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List of 50 Important Geographical Questions and answer Download in PDF:


The List of 50 important Geographical Questions and Answers is given here for
download in PDF. Candidates those who are preparing for SSC CGL and all other
competitive exams can use these questions.

1).The Bay of Bengal is located to the of _____ India?

a) West

b) South

c) South-East

d) South-West

Answer is: c)

2).Palk Strait separates India from ______.

a) Sri Lanka

b) Myanmar

c) Maldives

d) Lakshadweep

Answer is: a)

3).The most centrally located meridian of India passes through______.

a) Ahmadabad

b) Allahabad

c) Hyderabad

d) Aurangabad

Answer is: b)

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4).The highest peak in India______

a) Mt. Everest

b) Mt. Godwin Austin

c) Mt. Kanchenjunga

d) Dhaulagiri

Answer is: b)

5).The source of River Ganga

a) Yamunotri

b) Siachen

c) Gangotri

d) Karakoram

Answer is: c)

6).The Himalayas are known as_____

a) Abode of snow

b) Volcano

c) Sahyadri
d) Himadri

Answer is: a)

7).The ________divides the country into the equal halves.

a) Tropic of Cancer

b) Tropic of Capricorn

c) Equator

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d) Greenwich Meridian

Answer is: a)

8).India is connected to European countries through the _______ canal.

a) Panama

b) Grand

c) Suez

d) Buckingham

Answer is: c)

9).India is connected with China, Japan and Australia through the ______

a) Palk Strait

b) Malaccan Strait

c) Berring Strait

d) Strait of Gibraltar

Answer is: b)

10).India is the _______ largest country in Asia?

a) First

b) Second

c) Third

d) Fourth

Answer is: b)

11).The_____ Longitude is taken as the Indian Standard Time meridian (IST) of India.

a) 68o30’E

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b) 78o30’E

c) 82o30’E

d) 92o30’E

Answer is: c)

12).The Indian Standard Time is ________ ahead of the Greenwich Mean Time.

a) 5 hrs 30 Min

b) 6 hrs 30 Min

c) 7 hrs 30 Min

d) 8 hrs 30 Min

Answer is: a)

13).At the southern tip of the Indian peninsula lies_________.

a) Kerala

b) Karnataka

c) Kanyakumari

d) Kavaratti

Answer is: c)

14).Indian and Sri Lanka are separated by______.

a) Palk Strait

b) Tusman Strait

c) Berring Strait

d) Malaccan Strait

Answer is: a)

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15).The Island of Andaman and Nicobar are in the _______.

a) Indian Ocean

b) China Sea

c) Bay of Bengal

d) Arabian Sea

Answer is: c)

16).The Island of Lakshadweep are located in the ________.

a) Arabian Sea

b) Bay of Bengal

c) Indian Ocean

d) Aral Sea

Answer is: a)

17).The highest peak of India is ______.

a) Mt. Everest

b) Godwin Austin

c) Mt. Abu
d) Doddabetta

Answer is: b)

18).The Highest peak of Himalayas is ______.

a) Mt. Everest

b) Godwin Austin

c) Mt. Abu

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d) Doddabetta

Answer is: a)

19).The highest peak Mt. Everest is located in _________.

a) Nepal

b) Bhutan

c) India

d) China

Answer is: a)

20).India is politically divided into ________.

a) 30 states 2 union territories

b) 29 states 3 union territories

c) 28 states 7 union territories

d) 27 states 6 union territories

Answer is: c)

21).The ____ Range in India is the oldest mountain range of the world

a) Satpura

b) Aravalli

c) Himalaiya

d) Siawaliks

Answer is: b)

22). The Himalayas is an example of _______ Mountains

a) Old fold

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b) Young fold

c) Block Mountain

d) Rin Valley

Answer is: b)

23).The highest Plateau in India is_________.

a) Deccan Plateau

b) Chota Nagpur Plateau

c) Ladakh Plateau

d) Malawa Plateau

Answer is: c)

24).The Eastern Himalaiyas are also called _____.

a) Siwaliks

b) Purvachal

c) Duns

d) Terai

Answer is: b)

