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The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through

1. Rajasthan
2. Orissa (Now Odisha)
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Tripura

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The eastern most longitude of India is

1. 97 cen 25 E
2. 68 cen 7 E
3. 77 cen 6 E
4. 82 cen 32 E

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim have common frontiers with

1. China
2. Bhutan
3. Nepal
4. Myanmar

✅ Correct Answer: 3

If you intend to visit Kavarati during your summer vacations, which one of the following Union Territories of India you will be going to?

1. Puducherry
2. Lakshadweep
3. Andaman & Nicobar
4. Diu and Daman

✅ Correct Answer: 2

My friend hails from a country which does not share land boundary with India. Identify the country.

1. Bhutan
2. Tajikistan
3. Bangladesh
4. Nepal

✅ Correct Answer: 2

How many states and Union Territories does India have?

1. India has 26 States and 7 Union Territories
2. India has 25 States and 7 Union Territories
3. India has 28 States and 7 Union Territories
4. India has 28 States and 6 Union Territories

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which line divides India into approximately two equal parts?

1. Equator
2. Tropic of Cancer
3. Tropic of Capricorn
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 2

What is the position of India in the world in respect of area?

1. 8th position
2. 7th position
3. 6th position
4. 2nd position

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which meridian is fixed as a Standard Meridian of India?

1. 821/2 cen E
2. 841/2 cen E
3. 86 cen E
4. 81 cen E

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The latitudinal extent of India lies between

1. 7 cen 5? N and 26 cen 5 N
2. 8 cen 4? N and 37 cen 6 N
3. 12 cen 5? N and 27 cen 5 N
4. 12 cen 5? N and 37 cen 6 N

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The northern most range of the Himalayas is known as

1. Himadri
2. lesser Himalaya
3. Shivalik
4. none of the above.

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The Kangra and Kullu valley are located in

1. Uttarakhand
2. Jammu and Kashmir
3. Himachal Pradesh
4. Uttar Pradesh

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Majuli is a riverine island located in the river

1. Ganga
2. Brahmaputra
3. Yamuna
4. Kaveri

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Dudhwa National Park is located in the state of

1. Assam
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Rajasthan

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The soil containing calcareous deposits is locally known as

1. Bhangar
2. Khadar
3. Bhabar
4. Kankar

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The highest peak in the Eastern Ghats is

1. Anai Mudi
2. Doda Betta
3. Ooty
4. Mahendragiri

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Jaisalmer is in

1. Himachal Pradesh
2. Rajasthan
3. Gujarat
4. Uttar Pradesh

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Barchans are found in

1. desert regions
2. plains
3. plateaus
4. hilly regions

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The northern part of the western coast is called the

1. Konkan
2. Kannad plain
3. Malabar coast
4. Coromandel coast

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Lake Chilika lies in the state of

1. Jharkhand
2. Telangana
3. Odisha
4. Tamil Nadu

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The city located on the water divide between the Indus and the Ganga river system is

1. Jabalpur
2. Ambala
3. Meerut
4. Chandigarh

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which river is called the Dihang when it enters India in Arunachal Pradesh

1. The Ganga
2. The Brahmaputra
3. The Indus
4. The Kaveri

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The world?s largest drainage basin is of the

1. Amazon river
2. Nile river
3. Ganga river
4. Hwang Ho river

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which one of the following peninsular river of India flows west and makes estuaries?

1. The Krishna
2. The Mahanadi
3. The Godavari
4. The tapi

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The Vembanad Lake is located in

1. Kerala
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Odisha

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which one of the following lake is artificial?

1. Sambhar
2. Chilika
3. Pulicat
4. Rana Pratap sagar

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which of the peninsular rivers is called the ?Dakshin Ganga??

1. The Mahanadi
2. The Krishna
3. Godavari
4. tha tapi

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The valley of Kashmir is famous for the

1. Dal Lake
2. houseboats
3. shikaras
4. all of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The Ganga Action Plan (GAP) Phase-I was started in the year:

1. 1970
2. 1975
3. 1980
4. 1985

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The drainage basin of the Mahanadi is not shared by

1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Maharashtra
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Jharkhand

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which one of the following places receives the highest rainfall in the world?

1. Silchar
2. Mawsynram
3. Cherrapunji
4. Guwahati

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The wind blowing in the northern plains in summers in known as:

1. Kaal Baisakhi
2. Loo
3. Trade winds
4. None of the above

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Which one of the following causes rainfall during winters in north-western part of India?

1. Cyclonic depression
2. Retreating monsoon
3. Western disturbances
4. Southwest monsoon

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Monsoon arrives in India approximately in:

1. Early May
2. Early July
3. Early June
4. Early August

✅ Correct Answer: 0

Which one of the following characteristics the cold weather season in India?

1. Warm days and warm nights
2. Warm days and cold nights
3. Cool days and cold nights
4. Cold days and warm nights.

✅ Correct Answer: 2

In which place in India are houses built on stilts?

1. Bihar
2. Assam
3. Goa
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 2

In which places of India there is very little difference between day and night temperatures?

1. Bihar
2. Bangalore
3. Thiruvananthapuram
4. All of these

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Most parts of India receive rainfall during which of the following months?

1. June to September
2. May to July
3. September to March
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Kal Baisakhi is associated with:

1. Punjab
2. Odisha
3. Karnataka
4. West Bengal

✅ Correct Answer: 4

What do you mean by weather?

1. State of the atmosphere over an area at any point of time
2. Envelope of air surrounding earth
3. Generalised monthly atmospheric conditions.
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 1

To which one of the following types of vegetation does rubber belong to?

1. Tundra
2. Tidal
3. Himalayan
4. Tropical Evergreen

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Cinchona trees are found in the areas of rainfall more than

1. 100 cm
2. 50 cm
3. 70 cm
4. less than 50 cm

✅ Correct Answer: 1

In which of the following state is the Simlipal bio-reserve located?

1. Punjab
2. Delhi
3. Odisha
4. West Bengal

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which one of the following bio-reserves of India is not included in the world network of bio-reserve?

1. Manas
2. Nilgiri
3. Gulf of Mannar
4. Nanda Devi

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The yak, shaggy-horned wild ox and the Tibetan antelope are found in which one of the following regions?

1. Tibet
2. Uttarakhand
3. Himachal Pradesh
4. Ladakh

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which term is used to denote animal species of a particular region or period?

1. Fauna
2. Ferns
3. Flora
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which term is used for virgin vegetation, which have come from outside India are termed as exotic plants.

1. Indigenous plants
2. Endemic species
3. Exotic Plants
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which term is used for the original plant cover of an area which has grown naturally?

1. Garden
2. Agriculture
3. Virgin Vegetation
4. Indigenous species

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which is not included in the group of non-flowering plants?

1. Orchids
2. Algae
3. Fungi
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 1

How do forests influences the climate of a place?

1. Modify local climate
2. Control wind force and temperature
3. Cause rainfall
4. All the above

✅ Correct Answer: 4

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