1700+ Indian Geography GK Questions (MCQs) With Answers For All Competitive Exams Part 13

Q.1:- Where is Kishen Ganga?

1. Jammu & Kashmir
2. Himachal Pradesh
3. Uttarakhand
4. Nepal

Q.2:- Amravati, Bhavani, Hemavati and Kabini are tributaries of which one of the following rivers?

1. Mahanadi
2. Godavari
3. Cauvery
4. Krishna

Q.3:- The Paithan (Jayakwadi) Hydro-electric project, completed with the help of Japan, is on the river

1. Ganga
2. Cauvery
3. Narmada
4. Godavari

Q.4:- Which of the following types of soil are mostly confined to river basins and coastal plaints of India?

1. Alluvial soils
2. Black soils
3. Laterite soils
4. Red soils

Q.5:- The wet hills forest are found in the

1. Aravallis
2. Mahadev Hills
3. Nilgiris
4. Satpura Hills

Q.6:- Which disease is not related to Bajra?

1. Green Ear
2. Ergot
3. Wilt
4. Rust

Q.7:- Put in chronological order the origin of the following industries in India

1. Jute
2. Cotton Textile
3. Steel
4. Cement

1. I, II, IV, III
2. II, I, III, IV
3. II, I, IV, III
4. I, II, III, IV

Q.8:- The ‘Grand Trunk Road’ connects

1. Kolkata and Mumbai
2. Delhi and Chennai
3. Kolkata and Amritsar
4. Tirupati and Ludhiana

Q.9:- The latitudes that pass through Sikkim also pass through

1. Rajasthan
2. Punjab
3. Himachal Pradesh
4. Jammu & Kashmir

Q.10:- New Moore Island in the Bay of Bengal is at the crux of maritime dispute between

1. India and Bangladesh
2. Bangladesh and Myanmar
3. India, Bangladesh and Myanmar
4. India and Sri Lanka

Q.11:- The word ‘monsoon’ has been derived from ‘mausim’ (season), which is a/an

1. Nepalese
2. Hindi
3. Arabic
4. Sinhalese

Q.12:- Which region in India receives most of its precipitation in winter?

1. Tamil Nadu
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Meghalaya Plateau
4. West Bengal

Q.13:- Which of the following mountain ranges is spread over only one state in India?

1. Aravalli
2. Satpura
3. Ajanta
4. Sahyadri

Q.14:- Which one of the following states does not produce coffee in India?

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

Q.15:- India contributes about what percentage of total vegetable production in the world?

1. 44 %
2. 34 %
3. 24 %
4. 14 %

Q.16:- Which of the following is in private sector?

1. HSL Rourkela
2. TISCO Jamshedpur
3. HSL Durgapur
4. BSL Bokaro

Q.17:- Pong Dam Lake a Ramsar Site in India is situated in the state of

1. Rajasthan
2. Jammu & Kashmir
3. Manipur
4. Himachal Pradesh

Q.18:- The most important commercial forests of India are

1. Tropical evergreen
2. Tropical deciduous
3. Coniferous
4. Mangrove

Q.19:- Riparian forest is found

1. Along the banks of rivers and other wetland
2. The tarai region, on the foot hills of Himalayas
3. On the foot hills of Eastern slope of Western Ghats
4. On the foot hills of Eastern slope of Western Ghats

Q.20:- The largest producer of Coffee in India is

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