India – Size and location
1. The Tropic of cancer does not pass through:
(A) Rajasthan (B) Chhattisgarh (C) Odisha (D) Tripura
2. The capital of Sikkim is :
(A) Gangtok (B) Kohima (C) Agartala (D) Aizwal
3. Easternmost longitude of India is:
(A) 68° 7' (B) 97° 25' (C) 82° 7' (D) 82° 9'
4. Uttaranchal, UP, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim have common frontiers with:
(A) China (B) Nepal (C) Bhutan (D) Myanmar
5. Land locked state of India is:
(A) Maharashtra (B) West Bengal (C) Chhattisgarh (D) Tamil Nadu
6. Which one of the following is the smallest state of India?
(A) Sikkim (B) Goa (C) Tripura (D) Mizoram
7. What is the capital of the union territory Lakshadweep?
(A) Silvassa (B) Pondicherry (C) Kavarratti (D) Port Blair
8. What is the total area of India with respect to the total Geographical area of world?
(A) 1.3% (B) 2.3% (C) 2.4% (D) 1.4%
9. Mountain ranges in the eastern part of India forming its boundary with Myanmar are collectively known as :
(A) Himachal (B) Uttranchal
(C) Purvanchal (D) Vindhyanchal
10. The western coastal strip, south of Goa is referred to as :
(A) Coromandel (B) Malabar
(C) Konkan (D) Northern Circar
11. In which one of the following hemispheres is India lying?
(A) North-western (B) South-eastern
(C) North-eastern (D) Southern
12. Which one of the following is the latitudinal extent of India?
(A) 8°4’N to 37°6N (B) 8°2’N to 30°6'N
(C) 6°10’N to 38°6N (D) 10°N to 30°9'N
13. It is the longitudinal extent of India:
(A) 66°7’E to 97°25E (B) 68°7’E to 97°25E
(C) 68°7’W to 97°25’W (D) 65°7’W to 97°10W
14. Which one of the following latitude divides India into almost two equal parts?
(A) The Tropic of Capricorn (B) The Arctic circle
(C) The Antarctic Circle (D) The Tropic of Cancer
15. The Andaman and Nicobar islands of India lies in which one of the following water bodies?
(A) Arabian Sea (B) Bay of Bengal
(C) Indian Ocean (D) Coral Sea
16. Which one of the following islands is lying in the Arabian Sea?
(A) Lakshadweep Islands (B) Andaman and Nicobar islands
(C) New Moore Islands (D) Madagascar
17. Which of the following states has the earliest sunrise in the below mentioned group of Islands?
(A) Bihar (B) Goa
(C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Uttarakhand
18. Which one of the following is true about India with reference to its size in the world?
(A) 5th largest country (B) 6th largest country
(C) 9th largest country (D) 7th largest country
19. By which one of the following reason the southernmost point of Indian Union (Indira point) got submerged under water?
(A) Due to earthquake (B) Due to volcano
(C) Due to Tsunami (D) Due to cyclone
20. What is the total length of coastline of the mainland of India including Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep?
(A) 15,200 km (B) 7,516.6 km
(C) 7,000 km (D) 8,000 km
21. Which one of the following oceans is laying to the extreme south of Indian sub-continent?
(A) Indian ocean (B) Pacific ocean
C Atlantic Ocean (D) Arctic ocean
22. Which one of the following is chosen as the Standard Meridian of India?
(A) 82°15’E (B) 82°30’W
(C) 82°30’E (D) 82°15’S
23. The Standard Meridian of India passes through which one of the following places?
(A) Kanpur (U.P) (B) Mirzapur (U.P)
(C) Noida (U.P) (D) Gurgaon (Haryana)
24. Which one of the following canal was opened in 1869 especially to reduce the distance between Europe and India?
(A) Suez (B) Indira Gandhi Canal
(C) Panama (D) Keil Canal
25. Which one of the following states is lying away from the Tropic of Cancer?
(A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Tripura
(C) Bihar (D) Mizoram
26. Since the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, India’s distance from Europe has been reduced by:
(A) 6,000 km. (B) 7,000 km.
(C) 8,000 km. (D) 9,000 km.
