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1
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Line b/w India(Arunachal) and Tibet of china

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Mac Mohan Line

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Line between india and afghanistan

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Durand Line

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Line b/w india and mynmaar

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Johnson’s Line

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Line b/w Ladakh and chine

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McDonald Line

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5
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Line b/w india and Pakistan

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Radcliffe line

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6
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Line between Andaman and Nicobar

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10° Channel

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7
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B/w Maldives and India

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8 degree Channel

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8
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B/w south Andaman and Little Andaman

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Duncan Passage

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9
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B/w Lakshdweep and Minicoy

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9°degree

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10
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B/w Minicoy and Maldives

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Maliku Kandu

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11
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Who used the word LAC in a letter to Nehru

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Zhou Enlai in 1959

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12
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In which year srilanka was discoverd

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1505 by Portuguese

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13
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Main Religion of Mynmaar

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Buddhism
Capital - Naypyitaw
Currency - Kyat

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14
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Highest Mountain in Bhutan

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Gang khar Puensum
Capital - Thimphu
Currency - Ngultrum

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15
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The world’s highest Polo Ground is

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Shandur Polo Ground in Pakistan
Also called ‘‘Roof of the world’’

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16
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Godavari originates from

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Trimbakeswar, Nasik

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17
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Ravi originates from

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Near Rohtang Pass in the Chamba district of Himachal

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18
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Tapi originates from

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Multai Reserve Forest in Betul district of MP
also known as the
‘Handmaid’ of the Narmada

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19
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Mahanadi originates from

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Sihawa mountain in Chattisgarh
Hirakund Dam is built on this river

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20
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Tributaries of Yamuna

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Ken, Betwa , Son, Chambal

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21
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River entering in the plain with twist and turns forming large bends are called

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Meanders

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22
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Meandering loop cuts off from the river and form a cutoff lake called

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Ox-bow lake

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23
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Due to overflowing, the raised banks of river are called

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Levees

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24
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Which forest area is on Sunderban Delta

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Mangroove
the largest protected wetland in India

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25
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Panchnad rivers of India

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Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, Sutlej

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26
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Indus originates from

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Bokhar Chu glacier in Tibet

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27
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Dhuadhar Falls originates from which river

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Narmada in Jabalpur, MP

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28
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Narmada originates from

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Amarkantak in Annupur district MP
Flows in a rift valley bordered by Sat pura and Vindhya ranges

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29
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Headquarters of Ganga is

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Bhagirathi

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30
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Ganga Brahmaputra basin lies in which region

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10°N to 30°N lattitude

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31
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Peninsula Rivers forming estuaries

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Narmada, Tapi, Periyar

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32
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Which river is called as Sorrow of Bengal

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Damodar
Flows from Palmau Hills in Jharkhand
Tributary of Hugli River

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33
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Mettur Dam is on which river

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Cauvery

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34
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Oldest dam of india

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Kallani dam on Kaveri also known as Grand Anicut

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35
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Tributaries of Krishna

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Konya, Panchganga, Ghataprabha, Malaprabha, Musi, Tungabhadra, Verna, Bhima

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36
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Dam on Bhagirathi

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Tehri , Highest Dam in india

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37
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Which state is Source of river Ghaggar

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Himachal

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38
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Gobind Sagar Lake, an artificial lake created by which river

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Sutlej

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39
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Adam’s bridge is between

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Pamban Island(Rameswaram) and Mannar Island, Srilanka

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40
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Mahatma Gandhi Setu in which state

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Bihar

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41
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Sisseri River Bridge is in

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Arunachal Pradesh

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42
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Bhupen Hazarika Bridge connects

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Assam and Arunachal

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43
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largest river island in the world and
the first island district of the country

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Majuli in Assam on Bramhaputra

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44
Q

The Almatti dam project on the
Krishna River was an issue between
which states?

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Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh

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45
Q

Which of the following is
India’s third highest waterfall?

