Solution: (d)
The Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve is a non-use conservation area and biosphere reserve in the Satpura Range of Madhya Pradesh. It is located within Hoshangabad, Betul, and Chhindwara districts of Madhya Pradesh. UNESCO designated it as a bio sphere reserve in 2009.
Palk Strait is situated between
(a) India and Pakistan
(b) India and Bangladesh
(c) India and Sri Lanka
(d) India and Myanmar
Solution: (c)
The Palk Strait is a strait between Tamil Nadu and the Mannar district of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It connects the Bay of Bengal in the northeast with the Palk Bay and then with the Gulf of Mannar in the southwest. The strait is named after Robert Palk, the governor of Madras Presidency during 1755- 1763.
The headquarters of the Survey of India Department is located at:
(a) Jaipur
(b) Dehradun
(c) Hyderabad
(d) New Delhi
Solution: (b)
The Survey of India is headquartered at Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand. It is India’s central engineering agency in charge of mapping and surveying. Set up in 1767 to help consolidate the territories of the British East India Company, it is one of the oldest Engineering Departments of the Government of India.
Which of the following is formed out of volcanic eruptions in India?
(a) Deccan Plateau
(b) Lakshadweep Islands
(c) Western Ghats
(d) Himalayas
Solution: (a)
The Deccan Plateau is made up of lava flows or igneous rocks known as the Deccan Traps. The rocks are spread over the whole of Maharashtra and parts of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, thereby making it one of the largest volcanic provinces in the world. The Deccan traps formed between 60 and 68 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous period.
Tropic of Cancer passes through which of the following Indian states?
(1) Bihar, West Bengal, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram
(2) Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Tripura, and Mizoram
(3) Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura, and Mizoram
(4) Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and West Bengal
Solution: (c)
The Tropic of Cancer passes through the following eight states in India: Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura, and Mizoram.
