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GK Questions: Indian Geography – Set 14

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  1. The Lonar lake is a saline soda lake located in which state ?
    1.Odisha
    2.Rajasthan
    3.Tamil Nadu
    4.Maharashtra
    5.None of these
    Answer – 4.Maharashtra
    Explanation :
    Lonar Lake is a saline soda lake located at Lonar in Buldhana district, Maharashtra, India, which was created by a meteor impact during the Pleistocene Epoch and it is the only hyper velocity impact crater in basaltic rock anywhere on earth.

  2. Which of the following lake is the largest freshwater lake in North -East India ?
    1.Tsomarari Lake
    2.Dal Lake
    3.Loktak Lake
    4.Chilika lake
    5.None of these
    Answer – 3.Loktak Lake
    Explanation :
    Loktak Lake is the largest freshwater lake in North -East India is famous for the phumdis floating over it. Keibul Lamjao the only floating national park in the world. It is located near Moirang in Manipur state, India.

  3. The Wular lake is located in ……………….
    1.Madhya Pradesh
    2.J & K
    3.Andhra Pradesh
    4.Karnataka
    5.None of these
    Answer – 2.J & K
    Explanation :
    Wular Lake, One of the largest fresh water lakes in Asia, is in Bandipora district in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The lake basin was formed as a result of tectonic activity and is fed by the Jhelum River.

  4. …………………… is the longest lake in India and the largest lake in the state of Kerala
    1.Vembanand Lake
    2.Pulicat Lake
    3.Pangong Lake
    4.Kolleru Lake
    5.None of these
    Answer – 1.Vembanand Lake
    Explanation :
    Vembanad is the longest lake in India, and the largest lake in the state of Kerala. It is also counted as one of the largest lakes in India

  5. The Chilika Lake is situated in which state ?
    1.West Bengal
    2.Tamil Nadu
    3.Odisha
    4.Haryana
    5.None of these
    Answer – 3.Odisha
    Explanation :
    Chilika Lake is a brackish water lagoon, spread over the Puri, Khurda and Ganjam districts of Odisha state on the east coast of India, at the mouth of the Daya River, flowing into the Bay of Bengal, covering an area of over 1,100 km².

  6. Which of the following is related to J & K ?
    1.Pulicat Lake
    2.Tsomarai Lake
    3.Sambhar Lake
    4.All of these
    5.None of these
    Answer – 2.Tsomarai Lake
    Explanation :
    Tso Moriri or Lake Moriri Tibetan is a lake in the Ladakhi part of the Changthang Plateau in Jammu and Kashmir in northern India. The lake is at an altitude of 4,522 m.

  7. The Kolleru lake is situated in
    1.Andhra Pradesh
    2.Punjab
    3.Madhya Pradesh
    4.Maharashtra
    5.None of these
    Answer – 1.Andhra Pradesh
    Explanation :
    Kolleru Lake is one of the largest freshwater lakes in India located in state of Andhra Pradesh 20 kilometers away from the city of Eluru. Kolleru is located between Krishna and Godavari deltas.

  8. ……………. is the India’s largest inland salt lake in Rajasthan
    1.Chilika Lake
    2.Dal Lakes
    3.Sambhar Lake
    4.Pulicat lake
    5.None of these
    Answer – 3.Sambhar Lake
    Explanation :
    The Sambhar Salt Lake, India’s largest inland salt lake, a bowl shape lake encircles historical Sambhar Lake Town located 96 km south west of the city of Jaipur and 64 km north east of Ajmer along National Highway 8 in Rajasthan

  9. The Pangong lake is situated in ……………..
    1.Uttar Pradesh
    2.Karnataka
    3.Odisha
    4.J & K
    5.None of these
    Answer – 4.J & K
    Explanation :
    Pangong Tso, Tibetan for “high grassland lake”, also referred to as Pangong Lake, is an endorheic lake in the Himalayas situated at a height of about 4,350 m. It is 134 km long and extends from India to China.

  10. The Pulicat Lake is related to which two state ?
    1.Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
    2.Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
    3.Kerala and Andhra Pradesh
    4.Tamil Nadu and Kerala
    5.None of these
    Answer – 2.Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
    Explanation :
    Pulicat Lake is the second largest brackish – water lake or lagoon in India, after Chilika Lake. It straddles the border of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu states on the Coromandal Coast in South India





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