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Sunday, 10 November 2013

HARYANA – States of India

HARYANA – States of India

 Key Information
 Capital : Chandigarh
 Geographical Feature: Landlocked state
 Present Chief Minister : Bhupinder Singh Hooda
 Present Governor : Shivraj Patil
 Main language : Hindi (Haryanvi dialect)
 Geographical Features of Haryana
 Haryana is a landlocked state
 Haryana touches boundaries of 5 states – Punjab, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh
 Haryana also touches boundaries of NCR Delhi
 Haryana is the state which envelopes Delhi from three side (other side is that of Uttar Pradesh)
 Ghagghar is the most important river that passes through Haryana
 Haryana’s plains have been formed mainly by Ghagghar and   Yamuna
 The Aravali range touches Haryana’s south-west boundary
 Much of Haryana’s western areas are semi-desert
 Yamuna river forms a natural boundary between Haryana and Uttar Pradesh
 It is believed that Ghagghar is the mystic Saraswati River that was believed to have disappeared under desert some centuries back
 Haryana is the state with least area coming under forest cover (as a percentage of total area)
 Political and Historical importance of Haryana

Indian Geography

Indian Geography




1) India lies in which hemispheres? – North-Eastern hemisphere

2) What is India’s physical position on the map? – Extends between 8°4’ N and 37°6’ N vertically (latitude-wise) and between 68°7’ E and 97°25’ E horizontally (longitude-wise)

3) What is India’s length from North to South? – 3214 Km (vertical length)

4) What is India’s length from East to West? – 2,933 Km (horizontal length)

5) What was India’s ancient names as mentioned in Indian mythology?- Bharatvarsha and Jamboo-dweep

6) India was part of which huge land-mass or super-continent? – Gondwanaland

THE HIMALAYAN RANGE


THE HIMALAYAN RANGE


1) What is the general nature of the Great Himalayan Range? – It is one of the youngest mountain ranges of the world

2) What is the nature of extension of the Himalayan Range in India? – It extends from Jammu & Kashmir to the North-Eastern states of Manipur-Mizoram

3) What is the approximate length of Himalayas in India? – About 2,500 Km

4) Which is the most proven theory about evolution of Himalayas? – The Plate Tectonic Theory (A collision between two continental tectonic plates resulted in evolution of the Himalayas from bed of an old sea)

5) It has been proven that an ancient sea existed before evolution of the Himalayas. What was the name of this sea, whose evidences can still be seen in some Himalayan ranges? – Tethys Sea (Fossils of ocean creatures have been discovered in the Himalayas)

6) What is the popular name of Himalayas and Mt. Everest in Nepal? – Sagarmatha

7) The Himalayan Range has been classified under which 4 broad parts or categories? – A) Greater Himalaya or Himadri         B) Middle or Low Himalayas             C) Sub-Himalayas (Shivalik, etc.) and      D) Tibet Himalayas

General Awareness Practice MCQs for All Exams

General Awareness Practice MCQs for All Exams


This General Awareness Practice MCQs for upcoming exams. you can also download this set as
PDF to prepare offline study.
1. Recently who received the Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation?
1) Angela Merkel of Germany
2) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia
3) Brigalia Bam of South Africa
4) Azim Premji of India
5) None of above
2. Loans to poor people by banks have many limitations including lack of security and high operating cost. So
to help them which type of finance system developed?
1) Ponzi schemes
2) Micro Finance System
3) Money Laundering Schemes
4) Money tampering finance
5) Super vision Finance
3. The following statements are related to Micro Finance system. Locate the wrong option.
1) It provides micro credit having scope for small savings and remittance of funds
2) It based on the principle of livelihood creation
3) The livelihood mission means engaging in activities in a routine fashion to generate cash or non-cash
income
4) High volumes of low transactions done through this system
5) None
4. Who introduced the concept of Microfinance in Bangladesh in the form of the "Grameen Bank"? He is the
Nobel laureate known by many as the "father of microfinance systems''.
1) C.D.Deshmuck
2) Amartya Sen
3) Muhammad Yunus
4) Sheik Hassena
5) Muzibaer Rehman
5. The beneficiaries of Micro finance business is?
1) Land less labour
2) Marginal farmers
3) Vendors in the small markets
4) Hawkers
5) All of above
6. Salustiano Sanchez is the?

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