NTA UGC NET GEOGRAPHY MCQS SERIES FROM GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA ON THE TOPIC LANDOFRM, DRAINAGE AND CLIAMTE FROM PHYSICAL SETTINGS, MCQS ON PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA PART 1
LANDFORM DRAINAGE AND CLIMATE
Q.1. India extends between
(a) 8° 4′ and 37° 6′ north latitudes and 68° 7′ and 92° 25′ east longitudes
(b) 8° 6′ and 37° 4′ north latitudes and 68° 25′ and 97° 7′ cast longitudes
(c) 8° 5′ and 37° 6′ north latitudes and 68° 7′ and 97° 25′ east longitudes
(d) 8° 4′ and 37° 6′ north latitudes and 68° 6′ and 97 25′ east longitudes
Answer: a
Q.2. Which of the following latitudes determines the Indian Standard Time?
(a) 88 1/2°
(b) 86 1/2°
(c) 84 1/2°
(d) 82 1/2°
Answer: d
Q.3. India’s maximum stretch measures 3,214 km from north to south and………… kilometre from east to west.
(a) 2,633
(b) 2,933
(c) 2,399
(d) 2,366
Answer: b
Q.4. India has a land frontier of 15,200 km and a coastline of about
(a) 6100 km
(b) 6120 km
(c) 6130 km
(d) 6,140 km
Answer: a
Q. 5. India covers an area of
(a) 32,78,263 sq. km
(b) 32, 87, 263 sq. km
(c) 32,80,263 sq. km
(d) 32,85,263 sq.km
Answer: b
Q. 6. Which of the following lines passes through the central part of India?
(a) Greenwich line
(b) Equator
(c) Tropic of Cancer
(d) Tropic of Capricorn
Answer: c
Q.7. The difference between the longitudinal extents of India is
(a) 30⁰
(b) 35⁰
(c) 40⁰
(d) 45⁰
Answer: a
Q.8. Difference in time per longitude in eastern and western parts of the world is
(a) 5 1/2 minutes
(b) 5 minutes
(c) 4 1/2 minutes
(d) 4 minutes
Answer: d
Q.9. Somnath port is located on
(a) Southern Coast
(b) Kathiawar Coast
(c) Konkan Coast
(d) Malabar Coast
Answer: b
Q. 10. Which of the following coast is a part of Eastern Coast of India?
(a) Konkan Coast
(b) Malabar Coast
(c) Coromandel Coast
(d) Southern Coast
Answer: c
Q. 11. Which of the following coast extends from the delta of Krishna to the delta of Ganges?
(a) Kakinada Coast
(b) Coromandel Coast
(c) Southern Coast
(d) Malabar Coast
Answer: a
Q. 12. Which of the following ports is located on Coromandel Coast?
(a) Vishakhapattnam
(b) Kalingapattinam
(c) Bimalipattnam
(d) Nagapattinam
Answer: d
Q. 13. Navalakhi part is located on ……… Coast.
(n) Konkam
(b) Khathiawar
(c) Malabar
(d) Coromandel
Answer: b
Q. 14. Marmgoa port is located on
(a) Konkan Coast
(b) Malabar Coast
(c) Kathiawar Coast
(d) Southern Coast
Answer: a
Q. 15. Which of the following is a submerged coast?
(a) Malabar Coast
(b) Konkan Coast
(c) Southern Coast
(d) Kakinada Coast
Answer: c
Q.16. In the Gulf of Bengal the Andaman and Nicobar islands are located between
(a) 7° 30′ and 13°30′ prime north latitudes and 90° and 93° 30′ cast longitudes
(b) 6° 30′ and 13° 25′ prime north latitudes and 92°and 93^ 31′ prime east longitudes
(c) 7° 30‘ and 13°29′ north latitudes and 92°and 93° 30′ cast longitudes
(d) 6° 30′ and 13° 30′ north latitudes and 92°and 93° 30′ east longitudes
Answer: d
Q. 17. In Andaman Islands there are
(a) 301 islands in total
(b) 305 islands in total
(c) 307 islands in total
(d) 309 islands in total
Answer: b
Q. 18. Andaman islands are
(a) 543 km long and 56 km broad
(b) 547 km long and 58 km broad
(c) 549 km long and 60 km broad
(d) 561 km long and 62 km broad
Answer: a
Q. 19. Nicobar group of Islands have
(a) 12 islands
(b) 21 islands
(c) 22 islands
(d) 25 islands
Answer: b
Q. 20. India’s southern most point which is located on 6° 30′ and is 20 km from Great Nicobar is
(a) Kamorata
(b) Car Nicobar
(c) Indira point
(d) Tankadri
Answer: c
Q.21. Who among the following said that India has as much rights to be called a subcontinent as Europe has?
(a) Dr. Kressy
(b) Wadia
(c) Thornwaite
(d) Trewartha
Answer: a
Q. 22. India covers about 24 % of the total world area but about of the entire human race resides in its fold.
(a) 28%
(b) 24%
(c) 20%
(d) 16%
Answer: d
Q. 23. According to whom “Next to the Himalayas, which has affected Indian history more than any other geographical factor is the Indian Ocean”?
(a) R. K. Mukherjee
(b) K.M. Panikkar
(c) O.H.K. Spate
(d) M.S. Randhawa
Answer: b
Q. 24. About what per cent of the total land area of India lies in mountains?
(a) 13.7 %
(b) 12.7%
(c) 11.7 %
(d) 10.7%
Answer: d
Q. 25. Which of the following are the youngest and the highest folded mountains of the earth?
(a) Himalayas
(b) Rockies
(c) Andes
(d) Alps
Answer: a
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