Madhya Pradesh GK MCQ Question and Answer | State Gk MCQ

Granite and basalt minerals are mainly found in Satpura range. The Satpura Range is a range of hills in central India. The range rises in eastern Gujarat running east through the border of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.

The estuaries formed by the sediments brought by the river Narmada locally called as Bagh beds. In some parts of Narmada valley, structures that made by depositional of rivers and estuaries are found, which are known as Bagh series.

The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through Jabalpur, Katni, and Singrauli combination of cities. The tropic of Cancer is an imaginary line that is at an angle of 23.50 degrees. It is north of the Equator, which passes through the middle of India. Tropic of Cancer passes through 17 countries and India is one of them.

Betul, Balaghat and Chhindwara districts share boundary with Maharashtra .The nine districts of Madhya Pradesh i.e. Khargone, Badwani, Betul, Khandwa, Chhindwara, Seoni, Balaghat, Alirajpur and Burhanpur shares boundaries with Maharashtra.

1. The Northern area of Central highlands is known as the Bundelkhand plateau.
The peninsular plateau is broadly divided into the central highlands and the Deccan plateau. The northern part of the peninsula, north of the Vindhyas, is known as the central highlands. It is bounded by the Aravalis in the north-west, merging gradually with the Ganga plains in the north.

2. Bundelkhand plateau is formed by the erosion of the old rocks.
The Malwa plateau had been formed out of intense volcanism some 66 million years ago, a part of the same process that had helped wipe out the dinosaurs and laid out the bed of petrified lava that are the Deccan Traps.

1. Rewa-Panna plateau is also known as the Vindhyan Kagari region.
The Rewa Plateau covers a portion of Rewa district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The Rewa Plateau lies between the Kaimur Range in the south and Vindhya Range or Binj Pahar in the north.

2. Red, yellow and laterite soils are found in Rewa-Panna plateau region.
Red soil develops on crystalline igneous rocks in areas of low rainfall in the eastern and southern part of the Deccan Plateau. These soils form the third largest group of soils in India. The soil takes on a yellow color when it is hydrated. These soils are generally found in the Western Ghats, Odisha and Chattisgarh.

1. The Central Western region of Madhya Pradesh is known as Malwa plateau.
Malwa is an historical region of west-central India occupying a plateau of volcanic origin. Geologically, the Malwa Plateau generally refers to the volcanic upland north of the Vindhya Range.

2. Malwa plateau has black soil and therefore wheat and cotton are mainly cultivated here.
Black soils are derivatives of trap lava and are spread mostly across interior Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Madhya Pradesh on the Deccan lava plateau and the Malwa Plateau, where there is both moderate rainfall and underlying basaltic rock.

1. Lower Vindhyan group of rocks is found in the valleys of Bhima and Son.
The Bhima Range in the Bhima River Valley and different ranges of these rocks are found in the upper Godavari valley and north of Narmada valley in Malwa and Bundelkhand. From these rocks, limestone, Rhyolite, felsites, shale and quartzite are obtained.

2. Dharwar rocks are highly metalliferous, rich in iron ore, lead and tungsten.
Dharwar rocks are the oldest metamorphic rocks of India. It formed between 2.5 billion to 1.8 billion years ago. They are formed due to the metamorphosis of the sediments from Archean rocks. They are mainly found in Aravallis, Chotanagpur plateau, Meghalaya and Tamil Nadu.

1. Its extent from East to West is 870 km and from North to South is 605 km.
The length of Madhya Pradesh from east to west is 870 km and from North to south is 605 km. Madhya Pradesh is among the few landlocked states of India.

2. Its Northern boundary is drawn by the Chambal and Southern boundary by Tapti River.
The natural boundary of Madhya Pradesh is determined by the Chambal River in the north and plains of Ganga-Yamuna, in South.