Geography Ch. 1,2 and 3

Geography ch.
1. Which parallel of latitude divides India into almost two equal parts?
(a) Tropic of Cancer
(b) Tropic of Capricorn
(c) Equator
(d) None of these
2. Where is Indira Point located?
(a) In Lakshadweep Islands
(b) In Andaman Islands
(c) In Nicobar Islands
(d) In Maldives
3. What is the total geographical area of the Indian landmass?
(a) 3.28 million square km
(b) 3.38 million square km
(c) 3.58 million square km
(d) 4.08 million square km
4. What is the percentage of India's total area in relation to the total

geographical area of the world?
(a) 2.4
(b) 2.6
(c) 3.4
(d) 3.9
5. Which of the following statements is correct?
(a) India is the fifth largest country of the world.
(b) India is the sixth largest country

(d) India is the smallest country of the world.
6. From which place in Uttar Pradesh does the Standard Meridian of India
pass?
(a) Kanpur
(b) Mirzapur
(c) Prayagraj (Allahabad)
(d) Lucknow
7. What influences the duration of the day and night as one moves from
south to north?
(a) Longitudinal extent
(b) Latitudinal extent
(c) Tropic of Cancer
(d) Tropic of Capricorn
8. In which year was the Suez Canal opened?
(a) 1769
(b) 1801
(c) 1850
(d) 1869
9. How many states are there in India?
(a) 25
(b) 28
(c) 29
(d) 31
10. What is the number of union territories of India?
(a) 7
(b) 8
(c) 9
(d) 10
11. With which country/countries does India share its land boundaries in the
northwest?
(a) Pakistan and Tajikistan
(b) Afghanistan
(c) Afghanistan and China
(d) Pakistan and Afghanistan
12. Where are Maldives Islands situated?
(a) To the south of the Lakshadweep Islands
(b) To the north of the Lakshadweep Islands
(c) To the north of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(d) To the south of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
13. With which country/countries does India share its land boundaries in the
east?
(a) Nepal and Bhutan
(b) Nepal and China
(c) Pakistan
(d) Myanmar and Bangladesh

14. Which sign signifies the state boundary of India?
(a) ________ _ _________
(b) ____________×________
(c) - - - - - - - - -
(d) -----------------
GEOGRAPHY CH. 2
1. The Himalayan mountain ranges run from the Indus to the Brahmaputra in
which direction?
(a) North-East
(b) North-South
(c) West-East
(d) West-East
2. What is the northernmost range known as?
(a) The Himachal
(b) The Himadri
(c) The Shiwalik
(d) None of these
3. What was the traditional name of the part of Himalayas lying between
Indus and Satluj?
(a) Assam Himalaya
(b) Kumaon Himalaya
(c) Punjab Himalaya
(d) Purvanchal
4. The narrow belt of the plain covered with pebbles lying along the foothills
of the Shiwaliks from the Indus to the Teesta is called the
(a) Khadar belt

