61. Which of the following factors are responsible for India’s failure to fully exploit the inland fisheries during the last five decades?
A. I, II and III
B. I and II
C. I and III
D. II and III
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Indian Geography MCQs
62. The oldest mountains in India are
A. Aravalis
B. Vindhyas
C. Satpuras
D. Nilgiri hills
✅ The correct answer is option A.
63. The oldest rocks in India are reported from
A. Dharwar region, Karnataka
B. Aravalli range, Rajasthan
C. Vindhyan range, Madhya Pradesh
D. Siwalik range, Punjab
✅ The correct answer is option A.
64. Which of the following crops needs maximum water per hectare?
A. Barley
B. Maize
C. Sugarcane
D. Wheat
✅ The correct answer is option C.
65. The number of major languages, recognized in the Indian Union as official language, are
A. 15
B. 22
C. 12
D. 9
✅ The correct answer is option B.
66. The most plausible explanation for the location of the Thar desert in western India is
A. the obstruction caused by the Aravalis to the rain-bearing wind that proceeds to the Ganga Valley
B. the evaporation of moisture by heat
C. the absence of mountains to the north of Rajasthan to cause orographic rainfall in it
D. that the moisture carried by the South-west monsoon is driven away by the dry upper air current
✅ The correct answer is option C.
67. Which of the following are true with respect to the Indian Peninsular Plateau?
A. I, II and III
B. I and II
C. I, II, III and IV
D. I, III and IV
✅ The correct answer is option C.
68. When it is noon IST at Allahabad in India, the time at Greenwich, London, will be
A. midnight ,GMT
B. 1730 hours
C. 0630 hours
D. None of the above
✅ The correct answer is option C.
69. Which of the following is a peninsular river of India?
A. Gandak
B. Kosi
C. Krishna
D. Sutlej
✅ The correct answer is option C.
70. The most ideal region for the cultivation of cotton in India is
A. the Brahmaputra valley
B. the Indo-Gangetic valley
C. the Deccan plateau
D. the Rann of Kutch
✅ The correct answer is option C.