GK Questions and Answers on Indian Geography in English | PDF
GK Questions and Answers on Indian Geography
50 GK Questions and Answers on Indian Geography in English (Download PDF) – the geography of India is very broad. All the students want to be well acquainted with its terrain. Geography questions are often asked in all the exams, we have collected very important questions which are asked in most of the government exams.
GK Questions and Answers on Indian Geography
1. By whom is the international border between India and Pakistan demarcated?
Ans. Radcliffe line
2. Which country in the Far East of India shares the longest international border with India?
Ans. Myanmar
3. The McMahon Line, which determines the boundary between India and China, is drawn on the northern border of which of the following states?
Ans. Arunachal Pradesh
4. India does not share an international border with which of the following countries?
Ans. Sri Lanka
5. Which of the following countries is not included in the Indian subcontinent?
Ans. Sri Lanka
6. Which of the following Indian state has the shortest coastline?
Ans. Goa
7. India has the longest international border with which country?
Ans. Bangladesh
8. With which country of India has the shortest terrestrial border?
Ans. Bhutan
9. Which geomorphological division of India is the oldest?
Ans. Peninsular plateau
10. Which of these places is closest to the equator?
Ans. Indira col
11. The northernmost part of the Indian land is?
Ans. Indira call
12. Where is Indira Point, the southernmost point of India located?
Ans. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
13. Who separates the mainland of India from Rameshwaram Island?
Ans. Pamban channel
14. Adam’s Bridge is situated between which of the following countries?
Ans. India and Sri Lanka
15. Which one of the following pairs of lamps are separated by a (10) ten degree water passage,
Ans. Andaman and Nicobar
16. Duncan Pass is situated between
Ans. South Andaman and Little Andaman
17. Diu Island is?
Ans. on the coast of Gujarat
18. Separates Sri Lanka from India
Ans. Palk Strait
19. What is the boundary line between India and China?
Ans. McMahon Line
20. How many states of India have coastline?
Ans. 9
21. Which one of the following states in India has the longest coastline?
Ans. Gujarat
22. Tropic of Cancer does not pass through which of the following Indian states?
Ans. Uttar Pradesh
23. Which latitude line passes through the middle of India?
Ans. Tropic of Cancer
24. Tropic of Cancer passes through how many states of India
Ans. 8
25. Tropic of Cancer does not pass through which of the following states?
Ans. Odisha
26. The state of India through which the Tropic of Cancer passes?
Ans. Jharkhand
27. The southernmost point of the mainland of India is?
Ans. Indira Point
28. Which is the most remote place in the south of India?
Ans. Indira point
29. According to ancient Indian geographical belief, India was a part of which country?
Ans. Jambu Island
30. The normative time of India is the local time of the place which is situated at-
Ans. Near Allahabad
31. What is the difference between Indian Standard Time and Greenwich Mean Time?
Ans. 5 hours 30 minutes
32. What is the distance of the far southern part of India from the equator?
Ans. 876 km
33. What is the length of the terrestrial boundary of India?
Ans. 15,200 km
34. What is the length of the coastline of India including the islands?
Ans. 7,516.5 km
35. What is the length of North to South coast of India?
Ans. 3,214 km
36. What is the length of India from east to west?
Ans. 2,933 km
37. The length of the coastline of India is?
Ans. 6,100 km
38. The area of India is what is the total geographical area of the world?
Ans. 2.4%
39. What percentage of the total area of India comes under the mountainous region (2135 meters or more above mean sea level)?
Ans. 10.7%
38. What percentage of the land area of India is covered by mountains and hills?
Ans. 29.3%
39. What percentage of the land area of the whole of India is found on the extent of plateau?
Ans. 27.7%
40. What percentage of the whole of India is covered by the extension of the plain?
Ans. 43%
41. How many nautical miles from the sea in the territorial waters of India?
Ans. 12 miles
42. Contiguous zone of India is up to how many nautical miles beyond the territorial waters?
Ans. 24 miles
43. By how many nautical miles is the Exclusive Economic Zone of India beyond the enclosed area?
Ans. 200 miles
44. Another name for the Eastern Coastal Plain is
Ans. Coromandel Coastal Plain
45. Who prepares the geographical maps of India?
Ans. Survey of India
46. In which hemisphere is Jharkhand located?
Ans. North
47. Which of the following is a volcanic island in India?
Ans. Baron Rate
48. How many oceans are found in the Indian Territory?
Ans. 1
49. Which one of the following is a coral island group of India?
Ans. Lakshadweep
50. Which one of the following of the states of India indicates the easternmost and westernmost state in a pair?
Ans. Arunachal Pradesh and Gujarat
51. The northern part of the west coast of India is known as
Ans. Konkan Coast
52. The Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait are between India and whom?
Ans. Sri Lanka
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