More Questions on Geography
- Q. The country that has the greatest length of the day during summer is ________
A)Nigeria
B)Australia
C)Mexico
D)Norway
Answer: Norway
- Q. Where is Arvi earth station for satellite communication?
A)Maharashtra
B)Uttar Pradesh
C)Tamil Nadu
D)Gujarat
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. The essential feature of shifting cultivation is
A)Single cropping
B)Rotation of crops
C)Rotation of fields
D)Use of plenty of fertilizer
Answer: Rotation of fields
- Q. Sunspots generally wax and wane over a/an
A)3-year cycle
B)11-year cycle
C)25-year cycle
D)15-year cycle
Answer: 11-year cycle
- Q. The width or the broad gauge track in Indian railway is
A)1.98 m
B)1.676 m
C)1.114 m
D)2.55 m
Answer: 1.676 m
- Q. The largest producers of coffee in the world is:
A)China
B)India
C)Brazil
D)USA
Answer: Brazil
- Q. With which one of the following industries is Coimbatore associated?
A)Cotton Textile
B)Gold
C)Gujarat
D)Sericulture
Answer: Cotton Textile
- Q. Which of the following regions bear mainly the Coniferous forests?
A)Southern island of New Zealand
B)Southern part of India
C)South America
D)Central, Eastern and Western parts of North America
Answer: Central, Eastern and Western parts of North America
- Q. What is the most important geographic use of the Himalayas to India?
A)They prevent the monsoons from crossing to the north and also serve as a reservoir of water from which our perennial rivers flow
B)Prevention of invasions
C)Valuable source of timber
D)They protect India from the icy cold north winds
Answer: They prevent the monsoons from crossing to the north and also serve as a reservoir of water from which our perennial rivers flow
- Q. A group of populations of different species living in the same habitat and interacting with one another is called:
A)Biological Community
B)Ecological Community
C)Zoological Community
D)None of Above.
Answer: Ecological Community
- Q. Which is the best variety of cotton in the world?
A)Egyptian
B)Sea Island
C)Upland American
D)Indian short fibres
Answer: Sea Island
- Q. Simlipal Tiger Reserve is in which state?
A)Chhattisgarh
B)Maharashtra
C)Andhra Pradesh
D)Odisha
Answer: Odisha
- Q. Which of the following rivers In Europe has the largest volume of traffic?
A)The Danube
B)The Rhine
C)The Rhone
D)The Seine
Answer: The Rhine
- Q. What is meant by ‘brain drain’?
A)The marriage of highly intellectual people so as to add more intelligent progency to the population
B)Increase in the population of mentally retarded or brainless people
C)The increasing medical facilities which have resulted in decrease in the number of mentally retarded people
D)The migration of highly qualified or skilled people to better places of employment
Answer: The migration of highly qualified or skilled people to better places of employment
- Q. Which is the largest desert of the world?
A)Thar
B)Sahara
C)Gobi
D)Taklamakan
Answer: Sahara
- Q. Most of the Japanese industries are located on the ________
A)Shikoko coast
B)Hokkaido coast
C)Honshu coast
D)Kyushu coast
Answer: Hokkaido coast
- Q. The Equator does not pass through which of the following?
A)Indonesia
B)Kenya
C)Mexico
D)Brazil
Answer: Mexico
- Q. The Peninsular Plateau of India extends upto
A)Assam Valley
B)Mizo Hills
C)Himachal Himalayas
D)Maghalaya Hills
Answer: Maghalaya Hills
- Q. Which of the following are reasons for the chief fishing grounds being located in continental shelf areas where cold and warm currents meet? I. Warm currents are rich in phosphates and nitrates II. Plankton – the chief fish feed – thrives in these regions III. The meeting of cold and warm currents allows the water to be well aerated IV. The epicontinental seas allow sunlight to reach almost to the bottom
A)I, II and III
B)I and III
C)II and IV
D)II, III and IV
Answer: II, III and IV
- Q. Which of the following rivers is known as ‘Vridha Ganga’?
A)Mahanadi
B)Godavari
C)Krishna
D)Cauvery
Answer: Godavari
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