More Questions on Geography

  • Q. What percentage of insolation is received by the earth’s surface?
    A)0.66
    B)0.47
    C)0.51
    D)0.87
    Answer: 0.47
  • Q. The Biosphere is a region of earth which supports life. It includes- 1. Hydrosphere 2. Lithosphere 3. Stratosphere 4. Troposphere
    A)1 and 4
    B)1 and 3
    C)1, 2 and 4
    D)2, 3 and 4
    Answer: 1, 2 and 4
  • Q. The cold Labrador current brings nine months winter to ________
    A)Western Norway
    B)USA
    C)Eastern Newfoundland
    D)Northern Sweden
    Answer: Eastern Newfoundland
  • Q. Dr. Waldimir Koppen – the great climatologist of Austria suggested in his new scheme of climatic classification:
    A)Five major types of climate.
    B)Two major types of climate.
    C)Four major types of climate.
    D)Three major types of climate.
    Answer: Five major types of climate.
  • Q. The planet which has the highest surface temperature is
    A)Pluto
    B)Jupiter
    C)Earth
    D)Venus
    Answer: Venus
  • Q. The oceanic current named as ‘Kuroshio – Kurile and Alaskan’ are located in
    A)North Pacific Ocean
    B)North Atlantic Ocean
    C)South Atlantic Ocean
    D)North Indian Ocean
    Answer: North Pacific Ocean
  • Q. Tides in the sea have stored in them ________
    A)Gravitational potential energy
    B)Hydraulic energy
    C)Kinetic energy
    D)A combination of all the above three forms of energy
    Answer: A combination of all the above three forms of energy
  • Q. The location of a place A is at 60° E longitude and 30° S latitude while the location of B is at 60° E longitude and 45° N latitude. Time at B will be ________
    A)Half an hour ahead or behind that of A
    B)Half an hour behind A
    C)Half an hour ahead of A
    D)The same as that of A
    Answer: The same as that of A
  • Q. What is meant by ‘energy crisis’?
    A)Shortage of the thermal power
    B)Shortage of hydro-electricity
    C)Malnutrition leading to short supply of energy in the human body
    D)Impending danger of total exhaustion of fossil fuels like coal and petroleum
    Answer: Impending danger of total exhaustion of fossil fuels like coal and petroleum
  • Q. Which one of the following does not border Panama?
    A)Columbia
    B)Costa Rica
    C)Pacific Ocean
    D)Venezuela
    Answer: Venezuela
  • Q. Which one of the following islands receives convectional rainfall ?
    A)Cuba
    B)Cyprus
    C)Sumatra
    D)Greenland
    Answer: Sumatra
  • Q. Which of the following is the cleanest source of energy?
    A)Nuclear power
    B)Biofuel
    C)Fossil fuel
    D)Wind energy
    Answer: Wind energy
  • Q. Mixed farming means ________
    A)Producing crops
    B)Growing two crops at the same time
    C)Growing different crops in succession
    D)Using mixture of manures and fertilizer
    Answer: Growing two crops at the same time
  • Q. By what name is India’s eastern coast known?
    A)Eastern Ghat Coast
    B)Coromandel Coast
    C)Bay of Bengal
    D)Kolkata Chennai Coast
    Answer: Coromandel Coast
  • Q. The Buckingham Canal runs through
    A)Tamil Nadu and Kerala
    B)Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
    C)Kerala and Andhra Pradesh
    D)Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
    Answer: Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
  • Q. The soils which have supported agriculture for centuries without much manuring or fallowing are
    A)Black and alluvial soils
    B)Alluvial and late rite soils
    C)Red and laterite soils
    D)Laterite and black soils
    Answer: Black and alluvial soils
  • Q. The Earth’s population has ________ since the turn of the century.
    A)Trebled
    B)Stayed the same
    C)Doubled
    D)Multiplied ten times
    Answer: Trebled
  • Q. The following statements are made about ocean currents: 1. They are warm off the west coast of continents within the tropics 2. They move clockwise in the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere 3. They move clockwise in the oceans of the Northern Hemisphere Which of the above are correct?
    A)1, 2 and 3
    B)1 and 2
    C)2 and 3
    D)1 and 3
    Answer: 1 and 3
  • Q. The actual amount or moisture contained in the air is known as
    A)Dew point
    B)Relative humidity
    C)Moisture content
    D)Absolute humidity
    Answer: Absolute humidity
  • Q. How do the Central Asian highlands affect the Indian climate?
    A)Dry continental air is blowing towards India throughout
    B)The low pressure in these areas intensifies the cold during the winter
    C)The atmospheric pressure in this region has an effect on the Indian atmosphere in summer
    D)The atmospheric pressure in this region has an impact on the onset of monsoon in India
    Answer: The atmospheric pressure in this region has an impact on the onset of monsoon in India

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