Indian Geography MCQ Questions for Competitive Exams in English Medium. Important questions from previous year exam papers for free practice of upcoming exams.
Indian Geography MCQ
Q.1: Which hill station’s name means ‘place of the thunderbolt’?
(a) Gangtok
(b) Shillong
(c) Ootacamund
(d) Darjeeling
Q.2: To conserve coral reefs, the Government of India declared one of the following as a Marine Park:
(a) Andaman Islands
(b) Gulf of Kutch
(c) Lakshadweep Islands
(d) Gulf of Mannar
Q.3: The headquarters of the Survey of India Department is located in:
(a) Jaipur
(b) Dehradun
(c) Hyderabad
(d) New Delhi
Q.4: Which of the following states in India has the longest coastline?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Gujarat
Q.5: Which of the following is called a ‘young fold mountain’?
(a) Aravali
(b) Nilgiri
(c) Himalaya
(d) Vindhya
Q.6: The easternmost peak of the Himalayas is:
(a) Namcha Barwa
(b) Annapurna
(c) Kanchenjunga
(d) Mount Everest
Q.7: Metamorphic rocks change in:
(a) Structure
(b) Texture
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Original chemical composition
Q.8: What is the total area of India?
(a) 8,511,965 sq km
(b) 3,897,950 sq km
(c) 5,926,780 sq km
(d) 3,287,590 sq km
Q.9: The two richest eco-zones of India are:
(a) Himalayas and Vindhyas
(b) Himalayas and Eastern Ghats
(c) Himalayas and Western Ghats
(d) Himalayas and Aravalis
Q.10: How many islands are there in Lakshadweep?
(a) 17
(b) 27
(c) 36
(d) 47
Q.11: Niyamgiri hill is located in Kalahandi district of:
(a) Odisha
(b) West Bengal
(c) Punjab
(d) Kerala
Q.12: Indira Point is the southernmost tip of:
(a) Maldives
(b) Laccadive
(c) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(d) Dhanushkodi
Q.13: The highest peak of India is:
(a) Kamet Mountain
(b) Nandakot
(c) Nanda Devi
(d) K2 (Godwin Austen)
Q.14: Sabarimala is situated in which of the following states?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Kerala
(d) Karnataka
Q.15: Which Himalayan peak is also known as ‘Sagarmatha’?
(a) Nanga Parbat
(b) Dhaulagiri
(c) Mt. Everest
(d) Kanchenjunga
Q.16: The highest mountain peak of peninsular India is:
(a) Anaimudi
(b) Doddabetta
(c) Mahendragiri
(d) Nilgiris
Q.17: The Greater Himalayas are otherwise called as:
(a) Himadri
(b) Sahyadri
(c) Assam Himalayas
(d) Siwalik
Q.18: The world’s largest river island, Majuli, is located in which state?
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Assam
(c) Tripura
(d) Mizoram
Q.19: Kanchenjunga is situated in:
(a) Nepal
(b) Sikkim
(c) West Bengal
(d) Himachal Pradesh
Q.20: Godwin Austen is a/an:
(a) Inventor of telescope
(b) Geologist
(c) Pass
(d) Peak
Q.21: Jog Falls is situated in which state?
(a) Kerala
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Karnataka
(d) Tamil Nadu
Q.22: Which of the following is the highest peak of undisputed Indian territory?
(a) Mount Everest
(b) Kanchenjunga
(c) Nanda Devi
(d) Nanga Parbat
Q.23: Palghat joins which of the following states?
(a) Sikkim and West Bengal
(b) Maharashtra and Gujarat
(c) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
(d) Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim1
Q.24: ‘Loktak’ is a:
(a) Valley
(b) Lake
(c) River
(d) Mountain range
Q.25: Which of the following states has the longest coastline?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Gujarat
(d) Andhra Pradesh
Q.26: The pass located in Himachal Pradesh is:
(a) Shipki La
(b) Zojila
(c) Nathula
(d) Jelepla
Q.27: The highest waterfall in India is:
(a) Hogenakkal Falls
(b) Kunchikal Falls
(c) Jog Falls
(d) Shimsha Falls
Q.28: The sea that was in place of the Himalayas was:
(a) Red Sea
(b) Arabian Sea
(c) Tethys Sea
(d) Dead Sea
Q.29: Kullu Valley is situated between:
(a) Ladakh and Pir Panjal
(b) Ranjoti and Nag Tibba
(c) Lesser Himalayas and Shiwalik
(d) Dhauladhar and Pir Panjal
Q.30: The mountains that are not a part of the Himalayan range are:
(a) Aravali
(b) Kunlun
(c) Karakoram
(d) Hindu Kush
Q.31: The length of the coastline of India is approximately:
(a) 4,900 kilometers
(b) 5,700 kilometers
(c) 7,500 kilometers
(d) 8,300 kilometers
Q.32: Which of the following is the second highest peak in the world?
(a) Dhaulagiri
(b) Kanchenjunga
(c) K2
(d) Nanda Devi
Q.33: Badland topography is characteristic of:
(a) Chambal Valley
(b) Coastal region
(c) Sunderban Delta
(d) Gulf of Kutch
Q.34: The Indian desert is known as:
(a) Gobi
(b) Sahara
(c) Thar
(d) Atacama
Q.35: Which state of India has the largest coastline?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Odisha
(d) Tamil Nadu
Q.36: The coast related to Kerala is called:
(a) Konkan Coast
(b) Malabar Coast
(c) Coromandel Coast
(d) Canara Coast
Q.37: The coastline of India is ……… km.
(a) 5,500 kilometers
(b) 6,500 kilometers
(c) 7,500 kilometers
(d) 8,400 kilometers
Q.38: Baltora Glacier is situated in:
(a) Karakoram Ranges
(b) Pamir Plateau
(c) Shiwalik
(d) Alps
Q.39: Which of the following cities/towns is located on the northernmost latitude?
(a) Patna
(b) Allahabad
(c) Pachmarhi
(d) Ahmedabad
Q.40: The Andaman group and Nicobar group of islands are separated from each other by:
(a) Ten Degree Channel
(b) Great Channel
(c) Bay of Bengal
(d) Andaman2 Sea
Q.41: The southern tip of India is:
(a) Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari)
(b) Point Calimere
(c) Indira Point in Nicobar Islands
(d) Kovalam in Thiruvananthapuram3
Q.42: The Nallamala Hills are located in the state of:
(a) Odisha
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Gujarat
Q.43: The coastal tract of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu is called:
(a) Konkan
(b) Coromandel
(c) Eastern coast
(d) Malabar coast
Q.44: The highest Indian waterfall is:
(a) Gokak
(b) Gersoppa
(c) Shivanasamudra
(d) Yenna
Q.45: The fertile land between two rivers is called
(a) Water divide
(b) Water shed
(c) Doab
(d) Tarai
Q.46: Nathu La, the place where India-China border trade has resumed after 44 years, is located on the Indian border in:
(a) Sikkim
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Jammu and Kashmir4
Q.47: In terms of area, India is the largest country in the world.
(a) Second
(b) Fourth
(c) Sixth
(d) Seventh
Q.48: The approximate length of India’s coastline is:
(a) 5,500 km
(b) 6,000 km
(c) 6,500 km
(d) 7,000 km
Q.49: The standard time of a country differs from GMT in multiples of:
(a) Two hours
(b) One hour
(c) Half an hour
(d) Four minutes
Q.50: The Naga, Khasi and Garo hills are located in:
(a) Purvanchal Range
(b) Karakoram Range
(c) Zaskar Range
(d) Himalayan Range