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2200+ Indian Polity and Constitution Objective Questions and Answers
2200+ Indian Polity and Constitution Objective Questions and Answers
Sunday, August 23, 2020
UPSC
August 23, 2020
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 14
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 14
131) The approximate age of the Aravallis range is
A) 370 million years
B) 470 million years
C) 570 million years
D) 670 million years
Answer: 470 million years
132) Where has India installed a telescope which provides the highest window to the universe?
A) Dalhousie
B) Darjeeling
C) Gangtok
D) Hosakote
Answer: Hosakote
133) Which longitude divides India into 2 equal zones?
A) 80°30'
B) 82°30'
C) 84°00'
D) 81°30'
Answer: 82°30'
134) The states of India having common border with Myanmar are
A) Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya
B) Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam
C) Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh
D) Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh
135) Which of the following states are joined by Palghat?
A) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
B) Maharashtra and Gujarat
C) Sikkim and West Bengal
D) Arunachaal Pradesh and Sikkim
Answer: Kerala and Tamil Nadu
136) Which of the following rivers makes an estuary?
A) Narmada
B) Cauvery
C) Krishna
D) Ganga
Answer: Narmada
137) High Altitude Research Laboratory is situated in :
A) Srinagar
B) Gulmarg
C) Laddakh
D) Pehlgam
Answer: Gulmarg
138) An Island situated south of the Sunderbans:
A) Coco Island
B) Preparis Island
C) Cheduba Island
D) New Moore Island
Answer: New Moore Island
139) The most plausible explanation forthe location of the Thar desert in western India is
A) the obstruction caused by the Arrivals to the rain-bearing wind that proceeds to the Ganga Valley
B) the evaporation of moisture by heat
C) the absence of mountains to the north of Rajasthan to cause orographic rainfall in it
D) that the moisture carried by the Southwest monsoon is driven away by the dry upper air current
Answer: the absence of mountains to the north of Rajasthan to cause orographic rainfall in it
140) Which of the following drainage systems fall into Bay of Bengal?
A) Ganga, Brahmaputra and Godavari
B) Mahanadi, Krishna and Cauvery
C) Luni, Narnada and Tapti
D) Both (a) and (b)
Answer: Both (a) and (b)
UPSC
August 23, 2020
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 15
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 15
141) Which of the following areas or regions is most prone to earthquakes?
A) Ganga-Brahmaputra valley
B) Deccan plateau
C) Plains of northern lndia
D) Western ghats
Answer: Ganga-Brahmaputra valley
142) The term Bangar implies
A) Glacial deposits
B) Old alluvium
C) Wind deposits soil
D) Wave deposits sand
Answer: Old alluvium
143) Which of the following are true with respect to the Indian Peninsular Plateau?
l. The southern plateau block is formed mainly of granite and gneiss
II. The Deccan lava plateau is an elevated tableland consisting of horizontally
arranged lava sheets
III. The Malwa plateau dominates the Vindhyam scraPS. forming the northern
flank of the plateau
IV. The trough of the Narmada and Tapti are interposed between the Vindhyan and the Satpura ranges
A) I, II and III
B) I and II
C) I, II, III and IV
D) I,III and IV
Answer: I, II, III and IV
144) The marshy and forested land in northern pan of Uttar Pradesh is called
A) Khadar
B) Bangar
C) Terai
D) Siwalik
Answer: Terai
145) Palk Strait separates India from
A) Bangladesh
B) Pakistan
C) Sri Lanka
D) Maldives
Answer: Sri Lanka
146) On which part of the Pamban Island is Dhanushkodi situated?
A) Eastern
B) Western
C) Northern
D) Southern
Answer: Eastern
147) Pachamarhi Hill station is situated on the:
A) Mahadeo Hills
B) Vidhyan Hills
C) Kaimur Hills
D) Satpura Hills
Answer: Mahadeo Hills
148) Karakoram Highway connects :
A) Pakistan and Afghanistan
B) Pakistan and China
C) Pakistan and Aksai Chin
D) Srinagar and Jammu
Answer: Pakistan and China
UPSC
August 23, 2020
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 10
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 10
Valley State
A. Dzukou Valley 1. Himachal Pradesh
B. Yumthang Valley 2. Sikkim
C. Neora Valley 3. Nagaland
D. Sangla Valley 4. West Bengal
A B C D
A) 1 2 4 3
B) 1 4 2 3
C) 3 2 4 1
D) 3 4 2 1
Answer: 3 2 4 1
92) Match the following:
Mountain passes
in Himalayas States
A. Changla 1. Arunachal Pradesh
B. Shipkila 2. Himachal Pradesh
C. Zozila 3. Jammu and Kashmir
D. Bomdila
A B C D
A) 3 2 3 1
B) 3 2 4 1
C) 2 3 4 1
D) 3 1 4 2
Answer: 3 2 3 1
93) Considering the location of mountains in India which one of the following is in right sequence from south to north?
A) Dodabetta, Kailash. Dhaulagiri. Vindhyachal
B) Dodabetta, Vindhyachal, Dhaulagiri. Kailash
C) Dhaulagiri, Kailash, Dodabetta, Vindhyachal
D) Dhaule'Qiri, Vindhyachal, Dodabetta
Answer: Dodabetta, Vindhyachal, Dhaulagiri. Kailash
94) Kailash Siwaliks are:
A) to the north of Himadri
B) foothills of Himalayan ranges
C) in Meghalaya
D) the plateau between Pamirs and Myanmar
Answer: foothills of Himalayan ranges
95) palghat joins which of the following states?
A) Sikkim and West Bengal
B) Maharashtra and Gujarat
C) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
D) Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim
Answer: Kerala and Tamil Nadu
96) Consider the following statements:
1. Cherrapunji is located on the south side of Garo hills.
2.Cherrapunji is about 1700 m above mean sea level
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A) 1 only
B) 2 only
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Neitherl nor 2
Answer: Both 1 and 2
97) Match the following
List l (Peaks) List ll (Range)
A. Gurushikhar 1. Annamalai
B. Dodabeta 2. Aravalli
C. Annaimudi 3. Nilgiri
D. Dhupgarh 4. Satpura
A B C D
A) 2 1 3 4
B) 2 3 1 4
C) 2 4 1 3
D) 3 2 1 4
Answer: 2 3 1 4
98) forms the western boundary of the Indian sub-continent.
