India is particularly poor in reserves of

• coal
• iron ore
• non-ferrous metals
• limestone

The Indian sub-continent was originally part of a huge landmass called

• Jurassic landmass
• Aryavarta
• Indiana
• Gondwana continent

Where was the first cotton mill set up in India?

• Mumbai
• Coimbatore
• Surat
• Kolkata

Where was India's first rocket launching station set up?

• Sriharikota
• Arvi
• Thumba
• Port Blair

India conducted its first nuclear explosion at

• Apsara
• Pokharan
• Koyana
• Kalpakkam

Which one of the following towns is not situated along the Grand Trunk Road?

• Allahabad
• Lucknow
• Agra
• Kanpur

What is the official language of Nagaland?

• Nagali
• English
• Assamese
• Chinese

The water of the Luni river is

• Fresh
• Fresh in upper reaches and salty in the lower reaches
• Salty
• Fresh in rainy season and salty in other seasons

"Konkan" is a region of which one of the following States?

• Karnataka
• Maharashtra
• West Bengal
• Kerala

Through which one of the following Indian states the Tropic of Cancer does not pass?

• Tripura
• Manipur
• Gujarat
• Rajasthan