Multiple Choice Questions

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The method of soil conservation in which rocks are piled up to slow down the flow of water which prevents gullies and further soil loss is called?

  • Mulching

  • Contour barriers

  • Rockdam

  • Terrace farming


C.

Rockdam


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The method of soil conservation in which different crops are grown in alternate rows and are sown at different times to protect the soil from rain wash is called?

  • Mulching

  • Intercropping

  • Rock dam

  • Terrace farming


The innermost layer is the core with a radius of about ............. km.

  • 500

  • 6500

  • 9500

  • 3500


As the river approaches the sea, the speed of the flowing water decreases and the river begins to break up into a number of streams called...........

  • plateau

  • isthmus

  • peninsula

  • distribuatries


Nepal does not share its border with which Indian state?

  • Uttarakhand

  • Haryana

  • West Bengal

  • Sikkim


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Bangladesh does not share its border with which Indian state?

  • Assam

  • Tripura

  • Jharkhand

  • Meghalaya


.............. is the wearing away of the landscape by different agents like water, wind and ice.

  • Weathering

  • Attrition

  • Erosion

  • Abrasion


Gol Gumbaz was built in which century?

  • 15th

  • 16th

  • 17th

  • 18th


Which of the following is a major river in Bangladesh which is also the main distributary of the Ganges?

  • Gandak

  • Kosi

  • Gomati

  • Padma


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The Sunderbans Reserve Forest (SRF) which is adjacent to India's Sunderbans National Park is located in which neighbouring country?

  • Bhutan

  • Pakistan

  • Bangladesh

  • Nepal


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