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200 Important Questions of Geography

1. The Northern part of the Western coast is known as

Konkan coast

2. The highest peak of the Western Ghats of India is

Anamudi hills

3. The Eastern coastal plain is also called

Coromandel coastal Plain

4. Majuli, the largest river island in the world, lies in the state of

Assam

5. Zojila pass connects –

Leh and Srinagar

6. In which state is the Maikal range situated?

Chhattisgarh

7. What is the average density of the earth?

5.513 g/cm3

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8. Which element is present in the largest amount in terms of percent by mass in the earth’s crust ?

Oxygen

9. The most abundant metal in the earth’s crust is:

Aluminium

10. The place which has the longest day and the shortest night on 22nd December, is—

Melbourne

11. The largest Lagoon lake of India is

Chilka Lake

12. Where is Khyber Pass situated?

Pakistan

13. Which strait separates Australia and Tasmania?

Bab-el-Mandeb

14. The longest river of Peninsular India is:

Godavari

15. Delhi gets winter rainfall due to

Western disturbance

16. Where is the Bandipur National Park?

Karnataka

17. The layer where the decrease in temperature with increasing altitude is totally absent is

Stratosphere



18. Khangchendzonga National Park is in –

Sikkim

19. Pagladia Dam Project is located in which state?

Assam

20. What are Equinox days?

In Equinox Days ‘Day and Night are equal’.

21. World’s longest land border is between which two countries?

Canada and USA

22. Why does Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats both receive sufficient rainfall but Deccan Plateau receives scanty rainfall?

Because it is located parallel to wind direction

23. The piligrims of Kailash Mansarovar have to pass through which pass to enter into Tibet from Uttarakhand?

Lipu likh

24. Which process is responsible for producing the sand dunes in western Rajasthan?

Wind deposition

25. Source of energy in ecosystem is

Sun

26. The solar radiation coming to Earth is called

Insolation

27. Which is the longest national highway in India?

NH44

28. A wide inlet of the sea usually concave in shape, is termed as a:

Bay



29. In higher areas the composition of laterite soil is of _____ nature.

Acidic

30. Petrology is the study of –

Rock

31. Diu is an Island

Besides Gujarat

32. Where is Saddle Peak in Andaman and Nicobar Island situated?

Northern Andaman

33. West Bengal makes borders with how many states?

Five

34. Which of the following river crosses the Equator twice?

Congo

35. A drainage pattern where a river is joined by its tributaries approximately at right angles is _________.

Trellis

36. The largest river of the Asia ‘Yangtze river’ flows through which country?

China

37. Word “Steppe” is related to which of the following biomes?

Grassland


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38. Which biome is known as “Breadbasket of the World”?

Mid Latitude Grassland

39. Where is Saddle Peak in Andaman and Nicobar Island situated?

Northern Andaman

40. What is the name of the disputed coastal area located far from Gujarat coast in between India and Pakistan?

Sir Creek

41. ‘Sun Temple’ is situated in the state of

Odisha

42. Which border line separates India from Pakistan?

Radcliffe Line

43. The World's largest island is –

Greenland

44. Which region is most rich in coal deposits?

Damodar Valley

45. Nandadevi peak is located in ____________ State.

Uttarakhand

46. Which is a dwarf planet?

Eris

47. Marbles are formed due to change in ______

Limestones

48. Which rocks are called primary rocks.

Igneous rocks



49. Loess is a ________

Wind deposited sediments

50. The longest sea beach in India is

Marina beach

51. The biggest reserves of Thorium are in ____.

India

52. Which wind is blows from the Mediterranean Sea to the North Western parts of India?

Western disturbances

53. The Secretariat of SAARC is set up at _________.

Kathmandu

54. In astrophysics, what is the name of hole in outer space which emits stars and energy?

White Hole

55. Which instrument is used to measure the salinity of soil?

Electrical Conductivity Meter

56. Jaya and HKR-120 are two main variety of-

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57. The airport serving Lakshadweep Island is situated at which of the following island?

