INDIAN GEOGRAPHY DPP-1

1. If the Sun rises at TIRAP in Arunachal Pradesh (c) Indira Point (d) Point Calimere
at 5.00 am (IST) then what time (IST) will the
Sun rise in Kandla in Gujarat? 10. Which one of the following pair of states of
India indicates the easternmost and westernmost
(a) About 5.30 a.m. (c) About 7.00 a.m. state?
(b) About 6.00 a.m. (d) About 7.30 a.m. (a) Assam and Rajasthan
2. The latitude that passes through Sikkim also (b) Arunachal Pradesh and Rajasthan
passes through?
(c) Assam and Gujarat
a) Rajasthan b) Punjab
(d) Arunachal Pradesh and Gujarat
c) Himanchal Pradeshd) Jammu& Kashmir
11. Consider the following statements:
3. The tropic of cancer passes through which of
1. Assam shares border with Bhutan and
the following states?
Bangladesh.
a) Odisha b) Bihar (Jharkhand)
2. West Bengal shares border with Bhutan and
c) Uttar Pradesh d) Andhra Pradesh Nepal.
4. The tropic of cancer passes through which of 3. Mizoram shares border with Bangladesh and
the following states? Myanmar.
Code- Which of the statements given above are correct?
1. Gujarat 2. Chhattisgarh (a) 1, 2 and 3 (c) 2 and 3 only
3. Uttar Pradesh 4. Jharkhand
(b) 1 and 2 only (d) 1 and 3 only
5. How many hours of time difference will be
there between the most western village of Gujarat 12. Which of the following states in India, do not
and the most eastern village of Arunachal share border with Bhutan?
Pradesh, Walong? (a) Assam (c) Bihar
(a) 1 hour (c) 3 hour (b) Sikkim (d) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) 2 hour (d) 1/2 hour 13. The boundary between India and Pakistan was
6. If it is 10.00 a.m. IST, then what would be the demarcated by:
local time at Shillong at 92° E longitude? (a) Durand Line (c) Maginot Line
(a) 9.38 a.m. (c) 10.22 a.m. (b) McMahon Line (d) Radcliffe Line
(b) 10.38 a.m. (d) 09.22 a.m. 14. Which of the two countries is divided by
7. The Indian Standard Time Meridian does not 'McMahon Line'?
pass through- (a) India and China (c) Pakistan and India
(a) Andhra Pradesh (c) Maharashtra (b) China and Afghanistan (d) Pakistan and
(b) Chhattisgarh (d) Uttar Pradesh Afghanistan

8. Standard Indian Time (Meridian Longitude 82° 15. Which one of the following states of India has
an international boundary on its three sides ?
30') passes through which of the following towns?
(a) Nagpur (c) Patna
(b) Delhi (d) Allahabad (a) Assam (c) Tripura

9. The southern most point of India is- (b) Nagaland (d) West Bengal

(a) Kanyakumari (b) Rameshwaram 16. Which of the following rock systems in India is
the latest one?

SSB GUIDE DEFENCE ACADEMY 1

 INDIAN GEOGRAPHY DPP-1
(a) Vindhyan (b) Cuddapah (c) Karakoram Range, Ladakh Range, Zaskar
Range, Pirpanjal Range
(c) Dharwar (d) Gondwana
(d) Pirpanjal Range, Ladakh Range, Zaskar
17. The Kumaon Himalaya is situated between Range, Karakoram Range
which of the rivers?
23. Pir Panjal Range is located/found in-
(a) Indus and Satluj (c) Satluj and Kali
(a) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Punjab
(b) Kali and Tista (d) Tista and Brahmputra
(b) Jammu and Kashmir (d) Uttarakhand
18. Shiwalik series was formed in
24. Which one of the following states does not lie
(a) Eozoic (b) Paleozoic along Patkai hills?
(c) Mesozoic (d) Cenozoic (a) Nagaland (c) Manipur
19. Which of the following is the correct order of (b) Tripura (d) Mizoram
the Himalayan Ranges from south to north in the
western section? 25. Between which two mountain ranges is the
Valley of Kashmir situated?
(a) Great Himalaya-Lesser Himalaya-Shiwalik
(a) Ladakh and Zanskar
(b) Shiwalik-Lesser Himalaya-Great Himalaya
(b) Great Himalayas and Pir Panjal
(c) Lesser Himalaya-Great Himalaya-Shiwalik
(c) Great Himalayas and Zanskar
(d) Shiwalik-Great Himalaya- Lesser Himalaya
(d) Karakoram and Ladakh
(e) None of these
26. Himachal stands for -
20. Which one of the following is the youngest
mountain chain? (a) The Great Himalaya (b) Shiwalik
(a) Vindhyas (c) Shiwaliks (c) The Middle Himalaya (d) Trans-Himalaya
(b) Aravalli (d) Annamalai 27. Which one of the following is the youngest
mountain range of India?
21. Which one of the following groups is the
correct sequence of mountain peaks from east to (a) Himadri Range (c) Western Ghat
west?
(b) Aravalli Range (d) Vindhya Range
(a) Everest, Kanchenjunga, Annapurna,
Dhaulagiri 28. Which of the following ranges is the most
recent one?
(b) Kanchenjunga, Everest, Annapurna,
Dhaulagiri (a) Aravallis (b) Vindhyachal Range

