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Which of the following regions is known for the high frequency of landslides?
Himalayas
Western Ghats
Eastern Ghats
Satpuras
Indo-Gangetic plain is fertile because it is covered by
Saline layer
Volcanic debris
Metamorphic rocks
Transported alluvium
Which of the following states does not have a common border with Bangladesh?
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Tripura
Assam
In the delineation of Physiographic regions of India the terms macro, meso, and micro were introduced by
R L Singh
M B Pithawala
O H K Spate
S P Chatterjee
Kargil is located on the banks of (A) Indus River (B) Jhelum River (C) Suru River (D) Chenab River
Imphal is the capital of (A) Manipur (B) Nagaland (C) Meghalaya (D) Arunachal Pradesh
Mc Mohan Line is an international boundary between :
(A) India and Bangladesh
(B) India and China
(C) India and Pakistan
(D) France and Germany
Which of the Indian states has the maximum number of common borders with other Indian States?
West Bengal
Madhya Pradesh
Chhattisgarh
Karnataka
Which river out of the following is older than the Himalayas?
Sutlej
Ganga
Beas
Ravi
Arunachal Pradesh was formerly known as:
NWEP
NEFA
Buffer zone
Frontier
Siachin glacier is located in:
Greater Himalayas
Trans Himalayas
Lesser Himalayas
Sub-Himalayas
Which of the following pairs does NOT match correctly?
Satpura Mountain - Mahadeo hills
Chhota Nagpur Plateau - Rajmahal hills
Himalaya Mountains - Khasi hills
Vindhyan Range - Bhander Range
The Western Ghats in Maharashtra is known as
Nilgiris
Cardamom Hills
Annamalai
Sahyadris
Which one of the following is in the rain shadow of the Western Ghats?
Mahabaleshwar
Baramati
Panchghani
Ratnagri
Arrange the following Indian States in descending order of their geographical area:
Maharashtra
Rajasthan
Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
The upliftment of the Himalayas was first initiated during the period of:
Middle Pliocene
Middle Oligocene
Middle Eocene
Middle Miocene
Which one of the following is wrongly matched?
Which is the largest physiographic division of India ?
(A) Great Northern Plains
(B) Great Indian Plateau
(C) Greater Himalayas
(D) The Coastal Plains
The boundary between India and Pakistan is an example of
(A) Subsequent Boundary
(B) Superimposed Boundary
(C) Relict Boundary
(D) Antecedent Boundary
Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labeled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below :
Assertion (A) : Dandakaranya was the first large inter-state effort to reclaim land for the settlement of refugees.
Reason (R) : Dandakaranya region lies partly in Bihar and partly in West Bengal.
Code :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) does not explain (A).
(C) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Find out the correct sequence of the following passes from West to East.
(A) Lipu Lekh, Nathu La, Shipki La, Zojila
(B) Zojila, Shipki La, Nathu La, Lipu Lekh
(C) Zojila, Shipki La, Lipu Lekh, Nathu La
(D) Shipki La, Zojila, Nathu La, Lipu Lekh
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The habitat of the Toda tribe is (A) Aravalli range (B) Siwalik range (C) Kaimur range (D) Nilgiri hills
The Vale of Kashmir is the only level strip of land in the Himalayas. Which river has laid its deposits to form this level plain? (A) Ravi (B) Sutlej (C) Beas (D) Jhelum
The broadest part of the Himalayas lies in
(A) Himachal Pradesh (B) Arunachal Pradesh (C) Jammu & Kashmir (D) Nagaland
Which of the following regions of India is most developed economically?
(A) North-eastern hill region (B) Eastern region (C) North-western region (D) Central region
The Bundelkhand plateau covers parts of which two of the following States?
(A) Chhattisgarh & Jharkhand
(B) Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
(C) Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh
(D) Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
Which of the following places in India ranks second among the coldest inhabited places in the world ?
(A) Dras (B) Itanagar (C) Manali (D) Mana
Which of the following ranges separates the Kashmir Valley from the Indus River Valley?
