More Questions on Geography
- Q. Where is Mumbai High located
A)Western Ghat
B)Continental Shelf of Arabian sea
C)Western Coastal Plain
D)Internal Plains of South
Answer: Continental Shelf of Arabian sea
- Q. Which one of the following countries celebrates Christmas festival in summer season?
A)Mexico
B)Australia
C)Canada
D)Italy
Answer: Australia
- Q. India’s latitudinal and longitudinal extent measured in degrees are almost the same, but its north-south extent measured in km is greater than its east-west extent. This is due to the fact that
A)All longitudes with their opposites form great circles
B)Longitudes are not parallel lines
C)The distance between latitudes remains the same but the distance between longitudes is greatest at the Equator and nil at the poles where all longitudes join
D)The earth is not a perfect sphere
Answer: The distance between latitudes remains the same but the distance between longitudes is greatest at the Equator and nil at the poles where all longitudes join
- Q. Increase in carbon dioxide in atmosphere causes ________
A)Uniform earth temperature
B)Rise in earth temperature
C)Fall in earth temperature
D)Increase in Ultraviolet rays
Answer: Rise in earth temperature
- Q. The Appalachian coal fields, one of the important coal fields in the world, are located in ________
A)U.S.A.
B)China
C)Great Britain
D)Russia
Answer: U.S.A.
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. In the tropical rainforest of Brazil, the average diurnal range of temperature is much greater than the average annual range of temperature. 2. In the humid subtropical climate of Kyushu island of Japan, the rainfall for the year almost totals that of the rainfall in tropical rainforest. 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. The air transport industry was nationalized in the year
A)1948
B)1953
C)1950
D)1947
Answer: 1953
- Q. Latitude of a point on the earth is measured by the distance in ________
A)Angles from the poles
B)Kilometers from the poles
C)Kilometers from the equator
D)Angles from the equator
Answer: Angles from the equator
- Q. Which city is called the ‘City of Perpetual Spring’?
A)Lisbon
B)Colombo
C)Quito
D)Berlin
Answer: Quito
- Q. Which of the following are the main reasons for the origin of the south-west monsoon in India? I. Development of a low pressure in north-west India II. Deflection of trade winds III. Arrival of cyclonic stream from the Pacific Ocean IV. Heating of the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal
A)II and III
B)I, II and III
C)I and II
D)III and IV
Answer: I and II
- Q. Which of the following is fastest growing tree ?
A)Eucalyptus
B)Teak
C)Sal
D)Banyan
Answer: Eucalyptus
- Q. The dispute over Siachen Glacier is between
A)India and Pakistan
B)India and China
C)India and Afghanistan
D)India and Nepal
Answer: India and Pakistan
- Q. Where are the Lepchas mainly to be found staying?
A)Sikkim
B)Meghalaya
C)Mizoram
D)Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: Sikkim
- Q. One-tenth of the total salt produced in India comes from
A)Chilka Lake
B)Tamil Nadu Coast
C)Sambhar Lake
D)Wular Lake
Answer: Sambhar Lake
- Q. The length of its day and the tilt of its axis are almost identical to those of the earth’. This is true of ________
A)Saturn
B)Uranus
C)Neptune
D)Mars
Answer: Mars
- Q. The temperature at which dew is formed is known as
A)Precipitation point
B)Evaporation point
C)Dew point
D)Critical point
Answer: Dew point
- Q. Which is the proper order of seismic waves as they are received at seismograph station?
A)P-wave, S-wave, L-wave
B)L-wave, P-wave, S-wave
C)P-wave, L-wave, S-wave
D)S-wave, P-wave, L-wave
Answer: P-wave, S-wave, L-wave
- Q. Lunar eclipse does not occur every month because ________
A)The moon's orbit is not all the time in the same plane as the earth
B)The sun's orbit is not always in the same plane as the moon
C)The moon revolves at a slower speed than the earth
D)None of these
Answer: The moon's orbit is not all the time in the same plane as the earth
- Q. The brightest star in the sky is ________
A)Sirius
B)Alfa Centauri
C)Proxima Centauri
D)Sun
Answer: Sun
- Q. Which of the following best describes longitude?
A)The angular distance east or west of the Greenwich meridian
B)An imaginary line joining north and south poles
C)The distance between a place east or west of the Greenwich Meridian
D)The position of a place on earth's surface with reference to the Prime Meridian
Answer: The angular distance east or west of the Greenwich meridian
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