1. Palk Strait separates India from?
(a) Pakistan
(b) China
(c) Andaman Island
(d) Sri Lanka
Ans: (d)
2. Lakshadweep Islands are situated in?
(a) Arabian Sea
(b) Palk Strait
(c) Indian Ocean
(d) Bay of Bengal
Ans: (a)
3. India’s latitudinal and longitudinal extent measured in degrees are almost the same, but its north-south extent measured in km is greater than its east-west extent. This is due to the fact that?
(a) longitudes are not parallel lines
(b) the distance between latitudes remains the same but the distance between longitudes is greatest at the Equator and nil at the poles where all longitudes join
(c) all longitudes with their opposites form great circles
(d) the earth is not a perfect sphere
Ans: (b)
4. The territorial waters of India extends up to?
(a) 5 nautical miles
(b) 12 nautical miles
(c) 15 nautical miles
(d) 2 nautical miles
Ans: (b)
5. Which of the following States of India do not lie entirely in the Tropical Zone of the Earth?
(a) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
(b) Gujarat
(c) Karnataka
(d) Maharashtra and Andra Pradesh
Ans: (b)
6. The Indian States which have common borders with Pakistan are?
(a) Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab and Rajasthan,
(c) Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana, Rajasthan and Punjab
(d) Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan
Ans: (b)
7. Which or the following Indian islands lies between India and Sri Lanka?
(a) Elephanta
(b) Rameshwaram
(c) Nicobar
(d) Salsette
Ans: (c)
8. The sun rises in Arunachal Pradesh two hours before it does in Dwaraka in Gujarat. This is because the former is?
(a) higher in elevation than Dwaraka
(b) situated further north than Dwaraka
(c) situated further east (about 30º longitude) than Dwaraka
(d) situated about 30 º east of Dwaraka and the earth rotates from west to east
Ans: (d)
9. Which of the Indian states has the maximum number of common borders with the other Indian States?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Karnataka
Ans: (b)
10. Which one of the following lives the three largest states of India (in terms of geographical area) in the correct descending order?
(a) Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra
(b) Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh
(c) Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh
(d) Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan
Ans: (a)
11. One of the states not bisected by the Tropic of Cancer is?
(a) Odisha
(b) Gujarat
(c) West Bengal
(d) Rajasthan
Ans: (a)
12. The southern moat point of Indian territory is in?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Lakshadweep
(c) Trivandrum
(d) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Ans: (d)
13. Which of the following do not have a common boundary with Bangladesh?
(a) Meghalaya
(b) Mizoram
(c) Tripura
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
Ans: (d)
14. What is the most important geographic use of the Himalayas to India?
(a) Prevention of invasions
(b) Valuable source of timber
(c) They prevent the monsoons from crossing to the north and also serve as a reservoir of water from which our perennial rivers flow
(d) They protect India from the icy cold north winds
Ans: (c)
15. Which of the following mountains are the oldest according to geological history?
(a) Nilgiris
(b) Satpura Range
(c) Vindhyas
(d) Aravalli
Ans: (d)
16. The general physical relief is likely to be the boldest in?
(a) the Himalayan Mountain Complex
(b) the Indus Ganga Plain
(c) the Deccan Plateau
(d) the Central Indian Plateau
Ans: (a)
17. The Garo, Khasi and Jaintia hills were formed in the same age as the?
(a) Himalayas
(b) Shiwalik Range
(c) Malwa Plateau
(d) Himichal Range
Ans: (c)
18. The Ganga-Brahmaputra Plain widens?
(a) from east to west
(b) from west to east
(c) at the middle
(d) Nowhere
Ans: (b)
19. The Ganga-Brahmaputra Plain widens?
(a) from east to west
(b) from west to east
(c) at the middle
(d) Nowhere
Ans: (b)
20. The Peninsular Plateau of India extends upto
(a) Mizo Hills
(b)Himachal Himalayas
(c) Assam Valley
(d) Maghalaya Hills
Ans: (d)
