Which hill station’s name means ‘place of the thunderbolt’?
(a) Gangtok
(b) Shillong
(c) Oottacamand
(d) Darjeeling
Solution: (d)
The name Darjeeling comes from the Tibetan word ‘dorje,’ meaning the thunderbolt scepter of the Hindu deity Indra, and ling, a place or land. So it means ‘place of the thunderbolt.’ Located in the Mahabharata Range or Lesser Himalaya, Darjeeling is situated in West Bengal.
Niyamgiri hill is located in Kalahandi district?
(a) Orissa
(b) West Bengal
(c) Punjab
(d) Kerala
Solution: (a)
The Niyamgiri is a hill range situated in the districts of Kalahandi and Rayagada in Odisha. These hills are home to Dongria Kondh indigenous people. In recent times these hills are in media discussions due to the conflict of inhabitant tribals and Bauxite Mining Project by Vedanta Aluminium Company.
How many islands are there in Lakshadweep?
(a) 17
(b) 27
(c) 36
(d) 47
Solution: (c)
Lakshadweep is an archipelago consisting of 36 islands with an area of 32 sq km. an Union Territory, it is comprised of 12 atolls, three reefs, five sub merged banks and ten inhabited islands The name Lakshadweep in Malayalam and Sanskrit means ‘a hundred thousand islands’.
What is the total area of India?
(a) 8,511,965 sq. km
(b) 3,897,950 sq. km
(c) 5,926,780 sq. km
(d) 3,287,590 sq. km
Solution: (d)
The total geographical area of India is 3,287,590 km² which makes her the seventh-largest country in the world. India measures 3,214 km from north to south and 2,933 km from east to west. It has a land frontier of 15,200 km and a coastline of 7,517 km.
The easternmost peak of the Himalayas is
(a) Namcha Barwa
(b) Annapurna
(c) Kanchenjunga
(d) Mount Everest
Solution: (a)
Namcha Barwa, a mountain in the Tibetan Himalaya, is the eastern anchor of the entire Himalayan mountain chain. It is the highest peak of its own section as well as Earth’s easternmost peak over 7,600 metres. It stands inside the Great Bend of the Yarlung Tsangpo River as the river enters its notable gorge across the Himalaya, emerging as the Dihang and becoming the Brahmaputra.
