Rajasthan Geography Flashcards
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What is the total area of Rajasthan?
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342239
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What is the length of Rajasthan from North to South and East to West?
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N to S= 826
E to W= 869
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Biggest district
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Jaisalmer
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Smallest district
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Dhaulpur
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Latest District
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Pratapgarh/ 33rd
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Latest Block
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Bharatpur/ 7th
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State Language?
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HIndi
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Population (2011)
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- 48 lac
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Urban Population and
Rural Population
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- 48 lac (24.9 %) & 515 lac (75.1 %)
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Literacy: Male: Female: Rural: Urban:
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L= 66. 1 % M= 79.2 F= 52. 1 R=61. 4 U=79.7
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Sex Ratio
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928(Rural 933, Urban 914)
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Population Density
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200
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Most Villages Panchayat
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Badmer 689
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Least Village Panchayat
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Kota 158
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Least Villages
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Sirohi
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Most Villages
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Sri Ganga Nagar
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Most moist district?
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Jhalavar
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Most Moist Place
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Mount Abu
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Most Dry Place
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Falaudi (Jodhpur)
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Most Hot
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Churu
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Most Cold
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Mount Abu
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Longest Boundary with Pakistan?
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Jaisalmer
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Longest Boundary with other states?
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Jhalawar
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Total Districts
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33
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Vidhan Sabha seats
200
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Rajya Sabha Seats
10
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Lok Sabha Seats
25
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Most rain
Mount Abu
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Most Rain district
Jhalawar
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Least Rain district
Jaisalmer
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Highest mountain
Guru Shikhar 1722
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Longest river
Chambal
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Biggest saltwater lake
Sambhar Lake =190 km3
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Highest Lake
Nakki Lake (Mount Abu)
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Most forest area
Udaipur
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What is the area and Population of North Western Desert Region
Area: 20,9000 km2(61%)
Population: 40 %
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What is the Rain, Ecology, Soil in North Western Desert Region?
Rain: 20 to 50 cm
Ecology: dry: Shushk
Soil: desert soil
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What are the major crops in the North Western Desert Region?
Major crops: bajra, moth, jwar
Vegetation: babul, fog, khejra, kair, ber and sevan grass
In upper tertiary era, created due to tethis sea
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What are the districts in the Desert region?
Districts: Jaisalmer, badmer, jodhpur, Bikaner, ganganagar, hanumangarh, nagaur, jalaour, churu, seeker, jhujhnu, and pali(east)
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Desert region can be divided into?
Desert dry land and half dry land (sushk and ardh sushk)
Great Indian Desert(Sushk Marusthal)
With desert dunes
Without dunes(Rann, Aakal Wood Fossil park) Barmer,
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What are the regions in the Half Dry Desert region?
1. Ghaghar ka Maidan: Hanumangarh and Ganganagar
Ghaghar river: Dead
2. Shekhawati: Bangar Pradesh, churu, Sheekar, Jhujhnu, and North Nagaur
Barkhan Sand Dunes
Rivers: Kantlim metha, rupangarh, khari.
Wells: Johad or Nada
3. Nagauri High lands: Salt lakes, Old Hills,
Sodium Chloride (No farming)
4. Luni Basin: Gaurbad. Jodhpur, Jalor, Pali etc.
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What is the total area and Population of Eastern Plains?
Total Area: 23 %, Population: 39 %
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What is the rain and weather the condition in the Plain region?
River basins in the region?
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rain 50 to 80 cm
wet condition
Jalorh domat soil
Chambal basin
Banas Basin: 6.5 cm rain/ year
Banganga Plains
Mahi Basin
Mewar Plains, Malpura Karauli plains.
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What is the area of Arawali region?
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Remains of Gondwanaland
Palnapur (Gujarat) to Raisin pahadi (dilli range)
Khedbramha (Sirohi) to Khetri(jhujhnu)
692 km total, in rajasthan 550 km
9 % area, 10 % population
Most area in Udaypur, least in ajmer
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What are the highest peaks in Arawali Region?
1. Guru Sikhar (1722 m in Sirohi),
2. Ser (1597 m),
3. Delwara (sirohi 1442m) 4. Jarga (Udaipur 1431)
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Important facts about South East Plateau
| Soil, Districts, Area, rain, Hills?
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Hadauti plateau/ lawa plateau/ malwa plateau
Soil: Black
Bara, bundi, kota, Jhalawar.
Made from Baluka stone
Area: 6.89 % Population: 11 %
80 to 120 cm rain. Very Wet
Mukundra hills
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Name the Salt lakes in Rajasthan?
Salt Water Lakes of Rajasthan (Trick: कुत्ता साड़ी का पल्लू फाड़े)
कु- कुचामन(नागौर)
ता- तालछापर चुरू
सा- सांभर(fulera, जयपुर) 32 km, 500 km2, rivers: metha, rupangarh, khari, khandela. Most salt (8.7 % ). Hindustan sambhar salt limited (1964)
डी- डीडवाना(नागौर)
का- कावोद(जैसलमेर)
प- पचपदरा (balotra, बाड़मेर) Pancha bheel, kharwal caste salt sphatic
लू- लूणकरणसर(बीकानेर)
फा- फलोदी(जोधपुर)
डे- डेगाना(नागौर)
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Name the Fresh water lakes in Rajasthan?
