This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Geography > Overview > Indian Geography – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indian Geography Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is India's position in the world in terms of size? A) Ninth. B) The seventh. C) The fifth. D) The second. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The seventh. 2. Deccan Traps are largely made of A) Alternate sheets of granitic Lava. B) Flow of Flood Basalt. C) Lava flows alternating with sedimentary deposits. D) Limestone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flow of Flood Basalt. 3. How many states does India have? A) 22. B) 29. C) 26. D) 32. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 29. 4. India's climate is shaped by seasonal winds called ..... A) Trade Winds. B) Monsoons. C) North winds. D) Typhoons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monsoons. 5. Littoral forests occur on A) Hills along. B) The sea coasts and tidal creeks. C) Where the rainfall is heavy. D) At elevated places. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sea coasts and tidal creeks. 6. Which of the weathering agents is almost peculiar to the Indian Himalayas? A) Wind. B) Glaciers. C) Snowfall. D) Running water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glaciers. 7. Which winds give rainfall in India? A) Loo. B) Winds that blow inland from the sea. C) Winds that blow to sea from land. D) Winds from China. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Winds that blow inland from the sea. 8. Mountain ranges in the eastern part of India forming its boundary with Myanmar are collectively called as A) Himachal. B) Purvanchal. C) Uttaranchal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Purvanchal. 9. How far is Parsoiya from Lucknow? A) 500km. B) 5km. C) 50km. D) 5000km. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 50km. 10. The trees of these forests Maintain greenery through the year. A) Tropical deciduous forests. B) Mountain forests. C) Tropical evergreen forests. D) Mangrove forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tropical evergreen forests. 11. The port commanding the largest hinterland in India is A) Mumbai. B) Kandla. C) Kolkata. D) Chennai. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kolkata. 12. The place in india which receives lowest rainfall? A) Jaisalmer. B) Leh. C) Bikaner. D) Jodhpur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leh. 13. Which is the biggest district of India? A) Leh. B) Kutch. C) Kochi. D) Jaisalmer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leh. 14. What mountain separates the subcontinent of India to the rest of Asia? A) Mount Sinai. B) Western Ghats Mountain. C) Himalayan Mountain Range. D) Ganges Mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Himalayan Mountain Range. 15. India is in the ..... Asia. A) Northern. B) Eastern. C) Southern. D) Western. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Southern. 16. Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim have common frontiers with A) D) Myanmar. B) ) Bhutan. C) (a) China. D) Nepal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nepal. 17. Most of the people in Parsoiya are? A) Farmer. B) Blacksmith. C) Mechanic. D) Manager. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Farmer. 18. These forest seen in Himalaya. A) Mountain forests. B) Tropical deciduous forests. C) Mangrove forests. D) Tropical evergreen forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mountain forests. 19. These trees and plants do not shed their leaves throughout the year are. A) Tropical deciduous forests. B) Mountain forests. C) Tropical evergreen forests. D) Mangrove forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tropical evergreen forests. 20. What state is in the exact middle of India? A) Madhya Pradesh. B) Orrissa. C) Punjab. D) Uttar Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Madhya Pradesh. 21. Which of the following does not flow into the Arabian Sea A) Tungabhadra. B) Mandovi. C) Narmada. D) Sabarmati. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tungabhadra. 22. Which line divides India into approximately two equal parts? A) (a) Equator. B) B) Tropic of Cancer. C) C) Tropic of Capricorn. D) D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B) Tropic of Cancer. 23. The capital of Orissa is ..... A) Puri. B) Katak. C) Bhuvneshwar. D) Vishakhapatnam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bhuvneshwar. 24. Thar desert is in ..... state. A) Bihar. B) Idol. C) Rajasthan. D) Maharashtra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rajasthan. 25. Which of the following is an east flowing river of the peninsula? A) Tapi. B) Narmada. C) Mahanadi. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mahanadi. 26. What is the current capital of India? A) New Delhi. B) Harappa. C) Mumbai. D) Mohenjo-Daro. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New Delhi. 27. Which river doesn't fall in Bay of Bengal A) Bharatpujha. B) Mahanadi. C) Padma. D) Cauvery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bharatpujha. 28. The forests found in Assam and Meghalaya are.. A) Mountain forests. B) Tropical deciduous forests. C) Mangrove forests. D) Tropical evergreen forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tropical evergreen forests. 29. How are the Indus and Ganges rivers similar to the Nile River in Egypt? A) They begin in the same general area. B) They carry silt that enriches the soil. C) They have big floods that prevented early settlement. D) They flow in the same general direction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They carry silt that enriches the soil. 30. Which of the following longitudes is the standard meridian of India? A) 75$^ \circ$30'E. B) 90$^ \circ$30'E. C) 82$^ \circ$30'E. D) 69$^ \circ$30'E. