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INDIAN GEOGRAPHY - KEY & EXPLANATION
Number of Questions: 100
1. Ans: (c) (Guyana and Suriname) to work on sugarcane
plantations for the prosperity of the European
Exp:
settlers and save the Fijians from having to work
Sentinelese, a negrito tribe lives on the North on these plantations and thus to preserve their
Sentinel Island in Andaman and Nicobar Island. culture.
8. Ans: (a)
It is a pre-neolithic tribe.
Exp: Gond tribe belongs to Chattisgarh.
2. Ans: (b)
9. Ans: (a)
Exp: Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and
Maharashtra together produce nearly 80% of Exp: All are Kharif crops.

sunflower. 10. Ans: (b)

3. Ans: (a) Exp: Except Kumri, the rest are the names of

Exp: shifting cultivation.

Bharia is one of Dravidian-speaking tribes of 11. Ans: (c)

Madhya Pradesh in India. Exp:

4. Ans: (c) Statement 1: Wheat is a rabi crop. Thus, is a

Exp: Both the statements are correct. temperate crop

5. Ans: (b) Statement 2: Gram is a Rabi crop.

Exp: 12. Ans: (c)

Bru are one of the 21 scheduled tribes of the Exp: Both the statements are correct.

Indian state of Tripura. 13. Ans: (c)

6. Ans: (c) Exp:

Exp: Forest Research Institute is located at Mixed farming - Land used for growing food and

Dehradun. fodder crops & rearing livestock.

7. Ans: (a) 14. Ans: (c)

Exp: Exp: Both the statements are correct.

Girmityas or Jahajis are descendants of 15. Ans: (a)

indentured Indian labourers brought to Fiji, Exp:
Mauritius, South Africa, East Africa, the Malay
Peninsula, Caribbean and South America Bewar - Madhya Pradesh,
Penda - Andhra Pradesh Exp: Intense heating of Tibetan plateau during
16. Ans: (b) summer months is main factor for South

Exp: Cold desert national park is located in west monsoon.

Himachal Pradesh. 27. Ans: (c)

17. Ans: (a) Exp:

Exp: All are Plantation crops. Pulses are legume crops. Gram, tur, Urad,

18. Ans: (c) Moong, Peas and Masur are Pulses.

Exp: Refer India state of forest report 2017. 28. Ans:(c)

19. Ans: (c) Exp: Four States (Andhra Pradesh, Odisha,

Tamil Nadu and West Bengal) and one UT
20. Ans: (a)
(Pondicherry) on the East Coast and One State
Exp: Top five states/UTs that have shown the
maximum increase in forest cover are: - Andhra (Gujarat) on the West Coast are more vulnerable
Pradesh (2141 sq.km) - Karnataka (1101 sq.km) - to cyclone disasters.
Kerala (1043 sq.km) - Odisha (885 sq.km) -
29. Ans: (c)
Telangana (565 sq.km
21. Ans: (c) Exp:

Exp: Statement 1: Rapeseed and Mustard are frost

sensitive crop.
Statement 1 : Ragi, Bajra, Moong, gram, guar are
drought resistant crops. Statement 2: Cotton grows well in drier parts of
Statement 2 : Paddy is a Kharif crop. Kharif crops Black cotton soil.
are sown at the onset of monsoons.
30. Ans: (b)
22. Ans: (c)
Exp: Teak, sal, shisham, hurra, amla, kusum,
Exp: Andaman and Nicobar islands receive heavy
rainfall from the south western monsoon. Hence sandalwood are examples of moist
Tropical rain forests are found in Andaman and deciduous forests.
Nicobar islands.
31. Ans: (a)
23. Ans: (b)
32. Ans: (b)
Exp:
Exp: Bundelkhand is in the North Eastern part of
Fine grains : Rice, Wheat.
the Malwa Plateau.
Coarse grains : Jowar, Bajra, Maize & ragi.
33. Ans: (d)
24. Ans: (a)
Exp:
25. Ans: (b)
Statement 1 : Black tea leaves fermented
Exp:
Statement 2 : Green tea leaves are unfermented.
Aus, Aman and Boro are 3 types of Paddy in
34. Ans: (d)
Assam, West Bengal and Odisha.
Exp: Opium is legally cultivated in Ratlam and
26. Ans: (b)
other areas of Madhya Pradesh. Of the 12