(c) Kanchenjunga, Dhaulagiri, Annapurna, (c) The Himalayas (d) The Eastern Ghats
Everest 29. In which part of Himalayas is 'Karewa'
landform found?

(d) Everest, Kanchenjunga, Dhaulagiri, (a) North-East Himalaya

Annapurna (b) Eastern Himalaya
22. Which one of the following is the correct (c) Himachal-Uttarakhand Himalaya
northward sequence of the relief features?
(d) Kashmir Himalaya
(a) Zaskar Range, Pirpanjal Range, Ladakh
Range,Karakoram Range 30. Mount Kailash is situated in which of the
following area?
(b) Pirpanjal Range, Zaskar Range, Ladakh
Range, Karakoram Range (a) Sikkim (c) Nepal

SSB GUIDE DEFENCE ACADEMY 2

 INDIAN GEOGRAPHY DPP-1
(b) Tibet (d) Uttarakhand 39. At which of the following hills the Eastern
Ghats join the Western Ghats?
31. In which part of Himalayas is 'Karewa'
landform found? (a) Palni Hills (b) Anaimudi Hills
(a) North-East Himalaya (c) Nilgiri Hills (d) Shevaroy Hills
(b) Eastern Himalaya (e) None of the above/More than one of the above
(c) Himachal-Uttarakhand Himalaya 40. Doddabetta Peak is situated in:
(d) Kashmir Himalaya (a) The Anaimalai Hills (b) The Nilgiri Hills
32. Which of the following mountain systems of (c) The Vindhya Range (d) The Satpura Range
India is the oldest?
41. Which of the following hills are found where
(a) Aravalli (c) Satpura the Eastern Ghats and the Western Ghats meet?
(b) Himalayas (d) Nilgiri (a) Nilgiri Hills (b) Cardamom Hills
33. Which of the following is the oldest mountain (c) Annamalai Hills (d) Sahyadri Hills
range in India?
42. Which of the following hills are present where
(a) Himalaya (c) Vindhya Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats meet?
(b) Aravalli (d) Satpura (a) Nilgiri Hills (b) Cardamom Hills
34. In which of the following states are the (c) Annamalai Hills (d) Sahyadri Hills
Aravalli Ranges located?
43. Nilgiri Mountain Range lies in
(a) Rajasthan (b) Himachal Pradesh
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Maharashtra
(c) Odisha (d) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Orissa (d) Uttarakhand
35. The Narmada and Tapti rivers flank -
44. Western Ghats in Maharashtra and Karnataka
(a) Vindhyan Mountains (c) Rajmahal Hills is known as -
(b) Satpura Ranges (d) Aravalli Hills (a) Nilgiri mountain (c) Deccan plateau
36. The highest peak of the Indian Peninsula is (b) Sahyadri (d) None of these
(a) Ootacamund (b) Anaimudi 45. Select from the code given below the correct
locational sequence of the following hills
(c) Doddabetta (d) Mahabaleshwar proceeding from south to north.
37. Which of the following is the highest peak in (1) Satmala hills (3) Pir Panjal Range
South India?
(2) Kaimur hills (4) Naga hills
(a) Anaimudi (b) Doddabetta
Code:
(c) Amarkantak (d) Mahendragiri
(a) 2, 3, 1, 4 (c) 1, 2, 3, 4
38. Consider the following relief features:
(b) 1, 2, 4, 3 (d) 4, 3, 2, 1
1. Mahadeo Range 2. Maikal Range
46. Cardamom Hills lie along the border of the
3. Chotanagpur Plateau 4. Khasi Hills
states of
The correct west to eastward sequence of the (a) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
above relief features is
(b) Karnataka and Kerala
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4 (c) 2, 3, 4, 1
(c) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
(b) 4, 3, 2, 1 (d) 1, 3, 2, 4

