1. The "Gateway of India" monument is located in which city?

(A) Mumbai (B) Kolkata (C) Chennai (D) Delhi

2. Which state has the largest number of districts in India?

(A) Uttar Pradesh

(B) Maharashtra

(C) Bihar

(D) Madhya Pradesh 

3. Which is the highest peak in the Western Ghats? 

(A) Dodabetta

(B) Mahendragiri

(C) Anaimudi

(D) Mullayanagiri 

4. Which Indian city is known as the headquarters of the Eastern Railway Zone? 

(A) Patna

(B) Kolkata

(C) Guwahati

(D) Bhubaneswar 

1. Which ot the following countries has longest common border with India?

(A) China (B) Pakistan (C) Bangladesh (D) Myanmar

2. The Standard Meridian (82:30E) of India does not pass through 

 (A) Chhattisgarh (B) Odisha (C) Maharashtra (D) Andhra Pradesh 

3. Kathiawar Peninsula is an example of

(A) Emerged shoreline (B) Submerged Shoreline (C) Ria shoreline (D) Dalmatian shoreline

4. Which types of forests are found on the southern slopes of the high Himalayas? 

(A) Wet deciduous (B) Dry deciduous (C) Tropical evergreen (D) Conifer evergreen 

5. Which of the following series of India satellites is used far LULC mapping?

(A) INSAT (B) METEOSAT (C) LANOSAT (D) IRS

6. Which State of India has the maximum common boundary? 

(A) Chhattisgarh (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Bihar (D) Uttar Pradesh 

7. How many official languages the Constitution of India now recognizes? 

(A) 22 (B) 23 (C) 20 (D) 21 

8. Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA) was conceptualized by

(A) Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

(B) Dr. C. N. R. Rao

(C) Dr. M. S. Swaminathan

(D) Dr. Verghese Kurien

9. Which of the following States got the maximum benefits of the Green Revolution?

(A) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

(B) Rajasthan and Haryana

(C) Punjab and Rajasthan

(D) Punjab and Haryana

10. ‘Operation flood’ is related to which of the following?

(A) To control flood

(B) Milk production

(C) Crop production

(D) Population control

11. Which is called the finest natural harbour in India?

(A) Marmagao (B) Mumbai (C) Chennai (D) Kochi

12. Adityapur Special Economic Zone is famous for

(A) Engineering and Machine Tool

(B) Wool Textile

(C) Automobile and Auto-components

(D) Dairy Products

13. Match the following:

      List I                   List II

  (Tribe Name)       (Location)

I. Toda                 1. Bastar

II. Adivasis           2. Nilgiri

III. Gaddis       3. Himachal Pradesh

IV.  Gond              4. Madhya Pradesh

         I     II     III     IV

(A)    1    2      4      3

(B)    2    4      3      1

(C)    4    3      1      2

(D)    3    1      2      4

14. ‘Rice Bowl’ of India is

(A) the Brahmaputra-Assam Valley

(B) the Krishna-Godavari Basin

(C) the Narmada Valley

(D) the Sindh Province of Punjab

15. India’s HDI rank in 2018 was

(A) 120 (B) 130 (C) 141 (D) 150

16. The Standard Meridian (82°30’E) of India does not pass through

(A) Maharashtra (B) Chhattisgarh (C) Odisha (D) Andhra Pradesh

17. JNNURM was initiated by the Government of India in 2005, which comprises four components. Which one was not included in the four major components?

(A) Urban Infrastructure & Governance (UIG)

(B) Basic Service for the Urban Poor (BSUP)

(C) Integrated Housing & Slum Development Programme (IHSDP)

(D) Atal Mission for Rejuvenation Urban Transformation (AMRUT)

18. The Nagarjun Sagar Multipurpose Project is located in

(A) partly Telangana and partly Andhra Pradesh

(B) partly Tamil Nadu and partly Andhra Pradesh

(C) partly Karnataka and partly Tamil Nadu

(D) partly Kerala and partly Karnataka

19. Which day in India is celebrated as the ‘National Girl Child Day’?

(A) 23 January (B) 24 January (C) 25 January (D) 26 January

1.Which is the western most point in India?

(A) Kibithu  (B) Indira Col  (C) Indira Point  (D)Guhar moti, Sir Creek

2.In which year did Odisha separate from Bihar?

(A) 1930  (B) 1933  (C) 1936  (D) 1943

3.How many PiN Zones has divided into India ?

(A)3  (B)5  (C)8  (D)9

4.India's area is about ______times larger than of Pakistan.

(A) 3  (B) 4  (C) 5 (D)6

5.The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through

(A) Ahmedabad (B) Bhopal (C) Prayagraj (D) Ranchi

6.The Indian states were first delimited linguistically in

(A) 1947 (B) 1952 (C)  1956 (D) 1966

1.Jharkhand does not share boundary with

(A) West Bengal         

(B) Orissa       

(C) Chhattisgarh      

(D) Madhya Pradesh

2.Which of the following hill stations is not located in Himachal Pradesh ?

(A) Kulu          

(B) Manali       

(C) Shimla     

(D) Ranikhet

1.,The southern most point of India is  —— located at 6°45' N.