25).The Largest Plain of India is _____.

a) Ganga

b) Rajastan

c) Punjab

d) Haryana

Answer is: a)

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26).The highest peak in Aravalli range is ____.

a) Guru Shikhar

b) Doddabetta

c) Mahendragiri

d) Anai Mudi

Answer is: a)

27).The highest peak of South India is _____.

a) Doddabetta

b) Anai Mudi

c) Mahendragiri

d) Mt. Abu

Answer is: b)

28).The Extreme southern most point of India is _______.

a) Indira Point

b) Cape Comerin

c) Trivandrum
d) Kodaikanal

Answer is: a)

29).Indian Experience _______.

a) Temperate Climate

b) Tropical Monsoon Climate

c) Tropical Climate

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d) Cold Climate

Answer is: b)

30).The Coastal area enjoy ___________ Climate.

a) Continental

b) Equable

c) Humid

d) Hot

Answer is: b)

31).The Place that gets rain from Western disturbance is ________.

a) Punjab

b) Mumbai

c) Allahabad

d) Chennai

Answer is: a)

32).The Mountains which lie parallel to the direction of the southwest monsoon wind

is_______.

a) Aravalli

b) Satpura

c) Vindhya

d) Maikala Ranga

Answer is: a)

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33).The local storms in the Northeastern part of India during hot weather season are

called______.

a) Norwesters

b) Loo

c) Mango showers

d) Monsoon

Answer is: a)

34).The place to the north of Tropic of Cancer experience ________ Climate.

a) Equable

b) Polar

c) Continental

d) Desert

Answer is: c)

35).India experience tropical _________ climate.

a) wet

b) hot
c) monsoon

d) dry

Answer is: c)

36).Pune lies on the leeward side of_________.

a) Western Ghats

b) Eastern Ghats

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c) Siwaliks

d) Aravalli

Answer is: a)

37).Local thunder storms called _______ occur in Punjab during summers.

a) Norwesters

b) Kalbisakhi

c) Western Disturbance

d) Mango showers

Answer is: b)

38)._______ receives the highest rainfall in India.

a) Cherrapunji

b) Shillong

c) Assam

d) Darjeeling

Answer is: a)

39).Mawsynram in Cherrapunji receives ______ of rainfall in a year.

a) 1087 cms

b) 1187 cms

c) 1287 cms

d) 1387 cms

Answer is: b)

40).Rain water harvesting is a part of water_______.

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a) management

b) re-cycling

c) storage

d) usage

Answer is: c)

41).The soil found in the Arid zone is known as_______.

a) Desert Soil

b) Laterite Soil

c) Black Soil

d) Alluvial Soil

Answer is: a)

42).The Monsoon Forests are otherwise called as______.

a) Tropical evergreen forest

b) Deciduous forest

c) Mangrove forest

d) Mountain forest

Answer is: b)

43).Which one of the following mineral is contained in the monazite sands?

a) Oil

b) Uranium

c) Thorium

d) Coal

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Answer is: b)

44).Resources that can be used or reproduced again and again are _______.

a) Unnatural Resources

b) Renewable resources

c) Non-Renewable resources

d) Human resources

Answer is: b)

45).Minerals and fossil fuels are examples of ______ resources.

a) Renewable

b) Usable

c) Non-Renewable

d) Non-Metallic

Answer is: c)

46).Black Soil is formed from the weathering of _______ rocks.

a) Igneous

b) Sedimentary

c) Metamorphic

d) Crystalline

Answer is: a)

47).Removable of fertile content from the soil by nature and man is called ______.

a) Soil Formation
b) Soil Conservation

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c) Soil Erosion

d) Soil Fixation

Answer is: c)

48).The percentage of forest area in India is _______.Cherrapunji

a) 19.00%

b) 19.19%

c) 19.29%

d) 19.39%

Answer is: d)

49).Sunderbans is the Mangrove forest found in______.

a) West Bengal

b) Tamil Nadu

c) Gujarat

d) Assam

Answer is: a)

50).’Sholas’ are tropical forests found in ______.

a) Satpura

b) Nilgiri

c) Malkala

d) Anaimalai

Answer is: b)

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