Indian Geography-General Knowledge Questions and Answers
1. Which major latitude passes at the
south of the southernmost point of peninsular India, that is kanyakumari?
Ans : Equator
2. The pass located at the southern end of the
Nilgiri Hills in south India is called?
Ans : Palghat gap
3. Singhbhum and Hazaribagh in Jharkhand are famous
for reserve of particular non-ferrous mineral. Identify the mineral?
Ans : copper
4. In which river in India the Salal project
is constructed on?
Ans : Chenab
5. The percentage of earth surface covered by India
is?
Ans : 2.4%
6. The India's higest annual rainfall is reported
at ?
Ans : Mawsynram,
Meghalaya
7. Which authority in India is reported responsible
for the set up the refineries Mathura, Digboi and Panipat?
Ans : Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
8. Who is known as "Father of white
Revolution" in India?
Ans : V. Kurien
9. The Radcliffe line is boundary between?
Ans : India and Pakistan
10. Identify the Gulf that has a potential for
harnessing of tidal energy in India?
Ans : Gulf of
Cambay
11. The state having largest area of forest cover
in India is ?
Ans : Madhya
Pradesh
12. Which year is called a Great Divide in the
demographic history in India?
Ans : 1921
13.Which is the only state in India that produces
saffron?
Ans : Jammu and
Kashmir
14. Three important rivers of the India subcontinent have
their sources near the Mansarover Lake in the Great Himalayas.
Ans : Brahmaputra, Indus and Sutlej
15. The zonal soil type pf penisular India belongs to ?
Ans : Red soil
16. Which food grain crop is occupied the largest part of
the cropped area in India?
Ans : Rice
17. The number of major languages, recognized in the
Indian Union as official language, are
Ans : 22
18. Which state in India has the largest number of district?
Ans : Uttar
Pradesh
19. The oldest rocks in India are reported from
Ans : Dharwar
region, Karnataka
20.which atomic power station in India is built
completely indigenously?
Ans : Kalpakkam
