1. Which of the following lakes of India is located in Jammu & Kashmir? ( UPPSC 2015)
a) Phuljhar Lake
b) Koleru Lake
c) Anchar Lake
d) Hamirsar Lake
Answer. c
Phulijhar lake: Orissa
Koleru Lake: Andhra Pradesh
Anchar Lake: J & K near Srinagar
Hamirsar lake: Gujarat
2. Fulhar Lake is located in which state? ( SSC 2013) ( UP PCS 2009)
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Bihar
d) Uttarakhand
Answer. b) Uttar Pradesh
3. Which of the following lakes lies on the western coasts of India?
a) Chilika
b) Ashtamudi
c) Pulicat
d) Kolleru
Answer. b) Ashtamudi ( Kerala)
4. Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:( UPPSC 2015)
List-I List-II
(Lakes) (Location)
A. Ashtamudi 1. Haryana
B. Pulicat 2. Kerala
C. Roopkund 3. Tamil Nadu
D. Surajkund 4. Uttarakhand
Codes:
A B C D
a) 3 2 1 4
b) 2 3 4 1
c) 4 2 3 1
d) 1 4 2 3
Answer. b;
5. Which is the highest lake in India?
a) Gurudongmar Lake
b) Chilika Lake
c) Wular Lake
d) Kolleru Lake
Answer. a) Gurudongmar Lake ( Sikkim)
Cholamu Lake is also known as the highest lake in India.
6. Which of the following is known as Mystery Lake of India? ( UPPSC 2015)
a) Roopkund Lake
b) Fulhar Lake
c) Pokhari Lake
d) Roopkund Lake
Answer. d) Roopkund Lake is also known as Skeleton Lake. It is located in Uttarakhand.
7. Chapanala Lake is located in which Indian state? ( UPPSC 2014)
a) Uttarakhand
b) Haryana
c) Assam
d) Sikkim
Answer. c) Assam
8. Which lake in India is the largest saline water lake?
a) Chilika Lake
b) Wular Lake
c) Vembanad Lake
d) Cholamu Lake
Answer. a) Chilika Lake
9. Which of the following Ramsar sites is NOT situated in Uttar Pradesh? ( UPPSC 2021)
a) Sur Sarovar
b) Samaspur Bird Sanctuary
c) Sansai Nawar Jheel
d) Surinsar-Mansar lakes
Answer. D.
Surinsar-Mansar lakes-Jammu & Kashmir.
10. Nageen Lake is located in which state? ( SSC 2013)
a) Jammu Kashmir
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Jharkhand
d) Uttarakhand
Answer. a) Jammu Kashmir
11. Which of the following lakes is not located in Assam?
a) Haflong Lake
b) Deepor Beel
c) Chandubi Lake
d) Kanwar Lake
Answer. d) Kanwar Lake is located in Bihar
12. Which of the following is the artificial lake of India?
a) Loktak
b) Bhimtal
c) Barapani
d) Rana Pratap Sagar
Answer. d) Rana Pratap Sagar is located in Rajasthan, it is on the Chambal river
13. Which of the following is a correct match? ( Chhattisgarh PCS, 2008)
a) Loktak: Manipur
b) Udai Sagar: Andhra Pradesh
c) Deedana: Haryana
d) Kolleru: Odisha
Answer. a) Loktak: Manipur
Kolleru: Andhra Pradesh
14. Which of the following is a natural Lake?
a) Nizam Sagar
b) Sambhar
c) Nagarjuna Sagar
d) Hirakud
Answer. b) Sambhar is the natural salt lake located in Rajasthan.
Nizam Sagar: Manjir river, a tributry of Godavari. Telangana
Nagarjuna Sagar: Krishna River, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
Hirankud: Mahanadi, Odisha
List-I List-II
(Lake) (Location)
A. Sala Lake 1. Arunachal Pradesh
B. Badkhal Lake 2. Haryana
C. Loktak Lake 3. Manipur
D. Kaliveli Lake 4. Tamil Nadu
Codes:
A B C D
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 2 1 3 4
c) 1 3 2 4
d) 1 4 2 3
Answer. A;
All of the above is true.
