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- Question 1 of 10
1. Question
1 pointsCategory: Map Based QuestionsWhich of the following river rises north of the tropic of cancer in India?
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- Question 2 of 10
2. Question
1 pointsArrange the following hills from east to west direction:
- Ramgarh hills
- Gawilgarh hills
- Mahadeo hills
- Satmala hills
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- Question 3 of 10
3. Question
1 pointsArrange the following cultural world heritage sites in India from north to south direction:
- Elephanta caves
- Pattadakal monuments
- Hampi
- Mahabalipuram monuments
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- Question 4 of 10
4. Question
1 pointsThe “keeladi excavation site” is sometimes seen in news is located in which of the following state?
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Archaeologists have been busy digging out the treasures buried in Keeladi, a village in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu, and historians and anthropologists are now interpreting the rich finds from the Sangam era.
- This is the fifth phase of excavations, and it has revealed many more artefacts and engineering designs.
- The fourth phase had established that the antiquities unearthed here could date from the 6th century BCE to the 1st century CE.
- The present phase has shed more light, particularly on the advanced engineering techniques used then, “establishing that there was a culture and civilisation” in the region, as one archaeologist puts it.
- This is the first time that such a large-scale excavation on a ‘habitational mount’ has been carried out in Tamil Nadu.
- The excavations offer insights into engineering techniques that are more than 2,000 years ago.
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Archaeologists have been busy digging out the treasures buried in Keeladi, a village in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu, and historians and anthropologists are now interpreting the rich finds from the Sangam era.
- This is the fifth phase of excavations, and it has revealed many more artefacts and engineering designs.
- The fourth phase had established that the antiquities unearthed here could date from the 6th century BCE to the 1st century CE.
- The present phase has shed more light, particularly on the advanced engineering techniques used then, “establishing that there was a culture and civilisation” in the region, as one archaeologist puts it.
- This is the first time that such a large-scale excavation on a ‘habitational mount’ has been carried out in Tamil Nadu.
- The excavations offer insights into engineering techniques that are more than 2,000 years ago.
- Question 5 of 10
5. Question
1 pointsArrange the following tiger reserves from south to north direction:
- Anaimalai
- Bandipur
- Bhadra
- Mudumalai
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- Question 6 of 10
6. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?
Pilgrimage centre : State
- Lepakshi temple : Karnataka
- Nako Monastry : Arunachal Pradesh
- Kailashnath temple : Andhra Pradesh
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- Question 7 of 10
7. Question
1 pointsArrange the following Indus Valley Civilization sites from East to West direction:
- Alamgirpur
- Jilalpur
- Shahi Tump
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1 pointsArrange the following capital cities from north to south direction:
- Phnom Penh
- Bangkok
- Myanmar
- Hanoi
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- Question 9 of 10
9. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following river is not flow through Punjab before entering Pakistan?
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- Question 10 of 10
10. Question
1 pointsArrange the following alluvium deposits from north to south:
- Tarai
- Khaddar
- Bhangar
- Bhabar
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The northern plains are formed by the alluvial deposits brought by the rivers – theIndus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra.
- These plains extend approximately 3,200 km from the east to the west. The average width of these plains varies between 150-300 km.
- The maximum depth of alluvium deposits varies between 1,000-2,000 m. From the north to the south, these can be divided into three major zones: the Bhabar, the Tarai and the alluvial plains. The alluvial plains can be further divided into the Khadar and the Bhangar.
- Bhabar is a narrow belt ranging between 8-10 km parallel to the Shiwalik foothills at the break-up of the slope.
- As a result of this, the streams and rivers coming from the mountains deposit heavy materials of rocks and boulders, and at times, disappear in this zone.
- South of the Bhabar is the Tarai belt, with an approximate width of 10-20 km where most of the streams and rivers re-emerge without having any properly demarcated channel, thereby, creating marshy and swampy conditions known as the Tarai.
- This has a luxurious growth of natural vegetation and houses a varied wildlife.
- The south of Tarai is a belt consisting of old and new alluvial deposits known as the Bhangar and Khadar respectively.
- These plains have characteristic features of mature stage of fluvial erosional and depositional landforms such as sand bars, meanders, oxbow lakes and braided channels.
- The Brahmaputra plains are known for their riverine islands and sand bars. Most of these areas are subjected to periodic floods and shifting river courses forming braided streams.
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The northern plains are formed by the alluvial deposits brought by the rivers – theIndus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra.
- These plains extend approximately 3,200 km from the east to the west. The average width of these plains varies between 150-300 km.
- The maximum depth of alluvium deposits varies between 1,000-2,000 m. From the north to the south, these can be divided into three major zones: the Bhabar, the Tarai and the alluvial plains. The alluvial plains can be further divided into the Khadar and the Bhangar.
- Bhabar is a narrow belt ranging between 8-10 km parallel to the Shiwalik foothills at the break-up of the slope.
- As a result of this, the streams and rivers coming from the mountains deposit heavy materials of rocks and boulders, and at times, disappear in this zone.
- South of the Bhabar is the Tarai belt, with an approximate width of 10-20 km where most of the streams and rivers re-emerge without having any properly demarcated channel, thereby, creating marshy and swampy conditions known as the Tarai.
- This has a luxurious growth of natural vegetation and houses a varied wildlife.
- The south of Tarai is a belt consisting of old and new alluvial deposits known as the Bhangar and Khadar respectively.
- These plains have characteristic features of mature stage of fluvial erosional and depositional landforms such as sand bars, meanders, oxbow lakes and braided channels.
- The Brahmaputra plains are known for their riverine islands and sand bars. Most of these areas are subjected to periodic floods and shifting river courses forming braided streams.
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