Indian Geography Questions and Answers Part-2

1. Which foreign country is closest to Andaman Islands?
a) Sri Lanka
b) Myanmar
c) Indonesia
d) Pakistan

Answer: b

2. Which one of the following States shares boundaries with the maximum number of other States of India ?
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Maharashtra
c) Assam
d) Bihar

Answer: c

3. Jharkhand does not share boundary with:
a) West Bengal
b) Orissa
c) Chhattisgarh
d) Madhya Pradesh

Answer: d

4. Which of the following is east of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
a) Thailand
b) Sri Lanka
c) Indonesia
d) All of them

Answer: c

5. The States which have common borders with China are:
1. Jammu and Kashmir
2. Sikkim
3. Arunachal Pradesh
4. Himachal Pradesh
a) 1, 3 and 4
b) 1, 2 and 3
c) 1 and 3
d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Answer: d

6. The States of India having common border with Myanmar are:
a) Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh
b) Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam
c) Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya
d) Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh

Answer: a

7. The State with the largest area under waste land is:
a) Gujarat
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Jammu and Kashmir
d) Rajasthan

Answer: c

8. The largest population of Scheduled Tribes is in
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Sikkim

Answer: b

9. The Himalayan mountain system belongs to which one of the following?
a) Fold mountains
b) Volcanic mountains
c) Block mountains
d) None of these

Answer: a

10. The oldest mountains in India according to geographical history are :
a) Satpuras
b) Nilgiris
c) Vindhyas
d) Aravallis

Answer: d