Geography

411. Which city is located on the banks of the river Brahmaputra?

1. Kanpur
2. Srinagar
3. Dibrugarh
4. Lucknow

Option “3” is correct.
Dibrugarh is located on the banks of the river Brahmaputra.
412. Manas National Park is in which state?

1. Orissa
2. Maharashtra
3. Assam
4. Sikkim

Option “3” is correct.
Manas National park is situated in the foothills of Himalayas in Assam, India and was designated as a tiger reserve in 1973.
413. Marble is a metamorphic rock of _______.

1. Sandstone
2. Limestone
3. Granite
4. Clay

Option “2” is correct.
Marble is a metamorphic rock formed when limestone is exposed to high temperatures and pressures.
414. On which planet would one witness sunrise in the west?

1. Jupiter
2. Venus
3. Saturn
4. Mercury

Option “2” is correct.
The direction of the sunrise depends upon the direction of the rotation of the earth on its axis. Any planet rotation on its axis from west to east will experience sunrise in the east and viceversa. Venus rotates on its axis from east to west and thus experiences sunrise in the west.
415. Which one of the following is not a metamorphic rock?

1. Geneiss
2. Conglomerate
3. Quartzite
4. Schist

Option “2” is correct.
Conglomerate is not a metamorphic rock. Conglomerates are sedimentary rocks consisting of rounded fragments and are thus differentiated from breccias.
416. The largest delta of the world is-

1. Amazon river delta
2. Congo river delta
3. Sunderban delta
4. Godavari river delta

Option “3” is correct.
The Sunderban forest lies in the vast delta on the Bay of Bengal formed by the super confluence of the Padma, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers across southern Bangladesh.
417. Which one of the following rivers of India does not make a delta?

1. Ganga
2. Narmada
3. Mahanadi
4. Kaveri

Option “2” is correct.
The Narmada is a river in central India and the fifth longest river in the Indian subcontinent. It is the third longest river that flows entirely within India, after the Godavari and the Krishna. It does not form but form estuary.
418. The river also known as Tsangpo in Tibet is-

1. Brahmaputra
2. Indus
3. Sutlej
4. Teesta

Option “1” is correct.
About 1,800 miles (2,900 km) long, the Brahmaputra is an important river for irrigation and transportation.
419. India is the largest producer and consumer of-

1. Paddy
2. Tea
3. Pulses
4. Sugar

Option “3” is correct.
India is the world’s largest producer as well as consumer of pulses. In case of tea, largest producer is China.
420. Black Forests are found in-

1. France
2. Germany
3. Czech Republic
4. Romania

Option “2” is correct.
The Black Forest is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany. It is bounded by the Rhine valley to the west and south.