More Questions on Geography
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. The tropical year is shorter than the sidereal year. 2. The solar day is longer than the sidereal day. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A)Both 1 and 2
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: Both 1 and 2
- Q. Which of the following rivers divides the ‘Deccan Tableland’ from Central Highland in northern India?
A)Godavari
B)Chambal
C)Krishna
D)Narmada
Answer: Narmada
- Q. Plains formed by the deposits brought by glacier are
A)Drift plains
B)Lacustrine plains
C)Flood plains
D)Coastal plains
Answer: Drift plains
- Q. Raniganj in West Bengal is concerned with
A)Manganese
B)Coal
C)Iron are
D)Copper
Answer: Coal
- Q. Find the odd one
A)Kalpakkam
B)Tarapur
C)Trambe
D)Narora
Answer: Trambe
- Q. The Naga hills form the watershed between India and ________
A)Bhutan
B)China
C)Myanmar
D)Bangladesh
Answer: Myanmar
- Q. Which among these is a form of precipitation?
A)Mist
B)Dew
C)Fog
D)Hail
Answer: Hail
- Q. The Sea breeze blows during ________
A)Night from land to sea
B)Day from land to sea
C)Day from sea to land
D)Night from sea to land
Answer: Day from sea to land
- Q. The only port in erstwhile Soviet Union that is ice free throughout the year is
A)Murmansk
B)Leningrad
C)Odessa
D)Vladivostok
Answer: Murmansk
- Q. Ocean currents rotate
A)Clockwise in both the hemispheres
B)Clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anti-clockwise in the southern hemisphere
C)Anti-clockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere
D)Anti-clockwise in both the hemispheres
Answer: Clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anti-clockwise in the southern hemisphere
- Q. People living in South India generally have more features of
A)Negroid
B)Caucasoid
C)Mongoloid
D)None of these
Answer: Negroid
- Q. The advantage of micro-hydel projects is that they
A)Save water
B)Make use of water of the perennial hill streams and irrigation canals
C)Prevent flash floods
D)Involve less cost
Answer: Involve less cost
- Q. The first shore-based steel plant in India is:
A)Bhadravati
B)Durgapur
C)Salem
D)Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP)
Answer: Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP)
- Q. Which river is called ‘The Sorrow of Bengal’?
A)Hooghly
B)Sone
C)Damodar
D)Kosi
Answer: Damodar
- Q. The originating point of river Godavari is
A)Mumbai
B)Nasik
C)Pune
D)Sholapur
Answer: Nasik
- Q. One will have to pass through the Suez Canal while going from Bombay to ________
A)Port Said
B)Alexandria
C)Suez
D)Benghazi
Answer: Suez
- Q. The soils which have supported agriculture for centuries without much manuring or fallowing are
A)Black and alluvial soils
B)Alluvial and late rite soils
C)Red and laterite soils
D)Laterite and black soils
Answer: Black and alluvial soils
- Q. Which of the following has a potential for harnessing of tidal energy in India?
A)Backwaters of Kerala
B)Gulf of Cambay
C)Gulf of Mannar
D)Chilka lake
Answer: Gulf of Cambay
- Q. What is the narrow strip which connects two water bodies or Sea or Ocean?
A)Peninsula
B)Gulf
C)Strait
D)Isthmus
Answer: Strait
- Q. Which of the following is NOT a cash crop?
A)Coffee
B)Tobacco
C)Cotton
D)Bajara
Answer: Bajara
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