Free Practice Questions for Geography in General-studies

       SSC CHSL 13/04/21 (Afternoon)

IMPORTANT FACTS:

Zemu:

• Zemu Glacier is the largest glacier in the Eastern Himalaya.
• The Zemu Glacier drains the east side of Kanchenjunga, the world's third highest mountain. 
• The glacier is the source of Teesta River.

Gangotri:

• The Gangotri glacier is the largest glacier in the Garhwal Himalaya and the source of the sacred river Ganga.
• The glacier is about 30 kilometers long and 4 kms wide.

Pindari:

• Pindari Glacier is the source of Pindar River which meets with Alaknanda river at the confluence of Karnaprayag.
• The glacier is about five km long and about 300 m to 400 m wide.

Byopa is the traditional headgear of the tribes belonging to Arunachal Pradesh.

Important Points -

• Byopa is an important part of the traditional dress of the Nyishi, a large tribe of Arunachal Pradesh.
• A hornbill's beak is attached to the front and its beautiful feathers are attached to the back.
• It is customary to present Byopa as a gift to the chief guest and distinguished guests at Arunachal government events.
•  Hornbill is an endangered bird and its existence is in danger. Therefore, for more than a decade, Biopa is now being prepared using fiberglass beaks and artificial wings. This has helped in conserving the birds  

Umananda Dweep or Mayur Dweep is situated in the middle of Brahmaputra river in Guwahati city of Assam.

Important Points:

• Mayur Island is the world's smallest inhabited river island. And this island is home to the Golden Langur.
• The Brahmaputra River originates from the Chemayungdung Glacier in the Kailash Range near Lake Mansarovar.
• In Tibet, it is known as Tsangpo and in Assam as Brahmaputra.
• Its tributaries are: Dibang or Sikang and Lohit.
• Majuli, the world's largest river island, is located in the Brahmaputra River.

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Important point-:

Dudhsagar waterfall:

• Dudhsagar falls is a four-tiered waterfall located on the Mandovi River in the Indian state of Goa.
• Dudhsagar falls is amongst India's tallest waterfalls with a height of 310 m (1017 feet) and an average width of 30 metres (100 feet).
• The falls is located in the Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary and Mollem National Park among the Western Ghats.

Jog waterfalls:

• The Jog water falls created by the Sharavathi river in sharavathi valley of Shimoga district in Karnataka.
• It is falling from a height of 829 ft.
• It is the third highest waterfall in India.

Chulia waterfall:

• Chulia Waterfall is in Rajasthan on Chambal River.
• Chambal flows through the Kundal Plateau, and the Rana Pratap Sagar Dam is constructed at the lower upstream of Chulia Falls.
  

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IMPORTANT FACTS:

Some Important Multipurpose River Valley Projects in India:- 

Tehri Dam:

• It is a multi-purpose dam on the Bhagirathi river in New Tehri, Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand, India.
• Tehri dam is about 260.5 metres (855 ft) high rock and earth-fill embankment dam, it is the tallest dam in India.

Damodar Valley Project:

• Damodar Valley Project was the first multipurpose river valley project of India which was built on the patterns of the Tennessee River valley authority in 1948.
• Damodar is a tributary river of Hugli river . It is known as the sorrow of Bengal.

Bhakra Nangal Project:

• It was constructed on the Sutlej river in Himachal Pradesh.
• Under this project, there were two dams Bhakra and Nangal constructed.
• Bhakra is around 226 m high and 518 m long, Bhakra dam is the 2nd highest dam in India after the Tehri dam.
• Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh are beneficial states from this project.

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IMPORTANT FACTS:

• Production Of Important Crops in Three Largest Producing States in 2020-21: Source (Economic Survey 2021-22)

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IMPORTANT FACTS:

• Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan India's largest inland salt lake.
• Wular lake in Jammu Kashmir is largest freshwater lake in India.
• Loktak lake in Manipur is the largest freshwater lake in North -East India.
• Keibul Lamjao is the only floating national park in the world floats over it, which is the last natural refuge of the endangered sangai or Manipur brow-antlered deer.
• Vembanad lake in Kerala is the longest lake in India, and the largest lake in the state of Kerala.
• Chilika lake in Odisha is the largest coastal lagoon in India and the second largest lagoon in the world.

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IMPORTANT FACTS:

Tamil Nadu:

• Most of the rivers of Tamil Nadu originate from the Western Ghats and flow towards the east and drain into the Bay of Bengal.
• Kaveri, Thenpennai, Palar, are the three largest rivers of Tamil Nadu.
• Thamirabarani river is the only perennial river in Tamil Nadu.
• Thamirabarani river is perennial because it is fed by both the southwest and northeast monsoons.

Kerala:

• Kerala is is rich in water resource, There are 44 major rivers in Kerala.
• The major rivers of Kerala are Periyar, Nila (bharathapuzha), Pampa, Kunthipuzha, Chandragiripuzha, Korapuzha and Chaliyar.
• The Periyar river is the longest river in Kerala.

Andhra Pradesh:

• Andhra Pradesh is a riverine state with 40 major, medium and minor rivers.
• Godavari, Krishna, Vamsadhara, Nagavali and Pennar are major interstate rivers.

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IMPORTANT FACTS:

Lift channel:

• Lift irrigation is a method of irrigation in which water instead of being transported by natural flow (as in gravity-fed canal systems) requires external energy through animal, fuel based or electric power using pumps or other mechanical means.
• The advantage of lift irrigation is the minimal land acquisition problem and low water losses.

Command area:

• Command area means all lands which are fit for cultivation under irrigable command of an irrigation system or scheme.
• There are three types of command areas which are Gross Command Area, Culturable Command Area,  Net Command Area.

