Which of the following is most prone to earthquakes?

• Coastal planes
• Old shields
• Plateaus
• Young fold mountain
Correct Option: D  [ Young fold mountain ]

Remark: Fold mountains are created where two or more of Earth?s tectonic plates are pushed together, often at regions known as convergent plate boundaries and continental collision zones.

Gulf of Mannar is located in __________

• Arabian Sea
• Pacific Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Atlantic Ocean
Correct Option: C  [ Indian Ocean ]

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Choose from the following soils which is saline in character

• Regur
• Usar
• Kari
• Khadar
Correct Option: B  [ Usar ]

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Indian coal is mostly:

• Anthracite
• Bituminous
• Lignite
• Peat
Correct Option: B  [ Bituminous ]

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The nature of Indian agriculture is:

• shifting
• extensive commercial
• intensive subsistence
• plantation
Correct Option: C  [ intensive subsistence ]

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Which one of the following places is not located on the bank of river Ganga?

• Uttarkashi
• Kanpur
• Fatehpur
• Bhagalpur
Correct Option: C  [ Fatehpur ]

Remark: Uttarkashi: Situated on the banks of Bhagirathi River(It is one of the two headstreams of the Ganga River)
Kanpur: situated on the south bank of river Ganga.
Bhagalpur: situated on the southern bank of the Ganges river.

Fatehpur: situated between the rivers Ganga and Yamuna.

River Narmada flows through a :

• Lagoon
• Gorge
• Fault Trough
• Meander
Correct Option: D  [ Meander ]

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Ujjain is situated on the bank of the river

• Godavari
• Ganga
• Narmada
• Shipra
Correct Option: D  [ Shipra ]

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The Vindhyas belongs to which class of mountains?

• Block mountain
• Fond mountains
• Volcanic mountain
• Residual mountain
Correct Option: A  [ Block mountain ]

Remark: The Vindhya Range classified as a block mountain or fault-block mountain system. Block mountains are formed due to the extensional tectonic forces in the Earth's crust.

Chumbi Valley is on boundary of:

• Sikkim - Bhutan
• Nepal - Sikkim
• Bihar - Nepal
• Assam - Bangladesh
Correct Option: A  [ Sikkim - Bhutan ]

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