Ans : Gulf of Kuchchh

218.________________ is the most important lignite mine of Tamil Nadu. 1

Ans : Neyveli

219.Kalpakkam is the nuclear power plant located in Tamil Nadu. (True/False) 1

Ans : True

220.The plant using cow dung is known as Gobar Gas Plant. (True/False) 1

Ans : True

221.Parvati Valley is the leading producer of Solar energy. (True/False) 1

Ans : False

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(a) Lead (b) Copper
(c) Tin (d) Limestone

Ans : (d)

223.Kudremukh is an important Iron Ore mine of 1

(a) Kerala (b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Karnataka (d) Andhra Pradesh

Ans : (c)

224.Which of the following minerals is mined at Balaghat mines? 1

(a) Manganese (b) Aluminium
(c) Copper (d) Limestone

Ans : (a)

225.Which of the following is an offshore oil field? 1

(a) Ankaleshwar (b) Digboi
(c) Kalol (d) Mumbai High

Ans : (d)

226.Minerals are generally found in _____________. 1

Ans : ores

227.About 63% of India’s petroleum production comes from _______________. 1

Ans : Mumbai High

228.The Bailadila Hills look like the hump of a camel. 1

(True/False)

Ans : False

229.The full form of CNG Compressed Natural Gas. 1

(True/False)

Ans : True

230.Match the columns 1

Column A Column B
(a) Manganese (i) Electrical industries
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(c) Mica (iii) West Bengal
(d) Limestone (iv) Madhya Pradesh
(e) Coal (v) Cement

Ans : (a) (ii), (b) (iii), (c) (i), (d) (v), (e) (iv)

231.Which one of the following cities has emerged as the ‘electronic capital’ of India? [All India 1
2012]
(a) Delhi (b) Kolkata
(c) Bengaluru (d) Hyderabad

Ans : (c)

232.Which one of the following factors plays the most important role in the location of an industry in 1
a particular region?
(a) Raw material
(b) Market
(c) Least production cost
(d) Transport

Ans : (c)

233.Which of the following industries is not a heavy industriy. 1

(a) Cotton textile (b) Cement
(c) Iron and Steel (d) Ship building

Ans : (a)

234.Which one of the following industries manufactures telephones, computer, etc.? 1

(a) Cement
(b) Iron and Steel
(c) Electronic
(d) Chemical

Ans : (c)

235.Which one of the following public sector plants is located in Chhattisgarh? 1

(a) Bokaro Steel Plant
(b) Bhilai Steel Plant
(c) Durgapur Steel Plant
(d) Rourkela Steel Plant

Ans : (b)

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(a) HAIL (b) SAIL
(c) TATA Steel (d) MNCC

Ans : (b)

237.Which one of the following is not a centre of Automobile industry ? 1

(a) Chennai (b) Bengaluru
(c) Jamshedpur (d) Coimbatore

Ans : (d)

238.SAIL is an example of _______________industry. 1

Ans : Public Sector

239.The first textile mill was set up at _____________. 1

Ans : Mumbai

240.India exports jute goods to ________________. 1

Ans : France

241.Silencers can be used to control______________. 1

Ans : Noise pollution

242.The sugar industry is well suited to the cooperative sector. (True/False) 1

Ans : True

243.Coir industry is an example of cooperative sector. 1

(True/False)

Ans : True

244.India is the largest producer of Sponge Iron. 1

(True/False)

Ans : True

245.Match the columns 1

Column A Column B
 (a) Leading centre of (i) Mumbai
Automobile industry
(b) A software technology park (ii) Gurgaon
(c) Software Technology
(iii) Chhattisgarh
Park in Kerala
(d) A leading centre of cotton textile
(iv) Bhubaneswar
industry
(v) 
(e) Bhilai Steel Plant
Thiruvananthapuram

Ans : (a) (ii), (b) (iv), (c) (v), (d) (i), (e) (iii)

246.Leading centre of woollen textile industry in Punjab 1

(a) Kanpur (b) Ludhiana
(c) Murshidabad (d) Panipat

Ans : (d)

247.TISCO is 1
(a) Joint Sector Industry
(b) Private Sector Industry
(c) Co-operative Sector Industry
(d) Public Sector Industry

Ans : (b)

248.Iron and Steel industry requires Iron ore, coking coal and limestone in which of the following 1
proportions?
(a) 2 : 3 : 1 (b) 4 : 2 : 1
(c) 1 : 2 : 3 (d) 2 : 3 : 4

Ans : (b)

249.The employees employed in the manufacturing of the car belongs to the _____________. 1

Ans : Secondary Sector

250._____________region has the maximum concentration of iron and steel industries. 1

Ans : Chhotanagpur region.

