Geography - Questions and Answers- 38

856. Keradweep is in which state?
Dhumbur in Tripura 

857. lake is the largest fresh water lake in north east India?
Loktak (Manipur) 

858. Which state has the largest for­est area in percentage?
Mizoram 

859. The Union Territory having largest area under forest cover is -------------
Andaman Nicobar

860. Kelucharan Mahapathra was an exponent in .....
Kuchupudi 

861. Garba, a popular folk dance is associated with which Indian state
Gujarath

862. Bhangra is the folk dance of ------------
Punjab 

863.The famous Sun Temple is in which Indian State? 
Odisha

864. The most prevalent folk dance of Uttar Pradesh is ------------
Nautanki 

865. Tirupati Temple of Lord Ven­kateswara is situated in the state of ------------
Andhra Pradesh 

866. Madhubani, a style of paint­ing, is popular in which Indian state? 
Bihar

867. Which Indian state banned the forceful religious conversions?
Tamil Nadu 

868. Which is the classical dance form of Assam?
Sathriya 

869. What is the name of the outer­most solid part of the Earth? 

Crust
870. What is the normal thickness of the crust? 
8-40 Kms

871. Nearly what percent of Earth's volume is constituted by the crust? 
1 percent

872. Which are the rnaj or constituent elements of the crust?
Silica & Aluminium 

873. The discontinuity between the hydrosphere & the crust is known as-------
Conrad discontinuity 

874. The portion of the interior be­yond the crust is called -----­ 
Mantle

875. What is the name of the discon­tinuity between the crust & the mantle? 
Mohorovich discontinuity

876. What is the average thickness of the mantle?
2,900Kms 

877. Nearly 84 percent of the Earth's volume & 67 percent of the  Earth's mass is occupied by-----­
Mantle 

878. Which elements are the major constituents of the mantle?
Silicon & Magnesium 

879. The uppermost solid part of the mantle & the entire crust constitute------ 
The lithosphere

880. What is the name of the me­chanically weak and ductile, deforming region of the upper mantle which lies just below the lithosphere? 
The Asthenosphere

881. What is the name of the disconti­nuity between the upper mantle & the lower mantle?
Repetti discontinuity 

882. Which is the innermost layer surrounding the Earth 's centre? 
Core

883. The core is separated from the mantle by -------discontinuity
Gutienberg's 

884. What is the main constituents of tile Earth's crust? 
Iron and Nickel 

885. What are the most common types of igneous rocks? 
Basalt, granite, andesite,dacite, dolerite, gabbro, diorite, obsidian, scoria & nepheline

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