Geography

Question 1. Multiple choice questions. (i) Which two of the following extreme locations are connected by the eastwest corridor? (a) Mumbai and Nagpur         (b) Silcher and Porbandar (c) Mumbai and Kolkata         (d) Nagpur and Siligudi (ii) Which mode of transportation reduces transshipment losses and delays? (a) Railways             (b) Roadways (c) … [Read more...] about Chapter 7 Lifelines of National Economy

Question 1. Multiple choice questions. (i) Which one of the following industries uses limestone as a raw material? (a) Aluminium                 (b) Cement (c) Sugar                        (d) Jute (ii) Which one of the following agencies markets steel for the public sector plants? (a) HAIL                         (b) SAIL (c) TATA Steel                 (d) … [Read more...] about Chapter 6 Manufacturing Industries

Question 1. Multiple choice questions: (i) Which one of the following minerals is formed by decomposition of rocks, leaving a residual mass of weathered materials? (a) Coal                      (b) Bauxite (c) Gold                      (d) Zinc (ii) Koderma in Jharkhand is the leading producer of which one of the following minerals? (a) Bauxite                  … [Read more...] about Chapter 5 Minerals and Energy Resources

Question 1. Multiple choice questions. (i) Which one of the following describes a system of agriculture where a single crop is grown on a large area? (a) Shifting Agriculture (b) Plantation Agriculture (c) Horticulture (d) Intensive Agriculture (ii) Which one of the following is a rabi crop? (a) Paddy (b) Gram (c) Jowar (d) Soyabean … [Read more...] about Chapter 4 Agriculture

Question 1. Multiple choice questions. (i) Based on the information given below classify each of the situations as ‘suffering from water scarcity’ or ‘not suffering from water scarcity’. (a) Region with high annual rainfall. (b) Region having high annual rainfall and large population. (c) Region having high annual rainfall but water is highly polluted. (d) … [Read more...] about Chapter 3 Water Resources

Question 1. Multiple choice questions: (i) Which of these statements is not a valid reason for the depletion of flora and fauna? (a) Agricultural expansion (b) Large scale developmental projects (c) Grazing and fuel wood collection (d) Rapid industrialisation and urbanisation (ii) Which of the following conservation strategies do not directly involve … [Read more...] about Chapter 2 Forest and Wildlife Resources

Question 1. Multiple choice questions. (i) Which one of the following type of resource is iron ore? (a) Renewable  (b) Biotic (c) Flow             (d) Non-renewable (ii) Under which of the following type of resource tidal energy cannot be put? (a) Replenishable            (b) Human-made (c) Abiotic                           (d) Non-recyclable (iii) Which … [Read more...] about Chapter 1 Resources and Development