UPSC CORE · NCERT GEOGRAPHY
China, Mongolia & Taiwan 🌏
NCERT-aligned UPSC Core Geography topic from NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar). Every item is anchored to a real location on India's map — built for boards (CBSE, ICSE, state) and UPSC aspirants.
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Class UPSC Geography — NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar).
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138QUESTIONS
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Key locations covered (40)
- Beijing — China · capital
- Great Wall of China — China · multiple provinces
- Shanghai — China · East
- Guangzhou — China · Guangdong
- Shenzhen — China · Guangdong
- Chongqing — China · SW
- Tianjin — China · N
- Xi'an — China · Shaanxi
- Hong Kong — China · SAR
- Macau — China · SAR
- Lhasa — China · Tibet
- Urumqi — China · Xinjiang
- Kashgar (Old Town) — China · Xinjiang
- Taklamakan Desert — China · Xinjiang
- Chengdu — China · Sichuan
- Kunming — China · Yunnan
- Guilin (Karst) — China · Guangxi
- Mount Tai — China · Shandong
- Mount Huangshan — China · Anhui
- Wudang Mountains — China · Hubei
- Mount Emei + Leshan Buddha — China · Sichuan
- Mount Wutai — China · Shanxi
- Three Gorges Dam — China · Hubei
- Tibetan Plateau — China · Tibet/Qinghai
- Gobi Desert — China-Mongolia
- Hainan Island — China · S
- Taipei — Taiwan
- Kaohsiung — Taiwan
- Taroko Gorge — Taiwan
- Sun Moon Lake — Taiwan
- Ulaanbaatar — Mongolia
- Karakorum (Kharkhorin) — Mongolia
- Mount Khüiten — Mongolia · Altai
- Orkhon Valley — Mongolia
- Yangtze River Delta — China · E
- Pearl River Delta — China · S
- Loess Plateau — China · N
- Tarim Basin — China · Xinjiang
- Inner Mongolia (steppes) — China · N
- Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon — China · Tibet
Sample questions (12 of 138)
Beijing has been the capital of China since?
1949 (PRC); historically capital under Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
Beijing's Imperial Palace (Forbidden City) was UNESCO-listed in?
1987.
Tiananmen Square is the world's largest?
City square (~440,000 m²).
Beijing's Temple of Heaven was UNESCO-listed in?
1998.
Beijing's Summer Palace was UNESCO-listed in?
1998.
Ming Tombs near Beijing are part of the wider UNESCO inscription called?
Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (2000+).
Beijing population?
About 21.9 million.
Forbidden City number of rooms?
Approximately 9,999 rooms.
Beijing: Capital of PRC. Located in which geographic region?
North China Plain — at the edge of the Mongolian Plateau.
Approximate total length of all Great Wall sections (incl. branches)?
Over 21,196 km, per the 2012 official survey.
Year the Great Wall was UNESCO-listed?
1987.
Which Ming-era stretch near Beijing is most visited?
Badaling.
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About this topic
This topic is part of the NCERT UPSC Core Geography syllabus, specifically the textbook NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar). Content is cross-referenced against the latest NCERT textbook editions + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar, Satish Chandra for history; G.C. Leong, Savindra Singh for geography; the UPSC Civil Services prelims + mains syllabus).
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