More Questions on Geography

  • Q. What was the primary purpose of constructing the Farakka Barrage?
    A)To bring additional area of West Bengal under irrigation
    B)Preservation and maintenance of Kolkata port for navigation
    C)To supply Ganga water to Bangladesh
    D)To meet the chronic power shortage in Kolkata
    Answer: Preservation and maintenance of Kolkata port for navigation
  • Q. A huge muss of ice fed by snow on a high mountain slowly sliding downhill before It starts melting is called
    A)Iceberg
    B)Glacier
    C)Avalanche
    D)Snow cover
    Answer: Glacier
  • Q. The material carried by the glacier such as rocks big and small, sand and silt gets deposited, which are called glacial ________.
    A)Plateaus
    B)Moraines
    C)Deltas
    D)Grooves
    Answer: Moraines
  • Q. Asia accounts for nearly ________ percent of world population.
    A)59
    B)40
    C)45
    D)70
    Answer: 59
  • Q. The Richter scale on which intensity/magnitude of a quake is measured was developed in:
    A)1935
    B)1933
    C)1932
    D)1939
    Answer: 1935
  • Q. The fog that commonly occurs along the sea-coasts is of the ________ type.
    A)Frontal
    B)Radiation
    C)Advection
    D)Convection
    Answer: Advection
  • Q. Copper alloys with tin to give
    A)German silver
    B)Brass
    C)Bronze
    D)Zinc
    Answer: Bronze
  • Q. The river which rises in the Kamarpet hill in Chhotanagpur Plateau of Bihar and called “The River of Sorrow” is
    A)Krishna
    B)Mahanadi
    C)Damodar
    D)Godavari
    Answer: Damodar
  • Q. Which state does not share a common border with Chhattisgarh?
    A)Jharkhand
    B)Andhra Pradesh
    C)Odisha
    D)Maharashtra
    Answer: Andhra Pradesh
  • Q. Rainfall caused by intense evaporation equatorial areas is called ________.
    A)Frontal rainfall
    B)Orographic rainfall
    C)Cyclonic rainfall
    D)Convectional rainfall
    Answer: Convectional rainfall
  • Q. Very strong and cold icy winds that blow in the Polar regions are called ________
    A)Blizzards
    B)Typhoons
    C)Tornadoes
    D)Polar winds
    Answer: Blizzards
  • Q. Which is the highest peak to the south of the Vindhyas?
    A)Annaimudi
    B)Baba Budan Hills
    C)Mullayanagiri
    D)Nilgiri
    Answer: Annaimudi
  • Q. Spring tides occur when ________
    A)The moon, the sun and the earth are at right angles with the earth at the apex
    B)The moon is nearest to the earth
    C)The moon is farthest from the earth
    D)The moon, the sun and the earth are in the same line
    Answer: The moon, the sun and the earth are in the same line
  • Q. The latitudes of main land of India extends between
    A)8°4' E and 37°6' E
    B)8°4' N and 37°6' N
    C)8°4' W and 37°6' W
    D)8°4' S and 37°6' S
    Answer: 8°4' N and 37°6' N
  • Q. The large natural ecosystem comprised of abiotic (land, air , water and soils of the concerned habitat) and biotic (plants, animals and micro-organisms) is called:
    A)Agenome
    B)Genome
    C)Abiome
    D)Biome
    Answer: Biome
  • Q. The deepest or the Oceanic trenches is the ________ trench.
    A)Japanese
    B)Mariana
    C)Puerto Rico
    D)Sunda
    Answer: Mariana
  • Q. Consider a specific point on the surface of the earth (say Delhi). The temperature at a given time of day (say 12.00 Noon) will in general be higher in summer than in winter. This is because ________
    A)The earth is closer to the sun in summer than in winter
    B)The evaporation of water from atmosphere results in precipitation occurring in winter alone
    C)Sun-rays falling on the earth are inclined more towards the sun in winter
    D)The axis of the earth is inclined more towards the sun in winter
    Answer: Sun-rays falling on the earth are inclined more towards the sun in winter
  • Q. What is the correct sequence of the river Godavari, Mahanadi, Narmada and Tapi in the descending order of their lengths?
    A)Narmada – Godavari – Tapi – Mahanadi
    B)Godavari – Mahanadi – Narmada – Tapi
    C)Godavari – Narmada – Mahanadi – Tapi
    D)Narmada – Tapi – Godavari – Mahanadi
    Answer: Godavari – Narmada – Mahanadi – Tapi
  • Q. Mid-latitude forests have: I. deciduous forests II. coniferous forests III. evergreen forests
    A)I and II
    B)I and II
    C)II and III
    D)Only II
    Answer: I and II
  • Q. Which of the following Indian States broadly as large as the European nation Poland?
    A)Maharashtra
    B)Bihar
    C)Odisha
    D)Madhya pradesh
    Answer: Madhya pradesh

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