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  1. India has eight coastal states but more than half the sea salt is made along the Gujarat coast because

  2. A.

     Gandhiji started the salt movement in Gujarat

    B.

     Low rainfall and relative humidity are ideal for the production of salt through evaporation of sea water

    C.

     Kandla port exports salt

    D.

     The salinity of sea water is very high near the Gujarat coast

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  3. The Matatilla Project is

  4. A.

     Executed by Uttar Pradesh

    B.

     Executed by Madhya Pradesh

    C.

     A joint venture by Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh

    D.

     A joint venture by Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

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  5. The Palk Bay lies between

  6. A.

     Gulf of Kachchh and Gulf of Khambhat

    B.

     Gulf of Mannar and Bay of Bengal

    C.

     Lakshadweep and Maldive Islands

    D.

     Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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  7. Which region in India is known as the 'Rice Bowl of India'?

  8. A.

     Indo-Gangetic Plain

    B.

     Krishna-Godavari Delta region

    C.

     North-East region

    D.

     Kerala and Tamil Nadu

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  9. The 'Ruhr or India' is

  10. A.

     Mumbai-Pune region

    B.

     Damodar Valley region

    C.

     Chennai-Bengaluru region

    D.

     Delhi-Kanpur region

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  11. What was the primary purpose of constructing the Farakka Barrage?

  12. A.

     Preservation and maintenance of Kolkata port for navigation

    B.

     To supply Ganga water to Bangladesh

    C.

     To bring additional area of West Bengal under irrigation

    D.

     To meet the chronic power shortage in Kolkata

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  13. Sriharikota, an important unit for the Indian Space Research Organisation is located in which state?

  14. A.

     Kerala

    B.

     Karnataka

    C.

     Andhra Pradesh

    D.

     Tamil Nadu

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  15. To which group do belong?

  16. A.

     Negritoes

    B.

     Proto-Australoids

    C.

     Mongoloids

    D.

     Western Brachycephals

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  17. Where was the first cotton mill set up in India?

  18. A.

     Mumbai

    B.

     Coimbatore

    C.

     Surat

    D.

     Kolkata

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  19. The longest distance covered by one Broad Gauge train in India is between

  20. A.

     Kanniyakumari and Jammu Tawi

    B.

     Guwahati and Tiruvananthpuram

    C.

     New Delhi and Chennai

    D.

     Gorakhpur and Cochin

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