A) Aravalli
B) Pirpanjal
C) Karakoram
D) Hindukush
Answer: Hindukush
99) Why is it that the Himalayan region is poor in mineral resources?
A) Displacement of rock strata has disturbed the arrangement of rocks and made it complex
B) It is made up of crystalline rock
C) the terrain makes exploitation of minerals difficult
D) The climatic conditions are not suitable. for exploitation of minerals
Answer: Displacement of rock strata has disturbed the arrangement of rocks and made it complex
100) Which one of the following gives the correct sequence of Himalayan peaks in the direction
east to west?
A) Dhaulagiri, KanchenjungaMakalu. Mt' Everest
B) Kanchenjunga, Makalu, DhaulagiriMt,Everest
C) Namcha Barwa, Kanchenjunga, Mt. Everest, Nanda Devi
D) Makalu, Dhaulagiri, Kumaun, Namcha Bawva
Answer: Namcha Barwa, Kanchenjunga, Mt. Everest, Nanda Devi
UPSC
August 23, 2020
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 11
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 11
101) Which one of the following is the junction point of the Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats?
A) Javadi Hills
B) Anaimalai Hills
C) Nilgiri Hills
D) Shevaroy Hills
Answer: Nilgiri Hills
102) The highest peak of the Himalayas in India is in
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Kashmir
C) Skkim
D) Himachal Pradesh
Answer: Skkim
103) Match the following:
Peaks Mountain range
A. Gurushikhar 1. Zanskar
B. Dhupgarh 2. Satpura
C. Doda Betta 3. Nilgiri
D. Nanga Parbat 4. Vindhya
5. Aravalli
A B C D
A) 4 2 5 1
B) 3 4 5 1
C) 4 5 2 1
D) 5 2 3 1
Answer: 5 2 3 1
104) Where exactly is Aksai Chin?
A) Near Leh
B) The north-east comer of Jammu and Kashmir
C) Along the Zaskar mountains
D) South of the Siachen Glacier
Answer: The north-east comer of Jammu and Kashmir
105) Nanda Devi peak forms a part of:
A) Assam Himalayas
B) Kumaon Himalayas
C) Nepal Himalayas
D) Punjab Himalayas
Answer: Kumaon Himalayas
106) Khunjerab Pass is located in which of the following places?
A) Jammu and Kashmir
B) POK (Pakistan Occupied Kashmir) Territory
C) Afghanistan
D) Tazakistan
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
107) Where is Aghil Pass located?
A) China
B) India
C) Tibet
D) POK-Territory
Answer: India
108) Where is Battura Glacier located?
A) Tibet
B) China
C) India
D) Afghanistan
Answer: India
109) The highest peak of south India is
A) Dodabeta
B) Annaimudi
C) Mahendragiri
D) Yercaud
Answer: Annaimudi
110) Which among the following is in POK-Territory
A) Zaskar Mountain Range
B) Pangi Range
C) PirPanjal Range
D) Karakoram Range
Answer: Pangi Range
UPSC
August 23, 2020
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 12
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 12
111) Where is Kishen Ganga?
A) Jammu and Kashmir
B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Uttarakhand
D) Nepal
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
112) Which one of the following statements is not correct?
A) The Western Ghats are relatively higher in their northern region
B) The Anaimudi is the highest peak in the Western Ghats
C) Tapi river lies to the south of Satpura
D) The Narmada and the Tapi river valleys are said to be old rift valleys
Answer: The Western Ghats are relatively higher in their northern region
113) Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given hills starting from the north and going towards the south?
A) Nallamalai Hills Nilgiri Hills Javadi Hilis Anaimalai Hills
B) Anaimalai Hills Javadi Hills Nilgiri Hills Naltamalai Hills
C) Naltamalai Hills Javadi Hills Nilgiri Hilts Anaimalai Hills
D) Anaimalai Hills Nilgiri Hills Javadi Hills Naltamalai Hills
Answer: Naltamalai Hills Javadi Hills Nilgiri Hilts Anaimalai Hills
114) What is the name of the highest summit of Nilgiri Hills?
A) Coonoor-betta
B) Anaimudi
C) Doda-betta
D) Vellangiri
Answer: Doda-betta
115) Which one of the following Himalayan Passes was reopened around in the middle of the year 2006to facilitates trade between india and China?
A) Chang La
B) Jara La
C) Nathu La
D) Shipki La
Answer: Nathu La
116) Where are Shevaroy Hills located?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Karnataka
C) Kerala
D) Tamil Nadu
Answer: Tamil Nadu
117) In which State is the Guru Shikhar Peak located?
A) Rajasthan
B) Gujarat
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Maharashtra
Answer: Rajasthan
118) The hill range that separates the state of Manipur from the state of Nagaland is known as:
A) Arakan hills
B) Patkai hills
C) Barail hills
D) Manipu
Answer: Barail hills
119) Match the following:
Peak in the Eastern Himalaya
A. Makalu B. Kanchenjunga
C. Namcha Barwa D. Mt. Everest
Location in the map
A B C D
A) 2 3 4 1
B) 2 4 3 1
C) 1 4 3 2
D) 1 3 4 2
Answer: 2 3 4 1
120) Which one of the followin Maharashtra?
A) Balaghat Range
B) Harishchandra Range
C) Mandav Hills
D) Satmala Hills
Answer: Satmala Hills
UPSC
August 23, 2020
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 13
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 13
121) Arrange the following hills of southern india from sorth to south
1. Nilgiri 2. Cardaman
3. Nallamala 4. Anaimalai
Select the correct answer using the code given l below:
A) 3-1-4-2
B) 4-3-1-2
C) 1-3-4-2
D) 1-2-3-4
Answer: 3-1-4-2
122) Amritsar and Shimla are almost on the same ' latitude, but their climate difference is due to
A) the difference in their altitudes
B) their distance from sea
C) snowfall in Shimla
D) pollution in Amritsar
Answer: the difference in their altitudes
123) Write in ascending orders of the following:
A) Balaghat Range, Ajanta Range, Harischandra Range, Palkonda Range.
B) Palkonda Range, Harischandra Range. Balaghat Range, Ajanta Range
C) Harischandra Range, Ajanta Range. Balaghat Range, Palkonda Range
D) Palkonda Range, Ajanta Range. Harischandra Range, Balaghat Range.