SSB GUIDE DEFENCE ACADEMY 3

 INDIAN GEOGRAPHY DPP-1
(d) Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh A B C D
47. The southernmost range of India is: (a) 1 3 2 4
(b) 1 2 3 4
(a) Nilgiri (b) Annamalai (c) 1 3 4 2
(c) Cardamom (d) Nallamalai (d) 2 1 3 4

49. Where are Shevaroy Hills located? 55. Consider the following statements about
Western Ghats?
(a) Andhra Pradesh (c) Kerala
1. It is a block mountain
(b) Karnataka (d) Tamil Nadu
2. Its eastern slope is a gently lowering down
50. Which one of the following does not lie in plateau
Maharashtra?
3. Its northern section is covered by lava (Basalt)
(a) Balaghat Range (c) Mandav Hills Which of the above statements are correct?
(b) Harishchandra Range (d) Satmala Hills (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3
51. Consider the following pairs: (c) 1 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3
Hills Region 56. Which of the following mountain peak is not
1. Cardamom Hills Coromandel Coast situated in Eastern Ghats?

2. Kaimur Hills Konkan Coast (a) Gali Konda (b) Salher

3. Mahadeo Hills Central India (c) Sinkram Gutta (d) Madugula Konda

4. Mikir Hills North-East India 57. Match List-I and List-II and select the correct
answer using the codes given below the list :
Which of the above pairs are correctly matched?
List-I (States) List-II Highest Peak
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3
A. Kerala 1. Doddabetta
(c) 3 and 4 (d) 2 and 4
B. Nagaland 2. Nanda Devi
52. Mahadeo mountains are part of -
C. Uttarakhand 3. Anaimudi
(a) Satpura (b) Vindhya
D. Tamil Nadu 4. Saramati
(c) Kaimur (d) None of these
Code:
53. The Dhupgarh peak is situated in -
A B C D
(a) Satpura Range (c) Vindhya Range
(a) 1 3 4 2
(b) Maikal Range (d) None of these
(b) 2 3 4 1
54. Match List-I with List-II and select the
correct answer using the codes given below the (c) 3 4 2 1
lists: (d) 1 2 3 4
List-I (Hills) List - II (States) 58. Which one of the following is the correct
A. Garo 1. Meghalaya sequence of the hills of Central India located from
West to East?
B. Miri 2. Tamil Nadu
(a) Maikal, Satpura, Mahadeo and Chotanagpur
C. Kollai Mallai 3. Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Satpura, Mahadeo, Maikal and Chotanagpur
D. Dalma 4. Jharkhand
(c) Maikal, Mahadeo, Satpura and Chotanagpur
Codes
(d) Satpura, Mahadeo, Chotanagpur and Maikal

SSB GUIDE DEFENCE ACADEMY 4

 INDIAN GEOGRAPHY DPP-1
59. The Hills situated closer to Kanyakumari are: 65. Highest mountain peak in India -
(a) Anaimalai Hills (b) Nilgiri Hills (a) Kanchenjunga (c) Karakoram
(c) Cardamom Hills (d) Shevaroy Hills (b) Makalu (d) Mt. Everest
(e) None of the above/more than one of the above 66. Himalayan peak Kanchenjunga is situated at
60. Consider the following pairs: (a) Kashmir (b) Nepal
Peak Mountains (c) Sikkim (d) Himachal Pradesh
1. Namcha Barwa Garhwal Himalaya 67. Choose the correct order from the following -
2. Nanda Devi Kumaon Himalaya (a) Godwin Austin, Kanchenjunga, Mount Everest
3. Nokrek Sikkim Himalaya (b) Nanda Devi, Godwin Austin, Kanchenjunga.
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly (c) Mount Everest, Godwin Austin,
matched? Kanchenjunga.
(a) 1 and 2 (c) 1 and 3 (d) Godwin Austin, Mount Everest,
Kanchenjunga.
(b) 2 only (d) 3 only
68. Match List - I with List - II and select the
61. Where is 'Mount Everest' located? correct an- swer using the codes given below the
(a) Pakistan (b) India lists.

