Indian Geography MCQs with Answers & AI Explanation

Q241. What do you understand by the term 'Doab' ?

• Where the delta of river begins
• Land between two tributaries of a river
• Where two or more rivers meet
• Land between two separate river systems

Q242. Siwaliks are:

• to the north of Himadri
• foothills of Himalayan ranges
• in Meghalaya
• the plateau between Pamirs and Myanmar

Q243. Palghat joins which of the following states?

• Sikkim and West Bengal
• Maharashtra and Gujarat
• Kerala and Tamil Nadu
• Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim

Q244. Which one of the following gives the correct sequence of Himalayan peaks in the direction east to west?

• Namcha Barwa, Kanchenjunga, Mt. Everest, Nanda Devi
• Kanchenjunga, Makalu, Dhaulagiri, Mt. Everest
• Makalu, Dhaulagiri, Kumaun, Namcha Barwa
• Dhaulagiri, Kanchenjunga, Makalu, Mt. Everest

Q245. Which one of the following is the junction point of the Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats?

• Javadi Hills
• Anaimalai Hills
• Nilgiri Hills
• Shevaroy Hills

Q246. Which of the following is not one of the reasons why the northern mountains are of great importance to India:

• They protect the country from invasion
• They influence the climate
• They provide water to the plains
• They possess valuable vegetation and animal life

Q247. Which of the following statements about the Himalayan rivers is not correct?

• They have very large basins
• Many of them pass through giant gorges
• They perform very little erosion activity
• Over the plain they display a strong meandering tendency and often shift their beds

Q248. River Luni drains into:

• Kerala Coast
• Ganga delta
• Godavari delta
• Rann of Kachchh

Q249. Which one of the following Indian towns has the longest sea beach?

• Kolkata
• Mumbai
• Chennai
• Cochin

Q250. Indian Standard Time (IST) is determined according to the local time of which one of the following longitudes?

• 0° Longitude
• 68° E Longitude
• 97° E Longitude
• 82° E Longitude