(A) Pir Panjal Range (B) Dhauladhar Range (C) Great Himalayan Range (D) Siwalik Range
Which of the following hills forms the North-Eastern edge of the Chhotanagpur Plateau?
(A) Rajmahal Hills (B) Mikir Hills (C) Parasnath Hills (D) Javadi Hills
The ‘Valley of Kashmir’ lies between which of the following ranges?
(A) Pir-Panjal and Karakoram range
(B) Pir-Panjal and Zaskar range
(C) Zaskar and Ladakh range
(D) Sulaiman and Kirthar range
Which one of the following regions has the highest proportion of agricultural land under irrigation?
(A) Punjab-Haryana Plain
(B) Rajasthan-Gujarat Plain
(C) West Bengal Delta
(D) Uttar Pradesh-Bihar Plain
Which one of the following parts of the Indian coast is a compound coast showing evidence of both submergence and emergence?
(A) Orissa coast (B) Malabar coast (C) Konkan coast (D) Coromandel coast
Which one of the following islands of India has volcanic origin?
(A) Car-Nicobar (B) Barren (C) North-Andaman (D) Little-Nicobar
Which of the following hills does not join the Anaimudi knot?
(A) Elamalai hills (B) Palni hills (C) Anaimalai hills (D) Kudremukh hills
The ranges of Western Ghats is locally called ‘Sahyadris’ in which of the following State?
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Karnataka (C) Kerala (D) Maharashtra
The core of the Great Himalayan is made up of
(A) Dharwar Rocks (B) Archaean Rocks (C) Quaternary Rocks (D) Gondwana Rocks
Which one of the following rock systems is the main source of coal in India?
(A) Gondawana (B) Cuddappa (C) Vindhyan (D) Dharwar
Find a combination of two given areas where rainfall is characterized by Tropical monsoon rain.
(i) The Sahyadri (ii) The Ganga Delta (iii) Kashmir Valley (iv) Ladakh Region
(A) (i) and (iii)
(B) (ii) and (iv)
(C) (i) and (ii)
(D) (iii) and (iv)
The Pir Panjal range lies in
(A) Outer Himalayas (B) Trans Himalayas (C) Greater Himalayas (D) Middle Himalayas
Which one of the following sequences of the Himalayan ranges from South to North is correct?
(A) Karakoram – Ladakh – Zaskar – Pir panjal
(B) Ladakh – Zaskar – Pir Panjal – Karakoram
(C) Zaskar – Pir Panjal – Karakoram – Ladakh
(D) Pir Panjal – Zaskar – Ladakh – Karakoram
Which one of the following matches is not correct?
(A) Himadri – Greater Himalya
(B) Shiwalik – Outer Himalaya
(C) Western Ghatü – Peninsular India
(D) Gondwanaland – Lesser Himalaya
Which one of the places of India ranks second among the coldest inhabited place in the world?
Kulu Valley (Himachal Pradesh)
Manali Valley (Himachal Pradesh)
Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh)
Dras (Jammu & Kashmir)
The main river flowing in the state of Jammu & Kashmir is:
Jhelum
Chenab
Indus
Nubra
Which one of the following passes connects Arunachal Pradesh with Tibet?
Aghil
Bom Di La
Banihal
Changla
In which year a, major earthquake occurred in Jammu and Kashmir region near Muzaffarabad?
2005
1905
2001
2013
In which part of India Dandakarnya is situated?
North Eastern
South Eastern
Central
Northern
In which one of the following rocks almost all workable oil deposits of India is located?
Ancient granites
Ancient sedimentaries
Metamorphic formations
Tertiary sedimentaries
Which one of the following passes connects Arunachal Pradesh with Tibet?
(1) Banihal Pass (2) Chang La Pass (3) Bom Dila Pass (4) Aghil Pass
Which one of the following plateaus is not a part of the South Central Highlands?
