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List of 50 Important Geographical Questions and answer Download in PDF:
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1).The Bay of Bengal is located to the of _____ India?

a) West
b) South
c) South-East
d) South-West
Answer is: c)
2).Palk Strait separates India from ______.
a) Sri Lanka
b) Myanmar
c) Maldives
d) Lakshadweep
Answer is: a)
3).The most centrally located meridian of India passes through______.
a) Ahmadabad
b) Allahabad
c) Hyderabad
d) Aurangabad
Answer is: b)
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4).The highest peak in India______
a) Mt. Everest
b) Mt. Godwin Austin
c) Mt. Kanchenjunga
d) Dhaulagiri
Answer is: b)
5).The source of River Ganga
a) Yamunotri
b) Siachen
c) Gangotri
d) Karakoram
Answer is: c)
6).The Himalayas are known as_____
a) Abode of snow
b) Volcano
c) Sahyadri
d) Himadri
Answer is: a)
7).The ________divides the country into the equal halves.
a) Tropic of Cancer
b) Tropic of Capricorn
c) Equator
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d) Greenwich Meridian
Answer is: a)
8).India is connected to European countries through the _______ canal.
a) Panama
b) Grand
c) Suez
d) Buckingham
Answer is: c)
9).India is connected with China, Japan and Australia through the ______
a) Palk Strait
b) Malaccan Strait
c) Berring Strait
d) Strait of Gibraltar
Answer is: b)
10).India is the _______ largest country in Asia?
a) First
b) Second
c) Third
d) Fourth
Answer is: b)
11).The_____ Longitude is taken as the Indian Standard Time meridian (IST) of India.
a) 68o30E
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b) 78o30E
c) 82o30E
d) 92o30E
Answer is: c)
12).The Indian Standard Time is ________ ahead of the Greenwich Mean Time.
a) 5 hrs 30 Min
b) 6 hrs 30 Min
c) 7 hrs 30 Min
d) 8 hrs 30 Min
Answer is: a)
13).At the southern tip of the Indian peninsula lies_________.
a) Kerala
b) Karnataka
c) Kanyakumari
d) Kavaratti
Answer is: c)
14).Indian and Sri Lanka are separated by______.
a) Palk Strait
b) Tusman Strait
c) Berring Strait
d) Malaccan Strait
Answer is: a)
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15).The Island of Andaman and Nicobar are in the _______.
a) Indian Ocean
b) China Sea
c) Bay of Bengal
d) Arabian Sea
Answer is: c)
16).The Island of Lakshadweep are located in the ________.
a) Arabian Sea
b) Bay of Bengal
c) Indian Ocean
d) Aral Sea
Answer is: a)
17).The highest peak of India is ______.
a) Mt. Everest
b) Godwin Austin
c) Mt. Abu
d) Doddabetta
Answer is: b)
18).The Highest peak of Himalayas is ______.
a) Mt. Everest
b) Godwin Austin
c) Mt. Abu
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d) Doddabetta
Answer is: a)
19).The highest peak Mt. Everest is located in _________.
a) Nepal
b) Bhutan
c) India
d) China
Answer is: a)
20).India is politically divided into ________.
a) 30 states 2 union territories
b) 29 states 3 union territories
c) 28 states 7 union territories
d) 27 states 6 union territories
Answer is: c)
21).The ____ Range in India is the oldest mountain range of the world
a) Satpura
b) Aravalli
c) Himalaiya
d) Siawaliks
Answer is: b)
22). The Himalayas is an example of _______ Mountains
a) Old fold
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b) Young fold
c) Block Mountain
d) Rin Valley
Answer is: b)
23).The highest Plateau in India is_________.
a) Deccan Plateau
b) Chota Nagpur Plateau
c) Ladakh Plateau
d) Malawa Plateau
Answer is: c)
24).The Eastern Himalaiyas are also called _____.
a) Siwaliks
b) Purvachal
c) Duns
d) Terai
Answer is: b)
25).The Largest Plain of India is _____.
