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Wb geography - Test Set 5

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  1. Question 1

    WBCS Prelims 2022
    The western part of the Teesta River in West Bengal is called:
    1. Terai
    2. Duars
    3. Bagar
    4. Bhabar
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  2. Question 2

    WBCS Prelims 2018
    The active delta of the Ganga in India lies here:
    1. Nadia, North 24 Parganas and Howrah
    2. Sundarbans
    3. North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas
    4. Medinipur East and Howrah
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  3. Question 3

    WBCS Prelims 2018
    In India Karst landforms are formed in:
    1. Jalpaiguri district, hills of Buxar and Jainti
    2. Purnea district of Bihar
    3. Jaisalmer region of Rajasthan
    4. Mysore hills in Karnataka
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  4. Question 4

    WBCS Mains 2020
    Which one is not a Tidal River?
    1. Icchamati
    2. Vidyadhari
    3. Kalindi
    4. Jalangi
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  5. Question 5

    WBCS Mains 2017
    Geologically arsenic in groundwater has its original source in
    1. the Chotonagpur plateau
    2. the marine sediments of Bay of Bengal
    3. the Himalayans
    4. the Ganga plain itself
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  6. Question 6

    WBCS Prelims 2021
    The following river divides West Bengal and Assam:
    1. Raidak
    2. Sankosh
    3. Kaljani
    4. Chel
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  7. Question 7

    WBCS Prelims 2020
    The never on which Tilpara Barrage is located?
    1. Damodar
    2. Kangsabati
    3. Silabati
    4. Mayurakshi
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  8. Question 8

    WBCS Prelims 2017
    Drought is occasionally experienced in the plateau region of West Bengal because of:
    1. Lateritic Soil
    2. Extremely low rainfall
    3. Excessive evapotranspiration
    4. Inefficient water management
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  9. Question 9

    WBCS Prelims 2013
    In April thunder squalls are very frequent in –
    1. Assam
    2. West Bengal
    3. Bihar
    4. Rajasthan
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  10. Question 10

    WBCS Prelims 2011
    Tropical evergreen forests are found in West Bengal_________
    1. Below 1000 mt.
    2. 1000 to 1500 mt.
    3. 1500 to 3000 mt.
    4. Above 3000 mt.
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  11. Question 11

    WBCS Mains 2019
    Woods of Sundari tree is used mainly for making _________.
    1. Railway sleepers
    2. Boat making
    3. Cricket bat
    4. None of the above
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  12. Question 12

    WBCS Prelims 2016
    The largest tobacco producer district of West Bengal is:
    1. Murshidabad
    2. Malda
    3. Cooch Bihar
    4. Birbhum
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  13. Question 13

    WBCS Prelims 2008
    Laterite soils in West Bengal are found in______.
    1. Jalpaiguri
    2. Bankura
    3. Darjeeling
    4. North 24-Parganas
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  14. Question 14

    WBCS Mains 2020
    The modern iron and steel industry in India has its beginning in 1870 when Bengal Iron Works Company was established in
    1. Kulti
    2. Bishnupur
    3. Cossipore
    4. None of the above
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  15. Question 15

    WBCS Prelims 2015
    The most superior industrial coal of West Bengal is of ________.
    1. Lignite variety
    2. Anthracite variety
    3. Bituminous variety
    4. None of the above
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  16. Question 16

    WBCS Prelims 2011
    In West Bengal SEZ was planned:
    1. Around Medinipur
    2. Around Jhargram
    3. Around Nandigram
    4. Around Haldia
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  17. Question 17

    WBCS Prelims 2019
    The first railway line was started in West Bengal between _________.
    1. Howrah to Hooghly
    2. Howrah to Raniganj
    3. Howrah to Burdwan
    4. Sealdah to Naihati
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  18. Question 18

    WBCS Prelims 2014
    Darjeeling Himalayan Railway became World Heritage Site in:
    1. 1980
    2. 1990
    3. 1999
    4. 2003
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  19. Question 19

    WBCS Mains 2017
    The most vulnerable tribal community in West Bengal is
    1. Santal
    2. Munda
    3. Birhore
    4. Toto
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  20. Question 20

    WBCS Mains 2016
    UNESCO declared _________ as a Biosphere Reserve as well as a World Heritage site in 1997.
    1. Bitarkanika
    2. Jim Corbet
    3. Kanha
    4. Sundarban
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