Indian Geography MCQs

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With around 160 Lakh tons of production, India is the third largest salt producing country in the world. Gujarat, Rajasthan , Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu are 4 largest salt producing states in India. In Orissa too, salt is produced in coastal districts of Ganjam, Puri and Balasore and around 30 thousand tons of Salt is produced here.

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160 km (approx) India-Myanmar Friendship Road between Tamu-Kalewa-Kalemyo (TKK road) in Myanmar connects Myanmar to Moreh in Manipur

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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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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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With 59,146 km² area, Ladakh is the largest Union Territory of India, followed by Jammu & Kashmir (42,241 Km²). India’s third largest Union Territory is Andaman and Nicobar Islands with area of 8,249 Km².

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The Western Ghats, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, primarily run along the western coast of India, spanning Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. Andhra Pradesh is not part of the Western Ghats, as it lies to the east of this mountain range. Thus, the correct answer is “Both b and c,” indicating that Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are not exclusively part of the Western Ghats.

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Ganga-2525Km
Godavari-1465Km
Krishna-1400Km
Narmada-1315Km

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Pichavaram Mangrove Forest is located in the Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu, India. It’s located near the town of Chidambaram, about 15 km away. The forest covers an area of about 1,100 hectares, making it one of the largest mangrove forests in India. It’s also the world’s second largest mangrove forest.
The forest is home to 200 species of birds, as well as seaweed, prawns, crabs, fish, oysters, turtles, and otters. It’s also home to Bengal tigers. The forest is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The largest mangrove forest in the world is the Sundarban Reserve Forest (SRF) in Bangladesh.

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All given features are of Gujarat state.

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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.