UPSC Indian Geography 6 (Old Year Questions)

Ans b
4, 1, 2, 3 Betul is the district of MP. The major rivers flowing in the district are Ganjal river that is tributary of Tapi river, Morand river and Tawa river.
Jagdalpur is a city in the Chhattisgarh. The city is located on the south bank of Indravati river.
Jabalpur is in MP. It has a beautiful collection of marble rocks surrounding the holy Narmada river.
Ujjain is in Malwa region of MP, on the eastern bank of Shipra river.

Ans c
River Place of Origin Damodar Chotanagpur plateau (Jharkhand) Mahanadi Dandakaranya (Chhattisgarh) Narmada Amarkantak (Maikal Mountain) Tapti Muttai’s Baitul District (MP).

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River Kalindi is a west flowing river.

Ans c
Vijaya Vittam Temple is one of the most exquisitely carved temples in Hampi. The magnificently sculptured pillars are the marvel in the history of temple architecture. Each of the pillars are different, which gives different musical notes when hit with fingers.

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Hyderabad is located almost in middle of India. Bhopal is located in North eastern parts of MP in Central region of India. Lucknow is situated in the Upper Gangetic plains of India. Bangalore is situated on the south-eastern corner of Karnataka.

Ans c
State Boundary shared by Andhra Pradesh Maharashtra, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Tamilnadu Karnataka Goa, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Kerala Tamilnadu Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka Kerala Karnataka, Tamilnadu.

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State Density of Population Arunachal Pradesh 13 Sikkim 76 Himachal Pradesh 109 Meghalaya 103.

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NH 4 – Thane – Chennai NH 5 – Jharpokharia – Chennai (Along east coast) NH 6 – Hajra, Kolkata via Nagpur, Sambalpur and Raipur NH 7 – Varanasi – Kanyakumari via Jabalpur, Nagpur, Hydebarabad, Bangalore and Madurai (longest in the country).

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The Red Panda is found in mountainous band from Nepal through NE India and Bhutan and into China, Laos and northern Myanmar.

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Bandhavgarh National Park – M.P. Dandeli Sanctuary – Karnataka Rajaji National Park –Uttarakhand Indravati National Park – Bastar, Chhattisgarh.

Ans d
Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park is also known as ‘Top Slip’. It lies in the Coimbatore District of Tamil Nadu at the southern part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in the Anamalai Hills.

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Guru Shikhar – On covering a distance of 3 miles Delwara Achagarh road, a hilly coal-tarred road of nearly 7 kms. leads to highest peak of Mount-Abu – popularly known as Guru Shikhar. It is the highest peak of Mt. Abu, at the height of 5650 ft/1722 mts. On the peak is the temple of Guru Dattatreya, who is supposed to be ab incarnation of God Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh.

Ans d
Yercaud, popularly known as ‘poor man’s ooty’ is located in the Shevaroy Hills of north central Tamilnadu about 4,500 ft. above sea level.

Ans b
BALCO is located at distance of 10 km from the Korba city. HINDALCO commissioned its aluminium factory at Renukoot in eastern UP in 1962. NALCO was incorporate in 1981 in the Public sector, to exploit a part of large deposits of bauxite discovered in East Coast.

Ans d
Manganese reserves are found in Balaghat and Chindwara districts (MP). Majhagawan area in Panna district in rich in Diamond reserves.

Ans b
Large reserves of diamond-bearing Kimberlite traits have been discovered in Payalikhand and Behradin in Raipur district and Tokapal in Bastar.

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The correct sequence of the rivers from North towards South : Shyok – Zeaskar – Spiti – Satluj.

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Cauvery River originates from Brahmagiri of Western Plateau (Karnataka) while Mahanadi originated from Dandakaranya (Chhattisgarh), Godavari from Triyambakeshwar (Nasik) and Tapti river from Muttai’s Baitul district (Madhya Pradesh).

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Ans c
Goa is the smallest state (3,702 sq.km.) followed by Sikkim (7,096 sq. km) and Tripura (10,492 sq.km.). Lakshadweep (86.7%) has the highest literacy rate among the Union Territories followed by Chandigarh (81.9%), Delhi (81.7%), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (81.3%), Pondicherry (81.2%), Daman and Diu (78.2%) and Dadra and Nagar Haveli (57.6%). Maharashtra has the highest population after Uttar Pradesh followed by Bihar, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh.