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This document contains a list of 65 questions about geography, history, and organizations related to India. It includes questions about the dimensions, borders, physical features, and administrative centers of India as well as scientific names and historical figures.

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Geography Questions

This document contains a list of 65 questions about geography, history, and organizations related to India. It includes questions about the dimensions, borders, physical features, and administrative centers of India as well as scientific names and historical figures.

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Extra Questions

1. What is the total area of India? – 3.28 million sq km

2. What is the length of India from North to South- 3214 km

3. What is the width of India from East to West- 2933 km

4. What is the latitudinal extent (mainland) of India- 8.4’N to 37.6’N

5. What is the longitudinal extent of India- 68.7’N to 97.25’N

6. Name the southernmost point of India- Kanyakumari or Cape Comorin

7. Name the longest (lengthwise) river of India- Ganga (2510km)

8. Name the longest (volume wise) river of India- Brahmaputra

9. Name the longest Riverine Island of India- Majuli Island (in Assam)
(formed by Brahmaputra River)

10. Name the largest oceanic island of India- Middle Andaman


11. Name the highest dam of India- Tehri dam
12. Name the longest dam of India- Hirakud dam
13. Name the longest bridge of India- Bhupen Hazarika Setu
14. Name the highest waterfall of India- Jog (Gersoppa)
15. Name the longest canal of India- Indira Gandhi Canal
16. Name the longest beach of India- Marina Beach
17. Name the longest coastline of India- Gujarat
18. Name the highest peak of India- Kanchenjunga (or K2 in POK)
19. Name the highest peak in India- K2 (Godwin Austin)
20. Name the largest desert of India- Thar desert or the great Indian desert
21. Name the coldest place of India- Dras in J&K (-45 degrees Celsius)
22. Name the hottest place of India- Phalodi (Jodhpur- Rajasthan)
23. Name the wettest place of India- Cherrapunji or Mawsynram
(Meghalaya)

24. Name the active volcano of India- Barren Island


25. Name the largest delta of India- Sundarbans
26. India is located in which hemisphere- North-Eastern Hemisphere
27. Which is the only continent in all hemispheres- Africa
28. Top 7 countries (area wise)- Russia, Canada, China, USA, Brazil,
Australia, India

29. What is the length of the land frontier of India- 15,200 km


30. The standard meridian of India passes from which longitude- 82.30’E (it
passes through 5 states)

31. The northernmost point of India- Indira Col. (in Siachen glacier)
32. The easternmost point of India- Kibithu
33. The westernmost point of India- Guhar Moti
34. Indian coastline touches how many countries- 9 (11 if included union
territories)

35. Length of the coastal boundary of India- 7516 km


36. Tropic of Cancer passes through how many states- 8
37. India shares bounders with how many countries- 7
38. India shares largest bounder with- Bangladesh (5 longest bounder in the
th

world)
39. Longest bounder in the world- USA and Canada
40. With how many Indian states does Bangladesh shares its borders- 5
41. Which island is situated between India and Sri Lanka- Rameswaram
42. Only Indian state with a part in the Himalayas and partially in plains-
Uttarakhand

43. Two Indian states which have coastline as well as share international
boundaries- Gujarat and West Bengal

44. The boundary between India and Pakistan is known as Radcliffe Line
45. Name of the boundary between India and China- Mac Mohan Line
46. Name of the boundary between India and Bangladesh- International
Border (IB)

47. Strait separating India and Sri Lanka- Palk Strait


48. City of lakes- Udaipur
49. Where are the headquarters of SCO (Shanghai Cooperation
Organization)- Beijing

50. Headquarters of Defense Research Development Organization (India)-


New Delhi

51. What is INDRA-21: military exercise between India and Russia


52. another name of the Indian constitution- Bag of Borrowing
53. provision of Fundamental rights have been taken from which country into
our constitution- USA

54. The acid released when a red ant bites- Formic acid
55. Where is Vikram Sarabhai space center located- Thiruvananthapuram
56. Who was the first scholar to use the term Indus Valley Civilization- John
Marshall
57. Where is the headquarters of UNESCO- Paris
58. First national park of India- Jim Corbett National Park
59. Scientific name of Lotus- Nelumbo nucifera
60. Where are the headquarters of the world bank- Washington BC
61. What is the study of cells called- Cytology
62. National Army day- 15 January
63. Airforce day- 8 October
64. Navy day- 4 December
65. Who is known as the father of history- Herodotus
66. Father of Indian history- Megasthenese
67. Where is the headquarters of the United Nations located- New York
68.

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