1700+ Indian Geography GK Questions (MCQs) With Answers For All Competitive Exams Part 20

Q.1:- Which year is called a Great Divide in the demographic history of India?

  1. 1901
  2. 1921
  3. 1951
  4. 1941

Q.2:- The Himalayas are formed of parallel fold ranges of which the oldest range is

  1. The Siwalik Range
  2. The Lesser Himalayas
  3. The Great Himalyas Range
  4. The Dhaula Dhar Range

Q.3:- Which one of the following States shares boundaries with the maximum number of other States of India?

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

Q.4:- Which Indian state is known as ‘Land of Five Rivers’?

  1. Uttar Pradesh
  2. Punjab
  3. Haryana
  4. Jammu & Kashmir

Q.5:- What proportion of geographical land area is under actual forest cover in India?

  1. 1/4
  2. 2/4
  3. 1/3
  4. 2/3

Q.6:- Which committee recommended the formation of NABARD?

  1. Shivaraman Committee
  2. Chakravarty Committee
  3. Rangarajan Committee
  4. None of the above

Q.7:- Which of the following is/are correct?

  1. Broad guage railway engines – Varanasi

      2. Electric locomotives – Bhopal

      3. Integral Coach Factory – Kolkata

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

Q.8:- The National Highway No.1 connects

  1. Kolkata-New Delhi
  2. Srinagar-New Delhi
  3. Kashmir Valley-Leh
  4. Amritsar-Dehradun

Q.9:- Kudarmukh range, rich in iron ore, is located in the state of

  1. Andhra Pradesh
  2. Maharashtra
  3. Karnataka
  4. Telangana

Q.10:- Geographically, which is the oldest part of India?

  1. The Deccan Plains
  2. The Coastal Plains
  3. The Peninsular Plateau
  4. The North Indian Plains

Q.11:- The State with the largest area under waste land is

  1. Gujarat
  2. Madhya Pradesh
  3. Jammu & Kashmir
  4. Rajasthan

Q.12:- Mountain ranges in the eastern part of India forming its boundary with Myanmar are collectively called as

  1. Himachal
  2. Purvachal
  3. Uttarakhand
  4. None of the above
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Q.13:- Which one among the following rivers has the largest catchment area?

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

Q.14:- Which of the following is not a lagoon?

  1. Loktak lake
  2. Chilika lake
  3. Asthamudi lake
  4. Vembenad lake

Q.15:- Where is Amarnath Cave?

  1. Uttarakhand
  2. Jammu & Kashmir
  3. Uttar Pradesh
  4. Near Badrinath

Q.16:- Which of the following rivers doesn’t pass through Tropic of Cancer?

  1. Sabarmati
  2. Luni
  3. Damodar
  4. Mahi

Q.17:- Which tree species is used for making railway sleepers?

  1. Sal
  2. Teak
  3. Rose wood
  4. Shisam

Q.18:- Which one of the following regions experiences three cropping season for rice in India (Rice Bowl of India)?

  1. Krishna-Godavari
  2. Brahmaputra valley
  3. Coastal Kerala
  4. Littoral Tamil Nadu

Q.19:- To which group does the black cotton soil of India belong?

  1. Laterite
  2. Sierozem
  3. Podzol
  4. Chernozem

Q.20:- Zawar mines in Udaipur district of Rajasthan is the major producer of

  1. Silver
  2. Gold
  3. Copper
  4. Uranium