Geography Important GK
- Shape of the Earth: Oblate Spheroid (Geoid) āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻžā§°: āĻā§āĻĒā§āĻāĻž āĻā§āϞāĻžāĻāĻžā§° (Geoid)
- Average distance of Earth from the Sun: 149.6 million km. āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĻā§ā§°āϤā§āĻŦ: 149.6 āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ āĻāĻŋāϞā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°
- Time taken by Earth to revolve around the Sun: 365 days 6 hours. āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻ āĻāĻāĻž āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻā§ā§°āĻŽāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ: 365 āĻĻāĻŋāύ 6 āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž
- Rotation period of the Earth: 23 hours 56 minutes 4 seconds. āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāύāĻāĻžāϞ: 23 āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž 56 āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ 4 āĻā§āĻā§āĻŖā§āĻĄ
- Greenwich Line: Prime Meridian (0° Longitude). āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ¨ā§ąāĻŋāĻ ā§°ā§āĻāĻž: āĻļā§āύā§āϝ āĻĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻž (0° āĻĻā§āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤ⧰)
- International Date Line: 180° Longitude. āĻāύā§āϤāϰā§āĻāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻ ā§°ā§āĻāĻž: 180° āĻĻā§āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤ⧰āϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ
- Nearest planet to Earth: Venus. āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻāĻā§°ā§° āĻā§ā§°āĻš: āĻļā§āĻā§ā§°
- Satellite of the Earth: Moon, āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻāĻĒāĻā§ā§°āĻš: āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°
- Diameter of the Sun: 109 times that of Earth. āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝ⧰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏ: āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āϤā§āϞāύāĻžāϤ 109 āĻā§āĻŖ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§°
- Largest planet in the Solar System: Jupiter. āϏā§ā§°āĻāĻāϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āĻā§ā§°āĻš: āĻŦā§āĻšāϏā§āĻĒāϤā§
- Largest ocean on Earth: Pacific Ocean. āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻā§°: āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻā§°
- Smallest ocean: Arctic Ocean. āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āϏ⧰⧠āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻā§°: āĻā§°ā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻā§°
- Largest continent in the world: Asia. āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļ: āĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž
- Smallest continent: Australia. āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āϏ⧰⧠āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļ: āĻ āώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž
- Highest peak in the world: Mount Everest (8848.86 m). āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻļā§āĻāĻ: āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŖā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§āώā§āĻ (8848.86 āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°)
- Deepest lake in the world: Lake Baikal (Russia). āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻāĻā§ā§° āĻšā§ā§°āĻĻ: āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāϞ āĻšā§ā§°āĻĻ (ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž)
- Largest lake in the world: Caspian Sea. āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āĻšā§ā§°āĻĻ: āĻāĻžāϏā§āĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ āϏāĻžāĻā§°
- Largest lake in India (freshwater): Wular Lake. āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻž āĻĒāĻžāύā§ā§° āĻšā§ā§°āĻĻ: āĻāϞāĻžā§° āĻšā§ā§°āĻĻ
- Largest saltwater lake in India: Chilika Lake. āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āĻāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻžāύā§ā§° āĻšā§ā§°āĻĻ: āĻāĻŋāϞā§āĻāĻž āĻšā§ā§°āĻĻ
- Largest river of India: Ganga. āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āύāĻĻā§: āĻāĻāĻāĻž
- Which is the longest river in the world ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϞ āύāĻĻā§ āĻā§āύāĻāύ ?
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: Nile River (āύā§āϞ āύāĻĻā§)
Note: It flows through northeastern Africa. āĻāĻ āύāĻĻā§ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰-āĻĒā§āĻŦ āĻāĻĢā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻžā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻŦāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
22. Which is the longest river in Asia ?āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϞ āύāĻĻā§ āĻā§āύāĻāύ ?
Ans: Yangtze River (āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻāϤā§āĻāĻŧā§ āύāĻĻā§)
Note: It flows completely in China. āĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖā§°ā§āĻĒā§ āĻā§āύ āĻĻā§āĻļāϤ āĻŦāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
23. Which is the longest river in India ?āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϞ āύāĻĻā§ āĻā§āύāĻāύ ?
Ans: Ganga River (āĻāĻāĻāĻž āύāĻĻā§)
Note: It flows from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal. āĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻŦāĻā§āĻā§āĻĒāϏāĻžāĻā§°āϞ⧠āĻŦāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
24. Which is the longest tributary in India ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϞ āĻāĻĒāύāĻĻā§ āĻā§āύāĻāύ ?
