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Question 411. Which of the following is formed out of volcanic eruptions in India?
  1.    Lakshadweep Islands
  2.    Western Ghats
  3.    Himalayas
  4.    Deccan Plateau
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Deccan Plateau
Answer: (d)
The Deccan Plateau is made up of lava flows or igneous rocks known as the Deccan Traps. The rocks are spread over the whole of Maharashtra and parts of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, thereby making it one of the largest volcanic provinces in the world.
The Deccan traps formed between 60 and 68 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous period.
Question 412. Nathu La Pass is situated in which state?
  1.    Assam
  2.    Meghalaya
  3.    Sikkim
  4.    Arunachal Pradesh
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Sikkim
Answer: (c)
Question 413. Which one of the following glaciers is located in Kumaun region of Uttarakhand?
  1.    Zemu
  2.    Milam
  3.    Rupal
  4.    Hispar
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Milam
Answer: (b)
Question 414. Which one of the following is the oldest mountain range in India?
  1.    Aravalli
  2.    Satpura
  3.    Nilgiri
  4.    Himalayas
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Aravalli
Answer: (a)The Aravalli range are the oldest fold mountains in India.
Question 415. Which of the following wetlands are designated as Ramsar sites?

  1. Chilka Lake

  2. Loktak

  3. Keoladeo

  4. Wullar Lake


Select the correct answer from the code given below Code :
  1.    2 and 3 only
  2.    1, 2 and 3
  3.    All
  4.    1 and 2 only
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> All
Answer: (c)
All the wetlands mentioned here are designated as Ramsar sites of international importance as per the International wetland convention (Ramsar convention, Iran 1971)
Question 416. Which one of the following pairs of islands is separated from each other by the Ten degree channel?
  1.    Nicobar and Sumatra
  2.    Maldives and Lakshadweep
  3.    Sumatra and Java
  4.    Andaman and Nicobar
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Andaman and Nicobar
Answer: (d)
Question 417. Which one of the following passes is located in Uttarakhand?
  1.    Lipulekh
  2.    Nathula
  3.    Shipki
  4.    Jelepa
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Lipulekh
Answer: (a)
Question 418. India shares longest international boundary with which country?
  1.    China
  2.    Nepal
  3.    Bhutan
  4.    Bangladesh
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Bangladesh
Answer: (d)
Bangladesh and India share a 4,096-kilometre-long international border, the longest border that India shares with any country.
It is the fifth-longest land border in the world, including 262 km in Assam, 856 km in Tripura, 180 km in Mizoram, 443 km in Meghalaya, and 2,217 km in Bengal. The border demarcates the six divisions of Bangladesh and the Indian states.
Question 419. Mount Abu is a hill station located in _____ ranges.
  1.    Satpuda
  2.    Aravalli
  3.    Sahyadri
  4.    Vindhya
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Aravalli
Answer: (b)
Mount Abu is a popular hill station in the Aravalli Range in the Sirohi district of Rajasthan near the border with Gujarat.
The mountain forms a distinct rocky plateau. The highest peak on the mountain is Guru Shikhar at 1,722 m above sea level. It is referred to as ‘an oasis in the desert’ as its heights are home to rivers, lakes, waterfalls and evergreen forests.
Question 420. The longest sea beach in India is
  1.    Diu beach
  2.    Aksa beach
  3.    Marina beach
  4.    Chapora beach
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Marina beach
Answer: (c)
Marina Beach, a natural urban beach in Chennai, is the longest beach in India with a length of 6.5 km.
The beach runs from near Fort St. George in the north to Foreshore Estate in the south. It is the second-longest beach in the world after Praia do Cassino beach of Brazil.

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