Indian Geography Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 6)

The answer is Todas. This pastoral tribal community is native to the Nilgiri Hills, whose name means Blue Mountains.

NCERT says India has one of the largest road networks in the world, aggregating to about 56 lakh km.

NCERT says roads have an edge over railways because construction cost is much lower, they can cross dissected and undulating topography and steeper gradients, are economical over short distances, and provide door-to-door service.

NCERT says forest and tree cover is about 79.42 million hectare, which is 24.16 per cent of the total geographical area. At least 10 per cent of India’s recorded wild flora and 20 per cent of its mammals are on the threatened list.

The answer is Jaisalmer. North-western India’s cold, dry winter air forms a high-pressure cell over the desert region, higher than the reduced pressure seen at high-altitude Leh or the warmer coastal cities.

The answer is A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2. Cheruthoni is in Kerala, Indira Sagar in Madhya Pradesh, Krishnarajasagar in Karnataka, and Mettur in Tamil Nadu.

The answer is 2 and 3 only. Non-agricultural land use has expanded fastest due to urbanisation, and wasteland/pasture areas have shrunk, but forest area hasn’t seen a tremendous decline in recent years.

The answer is Mangaluru. It sits on the windward, rain-facing coastal side of the Western Ghats, while Pune, Bengaluru, and Leh all lie in rain-shadow, leeward zones.

The answer is Mumbai-Delhi-Kolkata-Chennai. Per the 2011 Census, Mumbai’s urban agglomeration was the largest, followed by Delhi, then Kolkata, then Chennai.

The answer is Chambal. Its valley is famous for extensive ravines and badlands carved by intensive gully erosion over centuries.

NCERT lists mulching, contour barriers, rock dams, terrace farming, intercropping, contour ploughing and shelter belts as soil-conservation methods.

NCERT says jute is known as the ‘golden fibre’, rice is the major food crop of the world, and Brazil is the leading producer of coffee.

NCERT says shifting cultivation (slash-and-burn) is called jhumming in north-east India, milpa in Mexico, roca in Brazil and ladang in Malaysia.

NCERT says farming is of two main types: subsistence farming (to meet a family’s needs, including intensive and primitive types such as shifting cultivation and nomadic herding) and commercial farming (for sale, including grain farming, mixed farming and plantation agriculture).

The correct answer is that ‘In Asia, there is high sex ratio’ is NOT correct. India defines sex ratio as females per 1000 males. Under this definition, Asia’s male-skewed population actually gives it a LOW sex ratio, not a high one, since fewer females exist per male than the global average.

The accepted answer is Jharkhand. Jhumri Telaiya is in the Koderma district of Jharkhand. Mandar Hill sits just across the border in Bihar’s Banka district, but the paper’s own answer key marks Jharkhand as correct, treating both as part of the same undivided Chota Nagpur region.

NCERT says Ladakh is a cold desert in the Great Himalayas on the eastern side of Jammu and Kashmir, enclosed by the Karakoram in the north and Zanskar in the south; the Indus is its most important river and Drass, one of the coldest inhabited places, is there.

The answer is Chhattisgarh. It is entirely landlocked within India, unlike Bihar (Nepal), Uttarakhand (China, Nepal), and Meghalaya (Bangladesh).

The answer is Lonar Lake. Formed by a meteor impact, its soil minerals closely match those found in lunar rock samples brought back by the Apollo missions.

The answer is Lakshadweep, at about 32 square kilometres, smaller than any of the other Union Territories listed.

The answer is Inceptisols. They are India’s single largest soil order by area, covering roughly a quarter of the country’s land.

The 1961-71 decade recorded the highest growth rate, 24.80 per cent. The census year is 1971.

The 1971-81 rate was close at 24.66 per cent. The 1961 census had recorded 21.51 per cent.

The answer is Leh. Sitting in the Himalayan rain shadow, it is a cold desert that receives even less rainfall than the hot Thar Desert around Jodhpur.

The answer is Marriage. Census data consistently shows marriage as the single largest reason women migrate within India, since brides typically move to the groom’s household.

The answer is Son. It flows into the Ganga directly, while Chambal, Betwa, and Ken are all tributaries of the Yamuna instead.