Indian Geography Questions and Answers

Answer: B

The capital of Assam is Dispur.

Dispur, a locality within Guwahati, became the capital in 1973, when the capital moved from Shillong after Meghalaya was carved out as a separate state.

Nahar Lagun (spelt 'Nahar Lagon' in the paper) is in Arunachal Pradesh, next to its capital Itanagar. Dibrugarh and Tinsukia are towns in upper Assam, not the capital.

Answer: D

Ujjain stands on the Shipra.

Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh lies on the east bank of the Shipra (Kshipra), a tributary of the Chambal. The Simhastha Kumbh Mela is held on its ghats every twelve years.

The Narmada flows further south through Madhya Pradesh, past Jabalpur and Omkareshwar. The Godavari and the Ganga do not flow near Ujjain at all.

Ujjain was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Avanti and is home to the Mahakaleshwar temple, one of the twelve jyotirlingas.

Answer: C

The capital of Jharkhand is Ranchi.

Ranchi became the capital when Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar on 15 November 2000.

Jamshedpur is the state's industrial city, home of Tata Steel, and Bokaro is known for its steel plant. Raipur is the capital of neighbouring Chhattisgarh.

Jharkhand was one of three states created in November 2000, along with Chhattisgarh (capital Raipur) and Uttarakhand (capital Dehradun).

Answer: A

The State bird of Tripura is the green imperial pigeon.

The green imperial pigeon (Ducula aenea) is a large fruit-eating pigeon of the forests of South and South-East Asia. Tripura's other state symbols include the Nageswar as its flower and the Phayre's leaf monkey as its animal.

The emerald dove is the state bird of Tamil Nadu, and the hill myna is the state bird of Chhattisgarh and Meghalaya. Since the right bird is offered, 'None of these' is wrong.

Answer: B

The state with the longest international border is Arunachal Pradesh.

Arunachal Pradesh borders three countries: China along the McMahon Line in the north, which alone runs for more than 1,000 km, Bhutan in the west and Myanmar in the east. Its combined international border is the longest of any north-eastern state.

Tripura's border with Bangladesh is about 856 km, long for a small state but shorter. Assam borders Bhutan and Bangladesh for shorter stretches, and Sikkim's borders with China, Nepal and Bhutan are shorter still.

Answer: C

The Tipaimukh Dam is in Manipur.

The Tipaimukh project is a proposed dam on the Barak river near its confluence with the Tuivai, in southern Manipur close to the Mizoram border, planned for flood control and hydroelectric power. It has been controversial because of the land it would submerge and objections from downstream Bangladesh.

It is not in Assam or Arunachal Pradesh, so those options, and 'None of these', are wrong.

Answer: B

The State flower of Tripura is the Nageswar.

Nageswar or nagkesar (Mesua ferrea, the Indian rose chestnut) is an evergreen tree with fragrant white flowers. It is also known as the Ceylon ironwood for its very hard timber.

Marigold, rose and hibiscus are common garden flowers, but none is Tripura's state flower.

The name means 'king of the serpents' in Sanskrit, and the flower's fragrant stamens are used in traditional medicine and perfumery.

Answer: A

India covers about 2.4 per cent of the earth's land surface.

With an area of about 3.287 million sq km, India is the seventh largest country in the world and holds about 2.4 per cent of the world's land area, while supporting about 17-18 per cent of its population.

3.4, 4.4 and 5.4 per cent are too large. The question says 'earth surface', meaning its land area; India's share of the whole surface including oceans would be much smaller still.

Answer: A

The highest peak of the Meghalaya plateau is Shillong Peak.

Shillong Peak, about 1,965 m high, rises above the city of Shillong in the Khasi Hills and is the highest point in Meghalaya.

The Garo Hills are a range in western Meghalaya, not a peak. Mount Dapha is in Arunachal Pradesh, and the Lushai Hills are in Mizoram.

On the clear days, the peak looks out over the plains of Bangladesh to the south.

Answer: B

Majuli is in Assam.

Majuli is a large river island in the Brahmaputra in upper Assam, one of the largest river islands in the world. It is known for its Vaishnavite satras founded in the tradition of Srimanta Sankardeva, and in 2016 it became India's first island district.

Meghalaya, Manipur and Sikkim do not lie on the Brahmaputra's main channel, and none of them contains Majuli.