Indian Geography Questions

Karst topography is a landscape formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum.

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 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

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

The first electric train of India was opened in 1925. The first electric train ran between Bombay (Victoria Terminus) and Kurla, a distance of 16 km.

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