India

Bengaluru

"Silicon Valley of India" (or "IT capital of India")

29 States, 7 Union territories

Administrative Divisions

Adam's Bridge , Rama's Bridge or Rama Setu

Chain of limestone shoals, between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, off the south-eastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka.

Coimbatore - nicknamed 'Manchester of the South', due to textiles industries, 3. Madurai 4. Tiruchirappalli 5. Salem

Cities in Tamil Nadu

Coromandel coast

Coast of Andhrapradesh is called ____________

Blue

Color of the Ashoka Chakra

Indian Rupee

Currency

Chennai

Detroit of Asia', 'Automobile capital of India'.

3000 feet

Elevation of Bangalore is ____________, making it the highest of the major cities in India

Aryan (North Indian), Dravidian (South Indian).

Ethnic / Racial groups

Krishna river

Fourth biggest river in India in terms of water inflow and river basin area after the Ganga, Godavari and the Brahmaputra.

Red Fort, India Gate, Rashtrapathi Bhavan - the official residence of the President of India

Important land marks in Delhi

Vembanad

Largest lake in Kerala and the longest lake in India

Mumbai

Maharashtra: Capital

Kochi, Kozhikode

Major cities in Kerala

Coimbatore

Manchester of the South

Satpura Range , Vindhya Range

Name the two east west coast ranges that divide the Indian Subcontinent into the Indo Gangetic plain in the north and the Deccan Plateau in the south

Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, Thumba in thiruvanthaapuram

Name the two satellite launching centers in India

24 spokes

Number of spokes of the wheel in the Ashoka Chakra

Hindi and English and 14 other official languages.

Official Languages:

Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism, Christianity, Parsi, Islam

Religion

Palar River Kollidam River - a distributary of the Cauvery River. Cauvery River - Reservoir on Cauvery River - Stanley Reservoir formed by the Mettur Dam.

Rivers in TN

Pulikat lake (at the border of TN and Andhra )

Second largest brackish lake in India

Godavari

Second longest river in India after the Ganges

Malabar coast

The coast of Kerala is also known as _____________

Konakan coast

The coast on which Mumbai lies is called

George V

The foundation stone of the city of New Delhi was laid by ________________, Emperor of India during the Delhi Durbar of 1911

Lord Irwin

The inaguration of New Delhi was done on 13 February 1931 by the then viceroy of India :

Chennai

This city was named by National Geographic as the second best food city in the world after Louisville KY.it is the only city in India to feature in this list.

Tungabhadra river

This is a major tributary of the Krishna river joins the Krishna river at the border between Andhra Pradesh and Telengana.

Chattisgarh:

This state was carved out of the indian state of Madhya Pradesh

Chennai

capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu

Hyderabad

capital of the southern Indian state of Telangana and de jure capital of Andhra Pradesh

Clive House at Fort St. George, Madras

first English settlement in India

Chennai

fourth-largest city in India

Bay of Bengal

largest bay in the world

Deccan

location of Bangalore is in the ______________plateau

Delhi

second most populous city after Mumbai and most populous urban agglomeration in India and 3rd largest urban area in the world.

Cape Comorin/ Kanyakumari

southernmost point of mainland India

Arama Konda

tallest peak of the Eastern Ghats

, Mahanadi,Godavari Krishna, and Kaveri.

4 major rivers cutting through the eastern ghats

Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker.

Architects who designed New Delhi

Puducherry

Aurobindo Ashram is found in this Union territory in India

Bangladesh, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Pakistan.

Bordering Countries:

New Delhi

Capital

Hyderabad

Capital of Andhraprasdesh

Port blair

Capital of Andman and Nicobar Islands

Raipur

Capital of Chattisgarh

Panagi

Capital of Goa

Hyderabad with Future capital of Amaravathi

Capital of Telengana

The Charminar, Golconda Fort, Hussain Saagar

Chief attractions in Hyderbad

Hyderabad

City of Pearls

Anaimudi

Highest Point

Kanchenjunga

Highest Point

Isle of Bombay, Colaba, Old Woman's Island (Little Colaba), Mahim, Mazagaon, Parel, Worli. The resulting island of Bombay was later merged with the nearby islands of Trombay and Salsette that lay to its North-east and North respectively to form Greater Bombay. These islands now constitute the southern part of the city of Mumbai

History of Mumbai

Musli

Hyderabad is located on the banks of the __________river

15th August, 1947, from UK.

Independence

28, 169 feet

Kanchenjunga height

Thiruvantapuram

Kerala state capital

Lake Chilka in Odisha

Largest brackish lake in India

Elephanta caves , Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus

Mumbai has two UNESCO World Heritage Sites,what are they

Hirakund dam

Name a major dam on the Mahanadi river

Godavari River in the north Tungabhadra river and Krishna river in the central area Southernmost part of the Plateau is being drained by the Kaveri river

Name the rivers that drain the Deccan Plateau

Hindi

National Language

Uhlas river

River on which Mumbai lies

Talacauvery in Kodagu District

Source of the Cauvery river

Indira Point in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.

Southernmost point of India

Haryana and Uttar Pradesh

States bordering Delhi

Mahanadi

The city of Raipur, the capital of the state of Chattisgarh is on this river

13 February 1931

The inaguration of New Delhi was done on _____________

Vasco da gama

The largest city in Goa

Khadi

The material of the Indian Flag should be by law be made of what material

Deccan Plateau

The plateau that makes up most of southern India and includes the states of Karnataka

Marmugoa

The port of goa

Yamuna river

The river on which New Delhi is on

Laccadive sea

The sea next to the state of Kerala is called

Jog falls

The second highest waterfalls in India is located in Karnataka

Nilgiri (Blue Mountains),

The__________ hills form part of the Western Ghats in western Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala states in Southern India.

Goa

This state was a former Portuguese province

Puducherry

This union territory in India represents the former French exclaves , _______________, Karaikal, Yanam and Mahe

Coromandel coast ;False Divi Point (in Andhra Pradesh), in the north to Kanyakumari in the south

What is the name given to the south eastern coast of India between the Eastern Ghats and the bay of Bengal. Where does it run from

Odisha

Which state is the Hirakind dam located

Palk Strait

______________Strait - connects the Bay of Bengal with the Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar.

Bengaluru

capital of the Indian state of Karnataka

Rajghat

the final resting place of Mahatma Gandhi

Mumbai

the most populous city in India and the ninth most populous agglomeration in the world,

Bengaluru

third most populous city in India

Rashtrapati Nilayam

winter office of the President of India