Indian Geography Questions

Siachen is a glacier frontier zone between India and Pakistan.

The great Sahara Desert created an opportunity for wealth by trading to peoples who live in and around the region. The city of Timbuktu was built as a result of this trade.

Hundreds of years ago, salt was a very valuable commodity. It was valued for its taste as well as its ability to preserve food. One of the most productive areas for producing salt was the Sahara Desert, and the city of Timbuktu was built to capitalize upon this trade.

The difference between Greenwich Mean Time & Indian Standard Time is 5 1/2 hours.

The geologic time scale is subdivided into 4 units called Eon, Era, Periods and Epochs.

The Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) is the platform that can be used to train teachers, students and the general public. KOOL is a major step by the State of Kerala to become Indias first complete digital state in Education.

KOOL has been designed in a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course model), which is becoming popular worldwide.

The top 7 places that experience the highest rainfall in India are ::

1. Mawsynram
2. Cherrapunji
3. Agumbe
4. Mahabaleshwar
5. Pasighat
6. Amboli
7. Gangtok