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What are the sections of Aravalli’s?

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  1. North-EasternAravalli Range
  2. CentralAravalli Range
  3. Southern Aravalli Range
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Features of Northern Aravalli Range?

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  1. They are also called as Alwar hills. • Stretches from Delhi to isolated hills of Alwar & Jaipur.
    Average elevation of 300-670 meters. • To north & east it merges with Ganga-Yamuna Plains. • Hill Ranges • Malkhet & Khetri Group of hills • Torawati Hills
    • Peaks of North-Eastern
    Aravalli Region: • Raghunathgarh (Sikar) - 1055 meters
    • Khoh (Jaipur) - 920 meters
    • Bhairach (Alwar) - 792 meters
    • Barwara (Jaipur) - 786 meters
    • Babai (Junjhunu) - 780 meters
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Which are the Central Aravali region?

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Includes districts of Ajmer, southwestern Tonk, Jaipur Surrounded on • North by -Alwar Hills • East by Karauli table-land • South by Banas plains • West by Sambhar basin Hill ranges l. Shekhawati lower hills o Marwar Hills
• Peaks of CentralAravalii Region

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Which are peaks in Southern Arawali region?

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• Guru Shikhar(Sirohi) - 1722 meters • Ser (Sirohi) - 1597 meters • Dilwara (Sirohi) - 1442 meters o Jarga (Sirohi) - 1431 meters • Achalgarh (Sirohi) - 1380 M • Kumbhalgarh (Rajsamand) - 1224 meters • Dhoniya - 1183 meters • Hrishikesh- 1017 meters • Kamalnath (Udaipur) - 1001 meters Sajjangarh (Udaipur)- 938 meters Lilagarh - 874 meters

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Which are the hill ranges in Southern Aravali region?

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Mewar hills & Bhorat Plateau Girwa Hills • Merwara Hills • Abu block & Oria plateau

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Desert soil is found in?

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Districts- Nagaur, Jodhpur, Jalore, Banner,Hanumangarh, Sriganganagar, Churu, Jhunjhunu and Sikar. • Rainfall-Lessthan 400 mm. • Texture-Sandy to Sandy loam. • It contains a high percentage of soluble salt & has high Ph value. • It has varying percentage of calcium carbonate & generally poor in organic matter. • These soils are pale brown, single

Kankar nodules
not fertile but can be made fertile by using phosphate and nitrate

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Sand dunes are found in?

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Districts-Barmer, Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Churu. • Texture - loamy fine sand to coarse sand and may or may not be calcareous.

Yellowish brown
Calcium carbonate, kankar
Rainy season cultivation

Crops: Bajra or Khalif pulses on slopes in rainy season

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Brown soil is found in?

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Districts-Tonk, Bundi, Sawai Madhopur, Bhilwara, Udaipur and Chittorgarh. • Annual Rainfall - 50 cm to 75 cm is sufficient for Kharif crops. • Texture - Sandy loam to clay loam.

Colour: Greyish brown to yellow brown
Banas river 
rich in calcium salts
fertilisers essential
rabi crop under irrigation
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Sieozens are grown in?

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Pali, Nagaur, Ajmer, Jaipur, Dausa
Rainfall-50 to 70
Natural vegetation
kharif crops on rain
rabi on irrigation
Kharif: Bajra, Jowar, Pulses.
Rabi" Wheat. mustard. vegetables
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Red Loams are found in?

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Districts - Dungarpur, Banswara & parts of Udaipur, Chittorgarh. • Rainfall - 70 cm to 100 cm. • Texture - Sandy loam to sandy. • These soils are reddish in colour with granular/crumb structure & well drained.
rich content of iron-oxide, less calcium
maize, wheat, barley,

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Hill soil is found in?

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Districts-At the foot hills ofAravalli in Sirohi, Pali, Nagaur, Udaipur, Rajsamand, Chittorgarh, Bhilwara andAjmer. • Colour - Reddish to yellowish red to yellowish brown. • Texture - Sandy loam to clay and well drained.

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Saline Sodic Soils (Solonchaks) are found in?