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Thalaiyar Falls is located in the
Devadanapatti of Theni District, Tamil
Nadu State

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46
Q

The Walayar Dam is in which
district of Kerala

A

Palakad district in kerela
Kalpathipuzha River

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47
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Which of the following is
called the ‘Grand Canyon of India’

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Great Canyon of Gandikota
Pennar River in Andhra Pradesh

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48
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Sambhar, the
largest inland salt water lake of India
located

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Rajasthan
designated as a Ramsar site
due to pink flamingos
and waterfowl birds

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49
Q

Sasthamcotta
Lake Ashtamudi Lake located in

A

Kollam district
in the state of Kerala

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50
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Indira Sagar Dam which is a
concrete gravity dam is located in

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Narmada, MP

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51
Q

Vembanad Lake, which is the
largest lake of India is in which state

A

kerela
the longest
lake in India

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52
Q

Kolleru Lake which is one of
the largest freshwater lakes in India is
located in which state

A

Andhra Pradseh
located between Krishna and Godavari
delta

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53
Q

On which river is Polavaram
irrigation project being built

A

Godavari

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54
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southernmost river of the Kerela

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Neyyar

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55
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waterfalls is created by river Sharavathi, the highest waterfall in
India

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Jog Waterfalls

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56
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largest man-made lake in India

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Govind Vallabh Pant sagar

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57
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Floating National Park of India

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Keibul Namjao, Manipur

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58
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Vedic Name Of
Ravi, Jhelum, Chenab

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Parushni, Vitasta, Askini

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59
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tributary of river Kaveri

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Shimsha, Hemavati, Arkavati, Honnuhole,
Lakshmana Tirtha, Kabini, Bhavani, Lokapavani, Noyyal and Amaravati

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59
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The Salal Project is constructed
on the river

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Chenab

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60
Q

waterfalls in
Chhattisgarh are also known as the
Niagara Falls of India

A

Chitrakoot

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61
Q

Maharana Pratap Sagar
reservoir on the river Beas in Himachal Pradesh is also known as

A

Pong Dam

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62
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longest tributary
of the river Indus

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Sutlej
largest - Chenab

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63
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Surajkund Lake is situated in

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Haryana

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64
Q

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is
situated

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krishna

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65
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largest peninsular river in India

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Godavari
longest - Narmada

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66
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river which does NOT drain into a sea

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Luni, Banas, Ropen

67
Q

What is Kayal

A

Backwaters

68
Q

Susu Dolphin is found in the waters of which river

A

Ganga

69
Q

Trimbkeshwar is the source of
which river

A

Godavari (Dakshinganga)

70
Q

Perennial River System of India

A

Indus, Ganga, Brahmaputra, Yamuna, Narmada, Mahanadi, Tapi

70
Q

Hundru Waterfalls is located on
which river

A

Swarnarekha in Ranchi

70
Q

ancient name of the river
Tungabhadra was

A

Pampa

71
Q

which city in Assam, the river Brahmaputra goes
south bound breaking away from its westward course and enters into
Bangladesh

A

Dhubri

71
Q

Netravati River flows
through which city

A

Manglore

71
Q

a deep valley with
steep to straight sides is almost equal in width at its top and its bottom

A

Gorge

72
Q

a group of islands with
sea surrounding it

A

Archipelago

73
Q

Nizam Sagar Dam

A

manjira river
tributary of godavari river

74
Q

Dudhsagar
waterfalls located

A

Goa

75
Q

The kaveri river rises in

A

Bramhgiri

75
Q

The kaveri river rises in

A

Bramhgiri hills in Western Ghats

76
Q

What kind of depositional
landforms are formed when streams flowing from higher levels break into foot slope plains of low gradient

A

Alluvial Fans

77
Q

depositional feature made of alluvium that accumulates on the inside bend of streams and rivers below the slip-off
slope.

A

Point Bar

78
Q

The famous cultural site
Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen’s Stepwell) is situated on the banks of which river

A

Saraswati River

79
Q

Baglihar Dam

A
80
Q

Baglihar Dam

A

J&K on Chenab

81
Q

Maithon dam is on the river

A

Barakar in
the district Dhanbad of Jharkhand

82
Q

Which barrages/dams is closest to the India-Bangladesh border

A

Farraka Barrage

83
Q

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam

A

Krishna river

83
Q

What is known as Hunter’s Moon in the West, is called as____in
India

A

Kartik Purnima

84
Q

Tropic of Cancer passes through (23 1/2 Degree)

