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Questions : Chilka lake is located in :

(a) Bihar

(b) Rajasthan

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Orissa

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (d)

Chilka lake is located in Odisha. It is a brackish water lagoon, spread over the Puri, Khurda and Ganjam districts of Odisha on the east coast of India, at the mouth of the Daya River, flowing in to the Bay of Bengal, covering an area of over 1,100 sq.km.

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Question : 1

The fertile land between two rivers is called

a) Water divide

b) Doab

c) Terai

d) Watershed

Answer: (b)

Doab is a term used in India and Pakistan for a "tongue" or tract of land lying between two confluent rivers.

Unqualified by the names of any rivers, it designates the flat alluvial tract between the Ganges and Yamuna rivers in western and southwestern Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand state in India, extending from the Sivalik Hills to the two rivers' confluence at Allahabad.

Question : 2

Which of the following is geographically closest to Great Nicobar?

a) Borneo

b) Java

c) Sri Lanka

d) Sumatra

Answer: (d)

Question : 3

Which of the following is the oldest mountain range in India?

a) Aravalli

b) Vindhya

c) Satpura

d) Himalaya

Answer: (a)

Question : 4

Which hill station’s name means ‘place of the thunderbolt’ ?

a) Shillong

b) Oottacamand

c) Darjeeling

d) Gangtok

Answer: (c)

The name Darjeeling comes from the Tibetan word ‘dorje,’ meaning the thunderbolt scepter of the Hindu deity Indra, and ling, a place or land. So it means ‘place of the thunderbolt.’ Located in the Mahabharata Range or Lesser Himalaya, Darjeeling is situated in West Bengal.

Question : 5

Shivalik series was formed in

a) Paleozoic

b) Mesozoic

c) Cenozoic

d) Eozoic

Answer: (c)

Question : 6

Mana Pass is located in

a) Uttarakhand

b) Jammu and Kashmir

c) Himachal Pradesh

d) Uttar Pradesh

Answer: (a)

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