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  1. Question 01

    According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India (1909) and the Census of 1941, the area of Hyderabad State was about

    1. Option A: 2,14,190 square miles
    2. Option B: 82,698 square miles
    3. Option C: 1,12,077 square miles
    4. Option D: 43,270 square miles
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: B. 82,698 square miles

    **Why B is correct.** Both sources give **82,698 square miles**, which is about **2,14,190 sq km**. **Why A is incorrect.** **2,14,190** is the old State's area converted into **square kilometres**, not square miles. **Why C is incorrect.** This figure is far larger than the old State; it mixes up a **square-kilometre** figure with square miles. **Why D is incorrect.** About 43,270 square miles is roughly the size of **present Telangana**, about half the old State.

  2. Question 02

    Consider the following pairs of a river and the basin to which it belongs: 1. — Godavari 2. — Krishna 3. — Krishna 4. — Godavari Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

    1. Option A: 1 and 2 only
    2. Option B: 1, 2 and 4 only
    3. Option C: 3 and 4 only
    4. Option D: 1, 2, 3 and 4
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: B. 1, 2 and 4 only

    **Pair 1 is correctly matched.** The **Manjira** is a tributary in the **Godavari** basin. **Pair 2 is correctly matched.** The **Tungabhadra** joins the **Krishna**. **Pair 3 is incorrectly matched.** The **Pranhita** belongs to the **Godavari** basin; it joins the Godavari in the north-east of the State. **Pair 4 is correctly matched.** The **Penganga** drains through the Wardha and Pranhita into the **Godavari** system.

  3. Question 03

    District-level tables of Census 2011 for the area that is now Telangana are published for

    1. Option A: the thirty-one districts created in 2016
    2. Option B: the sixteen districts of former Hyderabad State
    3. Option C: the thirty-three present districts, re-tabulated
    4. Option D: the districts of the Telangana region of undivided Andhra Pradesh as they stood in 2011
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: D. the districts of the Telangana region of undivided Andhra Pradesh as they stood in 2011

    **Why D is correct.** **Census 2011** came before the State and its later reorganisations, so its tables use the **old districts**. **Why A is incorrect.** The 31 districts came **five years after** the 2011 Census. **Why B is incorrect.** Sixteen was the **1951** count for **Hyderabad State**, which ended in 1956. **Why C is incorrect.** Census tables are **not re-tabulated** for districts created later.

  4. Question 04

    Consider the following statements about national highways through Hyderabad: 1. National Highway 65 runs north to south through Hyderabad. 2. National Highway 44 runs north to south through Hyderabad. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

    1. Option A: 1 only
    2. Option B: 2 only
    3. Option C: Both 1 and 2
    4. Option D: Neither 1 nor 2
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: B. 2 only

    **Statement 1 is incorrect.** **NH 65** runs **west to east**, from **Pune** to **Machilipatnam**, through Hyderabad. **Statement 2 is correct.** **NH 44** is the **north–south** route through Hyderabad.

  5. Question 05

    The Deccan Plateau is bordered on the north by

    1. Option A: the Aravalli range
    2. Option B: the Nilgiri hills
    3. Option C: the Satpura range, the Maikal range and the Mahadeo hills
    4. Option D: the Shiwalik range
    Answer and explanation

    Answer: C. the Satpura range, the Maikal range and the Mahadeo hills

    **Why C is correct.** **NCERT**: the Deccan is bordered by the **Western Ghats** (west), the **Eastern Ghats** (east) and the **Satpura, Maikal** and **Mahadeo** hills (north). **Why A is incorrect.** The **Aravallis** lie in **north-western** India, far from the Deccan. **Why B is incorrect.** The **Nilgiris** lie at the **southern** meeting point of the Ghats. **Why D is incorrect.** The **Shiwaliks** are the outer **Himalaya**.

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