Top GK questions on Indian Geography for Students

India, also known as Bharat, has unique demography, history and culture, dress, festivals, language, etc. Lets see how much you know about India’s geography.

Q) How many states are there in India?
Answer: twenty-nine states

Q) How many union territories are there in India?
Answer: 7

Union Territories and Capitals:

• National Capital Territory NCT of Delhi – Delhi
• Chandigarh – Chandigarh
• Daman and Diu – Daman)
• Dadra and Nagar Haveli – Silvassa
• Puducherry – Pondicherry
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands – Port Blair
• Lakshadweep – Kavaratti

Q) Which is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh?
Answer: Itanagar

Q) Khasi is the main language spoken in which state of India?
Answer: Meghalaya

Q) Which is the biggest state in India?
Answer: Rajasthan
Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh are the two four biggest states (in the order mentioned).

Q) Which major latitude passes at the south of the southernmost point of peninsular India (near kanyakumari)?
Answer: Equator

Q) The percentage of earth surface covered by India is?
Answer: 2.4%

Q) India’s higest annual rainfall was reported at which place?
Answer: Mawsynram, Meghalaya
Cherrapunji also receives very heavy rainfall. Its just that on few occasions Mawsynram has recorded even higher rainfall.

Q) Offical boundary between India and Pakistan is known as what>
Ans: Radcliffe line
On 17th August 1947 the Radcliffe Line was declared as the boundary between India and Pakistan, following the Partition of India. The line is named after Sir Cyril Radcliffe who was commissioned to oversee the partition.

Q) Which year is called a Great Divide in the demographic history in India?
Ans: 1921
From 1921 onwards, the population of India showed positive ppoulation growth (mortality started declining as a result of improved public heath measures)

Q) Which state has the largest forest cover in India?
Ans : Madhya Pradesh

Q) Which state is the biggest producer of saffron (Kesar) in India?
Ans: Jammu and Kashmir
Most websites claim that Jammu and Kashmir is the only state in India that produces saffron. However, that is not true. There are other states such as Himachal Pradesh that produce Saffron. But Jammu and Kashmir is the biggest producer of saffron. Saffron requires excess heat and dryness in summer and extreme cold during winter.

Q) Three important rivers of the India subcontinent have their sources near the Mansarover Lake in the Great Himalayas.
Ans: Brahmaputra, Indus and Sutlej

Q) Which state has maximum Number of districts in India?
Ans: Uttar Pradesh (U.P.)
See: List of districts in India

Q) Which of the following groups of rivers originate from the Himachal mountains?
Ans: Beas, Ravi and Chenab

Q) New Delhi is situated on the banks of
Ans: Yamuna

Q) Kolkata is situated on the banks of the river
Ans: Hoogly

Q) City of Nasik is situated on the banks of which river?
Ans: Godavari

Q) The Yarlung Zangbo river, in India, is known as
Ans: Brahmaputra

Q) In which state is Corbett National Park located?
Ans: Uttarakhand

Q) Valley Of Flowers National Park located in which state?
Ans: Uttarakhand

Q) Kaziranga National Park is in which state?
Ans: Assam

Q) The capital city of Uttar Pradesh is?
Ans: Lucknow

Q) Which Indian city is known as the City of Joy
Ans: Kolkata
kolkata was called the ‘City of Joy’ by French author Dominique Lapierre.

Q) Which state is known as the Land of Sunrise?
Ans: Arunachal Pradesh

Q) which place in India is also called Scotland of East?
Ans: Shillong in Meghalaya.
Read more.

Q) Name the desert situated on the boundary between India and Pakistan?
Ans: Thar Desert

Q) Which Indian city is also known as the Manchester of India?
Ans: Ahmedabad
Both cities are famous cotton textile centers.

Q) The Asiatic Lion is the state animal of which state in India?
Ans: Gujarat

Q) Which Indian island lies between India and Sri Lanka?
Ans: Rameshwaram

Q) The highest peak in South India is called?
Ans: Anaimudi

Q) Which mountain range in India is also known as Blue Mountains?
Ans: Nilgiri Hills / Mountains

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