Indian Geography Quiz

What geographic feature in India is the highlighted item on the map?

• Hindu Kush Mountains
• Western Ghats
• Eastern Ghats
• Thar Desert

What geographic feature in India is the highlighted item on the map?

• Hindu Kush Mountains
• Deccan Plateau
• Eastern Ghats
• Himalaya Mountains

The standard meridian of a country is usually selected in multiples of one of the following longitudes.

• 7^o 25'

• 7^o

• 7^o 30'

• 7^o 50'

The Himalayas were formed due to

• Faulting of the earths crust

• Accumulation of Loess Deposits

• Folding of Geosyncline name Tethys

• Folding of earths crust

Deccan Traps are largely made of

• Alternate sheets of granitic Lava

• Lava flows alternating with sedimentary deposits

• Limestone

• Flow of Flood Basalt

Rocks belonging to Dharwar groups are best developed in

• Garhwal region

• Krishna Valley

• Dharwar-Bellang-Mysore

• Rajmahal Hills

Match the following

A. Kolleru Lake 1 J & K

B. Wular Lake 2 Andhra Pradesh

C Loktak Lake 3 Orissa

D Chilka Lake 4 Manipur

• A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4

• A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3

• A-3, B-1, C-4, D-3

• A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4

Which one of the following is a trans himalayan river or Antecedent river

• Sutlej

• Ganga

• Yamuna

• Ghaghara

The largest Fresh water lake in India is

• Kolleru

• Wular

• Pangong Tso

• Tso Morari

Indian Monsoons are most erratic due to

• The uncertain date of onset and withdrawal as well as varying amounts of rainfall during different years

• uncertain dates of onset and withdrawal as well as unequal distribution of rain at different places

• Uniform duration but varying amounts of rain from place to place

• Uniform duration but varying amount of rain from one year to another as well as at different places