Facts about India psc questions and answers

1. Which city is known as Manchester of
South India: Coimbatore
2. The largest producer of jute in India:
West Bengal
3. The most important industry in India in
terms of employment and production of
export goods: Cotton
4. Which state is the largest producer of
silk in India: Karnataka
5. Durgapur and Burnpur in West Bengal
is famous for ..... industry: Iron and
Steel
6. Bhadravati, famous for Iron and steel
industry, is in the state of: Karnataka
7. Mazagaon Dock limited is in: Mumbai
8. Garden Reach Shipbuilders limited is
situated at: Kolkata
9. Where is Hindustan shipyard limited?
Visakhapatnam
10. The first fertilizer factory in independent
India in public sector: Sindri
11. Nepanagar is famous for: Newsprint
12. Pimpri and Rishikesh are famous for
...... factories. Antibiotics
13. In which state is Salem steel factory?
Tamil Nadu
14. Ludhiana famous for cycles situated in:
Punjab
15. Sholapur famous for cotton textiles is in
the state of: Maharashtra
16. Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh is famous for:
Locks
17. Which is called ‘Pittsburg of India’?
Jamshedpur
18. The place in Tamil Nadu famous for the
manufacturing of battle tanks: Avady
19. The first oil refinery in India: Digboi
20. Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh is famous
for: Glass bangles
21. Jallander in Punjab is famous for:
Sports goods
22. Ahmedabad in Gujarat is famous for:
Cotton mills
23. Dhariwal in Punjab is famous for: Wool
24. Which place is called Detroit of India?
Pithampur
25. Haldia in West Bengal is famous for:
Oil refinery
26. For which mineral Khetri mines in
Rajastan is famous? Copper
27. In which state is Singbhum mines
famous for Iron and Copper? Jharkhand
28. For which mineral Zawar mines in
Rajastan is famous? Zinc
29. Which is the largest producer of
Asbestos in India? Rajastan
30. For which mineral Koraput (Orissa),
Cudappah (Andhra Pradesh) and Salem
(Tamil Nadu) are famous? Aluminium
31. Which mineral is known as ‘black gold’?
Petroleum
32. In which state is Kolar, Hutti gold
mines? Karnataka
33. In which state is Ramagiri gold mines?
Andhra Pradesh
34. For which mineral Koderma mines are
famous? Mica
35. The largest source of petroleum in India
? Mumbai High
36. The variety of coal with the highest
amount of carbon content: Anthrasite
37. What is known as ‘hard coal’?
Anthrasite
38. What is known as ‘brown coal’? Lignite
39. The variety of coal used in India in
largest extent: Bitumin
40. Which Indian state leads in the
production of Anthrasite ? Jammu
Kashmir
41. Leading producer of Lignite in India:
Tamil Nadu
42. The plateau in India famous for mineral
resources: Chotanagpur
43. Which is known as Ruhr of India?
Chotanagpur Plateau
44. For which mineral Asansol in West
Bengal, Sambalpur in Orissa, Jharia
and Dhanbad in Jharkhand are
famous? Coal
45. For which mineral Cambay in Gujarat is
famous ? Petroleum
46. For which mineral Jaduguda mines in
Jharkhand is famous ? Uranium
47. Which state is the leading producer of
minerals in India which earned the nick
name ‘the mineral state of India’?
Jharkhand
48. For which mineral Jhunjhunun,
Kolihan,Sikar mines in Rajastan are
famous ? Copper
49. For which mineral Panna in Madhya
Pradesh is famous? Diamond
50. In which state is Raniganj coal mines?
Facts about India
West Bengal
51. Which is the largest source of energy in
India? Thermal power
52. The National Thermal Power Corporation
was established in: 1975
53. The oldest nuclear power project in
India: Tarapur
54. Indira Gandhi atomic power project,
Kalpakkam is in: Tamil Nadu
55. Rawatbhatta atomic power project is in:
Rajastan
56. Narora atomic power project is in: Uttar
Pradesh
57. Kaiga atomic power project is in:
Karnataka
58. Nuclear power station in Gujarat is
situated at: Kakrapar\
59. The Kudankulam atomic power project
in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu has
been bulit in collaboration with: Russia
60. In which river is Nagarjuna Sagar dam
is built? Krishna
61. The Sardar Sarovar Project in Gujarat
is in ......river. Narmada
62. In which state is Nathpa Jhakri
Hydroelectric Power Project? Himachal
Pradesh
63. In which state is Koyna hydel project?
Maharashtra
64. In which river is Sivasamudram project
in Karnataka? Kaveri
65. In which state are the Uri, Salal,
Dulhasti hydel projects ? Jammu
Kashmir
66. Omkareswar hydel project is in:
Madhya Pradesh
67. Machkund project is an inter state
project of Odish and______: Andhra
Pradesh
68. Which dam was described as ‘New
Temple of Resurgent India’ by Jawahar
Lal Nehru ? Bhakra dam
69. Bhakra Dam is located in the village of
Bhakra in the Bilaspur region of:
Himachal Pradesh
70. In which state is Loktak Dam? Manipur
71. Balimela hydel project is a joint venture
of Andhra Pradesh and ......: Odisha
72. Kalinadi hydel project is in the state of:
Karnataka
73. Mettur Dam in Tamil Nadu is in .....
river. Kaveri
74. In which river is Indira Sagar dam?
Narmada
75. Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar dam is in:
Rihand
76. Maharana Pratap Sagar dam (Pong
dam) is in: Beas
77. In which river is Rana Pratap sagar
dam? Chambal
78. In which river is Nagarjuna Sagar
dam? Krishna
79. In which river is Govind Sagar dam?
Chambal
80. In which river Jawahar Sagar dam ?
Chambal
81. In which state is Krishnarajasagar dam
in Kaveri ? Karnataka
82. In which river is Alamatty Dam ?
Krishna
83. In which river is Hiracud Dam in
Odisha? Mahanadi
84. Nizam Sagar dam in Andhra Pradesh is
in ...... river. Manjira
85. In which river is Tawa Dam? Madhya
Pradesh
86. In which river is Tehri Dam in
Uttarakhand ? Bhagirathi
87. In which river is Ukai project in Gujarat ?
Tapti
88. The first multi purpose project in
independent India (1948): Damodar
valley
89. The highest dam in India: Tehri
90. In which river is Bhakra Nangal dam ?
Sutlej
91. The reservoir of Bhakra dam is known
as: Govind sagar
92. The Govind Sagar dam in Shahzad
river is in the state of: Uttar Pradesh
93. In which river is Gandhi sagar dam ?
Chambal
94. In which river is Baglihar project and
Dulhasti project in Jammu Kashmir ?
Chenab
95. In which river is Osman Sagar Reservoir
in Telengana ? Musi
96. In which river is Linganamakki dam in
Karnataka ? Sharavati
97. In which river is Ranjeet Sagar Dam ?
Beas
98. The largest lake in India: Chilka
99. In which state is Chilka? Odisha
100. In which lake Break fast island and
Honey moon island are situated? Chilka
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