1).The longest National Highway NH7 runs from Varanasi to_________.
a) Trivandrum
b) Kanyakumari
c) Nagapattinam
d) Ramanathapuram
Answer: b) Kanyakumari
2).NH47A the shortest National Highway runs for a distance of ____________.
a) 6.9 km
b) 5.9 km
c) 7.9 km
d) 8.9 km
Answer: b) 5.9 km
3).Expressways are ________ roads.
a) Six lane
b) Four lane
c) Eight lane
d) Five lane
Answer : a) Six lane
4).The principal mode of Transport in India is _________.
a) Railways
b) Border Roads
c) Water ways
d) Airways
Answer : a) Railways
5).Indian Railways is the largest network in _________.
a) The World
b) South East Asia
c) Asia
d) Eurasia
Answer: c) Asia
6).Southern Railway has its headquarters in ________.
a) Bangalore
b) Trivandrum
c) Kanyajumari
d) Chennai
Answer: d) Chennai
a) Trivandrum
b) Kanyakumari
c) Nagapattinam
d) Ramanathapuram
Answer: b) Kanyakumari
2).NH47A the shortest National Highway runs for a distance of ____________.
a) 6.9 km
b) 5.9 km
c) 7.9 km
d) 8.9 km
Answer: b) 5.9 km
3).Expressways are ________ roads.
a) Six lane
b) Four lane
c) Eight lane
d) Five lane
Answer : a) Six lane
4).The principal mode of Transport in India is _________.
a) Railways
b) Border Roads
c) Water ways
d) Airways
Answer : a) Railways
5).Indian Railways is the largest network in _________.
a) The World
b) South East Asia
c) Asia
d) Eurasia
Answer: c) Asia
6).Southern Railway has its headquarters in ________.
a) Bangalore
b) Trivandrum
c) Kanyajumari
d) Chennai
Answer: d) Chennai
7).The MRTS is operated by the state owned _______ Railway.
a) Southern
b) Eastern
c) Northern
d) Western
Answer: a) Southern
8).Pipeline operation involves ___________ consumption of energy.
a) Low
b) High
c) Medium
d) No
Answer: a) Low
9).The cheapest means of transport is __________.
a) Airways
b) Roadways
c) Railways
d) Waterways
Answer: d) Waterways
10).India is the ___________ largest ship owning country in Asia.
a) Second
b) First
c) Third
d) Fourth
Answer: a) Second
11).What are the Agricultural Crops of Punjab?
a) Paddy
b) Pulses
c) Tobacco
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
12).Mangoes are exported to ____________.
a) U.S
b) U.K
c) Europe
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
13).Grapes are grown in _________.
a) Maharashtra
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of the above
Answer: c) Both (a) and (b)
14).World’s leading tea producer is __________.
a) Java
b) Sri Lanka
c) Myanmar
d) India
Answer: d) India
15).An ad valorem tax is a tax levied on the basis of _________.
a) The price of a commodity
b) The unit of a commodity
c) The cost of production of a commodity
d) Value of real estate or personal property
Answer: d) Value of real estate or personal property
16).The most important source of public revenue is _________.
a) Taxes
b) Interest
c) Dividends and profits
d) Licence fees
Answer: d) Licence fees
17).Which of the following is the largest single source of the Government’s earning from
tax revenue?
a) Excise Duty
b) Customs Duty
c) Corporation tax
d) Income tax
Answer: a) Excise Duty
18).Out of the following which one contributes the minimum amount to the
Government’s tax revenue?
a) Excise Duty
b) Wealth tax
c) Income tax
d) Customs Duty
Answer: b) Wealth tax
19).Which of the following is the major source of Government’s revenue?
a) Direct taxes
b) Indirect taxes
c) Licence fees
d) Dividends and profits
Answer: b) Indirect taxes
20).Which of the following Committee has submitted its report on Railway’s
modernization?
a) Sampath Committee
b) Rangarajan Committee
c) Swaminathan Committee
d) Sam Pitroda Committee
Answer: d) Sam Pitroda Committee
21).Indian ranks ________ among ship owning countries in the world.
a) sixteenth
b) fifth
c) tenth
d) twentieth
Answer: a) sixteenth
22).EDUSAT programmes are promoted by ________.
a) Transport
b) Trade
c) Communication
d) twentieth
Answer: c) Communication
23).Maps created by using aerial photographs are called _______ Maps.
a) Ortho photo
b) Aerial photo
c) Physical
d) Political
Answer: a) Ortho photo
24).The Object under study is known as _________.
a) Target
b) Source
c) Sensor
d) Image
Answer: a) Target
25).The device to detect the Electro Magnetic Radiation is ________.
