Practice Physiography geomorphology of india - indian geography mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) Through how many Indian states does the Tropic of Cancer pass?
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Q-2) India is divided into how many Natural Territories?
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Q-3) In India, how many States share the coastline?
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Q-4) India’s area is about.....times larger than Pakistan.
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India’s area of 3,287,263 square kilometers is 4.12 times larger than Pakistan’s 796,095 square kilometres. India is 6.5 times bigger than Pakistan by population
Q-5) If you travel by road from Kohima to Kottayam, what is the minimum number of States within India through which you can travel, including the origin and the destination?
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Let’s count the shortest route in the map
- Nagaland,Kohima
- Assam
- W.Bengal
- Odisha
- Andhra Pradesh
- Karnataka (or Tamilnadu)
- Kerala, Kottayam
Total seven states.
Q-6) A tropical deciduous plant special to the Deccan plateau is
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Teak, Sal, Sandalwood, Shisham and Mahua are some of the tropical deciduous trees that extend from the Shiwalik ranges in the north to the eastern flanks of the Western Ghats in peninsular India.
.Among them, sandalwood is native to the Deccan plateau. The total extent of its distribution is approximately 9000 km2 of which 8200 km2 is located in the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. It grows particularly in Mysore and Coimbatore where it prefers hard rock, ferruginous soil—the conditions that produce a richer scent in the tree.
Q-7) Where did a major earthquake take place in India in 1999?
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An earthquake occurred on 29 March, 1999 in the Chamoli district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (now in Uttarakhand). The earthquake was the strongest to hit the foothills of the Himalayas in more than ninety years. Approximately 103 people died in the earthquake.
Q-8) Which one of the following States of India has international boundary on its three sides?
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Q-9) The length of India’s coastline is about
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Length of coastline of India including the coastlines of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal and Lakshadweep Islands in the Arabian Sea is 7517 km. Length of Coastline of Indian mainland is 6100 km.
Q-10) In terms of area, India is the _____ largest country of the world.
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India is the seventh-largest country in the world, with a total area of 3,166,414 square kilometres.
India measures 3,214 km from north to south and 2,933 km from east to west. It has a land frontier of 15,200 km and a coastline of 7,517 km.
Q-11) Which one of the following mountain ranges lies in India?
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The Pir Panjal Range is a group of mountains that lie in the Inner Himalayan region, running from east southeast to west-northwest across the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh and the disputed territories comprising Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir, where the average elevation varies from 1,400 m to 4,100 m.
The Himalayas show a gradual elevation towards the Dhauldhar and Pir Panjal ranges.
Pir Panjal is the largest range of the lower Himalayas. Near the bank of the Sutlej River, it dissociates itself from the Himalayas and forms a divide between the rivers Beas and Ravi on one side and the Chenab on the other.
Q-12) Which of the following is a coral island?
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Q-13) Which of the following States has the longest coastline in India?
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State & Length of Coastline
- Tamil Nadu — 720 km
- Karnataka — 400 km
- Gujarat — 1600 km
- Andhra Pradesh — 960 km
Q-14) Which river originates from the Amarkantak plateau?
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The source of the Narmada is a small bowl, known as the Narmada Kund, located at Amarkantak on the Amarkantak hill in the Anuppur District zone of eastern Madhya Pradesh.
The river moves down from the Amarkantak range at the Kapildhara waterfalls and then flows in a rift valley between the Satpura and Vindhya ranges.
Q-15) Mana Pass is located in
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Q-16) In the north-east of the Deccan plateau is the—
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The Deccan is delineated by the Western Ghats on the west, the Nilgiri Hills on the south, the Eastern Ghats on the east, and the Aravalli and Chhota Nagpur hills on the north.
The Chhota Nagpur Plateau is a plateau in eastern India, to the northeast of the Deccan plateau which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Orissa, West Bengal, Bihar and Chhattisgarh.
Q-17) Indian Standard Time relates to
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Indian Standard Time is calculated on the basis of 82.5° E longitude, from a clock tower in Mirzapur (25.15°N 82.58°E) (near Allahabad in the state of Uttar Pradesh) which is nearly on the corresponding longitude reference line.
Q-18) What is the name given to the foothills zone of Himalayas?
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Q-19) The Andaman is separated from Nicobar by which water body?
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The Ten Degree Channel is a channel that separates the Little Andaman and Car Nicobar in the Bay of Bengal. The two sets of islands together form the Indian Union Territory (UT) of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The channel is so named as it lies on the 10- degree line of latitude, north of the equator.
Q-20) Nanda Devi peak forms a part of
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