TOPIC: SOCIAL SCIENCE

ASSIGNMENT # 17
BATCH–(AAkaar -SENIOR)

1. Dachigam in Jammu and Kashmir is a:

(A) National Park (B) Wildlife sanctuary (C) Bird sanctuary (D) Reserve forests

2. Ebony, Mahogany and Rosewood trees are grown in which type of the following forests?
(A) Deciduous forests (B) Tropical Evergreen forests
(C) Tropical Thorn forests (D) Coniferous forests

3. The yak, shaggy horned wild ox and the Tibetan antelope are found in which of the following
regions?
(A) Tibet (B) Uttarakhand (C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Ladakh

4. Nilgiri’s biosphere reserve was established in:

(A) 1986 (B) 1985 (C) 1989 (D) 1988

5. Which one of the following types of vegetation does rubber belong to?
(A) Tundra (B) Himalayan
(C) Tidal (D) Tropical Evergreen
6. ___________________ National parks and _________________ Wildlife sanctuaries and Zoological
gardens are set up to take care of Natural heritage.
(A) 89, 49 (B) 79, 49 (C) 69, 59 (D) 89, 59
7. The wildlife sanctuary for Bears is:
(A) Jim Corbett (B) Dachigam
(C) Manas (D) Rajaji National Park

8. The Wildlife sanctuary for elephant is:

(A) Nilgiris (B) Simlipal
(C) Periyar (D) Jim Corbett Par

9. Dachigam wildlife sanctuary is located in:

(A) Uttarakhand (B) Rajasthan
(C) Kashmir (D) Madhya Pradesh

10. The percentage suitable migratory birds in large number is:

(A) Rann of Kutch, Gujarat (B) Pulicat lake, Tamil nadu
(C) Jaipur, Rajasthan (D) Agra, Uttarpradesh

11. Where is Asia’s largest Windfarm situated?

(A) Bhavnagar (B) Jamnagar (C) Surat (D) Mehsana
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12. Which are worshipped as pious according to Indian culture?
(A) Neem, Mango, Asopalav (B) Peepal, Banyan, Tulsi
(C) Mahudo, Khijdo, Palm (D) None from above

13. In which district is the Vansda National Park situated?

(A) Valsad (B) Bhavnagar (C) Junagadh (D) Jamnagar

14. Kaziranga National Park is situated in ………………. State of India.

(A) Rajasthan (B) Gujarat (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Assam

15. Which state in India has Kaziranga National Park?

(A) Bihar (B) West Bengal (C) Jharkhand (D) Assam

16. Kaziranga national park is located in which state?

(A) Kerala (B) Assam
(C) West Bengal (D) Madhya Pradesh

17. In which continent if the largest desert of the world situated?

(A) Asia (B) Africa (C) Europe (D) Australia

18. On the leaves of which tree, the silk worms are reared/fed?
(A) Neem (B) Mulberry (C) Acacia (D) Mango

19. When was the Comprehensive Family Planning programme initiated by the Government of
India?
(A) In 1952 (B) In 1956 (C) In 1955 (D) In 1954

20. What is the population of Lakshadweep?

(A) 1 laro people (B) 80 thousand people
(C) 60 thousand people (D) 50 thousand people

21. Population density of India in the year 2001 was:

(A) 326 persons per sq km (B) 324 person per sq km
(C) 322 persons per sq km (D) 326 person per sq km

22. Depending ratio is affected by:

(A) Percentage of working population (B) percentage of children population
(C) Percentage of female population (D) percentage of male population

23. Density of population of Arunachal Pradesh is:

(A) 13 persons per sq km (B) 40 persons per sq km
(C) 80 persons per sq km (D) 100 persons per sq km

24. Which state of India has the lowest density of population?

(A) Arunachal Pradesh (B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Punjab (D) Assam

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25. According to Census 2011, the state having highest density of population is:
(A) Kerala (B) West Bengal (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Bihar

26. As per census of India 2011 which one of the following four states has highest density of
population?
(A) Himachal Pradesh (B) Jammu and Kashmir (C) Manipur (D) Nagaland

27. Which state of India has the lowest density of population?

(A) Arunachal Pradesh (B) Uttar Pradesh (C) Punjab (D) Assam

28. What is the literacy rate of women in India (2001)?

(A) 54% (B) 76% (C) 36% (D) 60%

29. Which is the largest populated country in the world:

(A) China (B) India (C) United State of America(D) Canda

30. Which place does India hold in the world regarding the population?
(A) First (B) Second (C) Third (D) Fourth

31. Which of the following is the working age group of the population:
(A) 15 – 19 years (B) 20 – 60 years (C) 20 – 25 years (D) 18 – 16 years

32. Which of the following state of India has less population?

(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Bihar
(C) Karnataka (D) Arunachal Pradesh

