Biomatric

Multiple Choice Questions and Answers :-

1.On the south side, India is bounded by the Indian Ocean, by the Arabian Sea on the southwest and the
……………..on the southeast.

A) Brahmaputra
B) GANT
C) Bay of Bengal
D) None of Above

Answers:C

2.The Ganges is one of the longest river originating in India.

A) True
B) False

Answers:A

3.The Lakshadweep and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands in India are classified as …………..

A) LAC
B) UT (union territories)
C) States
D) Deserts

Answers:B
4.The ………………. is the effective border between India and the People’s Republic of China.

A) LOC
B) LAC
C) LOG
D) None of Above

Answers:B

5.The first British colony was in ……… with English East India Company at Surat.

A) 1616
B) 1617
C) 1618
D) 1619

Answers:D

6.The Rann of Kutch is a marshy region located in northwestern Gujarat and the bordering Sindh
province of ……………..

A) Pakistan
B) Bangladesh
C) Nepal
D) Afghanistan

Answers:A

7.The Himalayan range is considered as the world’s highest mountain range, with its tallest peak
…………….. on the Nepal–China border.
A) Hindu Kush
B) Mt. Everest
C) Tirich Mir
D) Kunlun

Answers:B

8.Many cities in India have undergone place name changes such as Baroda being renamed to ………….

A) Badodara
B) Varanasi
C) Vadodara
D) Baranasi

Answers:C

9.The Aravali Range is the oldest mountain range in India, running across Rajasthan from northeast to
southwest direction, extending approximately 800 km (497 mi).

A) True
B) False

Answers:A

10.The Brahmaputra is also called ……………………

A) Burlung-Buthur
B) Tsangpo-Brahmaputra
C) Yarlung Tsangpo
D) All of Above

Answers:D

11.…………… is the first port that was developed after independence in Gujrat State.

A) Kutch
B) Smarla
C) Kandla
D) Porbandhar

Answers:C

12.……………. is the smallest state of India.

A) Goa
B) Andaman Nicobar
C) Port Blair
D) Kuri

Answers:A

13.Southern India is mostly a Deccan Plateau, which is separated from northern plain by the
………………….

A) Himalayan mountains
B) Vindhya mountains
C) Satpura hills
D) Mount Everest
Answers:B

14.Survey of India prepares the topographical maps of India.

A) True
B) False

Answers:A

15.
……………… are tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

A) Munda
B) Kurra
C) Onges
D) None of Above

Answers:C

16.The …………………………….. was started in 1977-78 with the main aim of controlling desertification,
restoring ecological balance and creating conditions to improve the economic level of people in desert
areas.

A) Desert Peoples Programme (DPP)

B) Desert Development Programme (DDP)
C) Desert Welfare Programme (DWP)
D) Desert Samadhaan Programme (DSP)

Answers:B
17.……………. is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state and the Mannar district of the Northern Province of
the island nation of Sri Lanka.

A) Palk Strait
B) Walk Strait
C) Talk Strait
D) Balk Strait

Answers:A

18.Which of the following countries share longest land boundary with india?

A) Bangladesh
B) Nepal
C) Bhutan
D) None of Above

Answers:A

19.The length of river Brahmaputra is

A) 3900 KM
B) 4900 KM
C) 8900 KM
D) 2900 KM

Answers:D

20.India’s first jute mill was established in 1854 in

A) Kapurthala
B) Bihar
C) Rishra
D) Nikodar

Answers:C

21.…………………… river is also know by the name ‘Sorrow of Bengal’ as it gets flooded often causing
damage.

A) Damodar
B) Kamodar
C) Yamuna
D) Jhatta

Answers:A

22. The Nagarjuna Sagar project is constructed on the which of the below river.

A) Kaveri
B) Brahmputra
C) Krishna
D) Ganga

Answers:C

23.Kanchenjunga is situated in …………………………..

