Training Batch Quiz

Where did British first open their factories in Eastern part of India?

• Assam

• Orissa

• Bihar

• Sikim

First Governor-General of India was

• Lord Amherst

• Lord William Bentinck

• Sir Charles Metcalfe

• Robert Clive

First English newspaper in India

• The Bengal Gazette

• The Calcutta Gazette

• The Bengal Journal

• The Bombay Herald

Which monument was not build by Shah Jahan

• Taj Mahal

• Red Fort

• Jama Masid

• Fatehpur Sikri

Which among the following is the largest nuclear power station of India by capacity?

• Tarapur

• Kaiga

• Kakrapar

• Kudankulam

Answer explanation

Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu is the highest-capacity nuclear plant in India, with a total of 2,000 MW currently installed with a further 2,000 MW under construction.

Which among the following rivers does not flow into Arabian Sea?

• Narmada

• Tapi

• Sabarmati

• Godavari

Answer explanation

Narmada, Tapi, Sabarmati open into Arabian Sea. Godavari empties into Bay of Bengal through its extensive network of tributaries.

In which among the following Central Asian Countries, India has an airbase?

• Tajikistan

• Kazakhstan

• Turkmenistan

• Kyrgyzstan

Answer explanation

India had opened an air base in Ayni, Tajikistan in 2002 to guard against growing instability in the region , which is the only overseas airbase of India.

In which of the following states, India’s maximum number of mines producing minerals (excluding minor minerals, petroleum (crude), natural gas and atomic minerals) are located?

• Gujarat

• Andhra Pradesh

• Jharkhand

• Madhya Pradesh

Answer explanation

The number of mines which reported mineral production {excluding minor minerals, petroleum (crude), natural gas and atomic minerals} in India was 3108 in 2012-13. Out of 3108 reporting mines, maximum number of mines were located in Andhra Pradesh (583) followed by Rajasthan (374), Gujarat (350).

In India, Tank irrigation is more common in which of the following regions? 

• Rocky plateu regions with uneven and highly seasonal rainfalls

• Regions with presence of perennial rivers and plenty of rainfall

• Arid and Semi Arid regions with scanty rainfall

• Coastal regions with regular rainfall

Answer explanation

The Tank irrigation is more in the rocky plateau area of the county, where the rainfall is uneven and highly seasonal. The Eastern Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Interiors of Tamil Nadu and some parts of Andhra Pradesh have more land under tank irrigation.

Brass gets discoloured in air because of the presence of which of the following gases in air?

• Oxygen

• Hydrogen sulphide

• Carbon dioxide

• Nitrogen