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Indian Geography MCQs with Answers & AI Explanation
Practice exam-level Indian Geography MCQs for SSC, UPSC, Railways, Banking, TPSC/APSC/WBPSC/State PSC and other competitive exams. Each solution can be generated and saved automatically for future visitors.
Q181. Which State of India has the largest tribal population ?
👁 0 viewsQ182. In winter, the main branch of jet stream prevails:
👁 0 viewsQ183. Which is the normal date of onset of south-west monsoon in India ?
👁 0 viewsQ184. The areas under Green Revolution technology are facing the problem of:
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👁 0 viewsQ186. The nature of Indian agriculture is:
👁 1 viewsThe correct answer is intensive subsistence. Indian agriculture mainly focuses on producing enough food for the farmer’s family with high labor input on small plots, using rainfall and basic irrigation where available. This reflects the high population density and limited land per household. Shifting cultivation (A) is limited to specific forested or tribal areas; extensive commercial (B) and plantation (D) practices are not the dominant pattern nationwide. While some regions have commercial or plantation farming, the predominant nature across India is farming with intensive use of labor on small holdings to ensure subsistence needs.
Intensive subsistence farming is characterized by high input of labor relative to land and is common in densely populated regions of Asia, including parts of India.
India's agriculture is mainly intensive subsistence with smallholdings and high labor input.
Q187. This soil is also called regur:
👁 0 viewsQ188. Which river of the Indus basin lies entirely within the Indian teritory ?
👁 1 viewsThe Beas River lies entirely within Indian territory. It originates in the Himalayas in Himachal Pradesh, flows southeast across northern India, and meets the Sutlej in India before the latter continues towards Pakistan. The other rivers listed (Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi) are transboundary and part of the Indus basin cross into Pakistan after entering the plains, so they are not completely Indian. Hence, Beas is the river of the Indus basin wholly contained in India, making option D correct.
Beas River originates in the Himalayan region of Himachal Pradesh and joins the Sutlej River in India.
Beas is the Indus basin river that stays entirely in India; others cross into Pakistan.
Q189. Its upper catchment receives rainfall during summer by the south-west monsoon and the lower catchment during winter season by the retreating north-east monsoon:
👁 0 viewsQ190. Which State of India is one of the homes of the major Dravidian languages ?
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