Answer: Palkonda Range, Harischandra Range. Balaghat Range, Ajanta Range
124) Write in descending order of the following :
A) Bhiwani Bagar, Rajastan Bagar, Abu Hills, Malwa Plateau.
B) Rajastan Bagar, Bhiwani Bagar, Abu Hills, Malwa Plateau.
C) Malwa Plateau, Abu Hills, Rajastan Bagar, Bhiwari Bagar.
D) Malwa Plateau, Rajastan Bagar,Abu Hills, Bhiwani Bagar.
Answer: Bhiwani Bagar, Rajastan Bagar, Abu Hills, Malwa Plateau.
125) Write in descending orders of the following:
A) Mahadeo Hills, Kainur Hills, Satmala Hills, Gawilgarh Hills
B) Kaimur Hills, Satmala Hills, Gawilgarh Hills, Mahadeo Hills
C) Kaimur Hills, Mahadeo Hills, Gawilgarh Hills, Satmala Hills.
D) Satmala Hills, Gawilgarh Hills, Kaimaur Hills, Mahado Hills.
Answer: Kaimur Hills, Mahadeo Hills, Gawilgarh Hills, Satmala Hills.
126) The Peninsular Plateau north of the Vindhya is called
A) Deccan Trap
B) Chhota Nagpur Plateau
C) Malwa Plateau
D) Bundelkhand Plateau
Answer: Malwa Plateau
127) Cardamom Hills (Yelagiri) is a branch of
A) Sahyadris
B) Palni Hills
C) Nilagiri Hills
D) Annamalai Hills
Answer: Annamalai Hills
128) Name the most important characteristic of the Indian Island in the Arabian Sea.
A) They are small sized
B) Most of them are of volcanic origin
C) Most of them are of coral origin
D) They do not have soil
Answer: Most of them are of coral origin
129) Where is Mandav Hills?
A) Punjab
B) Gujarat
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Rajasthan
Answer: Gujarat
130) Lakshadweep Islands are the product of
A) Volcanic activity
B) Wave action
C) Sea floor expansion
D) Coral formation
Answer: Coral formation
UPSC
August 23, 2020
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 06
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 06
51) Which among the following is major source of irrigation in India?
A) Canals
B) Tanks
C) Tube wells and other well
D) Rivers
Answer: Tube wells and other well
52) Which of the followings are the tributaries of the river Indus?
A) Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Sutlej
B) Ravi, Chenab, Shyok, Kosi
C) Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Shyok
D) Chenab, Ravi, Jhelum, Kosi
Answer: Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Sutlej
53) Which of the following relates to the formation of the Himalayas?
A) Folding of the earth's crust
B) Accumulation of Ioess deposits
C) Folding of the geosyncline
D) Faulting of the earth's crust
Answer: Folding of the geosyncline
54) Which one of the following is most prone to earthquakes?
A) Coastal plains
B) Old shields
C) Plateaus
D) Young folded mountains
Answer: Young folded mountains
55) Which of the following is the main reason for a greater breadth of east coastal plain of India?
A) Eastern coastline is submergent
B) Eastern coastline is emergent
C) Rivers flowing into the Bay of Bengal are perennial
D) Many of the rivers in this region form estuaries
Answer: Eastern coastline is emergent
56) The correct sequence of the different sections of the Himalayas in terms of their stretch (in kilometre) in the descending order is
A) Punjab Him.. Kumaon Him., Nepal Him., Assam Him.
B) Nepal Him.. Assam Him., Punjab Him., Kumaon Him.
C) Kumaon, Him.. Nepal Him.. Assam Him.. Punjab Him.
D) Nepal Him.. Assam Him., Kumaon Him.. Punjab Him.
Answer: Nepal Him.. Assam Him., Punjab Him., Kumaon Him.
57) The Vindhyas belong to which class of mountains?
A) Block mountains
B) Fold mountains
C) Volcanic mountains
D) Residual mountains
Answer: Block mountains
58) The mountain range which stretches from Gujarat in west to Delhi in the north is the
A) Vindhyas
B) Satpuras
C) Aravallis
D) Kaimur range
Answer: Aravallis
59) Autumn equinox falls on:
A) 27th March
B) 21st December
C) 21st June
D) 23rd September
Answer: 23rd September
60) Choose the correct order of the following states in terms of area.
1. Meghalaya 2. Manipur
3. Mizoram 4. Nagaland
A) 4-3-2-1
B) 3-4-2-1
C) 2-1-3-4
D) 1-2-3-4
Answer: 1-2-3-4
UPSC
August 23, 2020
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 07
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 07
61) The Himalayas are formed of parallel fold ranges of which the oldest range is
A) the Siwalik Range
B) the Lesser Himalayas
C) the Great Himalayan Range
D) the Dhaula Dhar Rance
Answer: the Great Himalayan Range
62) Maharashtrian Plateau is made up of:
A) alluvial soil
B) coral reef
C) sandstone
D) lava
Answer: lava
63) The highest peak in South India is:
A) Doda Betta
B) Makurti
C) Anaimudi
D) None of these
Answer: Anaimudi
64) Rivers flowing into the Arabian Sea from Kerala do not form deltas because
A) they flow over steep slopes
B) they do not contain much silt
C) most of them are consequent streams
D) they have very few tributaries
Answer: they flow over steep slopes
65) Aravalli ranges are an example of:
A) straight mountains
B) block mountains
C) residual mountains
D) volcanic mountains
Answer: residual mountains
66) Which of the following mountain passes lies
outside India?
A) Bomdila
B) Bara Lacha La
C) Shipkila
D) Khyber
Answer: Khyber
67) Zozila Pass connects:
A) Kashmir and Tibet
B) Nepal and Tibet
C) Leh and Kargil
D) Leh and Snnagar
Answer: Leh and Snnagar
68) Which of the following passes and locations
is/are wrongly matched?
1. Zojila and Burzil Jammu & Kashmir
2. Bara Lapcha La and Shipki La Uttar Pradesh
3. Thaga La. Niti Pass and Lipu Lekh Himachal Pradesh
4. Nathu La and Jelep La Sikkim
A) 1 and 2
B) 3 and 4
C) 2and3
D) 1,2and3
Answer: 2and3
69) Which of the following are true with respect to
the Indian Peninsular Plateau?