Agatti

58. Indian subcontinent was mainly a part of –

Gondwana land

59. Length of Coastline of Indian mainland is –

6100 km

60. The Rift Valley is created-

Between two rifts

61. The Tropical grasslands are also known as-

Savanna

62. The Pampas Grasslands are found in-

South America

63. With which country, India has the longest international boundary?

Bangladesh

64. India’s neighbor country with minimum area is-

Bhutan

65. The largest herbarium of India is located at –

Kolkata

66. The transfer of minerals from top soil to subsoil through soil-water is called?

Leaching

67. Who coined the word 'Geography'?

Eratosthenese





68. Which is called the 'ecological hot spot of India'?

Western Ghats

69. The age of the Earth can be determined by

Radio-Metric Dating

70. Wheat, Barley, Lemon, Orange, rye and pearl millet belong to:

two plant families

71. A plant known only in cultivation having arisen under domestication is referred to as:

Cultigen

72. The iron and steel plant in Bihar is at:

Bokaro

73. At Barren Island, the only active volcano in India is situated in –

Andaman Islands

74. The Kovvada Nuclear Park project is proposed to be setup in which State?

Andhra Pradesh

75. Sandstone is a _____

Sedimentary rocks

76. Dynamic metamorphism occur due to___

high Pressure and high temperature


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77. Which is the second nearest star to the Earth after the Sun?

Proxima Centauri

78. The forest in Sundarban is called

Mangrove

79. Which Indonesian region was a victim of massive earthquake in 2004 ?

Sumatra

80. The lowest layer of the atmosphere is:

Troposphere

81. Bark of this tree is used as a condiment-

Cinnamon

82. The atmospheric air is held to the Earth by:

Gravity

83. Which is the longest irrigation canal in India?

Indira Gandhi Canal

84. 'Loktak' is a

Lake

85. The Salal Project is on the river

Chenab

86. In which state Nanga Parbat peak is located.

Jammu & Kashmir

87. Which year is called as the 'Demographic divide' ?

1921

88. Which country has a high density of population?

India



89. The Andaman is separated from Nicobar by which water body?

10° Channel

90. The Ghatampur thermal power plant recently approved by Cabinet is to be setup in –

Uttar Pradesh

91. Naga, Khasi and Garo hills are located in

Purvanchal Ranges

92. The depletion in Ozone layer is caused by ___________.

Chlorofluorocarbons

93. Which place is said to be the Manchester of South India?

Coimbatore

94. The Himalayas is the example of _________.

Fold mountains

95. How much of the Earth's land surface is desert?

1/5th

96. River Indus originates from

Kailash range

97. The common tree species in Nilgiri Hills is

Eucalyptus

98. The lowest layer of the atmosphere is

Troposphere

99. Lines drawn parallel to the equator are called

Latitudes





100. The Coriolis force is maximum at ________.

Poles

101. The natural habitat of Rhinoceros in India is –

Kaziranga

102. The geosynchronous satellite moves around the Earth in the direction –

West to East

103. One astronomical unit is the average distance between?

Earth and Sun

104. The Geological Survey of India (GSI) was set up in?

1851

105. “Tin Bigha” corridor connects-

Bangladesh and India

106. The Famous Kruger National Park is located in–

South Africa

107. The Ramsar Convention is an international treaty for-

Wet lands

108. The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty which is related to-

Green House Gases

109. Farakka Barrage is a barrage across the Ganges River, located in ___________.

West Bengal

110. Evergreen forests are found in-

Equator region

111. West Bengal makes borders with how many countries?

Three



112. On which river bank Fort William is located in Kolkata.

Hooghly

113. The ‘Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal' was constituted to resolve the water sharing between-

Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh

114. The beach sands of Kerala are rich in –

Thorium

115. The term ‘Kraal’ is used for

Fenced villages of Masai herder

116. Even after sunset, the air near the Earth's surface continue to receive heat due to:

Terrestrial Radiation

117. One of the leading producers of asbestos in the world is :

Russia

118. Radiation inversion occurs only on ____

Land surface

119. The most densely populated state in India is:

West Bengal

120. The biggest planet in the solar system is:

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121. Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary is located in _________.

Karnataka

122. Tsangpo is the other name in Tibet for _______.

Brahmaputra

123. A series of lines connecting places having a quake at the same time are called

Homoseismal lines

124. The brightest planet is

Venus

125. An artificial navigation channel is called _______.

Canal

126. Which district of Himachal Pradesh touches the border of China?

Kinnaur

127. Indian Standard Time is ahead of Greenwich Mean Time by-

5.30 hours

128. Sedimentary rocks are derived through.

Disintegration and Decomposition

129. The processes which include geological phenomena and processes that originate externally to the Earth's surface are called as _____

