Test: Static Geography of India and World- 2 - Class 5 MCQ

The Kolar river arises in the Vindhya Range of Sehore district and flows in a south westerly direction to meet the Narmada near Nasrullahganj in the Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh. Its total drainage area is of 1,347 km2. is spread across the two districts.

Literacy rate of India in 2011 is 74.04%. The Male literacy rate is 82.14% and Female literacy rate is 65.46% according to Census 2011.
Among the Indian states, Kerala has the highest literacy rate 93.91% and then Mizoram 91.58%.
Among the Union Territories, Lakshadweep has the highest literacy rate of 92.28%.
Bihar has the lowest literacy rate in India with 63.82% 

The Kangchenjunga is the highest mountain peak in India and ranked 3rd highest summit in the world with an elevation of 8,586 m (28,169 ft). The highest mountain Kangchenjunga is located at the border of India and Nepal in the great Himalayas range,Sikkim.

The international airport, located 72 feet below sea level, is the lowest commercial airport in the world. It's located on the grassy, flat stretches of land that surround the city of Atyrau. Atyrau Airport is one of five international airports in all of Kazakhstan.

Victoria Falls ( "The Smoke That Thunders") is a waterfall in southern Africa on the Zambezi River at the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Krishnapatnam Port  located in the Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh

The place located at the confluence of Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers is Devprayag. It is a town in Tehri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand. It is one of the five sacred confluences in the hills and is an important place of pilgrimage for devout Hindus.

Amaravati is the tributary of Cauvery river. It begins at the Kerala/Tamil Nadu border at the bottom of Manjampatti Valley between the Annamalai Hills and the Palni Hills.  It is one of the longest rivers (282 km) in Tamil Nadu, which join with the river Cauvery, near Karur.

Mount Everest is known as Sagarmatha in Nepal.

Kuroshio current also known as Japan current is a north-flowing ocean current on the west side of the North Pacific Ocean. It transports the warm water northwards towards the polasr region. The warm waters of the Kuroshio Current sustain the coral reefs of Japan, the northernmost coral reefs in the world.

Australia is known as a country and a continent.  It lies between the South Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. It is a part of Oceania but technically Oceania is not a continent. Geographers consider it a continent not an island because of its size.

The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven emirates, with Abu Dhabi as the capital hosting the seat of the President of the UAE and the federal cabinet. 
The seven independent city-states are viz. Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Umm Al-Qaiwain, Fujairah, Ajman and Ra’s Al-Khaimah. 
Islam is the official religion in the country while Arabic is the official language.

The New York International Airport, commonly known as Idlewild Airport was renamed in 1963 as John F. Kennedy International Airport after the assassination of the 35th President of USA.

The Jarawas are one of the four tribes in the Andamans which is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean. They live in the South Andaman islands. They are regarded as descendants of the Jangil tribe, which is now extinct. 
Anthropologists believe that Jarawa are descendants of first humans that move out from Africa to Asia. 

The Irulas are found mainly in the southern and eastern slopes of the Nilgiri hills.
They have excellent medico-botanical knowledge of herbal wealth and related vegetation. They are mainly agriculturalists and their cultivation crops include paddy, raggi, dhal, plantains, chilies, and turmeric.
They traditionally live in huts called chalas that are built in rows of six and adjoined one another.