Which is the first city in India to use municipal waste for power generation?
(A) Kolkata
(B) Mumbai
(C) Delhi
(D) Chennai
Status of for waste to energy - The first waste-to-energy plant was set up in Timarpur in Delhi in 1987.
Where is the Saltora range situated?
(A) Ladakh
(B) Vindhyachal
(C) As a part of Karakoram range
(D) As a part of the Western Ghats
The Saltoro Mountains are a subrange of the Karakoram Range. They are located in the southeast Karakoram on the southwest side of the Siachen Glacier, one of the two longest glaciers outside the polar regions.
Which of the following processes is responsible for the formation of sand dunes in western Rajasthan?
(A) erosion by wind
(B) erosion by water
(C) deposition by wind
(D) deposition by water
The correct answer is Wind. The wind is an agent for erosion which is responsible for the formation of sand dunes.
Which city is called the 'Silicon Valley of India'?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Chennai
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Bangalore
Bangalore is known as the Silicon Valley of India because of its role as the nation's leading information technology (IT) exporter.
In which year India's first multi-purpose river valley project was launched?
(A) 1948
(B) 1951
(C) 1953
(D) 1956
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.
Which is the first 'solar city' of India?
(A) Anandpur Saheb
(B) Mumbai
(C) Bangalore
(D) Delhi
Sanchi, the historic home of the Stupa, has become India's first 'solar city'. The project aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 14,324 tonnes annually and currently includes a 3 MW solar plant that caters to the city's energy needs. A 5 MW plant for agricultural requirements is also under construction.
The 'Radcliffe Line' is the boundary line between which of the following countries?
(A) India and Bangladesh
(B) India and Bhutan
(C) India and China
(D) India and Pakistan
Radcliffe Line is the boundary line between India and Pakistan. Radcliffe Line divided British India into two independent countries India and Pakistan in 1947. Radcliffe Line was named after its architect Sir Cyril Radcliffe. Three Indian states and two union territory share a boundary with Pakistan.
Which of the following foreign countries is closest to the Andaman Islands?
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Myanmar
(C) Indonesia
(D) Pakistan
Myanmar is the nearest mainland to the island. The Andaman Islands are archipelagos in the northeastern Indian Ocean about 130 km (81 m) southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady region.
Which one is the smallest (in the area) among the following Union Territories?
(A) Chandigarh
(B) Dadra and Nagar Havel
(C) Daman and Diu
(D) Lakshadweep
Which of the following is the region which does not share its border with Arunachal Pradesh?
(A) Assam
(B) Nagaland
(C) Bhutan
(D) Manipur
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