Mahesh Shinde s Dnyanadeep's IAS For UPSC - IAS / IPS / IFS. UPSC Pre Daily Test 4. Brainstorming : 4

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1 Daily Test 4 Brainstorming : 4 FO UPSC & MPSC Questions : Which type of forest covers the maximum area in India? 2. What is the term as the drainage pattern developed on folded sedimentary rocks? 3. Which ecosystem covers the largest area of the earth s surface? 4. What percentage of insolation is received by the earth s surface? 5. What type of climate is best suited for horticulture? 6. Which city is associated with the river Mekong? 7. Which is the busiest oceanic trade route? 8. What is the average salinity of sea water? 9. The winds which never change their direction are called? 10. Who discovered South Pole? 11. The Karakoram Highway connects which pairs of countries? 12. What is the most abundant metal in the earth s crust? 13. What is the most abundant element in the earth s crust? 14. After howmany years does Halley s comet appear once in a period? 15. ainfall that occurs when wind rises up along a hill? 16. In which country are the broken hill famous for zinc and lead? 17. Which is most prone to earthquakes? 18. What is the length of India s coastline? 19. How many kms are represented by 10 of latitudes? 20. Which is a global biodiversity hotspot in India? 21. Where are the islands of Seychelles located? 22. Mangroove vegetation in India is most extensive in which forest? (1)

2 23. Suez Canal joins which two Sea? 24. Which biome has the highest species diversity? 25. Which country in Africa has luxurious tropical rain forests? 26. Which crop requires continuous semiaquatic condition for cultivation? 27. Where are a large number of species are found within a small unit of area? FO UPSC & MPSC 28. Which mountain range stretches from Gujarat in west to Delhi in the north? 29. Which plate movement is responsible for the formation of mid-ocean ridge? 30. Which is the largest volcano crater in the world? 31. In India, how many States share the coastline? 32. The tornadoes are very strong tropical cyclones originating in which sea? 33. The Vindhyas belong to which class of mountains? 34. Which is the World s largest producer of wool? 35. Which soil is also known as egur? 36. What is known as soil-free farming? 37. If it is 4 P.M. on Monday at 150 W, what will be the time at 150 E? 38. Dry winds (harmattan) blows in Sahara desert from? 39. Which industry in India was worst affected because of the partition? 40. What is exact time taken by the earth for single rotation on its own axis? 41. Because of which factor, clouds do not precipitate in deserts? 42. Which river crosses the equator twice? 43. Under which climatic conditions do the laterite soils develop? 44. Which is the most important factor in soil formation? 45. The deepest surface depression on earth is? 46. The word isoneph represents the lines of equal...? 47. Country through which both Equator and Tropic of Capricorn pass? 48. What is the name of the soil, rich in calcium? 49. Which lake is known as honeymoon lake? (2)

3 50. Which country has maximum damage to forests been caused by acid rain? 51. Which country is situated geographically in America but politically a part of Europe? 52. The fertile land between two rivers is called? 53. Which Strait separates Africa from Europe? 54. Which is the fastest growing tree? 55. Which tree require minimum water for its growth? 56. Which plain formed due to the weathering of lime stone? 57. To an astronaut, how does outer space appear? 58. Which river crosses tropic of Capricorn twice? 59. What is associated with a savanna climate? 60. Which kind of forests is found in silent valley of Kerala? 61. Which is the largest island in the Indian Ocean? 62. In how many time zones has the world been divided into? 63. Which soil is very hard to cultivate? 64. What separates Daman & Diya? 65. Which connects the ocean floor level with the continent? 66. Port Blair - the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is located in which island? 67. Which is the State with the largest area under waste land? 68. Which crop are grain with the on set of monsoon & are harvested in September-October? 69. Which river basin is called uhr of India? 70. Which is considered to have an adverse effect on Indian Monsoon? 71. Which is the longest inland waterways in the world? 72. In which latitudes are the seasonal contrasts maximum? 73. Which state in India is known as ice Bowl? 74. What are Doldrums? 75. Valley of flowers is located in which state? 76. Which is called Herring Pond? FO UPSC & MPSC (3)

4 77. What is the name of India s southern tip? 78. Lines joining places receiving equal amount of rain fall? 79. What is the reason behind the declining climate of Maldives? 80. Which place gets the least rainfall in India? FO UPSC & MPSC 81. Which hill station is known as the Queen of Satpura? 82. Which are the two volcanic islands in the Indian territory? 83. Which is the longest national highway? 84. India is divided into how many seismic zones according to the earthquake zoning map? 85. In which State is the Guru Shikhar Peak located? 86. Which one is the longest river in India that flows entirely within India? 87. Which lake has been formed due to tectonic activities? 88. By what name is the Ganga known in Bangladesh? 89. Which State produces maximum pulses in the country? 90. Which is the largest fresh water lake in the world? 91. Where is Sargasso sea located? 92. Which State has the largest coastline in India? 93. Duncan Passage is located between which regions? 94. The Sivasamudram Falls is on which river? 95. Which Warm dry wind blows down the east slopes of ockies? 96. Which planet is known as veiled planet? 97. Which Strait which separates Asia from North America? 98. How many islands of India are located in the Bay of Bengal? 99. What happens when a sudden fall in the barometric reading? 100. Which country is the largest producer of Bauxite? (4)

5 Brainstorming : 4 (Ans Key) FO UPSC & MPSC 1. Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest 26 ice 2. Trellis 27 Wet Evergreen Equatorial forests 3. Marine Ecosystem 28 Aravallis 4. 47% 29 Divergent Movement 5. Mediterranean 30 Lake Toba 6. Phnom-Penh North Atlantic oute 32 Caribbean Sea % 33 Block mountains 9. Planetary Winds 34 Australia 10. Amundsen 35 Black Soil 11. China - Pakistan 36 Hydroponics 12. Aluminium Noon on Tuesday 13. Oxygen 38 East to West years 39 Jute & Cotton 15. Orographic hrs 56 mins 4.09 sec 16. Australia 41 Low Humidity 17. Young folded mountains 42 Congo 18. About 7500 Km 43 Wet Tropical Climate kms 44 Climate 20. Western Ghats 45 Mariana Trench 21. Indian Ocean 46 Cloudiness 22. Sundarbans 47 Brazil 23. ed & Mediterranean Sea 48 Pedocal 24. Tropical ain Forests 49 Lake Titicaca 25. Ivory Coast 50 Poland (5)

6 FO UPSC & MPSC 51 Greenland 76 Atlantic ocean 52 Doab 77 Indira Point 53 Strait of Gibraltar 78 Isohytes 54 Eucalyptus 79 High Population Density 55 Babool 80 Jodhpur 56 Karst Plains 81 Panchmarhi 57 Black 82 Narcoam & Barren 58 Limpopo river 83 NH 7 59 Scrub Tropical ain Forests 85 ajasthan 61 Madagascar 86 Godavari Wular lake 63 Sandy soil 88 Padma 64 Gulf of Khambat 89 Madhya Pradesh 65 Continental slope 90 Lake Superior 66 South Andaman 91 North Atlantic Ocean 67 Jammu & Kashmir 92 Gujarat 68 Kharif 93 South & Little Andaman 69 Damodar 94 Cauvery 70 El Nino 95 Chinook 71 Mississippi river system 96 Venus 72 Mid Latitudes 97 Bering strait 73 Andhra Pradesh Tropical no wind belt 99 Storm 75 Uttrakhand 100 Australia (6)