Indian Geography

Pair 1 is incorrect: Kinnaur (Himachal) is famous for apples, while Arecanut is grown mainly in the southern region.

Pair 2 is incorrect: Mewat is a region in Haryana, while mango is grown in central and southern India.

Pair 3 is incorrect: Coromandel (TN-Andhra) is known for rice cultivation, while soybean is predominantly in central India.

Thus, none of the given pairs is correctly matched. Hence, the correct answer is 'D'.

 1. Cardamom Hills - Coromandel Coast (Incorrect): - The Cardamom Hills are located in the southern Western Ghats of India, spanning Kerala and Tamil Nadu. - The Coromandel Coast refers to the eastern coast of the Indian peninsula, bordering the Bay of Bengal.

2. Kaimur Hills - Konkan Coast (Incorrect): - The Kaimur Hills are located in central India, bordering Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Jharkhand. - The Konkan Coast lies on the western Indian peninsula along the Arabian Sea, far from the Kaimur Hills.

3. Mahadeo Hills - Central India (Correct): - The Mahadeo Hills are part of the Satpura Range located in central India, primarily in Madhya Pradesh.

4. Mikir Hills - North-East India (Correct): - The Mikir Hills, now referred to as the North Cachar Hills, are located in Assam, a state in northeastern India.


Barak: The Barak River is important in Manipur and Mizoram, but it does not flow through Arunachal Pradesh.

Lohit: The Lohit River originates in the eastern end of the Himalayas in the Mishmi Hills of Arunachal Pradesh and flows through the districts of Anjaw, Lohit, and Dibrugarh in Arunachal Pradesh.

Subansiri: The Subansiri River is a tributary of the Brahmaputra River and flows through Arunachal Pradesh.

Therefore, only the Lohit and Subansiri rivers flow through Arunachal Pradesh.

Option (B) 2 and 3 only

Statement 1 is incorrect: Coal bed methane is indeed pure methane gas extracted from coal seams. However, shale gas is not a mixture of propane and butane only. Shale gas is primarily composed of methane, similar to coal bed methane, and can be extracted from fine-grained sedimentary rocks, specifically shale formations. So, the first part of the statement is correct, but the second part is incorrect.

Statement 2 is incorrect: It's not accurate to say that no shale gas sources have been found in India. While it's true that coal-bed methane sources are abundant in India, shale gas sources have also been identified, although their exploitation is at a nascent stage compared to coal-bed methane.

Therefore, neither of the statements is entirely correct.

Statement 1 is Correct: Cotton is a major Kharif crop that requires high temperature, light rainfall or irrigation, and 210 frost-free days for its growth. Statement 2 is Correct: Groundnut is a Kharif crop and is one of the most important oilseeds produced during the monsoon season in India. Statement 3 is Correct: Rice is a staple Kharif crop that requires high temperature (above 25°C) and high humidity with annual rainfall above 100 cm. Statement 4 is Incorrect: Wheat is a Rabi crop, which is sown in winter (October to December) and harvested in spring (April to June). It requires a cool growing season and bright sunshine at the time of ripening.

Statement 1 is incorrect: Natural gas in India is mostly found in Assam, Gujarat, and offshore basins (like Mumbai High). Gondwana beds are primarily coal-bearing formations, not major sources of natural gas.

Statement 2 is correct: Koderma district in Jharkhand is known as the "mica capital of India".

Statement 3 is incorrect: Dharwar rocks (in Karnataka and Maharashtra) are ancient metamorphic rocks, not petroleum-bearing formations.


Statement 1 is correct: Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red colouration, because of high iron oxide content.

Statement 2 is incorrect: Laterite is rich in iron and aluminium but poor in nitrogen, potash, potassium, lime, and organic matter. It is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas.

Statement 3 is incorrect: Laterite soil is commonly found in areas of high altitude and heavy rainfall in Karnataka, TN, MP, Bihar, Orissa, Assam, and Meghalaya.


Statement 4 is correct: Plants like Cashew grow well along with Tapioca in this type of soil.

Statement 1 is correct: The Narmada River flows through a linear rift valley, formed due to faulting and subsidence between two upland regions — the Vindhya Range (north) and the Satpura Range (south). This tectonic feature directs the river's flow toward the west.

Statement 2 is incorrect: The river indeed flows between the Vindhyas and the Satpuras, following the east–west oriented rift valley, But do not adequately explain why Narmada flows westward. Confinement could lead a river to flow in either direction.

Statement 3 is incorrect: The general slope of the Peninsular Plateau is from west to east, which is why most peninsular rivers (like Godavari, Krishna, and Mahanadi) flow eastward into the Bay of Bengal. The Narmada's westward flow is an exception due to its rift valley structure, not due to land slope.