27. Which one of the following states is not laying on the Standard Meridian of India?
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Gujarat
(C) Orissa (D) Andhra Pradesh
28. Which one of the following is different from the other three with reference to the adjacent countries?
(A) Singapore (B) Pakistan
(C) Bhutan (D) Nepal
29. Which one of the following countries are the adjacent island countries of India?
(A) Nepal and Bhutan (B) China and Maldives
(C) Pakistan and Afghanistan (D) Maldives and Sri Lanka
30. Which one of the following countries has common frontiers with Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir?
(A) Sri Lanka (B) Pakistan
(C) Myanmar (D) Bhutan
31. Which one of the following routes connects the countries of Europe in west and countries of East Asia by providing a strategic central location to India?
(A) Trans Atlantic Ocean route (B) Trans Canadian railway route
(C) Trans Indian Ocean route (D) Trans Pacific Ocean route
32. What is the time difference between Arunachal Pradesh (in the east) and Gujarat (in the west)?
(A) Time lag of 2 hours (B) Time lag of 3 hours
(C) Time lag of 4 hours (D) Time lag of 1.45 hours
33. How many states does India consist?
(A) 25 (B) 26 (C) 28 (D) 27
34. How many Union Territories does India consist?
(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 9 (D) 6
35. Which one of the following country is separated from India by a narrow channel called the Palk Strait?
(A) Sri Lanka (B) Maldives (C) Bhutan (D) Nepal
36. Why is the difference between the durations of day and night hardly felt at Kanniyakumari but not so in Kashmir?
(A) The latitudinal extent influences the duration of the day and night, as one move from south to north.
(B) India is a small country which influences duration of day and night
(C) India has a land boundary of about 15,200 km which influences duration of day and night
(D) India begins to taper, and extends towards the Indian Ocean about 22° north latitude, which influences duration of day and night
37. The country / countries which is/are larger than India is/are........?
(A) Russia (B) U.S.A
(C) China (D) All the above
38. Which of the following pairs of states share the same capital city?
(A) Maharashtra and Gujarat (B) Gujarat and Rajasthan
(C) Rajasthan and Haryana (D) Haryana and Punjab
39. Pick out the incorrect statement:
(A) India is the fifth largest country in terms of geographical area.
(B) India is the second largest country in terms of population.
(C) India is the seventh largest country in terms of geographical area.
(D) India ranks among the top ten countries in the world in terms of geographical area as well as population.
40. In which hemisphere does India lie?
(A) Southern hemisphere (B) East-West hemisphere
(C) Western hemisphere (D) Northern hemisphere
41. What was the southernmost point of the Indian union called?
(A) Indira Peak (B) Indira Point
(C) India Point (D) Indirana Point
42. The number of union territories around the western and eastern coasts is :
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7
43. Area-wise which is the largest state of India?
(A) Jammu and Kashmir (B) Rajasthan
(C) Gujarat (D) Orissa
44. What helped India to establish close contacts with West Asia, Africa and Europe from the west coast and with southeast and east Asia from the east coast?
(A) Its mainland
(B) The Indian Union at the bottom of Asia
(C) The central location at the head of Indian Ocean
(D) Its peninsular situation
45. Arrange the following countries according to their size (area wise) in descending order:
(A) Russia,Canada,USA,China,Brazil,Australia
(B) Russia, USA,China, Australia, Brazil, Canada,
(C) Russia,Canada, China, Australia, Brazil, USA,
(D) Russia, China, Australia, Brazil, USA, Canada,
46. India’s geographical area is
(A) 3.29 lakh km2
( B) 32,80,00 km2
(C) 3.28 million km2
(D) 327 lakh km2
47. 82.30’ E is chosen India’s standard meridian because
(A) it passes almost through the middle of country
(B) it passes through Mirzapur
(C) it is India’s eastern longitude
(D) India’s longitudinal extent is very small
48. Which of the following accounts for India’s strategic location?
(A) The Himalayas (B) Large population
(C) India protruding into the Indian Ocean (D) India’s island groups
49. The tropic of Cancer passes through
(A) Rajasthan (B) Chhattisgarh
(C) Mizoram (D) All the above
50. New Moore Island is in:
(A) The Indian Ocean (B) The Bay of Bengal
(C) The Arabian Sea (D) The Gulf of Mannar
51. Which of the following states is closest to the equator?
(A) Jammu and Kashmir (B) Karnataka
(C) Orissa (D) Maharashtra
52. Read the following statements:
(1) The Andaman’s are farther off the coast compared to the Lakshadweep group.
