More Questions on Geography
- Q. The air transport industry was nationalized in the year
A)1948
B)1953
C)1950
D)1947
Answer: 1953
- Q. The hill station of Coonoor is located in which one of the following states?
A)Kerala
B)Karnataka
C)Andhra Pradesh
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Tamil Nadu
- Q. The National Highway – 1 connects Delhi to
A)Mumbai
B)Chennai
C)Kolkata
D)Amritsar
Answer: Amritsar
- Q. The total area of the Republic of India is of the order of ________.
A)4.3 million sq km
B)2.3 million sq km
C)3.3 million sq km
D)5.3 million sq km
Answer: 3.3 million sq km
- Q. Which of the following statements regarding literacy in India are correct ? 1. A person who can only read but cannot write is not defined literate 2. Children below 7 years of age are not taken into consideration even if they are able to read and write 3. For the purpose of census, a person is deemed literate if he or she can read and write with understanding in any of the 22 languages mentioned in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution 4. The fact that a district has attained hundred percent literacy does not mean that the entire population in the district is literate
A)1, 2 and 3
B)1, 3 and 4
C)2, 3 and 4
D)1, 2 and 4
Answer: 2, 3 and 4
- Q. Black Gold’ refers to
A)Gold
B)Coal
C)Petroleum
D)Diamond
Answer: Petroleum
- Q. Which is the first Asian country to reach the orbit of Mars
A)Pakistan
B)Japan
C)India
D)China
Answer: India
- Q. The main mineral found in upper Brahmaputra valley is
A)Petroleum
B)Coal
C)Iron are
D)Manganese
Answer: Petroleum
- Q. Which is the longest current known as “Black Current” due to its black colour?
A)California Current
B)Gulf Stream
C)Kuroshio
D)Antarctica Current
Answer: Kuroshio
- Q. Cherapunji receives more rainfall than Shillong because ________
A)Cherapunji is located on the windward side
B)The former is nearer to the sea
C)The air of different densities and temperature tends to converge towards Cherapunji from different direction during the rainy season
D)Convective precipitation brings more rain at Cherapunji
Answer: The air of different densities and temperature tends to converge towards Cherapunji from different direction during the rainy season
- Q. Atlantic and Pacific Oceans are connected by ________ canal
A)Kiel
B)Suez
C)Panama
D)Soo
Answer: Panama
- Q. The earth rotates around its axis from ________
A)South to north
B)North to south
C)East to west
D)West to east
Answer: West to east
- Q. The type of crop which is able to fix nitrogen from air is known as
A)Tuber
B)Legume
C)Rice
D)Potato
Answer: Legume
- Q. The country which is commonly known as ‘The Land of Golden Fleece’ is ________
A)France
B)Australia
C)Britain
D)Japan
Answer: Australia
- Q. Israel has common borders with ________
A)Cyprus, Turkey, Jordan and Egypt
B)Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt
C)Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and Jordan
D)Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Yemen
Answer: Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and Jordan
- Q. Forest Research Institute is at
A)Dehradun
B)Mumbai
C)Cambay
D)Simla
Answer: Dehradun
- Q. Which of the following river does not form a delta?
A)Mahanadi
B)Ganga
C)Godavari
D)Tapti
Answer: Tapti
- Q. ________ is called “the land of thousand lakes”.
A)Finland
B)Switzerland
C)Canada
D)Sweden
Answer: Finland
- Q. Which of the following ocean current is not found in Atlantic ocean?
A)Peru Current
B)Gulf Stream
C)Brazilian Stream
D)Canary Current
Answer: Peru Current
- Q. Which of the following arrangements is correct according to their locations from north to south mountain ranges of Jammu and Kashmir: 1. Karakoram 2. Ladakh 3. Zanskar 4. Pir Panjal
A)1, 2, 3, 4
B)2, 3, 1, 4
C)1, 4, 3, 2
D)2, 4, 1, 3
Answer: 1, 2, 3, 4
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