Indian Geography Online Quiz

Comets is an object in space that looks like a bright star with a tail and that revolves around the sun.

The Nathpa Jhakri project, which began in 1993, is for a 1,530MW installation on the upper reaches of the river Satluj in the Kinnaur and Shimla districts of Himachal Pradesh.

Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO) is the first iron and steel industry in India which was established by Jamsedji Tata on 26th August 1907 at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.

Smallest Union Territory: Lakshadweep (32 Sq km). Largest Union Territory: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (8,249 Sq km).

The Sardar Sarovar Dam is a concrete gravity dam built on the Narmada river in Gujarat. Four Indian states, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan, receive water and electricity supply from the dam.

The Indira Gandhi Canal (Rajasthan Canal) is the longest (649km) canal in India and the largest irrigation project in the world.

Four out of the 36 Biodiversity Hotspots in the world are present in India: the Himalayas, the Western Ghats, the Indo-Burma region and the Sundaland (Includes group of Islands). These hotspots have numerous endemic species.

Shipki La is a mountain pass is located in Kinnaur district in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India and Ngari Prefecture in Tibet, China.

The monsoon is caused by differing temperature trends over the land and ocean. In India, the southwest summer monsoon is attracted by a low-pressure area that's caused by the extreme heat of the Thar Desert in Rajasthan and adjoining areas during summer. During the monsoon, the wind direction reverses. The South West monsoon engulfs the entire India by 15th July.

The Idukki Hydroelectric Project is the biggest hydroelectric project in Kerala. It is built on the Periyar River.