(c) Tibet (d) Nepal List-I List-II

60. Which of the following is the highest (State of India) (Highest Peak)
mountain on Earth?
A. Tamil Nadu 1. Dhupgarh Peak
(a) Mount Everest (c) Lhotse B. Rajasthan 2. Saramati Peak
(b) Kanchenjunga (d) Makalu
C. Nagaland 3. Gurushikhar peak
61. The first Indian woman to have climbed Mt. D. Madhya Pradesh 4. Doddabetta peak
Everest s:
Codes:
a) Bachendri Pal c) Santosh yadav
A B C D
(b) Dicky Dolma (d) P.T. Usha
(a) 3 2 1 4
62. The woman mountaineer who climbed Mt.
Everest twice is: (b) 2 3 4 1
(a) Bachendri Pal (b) Chandra Prabha Aitwal (c) 4 2 3 1
(c) Jaya Kshetri (d) Santosh Yadav (d) 4 2 1 3
63. Who was the second Indian women to climb 69. The Kullu Valley is situated between the
Mount Everest- mountain ranges of:
(a) Bachendri Pal (c) Santosh Yadav (a) Dhauladhar and Pir Panjal
(b) Madhu Yadav (d) Suneeta Godra (b) Ranjoti and Nagtibba
64. Which of the following is the highest (c) Ladakh and Pir Panjal
mountain peak in India?
(d) Middle Himalayas and Shiwalik
(a) Everest (c) K2
70. Which one of the following is not correctly
(b) Siachen (d) Kargil matched?

SSB GUIDE DEFENCE ACADEMY 5

 INDIAN GEOGRAPHY DPP-1
(a) Chang LaJammu and Kashmir (a) Jelep La Sikkim
(b) Rohtang Himachal Pradesh (b) Mana and Niti Uttarakhand
(c) Bomdi La Arunachal Pradesh (c) Shipki La Jammu and Kashmir
(d) Se La Uttarakhand (d) Bom Di La Arunachal Pradesh
71. Palghat is situated between : 78. Which one of the following passes is located in
Uttarakhand?
(a) The Nilgiris and the Cardamom Hills
(a) Jelep La (c) Nathu La
(b) The Nilgiris and the Annamalai Hills
(b) Lipulekh (d) Shipki
(c) The Annamalai Hills and the Cardamom Hills
79. Which one of the following is not correctly
(d) The Cardamom Hills and Palni Hills matched ?
72. Which of the following is not correctly (a) Nathu La Arunachal Pradesh
matched :
(b) Lipulekh Uttarakhand
(a) Bomdi La Pass Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Rohtang Himachal Pradesh
(b) Nathu La Pass Sikkim
(d) Palghat Kerala
(c) Bhorghat Pass Himachal Pradesh
80. Rohtang pass is located in-
(d) Palghat Kerala
(a) Himachal Pradesh
73. Which one of the following is not correctly
matched: (b) Jammu and Kashmir
(a) Shipki La-Himachal Pradesh (c) Sikkim
(b) Lipulekh-Uttar Pradesh (d) Uttarakhand
(c) Nathu La-Sikkim 81. Mana Pass is located in -
(d) Zoji La-Kashmir (a) Uttar Pradesh (c) Jammu & Kashmir
74. Which of the following is not correctly (b) Uttarakhand (d) Himachal Pradesh
matched?
82. What are Kingri-Wingri, Neeti-Mana?
(a) Shipki La Himachal Pradesh
(a) Passes (c) Mountains
(b) Bomdi La Himachal Pradesh
(b) Rivers (d) Religious places
(c) Nathu La Meghalaya
83. Which of the following option represents
(d) Zoji La Jammu & Kashmir correct order of mountain Passes from west to
east
75. Nathu La Pass is situated in which state?
I. Shipki La III. Bomdi La
(a) Arunachal (c) Meghalaya
II. Nathu La IV. Lipulekh
(b) Assam (d) Sikkim
Code:
76. Which of the following Passes lead to Leh?
(a) I, II, III, IV (c) I, IV, II, III
(a) Zozila (c) Chumbi Valley
(b) II, III, IV, I (d) III, II, I, IV
(b) Shipki La (d) Banihal
84. The Pass, which is situated at the highest
77. Which of the following is not a correct match? elevation, is
Passes State
(a) Zoji La (b) Rohtang

