More Questions on Geography
- Q. The hot dry local winds that blow on the eastern side of the Alps Mountain are known as ________
A)Khamsin
B)Chinook
C)Foehn
D)Sirocco
Answer: Foehn
- Q. The position of the earth in its orbit, when it is at its greatest distance from the Sun causing summer in the Northern hemisphere is ________
A)Perigee
B)Perihelion
C)Aphelion
D)Apogee
Answer: Aphelion
- Q. What is the shortest route from Moscow to San Francisco?
A)Moscow to Siberia to Japan and crossing Pacific
B)Moscow to Europe to Greenland; crossing Atlantic and then North America
C)Moscow to Europe; crossing Atlantic and East Coast of North America
D)Over the North Pole and over Canada
Answer: Moscow to Europe; crossing Atlantic and East Coast of North America
- Q. Which Indian state is known as ‘Land of Five Rivers’ ?
A)Haryana
B)U.P.
C)Punjab
D)Jammu and Kashmir
Answer: Punjab
- Q. Tsunami is a large sea wave caused by an earthquake experienced along the coasts of ________
A)Australia
B)India
C)China
D)Japan
Answer: Japan
- Q. The constellations of stars appear at different positions in the sky at different times during night mainly ________
A)Because of optical illusion
B)Because earth rotates about its axis
C)Because earth revolves round the sun
D)Because celestial bodies are changing their positions all the time
Answer: Because earth rotates about its axis
- Q. Which of the following is the major silk producing state in India?
A)Assam
B)Karnataka
C)Andhra Pradesh
D)Bihar
Answer: Karnataka
- Q. ________ is a natural electrical phenomenon characterized by the appearance of streams of reddish or greenish light in the sky, especially near the northern or southern magnetic pole
A)Albopictus
B)Acaulis
C)Matus
D)Aurora
Answer: Aurora
- Q. Igneous rocks are said to be acidic when they contain high proportion of ________
A)Silica
B)Iron
C)Magnesium
D)Aluminium
Answer: Silica
- Q. Which of the following is not a tributary of the Krishna?
A)Ghataprabha
B)Tungabhadra
C)Malaprabha
D)Amravati
Answer: Amravati
- 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. Haematite is an ore of
A)Iron
B)Copper
C)Lead
D)Zinc
Answer: Iron
- Q. Some riven and canals have locks across them in order to
A)Control the level of water
B)Collect taxes
C)Ensure safety
D)Load or unload freight
Answer: Control the level of water
- Q. Gujarat is the largest producer of salt in India because
A)It has extensive shallow
B)It has extensive dry coast
C)Its coastal waters are very saline
D)Besides producing salt from saline water, it has reserves of rock salt
Answer: It has extensive dry coast
- Q. ________ are defined as the mass movement of rock, debris or Earth down a slope.
A)Flood
B)Earthquake
C)Cyclone
D)Landslide
Answer: Landslide
- Q. The highest peak in South India is ________
A)Anamudi
B)Doda Betta
C)Makurti
D)None of these
Answer: Anamudi
- Q. Which of the following is the busiest of ocean trade routes?
A)North Atlantic
B)Suez Canal
C)Cape of Good Hope
D)Panama Canal
Answer: North Atlantic
- Q. Isolines are lines Joining places having
A)Equal salinity
B)Equal temperature
C)Equal diurnal range of temperature
D)Equal cloud cover
Answer: Equal salinity
- Q. Which of the following is the longest river in India?
A)Brahmaputra
B)Ganga
C)Narmada
D)Godavari
Answer: Ganga
- Q. The hill station of Coonoor is located in which one of the following states?
A)Kerala
B)Karnataka
C)Andhra Pradesh
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Tamil Nadu
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