PRELIMS TEST SERIES

1 BYJU'S Exam Prep | IAS. PRELIMS TEST SERIES . 2022. `. ALL INDIA PRELIMS TEST SERIES 2022. TEST CODE: SEC-GEO-02. ANSWER KEY. 1. Answer: (b) 2. Answer: (a). Explanation: Explanation: India has two major river systems: one Many of the religious places in India are draining into the Bay of Bengal and another located on important hills. into the Arabian Sea. Most of the major river systems in India drain in the Bay of Pair 1 is correctly matched: Kamakhya or Bengal. Kameswari is the renowned Goddess of Desire whose famous shrine is located in Point 1 is incorrect: The Penna river the heart of Nilachal Hill situated in the originates from the Nandi Hills in western part of Guwahati, the capital city Karnataka.

2 It flows through Karnataka and of the state of Assam in North East India. Andhra Pradesh and finally drains into the Bay of Bengal. Pair 2 is correctly matched: The Palitana temples of Jainism are located in Point 2 is correct: Bharathapuzha River is Shatrunjaya near the city of Palitana in the west-flowing river that drains into the Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India. The city Arabian Sea in the state of Kerala. It is also of the same name, known previously as known as the Ponnani river. Padliptapur, has been nicknamed City of Temples . Along with Shikharji in the state Point 3 is incorrect: Vaigai River flows in of jharkhand , the two sites are considered the general direction of the southeast.

3 It the holiest of all pilgrimage places by the rises in the Varusanadu hills of Tamil Jain community. As the temple-city was Nadu and flows into the Bay of Bengal. built to be an abode for the divine, no one is allowed to stay overnight, including the Point 4 is correct: Zuari river is a west- priests. Every Jain believes that a visit to flowing river that drains into the Arabian this group of temples is essential as a once- Sea. It originates at Hemad-Barshem in the in-a-lifetime chance to achieve nirvana or Western Ghats. Mormugao Harbour is salvation. situated at the mouth of the Zuari river where it drains into the Arabian Sea.

4 Pair 3 is correctly matched: Dilwara Jain Temples is one of the finest Jain temples Point 5 is incorrect: Pennaiyar river is an located on Mt Abu. It boasts of east-flowing river that drains into the Bay extraordinary architecture and marvelous of Bengal. It flows through Tamil Nadu, marble stone carvings. Dilwara Temple Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. complex consist of five major sections devoted to five jain tirthankaras. 1 | SEC-GEO-02. `. 3. Answer: (c) Option (b) is the correct answer. 5. Answer: (b). Explanation: Explanation: A hydropower project is a system with The correct sequence is: 1-3-2-4-5. three parts: A power plant where the electricity is produced, a dam that can be 1- Mahadeo Hills, also known as opened or closed to control the flow, and a sandstone hills, is located in the northern reservoir where water is stored.

5 The water part of the Satpura Range, in southern behind the dam flows through an intake Madhya Pradesh state, central India. The and pushes against the blades of a turbine, hills have small plateaus and steep scarps causing them to turn. The turbine spins a that were formed during the Carboniferous generator to produce electricity . Period. Pair 1 is correctly matched: The 3- Maikala Range is a mountain range in Pulichintala dam is built across the Krishna Madhya Pradesh state, Central India. It river. It is multipurpose in nature, runs in a north-south direction and forms supplying irrigation water to the Krishna the eastern base of the triangular Satpura delta, generating hydropower and flood Range.

6 The Satpura-Maikala watershed is control. the second-largest in India. The Narmada, Son, Pandu, Kanhar, Rihand, Bijul, Gopad, Pair 2 is incorrectly matched: The Almatti and Banas rivers run almost parallel from dam is built across the Krishna river in south to north and have carved extensive northern Karnataka. basins in the relatively soft rock formations of the Maikala Range. Pair 3 is correctly matched: The Idukki dam is built across the river Periyar in 2- Ramgarh is the most ancient of the Idukki district of Kerala. It is used for historical places of Surguja. It is located on power generation and irrigation. Ambikapur-Bilaspur road.

7 It is also called Ramgiri, the Ramgarh mountain is in the Pair 4 is incorrectly matched: The Somasila shape of HAT (cap). dam is built across the river Pennar in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. It is 4- Garhjat Hills stretches along the Utkal used for power generation and drinking coast. It is bordered by Chotanagpur in the water purposes. north, Mahanadi Basin in the west, and Eastern Ghats in the south-west and Utkal 4. Answer: (b) Plains in the east. The region is largely composed of Archaean crystalline rocks Explanation: like granite, gneisses and magmatic rocks. According to the latest Basic Road Statistics 5- The Rajmahal Hills are located in the of India (2016-17) released by the Ministry state of jharkhand in northeast India.

8 The of Road Transport and Highways, India hills lie between the Himalayas to the north has a total length of roads as 58,97,671 km. and the Ganges River to the south. The The following data shows the types of upper parts of the Ganges flow through the roads and their lengths. mountains and meander its way down into the valleys and plains to the south. Figure: Hills of India Source: Oxford atlas 2 | SEC-GEO-02. `. 6. Answer: (d) 8. Answer: (c). Explanation: Explanation: The Iron industry is the most important MJO is a linkage between the atmospheric industry as it provides raw materials for circulations and transport of energy by many capital goods industries.

9 In India, it convection method. It has two phases: one is one of the eight core sector industries. In suppressing and the other boosting the 2019, India replaced Japan as the second rains. It travels west to east in the largest steel producer. atmosphere and is observed over the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and Statement 1 is correct: Hematite and thereby modulates the rains in India. Magnetite are the two most important iron ores used in the iron Industry. Statement 1 is correct: It is a moving system of wind, cloud and pressure that Statement 2 is correct: Coal can be used as brings rain as it circles around the equator a fuel in the blast furnace.

10 Coal has many from west to east. impurities, including Sulphur which reduces the efficiency of the furnace. Thus, Statement 2 is correct: In the tropics, the coal is cooked to remove impurities, this MJO in its active phase brings frequent cooked coal is known as coke and it is the cyclonic activity and can initiate the onset coke that is used in blast furnaces of the of the Indian monsoon. Iron industry. But in some of the recent technological developments like the Blast 9. Answer: (c). Furnace Granulated Coal Injection (BFGCI). technology, it uses direct injection of coal Explanation: into the blast furnace to replace some (up to about one third) of the coke.