1700+ Indian Geography GK Questions (MCQs) With Answers For All Competitive Exams Part 1

Q.1:- Most Indians belongs to the group

  1. Caucasoid
  2. Mongoloid
  3. Australoid
  4. Negroid

Q.2:- The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through

  1. Rajasthan
  2. Chhattisgarh
  3. Odisha
  4. Tripura

Q.3:- Cardamom Hills (Yelagiri) is a branch of

  1. Sahyadris
  2. Palni Hills
  3. Nilagiri Hills
  4. Annamalai Hills

Q.4:- Arrange the following rivers from South to North

  1. Cauvery

      2. Krishna

      3. Godavari

      4. Mahanadi

  1. 1, 3, 2, 4
  2. 3, 4, 1, 2
  3. 2, 4, 3, 1
  4. 1, 2, 3, 4

Q.5:- Rivers that pass through Himachal Pradesh are

  1. Beas and Chenab only
  2. Beas and Ravi only
  3. Chenab, Ravi and Satluj and Yamuna

Q.6:- Consider the following fauna of India _____

1    Gharial

2    Leatherback turtle

3    Swamp deer

Which among the above is/are endangered?

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 3 only
  3. 1, 2 &3
  4. None

Q.7:- Which one of the state borders maximum number of states in India?

  1. Madhya Pradesh
  2. Assam
  3. Telangana
  4. Uttar Pradesh

Q.8:- Which one of the following Indian states has the highest proportion of areas under forest cover?

  1. Madhya Pradesh
  2. Sikkim
  3. Meghalaya
  4. Mizoram

Q.9:- Which of the following is not correctly matched ?

  1. Fakim Wildlife Sanctuary – Nagaland
  2. Norkek National Park – Meghalaya
  3. Salim Ali National Park – Jammu & Kashmir
  4. Muiliny National Park – Sikkim

Q.10:- Bio-diesel, a kind of non-conventional source of energy, which is obtained from

  1. Sugarcane
  2. Jatropha
  3. Castor plant
  4. Mustard plant

Q.11:- Which is the leading state of India in marine fish catch?

  1. Kerala
  2. Tamil Nadu
  3. Odisha
  4. Andhra Pradesh

Q.12:- The reason of Rajasthan being deficient in rainfall is

  1. The monsoon fail to reach this area
  2. It is too hot
  3. There is no water available and thus the winds remain dry
  4. The winds do not come across and barrier to cause necessary uplift to be cooled
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Q.13:- Which one of the following species has the largest area coverage in India ?

  1. Chir
  2. Deodar
  3. Sal
  4. Teak

Q.14:- Central Rice Research Institute is located at

  1. New Delhi
  2. Ahmedabad
  3. Kolkata
  4. Cuttack

Q.15:- What is the famous Chipko movement associated with ?

  1. Trees
  2. Saving the tigers
  3. Saving the wetland
  4. None of these

Q.16:- Which of the following is a west-flowing river ?

  1. Krishna
  2. Kaveri
  3. Mahanadi
  4. Tapi

Q.17:- Which form the following is a land-locked sea ?

  1. Red Sea
  2. Timor Sea
  3. North Sea
  4. Aral Sea

Q.18:- Which among the following soils is rather infertile ?

  1. Regur
  2. Alluvial
  3. Bangar
  4. Laterite

Q.19:- The nature of the winter rainfall in north western India is

  1. Convectional
  2. Orographic
  3. Monsoonal
  4. Cyclonic

Q.20:- The pass located at the southern end of the Nilgiri Hills in south India is called

  1. The Palghat gap
  2. The Bhorghat pass
  3. The Thalgat pass
  4. The Bolan pass