More Questions on Geography

  • Q. The river that runs along the USA-Mexico boundary is
    A)Mississippi
    B)Rio-Grande
    C)Gila
    D)Colorado
    Answer: Rio-Grande
  • Q. Mid-latitude or temperate forests include the trees of
    A)Pine, Fir, Spruce
    B)Rosewood, Mahogany, Rubber
    C)Teak, Sal, Bamboo
    D)Olive, Mapple, Walnut
    Answer: Olive, Mapple, Walnut
  • Q. The largest reserves of fresh water on the Earth’s surface is in ________
    A)Russia
    B)North America
    C)South America
    D)Africa
    Answer: North America
  • Q. Which of the following is/are true of world time zones? I. The world is divided into thirty time zones II. All time zones of the world are described in term of the number of hours difference between the standard meridian of that zone and the Greenwich Meridian III. All countries have more than one time zone IV. The time for all places east of Greenwich is designated slow, and time for all places left of Greenwich is designated fast
    A)I, III and IV
    B)I, II, III and IV
    C)II and IV
    D)II only
    Answer: II only
  • Q. The most plausible explanation for the location of the Thar desert in western India is
    A)the absence of mountains to the north of Rajasthan to cause orographic rainfall in it
    B)the obstruction caused by the Aravalis to the rain-bearing wind that proceeds to the Ganga Valley
    C)the evaporation of moisture by heat
    D)that the moisture carried by the South-west monsoon is driven away by the dry upper air current
    Answer: the absence of mountains to the north of Rajasthan to cause orographic rainfall in it
  • Q. How many major ports are there on the east coast of India?
    A)3
    B)7
    C)4
    D)5
    Answer: 7
  • Q. Which of the following best describes longitude?
    A)The angular distance east or west of the Greenwich meridian
    B)An imaginary line joining north and south poles
    C)The distance between a place east or west of the Greenwich Meridian
    D)The position of a place on earth's surface with reference to the Prime Meridian
    Answer: The angular distance east or west of the Greenwich meridian
  • Q. Doldrums are belts of low atmospheric pressure obtained in the regions adjoining the equator to a distance of ________
    A)5° latitude towards north and south
    B)5° latitude towards the north only
    C)5° latitude towards the south only
    D)15° latitude towards north and south
    Answer: 5° latitude towards north and south
  • Q. World Environment Day is observed on:
    A)June 5
    B)March 5
    C)April 5
    D)July 5
    Answer: June 5
  • Q. Which of the following river does not form a delta?
    A)Mahanadi
    B)Ganga
    C)Godavari
    D)Tapti
    Answer: Tapti
  • Q. Plantation agriculture is a specialised form of agricultural practice carried out in
    A)Urbanised region
    B)Temperate region
    C)Tropics and subtropics
    D)Coastal region
    Answer: Tropics and subtropics
  • Q. Pyranees form a the boundary between
    A)Poland and Russia
    B)Spain and Portugal
    C)France and Spain
    D)Hungary and Rumania
    Answer: France and Spain
  • Q. On account of which one of the following reasons, we can say that Asia and Australia at one time were joined together?
    A)Climate is quite similar
    B)Fossils of Marsupials are found in Asia
    C)Culture of both places has many similarities
    D)The big green fields found in Australia are very much like those in Asia
    Answer: Fossils of Marsupials are found in Asia
  • Q. Doldrums are ________
    A)High pressure areas on mountains
    B)High latitudes with heavy snow
    C)Equatorial zone with low pressure
    D)Sub-polar zone with high pressure
    Answer: Equatorial zone with low pressure
  • Q. Alps mountains are spread over
    A)France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain
    B)France, Switzerland, Italy, Romania
    C)France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria
    D)France, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium
    Answer: France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria
  • Q. The axis of rotation of earth is tilted by 23.5° to the plane of revolution around the sun. The latitude of Mumbai is less than 23.5° whereas the latitude of Delhi is more than 23.5°. Which one of the following statements in this regard is correct?
    A)At Mumbai the sun can come overhead, but it will never do so at Delhi
    B)The sun can come overhead at both these places
    C)The sun will never come overhead at either of these places
    D)At Delhi the sun can come overhead but it will never do so at Mumbai
    Answer: At Mumbai the sun can come overhead, but it will never do so at Delhi
  • Q. The hottest planet is ________
    A)Jupiter
    B)Mercury
    C)Venus
    D)Saturn
    Answer: Venus
  • Q. Which place is said to be the Manchester of South India?
    A)Thanjavur
    B)Coimbatore
    C)Salem
    D)Madurai
    Answer: Coimbatore
  • Q. Teak and Sal are the principal trees in the forests known as ________
    A)Tropical moist deciduous
    B)Dry deciduous
    C)Dry evergreen
    D)Tropical moist evergreen
    Answer: Tropical moist deciduous
  • Q. Arrange the following places from north to south of Kashmir region : 1. Srinagar 2. Gilgit 3. Kargil 4. Banihal
    A)2 - 3 -1 - 4
    B)1 - 2 - 3 - 4
    C)4 - 3 – 2 - 1
    D)2 - 1 – 3 - 4
    Answer: 2 - 3 -1 - 4

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