India Objective GK for Exams

India Objective GK for Exams
India general Awareness in Solved Objective test
MCQ GK on Indian geography



1. A period of the earth’s geological history in which 98% of Indian Coal was formed is
(a) Gandawana age
(b) Coal age
(c) Angara age
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)


2. Iron content in hematite and magnetite is _____ and _____ respectively.
(a) 60%, 62%
(b) 8%, 60%
(c) 62%, 60%
(d) 60%, 68%
Ans. (b)


3. The following iron ore mines such as Kemool, Guntur and Adilabad are in
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) None of the above
Ans. (d)

4. Which of the following mineral production is 90% of the world’s production?
(a) Iron ore
(b) Bauxite
(c) Mica
(d) Manganese
Ans. (c)


5. The richest coal field of _____ valley is called the Ruhr of India
(a) Damodar
(b) Godavari
(c) Kaveri
(d) None of these
Ans. (a)


6. In India, gold is extracted by the method of
(a) Quarrying
(b) Shaft mining
(c) Both the above
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b)


7. Mineral oil is called a multipurpose oil. It i formed from the fossils of microscopic animals and plants in the _____
(a) Primary rocks
(b) Secondary rocks
(c) Tertiary rocks
(d) All the above
Ans. (c)


8. The Hazira-Bijaipur-Jagdishpur gas pipeline transports gas from Bombay high and Gujarat gas fields to
(a) Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan
(b) Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh
(c) Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh
(d) None of these
Ans. (b)


9. The refineries located near the market are
(a) Trombay (Mumbal)
(b) Mangalore (Kamataka)
(c) Panipat (Haryana)
(d) Haldia (Kolkata)
Ans. (c)


10. Balaghat, Jhunjhunu, Alwar, Hassan and Chitradurga are the regions of _____ deposits
(a) Mica
(b) Copper
(c) Manganese
(d) Gold
Ans. (b)


11. Thermal power is a great demand in
(a) Industry and agriculture
(b) Transport and domestic sectors
(c) Both the above
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c)


12. Which of the following can not be done by the solar power?
(a) Water heating
(b) Space heating
(c) Crop drying
(d) Navigation
Ans. (d)


13. The metals used m electrical industry are
(a) Copper
(b) Aluminium
(c) Mica
(d) All the above
Ans. (d)


14. The major thermal power station fed on natural gas is at
(a) Trombay
(b) Naharkatiya
(c) Taicher
(d) Ranignj
Ans. (b)


15. Coal mining in India started at Raniganj in West Bengal in
(a) 1700
(b) 1765
(c) 1774
(d) 1779
Ans. (c)


16. Manganese ore in bulk is exported from
(a) Marmagoa
(b) Vishakhapatnam
(c) Cochin
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Ans. (d)


17. India faces competition with _____ in mica production
(a) Russia
(b) Canada
(c) South Afirca
(d) Brazil
Ans. (d)


18. Diamond mines in India are at
(a) Golconda in Andhra Pradesh
(b) Panna in Madhya Pradesh
(c) Both the above
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)


19. Which of the metropolitan cities produces energy from municipal waste?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Chennai
(c) Delhi
(d) Kolkata
Ans. (d)


20. The three minerals used in steel are
(a) Iron, zinc and coal
(b) Iron, limestone and zinc
(c) Iron, manganese and coal
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)



21. Haematite reserves are found in
(a) Bihar
(b) Orissa
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) All the above
Ans. (d)

22. Magnetite deposits are not found in
(a) Karnataka
(b) Orissa
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Rajasthan
Ans. (b)

23. Name the richest, deepest and oldest gold mine in India.
(a) Hutti
(b) Golconda
(c) Kolar
(d) Nellore
Ans. (c)

24. Thermal and super thermal power stations are located near coal fields ‘
(a) To reduce pollution
(b) To save transportation cost
(c) To increase the optimum use of coal deposits
(d) Both b & c
Ans. (d)

25. The two states which have exclusive deposits of gas reserves are
(a) Tripura and Rajasthan
(b) Gujarat and Mumbai
(c) Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)