FACTS OF INDIA (ASSIGNMENT)

1. What bounds India on its northern frontiers? a) Ladakh b) Great Himalayas c) Karakoram d) Pangong 2. Which of the following geographical term related with the ''piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water''? a) Peninsula b) Gulf c) Strait d) Island 3. Which of the following imaginary line almost divides India into two equal parts? a) Equator b) Tropic of Cancer c) Tropic of Capricorn d) Arctic Circle 4. Which of the following water bodies is the home of Lakshadweep? a) Arabian Sea b) c) d) Atlantic Ocean 5. Which of the following water bodies separates the Andaman from the Nicobar? a) 11° Channel b) 10° Channel c) Gulf of Mannar d) 6. Which of the following longitudes is the standard meridian of India? a) 69°30'E b) 75°30'E c) 82°30'E d) 90°30'E 7. A landmass bounded by sea on three sides is referred to as a) Coast b) Peninsula c) Island d) None of the above 8. Which of the following state is not crossed by the Tropic of Cancer? a) Rajasthan b) Chhattisgarh c) Odisha d) Tripura 9. Which is the easternmost longitude of India? a) 97° 25' E b) 77° 6' E c) 68° 7' E d) 82° 32' E 10. Which of the following country have common frontier with the Indian State like Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim? a) China b) Nepal c) Bhutan d) Myanmar 11. Which of the following the country does not share land boundary with India? a) Bhutan b) Bangladesh c) Tajikistan d) Nepal 12. Where does the Palk Strait lies? a) Sri Lanka and Maldives b) India and Sri Lanka c) India and Maldives d) Both A & B 13. Which of the following is popular name of the Indian islands in the Arabian Sea? a) Andaman and Nicobar Islands b) Lakshadweep Islands c) Maldives d) Both A & D 14. When it is 6.00 AM on 0° meridian, at the same time what time would be there in India? a) 6.30 AM b) 9.30 AM c) 11.30 AM d) 5.30 AM 15. From which of the following longitude the Indian standard time is determined? a) 82° 30' East b) 80° West c) 90° East d) 81° 30' East 16. Which foreign country is closest to Andaman Islands a) Sri Lanka b) Indonesia a) Myanmar b) Pakistan 17. India lies in the hemisphere a) Northern and easternb) Southern and eastern c) Northern and western d) Southern and western

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FACTS OF INDIA (ASSIGNMENT)

18. Duncan passage is situated between a) Minicoy and Amindiv b) Minicoy and Maldives c) Little Andaman and car Nicobar d) South Andaman and Little Andaman 19. Which state is in the eastern most state of India a) Assam b) Nagaland c) Arunachal Pradesh d) Manipur 20. Which one of the following countries has the longest International boundary with India a) Myanmar b) Bhutan c) China d) Pakistan 21. Which state of India has the smallest land area? a) Goa b) Nagaland c) Sikkim d) Tripura 22. Which among the following cities of India will have midday Sun exactly overhead only once a year a) Delhi and chennai b) Srinagar and Darjeeling c) Hyderabad and Kohima d) Nagpur and Kolkata 23. Which one of the following cities will never get the vertical rays of the sun? a) Srinagar b) Thiruvananthapuram c) Kolkata d) Mumbai 24. Among the following Union Territories of India, which one has the largest size a) Puducherry b) Lakshadweep c) Daman and diu d) Chandigarh 25. How many Indian states share border with Myanmar? a) 6 b) 7 c) 3 d) 4

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