150 Questions of Geography

• Desert with high gold reserves-Kyzyl-Kum desert 
• Highest literacy rate -Mizoram
• Smallest Island in the country in the Indian Ocean-Maldives
• Great Barrier Reef-Pacific Ocean
• Outermost range of Himalayas-Shivalik
• Least Population in India- Sikkim
• Max. Thorium Reserve- India
• Range parallel to Indian Coastline.-Western Ghat
• Palk of straits - India-Sri Lanka
• Western- Eastern meet at-Nilgiri hills
• Land locked from 3 side with water -Peninsulla
• Indian Shares longest International border with-Bangladesh
• Tsangpo - Bhramaputra river
• Largest beach in India- Marina Beach
• Largest coal belt is in - Damoder
• Most Cocoa in the world -Ivory Coast
• Largest Island of world- Greenland
• Andaman & Nicobar is seperated by - 10 degree channel
• Dakshin ganga - Godavari
• Largest Irrigation Plant- Indira Gandhi Canal  
• Himalayas - Type of Mountain- Fold Mountains
• Soil of Kerala rich in Inorganic Minerals.
• Asbestos Found in Maximum Capacity - Russia
• Group of Interconnected Islands - Archipelago
• Lines joining the slope on the earth - Countour Line
• Wheeler Island - Odisha
• Bhakra Nagal Dam - Sutlej River
• Chabahar port - Makran Coast of Sister & Baluchistan Provinance , Next to the gulf of oman , in Iran.
• Longest Railway lines in the world connect - Moscow & Vladivostok
• Redcliff Line Border Line- India - Pakistan.
• Earthquake Prone area in india among some plains - The Area where india among some plains - The area where Indo- Australian Plate melts eurasian Plate.
• Least Literacy Rate - Bihar (63.82%)
• North Coast of the west Coast is Called Konkan
• Brihadeshwar Temple - Thajavur , Tamil Nadu
• Busiest Port of India - Jawahar Lal Nehru Port
• Magnetic Meridian - Imageinary Line connecting North & South Pole.
• Plants growing below the canopy of trees in the tropical rainforest are called Understory.
• Black Soil another name is Regur soil.
• World Driest place - Chile (Atacama Desert)
• Farming Having trees in a row is known as Agro forestry.
• Longest Lake in India - Wular Lake (J&K)
• 2nd Largest river basinin India - Godavari River Basin
• National Film Archive of India - Pune
• Red Soil is found in Deccan Plateau.
• Largest Continental Shelf - Arctic Ocean 
• Kamarupa in Acient times - Assam
• Power Plants of Himachal Pradesh - Hydro Energy
• Topmost Layer of atmosphere-Exosphere
• Abundant metal in Earth Crust - Aluminium
• Tropical Deciduous Plants are Deccan Plateau.
• Strait of Gibraltar connects - Atlantic Ocean to Mediterranean Sea.
• On maps , Isohytes lines showing the same amount of rainfall over a given.
• Lake district - Nainital
• India share most of its Terrotorial Boundary with Bangladesh.
• Tehri Dam - Bhagirathi & Bhilangna.
• Evergreen Forest mainly found - Western Ghats
• Lowest Point in the Indian Ocean - Java Trench (Sunda Trench) 
• Siachen River Melt - Nubra River
• Vindhyanchal Range is between North India and South India.
• Largest irrigation canal in India- Indira Gandhi Canal
• The boiling point of water will be less than at sea level at hill station.
• Dwarf Planet - ErisThe Andaman is separated form Nicobar by 10 degree channel.
• The world's largest island - Greenland
• Molten rock below the surface of the earth is called Magma.
• The beach sands of Kerala are rich in Thorium.
• The disconnected lines drawn on a map for showing slope - Hachure
• The most important raw material for generation of power in India - Coal
• A landscaped which is caused due to the fissure in the earth along which one side has moved down with reference to the other is known as Rift Valley.
• Sariska and Ranthambore are the reserves for Tiger.
• The northern part of the west coast in India is known as Konkan Coast (Karnataka ,Maharashtra).
• The source of energy that causes the least global warming is Geothermal Energy.
• The Beaufort Scale is used to measure Wind Velocity - Wind Velocity
• Suez Canal connects Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea.
• Deciduous Forests,trees shed their leaves in a particular season.   
• When Granite rocks get metamorphosed they form Gneiss.
• Kyoto Protocol is associated with Climate change.
• A broad , low embankment built up along the bank of a river channel during flood is called Levee.
• The constellation Sapta Rishi is known to westerners as the Big Dipper.
• The impact of green revolution was felt most in the case of Wheat.
• Harvesting Season of kharif crop in India is September - October.
• Ecological Hot Spot - Western Ghats
• The outer layer of Sun is known as Corona.
• highest percentage of carbond found in form of coal. - Anthracite
• Region is most prone to earthquakes. - Ganga - Brahamaputra Valley 
• Ring of fire is found commonly in Pacific Ocean
• Valley deepening  process takes place during youthful stage of a river.
• The world's top environmental conservation award.  - Golden Panda Award
• The tides in the sea are primarily due to the gravitational effect of the moon on the Earth.
• Godavari river in the Southern Peninsula has the second largest river basin in India.
• Longest Lake in India - Vembanad Lake, Kerela
• Bridgmanite is earth,s most abundant mineral.
• Uppermost layer of the atmosphere - Exosphere
• The polar regions are sparsely populated because of unsuitable climate conditions.
• The core of the earth is also known as Barysphere.
• Black soil also known as Regur Soil.
• The driest location on earth is in Chile.
• The land formed by wave erosion is Cave.
• A drainage pattern where a river is joined by its tributaries approximately at right angles is Trellis
• In a rainforest,the vegetation that grows under the shade of a canopy is known as Understorey.
• Tertiary Activity - Trading
• 3 crops that contribute maximum to global food grain production are wheat, rice, maize.
• National Film Archives of India - Pune.
• The largest solar power plant in India is located at Kamuthi.
• Straits of Gibraltar connects Atlantic Ocean -Mediterranean Sea .
• Isolines joining places of equal rainfall are called Isohyets.
• The World Trade Organisations - Geneva
• Large Producer of lac in India- Jharkhand
• The tropical deciduous plant special to the Deccan plateau is Sandalwood.
• The most abundant metal in the Earth's crust is Aluminium
• Mounta Abu - Aravali Range
• The only perennial river in peninsular India is Kaveri.
• Tapi river not formed Delta.
• Lake District of India - Nainital
• Tehri Dam - Bhagirathi River.
• Bandhavgarh National Park - Madhya Pradesh
• India longest International Boundaries- Bangladesh
• Largest Coastline - Gujrat
• Jog Falls in Karnataka is over Sharavathi River.
• Other name of Tsangpo River - Bhramaputra
• The Range that acts as watershed between India and Turkistan is Karakoram.
• The Largest herbarium of India is located at Kolkata.
• At barren island , the only active volcano is India is situated in Andaman Islands.
• The transfers of minerals from top soil to subsoil through soil water is called Leaching.
• The Kovvada Nuclear Park project is proposed to be setup in Andhra Pradesh.
• The longest sea beach in India is Marina Beach .
• Region is most rich in coal aaposis - Godavari valley
• Rainfall caused by intense evapouration in equatorial areas is called Conventional rainfall.
• Nanda Devi Peak - Uttarakhand 
• Queen of Adriatic - Venice.
• Tropical Green Forest - Western ghats
• Tsunami - Tidal Waves
• Rain Clouds Names - Nimbostratus and Cumulonimbus
• The deepest trench of the Indian Ocean is Java Trench.
• Myanmar is called the "Land of Golden Pagoda".
• The west coast of India receive more rainfall from southwest monsoon than the east coast because the western ghats obstructs the winds causing rainfall.
• The plateau that has both west and east flowing drainage system is Malwa.
• The warmest layer of the atmosphere - Thermosphere
• Siachin Glacier's melting waters are the main source of Nubra River.
• The mountain range which divides the North and the South India is Vindhyanchal Mountain range.
• Dampa Tiger Reserves - Mizoram
• Study of Mountains - Orology
• Salination of soil is caused by Excess irrigation.
• Tripura state is surrounded by Bangladesh from three sides.
• India's population growth is characterized by an increase in the birth rate and declining death rate.
• Deserts rich in gold reserves - Atacama
• The dispute over Siachin Glacier is between India and Pakistan.
• India's first interplanetary mission - Mangalyaan Mission
• The Earth is having its own atmosphere because of Gravity. 
• The largest island country in the Indian Ocean is Madagascar.
• SMOG is the combination of Smoke and Fog.
• Warm and Cold currents are caused by prevailing winds,Earth's rotation,variations in density of sea water.
• Rann of Kutch of India famous for Tidal and Flats.
• Position of the earth when it is at greatest distance from the sun - Aphelion
• Western Disturbances wind is blowing from the Mediterranean Sea to the North Western parts of India.
• Stratosphere of the Earth's atmosphere contains the ozone layers.
• The Great Barrier Reef located Pacific Ocean.
• A wide inlet of the sea usually concave in shape, is termed as a Bay.
• Punjab has a large number of inundation canals drawing water from Sutlej River.
• Stars twinkle but planets do not twinkle because they are nearer to the earth and hence we receive a greater amount of light and therefore minor variations in intensity are not noticeable.
• Longest river of peninsular India is Godavari.
• The atomic power station in Rajasthan is situated at Rawatbhata.
• Kerela has the lowest birth rate in India.
• Outermost range of Himalayas is called Shivaliks.
• Western Disturbances causes rainfall during winters in the north- western part of India.
• Continuous Chain of mountains that rises abruptly more or less parallel to the coastline of India is Western Ghats.
• Geothermal Energy is maximum utilised in Iceland.
• Sri Lanka is separated from India by a narrow channel of sea formed by the Palk.
• Sky appear black due to absence of atmosphere.
• The Western ghats and Eastern ghats meet Nilgiri Hills.