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Indian Geography - General Knowledge Questions
A)
Aleutian trench
B)
Tizard trench
C)
Java trench
D)
Atacama trench

Correct Answer :   Java trench

The Java Trench, in the eastern Indian Ocean, is more than 4000 km long. In April 2019, the FDE undertook the first crewed descent to the absolute bottom of the trench (7187 m).

A)
Mediterranean Sea ­ Black Sea
B)
Atlantic Ocean ­ Mediterranean Sea
C)
Red Sea ­ Mediterranean Sea
D)
Red Sea ­ Arabian Sea

Correct Answer :   Atlantic Ocean ­ Mediterranean Sea

The Strait of Gibraltar connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Mediterranean Sea and separates Spain on the European continent from Morocco on the African continent.

A)
Mumbai
B)
Pune
C)
Mysore
D)
Ahmedabad

Correct Answer :   Pune

The Film and Television Institute of India is a film institute under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India and aided by the Central Government of India. It is situated on the premises of the erstwhile Prabhat Film Company in Pune.

A)
Kamakhya Temple
B)
Kedarnath temple
C)
Kashi Vishwanath temple
D)
Jagnanath temple

Correct Answer :   Kamakhya Temple

Ambubachi Mela is an annual fair organised at Guwahati's Kamakhya Temple. The temple is perched on top of the Ninanchal Hill and is one of the most famous tourist destinations in Assam. The Kamakhya Temple is known to be one of the 52 shakti peethas of goddess Shakti.

A)
Andhra Pradesh
B)
Assam
C)
Orissa
D)
West Bengal

Correct Answer :   West Bengal

The Sundarbans National Park is a national park, tiger reserve, and biosphere reserve in West Bengal, India. It is part of the Sundarbans on the Ganges Delta, and adjacent to the Sundarban Reserve Forest in Bangladesh.

A)
Chattisgarh
B)
Karnataka
C)
Odisha
D)
Andhra Pradesh

Correct Answer :   Odisha

Deomali (1,672 meters) is the highest point of Odisha. It is located in the Koraput district of Odisha.

A)
Kanchipuram
B)
Madurai
C)
Thanjavur
D)
Rameshwaram

Correct Answer :   Thanjavur

Brihadishvara temple, also called Rajarajeswaram or Peruvudaiyār Kōvil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in South bank of Kaveri river in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India.

A)
Agra
B)
Sikandra
C)
Allahabad
D)
Fatehpur sikri

Correct Answer :   Sikandra

Akbar's tomb is the tomb of the Mughal emperor Akbar. It was built in 1605–1613 by his son Jahangir and is situated in 119 acres of grounds in Sikandra, a sub of Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India.

A)
Malwa
B)
Ranchi
C)
Hazaribagh
D)
Chota Nagpur

Correct Answer :   Malwa

The Malwa Plateau roughly forms a triangle based on the Vindhyan Hills, bounded by the Aravalli Range in the west and Madhya Bharat Pathar to the north and Bundelkhand to the east. It has two systems of drainage; one towards the Arabian sea (The Narmada, the Tapi and the Mahi), and the other towards the Bay of Bengal (Chambal and Betwa, joining the Yamuna).

A)
MALCO
B)
HINDALCO
C)
BALCO
D)
NALCO

Correct Answer :   NALCO

(NALCO), Koraput: It is the largest aluminium plant of the country, located at Koraput. It obtains bauxite from the bauxite mines at Panchpatmali (District Koraput). It has an installed capacity of 1.6 million tonnes of ingots per year.

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