More Questions on Geography
- Q. The Persian Gulf region is rich in ________.
A)Bauxite ore reserves
B)Crude oil reserves
C)Iron ore reserves
D)Uranium ore reserves
Answer: Crude oil reserves
- Q. Which of the following is the largest river in the world?
A)Ganges
B)Nile
C)Congo
D)Amazon
Answer: Nile
- Q. ________ is the wearing away of the landscape by different agents like water, wind and ice.
A)Erosion
B)Weathering
C)Attrition
D)Abrasion
Answer: Erosion
- 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. Rocks which are formed by the solidification of lava on the earth’s surface are ________
A)Granites
B)Sandstone
C)Limestone
D)Basalts
Answer: Basalts
- Q. The highest Himalayan peak in India is ________
A)Nandadevi
B)Kanchenjunga
C)K-2
D)Nanga Parbat
Answer: Kanchenjunga
- Q. Which of the following areas or regions is most prone to earthquakes?
A)Plains of northern India
B)Deccan Plateau
C)Ganga Brahmaputra Valley
D)Western Ghats
Answer: Ganga Brahmaputra Valley
- Q. Which one of the following National Highways passes through Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Orissa?
A)NH 6
B)NH 4
C)NH 5
D)NH 7
Answer: NH 6
- Q. Consider the following statements: 1. Biodiversity is normally greater in the lower latitudes as compared to the higher latitudes, 2. Along the mountain gradients, biodiversity is normally greater in the lower altitudes as compared to the higher altitudes. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A)Both I and 2
B)1 only
C)2 only
D)Neither 1 nor 2
Answer: Both I and 2
- Q. Natural Vegetation’ refers to ________
A)A protected area created by using contour bunding
B)A plant community that has been left undisturbed over a long time
C)Plant species which live and grow together
D)All of the above
Answer: A plant community that has been left undisturbed over a long time
- Q. Which Indian state is known as ‘Land of Five Rivers’ ?
A)Haryana
B)U.P.
C)Punjab
D)Jammu and Kashmir
Answer: Punjab
- Q. The Marine cliffs are formed mainly due to
A)Coast of Sea
B)Ocean Currents
C)Structure of Shall
D)Depth of The Ocean
Answer: Ocean Currents
- Q. Shivpuri National Park of Madhya Pradesh is famous for which of the following?
A)Birds
B)Tiger and elephant
C)Wild Bison
D)Leopard and Spotted deer
Answer: Leopard and Spotted deer
- Q. Soil can best be conserved on the hills by which of the cultivating methods?
A)Contour ploughing
B)Strip cropping
C)Crop rotation
D)Terracing
Answer: Contour ploughing
- Q. Riparian forest is found ________
A)On the foot hills of Eastern slope of Western Ghats
B)Along the banks of rivers and other wetland
C)The tarai region, on the foot hills of Himalayas
D)On the foot hills of Eastern slope of Eastern Ghats
Answer: Along the banks of rivers and other wetland
- Q. The hair or Nordic races is generally
A)Straight
B)Blond
C)Woolly
D)All of these
Answer: Blond
- Q. Which of the following is/are correct? 1. Broad guage railway engines – Varanasi 2. Electric locomotives – Bhopal 3. Integral Coach Factory – Kolkata
A)3
B)1
C)2
D)1, 2 and 3
Answer: 2
- Q. Fog can be classified as a
A)Cumulus cloud
B)Nimbus cloud
C)Cirrus cloud
D)Low Stratus cloud
Answer: Low Stratus cloud
- Q. The Solar eclipse achieves totality only in limited geographical regions because ________
A)Sun rays can reach most of the peripheral regions of the shadow of the moon due to atmospheric refraction
B)The trajectories of the Earth around the Sun and the Moon around the Earth are not perfect circles
C)The size of the shadow of the Moon on the Earth is small compared to the cross-section of the Earth
D)The Earth is not a smooth flat surface, but has elevations and depressions
Answer: The size of the shadow of the Moon on the Earth is small compared to the cross-section of the Earth
- Q. Which one of the following lists four type of coal, arranged in the increasing order of their carbon content?
A)Lignite, Peat, Bituminous, Anthracite
B)Peat, Lignite, Bituminous, Anthracite
C)Peat, Bituminous, Lignite, Anthracite
D)Peat, Anthracite, Lignite, Bituminous
Answer: Peat, Lignite, Bituminous, Anthracite
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