More Questions on Geography
- Q. Shwedagon pagoda is located in
A)Mandalay
B)Mahabalipuram
C)Rangoon
D)Jakarta
Answer: Rangoon
- Q. Which one of the following lakes in India has the highest Water salinity?
A)Wular
B)Dal
C)Chilka
D)Sambhar
Answer: Sambhar
- Q. Why does Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats both receive sufficient rainfall but Deccan Plateau receives scanty rainfall?
A)It is away from the coast
B)It is a rain shadow area
C)It is located parallel to wind direction
D)Rain bearing clouds are absent
Answer: It is a rain shadow area
- Q. India has the world’s highest road which connects
A)Srinagar and Jammu
B)Leh and Srinagar
C)Leh and Manali
D)Sikkim and Darjeeling
Answer: Leh and Manali
- Q. Which one of the following countries has the longest international boundary with India?
A)China
B)Bangladesh
C)Bhutan
D)Pakistan
Answer: Bangladesh
- Q. The tropical cyclones of the Bay of Bengal are usually called
A)Depressions
B)Typhoons
C)Hurricanes
D)Tornadoes
Answer: Hurricanes
- Q. Which of the following factors are responsible for India’s failure to fully exploit the inland fisheries during the last five decades? I. Silting and pollution of the inland water bodies II. Deforestation in the catchment areas of the rivers III. Lack of marketing facilities
A)I and III
B)I, II and III
C)I and II
D)II and III
Answer: I and III
- Q. The Satpura Thermal Power Station is in
A)Madhya Pradesh
B)Uttar Pradesh
C)Jammu and Kashmir
D)Maharashtra
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
- Q. In which of the following States is Dampa Tiger Reserve situated?
A)Mizoram
B)Assam
C)Karnataka
D)Orissa
Answer: Mizoram
- Q. Which of the following reflects radio waves back to the Earth?
A)Tropopause
B)Ionosphere
C)Thermosphere
D)Mesopause
Answer: Ionosphere
- Q. Which of the following is not an island?
A)Ireland
B)Cuba
C)Greenland
D)Sweden
Answer: Sweden
- Q. Choose the correct statement about Sedimentary rocks ________
A)The structure of these rocks is contingent on heat and pressure
B)These rocks cannot be formed under water
C)These rocks are crystalline
D)These rocks have been deposited in layers
Answer: These rocks have been deposited in layers
- Q. The highest peak of peninsular India is:
A)K2
B)Dodabeta
C)Anaimudi
D)Kanchanjangha
Answer: Anaimudi
- Q. Mekong Ganga Co-operation Project is
A)A hydroelectric power project involving India, Bangladesh and Myanmar
B)An irrigation project involving India and Myanmar
C)A joint tourism initiative of some Asian countries
D)A defence and security agreement of India with its eastern neighbours
Answer: A joint tourism initiative of some Asian countries
- Q. Where is the biggest reserve of mica?
A)In USA
B)In South Africa
C)In India
D)In Australia
Answer: In India
- Q. Of the following, which capital city is not situated on the banks of the river Danube?
A)Budapest
B)Vienna
C)Rome
D)Belgrade
Answer: Rome
- Q. What is the name of the highest summit of Nilgiri Hills?
A)Doda-betta
B)Coonoor-betta
C)Anaimudi
D)Vellangiri
Answer: Doda-betta
- Q. What is multiple cropping?
A)Raising in succession only one type of crop in the same piece of land
B)When seeds are sown on a piece of land and then seedings are transplanted in different fields
C)Dividing a field in two or more parts and then sowing different crops in each part
D)Raising two or more crops in succession in a year on the same land
Answer: Dividing a field in two or more parts and then sowing different crops in each part
- Q. Due to gravity, acceleration at the Equator is
A)Equal to acceleration on poles
B)Less than acceleration on poles
C)More than acceleration on poles
D)Not dependant on the centrifugal acceleration of Earth
Answer: Less than acceleration on poles
- Q. Which type of climate(s) prevail(s) in the long corridor (Leeward side) of the Western Ghats and the Nilgiri Hills?
A)Tropical semi-arid steppe
B)Tropical wet and dry climate
C)Tropical wet and dry with winter rain
D)Subtropical monsoon rainforest
Answer: Tropical semi-arid steppe
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