Know Your World - 29


1. Which is a metamorphic rock?

Slate

2. The 38th parallel separates which countries?

North Korea and South Korea

3. Which is the highest peak in South India?

Anaimudi

4. Zozila Pass connects regions?

Leh and Sri nagar

5. At which place is the monkey called Lion-tailed macaque naturally found?

Nilgiris

6. Which state is the percentage of forest area to total geographical area the highest?

Arunachal Pradesh

7. Which is the first national park established in India?

Corbet

8. The term ‘truncated spur’s associated with which process?

Glacial process

9. Glass is made of the mixture of which things?

Sand and silicates

10. Which activity occupies the largest area of the world?

Pastoral herding

11. Which is the chief characteristic of wet and dry tropics?

Constant heating

12. Which planet is known as ‘Morning Star’?

Venus

13. What is exact time taken by the earth for single rotation on its own axis?

23 hrs 56 minutes 4.09 see

14. What are the Doldrums?

Equatorial zone with low pressure

15. Which is the country that has the greatest length of the day during summer?

Norway

16. Wood pulp comes from which region?

Coniferous forest region

17. Where are the oceanic current named as ‘Kuroshio, Kurile and Alaskan’ located?

North Pacific Ocean

18. Which sea is without coasts?

Sargasso sea

19. Which can come across if one travels through the Strait of Malacca?

Singapore

20. Which river flows through a rift valley?

Narmada

21. Which Mahajanapada was situated on the bank of river Godavari?

Assaka

22. The Naga hills form the watershed between India and which country?

Myanmar

23. In the realm of coal production in the world, what is the rank of India?

Fourth

24. Which has the largest number of sugar mills?

Uttar Pradesh

25. What is the slow wobbling of Earth as it spins on its axis called?

Precession

26. Wireless communication is reflected back to the earth’s surface by the zone?

Ionosphere

27. Which is east of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands?

Indonesia

28. What is the difference between IST and GMT?

5 hours 30 minutes

29. Uranium Corporation of India Limited is situated in which state?

Bihar

30. Which States has granted Sanskrit language the status of the second official language of the State?

Uttarakhand