Indian Geography MCQ
41. Which of the following ports is located on estuary?
[A] Haldia
[B] Tuticorin
[C] Kandala
[D] Marmagao
D [Marmagao]
Notes:
Marmagao is located on the estuary formed by Zuari and Mandovi Rivers. Kandala is located on the Gulf of Kutch. Haldia is a riverine port. Tuticorin is a sea port.
42. Who argued that while food production could only increase in arithmetic progression, human population grow exponentially?
[A] Frank W Notestein
[B] Amartya Sen
[C] Thomas Robert Malthus
[D] Charles Darwin
C [Thomas Robert Malthus]
Notes:
Thomas Robert Malthus gave his ideas regarding population in his book ‘Essay, on the principle of Population. He argued that while food production could only increase in arithmetic progression, human population grow exponentially. Thus, he predicted a future when humans would have no resources to survive on.
43. In which Indian state is the Nanda Devi peak located?
[A] Sikkim
[B] Uttarakhand
[C] Himachal Pradesh
[D] Jammu and Kashmir
B [Uttarakhand]
Notes:
Situated in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, Nanda Devi (7816 m) is the highest peak in the state. The Nanda Devi National Park established in 1988, is a national park situated around the peak of Nanda Devi.
44. Which one of the following is not a tributary of river Kaveri?
[A] Kabini
[B] Vaigai
[C] Bhavani
[D] Amravati
B [Vaigai]
Notes:
The Vaigai River is a river that starts flowing from Varusanadu Hills, Periyar plateau of the Western Ghats range. This river flows east towards Tamil Nadu. The Vaigai river produces the Vattaparai Falls. The city of Madurai lies on the banks of this river. The river empties into the Palk strait in the Ramanatha puram district of Tamil Nadu.
45. The longest sea beach in India is ______:
[A] Aksa beach
[B] Marina beach
[C] Chapora beach
[D] Diu beach
B [Marina beach]
Notes:
Marina Beach, a natural urban beach in Chennai, is the longest beach of India with a length of 6.5 km. The beach runs from near Fort St. George in the north to Foreshore Estate in the south. It is the second longest beach in the world after Praia do Cassino beach of Brazil.
46. The first biosphere reserve that was set up in India in 1986 is _____:
[A] Manas
[B] Nilgiris
[C] Nokrek
[D] Nanda Devi
B [Nilgiris]
Notes:
Established in the year 1986, Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve is the first biosphere reserve in India. It is an International Biosphere Reserve in the Western Ghats. Other early biosphere reserves of India: Nokrek and Nandadevi in 1988; and Great Nicobar, Manas, Sunderbans and Gulf of Mannar in 1989.
47. On the tributary of which river has Rihand Dam been constructed?
[A] Sone
[B] Periyar
[C] Yamuna
[D] Chambal
A [Sone]
Notes:
Rihand Dam is a concrete gravity dam located at Pipri in Sonbhadra District in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is on the border of Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh. It is on the Rihand River which is the tributary of the Son River. The Rihand River flows through the Indian states of Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh. The Rihand rises from Matiranga hills, in the region south west of the Mainpat plateau, which is about 2,100 meters above mean sea level. The river flows north roughly through the central part of Surguja district for 160 kilometres. The Rihand and its tributaries form a fertile plain in the central part of the district stretching from around Ambikapur to Lakhanpur and Pratappur. Thereafter, it flows north into Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh via Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh, where it is called Rhed and finally joins the Son. This project provides irrigation to Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
48. Madhya Pradesh shares its border with how many States?
[A] 3
[B] 4
[C] 5
[D] 6
C [5]
Notes:
Madhya Pradesh shares its boundaries with Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan (5 states). The state has 48 districts, which are grouped into 8 divisions. These are Bhopal, Chambal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Rewa, Sagar and Ujjain.
49. Which of the followings, is not a Peninsular river?
[A] Krishna
[B] Alaknanda
[C] Narmada
[D] Mahanadi
B [Alaknanda]
Notes:
The peninsular rivers are the rivers that originate from the peninsular plateaus and small hills of India. The peninsular Rivers in India include the Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Cauvery, Narmada, and Tapti or Tapi. Together they drain a significant portion of rural India. The Alaknanda is a Himalayan river in the Indian state of Uttarakhand and one of the two headstreams of the Ganges, the major river of Northern India and the holy river of Hinduism.
50. The plateau that has both West and East flowing drainage system is _______:
[A] Ranchi
[B] Malwa
[C] Hazaribagh
[D] Chota Nagpur
B [Malwa]
Notes:
The Malwa Plateau roughly forms a triangle based on the Vindhyan Hills, bounded by the Aravalli Range in the west and Madhya Bharat Pathar to the north and Bundelkhand to the east. It has two systems of drainage; one towards the Arabian sea (The Narmada, the Tapi and the Mahi), and the other towards the Bay of Bengal (Chambal and Betwa, joining the Yamuna).