251.The Dabur industry is a public sector industry. 1

(True/False)

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252.Edible oil industry is an example of the agro based industry. (True/False) 1

Ans : True

253.What is the name given to the International Airport at Kolkata? 1

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Meenambakkam
(c) Rajiv Gandhi
(d) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

Ans : (d)

254.Which one of the following means of transport is used for carrying solids in a slurry form? 1
(a) Trucks (b) Railways
(c) Pipelines (d) Ships

Ans : (c)

255.Which one of the following is an inland riverine port? 1

(a) Kandla (b) Kolkata
(c) Mumbai (d) Tuticorin

Ans : (b)

256.Which one of the following is not the means of mass communication? 1

(a) Cards and envelopes
(b) Radio
(c) Newspaper
(d) Films

Ans : (a)

257.The longest pipeline connects 1

(a) Hazira to Kanpur
(b) Salaya to Jalandhar
(c) Hazira to Jagdishpur
(d) Koyali to Haldia

Ans : (c)

258.Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? 1

Column I Column II
(a) First port (i) Kandla
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(c) A port located at the
(iii) Tuticorin
entrance of a lagoon
(d) An inland riverine port (iv) Kolkata
(e) Oldest artificial  port (v) Chennai

Ans : (c)

259.Difference between the total value of exports and imports is called ___________. 1
(a) Balance of Payment
(b) Balance of Trade
(c) Surplus Budget
(d) Deficit Balance

Ans : (b)

260.Which one of the following countries has the largest telecom network in Asia? 1
(a) China (b) Japan
(c) Pakistan (d) India

Ans : (d)

261.STD refers to 1
(a) Suburban Telephone Dialing
(b) Subscriber Trunk Dialing
(c) Social Telephone Distributor
(d) Speed Telephone Dialing

Ans : (b)

262.The first train was steamed off from 1

(a) Mumbai to Kalyan
(b) Mumbai to Delhi
(c) Mumbai to Thane
(d) Mumbai to Satara

Ans : (c)

263._______________is the largest producer of feature films in the world. 1

Ans : India

264._______________ has the lowest density of roads in India. 1

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265.The two important navigable rivers of India are the ______________ and the ______________. 1

Ans : Ganga and Yamuna

266.The Raja Sansi is the southernmost International Airport. (True/False) 1

Ans : False

267.Marmagao is the premier iron ore exporting port of Goa. (True/False) 1

Ans : True

268.International Trade is considered as economic barometer for a country. (True/False) 1

Ans : True

269.Match the columns 1

Column A Column B
(a) Indira Gandhi International Airport (i) Odisha
(b) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (ii) Mumbai
(c) Chhatrapati Shivaji (iii) Kolkata
(d) Kandla (iv) Gujarat
(e) Paradwip (v) Delhi

Ans : (a) (v), (b) (iii), (c) (ii), (d) (iv), (e) (a)

270.Which one of the following is a subsidiary port of Kolkata? 1

(a) Tuticorin (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Haldia (d) Vishakhapatnam

Ans : (c)

271.The first class mail includes which one of the following? 1

(a) Book packets
(b) Registered newspapers
(c) Envelopes and cards
(d) Periodicals and journals

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272.The people who make the products come to the consumers by transportation are called _______. 1
(a) Businessman (b) Retailers
(c) Traders (d) Industrialists

Ans : (c)

273.Which one of the following commodities does not belong to items of export? 1
(a) Gems and jewellery
(b) Agriculture and allied products
(c) Fertilizers
(d) Engineering Goods

Ans : (c)

274.______________maintains the District Roads. 1

Ans : Zila Parishad

275.Maximum numbers of newspapers published in India are in ___________. 1

Ans : hindi

276.Foreign tourists visit India for heritage tourism, medical tourism, adventure tourism and 1
business tourism. (True/False)

Ans : True

277.Andhra Pradesh has the maximum road density in India. (True/False) 1

Ans : False

278.Which of the following is an example of horizontal sharing of power? 1

(a) Power sharing between different states.
(b) Power sharing between different organs of the government.
(c) Power sharing between different levels of the government.
(d) Power sharing between different political parties.

Ans : (b)

279.Who elects the community government in Belgium? 1

(a) People belonging to one language community only.
(b) By the leader of Belgium.
(c) The citizens of the whole country.
(d) The community leaders of Belgium.
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