Indian Geography MCQs

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Correct sequence will be Thiruvananthapuram – Cochin – Calicut – Mangalore

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India has 15106.7 Km of land border running through 92 districts in 17 States and a coastline of 7516.6 Km touching 13 States and Union Territories (UTs). The length of India’s land borders with neighbouring countries is as under.
Bangladesh- 4,096.7 km
China- 3,488 km
Pakistan- 3,323 km
Nepal- 1,751 km
Myanmar- 1,643 km
Bhutan-699 km
Afghanistan- 106 km
India shares 4096.7 Km of its land border with Bangladesh. West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram are the States which share the border with Bangladesh.

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Uttar Pradesh is the state in India with the largest net irrigated area. The state has 17.6 million hectares of irrigated land. The state’s water system is largely made up of canals. The state is fed by permanent waterways that originate in the Himalayan mountains.
Punjab is the state with the highest percentage of irrigated land. In 2018, 98% of Punjab’s cropland was irrigated.

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Khasi and Garo languages are mostly spoken in the state of Meghalaya. Meghalaya is a hilly state situated in north-eastern India. The name means “the abode of clouds” in Sanskrit.

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The correct answer is 2:1. The Indian coastline is approximately 7,516 kilometers long, with about 5,423 kilometers belonging to Peninsular India and around 1,600 kilometers attributed to the Andaman, Nicobar, and Lakshadweep Islands. This gives a ratio of roughly 2:1, which indicates the dominance of the Peninsular coastline in comparison to the island territories.

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Terai is a lowland belt characterized by grasslands, scrubs and swamps. It is located in the south of the outer foothills of the Himalaya, the Siwalik Hills, and north of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

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First option is the correct answer
Uttar Pradesh> Punjab> Haryana> Tamil Nadu

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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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Assam state of India is rich in mineral resources. Petroleum or crude oil is the most important of them all. In fact, Assam is the mother of Indian petroleum industry. In India, petroleum was first discovered in Assam. It was Digboi in Assam where the first Oil Refinery in Asia came up. Indian petroleum companies like OIL and ONGC were born out of Assam. Four Oil Refineries of Assam are Digboi Refinery, Noonmati refinery in Guwahati, Dhaligoan refinery near Bongaigaon, Numaligarh Refinery of Golaghat district.

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Crops that are sown during the southwest monsoon season are called kharif or monsoon crops. These crops are sown at the beginning of the season around end May to early June and are harvested post the monsoon rains beginning October. Rice, maize, pulses such as urad, moong dal and millets are among the key kharif crops.