Lakes in India: Important Questions and Answers

Q1: What is the largest freshwater lake in India?
A1: Wular Lake in Jammu & Kashmir.

Q2: Which lake is famous for its floating national park, Keibul Lamjao National Park, home to the dancing deer Sangai?
A2: Loktak Lake in Manipur.

Q3: What is the largest saltwater (brackish water) lake in India?
A3: Chilika Lake in Odisha.

Q4: Which is the largest coastal lagoon in India?
A4: Chilika Lake, Odisha.

Q5: What is the second largest brackish water lagoon in India?
A5: Pulicat Lake, located between Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

Q6: Which is the longest lake in India by area (about 2033 sq. km)?
A6: Vembanad Lake in Kerala.

Q7: Which is the largest freshwater lake in Kerala?
A7: Shasthamkotta Lake.

Q8: What is the highest lake in India and where is it located?
A8: Gurudongmar Lake, located in Sikkim at an altitude of about 5,154 meters (16,900 feet).

Q9: Which lake is known as the soda lake of India due to its high alkalinity (pH 9-12)?
A9: Lonar Lake in Maharashtra.

Q10: Which lake is called the “Jewel in the crown of Kashmir”?
A10: Dal Lake in Srinagar.

Q11: Where is Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary situated?
A11: Gujarat.

Q12: What is the largest lake in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, also known as the lake district of India?
A12: Bhimtal Lake.

Q13: Where are the famous lakes Bara Pani and Umiam located?
A13: Shillong, Meghalaya.

Q14: Which lake in Hyderabad and Secunderabad separates the twin cities?
A14: Hussain Sagar Lake.

Q15: What is the deepest lake in India?
A15: Mansarovar Lake in Jammu & Kashmir (approx. 13 meters or 43 feet deep).

Q16: What is the largest artificial lake in India?
A16: Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam Lake) in Uttar Pradesh.

Q17: Which is the largest shallow water lake in Asia, located in Andhra Pradesh?
A17: Kolleru Lake.

Q18: Which city is called the “City of Lakes” in India?
A18: Udaipur, Rajasthan.

Q19: What is the highest saltwater lake in the world, located in India?
A19: (Not explicitly named in text, but the highest saltwater lake in India is Pangong Tso Lake.)

Q20: Name some important lakes that are often asked in exams along with their states:

• Deepor Beel – Assam

• Ashtamudi Lake – Kerala

• Didwana Lake – Rajasthan

• Indira Sagar Lake – Madhya Pradesh

• Sukhna Lake – Chandigarh

• Pushkar Lake – Rajasthan

• Maharana Pratap Sagar Lake – Rajasthan

• Pichola Lake – Rajasthan

• Changla Lake – Sikkim

Q21: Which lake in Hyderabad was constructed by Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah in 1563?
A21: Hussain Sagar Lake.