Indian Geography Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 14)

Desert National Park spans Jaisalmer district (1,900 sq km) and Barmer district (1,262 sq km).

Pulicat was formally declared a Wildlife Sanctuary on 30 May 1990, after the 1980 notification.

Fort Geldria was the Dutch East India Company’s first settlement in India, becoming the capital of Dutch Coromandel from 1616.

Sriharikota is the narrow barrier island separating Pulicat Lake from the Bay of Bengal, and it hosts ISRO’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre.

The facility is at Jind, Haryana, storing nearly 3,000 kg of hydrogen produced on-site through electrolysis.

The train uses a Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell, reacting hydrogen with oxygen from the air to generate electricity.

The correct answer is around 2,600 passengers, in 10 coaches. The trainset has two Hydrogen Driving Power Cars and eight trailer coaches. That makes ten cars. PIB and Railway Gazette both give the capacity as about 2,600.

A broad-gauge railway line cuts across Deepor Beel’s elephant corridor, and the adjoining Boragaon garbage dumping site pollutes its water — both active, ongoing pressures.

Deepor Beel has documented 219 bird species in total, including 70+ migratory species, with a recorded peak of about 19,000 water birds counted in a single day.

Deepor Beel was declared a Wildlife Sanctuary in 1989, well before its 2002 Ramsar designation.

Periyar was declared an Elephant Reserve in 1991, reflecting that it is even better known for its elephants than its tigers.

NTCA describes tropical moist deciduous forest with sal, mixed forest and grassland. The Umaria district page says the forest is dominated by sal and bamboo.

Incredible India says the sanctuary covers 1,334 square kilometres, with 392 square kilometres of national park. NTCA gives core and buffer as 1113.36 and 297.92, a total of 1411.28 square kilometres. Different pages count different areas. Of these four options, 1,334 follows Incredible India.

Periyar became a Project Tiger reserve in 1978; its core was declared a national park in 1982.

The Mullaperiyar Dam, completed in 1895 across the Periyar River, created the lake around which the sanctuary later grew.

The Umaria district page says the name means brother’s fort. Bandhav means brother and garh means fort. The Rama story is a local legend, not recorded history.

Incredible India says Maharaja Martand Singh of Rewa captured Mohan on a hunting expedition in 1951. The Sanjay Tiger Reserve website says he was found in its landscape. Exam books follow the Bandhavgarh version.

Incredible India says Bandhavgarh has the highest density of Royal Bengal tigers of any reserve in the world. Density means tigers per area, not total tigers. NTCA gives a 2010 estimate of 37 tigers in a trapping area of 228 square kilometres.

Incredible India says the fort earned UNESCO World Heritage status in 2013 and joined the Hill Forts of Rajasthan. The listing is for the fort group. The tiger park itself is not a World Heritage Site.

National Geographic says Machli killed a 14-foot crocodile. Incredible India names Padam Talao as one of the park’s lakes. NTCA lists the fresh water crocodile among the reserve’s reptiles.

Incredible India says the Chambal and Banas rivers border the park. Memory hook: Banas and Chambal.

Ranthambore was declared a national park in 1980, after being a Sawai Madhopur Game Sanctuary since 1955 and a Project Tiger reserve since 1973.

The Delhi stretch is just around 2% of the Yamuna’s total length, yet it accounts for the large majority of the river’s pollution load.

The Yamuna Action Plan launched in 1993 with Japanese funding, building sewage treatment plants across Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh.

Though the Tons joins earlier and is often called the largest tributary by volume near its own confluence, the Chambal contributes the largest overall share of the Yamuna’s water volume among its tributaries.