16. Which of the following Indian Lakes is found in Assam? ( UPPSC 2014)
a) Hamirsar lake
b) Kolleru Lake
c) Sala Lake
d) Chapnala Lake
Answer. d) Chapnala Lake
Hamirsar lake: Gujarat
Sala Lake: Arunachal Pradesh
17. The largest saline water lake in India is ( UPPSC 2021)
a) Chilika
b) Sambhar
c) Lonar
d) Wullar
Answer. a;
18. Which of the following is a correct match? ( UPPSC 2012)
a) Lonar: Madhya Pradesh
b) Nakki: Gujarat
c) Kolleru: Andhra Pradesh
d) Pulicat: Kerala
Answer. c) Kolleru: Andhra Pradesh
19. Which of the following lakes is shared between two Indian States? ( UPPSC 2008)
a) Chilika
b) Kolleru
c) Lonar
d) Pulicat
Answer. d) Pulicat is shared between Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
20. Which of the following is NOT a correct match? ( UPPSC 2005)
a) Vembanad: Kerala
b) Loktak: Meghalaya
c) Dal: Kashmir
d) Pulicat: Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu Border
Answer. b) Loktak: Meghalaya
21. Which of the following is not a Lagoon? ( UPSC 2002)
a) Ashtamudi Lake
b) Chilika Lake
c) Periyar lake
d) Pulicat Lake
Answer. c) Periyar Lake is an artificial freshwater lake ( Mullaperiyar dam), located in Tamil Nadu.
22. Which of the following is known as the Lake District of India ( SSC 2016)?
a) Nainital
b) Sikkim
c) Shimla
d) Matheran
Answer. a) Nainital is known as the lake district of India.
23. Which of the following is the largest lagoon lake situated on the east coast of India? ( UPPSC 2021)
a) Pulicat
b) Chilka
c) Kulleru
d) Kilivali
Answer. b) Chilka
24. Which one of the following is an artificial lake? ( UPSC 2018)
a) Kodaikanal (Tamil Nadu)
b) Kolleru (Andhra Pradesh)
c) Nainital (Uttarakhand)
d) Renuka (Himachal Pradesh)
Answer. a) Kodaikanal (Tamil Nadu)
25. What is Kayal? ( MPPSC 2017)
a) Lowlands
b) Ganga Delta
c) Deccan Plateau
d) Lagoons of Kerala
Answer. d) Lagoons of Kerala
26. Consider the following statements: ( UPSC 2017)
1. In India, the Himalayas are spread over five states only.
2. the Western Ghats are spread over five states only.
3. Pulicat Lake is spread over two States only.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 3 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 1 and 3 only
Answer. b)
27. Which of the following Indian Lakes is found in Jammu and Kashmir? ( UPPSC 2016)
a) Fulhar Lake
b) Kolleru Lake
c) Anchar Lake
d) Hamirsar Lake
Answer. c) Anchar Lake ( Jammu and Kashmir)
Fulhar Lake ( Uttar Pradesh)
Kolleru Lake ( Andhra Pradesh)
Hamirsar Lake ( Gujarat)
28. Where is snow-covered Lake Ghepan located? ( UPPSC 2016)
a) Uttarakhand
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Sikkim
d) Jammu and Kashmir
Answer. b) Himachal Pradesh
29. Largest Lagoon in India? ( SSC 2011)
a) Vembanad Lagoon
b) Pulicat lagoon
c) Chilika Lagoon
d) Kolleru Lagoon
Answer. c) Chilika Lagoon
30. Match the following
List I ( Lake)
A. Belasagar
B. Hussain Sagar
C. Kaliveli
D. Shivsagar
List II ( State)
1. Maharashtra
2. Tamil Nadu
3. Telangana
4. Uttar Pradesh
Codes:
