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Indian Geography - General Knowledge Questions
A)
West Bengal
B)
Andhra Pradesh
C)
Bihar
D)
Maharashtra

Correct Answer : Option (A) - West Bengal

Jatra is a popular folk-theatre form of Bengali theatre, spread throughout most of Bengali speaking areas of the Indian subcontinent, including Bangladesh and Indian state of West Bengal.

A)
Keoladeo
B)
Periyar
C)
Bandipur
D)
Corbett

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Corbett

Jim Corbett National Park, formerly known as Hailey National Park is the oldest National Park of India. It was established in the year 1936 to protect the endangered Bengal tiger. It was the first to come under the Project Tiger conservation programme which was launched in April 1973.

A)
Tanjavore
B)
Trivandrum
C)
Vellore
D)
Tiruchirappalli

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Trivandrum

Thiruvananthapuram also known as Trivandrum, is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Kerala is named after the "snake Anantha of Lord Vishnu" referring to the deity of the Padmanabhaswamy temple.

A)
Odisha
B)
Maharastra
C)
Uttar Pradesh
D)
West Bengal

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh is beggest Handloom and Handicrafts clusters in India.

A)
Mumbai
B)
Surat
C)
Cochin
D)
Mangalore

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Cochin

Called the "Queen of the Arabian Sea", Cochin(Kochi) was an important spice trading centre on the west coast of India from the 14th century onward, and maintained a trade network with Arab merchants from the pre-Islamic era. Occupied by the Portuguese in 1503, Kochi was the first of the European colonies in colonial India.

A)
Jordan
B)
Libya
C)
Iran
D)
Iraq

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Jordan

Jordan, a water-poor country that is 90% desert, has launched Sahara Forest Project near the southern port city of Aqaba to turn desert land into farming land to produce food using sun and sea water.

The project seeks to demonstrate innovative application of technology to revolutionize our land systems in a way that benefits the climate, people, and businesses. It is funded by Norway and European Union.
 
Sahara Forest Project aims to provide fresh water, food and renewable energy in hot, arid regions as well as re-vegetating areas of uninhabited desert. It combines saltwater-cooled greenhouses with solar power technologies, and technologies for desert revegetation.

In the first stage, the project aims to produce up to 130 tonnes of organic vegetables annually from area size of four football pitches. It will also produce fresh water. It will use solar panels to provide power and include outdoor planting space, water desalination unit, two saltwater-cooled greenhouses and salt ponds for salt production. In later stages, it is expanded to be expanded from three hectares to around 200 hectares of desert.

A)
Mahi
B)
Chambal
C)
Luni
D)
Banas

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Banas

Banas (hope of the forest) is the longest river in Rajasthan having full flow. It originates from hills of aravalli range near kumbhalgarh (Rajsamand) and passing through Udaipur, Chittaurgarh, Bhilwara, Ajmer and Tonk districts joins chambal near rameshwar in Sawai madhopur district. Its main tributaries are kothari, khari, bedach, dhundh, mashi and morel. This is the longest river flowing through the state. Its length is 512 km. Its catchment capacity is the highest. Beesalpur dam (Tonk district) is built over this river. In 1999-2000 launched by the centre, new centpercent scheem such as banas land water conservation was started in four district-Tonk, Jaipur, Sawai madhopur and Dausa.

A)
Rajastan
B)
West Bangal
C)
Delhi
D)
Gujarat

Correct Answer : Option (B) - West Bangal

Salt Lake City Is located in West Bangal
 
* Bidhannagar or Salt Lake is a city and a municipal corporation .
* It was developed between 1958 and 1965 to accommodate the burgeoning population of Kolkata. 
* It was founded by Bidhan Chandra Roy.

A)
Jharkand
B)
Rajasthan
C)
Uttar Pradesh
D)
Madhya Pradesh

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Rajasthan

Keoladeo National Park, located in the State of Rajasthan, is an important wintering ground of Palaearctic migratory waterfowl and is renowned for its large congregation of non-migratory resident breeding birds.

A)
New Delhi
B)
Puducherry
C)
Chandigarh
D)
Chattisgarh

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Chandigarh

The city Chandigarh, being a union territory is the capital city of both Haryana and Punjab. As it is a union territory it is ruled directly by the central government and not by either states.