Indian Geography MCQs

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The southwestern summer monsoons occur from June through September. The Thar Desert and adjoining areas of the northern and central Indian subcontinent heats up considerably during the hot summers. This causes a low pressure area over the northern and central Indian subcontinent. To fill this void, the moisture-laden winds from the Indian Ocean rush in to the subcontinent.

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Rihand Dam, also known as Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar, is a concrete gravity dam located at Pipri in Sonbhadra District in Uttar Pradesh. Its reservoir area is on the border of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. It is on the Rihand River, a tributary of the Son River.

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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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With an altitude of 1366 metres, Parasnath is the highest mountain peak of Chhotanagpur Plateau. It is situated in the Parasnath Rangeat the eastern end of the Chota Nagpur Plateau in the Giridih district of Jharkhand. It is the highest mountain peak in Jharkhand. On the mountaintop there is the Shikharji Jain temple, an important tirtha or Jain pilgrimage site.

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The Northern Fertile Plain lies to the south of Himalayan Region. It is also called the Gangetic Plain. It is a vast plain and level land between the Himalayas in the North and Deccan Plateau in the South. The soil of this plain is built of the sediments brought down by the rivers from Himalayas. Such plain is called an alluvial plain and is very fertile. This plain is one of the largest and most fertile plains of the World.

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Mineral oil or petroleum occurs in anticlines and fault traps. In India, it is found in thesedimentary rock formation. Most of such areas lie in the Assam, Gujaratand off shore areas along the western coast. The plateau region represents the ancient shield of the earth’s crust that was formed during pre-Cambrian era. It is generally devoid of mineral oil reserves.

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Alpine meadows, also known as bugyals, are a valuable part of the Himalayan ecosystem. These meadows start appearing at the height of 3000 meters above sea level, where the treeline ends; they continue till about 4500 meters, where the snowline begins and vegetation becomes scarce.

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The Coromandel Coast is the name given to the southeastern coast of the Indian Subcontinent between Cape Comorin and False Divi Point. It may also include the southeastern coast of the island of Sri Lanka. The eastern coastal strip is known as the Coramandel Coast (or Payan Ghat in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu). It varies in width from 100 to 130 km, and extends from the delta of the Godavari to Kanyakumari.

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Kolleru Lake, one of the largest freshwater lakes in India, is located in state of Andhra Pradesh. Kolleru spans into two districts – Krishna and West Godavari. The lake is fed directly by water from the seasonal Budameru and Tammileru streams. It is the largest shallow freshwaterlake in Asia.

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Amreli city in Saurastra region with a population of 1.25 lakhs is completely dependent on purchasing water from the nearby talukas.