NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Geography MCQs (Practice_Test 74 of 118)
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- Consider the following statements about Indian forestry:
- About 40% of the Indian forests are in the inaccessible mountainous regions which impede the speedy transfer of felled trees.
- Although according to India՚s forest policy, a high proportion of the land area shall be covered by forest except in some States, the percentage of forest cover is precariously low.
- Exploitation of forests is less time consuming and less costly, as almost in every forest a single type of tree dominates.
- The annual productivity of the forests is 3,5 cubic metres per hectare
- 1 and 2 are correct
- 1,2 and 3 are correct
- 3 and 4 are correct
- 1,2, 3 and 4 are correct
- The highest yield of rice per hectare in India is in
- West Bengal
- Tamil Nadu
- Punjab
- Haryana
- The extent of increase in the cumulative irrigation potential in India during 1951 − 81 is
- 1.5 times
- 2.5 times
- 3.0 times
- 3.5 times
- The substantial increase in agricultural production in recent years in India has been largely due to
- uncultivated land shaving been brought under the plough on a large scale
- large scale employment of agricultural labour
- increased use of high yielding varieties of seeds and of fertilizers
- better transport facilities
- Consider the following Andhra Pradesh is one of the leading producers of rice because
- it has fertile alluvial soil in the coastal plain.
- it receives about 125 cm of rainfall per annum in the coastal tract.
- it has a lot of tank irrigation in the coastal plain
- 1,2 and 3 are correct
- 1 and 2 are correct
- 2 and 3 are correct
- 1 and 3 are correct
- Contribution of forestry to national income is around
- 2.0 percent
- 3.0 percent
- 1.0 percent
- 4.0 percent
- Consider the following States:
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Uttar Pradesh
- Meghalaya
- Arunachal Pradesh
- The correct sequence of the descending order in terms of the area of coverage of coniferous forests in these States is
- 1,4, 2,3
- 1,3, 2 4
- 2,3, 4,1
- 1,2, 4,3
- The following States are involved in the export offish and fish products:
- Kerala
- Maharashtra
- Karnataka
- Andhra Pradesh
- The correct sequence of the descending order in terms of the export offish and fish products from these State is
- 1,2, 3,4
- 1,4, 2,3
- 3,2, 1,4
- 2,1, 4,3
- Which of the following factors are responsible for India՚s failure to fully exploit the inland fisheries during the last five decades?
- Silting and pollution! of the inland water bodies
- Deforestation in the catchments area of the river
- Lack of marketing facilities.
- Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
- 1,2 and 3
- 1 and 2
- 1 and 3
- 2 and 3
- Diamond mines are located in
- Uttar Pradesh
- Karnataka
- Madhya Pradesh
- Gujarat
- The super-thermal plant located near Singareni Collieries is
- Farakka
- Singrauli
- Korba
- Ramagundan
- The iron ore mined at Bailadila is mostly
- hematite
- siderite
- limonite
- magnetite
- Asperse 1991 census, the correct descending order of the given religious groups among the population of India is
- Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians, Jains
- Jains, Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians
- Buddhists, Jains, Sikhs, Christians
- Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains
- A centre of mica mining in India is located at
- Khetri
- Kodarma
- Kalahandi
- Guru Mahasani
- Consider the following coal producing states:
- Bihar
- Madhya Pradesh
- West Bengal The correct descending order in terms of the amount of coal produced in these states is
- 1,2, 3
- 3,1, 2
- 1,3, 2
- 3,2, 1