More Questions on Geography

  • Q. The instrument used for finding out wind-direction is ________
    A)Wind gauze
    B)Anemometer
    C)Wind vane
    D)Hygrometer
    Answer: Wind vane
  • Q. Which of the following group of people changes their house types according to seasons?
    A)Kirghiz
    B)Pygmies
    C)Bantus
    D)Eskimos
    Answer: Kirghiz
  • Q. Most rivers flowing west from the Western Ghats do not form deltas because of
    A)Lack of vegetation free area
    B)Lack of eroded material
    C)The high gradient
    D)Low velocity
    Answer: The high gradient
  • Q. The largest producer of coffee in the world is
    A)India
    B)Ivory coast
    C)Brazil
    D)Mexico
    Answer: Brazil
  • Q. Muscovite, Phlogopite and Biotite are
    A)Coal varieties
    B)Iron ore varieties
    C)Mica varieties
    D)Manganese varieties
    Answer: Mica varieties
  • Q. The continent through which the Equator, Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn pass, is
    A)Africa
    B)Asia
    C)South America
    D)Australia
    Answer: Africa
  • Q. Although hot deserts have a very low annual rainfall, occasional heavy rain storms do occur and these sometimes produce steep-sided, flat-floored valleys called ________
    A)Canyons
    B)Gorges
    C)Wadi
    D)Barchans
    Answer: Wadi
  • Q. The temperature at which dew is formed is known as
    A)Precipitation point
    B)Evaporation point
    C)Dew point
    D)Critical point
    Answer: Dew point
  • Q. The Himalayas are formed of parallel fold ranges of which the oldest range is ________
    A)The Great Himalayan Range
    B)The Siwalik Range
    C)The Lesser Himalayas
    D)The Dhaula Dhar Range
    Answer: The Great Himalayan Range
  • Q. Which is the river known as Tsangpo in Tibet?
    A)Indus
    B)Ganga
    C)Brahmaputra
    D)Tista
    Answer: Brahmaputra
  • Q. The approximate radius of the Earth is
    A)6400 km
    B)25000 km
    C)12500 km
    D)4500 km
    Answer: 6400 km
  • Q. Economically exploitable gypsum occurs in
    A)Rajasthan
    B)Andhra Pradesh
    C)Bihar
    D)Maharashtra
    Answer: Rajasthan
  • Q. Which one of the following factors is not a determining fact of the climate?
    A)Land and Sea contrasts
    B)Latitude
    C)Longitude
    D)Relief features
    Answer: Longitude
  • Q. The Practice of shifting cultivation is used in
    A)Coastal Tamil Nadu
    B)Himachal Pradesh
    C)Central Highlands
    D)Nagaland
    Answer: Nagaland
  • Q. Which one of the following is the most important port of Gujarat?
    A)Kandla
    B)Porbandar
    C)Surat
    D)Diu
    Answer: Kandla
  • Q. The main mineral found in upper Brahmaputra valley is
    A)Petroleum
    B)Coal
    C)Iron are
    D)Manganese
    Answer: Petroleum
  • Q. In India, during the last decade, the total cultivated land for which one of the following crops has remained more or less stagnant?
    A)Pulses
    B)Rice
    C)Oilseeds
    D)Sugarcane
    Answer: Pulses
  • Q. Where is the Forest Reserch Insititute located?
    A)Lucknow
    B)Dehradun
    C)Bhopal
    D)Delhi
    Answer: Dehradun
  • Q. The Buckingham Canal, which has been declared a National Waterway of India recently, is a canal running from
    A)Vijayawada to Villupuram
    B)Punjab to Haryana
    C)Mumbai to Goa
    D)Cochin to Kozhikode
    Answer: Vijayawada to Villupuram
  • Q. Which of the following States is least developed in rail routes?
    A)Manipur
    B)Chhattisgarh
    C)Jharkhand
    D)Uttaranchal
    Answer: Manipur

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