Question provenance and independent checks

The 500-question set contains 494 questions authored for this volume and six carefully adapted Pareeksha Content Team items. The six retain item-level source identifiers. Candidate-bank tags were not treated as proof of factual accuracy: each selected answer and explanation was checked against the listed official source, rewritten in this edition’s wording and placed in a balanced answer-key position. None is presented as a previous-year question.

• APGEO-PQ-01 — au-g1-geography-01-1: Independently checked against the standard NCERT globe-and-motion framework (G21). Wording and explanation rewritten; answer C retained after checking all four options.
• APGEO-PQ-02 — au-g1-geography-02-6: Independently checked against standard geological classification and GSI geological context (G15). Wording and explanation rewritten; answer D retained.
• APGEO-PQ-03 — au-g1-geography-04-4: Independently checked against IMD western-disturbance case reports (G17). Explanation rewritten to avoid an absolute statement; answer C retained.
• APGEO-PQ-04 — au-g1-geography-08-6: Independently checked against NHAI project documentation (G22). Wording and explanation rewritten; answer B retained.
• APGEO-PQ-05 — au-g1-geography-06-1: Independently checked against ORGI Census definitions and population tables (G18, G23). Wording and explanation rewritten; answer D retained.
• APGEO-PQ-06 — ap5t-tx-ap-physical-geo-053: Independently checked against the Andhra Pradesh government social-science textbook and APSSDI context (G20, G25). Wording and explanation rewritten; answer D retained.