Top Questions on Geography - General knowledge Questions and Answers - Section 1-c

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Top Questions on Geography - General knowledge Questions and Answers

21. How many Union Territories are in India

A) Eight
B) Seven
C) Six
D) Five

... Answer : A) Eight
Explanation : A union territory is a type of administrative division in India which is ruled directly by the Central Government. India comprises 28 States and 8 Union Territories. Union Territories are- Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, National Capital Territory of Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep, Ladakh and Puducherry.

22. India Accounts for how many percentage of the total geographical land of the world?

A) 16%
B) 2.4%
C) 4.2%
D) 24%

... Answer : B) 2.4%
Explanation : India accounts for only 2.4 percent of the of the total geographical area of the world. India is the 7th largest country in the world in terms of area with an area of 3.287 million sq.km but supports the second largest population of the world.

23. Which one of the following Indian State does not have an International Border?

A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Bihar
C) Haryana
D) Punjab

... Answer : C) Haryana
Explanation : The states do not share an international boundary or lie on the cost are Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh.

24. Which one of the following Indian states does not lie on the Coast?

A) Chhattisgarh
B) Maharashtra
C) Gujrat
D) Karnataka

... Answer : A) Chhattisgarh
Explanation : There are 5 states and 2 union terrtory of india which do not have an international border or lie on the coast. The states are Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Telengana, Chasttishgarh and the Union Territories are Chandigarh, Delhi.

25. Lakshadweep Island lies in the

A) Bay of Bengal
B) Arabian Sea
C) Palk Strait
D) Gulf of Mannar

... Answer : B) Arabian Sea
Explanation : Lakshadweep is a group of some three dozen islands scattered over some 30,000 square miles of the Arabian Sea off the southwestern coast of India. The Lakshadweep islands are in the Arabian Sea.

26. Major plantations of rubber are found in

A) Malaysia
B) Canada
C) Alaska
D) Mexico

... Answer : A) Malaysia
Explanation : The three largest producers,Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia together accounted for 72% of the natural rubber produced in the world.

27. Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Paschim Banga and Sikkim have common frontiers with

A) China
B) Bhutan
C) Nepal
D) Myanmar

... Answer : C) Nepal
Explanation : Nepal is bounded by India from 3 sides - South, East and West. Nepal has boundaries with Sikkim, Paschim Banga, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Altogether 26 out of 75 districts of Nepal have border linkages with India.

28. Dehradun is a part of the

A) Himadri
B) Himachal
C) Shiwalik
D) Garhwal Mountain

... Answer : C) Shiwalik
Explanation : In the shiwalik range of outer Himalaya, there are a number of longitudinal valleys, called the Duns. One of the largest is the Doon valley (Dehradun). Doon valley is situated in Uttarakhand state of India and southwest of Himalaya Shiwalik region.

29. The rivers Bhagirathi and Alakananda meet at

A) Haridwar
B) Devaprayag
C) Dehradun
D) Gaumukh

... Answer : B) Devaprayag
Explanation : Devprayag is a town in Tehri Garhwal district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is one of the Panch Prayag of Alaknanda River where Alaknanda, Saraswati (invisible as it is underground) and Bhagirathi rivers meet and take the name Ganga.

30. The river Narmada has its source at

A) Satpura
B) Brahmagiri
C) Amarkantak
D) Gangotri

... Answer : C) Amarkantak
Explanation : The Narmada River is 1312 kilometers long and spans 3 Indian states, flowing from the Maikala Range(1057m) of Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh through Maharashtra and into the Gulf of Khambhat in Gujurat which empties into the Arabian Sea.

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