Olympiad Test Level 1: Indian Geography- 2 - Class 6 MCQ

The following are the cities which are not situated on the banks of the River Ganges:

• Ayodhya is situated on the banks of the river Sarayum. 
• Kolkata is situated is on the east bank of the Hugli River. 
• Ahmedabad is located on the banks of the Sabarmati River.

Fallow land is the land that a farmer plows but does not cultivate for one or more seasons to allow the field to become more fertile again. The practice of leaving fields fallow dates back to ancient times when farmers realized that using soil over and over again depleted its nutrients.

Himachal is well known as the Lesser Himalayas or the Lower Himalayas with a height of 12000 to 15000 feet. The range extends its arms from southeast Pakistan through the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, western Uttar Pradesh and Nepal.

• The Pir Panjal Range is a group of mountains in the Inner Himalayan region, running from east-southeast (ESE) to west-northwest (WNW) across the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.
• The Salt Range is a hill system in the Punjab province of Pakistan, deriving its name from its extensive deposits of rock salt. The range extends from the Jhelum River to the Indus, across the northern portion of the Punjab province.
• The Sulaiman Mountains are the southern extension of the Hindu Kush mountain system, located in the Zabul, Kandahar, and Loya Paktia regions of Afghanistan, and in the southern Federally Administered Tribal Areas (South Waziristan and Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan), most of the northern Balochistan, and some of southwestern Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan.
• The Arakan Mountains is a mountain range in western Burma, between the coast of Rakhine State and the Central Burma Basin, in which flows the Irrawaddy River.

The Aravali mountain range is the oldest mountain range in India. Aravalli, is derived from a Sanskrit word from ‘ara’ and ‘vali’, literally means the ‘line of peaks’. It is an eroded stub of ancient mountains.

• Plateau is a region of highland composed of flat terrain, elevated on at least one side sharply above the surrounding area. Deep hills also have one or two sides.
• A variety of processes, including upwelling of volcanic magma, extrusion of lava, and erosion by water and glaciers, may create plateaus.
• Plateaus are known as intermontane, piedmont, or continental according to their local climate. There may be a small flat top on a few plateaus, while others have large ones.

India is surrounded by water bodies on three sides and land on the other; therefore it is a Peninsula. Indian peninsula is surrounded by Arabian sea on the west, Bay of Bengal on the east and Indian ocean on the south.

Hot and dry winds known as loo blow during the summer days. The Loo is a strong, dusty, blustery, rankling, and dry summer wind from the west which blows over the western Indo-Gangetic Plain region of North India and Pakistan.

India shares its land borders with seven countries. Pakistan and Afghanistan in the northwest, China, Nepal, and Bhutan in the North, and Myanmar and Bangladesh in the east. Towards the south, India has two neighbouring island countries - Sri Lanka and Maldives.

The Great Indian Desert is called the Thar Desert.

• It is one of the hot deserts of the world.
• Many National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries are located in this area.
• It is the world's 17th largest desert and the world's 9th largest subtropical desert.
• About 85% of the Thar Desert is located within India, with the remaining 15% in Pakistan.
• More than 60% of the desert lies in the Indian state of Rajasthan, and it extends into the states of Gujarat, Punjab, and Haryana, and the Pakistani province of Sindh.

Madhya Pradesh is the largest producer of Manganese in the country. Manganese is a vital metal for many industrial purposes. Manganese is a chemical element with symbol Mn. Manganese was discovered by Johan Gottlieb Gahn.

Kashmiri willows are known for their finest quality bats. Most of them are of international standards and are used by prominent cricketers worldwide. This willow was brought to India by British.

Rajasthan is the largest state in India. The area occupied by Rajasthan in our country is 342,239 Km². Rajasthan is a beautiful state with numerous cultural and moral ethics.

Rabi crops require a warm climate for seed germination and a cold climate to grow.
Following are some examples of Rabi crops: Wheat, Barley, and Oats. Pulses, Mustard, Linseed. Gram.

An oxbow lake is a U-shaped lake that  is formed when a wide meander from the main stem of a river is cut off, creating a free-standing body of water.