More Questions on Geography

  • Q. The number of economic minerals associated with sedimentary rocks is
    A)Same as that in igneous rocks
    B)More than that associated with igneous rocks
    C)Less than that associated with igneous rocks
    D)Unknown
    Answer: Less than that associated with igneous rocks
  • Q. Wind power is employed prominently in ________
    A)Saudi Arabia
    B)France
    C)Holland
    D)Canada
    Answer: Holland
  • Q. What are Sun spots?
    A)Dark patches on the surface of the sun which are cooler areas
    B)Regions on earth without winter climate
    C)Desert areas on the sun
    D)Dark patches on the surface of the Sun resulting from a localised fall in the temperature to about 4000 K
    Answer: Dark patches on the surface of the Sun resulting from a localised fall in the temperature to about 4000 K
  • Q. Gulf Stream, the most important current of the Atlantic Ocean, takes Its birth from the Gulf of Mexico. Its importance lies in its
    A)Area of influence
    B)Cooling effect
    C)Warming effect
    D)Influence on travel
    Answer: Warming effect
  • Q. Coal, which is almost pure carbons which hardly has any impurities, which is smokeless and which finds use in the steel industry is called
    A)Bituminous coal
    B)Coking coal
    C)Anthracite
    D)Lignite
    Answer: Coking coal
  • Q. Which one of the following groups comprises of States sharing borders with Chhattisgarh ?
    A)Bihar, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Orissa
    B)Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Orissa
    C)Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh
    D)Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal
    Answer: Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Orissa
  • Q. The capital of South Sudan is
    A)Khartoum
    B)Suva
    C)Juba
    D)Taichung
    Answer: Juba
  • Q. In which of the following areas of India is there an overlapping plantation of tea and coffee?
    A)South-west
    B)North-east
    C)North-west
    D)South-east
    Answer: South-west
  • Q. Which of the following is a tropical monsoon crop?
    A)Cotton
    B)Wheat
    C)Rice
    D)Maize
    Answer: Rice
  • Q. Which of the following is/are ‘rain cloud’? 1. Cirrus 2. Nimbostratus 3. Cumulonimbus 4. Altocumulus
    A)3 and 4 only
    B)1 and 2 only
    C)2 and 3 only
    D)1 and 4 only
    Answer: 2 and 3 only
  • Q. The earth revolves round the sun in its orbit by approximately ________
    A)3° per day
    B)1° per day
    C)2° per day
    D)5° per day
    Answer: 1° per day
  • Q. The Lakshadweep are an example of
    A)Coral Islands
    B)Islands resulting from submarine earthquakes
    C)Volcanic Islands
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Coral Islands
  • Q. Which of the following is/are wrong? 1. Bhadravati steel plant – not located near coal deposits 2. First modern steel plant in India – Burnpur 3. Bokaro and Bhilai steel plants – German collaboration 4. Durgapur steel plant – British help
    A)1, 2 and 3
    B)1 and 2
    C)2, 3 and 4
    D)2 and 3
    Answer: 2 and 3
  • Q. Which of the following state receives rainfall due to western disturbances?
    A)Kerala
    B)Punjab
    C)West Bengal
    D)Gujarat
    Answer: Punjab
  • Q. Which one of the following is correct? Great Bear is a ________
    A)Star
    B)Galaxy
    C)Planet
    D)Constellation
    Answer: Constellation
  • Q. Days and nights are similar here
    A)Antarctica
    B)Poles
    C)Main time zone
    D)Equator
    Answer: Equator
  • Q. Farakka Barrage was commissioned to ________
    A)Supply drinking water to Kolkata
    B)Save Kolkata port
    C)Link North and South Bengal
    D)Divert water to Bangladesh
    Answer: Save Kolkata port
  • Q. In which of the ocean is Sargasso Sea?
    A)Indian Ocean
    B)Atlantic Ocean
    C)Pacific Ocean
    D)Arctic Ocean
    Answer: Atlantic Ocean
  • Q. Which of the following cyclone had devastated Bangladesh in November 2007?
    A)Sidr
    B)Dean
    C)Vutiye
    D)None of these
    Answer: Sidr
  • Q. The most important coal field in India is:
    A)Korba Coalfield
    B)Jharia Coalfield
    C)Rani Ganj Coalfield
    D)Singrauli Coalfield
    Answer: Jharia Coalfield

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