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Basic India Geography MCQs for Beginners
Nepal does not share its border with which of the following Indian states?
A) Bihar
B) Sikkim
C) Manipur
D) West Bengal
Option c – Manipur
What is the official currency of Bangladesh, which shares a border with India?
A) Yuan
B) Ngultrum
C) Kyat
D) Taka
Option d – Taka
Through which Indian state does the Tropic of Cancer 23°30′ N pass?
A) Punjab
B) Maharashtra
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Kerala
Option c – Chhattisgarh
What is the total distance from the northernmost to the southernmost tip of India?
A) 4109 km
B) 2914 km
C) 3214 km
D) 3785 km
Option c – 3214 km
How far does India’s territorial sea limit extend?
A) 12 nautical miles
B) 10 nautical miles
C) 14 nautical miles
D) 15 nautical miles
Option a – 12 nautical miles
Which longitude serves as the standard meridian for Indian time?
A) 82°30′ E
B) 83°30′ E
C) 83°30′ W
D) 82°30′ W
Option b – 83°30′ E
Which of the following correctly describes India’s time zone?
India observes one standard time across the country.
The Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep Islands follow separate time zones.
Indian Standard Time is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of GMT.
A) Only the first statement is correct
B) Only the second statement is correct
C) First and second statements are correct
D) First and third statements are correct
Option a – Only the first statement is correct
M plans to visit a Union Territory located at 34° N latitude and 77° E longitude. Which place is being referred to?
A) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
B) Lakshadweep
C) Puducherry
D) Ladakh
Option d – Ladakh
Identify the Indian state based on these features:
The Tropic of Cancer passes through the state.
It is more elongated from north to south.
It shares international borders with Bangladesh and Myanmar.
A) Tripura
B) Mizoram
C) Nagaland
D) Manipur
Option b – Mizoram
Identify the Indian state using these clues:
Known as the ‘land of the red river and blue hills’.
It includes three of India’s six physiographic regions.
It occupies about 2.39% of India’s total land area.
A) Karnataka
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Assam
D) Chhattisgarh
Option c – Assam
India is positioned to the north of which major geographical line?
A) Tropic of Cancer
B) Tropic of Capricorn
C) Equator
D) Prime Meridian
Option c – Equator
The 90° East Meridian does not pass through which of the following areas?
A) Meghalaya
B) Sikkim
C) Bhutan
D) Bangladesh
Option b – Sikkim
Which of the following locations lies within one degree of latitude from New Delhi?
A) Amarnath Cave
B) Islamabad city
C) Dhaka city
D) Mount Everest
Option d – Mount Everest
Which Indian state capital is located at an altitude of about 530 meters and is positioned between 93° E longitude and 27° N latitude?
A) Dispur
B) Itanagar
C) Patna
D) Hyderabad
Option c – Patna
The Tropic of Cancer passes through how many coastal and landlocked Indian states, respectively?
A) 1 coastal and 7 landlocked states
B) 2 coastal and 6 landlocked states
C) 2 coastal and 5 landlocked states
D) 3 coastal and 5 landlocked states
Option b – 2 coastal and 6 landlocked states
Which Indian state has the longest coastline?
A) Gujarat
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Maharashtra
D) Andhra Pradesh
Option a – Gujarat
Which Indian state stretches the most in the north-south direction?
A) Telangana
B) Jharkhand
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Odisha
Option c – Chhattisgarh
Which set of states shares a boundary with Telangana?
A) Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
B) Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh
C) Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh
D) Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Option d – Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
Which state capital in India is closest to the Equator?
A) Bhubaneswar
B) Hyderabad
C) Panaji
D) Mumbai
Option c – Panaji
Which of the following groups of Indian states are landlocked and do not share international borders?
A) Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh
B) Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana
C) Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana
D) Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh
Option b – Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana
The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through which group of Indian states?
A) Gujarat, West Bengal, Nagaland
B) Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Mizoram
C) Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Tripura
D) Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Mizoram
Option a – Gujarat, West Bengal, Nagaland
Among the following cities, which is the northernmost?
A) Patna
B) Kolkata
C) Guwahati
D) Kohima
Option c – Guwahati
Which one of the following Indian states does not share its boundary with Chhattisgarh?
A) Jharkhand
B) Bihar
C) Odisha
D) Telangana
Option b – Bihar
After the Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu were combined in January 2020, which city was selected as the capital of the newly formed Union Territory?
A) Dadra
B) Diu
C) Daman
D) Silvassa
Option c – Daman
Which Indian state shares its borders with the greatest number of other states?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Telangana
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Assam
Option a – Uttar Pradesh
Which of the following cities is the northernmost among these Indian locations?
A) Sri Ganganagar
B) Nainital
C) Gangtok
D) Itanagar
Option a – Sri Ganganagar
The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through which one of these Indian states?
A) Manipur
B) West Bengal
C) Gujarat
D) Jharkhand
Option a – Manipur
Which of the following correctly represents the total number of states and union territories in India?