A. Vindhya B. Maharashtra C. Malwa D. Chotanagpur
Geologically, the oldest rocks in India are from
1. Aravali region of Rajasthan
2. Vindhyan region of Madhya Pradesh
3. Siwalik region of Punjab
4. Dharwar region of Karnataka
Boundaries between India and Pakistan and India and Bangladesh belong to which one of the following types?
(1) Antecedent Boundaries
(2) Subsequent Boundaries
(3) Superimposed Boundaries
(4) Relict Boundaries
In which part of India Dandakaranya region is situated?
(1) North-Eastern (2) South-Eastern (3) Central (4) Northern
Which one of the following decreasing order of altitude (from NE to SW) of mountain ranges in Jammu and Kashmir state is correct?
(1) Ladakh. Pir Panjal. Zanskar. Shiwalik
(2) Pir Panjal. Ladakh. Zanskar. Shiwalik
(3) Ladakh. Zanskar. Pir Panjal. Shiwalik
(4) Ladakh. Shiwalik. Zanskar, Pir Panjal
Select the following Himalayan ranges in the State of jammu and Kashmir in descending order in terms of average altitude from sea level:
A. Zanskar, Pir Panjal, Ladakh, Karakoram
B. Karakoram, Ladakh, Zanskar, Pir Panjal
C. Pir Panjal, Karakoram, Ladakh, Zanskar
D. Ladakh, Karakoram, Pir Panjal, Zanskar
Which of the following rivers divides the Indian peninsula into ‘Malwa’ and Deccan Plateau?
A. Godavari B. Mahanadi C. Narmada D. Mahi
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The Durand Line determined the border between (A) India & China (B) India & Afghanistan (C) India & Bhutan (D) India & Tibet
Strait of Malacea lies between (A) India & Sri Lanka (B) Malayasia & Borneo (C) Malayasia & Sri Lanka (D) Java & Borneo
Ten degree channel separates (A) China & Taiwan (B) Andaman & Nicobar (C) Nicobar & Sumatra (D) Java & Bali
Bedland topography is characteristic of (A) Chambal Valley (B) Teesta Valley (C) Sundarbans (D) Ranns
In which state of India is the valley of flower? (A) Kashmir (B) Uttar Pradesh (C) Kerala (D) Tamil Nadu
The Northern limit of the Deccan plateau is (A) Southern limit of the Ganga Plains (B) Tropic of Cancer (C) Satpura range (D) Narmada-Son furrow
The “Shatter-belt” of the Indian sub-continent is located in (A) Rajasthan (B) Jammu and Kashmir (C) Nepal (D) West Bengal
Trishul is a (A) short range surface-to-air missile (B) tourist spot (C) place where nuclear explosion took place (D) nuclear submarine
Where do the Bhagirathi and the Alakananda meet at? (A) Karnaprayag (B) Rudraprayag (C) Haridwar (D) Devaprayag
The Earth’s magnetic field (A) never changes (B) has reversed itself many times (C) is centered exactly at the Earth’s centre (D) originates in a permanently magnetized iron core
During which geological era, the last Ice Age was initiated? (A) Pleistocene (B) Carboniferous (C) Tertiary (D) Cambrian
Lop-Nor is located in (A) Taklamakan desert (B) Tarim Basin (C) Gobi dsert (D) Pamir Plateau
The Durand Line determined the border between: (A) India and China (B) India and Afghanistan (C) India and Bhutan (D) India and Tibet
India has no common border with (A) Myannar (B) Afghanistan (C) Bangladesh (D) PRC
The river Narmada rises in the Amarkantak Plateau of (A) Mahadeo Hills (B) Maikal Hills (C) Nilgiri (D) Palni Hill
What is the name of the island which is emerging gradually near the estuary of Ganga? (A) Sagar Island (B) Gosaba (C) Purbasha (D) Lothian Island
Laccadive Islands are (A) Coral Islands (B) Volcanic Islands (C) Oceanic Islands (D) Elevated part of Submarine iedge
