Top 100 GK Questions with Answers for SSC Exam
By which of the following names is subsistence agriculture known in Sri Lanka?
(A) Konuko
(B) Chenna
(C) Milpa
(D) Huma
Correct Answer : B
Explanation :
It is known as lading in Southeast Asia, milpa in Central America, Chitemene or tavy in Africa and Chena in Sri Lanka.
Thorny bushes are found in ______ region.
(A) Mediterranean
(B) Polar
(C) Dry Desert
(D) High Rainfall
Correct Answer : C
Explanation :
Thorny bushes are found in hot and dry desert climate places such as Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and the Eastern slopes of Western Ghats.
Write, Which of the following statements is correct?
(A) Water is a cyclic resource.
(B) Water has only one state.
(C) Water is a non-renewable resource.
(D) Water is a biotic resource.
Correct Answer : A
In which of the following Indian Institute of Petroleum is located?
(A) Visakhapatnam
(B) Delhi
(C) Dehradun
(D) Chennai
Correct Answer : C
Explanation :
Spread over a campus of 250-acre (1.0 km2), it is situated in Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand state, on National Highway 72 (NH 72). Established through an act of parliament in the year 1959, it started in New Delhi in 1960 and finally in Dehradun since 1963.
The type of forest located in the mid-latitudinal coastal region is ______.
(A) Tropical rainforest
(B) Mediterranean vegetation
(C) Monsoon forest
(D) Temperate evergreen forest
Correct Answer : D
Explanation :
Temperate evergreen forests are found in mid-latitudinal coastal regions. They lie on the eastern coastal margins of all the continents.