(A) Indira Point          

(B) Kanniya Kumari    

(C) Dras          

(D) Chennai

2.The longest border of India is with  —— (4096 kilometers).

(A) Nepal        

(B) Bhutan      

(C) Afghanistan      

(D) Bangladesh

1.821/2°E longitude is geographically significant to India because

(A)it determines the Indian Standard Time.

(B)it has a bearing on the tropical climate of India.

(C)it devides India into eastern and western zones.

(D)it enables determining local time in eastern India.

2.The approximate length of the coastline of India is

(A) 5500 km.   (B) 6000 km.    (C) 6500 km.      (D) 7000 km.

3.Which of the following cities/towns lies to the northern most latitude ?

(A) Patna         (B) Allahabad              (C) Panchmari             (D) Ahmedabad

4.The Andaman and Nicobar group of islands are separated from each other by

(A) Ten degree channel         (B) Great channel        (C) Bay of Bengal (D) Andaman Sea

5.Which Indian state has the largest coastline ?

(A) Andhra Pradesh               (B) Maharashtra          (C) Orissa        (D) Tamil Nadu

1.MacMohan Line is a boundary between

(A) India and China  

(B) India and Bangladesh       

(C) China and Nepal             

(D) India and Afghanistan

2.Locationally India roughly occupies the central part of

(A) the western hemisphere

(B) the eastern hemisphere

(C) the northern hemisphere

(D) the southern hemisphere

3.The shape of India is approximately a

(A) square       (B) triangular        (C) quadrangular       (D) circular

4.The Eight Degree Channel forms the boundary between

(A) Lakshadweep and Maldive islands

(B) Andaman and Nicobar islands

(C) India and Srilanka

(D) The Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean

5.The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through which of the following state ?

(A) Madhya Pradesh   (B) Chattishgarh       (C) Bihar      (D) Jharkhand

6.'Kiratas' was an old kingdom of the

(A) Northern India       (B) Southern India      (C) Western India      (D) Eastern India

7.The Eastern Ghats and The Western Ghats meet at the

(A) Nilgiris      

(B) Vindhyas              

(C) Satpuras               

(D) Palni hills

8.The normal date of onset of the South-West monsoon in South Bengal is

(A) 1 - 5 June             

(B) 5 - 10 June      

(C) 10 - 15 June      

(D) 15 - 20 June

9.The city called the 'Manchester of South India' is

(A) Sholapur       

(B) Coimbatore      

(C) Chennai   

(D) Madurai

1.Lakshadweep is a

(A) barrier reef island      (B) coral island       (C) fringing reef island      (D) volcanic island

2.Which one of the following channel divides Minicoy from Maldives ?

(A) 9° Channel             (B)  10° Channel        (C) 8° Channel              (D) Grand Channel

3.The largest area under waste land is in the state of -

(A) Uttar Pradesh        (B) Madhya Pradesh               (C) Gujarat       (D) Rajasthan

4.The channel which separates Rameshwaram dwip from Indian main land-

(A) 9° Channel             (B) 10° Channel           (C) Palk Strait        (D) Pumban Channel

5.The state which has longest coastline is -

(A) Andhra Pradesh         (B) Gujarat        (C) Tamil Nadu    (D) Kerala

6.Palk Strait separates India from -

(A) Pakistan    (B) China        (C) Sri Lanka               (D) Maldives

7.Mcmohan Line is in between -

(A) India and Pakistan      (B) India and Afghanistan       (C) India and China  (D) Pakistan and Afghanistan

8.Which one is the land locked state ?

(A) Gujarat       (B) Andhra Pradesh     (C) West Bengal       (D) Bihar

9.Which of the following is the manchester of South India ?

(A) Chennai     (B) Tirunelvali              (C) Perambur        (D) Coimbatore

10.----- is a volcanic island of India -

(A) Narcadam             (B) New Moore            (C) Pambass               (D) Rameshwaram

11.Which one of the following is the boundary between India and Sri Lanka ?

(A) Gulf of Mannar       (B) Palk bay       (C) Palk Strait          (D) Malacca Strait

12.The channel which separates Car Nicobar from little Andaman is -

(A) 9° Channel             (B) 8° Channel          (C) 10° Channel             (D) 7° Channel

1.Unlike other parts of the Indian Coast, fishing industry has not developed along the Saurashtra Coast because

(A) There are few indentations suitable for fishing

(B) Of overwhelming dependence on agriculture and animal husbandry

(C) The sea water is relatively more saline

(D) Of industrial development leading to wide spread pollution of coastal area

2.Dry point settlements are common in

(A) Deltas        (B) Mountain regions               (C) Deserts      (D) Plains

3.Among the following cities which one is the nearest to the tropic of Cancer ?

(A) Delhi          (B) Kolkata     (C) Jodhpur         (D) Nagpur

4.The States which have common border with China are :

(A)Jammu & Kashmir     (B) Sikkim         (C) Arunachal Pradesh               (D) Himachal Pradesh

5.Which is the correct code

(A) 1 & 3          (B) 1, 3 & 4      (C) 1, 2 & 3        (D) 1, 2 , 3 & 4

6.How many kilometers are represented by 1 degree of latitude ?

(A) 211        (B) 111    (C) 91      (D) 131