1. Which is the standard meridian of India?
Ans: 82 degree 30 minute East
2. Indian Standard Time is ahead of Greenwich Mean Time by _____?
Ans: 5 hours & 30 minutes
3. What is the North-South distance of India?
Ans: 3,214 KM
4. What is the East - West distance of India?
Ans: 2,933 KM
5. What is India's total land area?
Ans: 3.28 million sq. km
6. What percent of world's land surface area is covered by India?
Ans: 2.4 percent
7. Which is the seventh largest country in the world?
Ans: India
8. The length of India's coastline is about _____ KMs?
Ans: 7,500 KM
9. Which Indian mountain range has a triangular shape?
Ans: Satpura
10. Which is the oldest mountain range in India?
Ans: Aravalli range
11. What is the approximate length of the Western Ghats?
Ans: 1,600 KMs
12. Which is the only river in India that flows in a rift valley?
Ans: Narmada
13. Which river flows between the ranges Satpura and Vindhya?
Ans: Narmada
14. The famous Dhuandhar Falls is on the river ______?
Ans: Narmada
15. Which Indian state covers the 61 percent of the Thar Desert?
Ans: Rajasthan
16. Which is India's only active volcano?
Ans: Barren Island
17. Which is the only mud volcano in India?
Ans: Baratang
18. Which is the most suitable soil for the cultivation of cotton?
Ans: Black soil
19. How many Indian states have coastlines?
Ans: Nine
20. Which Indian state shares borders with maximum number of states?
Ans: Uttar Pradesh
21. What is the rank of India among the world countries in the total forest area?
Ans: Ten
22. How many Indian states are situated on the Tropic of Cancer?
Ans: 8
23. The Lushai Hills are mainly situated in the Indian state of:
Ans: Mizoram
24. Which important geographical line is passing through India?
Ans: Tropic of Cancer
25. Honeymoon, Breakfast Islands are situated in _____?
Ans: Chilka Lake
26. Tehri Dam is across the river _____?
Ans: Bhagirathi
27. Which river is 'the Sorrow of Bengal'?
Ans: Damodar
28. Rann of Kutch is the part of which Indian state?
Ans: Gujarat
29. In September, 2011, India leased the Tin Bigha Corridor to which neighbouring country?
Ans: Bangladesh
30. Aksai Chin is part of the which Indian state?
Ans: Jammu &Kashmir
31. India's highest peak Mount K2 is situated in which mountain range?
Ans: Karakoram
32. The Hindu Raj mountain range is situated in _____?
Ans: Pakistan
33. In which state is the Garo-Khasi range situated?
Ans: Meghalaya
34. The world's wettest place Mawsynram is situated in which hills?
Ans: Khasi Hills
35. In which Indian state is the places Cherrapunji and Mawsynram?
Ans: Meghalaya
36. Which mountain range is believed to have been formed by the wastes created by the weathering of the Aravalli Mountains?
Ans: The Vindhya
37. What is the name of the summer grass-lands in the higher reaches of Himalaya?
Ans: Bugyals
38. Which ranges of the Himalayas are composed of ancient sedimentary & metamorphic rocks?
Ans: Lesser Himalayas (Himachal)
39. The hill stations of Shimla, Mussourie, Nainital & Darjeeling belongs to which Himalayan range?
Ans: Lesser Himalayas
40. Mount Everest, Kanchenjunga, . Nandadevi & Nanga Parbat peaks belongs to which Himalayan range?
Ans: Himadri or Greater Himalayas
41. What is the name of the older alluvium sediments found in the Northern Plains?
Ans: Bhangar
42. The young or newer alluvial sediments deposited on the flood plains are known as _____?
Ans: Khadar
43. Which plateau is situated between the Western Ghat & Eastern Ghat?
Ans: The Deccan Plateau
44. Which is the largest plateau in India?
Ans: The Deccan Plateau
45. What is the shape of the vast Deccan Plateau?
Ans: Triangular
46. What is the name of the water body that divide the Andaman & Nicobar island groups?
Ans: Ten degree Channel
47. South and Little Andaman are separated by ____?
Ans: Duncan Passage
48. Which group of islands are broadly divided by the Eleventh Degree Channel?
Ans: Lakshadweep
49. In which river is India's highest waterfall Jog situated?
Ans: Sharavati
50. Which river is known as Tsangpo in Tibet?
Ans: Brahmaputra
