200 General Knowledge Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams
General Knowledge Questions and Answers
Q : Write the name of the mountain range, which mountain range starts near Gujarat and goes east through Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh to Chhattisgarh?
(A) Vindhya range
(B) Aravalli range
(C) Toba Kakar series
(D) Satpura range
Correct Answer : D
Explanation :
The Satpura Range is a range of hills in central India. The range rises in eastern Gujarat running east through the border of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh and ends in Chhattisgarh.
Consider the following statements:
1. Sutlej River
2. Indus River
3. Ghaghra River
Which of the above river originates from Tibet?
(A) 1 and 3
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 1 and 3
(D) 1, 2 and 3
Correct Answer : D
Out of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and Chhattisgarh, which state does not pass through Subarnarekha river?
(A) Jharkhand
(B) Odisha
(C) Chhattisgarh
(D) All the above states
Correct Answer : C
Which of the following mountains is called "Five Treasures of Great Show"?
(A) Lhotse
(B) Godwin Austin
(C) Kangchenjunga
(D) Dhaulagiri
Correct Answer : C
Write the name of the longest National Highway in India.
(A) National Highway 4
(B) National Highway 7
(C) National Highway 8
(D) National Highway 10
Correct Answer : B
Which mountain range starts near Gujarat which passes through Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh in the east till Chhattisgarh?
(A) Vindhya range
(B) Aravalli range
(C) Toba Kakar series
(D) Satpura range
Correct Answer : D
Consider the following statements :
1. Maharashtra is the only producer of corundum in India
2. Ruby and platinum are produced only in Odisha
(A) Only 1 is correct
(B) Only 2 is correct
(C) Both 1 and 2 are correct
(D) Both 1 and 2 are wrong
Correct Answer : C
Which of the following causes rainfall in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal?
(A) Western Disturbance
(B) Eastern Disturbance
(C) Westerlies
(D) ALL OF THE ABOVE
Correct Answer : A
In which year India's first multi-purpose river valley project was launched?
(A) 1948
(B) 1951
(C) 1953
(D) 1956
Correct Answer : A
Explanation :
Damodar Valley Corporation, popularly known as DVC, came into being on July 7, 1948, by an Act of the Constituent Assembly of India (Act No. XIV of 1948) as the first multipurpose river valley project of independent India.
Match List I and List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists : List I List
A.Assam 1. Silvassa
B. Dadra and Nagar Haveli 2. Gangtok
C.Lakshadweep 3. Dispur
D. Sikkim 4. Kavaratti
Code :
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(A) 3214
(B) 3142
(C) 4132
(D) 1243
Correct Answer : B
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