Size and Location of India Questions and Answers

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) and Answers on Size and Location of India

Question 1: Which one among the following states is smallest in area?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Gujrat
c) Karnataka
d) Tamil Nadu

Answer: (d)

Question 2: The Indian Research Station Himadri is located at
a) Siachen
b) Darjeeling
c) Arctic region
d) Antarctica

Answer: (c)

Question 3: Among the following cities which one is nearest to the tropic of cancer?
a) Delhi
b) kolkatta
c) Jodhpur
d) Nagpur

Answer: (b)

Question 4: Lake Sambhar is nearest to which one of the following cities of Rajasthan?
a) Bharatpur
b) Jaipur
c) Jodhpur
d) Udaipur

Answer: (b)

Question 5: Amongst the following Indian states which one has the minimum total forest cover?
a) Sikkim
b) Goa
c) Haryana
d) Kerala

Answer: (c)

Question 6: Gandhi Sagar Dam is a part of which one of the following?
a) Chambal Project
b) Kosi Project
c) Damodar valley Project
d) Bhakra Nangal Project

Answer: (a)

Question 7: The Gulf of Mannar is situated along the coast of
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Kerala
c) Karnataka
d) Tamil Nadu

Answer: (d)

Question 8: The tropic of cancer does not pass through
a) Odisha
b) Tripura
c) Chhattisgarh
d) Rajasthan

Answer: (a)

Question 9: Indian Standard Time refers to the local time of which one of the following places in India?
a) Allahabad
b) Bhopal
c) Delhi
d) Lucknow

Answer: (a)

Question 10: The Nuclear Power Station Rawatbhata is in which state?
a) Maharashtra
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Rajasthan
d) Tamil Nadu

Answer: (c)

Question 11: The tropic of cancer passes through
a) Assam
b) Manipur
c) Mizoram
d) Nagaland

Answer: (c)

Question 12: Port Blair is located in which one of the following islands?
a) North Andaman
b) Little Andaman
c) Middle Andaman
d) South Andaman

Answer: (d)

Question 13: Which one of the following iron and steel plants was established with the British collaboration?
a) Bhilai
b) Rourkela
c) Bokaro
d) Durgapur

Answer: (d)

Question 14: Which one of the following divides India into Northern and Southern parts?
a) Equator
b) Tropic of Cancer
c) Tropic of Capricorn
d) Arctic Circle

Answer: (b)

Question 15: Which one of the following is the oldest oil refinery in India?
a) Haldia
b) Koyali
c) Digboi
d) Mathura

Answer: (c)

Question 16: For which one of the following is Sualkuchi famous?
a) Bird Sanctuary
b) Temple city
c) Silk centre
d) Hill station

Answer: (c)

Question 17: Rihand Valley Project is located in which one of the following states?
a) Odisha
b) Gujrat
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Uttar Pradesh

Answer: (d)

Question 18: Which one of the following oil fields of India is the oldest and still producing oil?
a) Mumbai High
b) Digboi
c) Ankleshwar
d) Naharkatiya

Answer: (b)

Question 19: Which one of the following states is the largest producer of black pepper in India?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Kerala
c) Karnataka
d) Tamil Nadu

Answer: (b)

Question 20: Pattadakal group of monuments are located in which one of the following states?
a) Bihar
b) Odisha
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Karnataka

Answer: (d)

Question 21: The hill station of Coonoor is located in which one of the following states?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Kerala
c) Karnataka
d) Tamil Nadu

Answer: (d)

Question 22: Madhya Pradesh shares its border with how many states?
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 6

Answer: (c)

Question 23: In which one of the following states is Kakrapar nuclear power station located?
a) Odisha
b) Gujrat
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Uttar Pradesh

Answer: (b)

Question 24: Durgapur is located on the banks of river
a) Damodar
b) Brahmani
c) Subarnarekha
d) Indravati

Answer: (a)

Question 25: How many Indian states border Myanmar?
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 6

Answer: (b)

Question 26: To Port Blair, one of following cities is geographically nearest?
a) Kolkatta
b) Kuala Lumpur
c) Singapore
d) Yangon

