Geography Important GK



  1. Shape of the Earth: Oblate Spheroid (Geoid) āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§€ā§° āφāĻ•āĻžā§°: āĻšā§‡āĻĒ⧇āϟāĻž āĻ—ā§‹āϞāĻžāĻ•āĻžā§° (Geoid)

  2. Average distance of Earth from the Sun: 149.6 million km. āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āϝ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§€ā§° āĻ—āĻĄāĻŧ āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ: 149.6 āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āĻŋāϞ⧋āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻžā§°

  3. Time taken by Earth to revolve around the Sun: 365 days 6 hours. āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āϝāĻ• āĻāϟāĻž āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŽāĻž āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§€ā§° āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ: 365 āĻĻāĻŋāύ 6 āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž

  4. Rotation period of the Earth: 23 hours 56 minutes 4 seconds. āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§€ā§° āĻ˜ā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖāύāĻ•āĻžāϞ: 23 āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻž 56 āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ 4 āϛ⧇āϕ⧇āĻŖā§āĻĄ

  5. Greenwich Line: Prime Meridian (0° Longitude). āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ¨ā§ąāĻŋāϚ ⧰⧇āĻ–āĻž: āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻā§ā§°āĻžāϘāĻŋāĻŽāĻž ⧰⧇āĻ–āĻž (0° āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰)

  6. International Date Line: 180° Longitude. āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻ– ⧰⧇āĻ–āĻž: 180° āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰āϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ

  7. Nearest planet to Earth: Venus. āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§€ā§° āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻ“āϚ⧰⧰ āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻš: āĻļ⧁āĻ•ā§ā§°

  8. Satellite of the Earth: Moon, āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§€ā§° āωāĻĒāĻ—ā§ā§°āĻš: āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°

  9. Diameter of the Sun: 109 times that of Earth. āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āϝ⧰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏ: āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§€ā§° āϤ⧁āϞāύāĻžāϤ 109 āϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰

  10. Largest planet in the Solar System: Jupiter. āϏ⧌⧰āϜāĻ—āϤ⧰ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻš: āĻŦ⧃āĻšāĻ¸ā§āĻĒāϤ⧀

  11. Largest ocean on Earth: Pacific Ocean. āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§€ā§° āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻ—ā§°: āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻ—ā§°

  12. Smallest ocean: Arctic Ocean. āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āϏ⧰⧁ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻ—ā§°: āĻ†ā§°ā§āĻ•āϟāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻ—ā§°

  13. Largest continent in the world: Asia. āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ: āĻāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž

  14. Smallest continent: Australia. āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āϏ⧰⧁ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ: āĻ…āĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°ā§‡āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž

  15. Highest peak in the world: Mount Everest (8848.86 m). āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āωāρāϚ⧁ āĻļ⧃āĻ‚āĻ—: āĻŽāĻžāωāĻŖā§āϟ āĻāĻ­āĻžā§°ā§‡āĻˇā§āϟ (8848.86 āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻžā§°)

  16. Deepest lake in the world: Lake Baikal (Russia). āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻ—āϭ⧀⧰ āĻšā§ā§°āĻĻ: āĻŦāĻžāχāĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻšā§ā§°āĻĻ (ā§°āĻžāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž)

  17. Largest lake in the world: Caspian Sea. āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āĻšā§ā§°āĻĻ: āĻ•āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ āϏāĻžāĻ—ā§°

  18. Largest lake in India (freshwater): Wular Lake. āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻž āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀⧰ āĻšā§ā§°āĻĻ: āωāϞāĻžā§° āĻšā§ā§°āĻĻ

  19. Largest saltwater lake in India: Chilika Lake. āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āĻ–āĻžā§° āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀⧰ āĻšā§ā§°āĻĻ: āϚāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ•āĻž āĻšā§ā§°āĻĻ

