Indian Geography Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 7)

The answer is Karnataka. This is the state’s official tourism tagline, highlighting its diverse landscapes and cultures.

The answer is Telangana. It lifts water from the Godavari river across 13 districts, and is among the world’s largest multi-stage lift irrigation projects.

The answer is the Ten Degree Channel. It runs along the 10th parallel north, separating Little Andaman from Car Nicobar.

The answer is Both 1 and 2. A population pyramid shows age groups on one axis and splits each group by sex, male on one side and female on the other.

The answer is 1921-1951. Indian demographers call this the period of steady population growth. Death rates began to fall during these decades. But birth rates stayed high, so population grew steadily.

Marine fossils found in the region suggest Marusthali was submerged under the sea during the Mesozoic era.

Insequent streams follow no clear structural logic (2), consequent streams follow the original slope (4), subsequent streams are controlled by rock structure (1), and resequent streams flow like the consequent but at a lower level (3). So A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3.

Sholas are stunted, evergreen montane forests found in sheltered valleys of the Nilgiri hills in the Western Ghats.

Andhra Pradesh is known for its wide variety of rocks and minerals, holds India’s largest chrysotile asbestos deposits, and is home to the Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Sagar Hydel Project.

Dhaleswari is a tributary of the Barak River in Manipur. Subansiri, Dhansiri, and Manas belong to the Brahmaputra system instead.

These are classic characteristics of alluvial soil, which is further classified by age into older Bangar and newer Khadar soils.

Every 15 degrees of longitude equals a 1-hour time difference. At 90 degrees East, the time is 6 hours ahead of GMT, so 10:00 a.m. GMT becomes 4:00 p.m.

Telangana borders Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka. Madhya Pradesh does not share a direct border with it.

Correct because a filled lake loses its flood storage, so storm water floods streets instead. Reclamation also cuts groundwater recharge and adds urban heat. Wetlands, by contrast, cool the air and shelter birds.

Reclamation means turning open water into solid land. Lakes, ponds and wetlands are filled, drained or built over.

Deepening a lake or planting trees does the opposite. Those steps restore a water body.

A 2021 amendment opened commercial coal mining to private players, ending Coal India’s near-monopoly, and removed end-use restrictions on captive mines.

The 2015 amendment replaced discretionary allocation of mineral concessions with competitive auctions, aiming to cut opacity and delay.

Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, and Madhya Pradesh hold the bulk of India’s Gondwana coal reserves.

Most of India’s coal sits in Gondwana-age rock, formed roughly 250 million years ago in ancient river basins like the Damodar Valley.

The answer is 2-2.5%. PIB (July 2024) puts mining and quarrying at about 2% of GDP. The Minister of Mines said in March 2023 that the sector should try to reach 2.5% by 2026-27. India’s reserves are large. But delays, raw exports, and illegal mining keep the share small.

Valley of Flowers National Park sits entirely in the high-altitude temperate alpine zone of the Western Himalayas, which is why it opens only from June to October and is snowbound the rest of the year. Manas, Namdapha, and Neora Valley are all lower-elevation parks spanning other vegetation zones.

The Western Ghats are older than the Himalayas. They formed from the breakup of the ancient Gondwana supercontinent, long before the Indian plate collided with Eurasia to raise the Himalayas around 50 million years ago.

Only statement 3 is correct. Both the Himalayas and the Western Ghats actually span six States each, not five, so statements 1 and 2 are both wrong.

The Western Ghats run through six States: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala.

The Himalayas run through six Indian States/UTs: Jammu and Kashmir/Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, West Bengal, and Arunachal Pradesh.