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Districts- In the natural depressions like the Pachpadra, Sambhar, Deedwana, Ranns of Jalore and Barmer. • Colour-Dark grey to pale brown Water table is sometime close to surface.
no cultivation
only grasses and shrubs

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Alluvial Soils/and Black Soils is found in?

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Districts - Sriganganagar (soil deposited by Ghaggar), Kota, Bundi, Baran, Jaipur.

The soil is deficient in lime, phosphoric acid and humus.
• It varies from clayey to sandy loam in texture.
• The top soil contains ‘kankar’ which lie either on sands or sandy clays.
• A wide variety of crops including wheat, rice, cotton and tobacco are grown in this soil.

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What are the soil groups according to the New system of classification?

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  • aridsols, alfisols, entisols, inceptisols and vertisols.
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Aridisols are found in?

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the western half of Rajasthan divided by the Aravalli axis and some parts of Alwar, Jaipur and Ajmer districts which fall on the eastern half.

mineral rich soil in dry climate
soils of order Entisols
covered by the suborder Orhids

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What are the variants of Aridosols?

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Camorthid: Brownish to raddish
Calciorthids: 100 to 500 mm rainfals
Salorthids: Ghaghar flood plain in Sri Gangannagar
near kutchh. 
Salty
grasses and shrubs
Paleorthids: resddish to brown and white
Jaisalmer, Barmer and Nagaur
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Alfisols are found in?

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• Districts: Parts of Jaipur, Alwar, Bharatpur, Sawai Madhopur, Tonk, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Banwara, Udaipur, Dungarpur, Bundi, Kota and Jhalawar. • These are mature soils with medium to maximum profile development. • Color: Reddish to Brownish Annual rainfall: 500 to 900mm. • Most of the area covered Alfisols in Rajasthan comes under only one suborder - ustalfs and one great group.

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What is the feature of Entisols?

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Lack of well developed horizons and have minimum profile development
It has Psamments, Orthents and Fluvent.

as suborders in Rajasthan
Western half

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Where does Torripsam occur in?

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Sand dunes and the flood plains

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Quarzipsam are found in>

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Small part of Jaisalmer and Barmer

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Torrifuvens are in?

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Ghaggar area of Sriganganagar

Rainfall does not exceeds 300 mm annually

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Inceptisols are found in?

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Aravali foothils

in the district of Udaipur, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh and Udaipur, Alwar, Sawai Madhopur and Jhalawar

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Vertisols are found in?

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Jhalwar, Kota, Bundi and small part of Sawai Madhopur, Bharatpur, Dungarpur, Chittorgarh and Banswara
Clayey soil, deep wide crack
Usterts and two groups Chromusterts, Pellusterts

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what are the tributeries of Luni River

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(Sukri, Rediya, Mithri, Bandi, Khari, Jawai, Guhiya and Sagi, and Jojari).

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What is the colour of Luni river?

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Red due to industrial waste

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What are the tributeries of Banas?

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Banas- (Berach, Dain, Gudia, Kalisil, Khari, Kothari, Mashi, Morel, Sodra),

Red

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What are the tributeries of Chambal?

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(Banas, Chakan, Kalisindh, Kunu, Mej and Parwati). The river is RED because of the sand mining

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What are the tributeries of Mahi river?

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  • (Anas, Bhadar, Jakham, Moran, Som). Mahi is assigned the health status of RED.
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What are the dams of Mahi river?

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Mahi Bajaj Ragar near Banswara

Kadama on the border of Gujarat

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What are the tributeries of Sabaramati?

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Sei, Vatrak and Wakal

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What are the tributeries of Banganga?

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Gumti, Suri and Sanwan, Palasan

Red

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Where does Banganga originate from?

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Bairath in Jaipur flows through Ramgarh, Dausa and Baswa about 164 km and enters Vair in Bharatpur and then in Agra

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Where does Sukel river orignate from?

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Originates at hills of Jalor and falls in Rann of Katchh.

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where does Jakham river originate from?

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Chhoti Sadri in Chittorgarh

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Som river originates from?

