Indian Geography MCQs

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The total land boundary of India is about 15,200 km and the total length of the coast line of the mainland including Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep is 7,516.6 km.

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The correct decreasing order of the given rivers in terms of their length is:

• Brahmaputra – 2510 km
• Indus – 3180 km
• Ganga – 2525 km
• Godavari – 1465 km

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The Alluvial soil is rich in minerals. It is highly fertile and very good for agriculture. It often contains gravel, sand and silt. The chemical content of the soil will depend on where it is located.

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Pagladiya Multipurpose Dam is located in the Nalbari District of Assam. The dam was constructed over the Pagladiya River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra. The dam’s construction began in February 2019.
The Pagladiya River originates in the southern slopes of the Bhutan hills. It flows 19 km through the hilly terrain of Bhutan and then another 177.80 km. The river enters the Nalbari district of Assam near Chowki.
The dam’s proposed site is about 26 km north of Nalbari town, near the Indo-Bhutan International Border. The area is inhabited by both tribal and non-tribal communities.

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The Meitei people live in Manipur. A unique feature of the Meitei is that their community is made of one language, but two religions. A majority of them are Hindus and have Mongoloid features, while a minority of them is Muslims and have Bengali features. In spite of this, there exists good harmony between them and they are proud of the common heritage of their mother tongue.

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The Eastern Highlands mainly consist of tropical moist deciduous forests. It extends across portions of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, and Telangana states. These forests are found in region where rainfall is between 100 cm to 200cm.

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ONGC has successfully drilled the country’s first shale gas exploratory well near Jambusar about 60 km from Vadodara and has decided to drill more wells in Cambay region of Gujarat. The estimated shale gas potential of the well is about 20 TCF. Shale gas is natural gas trapped within the non porous layers of shale rock and can be utilised as cooking gas and for other commercial purposes. ONGC estimates India’s shale gas reserve in the range of 500 to 2000 trillion cubic meters. A part from the Cambay basin, the ONGC will also explore Krishna-Godavari, Cauvery and Vindhyan sedimentary basins for shale gas.

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About 3000 Todas live today in the Nilgiris or the Blue Mountains of South India. Toda people are a Dravidian ethnic group who live in the Nilgiri Mountains of Tamil Nadu. The Todas are vegetarians and do not eat meat, eggs that can hatch, or fish.

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Luni is a river in Rajasthan. It originates in the Pushkar valley of the Aravalli Range, near Ajmer, passes through the southeastern portion of the Thar Desert, and ends in the marshy lands of Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, after travelling a distance of 495 km.

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Rice being a tropical and sub-tropical plant, requires a fairly high temperature, ranging from 20° to 40°C. The optimum temperature of 30°C during day time and 20°C during night time is considered favorable for its growth and development.
Although the regions are having average annual rainfall between 175—300 cm are the most suitable. Paddy also needs flooded conditions with the depth of water varying over 25 mm at the time of transplanting to as much as 150 mm for 10 weeks of the growing period.