IAS 2000 — Indian Physical Geography

Along which one of the following meridians did India experience the first light of the sunrise of the new millennium ?

Match the drainage basins labelled as A, B, C and D with the names listed below and select the correct answer using the codes given below the names of the drainage basins. Names of drainage basins: 1. Ganga Brahmaputra 2. Indus 3. Parana 4. Zambezi Codes:

Which one of the following statements is not true?

Assertion (A): The frequency of floods in North Indian plains has increased during the last couple of decades. Reason (R): There has been reduction in the depth of river valleys due to deposition of silt.