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Olympiad (Class 5) Social Studies — practice questions

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India has 28 states and 8 union territories. Which of these is a union territory?Read the answer and worked solution →Which range in Ladakh is the most heavily glaciated outside the polar regions?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is the tallest of these Indian mountain peaks?Read the answer and worked solution →Which mountain range running across Rajasthan is the oldest in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Guru Shikhar at Mount Abu is the highest peak of which range?Read the answer and worked solution →Why does northern India stay fairly warm in winter?Read the answer and worked solution →Which region, once part of Gondwanaland, is India's oldest, most stable land?Read the answer and worked solution →Which central Indian range separates Northern India from Southern India?Read the answer and worked solution →Which hills are also known as the Sahyadri, or Benevolent Mountains?Read the answer and worked solution →The Coromandel Coast lies between the Eastern Ghats and which water body?Read the answer and worked solution →A narrow plain 50 to 100 km wide lies between the Western Ghats and which sea?Read the answer and worked solution →Which river drains the Eastern Coastal Plain?Read the answer and worked solution →Which pair of rivers flows west into the Arabian Sea?Read the answer and worked solution →Which three rivers mainly shape the Indo-Gangetic Plain?Read the answer and worked solution →Which feature of the northern plains makes canal irrigation easy?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two crops are grown in rotation in the Indo-Gangetic Plain?Read the answer and worked solution →In which state does most of the Thar Desert lie?Read the answer and worked solution →Why must wells in the Thar Desert be dug very deep?Read the answer and worked solution →The Thar Desert continues into Pakistan under which name?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Gujarat city was the epicentre of the 2001 earthquake?Read the answer and worked solution →The Andaman and Nicobar Islands lie in which water body?Read the answer and worked solution →Majuli is a large river island in which river?Read the answer and worked solution →India can be divided into how many main physical regions?Read the answer and worked solution →In which belt near the Himalayan foothills do pebbles make streams go underground?Read the answer and worked solution →Which belt has streams that reappear, making it very moist and forested?Read the answer and worked solution →Which state lies along India's border with Myanmar?Read the answer and worked solution →The word panchayat literally means a council of how many officials?Read the answer and worked solution →Which body works at the village level in the panchayat system?Read the answer and worked solution →In the three-tier system, which body works at the block level?Read the answer and worked solution →A district council in the panchayat system is also called what?Read the answer and worked solution →

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India has 28 states and 8 union territories. Which of these is a union territory?

  1. Assam
  2. Punjab
  3. Delhi
  4. Kerala
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Correct answer: C. Delhi

Delhi, the National Capital Territory, is one of the 8 union territories, while the others are full states.

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Which range in Ladakh is the most heavily glaciated outside the polar regions?

  1. Aravali
  2. Patkai
  3. Karakoram
  4. Satpura
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Correct answer: C. Karakoram

The Karakoram range in Ladakh holds more glaciers than any other region outside the poles.

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Which is the tallest of these Indian mountain peaks?

  1. Anai Mudi
  2. Kanchenjunga
  3. Nanda Devi
  4. Guru Shikhar
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Correct answer: B. Kanchenjunga

Kanchenjunga rises about 8,598 m, far above Nanda Devi at 7,816 m and the lower peaks of the south and west.

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