General Studies MCQ – 88

Dear Aspirants,

General Studies MCQs are the basic part of Himachal competitive exams. It is helpful to HPSSSB, and State Bank Exams. It is a series of General knowledge MCQs (including Indian History MCQs, Static gk) that also help in the National level examination, Sainik School, NDA, and army exams, etc.

Q1. The scarcity or crop failure of which of the following can cause a serious edible oil crisis in India?
(A) Coconut
(B) Groundnut
(C) Linseed
(D) Mustard

Q2. The pennines (Europe), Appalachians (America) and the Aravallis (India) are examples of
(A) Old mountains
(B) Young mountains
(C) Fold mountains
(D) Block mountains

Q3. The number of major ports in India is
(A) 5
(B) 8
(C) 13
(D) 15

Q4. Which of the following union territories of India has the highest density of population per sq km?
(A) Pondicherry
(B) Lakshadweep
(C) Delhi
(D) Chandigarh

Q5. which atomic power station in India is built completely indigenously?
(A) Kalpakkam
(B) Narora
(C) Rawat Bhata
(D) Tarapore

Q6. The Yarlung Zangbo river, in India, is known as
(A) Ganga
(B) Indus
(C) Brahmaputra
(D) Mahanadi

Q7. The Salal Project is on the river
(A) Chenab
(B) Jhelum
(C) Ravi
(D) Sutlej

Q8. The only zone in the country that produces gold is also rich in iron is
(A) North-eastern zone
(B) North-western zone
(C) Southern zone
(D) None of the above

Q9. The south-west monsoon contributes ____ of the total rain in India 
(A) 86%
(B) 50%
(C) 22%
(D) 100%

Q10.The year ____ is called a Great Divide in the demographic history of India.
(A) 1901
(B) 1921
(C) 1941
(D) 1951

General Studies MCQ – 87