Geography of India Related Questions

1. Which state contains the largest part of the Thar or Great Indian Desert?

Ans: Rajasthan

2. Which is the only river that flows through the Thar Desert?

Ans: Luni

3. Which river is known as ‘the Sorrow of Bihar'?

Ans: Kosi

4. Which is the largest delta in the world?

Ans: The Sunderbans

5. Which rivers form the Sunderbans delta?

Ans: Ganga & Brahmaputra

6. Which Indian plateau is situated between the mountains of Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats?

Ans: The Deccan Platen

7. Which is the largest Indian plateau with an area of about 5 lakh sq.km?

Ans: The Deccan Plateau

8. Which mountains mark the northern boundary of the Deccan Plateau?  

Ans: The Satpura

9. Which Indian plateau has been formed by the eruption of basaltic lava flows about 65 million years ago?

Ans: The Deccan Plateau

10. The Deccan Plateau is rich in which type of soil?

Ans: Black cotton soil

11. Which plateau region is known as mineral source of India?

Ans: Chotanagpur Plateau

12. Which mountain range runs in a north-east to south-west direction along the Thar Desert?

Ans: The Aravalli Range

13. Which is considered as the oldest mountain range in India?

Ans: The Aravalli

14. Which mountain range separates the drainage basin of the Gangs from the Deccan Plateau?

Ans: The Vindhyan Range

15. The important tourist centres of central India Pachmarhi & Amarkantak are situated in which mountain range?

Ans: The Satpura range

16. Which mountain range forms the western boundary of the Deccan Plateau?

Ans: Western Ghats

17. What is the length of the Western Ghats mountain range?

Ans: 1600 km

18. The Western Ghats passes through how many states?

Ans: Six

19. Which peak situated in the Western Ghats is the tallest in South India?  

Ans: Anai Mudi (2,695 M)

20. Which mountain range runs parallel to the Coromandel Coast?

Ans: Eastern Ghats

21. Which is the highest peak in the Eastern Ghats?

Ans: Mahendra Giri

22. In which state is the salt plains of the Great Rains & Little Rann of Kutch are situated?

Ans: Gujarat

23. What is the name of the central part of the western toast of India?  

Ans: Konkan Coast

24. Which is the southern part of the western coast of India?

Ans: Malabar Coast

25. The northern part of the eastern coastal plain is known as?

Ans: Northern Circas

26. What is the name of the southern part of the eastern coastal plains?  

Ans: Coromandel Coast

27. Which is the largest Union Territory of India?

Ans: The Andaman & Nicobar Islands

28. Which is the largest island of the Andaman?

Ans: Great Nicobar