Indian Geography MCQs

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Laterite soil covers the majority of area in Kerala. They cover about 65 per cent of the total area of the State, occupying a major portion of the midland and mid-upland regions and are the most extensive of the soil groups found in Kerala. Heavy rainfall and high temperature prevalent in the State are conductive to the process of laterisation.

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The Himalayas are known to be young fold mountains. They are considered young because they have been formed relatively recently in the earth’s history, compared to older mountains such as the Aravalis.

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The Vaigai River is a river that starts flowing from Varusanadu Hills, Periyar plateau of the Western Ghats range. This river flows east towards Tamil Nadu. The Vaigai river produces the Vattaparai Falls. The city of Madurai lies on the banks of this river. The river empties into the Palk strait in the Ramanatha puram district of Tamil Nadu.

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The Idukki power project is located across the Periyar River in Kerala. It comprises of three dams at Idukki, Cheruthony and Kulamavu and related systems. The power house at Moolamattom is the longest underground power station in India and the pressure shaft is the largest in the country.

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Gujarat, in the northwestern region of India, has the longest coastline, covering more than 1,600 km. It accounts for 22% of total coastline of the country. Its coast is bordered by the Arabian Sea and the Gulfs of Khambat and Kachchh.

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Duncan Passage is a strait in the Indian Ocean located between South and little Andaman. It separates Rutland Island (part of Great Andaman) to the north, and Little Andaman to the south. It sits between The Sisters island off South Andaman Island and North Brother Island off Little Andaman with a minimum depth of 21.9 m. Manners Strait is the branch of Duncan Passage that lies between North Cinque Island and Rutland Island.

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Nathu La, a mountain pass in the Himalayas situated in East Sikkim district, serves as a critical trade link between India and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It closed due to the Sino-Indian War in 1962, but reopened in 2006, facilitating enhanced bilateral trade. Along with Shipkila in Himachal Pradesh and Lipulekh at the Uttarakhand–India, Nepal, and China trisection point, Nathu La is among the three open trading points bordering China.

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The Bum La Pass, located near Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, connects it to Lhasa in Tibet, China. It is located at the Indo-China border above 15,200 ft above sea level.The road to Bum La is a historical route, the People’s Liberation Army of China used it to invade India during the 1962 Sino- Indian War.

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Mahabalipuram is located about 55 km south of Chennai. It is famous for the rock-cut temples, the famous Arjuna Ratha, Draupadi Ratha and Dharmaraja Chariot. The Shore Temple of Mamallapuram was built during the reign of the Pallavan king Rajasimha/ Narasimhavarman II, and it is the oldest structural temple of significance in South India. The two temples hold three sanctums, of which two are dedicated to Shiva and one to Vishnu.

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Languages used in the Indian subcontinent belong to different families. Sanskrit, Hindi and other languages of North India belong to Indo-European family. Those used in the north-east belong to the Tibeto-Burman family; Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam belong to the Dravidian family; and the languages spoken in Jharkhand and parts of central India belong to the Austro-Asiatic family.