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UPSC CDS Indian Geography — practice questions — page 42

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Pop the Northern Plain wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the reliefRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the landform wordsRead the answer and worked solution →West coast or east coastRead the answer and worked solution →Sort peaks, plains and islandsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Physical features bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The southernmost latitude of the Indian mainland is:Read the answer and worked solution →The northernmost latitude of India is:Read the answer and worked solution →The Tropic of Cancer at 23°30'N divides India into:Read the answer and worked solution →The Lakshadweep islands lie in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Indira Point, the southernmost point of the Indian Union, was submerged in 2004 by the:Read the answer and worked solution →India's land mass has an area of:Read the answer and worked solution →India's area is about what share of the world's geographical area?Read the answer and worked solution →By area India is the world's:Read the answer and worked solution →India's land boundary is about:Read the answer and worked solution →The total coastline of India including the islands is:Read the answer and worked solution →South of about which latitude does India begin to taper towards the Indian Ocean?Read the answer and worked solution →The time lag between Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh is about:Read the answer and worked solution →The Standard Meridian of India, 82°30'E, passes through:Read the answer and worked solution →Mirzapur, on the Standard Meridian, is in:Read the answer and worked solution →Since the Suez Canal opened in 1869, India's distance from Europe has fallen by:Read the answer and worked solution →India's contacts with the world through land routes are older than:Read the answer and worked solution →The architectural styles of dome and minarets came to India from:Read the answer and worked solution →India has how many states and Union Territories?Read the answer and worked solution →India shares its northwest land boundary with Pakistan and:Read the answer and worked solution →Sri Lanka is separated from India by the Palk Strait and the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Maldives Islands lie to the south of:Read the answer and worked solution →Before 1947, provinces were ruled directly by British officials appointed by the:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the land neighboursRead the answer and worked solution →

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Pop the Northern Plain words

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Other terms
  1. Barchan
  2. Deccan Trap
  3. Atoll
  4. Ghat
Matching terms
  1. Bhabar
  2. Terai
  3. Bhangar
  4. Khadar
  5. Kankar
  6. Doab
Instructions
Pop the words of the Northern Plain. Leave the plateau, desert and coast words.
_Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 2, Physical Features of India._

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Run the relief

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Questions
  1. Correct
    Himadri
    Choices
    1. Himadri
    2. Himachal
    3. Shiwaliks
  2. Correct
    Himachal
    Choices
    1. Himadri
    2. Himachal
    3. Shiwaliks
  3. Correct
    Shiwaliks
    Choices
    1. Himadri
    2. Himachal
    3. Shiwaliks
  4. Correct
    Bhabar
    Choices
    1. Bhabar
    2. Terai
    3. Khadar
  5. Correct
    Terai
    Choices
    1. Bhabar
    2. Terai
    3. Khadar
  6. Correct
    Khadar
    Choices
    1. Bhabar
    2. Terai
    3. Khadar
Instructions
Ranges by height: 6,000 m, 3,700 to 4,500 m, 900 to 1,100 m; then plains: pebble belt, swamp, new alluvium.
_Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 2, Physical Features of India._

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Slice the landform words

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Does not match the category
  1. Ledger
  2. Piston
  3. Sonnet
  4. Nebula
Matches the category
  1. Bhabar
  2. Terai
  3. Khadar
  4. Doab
  5. Barchan
Instructions
Slice only the Indian landform words. Spare the others.
_Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 2, Physical Features of India._

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