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Indian Cities and Places

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Knowledge of Indian cities and places is a crucial component of general awareness, testing a candidate on state capitals, historical landmarks, and regional nicknames. Questions often cover the locations of premier research institutes, corporate headquarters, and major transportation hubs. This hub provides practice questions to help candidates memorize geographical facts for upcoming competitive exams.

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Indian Cities and Places Questions

Multiple choice industries in tamil nadu human geography in tamil nadu geography

Which city is known as the 'textile capital of Tamil Nadu'?

  1. Erode

  2. Vellore

  3. Karur

  4. Chennai
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Karur is known as the textile capital of Tamil Nadu. Karur is famous for its home textiles. On the international textile map, Karur has become synonymous with handloom products. The weaving industry came to Karur from Kerala and has earned a reputation for its high quality handloom products today. Handloom exports from Karur began on a modest scale with just 15 exporters in 1975.

Multiple choice geography mineral and energy resources - i iron and steel industries iron and steel industry mineral based industries

Which one of the following is the centre for cycle industry?

  1. Firozabad

  2. Sonipat

  3. Allahabad

  4. Nagpur
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

  • Sonipat is a district in the state of Haryana. It is the centre for cycle industry. Industrial development of this place started with the establishment of Atlas cycle factory in 1950s.
  • Since then small and big industries have been established in the area.

Multiple choice geography mineral and energy resources - i iron and steel industries iron and steel industry mineral based industries

Which of the following is not a centre of iron and steel industry?

  1. Salem

  2. Bhadravathi

  3. Visakhapatnam

  4. Hyderabad
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

  • Salem steel plant is located in Chennai the capital city of Tamil Nadu.
  • Bhadravathi located in Shimoga district of Karnataka.
  • Visakhapatnam steel plant popularly known as Vizag steel plant is located in Andhra Pradesh.
  • Hyderabad, the capital city of newly formed state Telangana, is not associated with any steel plant.

Multiple choice geography mineral and energy resources - i iron and steel industries iron and steel industry mineral based industries

Which among the following integrated iron installation does not come under the management of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)?

  1. Jamshedpur

  2. Bhilai

  3. Durgapur

  4. Rourkela
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

All public sector undertakings market their steel through the Steel Authority of India Ltd.(SAIL). As Bhilai, Durgapur, Rourkela, and Bokaro steel plants are public sector industries so these come under the management of SAIL.

Jamshedpur steel plant is a private sector industry. It was started by Jamshedji Tata. It comes under the management of TISCO (Tata Iron and Steel Company).

Multiple choice geography mineral and energy resources - i iron and steel industries iron and steel industry mineral based industries

The Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Ltd. is located at

  1. Bhadravati

  2. Mysore

  3. Bangalore

  4. Mangalore
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Plant (VISL), a unit of Steel Authority of India Limited, is a plant involved in the production of alloy steels and pig iron. It is located in the city of Bhadravathi, India. It was started as the Mysore Iron Works on January 18, 1923 by Sir M Visvesvaraya. It is now a steel plant under the jurisdiction of the Steel Authority of India Limited.

Multiple choice geography india : physiographic units islands islands of india to our own islands

The capital of Lakshadweep is ___________.

  1. Port Blair

  2. Silvassa

  3. Aizawl

  4. Kavaratti
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
Kavaratti
Kavaratti serves as the capital of the Union Territory and the region comes under the jurisdiction of Kerala High Court. The islands are the northernmost of the Lakshadweep-Maldives-Chagos group of islands, which are the tops of a vast undersea mountain range, the Chagos-Laccadive Ridge.
Multiple choice different modes of communication and their uses information technology communication systems physics

At which place our countries first telephone exchange was established?

  1. Delhi

  2. Mumbai

  3. Pune

  4. Bangalore
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
In 1881, the Government later reversed its earlier decision and a licence was granted to the Oriental Telephone Company Limited of England for opening telephone exchanges at Calcutta, Bombay, Madras and Ahmedabad and the first formal telephone service was established in the country.
Multiple choice business studies tourism development in rajasthan tourism and transportation transportation in rajasthan tour and travel management

Which of the following places in Rajasthan is known as cloth city and Manchester of Rajasthan?

  1. Bhilwara

  2. Udaipur

  3. Jaisalmer

  4. Alwar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Textile industry of Bhilwara is famous all over India. It is known for it's production of synthetic fibre, presently generating 40% of the total production of Rajastan. It has got over 440 weaving units.

Multiple choice business studies tourism development in rajasthan tourism and transportation transportation in rajasthan tour and travel management

In India in 1904 AD cement was made from shells in which of the following places?

  1. Bangalore

  2. Chennai

  3. Tiruvananthapuram

  4. Mumbai
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

 Cement is indispensible for building and construction work and cement industry is considered to be an important infrastructure core industry. The first attempt to manufacture cement in India was made in 1904 when a mill based on sea shells as a source of limestone was established at Chennai. But this attempt proved unsucessful and a really successful attempt was made in 1912-13 when the Indian Cement Co. Ltd. set up a plant at Porbandar in Gujarat.