AG 06 Geography (ANSWERs)

1. (a) 62 percent of the countrys production of rice is obtained from Aman or Agahni crop.
2. (b) Ragi is a Kharif crop, sown between May and August and harvested between
September and January.
3. (a) Jowar is an indigenous plant of Africa.
4. (c) Sual Kuchi is the famous Silk producing centre in Assam.
5. (c) India produces 4.3 percent of the total production of coffee in the world.
6. (a) Andhra Pradesh is the largest producer of chillies and turmeric.
7. (b) India accounts for 57 percent of the worlds buffalo population.
8. (c) India is the third largest producer of fish in the world.
9. (c) Gujrat has the highest number of mines about 430.
10. (b) Indias richest haematite deposits are located in Barbil-Koria Valley in Odissa.
11. (a) India has the second largest manganese ore reserves in the world.
12. (a) Odissa is the largest producer of Chromite accounting for 99% of the total production.
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14. (a) Biramitrapur is the major dolomite producing district in Odissa.
15. (a) Jharkhand is the largest producer of Kyanite in India.
16. (c) Anthracite Coal is found only in Jammu and Kashmir in small quantity.
17. (a) Lunej and Kalol are important oil fields of Gujrat.
18. (a) India has a network of about 7000 km long pipelines for transporting Petroleum and
Natural Gas etc.
19. (c) The first Industrial policy was brought in 1948.
20. (b) India ranks second in the export of jute goods in the world.
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51. (b) West Bengal and Tamil Nadu are the largest producers of cattle hides.
52. (a) At present, there are 26 mills manufacturing newsprint in the country.
53. (c) Resin is derived from trees like Khair.
54. (b) NALCO was set up with assistance from a French company at Damanjodi(Odissa).
55. (a) Chandmari Copper Project is located in Rajasthan.
56. (b) The HMTs plant are located in Bengaluru, Pinjore, Kalamassery, Hyderabad, Srinagar
and Ajmer.
57. (a) Hindustan Shipyard Ltd., Vishakhapatnam set up in 1941.
58. (c) India is the third largest producer of nitrogenous fertilizers in the world.
59. (d)
60. (b) The estimated potential of hydropower of west flowing rivers basin is 6000 Megawatt.
61. (b) Srisailam hydroelectric plant is on Krishna river.
62. (c) Jogimatti wind power project is in karnatka.
63. (b) India has the potential of 8000-9000MW of tidal energy.
64. (d)
65. (a) the total length of the network is 760Km.
66. (a) NH-7 is longest National Highway in India.
67. (b) Sher Shah Suri Marg(GT Road) connects Amritsar to Kolkata.
68. (c)
69. (a) meenam Bakkam international airport is in Chennai. Rajiv Gandhi international airport
is in Hyderabad.
70. (c) Waterways provide only one percent of total transport in India.
71. (a) Sadiya-dhubri waterway is the second longest National waterway in India.
72. (a) Mumbai port is a natural harbor and Visakhapatnam is the deepest port.
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75. (b) Khurd word is used for small village.
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77. (b) Dinaric represented by populations of Bengal, Odissa and Coorg(Karnatka).
78. (a) Semi-compact settlements are found both in plains and plateaus.
79. (c) the rural population has increased by 90.47 million in the last decade.
80. (d) The growth rate of population of India in the last decade was 17.64 percents.
81. (c) Maharashtra has the highest urban population in the country.
82. (d)
83. (a) The urban areas show a decline of 2 percent in the child population (0-6 years).
84. (b) the fall has been 13 points for the country during 2001-2011.
85. (a) the gap in literacy rate among males and females has reduced to 16.68 point in the
country.
86. (b) Mizoram has the highest literacy rate in urban areas in India.
87. (b) Uttar Pradesh has the lowest male literacy rate in India.
88. (a) Bihar has the highest population density of 1102 in India.
89. (a) Andaman and Nicobar has the lowest population density among the union territories in
the country.
90. (b) Mahe(Pudducherry) district has the highest sex ratio in the country.
91. (b) Nagaland has the lowest population growth rate in the country.
92. (b) Delhi has the highest population among the union territories in the country.
93. (a) Goa has the highest percentage of urban population in the country.
94. (c) The rural sex ratio in India is 947.
95. (b) Mizoram has the highest urban literacy rate in the country.
96. (c) Chandigarh has the lowest sex ratio among the union territories in India.
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98. (b) The number of towns has increased by 2774 since last Census.
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100. (a) The largest urban Agglomeration in the country is Greater Mumbai.