Indian Geography Questions

The difference between Greenwich Mean Time & Indian Standard Time is 5 1/2 hours.

The great Sahara Desert created an opportunity for wealth by trading to peoples who live in and around the region. The city of Timbuktu was built as a result of this trade.

Hundreds of years ago, salt was a very valuable commodity. It was valued for its taste as well as its ability to preserve food. One of the most productive areas for producing salt was the Sahara Desert, and the city of Timbuktu was built to capitalize upon this trade.

Badrinath is situated on the bank of river Alaknanda.

Panama Canal is called the 'Gateway of the Pacific'.

Space Applications Centre (SAC) is one of the major centres of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) which is located in Ahmadabad.

SAC focuses on the design of space-borne instruments for ISRO missions and development and operationalisation of applications of space technology for societal benefits. The applications cover communication, broadcasting, navigation, disaster monitoring, meteorology, oceanography, environment monitoring and natural resources survey.

The main goal of wildlife conservation is to recognize the importance of wildlife and protecting the nature to maintain balance in the nature.

Geography is a field of science related to the study of the lands, places, relation between people & their environments. Geography can be understood in terms of five different themes. They are :

• Location
• Place
• Human-Environment Interaction (HEI)
• Movement
• Region.