This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Geography > Physical > Location And Structure Of India – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Location And Structure Of India Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Through which state of India, the standard meridian does not pass? A) Madhya Pradesh. B) Chhatisgarh. C) Uttar Pradesh. D) Tamilnadu. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tamilnadu. 2. India Is a vast country with ..... states A) 29. B) 30. C) 26. D) 28. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 29. 3. The landmass of India is ..... million square kilometres A) 3.28. B) 8.54. C) 7.68. D) 9.59. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3.28. 4. What is the name of the southernmost point of India A) Kanyakumari. B) Indira point. C) Ghuar mota point. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indira point. 5. A special feature of the malabar coast A) Delta. B) Coastal plain. C) Lagoon. D) Kayals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kayals. 6. My friend hails from a country which does not share land boundary with India. Identify the country. A) Tajakistan. B) Bhutan. C) Nepal. D) Bangladesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tajakistan. 7. The ..... is the only ocean to be named after a country A) Artic ocean. B) Antarctic ocean. C) Pacific ocean. D) Indian ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indian ocean. 8. India contributes about ..... of the area of the world A) 2.4%. B) 3.4%. C) 2.5%. D) 12%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2.4%. 9. Thar desert is the ..... largest desert in the world A) 17th. B) 11th. C) 18th. D) 14th. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 17th. 10. Which channel separates India and Sri Lanka A) Gulf of mannar. B) Jawahar channel. C) Panama. D) Palk straight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Palk straight. 11. Mawsynram is located in which of the following hills? A) Shillong hill. B) Khasi hill. C) Jaintia hill. D) Garo hill. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Khasi hill. 12. From which States does the Western Coastal Plains Start and ends A) Kerala To Gujarat. B) Tamil Nadu to West Bengal. C) Kerala to Maharashtra. D) Punjab To Sikkim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kerala To Gujarat. 13. Uttarkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim have common frontiers with- A) Bhutan. B) Myanmar. C) China. D) Nepal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nepal. 14. Himalayan rivers are ..... A) Perennial. B) Seasonal. C) Normal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perennial. 15. From where does Standard Meridian of India pass through? A) Mirzapur. B) Agra. C) Mathura. D) Varanasi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mirzapur. 16. Easternmost state of India A) Assam. B) Arruranchal Pradesh. C) Tripura. D) Gujrat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arruranchal Pradesh. 17. Which country has a longest coastline on the Indian Ocean? A) Pakistan. B) India. C) Asia. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) India. 18. The south east in india is protected by ..... ? A) Arabian sea. B) Indian Ocean. C) Bay of Bengal. D) Ganga river. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bay of Bengal. 19. Bay of Bengal:Andaman Nicobar Islands, Arabian sea: ..... A) Lakshdweep islands. B) Narkondam island. C) Maldive islands. D) Barreu islands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lakshdweep islands. 20. Which parallel of latitude divides India into almost two equal parts? A) Tropic of Cancer. B) Tropic of Ca[pricorn. C) Equator. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tropic of Cancer. 21. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through ..... A) Chhattisgarh. B) Odisha. C) Tripura. D) Rajasthan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Odisha. 22. Longest river in the peninsular india A) Godavari. B) Gomti. C) Krishna. D) Kaveri. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Godavari. 23. Due to longitudinal difference, there is a difference of two hours in the local timesbetween extreme places, which can be those places? A) Ahmedabad to Itanagar. B) Dwarka to Dibrugadh. C) Leh to Kanniyakumari. D) Porbandar to Silcher. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dwarka to Dibrugadh. 24. Name the Southernmost point of India. A) Thiruvanantapuram. B) Kavarati. C) Kanyakumari. D) Indira point. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indira point. 25. What is the length of the land boundary of India? A) 15, 580 km. B) 14, 200 km. C) 14, 800 km. D) 15, 200 km. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 15, 200 km. 26. The Maldives islands are situated in South of ..... island A) Andaman. B) Nicobar. C) Lakshadweep. D) Sri Lanka. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lakshadweep. 27. Which best describes the climate of much of Southwest Asia? A) Hot and dry. B) Windy and cold. C) Tropical and rainy. D) Moderate and cool. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hot and dry. 28. Which is the western most longitude of India? A) 68$^\circ$6'E. B) 68$^\circ$7'E. C) 68$^\circ$5'E. D) 68$^\circ$8'E. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 68$^\circ$7'E. 29. Which longitude is taken as the Standard Meridian of India? A) 82$^\circ$30'E. B) 97$^\circ$25'E. C) 37$^\circ$6'N. D) 8$^\circ$4'N. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 82$^\circ$30'E. 30. What is the total land Frontier of India? A) 15, 210 km. B) 15, 300km. C) 15, 450km. D) 15, 200km. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 15, 200km. 31. When did the Suez Canal open for the International Trade? A) In 1969. B) In 2016. C) In 1769. D) In 1869. