Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Indian Geography-GK

The outer Himalayas lie between the lease Himalayas and the Indo Gangetic plain.

Geographical features that have played a great unifying role in strengthening the forces of homogeneity of the Indian people are the expanses of water surrounding the peninsula, the Himalayan Mountains, the vastness of the country and the presence of the Indian ocean.

Drainage systems fall into Bay of Bengal from Ganga, Brahmaputra, Godavari, Mahanadi, Krishna and Cauvery.

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.

The Aravalli Range, an eroded stub of ancient mountains, is the oldest range of fold mountains in India. The natural history of the Aravalli Range dates back to times when the Indian plate was separated from the Eurasian plate by an ocean.

All the 10 major river systems of Asia including the Indus, Sutlej, Brahmaputra, Irrawady, Salween and Mekong originate in the Tibetan plateau. Among the following groups of rivers have their source of origin in Tibet are Brahmaputra, Indus and Sutlej.

Measures that are effective for soil conservation in India are afforestation and Limiting shifting cultivation. Afforestation is the establishment of a forest or stand of trees (forestation) in an area where there was no previous tree cover. Shifting cultivation is an agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned and allowed to revert to their natural vegetation while the cultivator moves on to another plot.

Sugarcane crops needs maximum water per hectare. The crop water need or crop evapotranspiration consists of transpiration by the plant and evaporation from the soil and plant surface.

The water shed between India and Myanmar is formed by Naga hills. These lies in the borders of India and Burma.

The originating in the Himalayan mountain complex consists of three distinct drainage systems of the Indian subcontinent.