Humid climate, ready market and availability of cheap and skilled labour are the conditions conducive for the production of cotton cloth. Which of the following States of India will have the highest cotton cloth production?

• Gujarat

• Karnataka

• Maharashtra

• Punjab

The requirement of water is highest in which one among the following industries?

• Iron and steel

• Oil refining

• Paper from wood

• Rayon

Which of the following statements regarding hurricanes is/are correct?

1. They develop over the ocean between 8°- 15° N.
2. They are almost absent in the South Atlantic Ocean.
3. They do not develop close to the equator.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

• 1 only

• 2 and 3 only

• 1 and 3 only

• 1, 2 and 3

Which one among the following European countries has the maximum number ofrunning nuclear reactors?

• Germany

• Switzerland

• France

• Norway

Examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the codes given below

Statement I: There is a large-scale fluctuation of oil flow from oil wells prior to earthquakes.

Statement II: Tectonic stress accumulates to a certain level, the pore pressure within a deep oilbearing stratum reaches its breaking strength causing oil to sprout along the oil wells

• Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I

• Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I

• Statement I is true but Statement II is false

• Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Examine these two statements carefully and select the answers to these items using the codes given below

Statement I : The potential energy that results from pushing water above mean sea level is transferred to kinetic energy that initiates the horizontal propagation of tsunami waves.

Statement II: The vertical displacement or' sea-water due to abrupt and jerky movements of fault blocks on sea-bed gives birth to tsunamis

• Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I

• Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I

• Statement I is true but Statement II is false

• Statement I is false but Statement II is true

In India, increase in population and diversion of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes have resulted in the decrease of

• forested land

• cultivable wasteland

• net sown area

• double-cropped area

Radioactive decay provides an internal source of heat for the earth. This helps in the formation of which type of rocks?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• All of the above

219.

The greatest seasonal contrast of insolation on the earth is in which of the following latitudinal zones?

• Equatorial

• Tropical

• Temperate

• Polar

When the winds blow from all sides to the central low in an anticlockwise direction, then this phenomenon is known as

• anti-tropical cyclones of southern hemisphere

• temperate cyclones of northern hemisphere

• tropical cyclones of northern hemisphere

• tropical cyclones of southern hemisphere