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JKSSB Assistant Training Officer (Handicrafts & Handlooms) · General Awareness · 16 practice questions with answers and explanations: 7 Easy, 9 Medium, 0 Hard.

Sample questions

Sample Easy question 1

Which crop is India's most widely grown Kharif (monsoon) crop by area?

  1. Barley
  2. Wheat
  3. Mustard
  4. Rice
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Answer: D. Rice is the dominant Kharif crop in India, sown with the onset of monsoon rains.

Sample Easy question 2

Wheat in India is primarily a crop of which season?

  1. Kharif (monsoon)
  2. Rabi (winter)
  3. Zaid (summer) only
  4. It is grown only in hilly regions
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Answer: B. Wheat is a Rabi crop, sown in winter and harvested in spring.

Sample Easy question 3

'Jhum' cultivation, a shifting agriculture practice, is traditionally associated with which part of India?

  1. The Deccan Plateau of peninsular India
  2. The Gangetic plains of northern India
  3. The desert belt of Rajasthan in the west
  4. North-Eastern hill states
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Answer: D. Jhum (shifting/slash-and-burn) cultivation is traditionally practiced in the hilly, forested regions of North-East India.

Sample Medium question 4

Mawsynram, one of the wettest places on Earth, is in which state?

  1. Sikkim
  2. Meghalaya
  3. Arunachal Pradesh
  4. Assam
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Answer: B. Mawsynram and nearby Cherrapunji (Sohra) are in the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya.

Sample Medium question 5

Black (regur) soil is best suited for growing:

  1. Rice
  2. Tea
  3. Cotton
  4. Coffee
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Answer: C. Black soil retains moisture well and is called 'black cotton soil'.

Sample Medium question 6

'Loo' is the name of a:

  1. A cold wind that blows over Kashmir in winter
  2. A cyclone that forms over the Bay of Bengal
  3. A pre-monsoon shower that falls over Kerala
  4. Hot, dry wind over the northern plains in summer
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Answer: D. The loo blows over the northern plains in May–June. Pre-monsoon showers in Kerala are called mango showers.

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