I. The southern plateau block is formed mainly of granites and gneiss
II. The Deccan lava plateau is an elevated tableland consisting of horizontally arranged lava sheets
III. The Malwa plateau dominates the i Vindhyan scarps forming the northern i flank of the plateau The troughs of the Narmada and the Tapti ! are interposed between the Vindhyan and l the Satpura ranges.
A) I,II and III
B) I and III
C) I,II,III and IV
D) I,III and IV
Answer: I,II,III and IV
70) Gangotri,Yamunotri, Badrinath, kedarnath are in which of the following states?
A) Uttarakhand
B) Jammu & Kashmir
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: Uttarakhand
UPSC
August 23, 2020
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 08
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 08
71) Choose the ascending order of the followings
A) Himalchul, Shisapanga, Annapurna, Dhaula Giri
B) Annapurna, Shisapanga, Himalchul,Dhaula Giri
C) Shisapanga, Annapurna, Himalchul, l Dhaula Girl
D) Himalchul, Shisapanga, Dhaula Giri, Annapurna
Answer: Himalchul, Shisapanga, Annapurna, Dhaula Giri
72) Which of the following is the main difference ) between the Western and Eastern Ghats?
A) Continuity
B) Height
C) length
D) Vegetation
Answer: Continuity
73) Which of the following is not true with regard i to the coastal plains of India?
A) The west coast has a narrow alluvial margin interspersed by hilly terrain
B) The eastern coast has a wide plain with l well-developed deltas of the major rivers
C) The west and east coasts, have the same alluvial features
D) The west coast has little indentation i except towards the south
Answer: The west and east coasts, have the same alluvial features
74) In which one of the following is the Himalayan l pass Shipki La located? [IAS 2008]
A) Chandra valley
B) Hunza valley
C) Nubra valley
D) Sutlej valley
Answer: Sutlej valley
75) Arrange the following hill ranges in order from i north to south
I.Nallamala Hills ll. Nilgiri
III.Anaimalai lV. Cardamon Hills
A) I,IV,III ,II
B) I,II,III,IV
C) II,I,III,IV
D) I,II,IV,III
Answer: I,II,III,IV
76) Arrange the following Himalayan peaks in order as they occur from west to east:
I. Kanchenjunga II. Mt. Everest
III. Nanda Devi IV. Dhaulagiri
A) I, II, III, IV
B) I, II, IV, III
C) III, II, I, IV
D) III, IV, II, I
Answer: III, IV, II, I
77) Arrange the following ranges in order as they occur from north to south:
I. Pir Panjal II. Karakoram
III. Zanskar IV. Ladakh
A) II, IV, III,I
B) II, III, IV, I
C) I, II, IV, III
D) III, II, IV, I
Answer: II, IV, III,I
78) Consider the following:
1. Mahadeo Hills 2. Sahyadri Parvat 3. Satpura Range
What is the correct sequence of the above from the north of the south?
A) 1,2,3
B) 2,1,3
C) 1,3,2
D) 2,3,1
Answer: 1,3,2
79) Which of the following gives the correct sequence of hills in the east-west direction?
A) Naga, Mikir, Khasi, Garo
B) Garo, Khasi, Mkir, Naga
C) Khasi,Garo, Naga, Mikir
D) Mikir, Naga, Khasi, Garo
Answer: Naga, Mikir, Khasi, Garo
80) Consider the following mountain ranges:
1. Ladakh Range 2. Karakoram 3. Greater Himalayas 4. Zanskar Range
What is the correct sequence of these from south to north?
A) 3,4,1,2
B) 3,1,4,2
C) 4,2,3,1
D) 4, 3, 2,1
Answer: 3,4,1,2
UPSC
August 23, 2020
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 09
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 09
81) Match the following:
Pass State
A. Zoji La Pass 1.Sikkim
B. Bara Lacha Pass 2. Uttarakhand
C.Jelep La Pass 3. Himachal Pradesh
D. Niti Pass 4. Jammu and Kashmir
A B C D
A) 4 1 3 2
B) 2 3 1 4
C) 4 3 1 2
D) 2 1 3 4
Answer: 4 3 1 2
82) Which one of the following States in india has the broadest continental shelf?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Gujarat
C) Karnataka
D) Tamil Nadu
Answer: Gujarat
83) Which of the following are true regarding Chhota Nagpur?
1. It is one of the former princely states.
2. It is a plateau area in Jharkhand inhabited mainly by the tribals.
3. It is a name given to the contiguous tribal areas in Bihar, West Bengal. Orissa and MP.
A) 1 and 3
B) 2 and 3
C) 1 and 2
D) 1, 2 and 3
Answer: 1 and 2
84) The new alluvial deposits found in the Gangetic plain are known as:
A) bhabar
B) bhangar
C) khadar
D) terai
Answer: khadar
85) Match the following:
A. Bhabar 1. Younger alluvium
B. Terai 2. it is very porous
C. Bhangar 3. Has thick forest and wild life
D. Khadar 4. Older alluvium
A B C D
A) 2 3 4 1
B) 1 2 3 4
C) 4 3 2 1
D) 4 3 1 2
Answer: 2 3 4 1
86) The correct order of the given hills from west to east is :
A) Garo-Jaintia-Naga-Khasi
B) Khasi-Naga-Jaintia-Garo
C) Khasi-GaroJaintia-Naga
D) Garo-KhasiJaintia-Naga
Answer: Garo-KhasiJaintia-Naga
87) A rift valley is formed mainly due to:
A) forces of tension in the earth's crust
B) the subsidence of the floor of a river valley
C) the valley formed after the formation of fold mountains
D) the deepening of a valley by ice action
Answer: the subsidence of the floor of a river valley
88) The Himalayas are generally divided into three ranges which do not include:
A) Siwalik
B) Greater Himalayas
C) Karakoram
D) Lesser Himalayas
Answer: Karakoram
89) The term 'Doab' means
A) Where the delta of river begins
B) Where two or more rivers meet
C) Land between two separate river systems
D) Land between two tributaries of a river
Answer: Land between two tributaries of a river
90) Which of the following statement is wrong regarding the "valley of kashmir"?
A) It is a synclinal valley
B) It is situated 'between'the Pir PanjaI Range and the Lesser Himalayas
C) It is drained by the river Jhelum
D) Previously it was. a bed of a great lake. subsequently UPIIfted
Answer: It is situated 'between'the Pir PanjaI Range and the Lesser Himalayas
UPSC
August 23, 2020
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 03
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 03
21) Zosila Pass connects :
A) Kashmir and Tibet
B) Nepal and Tibet
C) Leh and Kargil
D) Leh and Srinagar
Answer: Leh and Srinagar
22) Which of the following passes and locations is/are wrongly matched?
1. Zojila and Burzil - Jammu & Kashmir
2. Bara Laopcha La and Shipki La - Uttar Pradesh
3. Thaga La, Niti Pass and LipuLedh - Himachal Pradesh
4. Nathu La and Jelep La - Sikkim
A) 1 and 2
B) 2 and 3
C) 3 and 4
D) 1, 2 and 3
Answer: 2 and 3
23) Which of the following are true with respect to the Indian Peninsular Plateau?
I. The southern plateau block is formed mainly of granites and gneiss
II. The Deccan lava plateau is an elevated tableland consisting of horizontally arranged lava sheets
III. The Malwa plateau dominates the Vindhyan scarpa forming the northern flank of the plateau
IV. The troughs of the Narmada and the Tapti are interposed between the Vindhyan and the Satpura ranges :
A) I, II and III
B) I and II
C) I, II, III and IV
D) I, III and IV
Answer: I, II, III and IV
24) Which of the following is the main difference between the Western and Eastern Ghats?
A) Heighi
B) Continuity
C) Proximity to the coast
D) Vegetation
Answer: Continuity
25) The oldest rocks in lndia are reported from?
A) Shivalik range, Punjab
B) Dharwar region. Karnataka
C) Vindhyan range, Madhya Pradesh
D) Aravalli range, Rajasthan
Answer: Dharwar region. Karnataka
26) The term Tethys is associated with
A) Old fold structures
B) Ageosynclines
C) New fold structures
D) the old plateau region
Answer: Ageosynclines
27) How much is the height of the Mount Everest?
A) 8,868 meters
B) 8,848 meters
C) 8,898 meters
D) 8,858 meters
Answer: 8,848 meters
28) The Himalayan mountain system belongs to
which one of the following? [Asst. Grade 1991]
A) Fold mountains
B) Volcanic mountains
C) Block mountains
D) None of these
Answer: Fold mountains
29) Consider the following statements:
1. The Himalayan vegetation varies according to both altitude and climatic conditions
2. There are mainly two types of tropical forests that are found in the Himalayas the tropical rain forests and the tropical deciduous forests.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A) both 1 and 2
B) 1 only
C) 2 only
D) neither1 nor 2
Answer: both 1 and 2
30) Which of the following rivers is older than the
Himalayas?
A) Beas
B) Sutlej
C) Teesta
D) Kosi
Answer: Sutlej
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INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 04
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 04
31) Which of the following geographical features have played a great unifying role in strengthening the forces of homogeneity of the Indian people?
l. The expanses of water surrounding the peninsula
II. The Himalayan Mountains
Ill. The vastness of the country
IV. The presence of the Indian ocean
A) I
B) II
C) I and II
D) I,II,III and IV
Answer: I,II,III and IV
32) Teesta is a tributary of
A) Ganga
B) Brahamaputra
C) Yamuna
D) Meghana
Answer: Brahamaputra
33) Which Himalayan peak is also called Sagarmatha
A) Nanga Parbat
B) Dhaulagiri
C) Mt. Everest
D) Kanchenjunga
Answer: Mt. Everest
34) The peninsular region is rich in
A) Crystalline rocks
B) Argillaceous rocks
C) Sedimentary rocks
D) fossilifeous rocks
Answer: Crystalline rocks
35) Write the following in a descending order with regard to height of the following
A) Nanga Parbat, K2, Masherbrum, Gasherbrum
B) K2, Nanga parbat, Gasherbrum, Masherbrum
C) Gasherbrum, Masherbrum, Nanga Parbat, K2
D) K2, Gasherbmm, Nanga Parbat, Masherbrum
Answer: K2, Nanga parbat, Gasherbrum, Masherbrum
36) Where is Amaranth Cave?
A) Uttarakhand
B) Jammu & Kashmir
C) UttarPradesh
D) Near Badrinath
Answer: Jammu & Kashmir
37) Chose the correct ascending order of the following mountain ranges
A) Pir Panjal Range, Zaskar Mountain Range, Laddakh Range, karakoram Range
B) Zaskar Mountain Range, Laddakh Range, Karakoram Range, Pir Panjal Range
C) Karakoram Range, Pir Panjal Range, Zaskar Mountain Range, Laddakh Range
D) Pir Panjal Range, Ladakh Range, Zaskar Mountain Range, Karakoram Range
Answer: Pir Panjal Range, Zaskar Mountain Range, Laddakh Range, karakoram Range
38) The oldest mountains in lndia according to geographical history are :
A) Satpuras
B) Nilgiris
C) Vindhyas
D) Aravallis
Answer: Aravallis
39) Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the age of formation-from the
youngest to the oldest-of the given mountain ranges?
A) Himalayas, Vindhyas, Western Ghats. Deccan Traps
B) Deccan Traps, Western Ghats, Vindhyas. Himalavas
C) Himalayas, Western Ghats, Vindhayas, Deccan Traps
D) Vindhyas. Himalayas, Deccan Traps. Western Ghats
Answer: Himalayas, Vindhyas, Western Ghats. Deccan Traps
40) What are the eastern and western limits of Central Himalayas?
A) Nanda Devi and Annapurna
B) Makalu and Trishul
C) Nanaga Parbat and Namcha Ban/va
D) Kedarnath and Shilong
Answer: Nanaga Parbat and Namcha Ban/va
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August 23, 2020
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 05
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 05
41) Arakan Yoma is the extension of the Himalayas located in :
A) Kashmir
B) Nepal
C) Baluchistan
D) Myanmar
Answer: Myanmar
42) The length of Himalayas from east to west along Indian border is approximately
A) 1,500km
B) 2,500km
C) 3,000km
D) 4,000km
Answer: 2,500km
43) The watershed between India and Myanmar is formed by
A) the Naga hills
B) Khasi hills
C) the Garo hills
D) the Jaintia hills
Answer: the Naga hills
44) Match the following:
List I List II
A. Pir Panjal 1. Arunachal Pradesh
B. Dhauladhar 2. Uttaranchal
C. Nag Tibba 3. Jammu and Kashmir
D. Mishimi Hills 4. Himachal Pradesh
A B C D
A) 4 3 1 2
B) 3 4 2 1
C) 3 4 1 2
D) 4 3 2 1
Answer: 3 4 2 1
45) The transport route connecting the Kashmir from Leh crosses the high mountain ranges at the:
A) Pir Panjal pass
B) Karakoram pass
C) Banihal pass
D) Zoji La pass
Answer: Zoji La pass
46) Which one of the following mountains is not the part of Eastern Ghats?
