Geography · General Awareness

Indian Cities and Places

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Knowledge of Indian cities and places is a crucial component of general awareness, testing a candidate on state capitals, historical landmarks, and regional nicknames. Questions often cover the locations of premier research institutes, corporate headquarters, and major transportation hubs. This hub provides practice questions to help candidates memorize geographical facts for upcoming competitive exams.

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Indian Cities and Places Questions

Multiple choice physiography of maharashtra rocks and rock types geography

__________ is the Maharashtra's winter capital.

  1. Mumbai

  2. Nagpur

  3. Solapur

  4. none of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra. Nagpur is Maharashtra's second capital as well as winter capital. By area, Maharashtra is the third largest state of India. It is the world's second most populous sub-national entity. It gives the most business opportunities and also gives a high standard of living. This feature attracts the migrants from all over India.It is the wealthiest and the most developed state in India.

Multiple choice physiography of maharashtra rocks and rock types geography

Headquarter of MIDC is in ______. 

  1. Mumbai

  2. Nagpur

  3. Kolhapur

  4. none of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

MIDC stands for Maharastra Industrial Development Corporation. It is a project of government of Maharstra state. MIDC started on 1 Augjst 1962 with thane as its first industrial area. The headquaters is at Andheri, Mumbai.

Multiple choice physiography of maharashtra rocks and rock types geography

Pimpri-Chinchwad is located in ______.

  1. Mumbai

  2. Pune

  3. Nagpur

  4. none of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Pimpri is a suburb of Pune. Pune is the metropolitian area of Maharashtra. It consists of twin towns of Pimpri and Chinchwad. It is loacted at the north west of the Pune city. Pimpri is an example of the unity in diversity of the country.

Multiple choice commercial applications forest and wildlife laws - environmental ethics and resource use environmental conservation. our social responsibility conservation of forest laws and movements for the conservation of forests and wildlife

'Forest reaserch institute' of India is situated at

  1. Nainital

  2. Madras

  3. Calcutta

  4. Dehradun

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The forest research institute is an institute of the 'Indian council of forestry research and education'. It is the institute related to the forestry research in India. It is the oldest forestry research institute, located at Dehradun in Uttarakhand. Thus, option D is correct.

Multiple choice transport and communication in tamil nadu human geography in tamil nadu geography

Which is the largest modern bus terminus in Asia?

  1. Madurai bus terminus

  2. Coimbatore bus terminus

  3. Chennai Mofussil bus terminus

  4. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
  • The Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus (CMBT) is a modern bus terminus located in Chennai, India, providing outstation transport services. Spread over an area of 37 acres in Koyambedu.
  • It is one of the largest bus terminus in Asia and is accredited with the ISO 9001-2000 quality certification for its quality management and excellence. It is located on the 100 feet (30 m) inner-ring road in Koyambedu.
Multiple choice transport and communication in tamil nadu human geography in tamil nadu geography

Which Regional Transport Office is the largest in Tamil Nadu?

  1. Chennai

  2. Kumbakonam

  3. Salem

  4. Coimbatore

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Chennai Regional Transport office is the largest in Tamil Nadu. Along with several types of facilities, RTO office in Chennai allows road transport to act uniquely as best transport mode for small distances linking rural, suburban region to cities; other transport modes are not suited to this act.

Multiple choice geography manufacturing industries in india - ii : mineral-based distribution of major industries automobile and electronic industries electronic, heavy and petrochemical industries in india

The Diesel Locomotive Works is situated at _________.

  1. Varanasi

  2. Kolkata

  3. Chitranjan

  4. Jamshedpur

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

  • Diesel locomotive works is located in Varanasi which produces diesel-electric locomotives and its spare parts. This company was founded in 1961. It was founded by Indian Railways.
  • Besides the Indian Railways, it regularly exports diesel-electric locomotives and has supplied locomotives to other countries such as Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Mali.

Multiple choice geography manufacturing industries in india - ii : mineral-based distribution of major industries automobile and electronic industries electronic, heavy and petrochemical industries in india

Which city has emerged as the electronic capital of India?

  1. Mumbai

  2. Kolkata

  3. Chennai

  4. Bangalore

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The electronics industry covers a wide range of products from transistor sets to television, telephones, cellular telecom, pagers, telephone exchange, radars, computers and many other equipments required by the telecommunication industry. Bangalore has emerged as the electronic capital of India. 

Multiple choice geography manufacturing industries in india - ii : mineral-based distribution of major industries automobile and electronic industries electronic, heavy and petrochemical industries in india

HMT industries are set up at ____.

  1. Kalamassery

  2. Hyderabad and Bengaluru

  3. Pinjore and Ajmer

  4. All of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

HMT Machine Tools Limited still manufactures industrial machines and tools with a work force of around 2,500 in six manufacturing units situated at Bangalore (Mother unit), Kochi, Kalamassery, Hyderabad (2 units), Pinjore and Ajmer. These mostly serve India's defence, government and educational Institutions.

Multiple choice geography manufacturing industries in india - ii : mineral-based distribution of major industries automobile and electronic industries electronic, heavy and petrochemical industries in india

Where is Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) headquarter located?

  1. Mumbai

  2. Kolkata

  3. Bengaluru

  4. Chennai

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is an Indian state-owned aerospace and defence company headquartered in Bangalore, India. It is governed under the management of the Indian Ministry of Defence.

Multiple choice geography manufacturing industries in india - ii : mineral-based distribution of major industries automobile and electronic industries electronic, heavy and petrochemical industries in india

Railway passenger coaches are manufactured at ________.

  1. Varanasi

  2. Chittaranjan

  3. Perambur

  4. Kolkata

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
Perambur.
Explanation: The Integral Coach Factory at Perambur has become a leading rail coach manufacturing factory in the world. Chittaranjan Loco Works now produce diesel engines. Diesel engines are also being assembled at varanasi and Jamshedpur (Tata Elecrtic company of TELCO), BEML also manufactures railway wagons.