(b) Bhangar belt
(c) Bhabar belt
(d) Terai belt
5. Which region is called the 'storehouse of minerals'?
(a) Karbi-Anglong Plateau
(b) The Chhotanagpur Plateau
(c) The Malwa Plateau
(d) The Deccan Plateau
6. The Northern Plains are covered sq. km area.
(a) 2 lakh
(b) 8 lakh
(c) 4 lakh
(d) 7 lakh
7. The Kullu valley lies in which state?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Rajasthan
8. Kanchenjunga lies in which country?
(a) Nepal
(b) Bhutan
(c) Bangladesh
(d) India
9. What is the Pitti Island, which is uninhabited, famous for?
(a) Bird sanctuary
(b) Wildlife sanctuary
(c) Bio-reserve
(d) Both (a) and (b)
10. What are atolls?
(a) They are rectangular coral reefs.
(b) They are circular or horse-shoe shaped coral reefs.
(c) These are triangular coral reefs.
(d) None of the above.
11.Dhaulagiri lies in which country?
(a) Nepal
(c) Bhutan
(b) India
(d) Bangladesh
12. The part of the Himalayas lying between the Satluj and Kali rivers is
known as
(a) Lesser Himalayas
(b) Great Himalayas
(c) Shiwaliks
(d) Kumaon Himalayas
13. Which is the largest salt water lake in India?
(a) Chilika
(c) Bhimtal
14. What is the shape of the Barchans?
(a) Circular
(c) Crescent
(b) Sambhar
(d) Wular
(b) Rectangular
(d) Square
(b) India
(d) Nepal
15. Where is the Great Barrier Reef found?
(a) Australia
(c) Bangladesh
16. Which is the only river found in the Indian desert?
(a) Tapi
(c) Mahi
(b) Satluj
(d) Luni
17.Intensive agriculture is done on the type of soil known as
(a) Kankar
(c) Khadar
(b) Bhangar
(d) Bhabar
18. The black soil area of the peninsular plateau is known as
(a) Deccan Trap
(b) Deccan Plateau
(c) Chhotanagpur Pleteau
(d) None of these
CHAPTER 3
. Which tributary of Indus originates from Himachal Pradesh?
(a) Satluj
(c) Ravi
(b) Beas
(d) Chenab
2. Which is the largest tributary of the Ganga?
(a) Godavari
(c) Mahanadi
(b) Gandak
(d) Yamuna
3. Which river is known as the 'sorrow of West Bengal'?
(a) Damodar
(c) Tapi
(b) Indus
(d) Narmada
4. Which river flows through Ladakh, Gilgit and Pakistan?
(a) Kaveri. (b) Narmada
(c) Indus. (d) Brahmaputra
5. Which river has no tributaries?
(a) Narmada
(c) Yamuna
(b) Mahanadi
(d) Chenab
6. When does a Trellis pattern develop?
(a) When the river channel follows the slope of the terrain.
(b) When a river joined by its tributaries at approximately right angles.
(c) When a pattern develops on a strongly jointed rocky terrain.
(d) When streams flow in different directions from a central peak or dome
like structure.
7. The headwaters of the Ganga is called the
(a) Bhagirathi
(b) Alaknanda
(c) Gangotri Glacier
(d) None of these
8. Name the drainage pattern that resembles the branches of a tree.
(a) Dendritic pattern
(b) Rectangular pattern
(c) Radial pattern
(d) Trellis pattern
9. Where do the Ghaghara, the Gandak and the Kosi rise?
(a) Punjab Himalaya
(b) Nepal Himalaya
(c) Himachal Himalaya
(d) Kumaon Himalaya
10. Which one is not the tributary of Krishna?
(a) Koyana
(b) Musi
(c) Tungabhadra
(d) Dibang
11. The Sundarban delta is the home of which animal?
(a) Royal Bengal Tiger
(b) One-horned rhinoceros
(c) Tibetan wild ass
(d) Asiatic lion
12. Which one of the following rivers makes the second largest waterfall in
India?
(a) Mahanadi
(b) Tungabhadra
(c) Kaveri
(d) Yamuna
13. The river Brahmaputra is known as Jamuna in
(a) Tibet
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Nepal
(d) Bhutan
14. Which one of the following is the westward flowing river of Peninsular
India?
(a) Mahanadi
(b) Godavari
(c) Krishna
(d) Narmada

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Geography ch.

(a) Tropic of Cancer

(b) Tropic of Capricorn

(d) None of these

2. Where is Indira Point located?

(a) In Lakshadweep Islands

(b) In Andaman Islands

(c) In Nicobar Islands

3. What is the total geographical area of the Indian landmass?

(a) 3.28 million square km

(b) 3.38 million square km

(c) 3.58 million square km

(d) 4.08 million square km

4. What is the percentage of India's total area in relation to the total

5. Which of the following statements is correct?

(a) India is the fifth largest country of the world.

(b) India is the sixth largest country

(c) Prayagraj (Allahabad)

(a) Longitudinal extent

(b) Latitudinal extent

(c) Tropic of Cancer

(d) Tropic of Capricorn

8. In which year was the Suez Canal opened?

9. How many states are there in India?

10. What is the number of union territories of India?

(a) Pakistan and Tajikistan

(c) Afghanistan and China

(d) Pakistan and Afghanistan

12. Where are Maldives Islands situated?

(a) To the south of the Lakshadweep Islands

(b) To the north of the Lakshadweep Islands

(c) To the north of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

(d) To the south of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

(a) Nepal and Bhutan

(b) Nepal and China

(d) Myanmar and Bangladesh

(a) ________ _ _________

2. What is the northernmost range known as?

(a) The Himachal

(b) The Himadri

(c) The Shiwalik

(d) None of these

(a) Assam Himalaya

(b) Kumaon Himalaya

(c) Punjab Himalaya

(a) Khadar belt

(c) Bhabar belt

(d) Terai belt

5. Which region is called the 'storehouse of minerals'?

(a) Karbi-Anglong Plateau

(b) The Chhotanagpur Plateau

(c) The Malwa Plateau

(d) The Deccan Plateau

6. The Northern Plains are covered sq. km area.

7. The Kullu valley lies in which state?

(a) West Bengal

(b) Himachal Pradesh

8. Kanchenjunga lies in which country?

9. What is the Pitti Island, which is uninhabited, famous for?

(a) Bird sanctuary