This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Geography > Physical > Location And Structure Of India – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Location And Structure Of India Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the total length of India from Ladakh to Kanniyakumari? A) 3214km. B) 3124km. C) 2933km. D) 2399km. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3214km. 2. Official name of india A) Republic of india. B) India. C) Hindustan. D) Bharat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Republic of india. 3. In which state is the great indian desert located A) Punjab. B) Rajasthan. C) Haryana. D) Madhya pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rajasthan. 4. Geographically ..... passes through the centre of India that divides country into two parts. A) Equator. B) Tropic of capricorn. C) Tropic of cancer. D) Equatorain line. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tropic of cancer. 5. The Northern Plains are known as ..... the of India. A) Food Bowl. B) Heart of India. C) Great Desert. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Food Bowl. 6. Highest peak in Karakorum range A) Godwin Austin. B) Kancenjunga. C) Nanda devi. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Godwin Austin. 7. Which mountain lies in the Northern Region of India . A) Mount Everest. B) Kangchenjunga. C) Jebel Ali. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kangchenjunga. 8. Which one of the following is not situated on the Bay of Bengal? A) West Bengal. B) Goa. C) Odisha. D) Tamil Nadu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goa. 9. The Seuz Canal has reduced the distance between India and Europe by ..... A) 7000 km. B) 6500 km. C) 6900 km. D) 1500 km. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 7000 km. 10. Tick the countries larger than India. A) Russia. B) Canada. C) USA. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 11. What is the distance between ehe northernmost part and the southernmost part of India? A) 2, 933 KM. B) 3, 214 KM. C) 2, 033 KM. D) 3, 314 KM. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3, 214 KM. 12. North of India:China, to the North-West of India: A) Pakistan. B) Sri Lanka. C) Bangladesh. D) Nepal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pakistan. 13. Which of these are one of the Physical Divisions of India . A) The Coastal Plains. B) The Islands. C) All of these. D) The Indian Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of these. 14. The highest mountain ranges in the world is ..... A) Mount Kanchenjunga. B) Mount Everest. C) Mount Himalayas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mount Everest. 15. Shipki La pass is in A) Arunanchal Pradesh. B) Himanchal Pradesh. C) Madhya Pradesh. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Himanchal Pradesh. 16. Name the states of india through which tropic of cancer doesn't pass? A) Haryana. B) West bengal. C) Uttar pradesh. D) Madhya pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haryana. 17. India is situated in the ..... part of Asia A) Eastern. B) Southern. C) Northern. D) Western. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Southern. 18. On what basis it can be said that India has become a 'cultural confluence'? A) Impartiality towards all religions, people and races. B) Partiality towards religion. C) Secularism. D) Similar interest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impartiality towards all religions, people and races. 19. What is the size of India among the countries of the world? A) 6th. B) 27th. C) 7th. D) 17th. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7th. 20. Hills in Purvanchal ranges A) Mizo and Naga hills. B) Tivo and Ladang. C) Mizo and AnaiMudi. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mizo and Naga hills. 21. Second most populated country in the world is ..... A) India. B) U.S.A. C) Russia. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) India. 22. India has accepted all ..... arriving from outside; these have merged into Indiansociety. A) Constitutional elements. B) Environmental elements. C) Cultural elements. D) Antisocial elements. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cultural elements. 23. India is protected by the ..... in the north A) Bay of Bengal. B) Himalayas. C) Armies. D) Indian Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Himalayas. 24. About ..... % of the Thar Desert is located in India A) 85 %. B) 96 %. C) None of these. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 85 %. 25. Tropic of cancer divides the the country into A) 1 half. B) 2 halves. C) Nothing, it passes over india. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2 halves. 26. Uttarkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Sikkim have common frointer with ..... A) China. B) Myanmar. C) Bhutan. D) Nepal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nepal. 27. The Gulfs located along Gujarat coast are ..... i)Gulf of Mannerii)Gulf of Kachchhiii)Gulf of Khambat A) (i) and (ii). B) (i) and (iii). C) (ii) and (iii). D) (i), (ii) and (iii). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (ii) and (iii). 28. Which ocean/sea does not touch India's boundries? A) Indian Ocean. B) Pasific ocean. C) Arabian sea. D) Bay of bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pasific ocean. 29. Which among the following states is the third largest state of India (in area)? A) Uttar Pradesh. B) Madhya Pradesh. C) Karnataka. D) Maharashtra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maharashtra. 30. Highest peak in the indian himalayas A) Mt. Everest. B) Karakoram. C) Kanchenjunga. D) Nanda devi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kanchenjunga. 31. From Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh the time lag is ..... A) 2 hrs. B) 2 hrs 10 min. C) 2 hrs 35 min. D) 2 hrs 15 min. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2 hrs. 32. Name the two states of India which are part of Indian Desert. A) Gujarat and Rajasthan. B) Rajasthan and Jaisalmer. C) Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. D) Bihar and West Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gujarat and Rajasthan. 33. From which one of the following India doesn't share its land boundary? A) Bhutan. B) Pakistan. C) China. D) Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brazil. 34. When was the Seuz Canal opened? A) In 1868. B) In 1859. C) In 1869. D) In 1858. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In 1869. 35. What is the longitudinal extent of India? A) 68$^\circ$7'E to 97$^\circ$25'E. B) 7$^\circ$68'E to 25$^\circ$97'E. C) 8$^\circ$4'E and 37$^\circ$6'E. D) 8$^\circ$4'N and 37$^\circ$6'N. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 68$^\circ$7'E to 97$^\circ$25'E. 36. Which of the following pairs, is incorrect as a neighbour of India? A) Bangladesh-West. B) China-North. C) Afghanistan-North-West. D) Nepal-North-East. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bangladesh-West. 37. The total land mass of india? A) 3.20 million km$^2$. B) 3.38 million km$^2$. C) 10 million km$^2$. D) 3.28 million km$^2$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3.28 million km$^2$. 38. Sub-division of a district into smaller administrative units is called A) State. B) City. C) District. D) Tehsil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tehsil. 39. Which one of these is an important island of India A) Andaman and Nicobar islands. B) Bay of Bengal. C) Arabian Sea. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Andaman and Nicobar islands. 40. Architectural styles of dome and minerate came from which part of Asia to india? A) South. B) East. C) North. D) West. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) West. 41. Which conditions have contributed immensely towards the development and progress ofIndian culture? A) Immediate condition. B) Cultural condition. C) Current condition. D) Geographical condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Geographical condition. 42. Ranges found along the eastern side of india are called A) The himadri. B) Purvanchal ranges. C) The himachal. D) The shiwalik. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Purvanchal ranges. 43. The standard meridian of India is ..... . A) 82$^\circ$30'W. B) 82$^\circ$30'E. C) 82$^\circ$30'S. D) 82$^\circ$30'N. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 82$^\circ$30'E. 44. This river is the key water source for Israel, Lebanon, and Syria: A) Tigris River. B) Suez Canal. C) Euphrates River. D) Jordan River. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jordan River. 45. India and Srilanka are seperated by A) Palk strait. B) MacMohan. C) Bering strait. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Palk strait. 46. Rajasthan receives very less rainfall because of A) The lack of monsoon winds. B) Location of Aravali hills. C) Because of Himalayas. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Location of Aravali hills. 47. The latitudinal as well as longitudinal extents of India are almost equal, which isabout ..... A) 30$^\circ$. B) 82$^\circ$.30'. C) 29$^\circ$. D) 23$^\circ$.30'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 30$^\circ$. 48. India is located in ..... hemisphere? A) Southern. B) Northern. C) Western. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Northern. 49. Which two Island countries are India's neighbours? A) Sri Lanka and Maldives. B) Arabian sea and Maldives. C) Both A and B. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sri Lanka and Maldives. 50. Name the largest state in india A) Bihar. B) Kerala. C) Rajasthan. D) Madhya pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rajasthan. 51. In which water body is Lakshadweep islands located? A) Arabian Sea. B) Bay of Bengal. C) Gulf of Mannar. D) Indian Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arabian Sea. 52. The northern plains are also called A) The indus basin. B) The ganga basin. C) Indo-ganga brahmaputra plain. D) The rajasthan plain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indo-ganga brahmaputra plain. 53. What is the shape of the peninsular plateau in india A) Triangle. B) Spherical. C) Square. D) Round. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Triangle. 54. Degrees 30 minutes east is the A) Greenwich meridian. B) Standard meridian of india. C) Standard meridian. D) Just another latitude (or a longitude). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Standard meridian of india. 55. What influences the duration of the day and night as one moves from south to north? A) Longitudinal extent. B) Latitudinal extent. C) Standard meridian. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Latitudinal extent. 56. Lakshadweep is located in A) Arabian sea. B) Indian ocean. C) Atlantic ocean. D) Bay of Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arabian sea. 57. Which of the following countries is larger in area than India? A) Canada. B) England. C) Pakistan. D) Thailand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Canada. 58. In which sea the Andaman and Nicobar island is located? A) Arabian Sea. B) Bay of Bengal. C) Pacific Ocean. D) Indian Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bay of Bengal. 59. A man-made structure that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea: A) Panama Canal. B) Persian Gulf. C) Gaza Strip. D) Suez Canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suez Canal. 60. What is the latitudinal extent of India? A) 8 degree 4'N and 37 degree 6'N. B) 8 degree 6' N & 36 degree 6' N. C) 8 degree 4' E & 37 degree. 6' E. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8 degree 4'N and 37 degree 6'N. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian Geography QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesLocation And Structure Of India Quiz 1Location 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