A

Gujarat, Rajasthan, MP, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Mizoram, Tripura

85
Q

The Indian Standard Time is
calculated from the clock tower of

A

Mirzapur, UP

86
Q

Which among the following has its latitude within one degree of that New Delhi

A

Himalayas

87
Q

Name the state capital located 53 metres above the sea level between 93
East longitude and 27 North latitude

A

Itanagar

88
Q

The Indian Standard Time
corresponds to the longitude ______
degrees East

A

82.5 East

89
Q

What is mined in the Badampahar mines of
Odisha

A

Hematite
second iron mine developedby TATA

90
Q

Jadugra, in Singhbhum district, Jharkhand is an important mine for

A

Uranium
first uranium mine in India

91
Q

largest coalfield in India

A

Jharia, Jharkhand

92
Q

headquarters of Kolar Gold Fields

A

Robertsonpet

93
Q

Which mineral is known as ‘buried Sunshine’

A

Coal

94
Q

Which state is the largest
producer of mica in India

A

Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh

95
Q

the most abundant
mineral found in the Earth’s continental crust

A

Feldspar

96
Q

Which of the following states has one of the richest monazite deposits in India

A

Kerela

97
Q

which of the following states are the Sundargarh deposits of Manganese located

A

Odisha
Dolomite is also available plentily here

98
Q

In India, tertiary coals occur in

A

Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Meghalaya

99
Q

The Tata Iron and Steel
company (TISCO) was established by
Dorabji Tata in

A

1907

100
Q

Mundra Power Plant located in

A

Gujarat

101
Q

The expansion project of
Numaligarh Refinery involves setting up a crude oil pipeline from ______ to Numaligarh

A

Paradip

102
Q

India’s largest
research reactor

A

Dhruva
Mumbai (Bombay)
suburb of Trombay at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)

103
Q

steel
plants in India

A
  • Durgapur - West Bengal
  • Salem - Tamil Nadu
  • Rourkela - Odisha
  • Bokaro - Jharkhand
104
Q

GI Tag to East India Leather belongs to which state

A

Tamil Nadu

105
Q

First cotton mill in India was setup in which city

A

Bombay
“The Bombay Spinning Mill”, was opened in 1854 by Cowasji Nanabhai Davar.

106
Q

The bare ground between plants is covered with a layer of organic matter like straw. It helps to retain soil moisture’. Identify the process

A

Mulching

107
Q

the raw mulberry silk is produced in
the five Indian states

A

Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir

108
Q

how many nuclear power plants are present in
India

A

Tarapur, Rawatbhata,
Kudankulam, Kaiga, Kakrapar, Kalpakkam, Narora

109
Q

‘Eight Core Industries’ of India

A

Electricity, steel, refinery products, crude oil, coal, cement, natural gas and fertilizers

110
Q

Where in India is the first
indigenously built atomic power plant located

A

The Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) in Kalpakkam is located in Chennai City

111
Q

Under which Five Year Plan, the steel plants of Rourkela, Bhilai and Durgapur were established.

A

Second
Industrial Policy Resolution of 1956

112
Q

Chamera Hydroelectric Project located

A

Himachal

112
Q

Tributaries of Brahmaputra

A

Lohit, Dibang, Subansiri ,Dhansiri, Manas, Dihing, Teesta, Sankosh, Kopilli, Raidak and Bhareli

113
Q

‘Shifting Cultivation’ is also
named as ________ in North East
India.

A

Jhum

114
Q

The Bhut jolokia also
known as ghost pepper, ghost chili and
ghost jolokia, is an interspecific
hybrid chili pepper cultivated in the

A

Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur

115
Q

Temi Tea garden is the only tea state in the state of

A

Sikkim

116
Q

Which of the following states is
the biggest Jute producer in India

A

West Bengal
followed by Bihar, Assam and Andhra Pradesh

117
Q

In the context of agriculture, the
term ‘barani’ refers to

A

Rainfed Farming

118
Q

Silver Fiber Revolution is
associated to

A

Cotton

119
Q

the father of
Blue Revolution in India

A

Hiralal Chaudhari and Dr. Arun Krishnan

120
Q

Muga silk is associated with which of the following states of India

A

Assam

121
Q

Which one of the following states is the largest producer of pulses
in India

A

MP

122
Q

The kharif season in India
largely coincides with the

A

Southwest Monsoon

123
Q

The Kharif crops include

A

rice, maize, sorghum, bajra, millet, arhar, soybean, groundnut, cotton

124
Q

The ______ water utilisation is very high in the states of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Tamil Nadu

