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10/5/24 Indian Geography Flashcards

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1
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India is located in the

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North eastern hemisphere of Earth

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2
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It is located between

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8°4’ - 37°6’ North latitude
68°7’ - 97°25’ East longitude

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3
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The area of India is

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32 lakhs 87 thousand 263 square kilometers

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4
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India is ______ % of world’s area

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2.42%

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5
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Length of the India from East to west is

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2933 km

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6
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length of India from north to south

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3214 km

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7
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India holds_______ % of the worlds population

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17.2%

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India is the largest country in the population

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India is the largest country in the world by area

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7th

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10
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what is the coldest place in India

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Dras, Kargil disrtict of Ladakh , situated at a height of 11000 feet

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what is the Hottest place in India

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Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan 45degrees

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12
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what are the top ten countries by area

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Russia, Canada, China, USA, Brazil , Australia, India , Argentina, Kazakhstan, Algeria.

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13
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what is the eastern most part of the country

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Kibithu, Arunachal pradesh, the lohith river enters India through Kibithu

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The western most part of the country

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Guhar moti , narayan sarovar, located in Kutch district of Gujarat

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Northern most part of the India

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Eastern karakoram range in the Himalayas , siachen Glacier, near Indira col

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what is the southern most part of the country

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Indira point in Great Nicobar Island in the Bay of Bengal

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17
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what is the southern most part of Mainland India

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Kanyakumari

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18
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what is the wettest place in India/World

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Mawsynram, East khasi hikks of Meghalaya, (12000mm/year)

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what is the smallest state in India by area

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Goa, 3702 sqr.kms

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20
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what is the 4th smallest state by population

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Goa

21
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what is the highest point in India

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Mount Kanchenjunga at 28169feet, located in the eastern himalayas of Sikkim

22
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what is the lowest point in India

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kuttanadu, Kottayam, alapphuza, Pathanamitta, Kerala

23
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what is the longest river in India

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River Ganges, 2525 km. starts at utarkhand and empties into the Bay of Bengal

24
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acording to the census 2011 what is the most populous state in the country

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Uttarpradesh, 19,98,12,341.

25
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what is the sex ratio in India

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940females /1000males

26
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what is the child sex ratio

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914/1000

27
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what are the five most populous states of the country

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U.P, Bihar, West bengal, andhra pradesh, madhya pradesh

28
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what is the literacy rate of India

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74.04%

29
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what is the literacy rates of male in India

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82.14%

30
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what is the female literacy literacy rate in India

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65.46%

31
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what is the average household of India

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5.5 people

32
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what is the most spoken language in India

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Hindi, Bengali, Marathi,Telugu, Tamil, Urdu

33
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what are the population of Religions in India

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Hinduism - 80.5%
Muslim - 13.4%
christians - 2.3%
Sikhs - 1.9%
Jains - 0.4%

34
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what is the urban population of India

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34.93%

35
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what is the median age of Indian population

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27.2 YEARS

36
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what is the largest district in India

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Kutch is the largest district inIndia . it consists of mainly Rann of Kutch which is a large flat desert. spawning over 45652 sq.km

37
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what is the smallest district in India

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MAHE , Puducherry, with a square kilometres of just nine . it comes under the state of Kerala whereas it administratively comes under the puducherry union territory

38
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what is the largest delta in India

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Sunderbans, a UNESCO heritage site, with an area of 10,000 sq. kms .

39
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what is the largest reserves of Bengal tiger

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the Sundebans

40
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India is situated in the

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North of Equator and the Tropic of cancer passes through the Indian states such as Mizoram, Tripura, West Bengal, Jharkhand , Chattisgarh, Madhya pradesh, Rajasthan, and Gujarat.

41
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the standard meridian of India passes through

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Uttar pradesh
Madhya pradesh Chattigargh
Odisha
Andhra pradesh

42
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the standard meridian of India having the longitude of

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82degrees and 30 minutes

43
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the standard meridian of Indian passed through

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Mirzapur , Uttar pradesh

44
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India is how much time ahead of GMT

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5:30 hours ahead of Greenwich meridian time

45
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what is the highest point of India including the Pakistan occupied Kashmir

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Mt K2 - 8611 metres

45
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what are the tributaries of River Ganga

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Gangotri and Dev prayag

46
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what is the 2nd highest point in India including the foreign occupied country

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Akshai chin . it was with us till 1962.

47
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