A) Sheravoy hills
B) Javadi hills
C) Nallamala hills
D) Elamalai hills
Answer: Elamalai hills
47) Kodaikanal, the famous hill-station of South India, is situated on :
A) Palani hills
B) Anaimalai mountain
C) Nilgiri mountain
D) Cardamon hills
Answer: Palani hills
48) Which is most fertile region of India?
A) peninsular plateau
B) the Indo-Gangetic plain
C) the East Coastal plains
D) the central Highlands
Answer: the Indo-Gangetic plain
49) Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?
A) Black cotton soil of north-west India was formed by the weathering of basaltic lava rocks
B) Sedimentary rocks are distinguished from other types of rocks by the presence of distinct layers
C) Granite has large crystals of quartz, feldspar and mica in it
D) A metamorphic rock is softer and less compact than its original type
Answer: A metamorphic rock is softer and less compact than its original type
50) In which range is the Nathu-La Pass situated?
A) Himalayas
B) Sahyadris
C) Vindhyas
D) Karakoram
Answer: Himalayas
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August 23, 2020
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 01
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 01
1) The Himalayan mountain system belongs to which one of the following?
A) Fold mountains
B) Volcanic mountains
C) Block mountain
D) None of these
Answer: Fold mountains
2) The oldest mountains in India according to geographical history are :
A) Satpura
B) Nilgiris
C) Vindhyas
D) Aravalli
Answer: Aravalli
3) The highest mountain peak in India is :
A) Kanchenjunga
B) Mount Everest
C) Mt. K2
D) Nanda Devi
Answer: Kanchenjunga
4) Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the age of formation - from the youngster to the oldest - of the given mountain ranges?
A) Himalayas, Vindhyas, Western Ghats, Deccan Traps
B) Deccan Traps, Western Ghats, Vinghyas, Himalayas
C) Himalayas, Western Ghats, Vindhyas, Deccan Traps
D) Vindhyas, Himalayas, Deccan Traps, Western Ghats
Answer: Himalayas, Vindhyas, Western Ghats, Deccan Traps
5) Arakan Yoma is the extension of the Himalayas located in :
A) Kashmir
B) Nepal
C) Baluchistan
D) Myanmar
Answer: Myanmar
6) Match the following:
A. Pir Panjal 1. Arunachal Pradesh
B. Dhauladhar 2. Uttaranchal
C. Nag Tibba 3. Jammu and Kashmir
D.Mishimi Hills 4. Himachal Pradesh
Below options are given in A B C D order
A) 4 3 1 2
B) 3 4 2 1
C) 3 4 1 2
D) 4 3 2 1
Answer: 3 4 2 1
7) The transport route connecting the Kashmir from Leh crosses the high mountain ranges at the :
A) Pir Panjal pass
B) Karakoram pass
C) Banihal pass
D) Zoji La pass
Answer: Zoji La pass
8) Which one of the following mountains is not the part of Eastern Ghats?
A) Sheravoy hills
B) Javadi hills
C) Nallamala hills
D) Elamalai hills
Answer: Elamalai hills
9) Kodaikanal, the famous hill-station of South India, is situated on :
A) Palani hills
B) Anaimalai mountain
C) Nilgiri mountain
D) Cardamom hills
Answer: Palani hills
10) Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?
A) Black cotton soil of north-west India was formed by the weathering of basaltic lava rocks
B) Sedimentary rocks are distinguished fro other types of rocks by the presence of distinct layers.
C) Granite has large crystals of quartz, feldspar and mica in it.
D) A metamorphic rock is softer and less compact than its original type.
Answer: A metamorphic rock is softer and less compact than its original type.
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August 23, 2020
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 02
INDIA PHYSIOLOGY MCQS SET 02
11) Which of the following relates to the formation of the Himalayas?
A) Folding of the earth's crust
B) Accumulation of loess deposits
C) Folding of the geosyncline
D) Faulting of the earth's crust
Answer: Folding of the geosyncline
12) Which one of the following is most prone to earthquakes?
A) Coastal plants
B) Old shields
C) Plateaus
D) Young folded mountains
Answer: Young folded mountains
13) The correct sequence of the different sections of the Himalayas in terms of their stretch (in kilometre) in the descending order is :
A) Punjab Him., Kumaon Him., Nepal Him., Assam Him.,
B) Nepal Him., Assam Him., Punjab Him., Kumaon Him.,
C) Kumaon Him., Nepal Him., Assam Him., Punjab Him.,
D) Nepal Him., Assam Him., Kumaon Him., Punjab Him.,
Answer: Nepal Him., Assam Him., Punjab Him., Kumaon Him.,
14) The Vindhyas belong to which class of mountains?
A) Block mountains
B) Fold mountains
C) Volcanic mountains
D) Residual mountains
Answer: Block mountains
15) The mountain range which stretches from Gujarat in west to Delhi in the north is the :
A) Aravallis
B) Vindhyas
C) Satpura
D) Kaimur range
Answer: Aravallis
16) The Himalayas are formed of parallel fold ranges of which the oldest range is :
A) the Siwalik Range
B) the Lesser Himalayas
C) the Great Himalayan range
D) the Dhaula Dhar Range
Answer: the Great Himalayan range
17) Maharashtrian Plateau is made up of :
A) alluvial soil
B) coral reef
C) sandstone
D) lava
Answer: lava
18) The highest peak in South India is :
A) Doda Betta
B) Makurti
C) Anaimudi
D) None of these
Answer: Anaimudi
19) Aravalli ranges are an example of :
A) folded mountains
B) block mountains
C) residual mountains
D) volcanic mountains
Answer: residual mountains
20) Which of the following mountain passes lies outside India?
