Tit Bits of Geography
Tit Bits of Geography
Tit Bits of Geography
2 Bordering China Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh. 3 Bordering Nepal Bihar, Uttaranchal, UP, Sikkim, West Bengal 4 Bordering Bangladesh West Bengal, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripura, Assam 5 Bordering Bhutan West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam 6 Bordering Myanmar Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram 7 Bordering Afghanistan Jammu and Kashmir (Pakistan - occupied area)
Moon Important Facts Average distance from Earth 3,84,365 km Diameter 3,476 km Ratio of diameter of moon to that of earth 1 : 3.7 Rotation speed 27 days, 2hrs, 43 min & 11.47Sec. Revolution Speed 27 days, 7hrs, 43 min & 11.47 Sec. Time taken by moonlight to reach earth 1.3 Sec Percent of surface visible from earth 59% First man to reach moon Neil Armstrong and EdvinAldrin on Apollo XI (1969) Heights of Some Important Indian Peaks SNo Peak Height in metres above mean Sea Level 1 K2 8,611 2 KanchenJunga 8,598 3 Nanga Parvat 8,126 4 GasherBrum 8,068 5 Broad Peak 8,047 6 DisteghilSar 7,885 7 Masher Brum E 7,821 8 Nanda Devi 7,817 9 Masher Brum W 7,806 10 Rakaposhi 7,788 11 Kamet 7,756 12 SaserKangri 7,672 13 SkyangKangri 7,544 14 SiaKangri 7,422 15 Chaukhamba (Badrinath Peak) 7,138 16 Trisul West 7,138 17 Nunkun 7,135 18 Pauhunri 7,128
1 Rice West Bengal, Punjab, UP 2 Wheat UP, Punjab, Haryana 3 Maize Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka 4 Bajra Rajasthan, Gujarat, UP 5 Jowar Maharashtra, Karnataka, MP, AP 6 TOTAL COARSE CEREALS Maharashtra, Karnataka, UP 7 TOTAL PULSES MP, UP, Maharashtra 8 TOTAL FOOD GRAINS UP, Punjab, West Bengal 9 Groundnut Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh 10 Rapeseed And Mustard Rajasthan, UP, Haryana 11 Soyabean Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan 12 Sunflower Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra 13 TOTAL OIL SEEDS MP, Maharashtra, Rajasthan 14 Sugarcane UP, Maharashtra, Karnataka 15 Cotton Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh 16 Jute and Mesta WB, Bihar, Assam 17 Tea Assam, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh 18 Coffee Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu 19 Rubber Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka 20 Silk Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh. In India all 4 varieties of silk are available; Mulberry, tussar, eri and muga. Mulberry is the main variety, while tussar is mainly found in Bihar. 21 Tobacco Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka