More Questions on Geography
- Q. The percentage of India’s total population employed in agriculture is nearly
A)60%
B)40%
C)50%
D)70%
Answer: 70%
- Q. Consider the following: 1. Mahadeo Hills 2. Sahyadri Parvat 3. Satpura Range What is the correct sequence of the above from the north of the south?
A)1, 3, 2002
B)1, 2, 2003
C)2, 1, 2003
D)2, 3, 2001
Answer: 1, 3, 2002
- Q. In Thanjavur delta ________ crop is cultivated three times in a year.
A)Sugarcane
B)Wheat
C)Rice
D)Groundnut
Answer: Rice
- Q. The temperature decreases towards poles, because ________
A)The movement of cold wind is towards poles
B)At poles the snow does not melt
C)The cold regions do not absorb sun rays
D)The sun rays falling per unit area are less at poles
Answer: The sun rays falling per unit area are less at poles
- Q. Which of the following city has the largest number of registered vehicles?
A)Delhi
B)Mumbai
C)Kolkata
D)Chennai
Answer: Delhi
- Q. The largest and the most important soil group of India contributing to the country’s major agricultural production is
A)Red
B)Laterite
C)Alluvial
D)Peat
Answer: Alluvial
- Q. St Andreas Fault passes close to the US city of
A)Hollywood
B)Los Angeles
C)New Orleans
D)San Francisco
Answer: San Francisco
- Q. Three important rivers of the Indian subcontinent have their sources near the Mansarover Lake in the Great Himalayas. These rivers are
A)Brahmaputra, Indus and Sutlej
B)Indus, Jhelum and Sutlej
C)Brahmaputra, Sutlej and Yamuna
D)Jhelum, Sutlej and Yamuna
Answer: Brahmaputra, Indus and Sutlej
- Q. Nanda Devi peak forms a part of ________
A)Nepal Himalayas
B)Assam Himalayas
C)Kumaon Himalayas
D)Punjab Himalayas
Answer: Kumaon Himalayas
- Q. Which of the following is India’s military offensive against Pakistan in the Kargil war?
A)Operation Vijay
B)Operation Kargil
C)Operation LOC
D)Operation Success
Answer: Operation Vijay
- Q. Freely moving bodies are ________
A)Deflected upwards at the equator
B)Deflected to their right in the northern hemisphere
C)Deflected to the right in the southern hemisphere
D)Unaffected by the earth's movements
Answer: Deflected to their right in the northern hemisphere
- Q. Economically exploitable lignite occurs in
A)Karnataka
B)Andhra Pradesh
C)Tamil Nadu
D)Kerala
Answer: Tamil Nadu
- Q. Which of the following has to be crossed over to reach Colombo from Kanyakumari?
A)Gulf of Mannar
B)Palk Strait
C)Gulf of Palk
D)Cook Strait
Answer: Gulf of Mannar
- Q. The largest ecosystem of earth is
A)Lithosphere
B)Biome
C)Hydrosphere
D)Biosphere
Answer: Biosphere
- Q. With reference to Ocean currents consider the following statements: 1. West Australian current is a warm current. 2. North East Monsoon Drift flows in the Indian Ocean during winter season. 3. Equatorial counter current does not flow in the Indian Ocean during winter season. 4. Kuroshic current in the Pacific Ocean is like Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean.
A)2 and 3
B)1 and 2
C)1 and 4
D)2 and 4
Answer: 2 and 4
- Q. A narrow inlet of sea between cliffs or steep slopes, especially associated with Scandinavia is
A)Fjord
B)Bay
C)Gulf Stream
D)None of these
Answer: Fjord
- Q. The Indian city famous for glass bangle industry is
A)Firozabad
B)Lucknow
C)Sikandrabad
D)Agra
Answer: Firozabad
- Q. Which planet is known as the Earth’s Twin?
A)Uranus
B)Venus
C)Mars
D)Neptune
Answer: Venus
- Q. World Water Day is observed on:
A)18 April
B)22 December
C)22 March
D)10 May
Answer: 22 March
- Q. ________ islands are the “cross roads of the Pacific”.
A)Windward
B)Fiji
C)Falkland
D)Hawaiian
Answer: Hawaiian
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