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Jyotirlingas Ujjain and Omkareshwar are located Exp: Aravallis, Vindhyas and the Western Ghats
in the Malwa Plateau. Malwa Plateau is form India’s water divide.
sandwiched between the Aravallis and the
Vindhyas. 45. Ans: (b)
35. Ans: (c) Exp:
36. Ans: (d) Statement 1 Deep bores are drilled in Shafts
Exp: All the statements are correct. mining. Minerals at shallow depths are taken out

37. Ans: (d) by removing surface layer.

38. Ans: (c) Statement 2 : Correct statement.

Exp: Deccan lava plateau is the oldest 46. Ans: (b)

physiographic feature. The Deccan Traps began Exp: Rihand Dam , also known as Govind
forming 66.25 million years ago, at the end of the
Ballabh Pant Sagar, is the largest dam of India by
Cretaceous period. The bulk of the volcanic
eruption occurred at the Western Ghats some 66 volume. The reservoir of Rihand Dam is called
million years ago. This series of eruptions may Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar and is India's largest
have lasted less than 30,000 years in total.
artificial lake. Rihand Dam is a concrete gravity
39. Ans: (d)
dam located at Pipri in Sonbhadra District in
Exp:
Uttar Pradesh, India. Its reservoir area is on the
Statement 1: Overuse in states like Rajsathan and border of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. It
Maharashtra increased Fluoride concentration. is located on the Rihand River, a tributary of the
Statement 2: Overuse in states like West Bengal Son River.
and Odisha increased Arsenic concentration. 47. Ans: (a)
40. Ans: (a) 48. Ans: (c)
Exp: Royal Bengal tigers are good swimmers. Exp: The length of the coastline of Andaman
They also attack fish and aquatic animals for and Nicobar islands is nearly 1962 Kms, followed
prey. by Gujarat (1214 Km) and Andhra Pradesh ( 973
41. Ans: (d) Kms).
42. Ans: (c) 49. Ans: (d)
Exp: Delhi ridge is an extension of the Aravallis. 50. Ans: (b)
43. Ans: (d) Exp: Chennai is located on the Eastern Coastal
Exp: plain.
Ferrous Minerals : Iron, Manganese etc 51. Ans: (b)
Non-Ferrous Minerals : Copper, Bauxite etc 52. Ans: (a)
Non-Metallic minerals - Mica Exp: Linganamakki dam and the Jog falls are on
44. Ans: (c) River Sharavathi.
53. Ans: (b)

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Exp: The first refinery was started here as early as

1901. Digboi has the oldest oil well in operation.
Smelting is a process of applying heat to ore in
62. Ans: (b)
order to extract out a base metal.
Exp: When one travels from Bengaluru to
54. Ans: (d)
Chennai linearly, one has to pass through the
Exp: Annamalai hills form the part of the
state of Andhra Pradesh. Hence he has to pass
Southern hill complex while the rest are a part of
through Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil
the Eastern ghats.
Nadu.
55. Ans: (d)
63 Ans: (d)
Exp:
Exp:
Coal is often called the “buried sunshine” because
1. Tarapur (i) Maharashtra
it developed from the remains of plants and
2. Rawatbhatta (ii) Rajasthan
greens that existed as long as 400 million years
3. Kaiga (iii) Karnataka
ago.
4. Narora (iv) Uttar Pradesh
56. Ans (c)
5. Kakrapar (v) Gujarat
Exp: Both the statements are correct.
64. Ans: (d)
57. Ans: (c)
Exp: Kohima, the capital city of Nagaland is the
Exp: Electricity, Natural gas, Coal, Petroleum
Easternmost capital city of an Indian state.
etc are conventional sources of energy.
65. Ans: (c)
58. Ans: (d)
66. Ans: (c)
59. Ans: (d)
Exp: States Bordering China – Jammu and
Exp:
Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand,
Statement 1 : Peat coal has low carbon and high
Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.
moisture content.
67. Ans: (c)
Statement 2 : Bituminous coal is a high grade
68. Ans: (d)
metallurgical coal.
Exp: All the given statements are correct.
60. Ans: (c)
69. Ans: (a)
Exp: Vizhinjam wave energy plant is located in
Kerala.
61. Ans: (a)
Exp:
Statement 1 : Natural gas is lighter than oil and
occurs above oil.
Statement 2 : Digboi is known as the Oil City of
Assam where the first oil well in Asia was drilled.

