Q.1> Which Indian state currently holds the highest number of Ramsar sites?
Ans> Tamil Nadu – 20
Q.2> How many biodiversity hotspots are there globally as of 2025?
Ans> 36
Q.3> Which is the largest Ramsar site in India by surface area?
Ans> Sundarbans Wetland in West Bengal
Q.4> Which two Indian sites are currently on the Montreux Record?
Ans> Keoladeo National Park – Rajasthan and Loktak Lake – Manipur
Q.5> What is the “Indus Waters Treaty,” and which two countries signed it?
Ans> India and Pakistan
Q.6> Which are the first two Ramsar sites designated in India?
Ans> Chilika Lake (Odisha) and Keoladeo National Park (Rajasthan)
Q.7> Which site is known as the “Bird Village” of India and was added in 2025?
Ans> Menar Wetland in Rajasthan
Q.8> Where does the Hindon River originate, and at which point does it merge with the Yamuna?
Ans> Noida, specifically around Momnathal village in the Gautam Buddha Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh.
Q.9> Which Indian Ramsar site is famous for its “Phumdis” (floating islands)?
Ans> Loktak Lake in Manipur
Q.10> Which endangered aquatic mammal is unique to the Indus river system?
Ans> Indus river Dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor)
Q.11> Which Indian hotspot is known as the “Cradle of Speciation” due to its rich variety of primitive flowering plants and wild relatives of economic crops like rice and ginger?
Ans> Eastern Himalayas
Q.12> Through which three countries does the Indus River flow?
Ans> China (originating in Tibet), India (through Ladakh), and Pakistan
Q.13> Which of the following Indian biodiversity hotspots is considered a ‘gateway’ for the exchange of species between the Palearctic and Indo-Malayan realms?
Ans> The Himalayas biodiversity hotspot
Q.14> Which Ramsar site is an oxbow lake formed by the Ganga river in Bihar?
Ans> Gogabeel Lake
Q.15> Name the 95th and 96th sites added to the list in late 2025.
Ans> Siliserh Lake (Rajasthan) and Kopra Jalashay (Chhattisgarh)
Q.16> Which Indian hotspot extends beyond India’s borders to include parts of Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and Southern China?
Ans> Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot
Q.17> What is the largest tributary of the Indus River by water volume?
Ans> Chenab River
Q.18> The Lion-tailed Macaque and the Nilgiri Tahr are iconic endemic species of which Indian biodiversity hotspot?
Ans> Western Ghats
Q.19> Which is the smallest Ramsar site in India?
Ans> Renuka Wetland in Himachal Pradesh
Q.20> What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh?
Ans> Lucknow
Q.21> The Hindon is a tributary of which major Indian river?
Ans> Yamuna River
Q.22> How many states and union territories are there in India currently?
Ans> 28 states and 8 union territories in India.
Q.23> Which is the largest state in India by area, and which is the smallest?
Ans> Largest – Rajasthan,
Smallest – Goa
Q.24> Which city serves as the joint capital for the states of Punjab and Haryana while being a Union Territory itself?
Ans> Chandigarh
Q.25> In which year did Goa officially became a state of the Indian Union?
Ans> May 30, 1987
Q.26> The ‘Chicken’s Neck’ corridor connects mainland India to the North Eastern states. Which state is this narrow strip of land located in?
Ans> West Bengal
Q.27> Which state was created by separating the Chota Nagpur plateau region from Bihar in 2000?
Ans> Jharkhand
Q.28> Which state is considered the “youngest” in India, having been formed in 2014?
Ans> Telangana
Q.29> Which state is known as the ‘Land of the Dawn-Lit Mountains’ because it is the easternmost part of India?
Ans> Arunachal Pradesh
Q.30> Which Union Territory of India consists of four detached districts located across three different states?
Ans> Puducherry
Q.31> Kavaratti is the administrative capital of which Union Territory?
Ans> Lakshadweep
Q.32> Which Indian state shares its border with the maximum number of other states?
Ans> Uttar Pradesh
Q.33> Which Indian state has the longest coastline?
Ans> Gujarat
Q.34> Which Indian state is surrounded by Bangladesh on three sides?
Ans> Tripura
Q.35> Which Indian state is the only one to have three capitals for its executive, legislative, and judicial branches?
Ans> Andhra Pradesh
A) Visakhapatnam (Executive),
B) Amaravati (Legislative), and
C) Kurnool (Judicial)
Q.36> Which northeastern state is the smallest among the “Seven Sister States”?
Ans> Tripura
Q.37> Which was the first state in India to be formed on a linguistic basis?
Ans> Andhra Pradesh
Q.38> Which two Union Territories were merged into one on January 26, 2020?
Ans> A) Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and
B) Daman and Diu.
Q.39> In 2019, the state of Jammu and Kashmir was reorganized into which two Union Territories?
Ans> A) Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir,
B) Union Territory of Ladakh
Q.40> Name the two Union Territories of India that are groups of islands.
Ans> A) Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and
B) Lakshadweep Islands