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 82$^ \circ$30'E. 31. Which one of the following is the longest river of the Peninsular India? A) Mahanadi. B) Narmada. C) Krishma. D) Godavari. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Godavari. 32. The northern part of west coast is known as.. A) Konkan coast. B) Coromandal coast. C) Malabar coast. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Konkan coast. 33. Gandhinagar is the capital of ..... A) Himanchal Pradesh. B) Gujrat. C) Punjab. D) Assam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gujrat. 34. India has ..... Union Territories. A) 5. B) 8. C) 7. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8. 35. The name of Brahmaputra river in Indian territory is A) Mikyang. B) Sikyanhg. C) Lohit. D) Dihang. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dihang. 36. Which of the following geographical term related with the ''piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water" ? A) Peninsula. B) Gulf. C) Strait. D) Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Island. 37. Which of the following is the oldest route of contact between India and other countries of the world? A) (a) Ocean routes. B) (b) Maritime contact. C) C) Land routes. D) D) Air routes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C) Land routes. 38. The minimum forest cover necessary to maintain ecological balance is ..... A) 50% of total land area. B) 40% of total land area. C) 33% of total land area. D) 25% of total land area. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 33% of total land area. 39. The Thar desert is called? A) Hot desert. B) Cold desert. C) None of them. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hot desert. 40. Which is the smallest(in area)of the following union territories? A) Chandigarh. B) Dadra and Nagra Haveli. C) Daman and Diu. D) Lakshadweep. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lakshadweep. 41. Which of the following cities of the Indus Valley Civilization is located in India? A) Mehrgarh. B) Mohenjodaro. C) Rakhigarhi. D) Harappa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rakhigarhi. 42. Narmada originates from its source situated in the State of A) Maharashtra. B) Uttar Pradesh. C) Madhya Pradesh. D) Andhra Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Madhya Pradesh. 43. India gets only ..... of its annual rainfall during winter. A) 4%. B) 2%. C) 3%. D) 5%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2%. 44. When was India's FIRST dispute with China A) 1967. B) 1968. C) 1972. D) 1996. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1967. 45. Which place is situated in India? A) Thiruvananthapuram. B) Mississippi. C) New York. D) Wuhan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thiruvananthapuram. 46. Which of the following is suitable definition of 'Archipelago'? A) A circular coral reef that encloses a shallow lagoon. B) A chain or set of islands grouped together. C) The plant and animal life on the earth. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A chain or set of islands grouped together. 47. Which river flows through Wular Lake A) Jhelum. B) Ganga. C) Ravi. D) Bramhaputra. E) Satluz. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jhelum. 48. The boundary line between India and Pakistan A) The Durand line. B) The Radcliff line. C) POK line. D) The Mc Mahon line. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Radcliff line. 49. Which wind is dry and hot and it blows in the summer A) Loo. B) Trade winds. C) Mountain winds. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loo. 50. A smaller part of a continent that has different climate and geography. A) Region. B) Small continent. C) Subcontinent. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subcontinent. 51. The river tsangpo flows through ..... before entering india? A) China. B) Bangladesh. C) Tibet. D) Nepal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tibet. 52. India is the ..... largest country in the world A) 7th. B) 5th. C) 8th. D) 6th. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 7th. 53. There are ..... states in India. A) 28. B) 26. C) 27. D) 24. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 28. 54. The latitude which divides almost India into two equal halves is A) 82 1/2$^ \circ$ N. B) 23 1/2$^ \circ$ N. C) 12 1/2$^ \circ$ N. D) 22 1/2$^ \circ$ N. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 23 1/2$^ \circ$ N. 55. What is the southernmost state in India? A) Telangana. B) Tamil Nadu. C) Tripura. D) Kerala. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kerala. 56. Which of these seas/oceans do not have a coastal boundary with India? A) Indian Ocean. B) Bay of Bengal. C) Pacific Ocean. D) Arabian sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pacific Ocean. 57. Which of the states has very little alluvial soil? A) Madhyapradesh. B) Bihar. C) Tamil nadu. D) Punjab. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Madhyapradesh. 58. Which one of the following mountain peaks in himalayas is not in india.. A) Annapurna. B) Nanda devi. C) Mt.kamet. D) Kanchenjunga. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Annapurna. 59. Which one of the following longitude determines the indian standard time? A) 85.5$^ \circ$E. B) 86.5$^ \circ$E. C) 82.5$^ \circ$E. D) 84.5$^ \circ$E. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 82.5$^ \circ$E. 60. Which river forms from the Gangotri Glacier A) Godavari. B) Yamuna. C) Ganga. D) Luni. 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