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What is Geography? Branches of Geography
What is Geography?
Geography is concerned
with the description and explanation of the areal differentiation of the
earth’s surface. (Richard Hartshorne)
Geography studies
the differences of phenomena usually related in different parts
of the earth’s surface.(Hettner)
Environment- What is Natural and Human Environment?
Environment
Environment is
our basic life support system. It provides the air we breath, the water we
drink, the food we eat and the land where we live.
Environment:
French word Environer/Environner meaning “neighbourhood”.
Interior of the Earth:What is the earth made up of?
The earth, our
homeland is a dynamic planet. It is constantly undergoing changes inside and
outside.
what lies in the
interior of the earth?
The earth, our
homeland is a dynamic planet. It is constantly undergoing changes inside and
outside.
Just like an
onion, the earth is made up of several concentric layers with one inside another .
6 November 2019
50 Expected Questions on Indian Polity and Constitution
1. Which Article of the Constitution is related to President’s rule in State?
356
2. Which State/ Union Territory has the least number of members in its Legislative Assembly?
Puducherry
25 Expected Questions on Rural Development Programmes
1. Community Development Programme was introduced in India in:
(a) 1947 (b) 1948
(c) 1950 (d) 1952
2. Small Farmers Development Agency was formed in:
(a) 1971 (b) 1977
(c) 1979 (d) 1982
3. Drought Prone Area Programme was
introduced in:
(a) 1972 (b) 1973
(c) 1975 (d) 1976
4. Command Area Development Programme was launched in:
(a) 1977 (b) 1975
(c) 1974 (d) 1973
5. Marginal Farmers and Agricultural Labourers Development Agency was formed in:
(a) 1975 (b) 1976
(c) 1977 (d) 1978
6. Food For Work Pragramme was started in:
(a) 1976 (b) 1977
(c) 1978 (d) 1979
7. TRYSEM (Training of Rural Youth for Self Employment) was launched in:
(a) 1977 (b) 1978
(c) 1979 (d) 1980
8. National Rural Employment Programme (NREP) was launched in:
(a) 1977 (b) 1979
(c) 1980 (d) 1982
9. Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) was launched in:
(a) 1980 (b) 1982
(c) 1983 (d) 1986
10. Development of Women and Children in rural Area (DWCRA) was launched in:
(a) 1977-78 (b) 1983-84
(c) 1991-92 (d) 1989-90
11. Rural Landless Employment Guarentee Programme (RLEGP) was introduced in:
(a) 1977-78 (b) 1979-80
(c) 1991-92 (d) 1983-84
(a) 1977-78 (b) 1979-80
(c) 1991-92 (d) 1983-84
12. Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) was introduced in:
(a) 1985 (b) 1986
(c) 1987 (d) 1988
13. Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) was
started in:
(a) 1988 (b) 1989
(c) 1990 (d) 1991
14. Nehru Rozgar Yojana (NRY) was started in:
(a) 1989 (b) 1990
(c) 1992 (d) 1994
15. Mahila Samridhi Yojana was introduced in:
(a) 1989 (b) 1990
(c) 1991 (d) 1993
16. Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS) was started in:
(a) 1990 (b) 1991
(c) 1993 (d) 1994
17. Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana was started in:
(a) 1992 (b) 1993
(c) 1994 (d) 1995
18.Ganga Kalyan Yojana was launched in:
(a) 1997 (b) 1998
(c) 1999 (d) 2000
19. Jawahar Gramasamridhi Yojana (JGSY) was started in:
(a) 1997 (b) 1998
(c) 1999 (d) 2002
(a) 1997 (b) 1998
(c) 1999 (d) 2002
20. Swarna Jayanti Grama Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) was started in
(a) 1996 (b) 1998
(c) 2000 (d) 1999
21. Annapoorna Scheme was launched in:
(a) 2000 (b) 2001
(c) 2002 (d) 2003
22. Pradhanmantri Grama Sadak Yojana
was started in:
(a) 1999 (b) 2000
(c) 2001 (d) 2002
23. Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) was launched in:
(a)1998 (b) 2000
(c) 2001 (d) 2003
24. Valmiki Ambedkar Awaas Yojana was introduced in:
(a) 2001 (b) 2002
(c) 2003 (d) 2004
25. National Rural Employment Guarentee Programme (NREGP) was brought into effect in:
(a) 2002 (b) 2003
(c) 2004 (d) 2005
Answers
1 (d) 2(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5(a) 6(b) 7(c) 8(c) 9(a) 10(b) 11(d) 12(a) 13(b) 14(a) 15(d) 16(c) 17(b) 18(a) 19(c) 20(d) 21(a) 22(b) 23(c)24(a) 25(d)
50 Expected Questions on Mahatma Gandhi PART 2
51. Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the political rival of Mahathma Gandhi, passed away in: 1948
52. The disciple of Gandhiji who started Bhoodan Movement? Vinoba Bhave
53. The first countrywide agitation launched by Gandhiji in India: Non Cooperation movement
50 Expected Questions on Mahatma Gandhi PART 1
1. Gandhiji wrote Hind Swaraj in: 1909
2. Name the leader who last met Gandhiji for about an hour and left
him just few minutes before he was shot dead on January 30, 1948 while on his way to the prayer meeting- Sardar Patel
