More Questions on Geography
- Q. Which of the following are the main reasons for the origin of the south-west monsoon in India? I. Development of a low pressure in north-west India II. Deflection of trade winds III. Arrival of cyclonic stream from the Pacific Ocean IV. Heating of the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal
A)II and III
B)I, II and III
C)I and II
D)III and IV
Answer: I and II
- Q. Which of the following is called “brown paper”?
A)Rubber
B)Jute
C)Cotton
D)Tea
Answer: Jute
- Q. Which one of the following barrages supplies water to the Indira Gandhi Canal?
A)Narora
B)Bhakra
C)Harika
D)Pandoh
Answer: Harika
- Q. When a descending air contracts and its volume decreases, what happens to its temperature?
A)Its temperature remains constant
B)Its temperature decreases
C)Its temperature increases
D)Its temperature first increases, then decreases
Answer: Its temperature increases
- Q. Mahe and Yanam are the parts of the Union Territory of:
A)Daman and Diu
B)Dadar Nagar Haveli
C)Chandigarh
D)Puducherry
Answer: Puducherry
- Q. Which of the following towns is not on the “Golden Quadrilateral” being created for the roads infrastructure of the country ?
A)Vishakhapatnam
B)Chennai
C)Hyderabad
D)Bhubhaneshwar
Answer: Hyderabad
- Q. Which of the following, Indonesian Territory became victim of terrible Earthquake in 2004?
A)Kalibangan
B)Irian Jaya
C)Sumatra
D)Java
Answer: Sumatra
- Q. India conducted its first nuclear explosion at
A)Koyana
B)Apsara
C)Pokharan
D)Kalpakkam
Answer: Pokharan
- Q. Which of the following are true with respect to Indian Railways? I. It is the larqest public sector undertaking II. Indian Railway network is the fourth largest in the world III. Factories at Kapurthala and Perarnbur manufacture passenger coaches IV. The narrow guage lines are confined to the hilly areas only
A)II, III and IV
B)I, II and III
C)I and II
D)I, II, III and IV
Answer: I, II, III and IV
- Q. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
A)Pretoria : South Africa
B)Abuja : Nigeria
C)Ashkhabad : Turkmenistan
D)Rabat : Yemen
Answer: Pretoria : South Africa
- 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. Among the following regions of India, which one receives comparatively least amount of annual rainfall?
A)North-eastern Rajasthan
B)An 80 km wide coastal belt from Nellore to Point Calimere
C)The middle and lower Asom valley
D)The coastal plains of Gujarat south of Narmada
Answer: North-eastern Rajasthan
- Q. The Coromandel Coast of India receives good rains from cyclonic storms in the months of
A)November and December
B)February and March
C)July and August
D)None of the above
Answer: November and December
- Q. Which of the following is not a result of underground water activity?
A)Sink holes
B)Stalactites
C)Stalagmites
D)Fiords
Answer: Fiords
- Q. Marble is a metamorphic rock of
A)Granite
B)Sandstone
C)Limestone
D)Clay
Answer: Limestone
- Q. The famous Matterhorn Peak is found in
A)France
B)Austria
C)Switzerland
D)Sweden
Answer: Switzerland
- Q. Where in India is the rift valley to be found?
A)Cauvery Valley
B)Brahmaputra Valley
C)Godavari Valley
D)Narmada Valley
Answer: Narmada Valley
- Q. The first shore based integrated steel project in India is coming up at
A)Visakhapatnam
B)Ernakulam
C)Tuticorin
D)Mangalore
Answer: Visakhapatnam
- Q. The correct sequence of planets in the descending order of their equatorial diameter is ________
A)Mercury, Uranus, Mars, Earth
B)Mars, Mercury, Uranus, Earth
C)Earth, Mars, Mercury, Uranus
D)Uranus, Earth, Mars, Mercury
Answer: Uranus, Earth, Mars, Mercury
- Q. The river Damodar ends in
A)The Bay of Bengal
B)River Ganga
C)River Hugli
D)Salt Lake
Answer: River Hugli
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