A) Khyber
B) Bormdila
C) Bara Lacha La
D) Shipkila
Answer: Khyber
UPSC
August 23, 2020
FACTS ABOUT INDIA MCQS SET 06
FACTS ABOUT INDIA MCQS SET 06
51) Which of the following town is located easternmost?A) Bokaro
B) Jamshedpur
C) Patna
D) Ranchi
Answer: Jamshedpur
52) Among the following cities, which one is nearest to the Tropic of Cancer :
A) Delhi
B) Kolkata
C) Jodhpur
D) Nagpur
Answer: Kolkata
53) Which among the following is the smallest state area wise?
A) Nagaland
B) Mizoram
C) Meghalaya
D) Manipur
Answer: Nagaland
54) Which one of the following States does not form border with Bangladesh?
A) Meghalaya
B) Tripura
C) Manipur
D) Mizoram
Answer: Manipur
55) West Bengal shares boundaries with how many foreign countries?
A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four
Answer: Three
56) Which one of the following is the southernmost city?
A) Bhopal
B) Kolkata
C) Raipur
D) Udaipur
Answer: Raipur
57) Bhutan is surrounded by which of the following Indian States?
A) Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Sikkim
B) Assam, Mizoram, West Bengal, Bihar
C) Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Bihar
D) Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Bihar, Meghalaya
Answer: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Sikkim
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August 23, 2020
FACTS ABOUT INDIA MCQS SET 02
FACTS ABOUT INDIA MCQS SET 02
11) Which state has smallest land area ?A) Goa
B) Nagaland
C) Sikkim
D) Tripura
Answer: Goa
12) The climate of India is mainly tropical because :
A) of the location of the Himalayas in its North
B) major part of India lies within the tropics
C) of the overpowering influence of Indian Ocean
D) of the seasonal influence of jet streams
Answer: of the location of the Himalayas in its North
13) The two volcanic islands in the Indian territory are :
A) Kavaratti and New Moor
B) Bitra and Karvaratti
C) Pamban and Barren
D) Narcondam and Barren
Answer: Narcondam and Barren
14) Among the following Union Territories India, which one has the largest size ?
A) Pondicherry
B) Lakshadweep
C) Daman and Diu
D) Chandigarh
Answer: Pondicherry
15) Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ?
A) Plimsoll Line: India and Afghanistan
B) Durand Line : India and Myanmar
C) Macmohan Line : India and Nepal
D) Radcliffe Line : India and Pakistan
Answer: Radcliffe Line : India and Pakistan
16) Duncan Passage is situated between :
A) Minicoy and Amindiv
B) Minicoy and Makdives
C) Little Andaman and Car Nicobar
D) South Andaman and Little Andaman
Answer: South Andaman and Little Andaman
17) Ten Degree Channel is between :
A) Dover and Calais
B) Alaska and Russia
C) Little Andaman and Car Nicobar
D) North Korea and South Korea
Answer: Little Andaman and Car Nicobar
18) If the usual rule calculation of time were applied for the extremes of Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh, then approximately time :
A) at Gujarat would be ahead of that at Arunachal Pradesh by about 3 hours
B) at Gujarat would be ahead of that at Arunachal Pradesh by about 2 hours
C) at Arunachal Pradesh would be ahead of that at Gujarat by about 3 hours
D) at Arunachal Pradesh would be ahead of that at Gujarat by about 2 hours
Answer: at Arunachal Pradesh would be ahead of that at Gujarat by about 2 hours
19) Indian Standard Meridian' passes through the states of UP, MP :
A) AP and Karnataka
B) AP and Tamil Nadu
C) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
D) Orissa and AP
Answer: Orissa and AP
20) The Lakshadweep Islands are situated in :
A) Indian Ocean
B) Arabian Sea
C) Bay of Bengal
D) none of theses
Answer: Arabian Sea
UPSC
August 23, 2020
FACTS ABOUT INDIA MCQS SET 03
FACTS ABOUT INDIA MCQS SET 03
21) Which foreign country is closest to Andaman islands ?A) Sri Lanka
B) Myanmar
C) Indonesia
D) Pakistan
Answer: Myanmar
22) Which one of the following States shares boundaries with the maximum number of other States of India ?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) Assam
D) Bihar
Answer: Assam
23) Jharkhand does not share boundary with :
A) West Bengal
B) Orissa
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
24) Which of the following is east of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ?
A) Thailand
B) Sri Lanka
C) Indonesia
D) All of them
Answer: Indonesia
25) The States which have common borders with China are :
1. Jammu and Kashmir
2. Sikkim
3. Arunachal Pradesh
4. Himachal Pradesh
A) 1, 3 and 4
B) 1, 2 and 3
C) 1 and 3
D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: 1, 2, 3 and 4
26) The States of India having common border with Myanmar are :
A) Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh
B) Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam
C) Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya
D) Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh
27) The State wit the largest area under waste land is :
A) Gujarat
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Jammu and Kashmir
D) Rajasthan
Answer: Rajasthan
28) The largest population of Scheduled Tribes is in :
A) Himachal Pradesh
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Arunachal Pradesh
D) Sikkim
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
29) Which state amongst the following has the highest percentage of the Scheduled Caste population of State's population ?
A) Jharkhand
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Punjab
D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Punjab
30) The Topic of Cancer does not pass through :
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) West Bengal
C) Rajasthan
D) Orissa
Answer: Orissa
UPSC
August 23, 2020
FACTS ABOUT INDIA MCQS SET 04
FACTS ABOUT INDIA MCQS SET 04
31) The Tropic of Cancer passes through the states of :1. Gujarat 2. Jharkhand
3. Assam 4. Mizoram
A) 1,2 and 4
B) 1 and 2
C) 1, 3 and 4
D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: 1,2 and 4
32) Which one of the following gives the correct sequence of places going from the east to the west of India ?
A) Sikhar, Tinsukhia, Indore, Vadodara
B) Tinsukhia, Phlpur, Udaipur, Kota
C) Jorhat, Bhopal, Ahmedabad, Rajkot
D) Guwahati, Silchar, Bhopal, Rajkot
Answer: Jorhat, Bhopal, Ahmedabad, Rajkot
33) Which one of the following shows the correct sequence of occurrence of the following towns/cities as one proceeds from west to east ?
