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CBSE Class 12 (Arts) Physical Geography and Environment — practice questions

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The highest mountain peak ENTIRELY within India is:Read the answer and worked solution →The capital of Australia is:Read the answer and worked solution →The world's longest river is the:Read the answer and worked solution →SSC CGL · States & CapitalsRead the answer and worked solution →SSC CGL · Indian RiversRead the answer and worked solution →CLASS10 · Socialscience · Indian States by CapitalRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the lie: Indian rivers (SSC CGL)Read the answer and worked solution →Which Indian river is longer? (SSC CGL)Read the answer and worked solution →The Indus River arises from the northern slopes of which range?Read the answer and worked solution →The Indus has a total length of aboutRead the answer and worked solution →Which lake is the source of both Indus and Sutlej (and Brahmaputra)?Read the answer and worked solution →The Brahmaputra is approximately how long?Read the answer and worked solution →The Brahmaputra enters India in which state?Read the answer and worked solution →In Tibet, the Brahmaputra is known asRead the answer and worked solution →The Ganga originates as the Bhagirathi from which glacier?Read the answer and worked solution →Bhagirathi meets Alaknanda at which town?Read the answer and worked solution →Major tributaries of the Indus in India includeRead the answer and worked solution →Brahmaputra is known for causing calamity in which states?Read the answer and worked solution →Which river is the longest in India (entirely in India)?Read the answer and worked solution →Which river is known as 'Dakshin Ganga'?Read the answer and worked solution →The Yamuna originates from which glacier?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Indian river system flows into the Arabian Sea?Read the answer and worked solution →The Sutlej tributary of Indus originates fromRead the answer and worked solution →Which river is called the 'Sorrow of Bihar'?Read the answer and worked solution →The Narmada flows mainly through which state?Read the answer and worked solution →The Krishna River originates nearRead the answer and worked solution →The Mahanadi mainly flows throughRead the answer and worked solution →Which river is associated with the Hirakud Dam?Read the answer and worked solution →Swipe: does the river flow east or west?Read the answer and worked solution →Spot the river that is NOT a tributary of IndusRead the answer and worked solution →

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The highest mountain peak ENTIRELY within India is:

  1. Mount Everest (which lies on Nepal Tibet border)
  2. Kanchenjunga (Sikkim, on India-Nepal border)
  3. Nanda Devi (in the state of Uttarakhand)
  4. K2 (which lies on Pakistan China border)
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Correct answer: C. Nanda Devi (in the state of Uttarakhand)

Mt Everest and K2 are not in India. Kanchenjunga (8,586 m) is on the India-Nepal border and is India's highest. NANDA DEVI (7,816 m) is the highest peak entirely within Indian territory.

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The capital of Australia is:

  1. Sydney (largest city)
  2. Canberra (federal capital)
  3. Melbourne (cultural hub)
  4. Brisbane (Queensland capital)
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Correct answer: B. Canberra (federal capital)

Australia's federal capital is CANBERRA, a planned city built specifically to be the capital. Sydney and Melbourne are larger but neither is the capital. Brisbane is Queensland's state capital.

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The world's longest river is the:

  1. Amazon (S. America)
  2. Yangtze (China)
  3. Nile (Africa)
  4. Mississippi-Missouri
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Correct answer: C. Nile (Africa)

The Nile (~6,650 km, Egypt and Sudan) is the world's longest river. The Amazon (~6,400 km) is the largest by water volume but slightly shorter.

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