More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which is the home of “AIphonso” mango?
A)Malda
B)Ratnagiri
C)Banaras
D)Vijayawada
Answer: Ratnagiri
- Q. For transporting large quantities of crude oil on land, over long distances the most economical mode is
A)By road tankers
B)By pipelines
C)By rail tankers
D)By river barges
Answer: By pipelines
- Q. Onshore breeze develops in
A)Both A and B
B)Day
C)Night
D)Season
Answer: Day
- Q. Which is the largest Man Made Lake
A)Rana Pratap Sagar
B)Wular
C)Gobind Sagar
D)Baikal
Answer: Gobind Sagar
- Q. The tropical cyclones of the Bay of Bengal are usually called
A)Depressions
B)Typhoons
C)Hurricanes
D)Tornadoes
Answer: Hurricanes
- Q. The zone of Earth’s atmosphere immediately above its surface up to a height of about 16kms above equator and 8kms over the poles is known as
A)Troposphere
B)Mesosphere
C)Thermosphere
D)Stratosphere
Answer: Troposphere
- Q. The area of food crops in total area of cropping in India is
A)50% - 60%
B)More than 70%
C)60% - 70%
D)Less than 50%
Answer: 60% - 70%
- Q. Which of the following rocks is transformed into marble?
A)Peat
B)Granite
C)Limestone
D)Shale
Answer: Limestone
- Q. Choose the correct statement about Sedimentary rocks ________
A)The structure of these rocks is contingent on heat and pressure
B)These rocks cannot be formed under water
C)These rocks are crystalline
D)These rocks have been deposited in layers
Answer: These rocks have been deposited in layers
- Q. The alignment of the lines of beginning and end is expressed by
A)Record
B)Dentate
C)Feasibility
D)Font
Answer: Feasibility
- Q. Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, is located in ________
A)India
B)Bhutan
C)China
D)Nepal
Answer: Nepal
- 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. If I wanted to reach the South Atlantic from the South Pacific while touching South America, I would have to use
A)Magellan Straits
B)Florida Straits
C)Dardanelles
D)Bosporus
Answer: Magellan Straits
- Q. Among the following areas, the widest continental shelf of India is found ________
A)Off the Krishna and Godavari deltas
B)Around the Gulf of Cambay
C)Around the Konkan coast
D)Around the Palk strait
Answer: Off the Krishna and Godavari deltas
- Q. Equator is
A)The girdle around the Saturn
B)Line which connects north and south poles
C)Imaginary line which rotates around the Earth in the centre of north and south poles
D)Axis of the rotation of the Earth
Answer: Imaginary line which rotates around the Earth in the centre of north and south poles
- Q. Who founded the word “Geography”?
A)Hicatus
B)Ptolemy
C)Eratosthenes
D)Herodotus
Answer: Eratosthenes
- Q. Which of the following is not an island?
A)Ireland
B)Cuba
C)Greenland
D)Sweden
Answer: Sweden
- Q. Which country has the largest coastline?
A)Canada
B)USA
C)Australia
D)India
Answer: Canada
- Q. Kodaikanal, the famous hill-station of South India, is situated on ________
A)Nilgiri mountain
B)Palni hills
C)Anaimalai mountain
D)Cardamon hills
Answer: Palni hills
- Q. The longest railway platform in India
A)Kathgodam
B)Amritsar
C)Gorakhpur
D)Kanpur
Answer: Gorakhpur
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