Answer: (d)

Question 27: The water of which one of the following lakes is used for producing salt?
a) Barapani
b) Kolleru
c) Loktak
d) Sambhar

Answer: (d)

Question 28: Which one of the following Indian states does not share border with Bhutan?
a) Sikkim
b) Meghalaya
c) West Bengal
d) Arunachal Pradesh

Answer: (b)

Question 29: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Jayakwadi : Godavari
b) Kakrapara : Tapti
c) Pochampad : Krishna
d) Thein : Ravi

Answer: (c)

Question 30: Where is the Indian Railways Factory Diesel Component Works located?
a) Varanasi
b) Patiala
c) Perambur
d) Kapurthala

Answer: (b)

Question 31: Which city is more Eastern?
a) Bhopal
b) Pune
c) Nagpur
d) Ranchi

Answer: (d)

Question 32: Which state has the largest coastline?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Kerala
c) Karnataka
d) Tamil Nadu

Answer: (a)

Question 33: The Nagarjuna Sagar Project is located on which one of the following rivers?
a) Godavari
b) Krishna
c) Kavery
d) Mahanadi

Answer: (b)

Question 34: Jelep Last Pass is located in
a) Punjab Himalaya
b) Sikkim Himalaya
c) Kumaon Himalaya
d) Kashmir Himalaya

Answer: (b)

Question 35: In which state is the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development located?
a) Karnataka
b) Tamil Nadu
c) West Bengal
d) Arunachal Pradesh

Answer: (b)

Question 36: Which one of the following countries share land boundary with India?
a) Bhutan
b) Iran
c) Thailand
d) Indonesia

Answer: (a)

Question 37: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Mon : Nagaland
b) Nalbari : Assam
c) Nasighat : Kolkata
d) Tura : Meghalaya

Answer: (d)

Question 38: Which two countries share their borders with India, having landlocked?
a) Nepal and Bhutan
b) Bangladesh and Myanmar
c) Nepal and Sri Lanka
d) Pakistan and China

Answer: (a)

Question 39: The rich diversity of the Western Ghats is due to
a) rainfall
b) altitude
c) Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
d) None

Answer: (c)

Question 40: Which one of the following is located Eastern most?
a) Bokaro
b) Jamshedpur
c) Patna
d) Ranchi

Answer: (b)

Question 41: Which one of the following is the smallest state, area wise?
a) Nagaland
b) Mizoram
c) Meghalaya
d) Manipur

Answer: (a)

Question 42: The Durand agreement of 1893 demarcated the
a) Indo-Afghan Border
b) Indo-Tibetan Border
c) Indo-Nepal Border
d) Indo-Sikkim Border

Answer: (a)

Question 43: Where is the Central Water and Power Research Station located?
a) Khadakwasla
b) Sileru
c) Jamnagar
d) Srisailam

Answer: (a)

Question 44: The country that shares longest border with India is
a) China
b) Bangladesh
c) Nepal
d) Pakistan

Answer: (b)

Question 45: Which one of the following major Indian cities is most Eastward located?
a) Hyderabad
b) Bhopal
c) Lucknow
d) Bengaluru

Answer: (c)

Question 46: In which one of the following Indian cities is the Global Automotive Research Centre being set up?
a) Chennai
b) Hyderabad
c) Pune
d) Gurgaon

Answer: (a)

Question 47: Which one among the following makes common border with maximum number of other states of India?
a) Assam
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Jharkhand
d) Rajasthan

Answer: (a)

Question 48: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Dhankar Monastery : Himachal Pradesh
b) Rumtek Monastery : Sikkim
c) Tabo Monastery : Himachal Pradesh
d) Kye Monastery : Arunachal Pradesh

Answer: (d)

Question 49:  Satara is well known for which one of the following ?
a) Thermal Power Plant
b) Wind Energy Plant
c) Hydroelectric Plant
d) Nuclear Power Plant

Answer: (a)

Question 50: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a) Rihand : Pipri
b) Gandak : Kota
c) Chambal : Kota
d) Mahanadi : Hirakud

Answer: (b)