Indian Geography MCQs

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The Sankosh River flows between the Indian states of Assam and West Bengal, serving as a natural boundary. This important river also has tributaries in Bhutan. Originating in the glacial regions of the eastern Himalayas, it merges with the Brahmaputra River, contributing to its sheer volume and making it a significant part of the region’s ecosystem. This river is crucial for local inhabitants and has great strategic importance.

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Giri Raj Singh Sirohi was the first Indian to set foot on Antarctica, as a part of a research team of United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) . He had researched in biology in at McMurdo Station, 1960-61, for 100 days at subzero temperatures and the point was named after him by the US Government later.

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In April 2009, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) had started pumping natural gas from its D-6 block in the Krishna-Godavari (K-G) basin and D-6 was the first deepwater block in India to start production. 

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The Mumbai-Pune Expressway is India’s first six-lane, concrete, high-speed, tolled, access-controlled, 93 km (58 mi) long expressway.

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State	Coastline
Gujarat	1915.29
Andhra Pradesh	1037
Tamil Nadu	864.73
Kerala	560
Maharashtra	510.31
Orissa	457.2
West Bengal	374
Karnataka	258.15
Goa	113.03
Daman & Diu	—
Total	6089.71

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Vindhya or Vindhyachal is a loosely defined discontinuous chain of mountain ridges, hill ranges, highlands and plateaus in west and central India. It runs roughly in the north of Narmada River and extends from Gujarat in west to Chhattisgarh in east. The Satpura range runs roughly parallels to the Vindhya Range in the south. Both Vindhya and Satpura divide Indian Subcontinent into the Indo-Gangetic plain of northern India and the Deccan Plateau of the south.

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The Tungabhadra River does not flow into the Arabian Sea. it is a tributary of the Krishna River, which ultimately drains into the Bay of Bengal. In contrast, the Sabarmati, Mandovi, and Narmada rivers all flow into the Arabian Sea. The Narmada is one of the major rivers in India, known for its unique east-west flow, while the Mandovi is important in Goa for its ecological and economic importance.

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Anaimalai

• The hills straddle both sides of the state border Kollam District and Thiruvananthapuram District in Kerala and Tirunelveli District and Kanyakumari District in Tamil Nadu.

Cardamom

• The Cardamom Hills are southern hills of India and part of the southern Western Ghats located in southeast Kerala and southwest Tamil Nadu.

Palani Hills

• The Palani Hills are a mountain range in Tamil Nadu. The Palani Hills are an eastward extension of the Western Ghats ranges, which run parallel to the west coast of India

Agastyamalai

• Agastyamalai or Agasthyarkoodam is within Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary in the Western Ghats of South India. The mountain lies in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala and Kanyakumari and Tirunelveli districts of Tamil Nadu.

 

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Habbi Village in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir has been inaugurated as India’s First smart tribal village.

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Everest is the highest peak in the world, but it is located in Nepal, K2, the second highest is located in Pakistan-China border belongs to the Karakoram range of mountains (it is not a peak), while Kanchenjunga is the third highest located in the Indo-Nepal border. Cardamom Hills is not a part of Himalayas, it is located in South India.