A

Ground

125
Q

A policy which involves fixing the maximum size of land which could be owned by an individual is called

A

Land Ceiling

126
Q

Which of the following regions of northern plains is the most fertile

A

Khadar (New Alluvial Soil)

127
Q

Black soil (Regur soil) is mostly found in which part of India.

A

Peninsular India

128
Q

Alluvial soils are spread
in about

A

43%

129
Q

Khadar and Bhangar are types of _____ soil

A

Alluvial
Khagar - Old Alluvial

130
Q

soil is also known as the
Omnibus group

A

Red
red in colour because of
ferric oxide
Wheat, cotton, pulses, tobacco, oilseeds, potatoes
are cultivated

131
Q

Dry soil is found in which of the following regions of India

A

Rajasthan

132
Q

characteristic of Black soil

A

It has low water retaining
capacity
extremely sticky when wet
lime, iron, magnesium, aluminium, and potassium

133
Q

Black soil is found in
which State of India

A

central, western and southern states of
India

134
Q

Laterite soil is rich in

A

Iron oxide and Aluminum

135
Q

Laterite soil is rich in

A

Iron oxide and Aluminum

136
Q

In which year was the Soil
Survey of India established to carry
out scientific surveys of soils

A

1956

137
Q

a discipline within soil science which focuses on
understanding and characterizing soil
formation, evolution and the theoretical frameworks

A

Pedology

138
Q

ideal crop for Sandy soil

A

Corn

139
Q

Sundari, a well known species of trees, is found in

A

Mangroove

140
Q

Botanical Survey of India(BSI) Headquarter is located in which city

A

Kolkata established in 1890

141
Q

In which part of India the
tropical evergreen forests are found

A

the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Western Ghats, which fringe the Arabian Sea, the coastline of
peninsular India and the greater Assam region in the north-east India

142
Q

As per the India State of Forest
Report 2017, which of the following
states has the maximum percentage of
forest cover in relation to its area

A

Mizoram

143
Q

In terms of area, which state
has the largest forest cover in India

A

Madhya Pradesh

144
Q

The Arid Forest Research
Institute is located in

A

Jodhpur

145
Q

biodiversity hotspots of India

A

a) The Himalayas
b) Indo-Burma region
c) The Western Ghats
d) Sundaland

146
Q

Which statement best explains why Shillong gets around 200 cm rainfall annually; whereas
Cherrapunji, which is around 30 km
away (as the crow flies), gets over 1250 cm of rainfall annually

A

Cherrapunji lies on the windward side of the Khasi hills and receives rainfall from the Bay of Bengal branch of monsoon, while Shillong lies on the leeward side of the Khasi hills, which forms the rain shadow area

147
Q

The climate of Assam can be described as:

A

tropical monsoon rainforest climate

148
Q

Nanda Devi Peak is
located in

A

Uttarakhand

149
Q

The popular Bagh cave
paintings are found in

A

Madhya Pradesh

150
Q

Kala Bhavana, founded in
1919, is a noted institution of
education and research in visual arts. It is located in

A

West Bengal

151
Q

the oldest golf course outside the United Kingdom

A

Royal Calcutta Golf Club, Kolkata

152
Q

Which state has proposed to set
up the first ‘Blockchain District’ in
India

A

Telangana

153
Q

easternmost and westernmost point of India
is

A

Kibithu
Ghuar Moti

154
Q

Name the smallest district in
India

A

Mahe of Puducherry

155
Q

Bugyals are high meadows and
pastures in the Himalayan slopes. In which state would you find them
most.

A

Uttarakhand

156
Q

which of the districts listed as
options is not one of the three districts in the Chambal division of the state of Madhya Pradesh

A

Chindwara

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Q

Daringbadi hill station is located
in

A

Odisha

GEOGRAPHY (9 decks)

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