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Indian State Culture and Geography

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Test your knowledge of regional cuisines, traditional handlooms, agricultural belts, and iconic monuments across various Indian states. These questions form a core part of the static general knowledge syllabus. This material is highly relevant for SSC, railway, state PSC, and civil services examinations.

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Indian State Culture and Geography Questions

Multiple choice geography what is around us? atmosphere and its structures the atmosphere components of earth elements of weather and climate : temperature the earth's structure

In which state, terrace farming is practised?

  1. Punjab

  2. Haryana

  3. Plains of Uttar Pradesh

  4. Jammu and Kashmir

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

Terrace farming is a type of farming that was developed first by the Indian people. This method of farming uses steps called andenes that are built into the side of a mountain or hill.

Multiple choice history the flowering of regional culture development of regional cultures regional cultures the making of regional cultures

The Jagannatha cult is mainly followed in the state of ____________.

  1. Assam

  2. West Bengal

  3. Odisha

  4. Telangana

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

In many parts of the subcontinent, regional cultures grew around religious traditions. The best example of this process is the cult of Jagannatha (literally, lord of the world,a name for Vishnu) at Puri, Orissa. To date, the local tribal people make the wooden image of the deity, which suggests that the deity was originally a local god, who was later identified with Vishnu.

Multiple choice history the flowering of regional culture development of regional cultures regional cultures the making of regional cultures

Basohli style of painting developed in and around the state of ____________.

  1. Gujrat

  2. Uttar Pradesh

  3. Himachal Pradesh

  4. Rajasthan

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

Miniatures (as their very name suggests) are small-sized paintings, generally done in water colour on cloth or paper. The earliest miniatures were on palm leaves or wood.
Another region that attracted miniature paintings was the Himalayan foothills around the modern-day state of Himachal 
Pradesh. By the late seventeenth century this region had developed a bold and intense style of miniature painting called Basohli.

Multiple choice geography position of rajasthan in indian economy physical features of rajasthan rajasthan - a general introduction physical features of india and rajasthan

'Raikas' the Pastoral community lived in which of the Indian state?

  1. Andhra Pradesh

  2. Jharkhand

  3. Chhattisgarh

  4. Rajastan

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
  •  The Raikas is south Rajasthan have been known as camel experts for centuries. They belong to a pastoral caste who keep large herds of female camels for supplying work to various clienteles.
  • The Raikas often exchange what they produce  milk, meat, wool, and manure among other goods  for grains, vegetables, and other goods produced by their settled neighbours, often without use of money.
Multiple choice geography position of rajasthan in indian economy physical features of rajasthan rajasthan - a general introduction physical features of india and rajasthan

In which state is Guru Shikar peak located?

  1. Rajasthan

  2. Maharashtra

  3. Tamilnadu

  4. Kerala

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

Guru sikhar is located in Rajasthan. It is a peak in the Arbuda Mountains of Rajasthan. It is the highest point of the Aravalli Range. It is named Guru Shikar or 'the peak of the guru' after Dattatreya, an incarnation of lord Vishnu.

Multiple choice geography position of rajasthan in indian economy physical features of rajasthan rajasthan - a general introduction physical features of india and rajasthan

Which of the following states of India does not share border with Rajasthan?

  1. Punjab

  2. Gujarat

  3. Madhya Pradesh

  4. Maharashtra

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

Rajasthan, a state in north western part of India borders with Punjab, Haryana, New Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat. The state also shares border with the neighbouring country of Pakistan. Among the options given, Maharashtra is the state of India with which Rajasthan do not border with. 

Multiple choice geography population density and distribution population and migration population : size, density, growth and structure population : distribution, density and growth

In which parts of India are Zoroastrians concentrated?

  1. Tamil Nadu

  2. Andhra Pradesh

  3. Maharashtra and Gujarat

  4. Madhya Pradesh

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

Zoroastrianism was a major religion in Iran. Later, some Zoroastrians migrated from Iran and settled down in the coastal towns of Gujarat and Maharashtra. They were the ancestors of today's Parsis.

Multiple choice history the flowering of regional culture development of regional cultures regional cultures the making of regional cultures

In which state, generally there is a small pond in the rear of the house, fish is reared for daily use in their meals?

  1. Kerala

  2. Tamil Nadu

  3. West Bengal

  4. Haryana

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

In West Bengal, the practice of having a small pond (pukur) in the backyard of houses for fish rearing is a traditional and common cultural feature.

Multiple choice social studies from gathering food to growing food - the earliest people tribal societies the earliest people tribes, nomad and settled societies

In which state of India, people are origins(genes) of the tribes Alpine, Dinarik and Armenoid found?

  1. Punjab

  2. Jammu- Kashmir

  3. Gujarat

  4. Assam

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

Anthropological studies have identified the presence of Alpine, Dinaric, and Armenoid racial elements among the populations of Punjab and surrounding northwestern regions of India.

Multiple choice physics structure of earth seismic waves and tsunami causes of earthquakes origin of earth and its internal energy transfer of charge lightning safety

In which of the following states of India, earthquake is most likely to occur?

  1. Gujarat

  2. Chhattisgarh

  3. Tamil Nadu

  4. Kerala

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

In India, the seismic or fault zores lie below Kashmir, Western and Central Himalays, North-East, Runn of Kutch and Indo-gangetic plane. So, among the options provided, earthquake is most likely to occur in Gujarat.

Multiple choice pastoral nomand and their movements pastoralists in the modern world history

In which state of India are the Gujjar Bakarwals found?

  1. Rajasthan

  2. Jammu and Kashmir

  3. Maharashtra

  4. Gujarat

  5. None of these

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

Gujjar Bakarwals in India are spread throughout the northern part of the Himalayan Range. This includes the states of Uttarakhand,Himachal Pradesh and PunjabIn Jammu and Kashmir  in India, Bakarwals are also found in all the three regions of the state including Jammu(comprising districts of Jammu, Kathua, Udhampur, Poonch, Rajouri Districts), the Kashmir Valley (comprising the districts of Srinagar, Baramulla, Kupwara, Pulwama, Budgam and Anantnag) and Ladakh(comprising Kargil).