Indian Geography Quiz 3

In Tamil Nadu Climatic conditions, temperature and soil are more flexible for paddy while comparing to wheat. So farmers in Tamil Nadu prefer paddy over wheat.

The Indus is the western most River system in the subcontinent. Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Satluj are its main tributaries of Indus. It originates from the Bokhar Chu (glacier) of Mt. Kailash (6714m). It drains the largest number of glaciers and mountain slopes of the Karakorum, Ladakh, Zaskarand Himalayan Ranges.

The Konkan Railway was constructed to fill the missing gap between Roha (near Mumbai) and Mangalore.

India measures 3,214 km from north to south and 2,933 km from east to west. It has a land frontier of 15,200 km and a coastline of 7,516.6 km.

Haryana accounted for 41% of the total sulphur production and it was followed by Gujarat 23%, Maharashtra 13% and Uttar Pradesh 11%.

India is one of the few countries which has a forest policy since 1894. The first National Forest Policy in independent India came into effect in 1952.

The Ahom crossed the Patkai Range from Burma (now Myanmar) and conquered the local chieftains of the upper Assam plain. In the 15th century the Ahom, who gave their name to the region, were the dominant power in upper Assam.

Most of the major rivers of the peninsula such as the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna and the Cauvery (Kaveri) flow eastwards and drain into the Bay of Bengal. West flowing rivers such as the Narmada, the Tapi drained into the Arabian Sea.

About 90 percent of the export goes to China.