3. The year of Ahmedabad Mill strike in which Gandhiji observed hunger strike for the first time?
1918
4. Where the All India Khilafat Conference was held under the
presidentship of Gandhiji?
Delhi
5. Who was deputed by Gandhiji to lead the anti-tax campaign in Bardoli?
Vallabh Bhai Patel
6. Whom Gandhiji declared as his political heir?
Jawaharlal Nehru
7. Gandhiji was assassinated at the age of: 79
8. Gandhiji was imprisoned for ...... days in India.
2089
9. Who was Gokuldas Makanji to Gandhiji?
Father in law
10. Who was known as the ‘spiritual heir’ of Mahathma Gandhi? Vinoba Bhave
11. Who was selected as the second Satyagrahi when Gandhiji launched individual Satyagraha in 1940?
Jawaharlal Nehru
12. Whom Gandhiji called Rajarshi?
Purushotham Das Tandon
13. Why Gandhiji called for the boycott of the Simon Commission? None of the members were Indians
14. In which year Gandhiji went to South Africa for the first time? 1893
16. In which year Gandhiji decided to return to India from South Africa?
1914
17. In which year Gandhiji started Phoenix settlement near Durban?
1904
18. Gandhiji Visited Sri Narayana Guru?
1925
19. In which year Mahadev Desai, the private secretary of Gandhiji passed away?
1944
20. Porbander, the birth place of Gandhiji is famous as the birth place of the which epic charecter?
Kuchela
21. The capital of which Indian state is named after Gandhiji? Gujarat
22. The date in which Gandhiji violated salt law in Dandi beach: 1930 April 6
23. The father of Gandhiji: Karam Chand Gandhi
24. Gandhi ended his fast in Yervada prison which he started after the Communal Award of Ramsay Mc Donald: Pune Pact
25. Gandhiji got Barrister at Law from: England
26. Gandhiji was assassinated on: 30th January 1948
27. In 1924 Gandhiji became the president of Indian National Congress.The session was held at:
Belgaum
28. In which state the Sevagram Ashram of Mahathma Gandhi is situated?
Maharashtra
29. The grand father of Gandhiji: Uttamchand Gandhi
30. The leader who was born on the birth anniversary of Gandhiji i.e. October 2: Lal Bahadur Shastri
31. The saint who influenced very much the life of Gandhiji: Rai Chand Bhai
32. Which agitation was ended as a result of Gandhi-Irwin Pact? Civil Disobedience movement
33. Who helped Gandhiji to organise the meeting of Indians in Pretoria?
Tyab Haji Khan
34. In which language Gandhiji started the publication of ‘Navjeevan’?
Gujarati
35. In which year Gandhiji founded Tolstoy Farm in Johannesberg? 1910
36. In which year the first son of Gandhiji was born? 1888
37. The incident which compelled Gandhiji to repeal non-cooperation movement?
Chauri-Chaura incident
38. The political guru of Gandhiji: Gopala Krishna Gokhale
39. Who was the first editor of Indian Opinion?
Mansukhlal Nazer
40. Who was the secretary of Mahathma Gandhi after the demise of Mahadev Desai: Pyarelal
41. “The light has gone out, Darkness everywhere” who made this statement when Gandhiji was assassinated?
Jawaharlal Nehru
42. Gandhiji was born on: 2nd October
1869
43. In Chauri Chaura incident the mob attacked: Police Station
44. In which year Kasturba Gandhi passed away? 1944
45. The British king whom Gandhiji visited when he reached London for the Round Table Conference: George V
46. The educational system propounded by Mahathma Gandhi: Nayee Thalim
47. In which year Gandhiji conducted his last Satyagraha?
1948
48. In which year Gandhiji formed Indian Ambulance Corps during the Boer War?
1899
49. The first son of Gandhiji: Harilal
50. The headquarters of Navjeevan trust established by Gandhiji in 1929:Ahmedabad