Option “2” is correct. Andhra Pradesh is the state with the most solar parks.
132. Which river basin is shared by more than 10 States of India?
1. Indus
2. Brahmaputra
3. Ganga
4. Damodar
Option “3” is correct. The Ganga basin covers 10 states viz., Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal.
133. India shares longest international boundary with which country?
1. Bangladesh
2. China
3. Nepal
4. Bhutan
Option “1” is correct. India share 4,096 km long international border with Bangladesh. India shares longest border with Bangladesh
134. Tsangpo is the other name in Tibet for ____________ .
1. Kosi
2. Gandak
3. Brahmaputra
4. Ganga
Option “3” is correct. The Brahmaputra’s source is the Chemayungdung Glacier, which covers the slopes of the Himalayas. Tsangpo is the other name in Tibet for Brahmaputra.
135. The largest herbarium of India is located at –
1. Kolkata
2. Lucknow
3. Mumbai
4. Coimbatore
Option “1” is correct. The largest herbarium in India is Indian Botanical Garden, Kolkata. It consists of 1000000 number of specimens.
136. At Barren Island, the only active volcano in India is situated in –
Option “1” is correct. At Barren Island, the only active volcano in India is situated in Andaman Islands. Barren Island is situated in the Andaman Sea, and lies about 138 km (86 mi) northeast of the territory’s capital, Port Blair. It is the only active Volcano along the chain from Sumatra to Myanmar and also the only active volcano in India.
137. Which of these is a dwarf planet?
1. Neptune
2. Titan
3. Eris
4. Hydra
Option “3” is correct. A dwarf planet is a planetary-mass object that is neither a planet nor a natural satellite. That is, it is in direct orbit of a star, and is massive enough for its gravity to crush it into a hydrostatically equilibrious shape (usually a spheroid), but has not cleared the neighborhood of other material around its orbit. There are 5 officially recognised dwarf planets in our solar system, they are Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake and Eris.
138. The Ghatampur thermal power plant recently approved by Cabinet is to be setup in –
Option “2” is correct. Ghatampur Thermal Power Station is an upcoming coal-based thermal power plant located in Ghatampur in Kanpur district, Uttar Pradesh.
139. Which one of the following is not a non conventional source of energy?
1. Solar Energy
2. Natural Gas
3. Wind Energy
4. Tidal Power
Option “2” is correct. Natural Gas is a conventional source of energy and not a non-conventional source of energy.
Option “1” is correct. Fold mountains are mountains formed from the folding of the earth’s crust.Fold mountains are formed when two plates move together (a compressional plate margin). This can be where two continental plates move towards each other or a continental and an oceanic plate.The Himalayas is the example of Fold mountains.