a) Target
b) Sensor
c) Object
d) Camera
Answer: b) Sensor
26).The most effective technology to gather information on any part of the earth is the
technology _________.
a) Scientific
b) Space
c) Remote sensing
d) New
Answer: c) Remote sensing
27).The ___________ receive and record information about an earth object without any
physical contact.
a) Cameras
b) Air balloons
c) Aerial photographs
d) sensors
Answer: d) sensors
28).Aerial photographs were the first results of remote Sensing utilized by _________.
a) Photographers
b) Cartographers
c) Artists
d) Geographers
Answer: b) Cartographers
29).LANDSAT series came into practice in ____________.
a) 1975
b) 1970
c) 1972
d) 1974
Answer: a) 1975
30).The energy source provides _________ energy to the target.
a) Electromagnetic
b) Electrical
c) Magnetic
d) Electronic
Answer: a) Electromagnetic
31).Radar is an example of _____________.
a) An active sensor
b) Passive sensor
c) Energy source
d) Target
Answer : a) An active sensor
32).The first requirement for remote sensing is ____________.
a) Target
b) Energy source
c) Sensor
d) Recording
Answer: b) Energy source
33).Remote sensing systems detect features of ________ areas.
a) Close
b) Far
c) Accessible
d) inaccessible
Answer: d) inaccessible
34).The first requirement for remote sensing is ____________.
a) Target
b) Energy source
c) Sensor
d) recording
Answer:
b) Energy source
35).Remote sensing systems detect features of ________ areas
a) Close
b) Far
c) Accessible
d) Inaccessible
Answer: d) Inaccessible
36).GIS is helpful to ________ to locate the shortest routes.
a) Industrial limits
b) Transport companies
c) Agricultural farm
d) Marketing units
Answer: b) Transport companies
37).Assuming the directions similar to those on the earth which planet / planets will
experience a Sunrise in the west?
I. Mercury
II. Uranus
III. Saturn
IV. Venus
Select the correct answer
a) I and II
b) II an IV
c) I and IV
d) III and IV
Answer : b) II an IV
38).The South Pole experiences continuous light at the time of _________.
a) Vernal equinox
b) Summer Solstice
c) Winter Solstice
d) Autumnal equinox
Answer: c) Winter Solstice
39).Which comet appears every 76 years?
a) Alpha centauri
b) Donati’s
c) Holme’s
d) Halley’s
Answer: d) Halley’s
40).The minimum distance between the Sun and the Earth occurs on _________.
a) January 3
b) September 22
c) December 22
d) June 21
Answer: a) January 3
41).The Longest day in Australia will be on____________.
a) June 21
b) March 23
c) December 22
d) September 22
Answer: c) December 22
42).On the day the sun is nearest to the earth is said to be ______________.
a) Perigee
b) apogee
c) aphelion
d) Perihelion
Answer: d) Perihelion
43).Which place will experience sunlight for the longest period in summer?
a) Kolkata
b) Chennai
c) Srinagar
d) Mumbai
Answer: c) Srinagar
44).The earth is at its maximum distance from the Sun on _____________.
a) July 4
b) July 6
c) June 4
d) June 6
Answer: a) July 4
45).What is a tidal bore?
a) A formation of polyps just above high tide level
b) A high tidal wave moving upstream in the mouth of a river
c) A tidal wave resulting from seismic activity
d) A deposit of sand in coastal area
Answer: b) A high tidal wave moving upstream in the mouth of a river
46).Which of the statements does not prove the spherical shape of the earth?
a) If the earth were flat one would come across some sharp edges
b) The altitude of the stars from various points on the earth surface varies
c) The sunrise is not visible from all places at the same time.
d) The shadow of the earth at the time of the solar eclipse is circular.
Answer: d) The shadow of the earth at the time of the solar eclipse is circular.
47).On which days do the spring tides occur?
I. Newmoon
II. First quarter of the moon
III. Third quarter of the moon
IV. Full moon
Select the correct answer
a) I, II & IV
b) II, III & IV
c) I & IV
d) II & III
Answer: c) I & IV
48).All vital atmospheric process leading to various climatic and weather conditions take
place in the _____________.
a) Troposphere
b) Ionosphere
c) Exosphere
d) Stratosphere
Answer: a) Troposphere
49).Light from the nearest star reaches the earth in ____________.
a) 4.3 years
b) 5.3 years
c) 4.2 years
d) 4.3 years
Answer: a) 4.3 years
50).We always see the face of the moon because ____________.
a) It is smaller than the earth
b) It takes equal time for both revolution around the earth and rotation on its own axis
c) It revolves on its axis in a direction opposite to that of the earth
d) It rotates at the same speed as the earth around the Sun
Answer: b) It takes equal time for both revolution around the earth and rotation on its own axis
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