Indian Geography

The Tropic of Cancer crosses 8 Indian states: Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram.

Vajra Prahar is a bilateral special-forces exercise between India and the United States.

BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile jointly developed by India and Russia. The name combines Brahmaputra and Moskva.

Leh and Sri Nagar is the pass connecting the Kashmir region with Ladakh. It is an important trans-Himalayan route.

Thailand is the country containing the Kra Isthmus/Kra Canal proposal in southern Thailand.

The correct answer is Shillong Plateau. This is the key factual association tested by the question and should be remembered with the subject named in the question.

Goa is the headquarters of the National Institute of Oceanography, a CSIR research institute.

The correct answer is Chotanagpur plateau. This is the key factual association tested by the question and should be remembered with the subject named in the question.

Jaipur is the city where Hawa Mahal was built in 1799 by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh.

Kaveri is popularly called the “Ganges of South India” in the source.

The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly was held in New Delhi on 9 December 1946; Sachchidananda Sinha was temporary chairman.

Guru ramdas founded Amritsar; Guru Ram Das established the settlement around the sacred pool in the late sixteenth century.

Parushni is the Rigvedic name of the Ravi River. The Ravi is one of the five rivers of the Punjab region.

Ayodha is identified in the source as the holy city associated with the birthplaces of the first and fourth Jain Tirthankaras.

Faridabad hosts the annual Surajkund International Crafts Mela.

Namcha Barwa is the easternmost major peak identified in the source; Namcha Barwa stands in the eastern Himalaya near the great bend of the Brahmaputra.

Longai river is the river identified by the source as forming part of the Assam–Tripura boundary.

The correct answer is Dehradun. This is the key factual association tested by the question and should be remembered with the subject named in the question.

Kolkata had India’s first metro railway; Kolkata Metro began operations in the 1984.

Jia Bharali is the name used in Arunachal Pradesh for the Jia Bharali River.