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This section includes 615 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Indian Geography knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 401. |
Which of the following states in known as the traditional region for Tank Irrigation? |
| A. | Assam |
| B. | Gujarat |
| C. | Tamil Nadu |
| D. | Orrisa |
| Answer» D. Orrisa | |
| 402. |
Jhumming is shifting agriculture practised in |
| A. | North-eastern India |
| B. | South-western India |
| C. | South-eastern India |
| D. | Northern India |
| Answer» B. South-western India | |
| 403. |
Which of the following rivers originates from Trans Himalayas? |
| A. | Yamuna |
| B. | Sindu |
| C. | Saraswathi |
| D. | Ganga |
| Answer» C. Saraswathi | |
| 404. |
Where do Bhagirathi and Alakananda join Ganga? |
| A. | Gangotri |
| B. | Karanprayag |
| C. | Devprayag |
| D. | Rudraprayag |
| Answer» D. Rudraprayag | |
| 405. |
What is Talcher important for? |
| A. | Heavy water plant |
| B. | Hydroelectricity generation |
| C. | Cable industry |
| D. | Atomic reactor |
| Answer» B. Hydroelectricity generation | |
| 406. |
The longest river of peninsular India is |
| A. | Narmada |
| B. | Godavari |
| C. | Mahanadi |
| D. | Cauvery |
| Answer» C. Mahanadi | |
| 407. |
What is Damodar Valley Corporation? |
| A. | Statutory body |
| B. | Municipal Corporation looking after Damodar Valley |
| C. | A private enterprise located in Bihar |
| D. | A non-government organisation |
| Answer» B. Municipal Corporation looking after Damodar Valley | |
| 408. |
If Hwang Ho is the sorrow of China which river is sorrow of Bihar? |
| A. | Damodar river |
| B. | Koshi River |
| C. | Yamuna river |
| D. | Ravi river |
| Answer» C. Yamuna river | |
| 409. |
In North-East India, ______ is known to be the largest freshwater lake. |
| A. | Dal Lake |
| B. | Chilika Lake |
| C. | Loktak Lake |
| D. | Tsomoriri Lake |
| Answer» D. Tsomoriri Lake | |
| 410. |
The sideways erosion which widens the river valley called? |
| A. | Lateral Corrosion |
| B. | Vertical Corrosion |
| C. | Side Corrosion |
| D. | Mean Corrosion |
| Answer» B. Vertical Corrosion | |
| 411. |
Which of the following is the largest irrigation plant in India? |
| A. | Buckingham Canal |
| B. | Indira Gandhi Canal |
| C. | Upper Ganges Canal |
| D. | Tajewala Canal |
| Answer» C. Upper Ganges Canal | |
| 412. |
The largest irrigation canal in India is ________ |
| A. | Yamuna canal |
| B. | Indira Gandhi canal |
| C. | Sirhand canal |
| D. | Upper Bari Doab canal |
| Answer» C. Sirhand canal | |
| 413. |
Which one of the following is the origin of the Brahmaputra river? |
| A. | Milam |
| B. | Gangotri |
| C. | Yamunotri |
| D. | Chemayungdung |
| Answer» E. | |
| 414. |
Ganga is a result of confluence of rivers Bhagirathi and Alakananda at which place? |
| A. | Dev Prayag |
| B. | Karan Prayag |
| C. | Gangotri |
| D. | Rudra Prayag |
| Answer» B. Karan Prayag | |
| 415. |
Which river basin is shared by more than 10 States of India? |
| A. | Indus |
| B. | Brahmaputra |
| C. | Ganges |
| D. | Damodar |
| Answer» D. Damodar | |
| 416. |
Which of the following does not have an influence over the climate in India? |
| A. | Monsoons |
| B. | Ocean Currents |
| C. | Nearness to equator |
