More Questions on Geography
- Q. In India, during the last decade, the total cultivated land for which one of the following crops has remained more or less stagnant?
A)Pulses
B)Rice
C)Oilseeds
D)Sugarcane
Answer: Pulses
- Q. Which of the following sets of cities is located on the reference longitude for Indian standard time?
A)Kakinanda-Pondicherry
B)Bangalore-Varanasi
C)Chennai-Varanasi
D)Pondicherry-Varanasi
Answer: Kakinanda-Pondicherry
- Q. In which region China type climate is found?
A)Natalin Africa
B)South Japan
C)South West Korea
D)All of the above
Answer: All of the above
- Q. Which among these is a form of precipitation?
A)Mist
B)Dew
C)Fog
D)Hail
Answer: Hail
- Q. Which one of the following statements is correct?
A)Kandla and Kolkata are tidal ports
B)India ranks 9th in the world's shipping tonnage
C)Mumbai port handles half of the country's foreign trade
D)India has 14 major ports and 129 minor ports
Answer: Mumbai port handles half of the country's foreign trade
- Q. Brazil has become the world’s largest producer of coffee mainly because ________
A)The "terra-rosa" soil is very fertile
B)The Brazilian plateau is well drained land
C)The climatic conditions are suitable
D)The coffee plant is native of Brazil
Answer: The "terra-rosa" soil is very fertile
- Q. Which of these is not true of the effects of the ocean currents?
A)Warm equatorial currents raise the temperature while the cold polar currents lower the temperature of the place through which they pass
B)They affect commerce because they keep the harbours open even during winter
C)Water of the ocean is kept pure
D)They do not affect rainfall over the coast
Answer: They do not affect rainfall over the coast
- Q. Which of the geological phenomena cause earthquakes? 1. Development of fault 2. Movement along a fault 3. Impact produced by a volcanic eruption 4. Folding of rocks
A)1, 3 and 4
B)1, 2 and 3
C)2 and 4
D)1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: 1, 2, 3 and 4
- Q. Which of the following statements regarding literacy in India are correct ? 1. A person who can only read but cannot write is not defined literate 2. Children below 7 years of age are not taken into consideration even if they are able to read and write 3. For the purpose of census, a person is deemed literate if he or she can read and write with understanding in any of the 22 languages mentioned in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution 4. The fact that a district has attained hundred percent literacy does not mean that the entire population in the district is literate
A)1, 2 and 3
B)1, 3 and 4
C)2, 3 and 4
D)1, 2 and 4
Answer: 2, 3 and 4
- Q. Which one of the following ecosystems covers the largest area of the earth’s surface?
A)Mountain Ecosystem
B)Desert Ecosystem
C)Grassland Ecosystem
D)Marine Ecosystem
Answer: Marine Ecosystem
- Q. The instrument used for measuring relative humidity in air is ________
A)Pantograph
B)Hygrometer
C)Hydrograph
D)Barograph
Answer: Hygrometer
- Q. Lesotho is ________
A)A country completely surrounded by South Africa
B)An island in Mediterranean Sea
C)An important seaport in Tanzania
D)A mountain peak in Zambia
Answer: A country completely surrounded by South Africa
- 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. The largest fish exporting region in the world is ________
A)The North - East Pacific Region
B)The South - East Asian Region
C)The North - West Pacific Region
D)The North - East Atlantic Region
Answer: The North - West Pacific Region
- Q. The waterfall ‘Victoria’ is associated with the river
A)St Lawrence
B)Amazon
C)Missouri
D)Zambeji
Answer: Zambeji
- Q. In India the yield per hectare is very low in
A)Commercial cultivation
B)Intensive farming
C)Extensive farming
D)Plantation agriculture
Answer: Extensive farming
- Q. In hydro power station, the motion produced in turbines is due to
A)Burning of diesel
B)Flow of water
C)Burning of coal
D)Production of steam
Answer: Flow of water
- Q. Lignite is a type of:
A)Coal
B)Iron
C)Steel
D)Gold
Answer: Coal
- Q. What was Norway’s rank in 2016 Human Development Index published by the United Nations Development Programme?
A)100
B)1
C)10
D)200
Answer: 1
- Q. Which among these is a metamorphic rock?
A)Basalt
B)Gneiss
C)Sandstone
D)Limestone
Answer: Gneiss
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