33. In India, the sex ratio in 2011 was:

(A) 943 (B) 833 (C) 910 (D) 868

34. According to Census 2011, the number of females per thousand males is ………….
(A) 950 (B) 943 (C) 940 (D) 942

35. World population Day is celebrated every year on…………….. .

(A) 11 July (B) 5 June (C) 8 March (D) 8 December

36. About 50% of the world population is concentrated between the latitudes of:
(A) 5N and 20N (B) 20N and 40N (C) 40N and 60N (D) 20S and 40S

37. As per census 2011 number of cities are in India:

(A) 7933 (B) 3992 (C) 4138 (D) 4139

38. Which of the following options is incorrect? Resources can be classified:

(A) on the basis of origin (B) on the basis of shape
(C) on the basis of ownership (D) on the basis of exhaustibility

39. What is Black soil also known as?

(A) Fertile soil (B) Regur soil (C) Barren oil (D) None of these

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40. Red soil looks yellow when it occurs:
(A) hydrated form (B) original form
(C) oxidated form (D) degraded form

41. Everything available in our environment which can be used to satisfy our needs, can be termed
as:
(A) Development (B) Resources (C) Planning (D) Product

42. Which of the following is a renewable resource?

(A) Wind energy (B) Forest (C) Solar Power (D) All of these

43. Which of the following resources belong to the nation?

(A) National Resources (B) Developed Resources
(C) Biotic Resources (D) Abiotic Resources

44. When was Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit convened?

(A) 1990 (B) 1991 (C) 1992 (D) 1995

45. In which of the following areas is the alluvial soil found?

(A) Northern Plains (B) Hilly areas
(C) Desert Plains (D) None of these

46. Which of the following soils is most suitable for growing cotton?
(A) Laterite soil (B) Black Soil (C) Alluvial Soil (D) Forest Soil

47. Which of the following soils is developed due to intense leaching?

(A) Alluvial Soil (B) Black Soil (C) Red Soil (D) Laterite Soil

48. Method of growing long strips of grass between the crops refers to:
(A) Strip Cropping (B) Crop Rotation
(C) Terrace Farming (D) Contour Ploughing

49. Fertile black soil useful sugarcane and cotton crops in produced by breaking of which rocks?
(A) Basalt rocks (B) Arenaceous rocks (C) Granite rocks (D) Obsidian
50. What percentage of land is covered by forests in India?
(A) 63.3% (B) 46.3% (C) 33.3% (D) 23.3%

51. ……………………. Soil is known as regur.

(A) Laterite (B) Red (C) Black (D) Brown

52. Laterite Soil is found in:

(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Himachal Pradesh (C) Kerala (D) Punjab

53. Write the factor that does not help in the formation of soil
(A) Wind and water (B) Decomposed plants and animals
(C) Rocks and temperature (D) Water accumulation

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54. By which gas Global warming problem arises?
(A) Ozone (B) Carbon dioxide (C) Oxygen (D) Nitrogen

55. In which of the following districts of Uttarakhand was the Beej Bachao Andolan implemented?
(A) Tehri (B) Chamoli (C) Pithoragarh (D) All of these

56. Maximum agricultural expansion took place ……………. .

(A) between 1951 and 1980 (B) between 1940 and 1960
(C) between 1955 and 1973 (D) between 1981 and 1990

57. Crocodiles can be classified as ………….. .

(A) Normal species (B) Vulnerable species (C) Endangered species (D) Rare species

58. The world’s fastest land animal is ………….. .

(A) Cheetah (B) Tiger (C) Deer (D) Nilgai

59. What is the approximate number of animal species found in India?

(A) 51, 000 (B) 61,000 (C) 71,000 (D) 81,000

60. What is JFM?

(A) Joint Forest Management (B) Junior Forest Manager
(C) Judicial Forest Management (D) Joint Forest Means

61. The species which are in danger are called;

(A) Endangered species (B) Rare species (C) Extinct species (D) All of these

62. Which of the following species is an endemic species of Arunachal Pradesh?

(A) Mithun (B) Pigeon (C) Gangetic Dolphin (D) Wild Pig

63. In which of the following states is the Buxa Tiger Reserve located?
(A) Rajastan (B) West Bengal (C) Uttarakhand (D) Uttar Pradesh

64. In which of the following year was ‘Project Tiger’ launched?

(A) 1972 (B) 1973 (C) 1974 (D) 1975

65. The species which is endangered because of the use of bones in traditional medicines in the
Asiatic countries is:
(A) Lion (B) Tiger (C) Cheetah (D) Deer

66. In which of the following states is the Periyar Tiger Reserve located?
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Tamil Nadu (C) Kerala (D) Rajasthan

67. From which of the following region is the Chipko Movement related?
(A) Himalayan region (B) Island region (C) Desert Region (D) All of these

