More Questions on Geography

  • Q. A temperature inversion is most likely to occur under which of the following conditions?
    A)Calm, cloudy and humid night
    B)Mountain top in late evening
    C)Windy but cloudy night
    D)Calm, clear and cool winter night
    Answer: Calm, clear and cool winter night
  • Q. Which of the following rivers flowing through Pakistan has its source of origin in that country itself?
    A)Chenab
    B)Ravi
    C)Jhelum
    D)None of these
    Answer: None of these
  • Q. How many States and Union Territories are there in India?
    A)24 States and 6 Union territories.
    B)25 States and 7 Union territories
    C)28 States and 8 Union territories (including National capital territory-1)
    D)None of the above
    Answer: 28 States and 8 Union territories (including National capital territory-1)
  • Q. Lunar eclipse does not occur every month because ________
    A)The moon's orbit is not all the time in the same plane as the earth
    B)The sun's orbit is not always in the same plane as the moon
    C)The moon revolves at a slower speed than the earth
    D)None of these
    Answer: The moon's orbit is not all the time in the same plane as the earth
  • Q. The major thermal power station fed on natural gas is at
    A)Naharkatiya
    B)Lunej
    C)Trombay
    D)Digboi
    Answer: Naharkatiya
  • Q. Lucerene is a
    A)Foliage crop
    B)Cereal crop
    C)Cash crop
    D)Fibre crop
    Answer: Foliage crop
  • Q. Which one of the following plate movements is responsible for the formation of midocean ridge?
    A)Transform fault movement
    B)Divergent movement
    C)Convergent movement
    D)Parallel movement
    Answer: Divergent movement
  • Q. Ursa Major’ is the scientific name for one of the constellations of stars. Its common English name is
    A)The Milky Way
    B)The Northern Crown
    C)The Chained Lady
    D)The Great Bear
    Answer: The Great Bear
  • Q. The busiest inland water-way of Europe is the Rhine. Its preeminence as a waterway rests on the fact that
    A)Its course is never frozen
    B)It flows through the most industrialised part of Europe
    C)It follows a rift valley
    D)It falls in the North Sea
    Answer: Its course is never frozen
  • Q. Which of the following trees shed their leaves once in a year?
    A)Evergreen trees
    B)Deciduous trees
    C)Coniferous trees
    D)Both deciduous and coniferous trees
    Answer: Deciduous trees
  • Q. Which one of the following types of volcanic eruptions is not usually explosive?
    A)Strombolian
    B)Pelean
    C)Hawaiian
    D)Vulcanian
    Answer: Hawaiian
  • Q. Which one of the following areas of India is covered by tropical evergreen forest?
    A)Western Ghats
    B)Semi-arid areas of Gujarat
    C)Eastern Ghats
    D)Madhya Pradesh
    Answer: Western Ghats
  • Q. The term ‘syzygy’ is referred to when the ________
    A)Moon and sun are at right angles with reference to the earth
    B)Earth is at perihelion and moon at perigee
    C)Earth is at apehelion and moon at apogee
    D)Moon, sun and earth lie along a straight line
    Answer: Moon, sun and earth lie along a straight line
  • Q. Which one of the following regions experiences three cropping season for rice in India (Rice Bowl of India) ?
    A)Coastal Kerala
    B)Krishna-Godavari delta
    C)Brahmaputra valley
    D)Littoral Tamil Nadu
    Answer: Brahmaputra valley
  • Q. The Coastal terrain of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu is known as
    A)East coast
    B)Konkan
    C)Coromandel
    D)Malabar coast
    Answer: Coromandel
  • Q. Consider the following statements regarding general characteristics associated with tropical cyclones 1. Tropical cyclones move with very low velocity over the oceans but become strong while moving over the land areas. 2. They are confined to a particular period of the year (mainly summer) and normally move from east to west. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
    A)Both 1 and 2
    B)1 only
    C)2 only
    D)Neither 1 nor 2
    Answer: 2 only
  • Q. Which of the following is a cold wind?
    A)Chinook
    B)Buran
    C)Foehn
    D)Sirocco
    Answer: Buran
  • Q. Maoris are the inhabitants of ________
    A)Brazil
    B)Nigeria
    C)Egypt
    D)New Zealand
    Answer: New Zealand
  • Q. Which of the following statements is correct ? 1. All meridians are of the same length 2. All latitudes are of the same length 3. The Prime Meridian is the longest meridian 4. The Equator is the longest latitude
    A)3 and 4
    B)1 and 2
    C)2 and 3
    D)1 and 4
    Answer: 1 and 4
  • Q. The home or the fur-bearing animals is the
    A)Tundra
    B)Coniferous forests
    C)Temperate deciduous forests
    D)Temperate grasslands
    Answer: Coniferous forests

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