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Bichhwara(Jhadol in Udaipur

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Kanti originates from

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Khndela hills in Sikar

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Kothari originates from>

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Dewas (Jhadol) in Udaipur

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Sabarmati originates from?

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Padrara (Goaunda in Udaipur)

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Chambal goes through these districts?

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Rajasthan 83 • Chambal (Chittorgarh, Dholpur, Karauli, Kota, Sawai Madhopur, Bundi)

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Mahi goes through?

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Banswara and Dungarpur

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Banas goes through?

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(Karauli, Sawai • Madhopur, Udaipur, Ajmer, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Tonk)

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Banganga goes through?

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Bharatpur, Dausa, Jaipur

43
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Where is Sambhar lake located?

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Location: Phulera, Jaipur Built by: As per mythology, Scambhari Devi, Highlights • Ramsar Wetland
• Largest in-land salt-lake in India
• Touches border ofJaipur, Ajmer and Nagaur.
• Rivers mantha, rupangarh, Khari, khandela drain their water into this lake.
• The lake produces 8.7% of Salt produced in India. • Lake is managed by Sambhar Salts Limited, a joint venture of Hindustan Salts and the Government of Rajasthan.

44
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Where is Panchpadra Lake located?

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Barmer

Natural lake with sodium chloride 98 %

45
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Where is Lunkaransar Lake located

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Saline water lake
Bikaner
Built by” Natural
It is a playa lake formed due to deflation

46
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Where is Deedwana lake located?

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Location: Nagaur Built by: Natural Highlights: Salt produced is non-edible grade because of high fluoride.

47
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Tal Chappar lake has which color?

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Black in colour
Churu
Has Talchhapar Wild Life Sanctuary

48
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Foy sagar lake is located in?

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Ajmer

Lake Foy Sagar was built by an English engineer, Mr. Foy in 1892 AD.
Famine relief
l view of the Aravalli range.

49
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Which is called Tirath Raj?

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Pushkar Lake
52 bathing ghats
400 temples

50
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Siliserh lake is located in?

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Alwar

Water palace with lake
near Sariska
Vinay Singh built hunting lodge for his Queen SHila in 1845

51
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Which lake is called Bai Talab?

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Anand Sagar lake
banswara
Made by Lanchi Bai
Rani of Maharaval Jagmal Singh
Surrounded by Kalpa Vriksha
52
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Dallab Lake is located in?

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Banswara

Lotus

53
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Kanak Sagar Lake is located in?

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Bundi

Migrated birds bar headed goose and Demoille

54
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Nawal Sagar is located in?

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BUndi
Artificail lake 
taragarh fort 
half submerged temple of Lord Varun Dev 
reflection of nearby palaces
55
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Where is the shrine of Srinathji located?

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Gaib Sagar Lake

56
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Balsamand Lake was built in?

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Jodhpur

1159 AD water reservoir

57
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Who built the Rajasamand lake?

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Maharana Raj Singh
1662
Nouchoki 25 carved stone Raj Prashashti
Mandap of marbel
based on number 9
14 years to complete
58
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Fateh sagar is located in?

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Udaipur
north of lake pichola.
Nehru island

inaugurated by Duke of Cannaught

59
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Which lake was made by maharana udai singh

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udai sagar lake in 1559
dam on the river Berach
4km

60
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Organisation Directorate of Mines and Geology • Headquartered at?

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Udaipur

61
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Uranium is found in?

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  • Sikar-Rohil, Khandela, Ghates-war
  • Kho-Dariba in Alwar
  • Umra
  • Ajmer, Dungarpur, Banswara
62
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Lead, Zinc-silver is found in?

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Rampura-Agucha (Bhilwara)

Rank 1

63
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Where can we find Lead, Zinc Silver?

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  • Rampura-Agucha (Bhilwara district)
  • Rajpura-Dariba and Sindesar Khurd(High Silver Content) (Rajsamand district)
  • Zawar (Udaipur)
  • Sawar and Kayar-Ghugra (Ajmer district)
64
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Where is Hindustan Zinc limited located?

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Chanderai, Dariba & Debari

65
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Copper was first found in?

