More Questions on Geography
- Q. What is the percentage of Indian population engaged in agriculture?
A)70
B)60
C)50
D)80
Answer: 60
- Q. The form of precipitation in which the raindrops get frozen into ice on coming in contact with a cold layer of air near the earth’s surface is called ________
A)Sleet
B)Fog
C)Hail
D)Snowfall
Answer: Sleet
- Q. The most important commercial forests of India are ________
A)Coniferous
B)Tropical evergreen
C)Tropical deciduous
D)Mangrove
Answer: Tropical deciduous
- Q. Suez Canal route handles more traffic than the Panama Canal route mainly because
A)Suez Canal is older
B)Suez Canal has no locks
C)Suez Canal links developing nations of Asia with the developed nations of Europe and North America
D)Panama Canal has limited capacity
Answer: Suez Canal links developing nations of Asia with the developed nations of Europe and North America
- Q. Farakka Barrage was commissioned to ________
A)Supply drinking water to Kolkata
B)Save Kolkata port
C)Link North and South Bengal
D)Divert water to Bangladesh
Answer: Save Kolkata port
- Q. The land-locked natural harbour along the east coast of India is
A)Kolkata
B)Visakhapatnam
C)Chennai
D)Paradeep
Answer: Visakhapatnam
- Q. Which of the following is not one of the by-products of mineral oil?
A)Aniline dyes
B)Naphtha
C)Sulphur
D)Paraffin wax
Answer: Sulphur
- Q. Which is a type of erosion caused by hydraulic action?
A)Glacier
B)Flowing Water
C)Wind
D)None Of These
Answer: Flowing Water
- Q. The composition of laterite soil in higher areas is
A)Acidic
B)Alkaline
C)Saline
D)Balanced
Answer: Acidic
- Q. How can the classification of climate based region be done
A)Rain
B)Distance from Equator
C)Height
D)Distance from sea
Answer: Distance from Equator
- Q. In which of the following states is Rosa Power Plant located?
A)Odisha
B)Uttar Pradesh
C)Madhya Pradesh
D)Haryana
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
- Q. The contribution of Hydropower in India’s total power is almost
A)Onefourth
B)Half
C)Onethird
D)Onefifth
Answer: Onefifth
- Q. Which planet is known as sister of earth?
A)Mercury
B)Mars
C)Venus
D)Saturn
Answer: Venus
- Q. The air transport industry was nationalized in the year
A)1948
B)1953
C)1950
D)1947
Answer: 1953
- Q. Which one of the following characteristics is not associated with the tropical cyclones?
A)As the cold front passes, the weather changes very rapidly
B)Before the cyclone arrives the air becomes very still and temperature and humidity are high
C)As the front of the vertex arrives, gusty winds develop and thick clouds appear
D)Calm conditions return when the eye of the cyclone arrives
Answer: Calm conditions return when the eye of the cyclone arrives
- Q. Which city is located on the banks of the river Mula-Mutha?
A)Nagpur
B)Surat
C)Ahmedabad
D)Pune
Answer: Pune
- Q. Which of the following has a potential for harnessing of tidal energy in India?
A)Backwaters of Kerala
B)Gulf of Cambay
C)Gulf of Mannar
D)Chilka lake
Answer: Gulf of Cambay
- Q. Lake Sambhar is nearest to which one of the following cities of Rajasthan?
A)Jodhpur
B)Bharatpur
C)Jaipur
D)Udaipur
Answer: Jaipur
- Q. At which place will you find maximum sunlight in December?
A)Kolkata
B)Pune
C)Leh
D)Kanyakumari
Answer: Kanyakumari
- Q. First railway line in the world, was laid in ________
A)Federal Republic of Germany
B)Western U.S.A.
C)North-East England
D)Russia
Answer: North-East England
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