Q 01/05

Which Maharashtra lake fills a crater that a meteorite blasted into volcanic basalt?

A) Pichola

B) Pushkar

C) Lonar

D) Dal

Answer · why

C) Lonar

Lonar Lake's crater sits in ancient lava, so some geologists first took it for a volcano before shock-altered rock proved a meteorite strike.

Q 02/05

When Shillong went to the new state of Meghalaya, Assam moved its capital to which suburb of Guwahati?

A) Dispur

B) Jalukbari

C) Maligaon

D) Beltola

Answer · why

A) Dispur

Dispur holds the state secretariat, but Guwahati has grown right around it. Shillong had been Assam's seat since the British chose it as their headqua...

Q 03/05

Which planned Indian capital was laid out by the Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier?

A) New Delhi

B) Gandhinagar

C) Bhubaneswar

D) Chandigarh

Answer · why

D) Chandigarh

Chandigarh was built to replace Lahore, lost to Pakistan at Partition, and since 1966 it has been the capital of both Punjab and Haryana while being r...

Q 04/05

Which narrow strip between Nepal and Bangladesh is the only land link to India's eight northeastern states?

A) Tin Bigha Corridor

B) Siliguri Corridor

C) Wakhan Corridor

D) Kartarpur Corridor

Answer · why

B) Siliguri Corridor

The Siliguri Corridor, nicknamed the Chicken's Neck, was created by the 1947 partition of Bengal, which left East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, lying betw...

Q 05/05

Which line crosses India through eight states, from Gujarat in the west to the Myanmar border in the east?

A) Tropic of Cancer

B) Standard Meridian

C) Radcliffe Line

D) McMahon Line

Answer · why

A) Tropic of Cancer

The Tropic of Cancer splits India almost in half, yet most of the country counts as tropical, because the Himalayas shut out Central Asia's cold winte...