Indian Geography MCQs

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National Highway 10 (old name NH 31A) connects the Indo-Bangladesh border via Siliguri to Gangtok. It passes through West Bengal and Sikkim.

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Mahe is the smallest district in India , geographically located in Kerala but administratively comes under control of Union Territory of Pondicherry.
Alapuzha is the smallest district of Kerala. Dausa is smallest district of Rajasthan, Tirap is second smallest district of Arunachal Pradesh, kannyakumari is smallest district of Tamil Nadu.

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Ennore Port, located near Chennai, was the first port in India to be established as a public company. It was commissioned in 2001 and is notable for being the first major port in India to be built in the 21st century. The port primarily handles coal, and its establishment aimed to reduce congestion at the Chennai Port.

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Indira Col is located on the border between Indian-controlled Siachen Glacier and the Chinese-controlled Trans-Karakoram Tract, close to the tripoint of India, Pakistan, and China. The India-Pakistan Actual Ground Position Line (AGPL) in the Siachen area ends near Indira Col.

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Black soil is considered best for cotton cultivation. Black soil is mainly found in Deccan Plateau. So, most of the cotton cultivation is confined to this region, however, cotton also grows well in alluvial soils of the Satluj-Ganga plain and red and laterite soils of the peninsular region. About 70% of total cotton is produced in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.

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Maheshwar power project The 400-Mw Maheshwar power project in the Narmada valley in Madhya Pradesh is facing a possibility of cancellation, as the state government has been advised to scrap the power purchase agreement (PPA) signed with them two decades ago. Omkareshwar project The Omkareshwar Project was conceived in 1965 as irrigation and power dam to be built in the Central Indian State of Madhya Pradesh. The Omkareshwar project lies along the bank of Narmada and the Cauvery River. It is one of the 30 large dams built in the Narmada Valley. Jayakwadi Dam In 2013, Bombay High Court has directed Maharashtra Government to release Water into the Jayakwadi Dam. Jayakwadi Dam is located on Godavari river at the site of Jayakawadi village in Paithan taluka of Aurangabad district in Maharashtra state of India.’

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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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The Damodar valley along the Bihar–West Bengal border includes India’s most important coal- and mica-mining fields and has long been an area of active industrial development. The major coalfields (Jharia, Raniganj, and Giridih) are mostly open-pit and are easily mined.

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Karanpura is a coal mining region in Jharkhand, India, and therefore ‘Coal – Karanpura’ is correctly matched. Hutti is known for its gold mines in Karnataka, making ‘Gold – Hutti’ correct as well. Nellore in Andhra Pradesh is known for mica production, making ‘Mica – Nellore’ another correct pair. However, Manganese is not typically found in Bhandara. Bhandara region in Maharashtra is known more for its agricultural activities rather than manganese mining, making this incorrect pair.

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The largest state (above mentioned) is Andhra Pradesh (160,205 sq km) and the Smallest state is Uttarakhand (53,483 sq km).