a) Ganga
b) Rajastan
c) Punjab
d) Haryana
Answer is: a)
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26).The highest peak in Aravalli range is ____.
a) Guru Shikhar
b) Doddabetta
c) Mahendragiri
d) Anai Mudi
Answer is: a)
27).The highest peak of South India is _____.
a) Doddabetta
b) Anai Mudi
c) Mahendragiri
d) Mt. Abu
Answer is: b)
28).The Extreme southern most point of India is _______.
a) Indira Point
b) Cape Comerin
c) Trivandrum
d) Kodaikanal
Answer is: a)
29).Indian Experience _______.
a) Temperate Climate
b) Tropical Monsoon Climate
c) Tropical Climate
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d) Cold Climate
Answer is: b)
30).The Coastal area enjoy ___________ Climate.
a) Continental
b) Equable
c) Humid
d) Hot
Answer is: b)
31).The Place that gets rain from Western disturbance is ________.
a) Punjab
b) Mumbai
c) Allahabad
d) Chennai
Answer is: a)
32).The Mountains which lie parallel to the direction of the southwest monsoon wind
is_______.
a) Aravalli
b) Satpura
c) Vindhya
d) Maikala Ranga
Answer is: a)
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33).The local storms in the Northeastern part of India during hot weather season are
called______.
a) Norwesters
b) Loo
c) Mango showers
d) Monsoon
Answer is: a)
34).The place to the north of Tropic of Cancer experience ________ Climate.
a) Equable
b) Polar
c) Continental
d) Desert
Answer is: c)
35).India experience tropical _________ climate.
a) wet
b) hot
c) monsoon
d) dry
Answer is: c)
36).Pune lies on the leeward side of_________.
a) Western Ghats
b) Eastern Ghats
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c) Siwaliks
d) Aravalli
Answer is: a)
37).Local thunder storms called _______ occur in Punjab during summers.
a) Norwesters
b) Kalbisakhi
c) Western Disturbance
d) Mango showers
Answer is: b)
38)._______ receives the highest rainfall in India.
a) Cherrapunji
b) Shillong
c) Assam
d) Darjeeling
Answer is: a)
39).Mawsynram in Cherrapunji receives ______ of rainfall in a year.
a) 1087 cms
b) 1187 cms
c) 1287 cms
d) 1387 cms
Answer is: b)
40).Rain water harvesting is a part of water_______.
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a) management
b) re-cycling
c) storage
d) usage
Answer is: c)
41).The soil found in the Arid zone is known as_______.
a) Desert Soil
b) Laterite Soil
c) Black Soil
d) Alluvial Soil
Answer is: a)
42).The Monsoon Forests are otherwise called as______.
a) Tropical evergreen forest
b) Deciduous forest
c) Mangrove forest
d) Mountain forest
Answer is: b)
43).Which one of the following mineral is contained in the monazite sands?
a) Oil
b) Uranium
c) Thorium
d) Coal
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Answer is: b)
44).Resources that can be used or reproduced again and again are _______.
a) Unnatural Resources
b) Renewable resources
c) Non-Renewable resources
d) Human resources
Answer is: b)
45).Minerals and fossil fuels are examples of ______ resources.
a) Renewable
b) Usable
c) Non-Renewable
d) Non-Metallic
Answer is: c)
46).Black Soil is formed from the weathering of _______ rocks.
a) Igneous
b) Sedimentary
c) Metamorphic
d) Crystalline
Answer is: a)
47).Removable of fertile content from the soil by nature and man is called ______.
a) Soil Formation
b) Soil Conservation
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c) Soil Erosion
d) Soil Fixation
Answer is: c)
48).The percentage of forest area in India is _______.Cherrapunji
a) 19.00%
b) 19.19%
c) 19.29%
d) 19.39%
Answer is: d)
49).Sunderbans is the Mangrove forest found in______.
a) West Bengal
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Gujarat
d) Assam
Answer is: a)
50).Sholas are tropical forests found in ______.
a) Satpura
b) Nilgiri
c) Malkala
d) Anaimalai
Answer is: b)
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