UPSC prelims Online Quiz Geography level 1 #22

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#1. Suggest any four ways through which Indian industrial products can easily face global competition. a. Use of modern technology. b. Use of modern machinery. c. Reducing taxes. d. Reducing cost of production Which is incorrect?

1 and 2

3 and 4

all of these

none of these

#2. Assertion (A): Agriculture in Monsoon Asia is characterised by the predominance of food crop cultivation. Reason (R): Farming in Monsoon Asia is mainly meant for subsistence purpose.

Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A

A is true but R is false

A is false but R is true

#3. Manufacturing industries includes:

Crop production

Fish production

Plantation

Sugar Production

#4. Production of goods in large quantities after processing from raw materials to more valuable products is called:

quartinary activity

secondary activity

tertiary activity

quasi activity

#5. Read the following: a. Countries that transform their raw materials into a wide variety of finished goods of higher value are prosperous. b. Agriculture and industry are not exclusive of each other. c. In the present day world of globalization, Indian industries need to be more efficient and competitive. d. Indian manufactured goods must not be at par in quality with those in the international market. Which is incorrect?

#6. Assertion (A): The location of the epicenter of an earthquake may be estimated using the time-lag between the arrival of P and S waves. Reason (R): The L wave cannot start until the P wave hits the surface

Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A

A is true but R is false

A is false but R is true

#7. Many industries tend to come together to make use of the advantages offered by the urban centers known as:

command economy

capitalistic economy

agglomeration economies

communist economy

#8. Production of goods in large quantities after processing from raw materials to more valuable products is called:

quartinary activity

secondary activity

tertiary activity

quasi activity

#9. Which of the following does not affect the location of industries?

Per capita income

Energy

Raw material

Labor

#10. Which one of the following statements is true about the manufacturing industries?

Manufacturing industries can only help in agriculture modernization

Manufacturing industries create unemployment

Manufacturing industries provide employment not only for agriculture, but for secondary and tertiary sectors also

Manufacturing industries reduce our dependency on agriculture

#11. Which of the following does not affect the location of industries?

Land

Entrepreneur

Infrastructure

None of the above

#12. Which one of the following statements is true about the manufacturing industries?

Manufacturing industries can only help in agriculture modernization

Manufacturing industries create unemployment

Manufacturing industries provide employment not only for agriculture, but for secondary and tertiary sectors also

Manufacturing industries reduce our dependency on agriculture

#13. Cooperative sector industries are owned and operated by the producers or suppliers of raw materials, workers or both. They pool in the resources and share the profits or losses:

Unevenly

unequally

disproportionately

proportionately

#14. Assertion (A): Cyclone is developed in a region of extremely low pressure of air with steep gradient of pressure. Reason (R): It has outward spiralling air at low elevations and inward air flowing at the high elevations.

Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A

A is true but R is false

A is false but R is true

#15. Assertion (A): Major industrial regions in India developed in the immediate hinterlands of the ports of Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai. Reason (R): The ports provide access to the raw materials available in the hinterlands of these ports as well as to the world market.

Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A

A is true but R is false

A is false but R is true

#16. Assertion (A): Graben is a major relief feature resulting from the faulting activities. It is, infact, a valley or narrow trough bounded by one or more parallel faults. Reason (R): Blocks of the Earth’s crust may be relatively raised or lowered between more or less parallel faults. The lower part known as graben is formed due to the subsidence of middle part between two normal faults.

Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A

A is true but R is false

A is false but R is true

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Hemant Bhatt

Chief Mentor at Oracle IAS

Hemant Bhatt is a B. Tech from Pantnagar University and has studied Social Sciences at SciencesPo, Paris. He teaches at Oracle IAS, Dehradun.
He is a bibliophile and a fitness enthusiast.