| 3301 |
Top-level decision-makers such as senior executives and policy makers are engaged in |
Geography/Geology
Quaternary activities |
Easy |
| 3302 |
How does Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) differ from Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)? |
Geography/Geology
Quaternary activities |
Medium |
| 3303 |
Why are quaternary activities described as footloose? |
Geography/Geology
Quaternary activities |
Medium |
| 3304 |
A village lacks internet access and computers while a nearby city has high-speed connectivity, limiting villa… |
Geography/Geology
Quaternary activities |
Hard |
| 3305 |
The Trans-Siberian Railway connects St. Petersburg with |
Geography/Geology
Land transport |
Easy |
| 3306 |
For short-distance, door-to-door delivery of goods, the most suitable mode of transport is |
Geography/Geology
Land transport |
Easy |
| 3307 |
Which railway links Halifax in the east with Vancouver on the Pacific coast? |
Geography/Geology
Land transport |
Medium |
| 3308 |
The Orient Express is associated with which pair of cities? |
Geography/Geology
Land transport |
Medium |
| 3309 |
A company needs to move large quantities of wheat 2,000 km inland to a port every week at low cost. Which mod… |
Geography/Geology
Land transport |
Hard |
| 3310 |
The Suez Canal links the Mediterranean Sea with the |
Geography/Geology
Water and air transport |
Easy |
| 3311 |
Which mode of transport is the fastest but also the costliest per unit of cargo? |
Geography/Geology
Water and air transport |
Easy |
| 3312 |
Which canal uses a system of locks to move ships between two oceans? |
Geography/Geology
Water and air transport |
Medium |
| 3313 |
The busiest ocean route, linking the two most industrialised regions of the world, is the |
Geography/Geology
Water and air transport |
Medium |
| 3314 |
Before the Suez Canal opened, a ship from London to Mumbai had to go around Africa. After 1869, the main bene… |
Geography/Geology
Water and air transport |
Hard |
| 3315 |
The Big Inch pipeline in the USA carries petroleum from the Gulf of Mexico to |
Geography/Geology
Pipelines and communication |
Easy |
| 3316 |
India's first satellite, launched in 1975, was |
Geography/Geology
Pipelines and communication |
Easy |
| 3317 |
Which is a disadvantage of pipeline transport? |
Geography/Geology
Pipelines and communication |
Medium |
| 3318 |
The electronic world of computer networks represented by the internet is called |
Geography/Geology
Pipelines and communication |
Medium |
| 3319 |
A government wants early warnings of cyclones over the ocean and fast communication with remote islands. Whic… |
Geography/Geology
Pipelines and communication |
Hard |
| 3320 |
The World Trade Organisation came into existence in |
Geography/Geology
International trade |
Easy |
| 3321 |
Dover and Calais, linked by ferries across the English Channel, are examples of |
Geography/Geology
International trade |
Easy |
| 3322 |
A country exports goods worth ₹500 crore and imports goods worth ₹650 crore in a year. Its balance of trade is |
Geography/Geology
International trade |
Medium |
| 3323 |
A manufacturer sells televisions abroad at a price lower than the cost of producing them, in order to capture… |
Geography/Geology
International trade |
Medium |
| 3324 |
A port collects goods from many countries, stores them, and re-exports them to other countries. It is best de… |
Geography/Geology
International trade |
Hard |
| 3325 |
Which year is known as the year of the great demographic divide in India? |
Geography/Geology
Distribution, density and growth |
Easy |
| 3326 |
According to the 2011 Census, which state had the highest population density? |
Geography/Geology
Distribution, density and growth |
Easy |
| 3327 |
A state with an area of 1,00,000 km² has a population of 3.82 crore. What is its population density? |
Geography/Geology
Distribution, density and growth |
Medium |
| 3328 |
The period 1951–1981 is called the period of population explosion in India mainly because |
Geography/Geology
Distribution, density and growth |
Medium |
| 3329 |
The population of a region was 100 lakh in one census and 121 lakh in the next census ten years later. What w… |
Geography/Geology
Distribution, density and growth |
Hard |
| 3330 |
The Sino-Tibetan language family in India is also known as |
Geography/Geology
Population composition |
Easy |
| 3331 |
Which language family has the largest number of speakers in India? |
Geography/Geology
Population composition |
Easy |
| 3332 |
According to the Census, a person who worked for 150 days in the reference year would be classified as a |
Geography/Geology
Population composition |
Medium |
| 3333 |
Which language family is mainly spoken in southern India? |
Geography/Geology
Population composition |
Medium |
| 3334 |
A large share of a state's workforce consists of cultivators and agricultural labourers. What does this most … |
Geography/Geology
Population composition |
Hard |
| 3335 |
In NCERT usage, the adolescent population refers to people aged |
Geography/Geology
Change and regional variation |
Easy |
| 3336 |
Which group of states recorded relatively lower population growth rates in recent decades? |
Geography/Geology
Change and regional variation |
Easy |
| 3337 |
India's population growth rate has fallen since 1981, yet the number of people added each decade remains larg… |
Geography/Geology
Change and regional variation |
Medium |
| 3338 |
Which factor most directly helped southern states reduce their population growth rates earlier than others? |
Geography/Geology
Change and regional variation |
Medium |
| 3339 |
A state has a large adolescent population but high school dropout rates and many early marriages among girls.… |
Geography/Geology
Change and regional variation |
Hard |
| 3340 |
Local names such as panna, para, palli, nagla and dhani refer to units of |
Geography/Geology
Rural settlements |
Easy |
| 3341 |
Compact villages surrounded by fields are most typical of |
Geography/Geology
Rural settlements |
Easy |
| 3342 |
In parts of Rajasthan, houses are grouped close together around a common water source. The main factor behind… |
Geography/Geology
Rural settlements |
Medium |
| 3343 |
Isolated huts scattered on slopes in Meghalaya and Himachal Pradesh are an example of |
Geography/Geology
Rural settlements |
Medium |
| 3344 |
In a village, the dominant community lives in the centre while other groups live on the outskirts, forming a … |
Geography/Geology
Rural settlements |
Hard |
| 3345 |
Which of these towns developed as a planned administrative centre after independence? |
Geography/Geology
Urban settlements |
Easy |
| 3346 |
Dhanbad is best classified functionally as a |
Geography/Geology
Urban settlements |
Easy |
| 3347 |
A settlement has 7,000 people, a density of 600 persons per km², and 60 per cent of its male main workers in … |
Geography/Geology
Urban settlements |
Medium |
| 3348 |
Which group consists only of medieval towns that grew as headquarters of kingdoms? |
Geography/Geology
Urban settlements |
Medium |
| 3349 |
A city's population is 7 million. Under the classification used in NCERT, it is a |
Geography/Geology
Urban settlements |
Hard |
| 3350 |
Land that has been left uncultivated for more than five years is classified as |
Geography/Geology
Land resources |
Easy |