More Questions on Geography

  • Q. Shifting agriculture is most commonly practised in
    A)Plain areas
    B)Forests
    C)Deserts
    D)Grass lands
    Answer: Forests
  • Q. Which of the following factors are responsible for the rapid growth of sugar production in south India as compared to north India? I. Higher per acre field of sugarcane II. Higher sucrose content of sugarcane III. Lower labour cost IV. Longer crushing period
    A)I, III and IV
    B)I and II
    C)I, II and III
    D)I, II and IV
    Answer: I, II and IV
  • Q. Which of the following are correctly matched? 1. Active volcano : Stromboli (Sicily) 2. Dormant volcano : Vesuvius (Italy) 3. Extinct volcano : Fujiyama (Japan)
    A)1 and 3
    B)1 and 2
    C)2 and 3
    D)1, 2 and 3
    Answer: 1, 2 and 3
  • Q. Which of the following is a cash crop?
    A)Rice
    B)Wheat
    C)Millets
    D)Rubber
    Answer: Rubber
  • Q. What is true with regard to Jet Streams? 1. High velocity winds 2. Blow from west to east 3. Blow in upper troposphere near the tropopause 4. Blow in the mesosphere
    A)1, 2 and 3
    B)2 and 3
    C)2 and 4
    D)1, 2 and 4
    Answer: 1, 2 and 3
  • Q. Narmada originates from its source situated in the State of
    A)Madhya Pradesh
    B)Maharashtra
    C)Uttar Pradesh
    D)Andhra Pradesh
    Answer: Madhya Pradesh
  • 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. Which of the following places are favourably influenced by the Trade winds? I. West Indies II. Brazil III. Mexico IV. Madagascar
    A)III and IV
    B)I and II
    C)I, II, III and IV
    D)II and IV
    Answer: I, II, III and IV
  • Q. In India the percentage of population below poverty line is:
    A)Less than 40%
    B)Less than 30%
    C)Less than 50%
    D)Less than 10%
    Answer: Less than 30%
  • Q. ________ is the time taken by the Earth to return to a given point in its orbit with reference to a fixed star.
    A)Solar year
    B)Lunar year
    C)Sidereal year
    D)Tropical year
    Answer: Sidereal year
  • Q. Of Indian tea production comes from Assam, West Bengal, Kerala and Tamil Nadu
    A)98
    B)50
    C)75
    D)30
    Answer: 98
  • Q. Khetri is famous for
    A)Copper
    B)Aluminium
    C)Fertilizers
    D)Gold
    Answer: Copper
  • Q. The nature of the winter rainfall in north western India is ________
    A)Monsoonal
    B)Convectional
    C)Orographic
    D)Cyclonic
    Answer: Cyclonic
  • Q. Among the following States of India, which one has the oldest rock formations in the country?
    A)Karnataka
    B)Assam
    C)Bihar
    D)Uttar Pradesh
    Answer: Karnataka
  • Q. Himalayan mountain range is an Example of
    A)Block Mountains
    B)Volcanic Mountains
    C)Residual Mountains
    D)Fold Mountains
    Answer: Fold Mountains
  • Q. The imaginary lines which connects the places of same temperature are called
    A)Isohaline
    B)Isobar
    C)Isohyet
    D)Isotherm
    Answer: Isotherm
  • Q. The Chennai – Bengaluru – Coimbatore – Madurai region is ________.
    A)Mangrove forest region
    B)A major industrial region
    C)A major agricultural region
    D)Dry Mountainous (Hilly) region
    Answer: A major industrial region
  • Q. The orbit in which of the following planet is nearest to the Sun?
    A)Mars
    B)Saturn
    C)Jupiter
    D)Uranus
    Answer: Mars
  • Q. In the north-west, India shares its land boundaries with which country?
    A)Bangladesh
    B)Sri Lanka
    C)Myanmar
    D)Pakistan
    Answer: Pakistan
  • Q. Most rivers flowing west from the Western Ghats do not form deltas because of
    A)Lack of vegetation free area
    B)Lack of eroded material
    C)The high gradient
    D)Low velocity
    Answer: The high gradient

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