More Questions on Geography
- Q. The ________ mountains crossing the Great Plains and the ________ Sea further south separate Europe from Asia.
A)Carpathian, Mediterranean
B)Caucasus, Black
C)Ural, Caspian
D)Balkan, Sea of Azov
Answer: Ural, Caspian
- Q. The albedo of which one among the following is the highest?
A)Melting snow
B)Cirrus cloud
C)Cumulonimbus cloud
D)Sand
Answer: Cirrus cloud
- Q. The Grand Trunk road between Mumbai and Chennai passes through ________ and ________.
A)Ahmednagar and Hyderabad
B)Pune and Bengaluru
C)Sholapur and Hubli
D)Barsi and Guntur
Answer: Pune and Bengaluru
- Q. Which of the following is least likely to be an effect of global warming?
A)Decreased rate of photosynthesis in vegetation
B)Increased frequency of hurricanes
C)Loss of fertile delta region as for agriculture
D)Shrinking of the polar ice regions
Answer: Decreased rate of photosynthesis in vegetation
- Q. Rainfall in the doldrums is of the nature of ________
A)Frontal precipitation
B)Orographic precipitation
C)Natural precipitation
D)Convectional precipitation
Answer: Orographic precipitation
- Q. Which of the following would have to be crossed to reach Sri Lanka from Nagercoil ?
A)Palk Strait
B)Sunda Strait
C)Gulf of Mannar
D)Cook Strait
Answer: Gulf of Mannar
- Q. Carbonaceous rocks which produce coal and of belong to the category of rocks called
A)Sedimentary
B)Metamorphic
C)Igneous
D)Inorganic
Answer: Sedimentary
- Q. Dr. Waldimir Koppen – the great climatologist of Austria suggested in his new scheme of climatic classification:
A)Five major types of climate.
B)Two major types of climate.
C)Four major types of climate.
D)Three major types of climate.
Answer: Five major types of climate.
- Q. The state of atmosphere in relation to its water vapour content refers to:
A)Precipitation
B)Relative Humidity
C)Relative Density
D)Frontal Humidity
Answer: Relative Humidity
- Q. Indian sovereignity in sea extends upto ________ nautical miles.
A)12
B)8
C)10
D)14
Answer: 12
- Q. Which among the following imaginary line lies at 0° latitude?
A)Tropic of Capricorn
B)Equator
C)Tropic of Cancer
D)Prime Meridian
Answer: Equator
- Q. Takla Makan desert is situated in
A)Sinkiang
B)Mongolia
C)Tibet
D)South West China
Answer: Sinkiang
- Q. Where was the first biosphere reserve established in India?
A)Hazaribagh
B)Nilgiri
C)Nanda Devi
D)Kanha
Answer: Nilgiri
- Q. The Himalayan region is poor in mineral resources because ________
A)The climatic conditions are not suitable for exploitation of minerals
B)It is made of crystalline rocks
C)The displacement of rock strata has disturbed the arrangement of rock and made it complex
D)The terrain makes exploitation of minerals difficult and very costly due to transport difficulties
Answer: The displacement of rock strata has disturbed the arrangement of rock and made it complex
- Q. The only state in India that produces saffron is
A)Jammu and Kashmir
B)Assam
C)Himachal Pradesh
D)Meghalaya
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
- Q. Where in India is mica mined?
A)Nellore (Andhra Pradesh)
B)Nasirabad (Rajasthan)
C)Gaya (Bihar)
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. The oldest mountains in India according to geographical history are ________
A)Vindhyas
B)Satpuras
C)Nilgiris
D)Aravallis
Answer: Aravallis
- Q. In which of the following countries, has maximum damage to the forest been caused by acid rain?
A)Poland
B)Spain
C)Netherlands
D)Italy
Answer: Poland
- Q. Where are rare plantless forest found?
A)Chaparral
B)Alpine
C)Tundra
D)Taiga
Answer: Tundra
- Q. The middle zone of the earth with a thickness of 2780 km having an average density of 5.6 is known as:
A)Pyrosphere
B)Rosphere
C)Osophere
D)Cyrosphere
Answer: Pyrosphere
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