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Which of the following group of industries belongs to sunrise industries ?

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  1. I.T, Knowledge, Aircraft, Ship building

  2. Ship building, Healthcare, I.T, Synthetic fibre

  3. I.T, Knowledge, Aircraft, Hospitality

  4. Knowledge, Aircraft, Hospitality, I.T

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This group of industries belongs to the sunrise industries. A sunrise industry is a colloquial term for a sector or business that is in its infancy, but is growing at a rapid pace. (e.g. the telecom industry in mid-1990s) and is expected to be increasingly important in the future.
Sunrise industries generally have plenty of "buzz" surrounding them as public awareness about the sector increases and investors get attracted to its long term growth prospects.

Which one of the following is a private sector industry ?

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  1. BHEL

  2. TISCO

  3. OIL

  4. SALT

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

TISCO is private sector Industry.

Consider the following industrial regions of India.
A. Hooghly Industrial region
B. Gurgaon- Delhi-Meerut industrial
C. Ahmedabad-Baroda industrial region
D. Mumbai-Pune industrial region
E. Bangalore-Tamilnadu industrial region
F. Chotanagpur industrial region
G. Vishakhapatnam-Guntur industrial region
Which of these lies outside peninsular India ?

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  1. A, B, D and F

  2. B, C, D and F

  3. B, D, F and G

  4. A, B, C and F

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The chotanagpur plateau industrial region covers part of Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal states. It is one of the best location for Iron Steel industry as the raw material is found in abundance in this region. Ahmedabad-Vadodara industrial region is the third largest industrial region of the country which lies in close proximity to the cotton growing tracts of the Gujarat plains. Hooghly industrial region lies in West Bengal.

What is the share of manufacturing industry in GDP of India _____________.

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  1. 27%

  2. 17%

  3. 20%

  4. 30%

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Correct Option: A

Match List - I and List - II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the Lists :

List - I(Industries) List - II(Industrial Centre)
A. Pearl fishing 1. Pune
B. Automobiles 2. Tuticorin
C. Ship building 3. Pinjore
D. Engineering goods 4. Marmagao
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  1. A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3

  2. A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4

  3. A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3

  4. A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4

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Correct Option: A

The trend of growth rate in manufacturing over the last two decades has been around ____________ percent per annum.

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  1. 6

  2. 7

  3. 8

  4. 9

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Correct Option: B

Piramal Swasthya is a profitable organisation.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B

Name the huge ancient landmass which consisted of India, Australia, South Africa and South America as one single landmass.

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  1. Angara land

  2. Canadian shield

  3. Gondwana land

  4. Tethys sea

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Gondwana land:.Gondwana, also called Gondwanaland, ancient supercontinent that incorporated present-day South America, Africa, Arabia, Madagascar, India, Australia, and Antarctica.

Identify the correct opti

Agents  Landforms 
A. River  I. Hanging Valley 
B. Wind  II. Stalactite 
C. Glaciers  III. Sand dune 
D. Ground water  IV. Canyon 

on from the pairs given below: 

geography biosphere and landscape movement of the earth's plates development of landforms the signature of time study of continents - north america

  1. $A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV $

  2. $ A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III $

  3. $A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II $

  4. $A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I $

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

River $\rightarrow$ landform formed is Canyon

Wind $\rightarrow$ landform formed is sand dune
Glaciers $\rightarrow$ landform formed is Hanging valley
Groundwater $\rightarrow$ landform formed is Stalactite.

What percentage of land area is covered by the mountains?

geography biosphere and landscape movement of the earth's plates development of landforms the signature of time study of continents - north america

  1. 17%

  2. 43%

  3. 20%

  4. 32%

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • Mountains are the projections from the earth's surface often having a conical peak. Approximately 24% of the land area are covered by mountains in the world. Thus option C ie 20% is the nearest correct option.