More Questions on Geography
- Q. India’s latitudinal and longitudinal extent measured in degrees are almost the same, but its north-south extent measured in km is greater than its east-west extent. This is due to the fact that
A)All longitudes with their opposites form great circles
B)Longitudes are not parallel lines
C)The distance between latitudes remains the same but the distance between longitudes is greatest at the Equator and nil at the poles where all longitudes join
D)The earth is not a perfect sphere
Answer: The distance between latitudes remains the same but the distance between longitudes is greatest at the Equator and nil at the poles where all longitudes join
- Q. The river system which depends more on melting of snow for its water supply is the
A)Godavari
B)Ganga
C)Indus
D)Brahmaputra
Answer: Indus
- Q. Valparaiso is an important port of
A)Chile
B)Argentina
C)Uruguay
D)Paraguay
Answer: Chile
- Q. The most important oil producing area of the USA is
A)The Ohio-Indiana belt
B)The Applachian region
C)The Texas-Louisiana belt
D)The California-Colorado belt
Answer: The Texas-Louisiana belt
- Q. Which one of the following is the southern-most city ?
A)Raipur
B)Bhopal
C)Kolkata
D)Udaipur
Answer: Raipur
- Q. Which is the world’s largest river?
A)The Brahmaputra
B)The Nile
C)The Amazon
D)The Mississippi and Missouri
Answer: The Amazon
- Q. Which of the following country is not a member of BRICS association?
A)Iceland
B)Brazil
C)Russia
D)China
Answer: Iceland
- Q. World’s longest land border is between which two contries?
A)Switzerland and Italy
B)Australia and New Zealand
C)India and China
D)Canada and USA
Answer: Canada and USA
- Q. The Balkan Peninsula is separated from the rest of Europe by the river.
A)Elbe
B)Danube
C)Rhine
D)Weser
Answer: Danube
- Q. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Railway : Zone Headquarters
A)Eastern Railway : Kolkata
B)North Eastern Railway : Gorakhpur
C)South Eastern Railway : Bhubhaneswar
D)South East Central Railway : Bilaspur
Answer: South Eastern Railway : Bhubhaneswar
- Q. Which of the following states has very little alluvial soil?
A)Tamil Nadu
B)Bihar
C)Madhya Pradesh
D)Punjab
Answer: Madhya Pradesh
- 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. Which one of the following barrages supplies water to the Indira Gandhi Canal?
A)Narora
B)Bhakra
C)Harika
D)Pandoh
Answer: Harika
- Q. Heat gain through insolation and heat loss through terrestrial radiation are equal approximately at which latitude?
A)90° North and South
B)22° W North and South
C)40° North and South
D)66° W North and South
Answer: 40° North and South
- Q. Namdapha is a national park in
A)Tripura
B)Mizoram
C)Manipur
D)Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh
- Q. Which of the following city is known as the “Eternal City”?
A)Athens
B)London
C)Rome
D)Berlin
Answer: Rome
- Q. Marmagao port is linked to the interior by means of cheap transport on rivers
A)Varada and Malaprabha
B)Zuari and Mandovi
C)Bhima and Kalinadi
D)Gangawali and Savitri
Answer: Zuari and Mandovi
- Q. The Indian peninusula as compared to the north Indian plains is
A)At a higher level
B)Rich in mineral
C)More stable
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Which among the following is the major item of export from Paradeep Port ?
A)Fish
B)Rice
C)Tea
D)Iron Ore
Answer: Iron Ore
- Q. Which of the following grades of coal has the highest carbon content?
A)Lignite
B)Anthracite
C)Bituminous coal
D)Peat
Answer: Anthracite
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