A) HP
B) Bangladesh
C) Panchkula
D) Sikkim

Answers:D

24.Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary is located in

A) Punjab
B) Uttar Pardesh
C) Karnataka
D) Solan

Answers:C

25.Karnataka is the largest producer of coffee in India.

A) True
B) False

Answers:A

26.Fort William is located in Kolkata on the banks of river………

A) Chenab
B) Hooghly
C) Ganga
D) Yamuna

Answers:B
27.……………. project is built on the Chenab river.

A) Dalal
B) Malal
C) Salal
D) Kalal

Answers:C

28.……………….. is the oldest oil field in India.

A) Digboi in Assam
B) Bombay High
C) Mangala Area
D) None of Above

Answers:A

29.Mana Pass is located within Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve in ………………………….

A) Kalka
B) UP
C) Haryana
D) Uttarakhand

30.The Name “India” is derived from Sindhu (Indus), which is a river in the north-west.

A) True
B) False

Answers:A

31.Nanga Parbat peak is located in ………

A) Jammu and Kashmir

B) Haryana
C) Punjab
D) Nagalang

Answers:A

32.…………….. is the largest producer of rubber in India.

A) Chennai
B) Aurangabad
C) Himachal
D) Kerala

Answers:D

33.The ………………… is the largest mangrove forest not only in India but in the world.

A) Pichavaram
B) Pitara
C) Sundarbans
D) Bhitarkanika
Answers:C

34.……………also known as Jawaharlal Nehru Port, is the largest container port in India.

A) Nal Seva
B) Nhava Sheva
C) Kava
D) JTPT

Answers:B

35.………………………. was an economic system where lower castes performed various functions for upper
castes and in turn received grain.

A) Jajmani system
B) Yajmani system
C) Gajmani system
D) Sajmani system

Answers:A,B

36.The Indian River Lagoon is a group of three lagoons: Mosquito Lagoon, Banana River, and the Indian
River.

A) True
B) False

Answers:A

37.The ………….. Corridor was created in 1947 after the partition of Bengal between India and Pakistan.
A) Anamalai
B) Siliguri
C) Jhansi
D) None of Above

Answers:B

38.Nathpa Jhakri hydel power project is located on ………………. river

(A) Ganga
(B) Brahmputra
(C) Satluj
(D) Yamuna

Answers:C

39.……………. is the second largest brackish–water lake or lagoon in India.

A) Muthupet
B) Cherai beach lagoon
C) Sriharikota
D) Pulicat Lake

Answers:D

40.Tornadoes (or andhis)are common in Punjab and haryana. The same are called …………………. in west
bengal.

A) Tejis
B) RimJhims
C) Kalbaisakhis
D) Tehjis

Answers:C

41.Laterite Soil (which is red in colour) is mainly found in which of the Indian states:

A) HP
B) Orissa
C) Punjab
D) Tamil Nadi

Answers:D,B

42.The Indian Standard Time is a standard uniform time which is adopted everywhere in India regardless
of their local time.

A) True
B) False

Answers:A

43.Damodar and Sone river valley in India are depository of the ……………. rocks.

A) Sand
B) Black
C) Gondwana
D) Plateau

Answers:C
44.…………………. is a place where river meets sea.

A) Shore
B) Connect
C) Lake
D) Estuary

Answers:D

45.…………………… is the longest lake in India.

A) Pattyar
B) Vembanad Kayal
C) Sukhna
D) Dal

Answers:B

46.Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary in India is located in the state of ……………………

A) Punjab
B) UP
C) Kerala
D) MP

Answers:C
47.……………. International Airport is the first airport in India built under a public-private partnership
(PPP) model.

A) Chandigarh
B) Mohali
C) Delhi
D) Cochin

Answers:D

48.Jet Airways started its commercial operations on …………….

A) 5 May 1993
B) 6 May 1993
C) 7 May 1993
D) 8 May 1993

Answers:A

49.BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) is located on ………… Street, Mumbai.