68. Pioneer of the ‘Chipko movement’ in the state of Uttaranchal is:

(A) G.L. Babhuguna (B) S.L. Bahuguna (C) Kanhu Sanjal (D) Premji Nath

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69. Establishment of new forest by seeding or planting is:
(A) Monoculture (B) Enrichment planation (C) Afforestation (D) Deforestation

70. A single commercially valuable species, extensively planted and other species eliminated is
called:
(A) enrichment planation (B) intensive subsistence farming
(C) primitive subsistence farming (D) shifting agriculture

71. Which animal in India is on the brink is extinction?

(A) Sambhar (B) Elephant (C) Ghoral (D) Bear

72. What is the percentage of forest of total geographical Area in India:

(A) 30.01% (B) 25.02% (C) 33.01% (D) 20.64%

73. Who started “Bhoodan Movement” in India:

(A) Vinoba Bhave (B) Jai Prakash Narayan
(C) Mahatama Gandhi (D) Lal Bhadur Shastri

74. n India total forest area as per Forest Report, 2011 is:
(A) 21.05% (B) 20.06% (C) 22.07% (D) 19.80%

75. What per cent of the total volume of world’s water is estimated to exist as oceans?
(A) 96.5 per cent (B) 8 per cent (C) 70 per cent (D) 4 per cent

76. Which river is associated with Hirakud Dam?

(A) Narmada (B) Tapti (C) Mahanadi (D) Ganga

77. Palar pani is considered the purest form of………………. .

(A) ground water (B) ocean water (C) natural water (D) none of these

78. Which is the first and the only state in India that has made roof top rainwater harvesting
compulsory to all the houses across the state?
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Maharashtra (C) Rajasthan (D) Maghalaya

79. Rana Pratap Sagar Dam is located in …………. .

(A) Rajasthan (B) Orissa (C) Punjab (D) Maharashtra

80. Sardar Sarovar dam is situated on the river ………. .

(A) Godavari (B) Ganga (C) Mahanadi (D) Narmada

81. The region of India which faces acute shortage of water is ………… .
(A) Gendathur (B) Shilong (C) Cherapunjee (D) Mawsynram

82. Through which of the following is the fresh water continually being renewed and rechanged:
(A) Oxygen cycle (B) Nitrogen cycle
(C) Life cycle (D) Hydrological cycle

83. What percentage of the global precipitation is received by India?

(A) 4 per cent (B) 5 per cent (C) 10 per cent (D) 15 per cent
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84. Who proudly proclaimed the dams as the “temples of modern India”?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(C) Indira Gandhi (D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

85. With which of the following rivers is the Sardar Sarovar Project associated?
(A) Narmada (B) Mahanadi (C) Krishna (D) Kaveri

86. In which of the following states did people develop inundation channels to irrigate their field?
(A) Rajasthan (B) West Bengal (C) Punjab (D) Haryana

87. The dominant type of irrigation in Peninsular India is by:

(A) Canals (B) Tanks (C) Wells (D) Sprinklers

88. “Renigaon” is famous for:

(A) Water Conservation (B) Organic Agriculture
(C) Environment Conservation (D) Chipko Movement

89. When the word “Acid Rain” was first used:

(A) 1953 year (B) 1983 year (C) 1973 year (D) 1873 year

90. Hirakud Dam is situated on the river:

(A) Goadavari (B) Tapi (C) Mahanadi (D) Yamuna

91. One which river is the Hirakud dam constructed:

(A) Narmada (B) Godavari (C) Mahanadi (D) Kaveri

92. Damodar is tributary of river:

(A) Ganga (B) Hugli (C) Suvamrekha (D) Yamuna

93. Water availability per person in India is:

(A) Decreasing (B) Increasing (C) Stagnant (D) None of these

94. Which state of India has made roof top rain water harvesting compulsory to all houses:
(A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Tamil Nadu (C) Kerala (D) Karnataka

95. Which of the following factor is responsible for gully crosion of soil?
(A) Wind (B) Rainfall (C) Snowfall (D) Wheat

96. From Which River “Indira Canal” started for irrigation of desert area of north Rajasthan?
(A) Ravi river (B) Chinab river (C) Biyas river (D) Satluj river

97. During which season/seasons important crops like watermelon, cucumber, vegetables and
fodder crops are produced?
(A) Zaid season (B) Kharif season (C) Rabi season (D) All of these

98. …………………. is the largest producer of rice.

(A) West Bengal (B) Punjab
(C) Haryana (D) Parts of Rajasthan
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99. ……………….. is known as the golden fibre.
(A) Cotton (B) Silk (C) Polyester (D) Jute

100. The crop which is used both as food and fodder is ………………..
(A) maize (B) wheat (C) rice (D) sugarcane

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