Geography Flashcards
Highest peak of Odisha is
Deomali
Kidneys of the Earth are
Wetlands
World Wetland Day is celebrated on
February 02 1971
Peatlands are also
Wetlands
Ramsar Convention on Wetland signed in
Ramsar in Iran in 1971
Came into force in 1975
India signed Ramsar convention on
February 01, 1982
Till February 2025, there are how many Ramsar sites in India?
89
First Ramsar Sites in India
Chilika Lake (Odisha) Keoladeo National Park (Rajasthan) (man made) (1981)
Which state has the largest Ramsar sites in India?
Tamil Nadu -18
Largest Ramsar Site of India
Sundarban Wetland
Smallest Ramsar site of India
Renuka Wetland (Himachal Pradesh)
World’s first Ramsar site
Cobourg Peninsula in Australia (1974)
Country with maximum number of Ramsar sites
UK
List of Wetlands facing threats due to human activities
Montreux Record
Ramsar sites of India in Montreux Record
Chilika lake (1st to be added in 1993, removed in 2002), Loktak Lake (Manipur), Keoladeo national park
Floating national park of India
Keibul Lamjao National Park in Manipur
Theme of Wetland Day 2025
Protecting Wetlands for our common future
State bird of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir
Kalij Pheasant
Taxol is extracted from which tree
Yew
Ox Bow Lakes are features present on which part of the Himalayan region
Lower course of river
The minimum period of time taken after which the whether variations are considered to predict the climate of a place is
30 yrs
Oldest Dam in India
Kallanai Dam in Tamil Nadu
Kaveri River
How many Biosphere reserves are there in India
18
First-Nilgiri
Latest-Panna MP 2020
The ICAR Sugarcane breeding Institute is located in
Coimbatore
When the analysis of population density is done by calculating it through net cultivated area, the measure is termed as
Physiological density
Which state is the biggest producer of pulses
Madhya Pradesh
Which bird sanctuary in India is famous for Indian Bustards
Kutch Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary (Lala Purjan Sanctuary)
Keoladeo National Park is in
Bharatpur Rajasthan
Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary is in
Kerala
The length of border with neighbouring countries of India are in decreasing order
Bangladesh
China
Pakistan
Nepal
Myanmar
Bhutan
Afghanistan
Zemu Glacier is in
Sikkim
Largest glacier in eastern india
Rock shelters of Bhimbetka is in
Madhya Pradesh
Discovered by V. S. Wakankar
In which state is Kund Or Tanka used for water harvesting
Rajasthan
At which latitude does the easterly jet stream blow over peninsula India during summer
14° N
Which is the largest crustal plate on Earth with area of 103000000 km^2
Pacific plate
North American plate- 2nd
Eurasian plate- 3rd
Which UT is in geographical proximity to sri Lanka
Karaikal
Acc to Indian Rly 2019-20 which state has the largest railway track in India
Uttar Pradesh
First rly line from Mumbai to Thane was 34 km
Kuno National Park is located in
Madhya Pradesh
Meteors occur in which part of atmosphere
Mesosphere
Mediterranean Sea is in which ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Highest peak of Aravalli range
Guru Shikhar
Aravalli range runs northeast to South West
It is a relict mountain resulted from folding in Archean times
The IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) ____ list is a critical indicator of the health of world’s biodiversity
Red
Karbi anglong plateau (Meghalaya) is an extension of
Peninsular Plateau
Rivers of Karbi Anglong- tributaries of Brahmaputra-Kalong, Kopili, and Dhansiri
In which state is the Garo Khasi mountain range spread
Meghalaya
Transboundary River between india and Pakistan
Ravi river
State producing highest amount of grapes
Maharashtra
Viticulture-agriculture of grapes