  20. Largest river of India: Ganga. āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āύāĻĻā§€: āĻ—āĻ‚āĻ—āĻž

  21.  Which is the longest river in the world ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĻā§€āϘāϞ āύāĻĻā§€ āϕ⧋āύāĻ–āύ ?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: Nile River (āύ⧀āϞ āύāĻĻā§€)


Note: It flows through northeastern Africa. āĻāχ āύāĻĻā§€ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰-āĻĒā§‚āĻŦ āφāĻĢā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ•āĻžā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻœā§‡ā§°ā§‡ āĻŦāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


22. Which is the longest river in Asia ?āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĻā§€āϘāϞ āύāĻĻā§€ āϕ⧋āύāĻ–āύ ?
Ans: Yangtze River (āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ‚āĻ¤ā§āϜāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻĻā§€)
Note: It flows completely in China. āχ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖā§°ā§‚āĻĒ⧇ āĻšā§€āύ āĻĻ⧇āĻļāϤ āĻŦāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


23. Which is the longest river in India ?āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĻā§€āϘāϞ āύāĻĻā§€ āϕ⧋āύāĻ–āύ ?
Ans: Ganga River (āĻ—āĻ‚āĻ—āĻž āύāĻĻā§€)
Note: It flows from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal. āχ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāϏāĻžāĻ—ā§°āϞ⧈ āĻŦāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


24. Which is the longest tributary in India ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĻā§€āϘāϞ āωāĻĒāύāĻĻā§€ āϕ⧋āύāĻ–āύ ? 
Ans: Yamuna River (āϝāĻŽā§āύāĻž āύāĻĻā§€)
Note: It is the largest tributary of the Ganga. āχ āĻ—āĻ‚āĻ—āĻž āύāĻĻ⧀⧰ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āωāĻĒāύāĻĻā§€āĨ¤


25. Which river is called “Dakshin Ganga”? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: “āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻ—āĻ‚āĻ—āĻž” āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύāĻ–āύ āύāĻĻā§€āĻ• āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
Ans: Godavari River (āĻ—ā§‹āĻĻāĻžā§ąā§°ā§€ āύāĻĻā§€)
Note: Because of its length and importance in South India. āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤāϤ āĻĻā§ˆā§°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ āφ⧰⧁ āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāχ āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤


26. Which is the largest delta in India ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āĻĄā§‡āĻ˛ā§āϟāĻž āϕ⧋āύāĻ–āύ ?
Ans: Sundarban Delta (āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§°āĻŦāύ āĻĄā§‡āĻ˛ā§āϟāĻž)
Note: Famous for mangrove forests. āĻŽā§‡āĻ‚āĻ—ā§ā§°ā§‹āĻ­ āĻ…ā§°āĻŖā§āϝ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϤāĨ¤


27. Which is the largest delta in the world ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āĻĄā§‡āĻ˛ā§āϟāĻž āϕ⧋āύāĻ–āύ?
Ans: Ganga–Brahmaputra Delta (āĻ—āĻ‚āĻ—āĻž–āĻŦā§ā§°āĻšā§āĻŽāĻĒ⧁āĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻĄā§‡āĻ˛ā§āϟāĻž)
Note: Also known as Sundarban Delta. āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ• āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§°āĻŦāύ āĻĄā§‡āĻ˛ā§āϟāĻž āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻ“ āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


28. Which is the largest dam in India ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāρāϧ āϕ⧋āύāĻ–āύ ?
Ans: Hirakud Dam (āĻšā§€ā§°āĻžāϕ⧁āĻĻ āĻŦāĻžāρāϧ)
Note: Built on the Mahanadi River in Odisha. āĻ“āĻĄāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāύāĻĻ⧀⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤāĨ¤


29. On which river is the Sardar Sarovar Dam built ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻĻāĻžā§° āϏ⧰⧋āĻŦā§° āĻŦāĻžāρāϧ āϕ⧋āύāĻ–āύ āύāĻĻ⧀⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤ ?
Ans: Narmada River (āύāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻĻāĻž āύāĻĻā§€)
Note: Located in Gujarat. āĻāχ āĻŦāĻžāρāϧ āϗ⧁āϜ⧰āĻžāϟāϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤


30. What is the source of the Ganga River ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻ—āĻ‚āĻ—āĻž āύāĻĻ⧀⧰ āωāĻĻā§āĻ—āĻŽ āĻ•’āϤ ?
Ans: Gangotri Glacier (āĻ—āĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§‹āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻš)
Note: Located in Uttarakhand. āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰āĻžāĻ–āĻŖā§āĻĄ ā§°āĻžāĻœā§āϝāϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤


31. What is the source of the Yamuna River ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϝāĻŽā§āύāĻž āύāĻĻ⧀⧰ āωāĻĻā§āĻ—āĻŽ āĻ•’āϤ ?
Ans: Yamunotri Glacier (āϝāĻŽā§āύ⧋āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻš)
Note: Also located in Uttarakhand. āĻāχāĻŸā§‹āĻ“ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰āĻžāĻ–āĻŖā§āĻĄāϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤


32. Where does the Brahmaputra River originate ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻŦā§ā§°āĻšā§āĻŽāĻĒ⧁āĻ¤ā§ā§° āύāĻĻ⧀⧰ āωāĻĻā§āĻ—āĻŽ āĻ•’āϤ ?
Ans: Chemayungdung Glacier, Tibet
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻšā§‡āĻŽāĻž-āχāϝāĻŧ⧁āĻ‚āĻĄā§āĻ‚ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻš, āϤāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻŦāϤ
Note: Called Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet. āϤāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻŦāϤāϤ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ• āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāϞ⧁āĻ‚ āĻ›āĻžāĻ‚āĻĒā§‹ āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


33. What is the source of the Indus River ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϏāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁ āύāĻĻ⧀⧰ āωāĻĻā§āĻ—āĻŽ āĻ•’āϤ ?
Ans: Near Mansarovar Lake
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻŽāĻžāύāϏ⧰⧋āĻŦā§° āĻšā§ā§°āĻĻā§° āĻ•āĻžāώāϤ
Note: Located in Tibet. āϤāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻŦāϤ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞāϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤


34. Where is the confluence of the Ganga ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻ—āĻ‚āĻ—āĻž āύāĻĻ⧀⧰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—āĻŽ āĻ•’āϤ ?
Ans: Prayagraj (Allahabad)
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ—ā§°āĻžāϜ (āĻāϞāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ)
Note: Meeting point of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati. āĻ—āĻ‚āĻ—āĻž, āϝāĻŽā§āύāĻž āφ⧰⧁ āϏ⧰āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϤ⧀ āύāĻĻ⧀⧰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϞāĨ¤


35. In which direction does the Narmada River flow ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āύāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻĻāĻž āύāĻĻā§€ āϕ⧋āύ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ⧇ āĻŦāϝāĻŧ ?
Ans: Westward (āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ⧇)
Note: It flows into the Arabian Sea. āχ āφ⧰āĻŦ āϏāĻžāĻ—ā§°āϤ āĻ—ā§ˆ āĻĒ⧰⧇āĨ¤


36. In which direction does the Tapi River flow ?āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϤāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ⧀ āύāĻĻā§€ āϕ⧋āύ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ⧇ āĻŦāϝāĻŧ ?
Ans: Westward (āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ⧇)
Note: It is a major west-flowing river. āχ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻ• āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽāĻŽā§āĻ–ā§€ āύāĻĻā§€āĨ¤


37. Which is the largest mountain range in India ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āĻĒā§°ā§āĻŦāϤāĻŽāĻžāϞāĻž āϕ⧋āύāĻ–āύ ?
Ans: Himalayas (āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ)
Note: Acts as a natural climatic barrier. āχ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϜāϞāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻŽ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


38. Which is the highest peak of the Himalayas? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧā§° āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻ“āĻ– āĻļāĻŋāĻ–ā§° āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ ?
Ans: Mount Everest (āĻŽāĻžāωāĻŖā§āϟ āĻāĻ­āĻžā§°ā§‡āĻˇā§āϟ)
Note: Highest peak in the world. āĻāχāĻŸā§‹ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻ“āĻ– āĻļāĻŋāĻ–ā§°āĨ¤