(2) The southern-most point of India lies in the Nicobar Islands.
(3) The area of India’s island group in the Bay of Bengal is larger than that of the island group in the Arabian Sea.
Which of the statement(s) is/are true?
(A) 1, 2 and 3
(B) Only 2 and 3
(C) Only 1 and 3
(D) Only 1 and 2
53. In the pre-independence era, there were two types of states in India these were called:
(A)Princely states and Provinces
(B)Presidencies and United Provinces
(C)Counties and Colonial States
(D)Colonies and North West Provinces
54. Which of the following states has neither coastline nor an international boundary?
(A)Bihar (B)Goa (C)Chattisgarh (D)Uttarakhand
55. Which of the following is true of Tripura?
(A)It is a northeastern state.
(B)The tropic of Cancer passes through it.
(C)It has common border with Bangladesh.
(D)All the above
56. Which of the following statements is true?
(A)India’s longitudinal extent is less than the latitudinal extent.
(B)India’s longitudinal extent is almost equal to the latitudinal extent.
(C)India’s longitudinal extent is more than the latitudinal extent.
(D)India’s latitudinal extent is 3,214 km excluding the Pak-Occupied Kashmir.
57. With which of the following countries does India’s common boundary lie in the Pak-Occupied-Kashmir?
(A)China (B) Maldives (C)Myanmar (D)Nepal
58. Which of the following is a coastal state having common boundary with a neighboring country?
(A)Gujarat (B)Maharashtra (C)Orissa (D)Rajasthan
59. The southernmost point of the Indian Union– ‘Indira Point’ got submerged under the sea water in
(A) 2005 (B) 2006 (C) 2004 (D) 2007
60. By which geographical feature India is bounded in the northwest, north and north east?
(A) plateau (B) block mountain
(C) residual mountains (D) young fold mountains
61. The latitudinal and longitudinal extent of the mainland is about 30°,despite this fact the
east-west extent appears to be smaller than the north-south extent because:
(A) the earth is bulging at poles
(B) the earth rotates from west to east
(C) distance between longitudes decreases as one moves from equator to poles.
(D) Size of latitude decreases towards poles
62. If you intend to visit Kavarati during your summer vacations, which one of the following Union Territories of India you will be going to:
(A) Pondicherry (B) Andaman and Nicobar
(C) Lakshadweep (D) Diu and Daman
63. Greek sculpture and the architectural styles of dome and minarets came in India from:
(A) East Asia (B) Central Asia (C) North Asia (D) West Asia
64. Which among the following Indian states does not have common frontier with Myanmar?
(A) Mizoram (B) Manipur (C) Nagaland (D) Sikkim
65. Which among the following Indian states does not have common frontier with China?
(A) Arunachal Pradesh (B) Uttaranchal (C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Meghalaya
66. Which state among the following is not having a common boundary with Rajasthan?
(A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Haryana
(C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Maharashtra
67.
ANSWER KEY
01 (C) 02 (A) 03 (B) 04 (B) 05(C)
06 (B) 07 (C) 08 (C) 09 (C) 10(B)
11 (C) 12 (A) 13 (B) 14 (D) 15(B)
16 (A) 17 (A) 18 (D) 19 (C) 20(B)
21 (A) 22 (C) 23 (B) 24 (A) 25(C)
26 (B) 27 (B) 28 (A) 29 (D) 30(B)
31 (C) 32 (A) 33 (C) 34 (B) 35(A)
36 (A) 37 (D) 38 (D) 39 (A) 40(D)
41 (B) 42 (B) 43 (B) 44 (C) 45(A)
46 (C) 47 (A) 48 (C) 49 (D) 50(B)
51 (B) 52 (A) 53 (A) 54 (C) 55(D)
56 (B) 57 (A) 58 (A) 59 (C) 60(D)
61 (C) 62 (C) 63 (D) 64 (D) 65(D)
66 (D)