RRB NTPC Geography quiz for Stage I : 11/07/2019

RRB NTPC Geography quiz for Stage I : 11/07/2019

Q1. Which city is known as the тАШManchester of South IndiaтАЩ?

рдХрд┐рд╕ рд╢рд╣рд░ рдХреЛ тАШрджрдХреНрд╖рд┐рдг рднрд╛рд░рдд рдХреЗ рдореИрдирдЪреЗрд╕реНрдЯрд░тАЩ рдХреЗ рд░реВрдк рд╕реЗ рдЬрд╛рдирд╛ рдЬрд╛рддрд╛ рд╣реИ?

(a) Chennai / рдЪреЗрдиреНрдирдИ

(b) Coimbatore/ рдХреЛрдпрдВрдмрдЯреВрд░

(c) Bangalore / рдмреИрдВрдЧрд▓реЛрд░

(d) Madurai / рдорджреБрд░реИ

Answer & Explanation
Ans.1.(b)

Exp.It houses more than 25,000 small, medium and large industries with the primary industries being engineering and textiles. Coimbatore is called the тАЬManchester of South IndiaтАЭ due to its extensive textile industry, fed by the surrounding cotton fields.

Q2.What is the time difference (in hours) between GMT and IST (Indian Standard Time)?

рдЬреАрдПрдордЯреА рдФрд░ рдЖрдИрдПрд╕рдЯреА (рднрд╛рд░рддреАрдп рдорд╛рдирдХ рд╕рдордп) рдХреЗ рдордзреНрдп рд╕рдордп рдЕрдВрддрд░рд╛рд▓ (рдШрдВрдЯреЛрдВ рдореЗрдВ) рдХрд┐рддрдирд╛ рд╣реИ?

(a) Five / рдкрд╛рдВрдЪ

(b) Six / рдЫрд╣

(c) Six and a half / рд╕рд╛рдврд╝реЗ рдЫрд╣

(d) Five and a half/ рд╕рд╛рдврд╝реЗ рдкрд╛рдВрдЪ

Answer & Explanation
Ans.2.(d)

Exp.GMT stands for Greenwich Mean/Meridian Time and IST stands for Indian Standard Time. India Standard Time ( IST ) is 5:30 hours (5 hours 30 minutes) ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+5.5).

Q3.Name the strait dividing India and Sri Lanka.

рднрд╛рд░рдд рдФрд░ рд╢реНрд░реАрд▓рдВрдХрд╛ рдХреЛ рд╡рд┐рднрд╛рдЬрд┐рдд рдХрд░рдиреЗ рд╡рд╛рд▓реА рдЬрд▓рд╕рдиреНрдзрд┐ рдХрд╛ рдирд╛рдо рдмрддрд╛рдИрдпреЗ.

(a) Magellan Strait / рдореИрдЧреЗрд▓рди рдЬрд▓рд╕рдиреНрдзрд┐

(b) Palk Strait/ рдкрд╛рд▓реНрдХ рдЬрд▓рд╕рдиреНрдзрд┐

(c) Bass Strait / рдмрд╛рд╕ рдЬрд▓рд╕рдиреНрдзрд┐

(d) Bering Strait / рдмреЗрд░рд┐рдВрдЧ рдЬрд▓рд╕рдиреНрдзрд┐

Answer & Explanation
Ans.3.(b)

Exp.The Palk Strait is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Mannar district of the Northern Province of the island nation of Sri Lanka. It connects the Bay of Bengal in the northeast with Palk Bay in the southwest.

Q4.Which State in India is called the тАШLand of Five RiversтАЩ?

рднрд╛рд░рдд рдореЗрдВ рдХрд┐рд╕ рд░рд╛рдЬреНрдп рдХреЛ тАШрдкрд╛рдВрдЪ рдирджрд┐рдпреЛрдВ рдХреА рднреВрдорд┐тАЩ рдХрд╣рд╛ рдЬрд╛рддрд╛ рд╣реИ?