A B C D
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 2 1 4 3
c) 4 3 2 1
d) 3 2 4 1
Answer. c) 4 3 2 1
31. Hamirsar and Kankaria lakes are located in which state?
a) Gujarat
b) Punjab
c) Haryana
d) Himachal Pradesh
Answer. d) Gujarat
32. Badkhal Lake and Brahma Sarovar lakes are located in which state?
a) Gujarat
b) Punjab
c) Haryana
d) Himachal Pradesh
Answer. c) Haryana
33. Chandra Taal Lake is located in which state?
a) Karnataka
b) Uttarakhand
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Himachal Pradesh
Answer. d) Himachal Pradesh
34. Bhojtal Lake is located in which state?
a) Karnataka
b) Uttarakhand
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Himachal Pradesh
Answer. c) Madhya Pradesh
35. Agara Lake and Ulsoor Lake are located in which state?
a) Karnataka
b) Uttarakhand
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Himachal Pradesh
Answer. a) Karnataka
36. Match the following
List I ( Lake)
A. Umiam Lake
B. Tam Dil
C. Kanjli Lake
D. Tsomgo Lake
List II ( State)
1. Meghalaya
2. Mizoram
3. Punjab
4. Sikkim
Codes:
A B C D
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 2 1 4 3
c) 2 3 4 1
d) 3 2 4 1
Answer. a) 1 2 3 4
37. Arrange the following lakes from North to South
1. Vembanad Lake
2. Kolleru lake
3. Chilika Lake
4. Pulicat Lake
a) 1,2,3,4
b) 3,4,2,1
c) 3,2,4,1
d) 1,4,2,3
Answer. c) 3,2,4,1
Chilika Lake: Odisha
Kolleru Lake: Andhra Pradesh
Pulicat Lake: Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
Vembanad lake: Kerala
38. Dal Lake is located in
a) Ladakh
b) Jammu and Kashmir
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Punjab
Answer. b) Jammu and Kashmir;
Dal Lake is located in Srinagar, it is the second largest lake of Jammu Kashmir, after Wular Lake.
39. Which of the following lakes is not the coastal lake of India
a) Loktak Lake
b) Chilika Lake
c) Kolleru Lake
d) Pulicat Lake
Answer. a) Loktak Lake is located in Manipur.
40. Which of the following lakes is formed due to tectonic activity?
a) Wular Lake
b) Loktak Lake
c) Barapani
d) Bhimtal Lake
Answer. a) Wular Lake
41. Which of the following is the largest freshwater lake ( by Volume) in India?
a) Wular Lake
b) Loktak Lake
c) Barapani
d) Vembanad Lake
Answer. a) Wular Lake
42. Which of the following is the largest freshwater lake ( by area) in India?
a) Wular Lake
b) Loktak Lake
c) Barapani
d) Vembanad Lake
Answer. d) Vembanad Lake is located in Kerala.
43. Which of the following is the largest freshwater lake ( by length) in India?
a) Wular Lake
b) Loktak Lake
c) Barapani
d) Vembanad Lake
Answer. d) Vembanad Lake is located in Kerala.
44. Barapani Lake is located in
a) Jammu and Kashmir
b) Uttarakhand
c) Meghalaya
d) Manipur
Answer. c) Meghalaya; Barapani lake is also known as Umiam Lake
45. In Which of the following states is the Wular Lake located?
a) Rajasthan
b) Punjab
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Jammu and Kashmir
Answer. d) Jammu and Kashmir
46. Which one of the following lakes is a saltwater lake?
a) Sambhar
b) Dal
c) Wular
d) Gobind Sagar
Answer. a) Sambhar Lake is the salt lake of India and is located in Rajasthan.
47. Which of the following is the artificial lake of India?
a) Wular
b) Dal
c) Nainital
d) Gobind Sagar
Answer. d) Gobind Sagar is an artificial lake which is located in Himachal Pradesh. It was built on the Satluj River. Bhakra Dam is located on Gobind Sagar.
48. Which of the following wetlands are designated as Ramsar sites? ( UP PCS 2013)
1. Chilika Lake
2. Loktak
3. Keoladeo
4. Wullar Lake
Select the correct answer from the code given below:
Code:
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1,2, and 3
d) All
Answer. d) All
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