More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which one among the following is nearest to the Tropic of Cancer?
A)Gwalior
B)Agra
C)Delhi
D)Jhansi
Answer: Jhansi
- Q. Which is the largest forest covering 25% of world’s land?
A)Monsoon forest
B)Tropical rain forest
C)Taiga forest of Siberia
D)Temperate forest of Europe
Answer: Taiga forest of Siberia
- Q. A wide inlet of the sea usually concave in shape, is termed as a
A)Bay
B)Strait
C)Sound
D)Fjord
Answer: Bay
- Q. Any type of rainfall has the following aspects ________
A)Ascent of air leading to cooling and condensation
B)Ascent and descent of air
C)Horizontal movement of air
D)All of above
Answer: Ascent of air leading to cooling and condensation
- Q. Gulf Stream, the most important current of the Atlantic Ocean, takes Its birth from the Gulf of Mexico. Its importance lies in its
A)Area of influence
B)Cooling effect
C)Warming effect
D)Influence on travel
Answer: Warming effect
- Q. Which of the following are true with regard to temperature control of the atmosphere of a given place? I. The major temperature contrasts on earth’s surface are between land masses and oceans II. During night, the water surface cools more rapidly than the land surface III. Temperature generally decreases with latitude on either side of the equator IV. Temperature rises to a maximum during summer and falls to a minimum during winter
A)I and II
B)I, III and IV
C)II, III and IV
D)II and IV
Answer: I, III and IV
- Q. Which of the following crops are grown mainly in the irrigated areas during Zaid ?
A)Rice and Millets
B)Arhar and Gram
C)Moong and Urad
D)Maize and Groundnut
Answer: Moong and Urad
- Q. Passenger and merchant ships are constructed at
A)No place; the Indian docks only make navy ships
B)Mazagaon Docks
C)Hindustan Shipyard at Visakhapatnam
D)Goa shipyard
Answer: Hindustan Shipyard at Visakhapatnam
- Q. The planet with the maximum number of satellites is ________.
A)Saturn
B)Uranus
C)Jupiter
D)Neptune
Answer: Jupiter
- Q. Which ofthe following river is beyond the Himalaya?
A)Sutlej
B)Ganga
C)Ravi
D)Yamuna
Answer: Sutlej
- Q. The Sea water is more salty than rain water because
A)Rivers pours salt from the soil into sea
B)Sea creatures salt
C)Air around sea is salty
D)There are salt mines in sea surface
Answer: Rivers pours salt from the soil into sea
- Q. The internationally recognised scale for describing wind speeds is ________.
A)The Modified Mercalli Scale
B)The Richter Scale
C)The Moho's Scale
D)The Beaufort Scale
Answer: The Beaufort Scale
- Q. What is the main natural cause of disruption of road in hilly areas?
A)Traffic
B)Landslide
C)Falling of Trees
D)Road Construction
Answer: Landslide
- Q. Which of the following deserts does not lie in the Northern Hemisphere?
A)Sahara
B)Gobi
C)Kalahari
D)Thar
Answer: Kalahari
- 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. As per 2011 census data lowest decadal growth rate (state) has been registered in :
A)Andhra Pradesh
B)Kerala
C)West Bengal
D)Maharashtra
Answer: Kerala
- Q. Which one of the following lists four type of coal, arranged in the increasing order of their carbon content?
A)Lignite, Peat, Bituminous, Anthracite
B)Peat, Lignite, Bituminous, Anthracite
C)Peat, Bituminous, Lignite, Anthracite
D)Peat, Anthracite, Lignite, Bituminous
Answer: Peat, Lignite, Bituminous, Anthracite
- Q. Who proposed Continental drift theory?
A)Alfred Hanks
B)Alfred Wegener
C)Alfred Worwick
D)Alfred Mane
Answer: Alfred Wegener
- Q. Which is the longest river of Peninsular India?
A)Narmada
B)Krishna
C)Cauvery
D)Godavari
Answer: Godavari
- Q. Which of these statements are correct with reference to tornadoes? 1. Tornadoes are smaller and more intense than hurricanes. 2. Tornadoes are most abundant along the eastern coast of India. 3. The average tornado lasts for less than one hour. 4. Tornadoes are most common in the afternoons in the early summer.
A)1, 2 and 4
B)1, 3 and 4
C)2, 3 and 4
D)1, 2 and 3
Answer: 1, 3 and 4
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