Geography Rivers And Lakes in India

Q. Which one of the following is the first company-managed major port in India?

A
Tuticorin
B
Cochin
C
Ennore
D
Vishakhapatnam

Correct Answer

Ennore

More Questions on Geography

  • Q. Which of the following is a cash crop?
    A)Rice
    B)Wheat
    C)Millets
    D)Rubber
    Answer: Rubber
  • Q. With which country, India has the longest international boundary?
    A)China
    B)Nepal
    C)Pakistan
    D)Bangladesh
    Answer: Bangladesh
  • Q. What type of farming is practised in the densely populated regions of the world?
    A)Intensive farming
    B)Commercial farming
    C)Extensive farming
    D)Plantation farming
    Answer: Intensive farming
  • Q. The busy port of Rotterdam is situated in ________
    A)Denmark
    B)The Netherlands
    C)Belgium
    D)Germany
    Answer: The Netherlands
  • Q. The hair or Nordic races is generally
    A)Straight
    B)Blond
    C)Woolly
    D)All of these
    Answer: Blond
  • Q. Which one of the following statements is wrong regarding the “Vale of Kashmir” ?
    A)It is drained by the river Jhelum
    B)It is a synclinal valley
    C)It is situated 'between the Pir Panjal Range and the Lesser Himalayas
    D)Previously it was a bed of a great lake, subsequently uplifted.
    Answer: It is situated 'between the Pir Panjal Range and the Lesser Himalayas
  • Q. Arrange the following gases of the atmosphere in increasing order by volume: I. Nitrogen II. Oxygen III. Carbon dioxide IV. Argon
    A)III, IV, II, I
    B)I, II, III, IV
    C)I, II, IV, III
    D)IV, III, II, I
    Answer: III, IV, II, I
  • Q. The planet Mercury is difficult to be observed most of the time because ________
    A)It being too close to the Sun, gets hidden by the glare of the Sun
    B)It gets hidden behind Venus
    C)It goes too far away from the Earth
    D)It cannot be seen at night as at that time no sunlight falls on it.
    Answer: It being too close to the Sun, gets hidden by the glare of the Sun
  • Q. Which one of the following is located in the Bastar region?
    A)Rajaji National Park
    B)Bandhavgarh National Park
    C)Dandeli Sanctuary
    D)Indravati National Park
    Answer: Indravati National Park
  • Q. The Rajasthan Canal (now called the Indira Gandhi Canal) draws its water from the
    A)Sutlej
    B)Yamuna
    C)Chambal
    D)Sutlej and Beas
    Answer: Sutlej and Beas
  • Q. Kullu valley is located among which of the following mountain ranges?
    A)Dhauladhar and Pir Panjal
    B)Ladakh and Pir Panjal
    C)Lesser Himalaya and Shivalik
    D)Ranjoti and Nanga Parvat
    Answer: Dhauladhar and Pir Panjal
  • Q. The mountain range which stretches from Gujarat in west to Delhi in the north is the ________
    A)Satpuras
    B)Aravallis
    C)Vindhyas
    D)Kaimur range
    Answer: Aravallis
  • Q. Which of the following is called “Blue Planet”?
    A)Jupiter
    B)Saturn
    C)Earth
    D)Mars
    Answer: Earth
  • Q. Which language next to Hindi is spoken by the largest number of people in India?
    A)Tamil
    B)Bengali
    C)Marathi
    D)Telugu
    Answer: Bengali
  • Q. Gold is mined in:
    A)Orissa
    B)Karnatka
    C)Maharastra
    D)Uttar Pradesh
    Answer: Karnatka
  • Q. The shipping canal that connects the North Sea and the Baltic Sea is called the ________.
    A)Kiel Canal
    B)Panama Canal
    C)Suez Canal
    D)Buckingham Canal
    Answer: Kiel Canal
  • Q. Tilaiya Dam, Konar dam, Maithon Dam and Panchet Hill Dam have been constructed under:
    A)The Krishna Valley Project
    B)The Narmada Valley Project
    C)The Damodar Valley Project
    D)The Mahanadi Project
    Answer: The Damodar Valley Project
  • Q. The percentage of India’s total population employed in agriculture is nearly
    A)60%
    B)40%
    C)50%
    D)70%
    Answer: 70%
  • Q. Equator represents
    A)A belt (ring) around the planet Saturn
    B)Line joining North and South poles
    C)Imaginary line passing round the Earth midway between North & South poles
    D)Axis of rotation of Earth
    Answer: Imaginary line passing round the Earth midway between North & South poles
  • Q. What is the correct sequence of the river Godavari, Mahanadi, Narmada and Tapi in the descending order of their lengths?
    A)Narmada – Godavari – Tapi – Mahanadi
    B)Godavari – Mahanadi – Narmada – Tapi
    C)Godavari – Narmada – Mahanadi – Tapi
    D)Narmada – Tapi – Godavari – Mahanadi
    Answer: Godavari – Narmada – Mahanadi – Tapi

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