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6 questions · 2016 · answers as per the UPSC key

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Topics: Indian Rivers & Water Resources (2)Economic & Mineral Geography (1)Indian Agriculture & Land Use (1)Indian Physical Geography (1)Transport & Infrastructure Geography (1)
UPSC 2016 · Q28 · Geography › Indian Rivers & Water Resources · Save

Which of the following is/are tributary/tributaries of Brahmaputra?

  1. Dibang
  2. Kameng
  3. Lohit

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(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
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Answer: (d) 1, 2 and 3
UPSC 2016 · Q74 · Geography › Economic & Mineral Geography · Save

In which of the following regions of India are shale gas resources found?

  1. Cambay Basin
  2. Cauvery Basin
  3. Krishna-Godavari Basin

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(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
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Answer: (d) 1, 2 and 3
UPSC 2016 · Q83 · Geography › Indian Agriculture & Land Use · Save

Which of the following is/are the advantage/advantages of practising drip irrigation?

  1. Reduction in weed
  2. Reduction in soil salinity
  3. Reduction in soil erosion

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(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) None of the above is an advantage of practising drip irrigation
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Answer: (a) 1 and 2 only
UPSC 2016 · Q85 · Geography › Indian Rivers & Water Resources · Save

Recently, linking of which of the following rivers was undertaken?

(a) Cauvery and Tungabhadra
(b) Godavari and Krishna
(c) Mahanadi and Sone
(d) Narmada and Tapti
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Answer: (b) Godavari and Krishna
UPSC 2016 · Q94 · Geography › Indian Physical Geography · Save

Consider the following pairs : Famous place

  1. Bodhgaya : Baghelkhand
  2. Khajuraho : Bundelkhand
  3. Shirdi : Vidarbha
  4. Nasik (Nashik) : Malwa
  5. Tirupati : Rayalaseema

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

(a) 1, 2 and 4
(b) 2, 3, 4 and 5
(c) 2 and 5 only
(d) 1, 3, 4 and 5
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Answer: (c) 2 and 5 only
UPSC 2016 · Q96 · Geography › Transport & Infrastructure Geography · Save

Recently, which of the following States has explored the possibility of constructing an artificial inland port to be connected to sea by a long navigational channel?

(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Chhattisgarh
(c) Karnataka
(d) Rajasthan
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Answer: (d) Rajasthan