(a) Uttar Pradesh/ рдЙрддреНрддрд░ рдкреНрд░рджреЗрд╢

(b) Punjab/ рдкрдВрдЬрд╛рдм

(c) Haryana / рд╣рд░рд┐рдпрд╛рдгрд╛

(d) Bihar/ рдмрд┐рд╣рд╛рд░

Answer & Explanation
Ans.4.(b)

Exp.It is named so because of the five rivers flowing through this land and these five rivers of Punjab are Sutlej, Beas, Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum.

Q5.On which river is the Bhakra Nangal Dam of India built?

рднрд╛рд░рдд рдХрд╛ рднрд╛рдЦрдбрд╝рд╛┬а рдирд╛рдВрдЧрд▓ рдмрд╛рдВрдз рдХрд┐рд╕ рдирджреА рдкрд░ рдмрдирд╛рдпрд╛ рдЧрдпрд╛ рд╣реИ?

(a) Yamuna / рдпрдореБрдирд╛

(b) Ganga / рдЧрдВрдЧрд╛

(c) Sutlej/ рд╕рддрд▓реБрдЬ

(d) Brahmaputra / рдмреНрд░рд╣реНрдордкреБрддреНрд░

Answer & Explanation
Ans.5.(c)

Exp.Bhakra Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Sutlej River in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh in northern India. The dam forms the Gobind Sagar reservoir.

Q6.Which city in India is called the тАШLake CityтАЩ?

рднрд╛рд░рдд рдореЗрдВ рдХрд┐рд╕ рд╢рд╣рд░ рдХреЛ тАШрдЭреАрд▓реЛ рдХрд╛ рд╢рд╣рд░тАЩ рдХрд╣рд╛ рдЬрд╛рддрд╛ рд╣реИ?

(a) Udaipur/ рдЙрджрдпрдкреБрд░

(b) Jaipur/ рдЬрдпрдкреБрд░

(c) Raipur / рд░рд╛рдпрдкреБрд░

(d) Jodhpur/ рдЬреЛрдзрдкреБрд░

Answer & Explanation
Ans.6.(a)

Exp.Udaipur City, formally known as the city of lakes and Venice of East. Udaipur, the capital of the former princely state of Mewar is a beautiful city in Rajasthan, India. Udaipur is also referred to as the тАЬVenice of the EastтАЭ, the тАЬMost Romantic City of IndiaтАЭ and the тАЬKashmir of RajasthanтАЭ.

Q7.Which one among the following is not an important factor of climate of an area?

рдирд┐рдореНрдирд▓рд┐рдЦрд┐рдд рдореЗрдВ рд╕реЗ рдХреМрди рд╕рд╛ рдХреНрд╖реЗрддреНрд░ рдХреЗ рдЬрд▓рд╡рд╛рдпреБ рдХрд╛ рдПрдХ рдорд╣рддреНрд╡рдкреВрд░реНрдг рдХрд╛рд░рдХ рдирд╣реАрдВ рд╣реИ?

(a) Longitude/ рджреЗрд╢рд╛рдВрддрд░

(b) Latitude/ рдЕрдХреНрд╖рд╛рдВрд╢

(c) Altitude/ рдКрдВрдЪрд╛рдИ

(d) Distance from the sea/ рд╕рдореБрджреНрд░ рд╕реЗ рджреВрд░реА

Answer & Explanation
Ans.7.(a)

Exp.longitude is distance east or west of the prime meridian (an imaginary line running from north to south through Greenwich, England). Longitude is measured in degrees east or west of the prime meridian. This means one half of the world is measured in degrees of east longitude up to 180┬░, and the other half in degrees of west longitude up to 180┬░.

Q8.тАЩEI NinoтАЩ associated with the formation of the South West Monsoon of India is

тАШрдЕрд▓-рдиреАрдиреЛтАЩ рднрд╛рд░рдд рдХреЗ рджрдХреНрд╖рд┐рдг рдкрд╢реНрдЪрд┐рдо рдорд╛рдирд╕реВрди рдХреЗ рдЧрдарди рд╕реЗ рдЬреБрдбрд╝рд╛ рд╣реБрдЖ ___________рд╣реИ.