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• On the basis of excavations at Ganeshwar, located east of Khetri in north Rajasthan, ascribe the earliest Indian copper mining to Indus valley civilization (3000-1500 BC).

2nd in India

66
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Where do we find copper in Rajasthan

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Jhunjhru,
Bhilwara
Siro- Basantgarh
Alwar- Kho-Dariba
Udaipur- Anajani, Bedawal, Chari, Manpura
67
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Tungsten is found in?

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Degana (Nagaur) best
Sirhi- Baida, Uduwaria
Ajmer- Pali, Alaniawas-Sewaria, Pipaliya, Motiya

It is used in bulb filament

68
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Manganese is found in?

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Banswara
Karnataka no 1
Ore: Pyrolusite
Largest” Odisha

69
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Iron ore is found in?

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Jaipur_Morija-Banol 
Bhilwara: Pur Banera
Udaipur: Natha ki Pal, Thur Hunder
Sikar: Dabla
Largest deposit: Barabil
Odisha
Dharwad and Cuddapah rock
70
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Limestone in Rajasthan?

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Ajmer: Sheopura, Lulwa and Kesarpura
Bunid: Lakheri and Stur
Chittaurgarh: Nimbahera, Parsoli
Jodhpur: 
Nagaur
Pali, Sirohi, Jaisalmer
71
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Gold is found in?

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Banswara, Bhukhia, Jagpura, Delwara

72
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Beryllium is found in?

A 
Ajmer" Lohagarh
Udaipur" Acheiwas
Bhilwara: Titoli, Deopra Guda
Nagaur
Moderator for Nuclear power reactor
73
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Bismuth is found in?

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Narda, Neem ka Thaa
medical
radar

74
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Mica is found in?

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Beawer-Ajmer: Dhund
Bhilwara: Bagor-Lesva
Tonk: Dholi & Bhojapura
Keaunthal belt: Udaipur

75
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Asbestos in Rajasthan?

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96 % of the country
Ajmer: Kanwali in Kota
Arjumpura, Mai khurd
Alwar: pulpur, Dhalawar
Bhilwara: Barana
Dungarpur, Sirohi, UDaipur
76
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Baryte in Rajasthan?

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Alwar: Rajgarh, Bharatpur: Hathori,
Bhilwara: Barliyas
Bundi: Umar
Pali, Sikar, Jalor

77
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Bauxite is found in?

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Kota, Baselio, Majola, Sherol-khera

78
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China Clay is found in?

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Bikaner: Mudh, Chandi, Kotri
Banrmer: Nolia
Nagaur: Khajwana
Sawai Madhopur: Raesena

79
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Dolomite is found in?

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• Ajmer: Kajla Kabra • Alwar :Jhiri, Dhani & Nizra • Bhilwara: Kosithan • Jaipur • Jaisalmer, • Jhunjhunun, • Nagaur- Jodhpur- Pali • Sawai Madhopur • Udaipur: • Used as flux material

80
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Fluorite is found in?

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• Dungarpur: Mando-ki-Pal-Kahila belt • Jalore: Karara (Karda) • Jhunjhunu: Chokri Chapoli • Sikar: Salwarai • Sirohi: Baida

used for enemaling iron, glasses, hydropfluoric acid, lenses

81
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Fuller’s earth, Multani mitti is found in?

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Deposits in Rajasthan • Barmer: Kapurdi & Alamsaria • Bikaner: Palana, Kesardasar and Marh o Jaisalmer: Manda & Mandai.

82
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Graphite is found in?

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Ajmer, Alwar, Banswara and Jodhpur

83
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Gypsium is found in?

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90 %
Jaisalmer: Sri Mohan Garrh • Barmer: Utarlai & Kavas, ChittarKa-Par and Thob • Ganganagar: Siramsar, Mahala, Pallu, • Nagaur: Bhadwasi, Dhakoria, Kharat, Mandava, • Bikaner: Jamsar (largest deposit in State)

84
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Ilmenite is found in?

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Ajmer, Nagaur, Pali, Jodhpur, and Sikar

85
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Kyanite in Rajasthan?

