Indian Physiography - MCQs with answers - Part I

ANSWER: d) Southern

Indira Point was formerly known as Pygmalion Point and for a brief period of time as India Point. It is situated on the island of Great Nicobar in the Nicobar Islands.

ANSWER: b) Eastern

The India-China boundary runs along the Himalayan ranges. The line is named after Sir Henry McMahon. He was foreign secretary of the British-run Government of India and the chief negotiator of the convention at Simla.

ANSWER: a) 1947

On 17 August 1947, the Radcliffe Line was published as a boundary line between India and Pakistan upon the Partition of India.

ANSWER: b) India

Indian Ocean is bounded by Asia on the north, on the west by Africa, on the east by Australia, and on the south by the Southern Ocean.

ANSWER: a) Afghanistan and Pakistan

China and Nepal have a common border with India to the north, Burma (Myanmar) to the east and Bangladesh to the east of West Bengal.

ANSWER: d) Sri Lanka

The Palk Strait is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Mannar district of the Northern Province of the island nation of Sri Lanka.

ANSWER: c) Tibet

The crest of the high Himalayas acts as the dividing line between India and China. Across this boundary line lies Tibet.

ANSWER: a) Kashmir Valley

Kashmir Valley borders Jammu region to the south, Ladakh region to the east, and the Line of Control in the north and the west.

ANSWER: d) Siwalik Range

It is the Sub-Himalayan Range between the Teesta and Raidak rivers in Assam. The youngest mountain range is extended till Arunachal Pradesh.

ANSWER: c) Indus

This plain merges in the Ganga Plain.