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Places with alluvial soil

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Punjab, Haryana, UP, Bihar, Jharkhand

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Places with black soil

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Deccan plateau, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu

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Places with red soil

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Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Goa, Meghalaya

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Places with laterite soil

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Summits of eastern and western ghats, Assam, Karnataka, West Bengal, Orissa

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Crop in alluvial soil

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Wheat, rice, sugarcane, cotton, jute

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Crop in black soil

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Cotton, sugarcane, tobacco, wheat, rice

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Crop in red soil

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Wheat, rice, cotton, sugarcane, pulses

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Crop in laterite soil

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Tea, coffee, rubber, cashew

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Types of kharif crops

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Rice, jowar, bajra, maize, cotton, jute

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Types of rabi crops

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Wheat, barley, peas, rapeseed, mustard

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Types of zaid crops

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Melon, watermelon, leafy veggies, cucumber

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____ is called Cottonpolis of India.

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Maharashtra

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___ is called Manchester of India

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Ahmedabad

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___ is called Manchester of South India

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Coimbatore

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First modern cotton mill was established in this city.

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Bombay [1854]

  • Bombay spinning and weaving company
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First factory of synthetic rubber was set up in ___.

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Bareilly [UP]

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_____ is the leading sugarcane and sugar producing state in the country.

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Uttar Pradesh

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First electricity supply was set up here in India.

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Darjeeling [1897]

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These states are largely dependent on hydroelectricity.

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Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Nagaland

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First heavy water plant was set up in ____.

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Nangal [Punjab]

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India has the ___ largest railway network in Asia and ___ largest in the world.

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2nd, 4th

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First electric train in India was called ____.

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Deccan Queen

  • between Bombay and Pune
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____ is Indian Railways’ fastest train, attaining speeds of 160 kmph between Delhi and Agra.

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Gatimaan Express

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India has the second biggest electrified system after ___.

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Russia

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The first metro rail was introduced in ____, between ___ and ___ stations.
Calcutta | Dumdum & Belgachhla
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Oldest steam engine still running on rails.
Fairy Queen
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____ has the longest train route in India.
Vivek Express - connecting Dibrugarh [Assam] & Kanyakumari [TN] - 8th longest in the world
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Longest national highway in India
NH44
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___ & ___ highways run along the east and west coast
NH15 & NH17
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First person to take a solo flight from Mumbai to Karachi
JRD Tata
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Oldest port in India
Kolkata port
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Largest container port of India.
Jawaharlal Nehru port, Mumbai
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New Mangalore port is also known as _____.
Gateway of Karnataka
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____ is also known as the 'city of buildings'.
Kolkata - also called 'city of castles'
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____ is the Garden City of India
Bangalore - also called the Silicon Valley of India
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Switzerland of India
Kashmir
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Queen of Arabian Sea
Cochin
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City of Festivals in India
Madurai
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____ state is also called the Rice bowl & Egg Bowl of India
Andhra Pradesh
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Eastern most state of India
Arunachal Pradesh - aka land of the rising sun
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Smallest state in India by area
Goa
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____ has the longest coastline
Gujarat
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How many states in India have a forest cover more than the 75% of their geographical lands area?
7 - Mizoram, Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Meghalaya and Manipur
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The non-living component of ecosystems are called ___.
Abiotic
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____ consume dead organisms.
Detritivores
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Feeding positions in a food chain are called ____ levels.
Trophic levels
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Ecological pyramids are also known as _____ pyramids.
Eltonian pyramids - after Charles Elton
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Gas responsible for greenhouse effect.
CO2
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____ is an air pollutant used in refrigeration and air-conditioning.
Chlorofluorocarbon
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___ & ___ are main air pollutants that contribute to smog and acid rain.
NO2 & SO2
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____ represents the amount of oxygen consumed by bacteria while they decompose organic matter under aerobic conditions at a specified temperature.
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) - indicator of organic pollution
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The concept of biodiversity hotspots was created by ___.
Norman Myers
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Biodiversity hotspots in India
4 - Western Ghats, Eastern Himalayas
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_____ is a protocol in the UNFCCC focussing on global warming.
Kyoto Protocol
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicted an average change in climate from 1.4°C to ___ by 2100.
5.8°C
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Headquarters of WWF is in ____.
Switzerland
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Headquarters of Green Peace is in ____.
Amsterdam
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____ aims to achieve climate change mitigation by incentivising forest conservation.
REDD+ - reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests, and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries
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___ is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion.
Montreal Protocol - first meeting was in Helsinki
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___ are certificates awarded to countries that successfully reduce emissions that cause global warming.
Carbon credit
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Atmosphere, biosphere, lithosphere & hydrosphere are collectively called ___.
Geosphere
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Largest salt lake in India
Sambhar lake, Rajasthan
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Largest delta in the world
Ganga-Brahmaputra delta [Sundarbans]
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Traditional name for the western ghats
Sahyadri
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Wildlife sanctuaries in Karnataka
Bandhipur, Banerghatta, Bhadra, Dandeli, Tungabhadra, Nagarhole
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Ghana bird sanctuary is in ___.
Rajasthan
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Gir forests are in ____.
Gujarat
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Mountain ranges between Indus and Sutlej are called ___.
Punjab Himalayas
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Which landmass is known as the roof of the world?
Pamir Granthi
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Largest drainage basin of the world
Nile river, Egypt
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Where does Bhagirathi and Alakananda join?
Deva Prayag [Uttarakhand]
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Yamuna meets Ganga in ____.
Allahabad
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When did the first census take place in India?
1865 & 1872 - first synchronous census in India was held in 1881
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Volcanic islands in India
Narcondam & Barren
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Black cotton soil is also called ____.
Regur
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Chandigarh was designed by ____.
Le Corbusier
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Plateau between Aravali and Vindyachal hills.
Plateau of Malwa
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Duncan Pass is located in ____.
Andaman Nicobar
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Most common types of forests in India are ____.
Tropical deciduous
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India is the ____ largest fish producing nation in the world.
Second
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Area wise, India is the ___ largest country in the world.
7th
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Gangotri and Yamunotri belong to ____ parallel range.
Himadri
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____ rivers don't drain into any sea.
Inland streams - found in Rajasthan
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India's only active volcano is in ____.
Barren Islands in Andamans
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Recognised scheduled languages in India
22 - Gujarati, Marathi, Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Santhali, Sanskrit, Urdu, Manipuri, Sindhi, Konkani, Nepali, Odiya, Punjabi, Kashmiri, Dogri, Bodo, Maithili
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Classical languages in India
Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Odiya, Sanskrit, Kannada
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Earliest proto-dravidian language
Tamil
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State with highest and lowest sex ratio
Kerala, Haryana
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Country with most known species of animals
Brazil

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