The state having a largest area of forest cover in India is:

• Arunachal Pradesh
• Madhya Pradesh
• Chhattisgarh
• Maharashtra
Correct Option: B  [ Madhya Pradesh ]

Remark:

The major concentration of India's mica production comes from

• Bihar
• Chhatishgarh
• Jharkhand
• Odisha
Correct Option: C  [ Jharkhand ]

Remark:

India is regarded as a country with 'Demographic Dividend'. This is due to

• its high population in the age group below 15 years
• its high population in the age group of 15-64 years
• its high population in the age group above 65 years
• its high total population
Correct Option: B  [ its high population in the age group of 15-64 years ]

Remark:

Which one of the following is the largest linguistic group of India ?

• Sino-Tibetan
• Indo-Aryan
• Austric
• Dravadian
Correct Option: B  [ Indo-Aryan ]

Remark: Indo-Aryan languages occupy the largest geographical area in the sub-continent. It stretches from Pakistan in the west to Bangladesh in the east, from Nepal in the north to Sri Lanka in the south.

Indian Standard Time (IST) is determined according to the local time of which one of the following longitudes?

• 0° Longitude
• 68° E Longitude
• 97° E Longitude
• 82° E Longitude
Correct Option: D  [ 82° E Longitude ]

Remark:

Which period is referred to as the period of population explosion ?

• Pre 1921 period
• 1921 - 1951 period
• 1951 - 1981 period
• Post 1981 period
Correct Option: C  [ 1951 - 1981 period ]

Remark: The decades 1951-1981 are referred to as the period of population explosion, which was caused by a rapid fall in the mortality rate but a high fertility rate of population in the country.

Which of the following rivers of India, is older than the Himalayas?

• Sutlej
• Ganga
• Beas
• Ravi
Correct Option: A  [ Sutlej ]

Remark:

Highest tea producing state in India is:

• Kerala
• Tripura
• Assam
• Arunachal Pradesh
Correct Option: C  [ Assam ]

Remark:

What is the International Date Line?

• An imaginary line connecting places of the same altitude
• It is 180° Meridian from Greenwich
• Region within 5° of the Equator
• None of these
Correct Option: B  [ It is 180° Meridian from Greenwich ]

Remark:

Name the oldest mountain range of India.

• Nilgiris
• Aravallis
• Vindhyas
• None of these
Correct Option: B  [ Aravallis ]

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