UPSC

Q. Consider the following statements:

Q. The seasonal reversal of winds is the typical characteristic of

Q. In India, the problem of soil erosion is associated with which of the following?

Q. Which of the following phenomena might have influenced the evolution of organisms?

Q. In India, in which one of the following types of forests is teak a dominant tree species?

Q. Consider the following statements:

Q. Consider the following States:

Q. Which one of the following regions of India has a combination of mangrove forest, evergreen forest, and deciduous forest?

Q. Consider the following rivers:

Q. Consider the following pairs:

Q. Which one of the following pairs of States of India indicates the easternmost and westernmost State?

Q. Tides occur in the oceans and seas due to which among the following

Q. What explains the eastward flow of the equatorial counter-current?

Q. In the South Atlantic and South-Eastern Pacific regions in tropical latitudes, cyclone does not originate. What is the reason?

Q. “Each day is more or less the same, the morning is clear and bright with a sea breeze; as the Sun climbs high in the sky, heat mounts up, dark clouds form, then the rain comes with thunder and lightning. But the rain is soon over”. Which of the following regions is described in the above passage?

Q. Which one of the following countries of South-West Asia does not open out to the Mediterranean Sea?

Q. Consider the following pairs:

Q. With reference to ‘Red Sanders’, sometimes seen in the news, consider the following statements:

Q. Which of the following is/are tributary/tributaries of Brahmaputra?

Q. In India, the steel production industry requires the import of

Q. In which of the following regions of India are shale gas resources found?

Q. Which of the following is/are the advantage/advantages of practising drip irrigation?

Q. Why does the Government of India promote the use of ‘Neem-coated Urea’ in agriculture?

Q. With reference to river Teesta, consider the following statements

Q. The Mediterranean Sea is a border of which of the following countries?

Q. At one of the places in India, if you stand on the seashore and watch the sea, you will find that the seawater recedes from the shoreline a few kilometers and comes back to the shore, twice a day, and you can actually walk on the sea floor when the water recedes. This unique phenomenon is seen at

Q. With reference to ‘Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD)’ sometimes mentioned in the news while forecasting Indian monsoon, which of the following statements is/are correct?

Q. Consider the following statements:

Q. If you travel by road from Kohima to Kottayam, what is the minimum number of States within India through which you can travel, including the origin and the destination?

Q. Which of the following is geographically closest to Great Nicobar?

Q. Which of the following practices can help in water conservation in agriculture?

Q. The terms ‘Event Horizon’, ‘Singularity’, ‘String Theory’ and ‘Standard Model’ are sometimes seen in the news in the context of

Q. Consider the following statements:

Q. Consider the following statements:

Q. Which one of the following is an artificial lake?

Q. Among the following cities, which one lies on a longitude closest to that of Delhi?

Q. Consider the following statements:

Q. As per the NSSO 70th Round “Situation Assessment Survey of Agricultural Households”, consider the following statements:

Q. With reference to solar power production in India, consider the following statements:

Q. With reference to agricultural soils, consider the following statements:

Q. Consider the following pairs:

Q. With references to organic farming in India, consider the following statements:

Q. The word ‘Denisovan’ is sometimes mentioned in media in reference to

Q. Among the agricultural commodities imported by India, which one of the following accounts for the highest imports in terms of value in the last five years?

Q. With reference to the cultivation of Kharif crops in India in the last five years, consider the following statements:

Q. With reference to the management of minor minerals in India, consider the following statements:

Q. Consider the following statements:

Q. Consider the following statements about Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in India:

Q. Why are dewdrops not formed on a cloudy night?

Q. Consider the following pairs

Q. Consider the following pairs:

Q. Consider the following States:

Q. Consider the following pairs:

Q. On 21st June, the Sun

Q. Consider the following pairs–

Q. Siachen Glacier is situated to the

Q. Consider the following minerals:

Q. Consider the following statements:

Q. Consider the following statements:

Q. “Leaf litter decomposes faster than in any other biome and as a result, the soil surface is often almost bare. Apart from trees, the vegetation is largely composed of plant forms that reach up into the canopy vicariously, by climbing the trees or growing as epiphytes, rooted on the upper branches of trees.” This is the most likely description of

Q. Among the following, which one is the least water-efficient crop?

Q. Consider the following Rivers:

Q. With references to India, Didwana, Kuchaman, Sargol, and khatu are the names of

Q. With reference to the Indus River system, of the following four rivers, three of them pour into one of the which joins the Indus direct. Among the following, which one is such river that joins the Indus direct?

Q. With reference to ‘palm oil’, consider the following statements:

Q. How is permaculture farming different from conventional chemical farming?

Q. The black cotton soil of India has been formed due to the weathering of

Q. Consider the following statements:

Q. With reference to the water on the planet Earth, consider the following statements:

Q. The vegetation of savannah consists of grassland with scattered small trees. The forest development in such areas is generally kept in check by one or more or a combination of some conditions.

Q.“System of Rice Intensification” of cultivation, in which alternate wetting and drying of rice fields is practiced, results in:

Q. Consider the following statements:

Q. With reference to the “Tea Board” in India, consider the following statements:

Q. Consider the following pairs:

Q. Consider the following States:

Q. In the northern hemisphere, the longest day of the year normally occurs in the:

Q. With reference to India, consider the following statements:

Q. Consider the following countries:

Q. The term “Levant” often heard in the news roughly corresponds to which of the following regions?

Q. Consider the following pairs:

Q. Gandikota canyon of South India was created by which one of the following rivers ?

Q. Which one of the lakes of West Africa has become dry and turned into a desert?

Q. Consider the following pairs: 

Q. Which one of the following countries has been suffering from decades of civil strife and food shortages and was in news in the recent past for its very severe famine?

Q. With reference to coal-based thermal power plants in India, consider the following statements :

Q. Consider the following statements :

Q. Consider the following statements :

Q. Consider the following statements

Q. With reference to the Earth’s atmosphere, which one of the following statements is correct?

Q. Consider the following statements :

Q. Which one of the following is a part of the Congo Basin?

Q. About three-fourths of world’s cobalt, a metal required for the manufacture of batteries for electric motor vehicles, is produced by

Q. Ilmenite and rutile, abundantly available in certain coastal tracts of India, are rich sources of which one of the following?

Q. Which one of the following is the best example of repeated falls in sea level, giving rise to present-day extensive marshland?

Q. Consider the following trees :

Q. Consider the following pairs :

Q. Consider the following statements:

Q. Consider the following statements :