Pineapple is grown on an extensive scale at (A) Terai Plain (B) Shillong Plateau (C) Tripura Highland (D) Uttaranchal
Which one of the following is the longest glacier of India? (A) Siachen (B) zemu (C)Kolhai (D) Pindari
The southernmost point India is (A) Kanniyakumari (B) India Point (C) Dhanushkodi (D) New Moore Island
Baltora glacier is located in (a) Karakoram range (b) Kailash range (c) Pirpanjal range (d) Ladakh range
Karewas are terraces of glacial origin found in-— (a) Jhelum valley (b) Teesta valley (c) Chenuh valley (d) Ravi valley
The Siwaliks are called in Arunachal Pradesh (a) Dhundwa (b)Dhang (c) Miri (d) Jaskar
The Fedchenko, Biafo and Hispar are the names of Himalayan (a) Glaciers (b) Lakes (c) Hill Stations (d) Trees
The Patkoi bum forms the boundary between (a)Arunachal Pradesh and Myanmar (b)Manipur and Nagaland (c)Assam and Meghalaya (d)Meghalaya and Nagaland
Oldest coalfield of Damodar Valley region is (a) Talcher (b) Bokaro (c) Raniganj (d) Bisrampur
Kathiawar peninsula is one of the physiographic unit of (a) West coastal plain (b) Plateau of Peninsular India. (c) Coastal plain (d) Kachcha Peninsula
Lakshadweep is built up of (a) Submarine Mountains (b) Coral (c) Salt soaked marshland (d) Extinct volcano
The Palghat gap serves communication inland from this port to Madras: (A) Goa (B) Mangalore (C) Mumbai (D) Cochin
The Himalayas were uplifted from the (A) Indian ocean (B) Hercynian Geosyncline (C) Tethys Geosyncline (D) None of the above
The Aravallis represent in ancient (A) Fold Mountain (B) Horst (C) Volcano (D) Block Mountain
The River Narmada flows through a (A) Post-glacial valley (B) V-shaped fluvial valley (C) Fault trough lambasor valley (D) Deltaic area
The South-Eastern part of the Bengal delta is undergoing (A) Upheaval (B) Folding (C) Faulting (D) Subsidence
This region of India is very important from biodiversity point of view (A) Eastern Himalayas (B) Eastern Ghats (C) Panchmari Hill (D) Kashmir Valley
Which state of India touches the boundaries of the largest number of other states ? (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Bihar (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Uttar Pradesh
The Tropic of Cancer passes through (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Uttar Pradesh (C) Maharastra (D) Madhya Pradesh
Himalayas are, (A) Young fold mountains (B) Residual mountains (C) Volcanic mountains (D) Block mountains
Which one of the following statement is not correct ? (A) Decan Plateau slopes towards the West. (B) Height of WN Ghats increases from North to South. (C) WN Ghats are higher than the EN Ghats. (D) The N/WN part of the Deccan Plateau is made up of lava flows
The earthquake in Latur is believed to have resulted from (A) Excessive loading of water (B) Plate movement (C) Fault line underneath a dam (D) Folding
Bailadila range in India is noted for the production of (A) Aluminium (B) Iron Ore (C) Bauxite (D) Mica
The Himalayas are (A) Fold Mountains (B) Block Mountains (C) Residual Hills (D) Table land
Which of the following has the oldest rock in India ? (A) Himalayas (B) Indo-Gangetic Plain (C) The Aravallis (D) Siwaliks
Mc. Mohan Line demarcates the boundary between (A) India and Pakistan (B) India and China (C) India and Nepal (D) India and Bangladesh
Which of the following states was previously known as NEFA ? (A) Nagaland (B) Manipur (C) Assam (D) Arunachal Pradesh
'Tin Bigha Corridor' links (A) India and Pakistan (B) India and China (C) India and Bhutan (D) India and Bangladesh
