More Questions on Geography
- Q. A group of interconnected islands is known as
A)Archipelago
B)Strait
C)Peninsula
D)Lagoon
Answer: Archipelago
- Q. The brightest star in the sky is ________
A)Sirius
B)Alfa Centauri
C)Proxima Centauri
D)Sun
Answer: Sun
- Q. Which one of the following continents has the lowest birth and death rates?
A)North America
B)Europe
C)Australia
D)South America
Answer: Australia
- Q. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Important Location (Industry / Mining) : State
A)Palana : Rajasthan
B)Himgir : Uttar Pradesh
C)Koraput : Orissa
D)Nellore : Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Himgir : Uttar Pradesh
- Q. Which of the following pairings is incorrect ?
A)Isotherms-Temperature
B)Isohytes-Humidity
C)Isobars-Pressure
D)Isohels-Sunshine
Answer: Isohytes-Humidity
- Q. Triton is the Moon of which planet?
A)Saturn
B)Neptune
C)Uranus
D)Venus
Answer: Neptune
- Q. What is multiple cropping?
A)Raising in succession only one type of crop in the same piece of land
B)When seeds are sown on a piece of land and then seedings are transplanted in different fields
C)Dividing a field in two or more parts and then sowing different crops in each part
D)Raising two or more crops in succession in a year on the same land
Answer: Dividing a field in two or more parts and then sowing different crops in each part
- Q. The mountain building in Himalayas began
A)Both A and B
B)About 45 million years ago
C)When the continental plates of India and Eurasia converged on each other
D)None of the above
Answer: Both A and B
- Q. The advantage of micro-hydel projects is that they
A)Save water
B)Make use of water of the perennial hill streams and irrigation canals
C)Prevent flash floods
D)Involve less cost
Answer: Involve less cost
- Q. Forest soils are
A)Rich in salt
B)Rich in potash
C)Deficient in potash
D)Rich in organic matter
Answer: Rich in organic matter
- Q. Sal’ is a very important tree of ________
A)Thorn forest
B)Tropical dry deciduous forest
C)Tropical rain forest
D)Alpine forest
Answer: Tropical dry deciduous forest
- Q. Which of the following winds are hot dust laden and blow from Sahara desert towards Mediterranean Region?
A)Foehn
B)Sirocco
C)Loo
D)Mistral
Answer: Sirocco
- Q. Which of the following pairs of metals are supposed to constitute the internal core of the earth?
A)Iron and Copper
B)Chromium and Iron
C)Magnesium and Lead
D)Nickel and Iron
Answer: Nickel and Iron
- Q. Marble comes under which category of rocks?
A)Metamorphic
B)Sedimentary
C)Igneous
D)None of these
Answer: Metamorphic
- Q. The ocean surface currents follow clockwise circulatory paths in the northern parts of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans due to the ________
A)Density differences in seawater
B)Convergence and divergence movements
C)Coriolis force
D)Impact of prevailing winds
Answer: Coriolis force
- Q. The finest natural harbour in India is
A)Kolkata
B)Chennai
C)Mumbai
D)Cochin
Answer: Mumbai
- Q. In an artesian well, in what order the rock-layer are generally found? (from bottom to surface)
A)Permeable and non- permeable
B)Permeable, non-permeable and permeable
C)Non-permeable and permeable
D)Non-permeable, permeable and non-permeable
Answer: Non-permeable, permeable and non-permeable
- Q. Longest mountain range in the world is ________
A)Karakoram
B)Himalayas
C)Andes
D)Ural mountains
Answer: Andes
- Q. The fog that commonly occurs along the sea-coasts is of the ________ type.
A)Frontal
B)Radiation
C)Advection
D)Convection
Answer: Advection
- Q. Earthquakes rarely occur in ________
A)Mexico
B)Alaska
C)Brazil
D)New Zealand
Answer: Brazil
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