More Questions on Geography
- Q. The Rocks of granite are changed into which of the following due to metamorphism?
A)Gneiss
B)Marble
C)Feldspar
D)Quartz
Answer: Gneiss
- Q. Tropical rain forests appear in which or the following regions?
A)Central America and Guinea Coast
B)Australia, New Zealand and Fiji Islands
C)North and South of the Congo Basin
D)South America and South Africa
Answer: North and South of the Congo Basin
- Q. In the coastal lowland of Kerala two crops of rice is grown per year because of: 1. high temperature in winter 2. adequate rain throughout the year 3. adequate irrigation facility 4. presence of water retentive clayey loam soil
A)1 and 2
B)Only 1
C)2 and 3
D)1, 3, and 4
Answer: 1 and 2
- Q. India’s longest tunnel Jawahar tunnel is located in which state?
A)Karnataka
B)Jammu and Kashmir
C)Maharashtra
D)Himachal Pradesh
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
- Q. The international air route from West Europe to East Asia passes through India because ________
A)India is the only country in Asia providing refuelling capacity
B)India is a busy centre situated between the two places
C)It provides the shortest route
D)None of these
Answer: India is a busy centre situated between the two places
- Q. In which type of rocks are coal and petroleum found?
A)Metamorphic
B)Granite
C)Igneous
D)Sedimentary
Answer: Sedimentary
- Q. Which one among the following statements regarding India’s coal is not correct?
A)Bituminous coal is found in both lower Gondwana rocks and in Tertiary rocks
B)98 percent of reserves of coal in India belongs to Gondwana period
C)Unknown amount of coal lies buried under the Ganga alluvium and the Deccan Trap
D)Gondwana coal is mainly found in the river valleys of Damodar, Mahanadi and Godavari
Answer: Bituminous coal is found in both lower Gondwana rocks and in Tertiary rocks
- Q. Mountain of accumulation is
A)Residual mountains
B)Volcanic mountains
C)Block mountains
D)Fold mountains
Answer: Volcanic mountains
- Q. Which of the following are true regarding ionosphere? I. It is the uppermost layer of atmosphere II. The molecules and atoms of nitrogen and oxygen in this layer absorb a part of solar radiation and become ionized III. This layer is responsible for reflecting back the radio wave transmitted from the earth
A)II and III
B)I and II
C)I and II
D)I, II and III
Answer: II and III
- Q. The Trans-Andean railway connects
A)Buenos Aires with Valparaiso
B)Mexico City with Santiago
C)Panama City with Santiago
D)Rio de Janerio with Bogota
Answer: Buenos Aires with Valparaiso
- Q. When a descending air contracts and its volume decreases, what happens to its temperature?
A)Its temperature remains constant
B)Its temperature decreases
C)Its temperature increases
D)Its temperature first increases, then decreases
Answer: Its temperature increases
- Q. The mean thickness of oceanic crust and continental crust is around:
A)5 kilometer and 30 kilometer respectively.
B)5 kilometer and 15 kilometer respectively.
C)10 kilometer and 30 kilometer respectively.
D)18 kilometer and 40 kilometer respectively.
Answer: 5 kilometer and 30 kilometer respectively.
- Q. The Australian state which is an island is ________
A)Tasmania
B)Queensland
C)Java
D)New Guinea
Answer: Tasmania
- Q. Golden Quadrilateral Comprising National Highways connects:
A)Delhi-Mumbai-Benglore-Kollata-Delhi
B)Delhi-Mumbai-Chennai-Hydrabad-Delhi
C)Delhi-Mumbai-Chennai-Kollata-Delhi
D)Delhi-Mumbai-Benglore-Kollata-Hydrabad
Answer: Delhi-Mumbai-Chennai-Kollata-Delhi
- Q. If a place is located at 20°N, 80°E in which of the following continents does it lie?
A)Europe
B)Africa
C)Asia
D)North America
Answer: Asia
- Q. The Jog Falls are situated on the
A)Cauvery river
B)Tapi river
C)Saravathi river
D)Bhima river
Answer: Saravathi river
- Q. Selves are dense tropical rain forest of:
A)South Africa
B)South America
C)North America
D)Australia
Answer: South America
- Q. In which type of topography, water recharge pores are found?
A)Desert
B)Karst
C)Terrain
D)Tundra
Answer: Karst
- Q. Which state of India has the largest percentage of poors?
A)Orissa
B)Bihar
C)Chhattisgarh
D)Jharkhand
Answer: Chhattisgarh
- 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
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