Indian Geography GK Questions with Answers for SSC and Competitive Exams

City Latitude

Patna                     25.37’N

Panchmari             22.3’N

Allahabad               25.28’N

Ahmadabad           8.29’N

The Southern tip of India is Indira point which is also called Pygmalion point. Kanyakumari is the southern tip of India’s mainland.

Indira Point is the southern tip of the Indian Ocean island of Great Nicobar, in the Nicobar Islands south of Burma. It represents the southernmost point of Indian national territory, some 1100 miles ESE of India’s mainland and only about 100 miles NE of Sumatra in Indonesia.

India is seventh largest country of the world in terms of area.

1. Russia 2. Canada 3. America 4. China 5. Brazil 6. Australia

India’s area is 4 times larger than Pakistan. The Area of India is 32,87,269sq km and Pakistan’s area is 7,96,095

Indian subcontinent was part of Gondwanaland. Australia, Africa, South America, Medagascar were also its part. The division of Pangaea was occurred in two large parts one is called Angaraland and other Gondwanaland. The Current scenario of the world came after the bifurcation of these two lands.

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.

Chennai Port, formerly known as Madras Port, is the second largest container port of India, behind the Nhava Sheva Port, and the largest port in the Bay of Bengal.

'Dakshin Gangotri' is India’s research station in Antarctica. The Other two are Maitri and Bharati (Proposed).

Kinaur is one of twelve administrative districts in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, India. The district is divides into 3 administrative areas- Pooh, Kalpa of Nichar.