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Q1. Which Mediterranean Island is often called the "Mountain in the Sea"?
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Q2. In the context of outer space, what is 433 Eros?
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Q3. What is the name for the point when an object in orbit around earth comes its closest to Earth?
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Q4. Which country's claim covers the greatest swath of longitude?
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Q5. Which country's highest point is the world's lowest above sea level?
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Q6. Which Indian city will host the 2012 South Asian Games?
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Q7. Which volcano is called the "Lighthouse of the Mediterranean"?
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Q8. During winter, Punjab gets rain because of ....
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Q9. What connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea?
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Q10. The constellation "Cygnus" is so named because it can be represented as looking like a .....
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Q11. Which mountain range separates Kashmir Valley from Jammu?
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Q12. Who among the following scientists was the first to present a fully predictive mathematical model of our heliocentric solar system?
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Q13. The rocks in the Himalayan system of mountains belong to which of the following types of rocks?
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Q14. The shape of Himalayas is like a/an ....
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Q15. The Shiwalik range of hills stretches from .............to ...............
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Q16. IMBL - International Maritime Boundary Line of our country (India) extends upto...............
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Q17. The water pollution in river is measured by the dissolved amount of .........
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Q18. Area covered by the Himalayan ranges is about ............SQKMs
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Q19. Which of the following is the correct order of increasing size of the grains of soil particles: {A} Clay {B} Silt {C} Sand {D} Gravel
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Q20. Volcanic eruptions do not occur in the
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Q21. Claims to the historical Macedonian territory have been a bone of contention between which of the following countries? (UPSC 2006)
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Q22. How many states of India, share their borders with Pakistan?
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Q23. ASSERTION {A}: Solar eclipse occurs on a new moon day. REASON {R}: Moon is in conjunction with the Sun.
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Q24. River Severn (354 Km) is the longest river of
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Q25. Which state of India is the largest by area?
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Q26. Smallest state of India is..........
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Q27. ASSERTION {A}: Comets have gaseous tails. REASON {R}: They are very hot bodies.
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Q28. Among the following cities of India, which one has the Sun overhead atleast once a year?
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Q29. From among the following statements about Asteroids, pick the correct one/s: (1) Asteroids are rocky debris of varying syzes orbiting the Sun. (2) Most of the Asteroids are small but some have diameter as large as 1000 Kms. (3) The orbit of Asteroids lise between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn.
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Q30. Maikal range of hills lies in ...............
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Q31. Of the following Indian rivers which one flows through a rift valley?
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Q32. At a certain place, the Greenwich Mean Time is ahead by 12 hours. The place is located
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Q33. Swamps which have humus is known as ...........
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Q34. The most important geographical features of the Indian Islands lying in Arabian Sea is................
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Q35. Puerto Rico and Cavmon trenches as found in ........ocean.
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Q36. The areas in India that receive approximately an average of more than 200 cm of rainfall annually are
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Q37. Huganpu river flows through which one of the following cities?
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Q38. Minicoy Islands is part of the Lakshadweep archipelago. It is the .........most island of this group of islands.
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Q39. In which climatic region are Haryana and Punjab included?
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Q40. Mean Sea Level (MSL) is the
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Q41. ............river drains itself into Arabian Sea.
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Q42. Pick the land locked state from the following?
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Q43. Teesta forms part of which of the following river systems?
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Q44. Black Hole
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Q45. The Indiana city to receive maximum solar energy in December is............
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Q46. The amount of solar energy received is directly proportionate to the duration of sunshine and the angle of incidence of solar rays. These factors are most favourable to places near the Tropic of Capricorn in December.Thus, Chennai being the most southerly city, receives the maximum solar energy during December.
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Q47. Trade winds, roughly covers the zone between ...
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Q48. Atmospheric temperature increases at the higher altitudes due to
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Q49. Peaty soil is found in the region of ............
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Q50. ..........soil owes its colour to oxides of iron.