Indian Geography MCQs

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Kanchenjunga is known “Five Treasures of Great Snow”.

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Buckingham Canal is a 796 kilometres long fresh water navigation canal from Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh to Viluppuram in Tamil Nadu. It runs parallel to the Coromandel coast. It was constructed during British rule and was an important waterway in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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The correct answer is Vishakhapatnam. It is India’s deepest landlocked and protected port, located on the eastern coast in Andhra Pradesh. The port has a natural harbor and is strategically important for naval operations and trade. Established in the 1950s, Vishakhapatnam serves as a major hub for cargo and shipbuilding, and it is also home to the Indian Navy’s Eastern Naval Command.

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Duncan Passage is a strait in the Indian Ocean that separates Rutland Island and Little Andaman. It connects the Bay of Bengal in west to Andaman Sea in the east. It is located in the exclusive economic zone of India and is protected by the integrated tri-services Andaman and Nicobar Command of the Indian Military.

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Almatti Dam is a hydroelectric project on the Krishna River in North Karnataka, India. With a height of 52 meters and length of 2700 meters, Almatti is the main reservoir of the Upper Krishna Irrigation Project. The 2880 MW hydroelectric power station supplements irrigation facilities to drought-prone Bijapur and adjoining districts. Almatti helps regulate flood control and maintains supply during low-rainfall periods. However, the large reservoir has also partially submerged low-lying basalt formations with prehistoric rock art which poses a preservation challenge.

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Pattiseema is a village in Polavaram mandal of West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. The Pattiseema Lift Irrigation Scheme (PLIS) is a temporary substitute to the proposed Polavaram project across the Godavari.

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All given features are of Black soil. It is mainly developed over volcanic rocks. The black colour of the soil is due to the presence of sesquioxides of iron and aluminium. The soil is not completely leached due to its formation in low rainfall area and the color imparting mineral compounds remain in the upper layers of the soil. Black soil belongs to the chernozem group, a soil of dark color associated with grasslands. It is also known as regur soil. Black soil occurs in vast areas in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, it also occurs in small pockets in Uttar Pradesh and eastern Rajasthan. Black soil is rich in some of the soluble plant nutrients such as potash, lime, aluminum, calcium and magnesium carbonates but it is generally deficient in nitrogen, phosphorous and organic matter.

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Western Ghats also known as Sahyadri is a mountain range that covers an area of 140,000 km² in a stretch of 1,600 km parallel to the western coast of the Indian peninsula, traverse the States of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat.

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Duncan pass is located between South and little Andaman. Duncan Passage is a strait in the Indian Ocean. It is about 48 km wide. It separates Rutland Island to the north and Little Andaman to the south.

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The principal cause of soil damage in Punjab and Haryana is Salinity and water logging. The area is totally damaged due to salinization of sub soil water and did not allow any plant to grow.