NDA exam is held twice a year for the recruitment of commissioned personnel in India Armed Forces. As we all know NDA 1 2019 is already done and NDA 2 2019 exam is just round the corner and every aspirant must be busy in their preparation for the same.
Those who have given this examination must have known that Geography plays a major role in GAT paper of NDA Examination. By our review of various previous year paper we can say that Geography grabs the maximum number of question among the other subjects of General Knowledge.
For identifying their weak areas a student must practice as many questions as they can. Since geography is such an important part of NDA examination here at Trishul Defence Academy we provide question booklets prepared by our experienced faculty based on latest syllabus and pattern of NDA Examination that makes us the best coaching for NDA examination. In this blog we are going to share some important geography questions based on previous year paper of NDA examination.
QUESTIONS
1.In which one among the following areas of South-East Asia, there is largest concentration of Peasant population
A. Area of intensive shifting cultivation
B. Highland areas where the climate is cooler and healthier
C. Cleared lowlands in forest areas
D. Areas where the grain farming is practised
- Jelep La pass is located
A. Punjab Himalaya B. Sikkim Himalaya
C. Kumaon Himalaya D. Kashmir Himalaya
- Which of the following pairs of Tribe and state is not correctly matched ?
A. Tharu : Madhya Pradesh B. Adi : Arunachal Pradesh
C. Irula : Kerala D. Shaharia : Rajasthan
- Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List I ( Mineral) | List II ( Leading State) | ||
A. | Manganese | 1. | Uttarakhand |
B. | Gypsum | 2. | Karnataka |
C. | Limestone | 3. | Rajasthan |
D. | Magnesite | 4. | Odisha |
Code
A B C D A B C D
A ) 3 2 4 B) 1 2 3 4
C) 2 3 1 D) 4 3 2 1
- Which one among the following is the correct order of Tiger reserves situated from North to South in India?
A. Corbett – Simlipal – Sariska – Periyar
B. Periyar – Sariska – Simlipal – Corbett
C. Corbett – Sariska –Simlipal – Periyar
D. Periyar– Simlipal – Sariska – Corbett
- Which of the following Himalayan rivers does not originate from across the Himalayas ?
A. Indus B. Setluj
C. Ganga D. Brahmaputra
- Which one of the following states in India has the largest area under Forest cover?
A. Maharashtra B. Chhattisgarh
C. Madhya Pradesh D. Andhra Pradesh
- The term ‘Regur’ is used to mean :
A. Laterite Soil B. Deltaic Soil
C. Red Soil D. Black cotton Soil
- Mariana Trench is located in the ocean floor of :
A. Southern Atlantic Ocean
B. Western Pacific Ocean
C. Eastern pacific Ocean
D. Northern Atlantic ocean
- Jawahar tunnel on Jammu-Srinagar highway passes through
A. Karakoram Range B. Zanskar Range
C. Dhauladhar Range D. Pir Panjal range
ANSWERS & EXPLANATIONS
Ans 1. – (A) – Shifting cultivation is the main practice of agriculture in almost all the countries of South-East Asia like- Malaysia, Indonesia, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka etc.
Ans 2. – (B) – Jelep La is a high altitude mountain pass of 13999 feet located in Sikkim Himalayas. It links Lhasa in Tibet to India. This pass is an important trade route between India & Tibet.
Ans 3. –(A) – The Tharu people are an etnic group of Nepal Terai including Indian Terai of Uttrakhand, Uttar Pradesh & Bihar
Ans 4. – (D) – Uttrakhand has second largest deposit of magnesite (19%) after Tamil Nadu (74.1%). Karnataka has the largest limestone reserve in India, Gypsum deposits about 90% located in Rajasthan , while Odisha has the largest deposits of manganese.
Ans5. – (C) – Corbett national park is in Uttarakhand, Sariska Tiger reserve is in Alwar district of Rajasthan, Simlipal National Park is in Odisha While Periyar national Park is in Western Ghats of Kerala.
Ans 6.– (D) – The Brahmaputra rises from the Chemaung Dung glacier near Mansarovar in Tibet. Though it is 2900km long , its small length comprises 800km is in India and rest goes to china and Bangladesh.
Ans 7.– (B)– Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest cover of 77522 sq km in terms of area in country followed by Arunachal Pradesh with forest cover of 67327 sq. km. The maximum increase in forest cover has been observed in West Bengal (3810 sq km) followed by Odisha (1444 sq km) and Kerala ( 622 sq km).
Ans 8.– (D) – The Black soil of Deccan plateau is also called ‘ Regur soil’ or the ‘Black cotton soil’. It is clayey, deep and impermeable also called ‘Self ploughing soil. This soil is most suitable for cotton cultivation.
Ans 9.– (B) – The Mariana Trench or Marianas Trench is the deepest part of the world’s oceans. It is located in the Western Pacific Ocean, an average of 200km (124mi) to the East of the Mariana Islands, in the Western Pacific East of Philippines.
Ans 10.– (D) – Jawahar tunnel or Banihal tunnel, named after the first Prime Minister of India. It is situated between Banihal and Qazigund on NH-A1 that has been renumbered NH-44. It passes through Pir Panjal Range.