More Questions on Geography
- Q. Suez Canal route handles more traffic than the Panama Canal route mainly because
A)Suez Canal is older
B)Suez Canal has no locks
C)Suez Canal links developing nations of Asia with the developed nations of Europe and North America
D)Panama Canal has limited capacity
Answer: Suez Canal links developing nations of Asia with the developed nations of Europe and North America
- Q. Amravati, Bhavani, Hemavati and Kabini are tributaries of which one of the following rivers?
A)Cauvery
B)Mahanadi
C)Godavari
D)Krishna
Answer: Cauvery
- Q. Which of the following is the annual precipitation of an area?
A)The total amount of rain per year, irrespective of snow, hail and sleet
B)All forms of precipitation converted to the quantity of liquid water
C)The total actual amount of rain, snow, hail and sleet
D)All forms of precipitation measured after conversion to equal quantity of ice
Answer: All forms of precipitation converted to the quantity of liquid water
- Q. Among the following Union Territories of India, which one has the largest size?
A)Daman and Diu
B)Pondicherry
C)Lakshadweep
D)Chandigarh
Answer: Pondicherry
- Q. National Waterway-I is on which water system?
A)Ganga, Bhagirathi, Hoogli river
B)West Coast Canal
C)River Brahamputra
D)Sundarbans Waterways
Answer: Ganga, Bhagirathi, Hoogli river
- Q. Which of the following is the most fertile soil in India?
A)Red soil
B)Black soil
C)Alluvial soil
D)Laterite soil
Answer: Alluvial soil
- Q. People living in Sweden generally belong to
A)Nordic
B)Mediterranean
C)Alpine
D)Mongoloid
Answer: Nordic
- Q. Rihand Valley Project is located in the state of
A)Odisha
B)Uttar Pradesh
C)Jharkhand
D)Madhya Pradesh
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
- Q. Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie – places famous for gold mines are located in:
A)England
B)Australia
C)USA
D)South Africa
Answer: Australia
- Q. Which of the following is not an island?
A)Ireland
B)Cuba
C)Greenland
D)Sweden
Answer: Sweden
- Q. Countries favourably influenced by Westerlies are ________
A)New Zealand
B)Western Europe, British Columbia and East of U.S.A.
C)South-West Africa and South Chile
D)All of these
Answer: All of these
- Q. Nanda Devi peak forms a part of ________
A)Nepal Himalayas
B)Assam Himalayas
C)Kumaon Himalayas
D)Punjab Himalayas
Answer: Kumaon Himalayas
- Q. Where are the Lepchas mainly to be found staying?
A)Sikkim
B)Meghalaya
C)Mizoram
D)Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: Sikkim
- Q. The river which rises in the Kamarpet hill in Chhotanagpur Plateau of Bihar and called “The River of Sorrow” is
A)Krishna
B)Mahanadi
C)Damodar
D)Godavari
Answer: Damodar
- Q. Which of the following pair is not correctly matched?
A)River kayan - Borneo
B)Hevea tree - Brazil
C)Sumatra storm - Malaysia
D)Dekke toba fish - Brazil
Answer: Dekke toba fish - Brazil
- Q. How do dust storms in summer affect the temperature?
A)No effect
B)Increase it
C)Decrease it
D)Cannot say
Answer: Decrease it
- Q. People of North Africa are generally
A)Mongoloid
B)Negroid
C)Berbers
D)None of these
Answer: Berbers
- Q. The ‘Climate’ is the average atmospheric conditions of an area over a considerable period of time. For proper conclusions, observations are needed for a minimum period of ________
A)31 years
B)5 years
C)10 years
D)35 years
Answer: 31 years
- Q. Which of the following statements is/are not true? 1. Chemical weathering is most common in limestone rocks 2. Chemical weathering is most active in wet regions with higher temperature 3. Rain action is a form of chemical weathering 4. Exfoliation is a process of chemical weathering
A)1 and 2
B)1 and 4
C)2 and 3
D)4
Answer: 4
- Q. The highest water fall in the world is
A)Angel
B)Tugela
C)Jog
D)Yosemite
Answer: Angel
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