39. Which is the southernmost point of mainland India ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϞāĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§° āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻŖāϤāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ ?
Ans: Kanyakumari (āĻ•āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧁āĻŽāĻžā§°ā§€)
Note: Located in Tamil Nadu. āϤāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϞāύāĻžāĻĄā§āϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤


40. Which is the southernmost point of India ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻŖāϤāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ ?
Ans: Indira Point (āχāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋā§°āĻž āĻĒāχāĻŖā§āϟ)
Note: Located in Great Nicobar Island. āĻ—ā§ā§°ā§‡āϟ āύāĻŋāϕ⧋āĻŦā§° āĻĻā§āĻŦā§€āĻĒāϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤


41. āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ ? What is the northernmost point of India ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Siachen Glacier


Note: āϏāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϚāĻŋāύ āĻ—ā§āϞ⧇āϚāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āϞāĻžāĻĄāĻžāĻ– āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞāϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ Siachen Glacier is located in the Ladakh region and is one of the coldest places in the world.


42. āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ ā§°āĻžāĻœā§āϝ āϕ⧋āύāĻ–āύ ? Which is the largest state of India ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Rajasthan


Note: āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻĢāϞ⧰ āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒāϤ ā§°āĻžāϜāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ ā§°āĻžāĻœā§āϝāĨ¤ Rajasthan is the largest Indian state by area.


43. āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āϏ⧰⧁ ā§°āĻžāĻœā§āϝ āϕ⧋āύāĻ–āύ ? Which is the smallest state of India ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Goa


Note: āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻĢāϞ⧰ āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒāϤ āĻ—ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āϏ⧰⧁ ā§°āĻžāĻœā§āϝāĨ¤ Goa is the smallest state by area.


44. āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ ? Which is the largest Union Territory of India ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Ladakh


Note: āϞāĻžāĻĄāĻžāĻ– ⧍ā§Ļ⧧⧝ āϚāύāϤ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ Ladakh became a Union Territory in 2019.


45. āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āϏ⧰⧁ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ ? Which is the smallest Union Territory of India ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Answer: Lakshadweep


Note: āϞāĻ•ā§āώāĻĻā§āĻŦā§€āĻĒ āĻ†ā§°ā§ą āϏāĻžāĻ—ā§°āϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ Lakshadweep is located in the Arabian Sea.


46. āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§€āĻĒ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ ? Which is the largest island of India ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Majuli (River Island, Assam)


Note: āĻŽāĻžāϜ⧁āϞ⧀ āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§€ā§° āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āύāĻĻā§€ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§€āĻĒāĨ¤ Majuli is the world’s largest river island.


47. āφāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ-āύāĻŋāϕ⧋āĻŦāĻžā§° āĻĻā§āĻŦā§€āĻĒāĻĒ⧁āĻžā§āϜ⧰ ā§°āĻžāϜāϧāĻžāύ⧀ āĻ•āĻŋ ? What is the capital of Andaman & Nicobar Islands ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Port Blair


Note: āĻĒā§‹ā§°ā§āϟ āĻŦā§āϞ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāϏāĻžāĻ—ā§°āϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ Port Blair is located in the Bay of Bengal.


48. āϞāĻ•ā§āώāĻĻā§āĻŦā§€āĻĒā§° ā§°āĻžāϜāϧāĻžāύ⧀ āĻ•āĻŋ ? What is the capital of Lakshadweep ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Kavaratti


Note: āĻ•āĻžāĻ­āĻžā§°āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āϞāĻ•ā§āώāĻĻā§āĻŦā§€āĻĒā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāϏāύāĻŋāĻ• āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĨ¤ Kavaratti is the administrative capital of Lakshadweep.


