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Olympiad (Class 5) India and the world — practice questions

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Which water body forms India's boundary on the southeast side?Read the answer and worked solution →A traveller crosses India's land border going west from Rajasthan. Which country does she enter?Read the answer and worked solution →Which pair of island countries lies close to India in the Indian Ocean?Read the answer and worked solution →On which date in 1950 did the Constitution make India a republic?Read the answer and worked solution →Which body drafted the Constitution of India between 1946 and 1949?Read the answer and worked solution →Voters choose the members of which house of Parliament directly, making it the lower house?Read the answer and worked solution →Who is the constitutional head of state in India?Read the answer and worked solution →What are the panchayats that the Constitution recommends for villages?Read the answer and worked solution →Which task belongs to India's central government?Read the answer and worked solution →Which language was made an associate official language for the first 15 years of the Constitution?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1950 the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution listed how many languages?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Himalayan peak on the Sikkim-Nepal border is over 8,000 m high?Read the answer and worked solution →The peak Nanda Devi in the Garhwal Himalayas stands in which state?Read the answer and worked solution →Which mountain range runs through Ladakh and is heavily glaciated?Read the answer and worked solution →Which 76 km glacier is the world's second longest outside the polar regions?Read the answer and worked solution →Which village near Cherrapunji is known as the wettest place in the world?Read the answer and worked solution →In which state does the Garo-Khasi hill range lie?Read the answer and worked solution →Most of the Thar Desert lies in which Indian state?Read the answer and worked solution →The Deccan Plateau is flanked on its western side by which hill range?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these peninsular rivers drains into the Arabian Sea?Read the answer and worked solution →Into which water body do the Ganges and the Brahmaputra drain?Read the answer and worked solution →Why does the Kosi river often flood badly and change its course?Read the answer and worked solution →The Sundarbans delta in eastern India is shared with which country?Read the answer and worked solution →Which coral atoll group lies off India's south-western coast?Read the answer and worked solution →Which river island of the Brahmaputra is part of India?Read the answer and worked solution →About what share of India's yearly rain comes from the monsoon?Read the answer and worked solution →Why is the land east of the Western Ghats drier than the coast?Read the answer and worked solution →How do the Himalayas help keep northern India warm in winter?Read the answer and worked solution →How were the Himalayas formed?Read the answer and worked solution →Long ago the Indian plate was part of which southern supercontinent?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which water body forms India's boundary on the southeast side?

  1. Bay of Bengal
  2. Red Sea
  3. Arabian Sea
  4. Persian Gulf
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Correct answer: A. Bay of Bengal

The Bay of Bengal lies off India's southeastern coast, while the Arabian Sea is on the southwest.

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A traveller crosses India's land border going west from Rajasthan. Which country does she enter?

  1. Bhutan
  2. Myanmar
  3. Nepal
  4. Pakistan
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Correct answer: D. Pakistan

Pakistan is the neighbour on India's west; Nepal and Bhutan are in the north and Myanmar in the east.

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Which pair of island countries lies close to India in the Indian Ocean?

  1. Sri Lanka and Maldives
  2. Japan and Taiwan
  3. Cuba and Jamaica
  4. Iceland and Ireland
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Correct answer: A. Sri Lanka and Maldives

Sri Lanka and the Maldives are the island neighbours just off India's southern coast.

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