Q.711. India recently signed land boundary agreement with which country?
(a) China
(b) Nepal
(c) Bhutan
(d) Bangladesh
Ans: (D)
Notes: India and Bangladesh, on 6 June 2015, signed pact to operationalise the historic Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) between both nations. The operationalisation of LBA paves the way for exchange of 162 enclaves under the control of either countries as per the 1974 pact.
Q.712. Which of the following border is known as Radcliffe line ?
(a) India and China
(b) India and Bangladesh
(c) India and Pakistan
(d) India and Afghanistan
Ans: (C)
Notes: The Radcliffe Line was published on 17 August 1947 as a boundary demarcation line between India and Pakistan upon the Partition of India. It was named after its architect, Sir Cyril Radcliffe, who, as chairman of the Border Commissions, was charged with equitably dividing 450,000 km2 of territory with 88 million people.
Part–XI : States & Union Territories in India and Population
Q.713. Which among the following districts is not situated in the terai of Uttar Pradesh ?
(a) Pilibhit
(b) Bahraich
(c) Lakhim Pur
(d) Hardoi
Ans: (D)
Notes: The Terai is a belt of marshy grasslands, savannas, and forests located south of the outer foothills of the Himalaya, the Siwalik Hills, and north of the Indo- Gangetic Plain of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and their tributaries. In northern India, the Terai spreads eastward from the Yamuna River across Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Hardoi district is a part of Lucknow division. Hardoi district is contiguous of Shahjahanpur and Lakhimpur Kheri districts on the north, Lucknow and Unnao districts on the south, Kanpur and Farrukhabad districts on the west and Sitapur district on the east. The Terai region comprising Kheri, Pilibhit and Bahraich districts were recently in news for having a sizeable population of Indian vultures despite vulture casualties due to renal failure.
Q.714. Match List I with List II and find out the correct answer from the codes given below the Lists :
List I(Thermal Power Plants)
(a) Kahalgaon
(b) Farakka
(c) Ramagundam
(d) Gandhar
List II(Locations)
1. West Bengal
2. Bihar
3. Gujarat
4. Andhra Pradesh Codes :
a b c d
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 4 3 1 2
(c) 2 1 4 3
(d) 3 2 1 4
Ans: (C)
Notes: Colgong (also called Kahalgaon) is a city and a municipality in Bhagalpur district in the state of Bihar. Close to Kahalgaon are the remains of the great Vikramshila University, which was famous as a centre of advanced learning across the world in the ancient times. Farakka Barrage is a barrage across the Ganges River, located in the Indian state of West Bengal, roughly 16.5 kilometres from the border with Bangladesh near Chapai Nawabganj District. Ramagundam is a town in the Karimnagar district of northern Andhra Pradesh, known as town of energy. Gandhar is one of the villages in Vagra Taluk, Bharuch district, Gujarat State of India.
Q.715. Which one of the following States/Union Territories of India recorded the lowest density of population in 1991 Census?
(a) Sikkim
(b) Nagaland
(c) Mizoram
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
Ans: (D)
Notes: Arunachal Pradesh has population density of 10 in the 1991 Census. It stood last among all the states and Union territories of India. It retained its rank even in the 2001 Census with a population density of 13 and 2011 census with a population density of 17.
Q.716. Which of the following states is called ‘Tiger State’ of India?
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Gujarat
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Assam
Ans: (C)
Notes: Madhya Pradesh is known as the tiger state of India,’ because of the large number of tiger reserves in the state. Kanha, Pench, Bandhavgarh, Panna, Bori- Satpura, Sanjay-Dubri tiger reserves are located in the state. There are 42 tiger reserves in India which are governed by Project Tiger which is administered by the National Tiger Conservation Authority.
Q.717. Khasi and Garo Tribes mainly live in :
(a) Meghalaya
(b) Nagaland
(c) Mizoram
(d) Manipur
Ans: (A)
Notes: Meghalaya, one of the seven sister states of North East India, is inhabited largely by tribes. After Khasi, Garo comprise the largest population of tribes in Meghalaya. Most of these tribes habitat in Garo hills of Meghalaya, as the name depicts itself. Other than Meghalaya a sizeable population of these tribes can also be found in other states like Assam, Tripura, West Bengal and Bangladesh.
Q.718. Which of the following Indian States is broadly as large as the European nation-Austria?
(a) Kerala
(b) West Bengal
(c) Orissa
(d) Karnataka
Ans: (B)
Notes: North-Eastern India, the country’s tribal corner, with lush, beautiful landscapes, endemic flora and fauna of the Indo-Malayan group and famous for Tea Gardens, consists of seven tiny states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura. By Indian standards, some of them are larger than Switzerland or Austria. The Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, with an area of 83,743 km square is comparable to Austria. The territory of Austria covers 83,855 square kilometres. The area of Karnataka is 191,791 sq. km (comparable to Senegal); that of Kerala is 38,633 sq. km (comparable to Bhutan); and that of West Bengal is 88,752 sq. km (comparable to Serbia). West Bengal, among the given options, is the most suitable.
Q.719. Which of the following Indian States is broadly as large as the European nation Poland?
(a) Bihar
(b) Orissa
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Ans: (D)
Notes: The total area of Poland is 312,679 square kilometres, making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe. Maharashtra covers an area of 307,731 km2 or 9.84% of the total geographical area of India; while Madhya Pradesh covers 308,252 km2 of the nation and is the sixth largest state in India by population. Both Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra are comparable to the size of Oman and both have area less than that of Poland. But, since Madhya Pradesh is bigger than Maharashtra, it should be the correct answer.
Q.720. Where are the ‘Todas’ found?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
Ans: (C)
Notes: The Toda people are a small pastoral community who live on the isolated Nilgiri plateau of Southern India. Before the late 18th century, the Toda coexisted locally with other communities, including the Badaga, Kota, and Kuruba, in a loose caste-like community organization in which the Toda were the top ranking. During the last quarter of the 20th century, some Toda pasture land was lost due to agriculture by outsiders or afforestation by the State Government of Tamil Nadu. This has threatened to undermine Toda culture by greatly diminishing the buffalo herds; however during the last decade both Toda society and culture have also become the focus of an international effort at culturally sensitive environmental restoration. The Toda lands are now a part of The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO-designated International Biosphere Reserve and is under consideration by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for selection as a World Heritage Site.