49. āĻ­ā§‚-āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧰⧇āĻ–āĻžā§° āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻ“āϚ⧰⧰ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ ā§°āĻžāĻœā§āϝ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ ? Which Indian state/UT is closest to the Equator ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Andaman & Nicobar Islands


Note: āχ āχāĻ•ā§ā§ąā§‡āϟ⧰⧰ āĻ“āϚ⧰āϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ It lies very close to the Equator.


50. āĻ•ā§°ā§āĻ• ⧰⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻ–āύ ā§°āĻžāĻœā§āϝ⧰ āĻŽāĻžāĻœā§‡ā§°ā§‡ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ? The Tropic of Cancer passes through how many Indian states ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: 8 States


Note: āĻ…āϏāĻŽ, āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—, āĻāĻžā§°āĻ–āĻŖā§āĻĄ āφāĻĻāĻŋ ā§°āĻžāĻœā§āϝ⧰ āĻŽāĻžāĻœā§‡ā§°ā§‡ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ It passes through Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand, etc.


51. āĻĻāĻŋāύ āφ⧰⧁ ā§°āĻžāϤāĻŋ āϕ⧇āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ? When are day and night equal ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Equinox


Note: āĻŦāϛ⧰āϤ āĻĻ⧁āĻŦāĻžā§° āĻĻāĻŋāύ-ā§°āĻžāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ Day and night are equal twice a year.


52. āĻŦāϛ⧰⧰ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĻā§€āϘāϞ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ ? Which is the longest day of the year ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans:  21 June


Note: āĻāχ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻŸā§‹āϤ āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻ•ā§°ā§āĻ• ⧰⧇āĻ–āĻžā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤ On this day, the Sun is overhead at the Tropic of Cancer.


53.  āĻŦāϛ⧰⧰ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĻā§€āϘāϞ ā§°āĻžāϤāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ ? Which is the longest night of the year ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: 22 December


Note: āĻāχ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻŸā§‹āϤ āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āϝ āĻŽāϕ⧰ ⧰⧇āĻ–āĻžā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤ The Sun is overhead at the Tropic of Capricorn.


54.  āϕ⧋āύ āϕ⧋āύ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻ–āϤ āĻĻāĻŋāύ-ā§°āĻžāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ? On which dates are day and night equal ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: 21 March & 23 September


Note; āĻāχ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻŦā§‹ā§°āĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§ā§ą āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ These days are called Equinox.


55.  āĻ…’āϜāύ āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧰ āϕ⧋āύ āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧰āϤ āĻĒā§‹ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ? In which layer is the ozone layer found ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Stratosphere


Note: āĻ…’āϜāύ āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧰⧇ āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āϝ⧰ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻ•āĻžā§°āĻ• ā§°āĻļā§āĻŽāĻŋ ā§°ā§‹āϧ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤
The ozone layer protects us from harmful UV rays.


56. āϜāϞāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧰ āϜāύāĻ• āϕ⧋āύ ? Who is the father of climatology ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Köppen


Note: āϕ⧋āĻĒ⧇āύ āϜāϞāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁⧰ āĻļā§ā§°ā§‡āĻŖā§€āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϜāύ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ Köppen classified world climates.


57. āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤāϤ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§ā§°āϤ āĻŽā§ŒāϚ⧁āĻŽā§€ā§° āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻŦ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ­āĻžā§ą ? Which sector is most affected by monsoon in India ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Agriculture


Note: āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ•ā§ƒāώāĻŋ āĻŽā§ŒāϚ⧁āĻŽā§€ā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻ­ā§°āĻļā§€āϞāĨ¤ Indian agriculture depends heavily on monsoon.


58. āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āĻŽā§°ā§āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ ? Which is the largest desert in the world ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Sahara Desert


Note: āχ āφāĻĢā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ It is located in Africa.


59. āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āĻŽā§°ā§āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ ? Which is the largest desert in India ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Thar Desert


Note: āĻĨāĻžā§° ā§°āĻžāϜāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ Thar Desert is mainly in Rajasthan.


60. āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻ āĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ ? Which is the coldest place in the world?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Verkhoyansk (Siberia)


Note: āχ ā§°āĻžāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ āĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻžāĨ¤ It is located in Russia and records extremely low temperatures.