SSB GUIDE DEFENCE ACADEMY 6

 INDIAN GEOGRAPHY DPP-1
(c) Nathu La (d) none of the above 93. The name of the coast of Tamil Nadu and
Andhra Pradesh is:
85. Which of the following is the largest glacier ?
(a) Coromandel (b) Malabar
(a) Siachen (c) Chogo Lungma
(c) Northern Circar (d) Konkan
(b) Baltoro (d) Biafo
94. The sea coast of Tamil Nadu is known as-
86. Basaltic Lava rocks over Indian Deccan
Plateau were formed in which of the following (a) Circar coast (c) Malabar coast
period ?
(b) Konkan coast (d) Coromandel coast
(a) Cretaceous period
95. Which one of the following coasts of India is
(b) Pleistocene period located between Krishna delta and Cape
Comorin?
(c) Carboniferous period
(a) Coromandel Coast (c) Malabar Coast
(d) Miocene period
(b) North Circar (d) Konkan Coast
87. Meghalaya plateau is the part of -
96. Which of the following is also known as 'Cape
(a) Himalayan Range Comorin'?
(b) Peninsular Plateau
(a) Mizoram (b) Kashmir
(c) Mountains of Eastern Ghats (c) Kanyakumari (d) Gujarat
(d) Satpura Range 97. The northern part of the western Coastal Plain
88. Which plateau lies between the Aravalli and of India is also known as:
the Vindhya ranges? (a) Karnataka Coast (c) Konkan
(a) Malwa Plateau (b) Malabar (d) Coromandel
(b) Chotanagpur Plateau 98. Saddle peak" the highest peak of Andaman &
(c) Deccan Plateau Nicobar is located in-

(d) Peninsular Plateau (a) Middle Andaman (b) Great Nicobar

89. Which one of the following is not a part of the (c) North Andaman (d) Little Andaman
Meghalaya Plateau? 99. Which of the following is the highest peak of
(a) Bhuban Hills (b) Garo Hills Andaman and Nicobar group of islands?

(c) Khasi Hills (d) Jaintia Hills (a) Saddle peak (b) Mount Thuillier

90. Which of the following States of India has the (c) Mount Diavolo (d) Mount Koyale
longest coastline? 100. Ten degree channel separates -
(a) Maharashtra (b) Andhra Pradesh (a) Andaman from Nicobar Islands
(c) Kerala (d) Gujarat (b) Andaman from Myanmar
91. In India, how many States share the coastline?
(c) India from Sri Lanka
(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 10
(d) Lakshadweep from Maldives
92. Maximum Coastal erosion is caused by: 101. Which one of the following pairs of islands is
(a) Waves (b) Tides separated from each other by the Ten degree
channel'?
(c) Currents (d) Tsunami waves
(a) Andaman and Nicobar

SSB GUIDE DEFENCE ACADEMY 7

 INDIAN GEOGRAPHY DPP-1
(b) Nicobar and Sumatra
(c) Maldives and Lakshadweep
(d) Sumatra and Java
102. Sriharikota island is located in -
(a) Near Chilka lake
(b) Near the mouth of Mahanadi River
(c) Near Pulicat lake
(d) Near the mouth of Godavari River
103. In which of the following parts of India
'Atolls' are commonly found?
(a) Near Sunderbans
(b) Near Khambhat Gulf
(c) Near Lakshadweep
(d) Near Rameshwaram
104. Which of the following is a coral island?
(a) New Moore (c) Andaman
(b) Car Nicobar (d) Lakshadweep
105. Coral reefs are not found in which one of the
following A regions?
(a) Gulf of Cambay (b) Gulf of Mannar
(c) Gulf of Kutch
(d) Lakshadweep and Minicoy Island
106. Which one of the following Indian island lies
between India and Sri Lanka ?
(a) Elephanta (b) Nicobar
(c) Rameshwaram (d) Salsette
107. A large city built on an Indian island is -
(a) Panaji (c) Port Blair
(b) Rameswaram (d) Mumbai
108. Kori Creek lies in
(a) Gulf of Khambhat (b) Gulf of Kutch
(c) Rann of Kutch (d) Little Rann of Kutch

SSB GUIDE DEFENCE ACADEMY 8