A) Juhu
B) Penag
C) Arthrur
D) Dalal

Answers:D

50.The Ganges originates from the ………………… Glacier in Uttarakhand.

A) Siachen
B) Nubra
C) Rimo
D) Gangotri

Answers:D

51.……………… flows from India to Bangladesh and is one of the main rivers of Bangladesh.

A) Karuna
B) Jamuna
C) Ganga
D) Kaveri

Answers:B

52.
……………………… port is located on the banks of Rukmavati River.

A) Port Blair
B) Mundra
C) Mandvi
D) Paradip

Answers:C

53.The length of Gulf of Kutch is ………………..

A) 97 miles
B) 98 miles
C) 99 miles
D) 100 miles

Answers:C

54.
The term used to describe mandirs in Swaminarayan branch of Hinduism is:

A) Shikharbaddha
B) Ucchbaddha
C) Prembaddha
D) Himbaddha

Answers:A

55.
Places in India where you will find natural gas ………………..

A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Gujarat
C) Orissa
D) Ambala

Answers:A,B,C

56.………………… Point is the name given for the southernmost tip of India.
A) Kanyakumari
B) Lakshya
C) Indira
D) Rabindra

Answers:C

57.
Guindy National Park is located in ………………………

A) Gujrat
B) Bangalore
C) Chennai
D) AP

Answers:C

58.…………………. port is the only corporatised major port and which is also registered as a company.

A) Kandla
B) Ennore
C) Pallatam
D) Mundra

Answers:B

60.The Himalayas cross five countries………………………………

A) Bhutan, India, Nepal, China, and Pakistan

B) Bhutan, India, Afghanistan, China, and Pakistan
C) Bhutan, India, Nepal, Indonesia, and Pakistan
D) Australia, India, Nepal, China, and Pakistan

Answers:A

61.Punjab and Haryana plains in India are irrigated with water from the rivers …………………………

A) Jhelum, Beas, and Sutlej

B) Ravi, Yamuna, and Sutlej
C) Ravi, Beas, and Brahmputra
D) Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej

Answers:D

62.Which of the following is not a lake in the Himalayas.

A) Tilicho lake
B) Pangong Tso
C) Yangpa Lake
D) Tsongmo lake

Answers:C

63.……………… is a term used in India for a tract of land lying between two confluent rivers.

A) Satvik
B) Convergence
C) Doab
D) Dimtar

Answers:C

64.The ……………….. is uphill on the way to Gangotri.

A) Tehri Dam
B) Nangal Dam
C) Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
D) Srisailam Dam

Answers:A

65.Jalpaiguri town lies on the banks of the ……………….., the second largest river in West Bengal, first one
being Ganges.

A) Godavri
B) Yamuna
C) Teesta River
D) Kaveri

Answers:C

66.The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway still has one of the few steam locomotives still in service in India.

A) True
B) False

Answers:A
67.……………….. river originates in Rajasthan and lies to the north east of Rann of Kutch.

A) Kaveri
B) Teesta
C) Luni River
D) Beas

Answers:C

68.The …………… Mountains are one of the longest mountain chains in Asia.

A) Nanda Devi
B) Kunlun
C) Mount Abu
D) Kamet

Answers:B

69.The Northeast Frontier Railway is headquartered in

A) Samrala
B) Cooch Behar
C) Maligaon
D) Rangpur

Answers:C

70.Which of the following is not a peninsular river

A) Narmada
B) Krishna
C) Mahanadi
D) Yamuna

Answers:D

71.Which of the following gold mines are in Bangarpet Taluk?

A) Kala Ghoda
B) kolar gold fields
C) Champion Reefs
D) Hatti Gold Mines

Answers:B

72.Dakshina Ganga is also known by the name ………..

A) Godavari
B) Tapti
C) Ganga
D) Cauvery

Answers:A

73.Headquarters of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) are in ……………., India.

