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Which of the following is not one of the principal commodities exported by India?

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  1. jute manufatures

  2. Leather goods

  3. Iron ore

  4. Paper

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Correct Option: D

Which of the following is not one of the principal commodities imported by India?

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  1. Transport equipment

  2. Medicines and pharmaceutical products

  3. Fertilizers

  4. Tobacco

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Correct Option: D

The country that lies to the south of India is _________.

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  1. Srilanka

  2. Maldives

  3. Pakistan

  4. Bangladesh

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Srilanka,
Sri Lanka is an island located in the Indian Ocean and separated from India by the Palk Strait. The country has two geographical regions. 
(1) A rolling plain which comprises 80% of the land area as well as the entire northern half of the island and continues around the coast to the southern half. 
(2.) The south-central region which is hilly and mountainous with two plateaux, the Hatton and Kandy, that rises abruptly from the Ura Basin. The country has sixteen rivers of which the Mahaweli Ganga and the Aruvi Aru are the longest. Major Cities (pop. est.); Colombo 615,000, Dehiwala 196,000, Moratuwa 170,000, Jaffna 129,000 (1990). Land Use; forested 33%, pastures 7%, agricultural-cultivated 29%, other 31% (1993).

Roof of the world is in ________.

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  1. Tibet

  2. China

  3. India

  4. Russia

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Correct Option: A

Which of the following country has boundary with India in the north?

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  1. Bhutan

  2. Pakistan

  3. China

  4. USSR

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Correct Option: A,C
Explanation:

India shares its border with seven countries- Afghanistan and Pakistan to the north-west, China, Bhutan and Nepal to the north, Myanmar to the far East and Bangladesh to the east. Sri Lanka (from south-east) and Maldives (from south-west) are two countries with water borders.

Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim have common frontiers with ________.

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  1. China

  2. Bhutan

  3. Nepal

  4. Myanmar

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Nepal is bounded by India from 3 sides - South, East and West. Nepal has boundaries with five of the Indian states. They are Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Altogether 26 out of 75 districts of Nepal have border linkages with India.

Which of the following do not have common border with Myanmar?

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  1. Nagaland

  2. Arunachal Pradesh

  3. Assam

  4. Manipur

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

India shares a 1643 km long border with Myanmar.  Arunachal Pradesh,  Nagaland, Manipur,  Mizoram are the states which share the border with Myanmar while Assam shares the international border with Bhutan and Bangladesh.

A neighbouring country but not a part of Indian subcontinent is ______________.

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  1. Pakistan

  2. Bangladesh

  3. Nepal

  4. China

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A neighbouring country but not a part of Indian subcontinent is China. Politically,the Indian subcontinent is said to comprise of the following seven States(countries): India,Pakistan,Nepal,Bhutan,Bangla Desh, Sri Lanka and Maldives. There is no consensus about the limits of the Subcontinent.

Maldive Islands are situated to the south of the _______.

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  1. Port Blair

  2. Ross Island

  3. Nicobar Island

  4. Lakshadweep Island

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Maldives islands are situated to the south of the Lakshadweep islands of India.

The Maldives is a chain of 1192 islands located south-west of Sri Lanka and India in the Indian Ocean. The islands are so tiny that many world maps do not show the Maldives. It is an independent country of about 357566 in population.

Practice  of growing same crop year after year is called as, ______________.

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  1. Sericulture

  2. Epiculture

  3. Monoculture

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Monoculture is the agricultural practice of producing or growing single crop year after year and all around the year in a field at a time.