Ans: Yamuna River (āϝāĻŽā§āύāĻž āύāĻĻā§)
Note: It is the largest tributary of the Ganga. āĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻž āύāĻĻā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āĻāĻĒāύāĻĻā§āĨ¤
25. Which river is called “Dakshin Ganga”? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: “āĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻāĻāĻāĻž” āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻā§āύāĻāύ āύāĻĻā§āĻ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
Ans: Godavari River (āĻā§āĻĻāĻžā§ąā§°ā§ āύāĻĻā§)
Note: Because of its length and importance in South India. āĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻāĻžā§°āϤāϤ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āϝ āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻ āύāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
26. Which is the largest delta in India ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āĻĄā§āϞā§āĻāĻž āĻā§āύāĻāύ ?
Ans: Sundarban Delta (āϏā§āύā§āĻĻā§°āĻŦāύ āĻĄā§āϞā§āĻāĻž)
Note: Famous for mangrove forests. āĻŽā§āĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻ āĻ
ā§°āĻŖā§āϝ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϤāĨ¤
27. Which is the largest delta in the world ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āĻĄā§āϞā§āĻāĻž āĻā§āύāĻāύ?
Ans: Ganga–Brahmaputra Delta (āĻāĻāĻāĻž–āĻŦā§ā§°āĻšā§āĻŽāĻĒā§āϤā§ā§° āĻĄā§āϞā§āĻāĻž)
Note: Also known as Sundarban Delta. āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ āϏā§āύā§āĻĻā§°āĻŦāύ āĻĄā§āϞā§āĻāĻž āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
28. Which is the largest dam in India ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻāϧ āĻā§āύāĻāύ ?
Ans: Hirakud Dam (āĻšā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āĻĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϧ)
Note: Built on the Mahanadi River in Odisha. āĻāĻĄāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāύāĻĻā§ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
29. On which river is the Sardar Sarovar Dam built ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϏ⧰ā§āĻĻāĻžā§° āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻāϧ āĻā§āύāĻāύ āύāĻĻā§ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤ ?
Ans: Narmada River (āύāϰā§āĻŽāĻĻāĻž āύāĻĻā§)
Note: Located in Gujarat. āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϧ āĻā§āĻā§°āĻžāĻāϤ āĻ
ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
30. What is the source of the Ganga River ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻāĻāĻāĻž āύāĻĻā§ā§° āĻāĻĻā§āĻāĻŽ āĻ’āϤ ?
Ans: Gangotri Glacier (āĻāĻā§āĻā§āϤā§ā§°ā§ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻš)
Note: Located in Uttarakhand. āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰āĻžāĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāϤ āĻ
ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
31. What is the source of the Yamuna River ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϝāĻŽā§āύāĻž āύāĻĻā§ā§° āĻāĻĻā§āĻāĻŽ āĻ’āϤ ?
Ans: Yamunotri Glacier (āϝāĻŽā§āύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻš)
Note: Also located in Uttarakhand. āĻāĻāĻā§āĻ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰āĻžāĻāĻŖā§āĻĄāϤ āĻ
ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
32. Where does the Brahmaputra River originate ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻŦā§ā§°āĻšā§āĻŽāĻĒā§āϤā§ā§° āύāĻĻā§ā§° āĻāĻĻā§āĻāĻŽ āĻ’āϤ ?
Ans: Chemayungdung Glacier, Tibet
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻā§āĻŽāĻž-āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻĄā§āĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻš, āϤāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻŦāϤ
Note: Called Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet. āϤāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻŦāϤāϤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāϞā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒā§ āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
33. What is the source of the Indus River ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϏāĻŋāύā§āϧ⧠āύāĻĻā§ā§° āĻāĻĻā§āĻāĻŽ āĻ’āϤ ?
