Geography
1-Digboi is India’s first oil refinery
2-Road Transport is the most universal mode of transport
3- Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea are connected by Suez canal
4-The school of Environmental Determinism was born in Germany
5-Vidal-de-la-Blache was the father of the school of possibilism
6-The stretch of the Himalayas between the Indus and the Sutlej rivers is called ‘The Punjab Himalayas’.
7-The flood plain along river banks formed by newer alluvium is called Khadar
8-Coal is known as ‘Black Gold’ .
9-Rice food grain occupies the largest cropped area in India.
10-The leading jowar (Sorghum) producing state in India is Maharashtra
11-Punjab state has the highest per hectare production of cotton
12- In India, the local name of shifting cultivation is Jhum
13-1951–1981 is the period of rapid growth of India’s population
14-Prof. M.G. Kendall used the method of ranking coefficient for the first time in India in order to calculate agricultural productivity
15-Satna cement plants is located in Madhya Pradesh
16-After crushing the sugarcane, the left over baggasse is used as Fuel
17-Mumbai is called the ‘Cottonopolis’ of India
18- Assam state is the largest producer of tea in India
19-The Indus river basin has the maximum amount of water available for irrigation
20-The ‘Regur’ soil is Black soil