A) Ajmer, Darbhanga, Kohima, Silchar
B) Surat, Wardha, Rourkela, Bharuch
C) Pandharpur, Gulbarga, Kottagudem, Vishakhapatnam
D) Anand, Rajkot, Dhanbad, Aizawl
Answer: Pandharpur, Gulbarga, Kottagudem, Vishakhapatnam
34) Which state of India have a common border with Pakistan ?
I. Jammu and Kashmir
II. Himachal Pradesh
III. Punjab
IV. Gujarat
V. Rajasthan
A) I, II, III, V
B) I, II, III, IV
C) I, III, IV
D) I, III, IV, V
Answer: I, III, IV, V
35) Which of the following sets of cities is located on the reference longitude r Indian standard time ?
A) Bangalore-Varanasi
B) Varanasi-Chennai
C) Kakinanda-Pondichery
D) Pondicherry- Varanasi
Answer: Kakinanda-Pondichery
36) Mac. Mohan Line demarcates the boundary between :
A) India and Pakistan
B) India and China
C) India and Nepal
D) India and Bangladesh
Answer: India and China
37) The northern part of the west coast is known as:
A) Konkan coast
B) Coromandal coast
C) Malabar coast
D) None of these
Answer: Konkan coast
38) The Konkan Coast stretches between :
A) Goa and Mumbai
B) Goa and Cochin
C) Goa and Daman
D) Goa and Diu
Answer: Goa and Cochin
39) The Eastern Coast of India is known as :
A) Eastern Plateau
B) Bengal Coast
C) Coromandal Coast
D) Cyclonic Coast
Answer: Coromandal Coast
40) Which of the following is the capital of the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli ?
A) Dadra
B) Nagar Haveli
C) Kavaratti
D) Silvassa
Answer: Silvassa
UPSC
August 23, 2020
FACTS ABOUT INDIA MCQS SET 05
FACTS ABOUT INDIA MCQS SET 05
41) Kancheepuram is in which of the following states?A) Kerala
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Karnataka
Answer: Tamil Nadu
42) Nine Degree Channel separates:
A) Car Nicobar and Great Nicobar
B) Lakshadweep and Minicoy
C) Little Andaman and Car Nicobar
D) North Andaman and South Andaman
Answer: Lakshadweep and Minicoy
43) Which one of the following groups of Indian states has a common frontier with Bhutan?
A) Assam, Bihar, Sikkim and West Bengal
B) Bihar, Meghalaya, Sikkim and West Bengal
C) Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim and West Bengal
D) Bihar, Assam, Sikkim and West Bengal
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim and West Bengal
44) Lakshadweep Islands are the product of :
A) volcanic activity
B) wave action
C) seafloor expansion
D) reef formation
Answer: reef formation
45) Match the following :
A. Ho 1. Chhattisgarh
B. Baiga 2. Sikkim
C. Kuki 3. Jharkhand
D. Bhutia 4. Nagaland
A B C D
A) 2 3 4 1
B) 1 4 2 3
C) 3 1 4 2
D) 4 2 3 1
Answer: 3 1 4 2
46) Consider the following statements :
1. Longitude of Jabalpur's location is between those of Indore and Bhopal
2. Latitude of Aurangabad's location is between those of Vadodara and Pune
3. Bangalore is situated more southward than Chennai
A) 1 and 3
B) Only 2
C) 2 and 3
D) 1, 2 and 3
Answer: 2 and 3
47) India lies in the hemisphere :
A) Northern and eastern
B) Southern and eastern
C) Northern and western
D) Northern and southern
Answer: Northern and eastern
48) Which of the following cities lies to the western-most longitude?
A) Jaipur
B) Nagpur
C) Bhopal
D) Hyderabad
Answer: Jaipur
49) Which one of the following sequences in the ascending order of their geographical size is correct?
A) Bihar - Chhattisgarh - Jharkhand - Orissa
B) Jharkhand - West Bengal - Tamil Nadu - Chhattisgarh
C) West Bengal, Bihar - Chhattisgarh - Tamil Nadu
D) Chhattisgarh - Jharkhand - Tamil Nadu - Orissa
Answer: Jharkhand - West Bengal - Tamil Nadu - Chhattisgarh
50) Which one of the following towns is situated easternmost?
A) Kohima
B) Jorhat
C) Itanagar
D) Dibrugarh
Answer: Dibrugarh
UPSC
August 23, 2020
FACTS ABOUT INDIA MCQS SET 01
FACTS ABOUT INDIA MCQS SET 01
1) The length of India's coastline is about :A) 5900 km
B) 6100 km
C) 7000 km
D) 7500 km
Answer: 7500 km
2) Which state has the largest coastline in India ?
A) Gujarat
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Karnataka
D) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Gujarat
3) The Karakorum Highway connects which of the following pairs of countries ?
A) India-Nepal
B) India-China
C) India-Pakistan
D) China-Pakistan
Answer: China-Pakistan
4) Which of the following latitudes passes through India ?
A) Equator
B) Arctic Circle
C) Tropic of Capricorn
D) Tropic of Cancer
Answer: Tropic of Cancer
5) Which one of the following countries has the longest international boundary with India ?
A) Bangladesh
B) Bhutan
C) China
D) Pakistan
Answer: Bangladesh
6) India is the seventh largest country in the world and it covers a total area of approximately
A) 2700000 sq. km
B) 3000000 sq. km
C) 3200000 sq. km
D) 3600000 sq. km
Answer: 3200000 sq. km
7) Which state is in the eastern most part of India ?
A) Assam
B) Nagaland
C) Arunachal Pradesh
D) Manipur
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
8) Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the formation of the following state in India ?
1. Sikkim 2. Mizoram
3. Goa 4. Arunachal Pradesh
A) 3, 1, 2, 4
B) 1, 2, 3, 4
C) 1, 2, 4, 3
D) 1, 4, 2, 3
Answer: 1, 2, 4, 3
9) The largest southern most single island in India is :
A) Rameswaram Island
B) Minicoy Island
C) Car Nicobar Island
D) Great Nicobar Island
Answer: Great Nicobar Island
10) "This Union Territory possesses a coastal stretch of about 45 km with 28 marine fishing villages. However 45% of the population is engaged in agriculture and allied products."
Which among the following Union Territories is referred to in the above passage ?
A) Lakshadweep
B) Pondicherry
C) Andaman and Nicobar
D) Daman
Answer: Lakshadweep
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