Ans: Near Mansarovar Lake
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻŽāĻžāύāϏ⧰ā§āĻŦā§° āĻšā§ā§°āĻĻā§° āĻāĻžāώāϤ
Note: Located in Tibet. āϤāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻŦāϤ āĻ
āĻā§āĻāϞāϤ āĻ
ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
34. Where is the confluence of the Ganga ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻāĻāĻāĻž āύāĻĻā§ā§° āϏāĻāĻāĻŽ āĻ’āϤ ?
Ans: Prayagraj (Allahabad)
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻā§°āĻžāĻ (āĻāϞāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ)
Note: Meeting point of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati. āĻāĻāĻāĻž, āϝāĻŽā§āύāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āϏ⧰āϏā§āĻŦāϤ⧠āύāĻĻā§ā§° āϏāĻāĻāĻŽāϏā§āĻĨāϞāĨ¤
35. In which direction does the Narmada River flow ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āύāϰā§āĻŽāĻĻāĻž āύāĻĻā§ āĻā§āύ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļā§ āĻŦāϝāĻŧ ?
Ans: Westward (āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļā§)
Note: It flows into the Arabian Sea. āĻ āĻā§°āĻŦ āϏāĻžāĻā§°āϤ āĻā§ āĻĒā§°ā§āĨ¤
36. In which direction does the Tapi River flow ?āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϤāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ⧠āύāĻĻā§ āĻā§āύ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļā§ āĻŦāϝāĻŧ ?
Ans: Westward (āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļā§)
Note: It is a major west-flowing river. āĻ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŽā§āĻā§ āύāĻĻā§āĨ¤
37. Which is the largest mountain range in India ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āĻĒā§°ā§āĻŦāϤāĻŽāĻžāϞāĻž āĻā§āύāĻāύ ?
Ans: Himalayas (āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ)
Note: Acts as a natural climatic barrier. āĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻāϞāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
38. Which is the highest peak of the Himalayas? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§° āĻā§āύāĻā§ ?
Ans: Mount Everest (āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŖā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§āώā§āĻ)
Note: Highest peak in the world. āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§°āĨ¤
39. Which is the southernmost point of mainland India ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āϏā§āĻĨāϞāĻāĻžāĻā§° āĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖāϤāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ?
Ans: Kanyakumari (āĻāύā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻŽāĻžā§°ā§)
Note: Located in Tamil Nadu. āϤāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϞāύāĻžāĻĄā§āϤ āĻ
ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
40. Which is the southernmost point of India ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻā§āϤ āĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖāϤāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ?
Ans: Indira Point (āĻāύā§āĻĻāĻŋā§°āĻž āĻĒāĻāĻŖā§āĻ)
Note: Located in Great Nicobar Island. āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻ āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻŦā§° āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒāϤ āĻ
ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
41. āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļā§° āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ? What is the northernmost point of India ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Siachen Glacier
Note: āϏāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻŋāύ āĻā§āϞā§āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āϞāĻžāĻĄāĻžāĻ āĻ āĻā§āĻāϞāϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ Siachen Glacier is located in the Ladakh region and is one of the coldest places in the world.
42. āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ āĻā§āύāĻāύ ? Which is the largest state of India ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Rajasthan
Note: āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āĻĢāϞ⧰ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒāϤ ā§°āĻžāĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāĨ¤ Rajasthan is the largest Indian state by area.
43. āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āϏ⧰⧠⧰āĻžāĻā§āϝ āĻā§āύāĻāύ ? Which is the smallest state of India ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Goa
Note: āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āĻĢāϞ⧰ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒāϤ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āϏ⧰⧠⧰āĻžāĻā§āϝāĨ¤ Goa is the smallest state by area.
44. āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āĻ āĻā§āĻāϞ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ? Which is the largest Union Territory of India ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Ladakh
Note: āϞāĻžāĻĄāĻžāĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧧⧝ āĻāύāϤ āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āĻ āĻā§āĻāϞ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ Ladakh became a Union Territory in 2019.
45. āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āϏ⧰⧠āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āĻ āĻā§āĻāϞ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ? Which is the smallest Union Territory of India ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Answer: Lakshadweep
Note: āϞāĻā§āώāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒ āĻā§°ā§ą āϏāĻžāĻā§°āϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ Lakshadweep is located in the Arabian Sea.
46. āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ? Which is the largest island of India ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Majuli (River Island, Assam)
Note: āĻŽāĻžāĻā§āϞ⧠āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āύāĻĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒāĨ¤ Majuli is the world’s largest river island.
