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🍫Important & Expected Questions🍫
1. The first person to use the word geography was – Erastosthenes (276 – 194 BC)
2. The First presented the India on the world map – Tolmie
3. 10 latitude give the seperatio of – 111 kms
4. 10 Longitude is equal to – 4” (minutes)
5. The Closest capital to tropic cancer – Ranchi
6. Which are the 3 states capitals above to Tropic of Cancer – Jaipur, Aizwol, Agarthala
7. The atmosphere layer which reflects radio - waves is known as – Ionosphere
8. Which State is known as the name of Black Water? -Andaman and Nicobar
9. Which latitude divides India into two parts? – 23 ½
10. The largest delta in the world is – The delta of Ganga
11. The type of climate in India is – Monsoon
12. Most of the iron in India is found in – Dharwar Rocks
13. Ozone layer is found in – Stratosphere
14. “Ring of fire” refers to – Circum – Pacific Seismic belt
15. Willy is the tropical cyclone occurring in – Coast of North – west Australia
16. On which river, the Baglihar Hydro- powr project is located? – Chenab
17. The term Rugur refers to – Black cotton Soil
18. Which two peninsular rivers flow through troughs? – Narmad and Tapi
19. How much area does India cover of the total geographical area of the world? – 2.42 % 20. The length of the Indian coastline is 7516.6 km
India Area & Boundary
21. In India, of the total land mass:
Plains Geography: 43.3%
Plateaus: 27.7
Hills: 18.6%
Mountains Geography: 10.7%
22. Accounts for 2.4% of the total world area and roughly 16% of the world population.
23. Mainland India has a coastline of 6,100 km.
24. India stretches 3,214 km from North to South & 2,933 km from East to West.
25. Geography Area of India: 32,87,263 sq. km.
26. In the South, on the eastern side, the Gulf of Mannar & the Palk Strait separate India from Sri Lanka.
27. Total land neighbours countries of India: 7
(i) Pakistan
(ii) Afghanistan
(iii) China
(iv) Nepal
(v) Bhutan
(vi) Bangladesh &
(vii) Myanmar
28. India’s Islands include the - The Andaman and Nicobar Group
Andamans is a group of 204 islands of which the largest is - Middle Andaman.
The Andamans are believed to be extensions of mountains system in the - N.E. part of the country.
Saddle Peak (737 m) in- N. Andaman is the highest peak.
The Nicobars is a group of 19 islands of which the largest is Great Nicobar. Most of them are volcanic in nature
Great Nicobar is the southernmost island and is only 147 km away from Sumatra island of Indonesia.
Volcanic Islands: Barren and Narcondam Islands. Barren is in the process of eruption these days after lying dormant for 200 years. The Arabian Sea Group
All the islands in the Arabian Sea (Total 25) are coral islands and are surrounded by Fringing Reefs (North :Lakshadweep, South: Minicoy)
29. Which line separates Andamans from Nicobars (Little Andaman from Car Nicobar) - Ten Degree Channel
30. Duncan Passage lies between - South Andaman and Little Andaman.
31. Nine Degree Channel separates - Kavaratti from Minicoy Island
32. Eight Degree Channel separates - Minicoy Island (India) from Maldives
India: Rivers
33. In India, the rivers can be divided into two main groups: - Himalayan Rivers & Peninsular Rivers
34. Himalayan Rivers consists of how many river system – Three (The Indus system, The Ganga system, The Brahmaputra system)
35. Peninsular Rivers consists of how many river system – Four (Mahanadi River, Godavari River, Krishna River, Cauvery River)
36. What is the total length of Indus system - 2880 km (709 km in India)
37. Indus system rises in - Rises in Tibet (China) near Mansarovar Lake
38. What is the total length of Ganga system - It is 2525 km long of which 1450 km is in Uttarakhand and UP, 445 km in Bihar and 520 km in West Bengal.
39. What are the different sources of Ganga river - Bhagirthi from Gaumukh, Alaknanda from Badrinath, Mandakini from Kedarnath (all from Uttarakhand).
40. In Bangladesh, Ganga is known by which name – Padma
41. The Brahmaputra system rises in - Tibet (from Chemayungdung glacier)
42. In Bangladesh, Brahmaputra is known by which name - Jamuna
43. Which is the longest peninsular river - Godavari River (1465 km)
44. Which are the three Gulfs in the Indian Territory – Gulf of Kuchch (west of Gujarat), Gulf of Cambay or Gulf of Khambat (Gujarat) and Gulf of Mannar (south east of Tamil Nadu)
45. The largest producer of wheat in India –Uttar Pradesh
46. The largest producer of sugarcane in India –Uttar Pradesh
47. The largest producer of groundnut in India – Gujarat
48. The largest producer of tea in India – Assam
49. The largest producer of coffee in India – Karnataka
50. The largest producer of jute in India -West Bengal
51. The largest producer of tobacco in India –Andhra Pradesh
52. The largest producer of bananas in India –Tamil Nadu
53. The largest producer of onion in India – Maharashtra
54. The largest producer of black pepper in India - Kerala
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