Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Indian Geography-GK

The drainage systems of the region are the Chandra Bhaga or the Chenab, the Ravi, the Beas, the Sutlej and the Yamuna. These rivers are perennial and are fed by snow and rainfall. Groups of rivers originate from the Himachal mountains are Beas, Ravi and Chenab.

Bihar and Orissa states have the largest deposits of iron ore.

Delhi has a population density of 11,297 persons per sq km.

Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) located at Kalpakkam about 80 kilometers (50 mi) south of Chennai, India, is a comprehensive nuclear power production, fuel reprocessing, and waste treatment facility that includes plutonium fuel fabrication for fast breeder reactors (FBRs) is the only atomic power station in India.

The south-west monsoon contributes around 86% of the total rain in India.

India's claim to a part of its north-east territories, for example, is largely based on the same agreements – notes exchanged during the Simla convention of 1914, which set the boundary between India and Tibet – that the British appear to have simply discarded.

Formation of the rockies, India collides with Asia and the formation of the Himalayas and the Alps took place in the Cenozoic era.

Digboi in Assam is an oil town that can be traced to the early 18th century, when oil was first discovered here. Digboi can proudly boast of two unique features: a 100-year-old extant oilfield and the world's oldest operating oil refinery.

Unlike other parts of the Indian Coast, fishing industry has not developed along the Saurashtra coast because of overwhelming dependence on agriculture and animal husbandry.

The mountain building in Himalayas began about 45 million years ago when the continental plates of India and Eurasia converged on each other.