| D. | Presence of Indian ocean |
| Answer» C. Nearness to equator | |
| 417. |
Rajasthan reveives very little rain because |
| A. | it is too hot |
| B. | there is no water available and thus the winds remain dry |
| C. | the monsoon fails to reach this area |
| D. | the winds do not come across any barriers to cause the necessary uplift to cool the wind |
| Answer» E. | |
| 418. |
Mumbai receives more rainfall than Pune because |
| A. | Mumbai is on the windward side |
| B. | Pune is at a greater elevation |
| C. | Mumbai is a coastal city |
| D. | Pune has greater vegetation than Mumbai |
| Answer» B. Pune is at a greater elevation | |
| 419. |
Ahmedabad is situated along the bank of |
| A. | Sabarmati river |
| B. | Narmada river |
| C. | Banas river |
| D. | Luni river |
| Answer» B. Narmada river | |
| 420. |
Tsangpo is the other name in Tibet for |
| A. | Kosi |
| B. | Gandak |
| C. | Brahmaputra |
| D. | Ganga |
| Answer» D. Ganga | |
| 421. |
The only perennial river in Peninsular India is ____ _. |
| A. | Godavari |
| B. | Kaveri |
| C. | Krishna |
| D. | Bhima |
| Answer» C. Krishna | |
| 422. |
The largest fresh water in India is |
| A. | Dal Laka |
| B. | Bhimtal Laka |
| C. | Wular Laka |
| D. | Nainital Laka |
| Answer» D. Nainital Laka | |
| 423. |
The river known as Padma in Bangladesh is |
| A. | Jamuna |
| B. | Ganga |
| C. | Teesta |
| D. | Brahmaputra |
| Answer» C. Teesta | |
| 424. |
Salal is the hydropower project in: |
| A. | Haryana |
| B. | Jammu and Kashmir |
| C. | Himachal Pradesh |
| D. | Punjab |
| Answer» C. Himachal Pradesh | |
| 425. |
Which river serves the largest cultivable area? |
| A. | Ganga |
| B. | Saryu |
| C. | Godavari |
| D. | Krishna |
| Answer» B. Saryu | |
| 426. |
The number of females per 1000 males in India s population (Census 2001) is |
| A. | 900 |
| B. | 929 |
| C. | 933 |
| D. | 945 |
| Answer» D. 945 | |
| 427. |
The river which is used for inland waterways in India is ___. |
| A. | Ganga |
| B. | Cauveri |
| C. | Mahi |
| D. | Luni |
| Answer» B. Cauveri | |
| 428. |
Srinagar is located on the bank of the river |
| A. | Indus |
| B. | Jhelum |
| C. | Chenab |
| D. | Ravi |
| Answer» B. Jhelum | |
| 429. |
The Brahmaputra originates from which of the following glaciers? |
| A. | Siachen |
| B. | Gangotri |
| C. | Yamunotri |
| D. | Chemayungdung |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» F. | |
| 430. |
Which of the following rivers flows from East to West and makes an estuary? |
| A. | Yamuna |
| B. | Krishna |
| C. | Narmada |
| D. | Godavari |
| Answer» D. Godavari | |
| 431. |
Mixed Farming means |
| A. | Sowing of both cash and food crops |
| B. | Sowing of two or more crops in the same field. |
| C. | Sowing of two or more plants in alternate years. |
| D. | Rearing of cattle and agriculture. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 432. |
Where is the Rana Pratap Sagar Dam built? |
| A. | On river Sutlej |
| B. | On river Chambal |
| C. | On river Narmada |
| D. | On river Gandak |
| Answer» C. On river Narmada | |
| 433. |
Meghna is the combined stream of which two rivers ? |
| A. | Ganga and Yamuna |
| B. | Ganga and Gomti |
| C. | Ganga and Sone |
| D. | Ganga and Brahmaputra |
| Answer» E. | |
| 434. |
The largest estuary in India is at the mouth of river |
