More Questions on Geography

  • Q. What percentage or all water available on the Earth is contained in the oceans?
    A)86%
    B)50%
    C)70%
    D)97%
    Answer: 97%
  • Q. Which state of India has the largest percentage of poors?
    A)Orissa
    B)Bihar
    C)Chhattisgarh
    D)Jharkhand
    Answer: Chhattisgarh
  • Q. India’s latitudinal and longitudinal extent measured in degrees are almost the same, but its north-south extent measured in km is greater than its east-west extent. This is due to the fact that
    A)All longitudes with their opposites form great circles
    B)Longitudes are not parallel lines
    C)The distance between latitudes remains the same but the distance between longitudes is greatest at the Equator and nil at the poles where all longitudes join
    D)The earth is not a perfect sphere
    Answer: The distance between latitudes remains the same but the distance between longitudes is greatest at the Equator and nil at the poles where all longitudes join
  • Q. What is true with regard to Jet Streams? 1. High velocity winds 2. Blow from west to east 3. Blow in upper troposphere near the tropopause 4. Blow in the mesosphere
    A)1, 2 and 3
    B)2 and 3
    C)2 and 4
    D)1, 2 and 4
    Answer: 1, 2 and 3
  • Q. ________ are defined as the mass movement of rock, debris or Earth down a slope.
    A)Flood
    B)Earthquake
    C)Cyclone
    D)Landslide
    Answer: Landslide
  • Q. A broad, low embankment built up along the banks of a river channel during floods is called
    A)Flood Plain
    B)Delta
    C)Levee
    D)Dune
    Answer: Levee
  • Q. How many kilometers are represented by 1° of latitude?
    A)111 km
    B)321 km
    C)211 km
    D)91 km
    Answer: 111 km
  • Q. Lapse rate is related to the decrease of ________
    A)Temperature at 1°F for an ascent of 330 feet
    B)Wind velocity with an ascent of 300 feet
    C)Humidity with an ascent of 450 feet
    D)Pressure with an ascent of 500 feet
    Answer: Temperature at 1°F for an ascent of 330 feet
  • Q. Which of the following is not a proof of Earth being an oblate spheroid?
    A)Photographs of the Earth taken by artificial satellites have confirmed the fact
    B)When a ship goes out to sea, first the hull disappears then the upper parts
    C)The shadow of the Earth on the Sun during solar eclipse is always curved
    D)It has been found that polar circumference is lesser than equatorial circumference
    Answer: The shadow of the Earth on the Sun during solar eclipse is always curved
  • Q. Most of the people of the middle east belong to ________ group of people.
    A)Alpine
    B)Negro
    C)Nordic
    D)Mediterranean
    Answer: Mediterranean
  • Q. A rain shadow zone is present in India
    A)Along the western slopes of the Eastern Ghats
    B)Along western flanks of the Aravallis
    C)Along the eastern slopes of the Western Ghats
    D)Along the northern flanks of the Vindhyas
    Answer: Along the eastern slopes of the Western Ghats
  • Q. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
    A)Gulf Stream - Pacific Ocean
    B)Canary current - Mediterranean Sea
    C)Falkland current - Arabian Sea
    D)Labrador Current - North Atlantic Ocean
    Answer: Labrador Current - North Atlantic Ocean
  • Q. Antipodes are ________
    A)Places located at a point where degree of latitude is equal to degree of longitude
    B)Lines joining places having a time difference of 12 hours
    C)Places diametrically opposite on earth's surface
    D)Lines joining places having the same depths
    Answer: Places diametrically opposite on earth's surface
  • Q. What type or vegetation is associated with South Africa?
    A)Pampas
    B)Veld
    C)Steppes
    D)Prairies
    Answer: Veld
  • Q. The Himalayas were uplifted from the:
    A)Grass land
    B)Valcano
    C)Plateau
    D)Tethys Geosynclines
    Answer: Tethys Geosynclines
  • Q. In which of the following states would you not find Bhils?
    A)Madhya Pradesh
    B)Gujarat
    C)Karnataka
    D)Uttar Pradesh
    Answer: Uttar Pradesh
  • Q. In the earth’s atmosphere, the atmospheric pressure ________
    A)Remains constant with height
    B)Increases with height
    C)Decreases with height
    D)First increases and then decreases with height
    Answer: Decreases with height
  • Q. By what name the Third World Countries are now commonly referred to?
    A)Developing countries
    B)Least developed countries
    C)Underdeveloped countries
    D)Underdeveloped countries
    Answer: Developing countries
  • Q. The phenomenon of ‘trade winds’ takes place due to
    A)Radiation
    B)Conduction of heat
    C)Convection of heat
    D)None of the above
    Answer: Convection of heat
  • Q. Iron ore produced from the mines of Kudremukh is exported from which of the following?
    A)Mangalore
    B)Marmagao
    C)Kochin
    D)Chennai
    Answer: Mangalore

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