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Ajmer: Chainpura and Madaoria
Bhilwara, Dungarpu: Chotti Padri
Udaipur
Used in electronics, insulators

86
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Magnesite in Rajasthan?

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Sarupa, Chhaja in Ajmer

87
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Nickel in Rajasthan

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Kehtri Copper belt in Jhurijhunu
Steel
storage of batteries

88
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Ochre is found in?

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Bikaner, Chittaurgarh, Jaisalmer, Jhunjhunun, Jodhpur, Nagaur and Udaipur.

Used • Directly as paint material or to give colour, body and opacity to paint, cement, linoleum, rubber, glasses, enamels, plastics etc.

89
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Potash is found in?

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• Bikaner, Hanseran, Arjunsar, Gharsisar, Jaitpur, Satipura, Bharusari and Lakhasar. Uses • One ofthe key elements in Fertilizers Pyrite-Pyrrhotite - Sulphur in Rajasthan:

90
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Rock Phosphate is found in?

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Udaipur: Jhamar Kotra (largest in the country),Maton, Kanpur, Karbaria- ka-Gurha and Dakan Kotra. • Banswara: Sallopat and Ram-ka Munna • Chittorgarh: Jaoda deposit. • Jaisalmer: Birmania, fatehgarh, Rupsi & Nibh Dungar

91
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Silica sand is found in?

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Jaipur Dausa: Banskhch hill
Bundi-Kota- Sawai Madhopur
used for making glass

92
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Tin is found in?

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Parolo in Bhilwara

93
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Wallastonite is found in?

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• Pali-Sirohi: Khera-Uparla, Belka Pahar near Khila in Sirohi district.
Used in Ceramic, enalmel, glass, matches etc

94
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What is the area of forest cover in Rajasthan?

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32,737 km2
9.57 %
4.28 % of Indian forest cover
Researved Forest
12, 475
Protected Forest" 18, 217
Unclassified
2045 km2
95
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Areas in Tropical thron forests?

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Jodhpur, Pali, Jalore, Barmer, Nagaur, Churu, Bikaner etc.
• The main species found in this kind of forests areAcacia nilotica, Acacia leucophloea, Prosopis cineraria, Capparis aphylla, Zizyphus spp., Flacourtia spp. etc.

96
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Tropic dry forest areas?

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the northern and eastern slopes of aravalli ranges, mostly in Alwar, Bharatpur and Dholpur

97
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Where do we find Bamboo forests in Rajasthan?

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• Bamboo covers about 2.5% of the area occurring mostly in Chittorgarh, Udaipur, Kota & Abu Hills

98
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Sub-tropical hill forest

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Mount Abu

99
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Top 5 districts with most forest cover?

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  1. Udaipur 2. Chittorgarh 3. Baran 4. Karauli 5. Alwar
100
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Last 5 districts with least forest cover are?

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• Churu • Hanumangarh • Nagaur • Jodhpur • Dausa

101
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Top 5 national parks areawise in Rajathan?

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  1. 1992 Desert NP 3162 Jaisalmer, Barmer
  2. 1980 Ranthambore NP 282 Sawai Madhopur
  3. 1992 Sariska NP 273.8 Alwar
  4. 2003 Mukundhara Hills (Darrah) NP 200.54 Kota, Chittorgarh
  5. 1981 Keoladeo Ghana NP 28.73 Bharatpur
102
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Biggest Wildlife century in Rajasthan?

A

Phulwari ki Nal
1983
692. 68

103
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How many tigers in Rajasthan?

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69 in 2018

as Ramgarh Vishdhari, Shergarh, Kumbhalgarh, Rawli Toadgarh, Jhiri in Dholpur, Khetri Bansiyal in Jhunjhunu, Sultanpur in Bundi and Shahbad in Baran.
Tiger Reserves in Rajasthan
Rajasthan has 3 Tiger Reserves under Project Tiger. These are:
• Sariska Tiger Reserve
• Ranthambore Tiger Reserve
• Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve

Rajasthan General Knowledge (14 decks)

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