More Questions on Geography
- Q. An estuary is a place where
A)Fresh water collects at the mouth of a river
B)Deposits of mud can be seen at a triangular piece of land
C)Silt is deposited near the mouth of a river
D)Fresh and salt water mix near the mouth of a river
Answer: Fresh and salt water mix near the mouth of a river
- Q. What is the benefit of rain water storage?
A)Reduce the scarcity of water
B)Recharging ground water level
C)Respite from floods
D)Protection from soilerosion
Answer: Recharging ground water level
- Q. Which one of the following is correct? Benguela current flows ________
A)Off Spanish and North African coast
B)Along Brazilian coast
C)Off Southwest African coast
D)Along West coast of United States
Answer: Off Southwest African coast
- Q. What is the name of the soil, rich in Calcium?
A)Podzol
B)Pedocal
C)Pedalfer
D)Laterite
Answer: Pedocal
- Q. Diamond mine are being worked at ________.
A)Neyveli, Tamil Nadu
B)Hazaribagh, Jharkhand
C)Kolar, Karnataka
D)Panna, Madhya Pradesh
Answer: Panna, Madhya Pradesh
- Q. Which one of the following is a breed of cattle famous for high milk yield as well as draught capacity?
A)Kankrej
B)Mewati
C)Tharparkar
D)Red Sindhi
Answer: Tharparkar
- Q. “Yellow Revolution” in India is related to
A)Tea production
B)Rice production
C)Oilseed production
D)Flower production
Answer: Oilseed production
- Q. Which one of the following regions of the world is called “the bread basket of the world”?
A)Mediterranean region
B)Temperate grassland
C)Tropical monsoonal region
D)Savana grassland
Answer: Temperate grassland
- Q. Which of the following is a rabi crop?
A)Maize
B)Cotton
C)Mustard
D)Rice
Answer: Mustard
- Q. The largest Inland Sea is the
A)Caspian Sea
B)Black Sea
C)Dead Sea
D)Aral Sea
Answer: Caspian Sea
- Q. What was the primary purpose of constructing the Farakka Barrage?
A)To bring additional area of West Bengal under irrigation
B)Preservation and maintenance of Kolkata port for navigation
C)To supply Ganga water to Bangladesh
D)To meet the chronic power shortage in Kolkata
Answer: Preservation and maintenance of Kolkata port for navigation
- Q. The largest reserves of fresh water on the Earth’s surface is in ________
A)Russia
B)North America
C)South America
D)Africa
Answer: North America
- Q. India shares maximum length of the border with:
A)Bangladesh
B)Pakistan
C)Myanmar
D)China
Answer: Bangladesh
- Q. When the wind is deflected due to the rotation of the Earth, it is called as ________
A)Westerlies
B)Geostropic wind
C)Polar wind
D)Trade winds
Answer: Geostropic wind
- 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. A person of mixed European and Indian blood in Latin America is called a ________
A)Meiji
B)Mulatto
C)Mestizo
D)Mau Mau
Answer: Mestizo
- Q. Which is the group of languages spoken by the largest number of people in India?
A)Austro-Asiatic
B)Indo-Aryan
C)Dravidian
D)Sino-Tibetan
Answer: Indo-Aryan
- Q. Which of the following States does not share the drainage basin of the Krishna?
A)Andhra Pradesh
B)Maharashtra
C)Karnataka
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Tamil Nadu
- Q. The instrument to measure the area on maps is called
A)Pantograph
B)Planimeter
C)Ideograph
D)Opisometer
Answer: Planimeter
- Q. The brightest star in the sky is ________
A)Sirius
B)Alfa Centauri
C)Proxima Centauri
D)Sun
Answer: Sun
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