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Q 1. A new national bird sanctuary named ‘Shekha Lake’ is being developed in
(a) Lucknow
(b) Vrindavan
(c) Aligarh
(d) Kanpur
Ans: (c) Shekha Lake is a freshwater lake located in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh, India. This lake, suitable for migratory birds, is being developed as a new national bird sanctuary.

Q 2. Which of the following statements is/are correct with reference to Sur Sarovar Ramsar site?

1.It is located in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh.

2.It is a man-made reservoir. Choose the correct answer from the code given below. Code:
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans. (b): Sur Sarovar Ramsar site is a man-made reservoir located in Agra district of Uttar Pradesh. It is also known as Keetham Lake. At present, a total of 75 sites in India are included under Ramsar wetlands. According to the current situation, Tamil Nadu (14 sites) is at the first place and Uttar Pradesh (106 sites) is at the second place in terms of Ramsar number.

Q 3. From which district does the river Ganga enter Uttar Pradesh?

(a) Bijnor

(b) Meerut

(c) Saharanpur

(d) J.P. Nagar

Ans. (a) The river Ganga enters Uttar Pradesh from Bijnor district and flows through 28 districts of Uttar Pradesh. The major cities of Uttar Pradesh located on the banks of the river Ganga are Prayagraj, Varanasi, Kanpur, Kannauj, Mirzapur, Ghazipur, Ballia etc. The river Ganga has been declared the national river of India by the Government of India in November 2008.

Q 4. Which of the following Ramsar sites is not located in Uttar Pradesh?

(a) Sur Sarovar

(c) Sarasai Navar Lake

(b) Samsapur Bird Sanctuary

(d) Surisar-Mansar Lakes

Ans. (d) : Surinsar-Mansar lakes are not located in Uttar Pradesh. It is located in Jammu district of Jammu and Kashmir state of India. Surisar-Mansar, both these lakes are also called ‘twin lakes’. Whereas Sur Sarovar (Agra-2020), Samsapur Bird Sanctuary (Rae Bareli, 2019), Sarasai Navar Lake (Etawah, 2019) are located in Uttar Pradesh and have also been declared Ramsar sites.

Q 5. Which of the following rivers does not flow through the state of Uttar Pradesh?

(a) Son River

(b) Hindon River

(c) Gandak River

(d) Sharda River

Ans. (*): Gandak river originates from Nepal Himalayas where it is called Saligrami or Salgrami and in plain areas it is called Narayani and Saptgandaki. This river forms the border of Uttar Pradesh (Maharajganj and Kushinagar districts) and Bihar state and merges with Ganga near Patna.

Son river originates from Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh and flows through Sonbhadra and Mirzapur districts of Uttar Pradesh and merges with Ganga at Patna (Bihar). Hindon river originates from Shivalik hills called Kaluwala Khol in Saharanpur district and merges with Yamuna in Gautam Buddha Nagar district via Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Ghaziabad.

Sharda river is also called Kali or Mahakali river. This river originates from Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand state and flows in Uttar Pradesh, demarcating the border of Uttarakhand and Nepal and merges with Karnali and Ghaghra river near Bahramghat (Barabanki). Hence none of the above options is correct answer. The Commission has considered option (c) as the answer to this question.

Q 6. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

(Lake) (Place)

(a) Sauj Lake 1. Mainpuri

(b) Shekha Lake 2. Aligarh

(c) Bakhira Lake 3. Sant Kabir Nagar

(d) Sarasai Lake 4. Agra

Ans. (d) : Sarasai Lake is located in Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh. The correctly matched pairs in the question are as follows-

(Lake) (Place)

Sauj Lake Mainpuri

Shekha Lake Aligarh

Bakhhira Lake – Sant Kabir Nagar

Sarasai Lake – Etawah

Hence, it is clear that option (d) is not correctly matched.

Q 7.Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

(a) Ganga Varanasi

(b) Gomti Sultanpur

(c) Kosi Gorakhpur

(d) Saryu Ayodhya

Ans. (c) : Gorakhpur-Rapti river, Varanasi-Ganga river, Sultanpur – Gomti river and Ayodhya-Saryu river.

Q 8.Devdari and Rajdari waterfalls are located in which of the following places?

(a) Mirzapur

(b) Sonbhadra

(c) Chandauli

(d) Kasganj

Ans. (c) : Devdari and Rajdari are located in Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh. Rajdari and Devdari waterfalls are found in Chandrapur Wildlife Sanctuary. This sanctuary was established to save Asiatic lions.

Q 8.Which of the following rivers has the largest catchment area?

(a) Mahananda

(b) Son

(c) Ramganga

(d) Gandak

Ans. (b): Among the rivers given in the options, the catchment area of ​​Son river is the largest. Son river originates from a place called Shoshakund in Amarkantak hill and after flowing eastwards in Madhya Pradesh, flows through Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh and enters Bihar and joins the Ganga near Patna.

Q 1O. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Nagar/town river

(a) Vidur – Ganga

(b) Gorakhpur- Rapti

(c) Jaunpur – Sai

(d) Kaushambi – Yamuna

Ans. (c): The correct match is as follows-

Nagar/town river

Vidur -Ganga

Gorakhpur- Rapti

Jaunpur -Gomti
Kaushambi- Yamuna

Note- Ganga flows through 28 districts of the state and Yamuna flows through 19 districts.
Affected?

Q 11. Which of the following regions of Uttar Pradesh is most flood affected?
(a) Western region
(b) Eastern region
(c) Central region
(d) Northern region

Ans. (b) : The most flood affected region is the eastern region of Uttar Pradesh. Geographically it is called the Terai region. This region is flat and moist. It is formed by fine sediments. The plateau region of the south and the plains of the centre are the two regions of the Himalayas.

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