More Questions on Geography

  • 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. The climate of India is ________
    A)Savanna type of climate
    B)Tropical climate
    C)Sub-tropical climate
    D)Subtropical monsoon
    Answer: Subtropical monsoon
  • Q. Which of the following is an important port of Eastern coast of India?
    A)Karaikal
    B)Kandla
    C)Visakhapatnam
    D)Puducherry
    Answer: Visakhapatnam
  • Q. Which industry provides jobs to the maximum number of people?
    A)Sugar industry
    B)Iron textiles
    C)Cotton textiles
    D)Tea processing
    Answer: Cotton textiles
  • Q. What is multiple cropping?
    A)Raising in succession only one type of crop in the same piece of land
    B)When seeds are sown on a piece of land and then seedings are transplanted in different fields
    C)Dividing a field in two or more parts and then sowing different crops in each part
    D)Raising two or more crops in succession in a year on the same land
    Answer: Dividing a field in two or more parts and then sowing different crops in each part
  • Q. In order of their distances from the Sun, which of the following planets lie between Mars and Uranus?
    A)Saturn and Earth
    B)Earth and Jupiter
    C)Jupiter and Saturn
    D)Saturn and Neptune
    Answer: Jupiter and Saturn
  • Q. The latitude which passes through Sikkim also passes through
    A)Uttarakhand
    B)Haryana
    C)Rajasthan
    D)Himachal Pradesh
    Answer: Rajasthan
  • Q. The largest ecosystem of earth is
    A)Lithosphere
    B)Biome
    C)Hydrosphere
    D)Biosphere
    Answer: Biosphere
  • Q. In which of the following areas is Konkani spoken as the local language?
    A)Odisha and West Bengal
    B)Kerala and Karnataka
    C)Maharashtra and Goa
    D)Andhra Pradesh
    Answer: Maharashtra and Goa
  • Q. The first cotton mill was set up at Fort Gloaster in Kolkata in
    A)1818
    B)1919
    C)1926
    D)1854
    Answer: 1818
  • Q. Which of the following is known as ‘golden fiber’?
    A)Jute
    B)Silk
    C)Egyptian cotton
    D)Manila hemp
    Answer: Jute
  • Q. Venice in Italy and Vienna in Austria are famous for ________
    A)Chemical industry
    B)Pottery
    C)Glass industry
    D)Textile industry
    Answer: Glass industry
  • Q. The tropical cyclones – Hurricanes and Typhoons – develop and mature ________
    A)Over the water bodies only
    B)At the same place
    C)Over the land masses only
    D)Anywhere in the tropical zone
    Answer: Anywhere in the tropical zone
  • Q. The four largest planets of the solar system in descending order are
    A)Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
    B)Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn and Uranus
    C)Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune
    D)Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn and Neptune
    Answer: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
  • Q. Where exactly is Aksai Chin?
    A)Along the Zaskar mountains
    B)Near Leh
    C)The north-east corner of Jammu and Kashmir
    D)South of the Siachen Glacier
    Answer: The north-east corner of Jammu and Kashmir
  • Q. At low elevation which among the following clouds are to be found ?
    A)Cumulus
    B)Cirrus
    C)Nimbus
    D)Stratus
    Answer: Nimbus
  • Q. When can one record the lowest temperature of air?
    A)At 3 a.m.
    B)Just before sunrise
    C)At midnight
    D)No fixed time
    Answer: Just before sunrise
  • Q. Climate of a place is dependent on several factors. Which one of the following is the most significant?
    A)Latitude
    B)Distance from sea
    C)Direction of winds
    D)Ocean currents
    Answer: Latitude
  • Q. If the original day sediments are subjected to high temperature and pressure, they successively change into rocks, the correct order of which is ________
    A)Slate, Schist, Shale
    B)Slate, Shale, Schist
    C)Shale, Schist, Slate
    D)Shale, Slate, Schist
    Answer: Shale, Slate, Schist
  • Q. Which of the following countries have achieved a negative growth rate of population?
    A)France, Italy and Ireland
    B)Australia, Canada and Sweden
    C)U.K., Sweden and Germany
    D)Japan, U.S.A. and Russia
    Answer: Australia, Canada and Sweden

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