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Ana Sagar Lake, Ajmer Lake Faye Sagar, Ajmer
Pushkar, Ajmer
Silliser Lake, Alwar
Anand Sagar Banswara
Dailab Lake, Banswara
Rajsamand
Fateh Sagar, Udaipur
Udaisagar, Udaipur
Jaisamand, Udaipur
Pichhaula, Udaipur
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What are the sub-divisons of Western Sandy Plains?
(a) Sandy Arid Plains (Marush thali) (b) Semi-Arid Transitional Plain (Rajajsthan Bagar) divided into
66 General Knowledge Rajasthan (i) Luni Basin (Godwar Tract) (ii) Plain of Interior Drainage (Shekhawati Tract) and (iii) Ghaggar Plain
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What is the range of Aravali?
From Delhi to Plains of Gujarat
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What is the range of Aravali in Rajasthan?
the range runs from Khetri in the northeast to Khed Brahma in the southwest Within Rajasthan for a length of about 550 kilometers.
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Aravali is divided into?
(a) Aravalli Range and Bhorat Plateau: This division constitutes east Sirohi, nearly the whole of Udaipur
The highest section of theAravalli range known as 'Bhorat' Plateau lies northwest of Udaipur between Kumbhalgarh - Gogunda and the average elevation of this plateau is 1,225 metres.
(b) North-EasternHilly Tract: Northern edge of Bhorat Plateau marks the boundary of north eastern hilly tract in the southwest.
North of Kumbhalgarh, especially at the Alwar hills the elevation varies between 550 m to 670 m. Further north and northeast, the hills are broken and their elevation decreases in the final extension of hillssouth of Delhi to about 306 m above sea level.
Thislevel is about 60 m to 90 m above the surrounding plain.
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What is the range of Eastern plain?
The area on the northeast, east and southeast of the Aravalli range is known as the Eastern Plain.
The Vindhyan Plateau marks the southeastern limit of the Plain. The western boundary is demarcated by the eastern edge of the Aravalli up to north of Udaipur.
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What are the division of Eastern plains?
The Banas Basin
| The Chappan Plain
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What is the range of Banas basin?
The great watershed of India runs in an easterly direction starting From Udai Sagar, east of Udaipur. The watershed acts as the southern boundary of the Mewar Plains and south of this watershed is the Chappan Plain.
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What is the range of Chhappan plain?
This plain drained by the tributaries of the Mahi River lies south of the great Indian watershed in southeastern Udaipur, Banswara and the southern part of Chittorgarh district.
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Hadoti plateau is expanded into?
Eastern part of chambal river. great boundary fault of the Aravallis forms its northwest boundary.
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The Hadpti plateau is divided into?
Vindhya Scarp Land: between Banas and Chambal to Bundelkhand
Area of Dhaulpur and Karauli.
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`Deccan Lawa Plateau is also known as?
known as 'pathar (stony) or 'uparmal' plateau. It is a wide stony upland, including Kota-Bundi plateau section. The Chambal along with its tributaries Kali Sindh and Parbati form a triangular alluvial basin of 210m 275m at Kota.
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What are the areas in the Arid region/Bwhw of Rajasthan?
The Arid region includes Jaisalmer district, northern parts of Barmer, western of the Phalodi Tehsil of Jodhpur, western parts of Bikaner and southern parts of Ganganagar district.
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What is the rainfall in the arid region?
Less than 10 cm in extreme parts
less than 20 cm in rest areas.
Average temperature: more than 34
12 t0 16 in winters
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What are the regions in the Semi-arid/Bshw region?
• This region comprises the western parts of Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Jodhpur and Barmer districts.
The average temperature during winter season 10°C and 17°C and the summer season temperature range 32°C to 36°C.
• As the region has erratic as well as torrential rainfall it brings floods too each time. • Rainfall ranges 20 to 40 cm.
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Sub Humid regions?
Alwar, Jaipur, Dausa and Ajmer, eastern parts of Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Pali and Jalore districts, north- western Tonk.
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Rainfall in the Sub-humid region?
40 to 60 cm
temperature 28 to 34 summer
12 to 18 winter
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Humid region?
• Humid region isfound at the districts of Bharatpur, Dholpur, Sawai Madhopur, Bundi, Kota, Barmer and Rajsamand and the north-eastern parts of Udaipur.
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Rainfall in humid region?
60 t0 80 cm
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Very humid region?
Very Humid Region includes southeast Kota, Baran, Jhalawar, Banswara, south-west Udaipur and adjacent areas of Mt. Abu.
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Rainfall in very humid region?
80 cm to 150 cm
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Cwg climate?
South east Aravalli
| Only monsoon rain
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Thornthwaite classification of Climatic region?
| Amount of prepitation and evaporation.
CA'w - wet summers, dry winters. Savanna and Monsson type of vegetation. Udaipur, Banswara, Dungarpur, Kota and Jhalawar
DA'w- Eastern part
of Sirohi, east Jalor, Pali, Ajmer, Chittorgarh, Bundi, Sawai Madhopur, Tonk, Bhilwara, Bharatpur, Jaipur, Dausa, Alwar, Sikar and Jhunjhunu.
• Rainfall is meager and Semi-arid vegetation is found. • Summers are marked by High temperatures.
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What is the condition in DB'W regions?
• It includes the northern areas of Rajasthan i.e. Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Churu and Bikaner districts. • The region hasshort and dry winters whereas summers are long and associated with good rains. • Thorny bushes and semi-arid vegetation are found
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EA'd tropical Desert Climatic Region?
Marusthali- Jaisalmerm Barmer, Western Jodhpur, South west Bikaner
Hot, arid
less rain
