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

Most of the iron and steel industrial centres are located in ___________ part of India.

  1. Western

  2. Northern

  3. Eastern

  4. Southern
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C Correct answer
Explanation
 NAME AREA  LOCATION
Tata Iron and Steel Corporation (TISCO) Jamshedpur, Jharkhand EAST 
 Visvesvaraya
Iron and Steel Plant   Bhadravati,
Karnataka  SOUTH
 Durgapur
Steel Plant  Durgapur,West
Bengal  EAST 
 Bokaro Steel Plant   Jharkhand  EAST 
 Chandrapur Ferro Alloy Plant  Chandrapur, Maharashtra  CENTRAL
 IISCO Steel Plant  Asansol, West Bengal  EAST 
 Salem Steel Plant Tamil Nadu  SOUTH
 Rourkela Steel Plant Odisha  EAST 
 Vijayanagar Steel Plant  Hospet, BellaryKarnataka  SOUTH
 Visakhapatnam Steel Plant Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh  EAST 

From the above table it is clear that most of the steel plants are present towards the eastern India.

Multiple choice geography study of continents - north america economic resources location and expansion - north america north america - economic features

Missouri is a river located in _____.

  1. USA

  2. Brazil

  3. Britain

  4. Angola
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The Missouri River is the longest river in North America. Rising in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana, the Missouri flows east and south for $2,341$ miles$ (3,767 km)$ before entering the Mississippi River north of St. Louis, Missouri.

Multiple choice geography study of continents - north america economic resources location and expansion - north america north america - economic features

U-Seymight is a name of waterfall located in __________.

  1. New Zealand

  2. South Africa

  3. Switzerland

  4. USA
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D Correct answer
Explanation

U-Seymight is a name of waterfall located in USA.
U-Seymight Falls is the highest waterfall in U-Seymight National Park, dropping a total of 2,425 feet from the top of the upper fall to the base of the lower fall. Located in the Sierra Nevada of California, it is a major attraction in the park, especially in late spring when the water flow is at its peak

Multiple choice geography study of continents - north america economic resources location and expansion - north america north america - economic features

Ranches are ____________________.

  1. big cattle farms of commercial herdsmen having large animal breeding establishments

  2. rubber plantations in Malaysia

  3. large wheat forms in Australia

  4. None of these
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Ranches are large tracts of land used for livestock farming, specifically for grazing cattle or sheep. Option A accurately describes this agricultural practice.

Multiple choice geography punjab along the plains northern plains northern plains of india

State whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
The Northern Indian plains lie to the south of the Himalayas.

  1. True

  2. False
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Explanation

True.
The Northern Indian plains lie to the south of the Himalayas. They are generally level and flat. These are formed by the alluvial deposits laid down by the rivers– the Indus, the Ganga, the Brahmaputra and their tributaries. To the south of northern plains lies the Peninsular plateau.

Multiple choice geography punjab along the plains northern plains northern plains of india

State whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
The Bay of Bengal lies east to India.

  1. True

  2. False
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Explanation

True.
The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman Islands of India and Myanmar and the Nicobar Islands of India.

Multiple choice geography punjab along the plains northern plains northern plains of india

The headwaters of the Ganga is called the _______.

  1. Bhagirathi

  2. Alaknanda

  3. Gangotri Glacier

  4. None of the above
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Explanation
  • The Ganges begins at the confluence of the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers. The Bhagirathi is considered to be the source in Hindu culture and mythology, although the Alaknanda is longer. 
  • The Bhāgīrathī is a turbulent Himalayan river in the Indian states of Uttarakhand, and one of the two headstreams of the Ganges, the major river of Northern India and the holy river of Hinduism.
  • In Hindu mythology and culture, the Bhagirathi is considered the source stream of the Ganges.
Multiple choice geography punjab along the plains northern plains northern plains of india

Which is the largest tributary of the Ganga?

  1. Godavari

  2. Gandak

  3. Mahanadi

  4. Yamuna
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D Correct answer
Explanation
  • The Yamuna Sanskrit and Hindi, sometimes called Jamuna is the longest and the second largest tributary river of the Ganges (Ganga) in northern India.
  • Originating from the Yamunotri  Glacier at a height of 6,387 metres on the south western slopes of Banderpooch peaks in the uppermost region of the Loower Himalayas in Uttarakhand .
  • it travels a total length of 1,376 kilometres (855 mi) and has a drainage system of 366,223 square kilometres (141,399 sq mi), 40.2% of the entire Ganges Basin.
  •  It is the longest river in India which does not directly flow to the sea.