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Railway NTPC Recruitment 2019-20 was held last year to recruit 35,208 vacancies for the posts of Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) i.e. Junior Clerk cum Typist, Accounts Clerk cum Typist, Junior Time Keeper, Trains Clerk, Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Traffic Assistant, Goods Guard, Senior Commercial cum Ticket Clerk, Senior Clerk cum Typist, Junior Account Assistant cum Typist, Senior Time Keeper, Commercial Apprentice and Station Master in various Zonal Railways and Production Units of Indian Railways. Railways NTPC notification for 2020-2021 is yet to be out. In this blog we will discuss about RRB NTPC Geography Important Topics
Railway Recruitment Board conducts Railway NTPC and other railway examinations giving candidates a golden opportunity to fulfill their dream of joining the prestigious Government Sector (Indian Railways) in India. RRB NTPC 2019-20 Recruitment is specially for the candidates who are having Graduate Degree from any recognised university.
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List of Important Geography Topics for RRB NTPC
Physical Geography:
- Our Solar system
- Atmosphere and It’s Layer
- Land forms Created by River and Glacier system
- Landforms Created by Wind and Water action
- The Interior Structure of the Earth
Physiography of India:
- Important Passes in India
- Indian Cities and their Nicknames
- Indian States on International Boundaries
Geography of India & World:
- Riverside Cities and States in India
- Important Rivers of India
- Important Temples of India
- Important Deserts of the world
- Indian Soil and Agriculture
- Different States and their Folk Dances
- Important International Boundary Lines
- Climate of India
- Major Crops of India |Temperature, Rainfall & Soil
- Agricultural Revolution in India | Reasons & Effects
- Indian Drainage System
- East and West flowing rivers in India
- Towns situated on the Banks of River
- Lakes in India
- Cities situated on the Bank of Rivers
- Major ports on West Coast of India
- Major ports on East Coast of India
- Major Coal Fields in India
- Indian States in Mineral Wealth
Basic Concepts
1: The electron was discovered by________.
India and its neighbouring countries
India is located latitudinally in the Northern Hemisphere and longitudinally in the Eastern Hemisphere. Here, we are giving the list of India’s neighbouring countries and the states of India, which border them that will helps the students to enhance their general knowledge in dealing with the questions related to Geography of India in different competitive examinations as well as academic examination.
Physical Background of India
India has a land frontier of 15,200 km. The total length of the coastline of the mainland, Lakshadweep Islands and Andaman and Nicobar Islands is 7,516.6 km. India shares its border with seven countries- Afghanistan and Pakistan to the North-West, China, Bhutan and Nepal to the north, Myanmar to the far East and Bangladesh to the east. Sri Lanka (from the south-east) and Maldives (from the south-west) are two countries with water borders.
List of India’s neighbouring countries are;
| Neighbouring Country | Bordering States |
| Afghanistan | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Bangladesh | West Bengal, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Assam |
| Bhutan | Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim, and West Bengal |
| China | Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh |
| Myanmar | Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, and Nagaland |
| Nepal | Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttrakhand |
| Pakistan | Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Gujarat, and Rajasthan |
India has the third-largest international border in the world after China and Russia, and also the most sensitive border of the World that varies from extreme climatic conditions to infiltration.
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Famous Seaport and Airport and their location
List of Seaports in India are as follow;
|
STATE |
NAME OF THE SEAPORT |
LOCATION |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai port (Madras port) | Chennai |
|
Kerala |
Cochin port |
Kochi |
| Tamil Nadu | Ennore port
(Kamarajar port limited) |
Chennai |
| Maharashtra | Jawaharlal Nehru port | Mumbai |
| Gujarat | Kandla port | Kutch |
| West Bengal | Kolkata port |
Kolkata |
| Andhra Pradesh | Krishnapatnam port | Nellore |
| Maharashtra | Mumbai port | Mumbai |
| Goa | Mormugao | South Goa |
| Karnataka | New Mangalore port | Panambur |
| Odisha | Paradip port | Jagatsinghpur |
| Tamil Nadu | Tuticorin port
(V. O. Chidambaranar port) |
Tuticorin |
| Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam port | Visakhapatnam |
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List of Indian Airports (Domestic and International) are as follows;
| STATE | NAME | PLACE |
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
Kangra Airport, Gaggal | Kangra |
| Kullu-Manali | Bhuntar, Kullu | |
| Shimla Airport | Shimla | |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Srinagar International Airport | Srinagar |
| Punjab | Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport | Amritsar |
|
Uttarakhand
|
Dehradun Airport | Dehradun |
| Pantnagar Airport | Pantnagar | |
|
Delhi
|
Safdarjung Airport | Delhi |
| Indira Gandhi International Airport | Delhi | |
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (Amausi) | Lucknow |
| Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport | Varanasi | |
| Odisha | Biju Patnaik International Airport | Bhubaneswar |
|
Assam
|
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport | Guwahati |
| Dibrugarh Airport | Dibrugarh | |
| Lilabari Airport | North Lakhimpur | |
| Manipur | Imphal International Airport | Imphal |
| Nagaland | Dimapur Airport | Dimapur |
| Meghalaya | Shillong Airport | Shillong |
| Tripura | C. A. Agartala | Agartala |
|
Rajasthan
|
Kota Airport | Kota |
| Maharana Pratap Airport | Udaipur | |
| Jaipur International Airport | Jaipur | |
|
Gujarat
|
Kandla | Gandhi Dham (Kutch) |
| Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport | Ahmedabad | |
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport | Indore |
| Jabalpur Airport | Jabalpur | |
| Jharkhand | Birsa Munda Airport | Ranchi |
|
Bihar
|
Gaya Airport | Gaya |
| Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport | Patna | |
| Gujarat | Bhavnagar Airport | Bhavnagar |
|
Maharashtra
|
Birsi Airport | Gondia |
| Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport | Mumbai | |
| Pune International Airport | Pune | |
|
Maharashtra
|
Aurangabad Airport | Aurangabad |
| Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport | Nagpur | |
| Juhu Airport | Mumbai | |
| Chhattisgarh | Swami Vivekananda Airport | Raipur |
|
West Bengal
|
Behala Airport | Kolkata |
| Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport | Kolkata | |
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
Rajahmundry Airport | Rajahmundry |
| Vijayawada Airport | Vijayawada | |
| Tirupati Airport | Tirupati | |
|
Telangana
|
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport | Hyderabad |
| Begumpet Airport | Hyderabad | |
|
Karnataka
|
Belgaum Airport | Belgaum |
| Kempegowda International Airport | Bangalore | |
| Hubballi Airport | Hubballi | |
| Mysore Airport | Mysore | |
| Goa | Goa International Airport | Goa |
|
Tamil Nadu
|
Salem Airport | Salem |
| Chennai International Airport | Chennai | |
| Madurai Airport | Madurai | |
| Tuticorin Airport | Tuticorin | |
| Coimbatore International Airport | Coimbatore | |
| Tiruchirappalli International Airport | Tiruchirappalli | |
| Pondicherry (U.T) | Pondicherry | Puducherry |
|
Kerala
|
Trivandrum International Airport | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Calicut International Airport | Calicut | |
| Cochin International Airport | Kochi | |
| UT of Lakshadweep | Agatti Airport | Agatti |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands (U.T) | Veer Savarkar International Airport | Port Blair |
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