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DAILY GENERAL AWARENESS QUIZ (GEOGRAPHY) 1. Consider the following statements: 6. Based on Census 2011, which of the following 1. Aravali is one of the oldest mountains in the states or union territories of India has the lowest world. population? 2. Shell of Rialo series is found in Delhi. (A) Chandigarh Which of the statements given above is/are NOT (B) Sikkim correct? (C) Lakshadweep (A) 1 only (D) Arunachal Pradesh (B) 2 only (C) Both 1 and 2 7. According to 2011 Census, approximately what (D) Neither 1 nor 2 percent of total urban population of India resides in Uttar Pradesh? 2. Consider the following statements: (A) 4.5 1. The southern part of Aravali is wider. (B) 11.8 2. Aravali is similar to the Appalachian Mountains. (C) 16.9 Which of the statements given above is/are (D) 21.5 correct? (A) 1 only 8. Who among the following is the first recipient of (B) 2 only ‘Param Vir Chakra’, the highest gallantry award in (C) Both 1 and 2 India? (D) Neither 1 nor 2 (A) Major Somnath Sharma (B) Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria 3. Identify the mismatch of the following seas and (C) Captain Vikram Batra oceans- (D) Second Lieutenant Rama Raghoba Rane 1. North Sea - Pacific Ocean 2. Serum Sea - Atlantic Ocean 9. Which drainage basins are connected to Indus 3. Barents Sea-Arctic Ocean Waters Treaty? (A) 1 and 2 (A) Fazilka, Hudiara, Kasur, Seleimanske (B) 2 and 3 (B) Fazilka, Hudiara, Kasur, Salimshah (C) 1 and 3 (C) Fazilka, Harike, Kasur, Salimshah (D) 1, 2 and 3 (D) Fazilka, Hudiara, Kasur, Sutlez 4. Which of the following group of states does 10. Which statement is/are correct about ASEAN? Malwa Plateau spread across? (1)ASEAN was established on 8 August 1967 in Bali (A) Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab Indonesia. (B) Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (2)Joined on 30 April 1998, combodia (C) Sikkim, Bihar and West Bengal (3)It was held April 3-4, 2010 in Hanoi, Vietnam (D) Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu (4)China and India is also the member of ASEAN (A) 1& 2 only 5. Name the largest gold producing country in the (B) 1,2 & 3 only world- (C) 2,3 & 4 only (A) South Africa (D) None of these (B) China (C) United States of America (D) Australia ANSWERS: - 1-D 2-C 3-A 4-B 5-B 6-C 7-B 8-A 9-B 10-D.

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