UPSC 2005 › Geography

According to Census 2001,

which one of the following Indian States has the maximum population in India after Uttar Pradesh?

Itaipu Dam built on the River Parana is one of the largest dams in the world.

Which one of the following two countries have this as a joint project?

Which one of the following cities is not a former capital of the given country (Country given in the brackets)?

Consider the following statements :

1. Total land area of Earth is approximately 1475 lakh square kilometers
2. Ratio of land area to water area on Earth is approximately 1 : 4
3. Maximum percentage of Earth's water is in the Pacific Ocean.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given Continents in the decreasing order of their percentage of Earth’s land?

For which one of the following countries, is Spanish not an official language?

Consider the following statements :

1. The axis of the earth’s magnetic field is inclined at 23 ½° to the geographic axis of the earth.
2. The earth’s magnetic pole in the northern hemisphere is located on a peninsula in northern Canada.
3. Earth’s magnetic equator passes through Thumba in South India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Where do the Sahariya tribals, who were recently in the news, live?

Match items in the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Gujarat
3. Karnataka
4. Tamil Nadu

List I (Power Station) (A) Kothagudem (B) Raichur (C) Mettur (D) Wanakbori

List II (State)

For which one of the following, is Satara well-known?

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given towns of Pakistan while moving from the North towards the South?

Where are the Balearic Islands located?

Which one of the following countries does not border Lithuania?

Consider the following statements :

1. Great Britain comprises England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
2. England covers less than 60% of the total area of the United Kingdom.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Where is the volcanic mountain, Mount St- Helens located?

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

Gandhi Sagar Dam is a part of which one of the following?

Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given hills starting from the north and going towards the south?

Assertion (A): The same face of the Moon is always presented to the Earth.

Reason (R): The Moon rotates about its own axis in 23½ days which is about the same time that it takes to orbit the Earth.

Assertion (A): Wind patterns are clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anti-clockwise in the southern hemisphere.

Reason (R): The directions of wind patterns in the northern and the southern hemisphere are governed by the Coriolis Effect.

Which one of the following states border Uttar Pradesh?

1. Punjab
2. Rajasthan
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Jharkhand

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Which one of the following cities is the seat of Parliament of South Africa?

In which one of the following countries is Tamil a major language?

Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given Indian cities in the decreasing order of their normal annual rainfall?

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

1. River Manzanares
2. River Seine
3. River Spree
4. River Potomac

List-I (City) A. Washington D.C. B. Berlin C. Paris D. Madrid

List-II (River)

Consider the following statements:

1. Area-wise, Chhattisgarh is larger than West Bengal.
2. According to the 2001 Census, the population of West Bengal is larger than that of Chhattisgarh.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Current Name — Old Name

Which one of the following statements is not correct?