(a) a periodic low pressure centre/ рдПрдХ рдЖрд╡рдзрд┐рдХ рдХрдо рджрдмрд╛рд╡ рдХреЗрдВрджреНрд░

(b) an abnormally warm ocean current/ рдЕрд╕рд╛рдорд╛рдиреНрдп рд░реВрдк рд╕реЗ рдЧрд░реНрдо рдорд╣рд╛рд╕рд╛рдЧрд░реАрдп рдзрд╛рд░рд╛

(c) a periodic warm air-mass/ рдПрдХ рдЖрд╡рдзрд┐рдХ рдЧрд░реНрдо рд╣рд╡рд╛ рджреНрд░рд╡реНрдпрдорд╛рди

(d) a periodic warm wind/ рдПрдХ рдЖрд╡рдзрд┐рдХ рдЧрд░реНрдо рд╣рд╡рд╛

Answer & Explanation
Ans.8.(b)

Exp.Collectively, El Ni├▒o and La Ni├▒a are parts of an oscillation in the ocean-atmosphere system called the El Ni├▒o-Southern Oscillation.El Ni├▒o Southern Oscillation refers to the cycle of warm and cold temperatures, as measured by sea surface temperature, SST, of the tropical central and eastern Pacific Ocean.

Q9.Which one among the following rivers does not flow into the bay of Bengal?

рдирд┐рдореНрдирд▓рд┐рдЦрд┐рдд рдирджрд┐рдпреЛрдВ рдореЗрдВ рд╕реЗ рдХреМрди рд╕реА рдирджреА рдмрдВрдЧрд╛рд▓ рдХреА рдЦрд╛рдбрд╝реА рдореЗрдВ рдирд╣реАрдВ рдорд┐рд▓рддреА рд╣реИ?

(a) Tapti/ рддрд╛рдкреНрддреА

(b) Mahanadi/ рдорд╣рд╛рдирджреА

(c) Godavari/ рдЧреЛрджрд╛рд╡рд░реА

(d) Cauvery/ рдХрд╛рд╡реЗрд░реА

Answer & Explanation
Ans.9.(a)

Exp.The Narmada and the Tapti are the only major rivers that flow into the Arabian Sea. The total length of Narmada through the states of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Gujarat amounts to 1312 km. The Tapti follows a parallel course to the south of the Narmada, flowing through the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat on its way into the Gulf of Khambhat.

Q10.In the interior of the Earth

рдкреГрдереНрд╡реА рдХреЗ рдЖрддрдВрд░рд┐рдХ рднрд╛рдЧ рдореЗрдВ-

(a) the temperature rises with increasing depth/ рддрд╛рдкрдорд╛рди рдмрдврд╝рддреА рдЧрд╣рд░рд╛рдИ рдХреЗ рд╕рд╛рде рдмрдврд╝рддрд╛ рд╣реИ

(b) the temperature falls with increasing depth/ рддрд╛рдкрдорд╛рди рдмрдврд╝рддреА рдЧрд╣рд░рд╛рдИ рдХреЗ рд╕рд╛рде рдЧрд┐рд░рддрд╛ рд╣реИ

(c) the pressure falls with increasing depth/ рдмрдврд╝рддреА рдЧрд╣рд░рд╛рдИ рдХреЗ рд╕рд╛рде рджрдмрд╛рд╡ рдЧрд┐рд░рддрд╛ рд╣реИ

┬а(d) both temperature and pressure fall with increasing depth/ рдмрдврд╝рддреА рдЧрд╣рд░рд╛рдИ рдХреЗ рд╕рд╛рде рддрд╛рдкрдорд╛рди рдФрд░ рджрдмрд╛рд╡ рджреЛрдиреЛрдВ рдЧрд┐рд░рддреЗ рд╣реИрдВ

Answer & Explanation
Ans.10.(a)

Exp.Structure of earthтАЩs interior is fundamentally divided into three layers тАУ crust, mantle and core.A rise in temperature with increase in depth is observed in mines and deep wells.These evidence along with molten lava erupted from the earthтАЩs interior supports that the temperature increases towards the centre of the earth.Just like the temperature, the pressure is also increasing from the surface towards the centre of the earth.

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