The Pir Panjal Range is located in the : (A) Greater Himalya (B) Trans Himalayan Area (C) Lesser Himalaya (D) Siwaliks
Which river flows through the vale of Kashmir ? (A) Sutlej (B) Ravi (C) Chenab (D) Jhelum
The source of the Narmada River lies in : (A) Amarkantak Plateau (B) Vindhya Range (C) Maikhal Range (D) Palni Hills
The dispute regarding 'Sir Creek' is between (A) India-Bangladesh (B) India-Pakistan (C) India-Nepal (D) India-Sri Lanka
The Eastern and Western Ghats meet in the — (A) Palni Hills (B) Nilgiri Hills (C) Palghat Gap (D) Annamalai Hills
Granites and gneisses of Dharwarian age are found in : (A) Siwalik Hills (B) Deccan Plateau (C) Chotonagpur Plateau (D) Kirthar Range
Laktak Lake is located in the State of — (A) Jammu & Kashmir (B) Himachal Pradesh (C) Arunachal Pradesh (D) Manipur
Gondwana beds are known for their : (A) Iron deposits (B) Coal deposits (C) Bauxite (D) Petroleum
Damodar river rises from (A) Rajmahal plateau (B) Chhotanagpur plateau (C) Himalayas (D) Eastern Ghats
Which was a major port of the Indus valley ? (A) Lothal (B) Kalibangan (C) Chanhudaro (D) Mehargarh
Tuticorin, an important fishing harbour is situated along —— coast. (A) Malabar (B) Coromondal (C) Konkan (D) Gulf of Kutch
Which one of the following pairs is not correct matched ? (A) Himalayas → Tertiary Fold Mountains (B) Deccan Trap → Volcanic Cone Eruption (C) Western Ghats → Palaeozoic Fold Mountains (D) Aravallis → Pre Cambrian Re Mountains
The Indian Peninsula is surrounded by water on
South and East
South and West
Southwest, South and Southeast
East and West
The Amarkantaka Hill is the source of two rivers flowing in two different directions (West and East). They are 1) Narmada & Tapti 2) Narmada & Mahanadi 3) Tapti & Betwa 4) Tapti & Sone
Which of the following rivers of India, is older than the Himalayas 1) Sutlej 2)Ganga 3) Beas 4) Ravi
Highest peak of West bengal belongs to which of the following mountain ranges? 1)Darjeeling range, 2) Singalila range 3) Jayanti hill 4) None
In West Bengal ‘rarh’ is a physiographic region, part of which can be found in the district of 1) Coochbihar 2) Nadia 3) Paschim Medinipur 4) South 24 Parganas
The Western Ghats is an important mountain system of the west coast of India. The word ‘Ghat’ means 1) port 2) stair 3) thrust 4) gap or pass.
The highest peak in INDIA, K2 is also known as 1) Karakoram 2) kashmir 3) Godwin Austin 4) Kenneth
Bhur of upper ganga plain of Indi ais 1) Undulating, aeolian sandy deposit 2) Older alluvium 3) Newer alluvium, 4) Muddy areas
Western ppart of Tista river is known as 1) Terai 2)Duars 3)Tal 4)Diara
The Shola forest found in 1) The Himalayas 2) The Western Ghats 3) The Vindhyan 4) The Eastern Ghats
Mention the name of the state which has larger boundary with West Bengal among the following states of India 1)Jharkhand 2)Bihar 3)Orissa 4)Assam
Lakshadweep is a island of 1)Coral island 2) Volcanic island, 3)Tectonic island 4)Alluvial island
Manasorovar lake lies in 1)Karakoram range 2)Pirpanjal range 3)Kailas range 4)Mahabharata range
Shillong is situated in 1)The Naga Hills 2)The Garo Hills 3)The Khasi Hills 4)The Mikir Hills
The boundary between India and Pakistan was demarcated by 1)Lord Mountbatten 2)Sir Cyril Radcliffe 3)Sir Stafford Cripps 4)Sir Pethick Lawrence
Port Blair is located on which island? 1)The Little Andaman 2)The Great Nicobar 3)The South Andaman 4)The North Andaman