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70. Ans: (b) Exp: Aurangabad is located in the Marathwada

Exp: Munnar is located in the Anamalai hills. region of Maharashtra.
Thekkady is in the Cardamom hills. Kodaikanal 82. Ans: (c)
is in the Palani hills whereas Ooty is in the
Nilgiris. Exp:
71. Ans: (d) 1. Kharif (i) June to
72. Ans: (c) September

Exp: Kovalam beach is located in 2. Rabi (ii) October to March

Thiruvananthapuram and the Auroville beach is 3. Zaid (iii) April to June
located in Puducherry. Covelong beach is in 83. Ans: (c)
Chennai. Exp: National Waterways 1 from Prayagraj
73. Ans: (b) (UP) to Haldia (WB), it passes through the states
of Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar and West
Exp:
Bengal.
All are natural harbours except Chennai. 84. Ans: (b)
74. Ans: (d) Exp:
Exp: Malanjkhand in Madhya Pradesh is called 1. Manikaran (i) Himachal
the copper capital of India. Pradesh
75. Ans: (a) 2. Puga Valley (ii) J&K
76. Ans: (c) 3. Tattapani (iii) Himachal
Exp: Statement 2 is wrong because, government Pradesh
allowed Captive coal miners to sell 25% output in 85. Ans: (c)
open market. Exp: River Narmada emerges from Amarkantak
77. Ans: (b) Hill of Maikal Range. Son river is largest of
southern tributaries of Ganga that originates near
78. Ans: (c) Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh near the source
Exp: Naranarayan Setu is a rail-cum-road-bridge of Narmada River. Damodar originates in
over the mighty Brahmaputra River in Assam. It Chandwa on the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The Tapi
has a length of around 2.5 km, and connects River originates in the Betul district.
Jogighopa of Bongaigaon District in the north 86. Ans: (c)
with Pancharatna of Goalpara District in the
Exp:
south.
79. Ans: (b) Recently, Water from Lytein river gushed in and
flooded the coal mine in Meghalaya.
80. Ans: (a)
87. Ans: (b)
Exp: Doddabetta is the highest mountain in the
Nilgiri mountains. Exp: Both the cities of Kochi and Madurai are
located on the 9.9 degree north latitude.
81. Ans: (c)
88. Ans: (a)

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Explanation 96. Ans: (a)

Six PVTGs of A&N islands — Great 97. Ans: (d)
Andamanese, Onge, Jarawa, Sentinelese,
Exp: All of these rivers are the right bank
Nicobarese and Shompens.
89. Ans: (d) tributaries of River Yamuna.

Exp: West coast is coast of submergence (except 98. Ans: (b)

Malabar Coast) while east coast is an emergent
coast. These imply that sea is deeper in west coast
than sea on east coast. So, west coast has
favourable conditions for natural harbours.
90. Ans: (a)
Exp:
Chabahar Port is a seaport in Chabahar located
in southeastern Iran, on the Gulf of Oman. It
serves as Iran's only oceanic port, and consists of
two separate ports named Shahid Kalantari and
Shahid Beheshti, each of which has five berths.
91. Ans: (c)
Exp: Both the statements are correct.
92. Ans: (a)
Exp:
Anak Krakatoa volcano is a caldera situated in
the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and
Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung.
93. Ans: (c)
Exp: Both the statements are correct.
94. Ans: (a)
Exp:
Bogibeel bridge is a combined road and rail bridge
over the Brahmaputra river in the north eastern
Indian state of Assam.
95. Ans: (b)
Exp: Ross Island has been renamed as Netaji
Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep, Neil Island will be
called Shaheed Dweep and Havelock Island is
Swaraj Dweep.
Exp:
Statement 1 : From 1901 - 1902, there was a
stagnant or stationary phase of growth.
Statement 2 : From 1921 - 1951, there was steady
population growth. From 1951 to 1981, there was
population explosion.
99. Ans: (c)
Exp: Both the statements are correct.
100. Ans: (b)
Exp:
About Godavari river:
Left Bank Tributaries: Dharna, Penganga,
Wainganga, Wardha, Pranahita [conveying the
combined waters of Penganga, the Wardha and
Wainganga], Pench, Kanhan, Sabari, Indravati
etc.
Right Bank Tributaries: Pravara, Mula, Manjra,
Peddavagu, Maner etc.
The Manjra (724 km) is the only important right
bank tributary. It joins the Godavari after passing
through the Nizam Sagar.
About Krishna River:
Right bank: the Ghatprabha, the Malprabha and
the Tungabhadra.
Left Bank: the Bhima, the Musi and the
Munneru.
The major Hydro Power stations in the basin are
Koyna, Tungabhadara, Sri Sailam, Nagarjuna
Sagar, Almatti, Naryanpur, Bhadra.

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