Indian Geography Questions

India has 18 officially recognised languages - Konkani, Manipur and Nepali were added to the official list of 15 in 1992. The other 15 languages are Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit , Tamil, Telugu , Urdu and sindhi.

Andhra Pradesh is building a world-class and India's first 'Justice City' within its new capital Amaravati with the vision to provide a state-of-the-art ecosystem built on latest technology for supporting the judicial system in the state.

Kandoori festival is a festival which is celebrated by the Muslims of South India every year with great enthusiasm and grace. The festival is celebrated in commemoration of the anniversary of the saint's death, and pilgrims participate in the rituals and rites.

The 462nd annual Kandoori festival has commenced at nearby Nagore Dargah, a famous Muslim pilgrim centre in Tamilnadu.

India's 2nd Tulip Garden will come up in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand state.

The Sharavati river in Karnataka state of india drops 253 metresin four separate falls named- the Raja, the Rani, the Rocket and the Roarer -together known as jog falls. 

Desertification is a type of land degradation in which a relatively dry area of land becomes increasingly arid, typically losing its bodies of water as well as vegetation and wildlife.

Conversion of a grassland or an already arid land into a desert through indiscriminate human actions magnified by droughts.

Hence, forest improving to deserts is refers to desertification.

Electricity generated from coal and oil is termed as 'Thermal Power'.

Headquarters Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaCoal India Limited (CIL) is an Indian state-controlled coal mining company headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, India and the largest coal-producing company in the world and a Maharatna company.