More Questions on Geography
- Q. Where was the world’s first oil-well drilled in the nineteenth century ?
A)Digboi in Assam, India
B)Baku in Russia.
C)Titusville in Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
D)Dhahran in Saudi Arabia
Answer: Titusville in Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- Q. The ________ current is a cold water current.
A)Brazil
B)Gulf Stream
C)Kuroshio
D)Labrador
Answer: Labrador
- Q. The Bedouins are inhabitants of ________.
A)The Arabian Desert
B)Australia
C)Northern Canada
D)Central Asia
Answer: The Arabian Desert
- Q. Which of the following peninsular rivers is westward flowing?
A)Tapti
B)Mahanadi
C)Godavari
D)Cauvery
Answer: Tapti
- Q. Which of the following river is known as India’s River of Sorrow?
A)Ghaghara
B)Hooghly
C)Damodar
D)Kosi
Answer: Kosi
- Q. The fishing grounds in the Pacific Ocean, the world’s greatest fishing regions, lie between the ________
A)The East China Sea and the Bering Sea
B)Bering Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
C)The North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
D)The Mediterranean Sea and the Arabian Sea
Answer: The East China Sea and the Bering Sea
- Q. The Mediterranean region is known for heavy rain
A)In winter
B)In spring season
C)In autumn
D)In summer
Answer: In winter
- Q. People living in South India generally have more features of
A)Negroid
B)Caucasoid
C)Mongoloid
D)None of these
Answer: Negroid
- Q. Why is it that the Himalayan region is poor in mineral resources?
A)The terrain makes exploitation of minerals difficult
B)Displacement of rock strata has disturbed the arrangement of rocks and made it complex
C)It is made up of crystalline rock
D)The climatic conditions are not suitable, for exploitation of minerals
Answer: Displacement of rock strata has disturbed the arrangement of rocks and made it complex
- Q. Which of the following is not a product of the ‘Monsoon Forests’?
A)Olive
B)Teak
C)Sal
D)Bamboo
Answer: Olive
- Q. International date line is a/an
A)Zigzag line
B)Straight line
C)Curved line
D)Elliptical line
Answer: Zigzag line
- Q. The imaginary line joining the land projecting towards the sea which is the landward limit of internal seawater is called:
A)Land Line
B)Base Line
C)Sea Line
D)None of Above
Answer: Base Line
- Q. The line dividing North Korea and South Korea is
A)38th parallel
B)17th parallel
C)23rd parallel
D)Oder-Neisse Line
Answer: 38th parallel
- Q. The axis of rotation of earth is tilted by 23.5° to the plane of revolution around the sun. The latitude of Mumbai is less than 23.5° whereas the latitude of Delhi is more than 23.5°. Which one of the following statements in this regard is correct?
A)At Mumbai the sun can come overhead, but it will never do so at Delhi
B)The sun can come overhead at both these places
C)The sun will never come overhead at either of these places
D)At Delhi the sun can come overhead but it will never do so at Mumbai
Answer: At Mumbai the sun can come overhead, but it will never do so at Delhi
- Q. The Tropic of Cancer which passes through India is ________ to/of the equator.
A)To the South
B)At right angles
C)To the North
D)90º to the South
Answer: To the North
- Q. The driest spot on earth is in the Atacama desert, parts of which went without rain for years. The Atacama is in ________
A)Canada
B)Africa
C)Asia
D)South America
Answer: South America
- Q. Cloudy nights are warmer compared to clear cloudless nights, because clouds
A)Produce heat and radiate it towards earth
B)Prevent cold waves from the sky from descending on earth
C)Reflect back the heat given off by earth
D)Absorb heat from the atmosphere and send it towards earth
Answer: Reflect back the heat given off by earth
- Q. In which of the ocean is Sargasso Sea?
A)Indian Ocean
B)Atlantic Ocean
C)Pacific Ocean
D)Arctic Ocean
Answer: Atlantic Ocean
- Q. The temperature of Thiruvananthapuram is lower than that of Mumbai in May and higher than that of Mumbai in January, because ________
A)Thiruvananthapuram is on the windward side and Mumbai is on the leeward side
B)Thiruvananthapuram has cold current and Mumbai is faced with warm current
C)Thiruvananthapuram has higher rainfall in summer and it is nearer to the equator
D)Thiruvananthapuram is Vegetated while Mumbai is not
Answer: Thiruvananthapuram has higher rainfall in summer and it is nearer to the equator
- Q. Approximately what percentage of world’s cattle population is to be found in India?
A)80%
B)50%
C)18%
D)7%
Answer: 18%
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