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Indian Geography Questions and Answers

Q :  

Write the name of the player who has won the gold medal in the men's shot put event of the AFI National Throw Championship.

(A) Inderjit Singh

(B) Om Prakash Singh

(C) Tejinderpal Singh Toor

(D) Tek Chand

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

Pramerica Life Insurance Limited has recently appointed whom as its new Managing Director?

(A) Pankaj Gupta

(B) Ajay Mathur

(C) Yogesh Sachan

(D) Pankaj Awasthi

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

Write the name of the mountain range, which mountain range starts near Gujarat and goes east through Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh to Chhattisgarh?

(A) Vindhya range

(B) Aravalli range

(C) Toba Kakar series

(D) Satpura range

Correct Answer : D
Explanation :

The Satpura Range is a range of hills in central India. The range rises in eastern Gujarat running east through the border of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh and ends in Chhattisgarh.


Q :  

What is the approximate length of the Konkan Railway?

(A) 580 km

(B) 760 km

(C) 940 km

(D) 1050 km

Correct Answer : B
Explanation :

The 756.25-kilometre (469.91 mi) railway has a total track length of 900 kilometres (560 mi). Its length through Maharashtra is 361 kilometres (224 mi), through Karnataka 239 kilometres (149 mi), and 156.25 kilometres (97.09 mi) through Goa.


Q :  

In which country is Rotterdam, the most important port of Europe located?

(A) Netherlands

(B) Belgium

(C) Germany

(D) France

Correct Answer : A
Explanation :

The Port of Rotterdam is the largest seaport in Europe, and the world's largest seaport outside of East Asia, located in and near the city of Rotterdam, in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands.


Q :  

If the meridian that determines the Indian Standard Time (IST) is given the status of Prime Meridian then what will be longitude of the International Date line?

(A) 97°30' West

(B) 97°30' East

(C) 82°30' East

(D) 180° East

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

The Dry Land farming is done in India in-

(A) 100 cm to 150 cm annual rainfall areas

(B) 35 cm to 75 cm annual rainfall areas

(C) 75 cm to 110 cm annual rainfall areas

(D) More than 150 cm annual rainfall areas

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

Sri Lanka is located near the southeast coast of India on the Palk Strait and on the other side of the Gulf of _____.

(A) Kutch

(B) Mannar

(C) Khambhat

(D) Cambay

Correct Answer : B
Explanation :

1. Palk Strait is a strait between the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the Mannar district of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.

2. This strait connects the Bay of Bengal to the Palk Bay in the north-east and then to the Gulf of Mannar in the south-west.

3. The strait that separates India and Sri Lanka is the Palak Strait.


Q :  

Highest Ragi producing state of India is -

(A) Uttarakhand

(B) Tamil Nadu

(C) Maharashtra

(D) Karnataka

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

Which one of the following (Shifting Cultivation - Area) is not correctly matched?

(A) Ponam - Kerala

(B) Podu - Andhra Pradesh and Odisha

(C) Jhum - Assam

(D) Kumari - Madhya Pradesh

Correct Answer : D

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