UPSC Prelims Geography MCQ Quiz

What are the major climate zones of India?

• Polar, Desert, Mediterranean, Continental, Tundra

• Tropical monsoon, Arid, Steppe, Mediterranean, Highland

• Tropical wet, Tropical wet and dry, Subtropical humid, Montane, Semi-arid

• Polar, Subarctic, Temperate, Mediterranean, Desert

Which climate zone of India experiences the highest amount of rainfall?

• Eastern Coastal Zone

• Northern Plains

• Thar Desert

• Western Coastal Zone

Name two major physical features of India.

• Plateaus and forests

• Desert and ocean

• Valleys and tundra

• Mountains and plains

What are the two main agricultural regions of India?

• Ganges Delta and Thar Desert

• Brahmaputra Valley and Western Ghats

• Himalayan Foothills and Deccan Plateau

• Ganga-Brahmaputra basin and Indus basin

Name the rivers and their tributaries in India.

• The Mississippi River has tributaries such as the Nile, Amazon, and Danube.

• The Ganges River has tributaries such as the Yamuna, Ghaghara, Gandak, and Kosi. The Brahmaputra River has tributaries such as the Subansiri, Kameng, and Manas.

• The Amazon River has tributaries such as the Thames, Seine, and Rhine.

• The Nile River has tributaries such as the Amazon, Mississippi, and Danube.

Which river is known as the 'Sorrow of Bihar'?

• Brahmaputra

• Godavari

• Ganges

• Yamuna

Name the states and their capitals in India.

• Gujarat - Gandhinagar, Maharashtra - Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh - Lucknow

• Delhi - Mumbai, Punjab - Chandigarh, Rajasthan - Jaipur

• Karnataka - Hyderabad, Tamil Nadu - Chennai, Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram

• Andhra Pradesh - Amaravati, Arunachal Pradesh - Itanagar, Assam - Dispur, Bihar - Patna, Chhattisgarh - Raipur, Goa - Panaji, Gujarat - Gandhinagar, Haryana - Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh - Shimla, Jharkhand - Ranchi, Karnataka - Bengaluru, Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram, Madhya Pradesh - Bhopal, Maharashtra - Mumbai, Manipur - Imphal, Meghalaya - Shillong, Mizoram - Aizawl, Nagaland - Kohima, Odisha - Bhubaneswar, Punjab - Chandigarh, Rajasthan - Jaipur, Sikkim - Gangtok, Tamil Nadu - Chennai, Telangana - Hyderabad, Tripura - Agartala, Uttar Pradesh - Lucknow, Uttarakhand - Dehradun, West Bengal - Kolkata

What is the capital of Maharashtra?

• Kolkata

• Mumbai

• Delhi

• Chennai