Practice Quiz set 6 - indian geography mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) 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-2) 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-3) How many islands are there in Lakshadweep ?
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Lakshadweep is an archipelago consisting of 36 islands with an area of 32 sq km. an Union Territory, it is comprised of 12 atolls, three reefs, five submerged banks and ten inhabited islands The name Lakshadweep in Malayalam and Sanskrit means 'a hundred thousand islands'.
Q-4) Standard Indian Time (Meridian Longitude 82º 30') passes through which of the following towns?
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Q-5) Which of the following statements with regard to the expansion of the desert in Rajasthan is/are correct?- The predominant wind direction in Rajasthan in North-East to South-West, so the tendency for desertification has been more in that direction.
- The Thar desert is dominantly a monsoon driven sand desert where wind erosion is a major problem during the summer months. While the Aravali range is a major barrier in the spread of the desert, rampant mining creating cuts in the range is leading to the spread of the desert.
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Q-6) Which of the following is also known as ‘Cape Comorin’?
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Q-7) What would be the influence on the weather conditions when in mid-winter a feeble high pressure develops over the NorthWestern part of India?- High and dry winds would blow outward from this high pressure area.
- The Northern plain would become cold.
- Scorching winds (locally called loo) would blow during the day time.
- There would be torrential rains brought by thunderstorms.
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High and dry winds would blow outwards from this high pressure area when a high pressure develops over the North – Western part of India.
Q-8) Consider the following pairs. Hills Region- Cardamom - Coromandel Hills Coast
- Kaimur Hills - Konkan Coast
- Mahadeo - Central India Hills
- Mikir Hills - North-East India
Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?
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Q-9) The longest beach of India is situated at
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Q-10) 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.