More Questions on Geography

  • Q. When it is noon IST at Allahabad in India, the time at Greenwich, London, will be
    A)0630 hours
    B)midnight, GMT
    C)1730 hours
    D)None of the above
    Answer: 0630 hours
  • Q. River Damodar is called ‘Sorrow of Bengal’ because it ________
    A)Forms number of dangerous waterfalls
    B)Gets flooded often causing havoc
    C)Causes maximum soil erosion
    D)Is not a perennial river
    Answer: Gets flooded often causing havoc
  • Q. Agents of fog formation do not include ________
    A)Winter season
    B)High relative humidity
    C)Diurnal temperatures of short ranges
    D)Rapid radiation
    Answer: Diurnal temperatures of short ranges
  • Q. Fjords abound the coast of
    A)Norway
    B)Sweden
    C)France
    D)Germany
    Answer: Norway
  • Q. The first of the fourteen biosphere reserves of India which was established in 1986 is:
    A)Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
    B)Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve
    C)Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve
    D)Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve
    Answer: Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
  • Q. Uranus takes ________ years to orbit the Sun.
    A)50
    B)48
    C)84
    D)60
    Answer: 84
  • Q. Which one of the following terms for natural vegetation is associated with Siberia?
    A)Pampas
    B)Selva
    C)Taiga
    D)Savanna
    Answer: Taiga
  • Q. Cement industry is generally known as:
    A)Source of end products
    B)Source of raw material
    C)Real Industry
    D)All of the above
    Answer: Source of raw material
  • Q. Inland waterways have many disadvantages. Among them the most common is
    A)International controls on traffic
    B)Presence of water falls and rapids
    C)Seasonal freezing and drying up of rivers
    D)Fluctuating volume of traffic
    Answer: Seasonal freezing and drying up of rivers
  • 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. Gypsum is found in
    A)Assam
    B)Rajasthan
    C)Odisha
    D)Madhya Pradesh
    Answer: Rajasthan
  • Q. Which one of the following regions of the world is called “the bread basket of the world”?
    A)Mediterranean region
    B)Temperate grassland
    C)Tropical monsoonal region
    D)Savana grassland
    Answer: Temperate grassland
  • Q. Because of which one of the following factors, clouds do not precipitate in deserts?
    A)High wind velocity
    B)Low pressure
    C)Low humidity
    D)High temperature
    Answer: Low humidity
  • Q. We always see the same surface of the Moon because
    A)It takes the same time to rotate on its axis and moving around the Earth
    B)It is smaller than the Earth
    C)It rotates on its axis
    D)It moves with the same speed at which Earth moves around the Sun
    Answer: It takes the same time to rotate on its axis and moving around the Earth
  • Q. Tilaiya Dam, Konar dam, Maithon Dam and Panchet Hill Dam have been constructed under:
    A)The Krishna Valley Project
    B)The Narmada Valley Project
    C)The Damodar Valley Project
    D)The Mahanadi Project
    Answer: The Damodar Valley Project
  • Q. Bandhavgarh National Park is located in which state?
    A)Gujarat
    B)Maharashtra
    C)Madhya Pradesh
    D)Jharkhand
    Answer: Madhya Pradesh
  • Q. The first protocol to ban the emissions of choloro fluorocarbons in the atmosphere was made in
    A)Geneva
    B)Montreal
    C)Osaka
    D)Florida
    Answer: Montreal
  • Q. Parsec is the unit of measurement of ________
    A)Brightness of heavenly bodies
    B)Density of stars
    C)Astronomical distance
    D)Orbital velocity of giant stars
    Answer: Astronomical distance
  • Q. Three European cities viz, Belgrade, Budapest and Vienna, are located on the banks of the river
    A)Rhone
    B)Danube
    C)Rhine
    D)Volga
    Answer: Danube
  • Q. Which state amongst the following has the highest percentage of the Scheduled Caste population of State’s population?
    A)Punjab
    B)Jharkhand
    C)Madhya Pradesh
    D)Uttar Pradesh
    Answer: Punjab

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