General Studies: Practice Paper Based on Geography for UPSC Exams

Practice Paper Based on Geography 

1) Which of the following soils is India is most fertile ?

1. Regular
2. Alluvial Soil
3. Laterite Soil
4. Red soil

2) In which of the following States is the site of Nhava Sheva Port located ?

1. Kerala
2. Karnataka
3. Andhra Pradesh
4. Maharashtra

3) Density of Earth's atmosphere is highest in the:

1. Troposphere
2. Stratosphere
3. Mesosphere
4. Lonophere

4) The Equatorial Forests of the Amazon Basin in South America are known as:

1. Selva
2. Taiga
3. Tundra
4. Pampas

5) Coffee is a :

1. Sub-tropical shrub
2. Warm temperate shrub
3. Tropical shrub
4. cool temperate shrub

6) The best variety of world's cotton is known as :

1. Sea Island
2. Upland American
3. Egyptian
4. Short staple Indian

7) How much land area in India is under forests ?

1. About 17%
2. About 24%
3. About 18%
4. About 20%

8) Which of the following is known as the morning star ?

1. Saturn
2. Jupiter
3. Mars
4. Venus

9) The highest tropic level in an ecosystem is obtained by : ?

1. herbivores
2. carnivores
3. decomposers
4. omnivores

10) Which one of the following is correctly matched :

1. Eskimo-Canada
2. Oran-Japan
3. Lapps-India
4. Gonds-Africa

11) The coniferous forests are not found in:

1. Amazonian
2. Scandinavia
3. Canada
4. Finland

12) The importance of Ozone layer is that it shields :

1. plants from radiation
2. life on earth from cosmic bombardment
3. earth from meteorites
4. life on earth from the ultraviolet rays of the sun