Indian Geography MCQs

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Tribal
people living in mangrove forests or in Sunderbans do fishing, collect honey and wax besides farming and cattle and poultry. Honey and wax are
commercial products extracted from
these forests.

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The Ten Degree Channel is a channel that separates the Andaman Islands from the Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal. The two sets of islands together form the Indian Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Channel is approximately 150 km wide, running essentially along an east-west orientation. It is so named as it lies on the 10-degree line of latitude, north of the equator.

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National Waterway 2 (NW-2) is a section of the Brahmaputra River having a length of 891 km between the Bangladesh border near Dhubri and Sadiya in Assam. It was declared as National Waterway No. 2 on 1 September, 1988.

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The Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS) is located at Rawatbhata in Chittorgarh district of the state. Commissioned on 16 December 1973, it is operated by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India. Currently, RAPS has six Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) units operating with a total installed capacity of 1,180MW.

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Kullu valley is situated between the Pir Panjal, Lower Himalayan and Great Himalayan range. It connects with the Lahul and Spiti valleys via Rohtang Pass.

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The Borra Caves, are located on the East Coast of India, in the Ananthagiri hills of the Araku Valley, Andhra Pradesh.
• It is one of India’s longest and the deepest caves extending up to 80 m.
• Borra Caves were discovered by William King George in 1807.

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The spectacular arrival of monsoon winds at the end of the summer season is called ‘Burst of monsoon’. Burst of monsoon is a phenomenon in which there is a sudden change in weather condition from hot and dry weather to wet and humid climate characterised by rainfall. The burst of monsoons in the month of June brings rain to Kerala and Southern coast of Tamil Nadu.

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Zoji La is a high mountain pass in India, located on the Indian National Highway 1 between Srinagar and Leh in the western section of the Himalayan mountain range. Zoji La provides a vital link between Ladakh and Kashmir. It runs at an elevation of approximately 3,528 metres and is the second highest pass after Fotu La on the Srinagar-Leh National Highway.

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The Ganges river enters Bangladesh about 50 km below Farakka and tributaries such as Mahananda, Punarbhaba, Atrai (Boral) and Karatoya, which originate in India, join the Ganges river on its left side. The river joins the Brahmaputra river further downstream, near Goalanda Ghat in Bangladesh as the Padma and further down the combined discharge joins the Meghna river at Chandpur. The combined stream is called the Meghna river.

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The Census of India groups all towns and urban agglomerations into the following six classes according to population size:
• Class I: population of 100,000 and above
• Class II: population of 50,000 to 99,999
• Class III: population of 20,000 to 49,999
• Class IV: population of 10,000 to 19,999
• Class V: population of 5,000 to 9,999
• Class VI: population less than 5,000