More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which of the following is/are matched correctly? 1. Earthquake’s origin – seismic focus 2. Epicentre – point on earth’s surface directly above seismic focus 3. S waves – similar to sound waves 4. Richter scale – severity of earthquake
A)2 and 4
B)1, 2, 2003
C)1, 2, 3 and 4
D)3 and 4
Answer: 1, 2, 3 and 4
- Q. By which name does the Brahmaputra enter into India?
A)Dihang
B)Manas
C)Dhansiri
D)Tsangpo
Answer: Dihang
- Q. Among the following States, which one has the highest amount of Nickel Ore resources?
A)Karnataka
B)Chhattisgarh
C)Jharkhand
D)Orissa
Answer: Orissa
- Q. ________ is called the ‘low country’ of the earth.
A)Italy
B)Spain
C)Holland (Netherlands)
D)Hungary
Answer: Holland (Netherlands)
- Q. Where are the coaches of trains manufactured in India?
A)Hyderabad and Perambur
B)Jamshedpur and Perambur
C)Kapurthala and Perambur
D)Varanasi and Perambur
Answer: Kapurthala and Perambur
- Q. Longitude is geographically significant to India because ________
A)It divides India into eastern and western zones
B)It determines the Indian standard time
C)It has a bearing on the tropical climate of India
D)It enables determining local time in eastern India
Answer: It determines the Indian standard time
- Q. In which one of the following is Malta located?
A)Black Sea
B)Baltic Sea
C)Mediterranean Sea
D)North Sea
Answer: Mediterranean Sea
- 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. The ‘Ruhr or India’ is
A)Chennai-Bengaluru region
B)Mumbai-Pune region
C)Damodar Valley region
D)Delhi-Kanpur region
Answer: Damodar Valley region
- 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. Which of the following sets of cities is located on the reference longitude for Indian standard time?
A)Kakinanda-Pondicherry
B)Bangalore-Varanasi
C)Chennai-Varanasi
D)Pondicherry-Varanasi
Answer: Kakinanda-Pondicherry
- Q. The average annual temperature of a meteorological station is 26°C, its average annual rainfall is 63 cm and the annual range of temperature is 9°C. The station in question is ________
A)Cherapunji
B)Allahabad
C)Chennai
D)Kolkata
Answer: Chennai
- Q. Which of the following countries is the largest producer of uranium in the world?
A)Namibia
B)Canada
C)South Africa
D)USA
Answer: Canada
- Q. The sea with one of the highest salinities in the world is ________.
A)The Arabian Sea
B)The Dead Sea
C)The Red Sea
D)The Baltic Sea
Answer: The Dead Sea
- Q. Which of the following is indicated by the colour of a star?
A)Temperature
B)Weight
C)Distance
D)Size
Answer: Temperature
- Q. Wainganga river is a tributary of:
A)Mahanadi
B)Kaveri
C)Godavari
D)Gomati
Answer: Godavari
- Q. Which of the following relates to the formation of the Himalayas?
A)Folding of the geosyncline
B)Folding of the earth's crust
C)Accumulation of loess deposits
D)Faulting of the earth's crust
Answer: Folding of the geosyncline
- Q. When does solar eclipse take place?
A)When the Moon is between the Sun and Earth
B)When the Sun is between the Moon and Earth
C)When the Earth is between the Moon and Sun
D)When the Moon does not lie on the line joining the Sun and Earth
Answer: When the Moon is between the Sun and Earth
- Q. Which is the biggest coffee producing country in the world?
A)Peru
B)India
C)Brazil
D)Argentina
Answer: Brazil
- Q. The Satpura Thermal Power Station is in
A)Madhya Pradesh
B)Uttar Pradesh
C)Jammu and Kashmir
D)Maharashtra
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
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