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Soil geography - Test Set 6

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  1. Question 1

    CDS 1999
    The wet hill forest are found in the:
    1. Aravallis
    2. Mahadev Hills
    3. Nilgiris
    4. Satpura Hills
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  2. Question 2

    IAS 2002
    With reference to India, which one of the following statements is not correct?
    1. About one-third of the area of the country records more than 750 millimetres of annual rainfall.
    2. The dominant source of irrigation in the country is wells
    3. Alluvial soil is the predominant type of soil in the northern plains of the country
    4. The mountain areas account for about thirty percent of the surface area of the country
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  3. Question 3

    CDS 2004

    Among the following places, the average annual rainfall is highest at :
    1. Chennai
    2. Kolkata
    3. Shillong
    4. Thiruvananthapuram
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  4. Question 4

    NDA 2001
    Consider the following statements:1. Tamil Nadu is the only area which receives about half of its rainfall from north-east monsoon winds. 2. Kerala is the only state receiving very heavy rainfall from the south-west monsoon winds. 3. In India, the south-west monsoon is stronger than the north-east monsoon. Which of these are correct statements?
    1. 1, 2 and 3
    2. 1 and 2
    3. 1 and 3
    4. 2 and 3
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  5. Question 5


    The nature of the winter rainfall in north western India is :
    1. Convectional
    2. Orographic
    3. Monsoonal
    4. Cyclonic
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