1. Match the items of List I with the items of List II. List I (Season) List II (Time) A. Summer 1. December - February B. Advancing Monsoon (South-west. 2. March - May C. Retreating Monsoon (North-east. 3. June - September D. Winter 4. October - November

2. The southernmost tip of the Indian Union is

3. In India, which type of forest among the following occupies the largest area? [CSE (Pre) 2010]

4. The flood plains of Khadar is known as

5. Which one of the following is not a lagoon? [CSE (Pre) 2002]

6. The _____________ divides India into almost two equal parts.

7. Which of the following statement(s) is/are found to be correct? I. Formed by the valleys of the rivers Ganga and Brahmaputra, and their tributaries, the Indo-Gangetic plain is about 2,500 km. long and its width ranges between 400 and 600 km. II. Indo-Gangetic Plain occupies one third of India's land surface, forms the most fertile region and are cut off from the south by the Vindhya mountains. III. The plain is a great alluvial crescent, stretching from the Indus River system in Pakistan to the Punjab to the Punjab Plain (in both Pakistan and India) and from the Haryana plain to the delta of the Ganga in Bangladesh where it is called the Padma.

8. What is the correct sequence of the rivers-Godavari, Mahanadi, Narmada and Tapi in the descending order of their lengths? [CSE (Pre) 2003]

9. Which of the following ranges of Himalayas is known as the source of the rivers Ganges and Yamuna?

10. Which of the following pair(s) is/are correctly matched? [CSE (Pre) 2014] List I (Hills) List II (Region. 1. Cardamom hills Coromandel coas. 2. Kaimur hills Konkan coas. 3. Mahadeo hills Central Indi. 4. Mikir hills North-East India Codes:

11. Which of the following countries has extended a helping hand in setting up the first refinery in Public Sector in India, Guwahati Refinery?

12. The coastal tract of Orissa is also known as the

13. With reference to the mineral resources of India, consider the following pairs. [CSE (Pre) 2010] List I (Mineral) List II (90% Natural Sources in. 1. Copper Jharkhan. 2. Nickel Oriss. 3. Tungsten Kerala Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

14. Which of the following states is termed as the largest jowar growing state in India?

15. Match the items of List I with the items of List II. List I (Refinery) List II (State) A. Numaligarh 1. Bihar B. Haldia 2. Assam C. Barauni 3. Gujarat D. Koyali 4. West Bengal

16. Assertion (A) India does not export natural rubber. Reason (R) About 97% of India's demand for natural rubber is met from domestic production. [CSE (Pre) 2004]

17. Which of the following shares its border with Uttar Pradesh? [CSE (Pre) 2005. 1. Punja. 2. Rajastha. 3. Chhattisgar. 4. Jharkhand Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

18. The eastern coastal strip popularly known as the Coromandel coast, is also known as

19. Gandhi Sagar Dam is a part of which of the following? [CSE (Pre) 2005]

20. Which of the following statement(s) is/are found to be incorrect? I. Most of Western Rajasthan falls under the Tropical and Sub-tropical desert type of climate. II. Cloud burst are largely responsible for all the rainfall seen in this region. III. The rainfall in very frequent in Tropical and Sub-tropical desert type of climate.

21. Which one of the following rivers does not originate in India? [CSE (Pre) 2009]

22. In India, which of the following states has the largest inland saline wetland? [CSE (Pre) 2009]

23. The relief which demarcates Central Asia from the Indian subcontinent is

24. Which of the following nutrients helps in greening of plants?

25. Consider the following statements: [CSE (Pre) 2009. 1. There are no East flowing rivers in Kerala. 2. There is no West flowing river in Madhya Pradesh. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?