Geography Questions and Answers for UPSC

Aspirants preparing for the civil services examination and looking for brief and befitting answers to the questions based geography syllabus of the IAS exam have landed at the correct place. Physical geography, climate, resources, urbanization, etc. are the topics covered under geography and questions based on the same have been given below for the candidates’ reference.

Considering the vast UPSC Syllabus, BYJU’S brings to you a list of important questions along with their answers to prepare for geography, one of the main subjects for both, prelims and mains examination.

In this article, aspirants can get direct and aligned answers to geography questions, with a focus on the UPSC Mains General Studies-I paper. This will help candidates easily comprehend the syllabus and get straightforward answers to all their topic-related queries.

Most of the iron and steel plants are located in a region that spreads over four states — West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh....
Jamshedpur is famous for iron and steel plant in India. TISCO was started in 1907 at Sakchi, near the confluence of the rivers Subarnarekha and...
Iron and steel is a mineral-based industry. Mineral-based industries are primary industries that use mineral ores as their raw materials. The...
Sugar industries in India are located in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana and...
Uttar Pradesh state is called the sugar bowl of India. It ranks the highest position in the production of the sugar cane crop. The state has a...
An urban agglomeration is a continuous urban spread constituting a town and its adjoining outgrowths (OGs), or two or more physically contiguous...
Mica deposits are found in the northern edge of the Chota Nagpur plateau. Koderma Gaya – Hazaribagh belt of Jharkhand is the leading...
Greater Mumbai UA and Delhi UA are examples of urban agglomeration.An urban agglomeration is a continuous urban spread constituting a town and...
Mica is mainly used in the electrical and electronic industries. It can be split into very thin sheets which are tough and flexible. It has...
According to the 2011 census, Mumbai is the largest urban agglomeration in India with a population of 1.84 Crore. As per data released by Govt....
Mica is a non metallic mineral. Mica is a mineral made up of a series of plates or leaves. It splits easily into thin sheets. These sheets can be...
An urban area is a region surrounding a city. Most inhabitants of urban areas have nonagricultural jobs. Urban areas are very developed, meaning...
Odisha is India's largest bauxite producer accounting for about 49% of the total production followed by Gujarat (24%), Jharkhand (9%),...
Urban settlements Rural settlements Urban settlements usually refer to cities, suburbs and towns.  Rural settlements usually refer to...
Garrison towns are fortified settlements, with soldiers. The main function of the garrison towns is to cater to the needs of defence and people...
The female literacy rate of India as per the 2011 census is 64.63%. The literacy rate at all India level is 72.98% and the male literacy rate is...
The female literacy levels according to the Literacy Rate 2011 census are 64.63% where the male literacy rate is 80.9%. After the 2011 census,...
As per Census 2011, the literacy rate at all India level is 72.98% and the literacy rate for females and males are 64.63% and 80.9% respectively....
As per the 2011 census, among states, Bihar has the lowest literacy rate of 47%.The male and female literacy rate is the lowest in Bihar (male:...
According to 2011 census, Kerala state is first in India with respect to literacy rate. Male literacy rate is 96.1% and female literacy rate is...