A) Kerala
B) UP
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Dhanbad

Answers:D

74.Which of the following places is a producer of iron ore …..

A) Kerala
B) Goa
C) Karnataka
D) All of above

Answers:D

75.The Aravalli Range run accross which of the following Indian states of ……………………

A) Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab and Delhi

B) Nepal, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi
C) Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi
D) Gujarat, Rajasthan, UP and Delhi

Answers:C

76.The …………. Dam is one of the four major dams on Chambal River is located in the Mandsaur district
of Madhya Pradesh.

A) Rana Pratap
B) Gandhi Sagar
C) Pimnam
D) Kota Barrage

Answers:B

77.The historical Malwa region includes ……………………………

A) Parts of Nasik
B) Parts of Mumbai
C) Parts of MP and Rajasthan
D) Andaman islands

Answers:C

78.……………….. river is also called lifeline of kerala.

A) Periyar
B) Pamba
C) Chaliyar
D) Kabini

Answers:A

79.Neyveli is a power generation township in ……………….. district of Tamil Nadu.

A) Ariyalur
B) Coimbatore
C) Cuddalore
D) Dindigul
Answers:C

80.Cauvery is the source for an extensive irrigation system but is not used for hydroelectric power.

A) True
B) False

Answers:B

81.Chambal river joins with Yamuna river.

A) True
B) False

Answers:A

82.Which state touches maximum number of states in India?

A) MP
B) Rajasthan
C) Delhi
D) UP

Answers:D

83.
……………… is one of the 7 sacred cities of the Hindus and one of the four sites of Kumbh mela.

A) Goa
B) Bharatpur
C) Ujjain
D) Karnal

Answers:C

84.Palakkad Gap is a ………………………. in State of Kerala.

A) City
B) Mountain Pass
C) Fountain
D) Town

Answers:B

85.
………………… is also called “Teerthraj”.

A) AmarKant
B) Kumnao
C) Amarkantak
D) None of above

Answers:C

86.The ……….. river has its source in the Amarkantak Hill.

A) Yamuna
B) Narmada
C) Kaveri
D) Sani

Answers:B

87.…………………….. is India’s smallest state by area.

A) Chandigarh
B) Panaji
C) Goa
D) Bhutan

Answers:C

88.Zuari is a river in India.

A) True
B) False

Answers:A

89.Tamil Nadu bordering states are …………………………..

A) Kerala, Goa, Andhra Pradesh

B) Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh
C) Chennai, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh
D) Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh

Answers:D
90.In Nov 1949 Nathuram Godse (who shot Mahatma Gandhi) was hanged at ………………. Jail.

A) Gujrat
B) MP
C) Ambala
D) Mumbai

Answers:C

91.…………………… Island also known as Rameswaram Island, is located between peninsular India and Sri
Lanka.

A) Pamban
B) Ramban
C) Kuruta
D) Lakshya

Answers:A

92.The Satish Dhawan Space Centre is located in ……………………….

A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) None of above

Answers:B

93.Jammu and Kashmir is home to several valleys including ………………….

A) Tawi Valley
B) Kashmir Valley
C) Poonch Valley
D) All of above

Answers:D

94.Jhelum River is the only major Himalayan river flowing through the Kashmir valley.

A) True
B) False

Answers:A

95.The Buxa Tiger Reserve is located in …………….., India.

A) MP
B) Gujrat
C) West Bengal
D) Jhansi

Answers:C

96.Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee of India started a program related to upgradation of
highways, called …………….

A) NHCP
B) NHDP
C) NHSP
D) NHJP

Answers:B

97.The war between Nepal and Britain is also known as ………………. War.

A) Nepal underdogs war

B) NB War
C) East -West war
D) Anglo-Gorkha

Answers:D

98.Gurgaon is home to Maruti Suzuki, one of the India’s largest automobile manufacturer.

A) True
B) False

Answers:A