47. āĻāύā§āĻĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ-āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§° āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒāĻĒā§āĻā§āĻā§° ā§°āĻžāĻāϧāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻŋ ? What is the capital of Andaman & Nicobar Islands ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Port Blair
Note: āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻ āĻŦā§āϞā§āϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻā§āĻā§āĻĒāϏāĻžāĻā§°āϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ Port Blair is located in the Bay of Bengal.
48. āϞāĻā§āώāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒā§° ā§°āĻžāĻāϧāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻŋ ? What is the capital of Lakshadweep ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Kavaratti
Note: āĻāĻžāĻāĻžā§°āĻžāϤā§āϤāĻŋ āϞāĻā§āώāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāϏāύāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĨ¤ Kavaratti is the administrative capital of Lakshadweep.
49. āĻā§-āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧰ā§āĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻāĻā§°ā§° āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ? Which Indian state/UT is closest to the Equator ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Note: āĻ āĻāĻā§ā§ąā§āĻā§°ā§° āĻāĻā§°āϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ It lies very close to the Equator.
50. āĻā§°ā§āĻ ā§°ā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻāύ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ⧰ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ā§°ā§ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ? The Tropic of Cancer passes through how many Indian states ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: 8 States
Note: āĻ āϏāĻŽ, āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŦāĻā§āĻ, āĻāĻžā§°āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻāĻĻāĻŋ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ⧰ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ā§°ā§ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ It passes through Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand, etc.
51. āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻā§°ā§ ā§°āĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ? When are day and night equal ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Equinox
Note: āĻŦāĻā§°āϤ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§° āĻĻāĻŋāύ-ā§°āĻžāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ Day and night are equal twice a year.
52. āĻŦāĻā§°ā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϞ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ? Which is the longest day of the year ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: 21 June
Note: āĻāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻā§āϤ āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝ āĻāĻā§°ā§āĻ ā§°ā§āĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ On this day, the Sun is overhead at the Tropic of Cancer.
53. āĻŦāĻā§°ā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϞ ā§°āĻžāϤāĻŋ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ? Which is the longest night of the year ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: 22 December
Note: āĻāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻā§āϤ āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝ āĻŽāĻā§° ā§°ā§āĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ The Sun is overhead at the Tropic of Capricorn.
54. āĻā§āύ āĻā§āύ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻāϤ āĻĻāĻŋāύ-ā§°āĻžāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ? On which dates are day and night equal ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: 21 March & 23 September
Note; āĻāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻŦā§ā§°āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāώā§ā§ą āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ These days are called Equinox.
55. āĻ ’āĻāύ āϏā§āϤ⧰ āĻā§āύ āϏā§āϤ⧰āϤ āĻĒā§ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ? In which layer is the ozone layer found ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Stratosphere
Note: āĻ
’āĻāύ āϏā§āϤ⧰⧠āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝ⧰ āĻā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°āĻ ā§°āĻļā§āĻŽāĻŋ ā§°ā§āϧ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
The ozone layer protects us from harmful UV rays.
56. āĻāϞāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāύ⧰ āĻāύāĻ āĻā§āύ ? Who is the father of climatology ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Köppen
Note: āĻā§āĻĒā§āύ āĻāϞāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ā§° āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻŖā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāύ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ Köppen classified world climates.
57. āĻāĻžā§°āϤāϤ āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āϤ āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻŽā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§ą ? Which sector is most affected by monsoon in India ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Agriculture
Note: āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻā§āώāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻŽā§ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻā§°āĻļā§āϞāĨ¤ Indian agriculture depends heavily on monsoon.
58. āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āĻŽā§°ā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ? Which is the largest desert in the world ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Sahara Desert
Note: āĻ āĻāĻĢā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻžāϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ It is located in Africa.
59. āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§° āĻŽā§°ā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ? Which is the largest desert in India ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Thar Desert
Note: āĻĨāĻžā§° ā§°āĻžāĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύāϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ Thar Desert is mainly in Rajasthan.
60. āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§° āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻ āĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻž āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ? Which is the coldest place in the world?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: Verkhoyansk (Siberia)
Note: āĻ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°ā§ āĻ āϤā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻ āĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻžāĨ¤ It is located in Russia and records extremely low temperatures.