A) 28 States and 8 Union Territories
B) 27 States and 9 Union Territories
C) 30 States and 6 Union Territories
D) 29 States and 7 Union Territories
Option a – 28 States and 8 Union Territories
Among the following, which location is the northernmost geographically? ( Basic India Geography MCQs for Beginners )
A) New Delhi
B) Kathmandu
C) Thimphu
D) Dhaka
Option a – New Delhi
Which of these Indian states was not involved in the Land Boundary Agreement signed between India and Bangladesh in 2015?
A) West Bengal
B) Assam
C) Tripura
D) Arunachal Pradesh
Option d – Arunachal Pradesh
India shares its sea boundary with how many countries?
A) 4
B) 6
C) 2
D) 8
Option c – 2
Which of the following countries lies to the northwest of India?
A) China, Bhutan and Nepal
B) Afghanistan and Pakistan
C) Bangladesh and Myanmar
D) Myanmar and Nepal
Option b – Afghanistan and Pakistan
Which neighboring countries were once part of India? ( Basic India Geography MCQs for Beginners )
A) Sri Lanka and Maldives
B) Pakistan and Bangladesh
C) Nepal and China
D) Indonesia and Bhutan
Option b – Pakistan and Bangladesh
India shares a land border measuring ______ km and has a coastline of 7,516.6 km, including its islands.
A) 15,106.7
B) 5,106.7
C) 25,106.7
D) 9,106.7
Option a – 15,106.7
With how many countries does India share its land borders? ( Basic India Geography MCQs for Beginners )
A) 6
B) 5
C) 7
D) 8
Option c – 7
India has a freely accessible border with which of these countries?
A) China
B) Myanmar
C) Nepal
D) Pakistan
Option c – Nepal
Which country to the west of India shares a significant portion of its boundary with it? ( Basic India Geography MCQs for Beginners )
A) Bhutan
B) Sri Lanka
C) Pakistan
D) Nepal
Option c – Pakistan
India shares approximately how many kilometers of its land boundary with Afghanistan?
A) 306 km
B) 706 km
C) 506 km
D) 106 km
Option d – 106 km
Which neighboring country has the longest shared land border with India? ( Basic India Geography MCQs for Beginners )
A) Bangladesh
B) Pakistan
C) Nepal
D) China
Option a – Bangladesh
Bangladesh does not have a land border with which of these Indian states?
A) Sikkim
B) Meghalaya
C) Mizoram
D) Tripura
Option a – Sikkim
Which Commission marked the boundary between India and Pakistan? ( Basic India Geography MCQs for Beginners )
A) Hilton Young Commission
B) Bretton Woods Commission
C) Radcliffe Boundary Commission
D) Gandhi Irwin Pact
Option c – Radcliffe Boundary Commission
Which channel separates the Andaman Islands from the Nicobar Islands?
A) Nine Degree Channel
B) Ten Degree Channel
C) Eleven Degree Channel
D) Eight Degree Channel
Option b – Ten Degree Channel
What is the official Standard Meridian of India? ( Basic India Geography MCQs for Beginners )
A) 83°30′ E
B) 82°30′ E
C) 81°30′ E
D) 84°40′ E
Option b – 82°30′ E
Nepal is located in which direction with respect to India?
A) East
B) North
C) South
D) West
Option b – North
India shares the Sunderbans forest with which neighboring nation? ( Basic India Geography MCQs for Beginners )
A) China
B) Pakistan
C) Bangladesh
D) Nepal
Option c – Bangladesh
How many countries in the Indian subcontinent share land borders with all other nations in the region?
A) Four
B) Two
C) Three
D) One
Option d – One
What is the capital city of Afghanistan, which borders India?
A) Karachi
B) Kathmandu
C) Kandahar
D) Kabul
Option d – Kabul
The border between China and India is divided into how many sectors?
A) 2
B) 3
C) 5
D) 4
Option b – 3
Which line demarcates the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan? ( Basic India Geography MCQs for Beginners )
A) McMahon Line
B) Jinnah Line
C) Durand Line
D) Radcliffe Line
Option c – Durand Line
In which year did the Portuguese discover Sri Lanka?
A) 1545
B) 1505
C) 1678
D) 1670
Option b – 1505
What is the major religion followed in Myanmar? ( Basic India Geography MCQs for Beginners )
A) Islam
B) Jainism
C) Christianity
D) Buddhism
Option d – Buddhism
Which mountain is the tallest in Bhutan?
A) Gangkhar Puensum
B) Kula Kangri
C) Jomolhari
D) Gipmochi
Option a – Gangkhar Puensum
______ is famous as the highest polo ground in the world, located in Pakistan. ( Basic India Geography MCQs for Beginners )
A) Shandur
B) Okara
C) Kasur
D) Attock
Option a – Shandur
New Moore Island is geographically close to which of the following countries?
A) Pakistan
B) Myanmar
C) Bangladesh
D) Sri Lanka
Option c – Bangladesh
Which of the following locations is geographically closest to Sri Lanka? ( Basic India Geography MCQs for Beginners )
A) Only Karaikal
B) Karaikal and Yanam
C) Mahe
D) Only Yanam
Option a – Only Karaikal
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