1. Which are waves moving from a sitar to a listener in air?
Longitudinal progressive
2. In which case the area under cultivation is is declining fast?
Jute
3. Which is the cloud that is dark-grey or black, found at very low height and brings the real rain?
Nimbostratus
4. The cauliflower shape is associated with which cloud formations?
Cumulus
5. Which is the producer of copper?
Chile
6. What is the major source of oceanic salinity?
Rivers
7. Which country has the longest international boundary with India?
Bangladesh
8. Which is the deepest landlocked protected port?
Vishakhapatnam
9. Which port caters to the export of Kudremukh iron ore?
New Mangalore
10. Mahatma Gandhi Hydroelectric Project is on which river?
Sharavati
11. Territorial waters of India extend up to how many nautical miles?
12
12. Which winds are flowing from sub tropical high pressure to sub polar low pressure?
Westerlies
13. What are tropical cyclones of the Bay of Bengal usually called?
Typhoons
14. Mangrove vegetation in India is most extensive in which forest?
Sunder bans
15. When was petroleum discovered first in commercial quantities in India?
1890
16. Which is considered a hot-spot of biodiversity in India?
Western Ghats
17. Where is pearl fishing well developed in India?
Off the coast at Rameshwaram
18. What is the most important item of export among marine products from India?
Shrimp
19. What is the approximate equatorial circumference of the earth?
40,000 km
20. Which is present in the largest amount in terms of percent by mass in the earth’s crust?
Oxygen
21. Which is the highest lake above the sea level in the world?
Lake Titicaca
22. Which is the example of crater lake?
Oregon
23. In which country has maximum damage to the forests been caused by acid rain?
Poland
24. Which state is with the largest area under waste land?
Jammu and Kashmir
25. Which is the second most abundant metal in the earth’s crust?
Iron
26. The Vivekananda Rock Memorial is situated at which place?
Kanyakumari
27. Which is the highest peak in Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
Saddle Peak
28. Which reservoir is constructed on Chambal?
Gandhi Sagar
29. Which state was in the development of hydroelectricity the pioneering state?
Karnataka
30. What do the surface of Earth that lies between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic, of Capricorn?
Torrid Zone