| A. | Hooghly |
| B. | Bhagirathi |
| C. | Godavari |
| D. | Krishna |
| Answer» B. Bhagirathi | |
| 435. |
On the tributary of which river has Rihand Dam been constructed? |
| A. | Chambal |
| B. | Yamuna |
| C. | Sone |
| D. | Periyar |
| Answer» D. Periyar | |
| 436. |
According to a report in the science journal, Nature Geoscience twenty-four out of thirty-three deltas in the world are sinking and thus shrinking. The Indian delta in the Greater Peril category is |
| A. | Brahmani |
| B. | Godavari |
| C. | Mahanadi |
| D. | Krishna |
| Answer» E. | |
| 437. |
The Loktak Lake on which a hydroelectric project was constructed is situated in the State of |
| A. | Madhya Pradesh |
| B. | Manipur |
| C. | Meghalaya |
| D. | Himachal Pradesh |
| Answer» C. Meghalaya | |
| 438. |
India is one of the largest producers of manganese ore in the world along with |
| A. | China and Russia |
| B. | Brazil and Russia |
| C. | Australia and U.S.A. |
| D. | South Africa and U.S.A. |
| Answer» C. Australia and U.S.A. | |
| 439. |
According to India s Report of 2001 percentage of population living in rural areas is |
| A. | 70 |
| B. | 72 |
| C. | 74 |
| D. | 80 |
| Answer» C. 74 | |
| 440. |
The northern part of the west coast is known as |
| A. | Coromandel coast |
| B. | Malabar coast |
| C. | Konkan coast |
| D. | Northern Circars |
| Answer» D. Northern Circars | |
| 441. |
The southernmost point of India is |
| A. | Kanyakumari |
| B. | Rameswaram |
| C. | Dhanushkodi |
| D. | Indira Point |
| Answer» E. | |
| 442. |
Chilka lake is located in : |
| A. | Orissa |
| B. | Bihar |
| C. | Rajasthan |
| D. | Maharashtra |
| Answer» B. Bihar | |
| 443. |
Which one of the following rivers of Peninsular India does not join Arabian Sea? |
| A. | Periyar |
| B. | Cauvery |
| C. | Narmada |
| D. | Tapti |
| Answer» C. Narmada | |
| 444. |
Indira Point is the southernmost tip of : |
| A. | Maldives |
| B. | Laccadives |
| C. | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
| D. | Dhanushkodi |
| Answer» D. Dhanushkodi | |
| 445. |
Which of the following States has longest coastline in India? |
| A. | Tamil Nadu |
| B. | Karnataka |
| C. | Gujarat |
| D. | Andhra Pradesh |
| Answer» D. Andhra Pradesh | |
| 446. |
Central Highlands of Indian peninsular block are formed of |
| A. | Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks |
| B. | Igneous and sedimentary rocks |
| C. | Igneous and metamorphic rocks |
| D. | Sedimentary rocks |
| Answer» D. Sedimentary rocks | |
| 447. |
Which Himalayan Peak is also called Sagar Matha ? |
| A. | Nanga Parbat |
| B. | Dhaulagiri |
| C. | Mt. Everest |
| D. | Kanchenjunga |
| Answer» D. Kanchenjunga | |
| 448. |
Which of the following lines does not demarcate any part of India s international boundary? |
| A. | Radcliffe Line |
| B. | McMohan Line |
| C. | Sir Creek Line |
| D. | Durand Line |
| Answer» E. | |
| 449. |
The place Sabarimala is situated in which of the following States? |
| A. | Andhra Pradesh |
| B. | Tamil Nadu |
| C. | Kerala |
| D. | Karnataka |
| Answer» D. Karnataka | |
| 450. |
One of the pairs not matched correctly is |
| A. | Dehradun U.P. |
| B. | Shimla Himachal Pradesh |
| C. | Darjeeling West Bengal |
| D. | Panchmarhi M.P. |
| Answer» B. Shimla Himachal Pradesh | |