Indian Geography MCQs

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The Tin Bigha Corridor is a strip of land belonging to India on the West Bengal–Bangladesh border which, in September 2011, was leased to Bangladesh so the country could access its Dahagram–Angarpota enclave from the mainland. The enclave remains the only one still in existence after the 2015 resolution of the India–Bangladesh enclaves issue.

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Shipra River raises in the kakri bardi hills Vindhya Range north of Dhar district, and flows north across the Malwa Plateau to join the Chambal River.It is sacred River to Hindus.Also, holy city of Ujjain is situated on its right bank were after every 12 years, the Kumbh Mela festival takes place.
 

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Palar River originates in the Nandh Durg Hills of Kolar district in Karnataka; it flows through Vellore and Kancheepuram districts of Tamil Nadu before falling into the Bay of Bengal. Before reaching Tamil Nadu, the river flows for 33 km in Andhra Pradesh. Palar river water dispute is between Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. It was recently in news when the Tamil Nadu government has approached the Supreme Court seeking a permanent injunction against the newly bifurcated Andhra Pradesh from building new check dams and diversion structures on the river.

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The Chhota Nagpur Plateau, which lies in eastern India covers much of Jharkhand state and some adjacent parts of Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar and Chhattisgarh. This region is a store house of mineral resources such as mica, bauxite, copper, limestone, iron ore & coal. The Damodar valley is rich in coal & it is also known as the prime core of coking coal in India.

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The Narmada, Periyar and Tapti are the only long rivers, which flow west and make estuaries. Wastern rivers do not form Delta whereas they form Estuaries because Hard Rocks of Western ghat don’t allow Western flowing rivers to widen their mouth into sea, so these rivers form Estuaries whereas Eastern rivers flow through broken hills and mountain ranges.

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Landlocked means a region surrounded by only land. In India states like Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhatisgarh, Punjab, Haryana, all seven sisters and sikkim, Telangana and few more states are landlocked. Bihar is a state in East India, bordering Nepal. It is divided by the River Ganges, which floods its fertile plains.

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The Chambal River is a tributary of the Yamuna River. It forms part of the greater Gangetic drainage system. The river flows north-northeast through Madhya Pradesh, running for a time through Rajasthan, then forming the boundary between Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh before turning southeast to join the Yamuna in Uttar Pradesh state.

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Phumdis are a series of floating islands, exclusive to the Loktak Lake in Manipur state, in northeastern India. They cover a substantial part of the lake area and are heterogeneous masses of vegetation, soil and organic matter, in different stages of decay.

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The Ghaggar River is an endorheic river, meaning it does not flow into an ocean or sea but instead terminates in a closed basin. It originates in Himachal Pradesh, flows through Haryana and Punjab, and finally ends in Rajasthan, where it is often called a “dead river.” The river has tributaries like the Markanda and Tangri, and has faced flooding issues in 1993 and 1998 due to heavy rainfall and inadequate embankments.

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The Tropic of Cancer (23°30’ N) divides India into almost two halves (Northern and Southern parts).