Geography Quiz

1. World Car-Free Day is observed on which date?

2. The first international Car-Free Day, held in 1999, was part of which campaign?

3. World Car-Free Day grew out of international efforts during which decade?

4. Which country contributed the name Dujuan for the typhoon that hit Japan?

5. What does the name Dujuan refer to?

6. Which location recorded 832 mm of rainfall in 48 hours during Typhoon Dujuan?

7. Where was the 51st Doppler Weather Radar inaugurated?

8. What is the observation radius of the Doppler Weather Radar at Jamadarpali?

9. Under which programme does the new Odisha radar support forecasting and nowcasting?

10. How many flowering plant species did the checklist record in Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve?

11. Which plant family has the most taxa in Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve?

12. Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve was inscribed in the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves in which year?

13. What is the capital of Ukraine, located on the Dnieper River?

14. Which fertile black soil has earned Ukraine the label breadbasket of Europe?

15. What is the highest peak of Ukraine, located in the Carpathians?

16. According to the four-year Project Cheetah review, what is India's total cheetah population?

17. Project Cheetah was launched at which national park on 17 September 2022?

18. The cheetah is placed in which CITES appendix?

19. The Kishau Multipurpose Project is planned on which river?

20. What is the installed hydropower capacity planned for the Kishau project?

21. Which states host the Kishau Multipurpose Project?

22. Which agency is developing the 125 km Rishikesh–Karnaprayag rail line?

23. The 41st tunnel breakthrough on the Rishikesh–Karnaprayag project came with which tunnel?

24. What is the length of the Rishikesh–Karnaprayag railway line?

25. The Ladakh water initiative drew meltwater from a nallah fed by which glacier?

26. How was the Stok nallah water taken to fields in Chuchot and nearby villages?

27. Roughly how many villages gained irrigation from the Ladakh glacial water initiative?

28. Himalaya Diwas is observed every year on which date?

29. In which state was Himalaya Diwas first observed?

30. Himalaya Diwas 2026 marked which edition of the observance?

31. The proposed Article 371(K) for Ladakh would sit under which part of the Constitution?

32. Which Act made Ladakh a Union Territory without a legislative assembly?

33. Which two groups jointly demanded statehood and Sixth Schedule protection for Ladakh?

34. What does the name Anak Krakatau mean?

35. Between which two islands does Anak Krakatau lie in the Sunda Strait?

36. The December 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami was triggered by what?

37. Which body discovered the new plant species Osbeckia ulotricha?

38. Osbeckia ulotricha was found in which biosphere reserve?

39. Osbeckia ulotricha belongs to which plant family?

40. Which bird is the state bird of Punjab?