Indian Geography - 2

Bangalore is 937 metres above the sea level. Delhi is 218 metres, Jodhpur is 230 metres and Nagpur is 247.5 metres above the sea level.

Nanda Devi peak is a part of Kumaon Himalayas located in Chamoli district of Uttaranchal.

The Tropic of Cancer is located at 23.5° North. Location of Kolkata is 22°33’ N. Kolkata is nearer to the Tropic of Cancer than the other given cities.

The correct sequence of the rivers in the descending order of their lengths is Godavari (1465 km), Narmada (1312 km), Mahanadi (858 km) and Tapi (724 km).

Onge is one of the major tribes of the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar islands. They belong to the Negrito race.

The longitude of Jabalpur's location is to the east of Bhopal. Bangalore is to the south of Chennai.

Statement ‘1’ is correct because National Thermal Power Corporation has diversified into the hydro projects. Presently, it has undertaken Koldem Project in Himachal Pradesh.

Both the statements are correct.

Length of Agra-Mumbai NH — 1161 km
Length of Chennai-Thane NH — 1235 km
Length of Kolkata-Hajira NH — 1946 km
Length of Pune-Machilipatnam NH — 841 km

Sambhar is India’s largest salt lake which is located 96 km south-west of the city of Jaipur.

Damodar Valley Corporation is the first multi-purpose river valley project of independent India. It was started in the year 1954. The joint venture projects include Maithon Power Limited, Panchat and Tilaiya Dam. They are hydroelectric power stations. There is no gas power station.

All the statements are correct according to atomic developments in India.

Nallamalai is not a biosphere reserve. It is a hill of Eastern Ghats which stretches over Kurnool, Mahabubnagar, Guntur and Kadapa districts of the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Out of the total forest cover, dense forest constitutes around 2.54%; and very dense forest 8.77%. National Forestry Action Programme aims a long term plan to achieve the target of 33% forest cover.

Western Ghats are relatively higher in the southern region.

Similipal biosphere reserve is in Odisha. Dehong Deband biosphere reserve is in Arunachal Pradesh, Nokrek biosphere reserve is in Meghalaya and Kanchenjunga biosphere reserve is situated in Sikkim.

Statement 1 is incorrect - Petronet LNG's terminals are at Dahej (Gujarat) and Kochi (Kerala), not Mangalore. Statement 2 is correct - Dredging Corporation of India's headquarters is indeed at Visakhapatnam. Statement 3 is correct - Narwapahar mine in Jharkhand is operated by UCIL. Therefore only statements 2 and 3 are correct.

Statement 1 is incorrect - North Western Railway headquarters is at Jaipur, not Jodhpur. Statement 2 is incorrect - Indrail Pass is for foreign tourists/NTC citizens, not specifically for freedom fighters or sportspersons. Statement 3 is correct - Fairy Queen uses the world's oldest working steam engine (1855) for heritage tours. Therefore only statement 3 is correct.

By virtue of section 110 of the Electricity Act 2003, an Appellate Tribunal for Electricity having jurisdiction throughout lndia has been set up to hear appeals or original petitions against the order of the Adjudicating Officer. But in states like Delhi and Odisha, electricity has been privatized. So, statement ‘1’ is wrong. It is not present in Jammu and Kashmir.

Option 3 is correct.

Haryana has 6.83% of its total land under forest cover, whereas Sikkim has 36%, Goa has 38.5% and Kerala has 28.9% forest area of their total land mass.

Gandhi Sagar Dam is situated on the river Chambal, near Bhanpura of Madhya Pradesh.

The area of Andhra Pradesh is 160,205 sq. km. The area of Gujarat is 196,024 sq. km, of Karnataka is 191,791 sq. km and of Tamil Nadu is 130,058 sq. km.