Indian Geography Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Which place had water harvesting system channeling the flood water of the Ganga river in the first century B.C?
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64bfcd0f2d3130f575545aa6- 1Kanpurfalse
- 2Gorakhpurfalse
- 3Mirzapurfalse
- 4Sringaverapuratrue
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Answer : 4. "Sringaverapura"
Explanation :
1. 1st century BC The water harvesting system that taps the flood waters of the Ganga River was at Shringaverapura, located in the present-day Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh state of India.
2. The system was composed of three percolation-cum-storage tanks, fed by an 11-meter wide and 5-meter deep canal, which diverted flood water from the monsoon-swollen Ganga.
3. During the reign of Chandragupta Maurya, large-scale dams, irrigation systems and harvesting systems were constructed throughout his kingdom.
Q: The lines joining all those regions with the same atmospheric pressure in a weather map are called
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5ff6bb15d9d7f36ecf2a3a82- 1Isothermsfalse
- 2Isobathfalse
- 3Isocheimfalse
- 4Isobarstrue
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Answer : 4. "Isobars"
Q: Where is Cotopaxi located?
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5ffea397c967b15c38d9fa08- 1New Zealandfalse
- 2Australiafalse
- 3Canadafalse
- 4Ecuadortrue
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Answer : 4. "Ecuador"
Q: Recently Asur Tribe was in news, it is found in which state?
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60ffbd84d984302df240b2ed- 1Tamil Nadu-Keralafalse
- 2Nagaland-Mizoramfalse
- 3Odisha-Chattishgarhfalse
- 4Bihar-Jharkhandtrue
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Answer : 4. "Bihar-Jharkhand"
Q: Which of the following railway station has the world longest railway platform in India?
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60ab9eca07f3815f3a7a7167- 1Kollam Junction, Kharagpurfalse
- 2Gorakhpur Railway Stationtrue
- 3Bilaspur Railway Stationfalse
- 4None of the abovefalse
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Answer : 2. "Gorakhpur Railway Station "
Q: Where is Hemis national park located?
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60545a6fee4cc54f0b5845f6- 1Ladakhtrue
- 2Siachinfalse
- 3Jammu and Kashmirfalse
- 4Himachal Pradeshfalse
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Answer : 1. "Ladakh"
Q: What is the terrestrial limit of India?
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5fec6b24d6478d501615a8df- 115200 kmtrue
- 27500 kmfalse
- 36000 kmfalse
- 4All of the abovefalse
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Answer : 1. "15200 km"
Q: Which of the following states is represented in the Rajya Sabha?
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5f06cd47bc929f40b0b59fbc- 1Andaman and Nicobar Islandsfalse
- 2Dadra and Nagar Havelifalse
- 3Arunachal Pradeshtrue
- 4All of the abovefalse
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