More Questions on Geography
- Q. The latitudes that pass through Sikkim also pass through
A)Himachal Pradesh
B)Rajasthan
C)Punjab
D)Jammu & Kashmir
Answer: Rajasthan
- Q. Apatanis are the tribes found in:
A)Sikkim
B)Himanchal Pradesh
C)Nagaland
D)Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
- Q. What is the difference between the Local time and Greenwich time one degree longitude?
A)6 minutes
B)2 minutes
C)4 minutes
D)8 minutes
Answer: 4 minutes
- Q. Hinterland refers to ________
A)Land region extending from a sea port
B)Continental shelf in the sea from which oil can be extracted
C)Natural harbour used for international trade
D)Abandoned sea port where trade was carried out initially
Answer: Land region extending from a sea port
- Q. The World’s largest island is
A)New Guinea
B)Greenland
C)Iceland
D)Madagascar
Answer: Greenland
- Q. What is coral island?
A)Sand Coast
B)Sand Dune
C)Lake
D)Terrestrial Sea
Answer: Terrestrial Sea
- Q. Which of the following statements is not true?
A)Andhra Pradesh is not much affected by retreating south-west monsoon
B)The intensity of monsoons is determined by tropical depressions
C)Tamil Nadu receives rainfall from north-east monsoon
D)All are correct
Answer: All are correct
- Q. Which of the following is incorrect?
A)At the summer solstice the sun shines vertically over the Tropic of Capricorn
B)Within the Arctic and Antarctic Circles there is at least one day in the year during which the sun does not set and at least one day on which it never rises
C)At the North Pole there is darkness for half the year
D)The sun shines vertically over the Equator twice the year
Answer: At the summer solstice the sun shines vertically over the Tropic of Capricorn
- Q. In India the most important source of energy is
A)Nuclear
B)Petroleum
C)Coal
D)Hydro-electricity
Answer: Coal
- Q. How much is the difference of time between any two consecutive longitudes?
A)4 minutes
B)10 minutes
C)14 minutes
D)30 minutes
Answer: 4 minutes
- Q. In India the percentage of population below poverty line is:
A)Less than 40%
B)Less than 30%
C)Less than 50%
D)Less than 10%
Answer: Less than 30%
- Q. India has eight coastal states but more than half the sea salt is made along the Gujarat coast because
A)Kandla port exports salt
B)Gandhiji started the salt movement in Gujarat
C)Low rainfall and relative humidity are ideal for the production of salt through evaporation of sea water
D)The salinity of sea water is very high near the Gujarat coast
Answer: Low rainfall and relative humidity are ideal for the production of salt through evaporation of sea water
- Q. Albert Canal links ________ and ________
A)Antwerp and Liege
B)Manchester and Antwerp
C)Antwerp and Frankfurt
D)Manchester and Liege
Answer: Antwerp and Liege
- Q. Which among the following cities in India is not located in Golden Quadrilateral Road Network?
A)New Delhi
B)Kolkata
C)Mumbai
D)Chandigarh
Answer: Chandigarh
- Q. Which of the rivers flow into the landlocked Caspian Sea? 1. Don 2. Syr Darya 3. Volga 4. Ural
A)3 and 4
B)1 and 2
C)2 and 3
D)1 and 4
Answer: 3 and 4
- Q. The first range of Himalayas to the North of Ganga Plains is the
A)Garo Hills
B)Satpura Mountains
C)Shiwaliks
D)Khasi Hills
Answer: Shiwaliks
- Q. Rainfall caused by intense evaporation equatorial areas is called ________.
A)Frontal rainfall
B)Orographic rainfall
C)Cyclonic rainfall
D)Convectional rainfall
Answer: Convectional rainfall
- Q. Which one of the following gives the correct sequence of ports down the western coast of India?
A)Veraval, Okha, Marmagao, Mangalore
B)Kandla, Mumbai, Kochi, Mangalore
C)Porbandar, Marmagao, Mangalore, Kochi
D)Mangalore, Marmagao, Kochi, Negercoil
Answer: Porbandar, Marmagao, Mangalore, Kochi
- Q. In India economically exploitable lignite deposits occur at
A)Talcher, Odisha
B)Neyveli, Tamil Nadu
C)Singareni, Andhra Pradesh
D)Jharia, Bihar
Answer: Neyveli, Tamil Nadu
- Q. The smallest island country in the Indian Ocean is
A)Mauritius
B)Maldives
C)Sri Lanka
D)Madagascar
Answer: Maldives
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