More Questions on Geography
- Q. Most of the floods in the lowlands of north India, the Bihar plateau and Orissa are associated with ________
A)South-West Monsoon
B)Easterly depression
C)Orographic rainfall
D)Thunderstorm
Answer: Orographic rainfall
- Q. Which is the largest island of the Philippines?
A)Luzon
B)Mindanao
C)Palawan
D)Negnos
Answer: Luzon
- Q. Shallow-rooted trees are associated with ________
A)Tropical climate
B)Savanna climate
C)Temperate climate
D)Equatorial climate
Answer: Equatorial climate
- Q. The constellations of stars appear at different positions in the sky at different times during night mainly ________
A)Because of optical illusion
B)Because earth rotates about its axis
C)Because earth revolves round the sun
D)Because celestial bodies are changing their positions all the time
Answer: Because earth rotates about its axis
- Q. Doldrums is/are
A)The north-east and south-east winds
B)Mount of sand blown and formed on beaches and in deserts
C)Low pressure belt of calm and light surface winds near the Equator
D)Planetary winds
Answer: Low pressure belt of calm and light surface winds near the Equator
- Q. The mode or life or people living in Monsoon regions is
A)Intensive subsistence cultivation
B)Commercial grainfarming
C)Cattle rearing
D)Plantation agriculture
Answer: Intensive subsistence cultivation
- Q. The hot dry local winds that blow on the eastern side of the Alps Mountain are known as ________
A)Khamsin
B)Chinook
C)Foehn
D)Sirocco
Answer: Foehn
- Q. For transporting large quantities of crude oil on land, over long distances the most economical mode is
A)By road tankers
B)By pipelines
C)By rail tankers
D)By river barges
Answer: By pipelines
- Q. What is the difference between asteroids and comets? 1. Asteroids are small rocky planetoids, while comets are formed of frozen gases held together by rocky and metallic material. 2. Asteroids are found mostly between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars, while comets are found mostly between Venus and Mercury. 3. Comets show a perceptible glowing tail, while asteroids do not. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A)3 only
B)1 and 2 only
C)1 and 3 only
D)1, 2 and 3
Answer: 1 and 3 only
- Q. The oil-gas fields Dighboi, Naharkatiya and Moran are located in:
A)Maharastra
B)Assam
C)Gujarat
D)Madhya Predesh
Answer: Assam
- Q. People living in South India generally have more features of
A)Negroid
B)Caucasoid
C)Mongoloid
D)None of these
Answer: Negroid
- Q. Which of these statements are correct? 1. Ocean currents are the slow-surface movement of water in the ocean 2. Ocean currents assist in maintaining the Earth’s heat balance 3. Ocean currents are set in motion primarily by prevailing winds 4. Ocean current are affected by the configuration of the ocean
A)1, 3 and 4
B)1 and 2
C)2, 3 and 4
D)1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: 2, 3 and 4
- Q. The Portuguese possessions Goa, Daman and Diu were liberated in ________.
A)1981
B)1961
C)1971
D)1951
Answer: 1961
- Q. Which one of the following sequences of ocean trenches is correct in terms of the ascending order of their depths?
A)Aleutian Trench - New Hebrides Trench - Mindanao Trench
B)Aleutian Trench - Mindanao Trench - New Hebrides Trench
C)New Hebrides Trench - Mindanao Trench - Aleutian Trench
D)New Hebrides Trench - Aleutian Trench - Mindanao Trench
Answer: New Hebrides Trench - Aleutian Trench - Mindanao Trench
- Q. Rayalaseema is a region of which one of the following States?
A)Andhra Pradesh
B)Karnataka
C)Maharashtra
D)Tamil Nadu
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
- Q. India has the world’s highest road which connects
A)Srinagar and Jammu
B)Leh and Srinagar
C)Leh and Manali
D)Sikkim and Darjeeling
Answer: Leh and Manali
- Q. In northeast India,river flows out of the country is
A)Kosi
B)Brahmaputra
C)Gandak
D)Ganga
Answer: Brahmaputra
- Q. Which country is not a member of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)?
A)India
B)Thailand
C)Myanmar
D)Pakistan
Answer: Pakistan
- Q. Bangladesh does not share its border with which Indian state?
A)Jharkand
B)Assam
C)Tripura
D)Meghalaya
Answer: Jharkand
- Q. In our country, the Tropic of Cancer passes through the
A)Southern part
B)Central part
C)Northern part
D)Western part
Answer: Central part
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