SSC CGL Geography – Mock Test 2 – Tier I Style – Mock Test 2 · Tier I Style
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SSC CGL Geography – Mock Test 2 – Tier I Style – Mock Test 2 · Tier I Style – 25 questions, subject: Geography – India & World. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.
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1.
On India's official map, the northernmost point of India is:
Correct Answer: A [Indira Col]
Explanation:
Indira Point (Great Nicobar) is the southernmost point.
2.
Which stretch of water lies between South Andaman and Little Andaman?
Correct Answer: D [Duncan Passage]
Explanation:
Duncan Passage – South Andaman | Little Andaman; the Ten Degree Channel lies between the Andaman and Nicobar groups.
3.
Kayals, or backwaters, are a feature of the coast of:
Correct Answer: C [Keralam]
Explanation:
Malabar coast – Vembanad lake.
4.
Which Peninsular river rises from a spring near Mahabaleshwar?
Correct Answer: B [Krishna]
Explanation:
Godavari – Nashik; Kaveri – Brahmagiri; Tapi – Betul.
5.
The Jog (Gersoppa) falls are formed by the river:
Correct Answer: D [Sharavati]
Explanation:
In the Western Ghats of Karnataka.
6.
The Mettur dam is built across the:
Correct Answer: C [Kaveri]
Explanation:
In Tamil Nadu.
7.
The Bay of Bengal branch of the south-west monsoon is turned towards India mainly by the:
Correct Answer: A [Arakan hills of Myanmar]
Explanation:
It first strikes Myanmar and south-east Bangladesh.
8.
Jet streams are narrow belts of fast westerly winds blowing at heights above about:
Correct Answer: D [12,000 m]
Explanation:
Upper troposphere (NCERT).
9.
According to NCERT, forming soil only a few centimetres deep takes:
Correct Answer: A [millions of years]
Explanation:
Soil is a living system that forms very slowly.
10.
Dust from grinding limestone for cement harms nearby soil mainly because it:
Correct Answer: C [retards the infiltration of water]
Explanation:
Mineral processing as a cause of land degradation (NCERT).
11.
The Gir forest of Gujarat is the natural home of the:
Correct Answer: B [Asiatic lion]
Explanation:
Rhino – Assam; tahr – Eravikulam; wild ass – Rann of Kachchh.
12.
India's first biosphere reserve, set up in 1986, was:
Correct Answer: C [Nilgiri]
Explanation:
Spread over Tamil Nadu, Keralam and Karnataka.
13.
On India's proposal, the UN declared which year the International Year of Millets?
Correct Answer: B [2023]
Explanation:
Millets: jowar, bajra, ragi.
14.
The Indira Gandhi Canal starts from the:
Correct Answer: D [Harike barrage in Punjab]
Explanation:
Near the Satluj–Beas confluence; irrigates western Rajasthan.
15.
The Bailadila hills, shaped like the hump of an ox, are known for:
Correct Answer: A [high-grade haematite iron ore]
Explanation:
Durg–Bastar–Chandrapur belt.
16.
India's largest oil-refining complex is at:
Correct Answer: B [Jamnagar]
Explanation:
Digboi (1901) is the oldest working refinery.
17.
The Pykara hydro-electric plant helped the growth of which industrial region?
Correct Answer: A [Bengaluru–Tamil Nadu]
Explanation:
Cotton textiles grew on cheap hydel power.
18.
Which city is called the 'Manchester of South India'?
Correct Answer: D [Coimbatore]
Explanation:
Ahmedabad is the Manchester of India.
19.
YearAfter Independence, a twenty-year road plan was introduced in:
Correct Answer: C [1961]
Explanation:
1943 was the Nagpur Plan.
20.
By length, India's road network ranks in the world:
Correct Answer: D [second]
Explanation:
MoRTH: second-largest road network.
21.
The first complete synchronous census of India was held in:
Correct Answer: B [1881]
Explanation:
1872 was the first census, but not synchronous.
22.
The Census 2011 figure of 1,210.57 million leaves out three sub-divisions of which district?
Correct Answer: C [Senapati (Manipur)]
Explanation:
With them the total is 1,210.85 million.
23.
In 2024 Port Blair, capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, was renamed:
Correct Answer: A [Sri Vijaya Puram]
Explanation:
The other three are renamed islands (Havelock, Neil, Ross).
24.
Mission LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment) was launched on 20 October 2022 at:
Correct Answer: C [Ekta Nagar (Kevadia), Gujarat]
Explanation:
By the PM with the UN Secretary-General.
25.
The United States' second withdrawal from the Paris Agreement took effect on:
Correct Answer: B [27 January 2026]
Explanation:
Notified 27 January 2025; effective one year later (UN depositary).
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