More Questions on Geography
- Q. Duncan passage is located between
A)North and Middle Andaman
B)South and Little Andaman
C)North and South Andaman
D)Andaman and Nicobar
Answer: South and Little Andaman
- 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. Agriculture involving both crops and livestock is known as
A)Dry farming
B)Dairy farming
C)Mixed farming
D)Truck farming
Answer: Mixed farming
- Q. The refineries Mathura, Digboi and Panipat are set up by
A)Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
B)Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
C)Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
D)Crude Distillation unit of Madras Refineries Ltd.
Answer: Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
- Q. Which of the following statements with regard to the term ‘great circle’ is not correct?
A)Only one great circle can be drawn on a sphere
B)Equator is a great circle
C)A ship can save fuel and time by following the great circle arc between two points
D)A great circle results when a plane passes through the centre of a sphere
Answer: Only one great circle can be drawn on a sphere
- Q. The narrow meandering bands of swift winds which blow in the mid latitudes near the tropopause and encircle the globe are known as:
A)Narrow wind band
B)Jet Stream
C)Meander
D)None of these
Answer: Jet Stream
- Q. Some riven and canals have locks across them in order to
A)Control the level of water
B)Collect taxes
C)Ensure safety
D)Load or unload freight
Answer: Control the level of water
- Q. The driest place in India is ________
A)Jaisalmer
B)Leh
C)Barmer
D)Bikaner
Answer: Jaisalmer
- Q. The Rhur-Complex is a major Industrial centre in
A)Europe
B)North America
C)Germany
D)Former USSR (now defunct)
Answer: Germany
- Q. What is the position of the Earth when it is at the greatest distance from the Sun?
A)Perihelion
B)Aphelion
C)Antipode
D)Aldiatc
Answer: Aphelion
- Q. The crust and the upper-most part of the mantle up to a depth of 200 km from the surface of the earth is called:
A)Cyrosphere
B)Pyrosphere
C)Osophere
D)Lithosphere
Answer: Lithosphere
- Q. Which one of the following is not the part of North Atlantic ocean current system?
A)Brazilian current
B)Irminger current
C)Labrador current
D)Canarie current
Answer: Brazilian current
- Q. ________ is called the ‘low country’ of the earth.
A)Italy
B)Spain
C)Holland (Netherlands)
D)Hungary
Answer: Holland (Netherlands)
- Q. Doldrums pressure belts lies in between which of the following latitudes?
A)25° to 35° N and S
B)5°N to 5°S
C)35° to 60° N and S
D)35° to 45° N and S
Answer: 5°N to 5°S
- Q. Which of the following line represents the line which connects the places of equal rain?
A)Isobar
B)Isohypse
C)Isohalines
D)Isohyets
Answer: Isohyets
- Q. Lake Manasarovar is in
A)Kashmir
B)Sikkim
C)Tibet
D)Himachal Pradesh
Answer: Tibet
- Q. The soils of the plains have not been derived
A)Only from the rocks existing locally
B)From the Himalayan rocks
C)From the Peninsular rocks
D)From material brought by the rivers
Answer: Only from the rocks existing locally
- Q. Which one among the following types of forests exhibits highest bio-diversity ?
A)Moist deciduous forest
B)Dry deciduous forest
C)Tropical rain forest
D)Mangrove forest
Answer: Tropical rain forest
- Q. European Turkey is separated from its Asian part by
A)Straits of Dardanelles
B)Straits of Bosporus
C)Sea of Marmara
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. The ‘Chilka lake region’ lies in between the deltas of ________
A)Mahanadi and Godavari
B)Ganga and Mahanadi
C)Godavari and Krishna
D)Krishna and Cauvery
Answer: Mahanadi and Godavari
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