LIST OF INDIRECT QUESTIONS FOR MAP MARKING
RIVERS
GODAVARI ➢ Second Longest River of India.
➢ Dakshin Ganga.
➢ The Longest River of Peninsular India.
KAVERI ➢ Ganga of the South / Rice Bowl of India.
KOSI ➢ Sorrow of Bihar.
DAMODAR ➢ Sorrow of Bengal.
BRAHMAPUTRA ➢ Sorrow of Assam.
NARMADA ➢ The Longest West Flowing River of Peninsular
India / River that Flows in The Rift Valley.
GANGA ➢ Longest River.
TUNGABHADRA ➢ Tributary of Krishna.
JHELUM ➢ Right bank tributary of Chenab.
INDUS ➢ Longest west flowing river flowing through Tibet,
India, Pakistan.
RAVI ➢ Left bank tributary of Chenab.
BEAS ➢ Rises in Himalayas in Himachal Pradesh and
flows into river Sutlej in Punjab.
WATERBODIES
LAKE CHILKA ➢ Largest Saltwater Lake / Lagoon.
PALK STRAIT ➢ The Waterbody that Separates India from Sri
Lanka.
LAKE WULAR ➢ India’s Largest Freshwater Lake.
GULF OF KHAMBAT ➢ Historically known as Gulf of Cambay.
MOUNTAINS/ PEAKS/ PASS/
PLAINS
MOUNT K2 (GODWIN AUSTIN) ➢ The Second Highest Peak in the world.
➢ Highest point in Karakoram Range. (INDIA).
KANCHENJUNGA ➢ Highest Peak for Himalayas in India.
ARAVALI RANGE ➢ The oldest fold mountain range in India.
HIMALAYAS ➢ The Northern Mountain Wall.
➢ The Youngest fold mountains of India.
WESTERN GHATS ➢ Mountain Range that runs parallel to the Arabian
Sea.
➢ Mountains causing heavy rainfall to the west
coast.
NILGIRIS ➢ The Blue Mountains.
CHOTANAGPUR PLATEAU ➢ Mineral Rich Plateau.
DECCAN PLATEAU ➢ The most dissected plateau.
COROMANDEL COAST ➢ Coast enjoying North-east Monsoon Rain / Winter
Rainfall.
THAR DESERT ➢ The Great Indian Desert.
➢ The Sparsely Populated region in the West.
KARAKORAM PASS ➢ Pass Connecting Ladakh with China in the
Karakoram Range.
NATHULA PASS ➢ Pass Connecting Sikkim with China.
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SOILS
BLACK SOIL ➢ Soil formed by weathering of Basaltic Rocks.
LATERITE SOIL ➢ Soil formed due to Leaching.
ALLUVIAL SOIL ➢ Transported / Ex-situ Soil.
RED SOIL ➢ Soil rich in Ferrous Oxide.
MINERALS AND IMPORTANT
CITIES
DIGBOI ➢ The Oldest Onshore Oil Field.in India.
MUMBAI HIGH ➢ The Largest Oil Reserves of India.
➢ Offshore Oil Field.
JHARIA ➢ The Storehouse of India’s Coal.
➢ Largest Coal Field.
SINGHBHUM ➢ Large Iron Ore Deposits.
BENGALURU ➢ I.T Capital of India
➢ Silicon Valley of India.
➢ ISRO Headquarters.
MUMBAI ➢ Financial Capital of India.
➢ Natural Harbour.
KOLKATA ➢ City of Joy / Riverine Port.
ALLAHABAD/ PRAYAGRAJ ➢ City at the Confluence of Ganga and Yamuna.
KOCHI ➢ Port on West Coast exporting spices.
VISHAKHAPATNAM ➢ East Coast Naval Command / Shore based Steel
Plant / Deepest landlocked Port
COASTAL CITIES ➢ West Coast (MUMBAI, KOCHI)
➢ East Coast (VISHKHAPATNAM, CHENNAI)
WINDS
WESTERN DISTRUBANCES ➢ Winds that bring rainfall to Punjab and Haryana in
winter.
NORTHEAST MONSOON ➢ Winds that bring rainfall to the Coromandel Coast
in winter / Tamil Nadu.
SOUTHWEST MONSOON WINDS ➢ The wind system that is responsible for bringing
rainfall to most parts of India.
SOUTHWEST MONSOON WINDS- ➢ The winds that bring rainfall from June to
ARABIAN SEA BRANCH. September to the Western Coast of India.
➢ The winds which bring rainfall to Mumbai in the
month of July / Kerala in the month of June.
SOUTHWEST MONSOON WINDS- ➢ The winds that bring heavy rainfall to the
BAY OF BENGAL BRANCH windward side of the North-eastern hills.
POPULATION
UTTAR PRADESH, BIHAR, WEST ➢ Densely Population North of Tropic of Cancer.
BENGAL.
ARUNACHAL PRADESH ➢ Sparse Population in Northeast India.
KERALA ➢ Densely Populated state in South India.
