Indian Geography Questions

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Which of the following is NOT correctly matched?

 

A) Loktak Lake - Manipur B) Sambhar Lake - Rajasthan
C) Lake Lonar - Maharashtra D) Hussain Sagar - Karnataka
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Hussain Sagar - Karnataka

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Oldest Oil Field in India

A) Mumbai High, Maharashtra B) Anleshwar, Gujarat
C) Digboi, Assam D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Digboi, Assam

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Digboi has the distinction of being India's oldest continuously producing oilfield. Digboi refinery, now a division of Indian Oil Corporation, had a capacity of about 0.65 MMTPA as of 2003. Digboi is now Headquarter of Assam Oil Division of Indian Oil Corporation Limited, though the crude production is not high today.

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India's first solar ponds Bhuj Solar Pond project is being constructed in the state of ____

A) Rajasthan B) Maharashtra
C) Gujarat D) Andhra Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Andhra Pradesh

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The highest mountain peak of Chhotanagpur Plateau is ________.

 

A) Dhoopgarh B) Pachmarhi
C) Parasnath D) Parasnath
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Parasnath

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Which state of India has the largest number of cotton mills?

 

A) Karnataka B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Maharashtra D) Gujarat
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Maharashtra

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Myanmar is located in _____________.

 

A) South Asia B) South-east Asia
C) East Asia D) South-west Asia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) South-east Asia

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The Brahmaputra, Irrawady and Mekong rivers originate in Tibet and flow it through narrow and parallel mountain ranges in their upper reaches. Of these riviers, Brahmaputra makes a "U" turn in its course to flow into india. This "U" turn is due to 

A) Uplift of folded Himalayan series B) Syntaxial bending of geologically young Himalayas
C) Geo-tectonic disturbance in the tertiary folded mountain chains D) Both A and B
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Both A and B

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Which of the following does not belong to biosphere reserves set up so far

A) Nilgiris B) Sundarbans
C) Nanda devi D) Reuna
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Reuna

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