Practice MCQ Questions and answers on Indian Geography-GK

Alluvial soil are mostly confined to river basin and costal plain as river tends to erode the soils and deposit the heavy fertile soil near river and it's adjacent areas.

The two states of India, most richly endowed with iron ore, are Bihar and Orissa.

The Indo-Gangetic Plain, also known as the Indus-Ganga Plain and the North Indian River Plain, is a 630-million-acre (2.5-million km2) fertile plain encompassing Northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, including most of northern and eastern India, the eastern parts of Pakistan, virtually all of Bangladesh and southern plains of Nepal.

Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal accounts for over 90% of India's annual coal production.

The significant shifts in Indian agriculture during green revolution include both non-food grains reported some spectacular progress and shift in the cropping pattern and major food grains, in the eastern regions productions decreased and in the northern states increased.

There are total 13 major sea ports of India,out of which 12 are government and one, Ennore port of Chennai is the corporate one.

The peninsular Rivers in India include the Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, Cauvery, Narmada, and Tapti or Tapi. Together they drain a significant portion of rural India. These rivers carry both religious and cultural significances in the lives of Indian people. Krishna among the following is a peninsular river of India.

Coal is one of the most important sources of energy and is being used for various proposes such as heating of housed, as fuel for boilers and steam engines and for generation of electricity by thermal plants. Coal is found in abundance in our country and it is the most important source of energy in our country.

When it is 12:00 pm in Allahabad, there will 0630 hrs in London as it is 5 hrs 30 minutes behind IST.

Canada (202,080 km) has the longest total coastlines in the world, and these hold great cultural, military, and economic importance for each of them.