1. What is an intrusion of magma along a bedding plane is called?
Batholith
2. Which is the highest coal-producing country in the world?
China
3. Which country has the largest number of land-border neighboring countries?
Russia
4. Where are Mulberry trees grown mainly for silk production in China?
Yangtze delta
5. Which is known for extensive tropical rain forest?
Congo basin
6. When was petroleum discovered first in commercial quantities in India?
1890
7. On which date does Summer Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere occur?
December, 22
8. How much does one degree of the circumference of the earth measure (approx.)?
111 km
9. Who are not protected against inflation?
Agricultural farmers
10. In the earth’s atmosphere, what changes in the atmospheric pressure?
Decreases with height
11. Where are the tropical cyclones-Hurricanes and Typhoons-develop and mature?
Any where in the tropical zone
12. Which pair of states is the leading producer of tabacco in India?
Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat
13. In how many time zones has the world been divided into?
24
14. Which explains that all the galaxies are receding from?
Red shift
15. What is a Doldrums?
Tropical no-wind belt
16. Which is a tropical monsoon crop?
Wheat
17. Which geomorphic processes are associated with the work of glaciers?
Plucking
18. From which rocks is the soil material mainly derived?
Sedimentary rocks
19. Which pair of ocean currents meets each other near Newfound land?
Gulf stream and Labrador
20. The Dogger Bank, the main fishing area of Europe, where is this area?
North Sea
21. Which is another name of RDX?
Cycionite
22. Which Indian State has the minimum total forest cover?
Haryana
23. Among the Union Territories which has the highest literacy rate?
Lakshadweep
24. The river Cauvery originates from which state?
Karnataka
25. Which is the main river flowing in the state of Jammu and Kashmir?
Jhelum
26. Why does the western coast of India receive very high rainfall in summer mainly?
Due to western Ghats
27. In India which is the State with the largest area under very dense forests?
Arunachal Pradesh
28. Which country is the biggest producer of mango?
India
29. What was the capital of Kakatiya dynasty?
Warangal
30. Which lake lies in the ‘Dead heart of Australia’?
Eyre