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In 1869. 32. Narrow valleys in shiwalik are called A) Duns. B) Hill station. C) Plain. D) Coastal area. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Duns. 33. Number of states & Union Territories in India at present? A) 28 & 9. B) 28 & 7. C) 26 & 9. D) 27 & 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 28 & 9. 34. Smallest state in India A) Kerala. B) Goa. C) Puducherry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goa. 35. Which Indian state shares its border with Nepal, Bhutan and China? A) West Bengal. B) Assam. C) Arunachal Pradesh. D) Sikkim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sikkim. 36. Which country shares land boundaries with India in the west? A) Bhutan. B) Pakistan. C) China. D) Nepal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pakistan. 37. Which of the following water bodies separates Sri Lanka from India? A) Palk Strait and Gulf of Khambat. B) Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar. C) Gulf of Mannar and 10$^\circ$Channel. D) 10$^\circ$Channel and Gulf of Khambat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar. 38. Which is the southern most point of the main landmass of India? A) Mahe. B) Indra point. C) Kanniyakumari. D) Kavarati. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kanniyakumari. 39. What can be considered as a part of northern and eastern hemisphere? A) Afghanistan. B) Maldiv. C) India. D) Shri lanka. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) India. 40. Canada and U.S. can be reached through the waterway via strait of Malacca of ..... andPacific ocean. A) South Africa. B) Alaska. C) Sri Lanka. D) Indonesia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indonesia. 41. In which year did 'Indira Point' submerge under water due to tsunami? A) 2003. B) 2014. C) 2013. D) 2004. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2004. 42. The group of islands lying in the arabian sea. A) Andaman and nicobar. B) Lakshadweep. C) Port blair. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lakshadweep. 43. When was Indira point submerged under water? A) In 2002. B) In 2007. C) In 2004. D) In 2005. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In 2004. 44. Name island group of india lies to its south east? A) Lakshadweep. B) Maldives. C) Sri lanka. D) Andaman & nicobar island. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Andaman & nicobar island. 45. Standard Meridian of India is how much km? A) 82 dergee 30' W. B) 82 degree 30' E. C) 80 degree 30' E. D) 82 degree 32' W. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 82 degree 30' E. 46. Name the gulf which separates India from Sri Lanka. A) The Palk Strait. B) Gulf of Khambat. C) Gulf of Kutchh. D) Gulf of Mammar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gulf of Mammar. 47. The sun rays fall vertically on the tropic of cancer on ..... A) 21 June. B) 21 March. C) 22 December. D) 22 July. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 21 June. 48. Which one of the following is not a land locked country with India? A) Pakistan. B) Nepal. C) Sri Lanka. D) Bhutan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sri Lanka. 49. What is the area of landmass of India? A) 4.38 Million Sq KM. B) 2.28 Million Sq KM. C) 3.28 Million Sq KM. D) 2.38 Million Sq KM. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3.28 Million Sq KM. 50. What is the time difference between the Western most and Eastern most states of India? A) 2 hours. B) 30 min. C) 1 hour. D) 1:30min. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2 hours. 51. Why can't we see the indira point anymore? A) Tsunami. B) Earthquake. C) It is not open for tourists. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tsunami. 52. The countries larger than India in terms of area in which one is not included. A) Russia and Canada. B) Brazil and Australia. C) U.S. and China. D) Africa and Austria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Africa and Austria. 53. What is highest point in India A) The Alphs. B) Kanchunjunga. C) Everest. D) Namcha Barwa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kanchunjunga. 54. The Easternmost longitude of India is ..... A) 77degree 6' E. B) 97 degree 25'E. C) 68 degree 7'E. D) 82 degree 32'E. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 97 degree 25'E. 55. Which is the most abundant factor of production in India? A) Land. B) Capital. C) Labour. D) Tools and Machines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Labour. 56. India's neighbors across the sea A) Pakistan and Srilanka. B) Maldives and Srilanka. C) Srilanka and Bangladesh. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maldives and Srilanka. 57. Number of states in our country A) 29. B) 28. C) 30. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 28. 58. Where do you find Malabar coast? A) Andhra Pradesh. B) Odisha. C) Kerala. D) Telangana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kerala. 59. India has trade conections with: A) Europe. B) Africa. C) Southeast and east asia. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 60. Which neighboring country of India was last to be formed? (Newest neighboring country) A) Bangladesh. B) Bhutan. C) Srilanka. D) Afganistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bangladesh. Next →Related QuizzesIndian Geography QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesLocation And Structure Of India Quiz 2Location And Structure Of India Quiz 3Evolution Of India S Geological Structure QuizPhysical Features Of India QuizPhysical Geography QuizPhysiographic Division Of India Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books