More Questions on Geography

  • Q. Owing to the equatorial bulge and the polar flattening, the polar radius of the earth falls short of the equatorial radius by about ________
    A)41 km
    B)22 km
    C)36 km
    D)53 km
    Answer: 22 km
  • Q. Most of the floods in the lowlands of north India, the Bihar plateau and Orissa are associated with ________
    A)South-West Monsoon
    B)Easterly depression
    C)Orographic rainfall
    D)Thunderstorm
    Answer: Orographic rainfall
  • Q. Which of the following place is the most humid place of India?
    A)Udhagamandalam
    B)Mahabaleshwar
    C)Cherrapunji
    D)Mawsynram
    Answer: Mawsynram
  • Q. Consider the following pairs: Tributary River Main River 1. Chambal Narmada 2. Sone Yamuna 3. Manas Brahmaputra Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
    A)2 and 3 only
    B)1, 2 and 3
    C)1 and 2 only
    D)3 only
    Answer: 3 only
  • Q. The largest producer of wood pulp is
    A)Russia
    B)India
    C)Canada
    D)USA
    Answer: Canada
  • Q. Singareni Coalfields is located in :
    A)Godavari Valley
    B)Narmada Valley
    C)Karishna Valley
    D)Kaveri Valley
    Answer: Godavari Valley
  • Q. Which type of forest belt supplies most of the world’s requirement of newsprint?
    A)Evergreen forest
    B)Coniferous forest
    C)Deciduous forest
    D)Mediterranear forest
    Answer: Coniferous forest
  • Q. The tropical cyclones of the Bay of Bengal are usually called
    A)Depressions
    B)Typhoons
    C)Hurricanes
    D)Tornadoes
    Answer: Hurricanes
  • Q. The highest water fall in the world is
    A)Angel
    B)Tugela
    C)Jog
    D)Yosemite
    Answer: Angel
  • Q. The coast of which of the following country are not touched by Arabian sea?
    A)Kenya
    B)Saudi Arabia
    C)Oman
    D)Iran
    Answer: Saudi Arabia
  • Q. Which of the following phenomenon is/are the effect of the rotation of the Earth? 1. Apparent movement of the Sun, the Moon and the Stars. 2. Flatness of the poles and bulge at the Equator. 3. Occurrence of sunrise, noon and sunset 4. Magnetic field of the earth.
    A)1, 2 and 3
    B)1 and 3
    C)2 and 3
    D)1, 2, 3 and 4
    Answer: 1, 2, 3 and 4
  • Q. In which of the following units is atmospheric pressure measured?
    A)Kilograms per square metre
    B)Grams per square km
    C)Grams per centimetre
    D)Pounds per cubic mile
    Answer: Kilograms per square metre
  • Q. There is no Scheduled Tribe population in
    A)Punjab
    B)Kerala
    C)Tamil Nadu
    D)Rajasthan
    Answer: Punjab
  • Q. How do dust storms in summer affect the temperature?
    A)No effect
    B)Increase it
    C)Decrease it
    D)Cannot say
    Answer: Decrease it
  • Q. Most Indians belong to the group ________
    A)Australoid
    B)Caucasoid
    C)Mongoloid
    D)Negroid
    Answer: Caucasoid
  • Q. The river basin which is called ‘Ruhr of India’ is ________
    A)Godavari
    B)Damodar
    C)Hooghly
    D)Swarnarekha
    Answer: Damodar
  • Q. Mosses and Lichens are the characteristic vegetation of ________
    A)Temperate region
    B)Hot desert region
    C)Mediterranean region
    D)Tundra region
    Answer: Tundra region
  • Q. Delhi gets winter rainfall due to
    A)Conventional rain
    B)South west monsoon
    C)North east monsoon
    D)Western distubances
    Answer: Western distubances
  • Q. Economically exploitable lignite occurs in
    A)Karnataka
    B)Andhra Pradesh
    C)Tamil Nadu
    D)Kerala
    Answer: Tamil Nadu
  • Q. The Saturn rings were discovered by ________
    A)Galileo
    B)Copernicus
    C)Newton
    D)None of these
    Answer: Galileo

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