Indian Geography General Knowledge Set-1

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1. Which of the following rivers does not originate in the Indian Territory?

A) Jhelum
B) Godavari
C) Ravi
D) Ghaghara

... Answer is D)
Ghaghara. Its other name is Karnali

2. Male literacy rate in India according to 2011? census is

A) 48.96%
B) 52.24%
C) 82.14%
D) 88.38%

... Answer is C)
82.14%

3. Which from the following territories does not have a border with Mizoram

A) Nagaland
B) Assam
C) Myanmar
D) Tripura

... Answer is A)
Nagaland

4. The longest river of Peninsular India is?

A) Mahanadi
B) Godavari
C) Narmada
D) Cauvery

... Answer is B)
The Godavari. The length is approx. 1465 KM

5. Which among the following States has the lowest literacy according to the 2011 census?

A) Kerela
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Bihar

... Answer is D)
Bihar

6. Tropic of Cancer Passes through how many States in India?

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

... Answer is B)
Eight. States are 1. Gujrat2. Rajasthan 3.Madhy Pradesh 4. Chattisgarh 5.Jharkhand 6. West Bengal 7. Tripura 8. Mizoram

7. What is the Population wise rank of India in the World

A) First
B) Third
C) Second
D) Seventh

... Answer is C)
Second

8. What is the total area of India

A) 3679776 Sq KM of World
B) 3287263 Sq KM of World
C) 4156431 Sq KM of World
D) 5987529 Sq KM of World

... Answer is B)
3287263 sq km of World

9. What is the length of the Indian Coastline?

A) 5219.7 KM
B) 9553.6 KM
C) 7516.6 KM
D) 8733.2 KM

... Answer is C)
7516.6 KM

10. Andaman and Nicobar are separated by which water body?

A) Ten degrees Channel
B) Palk Strait
C) Suez Canal
D) Bass Strait

... Answer is A)
Ten degrees Channel

11. Which is the southernmost point of Peninsular India?

A) Siachen Glacier
B) Kanyakumari (Cape Comorin)
C) Indira Point
D) Kangchenjunga

... Answer is B)
Kanyakumari (Cape Comorin)

12. The river Ganga Rises in which Source?

A) Mt. Kailash
B) Gangotri
C) Badrinath
D) Lake Manasarovar

... Answer is D)
Lake Manasarovar

13. Which is the longest Dam in India?

A) Damodar Valley
B) Tehri Dam
C) Hirakud Dam
D) Bhakra Nangal Dam

... Answer is C)
Hirakud Dam

14. Which state in India is famous for saffron?

A) Himachal Pradesh
B) Uttarakhand
C) Arunachal Pradesh
D) Jammu & Kashmir

... Answer is D)
Jammu & Kashmir

15. Which among the following means of transport in India carries a maximum number of passengers during a year?

A) Ashok Leyland Buses
B) Indian Railways
C) Telco Buses
D) International water Transport

... Answer is B)
Indian Railways

16. Which among the following city of India used first electricity commercially?

A) Mumbai
B) Kolkata
C) Chennai
D) Darjeeling

... Answer is D)
Darjeeling

17. The highest multipurpose dam built on river Ravi is

A) Kahalgaon
B) Bhakra Nangal
C) Ranjit Sagar Dam
D) Rihand Dam

... Answer is C)
Ranjit Sagar Dam

18. Which of the following states is called "Tiger State" of India?

A) Karnataka
B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Gujrat

... Answer is C)
Madhya Pradesh

19. The maximum concentration of Schedule caste population is in the

A) Indo-Gangetic Plains
B) Western Coast
C) North-East India
D) Eastern coast

... Answer is A)
Indo-Gangetic Plains

20. The Sundarban or the "Mangrove" forest are found in

A) Western Ghat
B) Kutch Peninsula
C) Deltaic West Bengal
D) Konkan coast

... Answer is C)
Deltaic West Bengal

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