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MCQ Questions on Political Geography of India Set 1

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1 India lies in the hemisphere ________
✅ Correct Answer: 1
2 Indian sovereignity in sea extends upto ________ nautical miles.
✅ Correct Answer: 3
3 The highest peak of the Himalayas in India is in __
✅ Correct Answer: 3
4 Port Blair is situated in _____
✅ Correct Answer: 2
5 In which of the following towns does the LMT (Local Meridian Time) show the greatest deviation from the IST (Indian Standard Time) ?
✅ Correct Answer: 4
6 The Himalayan mountain system belongs to which one of the following?
✅ Correct Answer: 1
7 Which of the following passes lies in the Sutlej valley?
✅ Correct Answer: 3
8 Which one of the following mountain peaks of Himalayas is not in India?
✅ Correct Answer: 1
9 Amongst the following Indian States which one has the minimum total forest cover?
✅ Correct Answer: 3
10 The new alluvial deposits found in the Gangetic plain are known as ________
✅ Correct Answer: 3
11 Which of the following tribes is not found in Central India ?
✅ Correct Answer: 2
12 Which one of the following is the junction point of the Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats?
✅ Correct Answer: 3
13 Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the formation of the following states in India? ,1. Sikkim ,2. Mizoram ,3. Goa ,4. Arunachal Pradesh
✅ Correct Answer: 3
14 In which one of the following Islands of India is an active volcano found?
✅ Correct Answer: 3
15 In which one of the following Islands of India is an active volcano found?
✅ Correct Answer: 3
16 The Khasi and Jaintia Hills are located in ________.
✅ Correct Answer: 2
17 Which one of the following Himalayan Passes was reopened around in the middle of the year 2006 to facilitate trade between India and China?
✅ Correct Answer: 3
18 What is the correct order of occurrence of the following places as one moves from east to west? ,(1) Murshidabad ,(2) Gorakhpur ,(3) Bhopal ,(4) Bhavnagar
✅ Correct Answer: 3
19 The Tropic of Cancer passes through the States of: ,1. Gujarat ,2. Jharkhand ,3. Assam ,4. Mizoram
✅ Correct Answer: 1
20 Which of the following higher ground is not the part of Telangana Plateau?
✅ Correct Answer: 1
21 Duncan passage is located between
✅ Correct Answer: 1
22 Which group of following states shares the boundary with Nagaland?
✅ Correct Answer: 2
23 Where exactly is Aksai Chin?
✅ Correct Answer: 2
24 Where exactly is Aksai Chin?
✅ Correct Answer: 2
25 The northern part of the west coast is known as ____
✅ Correct Answer: 1
26 Which one of the following gives the correct sequence of places going from the east to the west of India?
✅ Correct Answer: 3
27 Which of the following Indian States broadly as large as the European nation Poland?
✅ Correct Answer: 4
28 Which of the following Indian States broadly as large as the European nation Poland?
✅ Correct Answer: 4
29 For transporting large quantities of crude oil on land, over long distances the most economical mode is
✅ Correct Answer: 1
30 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.
✅ Correct Answer: 3
31 Which of the following cities lies to the western-most longitude?
✅ Correct Answer: 1
32 Madhya Pradesh shares its border with how many States?
✅ Correct Answer: 3
33 Which of the following latitudes passes through India?
✅ Correct Answer: 4
34 The Eastern Coast of India is known as ________
✅ Correct Answer: 3
35 Which of the following is the highest peak in undisputed Indian territory
✅ Correct Answer: 2
36 Diu is an Island
✅ Correct Answer: 3
37 The correct sequence of the different sections of the Himalayas in terms of their stretch (in kilometre) in the descending order is ________
✅ Correct Answer: 2
38 What is the name of India’s permanent research station in southern hemisphere Antarctica
✅ Correct Answer: 4
39 What is the name of India’s permanent research station in southern hemisphere Antarctica
✅ Correct Answer: 4
40 Panchmarhi is near the highest point on the range of .
✅ Correct Answer: 4
41 Which of the following is the main difference between the Western and Eastern Ghats? A. Height B. Continuity C. Proximity to the coast D.
✅ Correct Answer: 2
42 India is the seventh largest country in the world and it covers a total area of approximately ________
✅ Correct Answer: 3
43 Where do the Western and Eastern Ghats meet?
✅ Correct Answer: 1
44 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 scarps 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.
✅ Correct Answer: 3
45 In which one of the following is the Himalayan pass Shipki La located?
✅ Correct Answer: 4
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