Warabandi system:

• Warabandi is system of rotation of supply of water according to a predetermine schedule as per area and crop needs specifying the day, time and duration of supply to each holding to ensure equitable water distribution among farmers of an outlet command.

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IMPORTANT FACTS:

Karst:

• Karst is a type of landscape where the dissolving of the bedrock has created sinkholes, sinking streams, caves, springs, and other characteristic features.
• Karst is associated with soluble rock types such as limestone, marble, and gypsum.

Estuary:

• An estuary is an area where a freshwater river or stream meets the ocean.
• Estuary is a tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.
• The two west-flowing rivers of India which make estuaries are Narmada and Tapti river.

Reservoir:

• Reservoirs are natural or artificial lakes made for storing and supplying water for an area created via means of dams.
• The dam controls the amount of water that flows out of the reservoir.

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IMPORTANT FACTS:

Ganga:

• It rises in the Gangotri glacier near Gaumukh (3,900 m) in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand.
• At Devprayag, the Bhagirathi meets the Alaknanda; hereafter, it is known as the Ganga.
• The Ganga enters the plains at Haridwar.
• The Ganga basin covers about 8.6 lakh sq. km area in India.
• The important tributaries are the Ramganga, the Gomti, the Ghaghara, the Gandak, the Kosi Mahananda and the Yamuna.
• The total length of the Ganga River is 2,525 km.
• The river empties into the Bay of Bengal, the mouth forms the Ganges River Delta, the largest river delta in the world.

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IMPORTANT FACTS:

Warabandi:

• Warabandi is system of rotation of supply of water according to a predetermine schedule as per area and crop needs specifying the day, time and duration of supply to each holding to ensure equitable water distribution among farmers of an outlet command.

Aquifer:

• At places the groundwater is stored between layers of hard rock below the water table, This is known as an aquifer. 
• Water in the aquifers can be usually pumped out with the help of tube wells or handpumps.

Reservoir:

• Reservoirs are natural or artificial lakes made for storing and supplying water for an area created via means of dams.
• The dam controls the amount of water that flows out of the reservoir.

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IMPORTANT FACTS:

Johad:

• A johad, also known as a pokhar or a percolation pond, is a community-owned traditional harvested rainwater storage wetland principally used for effectively harnessing water resources.
• Johads are capture and conserve rainwater, improving percolation and groundwater recharge. 

Kund:

• A kund is a saucer-shaped catchment area that gently slope towards the central circular underground well.
• Its main purpose is to harvest rainwater for drinking.

Tanka:

• Tanka is a traditional rainwater harvesting technique indigenous to the Thar desert region of Rajasthan.
• A Tanka is a cylindrical paved underground pit into which rainwater from rooftops, courtyards or artificially prepared catchments flows.

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Important Facts:

Dhuandhar Falls : 

• Dhuandhar Falls is a very beautiful waterfall located near Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh.

Shivanasamudra:

• Shivanasamudra is a waterfall on the Kaveri River located in the Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka.
• The island city of Shivanasamudra divides the river Kaveri into twin springs.
• There are two waterfalls here, the left part is Gaganchukki Falls and the right part is Barachukki Falls.

Dudhsagar :

• Dudhsagar Falls is a four-tiered waterfall located on the Mandovi River in the Indian state of Goa.
• This waterfall is located in the Mollem National Park between the Bhagwan Mahavir Sanctuary and the Western Ghats.
• Some local people also know this waterfall by the name of Tambdi Surla.

 When a river originates from a mountain and flows in all directions, the drainage pattern is called radial.

Important Points:

• The streams of the drainage basin are patterned by the slope of the land, rock structure and climatic conditions.
• These patterns are dendritic, lattice, rectangular and radial.
• A radial drainage pattern develops around a central high point.
• The rivers originating from Amarkantak range present a good example of radial pattern.

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IMPORTANT FACTS:

Net sown area:

• Net sown area represents the total area sown with crops.
• It represents an area in which total crops are grown only once in a year.

Net irrigated area:

• It is the area irrigated through any source once in a year for a particular crop.

Gross irrigated area:

• It is the total area under crops, irrigated once and/or more than once in a year.
• It is counted as many times as the number of times the areas are cropped and irrigated in a year.

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IMPORTANT FACTS

• Example of some Longest Bridges in India:

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IMPORTANT FACTS:

Krishna:

• The Krishna is the second largest east flowing Peninsular river after Godavari which rises near Mahabaleshwar in Sahyadri and flows for about 1400 km and outfalls into the Bay of Bengal.
• The Koyna, the Tungbhadra and the Bhima and Musi are its major tributaries.

Godavari:

• The Godavari is the largest Peninsular river system.
• It is also called the Dakshin Ganga.
• It originates at Trimbakeshwar in Nashik district of Maharashtra and discharges its water into the Bay of Bengal.
• The Penganga, the Indravati, the Pranhita, and the Manjra are its principal tributaries.

Kaveri:

• The Kaveri rises in Brahmagiri hills of Kodagu district in Karnataka and drains into the Bay of Bengal.
• Its important tributaries are the Kabini, the Bhavani and the Amravati.
• The Shivanasamudra falls is on the Kaveri River.

                      SSC CGL 18/08/21(Evening)

IMPORTANT FACTS:

• Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan India's largest inland salt lake.
• Wular lake in Jammu Kashmir is largest freshwater lake in India.
• Loktak lake in Manipur is the largest freshwater lake in North -East India, Keibul Lamjao is the only floating national park in the world floats over it, which is the last natural refuge of the endangered sangai or Manipur brow-antlered deer.
• Vembanad lake in Kerala is the longest lake in India, and the largest lake in the state of Kerala.
• Chilika lake in Odisha is the largest coastal lagoon in India and the second largest lagoon in the world.

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IMPORTANT FACTS:

• The following is Five highest waterfalls in India:-