Exogenic processes

130. Southern Part of Indian Eastern Coastal Plain is called:

Coromandal Coast

131. The state which has registered the highest population growth rate according to 2001 census is:

Nagaland



132. Earth is a very big magnet. In which direction does it magnetic field extend?

North to south

133. Which nations are connected with Palk Strait?

India and Sri Lanka

134. In which state ‘Guindy National Park’ is located?

Chennai

135. Rainfall caused by intense evaporation in equatorial areas is called _____________.

Convectional rainfall

136. What is Dakshin Gangotri?

Unmanned station located in Antarctica

137. Seismic sea waves which approach the coasts at greater force are known as

Tsunami

138. The land of maximum biodiversity is

Tropical

139. Indian Standard Time relates to

82.5°E longitude

140. Study of origin, evolution, and eventual fate of the Universe is known as?

Cosmology


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141. Land and sea-breezes occur due to

Convection

142. Which is the largest state (area wise) in India?

Rajasthan

143. The western-most longitude of India lies in the state?

Gujarat

144. India lies in the . . . . . . . . . . . . hemisphere.

Northern and Eastern

145. The South West monsoon engulfs the entire India by

15th July

146. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) entered into force on

29 December 1993

147. The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle is called?

Lithosphere

148. The Earth summit held at Rio de Janeiro is associated with?

Environment and sustainable development

149. The second longest river of Europe is-

Danube

150. The longest sea beach in India is –

Marina beach

151. A landscape which is caused due to the fissure in the earth along which one side has moved down with reference to the other is known as –

Rift Valley



152. Rihand Dam Project provides irrigation to

Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

153. The HYV programme in India is also called as

New Agricultural Strategy

154. Greenland is the largest island of the world. It is an integral part of-

Denmark

155. The Earth Summit was a major United Nations conference held in-

1992

156. Molten rock below the surface of the earth is called __________.

Magma

157. Sariska and Ranthambore are the reserves for?

Tiger

158. Soil erosion on hill slopes can be checked by

Terrace cultivation

159. Which is the largest living bird on Earth?

Ostrich

160. The hottest planet in the solar system?

Venus


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161. Which planet is known as big as Earth in our solar system?

Venus

162. Which place is said to be the Manchester of South India?

Coimbatore

163. Sankosh river forms boundary between—

Assam and Arunachal Pradesh

164. Where is the Palamau Tiger reserve located?

Jharkhand

165. Which point is the name, given for the southernmost tip of India?

Indira

166. The Andaman group and Nicobar group of islands are separated from each other by –

Ten Degree channel

167. Kanchenjunga is situated in –

Sikkim

168. Frontal fogs are produced in the ______

High latitudes

169. The comparative ratio between humidity of certain area with the maximum limit is called

Relative humidity

170. The term "Doab" means –

A land between two rivers

171. Even after sunset, the air near the Earth's surface continue to receive heat due to:

Terrestrial Radiation



172. The Ozone hole over Antarctica was discovered in

1984

173. “Grand canyon” is carved by which river?

Colorado

174. On which date is India likely to experience the shortest day?

December 21

175. During eclipse the darkest part of the shadow is known as-

Umbra

176. The largest ecosystem of earth is-

Biosphere

177. Which is the highest plateau in India?

Ladakh Plateau

178. The latitude of a place expresses its angular position relative to the place of

Equator

179. The sun rays fall vertically on the Tropic of Cancer on

21 June

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

Godavari


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181. The country where drip irrigation is more efficiently used is

Israel

182. The pass located at the southern end of the Nilgiri Hills in south India is called

The Palghat gap

183. A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land masses is called

Isthmus

184. The principal copper deposits of India lie in which of the following places?

Hazaribag and Singbhum of Bihar

185. The Ganges originates from the ___________ Glacier in Uttarakhand.

Gangotri

186. Which port is located on the banks of Rukmavati River?

Mandvi

187. What is the length of Gulf of Kutch?

99 Miles

188. The angle between the magnetic meridian and the geographical meridian at a place is

Declination

189. Which atmospheric layer absorb ultraviolet rays of the sun?

Ozonosphere

190. The Yarlung Zangbo River, in India, is known as

Brahmaputra

191. Name the dam which is uphill on the way to Gangotri?

Tehri Dam



192. The drainage pattern developed on folded sedimentary rock is termed as

Dendritic

193. Water potential remains lowest in

Halophytes

194. The only zone in the country that produces gold is also rich in iron is

Southern zone

195. The _________ Mountains are one of the longest mountain chains in Asia.

Kunlun

196. Where is the shore based steel plant located?

Vishakhapatnam

197. Sink hole is a phenomenon of _______ topography.

Karst

198. Day and Night are equal at the :

Equator

199. Which is largest peninsular river in India?

Godavari

200. Jog falls in Karnataka is located over which river?

Sharavati






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