SSC CGL GEOGRAPHY India : Associated Facts
1. The length of India’s coastline is about :
(a) 5900 km (b) 6100 km
(c) 7000 km (d) 7500 km
2. Which State has the largest coastline in India ?
(a) Gujarat (b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Karnataka (d) Andhra Pradesh
3. The Karakoram Highway connects which of the following pairs of countries?
(a) India-Nepal (b) India-China
(c) India-Pakistan (d) China-Pakistan
4. Which of the following latitudes passes through India?
(a) Equator (b) Arctic Circle
(c) Tropic of Capricorn (d) Tropic of Cancer
5. Which one of the following countries has the longest international boundary with India ?
(a) Bangladesh (b) Bhutan
(c) China (d) Pakistan
6. Which state is in the easternmost part of India?
(a) Assam (b) Nagaland
(c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Manipur
7. The largest southernmost single island in India is :
(a) Rameswaram Island (b) Minicoy Island
(c) Car Nicobar Island (d) Great Nicobar Island
8. Which state has smallest land area ?
(a) Goa (b) Nagaland
(c) Sikkim (d) Tripura
9. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(a) Plimsoll Line : India and Afghanistan
(b) Durand Line : India and Myanmar
(c) Macmohan Line : India and Nepal
(d) Radcliffe Line : India and Pakistan
10. Duncan Passage is situated between:
(a) Minicoy and Amindiv
(b) Minicoy and Maldives
(c) Little Andaman and Car Nicobar
(d) South Andaman and Little Andaman
11. Ten Degree Channel is between:
(a) Dover and Calais
(b) Alaska and Russia
(c) Little Andaman and Car Nicobar
(d) North Korea and South Korea
12. Which foreign country is closest to Andaman Islands ?
(a) Sri Lanka (b) Myanmar
(c) Indonesia (d) Pakistan
13. The State with the largest area under waste land is :
(a) Gujarat (b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Jammu and Kashmir (d) Rajasthan
14. The largest population of Scheduled Tribes is in :
(a) Himachal Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Sikkim
15. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through :
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) West Bengal
(c) Rajasthan (d) Orissa
16. The northern part of the west coast is known as :
(a) Konkan coast (b) Coromandal coast
(c) Malabar coast (d) None of these
17. The Eastern Coast of India is known as :
(a) Eastern Plateau (b) Bengal Coast
(c) Coromandal Coast (d) Cyclonic Coast
18. Kanchipuram is in which of the following states ?
(a) Kerala (b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Karnataka
19. Lakshdweep Islands are the product of :
(a) Volcanic activity (b) wave action
(c) sea-floor expansion (d) reef formation
20. India lies in the hemisphere:
(a) Northern and eastern (b) Southern and eastern
(c) Northern and western (d) Northern and southern
21. Which one of the following towns is situated easternmost?
(a) Kohima (b) Jorhat
(c) Itanagar (d) Dibrugarh
22. Among the following cities, which one is nearest to the Tropic of Cancer?
(a) Delhi (b) Kolkata
(c) Jodhpur (d) Nagpur
23. West Bengal shares boundaries with how many foreign countries?
(a) One (b) Two
(c) Three (d) Four
24. 82½° E longitude is geographically significant to India because:
(a) it determines the Indian standard time
(b) it has a bearing on the tropical climate of India
(c) it divides India into eastern and western zones
(d) it enables determining local time in eastern India
25. The southernmost point of India is located in :
(a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Little Andaman (d) Great Nicobar
26. The group of languages spoken by the largest number of people in India is :
(a) Austro-Asiatic (b) Indo-Aryan
(c) Dravidian (b) none of these
27. Match the following:
Tribes Area
A. Angamis 1. Meghalaya
B. Todas 2. Tamil Nadu
C. Moplahs 3. Kerala
D. Birhors 4. Nagaland
E. Khasis 5. Madhya Pradesh
Codes:
A B C D E
(a) 4 2 3 5 1
(b) 5 4 3 2 1
(c) 4 3 5 1 2
(d) 2 5 4 3 1
28. Most Indians belong to the group :
(a) Caucasoid (b) Mongoloid
(c) Australoid (d) Negroid
29. The oldest inhabitants of India are considered to be :
(a) Mongoloids (b) Negritoes
(c) Indo-Aryans (d) Mediterraneans
30. Amongst the following Indian States which one has the minimum total forest cover?
(a) Sikkim (b) Goa
(c) Haryana (d) Kerala
31. Among the Union Territories which has the highest literacy rate ?
(a) Lakshadweep (b) Pondicherry
(c) Delhi (d) Daman and Diu
32. The Tropic of Cancer passes through :
(a) Bihar (b) Gujarat
(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Orissa
33. What separates Daman and Diu?
(a) Narmada River (b) Gulf of Khambat
(c) Gir Hills (d) Tapti River
34. Port Blair is situated in :
(a) North Andaman (b) South Andaman
(c) Middle Andaman (d) Little Andaman
35. Lakshadweep is a group of how many islands ?
(a) 22 (b) 25
(c) 32 (d) 35
36. The smallest Union Territory is:
(a) Chandigarh (b) Pondicherry
(c) Lakshadweep (d) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
37. The capital of Lakshadweep is:
(a) Port Blair (b) Silvassa
(c) Aizawl (d) Kavaratti
38. The second highest peak in the world is :
(a) Kanchenjunga (b) K-2 (Godwin Austin)
(c) Nandadevi (d) Lhotse
39. The highest Himalayan peak in India is:
(a) Kanchenjunga (b) K-2
(c) Nandadevi (d) Nanga Parbat
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