GEO FINAL 2011

Of india's more than 1 billion population, almost_________ million are muslims 171/165 The country located...(north/south/east/west) of india is: North: Nepal/Bhutan Southeast: Sri lanka Northwest: Pakistan South west: Maldives East: Bangladesh/Myanmar The major river of pakistan is the Indus river the area known as the land of the five rivers is Punjab the southwestern arabian sea coast of india is known as the malabar coast the caste system is most associated with which religions Hinduism the first true indigenous empire in the south asian realm was the Mauryan the power that massively penetrated india from the west in the tenth century AD was Islam in 1947, British India was partitioned into which states? India and Pakistan Which city lost a good part of its hinterland to Pakistan in the partioning of Bristish India? Calcutta The area of India in which the population exhibits the country's lowest growth rate is: The southermost states of the peninsula The approximate porcentage of India's population that lives in poverty-stricken rural area is: 70% Which countries share a common border with Pakistan? Iran, Afghanistan, CHina and India An area whose control is hotly disputed by India and Pakistan is: Jammu & Kashmir The McMahon Line: Treaty signed in 1914 and it is the effective boundary between China and India. India's Sikh population is concentrated in: Punjab The priestly caste in India is known as the: Brahmins The untouchable caste in India is known as the: Harijans The city located closest to the Ganges Delta is: Kolkata (Calcutta) The_____revolution of the 1960s introduced "miracle" varieties of wheat and rice that significantly increased the productivity of these crops. GREEN Which industry sperheaded the economic developmen of Bengaluru over the past decade Information Technology