Test: India Physical & Political
5 Questions MCQ Test Geography for UPSC (Civil Services) Prelims | Test: India Physical & Political
Consider the following statements:
1. India is the 6th largest country in the world.
2. It extends between 8°4' and 37° 6' north latitudes and 68°7' and 97°25' east longitudes.
3. India lies in the northern hemisphere.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1. India is the 6th largest country in the world.
2. It extends between 8°4' and 37° 6' north latitudes and 68°7' and 97°25' east longitudes.
3. India lies in the northern hemisphere.
Statement 1 is incorrect:
India with an area of 32,87,782 sq. km., is the seventh-largest country after Russia, Canada, USA, China, Brazil and Australia(in that order) and the second most populous (next to China) country in the world.
Statement 2 is correct:
It extends between 8°4' and 37°6' north latitudes and 68°7' and 97°25' east longitudes.
Statement 3 is correct:
It (India) is lying north of the equator and thus belongs to the Northern Hemisphere.
Through which of the following state, the tropic of cancer does not pass?
The Tropic of Cancer passes through eight states in India:
- Gujarat (Jasdan)
- Rajasthan (Kalinjarh)
- Madhya Pradesh (Shajapur)
- Chhattisgarh (Sonhat)
- Jharkhand (Lohardaga)
- West Bengal (Krishnanagar)
- Tripura (Udaipur) and
- Mizoram (Champhai).
Consider the following statements:
1. India takes its standard time from the meridian of 82°30' E.
2. It is five and a half hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1. India takes its standard time from the meridian of 82°30' E.
2. It is five and a half hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.
Statement 1st and 2nd are correct
India takes its standard time from the meridian of 82°30' E , which is 5 (1/2) hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (0° longitude).
Consider the following pairs:
Which of the pairs given above is are correct?
Statement 1 is incorrect:
The Indian Ocean in the south.
Statement 2 is correct:
The Bay of Bengal in the east.
Statement 3 is correct:
Along the north, the great mountain wall formed by the Hindukush, Karakoram and the Himalayas, which is difficult to cross, cuts it off from the east of the continent.
With which of the following country India shares the longest border?
India has 15,200 land boundaries with Pakistan in the west and north-west, Afghanistan in the north-east, China, Nepal and Bhutan in the north, Bangladesh and Myanmar in the east.
India’s longest border is with Bangladesh, while the shortest is with Afghanistan.
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