More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which one among the following rivers has the largest catchment area?
A)Mahanadi
B)Cauvery
C)Krishna
D)Narmada
Answer: Krishna
- Q. The World’s largest island is
A)New Guinea
B)Greenland
C)Iceland
D)Madagascar
Answer: Greenland
- Q. The National highways system is the responsibility of
A)A special Roads Authority
B)State Governments
C)Central Government
D)State and Central Government
Answer: Central Government
- Q. In hydro power station, the motion produced in turbines is due to
A)Burning of diesel
B)Flow of water
C)Burning of coal
D)Production of steam
Answer: Flow of water
- Q. Which of the following regions bear mainly the Coniferous forests?
A)Southern island of New Zealand
B)Southern part of India
C)South America
D)Central, Eastern and Western parts of North America
Answer: Central, Eastern and Western parts of North America
- Q. Why does temperature increase with increase in height in Stratosphere?
A)Concentration of ozone
B)Closeness of the sun
C)Decrease in atmospheric pressure
D)None of these
Answer: Concentration of ozone
- Q. The Paddy fields of India are located in the areas of annual rainfall
A)100 cm
B)120 cm
C)140 cm
D)80 cm
Answer: 100 cm
- Q. In which of the following states the first synagogue is built in India?
A)Tamil Nadu
B)Maharashtra
C)West Bengal
D)Kerala
Answer: Kerala
- Q. Which one of the following is not an African country?
A)Mauritania
B)Cameroon
C)Gabon
D)Yemen
Answer: Yemen
- Q. Which type of climate(s) prevail(s) in the long corridor (Leeward side) of the Western Ghats and the Nilgiri Hills?
A)Tropical semi-arid steppe
B)Tropical wet and dry climate
C)Tropical wet and dry with winter rain
D)Subtropical monsoon rainforest
Answer: Tropical semi-arid steppe
- Q. The north-western India receives substantial rainfall during winter months because of ________
A)North-east monsoons
B)South-west monsoons
C)Retreating monsoons
D)Westerly disturbances
Answer: Westerly disturbances
- Q. What is the position of the Earth when it is at the greatest distance from the Sun?
A)Perihelion
B)Aphelion
C)Antipode
D)Aldiatc
Answer: Aphelion
- Q. The Nagarjunasagar Project is an important multipurpose project on the river ________ in the ________ district of Andhra Pradesh.
A)Krishna, Nalgonda
B)Godavari, West Godavari
C)Mahanadi, Krishna
D)Tungabhadra, East Godavari
Answer: Krishna, Nalgonda
- Q. When water freezes in the polar seas the salts ________
A)Sink to the bottom
B)Form a layer on top
C)Remain in the subsurface water that does not freeze
D)Partly freeze and partly sink to the bottom
Answer: Remain in the subsurface water that does not freeze
- Q. The biggest island at the tip of South America is the
A)Tierra Del Fuego Island
B)Falkland Island
C)Long Island
D)Azores Island
Answer: Tierra Del Fuego Island
- Q. Which of the following indicates the types of soil erosion in decreasing order of damage caused In India
A)Water-logging, weeds, salinity and ravine erosion
B)Ravine erosion .and gullies, alkalinity and salinity weeds and water-logging
C)Alkalinity and water-logging, ravine erosion and weeds
D)All are equally damaging
Answer: Ravine erosion .and gullies, alkalinity and salinity weeds and water-logging
- Q. The Strait connecting Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal is ________
A)Palk Strait
B)Bering Strait
C)Dover Strait
D)Vermosa Strait
Answer: Palk Strait
- Q. Which one of the following is not the port town of Gujarat ?
A)Porbandar
B)Jamnagar
C)Okha
D)Verval
Answer: Jamnagar
- Q. Which is the first national park of India?
A)Dachigam National Park
B)Jim Corbett National Park
C)Similipal National Park
D)Hazaribagh National Park
Answer: Jim Corbett National Park
- Q. Soil erosion in desert area can be prevented
A)By forestation
B)By strip ploughing
C)By using manure
D)By shifting cultivation
Answer: By forestation
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